London Raid Exploits Silence Civilian Drops Seen
German planes attacked the southeast coast of England sending rockets and bombs over London for about forty five minutes. Six people were killed and about twenty injured as bombs fell on residential districts, not targeting military sites. Antiaircraft fire and searchlights illuminated the city during the raid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union
Bersice
England
Kent
Essex
Thames
London
SEEK DRAFT EXEMPTIONS FOR FARMERS AT WHITE HOUSE
In Washington D C representatives of over two million organized farmers met President Wilson at the White House to press for draft exemption methods. The gathering included senators congressmen and prominent figures from many states. They presented a memorial by the federal board of farm organizations formed after the war began to give farmers a national voice. The board aims to mirror the American Federation of Labor for workers and the chamber of commerce for business. The meeting included the legislative committee of the national grange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
D. C
Wilson
White House
Federal Board of Farm Organizations
Federation of
National Farm Associations
Germany
American Federation
Chamber of Commerce of the
United States
Legislative Committee
the National Grange
Roosevelt Attacks La Follette at Midwestern Luncheon
Colonel Theodore Roosevelt denounced Senator Robert La Follette at a Chicago luncheon honoring Major General Leonard Wood and Roosevelt as part of a Middle Western patriotic celebration. He claimed Congress failed to act three years earlier, delaying decisive steps in the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
United States Senate
LaFollette
Theodore Roosevelt
Leonard Wood
Congress
Roose-velt
Governor Harding Informs Camp Dodge Delays For Draft Soldiers
Des Moines Iowa Governor W L Harding received a war department telegram halting draft troop dispatches to Camp Dodge until the camp is ready. Similar messages were sent to other states about their camps as the projected arrival of draft soldiers was paused pending completion. The note states no further Iowa men would be sent on October 3 and that they would be sent when the camp is prepared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
W. L. Harding
War Department
Camp Dodge
Camp Wedge
Harding
Iowa
War Tax Bill Deadlock in Washington Congress Fails to Agree
Senate and House conferees again fail to reach a final agreement on the war tax bill and adjourn with hopes of resuming talks. The stalemate prolongs the long dispute over wartime taxation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Senate
House
Berkman Extradition Sought by San Francisco Police
Albany governor Whitman ordered a hearing on an extradition request for Alexander Berkman from New York to California. Berkman, an anarchist, is held in Tonnos prison for alleged ties to the July 1916 San Francisco preparedness parade bomb plot. application filed by Emile Harne of the San Francisco police.
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Berkman
Albany
N. Y
New York
California
Alexander Berkman
Whitman
San Francisco
Tonnos
Emile Harne
Lansing Spotlight on German Plot to Buy Influence in Congress
Washington report in September details Secretary Lansing releasing Count von Bernstorff’s January message seeking authority to spend via a foreign office controlled group to sway Congress. The disclosures tie Berlin to antiwar propaganda and raise calls for investigations, with critics warning of German espionage and influence efforts amid wartime tensions.
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Weslern
Unie News Service
Washington, D. C
Berlin
Foreign Office
Congress
United States
Lansing
Count von Bernstorff
Berin
von Bernstorff
Ireland
Wilson
Germany
Mexico
Japan
Argentina
Count von Sternstorff
Capitol
Verman
Senate Lobby Committee
Representative Flood
House Foreign Affairs
State Department
Furter
House
Heflin
Alabama
Stone
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Bernstorff
Hue
Reed
Norris
England
Notable plea for funding influence on congress for peace
A fragment citing an authority request to authorize up to 50000 dollars to influence Congress through a known organization. It mentions a German declaration favoring Ireland to secure Irish influence here, aiming to prevent war and gain support. The text reflects covert lobbying language and public official rhetoric.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Ireland
World War I Era Diplomacy and Sussex Pledge Breach
The letter dated nine days before Germany declares unrestricted submarine warfare shows Count von Bernstorff assuring the U S government that Germany would honor the Sussex pledge. The piece notes evidence linking him to Boy-Ed and Von Papen, and details spy activity and passport fraud that contributed to U S breaking relations with Germany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
You Bernstorff
Germany
United States
von Feinstorff
Boy-Ed
von Papen
Warrants Charge Conspiracy in Ward Five Shooting
Philadelphia police file warrants charging conspiracy in the killing of a policeman and the assault of two men by alleged Jersey City gunmen in a republican faction fight in the Fifth ward. Warrants name Mayor Thomas B Smith Police Lieutenant David Bennett and Isaac Deutsch a select council candidate and ward leadership opponent. Warrants sworn by Isadore Stern but not served. all to appear before Judge Brown in municipal court.
