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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1915
Page
8
From western Galicia May 10, German forces under General August von Mackensen have broken through all three Russian fortified lines in the first stage of the battle. They are reforming for a new assault, moving supplies and pursuing prisoners, with thousands already captured and a total likely to rise by about 30,000 as about sixty to seventy guns are reported seized.
Classified notices list furnished rooms ground floor apartment near 2710 red after 7 pm, wanted kitchen and dining help for Plaza Tea Shop, rent notices for modern and seven room houses in Waterloo area, plus bankrupt hardware sale on May 18 1915 at 311 East Fourth Street with items valued at 8200 dollars and tin shop lease, and sewing machine sale with used machines and prices.
In eastern operations the Second Austro-Hungarian army breached the Carpathian crest between the northern slopes and Uzsok passes and forced the Eighth Russian army under General Brussitoff to retreat with bayonet. Each Austro German advance shortens the battle line and frees troops for other fronts, heightening Russian retreat confusion.
Reports from London Liverpool and Washington recount leaders condemning the Lusitania sinking as murder not warfare. Churchill and Bonar Law urge inquiries and protests while Cunard’s Charles Booth seeks full facts before conclusions. U-33 blamed by Genoa dispatch. funeral plans in Washington outline military and naval escorts. American bodies to be embalmed and shipped home.
An order of court is sought to authorize W E Robinson receiver for National Engine Co to settle Penn Mutual life insurance claim on George W Dickinson former engine president. Policy void if holder dies by own action within a year and Dickinson died within that year. Settlement proposed at 2509 dollars.
Waterloo camp No 33 Sons of Veterans invites all sons and grandsons of Civil War veterans to a rally tomorrow evening at the G A R hall A plan for the Memorial Day parade calls for 9 drum corps with hopes of increasing local membership A strong program and refreshments await visitors Committees will decorate graves in cemeteries and assist with decorating the opera house for indoor exercises The national organization has over 65000 members and aims to carry on Grand Army memorial work.
Health expert Dr W A Evans highlights the methods of Drs G Hardy and Margaret V Clark of Waterloo Ia in teaching child behavior through structured score cards for ages 18 months to adults. They urge training by play not commands and outline age specific activities to foster expression, helpfulness, self control, cleanliness and orderliness.
Queenstown reportsAffidavits by Jessie Taft Smith Howard lL Fisher Major K Warren Pearl and Robert Rankin are the only prominent Lusitania disaster records for the U S consulate in London The bodies of identified Americans are laid side by side in Cunard offices as British sailors carry them through streets Crowds uncover coffins containing Trohman Trumbull McCona Stevens Pearson Walker Pearson's secretary McBride Hugh Compton C T Brodrick Herbert Ellis Spillman Frohman's secretary arrives to claim his employer's body
Maury J L Diggs and F L Caminetti, convicted under the Mann White Slave Act, were denied a rehearing by the United States circuit court of appeals in San Francisco. A writ of candidate for execution will be issued within five days, and their counsel plans to seek a stay to petition the Supreme Court.
A verdict of acquittal was returned after a brief jury deliberation late Saturday in the case of Mrs Florence Cave man charged with murdering Mrs Louise Bailey in Freeport on June 30. The Waterloo readers support the Courier and its Want Ada service.
A 1915 dispatch reports President Wilson plans a cash indemnity for American victims of the Lusitania sinking and a pledge to halt German submarine warfare. Officials weigh steps, including breaking diplomatic ties, with public opinion split between war and peace. Bernstorff meets Bryan asAmericans in Switzerland monitor developments.
William Macharlane Rochester attorney visits Carleton Sing at his home. Waterloo Council Knights and Ladies of Security plan a box social at Elks hall after the meeting with a candidates initiation. Mr and Mrs Frank Roby of San Francisco visiting Mrs Dave Moby. Funeral for Henry Villa at O Keeffe and Towne chapel officiated by Rev W L Dorgan. Mary Day East High domestic science teacher underwent surgery after a typhoid illness.
Weather data supplied by Buchanan Optical shows temperatures ranging from 35 to 64 degrees yesterday. Additional figures include 1911 and 1912 records spanning high 50s to low 70s, with other entries noting 1 to 62 and 48 to 94 across different times.
Waterloo contractors show signs of returning to normal as 15 of about 40 active jobs are on residences. Moore & Moore Lumber supplies materials for construction and repair on multiple contracts while local bankers assist in ongoing efforts. Citizens discuss transit to Shell Rock and note grave illness of George Hammond. relief funds for Belgian aid rise as we near report totals.
A woman was alone at her home yesterday when funeral plans were set to be made after her son arrives. No other details on the event or location are provided.
Mrs Rawher Bay died early this afternoon at her home in Parker. The remains were prepared for burial. Born in Yorkshire England she moved with her father to Asteries in youth. She would have turned 65 on July 12. Survived by sister Mrs George Smith and son Walter A Ray of Marlowton Montana. She was an Episcopal church member.
The condition of Meredyth Place is encouraging today with no notable change for the worse. He remains conscious most of the time and does not speak, following a motorcycle versus automobile collision that put him in a coma a week ago last Friday.
Geneva May 10 An Italian army five hundred thousand strong, fully equipped and ready for the field, has been concentrated at Verona. Verona is a fortified Italian city at the base of the Tyrolese Alps, twenty five miles from the frontier of Austria Hungary.
Leon Garoufales and Tom Part own International Grocery and a residential delivery horse. Attorney George Harris sues in Justice W B McMurray's court for 77 damages after the horse ran away three times in one day, crashing into McElhinney's electric car near the Black Hawk National Bank.
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