German Army to Evacuate France From Front
German war reports indicate plans to evacuate France and Belgium as the front lines shorten. London reports show German papers discussing strategic retreat to shorten the front, while British forces claim gains elsewhere in France and Walloon areas. Russian offensives in Galicia and the Carpathians are described as limited with some prisoner captures.
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London
Germany
France
Bel @tom
Rome
Berlin
Dewnpapers
Itg
Bellum
Guards and Sheriffs Quell Jail Raid on IWW Speaker
On September 11 in Wash there was a jail scare as Sheriff McRae led special deputies and volunteers to stop a mob of over 1,000 from freeing an Industrial Workers of the World speaker arrested for speaking at a forbidden corner. Guards fought back with clubs and halted the assault after the mob began tearing down the jail fence.
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Everett
Wash
McRae
Industrial Workers of the World
Verdun Battle Enters Final Stage As Germans Defend
Paris dispatch reports Verdun now entirely defensive with 201 day battle entering its third stage. French forces steadily reclaim positions while the German threat recedes as artillery and troops are moved to the Somme front to counter a new Anglo French offensive, affecting Verdun’s defense.
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Paris
Verdun
Somme
Lloyd George defends censorship extending to data use
Washington reports Lloyd George asserts British mail censorship now covers data for commercial aims and wartime advantage. He says information from censorship can be shared with any department for public and national purposes, a view likely to provoke U S protest over neutral mail interference.
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Washington
Germany
Great Britain
David Lloyd-George
Lloyd-George
United States
Trig
State Department
British War Office
High Seas
American Saved From Ship Sunk Off Hull England
Washington reports Joseph Morho, an American, among crew saved from the British steamer Rievalt Abbey sunk off Hull on September 3, likely struck by a mine. Crew of 27 and five passengers landed at Hull. two sailors lost their lives. Vessel sailed from Rotterdam. No Americans aboard Ville d Oran, sunk September 5. Farmatyr torpedoed near Yarmouth September 2.
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Washington
Joseph Morho
Rie
Hull
England
State Department
Qongul Hathaway
Hul
Rotterdam
Consul Hathaway
Ville d
RUSS N TWO BIG BATTLES AT HALLEZ VICINITY
Petrograd reports a great battle near Hallez with heavy shelling as Austrians and Germans defend the town. General Steherbatchev’s forces claim capture of 18 Austrian officers and 2,600 men, 22 German officers and 3,000 men, and five Turkish officers with 885 men. Advance guards move north along the Naraeyka toward the Haliez line.
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Hallez
Germany
Steherbatchev
Naraeyka
Lipa
Paymaster slain by bandit in Wheeling raid
Les Rankin, superintendent of the Y and Co Coal Co at Florence Belmont County Ohio, was fatally shot by a lone masked bandit who fled with 11000 dollars intended to pay company employees. The suspect escaped after the killing as Rankin lay fatally wounded.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Les Rankin
Florence
Belmont County
Ohio
Conpany
President Wilson ends suffrage visit with pledge
At Atlantic City on September 11 President Wilson addressed the National American Woman Suffrage Association. He pledged support to the movement saying he would not quarrel over methods while urging continued advocacy. Carrie Chapman Catt and Anna Howard Shaw lauded the speech as suffrage leaders cheered the president and joined in patriotic songs. Wilson planned to travel by motor to Long Branch, New Jersey, after the meeting.
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N. J
Wilson
Natonal American Woman Suffrage Association
Feo
Anna Howard Shaw
Association
Wilkson
Carrie Chapman Catt
Nut
Wilson Hent
Fenna
Prohibition Party Launches Coast Train Campaign
J Frank Hanly leads a special Prohibition party train from Chicago to the Pacific coast. Vice presidential candidate Ira Landrith, campaign manager Oliver W Stewart, and national committee chair Virgil G Hinshaw ride aboard. Train travels coast to coast through November to rally local support.
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Chicago
Prohibition Party
Pacific Coast
Frank Hanly
Ira Landrith
Oliver W. Stewart
Virgil G. Hinshaw
Prohibition
Vivid account of Memphis loss at Santo Domingo harbor
Witnesses who arrived on the steamer Troquoia described the August 20 disaster in Santo Domingo harbor that sank the U S armored cruiser Memphis and cost about 40 crewmen. They doubted any gale and suggested an undersea eruption as the cause based on the abrupt disturbance and calm conditions.
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New York
Memphis
Santo Domingo
Wilson speech pleases suffragists in Atlantic City
Delegates to the National American Woman Suffrage Association convention praised President Wilson’s Atlantic City address. They welcomed his remark that he came to “fight with somebody,” interpreting it as joining their cause, and his claim that their force will be triumphant.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Wilson
Italian Front Notes Loss of Trenches Reported
Italiana Admitions Rome reports the loss of trenches between Montespil and Monty Gorge to Austro Hungarian forces. The admission appears in the latest official Italian war bulletin.
