Iowa Guard Strives for War Strength With New Units
Adjutant General Guy H. Logan launches final drive to recruit 400 more for Iowa National Guard boosting total to 6 621 officers and men. Planned additions include two ambulance companies two field hospitals and two engineer companies with specifics on locations and manpower.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Guy KH. Logan
Iowa National Guard
Iowa City
Washington
Cedar Rapids
Clinton
Davenport
Iowa
Council Bluffs
D. F. Steck
Ottumwa
Iowa Guard
Sioux City
Waterloo
Butler to Build Camp at Camp Dodge Des Moines
Major M A Butler of St Paul officers reserve corps arrives in Des Moines to supervise construction of the wooden city for 40000 con scripts at Camp Dodge. He will be chief engineer with Herbert Temple as chief auditor overseeing a 4 million dollar fund for the project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
M. A. Butler
St. Paul
Camp Dodge
Butler
Twin City
George Morgan
Guy E. Logan
C. L. Herring
Havner
Lilly Elected State Moose Leader at Des Moines
Joseph Lilly of Des Moines was elected president of the state Moose lodge with little opposition. The convention also named Edward Meyer of Davenport as secretary and treasurer and set Iowa City as the next meeting site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Lilly
Moose
Dubuque
Joseph Lilly
Des Moines
Iowa City
Edward Meyer
Davenport
Council Bluffs Seeks 1918 Christian Endeavor Convention
Council Bluffs launches a campaign by the Christian Endeavor union to win the 1918 state convention. A delegation of boosters from Council Bluffs will represent at the 1917 convention to be held in Waterloo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Council Bluffs
Christian Endeavor Union of
Christian Endeavor
Ambulance Corps Departs for Al lentown Training Camp
The Ames ambulance corps of thirty six college men has reached the training camp at Allentown Penn the first ambulance contingent from the west to arrive on the coast according to local reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames Ambulance Corps
East Ames
Ames
Allentown
Penn
Dana Red Cross Chapter Forms in Wealthy Canvass
Dana town with 200 residents and nearby community hosts a Red Cross branch of 174 members including 30 life members. Funds exceed 1100 dollars, raised in a few hours on a recent Sunday as organizers plan an intensive community canvass for more members and funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dana Red Cross
Dana
Red Cross
Marion County Twittered Loyalty in Liberty Loan Drive
Marion County oversubscribed its liberty loan allotment by 40 percent with 683 550 subscribed against 479 60. Early reports say this was the best county subscription in Iowa. 23 700 was raised for the Red Cross by public subscription at a meeting here. 1 200 had been raised by Red Cross buttons, totaling nearly 5 000 for the cause. The meeting was well attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion County
Knoxville
Iowa
Red Cross
Des Moines men sought for officer training camp at Ft Riley
Two Des Moines recruiting officers seek qualified men for the officers reserve training camp at Ft Riley Kansas. Applicants include Baker Ellsworth Teigen Campbell Morgan LeCron Ormston Knox Pickard Henderson Williams Lieser Kinsey Scott Collins DeVore Hammitt Armstrong Emmett Lichty McMorris Ray Hoskinson and others. No physical exams before July 15 with mental fitness reviews preceding tests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
KE. B.baker
Des Moines
O. D. Ellsworth
Cambridge
J. H. Teigen
Lake Mills
Ed. S. Campbell
Grand
B. J. Morgan
James L. LeCron
Register and Tribune
N. D. Ormston
Deep River
Roy Knox
Stuart
Clarence Pickard
Indianola
Charles Henderson
Odebolt
W. H. Field
Valley Junction
N. O. Hickenlooper
J. B. Ladd
Kansas City
H. H. Northup
Kent
H. B. Hoskinson
Corning
Lieutenant Dawson
Wilson Proclaims June Recruiting Week for Regular Army
President Wilson designates June 28 to 30 as Recruiting Week for the regular army and calls unmarried men aged 18 to 40 without dependents to enroll for war service. The move aims to reach 70,000 enrollments and shift the National Guard into the regular army within 45 days. Draft orders for guardsmen set for July 15, July 25, and August 5. The regulars will be dispatched to Europe first as the draft begins after July 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wilson
War Department
France
Germany
Europe
Doing Government Research Work Pensacola Trip
Prof. G. W. Stewart head of the university physics department was granted a leave of absence to go to Pensacola Florida for war work. Local belief centers on submarine detection work. Stewart is noted as a leading authority on sound localization in laboratories here.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Towa City
G. W. Stewart
University
Department of Physics
Pensacola
Florida
Stewart
Tragic Auto Fatality Claims Saunders in Oskaloosa
Eldon C A Saunders of Oskaloosa traveling salesman for Des Moines Auto Supply was killed when his car left a culvert and plunged into a ditch. He died about fifteen minutes after. he was pinned under wreckage and survived by a widow and two children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eldon
C. A. Saunders
Oskaloosa
Des Moines Auto Supply Company
Saunders
