Transfers Lift 1600 Men to Aviation Section at Camp Dodge
About 1,600 men of the eighty eighth division at Camp Dodge will join the government aviation section of the signal corps for training at national aviation schools. This adds to 8,000 already chosen for Camp Pike as part of the new national army, with earlier transfers totaling about 15,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Dodge
Des Moines
National Army
Signal Corps
Camp Pike
Little Rock
Ark
Houston
Camp Cody
Aviation School
Eighty Eighth Division
War College
Plimmer
Glidden Farmer Claims Corn Juice From Wet Crop
Glidden resident Henry Dirk reports making whisky from wet corn stored in a crib. The crop is unusually soggy and farmers test drying methods. Many are venting cribs with tile and some use a steam blower to improve air flow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glidden
Henry Dirk
Harmony Lathrop
Fire in Bloomfield causes extensive damage
A recent blaze in Bloomfield caused about 15000 dollars in damage to several downtown buildings and organizations. Key losses included the Masonic three story business block, Davis County Savings Bank, Higbee building, Fayne and Goodson law offices, and records for the Eastern Stars Masons and the Davis County chapter of the American Red Cross. The Ottumwa fire department responded to the fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bloomfield
Masonic
Davis County Savings Bank
Higbee
Fayne & Goodson
Eastern Stars
Masons
Davis County
American Red Cross
Ottumwa Fire Department
Postal Clerks Enlist from Sac City
Patriotism swells among Sac City post office workers with six enlistees in the army navy and army radio service. Fred C. Davis serves with Pershing in France while W Burwell Fred B Wilson and Slater L Dowden join the navy. Lloyd R Hughes and Dwight Shaw enlist in the army radio service this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sac City
Army
Navy
Fred C. Davis
Pershing
France
Ly, W. Burwell
Fred B. Wilson
Slater L. Dowden
Lloyd R. Hughes
Dwight Shaw
Army Radio Service
Accident Ends Life of City Auditor's Son While Hunting
Don Leedham, one year old, son of City Auditor Frank W. Leedham, was accidentally killed when his gun discharged while he was pushing a boat from shore. His brother Dr Harry Leedham serves as lieutenant in the medical corps at Fort Sam Houston Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clinton
Don Leedham
Frank W. Leedham
Harry Leedham
Denial Corps
Fort Sam Houston
Tex
First Northern Sugar sack sells at auction for Red Cross
The first sack of sugar from the Northern Sugar company plant, auctioned for Red Cross relief, sold for 4000 dollars to C. H. McNider. B. A. Plummer of Forest City stood as the next highest bidder with 960 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Mason City
Northern Sugar Company
Red Cross
C. H. McNider
B. A. Plummer
Forest City
Resignation Over German Atrocity Protests
Indiana University faculty member Prof. W. E. Zeucka resigned after an investigation of a protest letter to the Hopkinton Leader. The letter urged against publishing German atrocities, condoning brutalities and denouncing the editor for publicity. The note was sent to Droomington and handed to the county council of defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joh. Hopkinton
W. E. Zeucka
Indiana University
Zeuck
Hopkinton
Droomington
County Council of Defense
Conference Elects Leaders At Association of American Universities
Iowa City conference closes with Iowa City Indiana University named president Princeton University chosen vice president and Pennsylvania University as secretary. Thirty educators from twenty leading schools participated in three day event ending with a general discussion on renewal of professional faculties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conference of Schools
Iowa City
Indiana University
Princeton University
Pennsylvania University
The
Association of American Universities
Cavalry Officers at Camp Dodge Face Reassignment Anxiety
Officers of the Eighty eighth division at Camp Dodge fear reassignment after a War Department order. The 313 ammunition train and related units are moved into the quartermasters and artillery framework, risking cavalry officers from St. Paul’s training school being commissioned into artillery or infantry.
