Two Die In Downtown Street Car Collision In Des Moines
J N Thomas and J F Hanrahan are dead after a head on crash between two Urbancale street cars in Des Moines. Miss Ruth Carson is critically injured with a skull fracture. over twenty others hurt as authorities blame a block signal light mis-set against the outbound car.
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Des Moines
J. N. Thomas
J. F. Hanrahan
Ruth Carson
Thomas
Charles Thomas
Fort Madison
Mercy Hospital
Hanrahan
Wagner Construction Company
J. W. Douglass
J. E. Hohl
Des Moines Fire Destroys Plant At R. O. Stutsman Co
The R. O. Stutsman & Co manufacturing plant in Des Moines was gutted by fire at an early hour recently, with an estimated loss of 15000 dollars. The origin is unknown. Flames spread to the second floor where it caved in, destroying machinery and stock. the interior was ruined. The firm made coffees and peanut roasters.
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Des Moines
R. O. Stutsman & Co
Rawson
Defense Council
State House
Chas. Rawson
State Council
G. Watson French
French
A. L. Urick
R. G. Stewart
Cedar Rapids
Russian immigrant makes a fortune in Minnesota farming and real estate
Morris Gervich, a Russian Jewish immigrant who arrived in Marehalstown eighteen years ago with 20 cents, built a fortune through thrift. He bought a $7,750 home in the city’s fashionable district and invested $12,000 in a $25,000 farm in Fillmore County, Minnesota.
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Marehalstown
Morris Gervich
Gervich
Fillmore County
Minnesota
Meet After 32 Years A. T Hill Reunites With Brother Ernest
After thirty two years A T Hill of this place and his Canadian brother Ernest Hill have met. A T Hill runs the local flour mill while Ernest has spent years farming in Canada. Ernest is now here on a furlough.
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Greene
A. T. Hill
Ths Place
Ernest
Alberta
Canada
Woman Killed by Fire in Indianola Accident
Mrs. Carl McNeil, three miles south of Indianola, died after her apron ignited while starting a basement engine for a dynamo and gasoline can. The fire spread from gasoline vapors and the can caught fire, leading to fatal burns.
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Indianola
Carl McNeil
Here
Iowa Soldier Clare Sargent Dies at Camp Pike
Private Clare Sargent of Battery C 339th Field Artillery from Van Buren county died at Camp Pike of pneumonia after illness. He was 22, second son of Oliver Sargent of Bonaparte, and married about a year earlier to Pluma Marriott of Vernon.
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Iowa
Camp Pike
Bonaparte
van Buren County
Clare Sargent
Three Hundred Thirty-ninth Field Artillery
Oliver Sargent
Pluma Marriott
Vernon
Iowa Troops Begin Rifle and Artillery Practice at Camp Dodge
Camp Dodge hosts early firing drills as Iowa’s 350th Infantry, followed by the 349th, practice muskets and automatic rifles east of camp with data-crew squads preparing for gun crews. Three hundred thirty eighth artillery pieces are at the northwest range, but six inch rifles limit artillery firing. All artillerymen receive training. officers first handle data and soon squads will operate guns.
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Camp Dodge
Iowa
Three Hundred and Fiftieth Infantry
Three Hundred and Forty-ninth Infantry
Three Hundred and Thirty-eighth
Three Hundred and Thirty-eighth Artillery Regiment
Uncle Sam
Traveling library aids 104 blind readers in Iowa
In Des Moines the Iowa traveling library serves 104 blind readers in 1917 with 814 embossed volumes printed in the New York point system. Books are requested by letter in braille, returned by reversing the cover, and transported free by federal and state cooperation. Volumes are bulky, up to six parts for one title, and average fourteen inches tall weighing more than standard books.
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Des Moines
Iowa State Library
David Copperfield
Helena Richie
New York
Driven to death by own action by cost of living
Davenport reports two deaths as residents choose suicide amid high living costs. J. F. Baustin, 48, a carpenter, hanged himself in his attic. Nellie Francie, a divorced woman, used gas and left a note expressing love for her husband and a wished burial in a birthday shirtwaist.
