Ames Telegraphy Short Course Trains Telegraphers for Army
Iowa State College launches a summer short course to train men aged 18 to 45 for the Army Signal Service. Trainees gain proficiency in sending and receiving messages and may study electricity basics. the army aims to recruit 20,000 telegraphers. Training may be brief, depending on proficiency.
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Army Signal Service
Army
Ames
War Department
Engineering Division
Iowa State College
Signal Corps
L. D. Wilman
Chicago
Dean A. Marston
Graham Appointed Judge Advocate in Des Moines
W A Graham of Des Moines a former captain in Company B Third Iowa Infantry is chosen as judge advocate with rank of major. The secretary of war has approved the appointment and notified him his services will join the national army. He aided the Iowa national guard at Brownsville in 1916 gaining extensive judge advocate experience. Commission expected soon.
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Graham
Des Moines
W. A. Graham
Third
Iowa Infantry
Secretary of War
War Department
National Army
Iowa National Guard
Brownsville
Iowa Brigade
Smallest Auto in State On Display in Independence
Independence claims the smallest automobile in the state owned by C. A. Whitmore. A low two passenger Peugeot built in France, it sits inside with a single step. The compact car is light, agile, and outpaces larger vehicles on city streets.
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Independence
C. A. Whitmore
France
Peugeot
German Causes Near Riot at Atta
A near riot erupted in Atta when Henry Bletzer a naturalized German made treasonous remarks about President Wilson and the U S government He said he would fight for the Kaiser if drafted Sheriff Skeels said violence was avoided by removing Bletzer to Storm Lake jail.
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Atta
Henry Bletzer
Wilson
United States
Kaiser
Skeels
Bletzer
Storm Lake
White Slaver Escapes On Train Evading Capture
A detainee being moved from Sioux Falls Iowa to Ottumwa Iowa by Deputy U S Marshal Jensen escaped from a train between Sioux City and Missouri Valley. Jensen notified Sioux City police of the break.
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Sioux City
Sioux Falls
Ottumwa
United States
Jensen
Schoonover
Swissouri Valley
Indian Relics Found During Mill Excavation at Fort Madison
Workmen digging for the Wardway paper mill unearthed numerous authentic Indian relics in Fort Madison. The finds include tomahawks arrow heads corn crushers and beads and were sent to the Chicago offices of the Wardway company.
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Fort Madison
Wardway
Chicago
Pastor Held For Treason In Cedar Rapids
The Reverend John Reichart pastor of the German Evangelical church at London was held to the grand jury in $5 000 bonds after a hearing on charges of preaching treasonable sermons from his pulpit. He posted bond.
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Cedar Rapids
John Reichart
German Evangelical Church At
London
Cedar Rapids Milk Supply Falls Short of Standard
Cedar Rapids city chemist L. H. Goebel reports to the city council that only one of ten dairies meets the required fit for human consumption. He notes milk should have no more than 50 000 bacteria per cubic centimeter, with 10 000 as a feasible minimum. Two dairies show bacterial counts as high as 1 950 000 and 170 000.
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Cedar Rapids
L. H. Goebel
Boost For County Agent Drive in Manchester
H W Phe nnecke secretary of the commercial club tours rural areas to explain the county agricultural agent proposal. He seeks farmers to sign and complete the county quota. Several workers conduct a determined campaign to win support and secure the agent position.
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Manchester
H. W. Phenecke
Commercial Club
Shippers Win Rate Fight Over Iowa Freight Rates
The Interstate Commerce Commission ordered October 1 rate realignments for Central Freight Association territory. East of the Indiana Illinois line Iowa cities share Mississippi Missouri river class scale pro rata. No rate difference to St Louis when Iowa distances are shorter. A 25 mile extra distance yields a one cent or half cent differential across classes. determined by Judge Henderson.
