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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1915
Page
14
Samuel C. Preston of 805 Hammond Avenue uses his seventeen colored dahlia beds to raise funds, selling bouquets downtown. He reports selling about 50 dollars worth this period and around 60 dollars total, with planned sales totaling roughly 100 dollars for the summer.
Brownsville Tex Oct 2 General B P Nafarrate Carranza commander at Matamoros announced transfer to border role He said General Hugencio Lopez now with the Carranza army near Torrecan is expected to succeed him at Matamoros, a move officers deem crucial to restoring peace on the boundary.
Allstadt Langlas Baking company gave out 6000 Kleen Maid bread loaves as souvenirs to visitors at the Pure Food Show held in the exhibition hall of the Dairy Catite Congress. The miniature loaves were made from Clear Quill flour produced in Waterloo and Cedar Falls by the Union Mil company and described as perfect.
Centerville defeated Moulton 64 to 0 in a loosely played game at Centerville Ta. Osage crushed Nashua 194 to 0 at Mitchell county fair as Osage pursues the state high school title. Des Moines rolled past Penn 27 to 0 at Penn field with four touchdowns and three goals.
In Pella Highland Park ag central seven and in Dubuque the Dubuque German college beat Iowa States Teachers 25 to 7 with Sol Butler star in the German college. Other results include Penn over Des Moines College and Transylvania College defeating Kentucky Military Institute 27 to 0.
The funeral for four sailors from the F-4 which sank in Honolulu harbor last March was held at Arlington Cemetery Washington. Gun caissons carried the caskets draped with flags as regiments of regulars and hundreds of Army veterans accompanied the bodies to their final resting place.
Chicago dispatch reports Thomas Helly, a Canadian contractor, arrested over alleged frauds in Winnipeg parliament bridge contracts worth 133000000. He vows to fight extradition and return when conditions are right, as Inspector W Madie leads the case involving Manitoba politicians including Sir Rodmond Palen Roblin and others.
The Hon Dr W St Montague and former minister of public works face preliminary trial on conspiracy to defraud the province. Alleged are $300 000 excess payments to Kelly and Sons led by Thomas Kelly, Winnipeg contractor. Commissioner Mason orders Kelly held without bail awaiting German authorities.
Governor Dunne’s office displays Miss Jeanette Lawson of Cincinnati Ohio seeking a husband. The 19 year old tall brown eyed applicant seeks a sober husband who will treat her well and writes for more information. William J Sullivan secretary to the governor is coordinating the search.
A London Amsterdam telegram reports Austria poised to issue an ultimatum to Romania demanding free passage of munitions to Turkey. The Evening Courier and Reporter notes broad readership of the telegram.
Dr Frederick A Cook, once linked to Mount Everest exploration, was arrested in Rangoon on suspicion of spying for Germany. Curtis Allen, an American traveler, reported Cook’s arrest and brief release with a promise to reveal details about Everest.
Berlin reports Prime Minister Count von Kortling addressed Parliament noting Allied progress. He claimed no enemy reached the Rhine or Berlin while German forces held Helgum area and large parts of France, extending into Russia. He argued Germany avoided famine and countered the notion of industrial ruin. The Overseas News Agency summarized these remarks.
El Paso passes word that state department officials seek Van Leigh Collins son of Mrs J C Collins of San Antonio. He arrived in Tuarez two weeks ago from Morelia via Morelos. Last letter from him dated Tuarez asked for money. local searches in Suarez have failed.
A tiger being moved from a lock to a Catalina island bound ship forced its cage bars, jumped overboard, swam ashore, and fled through San Pedro streets. Calvary officers and bystanders pursued the animal, eventually wounding it as it ran loose with a crowd in pursuit.
London reports Baron Beattie, head of the Anglo French commission, is empowered to agree in New York to a new international tribunal to override the present system of privy courts. The Globe comments on Sir Arthur Markham’s notice to Parliament about whether Foreign Secretary May will adhere to a postwar discussion of freedom and its limits. The piece criticizes proposals seen as undermining Britain’s sea power and criticizes the “Want Page.”
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