Second Session Opens With War Proposals and War Aid
Washington reports the Sixty Ath Congress begins its second session with $13 2 billion requested for next year's war and ordinary expenses. Leaders promise focus on war measures as senators and representatives forecast swift action. Uniformed men and women knitting fill galleries as routine resolutions are adopted and a joint session is planned to notify President Wilson.
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Latan News Xetthe
Washington
Congress
Martin
Senate
Kitchin
Bentie
Senator Hasting
Wisconsin
House
Wilson
Soldiers kill twelve in Mexican raid near border
Mexican outlaws fired on an American cavalry patrol five miles from here wounding a Private. Troops crossed into Mexico and burned the shacks where the bandits sought shelter, killing 12 including Felipe Romero and Rafael Venaslado. Reinforcements with machine guns arrived, bracing for a possible return fire amid thick mesquite and cactus terrain.
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India
Tex
Maria
Mexico
Felipe Romero
Rafael Venaslado
Dry Plan Presented by Rep Randall for Prohibition Amendment
Representative Randall of California introduced a constitutional amendment to bar manufacture of any alcoholic beverage during the war with limited exceptions and to empower the president to buy distillery liquor in warehouses or stocks. He said the amendment is part of prohibition legislation for the current session.
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Washington, D. C
Randall
California
Randell
Men for Medical Corps appeal by Surgeon General Gorgas
In Washington DC an appeal was issued to men ages 18 to 40 to join the enlisted personnel of the army medical corps. Applications must be filed before December 16 with any recruiting officer or the medical officers at military posts or cantonments.
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Washington, D. C
Army Medical Corps
Gorgas
Army
Texas Congressman Proposes $50 Million Drouth Relief
Blanton of Texas introduced a bill to appropriate 50 million dollars for drought relief in the southwest. He stated that in Texas 150 counties, covering a region half the size of Germany, have been so affected that cattle cannot be raised.
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Drouth Relief
Washington, D. C
Blanton
Texas
Fouth
Germany
Car Strikes Plank, Crashes Into Fence in Casper
A car driven by J. S. Cohan for T. B. Haynes struck a plank sticking from the track and crashed into a fence near Casper Wyoming. Haynes was uninjured.
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Casper
Wyo
J. S. Cohan
T. B. Haynes
Haynes
New York Banker Dies in Hospital at 33
New York banker and husband of actress Edna May Lewishon died in a city hospital at age 33 after an operation for intestinal trouble. Edna May was a noted actress at the time of their 1806 marriage. Troops Under Quarantine Ayre Mass Eleven companies of the Seventy sixth division are under quarantine due to measles. Headquar ters stated the situation was well in hand.
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New York
Oscar Lewishon
Edna May
Ayre
Mass
National Army
Happenings of the World Tersely Told
American flyer Lieut Patrick OBrien aged twenty seven and from Mamence escaped German captivity and arrived in London after two months in a prison camp. General Pershing reports heavy artillery losses on November 20 with two Americans killed and five severely wounded. The War Council to supervise war industries was announced by the Council of National Defense in Washington. Decorations were given to West Point and other officers for gallantry. Austria Turkey and Bulgaria declared war, and German U boat crew members were captured as American destroyers engaged subs. The Treasury cut war risk insurance rates for ships entering the war zone. Helen Studebaker Henderson was killed in an auto accident near Oshkosh. Wheat taxes rise as duty free imports flood into the U S. Italians accused of anarchistic plots were arrested in several Northwest cities. A Chicago commission set milk prices to determine costs for producers and retailers. A teacher, Alice Karlson, was acquitted after shooting her father.
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Patrick O'Brien
Mamence
Germany
Western Front
Gerans
London
Washington mobilizes federal power to enforce wartime conscription
Washington action tightens controls as Provost Marshal Crowder announces conscription enforcement and war measures. The president issues proclamations, the War Trade Board tightens commodity use, and licenses for German patent products flow to U S suppliers. Hunger strike prisoners in DC were released. Beer ethanol limits are set to 3 percent. Admiral Harris takes over as head of the Emergency Fleet Corporation ship program.
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Washington
Crowder
Washington Fur Kent
Frederic BR. Harris
Corps of Civil Engineers
Washington L. Capps
Shippig Board
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Gas explosion kills miners at Ohio Bee No 41 mine
Domestic Hightown men died in a gas blast at OH Bee Mining corp No 41 near Christopher, Thanksgiving Day. America’s harvest sets a new high, farmers produce 21 billion dollars in farm goods, surpassing wartime expenditures. Eastern rails embargo plan to redirect lines to support war effort announced in Pittsburgh.
