Cummins Urges Preparedness At Civil War Veterans Reunion
Senator A B Cummins addressing Civil War veterans at the Des Moines reunion at the fairgrounds advocates adequate preparation for U S forces to deter invasion. He emphasizes seeking peace and mediation while explaining the need for a larger defense, though not claiming military expertise. Veterans cheer the speech.
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Anton Nena Seerize
Des Moines
A. B. Cummins
Fair Grounds
United States
Russian Official Inspects Keokuk River Works
Russian civil engineer MM. Kursizh on a czar initiated mission to inspect Mississippi waterways and irrigation projects. He toured the government lock dry dock and the Mississippi River Power Company plant in Keokuk during a several day visit.
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Nisslon
Keokuk
A. Kursizh
Mississippi River Power Company
MM. Kersish
United States
Heirs Break Will In Judge Howell Court
The will of John and Anna Vitosh was challenged in Judge Howell's court. Their son Michael and daughters Kyte Vizeal and Mary Pribil allege that Alina D. Vitosh illegally secured the will making, seeking to reopen the case on technical grounds and claim all real and personal estate for Alina.
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Town
John
Anna Vitosh
Mage
Howell
Michael
Mesdames Kyte Vizeal
Mary Prybil
Soe
Alina D. Vitosh
Towan Held as Spy in Turkey Arrest
Floyd Smith a track man and basketball player from the university class of 1911 was arrested in Turkey on a spy charge before he could depart. He was a medical missionary and located at Dimbekir in southeastern Asia Minor.
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Towan
Town City
Floyd Smith
Turkey
Smith
Dimbekir
Asia Minor
Des Moines Man Sued for Divorce
Des Moines. P. B. Sheriff a prominent Des Moines booster and chairman of the evangelical committee in the Billy Sunday campaign is sued by his wife for divorce on cruelty grounds. Sheriff is president of the local school board.
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Des Moines
P. B. Sheriff
Essi
Evangelical Committee
Sheriff
Settlers Reunion Draws Thousands in Storm Lake
More than 7 000 people attended the old settlers picnic in Storm Lake. Among the attendees 800 had lived there for 30 years. J A P Harlan was the oldest resident, arriving in 1868. A doubleheader between Storm Lake and Sioux Rapids produced one win apiece.
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Storm Lake
J. A. P. Harlan
Sioux Rapids
Iowa Farmer Ends Life Near Early by Carbolic Acid
A 62 year old farmer named Ed Gibbons of Early Iowa committed suicide at his home four miles north of Early by drinking carbolic acid. Despondency is believed to be the cause. Neighbors report several threats to kill himself in the past six months.
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Iowa
Ende
Ed Gibbons
Gibbons
Bullet Crashes Through Window in Quinn Office
Logan-Charles McKinley and H. M. Norman were startled when a bullet shattered the window of the Quinn office. It was fired from a distance, but the shooter is not yet identified.
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Logan
Charles McKinley
H. M. Norman
Quinn
Grain threshing hampered by heavy rains across farms
Farmers who thresh with machines struggle as rain prevents work and grain cut in shocks becomes wet and woolly. Cracked grain is found acceptable, but unthreshed grain remains poor quality due to moisture and damaged shocks.
Mrs Kirkwood Celebrates fourth birthday in town
Mrs Jane Kirkwood widow of Iowa's war governor Hale and former interior secretary to President Garfield is celebrated here on her Q4th birthday age noted as remarkable with full mental and physical faculties except hearing. She remains engaged in political and social issues and plans to resume her winter routine.
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Iowa
Hale
Jane Kirkwood
Hastion
Garfield
Cheistranstida
Special Session Urged For Progressive Good Roads
Des Moines leaders and Ames officials press Gov. Clarke to convene a legislative session to enact progressive road legislation. They cite letters from lawmakers endorsing the idea and aim to advance transportation improvements. Ames plans a confident 1915 gridiron season under new head coach Charles W. Mayser and a strong varsity squad.
