Iowa House votes to keep blue laws intact
Des Moines reports the Iowa House defeated all efforts to repeal or modify Sunday amusement statutes. The Griffin bill to repeal blue laws failed 79 to 25, while a modification proposal drew 35 votes. Attorney General Havner said enforcement will continue, affecting theaters, moving picture shows, baseball games, and amusements.
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Iowa
Des Moines
Jones
Cerro Gordo
Havner
Senate Judiciary Committee
Judiciary Committee
House
Germans and Austrians In Iowa Population Counts
Des Moines shows 88 650 Germans and 7 655 Austrians among 264 169 foreign born residents in the 1915 state census. Authorities expect loyalty as war looms with Germany and watch for disloyal indicators. Census also lists 7 655 Austrian, 8 630 German, and 384 Turkish birth in Iowa.
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Iowa
Des Moines
United States
Germany
Austria
Turkey
New Fair Reopens in Knoxville After 1901 Dissolution
The old Marion County Fair association, which collapsed in 1901 after 38 years of annual expositions, is revived and set to open the Knoxville county show on September 3 lasting through the seventh week. A new Knoxville fair association is capitalized at $10,000 and backed by leading Knoxville and Marion County citizens.
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Knoxville
Marion County Fair Association
New Knoxville Fair Association
Fire at Swift & Co Butter Refinery Destroys Plant
Keokuk reports a top floor fire at the Swift & Co butter refinery that totally destroyed the building with losses around $25,000. Firemen battled for hours to save nearby structures and electric wiring is suspected as the cause.
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Keokuk
Swift & Co
Dairy Meeting in Hampton Draws Local Crowd
A large dairy gathering occurred in Hampton with a program starting at 2:00 PM featuring moving pictures music and illustrated lectures. Principal speaker was Professor M Mortensen of Ames with Dr. O P Thompson of the Des Moines state dairy department also attending.
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Hampton
M. Mortensen
Ames
O. P. Thompson
State Dairy Department
Des Moines
Record Price For Cow At Morley Sale In Iowa
The Aberdeen Angus cow brought $2025 at the Miller and Wurzbacher sale in Morley Iowa. Purchaser was James Starling of Alabama. Sixty two head sold averaging $674 with a six months old bull at $1000.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Miller & Wurzbacher
Morley
James Starling
Alabama
Prices at Perry horse sale hit high war demand
Fifty head of farm horses and mules sold at Perry brought fancy prices as scarcity driven by wartime purchases by the English government boosted values. The top team brought $487.50 and the top single horse $247.50, with several matched teams over $100 and an average near $185.
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Atlantic
Perry
Shell Rock River Ice Breaks Flooding Greene
Floodwaters from melting snow and rain sent the Shell Rock river rising. Ice gone from the river for the first time in years, with logs and thick thirty inch cakes lodged along the banks. Property damage reported and one family rescued by boat as the water doubled the river’s width.
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Shell Rock River
Greene
Methodists to Buy Irving School Property
Des Moines Iowa Methodists consider purchasing Irving school for a deaconess home and Bible training school. A tentative offer of 35000 was presented to the school board. The move would expand the churchs real estate holdings including Iowa Methodist hospital nurses home and a new 500000 addition nearby within two blocks.
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Des Moines
Iowa Methodists
Irving
Methodist Church
Iowa Methodist Hospital
German News Quarantine Aims at Belgium Relief Staff
German officials demand a four week news quarantine for Brand Whitlock American minister to Belgium and relief workers to prevent military information leaks. The measure would require assembly in Liege or German cities like Cologne Karlsruhe or Munich before departure. Detention period may be shortened for Whitlock as a courtesy.
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Amsterdam
American Commission For Relief
Belgium
Brussels
Liege
Cologne
Karlsruhe
Munich
Brand Whitlock
Whitlock
Save Iowa Farmers Four Million In Interest
Des Moines reports that the farm loan board projects annual interest savings of about 4.0 million dollars for Iowa farmers within the Omaha Land Bank district. Loans at a flat 5 percent would cut rates from the current 5.9 percent average, with total Iowa farm loans around 469.1 million dollars.
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Iowa
Des Moines
Omaha Land Bank
Farm Loan Board
Wyoming
Towa
Dubuque Firm Bid To Build Submarine Chasers
The Dubuque Boat and Boiler Works plans to bid on the construction of submarine chasers for the United States government. The company has a long boat building history, having built most large steel hull transfer and dredge boats on the Mississippi and the revenue cutter William Windom used in the Spanish American War.