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Davenport
J. F. Baustin
Nellie Francie
Alien Enemy Would Fight
A German subject living in the United States sought registration officials to enter the U S army to fight the Kaiser He was 19 when World War I began and resided in northern Germany a region torn from Denmark.
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Sioux City
Germany
United States Army
Denmark
Veterans Weds in Waterloo Highlighting Iowa Masonic Groups
Waterloo ceremony united Mason W Becker and Anna R Weaver. Becker, president of the Masonic Veterans Association of Iowa, and Mrs Weaver, secretary of the Past Department Presidents Association of Iowa, Ladies of the G A R, have long been active in patriotic orders. Mrs Becker is a D A R member. Mr Becker is a Civil War veteran.
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Waterloo
Charles D. Becker
Masonic Veterans’ Association of Iowa
Anna R. Weaver
Association of Iowa
Fach
Patriotic Orders
Becker
Coal thief in Dubuque gets twenty days in jail
Harry Whaples a colored man was caught stealing coal from a railroad bin and sentenced to twenty days in the county jail. The judge called it a painful duty and showed leniency deeming the case extraordinary in nature.
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Dubuque
Harry Whaples
Complete Bridge Work in Story County Nevada 1918
The county will award its smallest bridge contract since permanent cement bridges began. When finished, the county’s roads will be bridged with permanent concrete structures and the project will largely complete bridge work in Story county.
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Nevada
Story County
Burns Kill 81-Year-Old Woman Near Laurel
Mrs. Mary M. Dunlap, 81, died at her home near Laurel after a shawlcaught fire from a cook stove. She was alone when the accident occurred and suffered severe burns before discovery.
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Marshalltown
Mary M. Dunlap
Laurel
Dunlap
Child Scalded to Death in Iowa County Washing Incident
A 19 month old child of Mr. and Mrs. John Mushman died after boiling water from a washing machine overflowed when the stopper was removed. The accident occurred west of Iowa City in Iowa county while the mother was doing laundry.
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Iowa City
John Mushman
Here
Iowa County
Civilians barred from wearing uniforms in Des Moines
Des Moines will strictly enforce the national defense act prohibiting civilians including high school students and home guard members from wearing any part of the U S soldiers service uniform. Camp Dodge division headquarters announced the policy to maintain uniform distinction locally.
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Dee Moines
Home Guard
Uncle Sam’s
Des Moines
Divison
Camp Dodge
Auto Bandits Loot Des Moines Leather Store
Bandits stole goods valued at 1315.82 dollars from a Chiiety leather store in Des Moines. Snow tracks suggest thefts by one or more autos. loot included suitcases watches fountain pans cutlery manicure sets toilet articles military brushes leather puttees army coats gloves and caps.
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Auto Bandits
Des Moines
Chiiety
Lenine Targeted in Shootout During Riga Address
An ambulance carrying Nikolai Lenine was fired on as he spoke to 8,000 red guards. A Swedish socialist in the car was wounded, and arrests followed. The American ambassador led a diplomatic protest over the Roumanian minister’s arrest and demanded release. Brest-Litovsk talks reportedly resumed in the afternoon.
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Smolny Institute
Lenine
Constantine Diamandi
Russia
Amsterdam
Brest-Litovsk
Berlin
Volks Zeitung
Enormous Profit in Coal Regulation Proposal
Francis Peabody of Chicago, coal production director for the council of national defense, asks the senate to regulate coal prices. He urges penalties of $1 a ton for selling below a set standard to curb low grade coal shipments and notes coal operators have enjoyed enormous profits since last July. He proposes mine price maxima by vein depth, with ranges from 4.86 to 8.50 dollars and lower values for thicker seams.
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Washington
Senate Committee
Francis
Peabody
Chicago
Council of National Defense
Bureau of Mines
Japanese Fleet Sent to Vladivostok for Protection
Tokyo reports Japanese warships dispatched to Vladivostok to protect lives and property of Japanese and other foreigners and allied munitions amid ongoing fighting between Bolsheviks and Cossacks. Officials stress aims are protective, not coercive, amid port unrest.
