Iowa News Summary Highlights Cattle Sale and Local Events
A Ayrshire herd at R W Plum mer sale set a world record with a cow selling for $11100 as 40 head averaged $3156. A 60 pound catfish is displayed by a Davenport fish company. it was caught by a Nahant fisherman and is the largest Mississippi measure in years. Clariton high school tragedy victims Grace Massman Hazel Hulse Clyde Smith. Des Moines building permits total 144 in April up from a year ago, Schmidt’s foundry lead item at $140000. Des Moines fare debates and wage talks for street car workers continue amid arbitration. Public library plans advance in Primghar. Cedar Rapids depot water quality concerns persist. The state hospital in Iowan City seeks daily per-patient funding. rainfall and weather notes appear across several counties.
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R. W. Plummer
Davenport Fish Company
Nahant
Mississippi
Clariton
Grace Massman
Hazel Hulse
Clyde Smith
Des Moines
Schmidt
Dubuque
City Commission
Primghar
Union Station
Cedar Rapids
State Hospital
Iowan City
Secretary of State
Executive Council
Colwell
Farm Bureau
Floyd County
Jersey
Cascade
Tona
Alta
Fort Dodge
Erastus Coffin
Mahaska County
Jasper County
J. W. Davis
Onawa
Northwestern
Cedar Falls
Cedar Valley Track Association
W. L. Harding
American Legion of Iowan
American Legion
Iowa
Iarding
Washington
D. C
P. P. Claxon
Bureau of Markets
Minnesota
Towa
Bremer County
America
France
Marne
United States
Paris
North Liberty
J. H. Pammel
Ames
Towa Conservation Board
Bohumil Shimek
Towa University
Town Conservation Board
Towa City Commercial Club
Towa Aricultural College
Armes
Pearson
John Finn
Devorah
Lincoln
American Forestry Association
Mr. Finn
Hall of Fame
Finn
Wilson's U Boat Order Revealed for Atlantic Mission
President Wilson urges bold, unprecedented methods to strike German subs aboard the flagship Penn sylvania. He tells officers to discard prudence, embrace audacity, and coordinate with Britain to crush the nest of hornets threatening victory.
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Washington
Wilson
Pennsylvania
Daniels
Mayo
Jin
Great Britain
Monih
America
Germany
Forty Six Germans Accused for War Crimes in Leipzig
Berlin May 14 report states forty six Germans from senior army positions to private are to be arraigned in the Leipzig supreme court as war criminals. Washington May 14 Congressional news notes Representative Henry L Flood of Virginia elected chairman of the Democratic committee with Representative Scott Ferris of Oklahoma resigning as vice chairman.
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Berlin
Leipzig
Washington
Henry L. Flood
Virginian
Democratic Congressional Committee
Scott Ferris
Oklahoma
Michigan Medical Student Arraigned in Nurse Death
Ann Arbor on May 12 Stanley Sitkov a University of Michigan medical student faced arraignment in justice court on a charge of manslaughter in the death of Miss Ethel McGuire a nurse at University Hospital.
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Ann Arbor, Mich
Stanley Sitkov
University of Michigan
Justice Court
Ethel McGuire
University Hospital
Nebraska Dean Resigns to Enter Commercial Field
Lincoln May 12 Dean O W P Stout head of the University of Nebraska engineering department has resigned and plans to enter the commercial field.
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Nebraska “U
Lincoln
Neh
O. W. P. Stout
University of Nebraska
Sugar Profit Limits Issued by Justice Department
US attorneys were instructed to cap profit margins on sugar sales at one cent for wholesalers and two cents for retailers. Attorney General says price standardization will not occur due to varying stock costs. Warrant issued for Theodore W. Bunte and BE Boehm on conspiracy to violate the Lever Act. They allegedly sold 1,000,000 pounds of sugar for profits 10 to 18 cents per pound, total about $204,143.63, buying from Colonial Sugar Co. at 18.2 cents and selling at 20.4 cents.
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Washington
Department of Justice
United States
Boynton
Chicago
Theodore W. Bunte
Bunte Bros., Candy Company
West
Monroe Street
BE. W. Boehm
Federal Building
Bunte Bros
Colonial Sugar Company of
New Orleans
James Colosimo Murdered in Chicago
James Colosimo a famed underworld figure and keeper of a South Side restaurant at 2226 South Wabash Avenue was shot and killed in a cafe room. Two shots were fired. Restaurant staff did not know who fired. Abe Ahrens, the restaurant manager, found the body and called Cottage Grove Avenue police.
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Chicago
Jamesa Colosimo
Underworld
South Wabash Avenue
Abe Ahrens
Cottage Grove Avenue
U S Births Exceed Deaths in 1918 Registration Area
Census bureau figures show 1,363,649 births and 1,014,620 deaths in the 53 percent population registration area during 1918. Births exceeded deaths by 344 percent, with births slightly down from 1917 and deaths up marginally.