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Camp Dodge
Eighty-eighth Division
National Army
313
McCain
163D Artillery Brigade
Adjutant General
Medical Corps
Quartermasters Corps
Cavalry
St. Snelling Training School
War Department
Artillery
Hay's Letter Read Highlights Army Y M C A Efforts
Iowa hero Merle Day wrote to his mother praising YMCA work for soldiers just before his death in France. Rev W H Parker opened a meeting here by recounting Hay's letter about how people at home cannot realize what the YMCA means to the front line troops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hay
Glidden
Iowa
Merle Day
France
W. H. Parker
Merle D. Hay
Gas Blast Injures Four At Sioux City Grocery
An explosion in the Herbiant grocery basement in Sioux City caused a fire and heavy damage. Four people were injured, one seriously, after Louis Bourrett lit a gas jet and sewer gas ignited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City
Herbiant
Louis Bourrett
Exemption Rush Ended by Provost Marshal General Orders
Des Moines report says orders to Iowa Governor halt reopening of cases by local and district boards. No new cases will be reopened and current reopenings will close. Soldiers at Camp Dodge must appeal to their commanding officers for discharge or proceed with training to serve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
National Army
Camp Dodge
Adjutant General
State House
Germany
Fifty Iowans in aerial service training at Omaha camp
Des Moines reports fifty Iowans are in training at the Omaha aerial camp as aviators or balloon pilots. Several have already won lieutenancies or are recommended for that rank, with a list of names and home towns including Des Moines Council Bluffs and Marshalltown among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Omaha
E. B. Ackerman
J. L. Adams
Camp Dodge
H. B. Blanchard
Council Bluffs
D. K. Brown
Harlan
Max I. Bacon
W. &. Barrett
Lamont
L. L. Beery
Mt. Pleasant
H. H. Buntley
Sheldon
H. H. Braden
Macedonia
H. J. Earnhardt
Avoca
C. L. Burkett
Minburn
I. C. Chapman
Ottumwa
R. J. Crary
Ute
M. BE. Callender
Sioux City
P. BE. Coler
Conrad
C. P. Dudley
H. E. McMahon
I. N. Miller
Newton
J. H. Nestie
Carroll
Dale Orr
A. J. O'Connor
Missouri Valley
H. B. Porter
J. L. Parrish, Jr
L. G. Pfaff
P. J. Ridenour
TD. R. Berg
Greene County Achieves Bold Y M C A Pledge Lead
Greene County surpassed its army Y M C A quota of 8000 by raising 12600 with a 40 percent overpledge. Cooper, a small town, led by three days ahead of its quota. Howard J. Clark of Des Moines spoke at the Methodist church and W. S. Byers spoke at Grand Junction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greene County
Jefferson
Cooper
Howard J. Clark
Des Moines
Methodist Church
W. S. Byers
Grand Junction
Board rescinds Whitted resignation as district clerk
Sac City officials cannot agree on a successor for C. M. Whitted after his resignation due to a bank job in Schaller. The board rescinded its vote accepting the resignation amid many applicants for the clerical post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sac City
C. M. Whitted
Schaller
Board of Supervisors
Whitted
City council split over licensing pool hall to raise funds
In Sacramento City a debate erupts among councilmen over licensing a public pool hall to help fund city finances. Some officials back the idea while others oppose it, noting the city has not had a pool hall for twenty years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sac City
State Normal Tackler Arnold Arends Dies in Iowa
Arnold Arends, a former tackle for Cedar Falls Teachers College, died of spinal meningitis after being unconscious for 108 hours. He fell ill at the college hospital and the body was transported to his Ackley home for a private funeral.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Falls
Arnold Arends
College Hospital
Ackley
Business Man Dead in Emmetsburg Accident
J. H. Gammon of Graettinger a leading Palo Alto county lumber dealer died from injuries after an accident. He was a prominent business figure in the area and his death is reported from Emmetsburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emmetsburg
J. H. Gammon
Graettinger
Palo Alto County
Women Form Home Guard in Grundy Center Meeting
Women of Grundy Center plan a court house gathering to organize a home guard company. The meeting aims to establish local defense efforts and recruit participants for the new unit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grundy Center
Court House
Cornell Football Hazing Warrants Issued for Harwell and Mabbitt
Warrants issued for Stub Harwell and Charles Mabbitt, Cornell captain and star halfback, over hazing of freshman Geo X Renner Jr. with a stiff brush. Renner suffered twenty square inches of skin torn from the abdomen and will require extensive grafting. Accused to appear in justice court for preliminary hearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Officers Denounce Kreisler Concert Ban in Des Moines
Des Moines authorities and Camp Dodge troops protest plans to bar Fritz Kreisler from a Coliseum concert. Officers argue wartime unity must not suppress Austrian artists and warn the move reflects bigotry worse than German kultur.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Fritz Kriesler
Camp Dodge
Jike Michester
Child Smothered in Davenport Couch Tragedy
Seven year old Dale Serris, son of Mr and Mrs Ray Serris of North McGregor, accidentally suffocated when the family couch collapsed onto him. He was alone in the house at the time of the accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North McGregor
Dale
Ray S*erris
Housewives Not Riding Campaign in Waterloo
Waterloo housewives refuse to participate in the wheatless day movement acceding to local grocers. Substitutes will not be accepted by many buyers who insist on white bread on Wednesdays. Bakers offered wheat substitutes but were left with surplus at night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
Crawford County Coal Prices Cut 32 Cents Per Ton