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Tokyo
Vladivostok
Japan
Russia
Only 8 British Ships Sunk
London reports a notable drop in merchant ship losses by mine or submarine in the past week. Six merchant ships of 1600 tons or more, plus two under 1600 tons and two fishing vessels, were sunk.
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London
Admiralty
New U S Labor Board Prevents Women From Certain Jobs
The Washington based labor administration announced the policy to keep women out of positions where men are available, as part of the administration's labor program.
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U. S. Labor Board
Washington
Labor Administration
Administration
Washington Keeps Railway Rate Laws Under Government Operation
McAdoo tells a delegation from the Association of Railway and Utilities Commissioners that state railway rate laws and regulations will stay in effect while the government operates. The note underscores continuity of regulatory policy during the transition period.
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Washington
McAdoo
Association of Railway and Utilities Commissioners
Three Die in Beloit Train Wreck
In Beloit Kansas on January 17 three people died and 18 were injured when the Union Pacific Beloit Salina special crashed. The dead are Tess Carleton from Beloit C W Cochrane from Abilene and Mrs Charbeau from Concordia.
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Beloit
Kan
Union Pacific
Beloit-Salina
Tess Carleton
C. W. Cochrane
Abilene
Charbeau
Concordia
Five Perish in Flames Near Marion Ohio
A family of five died in a house fire near Marion Ohio on January 17. Chris Inouk his wife and their three young children perished when neighbors found the blaze too late to save them. The home belonged to farmer WHauk. Fire crews and investigators were called to the scene.
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Marion
Chris Inouk
Here
Whauk
Bowling Green
Scott Franklin
Smith's Grove
Inferno Destroys Indianapolis Industrial Building
Fire swept the four story Industrial block in Indianapolis on Sunday night, likely set by an incendiary alien enemy. Property losses exceed $1,000,000 with six homes a church a grocery and a saloon destroyed, but no lives reported. Thirty manufacturing firms housed there work on war contracts, prompting federal agents and police to investigate the arson theory.
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Indianapolis
Tenth
Eleventh and
Fayette Street
Canal
Tenth Street
Fall Creek
Ilinois Street
Loucks
Maj Augustus P Gardner Dies After Illness
Maj Augustus P Gardner of Hamilton Massachusetts died at Camp Wheeler base hospital after a brief pneumonia illness. A Spanish American War veteran, he resigned his House seat last May to join the army and was a noted advocate for military preparedness and for recognizing the war with Germany.
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Washington
Augustus P. Gardner
Hamilton
Mass
Camp Wheeler
Gardner
House of Representatives
Germany
Million in U S Stores Lost in Washington Barracks Fire
A blaze at the Washington barracks occupied by engineer troops destroyed a million dollars in army supplies including food and damaged the quartermaster warehouse and other buildings. Firefighters responded with much of the city’s apparatus as gasoline stored in the warehouse exploded and fueled the flames.
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Washington
Washington Barracks
Railways Lose Their Fight Over Two Cent Fare Law
Washington January 15 Supreme court opinion sustains federal decrees dismissing proceedings by the Illinois Central and 28 other roads to block Illinois two cent passenger fare law. Illinois Central had sought to restrain the state public utilities commission from enforcing the rate.
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Washington
Mnoiss Central Railroad
Supreme Court
Umnois Central
Public Utilities Commission
Army Bank Theft at Camp Funston Capt. Whisler Charged
An official audit at Camp Funston Kansas reveals Captain Lewis Whisler embezzled sixty two thousand eight hundred twenty six dollars and twenty one cents. He robbed the army bank and killed four men with an ax while injuring another.
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Camp Funston
Kan
Army Bank of
Lewis Whisler
Snow to Bring Big Winter Wheat Crop Expected
Chicago January 17. Heavy snows may yield the nation its greatest winter wheat crop. This forecast comes from Eugene Davenport dean of the Agricultural College of Illinois in a statement issued Tuesday.
