Argentine Request for Luxburg Return After Berlin Confrontation
Argentine minister Dr. Luis B. Molina reported to Buenos Aires that Germany deplored Count von Luxburg’s dispatches and urged his immediate return to explain the Luxburg affair. German undersecretary Baron von dem Buscha-Haddenhausen demanded a formal note. Pueyredon rejected his assurances as unsatisfactory. Luxburg plans to sail late September or early October.
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Union News Service
Buenos Aires
Luis B. Molina
Berlin
Foreign Office
Count von Luxburg
Argentina
Molina
Baron von Dem Buscha Haddenhausen
Germany
von Kuehlmann
Munich
Count Luxburg
Bilboa
Spain
Pueyredon
Baron von Dem Buasche-Haddenhausen
Luxburg
Steel Workers Idle as Jones & Laughlin Closes Furnaces
Nearly 1,000 workers at the Eliza plant in Pittsburgh are idle after Jones & Laughlin Steel closes four of its six furnaces due to more than 30 percent furnace workers not reporting for duty. About 130 additional staff are temporarily laid off as planned construction work is halted.
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Pittsburgh
Eliza
Jones & Laughlin Steel Company
Danville Street Car Strike Ends After Union Deal
Danville street car strike ends as company agrees to recognize the union. Arbitration will decide wage increase demands of 7 44 cents an hour.
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Danville
Ines
Fire at Putilof works devastates Roman military factories
A Petrograd dispatch reports a large fire at the Putilof works military factories in Rome. Damage is estimated in the millions of rubles.
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Rusa
Rome
Petrograd
Massagero
Putilof
World News Roundup: U.S. Artillery, Air Aces, and Submarine Reports
A global digest notes American artillery training in France under French supervision and a Chicago airman, Corporal Andrew Courtney Campbell Sr., in a French squadron claiming aerial victories. It reports U.S. progress with the Liberty motor, broader draft proposals, Verdun flags, a Swiss peace push, a cable error on submarine losses, and minor wounds to two engineers in France.
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Paris
Andrew Courtney Campbell, Sr
Chicago
French Squadrilla
No. 65
Wheat mills shut in Minneapolis as shortages bite
Domestic wheat grinding delays force several Minneapolis flour mills to close temporarily. Relief is expected from the release of wheat stored in country elevators. Union shipwrights and other laborers plan a Seattle strike to enforce a boycott. Rioting and injuries reported in Kansas City and Joliet. Authorities jail a mayor and aide in East St. Louis. Maine women fail to gain equal suffrage. Embezzlement claims surface against a former New York bank president. IWW deported workers reach Columbus arrested in Arizona. Railroad workers seek higher pay. Pro-German violence suspected in Springfield. Armour & Co. and Standard Screw Company incidents reported.
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Minneapolis
Minn
PA National Guard leader Adjt. Gen. Thomas J. Stewart Dies
Personal Adjutant General Thomas J. Stewart, longtime administrative head of the Pennsylvania National Guard and former national G A R commander, died suddenly in Harrisburg. His passing ends a 22 year tenure and era of service to veterans and the guard.
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Thomas J. Stewart
National Guard of Pennsylvania
Harrisburg
Italian Losses In Eleventh Isonzo Battle Report
An Austrian official statement cites Italian losses in the eleventh Isonzo battle near a quarter of a million with 20 000 prisoners. Russia's Korniloff considers surrender terms. Pskoff capture weakens his revolt as martial law is declared in Petrograd. Russians push southeast of Bukowina. German and French actions on the Macedonia front. Minas Queen sunk with four Americans lost. Umberto I mined with fifty dead.
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Vienna
Korniloff
Pskoff
Kerniloff
Nova Scotia
Wilbert Loomer
Advocate Harbor
New York
Foreign Priests Barred From Mexican Church Roles
The new Mexican constitution forbids priests or ministers not born in Mexico from discharging church duties or holding church positions within the country. Authorities state that foreign priests of religious orders have neither been expelled nor face expulsion threats under the measure.
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Mexico
Senate action sparks push for nation wide suffrage
Washington reports favorability for the Susan B Anthony amendment by the senate suffrage committee. The measure heads to the senate calendar in December. The House passed a war insurance bill with 176 million dollars for soldiers families injuries and comprehensive coverage. A drive against high meat prices continues with Hoover coordinating officials. The war tax bill, the largest in US history, passes the senate by 69 to 4 at Washington. Consumption taxes on tea coffee cigars cocoa and molasses were removed. Hoover cites potential 20 percent bread price drop once the wheat crop moves through mills.
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Susan B. Anthony
Senate Suffrage Committee
Washington
Senate
Gor
Work to weed out laggards in eighty-eighth division at Camp Dodge
Colonel William Newman directs company commanders to discharge drafted men slow to learn or uneducated to speed up training for the eighty-eighth division at Camp Dodge. Discharged men will be replaced by new draftees from their districts. Private Jake School in hospital improving after appendicitis. About 2,308 drafted men enrolled. first increment quota set at 2,258 with over 5 percent reporting.
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Camp Dodge
Eighty-Eighth Division
National Army
William Newman
Jake School
U.S. A
National Guard
Deming
Bartlay
Train Colored Men at Dodge Camp Dodge Training Plan
Secretary Baker announces that Des Moines area colored men drafted for the overseas army will be trained at Camp Dodge. A separate unit will be formed after white conscripts. Adjutant General Logan cites unofficial sources about a full regiment of negro conscripts. Local boards and Iowa exemptions determine how many colored men are called. Illinois plans to send many negro troops to Camp Dodge. Officers for the regiment likely drawn from the Fort Des Moines training school for colored officers awaiting commissions.
