Two Dead in Oil Plant Explosion at Charles City
Charles City reports two dead after a gasoline tank explosion at a Standard Oil fire late yesterday. Otto Weisner and Charles Proche die, while others including Mrs Coonradt and Carl Smith are seriously injured. Fire damages estimated at $25,000. A spark from a gasoline engine fed the blaze as spectators watched.
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Standard Oil
Charles City
Standard Oil Company
Charles Proche
Otto Weisner
Lester Coonradt
Bagley
Aind
Carl Smith
Ossian
Coonradt
Sherman Huna
Levitch
Greene
B. J. Furbish
H.C. Clifford
Pat Parshall
Chase
Woman Kills Doctor Pleads Unwritten Law
In Macon Georgia on August 25 Mrs. H C Adams killed Capt Edgar Stratling a leading Atlanta physician at a state mobilization camp. She claims Southern chivalry and the unwritten law justify her act saying he was her family physician and hypnotized her, and she did not inform her husband beforehand.
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Macon
H. C. Adams
Edgar Stratling
Atlanta
Adams
British Airmen Shell Namur in New Belgium Raid
British Aero planes conducted another raid over Belgium reaching Namur, 46 miles southeast of Brussels, and bombarded German airship sheds. One aircraft is reported missing, with two sheds hit though cloud cover limited damage observation.
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London
Belgium
Namur
Brussels
Na- Taur
Captain Denies Iowa Students Guard Discharge
Brownsville Texas Aug 26 The issue of college students seeking discharge from military service drew Iowa interest as Capt H L Clark reportedly refused to approve 20 University of Iowa students discharge requests No confirmation from Capt Clark but companies reported advising students to stay The First Regiment along with many other companies in Cedar Rapids Waterloo Dubuque Ames Boone Sioux City Fort Dodge have collegians or expect to have them
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Brownsville
Tex
Iowa
Iowa Engineers Corps
IL. KE. Clark
University of Iowa
Clark
Hare
Cedar Rapids
Waterloo
Dubuque
Co. I
Ames
Boone
Sioux City
Fort Dodge
War News Gist From Verdun Somme and Beyond
Paris and Vienna dispatches summarize Allied and Central Power actions on the Western and Balkan fronts. German offensives in Champagne are repelled and counter attacks in Somme and Verdun are stated to be checked. British gains near Thiepval advance 460 yards as Russian and Balkan movements are reported with naval losses and Greek contact in the Aegean.
Waterloo Man Honored by Towa Accountants
Des Moines report on the Iowa Society of Certified Public Accountants annual meeting. George Shiffing of Cedar Rapids was elected president, with P. L. Billings of Waterloo as vice president, E. G. Prouty of Davenport secretary, and E. C. Welch of Eldora treasurer.
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Des Moines
Iowa Society of Corrfed Public Accountants
George Shiffinglaw
Cedar Rapids
P. L. Billings
Waterloo
E. G. Prouty
Navenport
E. C. Welch
Eldora
Man Burns in Garage Gasoline Explosion
Cedar Falls August 26 Special Nels Christiansen at the Cedar Valley garage emptied a gasoline tank and then tried to solder it. An explosion followed burning his clothes from the upper body. He ran outside and reached hospital with burns likely to prove fatal. He is 23 and single. had recently sold the garage and planned to turn over the business tonight.
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Cedar Falls
Nels
Christiansen
Cedar Valley
Moe
Germans Pierce French Lines On Champagne Front
Parts, Aug. 28. After a bombardment last night the Germans launched an infantry attack on the Champagne District. They penetrated French positions but were expelled. German attacks on the Somme and Verdun fronts were repulsed. Aerial combat occurred with three German planes shot down and two balloons destroyed. Berlin, Aug. 26. British attacks in the Faureaux wood sector on the Somme and French near Maurepas were repulsed. In Champagne north west of Tahure French trenches were raided and six prisoners captured.
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Champagne
War Office
Somme
Verdun
Maurepas
Meuse
Fleury
Thiaumont
Berlin
Faureaux Wood
Malerpas
Tahure
Captain Valentiner Decorated for Lusitania Sinking
Danish paper quotes Copenhagen dispatch that Captain Valentiner, commander of the submarine that sank the Lusitania, is decorated with the Iron Cross first class the Hohenzollern order with swords and a personal distinction from the German emperor.
