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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1915
Page
1
Public programs in schools planned by state Fire Marshal Roe in Des Moines as Iowa observes Fire Prevention Day on October 9. Governor Clarke to issue proclamation. Campaign aims to cut fire waste, educate youth, and involve commercial clubs in statewide prevention efforts amid gasoline fire hazards and recent accidents.
Des Moines reports that Iowa has nine cities with the commission form and five under general manager plans. The nine are Des Moines, Sioux City, Cedar Rapids, Burlington, Ottumwa, Fort Dodge, Keokuk, Marshalltown and Mason City. Expenditures per capita rose modestly while receipts per capita fell in these cities, with overall city debt and infrastructure expansion noted as water, sewer, and utility projects grow.
Des Moines Sept 28 The Des Moines Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church reports heavy business delaying appointment announcements. Young ministers face tempting offers to move to other conferences, while class sizes rise and salaries remain flat. Bishop Bristol preached, with health improved, and Bishop Henderson spoke. eight ballots finally chose six ministerial delegates to the general conference alongside six lay delegates from Des Moines and surrounding towns.
Des Moines reports that fire insurance firms and rating bureaus in Iowa were denied authority to form rate setting agreements. Commissioner Emory H. English states the Blanchard law still prohibits combinations in insurance, though rating services may determine hazard and set rates. Prosecutions will follow any attempt to enforce the filed rates, forms, permits, and endorsements.
Madame Cantora formerly Pattison, from Corsicana, wed Lieutenant Cantora who lost both eyes and an arm in the Argonne. The marriage followed his request to avoid a future with a sightless, one-armed husband. She nurse and fiancé endured wounds, presented at a Quinze-Vingts hospital ceremony. Cantora has the Legion of Honor cross.
In Vinton on September 13 the community mourns Mrs. Louisa Davis aged 78, Germany born, a long-time county resident and mother of five with 24 grandchildren. William D. Stoller, 78, dies after a wood hauling accident near the timber hills. District Court opens with Judge Willett and many indictments anticipated. Dr. Frank Hanner relocates to Belle Plains. S T Sturtz to Scotland with wife. Chautauqua committee prepares twelve hundred dollars of talent for next year’s assembly.
A large crowd in Charles City watched Orville Snow arrive from Algona after a Milwaukee train sighting. Snow confessed to being part of the wrecked train party, claimed he hid a case knife to saw through jail bars, and led officers to the weapon held by the sheriff. He allegedly forged a planned escape by escaping on Court street toward the bayou bridge and Milwaukee tracks. The case knife remains in sheriff possession.
Des Moines reports show only one twelfth of August state teachers certificate examinees failed. Officials attribute the low failure rate to the normal training law requiring at least twelve weeks of training before testing.
Three men wearing handkerchief masks entered Farmers & Merchants bank on Correctionville road in Keenville, held up assistant cashier Ralph M. Tritz at gunpoint, and escaped with nearly 300 dollars. They locked the cashier in the vault, while a larger vault held 4500 to 6000 dollars that they did not take. They fled in an automobile.
Paris reports a new wave of visitors touring World War I battlefields. Tourists may ride trains from Paris to Meaux, spend days touring sites scarred by fighting, and return for supper. White crosses and black markers denote casualties as shattered churches and bridges still bear battle damage.
New York reports workmen began erecting a steel grating over the glass dome of J. P. Morgan & Co. to shield the central banking house from above attack after prior guard deployments. The dome, once an ornate feature, proved a poor sound absorber and was raised with wires strung beneath. guards have since been stationed on adjacent buildings. Real estate transfers follow in Cedar Falls and Waterloo listings.
Cedar Falls Waterloo hosts a Cedar Valley District Fair with Kilties Band day on Saturday September 18 gates open at 7 am. A full concert schedule features the Kilties Band and Kilties Hand, plus numerous livestock, contests, races, and variety shows through September 24, including harness races, auto polo, and nightly fireworks.
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