Iowa News Items of Interest Summarized for Busy Readers
A wide Iowa roundup reports fires destroying the Shackelford Brick Plant in Des Moines, losses from barn fires, and a Colfax city marshal found dead in his garage. It notes Red Cross fundraising, Sibley library dedication as a Carnegie library, and a Dubuque High School pronunciation contest. Also coverages include a Belvidere school consolidation, a Bellevue project, and an Iowa State Teachers Association officer, plus various local incidents and civic efforts.
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Wailiust
Shackelford
Des Moines
B. Sloan
Giiniai
Albert Carson
Mitehedl
Kaiser Pill
Sibley
H. &. Barmert
Winnipeg
Colfax
Ile
Hopkinton
Dubuque High School
Towa State Teachers’ Association
Charles F. Pye
Waukon
Dez Moines
Pye
Red Cross
Spilville
Winneshiek County
Spillville
A. M. Devoe
Mileg Consolidated School
Bellevue
Iowa State College
Ernest Erriegon
Fraser
Eleanore Moore Hospital
Boone
F. O
Hacke
Iowa City
Fred
Cagleh
Ty Bchlapp
Davenport
Jie
Ed Grote
George
Katie Stallings
Near Doon
Grate
Elwood
Clinton County
Maquoketa
United States
Fanny Hupp
Andrew Hupp
Hupp
Sam Mogie
German Plot Disclosure Reveals South American Intrigue
State Department releases messages by Count von Luxburg showing a German scheme to ally South American nations against the United States. Telegrams dated July to September expose alleged incentives toward neutral rapprochement with Chile and Uruguay, contradicting prior negotiations.
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Washington
Syudence
South America
United States
Berlin
Count von Luxburg
Argentina
State Department
MD Ws
Chile
Uruguay
Luxburg
Lloyd George Outlines War Aims For Britain
Premier Lloyd George told the House of Commons that complete restoration of territories lost to the enemy and compensation are demanded. He said submarine sinkings are down and shipbuilding up, food has improved, and warned that Turkish control of Jerusalem cannot return. America entering world politics will loom large in the future.
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Lyon
Clun Y Fn
Marleden
Atetock
Latta lx
Logan
W. W. Latuer
Olta Frederick
Newate
Rock Island
Newton
Frederick
Ottumwa
Carroll County State Bank
Misé Rast
George
Fay R. Letts
Letts
Lloyd
Camden
Dalhart
Tex
Carl Johnson
Grundy Center
EB. H. Knock
O'Brien
Orice
Sue Clty
Trumboldt
Frank Goteh
Gotch
Lone Tree
Farmers’ Co-Operative Union
Orin Chabut
West Township
Red Oak Hospital
Cornell College
Mt. Vernon
College Claépen
Iowa State College
Ames
Iowa
Farm
Hama
Eeata
London
Emy
Lloyd-George
Hous of Commons
Lloyn-George
Jerusalem
America
Great Britain
Britain
High payments to Packers linked to Chicago stockyards probes
Washington reports at the federal trade commission inquiry into high costs in the meat packing and rail yard system. A letter dated August 18, 1911, claims six million dollars was paid to Packers by stockyards and terminal railway interests to keep them in Chicago. The testimony cites large dividends and profits, with figures on the Junction company and Armour tied to gains.
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Newton
Washington High School
Elr
West Waterloo High
Wilton Red Cross Society
Sioux City
Albert Kruger
Newhall
Cedar Rapids
Washington
Chicago
Federal Trade Commission
F. Ss. Mageley & Co
Boston
Murdock
Froncis J. Beney
Junction Company
J. Ogden Armour
Steel Output Lags as Youngstown Plant Idles
Youngstown district steel plant capacity drops about 50 percent due to coal shortage, cutting 10 percent of the United States total steel output. Local workers face idling amid worsening supply issues.
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Youngstown
Mexican Minister's Sudden Washington Departure Shocks Neutral Conference
Mexico City reports Luis Cabrera Mexican minister left Washington suddenly and headed to Buenos Aires for a neutral Latin American nations conference. The move stuns diplomats as talks on regional mediation proceed amid tensions.
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Mexico City
Washington
Luis Cabrera
Buenos Aires
Congress approves national prohibition amendment for states
Congress moves to submit a federal prohibition amendment to the states with seven year ratification window. The House passed 292 to 128 and the Senate approved 68 to 47 without a roll call, sending the measure toward state ratification. Twenty seven states are already dry.
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Washington
House
Clark
Congress
Senate
Goethals Recalled as Quartermaster General in War Dept
Maj. Gen. George W. Goethals is recalled to active service and detailed as acting quartermaster general to succeed Maj. Gen. Sharpe who has been detached to join the war council. Brig. Gen. John D. Barrett becomes acting chief of coast artillery and Brig. Gen. Charles B. Wheeler as acting chief of ordnance. Generals Weaver and Crozier remain members of the new council.
