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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1918
Page
3
Washington March 4. Hoover announces that as allies demand more breadstuffs and supplies increase, voluntary meat restrictions are relaxed. Beefless and porkless Tuesday remain, but the meatless and porkless Saturday and other limits are lifted to shift consumption toward meat while reducing bread use.
Westminster Presbyterian church held its all members canvass yesterday and pledged 7744.80 to fund 1918 work. Current expense 3957.50 day school 2803.50 auxiliary Christian Endeavor 198.24 Brotherhood 144.49 total for home use 3592. Contributed for others benevolences 12 missionary 254.22 guild 65.94. Dr John W Innes Lee preached at both services, noting the collegiate church work in the evening. Fifty four men took part in the canvass, described as the most successful in the church's history.
About 25 Illinois Central railway officials visit for a freight service conference led by W. S. Williams general superintendent western lines. Topics include general freight service handling loading conservation of equipment and prevention of loss and damage in transit. Attending from out of town are H. Sullivan Mills T. A. Lewis W. E. Ausman L. E. McCabe H. G. Duckwitz J. E. De Shara J. F. Dignan M. G. Flana Richmer William Calahan W. Vodder J. A. McEllroy William Maleud and Patrick freight verifier agents of Chicago.
A long list of cultural events and meetings fills Saturday and midweek social calendars. Edith Wyant hosted piano pupils at the YWCA with multiple performers including Alene Flint, Helen Natman, and a host of listed students. Gertrude Bayless pupils performed at First Baptist Church Saturn afternoon. Various lodges and clubs announce upcoming officers, installations, and gatherings, from Elkiets Lodge planning post Easter events to Daughters of Isabella and Deborah Society meetings. Birthdays, a Miss Maxine Rus elt Lauigan birthday party, and a Thimble Bee for Sons of Veterans auxiliaries are noted, with attendance from regional families and communities.
An advertisement extols Panes Diapepsin as a fast safe cure for indigestion and gastritis caused by acidity. It claims quick relief from sourness, gas, headaches, and nausea, noting neutralization of excess acidity when in contact with the stomach and urging a fifty-cent case from any drug store.
Grace M F all lay groups plan Wednesday sessions with Home Mission leaders Mrs Bates and Mrs Small, mite boxes opening, noon luncheon hosted by Mrs Bighmes and Mrs Lesser with L M initial helpers. Aid society 3 15, Foreign Mission 2, Miss Fateh speaks, reception for Grace auxiliary officers follows. Walnut Street Baptist Baraca class meets with Homer Clark tonight, Ladies Mission circle 2 30 Wednesday election study, 6 45 supper and program. Calvary Evangel Sunshine class elects officers Mrs Te Buhr hosts.
Washington D C March 4 Federal courts have no jurisdiction over bribery at general elections for selecting federal officers the supreme court decided today upholding decrees sustaining demurrers in the Cincinnati election fraud cases Ninety nine persons charged with fraud at the 1916 general election in the first Ohio congressional district will not be compelled to stand trial.
London reports that in January the Germans dropped 1,482 bombs on French-occupied areas while British forces dropped 7,653 bombs in enemy zones. Daytime German bombing stood at 221 bombs, whereas British daytime bombing reached 4,960.
American troops in the Chemin-des-Dames sector live underground in caverns and old limestone quarries named places like Pantheon while prepared for fighting. They sleep on bunks, use air pumps and a small railway for supplies, and show harmony with French soldiers though eager for more combat.
Visitors study a large map while a general confirms there is no no man’s land in the current sector as American troops press the line. A French captain notes Americans swiftly control the trench area with Germans surrendering or shouting Kamerad amid the assault. A German-born sergeant earns a prisoner and guides a return to American lines after a tense standoff, aiding intelligence gathering.
Final report of H. H. B. Plumb, receiver for Armstrong Manufacturing, approved to stay by Judge H. B. Boies. Attorneys Pickett Swisher & Farwell gain 4000 plus 52.36. receiver to receive 5500. Judge Platt’s fee 500. Receiver may settle Cowlishaw claim at 1333 as general claim. Costs to be paid. net balance to creditors. funds cover about 60 percent of preferred claims. Temperature data and notes follow.
A Black Hawk County Bar memorial honors James S. Barr a young attorney who died of tuberculosis at a sanitarium in Monrovia California . Judges Dunham Boies presided as resolutions were adopted praising his Christian faith and professional integrity . Bar members J Kenyon J E Jordan B H McCoy W N Birdsall and others spoke of his loyalty to clients colleagues and God . A memorial record with notices of death and comments will be kept by the court clerk.
Boles names A. J. Edwards C. EB Pickett and A. B. Lovejoy to form a committee charged with the preparation of the record.
Corporal B. W. Strayer of Co. C Thirteenth Engineers writes from France that his unit has not lost men to German fighting but two died of other causes. He praises the MCA and notes a Christmas box arrived from Chicago Great Western employees. A special train brought in distant soldiers after a company show. Gordon Vaughan in Winchester England reflects on the Tuscania sinking and its impact on American troops. Loren Berry with an evacuation hospital in France says he is well and ready for new army duties.
A correspondent recalls the incessant flash of big guns and the constant roar of artillery. He hears aviators overhead and meets Major C. G. Holden who urges him to join the quartermaster staff. Major Davis invites him to France, but he stays at the evacuation hospital.
Police conducted three raids Saturday night into Sunday morning. At 9 45 p m eight were taken at a poker game. At 2 30 a m four were seized at a disorderly house. A half hour later three more were arrested in a third raid.
Prof G V Holsinger of Iowa State College Extension spoke at the home gardening short course in the Y M C A rooms. He covered soils cultivation needs and seasonal planting varieties while urging readers to buy War Savings and Thrift Stamps as Uncle Sam's partner.
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