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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1917
Page
1
Governor Harding announces legal advisory boards in every Iowa county. Three attorneys for each county will oversee draft paperwork and related tasks without pay. Boards are permanent, ensuring lawyers and lay volunteers are available when local boards operate.
Obituaries report Hiram McClaren 80 of Hornick Woodbury county died at the Marshalltown soldiers home. John I Winitan prominent Keokuk businessman hanged himself. Genevieve Moran 21 suffocated at her aunt Ward's home after a gas incident. W E Richards of Toledo Rail Light named to Ohio industrial commission electrical standards. Du Buque fuel board instructed to curb electricity use in ads. Mapleton school cornerstone laid. Masonic rites attended by Iowa officials. Charles City post office opens with $50 000 building cost and rising annual business. Cornell College students display 170 star service flag. Mount Vernon community theatre planned by Gamboilers group. D C Miller longtime Newell banker dies in Rockford ill. survived by three daughters. Additional notes on local telegraph and civic matters incomplete due to fragmented text.
The state may purchase the Jackson Beyer residence at the edge of the capitol extension tract for 17000 dollars and Governor Harding will occupy it. The home has ten rooms and will later be removed from the extension area. Harding and officials travel to Deming to inspect Camp Coty and present seven Silk flags to Iowa troops as gifts from the Daughters of the American Revolution.
The Keystone Mining Company near Vatley Junction was ordered by Federal Fuel Administrator Garfield to refund 31.05 per ton on all coal sold at 4.00 at the mine to purchasers before December 10. The overcharge stems from a price set at 2.95 per ton for coal mined at Keystone.
Kingsley boy Dugan of Plymouth county is state champion corn club grower with an acre yield of 138.9 bushels dry weight. Howard Els of State Center Marshall county is state champion pig club feeder. Glee McCleary a 16 year old girl from Batavia Jefferson county wins in gardening and canning club contest.
An order altering censorship for the eighty eighth division at Camp Dodge rescinds strict limits and allows camp press freedom. A staff conference led to the expulsion of Otto Woods of Des Moines for defying division staff directives on publishing certain items.
The ordnance depot moved from the brick arsenal at Camp Dodge station to new offices near Herrold. Transfers include H. J. Hartz to Camp Custer and Private Arthur Bradidy to Camp Meade for signal duty. Prof. Steiner spoke on cultivating life in crisis. local paving work for Les Mommes avenue to begin soon.
The Halifax explosion on the Belgian relief ship Imo and the French munition ship Mont Blanc caused widespread fires and two square miles of devastation. Key buildings including the railway station, post office, parliament, banks, and churches were destroyed or damaged, with extensive casualties and a shifting city life as relief efforts began.
The destroyer Jacob Jones torpedoed and sunk in the war zone with about 110 crew aboard. Forty four saved, thirty seven taken from a raft, ten dead named by the Navy. Commissioned 1916, 1156 tons, 310 feet, oil fired turbine ship with 70.57 knots speed.
In Des Moines a Great Western train hit a delivery truck on Grand Avenue. James Bryanton, 29, died at the scene. Roy Snyder, 19, was badly hurt and later died. Snyder’s mother, already gravely ill, was notified as authorities investigate the crash. Both men worked for C Amend & Sons meat dealers and wore carlapps that muffled the train’s approach.
Boys from Toledo high school work on Olivier Reinlg’s farm to saw trees into cord wood. They will produce a large quantity for sale and use the funds to pay off army pledges to M C A. A.
Despondency is believed to have caused Martha Barringer daughter of Mrs H B Bradley to take poison and end her life. The 22 year old’s death is reported amid a troubled state of mind and family sorrow.
The government announces a revolt in the Don region led by Raledines and Karniloff with imperialist and constitutional democrat support. It accuses these groups of arming and funding the revolt against the people and the revolution.
Berlin reports Kaiser's reps balk at a general all-fronts truce. Russia and the central powers meet at Brest-Litovsk to discuss armistice terms. The German Austrian Turkish Bulgarian delegation claims they only may negotiate peace terms with Russia. The Russians present a plan for armistice on all fronts and seek a general democratic peace.
Attorney General Gregory urged a change to the alien enemy act to include German women over fourteen. Officials say war declarations against Austria could raise alien enemies by 1.2 million, totaling about 1.8 million. Some groups may be exempt due to hostility to Austria, with many employed in coal iron and steel industries.
The British steamship Apapa was torpedoed and sunk off London on December 6. Eighty passengers and crew perished while about 120 were saved. The twin screw vessel, 820 feet long and 7 832 gross tons, was built in 1914 in Glasgow and owned by African Steamship Company. Master J O Hannay commanded. The Norwegian legation reports 18 Norwegian steamers totaling 19 082 gross tons lost in November. Forty one Norwegian lives were lost in the same cause.
The two U S aviators, Ay Atlantic Port Dee, lost their bearings during a recent flight and were found about 360 miles off the Irish coast by a steamship that reached port today.
Charles White boxing instructor has been transferred to Camp Quator Battle Creek Michigan to provide official boxing instruction. The move follows a command decision intended to bolster training at Camp Custer and Camp Grant and Rockford Iowa on December 7.
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