Ruling 15 Recalled on Spirit Import Rules
Treasury and Justice officials debated entry rules for distilled spirits produced abroad before October. Assistant Secretary Rowe issued guidance based on Becker's interpretation, revoking it hours later. The food law bans production of distilled beverages domestically, while the revenue act restricts entry from foreign sources where local manufacture is prohibited. The attorney general will decide, but the food law remains in effect.
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Weatren
Bervicx
Washington, D. C
Treasury Department
Rowe
Food and Revenue
Lawrence Becker
Department of Justice
Becker
Attorney General
United States
Revenue Law
West Indian
Danmark
Porto Rico
Philippine Islands
RESPONDS TO ACADS PLEA ON RAILWAY RELIEF
The Interstate Commerce Commission kept the 15 percent rate hike in place for eastern railroads. A November hearing was set. The commission rejected carriers' demand to extend the 16 percent case for sixty days and noted the 5 percent case remains open. George Patterson, counsel for eastern roads, urged prompt relief if warranted by wartime transportation needs.
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Washington, D. C
Interstate Commerce Commission
George Stuart Patterson
Germans Lose Fifteen Airplanes In Northern France
British aviators brought down fifteen German airplanes during recent combats over northern France. The War Office released an official aviation statement noting heavy bombing of German airfields and railway stations. Several British aircraft were reported missing.
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Tondon
France
Azys
War Office
Oil Regulation to Be Taken Over by Fuel Administration
Washington reports the fuel administration plans to assume regulation of the nation’s oil supply. The price is not yet subject to government control but may be set by voluntary measures, as with copper and steel. Details are being arranged.
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Washington, D. C
Soan
Return of American relief mission from Italy leaves port
An Atlantic port sees Lieut. Col. Gee F. Baker chairman of the American Red Cross commission to Italy Mag. Thomas W Huntington and Dr L B Wilson of the American Young Men’s Christian Association mission return aboard an American steamship.
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Atlantic
Gee. F. Baker
American Hed Cross Commission
Italy
Mag
Thomas W. Huntington
We Mission
L. B. Wilson
Tt American
Young Men's Christian Association
Ialy
American Steamship
Chicago Council Overrides Veto Over Troops Sale?
Chicago city council voted 48 to 12 to override Mayor Thompson's veto and back a resolution urging Governor Lowden to deploy troops to Chicago last summer to stop a meeting of the People’s Council of America for Democracy and Terms of Peace.
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Kgig
Longo
Cicago City
Thompson
Lowden
Chicago
People's Council of America
Tacoma Powder Mill Explosion Wrecks Cording Mill
Tacoma Washington report of a Dupont Powder works cordite or cording mill near Tacoma exploded. Black powder blast occurred as machinery started with workers outside. Cause unknown. No injuries reported as building was vacated. Fire and smoke observed.
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Tacoma
Wash
Dupont Powder Works
Government Loans Rise to 2.72 Billion for Water Project
Washington reports a new 20 million dollar loan addition bringing total water project loans to 2.7214 billion. Police say a suspected plot to damage a United States converted transport in New York was thwarted when Charles Wallman was arrested for alleged bribery of a ship mechanic to board the vessel. A French artillery unit of 30 officers and 80 NCOs arrives in the Atlantic port to aid U S field artillery training. An American destroyer on patrol was torpedoed. one killed Osmond Kelly Ingram of Pratt City Alabama and one wounded. The U-boat escaped after the strike. report sent to Washington.
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United States
New York
Charles Wallman
N!amady
Atlantic
Sins
Navy Department
Washington
Osmond Kelly Ingram
Pratt City
Ala
Washington A Palmer named alien property custodian by president
Washington assigns payments and policy actions as officials discuss labor unrest and wartime finance. Reports cite West Middle protests, miners returning to work in Michigan, and threats to strike in Peoria and Fulton counties. Hoover warns prices rise but aims to cut costs, Lipover forecasts gradual reductions by year end. Lord accuses organized effort to derail the second Liberty loan, while La Follette hearings are postponed to November 26. Cross-country war trucks arrive in Washington as Baker and Wilson view the convoy. Farvington warns unions against wage demands, Garfield opposes increases if agreements break. Kansas City stockyard fire questions linger. loss pegged at 750,000 with 11,000 cattle and 1,300 hogs dead. Germer and ten others acquitted in Grand Rapids conspiracy case. Hugh Sweeney exempted from draft as a vital food producer.