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Rome
Montespil
Monty Gorge
Striking Traction Workers Seeks Help From Unions
New York dispatch reports strikers gain support from the Tidewater Boatmen's union under ILWU leader John F. Riley as he orders noncooperation with coal barges for Interborough Rapid Transit and New York Railways. Central Federated union backs a general sympathetic strike to aid traction workers amid a tense labor showdown.
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Tnterborough Rapids Transit Company
Lnes
John F. Riley
International Longshoremen’s Association
Tidewater Boatmen’s Union
Tnterborough Company
Central Federated Union
Interborough Rapid Transit
New York Railways Company
Labor Temple
Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway Employees
British alien workers order tightens after October 1
London reports an amendment to the order in council tightening alien admission rules. After October 1, written sanction from the board of trade is required for any alien seeking entry who is not employed as a munition worker. Officials warn the rule may bar foreign actors, singers, and performers who do not work in munitions.
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London
Oficial Gazette
Board of Trade
United Kingdom
Teuton and Turk Hold Lines Against Russians in Galicia
Petrograd report says German and Turkish troops make desperate efforts to stem the Russian advance through Galicia. Assaults near Haliez repulsed as stubborn fighting continues. In the Carpathians the Russians have taken 500 more prisoners.
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Czar
Galicia
Petrograd
War Office
Haliez
Carpathians
Old Places for Guardsmen Under War Dept Order
Washington reports the War Department will muster out 12 National Guard regiments from federal service. Postmaster General Burleson urges immediate reinstatement of postal employees who left to join the military, restoring them to their prior positions and salaries.
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Washington
War Department
Burleson
Census Shown Threefold Hog-population in Iowa Report
Des Moines reports from the 1915 census show Iowa has three times as many pigs as people, rising per capita wealth, low church attendance, more divorced persons, and increasing old-age share. The birth-death gap and tenant farming trends are noted along with strong education spending and low illiteracy.
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Iowa
Des Moines
Towa
R Cburch
Avery
Troops May Be Home Soon From Iowa
Des Moines reports circulate about an early homecoming for Iowa state troops from the town forces. Officials and officers hint the brigade will depart by October 1 with Brownsville’s rail depot awaiting the regiments. Machine gun and cavalry units may stay for further training, while other divisions head north on the next month’s end.
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Des Moines
Towa
Offici
Sircles
Hawkeys Ccompaanias
Iowa
Brownsville
Riga Mill
Heavy Inheritance Tax Collections in Cedar Rapids
In August the tax collector gathered over 80000 from forty estates across Iowa counties. Notable filings include Murrey in Humboldt County paying 500 plus on a 2008 estate and Porter in Faaper County with 75 581 on (text garbled) estate values. Others include Anns Colgade Polk County 555 on 11106, Lines Bennett Cedar County 4048 on 40014, John Kitakle Guthrie County 597 on 11144, Caleb Sweet Johnson County 1293 on 25908, Margaret Danforth Winneshiek County 1800 on 28921, Phinney Bowars Hamilton County 508 on 61000.
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Cedar Rapids
Lowe
O. Murrey
Humbout County
A. Y Porter
Faaper County
Pants
Anns
John Kitakle
Guthrie County
Caleb Sweet
Johnson County
Margaret Danforth
Winneshiek County
Phinney Bowars
Hamilton County
Tax figures from scattered estates in several counties
Thomas Faris in Reokik County faces $1081 on an estate valued at $21627. Mary Rover in Tire mor County shows $L118 on an estate of 329 373. Helga O Hakaason in Winneshirk County owes $1082 on an estate worth $14073.
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Thomas Faris
Reokik County
Mary Rover
Tiremor County
Helga O
Hakaason
Winneshirk County
Measure Law Change Affects Ames Basket Use
A federal statute, operative Nov 1 1917, bans baskets with flare tops or slender bottoms for selling fruits and farm products. Commission houses receive more than a year to sell existing stock.
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Ames
Waterloo Population Estimate Reaches 35000
Waterloo now has an estimated population of 35,000 based on city directory names. The 1915 state census counted 33,097 residents, signaling growth since then.
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Waterloo
Predict Ten Dollar Flour in Des Moines
Flour prices rise with wheat shortage. Jobbers and milling officials foresee further increases. Retailers pay about 8.50 per barrel, jobbers 8.70 to 8.90, up 30 to 40 cents per barrel. Dealers expect another rise and anticipate nine or ten dollar flour soon.
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Des Moines
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