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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1918
Page
3
Bulgarian minister Ton eheff reported to the sobranje that Roumanian delegates accepted armistice terms including cession of Dobrudja and frontier readjustment with Hungary. The government was told to sign a preliminary treaty before noon March 4.
Three mechanics and three carpenters from Waterloo are specially inducted by the local exemption board in response to the call for volunteers. George H. Alberts Henry Bethuis Fred Dennis mechanics William D Salz Harold E Q and W Zawiske carpenters join the group. Roy Blandfield and A W House join two medical department volunteers. Lea Nichols and Carl Sorenson depart Friday afternoon for coast artillery. All men are Waterloo residents.
Glen Barteh leaves for Jefferson Barracks Missouri to join the aviation section signal corps becoming the third Barteh son to enlist. Maura 22 enlisted first in April 1917 and serves in France with the Thirty-fifth aerial squadron. Donald 18 enlisted February and trains with the Eighty-third serial squadron at Rantoul Illinois.
At the 13th national Prohibition party convention in Chicago the second day of the special session on merger drew heated exchanges. Ten minute merger advocates spoke before opponents led by Dr Edwin Worrell who, after proposing a merger friendly resolution yesterday, revised his stance. George Harger of New York backed merger, provoking remarks about Samuel Gompers as a key cabinet figure. A Waterloo Indiana lodge election and routine affairs followed as the nominating committee report was released with officers named or listed as delegates and alternates.
A fragmentary marriage license notice lists individuals including Watson T. Romth of Waterloo Bertha Begner of Mt Morris Lawrence Christensen of Provo Genevieve Lasher of Waterloo Cliff A. Milne of Dysart Schmidt of Dysart with scattered numbers and notes.
A Temps correspondent with the British army in France reports German prisoners admit awareness of American troops on the western front. They claim knowledge of a division in France, saying there never will be more, reflecting a contested pretense or conditioning.
Amsterdams march 6 Emperor William telegraphed Wald Marshal von Madenburx congratulating him on the glorious conclusion of the war on the eastern front. The telegram says the long struggle is now in our hands and Baltic brethren will feel themselves free from Russia's yoke. God was with us and will come to aid.
Washington March 6 The carpenters union plans a second appeal to President Wilson seeking representation on the wage adjustment commission for shipbuilding disputes. William Hutcheson says failure to act could lead to further actions while noting carpenters struck previously and returned after the president urged settlement.
Washington March 6 The French embassy counselor filed a warrant for larceny against Frank J Goldsall a former French army private now in the United States. He is accused of stealing between 4 600 000 and 36 000 000 from the French government by arranging motor truck contracts and taking 5 to 20 percent commissions from American manufacturers. Federal authorities were asked to return him to France.
Haig reports two raids west and north of Arras with light British casualties and several enemy losses. Troops repulsed counterattacks near Warneton and St Quentin while capturing prisoners and two machine guns east of Bullecourt.
Fred Thomas, sent to the Anamosa reformatory for breaking and entering Berkley Hardware, planned a jail escape from the county jail. He removed about a dozen bricks from his cell wall to breach the catn iys cave but the attempt was stopped when moved to the reformatory. Thomas previously made an escape last week by whitewashing sidewalks and was recaptured.
German forces were landed on the Aland Islands following a request for military assistance from Finland. The move is reported as official and responsive to Finnish government actions.
Wholesale egg butter and poultry dealers of Iowa gathered in Des Moines for their twenty fourth annual convention opening this afternoon with a welcome address by former Senator Lafayette Young.
Molonry insists the American Society of Equity is non partisan and separate from the Non-Partisan League, while editorials urge farmers to “select own ticket.” Mahoney says members may align with any party and that the groups have no kinship, despite shared members and a moved convention from Decorah to Waterloo for better access.
London reports Gen. F B Maurice states the German forces on the western front now exceed Allied divisions by 16. He notes this does not prove stronger overall since Allied divisions are larger in size.
The Cedar River rose above the dam and flooded the area between the dam and the Mul 1 lin avenue bridge overnight. Historic outflows from the millpond show dates from 1908 to 1917 with March events varying yearly. Temperatures for March 6 are listed by Buchanan Optical with observed highs and lows from midnight to noon.
The Waterloo Central Labor union plans a political discussion at its regular meeting tonight. Committees will debate methods to place their selectees into school director positions.
