Naval Fleets Fight Second Engagement Off Iceland Coast
The British light navy clashed with German torpedo boats in the North Sea near Schouwenbank and Ymuiden. One German destroyer was sunk, another damaged, and several others scattered or sunk. Our losses totaled three officers and forty four men aboard a destroyer later sunk by our boats. Sixteen severely wounded Germans were landed at Muiden, and the V-69 from the home fleet was among the vessels involved.
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Newaomer Union
London
North Sea
Schouwen
Shref
Schouwenbank
Ymuiden
Reuter
Amsterdam
Zebrugte
Hille
Bond Issue to Furnish Money for Danish West Indies
President Wilson informs Congress of the ratification exchange on the Danish West Indies purchase and asks for 25 million dollars in a bond issue at the present session to pay for the islands. The navy base will be established after payment, with sovereignty transferred on settlement. TheAtlantic fleet to rendezvous at St Thomas for deployment.
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Congress
New Naval Base
Washington, D .C
Wilson
United States
Senate
New York
Lansing
Dantah Blinister Brun
Little Islands
St. Thomas
Cousin of Grant Dies at 92 in Macon Missouri
Mrs. Louisa Boggs age 92 died in Macon Missouri. She was a cousin of Ulysses S Grant and cared for Grant's three children in St Louis during the Civil War. Her husband before the war was Grant's partner in a St Louis real estate firm.
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Grant
Macon
Louisa Boggs
Secretary Lane Flies to Newport News Visit
Interior Secretary Lane flew from the Atlantic coal Aeronautical Station to Newport News to visit his son studying aviation. He said he enjoyed the flight immensely, and he and Mrs. Lane were guests during the trip.
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Lane
Newport News
Interior Department
Atlantic Coal Aeronautical Station
Bolivian Airman Killed in Buenos Aires Incident
Bolivian airman Captain Alarenin, a Bolivian aviator, was killed while flying a mission in Buenos Aires. Details remain sparse as authorities investigate the filebt structure and circumstances of the fatal incident.
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Buenos Aires
Alarenin
Iowa Ban On Liquor Shipments Upheld By Judge Utterback
District Judge Utterback ruled that shipments of liquor for private consumption into Iowa are unlawful and that only licensed pharmacists may receive such shipments. The decision, stemming from the Rock Island case, could sustain a state wide prohibition on liquor imports.
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Les ‘Moines
Lquor
Utterback
Uguor
Towa
Iowa
State of Iowa
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Company
John Boe
J. F. Maloy
Rock Island
W. C. Barber
Iowa Prohibition Organization
Councilmen Guilty in Graft Probe Lead to Expulsion
Alderman J. C. Prestler of the fourth ward was found guilty of attempted graft in city townhouse purchases and expelled from the council. Alderman William Moeller of the second ward was guilty but not expelled due to lack of a two thirds vote. The findings arose from the dying statement of real estate dealer Oscar Suse mihi who shot himself as the probe began.
Ames Student Abdullin Joins Allied War Effort
Abdullin a sophomore Ames agronomy student, a Russian Tart ar from Ufa, enlisted in Canada after risk of confiscation of his father’s property by the Russian government. He serves in the British-Canadian forces in France, fighting with the Allies alongside allies.
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Ames
Zakir
Abdullin
Ames Agronomy
France
Canada
Ufa
Russia
Des Moines Burned Structure Threatens Nearby Properties
A three story Des Moines building housing McQuaid grocery and market and the Regal hotel was gutted by a late night fire of unknown origin discovered at 4 20 a m. The blaze drove sixty hotel guests from the building into the frigid street as temperatures stood at zero. Loss is put near seventy five thousand dollars, mostly insured.
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Des Moines
McQuaid Grocery and Market
Regal Hotel
State Veterinarians Elect Iowa Leaders at Ames Meeting
State veterinarians held their annual meeting in Ames. Dr. G. P. Stodder of Sioux City was elected president and Ames will host next year. Other officers named include Dr. P. W. Gilbey of Malvern as vice president and Dr. H. B. Treman of Rockwell City as secretary treasurer. Dr. J. B. McLeod, mayor of Charles City, joined the executive committee.
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Ames
G. P. Stodder
Sioux City
Iowa State Veterinarian Association
P. W. Gilbey
Malvern
H. B. Treman
Rockwell City
J. B. McLeod
Charles Cy
Would Abandon Train Service
Decorah reports trouble over the Calmer branch service of the Milwaukee road after one year of operation with a loss of 92000. The railroad seeks withdrawal of the commission order and permission to discontinue the train. A hearing is set for February.
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Decorah
Milwaukee Bes
The
Milwaukee
State Railroad Commission
Read
Amendment passes Senate in decisive two thirds vote
The Iowa legislature advanced a prohibitory constitutional amendment after a Senate roll call, 46 to 8, with two absences. Senator Jos vah Lee, Senator Henlsbaum, and Senator Nicholas J. Sehrup supported the amendment, while Senator Greens opposed. The measure now moves to the House where adoption is expected. Whitmore’s motion to place it on third reading carried unanimously.
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Iowa
Whitmore
Water supply scare in Iowa City after valve left open
Between three and four hundred Iowa City residents and State University students were exposed to impure river water for five hours when an employee at the water plant did not close a valve. Health officials report no serious illness yet but are taking precautions against potential sickness.
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Iowa City
State University
Executors filed final report for Dodge Estate in probate court
In Council Bluffs executors N. P. Dodge Jr and Frank Pusey report payment of all bequests and legacies as directed by Gen Grenville M Dodge's will. The report notes receipts for the year totaling about 1250000, but does not state the estate's aggregate value.