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Des Moines
Central Freight Association
Iowa
Interstate Commerce Commission
Henderson
State Commerce Council Department
Indiana-Illinois
Iowa Cities
St. Louis
Senate Ends Fight Over Prohibition Amendment For War Costs Panel
The Senate approved a constitutional prohibition amendment by 65 to 20 with six year ratification window. Debate highlighted by Kenyon’s call to support dry policy for troops, Myers and Cummins backing the measure. Conferees then struck the war expenditures supervisory committee amendment, Wilson opposed, finalizing food control bill agreement.
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Congressional
Brounssard
Culberson
Gerry
Hardwick
Mitchcock
Hasting
James
Lewis
Phelan
Pomerene
Reed
Underwood
Brandegee
Calder
France
Lodge
Penrose
Wadsworth
Warren
Kenyon
Iowa
Army
Navy
Myers
Cummins
Stone
Senate
Wilson
House
Linn County Crops Show Generally Good Outlook
Linn County farmers report strong hay and oats yields with hay around two loads per acre and oats up to standard. Corn progress is near last year’s level, and most areas expect a bumper crop, but dry spell has hurt potatoes, risking shortages without rain.
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Linn County
Marion
Garden Probe Exposes Hidden Whiskey Cache in Sioux City
Sioux City police unearthed a garden at Max Rezenk’s home with 864 half pint bottles and four gallon jugs of whiskey buried beneath potatoes, peas, tomatoes, and turnips. Investigators weigh charges of keeping a disorderly house or a disorderly garden.
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Sioux City
Max Rezenk
Rezenk
Drowning in Des Moines River Near Boone
John Zura of Kenosha Wisconsin a student at Boone Bible College drowned in the Des Moines River southwest of the city His body not recovered during a search after he and three others held a breath contest While submerged his companions surfaced and a lengthy river bottom drag was conducted to locate him
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Boone
John Zura
Kenosha
Wis
Boone Biblical College
Des Moines
Zara
Adopt Belgian Orphans in Page County Resolution
The Page county defense council in Clarinda endorsed bringing Belgian orphans to Iowa for placement. A dinner at Linderman hotel hosted by Hugh Miller, Page county bank cashier, followed the vote. The group also discussed a county war record of history.
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Shenandoah
Belgium
Iowa
Defense Council
Page County
Commercial Club
Clarinda
Linderman Hotel
Hugh Miller
Page County Bank
Navy man swamps Clear Lake in bold crossing
United States Navy quartermaster First Class T Williams, a deep sea veteran, swam across Clear Lake against strong wind and high waves. He traversed the lake nearly to Bayside and returned, a feat few local swimmers would attempt.
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Clear Lake
Williams
United States Navy
Bayside
Plan Agricultural Meet in Cedar Rapids After State Fair
At a Linn County Farm Improvement association meeting plans were laid for a series of intellectual gatherings this fall. The events will start soon after the state fair with addresses by prominent agriculturalists as the principal draw.
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Cedar Rapids
Linn County Farm Improvement Association
Woman and Baby Killed in Train Collision Near Cherokee
Mrs. Earl Johnson and her 2-year-old baby were struck by an eastbound Illinois Central passenger train south of the city near the scene of a prior head on collision. The buggy was demolished and both victims died at Storm Lake hospital.
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Earl Johnson
Baby
Illinois Central
Johnson
Storm Lake
Boy Scout Saves Nephew From Train in Narrow Grasp
Gail Adams of Liscomb troop in this county earned hero status after pulling his young nephew from between tracks as a freight train bore down. The boy risked his life by racing onto the rails and rescuing the child just moments before impact.
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Marshalltown
Gail Adams
Boy Scouts
Liscomb
Minneapolis & St. Louis
Adams
Whole Battalion On Guard At Camp Dodge
Des Moines reports Camp Dodge has tripled its guard forces amid fears of I W W outrages. An entire infantry battalion now stands on guard, three companies totaling about 600 men, with gate sentries ordered to remain vigilant.
