No Worthier Fate: Colonels Speech on American War Graves
Colonel John S. Sewell dedicates a burial plot in France for American dead, declaring that fighting for the Allied cause grants no fate more worthy. He frames the act as a pledge of a nation to defend free government and decent international relations, praising the French victory at Marne and Verdun while urging continued effort to defeat Germany and uphold humane ideals.
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Community of Nations
Garabed Bill Passes in Senate for Patent Protection
In Washington D C the Senate passed a House bill granting patent protection for garabed a mysterious energy source inventor Garabed Tf K Giragos igo a Boston contractor revealed only limited details until Congress ensured protection The bill now goes to President Wilton for signature and a House inquiry is suggested into related shipping board investigations and Roosevelt historic defense society ties
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Proclamation of Turkestan Autonomous Republic Authorized
An autonomous Turkestan republic aligned with the Inderal republic of Tun Bs is announced by Ukraine information barawu. The War Department favors exempting men over 31 from draft liability who register as a dance in 1917 and have not been called to service.
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Wikchingdon
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World News Capsule: War Fronts and Naval Losses
Major wartime updates report the hospital ship Rewn torpedoed and sunk in the Bristol Channel with three crew fatalities, British torpedo boat losses, and wounded all saved. Reports claim Bolsheviks strengthening the front and Russian troop withdrawals from Macedonian sectors. British patrols cross the Vistula, with air raids on the Ramegates Chin airdrome and Metz vicinity, plus a German revolt claim near Kovno.
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Domestic Miss Helene Branstitter Murdered at State Hospital
Miss Helene Branstitter twenty of Springfield died by smothering at the Jacksonville state hospital by two patients Marian Mentke and Stella Coppa They escaped afterward and were sought by authorities. Also notes Lt Cmdr David Worth Bagley who commanded the Jacob Jones left London for the United States. Governor Edge urged swift action to secure strategic wartime controls in New Jersey. Dr Asa W Chamberlain convicted of murder in Richmond and sentenced to life. National Farmers Congress to meet in Jacksonville next December. Chicago endured its worst storm with a 44 minute gusts to 60 mph and drifts over 16 feet.
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Chicago
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Jacob Jones
London
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New Jersey
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Personal Ellis H. Roberts Dead at Utica Home
Ellis H. Roberts former U S treasurer and longtime Utica Herald editor died at his Utica New York home. He was born September 30 1827 and had a prominent career in journalism and public service.
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Utica
Mutinies in Portugal as Lisbon forts bombarded
Foreign reports claim Portuguese war ships mutinied and bombarded Lisbon forts while the army remained loyal. The Paris Temps notes President Wilson's Alsace Lorraine address as pivotal and signals broad Anglo cooperation with his program. Berlin reports Russian requests shift Brest-Litovsk talks to Stockholm and pause negotiations. Amsterdam dispatches warn of famine and potential German collapse. Madrid says a revolutionary movement in Spain is under control.
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Railway disaster near Kaiserlautern claims many lives
A railway accident near Kaiserlautern in Bavaria Germany killed more than 26 people and left about 100 injured, according to a dispatch received at Amsterdam.
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U S Teutonic War News From Aerial and Naval Fronts
US war updates report a Princeton captain now in flying corps downing his first German plane. A German ship Harrs Duckenbach torpedoed and sunk with fatalities. Revelations claim German reserve officers in Uberty oversee ammunition manufacture. US employment service to mobilize 4 million workers for war production. John B. Densmore named national director. Claims death of Capt William E Hard of Joliet and multiple airplane accidents in France. US aviators reportedly bomb German ships with British and French cooperation. act seen as reprisal for two American airmen killed.
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No Assembly Call Averted as State Moves to Fund War Needs
Iowa Governor Harding outlines plans to cover present emergencies without a special legislative session. About $360,000 may be borrowed by July 1920 to cover state board of control indebtedness, with $18,000 in interest. Old Soldiers Home and Fort Madison penitentiary face higher costs. monthly inmates’ allowances may rise to cover deficits while officials study overall state finances and future relief. Dwight Lewis named Railroad Commission chairman. local boards must now earn salaries. several Iowa officers promoted in artillery.
