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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1917
Page
6
London reports the Lyman sinking by a submarine with eight Americans aboard and questions arise about contraband, warning, and cause. Wilson weighs Congress decision on arming merchant ships as Yarrowdale detainees sharpen German rights dispute and cabinet unity faces probe.
Semi official Vienna notes report ongoing talks between Count Gzemnin and Frederic Penfield as Austria Hungary sides with Germany on intensified submarine warfare. US seeks to avoid rupture, Berlin prefers to keep the bridge intact, while Vienna and Berlin see no concession that would reverse the new policy. The issue rests with America to decide how to maintain normal ties amid submarine warfare. Counts Tarnowski and Lansing conversations referenced.
British forces pressed along the north bank of the Ancre in France with strong assaults yesterday. Two attacks south of Serre were repelled after intense close combat, according to an official German army communique. Temperature readings also appear in the report.
If the paper is not delivered by 6 o'clock please call 3330 for a copy. After 6 30 o clock call tele phone No 2 for assistance and resumption of service.
Mrs. Frederic C. Penfield, wife of the American ambassador, closed the workshop she funded to supply bandages and dressings for Austrian wounded. She will return to the United States with her husband as Vienna laments her departure, noting her as a leading relief figure here.
American forces poised to cross the border to rescue three Mormon cowboys A. Petersen Hugh Acord and Burton Jensen captured by armed Mexicans led by Prudencijo Miranda. Lt Col Waterman reports dispatching cavalry to search. cross border action considered if Mexicans hold the prisoners. Indian ranch raid details linked to Nogales incident. American companies own the affected ranches.
Washington reports a state department inquiry to Ambassador Elkus in Constantinople about why marooned Americans in Asia Minor remain unaccounted. The Caesar and Des Moines, carrying food and medical relief for Syrians and Armenians, were ordered held at Alexandria to avoid Turkish harm, halting aid distribution amid tensions after the break with Germany.
The Ryndam, Dutch liner, reaches port after a 6000 mile voyage amid Germanys submarine warfare. British Adriatic liner and the Stockholm voyage to Scandinavia are noted along with arming delays for U S liners. Germans flown to Ellis Island and Canal workers held as prisoners are reported.
Berlin, Ia. Feb 14 reports in a Des Moines paper with Cedar Falls date line claim federal secret service agents work here to uncover a disloyalty plot. Local officials say the reports are wholly untruthful and vicious, branding them as without foundation.
Washington D C Feb 14 Special President Wilson sent to the senate today the nominations of Iowa postmasters H B Mussman Germania Arthur E Bassett Little Sioux Oscar C Conwell Louilia Peter H Jorgensen London Josephine McMahon Melbourne G Ola Good Melcher William P Fowler Paton Emil M Peters Schleswig John Grant Stanswood Mayme L Petersen Titonka
Federal grand jury in New York is investigating news printpaper manufacturers for antitrust violations and has invited them to confer with the federal trade commission in Washington. Details remained undisclosed as talks occurred and the department of justice course was reportedly considered.
Senate members met at 10 am and named an executive power to notice appropriation bill. The foreign relations committee considered a bill to establish a provisional government for the Danish West Indies. Senate and House met in joint session to canvass the electoral vote. House convened at 12:30 pm and continued until 1 pm for the total electoral vote canvass.
German official statement says Teuton troops under Archduke Joseph stormed several positions in the Meste Canesti sector of Roumania, held against strong counterattacks, and captured more than 1,200 Russians. The Austro Germán forces seized three cannons and 12 machine guns.
Washington February 14 Congress formally canvassed the electoral vote. Wilson and Marshall received 277 votes while Hughes and Fairbanks tally stood at 254. Ceremony marked by page carriers delivering returns to the chambers and the President Pro Tempore beside the Speaker.
Norway Sweden and Denmark protest German Austrian naval measures. Notes cite law of nations and blockades, assert neutral ships cannot be captured without violation, and reserve rights while warning of human lives and material damage. Formal protest emphasizes applying rules to all ships between neutrals and potential routes.
Clinton Iowa February 14 grief from the horrors of the European war drove Mrs Dora Hellman 24 who recently came from Germany to be committed by Clinton county authorities to the state asylum at Independence Iowa for treatment. She lost her husband to tuberculosis before the war and one brother was killed while another has been missing for six months. She served on the German traction lines and was smuggled to this country by her father. After arriving she became violently insane and attacked physicians whom she believed to be Englishmen.
North Dakota's farmer legislature rejects freak bills with only a near freak on the calendar a proposal that bohsteds be 46 inches wide. This gauge is justified by local snow road conditions in the region.
London Feb 14 Germany's war costs to date have reached 6,900,000,000 marks according to a Berlin telegram forwarded by Reuters from Amsterdam. The message notes the mounting economic burden of the conflict on Germany.
The report notes Von Berngt"orff sailing on a Danish liner to Germany. Castle Hil, described as an infant, is mentioned in the same context with J S Tuthill as legal practitioner and Judge H B Thulen presiding. The text portrays a hopeful scene tied to Iowa's newly incorporated town.
Washington February 14 Secretary Lansing warned the Cuban people that any government that comes to power by revolt cannot be recognized by the United States. President Menocal hopes to confine the revolt, while a portion of Camaguey’s garrison has joined the rebels. Havana reports Col. Baldomero Acosta possibly killed and Maj. Gen. Loynaz Del Castillo wounded, with small disturbances in Matanzas and Santa Clara provinces. Reelection in Santa Clara proceeding peacefully.
Chief J. C. Caldwell orders removal of punch boards and gambling devices from cigar stores billiard parlors and other establishments. Most dealers have complied amid complaints from parents about sons spending money on games of chance and merchants objecting to merchandise given away.
A former German ambassador arrives at a ship’s pier under guard, accompanied by snite and consular officers. The scene unfolds with security as officials escort the dignitary to the vessel amid onlookers and reporters.
In Hoboken on February 14 Count von Bernstorff and Countess von Bernstorff departed aboard the Frederick VIII after a morning of guarded scrutiny by police and Secret Service. A young man, Alfred Hopkins, was seized attempting to hand the ambassador a letter and was found with astrological writings. The envoy voiced little danger from Germany and projected cordial farewells as he prepared to sail.
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