Ruling Clears Draft Draftees at Camp Dodge
At Camp Dodge the eighty eighth division intensifies training by discharging laggards and replacing them with drafted men. First regiment of Iowa National Guard relieved from guard duty as 1,500 men serve two months at the camp. About 2,303 draftees enrolled with 2,258 as the first increment. 50,000 overcoats distributed to recruits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Dodge
Eighty-Eighth Division
National Army
William Newman
Jake School
U.S. A
Division Medical Corps
Iowa National Guard
Deming
N. M
Bartley
Colored men to train at Camp Dodge Iowa army unit
Secretary Baker announced that colored Iowans drafted for the first national overseas army will be trained at Camp Dodge as a separate unit after white conscripts. Adjutant General Logan cited unofficial reports of a full regiment of negro conscripts at Camp Dodge. Illinois plans to send many black troops there for training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dodge
Des Moines
Iowa
Camp Dodge
Baker
Guy E. Logan
State Board of Appeal
Illinois
Fort Des Moines
Mists Fatal to Engineer Near Turkey River
Engineer Andy Scauers of Milwaukee jumped when he mistook a distant train ahead in heavy mists near the Turkey river. He set brakes and leaped from his locomotive as a collision near Mississippi river curve seemed imminent. Injuries are reported as probably fatal by doctors at McGregor hospital. Scauers is a veteran Milwaukee line engineer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mason City
Mississippi River
Andy Scauers
Milwaukee
Turkey River
McGregor Hospital
Scavers
Will Plead Self Defense in Adel Card Game Killing
A. C. Wisebrook charged with murder of 65 year old A. W. Lite after an argument over a card game at Adel fair grounds. Wisebrook, owner of a concession, reportedly fired five shots then went to his rooming house. he is likely to plead self defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will
Greenfield
A. C. Wisebrook
A. W. Lite
Lite
Wisebrook
Second Increment to Camp Dodge From Iowa Boards
Adj Gen Guy R Logan orders nearly 5,000 men from 107 Iowa local boards to Camp Dodge on September 19 20 21 and 22. This is the second increment of 40 percent following a 5 percent first increment on September 5. A 40 percent increment will occur October 5 with the final 15 percent arriving mid October.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Adj
Guy RB. Logan
Camp
Dodge
Iowa
Draft Devotion by Captain Vickers in Keokuk
Captain Leslie M. Vickers of the Seaforth Highlanders visiting Keokuk says U S draft is the sane method to raise an army. An instructor at Columbia, he served in France, was wounded, and out for eight months. He asserts the draft places the right man in the right place.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Keokuk
United States
Leslie M. Vickers
Seaforth Highlanders
Vickers
Columbia
France
Des Moines to Host 900 Military Police at Camp Dodge
Des Moines will receive 900 military police during the soldiers stay at Camp Dodge under a 300 to 13 000 troop ratio per contingent. Five MP tested duties limited to supervising soldiers behavior with no civilian police jurisdiction unless requested. The trials covered Center street west from Eighth to Darktown and key corners. Higher headquarters officials favor deploying MPs in Des Moines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Camp Dodge
Center Street
Eighth Street
Cold Snap at Camp Dodge Causes Outdoor Trials
The Mackinaws wore sweaters and bath robes as a sudden cold snap at Camp Dodge left soldiers unprepared. Blue noses and red hands appeared while some staged a football game to stay warm. Steam heat wasn’t installed yet and oil stoves were arranged for immediate use. Many men warmed blankets before taps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dodge
Camp Dodge
Recreation Head Appointed at Camp Dodge
John L. Griffith dean of men at Drake University is hired by the U.S. government as head of all athletics for 45,000 draftees to be trained at Camp Dodge. He will hold the rank of captain and divide his time between the university and the camp with a corps of directors under him dedicated to athletic sports and conscript development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
John L. Griffith
Drake University
United States
Camp Dodge
Griffith
Ft. Dodge Man Missing
Werner Meyer of Company G left Des Moines August 25 for Blue Earth Minnesota after a telegram about his mother’s illness. He was seen in Fort Dodge that evening and at Moorland the next day, then vanished en route to Blue Earth. Relatives have no reason for the disappearance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ft. Dodge
Werner Meyer
Company G
Des Moines
Blue Earth
Minn
Moorland
Des Moines Arrest Under Espionage Act
Alice Moore of near Van Meter was arrested by Deputy U S Marshal G W Vanderwilt for violating the espionage act. She allegedly told drafted men they could not be made to go to war and cursed at the idea. Penalty is at least ten years in prison or a ten thousand dollar fine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Des Moines
Alice Moore
van Meter
United States
G. W. Vanderwilt
Moore
Keokuk County Suffers Major Storm Damage