Hinton G. Chibhand of the department of justice prohibited the sale of the song There'll be a hot time for the old men while the young men are away. He calls it a reflection on patriotism of army men and those too old to serve. The official action reflects wartime censorship in Chicago.
The American Society of Equity convention in Waterloo features Mrs. Radick condemning state colleges as training schools for large corporations and criticizing education that serves profiteering. Speakers praise nonpartisan leagues and urge broader farmer representation in food policy and Hoover committees.
Iowa farmers gathered in Waterloo to back the American Society of Equity. They urged national control over organization work, endorsed better rural school education, and pledged loyalty to the president amid wartime tensions. Resolutions named the Equity News as official paper and urged union representation at Des Moines meetings.
In Chicago on March 6 the appeal by Henry Veeder chief counsel for Swift and Co. challenges government seizure of a suitcase of papers from Swift offices. Federal authorities argue the seizure was legal under the espionage act to uncover packer collusion, while the appeals court dismisses the immediate appeal and the packers concede further review.
Officials of the Peoria Loyal Order of Moose announce a joint convention with the Illinois Moose. The Iowa Moose will host events in Peoria with the Illinois Moose gathering in early June. A Towans delegation attended to finalize arrangements for the joint meeting.
Nick Triantafelo and Gus Parasky were jailed overnight on sedition charges after alleged disloyal statements. An attempt by Triantafelo’s bakery owner to secure release failed as Commissioner Dempster kept them in custody. They were later released on own recognizance at 1:30 p.m. pending further investigation.
Various groups announce meetings and activities tomorrow including B G club and women from several auxiliaries at the Red Cross shop. K of P hall hosts initiation. sewing for Red Cross. officers to be elected. Chamber of Commerce board meeting postponed to tomorrow noon. Hillside Cemetery society to meet tomorrow 2 to 6 pm at 316 Washington Cedar Falls.
Waterloo Community Drama league announced its first annual meeting and elected officers for the year. Rev H L Haywood becomes vice president Maude Popp is treasurer Mrs Harry Sigworth business manager and Mrs John O Keefe was not re elected as president. The league praised its first year as a civic influence and noted a permanent home at the Little theatre Fifth and Jefferson streets.
The Commercial club committee of the Garden club led by B L Bowden E R B McCoy and S S C Bell will meet in the club rooms tomorrow at a.m. The Waterloo Commercial club received a request from the Lamont Commercial club for a sample petition urging Congress to empower heavier sentences for traitors and enemies.
Private Jerome W. Norman of St. Paul Minnesota, attached to the Soist infantry at Camp Dodge Iowa, was convicted of desertion at a general court martial and sentenced to ten years at hard labor at Fort Worth penitentiary. The sentence was announced today.
A spring medicine claim touts Hood's Sarsaparilla as a safe, effective blood purifier tonic. It cites forty years of use, treats scrofula eczema tumors catarrh rheumatism loss of appetite tiredness and debility, and endorses it for all ages including invalids and convalescents. It highlights pleasant taste aids digestion and vitalizes the body.
Miss Ruby Ferguson ill at home in Harrison street. Mrs Parker returns to Saskatoon after winter visits. Food conservation talk set at Commercial club rooms with speakers Lichty McCoy Bowman and guests Retail Merchants. Mrs Chub A Smith heads to St Louis and Aberdeen to join husband in shipbuilding with plans to stay west. Professional nurse advertises obstetric care at 516 Rhey street.
Mrs Harley Hileman died at 11 4 p m yesterday at St Francis hospital after a long illness. Funeral Friday at 2 20 p m at home 1121 Sixth Street West with Dr Frank Willard Court in charge. Born Edna Storrs in Gilmen Ta September 14 1884. married 1902 in Nasan City. Survived by husband son Clarence mother Mrs Lida Smith sister Mrs Will Farrell Des Moines brothers Mr Storrs Nevada Ja and Austin Smith Minneapolis. Body to Hileman & Gindt's mortuary.
Sioux City council debates repealing the hog ban outside residential districts and allowing hundreds of hogs near the city outskirts. Miss Blanche E B Johnson of Waterloo and Don C Canfield of Dunkerton were married yesterday by Justice Knapp and will live on a Dunkerton area farm.
A Keene New Hampshire woman claims Vinol cured her cough, improved appetite, and restored strength after a period of illness. The advertisement touts Vinol as a constitutional cod liver and iron remedy that builds appetite, aids digestion, and elevates mood, with distribution through Wangler Bros. Co. and C I Miller and by druggists nationwide.
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