Gov Lowden vows full state power to ban peace society meetings
Chicago dispatch reports Governor Frank O Lowden declaring he will use full state power to suppress a council for democracy and peace while warning that treasonable conspiracies disguised as freedom of speech will not be tolerated. He ordered troops and Adj Gen Dickson to prevent further meetings like the peace council and to keep troops in Chicago.
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Seetorn
Sewarapet Union Neem Rerstes
Chicago
Frank O. Lowden
E. J. Brundage
Council For Democracy and Peace
Thompson
National Council of America For Democracy and Peace
Airplanes Visit England Bombing Southeast Coast
German planes raided England's southeast coast Monday night causing no reported casualties or damage as stated by officials. The defense said enemy planes crossed the coast at 11 o'clock and dropped bombs at several places while several Allied planes pursued them.
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London
England
Repair Men Attacked Near Middlesboro Ky
From a concealed position on three mountain sides two hundred shots fired across the valley at a group of repair men heading to the Lower Lignite Coal company mines amid a union miners strike. Three men wounded including manager L B Gunn and Gillis Johnson with Johnson reported seriously hurt. Coffey Outfights Madden in New York ten rounds Irish heavyweight Jim Coffey defeated tartley Madden with Coffey aggressive throughout. Coffey weighed 203 pounds to Madden's 180.
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Middlesboro
Lower Lignite Coal Company
L. B. Gunn
Gillis Johnson
Coffey
Madden
New York
Jim Coffee
Tartley Marden
Gibbons Outpoints Christie in Fifteen Round Bout
Tommy Gibbons of St. Paul defeated Gus Christie in fifteen rounds in Dayton Ohio, using speed to press and control the contest while Christie stayed mostly defensive throughout the bout.
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Tommy Gibbons
Christie
Dayton
Ohio
St. Paul
Gus Christie
Gibbons
Mill Grain Plan Announced for Portland Region
Officials announcePacific Northwest grain to be milled locally at Homme Oregon with majority flour shipments to Evrone. The government statement details aims to boost regional milling capacity and supply chains.
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Homme
Portland
Pacific Northwest
Evrone
British Steamer Assyria Sunk by German Submarine
The British steamship Assyria of 6,370 tons register, chartered to Cunard, has been sunk by a German submarine. Washington reports Red Cross membership at 3,600,000 and rising by 25,000 to 100,000 daily, up from 276,000 at year start.
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New York
Assyria
Cunardne
Washington, D. C
American Red Cross
Washington
US to send ten thousand engineers to France and air fleet sails
Ten thousand engineers including four thousand laborers will depart for France as Wingtoo officially announced. A larger force will follow. Details of the engineer dispatch remain undisclosed. The vanguard of America’s air fleet of 1500 planes has crossed the Atlantic with trained aviators. Lord Robert Cecil endorsed Wilson’s peace reply but warned further action may not be needed. Enlisted men from all services may seek commissions. Officials in Washington acknowledge possible German allies’ war risk due to Italy’s aid.
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France
Wingtoo
America
Atlantic
Washington
Notable Legal Figure Judge Lockwood Dies at 52
Personal Judge Lockwood Honore of the elr cuit court of Chicago, brother of Mrs. Potter Palmer and Mrs. Frederick Dent Grant, died at his home 83 East Cedar Street. He was fifty two years old. Mer. Thomas Kennedy, rector of the American college in Rome, is dead after a long illness. Lord Grey, former governor general of Canada, died in London. He had been in for months, a-
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Lockwood Honore
Elrcuit Court of
Chicago
Potter Palmer
Frederick Dent Grant
East Cedar Street
Mer. Thomas ¥. Kennedy
American College In
Rome
Lord Grey
Canada
London
O'Hearn
The
Mgr. Kennedy
Camp Dodge
Addreen
John Jones
1St Infantry
Iowa
A. J. Stover
Pocahontas
Harvey Lair
Sydney
C. Shearer
Cedar Rapids
Fred Spaulding
Royal Flying Corps of Great Britain
Mien Ruby Thompson
Nevada
China
Foreign Mission Service
Methodist Church
Davenport
Masonicity
Marengo
Council Blue
Camp Cody
New Mexico
National Guard
Harl Richaird
New York
France
Ordinance Department
Carroll
Ed Nelson
Alta Braun
le Mars
Plymouth County
Burlington Commercial Club
Burlington
Mt. Madison
People's Council For Democracy and Peace
Eldora
John
Hol Wird
Fair Grounds
Marion
Esther Trine
Iowa State Teacher's College At
Atlantic
Cass County
Wisconsin Draft Turmoil and National War News Across 1917
Domestic upheaval includes an attempted shooting of a Department of Justice representative and an ax attack on Sheriff Kelner near Manitowoc Wisconsin. Judge Boyd rules the Kesting Owen child labor law unconstitutional and the government plans an immediate appeal. President Wilson rejects a broad exemption for agricultural workers. National events feature a Rainbow Division parade in New York and mass pacifist tensions in Hudson Wisconsin. Deputations by the Peace council, IWW arrests in Spokane, and political shifts mark a turbulent wartime period with gas mask contracts, Red Cross growth, and a Canadian arrest tied to Byron Nelson.
