Class of 1918 Drawn in National Draft Lottery Ceremony
Washington June 27 1918 class of 1918 drew numbers to determine order of call into military service under Pratt Law. Baker blindfolded selected 246 with 1168 and 818 next. About 1,200 numbers were drawn over more than three hours with boards photographed for record.
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Cassociated Press
Washington, D. C
Baker
Senate
Marshal Crowder
America
House
Hst
Crowder
How County Registered Men Stand In New Order
A long list from Washington shows Muscatine county registrants in their assigned order. The roster includes many named residents with street and rural route references from Letts, Wilton, West Liberty, Fairport and surrounding towns, detailing call order by number and name for the human lottery.
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Washington
Muscatine County
Paul Peter
West Lide
Elsele
Eddie
R. R
Spring
Henry William
Mi Pelier
Mee
Darting
Carl P
Wiltem fl—Radhz
Walter August
City
Markham
Elbin C
Re Re
Boynton
Eugene W
Borgstadt
John Raymond
Ols
Downer
Fred C
R. R. Letts
Berg
Edward A
Irwin
Virgil McKinley
Schultz
Harold H
Gertenbach
Kenneth K
R. R Letts
Hinrichs
George Alphonso
D Don
Foster
Harold
Miller
Ike
Baker
Joseph Lester
Wilton
Shuhn
Charles Ey
Wollett
Howard S
Wolf
Wade Phineas
West
Liberty
Hawthorne
Floyd Seebrit
West Liberty
Clark
Walter W
Edickson
Harvey
Durant
Medical officer held as prisoner of war in Germany
Washington June 27 Captain Evid Prosper medical reserve corps attached to British expeditionary forces is a prisoner of war in Germany. He lived at 2307 Frankford avenue Philadelphia Private Edward W Pruner of 248 West Hazel street New Haven Conn also reported a prisoner.
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Germany
Frankford Avenue
Philadelphia
Edward W. Prunter
Italians Wipe Out Austrian Post Behind Front
Italian troops surprised and wiped out an Austrian outpost in the mountains yesterday. Across the front activity was not marked. American prisoners in the Belleau Wood drive rose to 311 with eleven machine guns captured, plus rifles and ammunition. British forces seized a German strong point west of Vieux Berquin near Hazebrouck, taking prisoners and guns. Artillery duels reported south of the Aisne and in the Vosges with French raids taking prisoners. Italians repulsed another Col Del Rosso assault between the Brenta and Asiago with heavy losses.
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Associated Press
Rome
War Office
U. S
Marne
Bellequ Wood
London
Vieux Berquin
Hazebrouck
Haig
Lys Salient
Givenchy
Robecq
Nieppe
Paris
Aisne
Vosges
Coevres
Villers-Cotterets
Col del Rosso
Brenta
Asiago
Regiments Sent to Italy and a Traction Collision
Washington announces two U S infantry regiments will be sent to Italy from training in France, replacement troops to follow from this side, reflecting limited initial participation. In Urbana Illinois a head on collision on the Kankakee Urbana line left one dead and several injured when a special car struck a southbound train near midnight.
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Associated Press
Washington, D.C
Pershing
Washington
Italy
Baker
France
Great Britain
U.S
Urbana
Kankakee-Urbana
Nationwide Prohibition Amendment Advances in Senate
Senate agriculture committee backs Norris compromise authorizing prohibition after June 30 1919 for distilled spirits and three months after final bill approval for beer to conserve manpower. House tests vote requests on liquor supply cutoffs involving railroad administration war industries board and war trade board.
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Washington, D. C
Senate Agriculture Committee
House
Railroad
War Industries Board
War Trade Board
Norris
Nebraska
Jones
Washington
Gore
Senate
Shepard
Texas
Thomas
Kansas
Endricks
Wyoming
Joohnson
South Dakota
Page
Vermont
Grenna
North Dakota
Kenyon
Iowa
France
Maryland
Warren
Wadsworth
New York
Sae Manger Gore
Rural districts swell Frazier vote in North Dakota
Returns from rural districts early today boosted Governor Linn Frazier, the non partisan league candidate, for renomination on the Republican ticket. A large lead shown last night for challenger John Steen was reduced as new returns came in from areas that gave Frazier large majorities two years ago.
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Associated Press
Fargo
N.D
Linn. Frazier
John Steen
Frazer
German Press Flags 200000 Political Prisoners Amid Strikes
London June 27 The London Express reports 200000 political prisoners in the German Empire as strikes widen. The Kaiser's accession anniversary passed without amnesty and the Munich Post questions Wilhelm’s deeds versus talk. Hunger drives 1946 children to theft, with rail postal and telegraph services entangled in a Hungary-wide stoppage.
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Associated Preay
London
Germany
London Express
Munich Post
Wilhelm
Hungary
Geneva
London Daily News
French Swindler to Be Extradited to France
Frank J. Godsel, a French subject, is held in Washington for extradition to France on charges from the French government that he profited millions from motor truck contracts. He faces extradition after district court action today.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Frank J. Godsel
District Court
France
Higher railroad rates approved by ICC in short lines plan
Washington June 27 The Interstate Commerce Commission approved increased passenger fares and freight charges on short lines and electric roads to conform with advances recently ordered by the railroad administration. The decision was issued in Washington today.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Railroad Administration
Interstate Commerce Commission
Hint Kuehlmann to Lose Office
London June 27 The removal from office of Dr Wehard von Kuehlmann the German foreign secretary can be anticipated Judging from comments in conservative and Pan German newspapers on Isteichstag speech the Berlin correspondent of the Frankfurter Zeitung says according to Central News disputed from Amsterdam
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London
Wehard von Kuehlmann
Isteichstag
Berlin
Frankfurter Zeitung
Ington
Amsterdam
Reported execution confirmed in Russia upheaval
Paris dispatch and Basel relay confirm a report that former Emperor Nicholas II was assassinated by Bolshevik troops at Yekaterinburg after a retreat. Other wires vary, with caution about the claim. Lausanne says Nicholas Romanoff condemned to death and shot after a quick trial. Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovitch reportedly leads a new Siberian government and issues a manifesto.
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New
Siberian
Associated Press
Paris
Klevy
Nicholas
Russia
I¢ Ik
Yekaterinburg
Basel
Switzerland
Havas
Copenhagen
Stockholm
Visin
Red Guards
Tobelsk
Moscow
Ona
Geneva
Ukraine
Lausanne
Nicholas Romanoff
Increase July Draft in Iowa Amid Call Expansion
Associated Press dispatch from Des Moines reports that Washington orders raise Iowa’s July draft by 1190 men to 19019 for the national army, with 6480 to report at Camp Gordon Georgia and 300 volunteers to train as auto mechanics at the University of Texas Austin in late July.
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Associated Presa
Whrey
Des Moines
Iowa
Logan
Washington
National Army
Camp Gordon
Atlanta
University of Texas
Austin
Texas
Local Thunder Showers in Iowa and Illinois Forecast
Iowa expects afternoon or tonight thunder showers with Friday partly cloudy. Illinois unsettled weather tonight and Friday with likely local thunder showers and warmer in the western portion tonight.
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