Germany protests Belgian exile policy over forced labor
Berlin announces it will reply within days to Grew's diplomatic notes on Belgian deportations. Germany aims to limit use of unemployed Belgians to the proper classes while avoiding broad application. The U S notes endure that such deportations threaten Belgian relief work and violate international norms. German Socialists join a global protest and plan actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
London
Germany
Joseph C. Grew
Grew
von Bethmann-Hollweg
Washington
D. C
State Department
Gerard
Wilson
Charge Grew
NOTH
Bertin
United States
Belgium
Hague
Philipp Scheidemann
Jonnie Everet
Executive Internationale
Emil Vandervelde
German Socialist Party
Good Fellows Campaign Forms Organized at YMCA Meeting
The Good Fellows Club at the YMCA parlor organized a formal board and an investigating committee to aid Christmas charity for children. A. W. Peterson was named chairman, Ruth Reed vice chair, Mrs. W. E. Friend secretary, and Manger J. Holt will oversee receiving and distributing at 517 Lafayette. An investigating committee with multiple members was appointed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Good Fellows Club
A. W. Peterson
Ruth Reed
IW. E. Friend
Frank Landgrat
Lichty
Jennie Adams
W.H. Howrey
M.S. Kress
W. F. Parrott
O'Ricie
Brown” Mixx
W. Willard
J.c.ricksr
John Mullany
WH. Porter
Bessie Phire Mars
Good Fellows of Waterloo Appeal for Christmas Charities
Informal order seeks Christmas gifts for needy Waterloo children to ease disappointment and brighten winter. Hope C Martin leads as founder with Rev J J Lockwood Ruth Reed and others backing a nondenominational, independent effort. The group coordinates church and civic lists to avoid duplication and aims to nurture future citizens through acts of charity and Christ like spirit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
Christamas
Hope C. Martin
J. J. Lockwood
Ruth Reed
E. J. Lang
Good Fellows Movement
Good Fellows Club
Good Fellows
Jesus Christ
Gatus Cay
Eastern roads bar shipments to war munitions markets
An embargo on eastern railroads halts shipments to the Atlantic coast, leaving New Orleans and Galveston as the main routes for Midwest war material and other goods. Coal and domestic foodstuffs are exempted, with several lines noting food for U S consumption will not be enforced against the embargo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
New Orleans
Galveston
Europe
Middlewest
Atlantic
United States
Railroads blamed for distress while seeking federal ownership
Washington December 9 Railroads were accused by Mas Halen president of the National Association of Railway Commissioners of trying to ruin their credit and lay the groundwork for federal ownership as he testified before the congressional investigating committee. He said railroads suffer a hysteria of pessimism despite record earnings and warned against burdensome regulations. He argued few railroads cross more than a third of states and that most firms face multistate regulation, unlike railroads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Mas Halen
National Association of Railway Commmissioners
Congressional Railroads Iveastigating Committee
United States
Insurance man sentenced five years under Mann Act
Haphael Van Wie, a life insurance agent from Aberdeen South Dakota, was sentenced by Judge Wade in the federal district court to five years in Fort Leavenworth for violating the Mann Act.
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Des Moines
Dec
Haphael van Wie
Aberdeen
S. D
Fort Leavenworth
Kan
Wade
van Wie
Paper Delivery Help Line and Next-Day Reprint Service
If the paper is not delivered by 6 o clock call 3330 for a replacement door of paper. After 6 30 call telephone No 2 for assistance and reprint arrangements.
France to reform high command and war conduct
France plans a complete reorganization of the high command and possible government changes. A council of four or five men may oversee the war to speed its prosecution and ease the national burden. It is noted that about one in six French citizens is now engaged in the war, compared with one in ten English and one in twenty Russian.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Chamber of Deputies
France
Neutrals to Protest War Indignities Conference to hear protests
In Washington DC representatives of 146 minor European nationalities suffering in the war will present protests at a conference of oppressed or dependent nationalities, to be held tomorrow and Monday, after the Women's Peace party final sessions. The conference says the United States could bring understanding and sympathy to world problems by properly utilizing the experience of foreign citizens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Women's Peace Party
United States
U S Steel Unfilled Orders Hit New High in Nov
New York December 9 Unfilled orders of United States Steel for the month ending November 30 rose to 11,055,442 tons, up 1,043,252 from the prior period, setting a new corporate record for unfilled orders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United States Steel Corporation
Church Council Denounces Anti Jap Agitation in U S
In St Louis, the Federal Council of Churches report on relations with Japan calls the U S anti Japanese campaign a shameful and worrying trend. It warns that prejudice breeds mutual hostility, stressing that God treats nations and races to enrich all life and that true Christianity knows no east or west. The church should teach the golden rule in international and interracial relations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
America
Commission On Relations With
Japan
Federal Council of Churches of Christ
Unou
Church
Proposed Revision Check Collection Debate
New York December reports the 25 member American Bankers Association panel, formed at Kansas City in September, will meet in Chicago on Monday to discuss amending federal reserve act checks collection provisions. Fifteen country bankers and ten city representatives comprise the committee amid widespread opposition to the current cheap clearing plan based on 6000 banking replies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Dec
American Bankers’ Association
Kansas City
Federal Reserve Act
Chicago
