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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1918
Page
3
Unconfirmed reports say Emperor Karl was assassinated or killed as Vienna and other cities erupt in demonstrations. Citizens chant for peace bread higher wages and shorter hours while police are called out to quell disturbances.
Geneva dispatch says German forces mass allied POWs along the Rhine and frontier towns. Reports indicate several prisoners were killed or wounded during a recent raid.
Special to the News Telegraph from Des Moines Iowa director Ches ter M Caswell reports May war savings stamp sales totaling 6 025 683 or 32 53 per capita placing Iowa first among states for May and bringing year to date sales to 12 761 581 or 6 88 per capita Nebraska and the District of Columbia lead in total May sales while Iowa aims to top the drive ending June 28 and go over the top.
Frank Trailor living one mile west of Maine plans a new home worth at least 12000. The house will be modern with hot and cold water electric lights a greenhouse and interior finishings in black walnut from local trees.
Preparations for enlarging the draft continue as officials compile statistics on the number of men available for service. Authorities seek accurate counts to determine eligibility and potential pool size for future conscription actions.
Atlantic was chosen as the meeting place for next year s Royal Neighbors of Southwest Iowa convention. About three to four hundred delegates are expected. The Atlantic lodge will decide spring or fall timing and installed officers Mary Cornell ceremonial officer and Idly Weitzel ceremonial marshal. District officers elected for 1919 Atlantic: F P Dilger president Jensen vice president Flora McKee secretary treasurer.
At yesterday afternoon's meeting the city council planned to store 25 cars of soft coal for the light and water plant and ordered immediate paving repairs at Fourth and Oak and Fourth and Hazel. They will inspect Oakland for well casing and designate a single dump site with Shranger & Johnson. Rocky Island railroad was directed to install a gatch basin and drain tile at First and Walnut streets.
Exira followers traveled to Des Moines for the Caddoeck Lewis wrestling event last night, praising the local representation and performance at the match.
The Red Cross quota drive calls for sweaters knitted and in by June 2 to be shipped to Atlantic. Marne leads the nation with 200 percent of its quota. AULS club members organized a benefit, sending $40 to the Atlantic branch. Mrs. Annie Henry McFarland plans Omaha and Camp Point visits. Mrs. Lucy Wilson returns from Fort Worden with her son John. another son Ray Wilson enlisted yesterday as a mechanic.
Cass county faces grasshopper ravages in grain and corn fields. County agent H. P. Kelley advocates a poison bran mash using wheat bran, paris green, citrus, molasses, and water to cover four or five acres per application. Apply late afternoon or early morning while moist. caution advised to avoid poultry and livestock exposure.
Des Moines June 22 Judson Welliver former Iowa newspaperman spoke at the Auditorium last night declaring there is no doubt the United States is in the war to win He spent last year abroad directing European offices of the New York Sun and now serves as Washington correspondent for the New York Globe since returning to America
The Mothers Club will meet Tuesday afternoon at the club rooms for a short business session and vermin proof garments work. The R N A Club meets with Mrs. Albert Anderson at 901 Linn St on Wednesday June 26, hosting aides Mesdames Perkins and Ramsey and Misses Fulton Gilbert Wilken to assist with Red Cross work. A Hobelub theatre party at the Opera House honors visiting former member Mrs J B Allen with hostesses Mrs O Gon.
British patrols and raids in the Villers-Bettonneaux Strazelle sector yield a few prisoners and some casualties. French report notes repulse of German tails near Belle Hautbrae with prisoners taken.
Washington June 22 The latest casualty list from the west front shows 153 names with three officers killed in action. Fifty two are listed as dead and the rest wounded or missing, the heaviest American casualty list yet sent from the battle front.
Washington DC June 22 Last bulletin wave forecasts disruptant to cross continent June 23 to 27. Rains expected north west Pacific slope and beyond, with excessive rainfall near the Great Lakes and eastern sections by July. A dangerous tropical hurricane is anticipated on the Caribbean Sea near the end of June, with storms moving from Pacific to Atlantic.
Bankers in Cass county pledge to meet every issue of United States Treasury Certificates, signaling unity after a Chicago conference. T. P. Breheny presided as attendees from Atlantic and several outlying banks confirmed their plans to subscribe, stressing government primacy and consumer credit stability.
A fragment proposes that light and heat arise from electrons in the earths electrosphere rather than atmospheric oxygen. It argues energy conserves across forms, claims incandescent light eschews oxygen gas, and mentions sun-earth current interactions and a magnetic spiral. Maps of the western battle front offered for 6 cents.
Washington June 22 United Press reports G. N. Willison of Gilmore City is the sole Iowan named in today's casualty list.
Gregory Bunton Nichols is described as the youngest war savings stamp owner in Atlantic and beyond. The day old baby, son of Mr and Mrs Jay Nichols, received $100 in war savings stamps from his father. The stamp gifts are registered in his name and kept in a safety deposit box at Finley Sanitarium where mother and child are reported doing well.
Short items note J S Hedges building a new house for Carl Zellmer on his farm west of town. Other items list Dr S A Noyer and family attending S I C A meeting in Red Oak, new fire equipment for Atlantic, Sutton winning art hall contract at county fairgrounds, honor roll enlargement at Methodist church, canning demonstration by Miss Lucile McRoberts, and State County Attorneys program set for Des Moines June 26-27 in the senate chamber.
A. A. Emigh and wife visit Gribwold for the weekend while Lee Tillman and family from Carthage S. D. stay with M. S. A. Noyer and family. Henry Baxter and others plan an automobile trip to Lake Okoboji. Mrs. Hamilton and Mary Edna depart to Freeme Washington after visiting for a funeral, accompanied by John Hancox to Omaha. Marriage licenses issued: Mervin E. Williams and Leila Margaret Highley, both Atlantic, ages 19. News-Telegraph offers battle front maps and copies for sale.
United Press reports a collision between an army equipment train and a circus train at Ivanhoe Indiana. At least forty six killed and over a hundred injured as fire charred bodies and debris filled Gary hospitals. A second crash later kills and injures many aboard empty Michigan Central cars.
Audubon Iowa June 22 Sheriff Wilson collected evidence in Brayton liquor case after a Brayton picnic where bootleggers were active. Harry Houck was tried before Mayor T. J. Mee and found guilty after witnesses testified to liquor purchases from him though he was absent. Houck reportedly frequents Anita and Omaha. Further developments uncertain.
Audubon will soon host one of the finest rendering plants in Iowa. The Andebon Rendering Works, operated by Roy Dearmore, is under construction with machinery en route and operations slated to begin within 30 days. The $10,000 incorporation aims to create a modern brick facility equipped with boilers tanks presses glue machines and related by product handling gear.
A minor car crash occurred last night around nine near Walnut. One vehicle collided with another, tearing a wheel off a bus. No injuries were reported.
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