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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1915
Page
7
Preliminary meetings were held today at the Russell Lamson Hotel for the grand lodge assembly. Three thousand visitors expected for the grand lodge proper on Wednesday. O H Sweeney to be installed as grand master. President Stevenson in annual address eulogizes orphans homes and old folks homes.
Wally five hundred Odd Fellows and Rebekahs gather in Waterloo for the Iowa grand lodge session at Hotel Russell Lamson. About a thousand people attend the advance guard with over 3 000 expected Wednesday for the grand lodge opening in the K of P hall. The Rebekah assembly dominates the day with a 1 PM session and a luncheon hosted by Helen R. Griffith in Cedar Falls.
The article outlines tomorrow's Odd Fellows events with sessions of the Grand Encampment in the K of P hall and Rebekah assembly in the Masonic temple. A dramatized Rebekah degree by the Red Oak Star is planned at the Waterton opera house with two showings. Georgia Quigley of McGregor will report on the assembly. S A Noch of Maker City is a noted delegate.
A car plunged 15 feet over a wall at Electric Park's west bridge approach. B F Patterson crippled driver and Mrs Patterson with Miss E D Bizer survived as the vehicle landed upright in mud and water. Passengers escaped with minor knee bruises while onlookers and a derrick saved the day.
The list of Grand Lodge officers includes Grand Master J. Randall of Cedar Rapids and Deputy Grand Master O. H. Sweeney of Waterloo along with many others from Des Moines Newton Council Bluffs and Dubuque. Rebekah Assembly officers led by President Harriett Stevenson and a KR and Tilton Grand Encampment lineup are also noted.
President Wilson plans a November 4 speech at the Manhattan Club to promote a national defense program. Navy officials foresee a five year plan to add sixteen capital ships by 1920, likely taxing shipyards and urging Congress to authorize around 500 million dollars within two years.
From La Panne and Paris reports say a brutal bombardment on the Yser front near Dixmude and Yvres preceded a German attempt to pierce the Belgian line. Belgian artillery repelled the assault, shelling the enemy trench and scattering troops as they rose from the trenches. A smaller second attack was likewise repulsed. Deaths highway near Dixmude remains hotly contested.
The Martha Washington will, seized by a Union trooper during Ball Run battles and later owned by J Mor pont Morgan, was returned to Fairfax County archives in a ceremony. Virginia sued Morgan in the U S Supreme Court to recover the document, but the case will be dropped and the will placed beside General Washington’s records at Mount Vernon.
Reported motor courtship between President Wilson and Mrs. Norman Galt in Washington includes daily drives and public appearances. Observers mistook Galt for a family member while she wore dark tailored gowns and hats.
William Walies Spence long time leading minister of University City marks his centennial born in Edinburgh Scotland. He crossed to the United States in 1833 after seventy days at sea and has attributed his longevity to Nisian welt and Broadleaf Havana.
Reports from Mexico City indicate Amanza leaders gaining influence as Carranza forces control much of the north. Villa troops are said to have sacked Parral before evacuating, while large food shipments arrive to ease shortages. Zapata's American threat is denied amid war office moves to Mexico City. Across the Rio Grande, U S soldiers exchange fire with Mexican forces near Mercedes pumping plant with no injuries.
An inquest into the deaths from the London Zeppelin raid reports verdicts that deaths resulted from air raids. The father of a victim denounces the Kaiser. Separate bombs started fires after piercing a gas main. several killed or injured by blast and shock. An accompanying update notes Austrians repulsed on the Drina Grahovo front with heavy losses.
Newark report notes New Jersey polls open at 6 tomorrow to decide if women gain the vote in a special election. The piece places New Jersey with upcoming referendums in New York and neighboring states as the nation debates enfranchising women. Mrs. Harrist Stanton Blatch urges systematic female industrial training for wartime work and supports compulsory service for men.
Brigadier General Sir Eric Swayne, director of recruiting in the northern command, urged Britain to raise 3,000,000 additional troops by spring. He argued Germany would lose more men than the Allies, balancing forces if Britain mobilizes quickly, and warned authorities cannot be responsible for the war without such recruiting.
Charleston guardsmen maintain guard duty at the Democratic executive committee building as civil officials begin an inquiry into the death of Sidney J. Cohen, a newspaper reporter shot during last Friday’s altercation. Coroner Mansfield leads the inquest into the fatal incident.
Reports from Athens say Serbian and Anglo French troops occupied Stramitsa, thirty miles north of Saloniki, while Bulgarians retreated after a Bulgarian plan to cut the Saloniki Nish railway faced Allied action. French forces arrived as Russian and Turkish aid remained limited.
Paris dispatch reports General Joffre, without food or drink for 22 hours from 9 am to 7:30 am, directing battle operations in Champagne. He crouched near a front line tanker's kitchen with a telephone, listening to officers, studying maps, and issuing orders in a calm voice.
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