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Washington
United States
Census Bureau
France to honor U S dead on Memorial Day
Washington reports France will pay honor to American dead on Memorial Day May 30 with French soldiers parading at major American cemeteries. The embassy issued the notice as part of commemorative actions. Also noted is a treasury bill for commemorative 50 cent pieces marking the 100th anniversary of admitting Maine and Alabama as states. London wedding coverage notes Kings and Queens attending Lady Cynthia Curzon’s wedding.
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Washington
Frrance
Prench
Treasury
Muatne
Alabama
Wilson
London
Belgium
Great Britain
Cynthia Curzon
Earl Curzon
el Paso
Tex
Juarez
Mex
Canada Exports Nine Hundred Billion In Produce Value
Canada’s produce exports for the year ending March 31 totaled 1.289 billion dollars, up from 1.216 billion the prior year, according to the bureau of statistics in Ottawa.
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Canada
Ottawa
Ont
Bureau of Statistics
New Mexican government led by Adolfo de la Huerta forms
Washington reports a bloodless collapse of Carranza rule in Mexico and the formation of a new anti Car ranza regime headed by Gen Adolfo de la Huerta with Gen Salvador Alvarado and Gen Plutarco Calles in key posts. The new government seeks US recognition and omits ABC conference participation. Alonzo Torre Diaz serves as interim minister of state.
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Washington
Carranza
Mexico
Adolpho de la Huerta
Alvaro Torre Dias
United States
Sonora
Eabinet
Mexico City
United States Army and Navy
State Department
A. B C
Obrezonistas
National Treasury
Adolfo de la Huerta
Salvador Alvarado
Plutarco Caalles
Alonzo Torre Diaz
Wilson Signs Alien Bill to Deport Wartime Enemy Aliens
President Wilson signed a bill amending the deportation law to allow the deportation of Germans and other aliens interned as enemy aliens during the war. Convicted violators and those held on warrants would face deportation after hearings by the secretary of interior, who would bar readmission forever. Palmer had urged enactment nearly a year prior.
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Washington
Wilson
Secretary of Indor
United States
Congress
Palmer
Air Mail Official Killed in Iowa Crash
William J. McClendliss, superintendent of the Chicago Omaha aerial mail division, was killed when the plane he rode was blown into a tree four miles south of Oskaloosa Indiana on May 14. Local authorities report the crash occurred during a flight over the countryside and McClendliss did not survive.
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Air Mail
Oskaloosa, In
William J. McClendliss
Chicago
Soviet government established in Kven and Trans-Caucasus
A dispatch from Constantinople reports a Soviet government established in Kven as the Erivan administration fled. Soviets also formed in other Trans-Caucasian centers. In New York, William Dean Howells, novelist, died after influenza illness in Savannah and a relapse.
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Erivan
London
Kven
Constantinople
New York
William Dean Howells
Mr. Howells
Savannah
South
Pershing Arrives at Port of Call on Northern Pacific
General Pershing arrived by transport Northern Pacific from the Isthmus of Panama and made a brief stop at St Thomas en route to Porto Rico. The vessel paused for two hours before continuing on its voyage.
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Pershing
Porto Rico
St. Thomas
Virgin Islands
General Pershing
Panama
Leaking on German Battleship Thuringen in Cherbourg
A serious leak was found aboard the German battleship Thuringen, recently allocated to France, while in port at Cherbourg. The leak is attributed to actions by the German crew.
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France
Cherbourg
Thuringen
Germans to Aid Flussians Seen Over Warsaw
Seven German zeppelins were sighted flying east over Warsaw. Reports from Paris indicate they may head to Russia from Germany with military instructors aboard.
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Paris
Warsaw
Russia
Germany
Michigan U Wins Madison Meet in Narrow Victory
Michigan University rider rushes to a close win at Madison Wisconsin in a Northern Oratorical League test. The report highlights the struggle and the decisive first place finish amid regional competition.
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Michigan
Madison
Wis
University of Michigan
Rush
Poles Capture Kiev Amid Coordinated Offensive
Polish and Ukrainian troops seized Kiev the Ukrainian capital on Thursday night May 4 an official Moscow issued statement reported via firelegs The move marks a major development in the broader Eastern Front with Allied forces advancing toward key cities.
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Kiev
London
Ukrainia
Moscow
Former Army Aviator Killed In Georgia Flight Fall
Americus Georgia May 13 Perry W Blacklear twenty four of San Diego California former army instructor was killed here in a 1500 foot fall while flying alone in a German Fokker aircraft.
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Perry W. Blacklear
San Diego
Cal
Army al
Workers Boycott Sugar Over Price Rise
Five hundred employees of a tire and rubber company in East Palestine Ohio sign a pledge not to use sugar in coffee or tea until sugar prices fall.
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East Palestine
Tire and Rubber Company
Train Kills Two Autoists at Bell Crossing
Decatur Ill May 11 Henry Matthews of Decatur and his companion Frank B Hormel were killed when a passenger train struck their automobile at Bell crossing near Mattoon and their bodies were burned in the wreckage.