Armed U S Ship Safe Peace Offer Made Washington
Washington announces the St Louis first armed American liner to cross the Atlantic has arrived safely at its destination to ease anxiety for relatives aboard. Secretary Daniels approved the release and the report contains no trip details.
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Washington
St. Louis
Atlantic
Daniels
Navy Department
American Line
New York
United States
Wilson
Ice Price Rise Warns Des Moines Ice Dealers
Ice men at their Des Moines convention warned summer buyers face higher ice costs due to wage and materials inflation. Large consumers will feel the rise as service cannot be cut, while small users may store ice themselves to dodge most of the increase.
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Des Moines
Premier backs woman suffrage in Commons debate
London reports Premier Llyud George endorses woman suffrage and accepts the electoral reform program by former Premier Asquith. He favors extending the franchise with a three month qualification and including soldiers and sailors. Asquith notes shifted views postwar, saying opposition rested on public expediency as women proved essential to the war effort.
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London
Llyud- George
House of Commons
Asquith
Germans told to send Americans home report says
Rome reports Germany asked to send Americans home via the Spanish ambassador in Berlin. Ambassador Page in Washington instructed to transmit the message. The London Evening Star cites Spanish sources saying Americans have been warned to leave Germany.
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Rome
Germany
Page
Washington
Berlin
London
London Evening Star
Northwestern Railroad Buys Council Bluffs Property
Forty four deeds filed by the Northwestern Railroad Company in Council Bluffs total 105400 in value. The firm has now secured ninety three parcels here for about 180000, with officials declining to disclose the purchases' purpose.
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Council Bluffs
Northwestern Railroad Company
Five Thousand Greet Guards at Sheldon Depot
Although Company E of the Second Iowa infantry arrived near midnight, about 5000 people greeted the soldiers with a loud welcome. A parade formed at the depot including the fire department in uniform, the Sheldon band, Boy Scouts, Commercial club, Hollandia society, and local citizens.
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Sheldon
Second Iowa Infantry
Sheldon Band
Boy Scouts
Commercial Club
Hollandia Society
Citizens
Heating Plant To Cost 700000 In Des Moines
The Des Moines Electric company estimates the new central heating plant will cost 700000 dollars. General manager M G Linn says engineers are already surveying and preparing estimates.
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Des Moines
Des Moines Electric Company
M. G. Linn
Charles W. Flint Honored by Manitoba Governor
Cornell College President Charles W. Flint received a singular Canadian honor when Sir James A. Atkinson hosted a luncheon at Government House in Winnipeg. Among the guests were Manitoba's leading educators.
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Iowa
Mount Vernon
Charles W. Flint
Cornell College
Canada
James A. Atkins
Manitoba
Government House
Winnipeg
Ice Breaks Fraser Dam Opens Forty Foot Gap
Heavy ice broken by recent warm weather tears out a section of the Fraser dam on the Des Moines river. Reports say ice is rushing through the new opening. A forty foot breach is reported at the north end of the dam.
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Fraser
Des Moines
Mason City Welcomes Troops Home From Mexican Border
More than 10 000 residents gathered at the Northwestern and Rock Island depots and along the march to the armory to greet Companies A and D Second Iowa Infantry returning after nine months on the Mexican border. A reception and welcome meeting was held at the armory amid cheers bands and roaring whistles.
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Mason City
Northwestern
Rock Island
Armory
Second Iowa Infantry
New Audubon High School Opens in Audubon Iowa
The new Audubon High School, completed at a cost of $75,000, ranks among Iowa’s finest. It spans three floors, measures 145 by 65 feet, and includes a top training department, two science labs, a commercial and domestic science wing, a gymnasium 74 by 46 feet, and a large assembly room with a stage and modern classrooms.
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New Audubon High School
Audubon
Iowa
Oliver Will Govern Isles in Newly Named Virgin Islands
Washington announces the Virgin Islands name revival as the temporary designation for Uncle Sam's newest possession formerly the Danish West Indies. Admiral James N Oliver will be the American governor and sail to assume command next Saturday. Secretary McAdoo will present the Danish minister Constantine Brun with a $25,000,000 payment as the Danish flag is lowered for the U S flag.
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Washington
Virgin Islands
Uncle Sam
Danish West Indies
Navy Department
James N. Oliver
Bureau of Intelligence
Treasury
McAdoo
Constantine Brun
Nation First and Duty to Country Urged by Marshall
Vice President Marshall told a Democratic state committee meeting in Indianapolis that the first duty of every American is to the country over party. He urged upholding the republic’s honor regardless of personal politics as Congress prepares for a special session. The crowd of Democrats applauded.