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Des Moines
Camp Dodge
Ribot Suppresses Criticism in French Chamber
In Paris on August 1 Premier Ribot blocked Ferdinand Boulsson’s resolution accusing MPs of meddling in ship purchases and commercial affairs. He moved to adjourn to the next business, which the chamber approved 200 to 157, while Capt. Andre Tardieu is abroad on a government mission.
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Paris
Premier Ribot
Chamber of Deputies
Ferdinand Boulsson
Andre Tardieu
United States
Chamber
Senate Okays War Tax Increase To Two Billion
The senate finance committee voted to raise the pending war tax bill from 1.67 billion to 2.008 billion dollars to fund wartime needs. The increase adds 338 million through higher corporate and individual taxes, plus further hikes on distilled spirits, beer, and higher incomes from 15 thousand dollars upward.
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Senate
Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Supposed German Secret Agent Captured at Indian Head
Baltimore reports that at the United States proving grounds in Indian Head Missouri a suspected German secret agent has been captured by officers. The prisoner was said to have been lurking around the proving grounds.
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Baltimore
United States Proving Grounds
Indian Head
Proving Grounds
Russo Romanian Front Prisoner Toll Reported
A Jassy telegram says Russo Romanian forces lost 908 guns and about 4500 prisoners between July 24 and 28 as they retreated from the Casin and Putna valleys near Petrograd.
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Petrograd
Jassy
Casin
Putna
Iowa National Guard Units Prepare for Deming Training Camp
Des Moines reports that one company from each unit of the Iowa National Guard will depart immediately for the Deming New Mexico training camp under War Department orders. The move reflects mobilization and rising national defense readiness during the period.
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Iowa
Des Moines
Iowa National Guard
Deming
N. M
War Department
Drownings in Root River Claim Two Farm Sons
In La Crosse Wisconsin on August 1 two farmers' sons Charles Steinke eighteen and William Hendman eighteen died in the Root river marking the eighth and ninth drownings in ten days authorities report.
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la Crosse
Wis
Root River
Charles Steinke
William Hendman
U S Troopship Safely Rescues 1400 Soldiers in Collision
The Sara toga, an American transport at anchor, was rammed by the Pan ama causing a deep hole. The Pan ama kept bow pressed to the ship until all on board were evacuated by lifeboats, tugs, and harbor craft as more than a dozen vessels aided the rescue.
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Atlantic
Panama
Three Attacks on Troopships Reported in WWI Convoy
Details of German submarine attacks on the first American troop expedition to France were disclosed by Rear Admiral Gleaves in a Navy record released by Secretary Daniels. The flagship led the first group under attack, with two submarines engaged, while the second transport group faced two subs and one possibly sunk by a destroyer bomb. Evidence suggests the third group may also have been attacked, though officials disagree.
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Washington
France
Gleaves
Daniels
Senate Naval Committee
General Harrison G Otis Dies at 80 in Los Angeles
Gen Harrison Gray Otis longtime president and manager of the Los Angeles Times died at his son in law Harry Chandler's home after heart trouble He was 80 born February 10 1837 in a Washington County Ohio farm He survived two wars Civil and Spanish American His era included the 1910 dynamiting of his building killing 20 workers
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Los Angeles
Cal
Harrison Gray
Otis
Los Angeles Times
Harry Chandler
Washington County
Americans Flee Turkey Reach Swiss Refuge
A large group of American consuls and missionaries escaped from Turkey arriving in Berne Switzerland. Consul Glazebrook reported about 60 American missionaries and 90 American Jews left Turkey at the same time.
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Turkey
Berne
Switzerland
Glazebrook
U-Boat in Spanish Harbor at Corunna
German submarine UB-23 anchored in Corunna harbor Spain on August 2 with only its periscope showing. The vessel had been seriously damaged in the encounter.
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Spanish Harbor
Corunna
Spain
Standard Oil Leader Found Dead in Oakland
D G Scofield former president and director of California Standard Oil was found dead in Oakland with a bullet wound to the head and a revolver by his side. He had been ill for some time.