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London
Stifts-Tidtende
Ribe
Denmark
Reuter
Copenhagen
Valentiner
Flandersburg
Hohenzollern House
Convicts Escape Prison Amid Storm
Jeffereen City Missouri August 26 Four convicts including a life term killer sawed from their cells and, during a severe thunderstorm, sealed the penitentiary and escaped. Bloodhounds tracked them but heavy rain reduced chances of capture. Warden McClung offered 700 dollars each reward.
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Jeffereen City
State Penitentiary
Prnson Falls
McClung
Italians Occupy Greek Positions Near Avlona
Avlona dispatch reports Italian forces seizing Porto Palermo and Mount Kalarat to monitor the Albanian coast north of Cape Kephali, about 50 miles northeast of Avlona. The occupied area is described as quasi-Greek, with Rome papers saying Greece will likely refrain from protest.
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Paris
Avlona
Porto Palermo
Mount Kalarat
Albania
Cape Kephali
Rome
Greece
Balkan Front In Turmoil As Bulgariana Hit Greece
Paris reports Bulgariana captured Starila after wiping out the Greek garrison. In Macedonian fighting the Serbians retreat after heavy losses. Bulgarian forces advance to the Aegean coast and clash with British cavalry near occupied Greek territory. Saloniki protests grow against Bulgarian occupation and Venizelos support. Entente powers discuss Greece stance amid unrest. Russian troops repulsed in the Carpathians. Austrians report Russian gains in Galicia.
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Sofia
London
War Office
Aegean
Saloniki
Paris
Venizelos
Athens
Liberal Party
Conper
Greece
Greces
Grece
Berlin
Carpathians
Petrograd
Galicia
Ferdinand Rejects Kaiser's Messenger
Paris reports that Emperor William of Germany sought to send Duke Albrecht of Mecklenburg to King Ferdinand of Roumania on a special mission about Roumania. Ferdinand, a constitutional monarch, said the envoy should be referred to his minister and preferred communications through normal diplomatic channels.
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Paris
Berne
William of
Germany
Ferdinand of
Roumania
Duke Albrecht of Mecklenburg
Ferdinand
Priest Plunges to Death From Hotel
Chicago Aug 26 Father Tena us Thormazin 76 a Catholic priest from Albany Minnesota fell from the sixth floor of the Sherman hotel and died. His head struck a garbage wagon pole and his brains were dashed out. He had been despondent because of illness.
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Chicago
Tenaus Thormazin
Albany
Minn
Sherman Hotel
Iowa Soldier Shot and Robbed by Mexicans
Telegram from Des Moines reports Corporal James Donovan of Davenport murdered by Mexican bandits while away from camp. Body found today. autopsy to be conducted by Capt. Compton of Davenport. Donovan had been posted as a desert er after his disappearance.
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Juwnnsville
Tex
Ave
Des Moines
James Donovan
Davenport
Campani An
Nated Oteves
Donavin
Compton
Donovan
Duke of Albany Torpedoed in North Sea Loss Report
Lonron August 26 The torpedoing of a British armed boarding steamer occurred in the North Sea on Thursday. The Duke of Albany was sunk with 87 men lost. Eleven officers and 74 crew members were saved. the commander and two others were killed.
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Duke of Albany
North Sea
Archbishop Spalding Dies in Peoria at 76 After Heat Stroke
Archbishop John Lancaster Spalding, 76, a noted prelate and author, died in Peoria after a two week decline following a heat attack. Born June 2, 1840 in Lebanon Kentucky, he shaped period Catholic education and served as bishop of Peoria since 1877, later becoming titular archbishop of Serthopolis. His writings include Education in the Higher for Means and Ends of Education and Lectures and Discourses.
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Peoria
Itt
Father Spalding
St. Michael's Church
St. Patrick's Cathedral
New York
Spalding
Serthopolis
Weather outlook for the upper Mississippi valley and plains
Weather forecast for the week starting Sunday in Washington D C says generally fair conditions with moderate temperatures. Widely scattered showers are probable about Wednesday across the upper Mississippi valley and plains states.
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Washington, D. C
Weather Bureau
Upper Mississippi Valley
Plains States
German Lines Not Even Bent Says Von Klack
Verlin reports Gen van Klack says after eight weeks of heavy effort with no lavish expenditure and minimal ammunition the allies have not breached nor bent the German lines on the Somme. The statement was released to the Union Press.