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Indianapolis
Marshall
Democratic State Committee
Congress
Germany Violations Endanger Treaty Renewals Says U S
Washington notes Germany committed clear violations of the 1710 and 1828 treaties and disregarded international courtesy. The State Department released a note through Swiss minister Dr Paul Ritter stating the United States may deem Germany's conduct as effectively abrogating the treaties and is seriously considering responses.
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Washington
Germany
Paul Ritter
State Department
Farmers urged to rush crops for efficiency and waste containment
Washington march 29 secretary Houston urged farmers nationwide to strive for the highest standard of efficiency in producing and conserving food. He called for maximum returns from seed, prevention of waste and measures against potato disease.
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Washington
Houston
United States
Sweden cabinet resigns amid king's bid for new lineup
Stockholm reports the cabinet led by Premier Hammarskjold is said to have resigned. King Gustaf is believed to be forming a new government before announcing the departure of the old one, though no official statement has been released yet.
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Poland
Constantinople
Russia
Armenia
Petrograd
Schiewan
Siegel
Kharkov
Mrososovsky
Kiev
N. I. Ivanoff
Volhynia
Galicia
Reuter
Stockholm
Gustaf
Hammarskjold
Storm kills twenty in Alabama towns
Twenty people are reported dead after a storm swept Crenshaw Hale and Pike counties in Alabama. Petrey saw five white and nine Black deaths with every building in a 250 resident town destroyed. Middlebrook and areas north of Troy reported two white and two Black fatalities with churches and homes destroyed.
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Birmingham
Ala
Crenshaw
Hale
Pike
Alabama
Petrey
Middlebrook
Troy
Submarine sightings off Block Island were two boats
Reported hostile U boats off Block Island near New York were found by the Navy to be two small commercial boats, provoking a naval investigation who determined they were not enemy submarines.
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New York
Block Island
the Sound
Navy Department
United States Inquires About German Moves in Mexico
Washington officials said the state department has informally inquired of General Carranza about German activities in Mexico. They admitted rumors of massing Germans at Torreon and other locations.
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Washington
United States
Carranza
Mexico
State Department
Torreon
World Egg Laying Record Set in Kentucky
In Lexington Kentucky on March 80 Lady Walnut white leg horn No 707 laid her eighty third consecutive egg. Dr. R I Ireland of Louisville owns the hen and extends the global streak beating the prior record of eighty two eggs in as many days.
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Lexington
R. I. Ireland
Louisville
Glass Found in Bandages Reported by Red Cross
Ground glass was found in bandages prepared for the American Red Cross, disclosed in a statement authorized by Albert W. Straub director of its Atlantic division.
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New York
American Red Cross
Albert W. Straub
Atlantic
British Casualties Reported After March 26 Battle
Berlin reports about 1000 British soldiers killed on March 26 in the Lorraine front between Lagnicourt and Morchies near Bapaume and Cambrai, according to an official statement.
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Berlin
Lagnicourt
Morchies
Bapaume
Cambrai
Explosion at Bapaume City Hall Buries Victims
An accidental blast at the Bapaume city hall in Paris left many buried under debris. Deputies Raoul Briquet and Albert Taillilandler are reported among the victims.
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Bapaume City Hall
Paris
Bapaume
Raoul Briquet
Albert Taillilandler
Portuguese Ship Argo Sunk Near London
The Portuguese ship Argo of 1,488 tons, departed New Orleans February 9 for London with merchandise and several American crew members, torpedoed and sunk.
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New Orleans
London
Japanese Warship Sunk by German Raider
A Tokyo dispatch reports a German raider has sunk a Japanese warship in the southern Pacific. The vessel names are not disclosed.
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Vancouver
B. C
Tokyo
Pacific
Two British Destroyers Sunk After Mine Collision
London reports two British torpedo-boat destroyers were sunk. one by a mine and the other after colliding with a steamer, the official notice states.
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London
Negro Residents Pledge Support to Wilson in Emergency
Negro residents of Princeton New Jersey send a telegram to President Wilson pledging their support in any emergency that might arise as the nation prepares for wartime needs in March.
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U. S. Princeton
N. J
Princeton
Wilson
Brooklyn Navy Yard to Receive $3 Million War Footing
Washington March 30. Arrangements completed for the expenditure of 3 million dollars to place the Brooklyn navy yard on a war footing, an official announcement stated.
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Brooklyn Navy Yard
Washington
Manchuria Arrives Safely At English Port
American liner Manchuria, the second armed vessel to depart for the submarine zone, has reached an English port safely, per cable dispatches received in New York on March 80.