Percy W. Hall of the Mechanics and Metals National Bank reports a wind and hail storm in Keokuk County causing several hundred thousand dollars in damage. Hall, returning from Sigourney, inspected the damaged district and said the area spans about five miles in a northwesterly direction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keokuk County
Des Moines
Percy W. Hall
Iowa
Mechanics and Metals National Bank of New York
Miner Killed by Fall of Slate in No 3 Mine
Knoxville Geo Hill was instantly killed in a slate fall at No 3 mine his back broken. James P Longdon a miner at Andersonville was probably fatally hurt in a slate fall there with little chance of recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knoxville
Geo. Hill
James P. Longdon
Andersonville
Young Bride Poisoned in Tragic Cooking Accident
In Council Bluffs Mrs. Robert Price aged 20 daughter in law to Mrs. Price died from blood poisoning after scalding her foot while assisting her mother. A pan of hot water spilled causing severe burns and subsequent infection led to her death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Council Bluffs
Robert Price
Probe Waste of Food in Cedar Rapids
County Attorney Lockwood seeks grand jury investigation after a recent convening reports that cherries and other farm products were allowed to waste to drive up prices. The move targets possible market manipulation affecting local farmers and consumers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Lockwood
Dry Secretary to Iowa Campaign Active in Des Moines
Des Moines reports W. G. Calderwood of Washington DC secretary of the national committee on war time prohibition arrived to aid dry workers before the election. Organization work under Allied Temperance Committee proceeds rapidly with over a third of Iowa counties lined up and a school house campaign planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Des Moines
W. G. Calderwood
Washington, D. C
National Committee On
Allied Temperance Committee
Military Drill Begins in Waterloo Schools
Waterloo announces the start of military training in its schools with every boy in grades and high school expected to participate. W OH Durchenwald, a twelve year Iowa National Guard veteran and noted rifleman, will instruct as indoor ranges are installed for marksmanship, manual of arms, and set up drills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
W. Oh, Durchenwald
Iowa National Guard
Iowa
Plan for Gun Range at Camp Dodge Aimed to Train New Soldiers
Camp officers announce a four mile by one mile artillery range at Camp Dodge covering 1280 acres to expand later. The facility will mimic battlefield conditions with opposing trench systems barbed wire and communication lines for comprehensive training of Eighty-eighth Division troops before deployment. Receiving equipment for the second contingent is ready and the school of arms will form after October 21 under Lieut. Col. Harry Cooper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Dodge
Sibert
France
Eighth Division
United States
R. P. Howell
School of Arms
Harry Cooper
Salute to Old Glory Sparks Turbulent Swedetown Scene
Swedish Lutheran pastor Rev J W Swanbeck uges in Swedetown when a Nelson Mercantile crowd seized him after he criticized U S and England policies. A flag was pinned to his car, he saluted and kissed it, then was attacked before fleeing town amid threats of a marshal and anti German sentiment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swea
United States
France
Germany
Enland
J. W. Swanbeck
Swel
Nelson Mercantile Company
Old Glory
Swanbeck
Naturalist Brown Named to National Science Society
Charles City report states Howard Brown, 19, president of the local Naturalist club, is elected to the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Brown has authored works on Iowa's prehistoric mammals and wildlife such as bison elk mountain lion fox and bears, noting most are scarce now with only fox and bears remaining in some areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles City
Howard Brown
Naturalist Club
American Association For the Advancemen of Science
Brown
Iowa
Train Fire Strike Wounds Four Soldiers Near Mingo Junction
A Pennsylvania railroad troop train was fired upon near Mingo Junction Ohio. Four soldiers were wounded one seriously. The train continued to Pittsburgh with the wounded on board. Railroad officials withheld troop identity and destination due to regulations. Detectives began investigations at once.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steubenville
Pennsylvania Railroad
Mingo Junction
Pittsburgh
Chinaman Guilty of Murder in Nevada Case
The jury found Quam Sue guilty of second degree murder in the Story City case. Sing Lee, a local laundryman, was shot in February. police suspected robbery as the motive. Sue, referred to as a Chinaman, was tried after a night-long deliberation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nevada
Quam Sue
Chinaman
Sue
Sing Lee
Story City
Dee
Sweden Based Spy Cronholm Aiding Germany In Mexico City
Secret German letter from the Mexico City legation accuses Folke Cronholm Swedish charge d affaires of active pro German work. It cites his late night telegrams and handling of official messages to Stockholm and Berlin. The disclosure suggests Swedish officials transmitted German codes and calls for Cronholm’s removal and a formal apology to the Allies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Germany
Sweden
Argentina
Berlin
Herr von Eckhardt
Mexico
Lansing
Folke Cronholm