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OH Bee Mining Corpotion
Pear Christopher
America
Wilson
Pittsburgh
War policy debates and frontline reports from Europe
The letter from the marquis of Tansitewnée urges reviving peace aims before further ruin. Germany hints at peace talks while Russia faces truce talks via mediation. German and Austrian sides show willingness to negotiate as British and French forces make gains with significant battlefield actions across Verdun, Jerusalem area, and Cambrai front.
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Marquis of Tansitewnée
Copenlacen
Exchange Telegraph Company
London
Petrograd
Trotzky
Russia
Gremnoy
Berlin
Villa Attack Repulsed Near Laguna Turns Toll Heavy
Officials in Tunez Mex indicated that Mexican federal troops repulsed a Villa assault near Laguna. The defense inflicted severe losses on the Villa followers as the attacking force was driven off.
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Mexilia
Coal hearing at Des Moines targets lower price
Governor Harding presided over a heated coal hearing to obtain evidence for a federal fuel administration report seeking price cuts. Witnesses including W. G. Hodge testified amid cross examination clashes as officials noted a 25 to 30 cent per ton rise in production costs over two years.
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Goal
Fuel Administration
Des Moines
W. G. Hodge
Hocking Coal Company
Raymond Alberson
Hodge
Alberson
B.C. Smith
Iowa Coal Operators’ Association
Federal Fuel Administration
George Kuhn
Davenport
United Light and Railway Company
Iowa
Many Iowans Are Promoted In Camp Cody Roster
Promotions of over a hundred enlisted men to commissions fill many noncommissioned officer openings in Iowa units at Camp Cody Deming New Mexico. War department approval pending for numerous commission recommendations.
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24Th Division
Camp Cody
Deming
N. Mex
Iowa
War Department
Gilbertson 0 Dead State figure and longtime Iowa leader
Gilbert S. Gilbertson, a prominent Iowa business and political figure, died at Iowa Lutheran hospital after a paralytic stroke. A 54 year old Des Moines resident, he served three terms as Iowa state treasurer and held leadership roles in banking and Republican politics. Survived by his wife and two daughters, he had recently lived in California before returning for medical care.
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Gilbert
Gilbertson
Iowa
Iowa Lutheran Hospital
California
Des Moines
Iowa Trust and Savings Bank
Inter-State Business Men’s Accidental Association
Northwestern Land and Colonization Company
Winnipago County
Forest City
Winnebago County
Republican Central Committee
Belle D. Whitney
E. Chase West
Earl H. Scripps
War German In Hay's Town. Gidden
Gidden Iowa's first war martyr Merle Hay will not tolerate German in public schools. A petition signed by over three hundred residents will be presented to the board of education seeking to oust German courses. Signers were gathered quickly. many residents are German. A few refused but claimed no sympathy for the German government.
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J. F. Deeme
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Truman A. Potter
Mason City
Col. G. Watson
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Henry
Ida
Grundy
Joseph
Henry Counts
State Department of Pub- Renstruction
Iowa State Teachers’ College
Uncy
M. R. Fayram
Department of Public Instruction
Charles Webster
State House
Hay
Gidden
Children Burn to Death in Christy Barn Fire at Laddsdale
Two children, Homer Christy aged four and Mary Hancock aged five, died in a hay fire started by matches in the Christy barn at Laddsdale. Firefighters recovered the charred bodies hours later. the victims were the children of Ephreim Christy and Arthur Hancock.
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Broomfeld
Bern Tolt
Homer Christy
Ephreim Christy
Mary Hancock
Arthur Hancock
Laddsdale
Christy
Auction Raises Nearly 2500 for Red Cross
A public sale here benefited the local Red Cross unit with about 2500 dollars. Articles included two fifty dollar Liberty bonds bid to 70 each and a load of corn at 3.25 per bushel. A fine calf sold for 50 and then brought 40 more on resale.
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Red Cross
Casey
Grinnell
Rhode Island
Mullan Commission Company of
Chicago
Yale
Girls Husk Corn Record Claim Near Logan
Local sisters Alice and Eva Myers near Logan claim daily corn huskings of 120 on average with peaks to 135 bushels, aiming to beat Violet and Adaline Davenport of Little Sioux who husked 115 per day. They have totaled about 2,500 bushels for their father this fall.
