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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1918
Page
2
London voices Winston Churchill declares the Anglo French frontline will hold through summer as US aid nears, German arms matched by Allied resolve. He warns the cost of victory and the need to free the duped to secure lasting peace.
Class 1 men from Waterloo depart for military service as eight skilled workers join 28 registrants leaving May 16 for Jefferson Barracks Missouri. The group includes locomotive engineers Louis Kruse Bertel Schon Arthur Connor and others in rail and boiler trades. Forty three registrants volunteered for special service, with further calls anticipated.
Washington May 5 estimates to Congress by the Shipping Board request 2 223 835 000 for ships under the urgent deficiency act of 1917. A 960 000 per ship flat price replaces cost plus for 160 5 000 ton submarines built at Newark New Jersey.
Washington May reports regulations by Adj. Gen. Mc Cain govern admission to the fourth officers training camps to open May 15. Draft age men may enter if they are ROTC members in accredited schools who will complete the senior course this year or have since Jan 1 1917 at least 300 hours of military instruction under an army officer. Graduates of institutions providing military instruction under an army officer may enter if they have not had less than one year of military training.
Mrs John Lund dies while visiting a sister in Newell. Marie Lund visits friends in Danevang. E S Estell state dairy expert visits Des Moines. Dr C W Ellyson attends medical convention in Fort Dodge. J D Littling tours New Hampton and Decorah. Sergi C H Whitmore on five day recruiting trip to Vinton. Mrs M J O Keefe visits Dubuque and Mount St Joseph College with daughters. Harold Duke now in Wilmington Delaware government shipyards. J C Hileman and colleagues drive automobiles home from Kokomo Indiana. Frank Wenner visiting brother E J Wenner in Ann Arbor. Lieut Bert R Blair to Waterloo for visit with parents. Mrs Mary Newton awarded cabinet store by gas and electric company for oldest gas stove. Harold Williams home on 10 day pass from Fort Riley. may sail overseas. Austin Tims awaiting sailing at Atlantic port. Harold G Dunham becomes manager of Iowa Farm Mortgage Co in Manchester. Budget campaign committee meets tonight in Service League rooms led by C V Simmons. The plan for wartime fund drive will be set.
A foreign-born farmer owning 160 acres was urged to subscribe 3000 to 5000 in liberty bonds and to join the Red Cross for his family. He subscribed 3000 in bonds. Other well-to-do residents also pledged up to 5000 in war bonds after sessions in Judge Franklin G. Platt’s court. Judges reported moderate judgments and cases often revealed efforts rather than neglect. some complaints were said to be spiteful. Also, Hot Springs, Ark, May 4 notes: Club women of the General Federation elected officers including Mrs. J. E. B. Cowles, California. Miss Georgia Bacon, Massachusetts. Mrs. Thomas G. Winter, Minnesota. Mrs. Adam Weiss, Colorado. Mrs. J. Wood, New Hampshire. Mrs. Benjamin Clark, Iowa, treasurer. Mrs. William P. Harper, Washington. noting Mrs. Clark’s Red Oak home and press chair of the Iowa Federation.
Joseph F. Brooks, a young English volunteer who left Waterloo to join British forces, recounts his travel through Palestine in 1918. He describes harsh rain, cold barracks, ancient sites in Hebron and Jerusalem, and daily life among natives. He shares personal news, family greetings, and hopes for an end to the war.
Des Moines May Fifteen hundred students escaped unharmed as fire gutted the old west wing of the west high school building. Loss estimated at 50000 dollars. Officials attribute the blaze to defective wiring. Fire discovered before classes began and students evacuated in about one minute under the principal’s report.
Analysis under W F Parrott shows the bread did not contain glass but sand from stock bran mispacked for domestic bran. The error occurred after use, baker failed to recall in time. Officials note no other authentic glass in food incidents beyond a Cedar Falls oleomargarine case.
Washington May 5 The casualty list shows 75 names with 13 killed in action 2 died of accident 8 died of disease 13 wounded severely 41 wounded slightly 3 missing. Six officers maimed include Lieutenants Beach Gaylord Hanf Dowell Grisard Gordon Noland. Killed in action Privates Diver Buckley Coughlin Dear dosky Forrest Henson Linton Medawar Phennig Valseley. Died of disease Coner Shea Shields. Wounded severely Walker Bryant Firth Harrison Hipes McPherson Milard Roccer Saunders Sruta Werne Zeller. Wounded slightly Fretz Kellum Leehm Shirley Hagood Nelson Whitney McConnell Mican Ersburg OBrien Phillips Ratcliffe Rice Robinson Shepperd Stansbury Watkins Whitehill Wolfe Young Seel. Missing Waters Sandler Stonina.