Train Robbery Delays Chicago Memphis Gulf Passenger Car
A passenger train on the Chicago Memphis Gulf railway was held up at Miston Tennessee. The express car safe was dynamited and a large sum of money stolen by a band. Illinois coal mine strike reports show 75000 tons daily lost and fear of spread to Washington. The fuel administrator and miners union declare open rebellion against wage agreements as talks continue. A sugar shortage looms in the Eastern states with no relief in sight.
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Chicago, Memphis & Gulf Railroad
Miston
Tenn
Illinois
Frank Farrington
John B. Williams
Jilinota
Diinola
Washington
Food Administration
Hazal Waggoner Tops Western Open Trap Tourney
Hazal Waggoner of Ditlon Nebraska took high honors in the forenoon session at the Western Open trap shooting tournament in St. Joseph Missouri with a score of 24 hits out of 26. Dr G Story of Sheridan Ta was second with 23 targets.
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Hazal Waggoner
Ditlon
Neb
St. Joseph
G. Story
Sheridan, Ta
Russian Govt Plans Move to Moscow Soon
A Petrograd dispatch says Russia will shift government operations to Moscow in the near future. Buenos Aires reports a nationwide railroad strike in Argentina ends with union victory as officials concede all demands. A Swiss envoy in Berlin returns to Rome with dysentery, and a Berne analysis finds bread flour adulterated with corn barley and wood sawdust percentages.
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Moscow
Argentina
Saya
Buenos Aires
Eos
Berlin
Rome
Berne
European War Updates From London and Front Lines
Reports from London cite heavy bombing on the Varseennere airdrome with all machines returning safely. Petrograd notes German torpedo boats sunk in Moon Sound and German troops landing on Dago Island south of the Gulf of Finland. A French pilot from Wallingford reportedly downed his thirteenth enemy aircraft. Mutiny among German sailors at Ostend is claimed. A Gulf of Riga naval clash sees the Russian ship Slava sunk and Oesel Island fell to Germany. Nancy suffers ten dead and forty wounded from German air raids. British ships Memphis and Bostonian reportedly sunk. French warships claim to have destroyed two German submarines in the western Mediterranean. Diplomatic dispatches note Austrian navy clashes with German submarine crews and a shift of the German flotilla base at Pola. German authorities announce capture of Oesel in full.
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Moon Sound
Dago Island
Gulf of Finland
Washington
Attatrian Sailora
Clews
Pola
Jury Deliberates 18 Hours. Two Found Not Guilty
Federal grand jury in Davenport returns verdicts in a conspiracy case. Dr Walter Matthey and Attorney F C Willis are acquitted. Jury reports disagreement on four defendants, with ballots showing ten to two for conviction at times. District Attorney Porter says the case may be retried at the next term.
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Davenport
Henry Matthey
F. C. Willis
Walter Matthay
Charles Wiese
A. H. Miller
Henry Vollmer
Claude Porter
United States
Daniel H. Wallace
Wallace
Marcin J. Wade
Iowa Teachers Meet to Discuss War Education Plans
Des Moines hosts the Iowa State Teachers Association November 1 2 3 with an anticipated 5000 educators. A joint session with the state defense council opens the conference and Governor Harding will speak on Our Schools and the War. Eva M Mieming of Decorah is president and Dr William H Kilpatrick of Columbia University is among the speakers exploring education as activity guiding war efforts.
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Dew Moines
Patriotista
Meg
Mathods
Iowa State Teachers’ Association
Des Moines
Harty
State Defense Council
Harding
State Association
Eva M. Mieming
Decorah
Wm. H. Kilpatrick
Columbia University
Willl
Electrocuted Saving Horses in Des Moines Tragedy
Roughey Cullen a 21 year old horse handler died after touching a live wire at the Talbott Union Stock yard in Des Moines while trying to calm two horses. A pole fell and brought down power lines, the contact proved fatal. Fire destroyed Western Box and Paper and Klondike Incubator firms in Des Moines. Firemen fought to save adjacent properties including John Deere Plow, Carr Adams Milling, C and Q rail roundhouse with unknown total losses.
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Des Moines
Roughey Cullen
Lfe
Talbott Union
Cullen
Western Box and Paper Company
Klondike Incubator Company
John Deere Piow Company
Carr-Adams Milling Company
C., & & Q. Railroand Roundhouse
Five May Be Deserters Camp Dodge
Five draft evaders are held in the guard house of the Eighty eighth division at Camp Dodge. Desertion carries a death penalty in time of war. No formal charges yet announced, but severe measures are likely if found guilty to warn other men.
