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Waterloo Evening Courier

Location

Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America

Date

May 26, 1915

Page

3

Ackerman Testifies in Scribner Perjury Trial

J W Ackerman aged 28 told of his meeting with D J Goodman Plukerion detective and being on the car that hit the Scribner boy. He said he heard the motorman warn of danger and described visits after the accident and liquor-fueled travels with Goodman in a defense aimed at challenging the perjury charge.

J. W. Ackarma J. T. Sullivan D. J. Goodman Plukerion Scribner Hug I Ackerman Ner Iowa Illinois Central Dane Street Ricker Street Ankeny Street F. D. Ackerman Risk Lcribner Crystal Icc & Fuel Co Charles Scribner Goodman Cedar Falls Corn Bell Telephone Co Sam Ditch Acker Ian Woodmao Scribner Lafayette Street Fourth Fifth Blackmar Charles Mr. Lovejoy Sylvan H. B. Hales

Announcements delay meetings of local societies

Due to prior use of K or C hall the Daughters of Isabella meeting is postponed to Friday evening. Sacred Heart court 399 meets at St Marys auditorium tonight. W R C holds an all day work meeting Saturday with wrenths made at Fowler building and city building on Blut street as side stations. St Josephs court 868 C OF holds its regular meeting at Scallon hall tonight at o clock. St Francis Hospital auxiliary meets today afternoon at St Marys auditorium with a card party and refreshments.

K. Or C. Hall Daughters of Isabella Sacred Heart Court St. Mary's Auditorium Fowler Lafayette Street East Side City Blut Street St. Joseph's Court Scallon Hall St. Francis Hospital

Waterloo Examinations Begin. Schools to Close for Summer

Examinations start Monday and run through Friday as public schools in Waterloo Gast dismiss at noon next Monday for Memorial Day. High school meets an hour early that day. Graduation week includes junior senior banquet at Walnut Street Baptist church, class day Friday, baccalaureate Sunday, class play at Waterloo theatre, commencement Wednesday, and alumni banquet Friday at Grace Methodist church. Superintendent Charles W. Kline will study administrative work in Columbia University this summer. Students plan trips to expositions, Yellowstone, and Glacier parks, or stay home. many seek summer jobs.

Waterloo Gast Walnut Street Baptist Church J. R. Macartney Grace Methodist Church Waterloo Charles W. Kline Columbia Universality New York City Yellowstone Glacier National Parks

Italy Declares War on Austria in Note to Bryan

Italy has sent a formal note to Secretary Bryan outlining reasons for declaring war on Austria. Count di Cellere delivered the document, citing Austria's ultimatum to Serbia and Italy’s need to defend its interests and balance in the Balkans. The note argues diplomacy failed and war became necessary to safeguard Italian position in Europe.

Washington, D. C Italy Austria Count di Cellere Bryan United States Serbia Balkans Europe

Belts Instructors Dispute at Factory Class

L R Miner resigns as draftsman at Iowa Dairy Separator plant to take a Galena Ironworks post. He is surprised by the mechanical engineering class at the plant which presents a belt engraved Iowa Diary Class 1915. The class, organized by O H W Johnson of the Ames college, had about seventy three members and will hold a smoker next Tuesday at the Chamber of Commerce and Waterloo club with talks and a light luncheon.

L. R. Miner Iowa Galena Ironworks Galena Iowa Diary O. H W. Johnson Jeolege Ames Miner Chamber of Commerce and Waterloo Club

Weather Still Puzzles Town Criers Ad Club

The Town Criers Ad Club plans a special 6 10 p m interurban ride to La Porte City tomorrow evening. Jay Manning discusses the most profitable ad he ever wrote. George Brebner reviews the May issue of Printers Ink. Jol Dowlin asks how to read ads. Other brief addresses follow.

Town Criers la Porte City Jay Manning George KE Brebner Printers Ink Dowlin

Brothers Meet in Waterloo After 51 Years Separation

A Waterloo crossing shanty tale recalls John Norman, 69, and his brother Tom Norman, 68, reuniting after 51 years. Tom, once a frontier prospector who rode with Villa, traveled from Dubuque to visit their 90-year-old mother in Crown Point before returning to Waterloo. Both brothers reflect on long, sparse correspondence and a life split between railroading and the western frontier.

Waterloo Fifth Street Waterstreet John Norman Witness Central Mr. Norman Tom Little Crossing Shanty John Norman Tom Norman Crown Point Ind M. C. Norman J. J. A. Norman Almond Street Dubuque Fort Suily South Dakota Col. Pollock Ile West Rockies Mexico Altho J. A Illinois ‘Central

OY Identifies Men In Strike Murder Trial

New Brunswick New Jersey May 26 nine of the ten deputies on trial on murder charges in connection with the shooting of the strikers last month are identified by the OY police investigation as witnesses and participants in the case.

New Brunswick N. J

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