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Dodge
Council Bluffs
N. P. Dodge, Jr
Frank’. ‘Pusey
Grenville M. Dodge
District Court
General Dodge
Council Bluffs arrests expressman over beer delivery
Acting on Attorney General Havner ruling, Council Bluffs police seized an Omaha expressman delivering beer in cases to residents. He faced charges for transporting without a permit while police note prior drivers with proper records faced no disruption.
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Council Bluffs
Havner
Omaha
Cornell Bluffs
Iowa Dairymen Convene Sixth Annual Meeting
Ames dairy leaders gather for the sixth annual convention February 7 and 8 then tour Des Moines February 9 to inspect milk plants and observe the legislature. Vice President G S Brawer, with troops on the border, hopes for return in time. President A Fluetsch of Iowa City and Secretary O P Thompson of Waterloo have announced details.
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Iowa
Ames
Des Moines
G. 5.Brawer
A. Fluetsch
Iowa City
Waterloo
Seek Magazine Swindler Pretends Fairfield Student
Iowa City police advertise a fifty dollar reward for the arrest of an alleged swindling magazine solicitor posing as Harry G. King of Fairfield a state university student and YMCA member. The con artist travels to towns offering discounts on popular women s magazines.
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Seek
Iowa City
Harry G. King
Fairfield
The
State University
City Awards 53 Block Paving Contract
Independence city council awarded the asphalt paving project for 53 blocks on residential streets. The winning bid was $1.31 per square yard totaling $99,500, with seven other firms bidding. Preliminary work to begin at once.
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Independence
Thin City
County Fair Revival Planned in Knoxville
The old Marion County Fair Association, dissolved twenty years ago, is revived by Knoxville business men with eighty subscribers for stock and plans a first fair this fall on the former grounds.
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Knoxville
Marion County Fair Association
Knoxville Finalness
St Il
Farm Value Doubles as Roads Link County Progress
Dr J I Downes repurchased his former farm at 293 an acre after selling it years ago for 150. The Lineatin highway past the property boosted value and Clarkson, who bought it, added a new house and improved outbuildings on the 75 acres in the parish.
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J. I. Downes
Lineatin
Henry Clarkson
Dr. Downes
Parret
Clarkson
Lawmakers Announce Iowa Legislature Committee Posts
Lucas County Representative Johnston chairs roads and highways with Hollog and Wilson as members. Hall of Taylor chairs ways and means with Johnston and Nef as members. Other leaders include Branty on temperance, Klinker on constitutional amendments, Starzinger on public officer compensation, Woerner on multiple committees, and Oertel chairing the College for the Blind. Senate discusses primary law changes, adjournment date set for March 19, 1917, and various oversight and rating law measures.
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Des Moines
M. B. Pitt
House of Representatives
Nef
Pottawattam
L. Z. ‘Brantey
Adams
Rayburn
Montezuma
Scott
Appanonse
P. J. Klinker
Crawford County
Ohatrmany
Hall
Taylor County
Turner
Iowa County
Starzinger
Polk
Woerver
Frank Oqertel
Keokuk
College For the Blind
Johnston
Hum‘holdt
Thirty-seventh
General Assembly
Senate
Foster
Guthrie
Harding
Submarine Actions Claim Black Sea Feats and War Dispatches
Petrograd reports one Soviet submarine sank an enemy steamer and nine schooners near the Bosporus in the Black Sea. Other items note a British transport with 3,800 soldiers in distress, and U S inquiries about American sailors aboard German-armed ships. News from Buenos Aires mentions a British cruiser sinking a German raider near Patna.
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Black Sea
Gerla
Bot
Sttuck
Rotterdam
Bosporus
Washington
Germany
Germain Prac Yarrowdale
State Department
Offelais
Irg
Morgan Leak Aid Led Envoy In Washington Case
German ambassador von Bernstorff denied knowledge of a Morgan & Co. informant link involving a Washington journalist friend and a purported pact with a Morgan employee. The court heard a brief from detective William Z Burns about a man named Lord Martin Egan accused of tapping private telephones in New York.
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New York
Washington
J. P. Morgan & Co
Morgan
Washington Swner
Coudt von Bernstwocd
Pnibasnsidor
Bopp Must Serve Two Years In Prison And Fine
Wrins Bopp former German consul general in San Francisco was sentenced by United States District Judge Aunt to two years in prison and a $10,000 fine for violations of the Neutrality Act after a failed motion for a new trial. He was previously convicted on two counts and the court indicated the two-year term and $10,000 fine would be imposed despite earlier varying terms.
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San Francisco
Wrins Bopp
Americas
Tim
United States
Boot
Bopp
Guillty
God
Marines Die in Dominican Republic Skirmish
In the Dominican Republic a clash between native bandits and U S Marines left Private J R Olson dead and Corporal George Wis ton wounded in the neck. Captain Knapp, in command of American cruiser forces, reported the action near the Vorventa sugar plantation close to Moros.
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Washington
aAright
Dominican Republic
Navy Department
Knapp
Vorventr
Mrooris
Armilar
J. R. Olson
Fiftieth Company
George Witson
Fifty-second Company
Oklahoma mother poisons children then kills self
Hobart Oklahoma June 24 Mrs J We worrel wife of a farmer led her three children to a ravine on the farm and offered a prayer before giving them poison. she and all three children drank the poison and Perished.
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Hobart
Okla
J. Weworrel
Omaha Fire Kills 75 Horses and Destroys Livery Barn
A large Omaha blaze killed 75 horses and destroyed a livery barn, with 34 automobiles burned. The fire caused extensive losses estimated at 77,000 dollars.
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Omaha
Neb
Tin
Dent
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