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Chicago
Eugene Davenport
Agricultural College of
Ilinois
Sentences to be served for draft conspiracy ruling
The Supreme Court ruled that Emma Goldman Alexander Berkman Louis Kramer and all others convicted of conspiracy to obstruct the selective draft must serve their jail terms.
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Washington
Emma Goldman
Alexander Berkman
Louis Kramer
Supreme Court
War Department Expands Draft for Men Turning 21 Since 1917
Senate bill at War Department request plans mandatory registration for men who reached twenty one since June 5 1917 to bolster National Army strength. The measure rejects extending the draft age beyond thirty one and estimates adding about 700000 eligible each year. A second Chamberlain bill adds crops harvest furloughs and a distinct badge for exempted men.
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Washington
War Department
Chamberlain
Senate Military
Senator Chamberlain
National Army
Crowder
London Labor Party backs no annexation plan
The British Labour Party issued a message to the Russian people declaring support for self determination and no annexations for the empire, urging international control of tropical Africa and faster self government for India. It calls for end to imperialism and urges Teutonic nations to accept mutual fair dealing to save the world.
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London
British Labor Party
British Empire
Middle East
Africa
India
Labor Party
Central
Europe
Russia
Bombardment Hits Yarmouth Killings Reported
The Yarmouth barrage on Monday night lasted about eight minutes. The enemy vessel, likely a submarine or light cruiser, fired illuminating star shells over the town. Three people were killed and ten injured.
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Yarmouth
England
Chicago Egg Profiteers Sued By City Officials
Chicago officials sue 75 grocers and delicatessens in Municipal court for selling storage eggs as fresh eggs and violating the food administration price bulletin.
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Chicago
The
Food Administration
Officers Must Part From Families
Washington January 18 Secretary Daniels forbids naval officers to establish families near their ships to keep domestic affairs from distracting officers from their duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Jan
Daniels
Pope Sees No Immediate Chance for Peace
Reliable Vatican reports say papal nuncios to Austria and Germany informed Pope Benedict XVI that there is no encouragement for peace hopes at the moment. The briefing notes current prospects as distant and uncertain.
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Rome
Vatican
Austria
Germany
Benedict
Flyers Drop Wilson Speech in Occupied Belgium
Amsterdam reports Les Nouvelles says allied planes dropped thousand copies of President Wilson's message to Congress in occupied Belgium last week. The move aims to spread the President's address among Belgian areas under German control.
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Wilson
Amsterdam
Les Nouvelles
Congress
Belgium
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G. H. Gendall
Gendall
Frank Warner
Library For
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John Fletcher
W. L. Harding
Thomas Watters
Fletcher
Snell
R. W. Snell
Adjutant General’s Department of the State
Ida Grove
State University of Iowa
Northwestern University
Hawarden
Ainsworth
Maj
L. W. Ainsworth
Garfield
Iowa State Council of National Defense
J. M. Pierce
Defence Council
Pierce
Webster
Estate Council
National Defense
Étate
Federal Fuel Administration
League of Iowa Municipalities
Harding
Council of Defense
Ohio
State Defense Council
A. M. Deyoe
Deyoe
Sioux County
Dodge
Ames College
J. A. LeClerc
Bureau of Chemistry
United States Department of Agriculture
8. B. Ryboldt
Medical Reserve Corps
Ryboldt
Three Hundred and Fifty-fhrst Infantry
Dwight Lewis
State Railroad Commission
John A. Gusher
State Bank
HW. B. Schlee
Crand Junction
Capitol
State University
Fuel Administration
Vinton
Coin
Bennett
LeMars
Grundy Center
Guthrie Center
Neola
Menlo
M. A. Potter
Mason
Assassin
AUTO
Diplomatic Corps
Bolsheviki
Robert G. Paterson
France
Maj. J. P. Gardner
Massachusetts
Camp Wheeler Base Hospital
U. S
BILL
Senate
Shell Yarmouth
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