Artillery 19 Ready Brigade Staff for Camp Dodge
The Eighty eighth division aims to complete the One Hundred and Sixty third artillery brigade staff at Camp Dodge under Brig. Gen. S. M. Foote. Thirteen recruits from late October report. staff includes six officers and forty nine enlisted, with wireless gear, field telephones, and motorized transport for close field coordination.
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Camp Dodge
Eighty Eighth Division
National Army
S. M. Foote
War Department
Eighty-eighth
Field Artillery
Foote
Boone Man on Pershing's Staff
Captain C E Carson, formerly superintendent of the Fort Dodge Des Moines and Southern Interurban Co, has been transferred to General Pershing's staff and is now stationed at American Expeditionary Forces headquarters in France. The railway reserves are aiding building operations behind the trenches.
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Boone
Pershing
C. E. Carson
France
Carson
General Pershing
American Expeditionary Forces
Fort Dodge
Des Moines
Southern Interurban Company
Separate Trials On Sedition Charges In Davenport
In Davenport, lawyers for Dr Henry Matthey Walter Matthey Fred Vollmer E C Willis Charles Wiese A H Miller and Daniel H Wallace moved for separate trials. Wallace likely first, charged with espionage act violation for a July 25 pro-German anti conscription lecture. He founded the League of Humanity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davenport
Henry Matthey
Walter Matthey
Fred Vollmer
E. C. Willis
Charles Wiese
A. H. Miller
Daniel H. Wallace
Wallace
Wade
United States District Court
League of Humanity
Third Death at Camp Dodge Reports From Army Depot
B H Morgan a national army recruit at Camp Dodge died in the base hospital recently. He was assigned to Company 3 First battalion One Hundred and Sixty third depot brigade and was the third death among eighty eighth division recruits since mobilization. Morgan arrived September 3 with the second increment and last week developed a neck abscess. The infection spread affecting the diaphragm muscles and lung cavity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Camp Dodge
B. H. Morgan
National Army
Camp Dodge
Morgan
Blood Poisoning After Mouse Bite in Waukon
Louis Geeke suffers blood poisoning in his left hand after being bitten by a mouse he was trying to kill. The rodent turned and nipped him, leading to the infection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waukon
Louis Geeke
Charge Teacher Is a Slacker in Mann Act Case
Walter L. Schwartz a country school teacher near Marengo was arrested by federal officers in Cedar Rapids on information from Mrs Lena Strickwald of Winston who alleges he violated the Mann Act by bringing her to this state. Schwartz admits he did not register but says Strickwald came here on her own. He has a wife and two children in McAlister Pa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Walter L. Schwartz
Marengo
Lena Strickwald
Winston
Schwartz
Iowa Troops Urgently Need Knitted Garments
Des Moines reports an urgent appeal from the Rainbow Division Workers committee to Mayor John MacVicar. Iowa soldiers at Camp Mills S I require 3 525 sets of knitted garments immediately to prevent further suffering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Des Moines
Rainbow Division
Camp Mills
S. 1
John MacVicar
Hoover calls Iowa farmers to boost hog production for fats
Herbert Hoover urges Iowa farmers to raise more hogs to increase fat supplies for the war effort. He warns that corn and feed will be plentiful and prices for animal products may rise, urging export controls if needed to protect domestic supplies and urging Iowa to lead in this vital national cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington
Iowa
Herbert Hoover
J. F. Deems
Food Control Board
Pope Offers Mediation Change War Course
A Rome dispatch reports Germany ready to evacuate Belgium and northern France and seek direct mediation via papal note. The Vatican notes talks with papal nuncios at Monaco and Vienna and says conditions for withdrawal will be discussed in future diplomacy. Berlin and Vienna deny a verbal note, yet Conversations influenced by the central powers' reply are noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buenos Aires
la Prensa
Rome
Glornal de Italia
Central Powers
Germany
Belgium
France
Monaco
Vienna
Austria
Berlin
Record in Road Building at Camp Dodge
Officers of the 313th engineers in the eighty eighth division of the national army at Camp Dodge quickly built a road to the south end of the camp. They commandeered a big road scraper and traction engine to open the roadway between the Hyperion club station on the interurban and the Panora speedway, working from dawn to night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Dodge
313Th Engineers
Eighty-Eighth Division
National Army
France
Hyperion Club
Panora Speedway
Typhoon hits Tokyo leaves thousands homeless
A Reuters dispatch reports a Tokyo typhoon on Monday leaving 100000 homeless, 188 dead, 217 missing, and 168 wounded. 1846 houses demolished as telegraph, telephone, service and rail traffic were disrupted. Rural districts show worse damage with villages between Kyoto and Osaka inundated. A second wire says 400000 are destitute in Tien Tsin China from floods.