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von Klack
Verlin
Somme
van Klack
Union
Prize awarded for Far Sea Victory by prize court
The crews and officers of Sir Frederick Sturdee's battle fleet were awarded a prize of $60,500 for their victory over the German squadron off the Falkland Islands. The prize money had just been awarded by a prize court.
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Prederick Stucdee
1Hee Ward
Falklandslands
Hughes Talks in Cheyenne on 10 Denver Visit
Charles Hughes, Republican presidential hopeful, spoke in Cheyenne after meetings with readers and a public reception. He urged tariffs, efficiency, and exports, and noted a potential challenge to Senator Clarence D. Clark. A parade with bands and frontier costumes accompanied his arrival, before Hughes moved on toward Denver and a rest stop in the Rockies.
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Ming
Maghes
Clarence D. Clark
Bir. Hughes
Cheyenne
Casper
Awd
Chenne
Hughes
America
Frontier Park
Denver
Beautiful Sales Park
Rockies
Kanpas
Missouri
Wya
Wrvo
French Shoot Woman Spy in Marseilles
In Marseilles on August 21 a woman named Pfffat, two hours old? was shot as a spy per Overseas News agency. She had appealed a death sentence by court martial, but Paris appeals court denied relief. The Cologne Gazette notes prior French executions of women during the war and questions consistency with German cases.
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Berlin
Marseilles
Pffat
Overseas
Paris Court of Appeals
Cologne Gazette
Mise
Edith Cavell
Cologne
Railroads and workers prepare for arbitration showdown
Washington Aug 26 final reply expected as presidents shape their stance for arbitration of the eight hour day and related issues. Both sides vow readiness for emergencies as protests loom and Wilson presses for continued negotiations to avert a strike.
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Washington, D. C
Raifroada
Wilvon
Brotherhoods
Foods Stata
Brotherhood
Wilson
Pragidant Wilean
Aan
Kern
Newlands
Saadte Commerce Committee
Senate
Capitol
Inquirera
Congress
Isayereir
Federal Board of Mediators
Explorer's Schooner Lost Party Rescued
The Great Bear Arctic expedition schooner, carrying Poyohn Borden of Chicago and Captain Louis Lane of Seattle, wrecked on Pinnacle Rock in the Bering Sea August 10. The entire party landed on St Matthews Island and were rescued by the US Coast Guard cutter McCulloch on August 26 near Seattle.
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United States Coast Guard
McCulloch
Bering Sea
Visa Wireless
Seattle
Great Bear
Poyohn Borden
Chicago
Louis Lane
Pinnacle Rock
Bering San
St. Matthews Sland
McCullach
Electric and Gas Men To Meet In Des Moines
In Des Moines on August 26 the Iowa gas and electric railway groups with the National Electric Light association announce 1917 conventions. The gas men will hold meetings May 22 and 28, while the electric light and railway men meet on the following two days.
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Des Moines
Towa District Gas Association
Iowa Electric Railway Association
Iowa
National Electric Light Association
Electric Light and Railway
Mearing Postponed in Fresno Sanitary Case
John Joseph Hamed and another man were arraigned in police court on charges of violating sanitary laws. Their cases were postponed until Monday after N A Tally, Sanitary Inspector, alleged the men deposited dead rats in the alley behind the property.
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John Joseph Uuu Uaries Hamed
N. A. Tally
Red and Blue Fleets Battle Off Sandy Hook
The red and blue fleets clash in a navy war game off Sandy Hook near Scotland Lightship. Losses include Nevada Texas and destroyers Wadsworth Tucker, plus Birmingham and Benham Fanning Drayton and others. upline reports say ships sunk proceed to port. Admiral Mayo leads red forces aiming near Ambrose Light as the battle unfolds.
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Washington, D. C
Scotland
Sandy Hook
Nevada
Texas
Wadsworth
Tucker
Birmingham
Benham
Fanning
Drayton
Port Im
Mayo
New York
Ambrose Light
Navy Department
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G. A. RB
Elias R. Monfort
Kansas Clix
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Frenoh Teporta
HM ii Maorepas
Bulletin
Ritch Posit
St Thiepval
Vienna
Northea
Towa Accountants
Saya
Lusitania
Handsaw
Storm Aid
el Tovar
Oehbs
Macedonia
Iana
Starila
Salanisd
Matin
Kaiser
Far Sea Victory
Frederick, Sturdee
Orr
Senator Clark
Estes Park
Colo
Electric and Gas
Fresno
Minching Squadron
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