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Des Moines
Woodworth Chim
Greater Iowa Association
W. W. Marsh
Dean Curtiss
Ames
Gov. Clarke
State College
Charles W. Mayser
Yale
Legigig
State Field
Iowa News Notes Highlights From Across The State
Reports from Iowa describe Clarence Baumgartner caught two hours after writing a bad check. Louis Pinseki arrested on murder warrants. Mrs. Earl DuPoy killed in farm yard accident. a Marshalltown man recovers a missing ring from a dog. Also noted are Crocker’s Iowa Brigade reunion details, a near-fatal auto train collision near Mason City, fall strawberries, and new faculty appointments at the State University of Iowa.
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Clarence Baumgartner
Wen
Louis Pinseki
Kansas City
Kan
Mason City
Wyandotte
Earl DuPoy
Vinton
William A. Thompson
Marshalltown
Crocker
Iowa Brigade
Des Moines
Iowa Infantry
Joseph Fort Newton
Cedar Rapids
Helmer Twite
Lake Millis
Neil Legue
Washington, D. C
Luther College
Decorah
Rock Island
Ebner Reeves
Waverly
College of the City of New York
Iawa State Board of Education
State University of Iowa At
Iowa City
Norma A. Brisco
Tsane A. Loos
J. Salwyn Schapiro
German Ambassador Backs U Boat Warning Policy
Count von Bernstorff informed Secretary Lansing that Germany will warn and search ships before attacking, granting safe exit for passengers and crew. The pledge follows Lusitania and Arabic incidents and signals a diplomatic victory for the United States amid wartime tensions. The note suggests discussion of damages may occur later and aims to protect American trade from British interference.
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Washington
Germany
America
Count von Bernstorff
Lansing
State Department
Lusitania
United States
Bim
Langing
von Bernstari
J. Bernstorte
Fingland
Bodies Found in Submarine F-4 Wreckage
Honolulu Sept 2 A search recovered several bodies of the 22 men lost when the submarine F-4 sank after leaving for a mission on March 25 One body was removed from the wreckage on Tuesday Four are drowned in Lake Reed Grand Rapids Mich Sept 4 Three Grand Rapids Herald editorial staff and a street railway employee drowned at Reed's Lake when a motor boat capsized Names Paris C Tameson Arthur G Hunter Fail W Weston and Z Harvey Smith identified.
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Honolulu
T. F
Lake
Grand Rapids
Mich
Star
The
Grand Rapida Presa
Street Railway Company
Reed's Lake
Paris
C. Tameson
Arthur G. Hunter
Fail Ww. Weston
Z. Harvey Smith
Army Scandal Claims Another Official In Paris
One government official involved in army fronts committed suicide to avoid arrest. Warrants have been issued for other persons in complicity with technical events of the army and navy.
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Paris
U. S. Cruiser Rescues Refugees Arriving in Parla
The U S cruiser Des Moines rescued 524 refugees from Jatta Palestine and brought them to Parla where they were met with warm public reception. The refugees were described as arriving from Crete via Ganea and Patí on September 6. The scene reflected grateful, enthusiastic approval from local residents.
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U. 5
Pati
Ganea
Crete
U. 0
Criser Des Moines
Jatta
Palestine
Parla
Lutsk Fortress Falls to Austro German Troops
Berlin reports Lutsk fortress in Rus sian triangle of defenses has fallen to Teuton forces. Petrograd in early evacuation as German advance threatens Riga. Overseas News Agency review notes Polish and Russian campaigns since May 2 with 149000 captured and 200000+ wounded or killed.
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Petrograd
Berlin
Lutsk
Vistula
Riga
General Army Headquarters
Poland
Russia
Gorilea
Army Headquarters
Galicia
Courland
Lithuania
Naval transfers and aviator Pogoud report update
Washington reports Rear Adm William P F Fullam to command Puget Sound navy yard and Capt Edward W W Oberle to head Annapolis Naval Academy successor. Pogoud the loop the loop aviator killed in France as France mourns. john f Thaw seeks divorce from Evelyn Nesbit Thaw as details surface. US diplomats help release 500 American boys who ran away to fight in Europe.
