Steel Baths Crime Cause in Kaiser's Land
A Berlin Vorwaerts analysis cited by the Associated Press links war to rising German crime and depravity. It claims a so called steel bath damaged morals, spurred robberies and property crimes, and affected both workers and elites, including families at home and in society.
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Associated Press
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Vorwaerts
BATH
Ruits
Radeck-Bernstorff Hbel
Taft champion of scrubwomen gets 110 percent raise
Washington dispatch reports William Howard Taft and Frank P Walsh fixed a new minimum wage for scrub women at the General Electric Schenectady plant. Beginning at 5 a.m. for four hours, workers receive 10.50 a week, a gain of 5.50 over the prior rate of 3. The change comes after hearings revealed long working hours with little pay. Rev. Mrs. Jones visits Iowa officials to organize for the fourth liberty loan drive.
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William Howard Taft
United States
Charman
Frank P. Walsh
National War Labor Board
Messrs. Taft
Walsh
General Electric Company
Schenectady
Taft
Jones
Effie McCollum Jones
Webster City
Waterloo
W. W. Marsh
Army Casualty Lists Report 579 Names
Five army casualty lists issued by the War Department list 579 names. Killed in action include Lieutenants Willard Hasey and Harold Kinne among others. wounded severely feature captains Edward Ince and Lt M. Flanagan. also listed are deaths from disease and airplane accidents, plus missing in action. The long roster names many individuals from numerous states and cities across the United States.
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Washington, D. C
War Department
Willard Ji. Hasey
Toledo
Abe
Independence Seed House Burns After Massive Fire
The Mel L. Webster seedhouse was destroyed by a fire started by spontaneous combustion at 2:30 p.m. yesterday. Estimated loss about 130000 with 88000 insured. Fire spread to basement coal, 35 tons burning. Webster plans to rebuild on the old site. The seedhouse, about 30 years old, was the city's largest seed dealer serving worldwide markets. Records and most office furniture were saved.
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Independence
Mel L. Webster
Webster
United States
New England
Jew Commands Australians on Western Front
Melbourne reports Lieutenant-General Sir John Monash, head of the Australian Army Corps, is a Jew and the best representative of Australian Jewish soldiers in France. A Melbourne University graduate in law and civil engineering, Monash rose from militia colonel to censor-in-chief and brigade commander, earning fame for the Gallipoli and French campaigns and being viewed as the commonwealth’s greatest soldier.
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Australia
John Monash
Australian Army Corps
France
I Corps
William R Birdwood
John Monagh
Monash
University of Melbourne
University Council
Melbourne University
Scotch
Duntroon
West Point
Crief
TIVE
Miliia
Victoria
Australian Intelligence Corps
First Expeditionary
Gallipoli
Monash Gully
Last Nights News in Brief Alexandria Camp Beauregard deaths and injuries
Capt A A Diettel was killed and three Heutelandts and six enlisted men injured during hand grenade practice at Camp Beauregard. In Washington about 50 women were arrested attempting a stage women's party demonstration. Reports from Beaumont claim a tropical hurricane caused loss of life and property damage near Lake Charles. In Boise a request was sent to Governor Alexander to send troops to the Coeur d'Alene district where lead miners are on strike. Dr Isabella Gray of St Louis is said to be the first woman admitted to US Army service with rank of lieutenant and assigned as anaesthetist at a base hospital.
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Camp Beaurecord
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D. C
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Coeur d'Alene
Isabella Gray
St. Louis
United States Army Service
Bomb Berlin With New Dirigible, Tip of Designer to U S
New York Aug 7 Patent papers filed in Washington for a new dirigible claimed to fly the Atlantic. The inventor Rudolph Behrens, a U S citizen with over 15 years in dirigible construction, offered the design for U S use and said compressed gas in small cylinders would keep it aloft long enough to reach China if needed.
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Washington
Atlantic Ocean
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China
Berlin
Rudolph Behrens
Women May Still Enlist in Student Nurse Reserve
The women's council of defense continues its drive to recruit student nurses this week possibly into next. Delays in shipment of needed links push back start dates. Twenty six Watertown women enrolled and Cedar Falls reports eleven in Black Hawk county with others from outside, Waterloo aims for broad nurse reserve presence. M Jd. L. Bucchale urges young women to join now. Marian Ransier leads the office library west with Alten D. Rock and Miss Mann at library east for the campaign.
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Women's Council of Defense
Washington
Waterton
Cedar Falls
Black Hawk
Waterloo Soldier Cited for Bravery
Sergt. Ivan R. Powers of the Twenty-eighth Infantry in the medical department is cited for bravery in action by his regimental commander. He is the son of Mr and Mrs L H W Powers of 311 Wellington Street and advised his parents in a letter recently received. Dentists report a peculiar eye strain from reading while lying down.
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Ivan R. Powers
L. HW. Powers
Wellington Street
Sergt. Powers
Twenty-eighth Infantry
Wounded in Leg But Licked Foe Says Waterlooan
Mrs John Garay of Waterloo receives a letter from her son Sergeant Louis Orseau describing his leg wound in France. He explains a Colorado man acts as stenographer to send lines saying the wound is not serious and he expects to be up in a few days. He adds there are many worse cases and urges no worry.
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John Garay
Onkavanna
Sergt
Louis Orseau
Waterloo
France
Colorado
Healed By Cuticura Soap and Ointment After Typhoid
A man tormented by an intense itch on forehead and scalp after typhoid fever finds relief using three cakes of Cuticura Soap and three boxes of Cuticura Ointment. He endorses the products and notes moderation for toilet use to keep skin clear. Prices listed for Soap and Ointment.
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R. D
Dorsey
Guucura
Dept. R. Boston
ALIS WELL AT CAMP PIKE WITH TROOPS
Award announced this morning by H B Cropper states Robert J Liechty and other 481 Waterloo boys left for Camp Pike Ark two weeks ago are well and enjoying army life. Letters home keep up their pep and Liechty says he is scheduled for an office position after attempts to enlist were rejected due to broken arches.
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Camp Pike
H. B. Cropper
Robert J. Lithty
Waterloo
Ark
Hone
Liechty
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