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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1919
Page
9
A midlevel proposal by Marchill aims to soften terms for a Russian conference, while suffrage advocates anticipate congressional success. Clemenceau and Hu provide cautious backing, offering encouragement amid ongoing negotiations and international diplomacy efforts.
Paris dispatch notes that the supreme council may waive Prinkipo terms and press direct negotiations with Russian factions. The inter allied women’s suffrage committee reports progress with Poincare, Cambon, Hymans, and Clemenceau backing a bill granting municipal suffrage to women.
Hans Crone Sr a longtime Lawn City resident died at his Lincoln street home after a fall suffered a week earlier. A Danish immigrant aged 88, he was a truck gardener who first marketed potatoes and sweetcorn in Cedar Falls each season. Survived by three sons Hans III Koleer Julius and Laura and one daughter Laura.
Des Moines born radio operator Harle Nelson suffered a missing left arm from the March 19 collision of the American destroyer Manley with a British transport off the British coast. He has largely recovered after months in Allied hospitals and will have an artificial arm fitted in Brooklyn before discharge. His brother LeRoy serves in France with the 84th Battery, Field Artillery.
The Masonic Temple Association puts plans for a $100000 temple on hold this season. The order, growing in chapters, reports excellent finances and a debt free property on Park avenue and Sycamore street. No decision yet on site or timing beyond delays into 1920.
Pvt Harl Gilbertson returns from a year of army service with battle scars. Wounded on Oct 10 1918 on the Champaign front a shell fragment tore his shoulder and lodged in his hand leaving his arm partly paralyzed. He previously injured a foot on the Mexican border and later joined the 8th division overseas in August 1918. He plans to study a skilled trade under the government vocational education program.
The Illinois Central Railroad Concert band closed its indoor fair with 4000 paid admissions and an anticipated net of about 1500. Funds will buy 45 new uniforms and cover other band expenses. Officials call the fair a success as dances and Peavey orchestra nights draw strong crowds, boosting Waterloo’s musical standing.
The postoffice announces resumed mail service to Bulgaria and Luxembourg and parcel service restarting for foodstuffs to Great Britain. Weight restrictions are lifted including the 10 pound limit, enabling easier sending of items abroad.
Seattle and Tacoma shipyards reopen Wednesday, reemploying men at prestrike Macy wage scale. About 50 contract shops also resume, denying plans for open shop operations. Readiness framed as temporary, pending war labor board review.
Paul Battier, heir to a southern family, goes on trial in Waterloo in Boles division on charges he broke into the P C Jones fur store on December 28 1916 and stole valuable furs. The trial opens with jurors being selected. State witnesses Miss Elsie Graham and J J Herkins testify. defense claims alibi and says Battier was in Chicago at his home, marking the first Waterloo visit. The state expects to call witnesses from Chicago to support the alibi.
The Iowa Engineering society meets in Muscatine in February 1920 for its thirty first annual session. The program highlights highway construction and paving, with W D Johnson city engineer presiding over a committee to report on uniform paving assessments. Nathan B Barber former county engineer leads as president, joined by C T Wilson G H Kilpatrick and Ralph Slinpy.
Government named Harry M. Reed M G Coburn and Charles Van Vleck to a wartime picture committee for the Waterloo Commercial club. The War College historical branch seeks photos of war work parades departures for camps and related scenes. submit through the Commercial club office.
Vienna indicates dispatches from Kiev show betting being pushed around. New York reports the largest Allied relief mission from Laitorgan arrives with scientists doctors and relief workers. Paris says telephone communications across departments resumed after a disruption. London notes a national conference to tackle industrial unrest. Washington allocates 48.6 million dollars for road building and approves 460 projects spanning 12808 miles. New York reports the cruiser Huntington and transports Matsonia Louisville docked with 7101 officers and troops of the American expeditionary forces. Merlin notes former German army members now serving in the Polish Legion have been acquitted of treason charges.
Veterans from the Rainbow division shared vivid wartime recollections at Graves Memorial Brethren church. Pvt Krueger described Alsace Lorraine combat and machine gun penalties, noting shrapnel wounds that killed a nearby comrade and paying tribute to Earling of Cedar Heights. Corps Rath brothers recounted a shipwreck and travels through Scotland England and France. Audience engaged with questions as a patriotic program ended with choir, orchestra and readings by Miss Marie Hoffman.
I E McManus waived preliminary hearing in municipal court on a charge of igor nuiss ance and was held to answer to the grand jury. Bond set at 300 dollars. A second charge of keeping intoxicating liquor, McManus pled not guilty and the hearing was continued to February 22 at 6 a.m. Appearance bond set at 180 dollars. Bail arranged by attorney. he was released. Seizure involved 513 pints of liquor, 15 sacks, and implicating the defendant in ownership at the hiding place.
The examining board under the building code met in the city engineer's office to set March 3 as the applicant examination date for the building commissioner post. All applicants must pass an exam. a selection will follow promptly. City clerk A. E. Johnson coordinates with officials to gather information on operations.