Government Puts Coal and Transport Under Pools
The federal trade commission urged Congress to create government pools for coal production and distribution and for rail and water transport to avert a winter shortage. The report says the industry is paralyzed by transportation failures, with cars available but not delivered promptly, and proposes cost-based production pay plus uniform profit and a centralized transport system under presidential direction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Federal Trade Commission
United States
Protest Against Placing Stained Glass in Little Brown Church
Milo M. Quaife superintendent of the Wisconsin State Historical Society protests the plan to install stained glass memorial windows at the Little Brown Church in Bradford. He calls the change vandalism and notes his boyhood attendance at the church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles
Little Brown
Bradford
Little Brown Church
The
Vale
Milo M. Quaife
Wisconsin State Historical Society
Quaife
Government Uses Iowa Ore From Waukon for Armor Plants
The United States government has ordered twelve steel barges and towing equipment from Waukon Junction nine miles north of Waukon to St Louis blast furnaces. High grade ore mined at Waukon iron mines is hauled by rail to Waukon Junction for river shipment by steamboat down the Mississippi to be smelted for armor plant production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Waukon
United States
Waukon Junction
St. Louis
Waukon Iron Mines
Mississippi
Woman Escapes Nevada Insane Hospital
Mrs. Homer Staley fled the Insane Hospital at Clarinda after commitment the day before. A note to her husband said it would be a waste of time to search for her. Authorities were actively seeking her escapee status and whereabouts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nevada
Homer Staley
Clarinda
Audubon Woman Dies From Burns After Stove Explosion
Audubon reports Mrs. C. J. Core perished hours after a gasoline stove blast. She died three hours after the accident. Survived by her mother Mrs. David Sloan and by her husband who works in the city employ.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Audubon
C. J. Core
Plenty of Canned Goods Ames Credit Iowa Savings
Iowa housewives are credited with a $10,000,000 deposit in the national bank of food conservation. Iowa's canned food stock totals 40,000,000 quarts, enough to feed 100,000 men for over a year. County superintendents at Ames estimate normal output at 25,000,600 quarts and a total for the year of 41,500,000, valued at 25 cents a quart at $10,000,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
Iowa
National Bank of Food Conservation
Iowa State Bar Meeting Set For June in Council Bluffs
Iowa City reports the twenty third annual Iowa State Bar association meeting will be held in Council Bluffs June 28 and 29. Lawyers and judges from across Iowa will attend to make this the best gathering yet. The association is described as the oldest bar group in the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bar Association
Iowa City
Council Bluffs
Iowa State Bar Association
H. C. Horack
The
State University
Iowa
Iowa Bar Association
Horack
United States
Secretary Daniels Reveals Newport Recruits Exposed to Ills
Secretary Daniels announced sensational charges that naval recruits at the Newport training station face exposure to open gambling houses immoral resorts and illegal liquor sales. He said he appealed to Governor Beeckman for action on Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Naval
Newport
N. L
Daniels
Beeckman
State Banks Entering Reserve
Reserve bank officials declare Guardian Savings and Trust of Cleveland a state bank entering the federal system. The note says this marks no broader movement toward annexation of other state banks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland, O
Reserve Bank
Guardian Savings and Trust Company of
Cleveland
Two Thousand Michigan Miners Idle Due to Strike
Saginaw Michigan June 22 Operations in Michigan coal mines employing about two thousand men are at a standstill as 200 machine workers strike demanding higher wages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan
Saginaw, Mich
U S Delegates Not Recognized By Minister
A Stockholm dispatch to the Times says American delegates to a socialist conference, Goldfarb and Reinstein, have not been officially recognized by the United States minister in Stockholm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
London
Stockholm
The
Times
Messrs. Goldfarb
Reinstein
United States
Oil Tanker Sunk by Diver Off New York
The Standard Oil tanker John D. Archbold was sunk by a submarine last Saturday three days out from a French port on her return trip to America. Five crewmen were killed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Standard Oil
John D. Archbold
America
Fuel supplies seized for navy needs amid price controls
Secretary Daniels ordered coal and oil producers to supply the navy with 1,750,000 tons of coal and 50,000,000 barrels of oil at prices to be fixed later by the president after a federal trade commission review. Steel for the navy is set at a tentative rate. producers are prorated and orders must be filled immediately.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Daniels
Navy
Federal Trade Commission
Congress
Port Arthur
Department