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Philadelphia
Jersey City
Fifth Ward
Thomas B Smith
David Bennett
Isaac Deutsch
Select Council
J. A. Carey
Isadore Stern
Brown
Quebecs giant cantilever span belted into place
The central span of Quebecs cantilever bridge, weighing 6000 tons, was belted into place linking the world s largest such bridge. The lifting began last Monday with hydraulic jacks raising the span 150 feet from river pontoons on the St Lawrence. Past disasters at this site included a similar lift causing fourteen deaths and a collapse in 1907 that killed seventy, with losses around 8500000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quebec
St Lawrence
Fort Worth residents raise reward for German commander
Citizens of Ger ard Kent county pool a $10 600 fund to offer as a bounty for the capture alive or dead of a German commander of the Eleventh division. The commander was said in AP dispatches to have offered 400 marks or about $100 for the first American soldier dead or alive delivered to German authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Worth
Tex
Gerard
Kent County
Associated Press
Headon Collision Kills One on Pere Marquette Line
A headon wreck of a passenger train at Riverside seven miles northeast of Benton Harbor leaves one dead, others believed killed, and at least fifteen injured. Brakeman Lagrange died when crushed between engine and tender. nine injured were reported, two of whom may not survive.
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Benton Harbor
Pere Marquette
Riverside
Here
Lagrange
Sweden’s Crenholm Denies German Decoration Offer
Crenholm, once attache of the Swedish legation in Mexico City, told the Associated Press he did not receive any German decoration and did not provide information about Germany’s enemies in Mexico. He denied that German Minister von Eckhardt offered or promised a decoration or that he shared enemy intel.
Mayor to 88 Given Liberty London
Germany, at King Alfonso of Spain's request, plans to release Aldvlphe Max the burgomaster of Brussels. Amsterdam telegrams from Berlin report the mercy move intended to restore liberty to the official.
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London
Germany
Alfonso
Spain
Aldvlphe Max
Brussels
Amsterdam
Exchange Telegraph Company
Berlin
German Propa ganda Plots In U S Revealed By Inquiry
The public information committee released an official expose outlining German propaganda schemes in the United States before the 1917 break with Berlin. Documents seized in 1916 show Von Igel constant contact with the German embassy and Count Bernstorff, detailing plans to destroy ships, foment labor unrest, and suborn American writers. The Holland route is noted as a German way station for contraband shipments and a German diplomat linked to the Holland commission is cited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Scott Nearing
People’s Council For Democracy and Peace
Count von Bernsteinf
People’s Council
Montha
Berlin
Holland
Bay Way Station
Antonawa Service
Washington, D. C
Germany
Committee On Public Information
Department of Justice
Wolfe von Igel
von Igel
Great Britain
United States
Mexico
Lansing
Baker
Daniels
George Creel
Holland Commission
Carl Heysen
Hollend Commieston
Foreign Office
Vesedls
Hamburg-American Line
Bureau of Investigation
Hamburg-American Steamship Company
Paul Koenig
O. A
von Papen
Draft Young Men Officers Urge Early Call at Camp Dodge
Camp Dodge officers support drafting all men who reach twenty one during the war. They back Lieut Gen Young’s proposal for a 19 to 21 year old call and note Civil War figures of youths under twenty one. They argue younger draftees would create a larger, more capable force and ease exemptions for married men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Dodge
National Army
Eighty-eighth Division
M. B. Young
General Young
Ankeny Sends Off Local Conscripted Youths
Ankeny patriots held a send-off at Ankeny Congregational Church for conscripted youths. Speakers included Dr. G W Mac Gill Thomas Fairweather and Rev Elmore A Elliott. Special music and enthusiastic reception planned for the group.
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Ankeny
Bay
Ankeny Congregational Church
G.W. MacGill
Thomas Fairweather
Elmore A. Elliott
Soldiers' tobacco drive gains merchant support in Logan
Missouri Valley reports a tobacco collection effort for soldier boys by local stores. Merchants support the movement and daily takings at J. Heterlek department store in Logan contribute to the soldiers’ happiness away from home.
Ax Attack at Tipperary Mines Leaves Man Wounded
Costa Gotado lies fatally injured with an ax wound to the head after a drunken dispute at the Tipperary mines twelve miles north of Chariton. Thomas Orillo, both Italians, is under arrest charged with attempted murder.
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Chariton
Costa Gotado
Thomas Orillo
Tipperary
Here
Will Educate Orphans Oskatoosa Penn College Fund
Misa Anna Pinkham of Muscatine creates a scholarship fund for orphans at Penn College in Muscatine city. She deeded at her death fifty acres of farmland near Muscatine and two residence lots in Haskins ta valued at $15000 to the fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oskatoosa
Misa Anna Pinkham
Muscatine
Penn College
Haskins
Auto Injuries Prove Fatal at Fairfax
Cedar Rapids man Charles Pacuta, 33, unconscious after a Cadillac overturned at Fairfax. He died at Hotel Fairfax where survivors say ten people were in the car, Pacuta the sole seriously injured. He was a farmer and leaves a wife and child.