Wafftaires
Mexico City
von Eckhardt
Buenos Aires
Foreign Office
Stockholm
Ira Nelson Morris
Morris
Constantinople
Imperial Legation
Herr Folke Cronholm
Peking
Tokyo
Hamburg
Derr Cronholm
Herr Cronholm
United States
Europe
War Tax Bill Wins Large Senate Action
The war tax bill, the largest single tax measure in American history, passed the Senate. It repeals consumption taxes on tea coffee sugar cocoa and molasses and raises about 2.4 billion dollars. The plan expands the war excess profits tax with higher brackets and includes a new 2 percent tax on individuals and a 4 percent tax on corporations bringing the total to six percent. Exemptions drop from 3000 for single and 4000 for married to lower levels. retroactive 1916 income tax was removed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
House
Senate Committee
OUST GERMAN ENVOY AS RIOTS ROCK BUENOS AIRES
Immense crowds join anti German demonstration in Buenos Aires. The German legation and German newspaper offices were stoned as mounted police clashed with rioters on Avenida Worlda. Argentina delivered passports to Count Luxburg and demanded explanations from Germany and Sweden over telegrams and policy including the sinking of Argentine ships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buenos Aires
Berlin
Legation
Avenida Worida
Count Luxburg
Sweden
Germany
Pueyrredon
Count von, Luxburg
A. Pueyrredon
Count Karl von Luxburg
German Empire
Count von Luxburg
Argentina
American artillery troops join French supervised training in France
A large contingent of American artillery has joined the expeditionary army in France and is progressing well with intensive training under French supervision at a training camp near the front.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Artillery
France
Susan Anthony Amendment Clears Senate Hurdle in Report
United States Senate suffrage committee reported favorably the Susan B Anthony amendment for nationwide woman suffrage and it will be placed on the calendar for the December session.
Mayo Foundation Becomes University Property
Minneapolis sept 15 the University of Minnesota board of regents ratified by unanimous vote a permanent agreement making the Mayo foundation at Rochester the absolute property of the university.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mayo Foundation
Minneapolis, Minn
Board of Regents of
The
University of Minnesota
Mayo Foundation At
Rochester
Monument Dealers Fined Under Sherman Antitrust Law
Baltimore chamber report says 17 members of the National Retail Monument Dealers association and the tombstone trust were fined for Sherman antitrust violations. The association faces a $2,500 penalty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monument Dealers
Baltimore
National Retail Monument Dealers’ Association
Tombstone Trust
Graduation Delayed at Fort Des Moines Training Camp
Washington reports by direction of Secretary Baker the graduation date for the colored officers training camp at Fort Des Moines Iowa has been postponed to October 15. Instructions will continue through that date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Baker
Fort Des Moines
Senate advances general draft of aliens proposal
Washington Sept 14 Drafting of all aliens in the United States except Germans others exempt by treaty and those of countries allied with Germany who have resided in this country one year is proposed in a joint resolution passed by the senate and sent to the house. It is estimated that more than a million aliens would be affected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Germany
Senate
House
Flying Students Die in Midair Collision at North Island
Two student aviators Edward W. Walsh Jr of Oakland and Theodore B Ly man of St Helena Colo died in a midair crash during a practice flight at North Island army aviation field. They fell about 6000 feet and were killed instantly. A separate report notes burglars blew open the Shiocton State Bank safe in Shiocton Wisconsin and stole more than 7000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Diego
Cal
North Island Army Aviation Field
Edward W. Walsh, Jr
Oakland
Theodore B. Lyman
St. Helena
Colo
Shiocton
Wis
Murderer Lynched by Mob Near Hillsdale
A mob at dawn lynched Frank Van Tassel, an insane man who shot and killed Sheriff George Ralston of Branch County near Hillsdale Michigan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hillsdale
Mich
Frank van Tassel
George [Ralston
Branch County
Hillsdale County
Italy Receives $55 Million Additional Credit From U S
Washington reports the government advances Italy another $55,000,000 credit, boosting total U S credits to Italy to $225,000,000 and allied credits to $2,321,400,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Italy
Washington
Suspensions Hit Antigo Police After Jail Escape
Antigo Wisconsin September 18 Police Chief William Coblentz was suspended for 90 days and Patrolman W C Hall was dropped from the force for allowing a prisoner to escape from jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Antigo
Wis
William Coblentz
W.C. Hall
Baker gets canteen kick in push on liquor sales
Washington reports Representative Cooper of Ohio urged Secretary Baker to curb alcohol sales at American army canteens in France. He cited Herbert K. Caskey of the board of foreign missions and said British Commons claims the American canteens will imitate the British model. French officers are not seen taking strong measures to bar liquor from U S troops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Herbert K. Caskey