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Standard Oil
Oakland
Cal
D. G. Scofield
California Standard Oil Company
Negro Soldiers in Big Riot at Camp McArthur
Waco Texas August 1 citizens demanded withdrawal of colored soldiers from guard duty after riots that injured several white men and left William Jones dead.
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Waco
Tex
Camp McArthur
William Jones
Russians Retreat In Galicia Amid Heavy Casualties
Dispatches report 2,000,000 Russian troops retreating in Galicia including the Eleventh and Seventh armies. Deserters are shot as panic is crushed, and a Riga front visit by the Kaiser is noted along with German gains in Bukovina and the Carpathians.
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Seventh Army
Kaleer
Riga Front
London
Petrograd
Galicia
Berlin
William
Mitau
Riga
Russia
Times
Bukowina
Chermosh
Czernowitz
Warenccanka
Sniatyn
Carpathian
Mesta-Canaste
Bereczker Mountain
Castnulul
Draft slackers face jail for marriage discharge trick
Washington reports warn draft age men who marry to avoid service may face misdemeanor charges. Provost Crowder states section 6 of the conscription act makes evading or aiding evasion prosecutable and secondary charges may apply to war brides aiding the deception.
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Washington
E. H. Crowder
U S Army Medical Units Reassigned in France and Other World Notes
The dispatch notes units from Roosevelt Hospital New York and Johns Hopkins Baltimore relocated into the battle area. Havana reports the assassination of Acting Mayor Florence Guerra of Cienfuegos as he entered his home. Berlin reports war loan subscriptions opening late September with rural drives planned. A damaged American transport in an Atlantic port is under repair with a single hull hole. Charlie Saunders a 72 year old eccentric farmer is fatally struck by a car near Aurora Illinois at Gregos Crossing.
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France
Roosevelt Hospital
New York
Johns Hopkins
Baltimore
Havana
Florence Guerra
Cienfuegos
Copenhagen
Berlin
Vossische Zeitung
Washington
Atlantic
Naval
Aurora
Charles
Charlie
Chicago, Aurora and DeKalb
Gregos Crossing
Reverend held on sedition charge in church sermons
Cedar Rapids reports Rev. John Gelical church leader from Lowdon Indiana was bound over by the federal grand jury on a charge of preaching seditious sermons with a $5,000 bond set.
Seek Seamen for New Ships
Washington August 3 plans to obtain seamen to man the new mercantile fleet were discussed at a conference arranged by the secretaries of labor and commerce.
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Washington
United States
Secretaries of Labor and Commerce
Steel declares extra dividend with quarterly payout
Directors of United States Steel corporation announce the regular quarterly dividend of 1% on common stock plus an extra 3% dividend. The decision comes in New York on August 2.
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Steel
New York
United States Steel Corporation
French Socialist Conference Set for September 9
At a meeting of a committee of the French Socialist party and the English and Russian Socialist delegates it was decided that the conference should be held September 9.
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Paris
Women urged to stockpile crops to aid war effort
President Wilson appeals to American women to store and preserve perishables to boost victory and ease wartime transport. He urged local consumption where possible and conservation for goods not immediately used. Herbert Hoover praised nationwide food economy and production strides.
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Washington
Wilson
D. F. Houston
Herbert C. Hoover
America
United States
Chicago Rail Strike Ends Amid Partial Victory
About 2,500 switch men of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen returned to work in Chicago after a Friday strike over yardmaster appointments. Government appeals highlighting troop and war-supply transport needs helped enforce a settlement yielding a partial victory for both sides.
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Chicago
Brotherhood of Railway
Conferees Back One Food Administrator for Wilson Plan
Washington August 1 Conferees on the food bill agreed to President Wilsons demand for a single food administrator not subject to confirmation The senate conferees accepted the house provision with Cham berlain Smith of South Carolina Kenyon and Warren voting for a one person option Gore Smith of Georgia and Page opposed in favor of a three member board
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Washington
Wilson
Senate
House
Chamberlain
Smith
South Carolina
Kenyon
Warren
Gore
Georgia
Page
German submarine UB-23 reaches Ferrol for internment
The damaged German submarine UB-23 entered Corunna on Monday and has reached Ferrol escorted by the Spanish torpedo boat Audaz. It will be interned there under Spanish protection.
