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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1918
Page
9
Secret McAdoo's appeal to Congress for immediate financial legislation including tax exemptions on existing liberty bonds and new loan spurs a market jump. Second 4s rise to 98, 41-4s to 98, third 4s to 97.10, 3 1-2s to 101. Reactions ease after initial gains as profits are taken.
Plans for an intensive speaking campaign ahead of the Liberty Loan drive are under way. Sept 82 is proposed as Liberty Loan Sunday with a sermon from every pulpit. Mr. Grimm urges caution against complacency and luxury, urging sacrifice and avoidance of peace propaganda. Judge Nichols calls a meeting of Wherry loan men in Benton tomorrow to coordinate efforts with H C Schultz and others assisting.
Atlantic City New Jersey September plans by the national executive committee grant women in service ambulance drivers and nurses full honors of the Army and Navy Union alongside soldiers in the present war. The union counts about 52 000 members including men honorably discharged from the army navy or marine corps.
A summary of scattered reports notes a Barlington train wreck near Alliance Neb killing and injuring several. The Dorr, an American steamship, was torpedoed off the French coast. the crew saved. A letter from an Indiana battery commander credits Sergeant Alex Ageh of South Bens Ind. for a deed. Labor and socialist groups are urged to meet next week by Samuel Gnompers. Secretary McAdno urges partial exemption from surtax for liberty bonds to stabilize prices. Fuel Administration warns against coal shortages hurting munition production. Morgan & Co offers to renew 815,000,000 in ... for the Chicago & Western Indiana railroad at favorable terms.
The annual Iowa Equal Suffrage association convention will meet in Cedar Rapids Wednesday through Saturday next week. The program opens with a public meeting led by a national suffrage worker, then reports and business discussions follow. Elections are planned Friday morning as the group moves toward a strong executive board for Iowa’s suffrage campaign.
Mrs Arthur Wood hosted the D D Reading circle with light refreshments assisted by J Louise and others. Select Six to luncheon tomorrow. Entre Nous and Sacred Heart church service flag plans. Hiven Dozen and B L G clubs met for sewing and luncheon. Family Reunion honored Private Wescott on furlough with about 45 relatives. Unity guild held a farewell social for Miss Dotha Walker heading to Davenport. Chautauqua Circles set October start. officers elected and welcome noted.
The German owned machinery maker Orenstein Arthur Koppel of Koppel Pennsylvania taken over by the Alien Property Custodian will be sold at auction tomorrow. Proceeds will be invested in Liberty bonds. It is the first plant taken over by the government to be auctioned. The company operated as a branch of a Berlin corporation. Only American citizens may buy the Grenstein Arthur Koppel company per the custodian Palmer.
About 100 members and guests attended a church party at the home of Mr and Mrs G W Patt In formal entertainment included piano numbers by Mrs N C Altland Virginias Cole and Everett Scott as a bride and groom led by Thelma Ruth Askins and Irma Cole in a bridal chorus to present a gift for Rev and Mrs C J Askins A A Stocker gave a toast Aretha Clausen and Vanita Pollock readings and Miss Sull ivan sang Other participants joined in stunts and contests The Sunday school invites at Byrnes park Saturday for its annual picnic with noon dinner First Presbyterian Harmony Sunday school class met with Mrs Evan Black The Sacred Heart St Rose circle will meet Friday afternoon with Mrs Howard Miller
Red Cross notes announce that Mark's auxiliary will meet tomorrow for an all day session. Women of Prospect Hills plan to meet at Mrs J E Johnson's home tomorrow for an all day Red Cross work session.
French and British forces hold all approaches to La Fere and St Quentin as encircling movement advances favorably. French from Servais push toward the St Gobain massif while British and French troops near Hinacourt Fresnoy le Petit and Armentieres tighten the northern hold. Advances in Lys sector push toward Douai as Americans cooperate in the Aisne Vesle area with improved positions at Glennes and near Laffaux. The village of Travecy near the Hindenburg line was captured, threatening La Fere and the St Gobain outflank.
Reduced rail rates across Iowa and nearby states for the Dairy Cattle Congress are reported possible by government action. EH Estel, the manager, announced the potential grant. W R Law, congress director, returned from Chicago after talks with the government’s western passenger traffic agent. Law said encouragement was received and a rate restriction likely to be granted. The show promotes a win-the-war program this year.
