War News From Berlin and Washington
Reichstag leader Georg Michaelis declares peace impossible while Germany faces demand for surrender and US idealism. President Wilson urges total Allied victory to preserve democratic ideals. Admiral Sims reports an American patrol vessel engaged an Italian submarine, causing fatalities, with crew saved after the ship foundered.
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Reichstag
Berlin
Georg Michaelis
Germany
United States
Wilson
White House
Washington
Sims
Navy Department
Daniels
Rome
Mavy Department
Courtroom Kills Two Wounds Three in Hammond Shooting
Domestic evangelist Oscar Landmeisser killed one man and wounded two others in a crowded Hammond Indiana courtroom before being shot by two court attaches. The slain man was Fred Bayne who testified against Landmeisser. Police report a wider conspiracy and bomb plot linked to shipments to allies and a New York bomb squad captain helped expose the network. A separate espionage act case cites Harry B. Krenning as subject of a federal warrant from St Louis. Other items include a Michigan governess accused of killing her father, inquest into banker Jesse Barker's death in Peoria, price information plans for staple foods by Harry A Wheeler, import of Australian wheat free of duty, a ditch accident near Reeorder resulting in two deaths, interned aliens escaping Fort McIntosh, and eight men convicted in Enid for resisting the draft.
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Oscar Landmeisser
Hammond
Ind
Landmelisser
Aldina Hartman
Fred Bayne
Indiana Harbor
First National Army
Camp Dodge
M. G. Clark
Sioux City
War Department
Ordnante Corps
National Army
Tom Brady
Marshalltown
Cherokee
Oklahoma
Brady
Daniel H. Wallace
Davenport
Wallace
C. B. Carson
Boone
France
General Pershing
American Expeditionary Forces
Carson
Fort Dodge, Des Moines and Southern Interurban Company
Washington
Waterloo
Difford Pinchot
John Reichart
London
Iowa
Joseph Frailey
Fort Madison
State Order of Elks
Dubuque
Government tightens control on food as Wilson acts
Proclamation from Washington extends government licensing to manufacture storage importation and distribution of about twenty staple foods effective November 1 Farmers and small dealers exempted The Food Administration will issue an executive order to curb profits speculation and hoarding Navy war construction program totals 787 vessels all types including superdreadnoughts and submarine chasers Congress ends extraordinary session praised by Wilson La Follette criticized Additional wartime aid to Britain and France rises to 2 6134 billion Contracts for destroyers signed under emergency appropriation of 350 million
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Washington
Wilson
Food Administration
Lcense
The
Daniels
la Follette
Navy Department
Millionaire Jesse Barker Found Dead in Peoria
Coroner's jury rules Jesse Barker of Peoria Ill ended his life after being found shot. He left his widow Mrs Chamie Robinson Barker a $2 000 000 estate. Arthur W Nix a suspected head of southwestern Oklahoma draft resisters was arrested in Chickasha by federal officers and held on 10 000 bond for the federal grand jury.
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Jesse Barker
Peoria
Iil
Chamie Robinson Barker
Arthur W. Nix
Southwestern Oklahoma
Chickasha
German foreign secretary to visit Vienna and Buda pest
A dispatch to Amsterdam reports German Foreign Secretary von Kuehlmann will travel soon to Vienna Budapest Sofia and Constantinople. The mission is described as having important political and peace significance. Uruguay has severed diplomatic relations with Germany and the presidential decree was approved 74 to 23. The German minister has been handed his passports.
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Herr von Kuehlmann
Vienna
Budapest
Sofia
Constantinople
Amsterdam
Uruguay
Germany
Chamber of Deputies
French and British Advance in Belgium Capture and Prisoners
French troops and British cooperation press the war in Belgium as Papegoet farm falls to the Allies and more prisoners are taken. Australians seize Celtic wood near Broodseinde after a hand to hand fight with German forces. A mutiny outbreak occurs on four German warships at Wilhelmshaven, with executions and heavy sentences following. Caproni bombers strike Cattaro causing fires and damage to Austrian ships.
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Belgium
Papegoet Farm
Paris
Wilhelmshaven
London
Copenhagen
Wil Mam
Michaells
Cattaro
Navy Yard
War drafts tighten as Camp Dodge faces dependents need
Reports from Camp Dodge reveal widespread distress among families relying on drafted soldiers. Officers propose a state support system to aid dependents while the draft shifts toward a second call.
Lessons From Ezra on Rebuilding the Temple and Opposition
The text traces the remnant's return and steps to reestablish worship. It notes appointing officers, laying the foundation amid joy and sorrow, and preparing music and sacrifices. Opposition from Samaritans delays work, with appeals to Cyrus and then Darius, and finally completion under Haggai and Zechariah.
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Israel
Lord’s House
Lebanon
Joppa
Solomon's Temple
Satan
Cyrus
Darius
Haggai
Zachariah
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U.S
Teutonic War News
Captain Tunney
New York
St. Louis
Harry B. Krenning
Alice Karlson
Dewitt
Werner Karlson
Scotts
Mich
W. D. Billott
W. G. Roberts
Barker
Harry A. Wheeler
Chicago
Customs Division
Treasury Department
Reeorder
William Piepenbrink
Millonaire
Beecher
Fort McIntosh
Fox
Leavenworth
Enid
Okla
Department of Agriculture
Great Britain
Celtic Wood
Broodseinde
Iowa News
Manilla
LaFollette
Senate Chamber
Greater
Ed Dilly
Frank Kenkee
Hosmer
George Donohue
Dilley
State Department of Justice
Johnson County
Sullivan, Sullivan and Kirby
Iowa County
Iowa City
Edward Vermace
Sullivans
Mr. Kirby
Burt C. Knutzen
127Th Machine Gun Battalion
Second Iowa Infantry
Lester L. Stitson
Deming
New Mexico
Mer
Merrill
Knutson
Stitson
National Guard
Keokuk Society
Jake Arnold
McAllen Brothers
Walker
Arnold
J. B. Neiman
Delhi Township
Hopkinton
International Sunday School
P. B. Fitzwater
Moody Bible Institute of Chicago
Western Newspaper Union
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