The
Trade Commission
Million U S Men to France in New Draft Plan
Provost Marshal General Crowder announced rapid war mobilization plans. A second draft of about 625000 conscripts is to follow the first intake, with Pershing’s division reinforced and National Guardsmen overseas by September 1. The New York National Guard and Illinois militia lead, with a possible total of 1.6 million drafted before Christmas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
America
Pershing
New York National Guard
Crowder
Cameronian Transport Sunk in Eastern Mediterranean
The British transport Cameronian with troops aboard was torpedoed and sunk in the eastern Mediterranean on the night of June 2. Sixty three persons including the captain are presumed dead. The 5861 ton vessel belonged to F Leyland & Co of Liverpool and was formerly the Kameron, a Hamburg American liner interned and renamed by Britain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Mediterranean
Cameronian
F. Leyland & Co
Liverpool
Seven Italian Ships Torpedoed in Recent Submarine Attacks
Rome reports two Italian steamers and five sailing ships were torpedoed in the last week by submarines. Two additional steamers were attacked but escaped. The official weekly notice details the losses and the ongoing danger to Italian maritime shipping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Forest Fire Destroys El Vado Town in New Mexico
Durango Colorado reports a massive forest fire has wiped El Vado from the map. About 500 workers were employed at the town’s large lumber mills as the blaze swept through the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Durango
Colo
el Vado
New Mexico
Draft Dodgers to be Arrested After June 25
Boston June 21 Federal District Attorney George W. Anderson announced that all men of military age who failed to register under the selective draft law would be arrested after June 25. The notice emphasizes enforcement and nationwide scope.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
George W. Anderson
Twelve French Airmen Arrive in New York for Training
Captain Achille Boyriven leads twelve French aviators who arrived in New York on June 21 en route to Washington. The group will be assigned to American aviation schools as instructors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. Y
New York
Achille Boyriven
Washington
Hoover Defends Food Bill Against Ration Doubts
Hoover told senators that food speculators have drained 50 million dollars a month for five months, totaling a quarter billion, while outlining the need to secure supplies for Allies. He denied a food dictatorship and described a commission to oversee production and distribution of flour sugar and possibly other staples.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Herbert C. Hoover
Congress
Hoover
North America
Germany
Sims Heads Allies Fleet in Irish Waters
Vice Admiral William S. Sims of the U S Navy is appointed to take general charge of allied naval operations in Irish waters while the British commander in chief is absent for a period. The appointment is to be in effect only during that absence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Vicce
William S. Sims
Irish
Sims
Cuban Rebels Arrive in New York in Custody of U S Officers
In New York on June 20, alleged Cuban rebels linked to a recent uprising arrived aboard a Dutch steamship in the custody of American officers. The ship’s crew said Washington ordered their arrest and transport to the United States from Haiti.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haiti
New York
Washington
United States
British naval losses dominate weekly tally with many ships sunk
Twenty seven British ships over 1600 tons were sunk this week, with five additional under 1600 tons also lost. No fishing vessels were destroyed according to the weekly British summary reported from Chicago on June 22.
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Chicago
Admiral Potter Dies at 67 in Whitehall New York
Rear Admiral William P. Potter United States Navy retired died in Whitehall New York at age sixty seven. He participated in the destruction of Cervera's squadron off Santiago Cuba in 1898.
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Whitehall
N. Y
William P. Potter
Cervera
Santiago
Cuba
Three Men Killed as Train Hits Bus in Parlin
Three men died and eleven were injured when a Pennsylvania railroad train struck a bus carrying workers heading to the E. I. Du Pont de Nemours plant at Parlin New Jersey. The collision occurred near South River on June 23 as the bus failed to clear a crossing. Emergency crews transported the wounded and authorities investigated the crash site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South River
N. J
Pennsylvania Railroad
E. I. Dupont de Nemours
Parlin
Cold weather delays crops by two weeks
Springfield Alabama reports the weekly crop bulletin from the federal weather bureau shows cold weather has set the season back two weeks for crops, based on conditions through June 19.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Federal Weather Bureau
Police Chief Rusca Killed in Natchitoches
In Natchitoches Louisiana on June 22 Chief of Police Leo Rusca and Ernest Prud homme were killed. School Superintendent L E Hudson was fatally wounded. The assailant George Pikes a drunken Black man was killed.