Mr Estes announced rapid incoming cattle entries for the congress effort. The morning mail delivered fat herd consignments from Texas Montana Stinnesdts Wisconsin Minnesota and more, signaling growing participation and support for the venture.
A Waterloo woman found a note inside a emptied basket noting peaches from Brigham Utah sold for 3.50 in Waterloo and claiming a price of 21.65 in the orchard. The note claims the basket left the orchard for 31 and asks for payment details, a claim merchants would confirm across commodities.
The Interstate Commerce Commission granted higher fares to several suburban and interurban electric railroads. Notable changes include Alton, Granite & St. Louis Traction at 2.5 cents per mile plus Mississippi River bridge fare, down from 3 cents. East St. Louis & Suburban Railway increases by 1 cent between St. Louis and East St. Louis and nearby Illinois points.
German Socialist party and unions warn Chancellor von Hertling of a critical food shortage. Vorwaerts reports growing dissatisfaction as relief requests fail, leaving workers and middle class unable to pay for essentials and causing exhaustion and rising deaths among children and the elderly. The piece notes the Norwegian mile and a Chinese mile comparison as an aside.
Official dispatches report a slight British advance near Voermand northwest of St Quentin amid continued fighting near Gouzeaucourt and Gouzaucourt area. Berlin says 3,000 prisoners were taken in fighting south of Ypres and along the La Bassée canal, while Austrian forces report a counter attack restoring the front in the Austro Italian sector after Italian penetrations.
Deputy H T Wagner returned from Davenport with Ansel Conners sought for numerous holdups linked to J E Maxfield and Tom Tall. Conners is jailed on highway robbery charges awaiting trial. He hints at confessing to the law and hopes to rejoin the army, with a gun carried again rather than used in crime.
Paris reports that August bombardment aircraft dropped over 269 tons of projectiles during day raids on Somme to Aisne targets and 360 tons at night on railways and enemy communications lines. The war office also notes 280 enemy aircraft downed or out of control and 66 balloons set ablaze.
Plans for a fourth Liberty Loan drive in Waterloo unfold as captains and lieutenants meet with sergeants to review the operation. The campaign will differ, focusing on the ability to purchase bonds as the keynote, assessing wage earners profits and costs, and urging workers and farmers to contribute proportionally to spur a rapid, substantial over subscription.
A telegram from IL J Metcalf secretary of the state council of defense states authority to stop non essential building work will be sent within 48 hours. Utah protests stop on a Salt Lake City theatre project claiming no labor shortage while national defense agencies approve the action. Iowa plans an industrial advisory board to aid district exemption boards drafting orders from various industries and occupations with three members named by federal departments.
L Schiram returns from Russia after two months away and Cedar Falls to send twelve men to Camp Pike Arkansas during the week of September 16. Entraining set for Tuesday with a list of draftees from Waterloo and Cedar Falls.
An old medical advertisement promotes S. S. S. as the best cure for catarrh a systemic blood disease. It warns of progression from a common head cold to constitutional trouble affecting digestion kidneys and even lungs. The ad claims sprays and salves only offer temporary relief and offers free specialist consultation at Swift Laboratory Atlanta Georgia.
A westbound grain embargo halted about 1600 cars of wheat from Ohio Indiana and Michigan in Buffalo due to limited elevator capacity. Charles Kennedy of the food administration grain corporation cited rail moves as the cause and said facilities were inadequate to ship to elevators while cold weather spurred coal buying in Waterloo per F M Northey.
A private citizen urges households to prepare for a possible fuel shortage. He notes coal is available for delivery now and warns that those delaying purchases may face cold conditions later, stressing safety first and prudent stocking of fuel.
Theatrical managers at a dinner of America's Overseas Theatre league pledged $150,909 to entertain the army and navy men. Each manager promised to urge stars under his care to donate two to three months of performances at the front.
The fall moving season in Waterloo faces drayage and fuel issues as homeseekers seek heated flats. Old tenants resist moving, boosting demand for apartments and rents with increases from 2.50 to 5 dollars per month.
In MT Vernon Township readers note house remodeling by Helen Rockwell. farmers busy canning sweetcorn for the factory. Grandma Bickel's funeral held Sunday at East Janesville Cemetery. John Wirich returns from two months with family in Clarion. Mrs Paul begins district duties. Arthur Miller on New Jersey coast patrol. Clarence Leversee ill. Hillside Cemetery association sociable at Rotla raised about 20. Removal notices: Drs Bickley move offices to Leavitt Johnson bank building on Sept 1.
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