Harding Uses Borrowed Funds to Avert Special Iowa Session
Des Moines Iowa governor outlines plans to cover war needs without a special legislature. About 250000 of 1 million war fund spent on mobilizing Iowa National Guard, clothing, and camp maintenance. Board of Control debts could hit 360000 by July 1920, with 15000 annual interest, a cost lower than a potential 36000 to 72000 plus days of a special session.
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Des Moines
Lowa
Iowa
State Defense Council
Harding
Iowa National Guard
State Board of Control
Board of Control
Iowa Institutions owe 101000 in debt and relief plan
Iowa state institutions under the board of control carry 101000 in indebtedness with Old Soldiers Home at Marshalltown and Fort Madison Penitentiary the most burdened. A report to Gov Harding requests legislative relief with a proposed $4 monthly inmate allowance to cover debts and rising costs. Dwight Lewis named to chair the State Railroad Commission, while seed corn talks in Des Moines stress critical but solvable conditions.
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Iowa
State Board of Control
W. L. Harding
Marshalltown
Fort Madison
Anthony M. McColl
State Board
Soldiers
McColl
Dwight Lewis
State Railroad Commission
John A. Gusher
Ames
Metcalf
R. K. Blise
Extension Department
Des Moines
H. J Metcalf
State Defense Council
Bliss
Local boards to earn pay per registrant under new order
An order from Provost Marshal Crowder repeals the former pay rule for local exemption boards and shifts to unit basis. Each registrant mailed a questionnaire and finally classified earns 30 cents, with any one member receiving at most 15 cents and two members no more than 25 cents. In Polk county and Des Moines the February claims show 11 of 15 members sought the maximum, totaling 150 dollars. United States Army promotions include Des Moines officers E S Olmstead and F J Mulkern advancing within field artillery, with Iowa likewise represented in the new captain and lieutenant promotions across several officers and cities.
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Iowa County
Salem
Ernest Rathburn
Ida Grove
Kisle Hargens
Anamosa
North Liberty
Johnson County
John E. Krapp
Kossuth County
Bancroft
Burlington
Sanitary Ice Company
August Taege
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Bright
Taege
Luzerne Sayings Bank
Municipal Electric Light
Hawarden
Mark
Oak Nyemaster
Wapello
Leo Ecksel
Des Moines
Laura
Leo
Joe Lilly
California
Pasadena
Cal
Frank Bruner
Waterloo
Emperor of Austria
Illinois Central
Bruner
State Department of Automobile Registration
Cherokee
Washington
Delaware
Howard
Kardin
Johnson
Winneshiek
Benton
Clayton
Lucas
Davenport
Rowland
Lows Cay
Rock Island Railway
Mexico
T McConnell
Albia
Vicksburg
McConnell
Maryville
Morro
Council Bluffs
Fred Thomas
Mexico City
Mex
Furth
All Who
Nevada
Story County
Dick Paul
Tillinois
Traer
Jefferson
Hello Girls
John Haefner
German Lutheran Church
Muscatine
Thia Porch
Sheriff Wiley
Graceland College
Lamon
National Army
Signal Corps
United States Fuel Administration
Charles Webster
Millers
Sioux City
National Food Administration
Carroll Township
John Kriz
Christopher
Army
Navy
National Guardsmen
Alfred Hansen
Avoca
Harry Mueller
Mineola
Geise Bently
Lee Lange
Muscatine County
Hill
Maynard Visquain
Mre
J. B. Vifquain
Belle Plaine
Iowa State Dairy Association
H. C. Adams
Algona
Express
Decorah
Wadena
Elgin
Red Cross
Northwest
Libertyville
Glopfelty
Isaac Newland
Ciizens
Cooney
Marshal Crowder
Adj
Logan
Polk County
E. S. Olmstead
Frank J. Mulkern
Field Artillery
Cavalry
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Towa
E. S. Olmetead
J. B. McKay
M. O. Hanzlik
F. J. Mulkern
BE. L. O’connor
Iowa City
J. E. Stevens
Boone
J. R. Wallis
Dubuque
W. F. Whittaker
Hilleboro
Rawson to Aid Defense Work in State
State house meeting on defense councils results in reorganization plan. Chas. Rawson of Des Moines named chief of county councils, with 220 districts and district council members to guide changes. G. Watson French proposes temporary employment bureaus to be run by French Urick and Stewart. Hospital space delays imply more patients at Camp Dodge. 1,015 peak, now down to 950.