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Natchitoches
Leo Rusca
Ernest Prudhomme
L. E. Hudson
George Pikes
Russia Aids Allies and Confirms War aims in Petrograd
Special Ambassador Bakhmetieff stated Russia will fight German autocracy to win a stable world peace and secure the revolution. Petrograd reports soldiers and workers congress backed the provisional government and called for army resumption and reorganization. A clash near Tambov left eight dead as rebels resisted Petrograd authority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Russia
Boris A. Bakhinetieff
Mr. Bakhmetieff
London
Petrograd
Congress of Soldiers
New York
Kirsanov
Tambov
Forward
New Republic
U S Destroyer Sinks German Sub Noted by Patrol Crew
A German submarine was rammed and sunk by an American destroyer off England on June 23. An American bluejacket spied the underwater craft, aiding the attack. a secret antisubmarine device is reportedly in use. This marks the first sinking reported by the U S patrol flotilla crews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
U. S
Tragic love triangle ends in murder at Waukesha High
In Waukesha Wisconsin on Thursday Grace Lusk a 35 year old teacher at Waukesha High School shot Mrs Roberts wife of David Roberts former state veterinarian and head of Doctor Roberts Veterinary Company. Another woman injured likely fatally in the same case. The teacher acted as principal in the crime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Roberts
Wisconsin
Grace Lusk
Waukesha
Wis
Waukesha High School
Roberts
Doctor Roberts Veterinary Company
Memorial Arch Presented From Congress to Pennsylvania
At Valley Forge on June 20 a memorial arch marking Washingtons 1777 78 encampment was presented to Pennsylvania by Champ Clark representing the government. More than a hundred senators and congressmen traveled by special train from Washington to attend the dedication and exercises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Valley Forge
Washington
Congress
Champ Clark
House of Representatives
Goldman and Berkman Indicted on Draft Conspiracy Charge
Emma Goldman and Alexander Berkman, described as leading anarchists, were indicted by a federal grand jury in New York on June 23 for conspiring to persuade young men to evade registration for the selective draft. They pleaded not guilty and were held in 25000 bail each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Emma_ Goldman
Alexander Berkman
Destroy 642 British Ships
London reports the German submarine war since February 1 has sunk 642 British ships totaling about 2 200 000 tons. Official figures compiled in the city show the scale of the maritime toll during the campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Germany
U-Boat Chaser S. P. 55 Destroyed at Stony Beach
The 40-foot submarine chaser S. P. 55 formerly Gypsy burned to the water's edge on Stony beach in Hull Massachusetts. Ensign A. J. McKenzie and six crewmen were rescued from the craft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hull
Mass
Stony Beach
A. J. McKenzie
Jellicoe’s Nephew Enlists in British Army Aviation
H. V. Jellicoe, nephew of Admiral Jellicoe, enlisted for the English army aviation corps at a New York recruiting station. He was sent to an aviation training camp in Canada for training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Admiral Jellicoe
New York
H. V. Jellicoe
Army Aviation Corps
Canada
Bone Dry Reunion At Harvard On Bone Dry Day
Old Harvard men return for commencement to a bone dry schedule as the university bans drinks at class celebrations marking its first such enforcement in history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvard
Cambridge
Mass
National Army Draft To Be Conducted In Washington
Washington plans a centralized lottery to avoid local manipulation for the first army draft. Names will be numbered in Washington and drawn in sequence, with triplicate lists stored in vaults. Local boards decide exemptions with federal appeal rights preserved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate greets Belgian mission with tearful ovation
The U S senate welcomed the Belgian mission led by Baron Moncheur with prolonged applause as he defied German despoilers and promised a reckoning. Vice President Marshall joined the welcome predicting Belgium would rise and that the long night would end with a new morning of joy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Senate
America
Baron Moncheur
Marshall
Belgium
New Diver Chaser Success in Early Submarine Boat Trials
Preliminary reports from the New York navy yard say the first 110-foot submarine chaser completed its hull in weeks and passed its first test run without defects. The boat will face severe tests, with performance deciding the design for hundreds of similar vessels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
New York Navy Yard
May Coach Dartmouth
Jesse Hawley former Iowa football coach is recommended for the Dartmouth gridiron post by the Middle West Alumni association of the Hanover college. Hawley starred in the Dartmouth beat Yale game of 1908 and coached at Andover before resigning from Iowa to focus on his Chicago bank interests. The Dartmouth vacancy follows Frank Cavanaugh's resignation.
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May
Dartmouth
Jesse Hawley
Iowa
Middle West Alumni Association
Hanover College
Hawley
Yale
Andover
Chicago
Frank Cavanaugh
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Bakhmetieff
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