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Cedar Rapids
Fairfax
Charles Pacita
Hotel Fairfax
Pachta
Typhoid Epidemic Detected at Carney Mine Worksite
An outbreak of typhoid has been found among coal miners at Carney within the Camp Dodge five mile zone. Two women nurses in government service have been dispatched to suppress the epidemic.
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Des Moines
Carney
Camp Dodge Cantonment
Des Molnay River Tragedy Claims 18-Year-Old Charley Otis
Lad Browne at Boona Boons witnesses Charley Otis drown after venturing beyond his depth in the Des Molnay river. Companions failed to reach him in time as he could not swim.
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Lad Browne
Boona
Boons
Iowan Seriously Hurt Ames Firearm Accident
Word came from Ames that C. B. O Neil of this city was injured by a premature explosion of a cartridge in a rapid dirt gun at Springfield, Massachusetts. He was attempting to fire when a jam caused the blast. Both eyes were damaged by powder and debris, his face and left hand burned, and he is being treated by an eye specialist in Boston.
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Ames
C. B. O'Neil
Springfield
Maga
Neil
Boston
Wreck and deaths reported in Des Moines freight incident
Engineer Sam Salvarson of Des Moines died when a southbound M and St L freight wrecked after an open switch near Minburn. Fireman O W Kreinbring of Fort Dodge was severely burned. A trade man Joe Mishler of Fort Dodge escaped by leaping from the locomotive, suffering a leg injury. Authorities suspect switch tampering and investigate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Sam Salvarson
O. W. Kreinbring
Fort Dodge
Joe Mishler
Gun Defies Police in Towa City Chase
Police tried to arrest Jerry Augustine for a assault on Ben Moore former police chief. Augustine resisted at a house on the near side, pointing a gun to hold officers at bay.
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Towa
Jerry Augustine
Augustine
Ben Moore
Arrest of Abe Moore for Espionage Act Violation
Abe Moore of near Van Meter was arrested by Deputy U S Marshal G W Vanderwilt for violating the espionage act. He allegedly told drafted men they could not be forced to go to war and boasted of having four sons, declaring he would be damned if forced to war. Penalty under the act ranges from ten years in prison to a ten thousand dollar fine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heftin
Alabama
Congress
Count von Hernstorff
Berlin
Capitol
U. S
Des Moines
Abe Moore
van Meter
United States
G. W. Vanderwilt
Moore
Plan to Build Park Complex in Keokuk
Efforts underway to form a stock company to develop a thirteen acre tract owned by the Keokuk Baseball Grounds association. Proposals call for a half mile track surrounding a central sports area with baseball and football fields and a playground for the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keokuk
Keokuk Baseball Grounds Association
Kda
Newton Hosts National Army Contingent at Jasper County Fair
The Jasper County Fair association welcomed men from Jasper County who joined the national army contingent in Newton. They registered and marched to the fair grounds with old soldiers and the K T band. An address was delivered by Chas Day of Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newton
Jasper County
National Army
Jasper County Fair Association
K. T
Chas
Washington
Post Office at Kiron Robbed in Swedish Settlement
The Kiron post office was entered and government property valued at 150 dollars stolen. Officials have been notified and a thorough search for the robbers is underway. Kiron lies in the Swedish settlement area in the county's north.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kiron
Denison
Dubuque Hat Fire Causes Major Property Loss
A fire at the Dubuque Hat plant caused about 18 600 in damage to the building and 12 500 to the structure with 10 000 loss on two motor trucks used for transportation to East Dubuque. The Dubuque electric company burn ed building suffered the blaze.
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Dubuque Hat
Dubuque
Dubuque Electric Company
East
Oldest Bridegroom In State Blairstown
The Rev Hiram M Lips of Binkatown is the state’s oldest bridegroom. He wed Sept 5 to Mrs J D Cameron of Tuka Mias. He is 89, vigorous, and the bride a member of a distinguished family. She is Polk kin and a Price descendant who held slaves in the Civil War era.
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Blairstown
Hiram M. Lips
Binkatown
J. D. Cameron
Tuka
Mias
James K. Polk
John C. Price
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Jong
Count von Bernatorff
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Mengage
Senator Kenyon
Overman
South Carolina
Enate
Lanning
Hernstorf
America
Ambansador
John Dovay
Gaelic American
Correctionville
Ilnois
Antliab
George Blades
Central
Correctionvilla
San
Hazel A Anderson
Authon
Benjamin Blades
Oto
Black Hawk
Waterloo
Black Hawk County
Frank M. Barta
Othe Western Bohemian Fraternal Association
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