Bay Men of Jet Prison Make Getaway
Joliet Illinois December 3 thirteen convicts including six murder cases escaped last night from the Joliet penitentiary after a cell door was sawed and guards overpowered. A jail alarm and search by guards sheriffs and armed posses followed. Ringleaders Thomas Simmons Charles Wener Edward King and Michael Gary were previously in solitary confinement and moved to intermediate solitary before the escape. They overpowered guard John Kannally, seized keys, opened cells, and climbed fences as darkness hid them. Two witnesses reported seeing a group near the prison and a chauffeur said he was accosted by the men who flashed a revolver before he fled. Among the escapees was Charles Warner, sentenced to life in 1904 for murder in Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joliet, I
Able
Thomas Simmons
Charles Wener
Edward King
Michael Gary
Beiog
John Kannally
Tney
C. J. Carlson
Carlson
Uttla
Edward Trainer
Trainer
Chicago
Jokiet
Charles Warner
Mexican border town captured by bandits near Laredo
Reports say 300 bandits loyal to Luis de La Rosa captured Agia Legua on the Mexican side of the Rio Grande, about 50 miles below Zapata. The small Carranza garrison reportedly surrendered after the assault.
Junior Red Cross Growing in Schools
Interest in Junior Red Cross work in schools is rising with better organization and pupil officers. Girls knit wristlets scarves and alcoks for refugee children. boys craft knitting needles, splints, and wood projects. Younger pupils make paper folds puzzles and scrapbooks for Belgian and French refugees. Whittier and Albert schools dedicated Thursday to Red Cross work. FHREE CULPRITS SENTENCED. Three men were sentenced in the district court: H. B. Roi Surge faced operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated with a sentence of 4 ½ days in county jail. Roxey Whitamore, 16, admitted breaking and entering and was sent to the industrial school at Dorn. sentence suspended and paroled to his brother. Abe Alec, charged with nuisance, fined 300 dollars and costs and attorney’s fees of 56. MISSING BOY FOUND. Mrs. Mary Kirsher Greene sought her 12-year-old son who disappeared. located him at his grandparents near Des Moines after tracing him from Waterloo to Des Moines. He left home seeking life away and travelled through Des Moines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belgium
France
Whittier
Albert Schanis
Ren Cross
Vark
H. B. Roi Surge
Joila My i
Roxey Whitamore
Dorn
Charles H. Whitamore
Abe Alec
Mary Kirsher
Greene
Des Moines
United States
Lucy Marston
Edith Sands
Miss Marston
Miss Sands
Lacy
Queston
West Point
Aish Lacey Marston
Major Rathbone
Jess Lucy
Rathbone
United States Army
Nong
Waterloo street railway franchise urged as fair
The Courier and Reporter backs the proposed street railway franchise for Waterloo, urging readers to ignore personal grievances and politics. It argues growth depends on modern one man cars, adequate service, and extensions, with factory expansion and lower fares for workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Courier
Waterloo
Tie
Down
Uncle Sam
Citizens’ Tongue
Enact
Courier and Reporter
Fil
Citizens’ League
Seal sales boost Red Cross tuberculosis drive in Waterloo
School children across east and west Waterloo rushed to buy Red Cross Christmas seals during Public Health Week. About £9,500 seals were issued to city schools with $130 worth purchased by Whittier school alone. Leaders Mrs. John L. Jones and T. Ride'll organized sales as part of wartime health efforts urging all to seek medical exams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Waterloo
Whittier
John L. Jones
East
United States
Heart with Revolver Ends In Death After Final Words
A man shot himself with a 28 caliber revolver after telling his companion he wanted to sleep. Police reported no foul play and found a note nearby explaining the intent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davenport
Alvino Gutierrez
