Liberty loan clashes and town hall arrest shock Iowa
In Aspinwall a Liberty loan meeting was blocked when the hall was found locked and its German-leaning owner missing. Mayor Saunders and Manilla boosters reported jeers from local businessmen. Governor Harding authorized arrest of John Brus, who was seized at midnight and jailed in Council Bluffs amid claims of a prearranged effort by Kaiser supporters to disrupt the meeting.
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Manilla
Liberty Loan
Aspinwall
Harding
John Brus
Council Bluffs
Brus
Kaiser
Fannie Klinck
Clarksville
Swan
The
Commercial Club
Raymond
Federal Department
Missouri Valley
Harrison County
National Army
Camp Dodge
George Jepson
Sioux City
George Ward
Department of Public Safety
Oscar C. Morten
Waterloo
Washington
Carleton H. Burlingame
Iowa Falls
Austin
Texas
Iowa
Marshalltown
Bird T. Baldwin
Iowa City
J. H. Ruthmann
Irwin
Camp Nodge
Washington, D. C
Lowans
William Koch
Charles M. Cathcart
Francis R. Jones
Edwin T. Meredith
Eugene Mannheimer
Forest
Treat
Des. Molyes
Bickford
Greenfield
Sutin W. Wilkingon
Winterset
Sunepen
Cromi
Henry Ospourpe
Manila
Fort Des Moines to Become Major Army General Hospital
Iowa soldiers injured abroad will be sent back to Des Moines for treatment as Ft Des Moines is converted into a large general hospital with 1000 beds. Col Glennen leads a staff of 35 medical officers and 15 reserve corps personnel as the project costs 123000 dollars and will receive wounded from Camp Dodge and surrounding areas. The plan aims to keep families nearby for visits and support.
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Iowa
Glennan
Army Medical Corps
Ft. Des Moines
Colored Medical School
St. Snelling
Army Medical Department
E. G. Bingham
Medical Reserve Corps
Medical Corps
War Department
Camp Dodge
Middle Western
St. Des Moines
Glennen
Modglin
Camp Funston
Kan
Camp Taylor
Camp Lawton
Cal
American Lake
Wash
Des ‘Moines
Junction City
Cantonment
Kansas Cantonment
War Updates Include Losses At Sea And Draft Plans
Washington reports the Lewis Luckenbuck steam er torpedoed with nine missing crew and one missing naval guard. A third officers training camp opens January 5 and runs to April 5 across multiple sites. A nationwide drive seeks 3 750 000 for war camp recreation. Ten American congressmen tour London. Draft numbers rule new classifications with serial numbers determining call order.
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Naval Guard
Washington
War Camp Community Recreation Fund
London
Parker
New Jersey
Taylor
Colorado
Johnson
Goodwin
Arkansas
Stephens
Nebraska
Timberlake
Dill
Hicks
New York
Miller
Dale
Vermont
General Crowder
Notable figures in war era news sweep through headlines
Obituary notes former heavyweight champion Robert Fitzsimmons dying in Chicago. Sugar and candy restrictions loom as sugar refiners face new food administration rules. Ohio to vote on presidential suffrage referendum per state supreme court. Prohibition tightens as Dallas county votes saloons closed. Coal supply tensions rise with threats of confiscation if shortages worsen. Germany faces denouncement over North Schleswig plans. Liberty bond drive spills into small towns as Manila and Aspinwall clash over hall access.
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State Board of Health
Board of Health
General Assembly
Ohio
State Supreme Court
Explosion at Luttre Kills 100 Workers in Belgium
Reports say 100 workers including 40 Belgians died and 100 were injured in an explosion at Luttre in Hainault, Belgium. Other war news notes sinking of British vessels, Zeppelin losses, and German strategic considerations amid shifting fronts.
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San Jose
Costa Rica
Luttre
Hainault
Belgium
Washington Notes on War Aid and Coal Issues
The War Department cites railroads transporting 914 105 people with no serious wrecks during mobilization. The Treasury reports 20 million dollars to France, boosting Allied aid to 790 million and total to 2 776 400 000. Canada coal allotments allow about 2 000 000 tons bituminous and 700 000 tons anthracite to cross in two months. Food administration denies harvest price changes for 1917 wheat. A government report shows 37 568 German women employed in mining in late 1916, up from 7 265 in 1914. Garfield notes coal miners back to work in Indiana and Ohio, with Illinois nearly full, and coal prices trending downward.
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The
Fuel Administration
Canadian
Germany
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