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Loken
Violet
Adaline Davenport
Little Sioux
Alice
Eva Myers
Logan
Strikers Still Holding Out In Sioux City
Striking workers persist in demanding a closed shop as Sioux City shops continue to operate. The unions parade major business streets each afternoon and have caused no major disturbances, claiming steady progress.
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Sioux City
Thers
Another Plot Uncovered Davenport Powder Hidden in Coal Car
A large can of giant powder was found concealed at the bottom of an eight car coal shipment in the Wilte yards Davenport. The powder was turned over to authorities as police federal and state agents intensify efforts against plots. The coal came from Eldon Illinois.
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Davenport
Wilte
Eldon
Ten Years For I W W Camp Dodge Draft Evader
I W W organizer Felix Thornton was sentenced to ten years in Fort Leavenworth after a guilty verdict by a general court martial in the Eighty-eighth Division at Camp Dodge. He fled toward the Canadian line with three others near Devils Lake North Dakota and was captured, offered an opportunity to serve, refused, and later resisted examination. Thornton, implicated as an agitator, registered in Hammond Indiana and ignored a local board notification.
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County Owes Him Office Rent in Nevada Claim
Major Herbert W. Hadley sues Story county board of supervisors in district court claiming $500 for office rent during four years as county attorney. He alleges the county was required to provide an office but failed to, renting one at $125 annually and seeks reimbursement. He files for judgment for the amount.
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Nevada
Board of Supervisors
Story County
District Court
Wapello County Faces Financial Straits Over Warrants
Wapello county in troubled finances after floating 81000 dollars in bonds to retire warrants with no cash. County attorney refused warrants for salaries, jurors and court staff unpaid, grand jury adjourned early. Warrant payments slated to resume after a month of practical bankruptcy.
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Wapella
Ottumwa
Wapailla County
Ita Dilla
Iowan Maken Record Flight at Dubuque
Maurice Connolly of Dubuque former congressman now adjutant of the aviation field at Chanute Illinois and H W Bilkeley ascended two miles in eleven minutes on a training flight in this country using Major Connollys airplane marking a new record on domestic training fields
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Maurice Connolly
Lows
Chanute
Ill
H. W. Bilkeley
Major Connolly
Lieutenant Russell Johnson Dies in Fort Worth Plane Crash
Iowa Falls report confirms Lt. Russell Johnson, son of J N Johnson, former Ellis township resident, was killed when the airplane he piloted as an aviation instructor crashed at an aviation field in Fort Worth Texas. He enlisted in the aviation corps at Toronto in June and served with the Royal Aviation Corps, training recruits in Fort Worth. He held the rank of lieutenant.
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Yowan
Iowa Falls
Ward
Russell Johnson
J.N. Johnson
Ellis Township
Fort Worth
Texas
Aviation Corps
Toronte
Royal Aviation Corps
Murphy Called to Washington and Dubuque Plan Adoption
Louis Murphy's plan for collecting internet revenue is adopted by the treasury department. He has been called to Washington to inaugurate supervise and execute it. Murphy recently returned from Washington after a conference with Internal Revenue Commissioner Daniel Roper.
Internments Await for Camp Dodge Suspect
Des Moines report states Walter interned at Camp Dodge after federal arrest. Conrad Ebert, linked to a German spy case, remains in custody as a suspect. Assistant United States District Attorney John DeMar confirms guidance from the United States Attorney General on wartime internment duration.
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Camp Dodge
Walter
Des Moines
Conrad Ebert
United States
John DeMar
Prose Association Eyes Des Moines Meeting Next February
The Iowa Press Association voted in Iowa City to hold its February meeting in Des Moines. The group has held annual meetings in this city since its formation, and the executive committee again chose Des Moines for the gathering.
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Prose Association
Des Moines
Es Moines
Iowa Press Association
Iowa City
Mysterious shooting wounds Shenandoah youth
Harry Stonebarger, a Shenandoah resident, was shot while walking with Harry Roseman near Cherry school on the road to Iowa City. A rifle ball lodged in his right lung and surgeons at Mercy Hospital in Iowa City have been unable to remove it. The incident remains unsolved.
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Harry Stonebarger
Stonnebarger
Harry Roseman
Cherry School
Jowa City
Stone Barger
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
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