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Department of Justice
Kelner
Manitowoc
Wis
Voss
Wisconsin
Washington U S A gains release for two Americans
Washington reports successful efforts by the state department to secure the release from Belgium of two Americans, O C Clayton of Western Electric and Mr Whipple of Bell Telephone, according to a Hague dispatch. News notes discuss war, diplomacy, and policy from Washington and Rome, with remarks on Japan, naval strength, postal rates, and Russian politics.
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State Department
Washington
Belgium
O. C. Clayton
Western Electric Company
Mr. Whipple
Bell Telephone Company
Hague
Police Battle in Chicago Captures Counterfeiter Wheede
In Chicago thousands watched as about a hundred policemen clashed with counterfeiter Edward Wheede, suspected gang member tied to the Winslowton foundry robbery. The three hour battle ended with Wheede's capture after three detectives were wounded.
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Chicago
Edward Wheede
Winslowton Foundry
Whieede
European War News Amid August Casualty Totals
August casualty totals for Britain show 59 811 lost or wounded across fronts with 1 278 officers killed or died of wounds and 10 842 other officers killed or wounded. German combined land and sea offensive expected soon with Teutons planes bombing harbors and coast in the Gulf of Riga. Verdic steamship Verdi sunk by submarine with six crew lost after departing August 12 for an English port. British mine and submarine losses rise with 18 ships over 1 600 tons sunk per weekly admiralty report.
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London
Germany
Eden
Worty ‘Teutonaire
Gulf
Gulf of Riga
Petrograd
Verdi
Admiralty
IOWA STATE at NEWS Late Happenings Across the Commonwealth
War department announcements list fifteen Iowans from the first officers training camp at Pt Snelling to be transferred to aviation service and sent to Princeton. Names include Hugo Bottger Cedar Rapids Calder Cedar Rapids Dubel Sioux City Margugon Victor Gardner Ottumwa Glatts Iowa City Huber Tipton Holmes West Liberty Johnson Sioux City Longstreet Red Oak Myers Harlan Mutr Ames Watson Des Moines Williams Cedar Rapids Walker Sioux City. Also noted are British and French officers to aid training at Camp Dodge, and various local incidents and civic notes across Iowa from Osceola to Muscatine, Des Moines to Cedar Rapids, including accidents, rescues, and public notices.
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War Department
West Liberty
Allison
F. Johnson
Sioux City
Jack ¥. Longstreet
Red Oak
Carl H. Myers
Harlan
Fred J. Mainzer
Iowa City
Albert Mutr
Ames
Leo C. Watson
Das Moinas
Edgar B. Williams
Cedar Rapids
Stephen R. Walker
Camp Dodge
Des Moines
Oskaloosa
Francis Simmons
F. W. Simmons
Ottumwico
Abbott's Hospital
Oskerloosa
John Simmong
Kenneth Simmons
Paul Geulze
Chicago
College of Education
The
State University
William F. Ruusell
George Peabody College For
Nashville, Tenn
Walter E. Jessup
Emp
Dedge
M. Greenes
Cushing
Iowa
George Edwin MacLean
Bournemouth
England
C. W. Kepler
Mt. Vernon
Linn County Veterans’ Association
Central City
Bronx City
Muscatine
Qubuque
Amboy
Illnois Central
Grundy County
Anamoas
Jones County
Rainbow Division
France
Steve Casey
District Court
Council Bladia
William Vesey
Bine
Wilson's reply to pope rejects peace plan
President Wilson rejects Benedict XV’s proposal for a status quo ante bellum and disarmament. He states any peace must be based on justice, the will of the German people, and lasting guarantees, not on German rulers’ promises. He cautions that peace based on the pope’s plan risks renewing global conflict and calls for evidence of German intent.
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Weaitrn
Union Noma
Washington, D. C
Wilson
Germany
Pope Benédict
Benedict XV
United States
France
Italy
Balkan
Poland
Gunner Humell Killed in Accident at Camp Doniphan
Corporal Charles F. Humell, 22, of Medicine Lake Missouri, a gunner in Battery B Fourteenth Field Artillery, was killed at Camp Doniphan Fort Sill Oklahoma when a shell exploded prematurely blowing out a section of a three inch gun. He was decapitated. Dr Hana Sulzer presented to President Wilson in Washington D C.
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Camp Doniphan
Fort S
Okla
Charles FP. Humell
Medicine Lake
Fourteenth Field Artillery
Hummel
Wilson
Washington, D. C
Hana Sulzer
Switzerland
Coal Operators Gather in DC to Present Production Costs
Washington officials prepare to receive production cost figures from coal operators across the country. The data will inform new price scales for bunker and export coal based on government cost estimates. Francis S. Peabody states operators consider the proposed prices fair and any inequities will be addressed. Public welfare hinges on the plan, with broader consumer benefit cited.
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Washington, D. C
Washington
Federal Trade Commission
Wilson
Barness
Francis S$. Peabody
Council of National Defense
Garfield
Newport officials indicted in gambling probe
Newport Kentucky Mayor A J Livingston and Campbell County Sheriff Boone Gosney were indicted on charges of nonfeasance in office following a crusade against gambling.
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Newport, Ky
Boone Gosney
Campbell County
A. J. Livingston
Second Training Camp Opera Opens at Port Swalling
Port Swalling Minn second officers training camp opens with more than 1600 men reporting from Minnesota North and South Dakota Iowa and Nebraska.
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Port Swalling
Minn
Minnesota
North
South Dakota
Iowa
Nebraska
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People's Peace Council
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John M. Nelson
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People's Council of America For Democracy and Temna of Peace
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Moscow
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