Iowa News Briefs Highlight Militia, Industry and Courts
Capt. Morton C. Mumma resumes military instruction at the State University of Iowa with a history of leading champion rifle teams. A new Bartholomew beehive promises larger honey yields. Iowa state prison labor and farm operations face shortages. Iowa officials report strong freshman enlistment at Ames and extensive seed corn harvests. Billy Sunday revival in Detroit draws large crowds. Towns plan buildings, roadwork and drainage projects as population and industry grow across the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morton C. Mumma
State University of Iowa
Iowa City
Philippines
Pershing
Mexico
Mumma
C. EF. Bartholomew
State College At
Ames
Iowa
Iowa State Prison
Charles Sullivan
Flynn
Fort Madison
Lincoln
Iowa State College Cadet Corps
Billy Sunday
Detroit
Automobile
Ocean Grove
N. J
Billy
Arthur Everett
Red Oak
Stennett
Elmer E. Lymer
Philosophy and Education
Iowa Wesleyan College
Mt. Pleasant
Idaho Methodist College
Doeoding
Lymer
Iowa Wesleyan
Highland Park Ecollege
Des Moines
War News Roundup From The Front And Home Front
London reports estimate 40 000 German casualties since resumption of Somme offensive. UK and French losses on the Somme near 340 000. total Allied casualties 500 000. Turkey agrees to expand American Red Cross work in Ottoman lands. Submarine warfare nets 33 ships sunk Sept 3–15. Over 55 800 prisoners taken on Somme by Sept 18. Spain protests German submarine losses. UK officer casualties total 41 014. Mackensen’s Dobrudja advance checked. British trade bank proposed with 10 million pounds capital. Campbell, Dun & Co. closes in Chicago. Debate over draft powers and embargos on wheat export. Iowa enforces auto laws after 978 crashes in July–August.
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Somme
Berlin
Paris
Labor congress urges opposition to compulsory arbitration
Jerome Jones of Atlanta in his southern labor congress annual address urges opposition to compulsory arbitration for labor disputes. Chicago Woman's Association of Commerce adopts resolution asking an embargo on wheat exports until surplus. Missouri River Navigation Co formed in Omaha by 14 business leaders with $5000 capital to boost river traffic. Ford peace efforts funded via agencies in Copenhagen The Hague and Berne. Bread prices rise in Chicago as bakers announce increases. Eight alleged blackmailing gang members arrested in Chicago. In New York, 60 percent of 20 000 progressive voters backed Governor Whitman in the Republican primary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerome Jones
Atlanta
Southern Labor Congress
Memphis
Tenn
Wilson
Chicago Woman's Association of Commerce
Henry Ford
Detroit
Copenhagen
Hague
Berne
Switzerland
Gaston Plantiff
Mr. Ford
New York
Mexican Trouble Sparks Border Backlash and Troop Reassignments
General Funston orders one National Guard regiment home for every new unit sent to the border. In Juarez a large anti American demonstration erupts around the Benito Juarez statue with calls of Death to the gringoes and Viva Villa. A Villista raid near Tuxpam kills two Britons and 36 Carranza soldiers, per the Topila. An emissary urging surrender to US authorities is shot dead near El Paso. A 20 mile long parade of Guards and regulars at Fort Bliss marks the largest infantry display in the region, with over 26,000 troops. 300 Second New York Infantry members seek to stay on border duty and transfer options are offered.
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Iowa
Decorah
Waukee
Donald Macrae
Couned) Bluffs
Iowa National Guard
Brownsville
Iowa Military Department
Jows
Virginia
Linois
State Board of Health
G. H. Sumner
State Board
Washington
Iowa Equal Suffrage Society
Waterloo
National Association
Mississippi River Power Company
Fort Madison
Joint Boards of Supervisors
Webster
Green
Iowa State College
Ames
Iowa State Rifle Club
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Michigan
Oregon
California
Cornell
Lewis Reiney
Judge Berger
Tama
Milwaukee
Samuel H. Crosby
Grinnell
Crosby
Grinnell College
Charles F. Curtiss
Town State College
Buenos Aires
Tie
Anna RB. Lawther
Dubuque
Iowa Fenal Suffrage Association
Elizabeth Perkins
Des Moines
J. A. Devtt
Oskaloosa
Bissell
W. K. Byrnes
Bagley
Byrne
Bouton
Polk City
Beebee
Supreme Court
Maxwell
Iowa League of Municipalities
J. D. Glasgow
T. A. Potter
Mason City
Frank G. Pierce
Marshalltown
John. F. Ward
Fort Dodge
George W. Kuntz
Iowa City
W. R. Law
Ilva
Thestage
Tame County
Bonito Juarez
Juarez
Viva Villa
Villa
United States
el Paso
Second New York Infantry
Funston
Washington dispatches reflect military and global tensions
Reports from Washington state that two Wyoming National Guard infantry battalions and two cavalry troops were ordered to the Mexican border. Villa’s raid on Chihuahua City allegedly freed prisoners and seized ammunition with Carranza forces. England apologized for a British destroyer stopping the Cebu in Philippine waters due to fog.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyoming National Guard
Kansas Cavalry
Wisconsin Cavalry
War Department
England
United States
Cebu
State Expenditures Reveal County Benefits and Tax Flows
A Iowa auditor report shows 15.3 million disbursed in two years, with most funds returning to counties via education, institutions, and local services. 4.5 mills aid consolidated schools, county projects, and fish and game programs. per capita wealth tops 2,800 dollars in Ida County, while urban counties show lower wealth.
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Board of Control
Iowa National Guard
General Assembly
Highway Commission
Iowa
Ames
Iowa City
Cedar Falls
Executive Council
State Auditors Office
Ida County
State Executive Council
Also Mentioned on This Page
WAR News
London
Turkey
American Red Cross
Syria
Overseas News
von Mackensen
Dobrudja
Constanta
Rumania
Baron Farmingdon
Great Central Railway
Campbell, Dubin & Co
Chicago
Allan L. Benson
Stanton, NL
Hatter & Sons of
Denver
Rock Springs
Wyoming
Congress
Brooklyn
Towa
Cosson
Missouri River Navigation Company
Charles 8. Whitman
Sam
National Guard
Carranza
Villistas
Tuxpam
Topila
Galveston
Tex
Fort Bliss
Chihuahua City
Bell
America
Carnegie International Peace Endowment
Entente al Mes
Contral Alliance
Western Railroads
Southwest
Interstate Commerce Commission
Hwai
Hui Province
China
Canaral
Make Labor
Department of Labor
State Fish and Game Departments
Mississippi
Anamosa Reformatory
Iowa State College At
Smith W. Brookhart
Browneville
United States Mall Department
State Board of Parole
Secretary of State
Prohibition
Socialist Labor
New American Party
Judiciary Ticket
Iowa Railroad Commission
Pioneers of
Creston
State Department
State Railroad Commission
Eastern Roads
Iowa Electric Company
Delaware
Wright, Hancock
Guthrie
Jones
Jackson
Auto Registration Department
State
State Board of Control
W. P. Crumbacker
State Hospital At
Independence
Jacksonville
Fla
W. J. Dixon
Mount Vernon
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