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Government to take control of oil supply under fuel administration
Washington reports the government plans to seize control of the oil supply via the fuel administration. A single official will be named publicly with the decision. Secretary Wilson says there is ample labor for the army and industry though adjustment is needed. about 6 percent of workers may join the army in the first year. The Justice Department objects to aggressive government actions against enemy areas. Treasury reviews rules on inventory profits and income tax returns for merchants and securities using cost or market value.
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Raween to Aid Defense Work and County Council Reorganization
Raween of Des Moines named big chief of county councils to oversee a state division into 220 districts with a council member per district. A reorganization is planned, with temporary employment bureaus proposed under Freweh and labor officials. Draft boards filed February estimates and a Grand Junction bank official was killed by a train. Vaccination efforts expand as St Charles receives vaccine tubes for smallpox prevention.
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Hmmatsburg
Cost of Education in Iowa Schools Comprehensive 1917 Report
Des Moines Iowa reports the 1917 Iowa school system cost 27,016,177 for the year ending June 39 with 507,662 pupils and 22,343 teachers. Average pupil cost 31.85. district funding from 6,000 corpor ations. 13,227 buildings valued at 43,320,562. New buildings 242. 178 school days. nonattendance losses ~5.67 million. Scranton to end German instruction. 100 autos burned in Bronx. treason arrests in Cedar Falls. Boy crushed by traction engine in Dunlap.
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Harsh Bootlegger Policy Outlined by Des Moines Judge
Federal Judge M J Wade announces a wartime policy allowing indictments to be dispensed with in Des Moines federal court for bootleggers selling liquor to United States soldiers. Offenders may be tried on information rather than grand jury indictment as he dismisses the current petit jury term. The measure aims to keep liquor away from khaki clad troops.
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Petit Jury
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Wade
Camp Cody men of Des Moines on leave speak up
Des Moines soldier Herbert Cline regimental supply sergeant for the One Hundred and Ninth engineers at Deming says Camp Cody is comfortable with ample food clothes and housing. He notes sandstorms but prefers them to blizzards and praises Company C of Des Moines for producing many officers and as many college graduates. Capt Leon Goodman acts as adjutant.
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Thrasher Arrested Again in Devonport Case
Fred Thrasher identified as George Thrasher sent to Anamosa from Linn County on March 20 1915 for breaking and entering. He confessed to entering Denger's coal store, stealing blank checks and forging several checks totaling over 100. Arrested at Clinton and returned here. previously paroled from Anamosa.
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Anamosa
Linn County
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Clinton
Guarding Missouri Bridge at Sioux City Night and Day
The combination wag on and street car bridge over the Missouri river at this place is guarded night and day with men at either end and others on the ice at night. The reason for the vigilance is not stated but presumed due to possible damage or threats.
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Three More Sioux City Nurses Go to Texas Camp
Three Sioux City nurses Misa Louoe Mayo eigen Catherine Wagner and Helen Crostent have entered the service. All are registered nurses and have gone to Waco Texas to serve in the base hospital at Camp McArthur.
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Retired Physician Saidler Arrested in Houston for Pro-German Utterances
William Saidler, 83, a Texas-based retired physician born in Germany, was arrested in Houston on alleged pro-German remarks. He was released on a $2,000 bond. Saidler is an American citizen.
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Germany
German Schools Closed in Page County Iowa
Following a county council meeting, three German schools in Page county were ordered closed by the school board. The county also decreed that all church services be conducted in English. Central college at Pelia broke ground for a new girls dormitory and music conservatory costing 50000 dollars, with completion aimed for next August.
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Underwood Man Arraigned on Espionage Charge
Ed Bannes, an Unde rwood farmer, was arraigned before the United States commissioner in a charge of violating the espionage act. The hearing was continued and he was held under $5,000 bond. A dozen witnesses attended. Des Moines reports egg prices rising sharply with eggs at sixty five cents a dozen, the highest in thirty years, and New York City prices reaching $1.00 a dozen.
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