Iowa War News Touches Espionage Case and Local Efforts
Iowa reports include Karl Koekenhoff held to federal grand jury on espionage charges after declaring anti American views. Other items note war food rulings, civilian rifle clubs, and war savings societies growing fast with 305 new groups in a week. Officials discuss defense authority, court actions in Sioux City and Ottumwa, and rising costs of living investigations.
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Karl Koekenhoff
Mallard
Federal Grand Jury
James Martin
Fort Dodge
Koekenhoff
America
Kaiser
United States
Germany
Des Moines
Camp Dodge
Anna Warrington
Edna Nichols
Mary
Sarah Mann
R. B. Lanigan
J. F. Deems
Iowa
Washington
Fred W. Crary
Boone
National Rifle Association
War Savings
Des Moines War Savings Committee
Macy Campbell
Dewitt
Clinton County
War Savings Society
W. R. Hamilton
Sioux City
Supreme Court
Hamilton
McCall
Public Safety Department
H. J. Metcalf
State Defense Council
Public Service Working Reserve
D. M. Reynolds
Red Oak
J. N. Wilkerson
Montgomery County
La‘bel
Hayner
Wilkerson
Vermillion
Ottumwa
H. M. Hayner
W. B. Barney
Dairy and Food Commissioner
Barney
Gratewart
Stewart
War News Roundup Spans 1917 Developments Worldwide
War reports note Secretary Baker arrives in France with an official party. Nat Goodwin ends a divorce from his fifth wife. Haig claims 75,000 British prisoners and 750 guns in four weeks. 800 American planes now in France. Wheat crop forecast at 899 million bushels. Columbia University to be used as an army post. Liberty loan tone shifts as policies tighten.
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Welch Marshal Haig
France
Great Barge Canal of New York Opens War Transport Line
The Great Barge Canal, completed after 18 years and about 150 million dollars, links the Great Lakes with the Atlantic. It promises ten million tons of annual freight capacity, easing rail congestion and enabling faster war-time transport using Erie Oswego Champlain and Cayuga Seneca channels with 86 locks and movable dams. It will move nonperishable goods by power boats and reduce rail haul by over half per ton mile.
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Barge Canal
New York
Great Lakes
Atlantic Ocean
Erie Canal
Buffalo
Troy
Oswego
Syracuse
Lake Ontario
Champlain
Hudson
Lake Champlain
Finger- Lakes
New York City
Albany
Little Falls
Mohawk River
United States
New York Barge Canal
Denver
Cattle and Sheep To Be Grazed More in National Forests
National forest officials announce increased grazing for war needs with about 9 000 000 sheep 2 800 000 cattle and 61 000 goats and horses to be cared for under permits this year, up from last year as ranges recover. The policy emphasizes conservative management and rising productivity over more than a decade.
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United States
Forest Service
Inerense
National Forest
Color and Horse Character In Cavalry Officer’s View
An old cavalry officer asserts color indicates a horse’s constitution and temper. Bright chestnuts and light bays are high spirited yet nervous. dark chestnuts and glossy blacks are hardy and good tempered. rich bays are spirited but teachable. Dark and iron grays are hardy and sound. light grays are weaker. Roans are hardiest and best working, even tempered and trainable. Rusty blacks show pig headedness. white stockings are clues: one white leg is bad, two legs cause uncertainty, three legs are safe, four legs may be trusted for 2.
Living Dead Man Prompts Ghostly Library Praise
Agnes Repplier notes in the Atlantic that a ghostly writer known as the Living Dead Man reveals his identity and commends a vast catalogued ghostly library. With millions of books and the dead as readers, spirits seek entry into the crowded literary field.
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Agnes Repplier
The
Atlantic
Money Trading in China Dominates Local Markets
World Outlook notes money exchange shops are a thriving industry in China. Nearly every city hosts these tiny outlets where skull capped proprietors sit behind brass rails and count piles of cash. currency varies by city, with no single national system and coins changing with dialects and locations.
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China
World Outlook
Admiralty Fuel Oil Process Earns First-Competitor Award
Coal tar combined with mineral petroleum oils suitable for admiralty use as fuel oil will be awarded to the first competitor. The winning process must be capable of ready and economical application without undue absorption of material and labor.
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Admiralty
Day's Seining Pay Reveals Five Men Share $500
Five flaher men earned a total of $500 for a day’s seining work catching herring near Orr’s Island Maine. Each man shared equally, receiving about $100. The report notes the successful fishing effort and the payout for the day.
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Orr
Lnland
Herring
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Nat Goodwin
General March
Department of Agriculture
Columbia University
Wilson
Camp Cody
New Mexico
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War Industries Board
Crowder
Mount Vernon
Fresno
Sacramento
Cal
South Dakota
Oregon
California
Lincoln, Neb
Nahime B. C
Canada
Chicago
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R Railroad Administration
Dora
Federal Food Administration
Alexander Pantnges
Salt Lake City
Lincoln
Henry Ford
Detroit
United States Senate
New Jersey
Burlington
Allance
Neb
General Pershing
Trondon
Bulgaria
Turkey
House of Representatives
Senate
Ladd
North Dakota
Fargo
McAdoo
Treasury
Liberty Soan
American Express Company
North Platte, Neb
Max Henselt
Kansas
Nebraska
Missouri
Trinois
William B. Wilson
Hatness Manufacturers’ Association
Amundsen
North Pole
Marvel of
Robert H. Moulton
Waterford
Hudson River
Government Lock
Troy Dam
Panama Canal
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