Indiana banks urge livestock clubs and education drive
Indiana banks through the agricultural committee and state council of defense promote livestock conservation and production. They fund pig and calf clubs, supply animals to members, and send educational materials to raisers, with banks across Tipton, Monticello, Sullivan, Kokomo, Vincennes, and more partnering to grow the stock raising program.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Indiana Bankers’ Association
State Council of Defense
First National Bank of
Tipton
Purdue State Bank
West Lafayette
State Bank of
Vigo County
People's State Bank
Sullivan
First National Bank
Mooresville
German National Bank
Fort Wayne
Second National Bank
Vincennes
Owensville
Farmers’ National Bank of
Wadesville
National Bank of Orleans
Howard National Bank
Kokomo
Atlas State Bank
Union City
Rensselaer
Jasper County
Mount Vernon National Bank
Mount Vernon
Posey County
Farmers’ and Merchants’ Bank of Boonville
Warrick County
Logootee
Citizens’ State Bank
Elwood
Old State Bank
Evansville
Berkshire
Terre Haute Chooses Coal Director for State Institutions
Governor Goodrich named W. C. Ball of Terre Haute as coal director for Indiana state institutions. Coal operators at Terre Haute agreed to pro rate the winter demand near 200000 to 225000 tons and urged governor supervision of distribution. John H. Winterbottom of Michigan City praised Indiana defense council for its superior work coordinating state efforts.
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Thayer
Public Service Commission of
Indiana
Monon Railroad
Monon
Kankakee River
Warsaw
Winona Lake
Winona
Commission
Hoosier
Henry A. Roberts
W. C. Ball
Terre Haute
Goodrich
Ball
John H. Winterbottom
Michigan City
National Council of Defense
State Councils of Defense
Wil H. Hays
Indiana Council of Defense
Winterbottom
Indilana State Council of Defense
Neutrals Used as Pawns in German War Plan Exposed
Secretary Lansing holds proof that numerous neutral nations are leveraged by Germany in a global war plot. A prominent diplomat criticized US embargo proposals, aiding Germany while arguing for concessions. The state department warns that fake peace terms, tied to German aims, threaten the Wilson administration.
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Washington
Germany
Lansing
United States
America
State Department
Wilson
Pope Benedict
Senate approves aliens draft resolution without roll call
Washington reports the Chamberlain joint resolution to draft aliens passed without a roll call. It would make about 1,000,000 people liable to the draft, excluding treaty immune individuals. An amendment allows drafting Germans Austrians Turks and Bulgarians for non military purposes.
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Senate
Washington
Djemal Pasha Deposed as Palestine Governor
News from London reports the Turkish government has withdrawn Djemal Pasha from his post as Palestine governor. His removal follows intense local backlash to his methods and administration in Asia Minor and Palestine. A successor has not been named, with expectations of reforms in governing conditions.
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London
Djemal Pasha
Asia Minor
Palestine
Djemal
Cuba Drops War Tax on Copper and Iron Exports
Havana September 18. President Menecal issues a special decree removing the war revenue tax recently imposed by congress on exports of copper and iron from Cuba. The move signals a shift in trade policy and may affect local and international buyers.
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Menecal
Havana
Cuba
Act of Congress
Famous names in new Army at Fort Benjamin Harrison
More than 2 500 commissions were awarded to Indiana Ohio West Virginia and Kentucky men trained at the officers training camp here. A grandson of Gen Lew Wallace a Civil war veteran became captain and Richard Fairbanks son of the former vice president was named a captain.
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Fort Benjamin Harrison
Ind
National Army
Indiana
Ohio
West Virginia
Kentucky
Fairbanks
Claude Matthews Ewing
James Garfield
Garfield
Dan Hanna, Jr
Cleveland
Mark Hanna
Dan Hanna
Rushing Shells to Battle Front No Slacker's Job
London report details how motor lorries and road-building crews under army transport duties move shells and supplies to the front. Engineers and A B S C drivers coordinate urgent repairs, with corduroy roads, drainage, and pipe work to keep traffic flowing despite shelling and rain.
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France
Tommy
Lkely
F. W. Ward
New York Tribune
London
Round
Army Corps
Equipment cost per soldier in France set at 156.30
Washington reports that it costs 156.30 to equip an infantryman for service in France. Data breaks down costs into clothing 101.21 fighting gear 47.36 eating utensils 7.73 gas mask 12 steel helmet 3 and rifle 19.50. Early M1903 Springfield rifle for first wave, later models to follow.
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Washington
United States
France
America
College head doing bit in France returns as laborer
Rev Dr William Henry George former Geneva College president now serves in France as an ambulance driver with the American Red Cross unit from Harvard. He found more drivers than ambulances and volunteered for the supply division where he works as a stevedore and laborer.
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Beaver Falls
William Henry George
Geneva College
France
George
American Red Cross Unit
Harvard University
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Indiana Banks
Council of Defense
Agricultural Experiment Department
Purdue Unversity
Lafayette
Kankakee
Montezuma
Public Service Commission
Intestate Public Service Company
Bedford
Lebanon
Central Indiana Lighting
Copany
Bloomington
Indiana Utilities Company
Indiana Horticultural Society
Tri- County
New York
F. J. Heacock
Salem
C.G. Woodbury
W. W. Richards
Ball Coal Director
Defense Council
Indiana News
Greenfield
Sheldon
Peru
Emmerson
Chris Grose
Elkhart
Elkhart Water Company
Bigknell
Anderson
Woman's Relief Corps
M. L. Wagner
Miami County
Indiana State Federation of Labor
Florence Morris
Shelbyville
Star Mills and Hilliges & Son
Crawfordsville
George Quillen
Newcastle
Joseph Smith
Samuel M. Ralston
Jasper
George P. Wagner
Winchester
Ruby Harper
Purdue University
Alexandria
Lippincott Glass
Jeffersonville
United Gas and Electric Company
Goshen
Elmer E. Mummert
Columbus
Emma Newsom Hadley
American Bible Society
Gary
Eli Folger
Columbia City
Germain
Auburn
Hoyt Ives
Buffalo
Greencastle
Angola
Steuben County
R. Watson
Brazil
Joseph Koch
Mary B. Austin
Battle Creek
Mi¢h
Bartholomew County Public Hospital
Hagerstown
H. C. Knode
William Bensy
John Smith
John Goldofsky
Ralph White
Harrisville
Worthington
Carnegie Library
Seymour
One Hundred and Forty-fifth Regiment
Indiana Volunteers
U. S
Tony
NEW Army
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