Wilson forms exports council to direct wartime shipments
President Wilson assumes export control under an espionage bill clause and creates an exports council with the secretaries of state, agriculture, commerce, and the food administrator. The first proclamations will license coal and fuel shipments to secure home and allied needs, then exports to European neutrals, with cereals and foodstuffs among initial designated commodities.
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Union News Service
Washington, D. C
Wilson
Secretaries of State, Agriculture and Ecommerce
Department of Commerce
Experts Council
Menta
Germany
Indianapolis Police Chief Guilty in Election Fraud Conspiracy
Samuel V. Per Fott, chief of police, and six other officers were found guilty by a U S district court jury of conspiring to commit election fraud tied to the 1914 registration and election. Frank M. Johnson was acquitted. Judge Geiger set July 10 for a motion for a new trial.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Samuel V. Per- Fott
United States District Court
Roy A. Pope
Wayland Sanders
Morton C. Hulse
Lee Stringer
Herman F. Adams
Sinn Feiners Attack Jail in Cork Killing One
Serious disorders erupted in Cork as Sinn Feiners attacked the jail to free political prisoners and targeted military recruiting quarters. Clergy pleaded for peace, police charged with carbines nets and revolvers, and crowds scattered while several were taken to hospital by stretcher bearers.
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Cork
Ireland
Sinn
Gable Quick
Patrick Street
Czech Troops Desert to Russians Reported by Austria
Three Czech residents are said to have deserted to the Russians. The claim was presented to a committee of deputies from southern Austria by F. Von Georgi, the defense minister in the retiring Austrian cabinet, via Lokal Anzeiger and Tageblatt of Berin.
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Amsterdam
Austria
F. von Georgi
Lokal Anzieger
Tageblatt
Bertin
Oustey Named Assistant to Secretary Houston at D C
Clarence Ous tey director of the agricultural extension at Texas Agricultural College was appointed as an assistant to Secretary Houston for an indefinite term in Washington D C.
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Houston
Washington, D. C
Clarence Oustey
Texas Agricultural College
W. A. Jessup
The
State University
Iowa Child Research Station
C. E. Seashore
Graduate College
Jessup
L. W. Dean
College of Medicine
F. J. Breene
College of Entistry
F.C. Ensign
Department of Education
O.E. Klingaman
Ruth A. Wardall
P. G. Peirce
Sociology
Warsaw University Closed Amid Sympathy Strike
The Vossische Jung reports General Beseler ordered Warsaw University and the technical institute closed after a May strike. Police arrested several students during disturbances but released them. the student body later proclaimed a sympathy strike over dignity and national honor.
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Warsaw University
Berlin
London
Vossische Jung
Hans
Beseler
Gerk
Territsery
Russia
Yiechnic Institute
Iowa News Roundup of War Efforts and Local Ventures
Iowa towns report strong crop conditions despite heavy rain and bank gains. Des Moines hosts G A R decisions with J L Farrington chosen commander and a Des Moines parade led by a young fife and drum corps. Red Cross drives expand in McGregor and Massena, while Camp Dodge construction begins with large lumber and rail needs.
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H. L. Johnson
Elliott
Mr. Johnson
Johnson
Des Moines
Davenport
J. L. Farrington
Iowa Falls
Joseph Deemer
David Elrenberg
Sioux City
Federal Department of Justice
Marida County
Knoxville
Red Cross
Dennison
Harrison County
Grinnell College
James Berry
Belle Plaine
Ames Ambulance Corps
Allentown
France
Dubrane
Liberty Pond
Town State Sunday School Association
Council Bluffs
Marshalltown
C. J. Core
Audubon
Board of Supervisors
Duke
Oxford Junction
McGregor Red Cross
Massena
Greene
Eldon
C. A. Saunders
Des Atpines Auto Supply Company
Taylor County
Osceola County
Sibley
Camp Dodge
Iowa
Little Brown
Bradford
Little Brown Church
The
Vale
Fort Des Moines
Navy League of the United States
Navy
Brownsville
McGregor
North McGregor
Clayton County
Red Cross Fund
Wilson
Hstherville
Ceylon
Minn
Ruth Kreiger
Burlington
Washington
General Cr
Grandma Newell
Waukon
Red Cross Supplies
New Red Cross
Bellevue
B. A. Hakeke
Henry County
Maj. M.A. Butler
St. Paul
Dana
van Buren County
Bard
West Branch
Springdale
Webster County
State University
Farmers’ Cooperative Elevator Company of Stout
Iowa Rail Rates Fight Delayed While Shippers Protest
The Iowa railroad commission delays decisions on a proposed 15 percent freight rate increase amid protests from Commercial clubs over branch-line service cuts. The commission plans to hear shippers in late summer or fall, with express-rate requests likewise awaiting action.
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Des Moines
Interstate Commerce Commission
Iowa Board of Railroad Commissioners
Iowa
Iowa Commission
Express
State Railroad Commission
Railway Council On National Defense
State Commission
Cedar Falls
L. E. Wetting
Railroads Statistical Bureau
Chicago
Wetting
The Honeysuckle’s Confession to the Hyacinth
In a garden tale a very old Honeysuckle speaks of fatigue yet returns each spring to bring fragrance indoors for the children and Mary Alice, recounting a long bond with the house and its people. The Hyacinth notes the plant's aged resilience and shared memories.
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Hyacinth
Wes
Mary Alice
Mary
Alica
Apple atop head tale echoed in family banter
A playful exchange recalls William Tell and the apple on the head as a sister jokes about playing an Indian and shooting an apple. The mother frowns on wasting food and forbids any such feebying.
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William Tell
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Hawkeye
Towa
Commerce Commission
Bohumil Shimek
Department of Botany
Shimek
Tiay
Okoboji
State Dairy and Food Department
Waterloo Ambulance Corps
Guy E. Logan
Waterloo
Iowa Engineers
Iowa City
Iowa National Guard
Logan
War Department
C. Ed. Strike
C. Gould
O. F. Porter
Wickham
Agricultural Department
United States
H. ¥. Wickham
Bureau of Biological Survey
Bureau of Entomology
H. m. Blackmar
Ottumwa
Board of Control
State House
George Mogridge
Glenwood
Ommon
State Armories
State Board of Education
Ames
Camp Tract
H. Bauman
P. Bay- Man
M. Northup
Wiliam Mollison
Lucy E. Rath
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