Harry Hartong and Russell L. De Gou of the Waterloo Retail Merchants association will travel to Fort Dodge for the Iowa State Retail Merchants’ meeting from February 1 to 20. Sioux City and Council Bluffs may extend invitations as the convention aims to host 500 to 600 visitors and keys in 1920. Also mentions a possible new vaudeville theatre in progress and mail wagon service bids for 1915 1923 with current contractor Joe Clark. Vice Admiral Henry T. Wilson, recovering from pneumonia, returns to the U S aboard the battleship New Mexico with President Wilson aboard the George Washington.
The German finance minister, Dr. Schiffer, warned the public that optimism was too high amid war strain. He reviewed expenses totaling about 161 billion marks, requested a 25.9 billion mark loan as the largest ever sought, and noted prior credit refusals and bank-note growth.
Governor Allen of Kansas testified before the house rules committee on February 17 in Washington, detailing officers and men of the 34th division from Kansas and Missouri who fought in the Argonne forest. He argued life was needlessly sacrificed due to lack of artillery and air support, citing total casualties of the 35th exceeding 8,000 per war department figures.
Boston plans a small official luncheon and dinner for President Wilson on his return from France next week. The president is expected to deliver his principal address in the evening. The Fenian Hall, the opera house, or Mechanical building are being prepared as possible venues for the meeting.
Davenport and neighboring Rock Island and Moline report painters refusing a 10 cent an hour wage cut after two months at 75 cents. The strike aims to force higher pay as other workers abstain, with agitation spreading to Agepen. The health crusade for schoolchildren begins, driven by nurses Miss Bell and Miss Douglas under Red Cross supervision, promoting chores and hygiene.
Senator Jones of Washington introduced a new resolution in Washington D C proposing submission to the states of a constitutional amendment granting women the right to vote. The measure, identical to recent senate proposals, is referred to the woman suffrage committee as champions push for action before the next congressional session.
The Associated Press reports rising chance of a coalition government in Austria following the election, while in Washington D C on February 17 Tr L L Lumsden assistant surgeon general of the public health service testified before the House Agriculture Committee urging a bill to promote federal state cooperation for improving rural health conditions.
The German-Austrian Sunday elections show Social Democrats leading with 100 seats to the national assembly, as Christian Socialists win about 80 and Liberals 70. The result likely prompts a coalition government and no clear majority emerges. News from Vienna notes orderly voting and no disorder.
Hamburg department store clerks join Berlin strike as workers at Hope God stores go on walkout. Placards read One employers quit at million no year We are paid 75 marks monthly. By Friday afternoon about 40,000 employees had left posts.
Rachel Hawthorne aged 16 and Norbert Mawthurag 14 depart on a 10000 mile journey to Murbin Manchuria. They travel alone with steamer trunks loaded and relatives assisting in San Francisco Yokohama and Honolulu. The trip, costing about 2000, follows a 1916 China voyage by the same siblings.
Washington February 17 The house appropriations committee approved a request to add 1700,000,000 for government operation of railroads. Bills liquor hearings and five year extensions of government control drive debate as senators prepare investigations. Provincial notices from Orange Township report memorial services, property purchases, and a funeral, while Sir Wilfrid Laurier dies in Ottawa.
Des Moines reports a 30 to 14 senate vote against adopting an official Iowa flag. The banner, tied to Daughters of the American Revolution efforts, carried by a Rainbow division unit in France, faced opposition from a soldier's son who argued one flag suffices alongside the Stars and Stripes.
Hampton Iowa February 17 Dr Frank C Musser longtime resident and pioneer dentist died suddenly Saturday after being found prostrate at the Swearingen home corner Third and Main streets He was about 50 married two years to Miss Fannie Rute survived by wife He was senior member of one of the oldest local firms previously with Pr L Ingham later Musser Rule Unknown causes and funeral arrangements not listed
Health warning urges avoiding colds by keeping bowels regular and not letting waste accumulate. It promotes SABINOS as a pleasant laxative that empties the bowels and claims no habit formation. Suggests buying a bottle for a quarter and taking it first thing tomorrow morning.
Greene reports Damon Cheney visiting his parents after a Waterloo trip, recently discharged from army service. August Koch remains in Waverly hospital for an appendectomy. Mrs. Aaron Moss visits Waverly for granddaughter’s pneumonia care. Jonathan Mony taken to Iowa City hospital for nerve trouble. Foresters hall hosted a chicken pie supper serving 24 cents per plate. Carrie Gates circle held a Saturday tea at the Save home for birthdays. a social hour followed. Allie Greene visited town after the death of her sister-in-law Mrs. C M Greene. Mrs. Tom Waiterson dies in Ton on after three weeks illness from flu, pneumonia. aged 83, husband and children survive.
An advertisement notes Moentho Laxena is sold by all good druggists and promises strong cold and cough relief. It mentions a 244-07 concentrated essence battle and suggests a full supply with directions and satisfaction tea included.
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