Heart
Ronimate
Duty and Privilege of Registrants and a Yukon Film
The first installment of questionnaires will go to registrants December 15 with address updates urged for those who moved since June 5. Exemption rights may be lost without contact. Also notes a Triangle film The Flame of the Yukon starring Dorothy Dalton at Palace Theatre with other cast details and a list of marriage licenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crowder
The
Yukon
Ana Fname
Dorothy Dalton
Palace Theatre
Monte A. Katterjohn
Thomas H. Ince
Carmen
Black Jack Hovey
Midas Cafe
Black Jack
Kenneth Harlan
Melbourne McDowell
Margaret Thompson
Carl Ullman
Mar Palmer
Charles Miller
Y W C A Drive for War Funds Expands Across County
Waterloo business girls report over 690 raised in three days as Y W C A funds aim at a 4 000 000 nationwide effort. Campaigns plan to visit all county areas while hostesses prepare camps and extend work to army centers including Camp Dodge and colored troops housing. Generals Cronkhite and Bailey commend the project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Black Hawk County
Business Girls of
Waterloo
Misa Brusie
Miss Gilley
Weekly
Miss Cole
Baker
Bettren
Lumry
Miss Barnes
Jobe
Margaret Oliver
T. C
Cedar Falls
Camp Dodge
Adelbert Cronkhite
Camp Lee
Patersburg
C. J. Bailey
Columbia
D. C
Bailey
Cronkhite
Mortuary Notices for Waterloo Figures
Obituaries from Waterloo area announce the deaths of Henry D. Lamb, W. A. Braniger, Miss Una Hope Thomas, CG. H. Day, Raymond Williams, and Charlie Owens. Details cover funeral plans, burial sites at Fairview, and mourners including family members and residing cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlie Owens
Kistner's Chanel
Rev
H. EL. Boyd
Farerview Cemetery
A Case of Constancy in Camp Romance
Miss Lucy Marston and Miss Edith Sands visit a military camp near which Major Rathbone pursues Miss Sands. The major recalls a prior proposal and, after a playful exchange, achieves constancy with the lady, while the niece seeks romance that never fully comes. Read the news in the advertising columns.
City in Brief No Dropé Seated Visits and Enlistments
Local notes list residents and visitors in the area including George E Liehty in Chicago Mrs. B Woolway returning from Duluth Sinn E R O Brien Oelwein attorney transacting business here Harry Shaw from Chicago to Kansas City J Sorrell and Fred Mehl hausen enlisting as apprentice seamen and other social and civic items including a bankruptcy filing for Mertie I Wetzel and a smallpox quarantine at A Best home with several dental and church notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George E. Liehty
Chicago
Harry Shaw
Kansas City
J. Sorrell
Fred Mehlhausen
Dysart
Donald Fisher
First Street West
Independence
W. B. Trost
Cement Braye Silo Association
Cass
Bryan predicts nationwide Prohibition by 1920
In Washington D C on December 3 William Jennings Bryan told the Woman's Christian Temperance Union opening session that ratification of a federal prohibition amendment within two years is probable. He cited 26 dry states and expanding reach as evidence that a constitutional ban could come by 1920.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
William Jennings Bryan
Woman’s Christian Temperance Union
Bryan
Fight Anxiety With Pink Pills For Pale People
Article pitches Dr Williams Pink Pills as a remedy to boost blood and nerves for neurasthenia and tiredness. It claims the pills improve mood, appetite, complexion and energy, and notes a free nervous disorders book from Dr Williams Medicine Co. Schenectady. Pills priced 50 cents a box, six for $2.50.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neurasthenia
Williams
Maccabees and Veterans announce Tuesday meetings