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London
Shanghai
Reuter’s
Tokyo
Kioto
Osnaka
Washington
Tien Tsin
China
State Department
French Aerial Attacks Hit Stuttgart and Key Rail Sites
French aviators reported dropping hundreds of kilograms of bombs on Stuttgart in reprisal for Bar le Duc shelling. Bombs also struck Tresnoy le Grante rail stations and barracks, and hit Thionville Mezieres Dieuze and Hagon dange factories as British naval aircraft targeted Zeebrugge locks and several airdromes with several tons of bombs and large fires.
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Paris
Geerman
Stuttgart
Bar-le-Due
Tresnoy-le Grante
Thionville
Mezieres
Dieuze
Hagondange
Bar-le-Duc
Zeebrugge
Saint Denis
Westrem
Thourout
Brugioise
Sink German Divers Amid Ocean Battles Near U Boat
Admiralty reports show a torpedo gunboat colliding with a submarine at 50 yards driving explosive charges to the aft of the vessel. Seaplane oil patches, a mine sweeper obstruction, and a torpedo boat attack followed as the submarine was located and destroyed. Survivors were rescued in the Atlantic after additional encounters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Admiralty
Atlantic
Iowa Boy In Hospital
Des Moines youth Foster is in Monmouth Memorial Hospital Long Branch New Jersey after an operation for a ruptured appendix. Signal Corps recruit from Des Moines sent to camp at Little Silver New Jersey earlier this month. He is the son of Mr and Mrs F B Foster of the city. His condition is reported favorable.
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Iowa
Fred Ti. Foster
Des Moines
Monmouth Memorial Hospital
Long Branch
N. J
Signal Corps
Little Silver
F. B. Foster
May Appeal Bond Election In Van Wert
A close election left a $20,000 bond issue for a new high school building in Van Wert unresolved with a plurality of eight votes. The old school house is deemed unsafe and likely to be condemned. Supporters may gain an edge in a second vote if condemnation succeeds.
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van Wert
Newy
Two Die in Auto Crash Near Dubuque
In a collision near Dubuque an automobile struck a culvert and overturned. Deceased are Charles Huene a Davenport Candy Co salesman and W. W. Hollingsworth both of Monticello. Injured are Fred Pardin James McMason and James Young all Monticello residents. Huene died instantly and both victims were married.
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Dubuque
Here
Charles Huene
Davenport Candy Company
W. W. Hollingsworth
Fred Pardin
James McMason
James Young
Monticello
Huene
Emmetsburg Man Named Chief Dispatcher for Great Western
Timothy Sullivan, a Palo Alto native and brother of J J Sullivan of the Graettinger Times, is appointed chief dispatcher of the Great Western railway at St Paul Minnesota. He previously served as dispatcher at Stockton Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emmetsburg
Timothy Sullivan
Great Western Railway
St. Paul
Minn
Palo Alto
J. J. Sullivan
Graettinger Times
Stockton, Ill
Second Trial Set For Myers In Wife Death Case
Winterset reports the second trial of Fred Myers of Van Meter for his wife’s death. Myers was previously found guilty and sentenced to fifteen years, an appeal led to the case being remanded for a new trial by the supreme court.
