Germans Organize Branch in Jasper County Meeting
The German American Patriotic Society was formed at a mass meeting in Newton with Henry M. Eicher as speaker. The report notes community support for war efforts, local drafts, and patriotism across Iowa including a Tipton chapter of the Shot Gun Owners Association and other wartime acts.
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Jasper County
Court House
Newton
German American Patriotic Society
Henry M. Eicher
Washington
Demetrius Papageorge
National Army
Camp Dodge
Duluth
Minn
Fort Leavenworth Federal Penitentiary
Marshalltown
Ralph A. Fletcher
Joan H.oane
Belfast
Hoth
Hardin County
Adj. Gan
Guy
Logan
Shot Gun Owners' Association
Tipton
United States
M. L. Healy
Cedar Rapids
Kansas
Obert
Ned
Grinnell Vallege
Legion of Death
Grinnell
Eldora
Creed's Crossing
Boone
Fort Dodge, Des Moines & Southern Railroad
Frank McPfarland
Richard Noonan
Floyd Pavlaon
Ames
A. Brown
Kelly
Judge Advocate General's Department
Charles Glade
Gilwein
Europe
Federal Grand Jury
Grode
America
Glade
Germany
Ome Monde
Bolshevik Resolve Stiffens Amid War News From Petrograd
Petrograd reports a supreme military council to defend the country and a decree arming the people. Trotzky vows not to yield to defeat, saying Bolsheviks would fight on possibly to the Urals. Moscow to be the new capital, and Petrograd to become a free port as postwar plans unfold. London notes February shipping losses at about half of last year with submarines increasingly destroyed.
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Petrograd
Izvesta
Lenine
Pravda
Ural Mountains
Leon Trotzky
M. Trotzky
Kerensky
Moscow
Russia
London
Eric Geddes
Admiralty
Ste Erie
England
British Isles
Mediterranean
Democrats win four seats in New York special elections
In four Greater New York districts, Democrats reclaimed four House seats after resignations. New York women voted for the first time in congressional races, casting 21 853 ballots of 79 192 total. Winners were John J Delaney William B Cleary Jerome F Donovan and Anthony J Griffin.
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New York
House of Representatives
Democrats
Kings County
John J. Delaney
William B. Cleary
New York County
Jerome F. Donovan
Bronx
Anthony J. Griffin
London Air Raid Toll At Eleven Dead And Forty Six Hurt
Eleven persons were killed and forty six more injured in an air raid on London Thursday night per police reports. An official announcement noted the raid and reported ongoing search for further casualties in affected houses.
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London
Hongkong Jockey Club Stand Collapse Tragedy
Disaster at Hap py Valley track in Hongkong last week killed at least 780 as a stand for Chinese spectators collapsed and ignited a fire. Rescue efforts continue amid mounting fatalities and investigations by local authorities.
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Hongkong
Shanghai
Hongkong Jockey Club
Happy Valley
Mine Shutdown Hits Cerro de Pasco Region
March 7. The Cerro de Pasco Mining company in Cerro del Pasco Peru suspended operations. More than 3,000 workers are unemployed as a result of the shutdown.
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Tima
Peru
Cerro de Pasco
Cerro del Pasco
La Follette censured by Wisconsin assembly
After 24 hours of self imprisonment in the statehouse the Wisconsin assembly passed a resolution condemning Senator Robert La Follette by a 52 to 82 vote. The measure denounces actions that undermine the nation’s war effort and Wisconsin’s standing among free peoples.
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Madison
Wis
Assembly
la Mollette
Wisran
Ain
Robert la Follette
Wisconsin
U S Opposes Japan Move On Windloogtok
The United States says it has not assented to Japan’s offer to occupy Windloogtok and that Tokyo must judge the necessity for action in the Far East. Washington notes sincere aims to guard allied interests in Asia but urges a declaration of intent to calm Russian concerns.
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Washington
United States
Windloogtok
Japan
Agia
Russia
McAdoo Aide Denied Deferred Classification in Draft
Joseph M. Shaffer, a stenographer in the treasury secretary's office, had his deferred classif ication request for the draft denied by a Boston district exemption board in March.
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Boston
March
Joseph M. Shaffer
William G. McAdoo
Secretary of the Treasury
Assembly Approves Prohibition Amendment Ratification
Albany March 8 by a vote of 90 to 58 the assembly adopted the judiciary committee report favoring ratification of the federal Prohibition amendment. The measure will be considered next Tuesday.