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Decatur, II
Henry
Matthews
Decatur
Frank B. Hormel
Bell Crossing
Mattoon
Rebels Kill 300 Carranza Men In Mexico City Uprising
Gen. Jacinto Trevino left Mexico City for Apizaco to save Carranza as Carranza officials were halted near Apizaco. Gen. Obregon rode into the capital with thousands of troops delivering a brief balcony speech at the Plaza de la Reforma. Reports say 800 Carranzistas killed and fears of further slaughter as trains carrying government figures were halted. Washington says Carranza and advisers fled toward Vera Cruz with 27 million pesos in funds and supplies captured by rebels.
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Jacinto Trevino
Apizaco
Puebla
Carranza
Reyes Marquez
Puebla City
Guadalupe Sanchez
National Palace
General Obregon
Plaza de la Reforma
Washington
Vera Cruz
State Department
Socialists Endorse Public Control of Wealth at Nation Meet
The Socialist party of America adopts a principle calling for the country and its wealth to be redeemed from private control and administered for the equal benefit of all. The move marks a victory for conservative party forces over Illinois red flag demands for dictatorship of the proletariat.
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New York
Socialist Party of America
Illinois
Socialist Party of the
United States
Odessa Occupied by Petlura Forces Reported
Warsaw reports that Ukrainian and Polish forces have struck a major blow to Bolshevik fronts north of Kiev. The soviet army has been driven back along the Beresnia river and lost the Betchitsa crossing on the Dnieper. The Ukrainian press bureau confirms Odessa, the Black Sea port, has fallen to Petlura’s troops.
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Odessa
Russia
Black Sea
Petlura
Warsaw
Kiev
Beresnia
Betchitsa
Dnieper
Alleged Blackmailers Held in Ohio Case
In Toledo Ohio Mathew Turk and Dewey Daggerty were held to the federal grand jury charged with attempted blackmail of a Catholic priest from Kenosha Wisconsin. The pair were detained by a United States commissioner.
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Toledo
Kenosha
Wis
Mathew Turk
Dewey Daggerty
United States
Orenco Plane Sets World Altitude Record Near Mineola
Clarence Coombs piloting an Orenco with three passengers climbed to 16 200 feet above Mitchelfield, setting a new world record. Officials verify the achievement.
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Mineola
Clarence Coombs
Orenco
Mitchelfield
Economists say $2,500 yearly needed for a five person family
Washington May 11. Jett Lauck consulting economist for the railroad brotherhoods told the railway labor board that a minimum of $2,500 a year is necessary to support an American family of five.
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Washington
Jett Lauck
Railroad Brotherhoods
Railway Labor Board
Wilson Vetoes Bill Over Congress Censorship Power
President Wilson vetoed the legislative executive and judicial appropriations bill 104000000 citing a section that would force government publications through a congressional joint printing committee. He warned the provision would censor executive information and encroach on presidential functions. Congress reacts with surprise and debate over economy measures.
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Wilson
Congress
Capitol
House
Good
Appropriations Committee
Congressional Joint Committee On Printing
Executive Department
Congressional Joint Committee On
Executive
Farmer confesses to killings of eight at Turtle Lake farm
Henry Layer, a North Dakota farmer, admits fatally shooting Jacob Wolf, his wife, and five children plus a chore boy at the Wolf farm three miles west of Turtle Lake on April 22. The confession, given to McLean county prosecutor J K H Williams, cites long standing grievances over injuries to Layer's cattle by Wolf's dog.
Finland Joins Offensive Against Bolsheviks
Helsingfors reports inluna will join the Polish Esthenian operation against the Bolsheviks as part of a broader northern crisis. The May 15 dispatch frames the alliance against the red forces and notes strategic aims in the region.
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Finland
Reds
Helsingfors
Inluna
Lusitania salvage bid sparks shipping interest
In London on May 15 reports say a well known salvage firm may attempt to raise the Lusitania. The item notes rising interest in salvage operations and project feasibility within shipping circles.
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London
Signature Forgery Alleged Before Senate Naval Panel
Marshall says Senate would have opposed national prohibition in secret session. Cable news from Richmond reports Vice President Marshall’s remarks. In Honolulu incompletes on Japan election show government party leading according to Tokyo dispatch.
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Senate
Richmond
Government
Honolulu
Hawaii
Japan
Tokyo
Nippu Jiji
Lydia Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound Endorsed by Morse Woman
Morse Oklahoma resident Mia Raney writes that at age 45 she used Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound through the Change of Life and remained healthy after raising eight children. She says her daughter and daughters in law also recommend the remedy and invites others to write for advice to Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co. in Lynn Massachusetts.
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Morse
Okla
Lydia KE
Pinkham
Mia
Alice Raney
Oklahoma
Lydia
K. Pinkham Medicine Co
Lynn
Mass
Teacher’s Comic Chair Gaffe Delights Students
An amused Exchange report recalls a lecturer who toppled into his own folding chair, sliding beneath the desk and peering over the top as students watched in polite disbelief before laughter broke out.
A War Lesson Drafted From a Scrap of Paper
A wartime quip recalls Sponeleigh borrowing $20 from men this morning and T noting the amount was written on a scrap of paper. The joke rests on the belief that such a scrap implies an obligation unlikely to be fulfilled, illustrating wartime attitudes toward debt.
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