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Washington
George W. Goethals
Aetiog
Sharpe
Baker
War Department
New War Council
John D. Barrett
Coast Artillery
Weaver
Charles B. Wheeler
Ordinea
Crozier
Council
Ordnance
Senate
Australia Against Draft Wins Plebiscite Lead
First returns from the conscription plebiscite in Australia show a large anti draft majority. About half of the votes cast indicate a 120000 vote margin against conscription, according to a Sydney dispatch.
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Australia
Vancouver
B. C
Sydney
British Casualties Reported for Week Ended December 18
British losses totaled 17,076 officers and men for the week ending December 18. Officers killed and missing amounted to 81, wounded or missing 1,080. Men killed or missing 8,181 and wounded or missing 10,491.
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London
Ayated
Navy chiefs report on war effort and 424 ships built
Secretary Daniels and Paymaster General McGowan testified before the Kwase naval subcommittee outlining wartime navy activities. He praised ship construction, submarine chasers, and aviation strides while noting manufacturing limits and so on. He hailed the reserve ships as gunner schools and lauded the young sailors who served on merchant vessels. He stressed continued improvements and welcomed suggestions from Congress.
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Washington
Daniels
McGowan
Navy
Kwase Naval Sube Committee
F Navy
Mr. Diniels
Sid He
Congress
Gunmakers Justify Delay in War Prep
Washington reports December 21 that ordnance manufacturers defended delaying deliveries while awaiting war orders but told a Senate war inquiry committee this stance was refuted. They agreed the army bureau's rifle redesign, though delaying shipments, was wise as it enabled use of superior ammunition and embraces the modified rifle and American ammunition.
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Washington
Army Ordnance Bureau
Senate
War Department
Taylor
Remington Company
British ships sunk in week report and wounded U S officer
London reports fourteen Mercantile vessels over 1800 tons and three smaller ships sunk by mine or submarine in the past week along with one fishing boat. An American officer, Lieut. Samuel Miller, of the Reserve Corps, was slightly wounded with British forces.
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London
U. 8
Washington
Pershige
War Department
Lieut
Samuel Miller
Wedhenloff Ficers
Ivey
Lakaville
Miners urged to stay at work through holidays in Pennsylvania
A Holiday for Miners in Philadelphia December 22 reports a coal workers group urging all Pennsylvania collieries to maintain weekday operations during the holidays except Christmas. The notice emphasizes continuous production and defense of duties amid seasonal closures.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Mie Uubhriette Concitation Board
F-1 Submarine Sunk In Fog. 19 Dead
Secretary Daniels reports the submarine F-1 rammed by F-3 in heavy fog. Nineteen sailors perished, five survivors include Lieutenant Montgomery, commanding officer. Survivors listed with hometowns California to Georgia and families in New York San Pedro and Huron.
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Washington
California
Hye
Daniels
Baye
Lleut
E. Montgomery
Julia Montgomery Pratt
Lves
Fort L. G. Wright
New York
A. OM
Schuissauter
Charles G. Schmissauter
Hi Cly
Tenn
Henry L. Brown
H. P. Brown
Macon
Joseph J. Burns
Ruth Burns
Germans Sink 14 Ships in Latest Naval Raid
In London December 19 the German naval forces sunk fourteen ships including eleven British and three neutral merchant vessels along with a British destroyer and four mine sweepers. The Partridge was among the sunken destroyers and about eight thousand tons of ships were lost in the raid. The announcement came in the house of commons from Sir Erle Geddes and Thomas J McNamara.
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London
North Sea
Tuhwler
Tyne
Germany
Monat
House of Commons
Erle Geddes
Thomas J. McNamara
Admiralty
He Siuid
Draft call for National Army around February first
Washington expects the war department to issue a call for a new draft about February 1. The size is now projected at 818,000 men rather than 500,000, as previously believed, to provide a sufficient force for a national mobilization under President Wilson.
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Washington
Pringswell
War Department
National Army
Wilson
Kentucky wreck kills 39 in rear end collision
Loulaville Kentucky December 20 thirty nine persons were killed and forty to fifty hurt when passenger train no7 bound Cincinnati to New Orleans crashed into the Springfield Bardstown accommodation near Shepherdsville 23 miles south. The locomotive tore through three passenger cars.
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Loulaville
Nashville
Shepherdsville
Pere
Cincinnati
New Orleans
Springfield
Bardstown
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Tell Senate
J. L. O'Brian
Jt, .L. O'Brian
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