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Myers
Winterset
Fred Myers
van Meter
Applegate
Supreme Court
Eight Years For Shot On Greenfield Fairgrounds
Créston defendant C E Westbrooke pleaded guilty to manslaughter after killing A W Lite in a quarrel over a card game at the Greenfield fairgrounds. Judge Hays sentenced him to eight years in the penitentiary after Westbrooke was allowed to tell his version, which aligned with witness accounts. The altercation involved Life accusing theft, a tent expulsion, and liquor factors in the incident.
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Créston
C. E. Westbrooke
A. W. Lite
Greenfield Fairgrounds
Hays
Westbrooke
Paris Defends City Baden Hit By French Bombs
Paris reports French aviators bombed Baden after German air raids. In London a southwest district crowd urged Lloyd George to retaliate. the premier pledged to return fire and bomb Germany with compound interest after touring raids damage.
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Paris
Baden
War Office
London
Lloyd- George
Daifly Mail
Germany
Wilolly
Women Riot in Essen Over German Peace Terms
London report says women led a demonstration in Essen near the Krupp works protesting Chancellor Michaelis stance on peace terms. They damaged the town hall, demanded more food and the return of their men, as police and military intervened. two women injured and several arrested.
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London
Essen
Krupp Works
Michaelis
Germany
Amsterdam
U. S. Patrol Ship Sunk Off Atlantic Port by Unknown Vessel
An American patrol ship on coast guard duty near an Atlantic port was rammed and sunk by an unidentified vessel. The navy department reported the incident and said salvage operations would begin immediately.
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Washington
Atlantic
Navy Department
Coast Guard
Fewer Vessels Are Sunk In Week Says British Admiralty
London reports eleven British merchantmen over 1600 tons and two smaller ships sunk last week by mines or submarines. The total sinking for the war remains 937 vessels since the admiralty began weekly reports in February.
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London
Germany
Cling to Price-Fixing Plan Urges FTC Support
Washington demands from manufacturers and retailers to fix resale prices on products. The Supreme Court bans contracts enforcing factory-market prices as antitrust violations. Complaints claim manufacturers seek to evade the law and seek FTC backing for the Stevens bill to legalize resale price fixing.
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Washington
Federal Trade Commission
Supreme Court
The
Trade Commission
John Mitchell Named New York Food Dictator
Albany reports former United Mine Workers president John Mitchell as the food dictator of New York after his nomination to head the state industrial commission was confirmed by the senate following rejection of George Perkins.
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The
United Mine Workers
New York
Albany
N. Y
John Mitchell
Mitchell
State Industrial Commission
Senate
George Perkins
Famous German flyer Vosse dies in British lines
The body of Lieut ant Vosse, the famed German aviator, was found in British lines in France and Belgium. He was killed after his fortieth combat as a British airman shot him down. He died fighting with determination.
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France
Belgium
Vosse
Leutenant
British Take 4,000 Prisoners in Mesopotamia Drive
London Oct 4 The British forces led by General Maude and Romadie captured Me sopotamia key positions yielding 4 000 prisoners along with several guns and large stocks of stores and ammunition. The victory marks another setback in the German imperial ambitions across the Middle East.
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London
North Sea
Persian Gulf
Maude
Romadie
Mesopotamia
U. S. Warship Damaged in British Waters Collision
Washington reports an American destroyer in British waters collided with a British ship. After rescuing the American crew, the British vessel towed the disabled destroyer 19 ports.
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U. S
Washington
Plan Reciprocity in Draft
Ottawa reports negotiations under way between Ottawa and Washington to bring Americans of military age resident in Canada within the scope of the Canadian draft law.
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Ottawa
Washington
Canada
Proclamation Bans Exports to Sweden and Netherlands
The Gazette prints a London proclamation prohibiting exports to Sweden Norway Denmark and the Netherlands of all articles except printed matter and personal effects.
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Sweden
London
the Gazette
Norway
Denmark
Netherlands
Mooney Trial Charge Dismissed in San Francisco
A complaint alleging that Frank C Oxman Oregon cattle dealer perjured his testimony against Thomas J Mooney, convicted of murder, was dismissed by Judge Griffin in San Francisco on October 5.