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Camp Dodge
Eighty-eighth Division
National Army
Brother shoots sister in Fort Des Moines quarrel
Oscar Blackburn aged 25 shot his sister Mrs. Lillian Johnson aged 80 at the Blackburn home near Fort Des Moines. Five shots were fired with one bullet entering the abdomen. She was rushed to Methodist hospital and listed in critical condition. Blackburn surrendered to authorities after returning to town.
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Des Moines
Oscar Blackburn
Lillian Johnson
Blackburn
Fort Des Moines
Methodist
Bheta
Coal Gown In Des Moines Frat Day Fuel Action
Des Moines reports Mayor MacVicar led a city effort on frat day to deliver coal to poor residents at 4.50 per ton, with some dealers charging 5.50. The price held while supply lasted as the mayor’s office served as a coal desk, prioritizing the needy and pushing other business aside.
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Des Moines
MacVicar
Camp Speeders Warned at Camp Dodge
Camp Dodge orders issued by Col J P Harbeson warn both civilian and military speeders to strict account. Fourteen offenders who exceeded 20 miles an hour for motorcycles and cars and 12 miles an hour for trucks were brought to headquarters and warned. A second arrest will result in court action.
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Camp Dodge
J. P. Harbeson
Fires Rage Across Nevada and Town As Losses Mount
Two major fires sweep Nevada and nearby areas causing about 12000 dollars in damages. A farmhouse at Big Heim’s farm sustains 3500 dollars loss due to defective flue. Spontaneous combustion blamed for a fire that destroyed an opera house and Nyal drug store, with stock and building valued around 9000 dollars.
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Nevada
Jenns Bigheim
Opera House
Nyal Drug Store
Child Killed By Truck In Des Moines
Little Hortense Will, aged years, daughter of Mrs. F J Will, was fatally struck when the bicycle she rode collided with an automobile truck. The truck belonged to the independent school district and was driven by A Bhanks. Police held him for inquiry but do not consider him responsible for the death.
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Dea Moines
Little Hortense Will
F. J. Will
Independent
Sheriff Kennedy Becomes British Army Recruiting Officer
Sheriff Kennedy of Dubuque County has been named the official recruiting officer for the British army in the United States. He received no notice from Des Moines but is charged with locating a British effect in the county to assess fitness for service.
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Dubuque
Sherif Kennedy
Dubuque County
Des Moines
Coty
J.B. Shook
Camp Dodge
HE. H. Plummer
John Landegent
Lyon County
Les. O. Cape
Harrieon
William
Hi. Shounk
Plymouth
Geth W. Tillotson
Harrison
John H. Hiemma
Clarence C. Miller
Calhoun
Henry van. Bdgan
Hiram Wood
Sioux
Casbor
Horsing
Shelby
Adolph Madsen
Jacob Hoffman
Guthrie
Lauritts M. Peterson
Audubon
Willem
H. Ingram
Hancock
James B
Arnol P. Tigrea
William M. O’regan
John T. Anthoine
Joseph
J. Hilchbach
John
Mueller
Ralph Baumgartner
Wiliam
Hodge
Floyd
Donald M. Hammon
Jackson
Leater Hughes
Lee
Anderson Anderson
Wayne
George. Brights
Monroe
Davis
John B. Bradley
Union
van Bumgerner
Decatur
Dallas EB. Darat
Pottewattamie
Robert L. Knight
Its
Lloyd C. Spires
Adair
Emmett Pourer
Ringgold
Herman M Mangels
Fatal auto crash near here claims Cedar Fisk and injures others
Cedar Hapida George F. Fisk of Williamsburg was killed after an automobile collided with a buggy near here. His son Nelson and two other passengers were injured, while both vehicles were wrecked and the buggy occupants escaped injury.
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Cedar Hapida
George F. Fisk
Williamsburg
Nelson
Here
Double Track to Camp Dodge Des Moines to Camp Dodge
Interurban company plans a double track from Des Moines to Camp Dodge cantonment. Camp authorities agreed to raise soldier fare from ten to fifteen cents. Civilian fare remains twenty cents. Work starts immediately and should progress mainly in the fall.
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Camp
Camp Dodge
Des Moines
Camp Dodge Cantonment
Kwan
Insurance Goes Up in Iowa Rates Rise Across Dwellings
Iowa residents face higher fire and lightning insurance rates after a repeal of the rating law. Farm, residence, hotel, boarding house, fraternity, and resort properties see boosts, while auto premiums rise. Insurance Commissioner English notes he cannot grant relief due to the law’s repeal.
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Dea Molnee
Iowa
Firs
State Insurance Department
Every H. English Io
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