Maccabees Cedar Tent No. 28 will elect officers Tuesday night with refreshments after. Cedar Review No. 37 will meet in Maxwell hall for officer elections followed by a social hour. Sons of Veterans auxiliary hold an all day Red Cross sewing session Tuesday at Memorial Hall. W Drive at Allison seeks 300 for hostess huts at army canteens. initiative boosted by speeches from Mrs. F. Pettit and Carleton Sias of Waterloo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maccabees
Cedar Tent
Cedar Review
Maxwell Hall
Sons -of- Veterans Auxiliary
Memorial Ball
Red Cross
Allison
F. &. Pettit
Carleton Sias
Waterloo
Orange Township Women Join Waterloo Red Cross Auxiliary
Orange township residents met at the school building and voted to become an auxiliary to the Waterloo Red Cross chapter. A follow up meeting is scheduled for Thursday afternoon as women prepare to begin work immediately. Mrs Johnson and Mrs Elghmey spoke on Red Cross work and Mrs Altstadt spoke for the YMCA.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orange Township
Waterloo
Red Cross
Johnson
Elghmey
Altstadt
W.C. A
Railway Timetables and Line Listings Published
Extensive freight and passenger schedules detail trains bound for Dubuque Chicago Minneapolis and Kansas City from Illion Central including local and limited services from Dubuque Fort Dodge and Cedar Rapids with arrival and departure times at multiple hubs. The timetable also covers Waterloo Waverly and Cedar Rapids connections and the Waverly Division with numerous daily departures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dubuque
Chicago
Fort Dodge
Albert Lea
Cities, Limited
W.O F. Em
Cedar Palis
Waterloo
Ling
Cedar Falls
Waverly
Solonz
Cesar Rapids
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BAY
JET Prison
Nationaal Red Cross Airls
Tohn Faust
Clara Schmidt
Denver
Charlie T. Rudebeck
Jessie E. Lawrence
Y.W.C
Henry D. Lamb
Henry D. Lambh
FW. A. Perry
Cole
Hileman & Gindt
Grace M
Charles R. Bair
Fairview
Lamb
Toronto
Can
Jane Stubbs
Whitby
Perry
Lester Lamb Perry
Wiliam
Norman
Minnesota
W. A. Braniger
Los Angeles
Cal
O'Keefe & Towne
J. FT. Houser
First Baptist Church
Frank
Una Hope Thomas
Presbyterian Hospital
Miss Thomas
Morrison
E. E. Thomas
Cleo Hogarth
Elster's Mortuary
Raymond Wieltiams
Raymond Williams
Lincoln Street
Marshalltown
Ella Jameson
Harriet Standish
St. Paul
Dows
Buchanan
Amey
Edward Smith
New Hampton
EB. A. Gardner
A. Blarek
R. Pichner
Owatonna
Minn
L. B. Marek
H. F. Jones
Cedar Rapids
H. B. Stuart
Fifth Street Weat
Mr. Jones
Mason City
Glenn Hohl
F. R. Hohl
Joseph Sehiel
Hohl
Justice F. F. Knapp
John Cahill
Mary Mittmer
Henry GC
Meredith
Beatrice Quire
Sally
Mertie I. Wetzel
Jackson Township
Bremer County
G. W. Wood
C.L. Austi
Royal Typewriter Company
Fremont Austin
Denver Street
M. L. Bowman
Algona
Kossuth County
W. L. Harding
Sir. Bowman
James Hennett
Fort Sheridan
G. J. Bannett
Camp Grant
Rockford
William Bennett
Camp Cody
Deming
N. M
A. A. Best
Black Street
George Bodel
Cottage Street
Edna Spangler
Miller Street
Lew Potter
First Street
Daughters of
Plymouth
Plymouth Congregational Church
4Th
Walnut Sta
Rotary Clum
C. G. Halden
Quartermaster’s Department
Winchester
England
Rotary Club
Russell-Lameon
Holden
Railway Timg Fables
Illoiom Central EE
C ‘Mast Bound
Twin Cities
Albert Lee
Minneapolis
Albert Les
Albert
Oecwna
Union Depo
Twin Oo
East Sidee C
Twin City
Union d Epot
Twin C
East Aide
Union Depot
Oselwa
East Side Depot
Delwaim
Union
Luk
Eest
D. AL A KG
Egest Side Depot
Kansas C
Dew Moines
East Side
Kansan City
Burlington
St. Louis
Cedar Rapida
St, Louis
Cedar Rapide
C.brlapf
Morthbouga
Bunneapolis
Peul Atinneapolie
St Paul
Bert Lea
TAS Pom
Manty
Shell
Christine Chelmondley
Obadiah
McCutcheon
Samir Poole
Happy Valley
Fox
Martie
King
Rimehart
Fanny Herselfi
Ferber
Banks
Santa Claus
Germany
Ian Hay
ShSo Fausy
Coe Ware
Calvary Aliey—Rice
Chaice
Laddie
Michael O'Halloran
Rainbow Trail
Kitchener's Mob
I Accuse
Riders of the Purple Sage
Eyes of the World
Anne of Avonlea
Cease Firing
Long Rol
Daddy Longlegs
the Turmoil
Star Rover
New Clarion
Song of the Cardinal
Addic
RATID
America
Woman's Home Companion
Lene A.day
Warwick
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