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Madrid
Corunna
Ferrol
Audaz
Greek Starvation Report After Bulgarian Occupation
Reports to the Greek government allege that forty thousand Greeks have died of starvation in eastern Macedonia since the Bulgarian occupation began. The dispatch notes the death toll in the region amid ongoing tensions and refugee movements.
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Paris
Macedonia
Heat Prostrations Mount as New York Endures Severe Heat
New York on a Wednesday endured extreme heat from 2 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. resulting in about 100 deaths and over 200 prostrations. Authorities warned residents to seek shade and stay hydrated while emergency services treated victims.
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New York
Bank Holdup Nets $12,000 In Medical Lake
Two masked men robbed the cashier at the First National Bank of Medical Lake near Spokane Washington and fled in an automobile with about twelve thousand dollars in sacks.
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Spokane
Wash
First National Bank of
Medical Lake
U S Warships Boat Divers In British Waters
American torpedo-boat destroyers engaged two hostile submarines off a British base on August 2 they forced both U boats to submerge without firing a shot one of the submarines had just sunk a steamer and was then attacked by the destroyers
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U. S
German residents in Lowden protest minister arrest
Three prominent Lowden Germans Albert Schaeffer William Reichman and Carl Gerhl were arrested on treason charges amid unrest after Rev Reichart the German Evangelical pastor was jailed. United States deputies moved to quell threats of lynching as officials await federal grand jury action in October.
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Lowden
Albert Schaeffer
William Reichman
Carl’ Gerhl
John Reichart
Dwn
United States
London
Reichart
Daniel McGillvary
McGillvary
Federal Grand Jury
Iowa Farmers Targeted In Federal Income Tax Drive
Des Moines reports Samuel C. Wymer leads an Iowa drive to collect income tax from farmers. Assessors seek all 240 acre or larger holdings across Dallas Clark Wayne Lucas Warren Madison and Guthrie counties with hundreds of potential taxpayers summoned to appear for examination. Wymer notes many farmers earn over four thousand dollars and will owe taxes.
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Des Moines
Ater Farmers of
Iowa
Samuel C. Wymer
Federal Taxing District
Clark County
Dallas
Clark
Wayne
Lucas
Warren
Madison
Guthrie
Polk
Decatur
Marion
Poweabiek
Mr. Wymer
Red Cross Sends Large Shirt and Sweater Shipment
The Onawa Red Cross chapter shipped a large consignment of shirts bath robes and sweaters to Chicago. Local women convert the Carnegie library auditorium into a daily work room to assemble materials for the drive.
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Onawa Red Cross
Onawa
Chicago
The
American Red Cross
Carnegie Lbrary
Record Price Set for Iowa Land in Sioux County
H Van de Brake sold his 160 acre farm three miles west of Sioux City to T Doornink for 64000 dollars about 400 dollars per acre. The sale sets a new land record for Sioux County. Buildings on the farm are valued around 3000 dollars.
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Iowa
H. van de Brake
Sioux City
T. Doornink
Sioux County
Marriage Do Not Grant Immunity From Conscription
Provost Marshal General Crowder instructed local boards that a marriage contracted after examination may not create dependency status to exempt a registrant from military service. The selective service law does not require discharge in all cases of technical dependency, only where advisable.
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Washington, D
Crowder
Patriotic Day Celebration in Sheldon Attracts Large Crowd
Large crowd gathered at Sheldon for a Patriotic day celebration hosted by the company. The program featured a band concert a ball game field sports military drills trench work wall scaling and track events. Proceeds benefited the company mess fund.
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Sheldon
Mess Fund
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