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Washington
Wiliam PF. Fullam
United States Naval Academy
Annapolis
Navy Yard
Puget Sound
Wash
Edward W.W. Oberle
Washington Navy Yard
Putlam
Naval Academy
Charles F. Pond
Portsmouth
N. H
Paris
Adolphe Pogoud
France
Pegoud
Frances
Sombat
Pittsburgh
K. Thaw
A. B. Reid
Allegheny County
Livelyn Nesbit Thaw
Thaw
John
Jack") Francis
New York City
Bran Eis
West Thirty-first Street
State Department
Wis
Polish Catholic Property Restored After 1803 Confiscation
The Gatholie Property Rasterad in Warsaw was restored to the Catholic clergy of Poland, returning all Russia confiscated land from 1803. A compulsory goupling system has been implemented locally.
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Rasterad
Warsaw
Germany
Poland
Russia
German Submarine War Report Reveals British Losses
Berlin dispatch says the Cologne Gazette published statistics claiming England has lost a percentage of ships over ten tons during Germanys submarine war. The figures were aired on a Friday edition of the Cologne paper.
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Berlin
Cologne
Statistes
Germany
England
Eastern Front Shifts as Grodno Falls to German Forces
News from London and Washington reports the collapse of Grodno fortress after Russian withdrawals on the Niemen River and Eastern Galicia. German and Austrian forces push toward Riga and the Black Sea, with talks of peace Mediated by Cardinal Gibbons and Pope Benedict, while Poland's future status remains a sticking point.
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Vienna
Serathina
Galieia
War Office
Doubuc
Volhynian
London
Grodno
Germany
Niemen
Galiera
Sereth
Bessarabia
Grodno Neder
Poland
Riga
Petrograd
Lennwade
Wriefrichstadt
Russia
Galicia
Berlin
Sta Plana
Black Sea
Ojossa
Sebastopol
Teutons
Gallipol
Constantinople
Pleads Guilty in Vote Case in Indianapolis
Ernest Roeder, among over 100 indicted with Thomas Taggart and Mayor Joseph Bell, pleaded guilty to conspiracy in the 1914 primary and election. He was released on his own recognizance on prosecutors' recommendation. Bell’s trial was to begin that day.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Ernest Roeder
Thomas Taggart
Joseph &. Bell
W W. H. Eichhorn
Roeder
James
Bud) Gibson
Rucker
Bell
Five Die In Electric Chair At Sing Sing Prison
Five murderers were executed in the electric chair at Sing Sing prison in Ossining New York at dawn on Friday. The condemned were Lewis Roach Anton Salemme William Perry Pasquale Vendette and Thomas Tarprey all from New York Queens counties and Monroe County. Salemme was first to die a little after five o clock and the last victim perished shortly after six. A Berlin dispatch notes Austrian plans for a large invasion of Russia from East Galicia aiming to reach Orsosa and Sebastopol to aid the Turks.
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Ossining
N. Y
Sing Sing
Lewis Roach
Montgomery
John Barrett
Palatina
Antonie Solemme
Monroe County
Thomas Tarprey
Kings County
Salemme
Bix’ O'Elegia
Turke
Copenhagen
Berlin
Russia
Galicia
Ororsa
Sebastopol
Police Chief Kills Bandit in Hingham Jail Escape
In Hingham on September 6 after police chief James was beaten in jail by James Harmon and Robert Williams the chief pursued the fugitives and shot and killed Harmon.
Fierce Fighting Across Border in Mexico and India News
Reports from Borro Galverton Texas describe ongoing clashes with Mexican forces along the Rio Grande. Dozens of bandits and soldiers are killed or wounded in battles near Brownsville Harlingen and Del Tio as Mexican crossings are repelled. India faces deadly floods and property losses in Bombay with hundreds dead or missing. In Washington, 4000 plus horses have been shipped abroad for war effort.
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Galverton
Tex
Bor
Rio Grande
Third Cavalry
Brownsville
Harlingen
Urugh
Orozco
del Tio
Crantier
Uland
Banda
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Vjakue
U. S
Kaiser
Wilson
Steamera
Tanen
Pope Sens
Port 15
Pontiff
Cardinal Q Bous
College of Carding
Preside Wilson
Pope Benedict
Vatican
Europa
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Cara Gibbons
Veal
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Trome
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Mexico
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Roeredth
Taggart
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Boro
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Bombay
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