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Dodge
Des Moines
National Overseas Army
Camp Bodge
Baker
Guy E. Logan
Camp Dodge
State Board of Appeal
Iowa
First Army
Illinois
Fort Des Moines
Adjutant General's Office
Uncle Sam
Adjutant General
Logan
National Army
Mineola
Mists Cause Fatal Jump by Engineer Near Turkey River
Engineer Andy Gcauera of Milwaukee passenger No 1 faced a phantom tail light from a distant train in heavy Mississippi mists near Turkey River. He applied brakes and jumped, likely fatal injuries, doctors at McGregor hospital say. Scavers, a veteran Milwaukee lines engineer, was mentioned as familiar on the rails.
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Mason City
Mississippi River
Andy Gcauera
Milwaukee
Turkey River
McGregor Hospital
Scavers
Plea Likely in Murder Case at Adel Fair Grounds
Wisebrook, charged with killing A W Lite after a card game dispute at Adel fair, may enter a self defense plea. Lite, 65, was owner of a concession. witnesses say Wisebrook fired five shots then went to his rooming house.
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Wil
Greenfield
Wisebrook
A. W. Lita
Lite
Des Moines Receives 900 Military Police During Camp Dodge Stay
Des Moines is allotted 900 military police during the soldiers stay at Camp Dodge. The government assigns 300 MP to a 15 000 troop contingent and 45 000 to be stationed at Camp Dodge, granting Des Moines this force. Five MPs recently tried duty along Center street west from Highth street through Darktown and key corners, overseeing soldiers behavior with civilian police jurisdiction only when called. Plan appears effective and higher headquarters favor MP use in Des Moines.
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Des Moines
Camp Dodge
Civian Police
Center Street
Highth Street
Mf. P
Cold Snap at Camp Dodge Forces Warmth Measures
Soldiers at Camp Dodge faced a sudden cold snap as Mackinaws sweat ers and bath robes became the trend. Blue noses and red hands appeared as some staged a football game to stay warm while oil stoves were arranged for immediate installation and men sought blankets before taps.
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Dodge
Camp Dodge
Recreation Head Appointed at Camp Dodge
John L. Griffith dean of men at Drake University was appointed by the United States government to head athletics for 45 000 drafted men at Camp Dodge with rank of captain. He will split duties between the university and the camp and supervise a corps of directors dedicated to athletic sports and conscript development.
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Des. Moines
John L. Griffith
Drake University
United States
Camp Dodge
Griffith
Ft. Dodge Man Missing
Werner Meyer of Company G vanished after leaving Des Moines on August 25 to reach his Blue Earth home. He was seen in Ft. Dodge the night of August 25 and at Moorland the next day, then headed toward Blue Earth and has not been heard from since. Relatives offer no reason for the disappearance.
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Ft. Dodge
Werner Meyer
Company G
Des Moines
Blue Earth
Mina
Moorland
Blue Harth
Espionage Act arrest near Van Meter
Abe Moore of near Van Meter was seized by Deputy U S Marshal G W Vanderwilt for alleged espionage act violation. He allegedly urged local draftees they could not be forced to war and swore if his own son could be drafted. Penalty carries at least ten years imprisonment or up to sixteen thousand dollars fine. Keokuk County reports a damaging wind and hail storm causing substantial losses.
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U. S
Des Moines
Abe Moore
van Meter
United States
G. W. Vanderwilt
Moore
Moon
Wilson
Marshal Crowder
Congress
Logan
Bcanda
Miner killed in fall at No 3 mine Knoxville
Geo Hill a miner in No 3 mine was instantly killed in a fall of rock. His back was broken. James P Longdon a miner at Am dersonville was probably fatally hurt in a fall of rock there and is not expected to recover.
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Knoxville
Geo. Hill
No. 3
Elite
James P. Longdon
Amdersonville
Alate
Young Bride Poisoned in Council Bluffs Scalding Accident
Mrs. Robert Price aged 20, a bride of recent months, died in Council Bluffs from bleed poisoning tied to scalding injuries. She spilled hot water while helping her mother, leading to severe burns and infection that caused her death.
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Council Bluffs
Robert Price
Price
Probe Waste of Food in Cedar Rapids Case
Cedar Rapids County Attorney Lockwood plans grand jury investigation after a recent convening reports that cherries and other farm products were left to waste to manipulate prices.
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Cedar Rapids—County
Lockwood
Grand Jury
Dry Secretary in Des Moines for Prohibition Campaign
Dry Secretary to Iowa Des Molinas W G Calderwood of Washington DC secretary of the national committee on war time prohibition arrived in Des Moines recently and will be active in the campaign of dry workers prior to the election Oct 18 organization work under the direction of the Allied Temperance Committees is going forward rapidly over a third of the counties in the state are now joined up for work and the rest will be completed soon a school house campaign will be organized.
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Iowa
Des Molinas
W. G. Calderwood
Washington, D. C
National Committee On
Des Moines
Third Iowa Leaves for France Train Scenes of Departure
The 168th Infantry known as the Third Iowa departs from Des Moines for Mineola then France. About 3,600 men and gear ride in eight trains across seven sections, with hundreds at the station amid mixed emotions. Exemption, slacker roundups, and transfers to the Thirty-fourth division at Deming are discussed by officials as Iowa moves toward the war front.
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Iowa
Flanders
France
Bennett
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Ruota
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