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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1919
Page
5
Burton Avenue Baptist church, formed two years ago from a mission of Walnut Street church, outgrows its quarters and solicits pledges toward a 50000 dollar building fund to erect a new church home. First pledges solicited yesterday as progress continues under Pastor Rev. W. G. Kelford who began last June.
Walter Pearson a 43 year old man, wounded in three gun battles with police after a home dispute, is in critical condition at Clinton hospital. Officers Lorenz, Phillins, Hawke and Burke faced Pearson who fired seven shots. no officers were hit. Associates Hans Evers, John Conners, and Fred Harrison are in custody as witnesses.
New York reports the cruiser Frederick arrived from Brest with 1, but 02 troops. The 41st division units from Washington, Oregon, Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, plus aero squadrons and medical detachments, aboard. Siboney carried 3,15) troops and the 40th division detachment. Yosemite brought medical and forestry casuals. Polar Bear, disabled at sea, aided to Bermuda. Great Northern carried 2,650 troops with 1,291 sick or wounded. 53 serious cases.
Pearson, with a prior prison record including time at Anamosa reformatory after assaulting his stepmother, attempted to scare Myers by firing into the ground rather than at him. The incident shows a criminal history and violent behavior in the subject’s past.
Waterloo may host league baseball this spring if Frank Boyle accepts a Western Canada offer from Tregina to manage the club this summer. He plans to form a 20 man roster and conduct six weeks to a month of spring training locally if Gedar River park can be prepared. Exhibition games and daily drills between the Regulars and the Youngins are planned, offering league action after a year without play.
Carter Harrison, five time Chicago mayor and Red Cross captain in France, says his Red Cross service bars his candidacy against Mayor W. H. Thompson. In a letter he notes his obligation ends April 1 and the organization prohibits political activity by members.
New York reports the steamships Nagira and America arriving from France with nearly 3000 American troops. Washington confirms Thomas W. Gregory, retiring attorney general, will accompany President Wilson to France as general adviser. Gregory also urges commuting espionage act sentences where intent was only circumstantial. Warsaw hints at renewed hostilities between Poles and Ukrainians. London cites chatter on possible fall of the German government. New York notes plans for ecumenical league among Roman Catholic and other churches to work with nations, to be presented to the Pope. Hoover named director general of the American relief administration under the famine relief bill.
Washington March 3 The Internal Revenue Bureau announces that salesmen and other employees must report per diem allowances as income tax. Living expenses are not deductible, even if incurred in business. Per diem excess over living expenses is taxable. A salesman may deduct sample room costs as a business expense and rail fares paid while traveling are deductible.
The War Department today authorized service and wound chevrons for female telephone operators and similar female employees with the expeditionary forces. The chevrons will be worn when these workers are in their prescribed uniforms.
Peking reports negotiations at Harbin and Urga aim to grant Japan the right to take over Russian rights and privileges in outer Mongolia. Source notes this arrangement being pursued through authoritative channels to expand Japan's influence in the region.
A 14 coach train carrying oversea boys to Camp Dodge for discharge passed Waterloo Saturday evening on the Chicago Great Western. Frank J. King distributed chocolate, rum, cigars, and postcards. Mrs. King noted messages for relatives. Irving Buck of Co. B Rainbow division, Maurice Kinnie, and Lewis A. Casey were aboard. Casey wounded last summer, overseas nine months. Kings notified relatives. train stop shifted to Marshalltown.
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