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Danger Zone
New York
Manchuria
2314 Ships Reach British Ports in Week Ended March 25
During the week ending March 25, 2314 ships over 100 tons net arrived at ports in the United Kingdom. The number was released in an official statement issued here on Wednesday afternoon.
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Britain
London
United Kingdom
Chicago Man Is Held as Spy
Federal officials have arrested a man held as a German spy. He was taken in a western suburb of Chicago where he was watched and where wireless apparatus was said to be found.
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Chicago
British Hospital Ship Asturias Torpedoed Off Coast
The British hospital ship Asturias was torpedoed without warning on Tuesday afternoon near London. Thirty-one people were killed and twelve are missing. The attack is confirmed as an air raid casualty with international maritime implications.
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London
Asturias
Land to the people if the assembly rules it
In Petrograd a socialist Duma member pledges land transfer to the masses if the constituent assembly decrees it The crowd cheers as workers and soldiers urge revolt against Germany and call for liberty The new finance plan by Minister Tereschtenko proposes taxes on war profits to fund a stronger state and avoid factory disruption
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Petrograd
M. Rodzianko
Juina
Duma
Constituent Assembly
Rodzianko
Jailed for Threats Against President Wilson
John Schmidt is jailed in Brookings after allegedly calling President Wilson vile names and threatening to kill him. A deputy U.S. marshal from Sioux Falls heads to present him before the U.S. commissioner, in the district’s first arrest under the new federal threat law.
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Brookings, & C
Wilson
John Schmidt
United States
Sioux Falls
Schmidt
Allies Halted in French Front as German Withdrawal Pauses
Paris reports heavy fighting on the French front has ceased for now as German withdrawal slows. Official note states from the Somme to the Aisne there were no major engagements, only patrols and grenadier combat near Maisons de Champagne.
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Paris
Somme
Aisne
Maisons de Champagne
Wealthy Denver Woman Found Not Guilty in Husband Murder
Mrs Stella Moore Smith, a Denver socialite, was acquitted of killing her husband John Lawrence Smith, her former chauffeur, after a four minute jury deliberation. The defense claimed he attacked her after abusing their daughter.
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Stella Moore Smith
Denver
Colo
John Lawrence Smith
Various Inventions and Demographics Noted in Reports
A Turkish cement substitute blends linseed oil lime and cotton fiber. Improved shears add teeth on lower blades for firm grip and smooth cuts. A Maryland inventor creates a soil breaking gasoline cartridge. Prince Rupert dry dock cost $2.5 million. Polar vegetation growth linked to atmospheric electric currents. About 600,000 Germans live in Latin America. 150,000 Austro Hungarians Turks and Bulgarians also reside there.
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Maryland
Prince Rupert
Grand Trunk Railway
Polar
Brazil
Argentina
Chile
Peru
Venezuela
Jewish Women Riot Over High Food Prices in Chicago
In Chicago the West Side saw fresh disturbances as groups of Jewish women with children storm kosher meat markets and riot police. Judge Barasa at Maxwell Street court handled 47 arrests from prior riots, imposing $1 fines remitted, and explained that prices rise due to wholesale costs faced by butchers.
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Chicago
West Side
Barasa
Maxwell Street
German Retreat Expanded as Canadians Launch Major Assault
Berlin reports a renewed German retreat along the Peronne Fins road. Canadian forces attack east of Neuville St. Vaast and are repulsed with heavy losses according to the war office.
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Berlin
Peronne-Fins Road
Neuville St. Vaast
War Office
CALL OUT ADDITIONAL MEN
Washington reports orders prepared to call out additional National Guard forces in several Eastern states. The plan envisions at least two infantry regiments joining the 50 000 Guardsmen already in federal service for police protection duties.
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Washington
New Mexican Ambassador Arrives to Washington Mission
Ignacio Bonillas the new Mexican ambassador to Washington arrived in Laredo Texas and was greeted by U S consular and army officials. He received a reception at Fort McIntosh before departing for Washington in a special car.
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Ignacio Bonillas
el Paso
Laredo
Tex
Washington
United States
Fort McIntosh
Rebels Surrender in Oriente Province to Cuban Colonel
In Oriente province near Guantanamo, about six hundred rebels under Rigoberto Fernandez surrendered to Colonel Varona, ending a major rebel resistance in the region. Civilians and soldiers alike gave up as forces dissolved.
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Rigoberto Fernandez
Varona
Havana
Oriente
Guantanamo
British Forces Advance Near Bapaume Capture Royalcourt
British troops east of Bapaume in France advanced again and captured Royalcourt from German forces. News of the success was reported by British headquarters.
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Bapaume
Royalcourt
London
France
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M. Tereschtenko
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