At a coal conservation board meeting in Crawford county all dealers agreed to reduce prices on all coal by 32 cents per ton. This lowers Crawford county prices 25 cents per ton below the government maximum. Board members include J. H. Paterson and Ress Foynders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manilla
Coal Conservation Board
Coal Dealers
Crawford County
Crawford County Conservation Board
J. H. Paterson
Nist Ress Foynders
LICENSE ALL BAKERS UNDER NEW REGULATIONS
Washington November 14 bakers of crackers and all establishments using substantial flour will must obtain government licenses starting December 10 under a Wilson proclamation. Hotels restaurants and others using up to ten barrels of flour monthly are included as part of the food administration plan to provide a one pound loaf at seven cents in retail pricing. Hoover expects bakers will agree on a ten cent loaf despite no direct authority to set prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wilson
Food Administration
Hoover
I W W Arrests Hit Omaha Convention Raiders
Sixty three Industrial Workers of the World delegates from Nebraska Minnesota the Dakotas and other states were arrested in Omaha during a raid by federal agents. Booked at the police station they listed addresses from major Western and many Eastern cities. U S Marshal Flynn said the literature was the same as that barred from the mails and the delegates intended to take it home. The I W W accepted the arrests philosophically.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
Neb
IL W. W
Nebraska
Minnesota
Dakotas
U.S
Flynn
American Steamer D. N. Luckenbach Destroyed by Submarine
Five crewmen died when the American steamer D. N. Luckenbach was torpedoed in the Bay of Biscay about 100 miles from the French coast. Twenty nine survivors said the sinking occurred October 27 and they were picked up by a Danish ship two days later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic
D. N
Luckenbach
Bay of Biscay
Two Soldiers Die In Cave In At Camp Bowie
Fort Worth Texas reports two artillerymen killed and two seriously injured when a pit they worked in at Camp Bowie caved in. The accident occurred on November 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Bowie
Tex
Fort Worth
Congressmen Received by Poincare in Paris
The American congressional delegation visiting France was received by President Poincare at the Elysee Palace in Paris on November 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poincare
Paris
France
Palace of the Elysees
American Wounded Near Verdun Reaches Neuilly
J C McDonald of the American ambulance service, wounded near Verdun by shell splinters, has arrived at Neuilly with injuries reported as not serious. Local dispatch notes the incident as a shell fragment wound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
J. C. McDonald
American Ambulance Service
Verdun
Neuilly
German Move to Save Coal Shifts Sunday Holiday
The Bavarian government will transfer the Sunday coal-saving holiday to another weekday to conserve fuel. Catholic clergy object, with Protestant support for the measure reflected in mixed church reaction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Copenhagen
31 Pickets Sentenced in White House Picket Row
Washington November 16. Judge Mullonney sentences 81 suffragists who picketed the White House Tuesday in police court. Sentences range from six days to six months in jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
White House
Mullonney
New York Orders Broad Prohibition on Aliens Along Waterfront
New York on November 16 adopted new measures barring aliens from the entire water front area under orders issued by Marshal McCarthy. Previously aliens were forbidden from piers and docks only.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Austro Germans Cross Positions as Allied Troops Delayed
Allied forces cannot reach the Italian front for several days while Austro German units push along the Piave and Asiago sectors. Berlin reports gains east of Asiago and the capture of Monte Lisser and related positions as Italian withdrawals occur north of Asiago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Italy
Berlin
Asiago
F. B. Maurice
War Office
Maurice
Piave
Venice
Rome
Zenson
Quero
Senere
Grisolera
Vecchia
Drentn
Trentino
Lake Garda
Sette Comuni
Monte Lisser
Primolano
Feltre
Register Alien Enemies to Be Required in U S
President Wilson is expected to issue a proclamation ordering all alien enemies in the United States to register as a step to root out spies and saboteurs. Attorney General Gregory presented draft regulations at a cabinet meeting to mirror England and France in monitoring enemy subjects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wilson
United States
America
Gregory
England
France
Bureau to Explain Taxes Under New Revenue Division
Washington announces a special division of taxpayers' cooperation within the internal revenue bureau to answer questions about the war revenue bill. Secretary McAdoo said the office will deliver essential information directly to each taxpayer as thousands seek guidance from Commissioner Tope.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Internal Revenue Bureau
McAdoo
Internal Revenue
Toper
John W. Foster Dies in Washington
Former minister to China and secretary of state under Harrison, John W. Foster, died in Washington at age 76. He was father-in-law of Secretary Lansing and longtime diplomat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
John W. Foster
China
Harrison
Lansing
Flag First Over Vimy Ridge Report From St John
A small American flag led the ascent over Vimy ridge in the famed Canadian charge, according to J. J. Allen of St John as he returns home with wounded troops from Newfoundland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
St. John
N. Lb
Vimy Ridge
J. J. Allen
Twenty-Four Slacker Draftees Sentenced in Pueblo
In Pueblo Colorado on November 15 24 Austrian miners convicted of refusing to register under the National army draft begin one year sentences in the local jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pueblo