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Diemiss Mooney
San Francisco
Frank C.oxman
Oregon
Thomas J. Mooney
Griffin
Rail Man Nominated Brigadier General in National Army
Washington October 4 W W Atterbury vice president of the Pennsylvania railroad system now supervising railroad operations for the troops in France has been nominated a brigadier general in the National Army.
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Washington
W. W. Atterbury
Pennsylvania Railroad System
France
National Army
Belgium Loan Advances Help Stabilize War Aid
Washington on October 5 reported that the government advanced Belgium an additional 2 million dollars, joining prior loans totaling 7.5 million plus a six month extension and a special loan of 4.9 million, all aimed at supporting Belgium during wartime.
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Belgium
Washington
German airman kills nurses in Belgian attack
An aerial strike behind British lines kills three British nurses and several wounded soldiers at two hospitals in Belgium. The attack is reported as carried out by a German airman, causing further casualties in the region.
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Teuton
France
Belgium
Government life insurance plan for soldiers and sailors
Washington reports a bill to establish government life insurance for soldiers and sailors with disability allowance. The measure aims for quick passage in the Senate, replacing pensions with this new program.
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Senate
Washington
Pottery Workers Vote to Strike October 11
Seven thousand pottery workers in the United States and Canada, members of the National Brotherhood of Operative Potters, have voted to strike on October 11, the announcement from East Liverpool says.
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East Liverpool
United States
Canada
National Brotherhood of Operative Potters
General Gurko Exiled by Russia
General Gurko former southwest front commander expelled from Russia via Archangel after writing loyalty letter to the former emperor.
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Gurko
Petrograd
Russia
Archangel
Government decrees broad seizure of animal fats
Stockholm reports a government decree effective October 4 mandates appropriation of all animal fats except butter and all so called technical fats and oils. The order is of continuing operation.
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Stockholm
Ford Turns Over ONe Plant to War Dept
Cambridge Massachusetts October 4 Henry Ford arrived and completed arrangements to turn over his plant to the war department. Many employees will be transferred to other Ford plants.
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Ford
Oone
Cambridge
Mass
Henry Ford
War Department
German Captain to Jail Convicted Under White Slave Act
Philadelphia reports Captain Max Y. Thierstchens former commander of the raider Pring Hitel Friederich was convicted by a federal jury of violating the Mann White Slave Act.
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Philadelphia
Max Y. Thierstchens
Pring Hitel Friederich
Russian Troops Advance in Riga Region
Petrograd reports Russian forces pushing German posts south of the railway by eight hundred to one thousand yards in the Riga region marking another advance.
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Petrograd
Riga
Revenue bill passes Senate amid single dissenting vote
Washington October 4. The $2.7 billion war revenue bill cleared the Senate with the sole dissent from Senator La Follette who did not seek a roll call and offered no objection to passage. The measure, signed by the president, faces taxes on newspapers and magazines amid debate over revenue estimates and fairness. Senator Simmons defended the compromise terms and noted the bill would raise about $200 million less than initial projections due to overestimated income and war profits yields. Senator Smoot of Utah hailed the bill as fair and impartial.
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Washington
Senate
la Follette
Simmons
Burleson
Smoot
Utah
Calls to Oust U S Senators Grow in Pledge Against Disloyalty
Washington reports two more senators named for removal from Congress amid anti loyalty campaigns. Gronna of North Dakota and Stone of Missouri are added to petitions demanding impeachment of La Follette, with harsh denunciations from Wisconsin sends and New York’s Stokes urging decisive action. The privileges and elections committee will review communications on Wednesday.
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Washington
Congress
Asle J. Gronna
North Dakota
William J. Stone
Missouri
la Follette
Wisconsin
W. HE. D. Stokes
New York City
Stone
Gronna
Mason
Britten
Baer
Committee On Privileges and Elections
Pomerene
Edward Gillen
Racine
Wis
British Repulse Five Attacks on West Flanders Front
Heavy fighting raged a broad stretch of the west Flanders front as German counter attacks were repulsed. Germans failed to recapture Zonnebeke under British artillery fire, leaving vast casualties. Five assaults along the Ypres-Menin road were driven back by stout British resistance.