Board of Foreign Missions of
The
Presbyterian Church
Cooper
Ohio
Baker
France
House of Commons
Seize Slacker Draft Evaders Aboard Anvil
A United States warship overhauled the gasoline schooner Anvil south of Turtle Bay and found twelve to fifteen alleged draft evaders aboard. The vessel was taken under convoy, with several suspects said to have hidden below the boundary line and planned to reach Mazatlan from Ensenada after sailing from Baja California last Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Diego
Cal
Ensenada
United States
Turtle Bay
Mazatlan
California
Soldiers' risk bill passes in House with 176 million
In Washington on September 15, the House approved a war insurance measure worth 176 million dollars. The bill replaces the old pension system and includes allotments for soldiers families and compensation for injuries. Only five of 324 present voted against or were marked present, leaving a broad bipartisan endorsement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Italy Suffers Heavy Losses in Eleventh Isonzo Battle
Vienna reports Italian losses in the eleventh Isonzo battle have reached almost a quarter of a million with about 20 000 prisoners. The Austrian war office issued the official statement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Italy
Vienna
Austria
Austrian War Office
Station Agents Join Strike Expands at Pennsylvania Stations
Burlington New Jersey September 15 spread of the Pennsylvania railroad telegraphers strike to the station agents was announced at strike headquarters after news agents had quit at a dozen stations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington
N. J
Pennsylvania Railroad
Djemal Pasha Loses Post as Palestine Governor
London reports the Turkish government has withdrawn Djemal Pasha from his post as governor of Palestine due to intense populist opposition to his methods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Djemal Pasha
London
Palestine
Chicago Flyer Defeats Two German Planes
Paris reports Corporal Andrew Courtney Campbell Jr. of Chicago led with the French squadrilla No. 65 and vanquished two German aircraft in aerial engagements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Flyer
Paris
Andrew Courtney Campbell, Jr
Chicago
Squadrilla
War Library Campaign Seeks Books for Camp Libraries
Harold Braddock, vice president of the American City Bureau and a veteran organizer, directs a $1,000,000 drive to establish war libraries in all cantonments and training camps. The American Library Association through a war council appointed by the Secretary of War will raise funds and place books and periodicals in every camp. A library building will be built at each camp and 350,000 books purchased immediately.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Braddock
American City Bureau
Chambers of Commerce
United States
American Library Association
Secretary of War
Korniloff Rebels Crushed as Desertions Sour Campaign
News from Petrograd reports Korniloff negotiating for his life after Pskoff fell, revealing a collapse of his forces. Desertions by the Likaya division, Moslems from trans Caucasia, swung the fighting toward the Kerensky government as loyal troops redirected to defend Petrograd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Petrograd
Korniloff
Pskoff
Likaya
Tlhey
Tsarskoe Selo
Kerensky
Russia
Gatchina
Tosna
Luga
U. S. Ships Sink U-Boat
A cable error misreported six U boats sunk in a convoy battle off France on Sept 6. The true report says two merchant ships were lost and one submarine sunk as the Westwego and others sailed from the United States to Europe under convoy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
France
Daniels
Europe
United States
Fire Destroys War Plant in Detroit
Fire destroyed the Standard Screw company plant in Detroit on September 14. The loss is estimated at 300000 dollars and insurance is reported to cover the damage. The plant was handling war orders at the time of the blaze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Mich
Standard Screw Company
Military Rule Replaced by Civil Administration at Tsing Tao
Tokyo dispatch reports that Tsing Tao, seized by Japan from Germany early in the war, shifted from military rule to civil administration. The change marks a transition in local governance and aligns with postwar arrangements in occupied ports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tsing Tao
Tokyo
Woman Found Guilty of Murder in Vermont Case
In St Johnsbury Vermont on September 13 Mrs Alvin Kenniston was found guilty of murder in the second degree for taking part in the July 5 killing of Alice Bradshaw an eight year old girl and neighbor's daughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Johnsbury
Alvin Kenniston
Alice Bradshaw
First Woman Arrested in East St. Louis Riots
In Belleville Illinois on Sept 18 a report states Mrs. Alice Shaw eighteen years old became the first woman arrested in connection with the East St. Louis race riots. She was taken into custody on Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belleville
Ill
East St. Louis
Alice Shaw
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Plummer
Swea City
Luxburg
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