Colo
Austria
Professor Nearing Fined Fifty Dollars in Duluth
Scott Nearing, former professor, was arrested during an alleged antiwar speech in Duluth Minnesota on Tuesday. He pled guilty to disorderly conduct and paid a fifty dollar fine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nearing
Duluth
Minn
Scott Nearing
Strikes Called Off In Government Work Nationwide
Buffalo report says all strikes in shipping munition and other war industries have been called off by the Building Trades section of the American Federation of Labor. A Washington conference will review the situation, and local presidents are ordered to resume work. A Quincy Mass. destroyer plant strike involving about 1 800 workers prompted a protest and a two hour Wilson conference request. Woodrow Wilson expressed thanks for the cooperation.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Building Trades Section
American Federation of Labor
Morrison
Building Trades
Washington
Building Trades Council of the American Federation of Laabor
Wilson
Quincy
Mass
John Dolan
Building Trades’ Department
Woodrow Wilson
German Toys at Christmas Could Reach American Stockings
Washington reports that millions of dollars worth of German goods held at Rotterdam since 1914 and recently released include many toys. The commerce department is studying replacing the German toy trade with imports from Guatemala if ships are available for transport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Germany
Rotterdam
Department of Commerce
Guatemala
Lowest mark for U boats sinks ships last week
London reports only one British merchant vessel over 1,600 tons sunk by mine or submarine last week. It marks a low record since Germany began its submarine campaign. Five vessels under 1,600 tons and one fishing boat were also sunk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Germany
Two Austrian Suspects Held Near Norriston Plant
Norriston Pa November 17 Two Austrians were arrested for acting suspiciously around the Municipal Electric plant with one believed disguised. Local authorities detained them for further questioning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norriston
Municipal Electric Company
American Nurse Miriam Knowles Dies in France
Washington dispatch reports Miss Miriam B. H. Knowles of Yardley Pennsylvania a nurse in the American forces in France died November 11 from scarlet fever as reported by General Pershing via cable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Miriam BH. Knowles
Yardley
France
General Pershing
German U Boat sinks Dutch trawler Hulbertje near Dutch coast
An Amsterdam dispatch reports a German submarine torpedoed the Dutch trawler Hulbertje without warning about 95 miles off the Dutch coast. One Dutch boy was killed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Amsterdam
British Ships Sunk by Turkish Forces in Palestine
A British destroyer and a small monitor, operating with British forces in Palestine, were sunk. Thirty seven men are missing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Palestice
No Draft Exemption Rules In Effect November 20
Washington announces new draft regulations taking effect November 20 under Provost Marshal General Crowder. Classifications begin December 15 with 19 forms used, replacing about 180 forms. Exemptions and discharges under prior rules are canceled and every registrant is classified to determine order of potential service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Crowder
Wilson to push mediation on railroad wage dispute
President Wilson authorized by railroad brotherhoods to propose a settlement plan on wages. He supports mediation and likely compulsory arbitration during the war period, with brotherhoods favoring the approach though wanting broader acceptance from railroad presidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brotherhoods
Washington
Wilson
Court releases Berkman from Tombs prison
New York November 16. After argument on a writ of habeas corpus Alexander Berkman anarchist was released from the Tombs prison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tombs
New York
Alexander Berkman
Replogle Named Federal Director of Steel Supplies
Washington reports the council of national defense announced on November 16 that J. L. Replogle, vice president of the American Vanadium company, is appointed federal director of steel supplies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. L. Replogle
Washington
American Vanadium Company
Council of National Defense
Freight Strike Averted by Truck Drivers’ unions
In Chicago on November 10 representatives of the Truck Drivers unions and the employers’ association settled differences by arbitration preventing a strike that would have disrupted freight movement in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Employers’ Association
Submarine Sighted in Mid-Atlantic by U S Hydro Office
The United States hydrographic office released a second report of a light U-boat seen in mid Atlantic about 900 miles southeast of Halifax a week ago. The sighting adds to ongoing naval advisories for the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Midocean
New York
Mid- Atlantic
United States Hydrographic Office
Halifax
Draft law upheld by U S district court ruling
In Withington Delaware on November 14 Judge Sindford sustained the constitutionality of the draft law. The case was brought by Done da Stephens of Arden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Withington
Del
Sindford
United States District Court
Ty Done da Stephens
Arden
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Lieut
Harden
de Vere A. Marden
Burlington
Johns Hopkins Base
Middle West
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Internal Revenue Department
Interson
N. J
Emanuel Catalonia
Stephen Casa
Casa
Irving T. Bush
Great New York
A. F. OF L. Acts
COURT
Berkman
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