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London
West Flanders Front
Zonnebeke
Ypres-Menin
Retail coal prices cut by three Garfield orders
Washington October 2 three important orders issued by Fuel Administrator Harry A Garfield set Monday effective maximum retail prices for anthracite and bituminous coal. Prices are based on dealers average gross margin in 1915 plus 30 percent added to current dealer costs.
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Washington
Harry A. Garfield
Arbitration begins as wage board heads to Seattle
The wage adjustment board of the shipping board departed for Seattle to begin arbitration over labor difficulties in West Coast shipyards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Laurier Retires as Leader
Ottawa reports Sir Wilfrid Laurier informs leading Liberals of his plan to retire from leadership of the opposition and the Liberal Party.
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Laurier
Ottawa
Neville Accepts Colonely of Seventh Nebraska Guard
Lincoln Nebraska October 4 Governor Keith Neville has accepted the colonelcy of the Seventh Nebraska National Guard regiment and will resign as governor when the regiment is mustered into government service.
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Lincoln, Neb
Keith Neville
Nebraska National Guard
Buenos Aires Strikers Seal Off City Trapping Supplies
Buenos Aires reports food prices have doubled due to the general strike and surged further after the last line of communication to the outside world was cut by strikers.
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Buenos Aires
Des Moines to Round Up National Army Slackers
Provost Marshal Crowder orders Iowa to prepare a roundup of national army slackers who failed to report. Deserters face possible capture and a $50 bounty per deserter delivered to authorities. Major Frank Lyman will compile a statewide list, with sheriffs and city police aiding in apprehensions.
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Des Moines
Crowder
Harding
National Army
Iowa
Logan
War Department
Frank Lyman
Adjutant General’s Office
Tubercular Examinations at Camp Dodge for Eighty Eighth Division
The eighty eighth division will be thoroughly screened for tuberculosis on arrival at Camp Dodge. A tuberculosis examining board led by Capt. J H Peck of Des Moines includes Dr. Walter L Bierring and Dr A C Page. Rejections of about 200 men from the second increment are pending action by Maj Gen B E Plummer. Local boards must provide replacements for those discharged. The date for the third increment’s arrival is still unclear.
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Camp Dodge
J. H. Peck
Des Moines
Peck
Fort Des Moines
Walter L. Bierring
A. C. Page
Cantonment
National Army
Washington
Wealthy Farmer Kills Former Wife Then Takes Own Life
Cedar Rapids reports Edward Stumma aged 52 a Jesup area farmer shot and killed his former wife Mrs Frank Kenney aged 60 then killed himself. He set fire to the woman’s body and it burned to a crisp before neighbors broke in. Stumma’s body was taken to Independence while Mrs Kenney’s body was taken to Jesup.
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Cedar Rapids
Edward Stumma
Jesup
Frank Kenney
Kenney
Stumma
Independence
Dickinson Announces Candidacy for Tenth District
Algona's Upper Des Moines Republican reports L. J. Dickinson of Algona will run for Congress in the tenth district to replace Hon. Frank G. Woods. Dickinson, a State University graduate, has practiced law in Algona since 1899.
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Dickinson
Woode
Algona
Algona Upper
Mes Moines
L. J. Dickinson
Frank G. Woods
State University
Nation to Build Twenty Thousand Planes in France War Drive
Washington announces that about twenty thousand aircraft for American fighting forces in France are under construction with motors being manufactured. Secretary Baker says the aviation program is coordinated so that upon completion planes and motors, trained aviators and all equipment including machine guns will be ready.
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Washington, D. C
America
France
Congress
Baker
125 Camp Dodge men chosen for France service
Colonel Howell selected 125 engineers from the depot brigade at Camp Dodge for immediate service in France under Washington orders. The men will leave Camp Dodge soon and are the first from the cantonment destined for France.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Camp Dodge
Howell
Washington
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