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Defense Council
State House
Chas. Rawson
Des Moines
State Council
Rawson
G. Watson French
French
A. L. Urick
R. G. Stewart
Cedar Rapids
War News Briefs from the War Department
Summary of U S Teutonic War news reporting pay cuts for German officers held prisoner in the United States after Germany refused parity, Baker testifying on France’s army size and equipment, Captain Hobey Baker credited with a German plane downing, torpedoing of the steamship Harry Luckenbach with eight missing, arms smuggling allegations by German reserve officers in Illinois, mobilization of 5 million workers by the labor department, John B Densmore named national director of the employment service, and Pershing reporting deaths of Capt William E B Hard and Lieuts William S Ely and George H Houdek in France with addresses in Joliet Rochester and Chicago.
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War Department
Washington
United States
France
Baker
Senate War Investigating Committee
United States Employment Service
Department of Labor
John B. Densmore
Montana
William S. Ely
George H. Houdek
General Pershing
Ely
East Avenue
Rochester
N.Y
Houdek
Monticello Avenue
Chicago
Personal Ellis H. Roberts Dies in Utica Home
Ellis H. Roberts former U S treasurer and longtime Utica Herald editor died at his Utica New York home. He was born September 30 1827.
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Ellis H. Roberts
United States
Utica
Utica, N.Y
Mr. Roberts
World War Era Dispatches From Europe and Britain
Reports say German delegations seek Sweden as go between with Britain France and Italy. London Lords rejects Lord Loreburn amendment to exclude women from suffrage by 134 to 69. Paris Temps lauds Wilson Alsace Lorraine stance. Amsterdam dispatch notes hunger and potential German catastrophe warnings in leaflets from Vorwaerts. Russia Bulgaria sign separate peace. Wilson speech praised as Magna Charta of future peace.
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Sweden
Great Britain
France
Italy
House of Lords
London
Lord Loreburn
The
Paris Temps
Wilson
Alsace-Lorraine
United States
Alsace- Lorraine
Amsterdam
Germany
Russia
America
European War News Reports Sinking and Front Movements
The hospital ship Rewa was torpedoed and sunk in the Bristol Channel January 4 while en route from Gibraltar. All wounded saved. three crew casualties. Haig credits gains on the western front amid Russian and Italian fronts. Russian troops withdraw from a Macedonian sector. French artillery chief on the Italian front killed. A British destroyer torpedoed in the Mediterranean with ten crew lost. Bolsheviks strengthening the front. Radek says many will return home. British patrols cross the Plaven river. bombs dropped on the Ramegnies Chin airdrome and near Metz.
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Rewa
Bristol Channel
Gibraltar
London
Mediterranean Sea
Admiralty
Petrograd
Daily News
M. Radek
Requa to Head Fuel Administration Oil Division
Washington announces Washington Oaklands Washington appoints Washington reform division head for oil under the fuel administration. The woman suffrage constitutional amendment bill passes the House 274 to 186 and Senate action is expected soon. Secretary Wilson notes labor surplus for war needs, with only six percent of workers drafted in the first year.
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Mark L. Requa
Oakland
Cal
Oit
Fuel Administration
Washington
House
Senate
The
Howe
Wilson
Forts Remain Faithful as Government Restores Tranquility
The army remained faithful to the government and order has been restored after disturbances. Details are sparse, but officials report restored tranquility and continued security. The report emphasizes loyalty and stability without further incident.
Prohibition Amendment Moves and War News Roundup
Virginia senate ratified the national prohibition amendment by 80 to 8 while a referendum on submission failed 23 to 10. Reports note shortages in Hamburg line supplies and the Jacob Jones sinking prompt US returns. Governor Edge asks New Jersey to seize food fuel and fisheries to boost war power. Dr Asa W Chamberlain convicted of patricide in Richmond, sentenced to life imprisonment.
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Virginia Senate
Richmond
Walter E. Edge
New Jersey
Trenton
N. J
United States
Asa W. Chamberlain
Albert
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Harry Luckenbach
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