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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1917
Page
1
President Wilson declares a scale for bituminous coal at mines across districts, listing $2.70 per ton for Iowa and averaging about $2 to $3 elsewhere. He cites new controls to balance mine and retail prices, linking to prior orders on transportation and northwest shipments. The move follows government actions to stabilize fuel amid ongoing wartime measures.
Washington report says the department of agriculture started a nationwide census of the food supply. The survey covers 100 foods and will count stocks on farms warehouses stores and in family larders. An 18 commodity preliminary census will occur within a month with a full survey after harvest.
Don Cossacks military council pledges support for the Constitutional Democratic party and seeks fusion in upcoming elections. Astrakhan Cossacks withdraw from workers and soldiers group over council status. Grand Duke Nicholas Mikhailovich and Paul Alexandrovitch protest the ban on the former imperial family from elections and a letter urges Kirensky. Grand Duke Paul asks to live in Sweden citing Russia’s cost of living. In Finland, Socialist leader Manner declines cabinet offer after governor general opposes resumption of the dissolved land tag sessions.
Parkersburg Indiana reports Capt. J. B. Anderson of the Sixth Field Artillery sent a cable from France saying he is safe and well. He sailed with the second contingent selected by General Pershing before departure from the United States.
Amsterdam Aug 22 reports Die Morgen Post of Berlin says German police plan a street smoking prohibition amid tobacco stock declines. The ban is to be extended to the entire country.
Hampton Iowa August 22 Special Associated Press dispatches report secret service investigators probing an alleged theft of a first lieutenant’s commission at Fort Sheridan. The imposter used the name Leo C. Robinson and directed mail to Hampton Ta. Leo G. Robinson earned a lieutenant’s commission at Fort Snelling and now resides with his father T J B Robinson, a former state senator and banker. The error arose from name similarity in telegraph transmission.
Springfield Aug 22 Gov Frank O Lowden telegraphed congratulations to President Wilson after the president fixed coal prices in Illinois. He said Justice Carter’s findings were close to the president’s and would be used to aid the forthcoming administrator of coal. The governor pledged full cooperation with state defense and Judge Carter to ensure ample, fair coal supply and prices. A telegram to Wilson praised the action as saving America from wartime disruption. In Chicago the Consumers' Co. cut soft coal prices from 3.00 to 1.80, aligning with Wilson's price, with more cuts planned by other dealers, cutting the city’s coal bill substantially.
London reports German planes attacked the English coast twice with limited inland damage. Two raiders were shot down, bombs fell on Dover and Margate. three killed, two wounded. An air raid warning was later cleared after Yorkshire coast raid with slight damage and one injury.
Copenhagen report says Chancellor Michaelis delays reply to the papal note until allied views are sought. German factions largely back the pope's mediation effort, seeing it as progress toward peace despite reservations on contents. Austria-Hungary reportedly favors evacuation and disarmament goals if pope proposals secure broader peace, while demanding removal of British bases and Italian concessions.
Delegates to the Lutheran synod of eight states gather in Dubuque at Wartburg seminary for a week long meeting. About 500 expected attendees discuss church welfare, Wartburg Seminary, and the four hundredth anniversary of Protestant churches. Lectures planned in downtown theatres by Dr Taylor J Rugh and Prof E Kraus.
Irish battalions Ulstermen and South Irish courageously assaulted German positions northeast of Ypres. They faced heavy machine gun nests, redoubts, and shellfire, took Pond Farm and Hill 35 briefly, then endured brutal counterattacks as Bavarians defended the strong crest. Despite fierce losses, the action ranks among war’s notable deeds.
Reports from the front state a rapid string of French advances and British gains along the Franco Belgian front. French forces claim 6,116 prisoners captured and continued pressure near Lens while Italian and British actions unfold on the Isonzo and Ypres sectors. The Vienna Rome and London bureaus note ongoing counterattacks and expanding offensives across multiple fronts.
Iowa City Iowa Aug 22 The death of Glenn Thompson a young farmer near West Liberty in an automobile accident led to the arrest of John Coxen Craig Embree and A Gatton on manslaughter charges Thompson was thrown from his buggy and killed when the car carrying the other men struck his vehicle
Petrograd reports amusing incidents as Russian troops misinterpret foreign political terms. Soldiers confuse coalition with contribution and monarch with monk, leading to rumors of a conspiratorial monk on the throne and protests against bribe-taking ministers.
St Paul Minn Aug 22 Abraham Slimmer Iowa philanthropist left most of his estate to charity valued at over half a million. A $3000 bequest goes to Joseph F Grawe editor of Bremer County Independent in Waverly for his honest leadership of the paper. Jewish Hospital Association of Milwaukee received 360000. Slimmer died last week in Dubuque after years of friendship with Grawe when both lived in Waverly.
Kansas City Mo Aug 22 In instructions to intern Karl Arumgaard Graves self styled international spy were received here from Washington by Francis M Wilson United States district attorney Wilson after Graves arrest last week recommended he be incarcerated during the war as an enemy alien whose freedom threatened the security of the country
Washington August 22 an official report will chart draft law operations after mobilizing the first increment of 607000 National Army men by October. No second increment until spring 1918. Married men status aliens and post draft age matters to be defined with possible family exemptions and amended regulations.
Turin dispatch says Rome and Paris reach agreement to rectify the frontier near the Nice to Tenda and Cuneo railway, making Tor rent Roja Italian and France gaining several square miles toward Molieres. A French American syndicate has clashed with an Argentine Navigation fleet over 16.5 million piastres.
Paris dispatches report that Austrian churches and organ builders have been notified that all organ pipes in churches across the monarchy will soon be requisitioned to supply war industries. The move aims to bolster munitions and manufacturing as tensions rise in the region.
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