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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 27, 1917
Page
3
Testimony in a high profile trial details Mrs. de Saulles admitting flattery to hold her husband and disclosing letters and travels. She describes unhappiness over hotel incident with de Saulles and asserts her love words were sincere while noting a broken heart. The proceedings probe her letters, yacht sightings with a duke, and a $50,000 deal linked to her husband.
Mrs. de Saulles recounted the tragedy at The Box in Westbury Long Island. She described arguing with her husband over custody of their son and the moments surrounding the shooting. The 23 year old gave a mingled tale of pathos and humor that moved the courtroom audience.
In a court narrative, Mrs. de Saulles described firing the revolver in a moment of alleged mental irresponsibility. She said she asked for her son, her former husband refused, and she felt stunned and uncertain, remembering only fragmented details of the incident.
Five bandits attacked the Huebner Brewery paymaster in Toledo and escaped with $35,000, police report states. A separate item from Paris Missouri notes plastering debris at the Glenn House led Harland Reg i to uncover a rat's nest containing three ladies' silk stockings, two perfume bottles and a flatiron among other items.
British troops report holding Bou rlon Wood against a strong Turkish counterattack as fighting rages along the front near Jerusalem. British cavalry advances three and a half miles west of Jerusalem, pressing toward Turkish defenses from the southwest while Turks resist at the Jerusalem Sheckhem road. North of Jaffa British patrols retreat to the southern side of the Nahr el Aujel as the civil war in Russia appears to deepen amid Bolshevik armistice efforts.
Reports say Berlin and Petrograd exchange wire messages over a peace offer by the Maximatists as the Second Army on Russia’s northern front removes officers and backs the Bolshevik armistice plan. The U.S. weighs the Petrograd armistice note while allies threaten passports if Russia seeks a separate peace. Gen. Kalinyin? KalEdines? is said to control southern grain and Russia’s gold reserve after Petrograd loss.
Reported warfront conditions describe TheRristan soldiers amid severe hunger from exhausted, dwindling supplies. Mutinies are said to have broken out among units, signaling mounting turmoil for the besieged forces.
In Glidden Iowa on November 27 residents petition the board of education to oust German courses from public schools. The drive centers on Merle Hay the town’s war martyr with German descent forming a large local minority.
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