Capt E S Geist and Lieut W H Durchdenwald spoke to the military class at the armory last night. Col C W Cotton leads weekly drills with added aides in reserve. Durchdenwald sails Sunday to duties in small arms instruction. Lieut has led West High School instruction the past year.
Luther an conference concludes this evening after matins led by Rev H A Anspach of Fairfield In and talks on ministry to the sick by Rev A K Waihorn of Dubuque Rev G N Mendenhall of Muscatine and Rev M A Getzabdaber of Princeton Ta who urged care for body and spirit and cheerful courage before a closing sermon by Rev P H Helsey.
Banks of Waterloo report 3 165 550 in purchases of third Liberty bonds to the federal reserve bank in Chicago up to May 4, with subscrip tions swelling since then. Waterloo will likely oversubscribe its 950 000 quota by over 200 000, with about 4 300 subscribers noted in service league tallies though many are employer groups. The city, population about 38 000, hosts more than 7 000 homes suggesting 5 000 subscribers, hinting at a bond in every Waterloo home.
George W. Harker, about 50, died early today. He came to Waterloo from Frederika 14 years ago and lived here since. Survived by widow of 343 Independence Avenue, parents Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Harker, brother James, sister Mrs. L. A. Coste lg of Frederika, and cousin Hb. Marker of Waterlog.
The Waterloo branch of the American Alliance for Labor and Democracy will meet tonight at 8 o'clock in Carpenters Hall opposite the terminal station. All members and others interested are urged to attend as plans are laid for a public mass meeting to discuss vital labor issues. In Newton a wealthy farmer August Tiemann faced reports of food hoarding after federal agents seized German bonds and he bought war savings stamps and donated flour and sugar to his family.
Memphis liquor price list shows bootleg quotations with nicknames like half man shorty tree top tall and Jamaica ginger. Shorty remains most popular while Jamaica ginger is four ounces per dollar. Bootleggers used coded terms to dodge police as they drive by signaling arrivals.
New York reports the Knights of Columbus present the $35.9 million recreation building at Pelham Bay naval training station to the government. Rear Admiral Usher accepts. Rev. Patrick Hayes blesses. The group says sectarian strife is over as the facility will be used by sailors of the Jewish faith each Friday night.
Readers quote a lively local dialogue in a fragmentary piece from the Burgh Leader. The excerpt features Mrs Foxby Mrs Highsame and Chuckley discussing art cigars and politics with casual banter and light social commentary.
The Paul Davis widow hosts a potato week push with recipes used by Mrs. 3. H. Easley and Mrs. F. W. Powers. The campaign urges increased potato production and use in homes to prevent spoilage of growers’ surplus as women are urged to start tomorrow. Recipes include Potato Doughnut, Potato Soup, Potato Custard, White Potato Pies, Deviled Potatoes, and Potato Cake with various ingredients and steps.
John N. Erwin of Muldrow Miss 2nd American aviator cadet was killed and two others were injured in a collision between two airplanes above Central Park Long Island this afternoon The injured are R H Jeremy Wilkes barre Pa and Julian R Vidner Washington D C
London report quotes Lieut. Gen. Sir Robert Haden-Powell recounting a French Boy Scout killed near fighting lines. A traitor shot after refusing to disclose enemy positions, bravely facing a firing squad with a prideful smile.
Indiana faces a blue pencil shortage that could disenfranchise absentee soldiers and other voters next November. Attorney General Ele Stansbury warns that Indiana ballots require a uniform blue pencil marking, with no variation in color to keep ballots distinguishable. The note, received by Republican leaders, raises fears of compromised elections and calls for attention to the supply of blue pencils in Indianapolis stores.
New York May article by Henry Morgenthau details K G Billings near success in steering Turkey toward American money in early 1914. Morgenthau portrays Talaat Pasha as seeking any rescue from debt to pry away from German influence, while French bankers briefly closed the door baring an American option.
Tomorrow morning and 10 a m there will be holy Eucharist at Christ Episcopal Church. A 5 p m litany is scheduled. The Ladies Guild will hold a business meeting Friday at p m.
In a divorce hearing Agatha Wyatt tells Judge Hooley her husband James Wyatt deserted her four years ago and she has not heard from him since. She recalls an illness in hospital and describes times he struck her, breaking two teeth and choking marks on her throat.
Randals, lecturer and organizer of the National Nonpartisan League, was convicted of utterances deemed disloyal to enlistments in the United States army and navy. He received four months in county jail and a 25 dollar fine and was ordered to pay 1000 dollars. Judge Converse converted a maximum fine into jail time and a separate fine, noting the league would cover the cost.
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