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Albany
Fifteen Iowa Men Die in Europe War Losses
Des Moines reports reveal fifteen Iowa volunteers from Companies B and D of the One Hundred Sixty-eighth Infantry killed or wounded in action near Lorraine France. Captain McHenry likely fell while leading his detachment. casualties include multiple privates and noncoms from towns such as Des Moines Centerville Fort Dodge Webster City Mason City Unionville and more.
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Des Moines
France
Iowa
Merle Hay
Lorraine
McHenry
Centerville
Harrison Cummins McHenry
Dea Moines
Isaac Davis
Woodburn
Byron van Raden
Laneshoro
Guy O. Worley
Walter J. Porsch
Fort Dodge
John F. Ellis
Russell L. Selix
Unionville
Alya F. Eaton
Hameston
Clifford J. Worden
Mason City
One Hundred Sixty-eighth Infantry
James E. Wedding
Webster City
Dean Parish
Glade Valley
N. G
Donald B. MacRae
Glen Pederson
Spencer
Edward Nash
Kingsley
Albert B. Hoschler
Akron
Lewis Ei
Delle
Waterloo
Marvin Dunn
Lewis
A. Bintorns
el Reno
Okla
Dan P. Bracelin
Norwalk
Raymond L. Closson
Fred A. Heintz
State Center
Leo J. Miller
Charter Oak
Ernest Rooney
Indianola
Merrill B. Morrison
Robert J. Clausen
Ira J. Rogers
Wiliam T. Smith
Northwoad
Roy C. Walden
Arthur M. Shores
Cedar Rapide
Jerry Schultz
Cedar Rapids
John Womacka
Pearl S. Edwards
Aston
James #. Albert
Moravia
Druggist in Nawton Dies After Carbolic Acid Drink
S H Winters, 95, a prominent druggist, killed himself in the store basement by drinking carbolic acid. A customer found the locked door. Winters’ body lay in the basement. He told his wife before work he planned suicide due to an incurable disease. She pleaded with him and he promised to forget his troubles.
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S. H. Winters
Winters
Winter S
War Department bars emergency addresses in casualty lists
Washington March 11 the War Department forbids publishing casualty lists with the home addresses of relatives or friends. Creel and the public information committee insist on more identification and have delayed release, noting President and War and Navy secretaries pledged full casualty information. The note says dates, wound details, and home addresses will be withheld on General Pershing’s recommendation.
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Washington
War Department
Committee On Public Information
George Creel
White House
Creel
Secretary of War
Secretary of the Navy
McCain
Army
Pershing
Liberty Loan Workers Meet In Chicago For Third Bond Drive
In Chicago on March 13 over 700 Liberty Loan workers gathered at the La Salle Hotel for the first conference of the drive. The goal is 15 million subscribers nationwide with 8 million in Chicago and the Seventh Federal Reserve District, joined by five states and leaders from Illinois Indiana Iowa Michigan and Wisconsin. Governor Harding urged a strong stance against the enemy and the need to supply soldiers with steel.
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Chicago
Tunois
Indiana
Iowa
Michigan
Wisconsin
W. L. Harding
Senate Passes War Finance Bill To Aid Industry
The administration bill to create a war finance corporation with a fund of 4.5 billion dollars was passed by the Senate on Thursday and now goes to the House for action.
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War Finance Corporation
House
Washington
Senate
War Department seeks additional air force funds
Washington reports the War Department asked Congress for 450 million dollars more for the army aircraft program. This is in addition to the 640 million already authorized, bringing total requested funding to 1.09 billion dollars.
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Army
Congress
War Department
Washington
Anarchist Movement Grows in Moscow
American Consul Summers reports from Moscow on March 8 that anarchist activity is increasing and that several individuals were wounded by bombs in street incidents.
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Washington
Summers
Moscow
National Liberal Party Backs Equal Franchise Vote
London March 11 The central committee of the National Liberal party approved equal franchise by a narrow ten vote margin, according to a Copenhagen Exchange Telegraph dispatch quoting Berlin reports.
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Indersea
London
National Liberal Party
Saya
Copenhagen
Berlin
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North English
American Society of Equity
Long
Story County
Sioux City
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Federation of Colored Women's Clibs
Mary Church
Terrill Auxilary
Davenport Park
Edlate
Prussia
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Ionason
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Indianapolis News
Trotzky
Sir Eric Geddes
State Assembly of Wisconsin
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