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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1914
Page
7
Berlin reports northern Poland gains around Lodz after heavy clashes with Russian units northwest and southwest of the city. Berlin says Lodz in German possession and large losses on both sides. Petrograd dispatch delays details as fighting continues with German attacks repulsed.
Paris reports the French war office statement that forces continued attacks on entrenchments along the Yser left bank. In Armentieres and Argonne there is nothing new to report beyond continued offensive superiority, and Champagne artillery shows marked superiority. Eastern front positions have been maintained.
In Bern and London reports state Great Britain regrets their agents failed to observe instructions avoiding Swiss airspace on a flight to Friedrichshafen Germany. British authorities insist this does not imply recognition of sovereignty of the air by Britain.
Mrs. Paul Straser escaped a fractured skull after a fall from the top step of the First Brethren church inner stairs Saturday evening. She was found at the bottom, treated heroically, and revived enough to return home at 1309 Grant Avenue.
Athens reports progress toward a Balkan settlement satisfactory to allies. A Telegraph correspondent says a basis for a settlement between Servia and Bulgaria has been reached and that British Russian and French envoys met with Prime Minister Eleftherios Venizelos.
The British steamer Charcas, from New York Oct 1, was sunk at sea off Port Corral, Chile, by the German transport Prinz Eitel Friedrich. Its crew was landed at Papudo, 46 miles north of Valparaiso, amid a brief report dated Dec 7 in Valparaiso.
Dispatch from Nish reports that since December 3 Servians have resumed a vigorous offensive. Servian troops on Friday pursued Austrians on the enemy’s right wing toward the Kolbara river, where four Austrian batteries were abandoned.
Congress resumes for its third and concluding session as President Wilson prepares to address a joint session. Lawmakers weigh ocean steamship purchases, Waterway plans, and naval and army appropriations amid European war and Mexican uncertainty.
A Parkersburg Good Fellow movement article urges children to learn generosity for Waterloo’s needy. A seven year old donor writes of sending a dollar to aid poor boys, stressing the spiritual value of giving. Waterloo Furniture and Care pot company offers tables and chairs for the distribution depot in the Federal Building. Irene Kolibomw, 12% Jefferson street, is the first applicant for selling items for the fund.
A powerful northeast wind roared along the Atlantic coast from North Carolina to Maine. An unknown warship with four funnels ran aground near Ocean City Maryland amid heavy seas, while New York City faced widespread flooding, homelessness, and evacuation as Sea Bright and Sea Wright sea walls weakened.
Washington estimates over 58 million dollars for the fiscal year 1916 to improve and maintain the nations waterways and harbors. Major allocations go to the Mississippi river 16.3 million Ohio 9.884 million Hudson 3.67 million Tennessee over 3 million and the Columbian Missouri and Delaware rivers with smaller items.
At the United Mine Workers convention in Indianapolis subcommittee reports on the international executive board are awaited as delegates weigh continuation versus immediate end to the Colorado coal strike. Late arrivals delay sessions while a committee is to be appointed and Mother Marr Jones is slated to speak.
In Marshalltown a 25 year old Mrs Mere Tenemeyer was struck by a Minneapolis and St. Louis train while attempting to warn her ten children. She was fatally injured and the children, already clear of danger, escaped as the train bore down. The exact track approach confusion is noted in early reports.
A Des Moines report to Governor Clarke details Iowa's road program in its first year and a half. It notes $4,000,000 spent on county roads, $3,000,000 on township roads, and $4,500,900 to $4,000,000 on bridges and culverts. The commission touts a shift toward permanent roads and a three way cost share among state, county, and land districts. It urges legislation to form road districts with contracting power.
A report from Ocean City Maryland says a warship grounded nearby has freed herself and moved seaward amid a 45 mile gale. The Philadelphia Navy Yard confirms a battleship anchored off the Delaware capes awaiting moderate weather, but cannot identify the vessel. The Kansas is en route to Philadelphia from West Indian waters.
Washington D C Dec 7 Representative Kahn of California ranking Republican of the house naval committee in a formal statement today declared himself for a building program to include submarines torpedo boats battleships and an increase in navy enlistments He endorsed a scheme of short term enlistment to provide a mobile army of 80000 and a national guard of 500000
Ralph E Sherman of Jesup, a 21 year old agricultural student at the Iowa State College in Ames, was killed when he touched a live guy wire on campus while searching for botanical specimens. Engineer Carl Prushing, who aided Sherman, was shocked and knocked against the wire, breaking it but saving his own life. Sherman died at noon yesterday on campus.
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