Federal Reserve Tanks
Federal Reserve Board
Typhus Quarantine Ordered in California
San Bernardino county and the Santa Fe railway announced a desert quarantine camp near Needles to prevent typhus spread. All Mexicans will be taken from trains and held in quarantine for 15 days amid fears refugees carry the disease germ.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Bernardino
Cal
Santa Fe Railway
San Bernardino County
Needles
Mexico
Soldiers to Leave Border on December 18
Waterloo families receive telegrams confirming the Iowa guard will entrain from Brownsville on December 18 and arrive in Des Moines by December 22. If muster out proceeds swiftly, many boardsmen may spend Christmas at home. nearly 6,000 state troops slated to depart border service between December 12 and 18.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laws Guard
Brownaville
Vox
Waters’ Joo
Friends and Families
Waterloo
Carleton Fas
Leavitt & Johnson Trust Company
PLA
Fisher
Fred L. Fisher
Des Moines
Tds
Des Motaek
San Antonio
Tex
Winston
Border Service
Iowa Infantry
Brownsville
German explain Seebeck sinking behind unlit vessel claim
Berlin reports to Washington that the Seebeck steamed without lights or nationality near a hostile port, making it indistinguishable from an enemy warship. No shipping records list the vessel, and the reference likely ties to the Oct. 22 Mediterranean sinking of the armed British transport Sebek, 4661 tons, built 1909 at West Hartlepool.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
London
Washington
Seebeck
Sebek
Mediterranean
Tel
West Hartlepool
Seek Aviators for Army Reserve Corps Announcement
Washington December 9 Brig Gen Lariven chief signal officer announced no civilian aviators will be appointed to the army aviation service in 1917. He said enough line officers have applied to fill vacancies and 77 officers were detailed or in training as the report was prepared. Efforts aim to build a reserve corps of 360 officers and 2,000 trained men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D
Army Aviation Service
Lariven
Air Service
France Bars Printing Paper Imports Policy Change
Paris Feb government announces prohibition on importing printing paper to support exchange rates and bolster the French paper industry amid scarce lumber resources, aiming for greater self sufficiency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Des Moines Union Says Cooperative Buying Cuts Costs
Des Moines area streetcar workers union reports $40 weekly savings for members through cooperative buying. Secretary J Wiley states winter plan includes flour, beef, potatoes, and flour distributions for new needs, with planned bulk purchases and universal distribution to members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
J. Wiley
Des Meines Tera
Wiley
Federal probe into food price trusts spreads nationwide
Federal grand jury probes into high living costs begin in New York and Detroit with plans for Cleveland, Kansas City, St Louis, Minneapolis and others. Officials report broad food and coal price-fixing activity, with data to grand juries, while freight car shortages feed the investigation. Egg corner case in Chicago linked to the Big Four with 150 million eggs in storage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Gregory
New York
Detroit
Gleveland
Kansas Ciy
St Louis
Minneapolis
Frank M. Sharker
Government
New Haven
ALL Age Food
Department of Jure Tice
East
Middle West
Northwest
Far Western
Interstate Commerce Commission
Wison
Wilson
United States
Anderson
Bostion
White House
Agricultural Department
Swacker
Pour TN Egg Combine
Chicago
United States District
Clyne
Egg “Kings
Michael Igoe
Benjamin Epstein
Make It Easier to Amend Basic Law
Washington D C Dec 9 joint resolution proposed a constitutional amendment for easier amendment method. It would require a majority of both houses of Congress and ratification by voters in a majority of states, plus an aggregate national majority. Conventions would be held every 30 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Representate Chandler
New York
Congress
United States
Chandler
Man Jumped Cedar River to Flee Arrest
Cedar Rapids police say L. D. Bayland age 28 jumped from a Cedar River bridge while fleeing arrest for drunkenness. He died from a broken neck. Bayland, formerly with Waterloo Roofing, had moved to Cedar Rapids to work. His widow Mrs Bayland notified. relatives in Grand Rapids Michigan to be contacted before funeral plans.
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Cedar Rapids
Boyland
Waterloo
Cedar River
L. D. Bayland
Fourteenth Street West
J. D. Caldwell
Linn County
Ife
Caldwell
Marage
Florence
Tiva
Bro
Grand Rapids
Mich
Government Control of Wireless Sought by Navy
Washington reports naval communications chief C W Todd calls for government control of radio to create a monopoly over private radio stations as ship and shore networks expand. He warns interference will worsen without such control. In Marshalltown, William A Sandac, 67, cashier of Fidelity Savings, died suddenly of heart disease at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. Thharity
United States
Congress
C. W. Todd
Naval Communications
Pdirettar
Todd
Dean
Marshalltown
William A. Sandac
Fidelty Savings Bank
Greece Faces Blockade and Romanian Retreat Across War Fronts
Reports from the Eastern front describe Teutons driving deep into Romania with 70 000 captured, while Greek royalists plan a rear attack in Larissa and Britain urges decisive moves in Macedonia. A Greek blockade begins December 8 and Roumanians retreat under mounting pressure, with heavy losses on both sides and continued German-Russian advances in Wallachia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greece
von Mackensen
Roumenia
Entente Selen ‘Tki
Constantine
Larissa
London
Paris
Verdun
Berlin
Sayville
Carpsthian
War Office
Dorna Watra
Trotus
Roumania
Washington, D. C
Sharp
State Department
France
Corfu
Gulf of Saloniki
Salambria
Petrograd
Wallachia
Egg Henson to Lay Is Scheme of Congressman
Washington official notes a southern representative proposes a federal measure for compulsory egg control to curb hens output as a solution to high living costs. He says speeding up production is impractical, but claims the plan surpasses Fitzgerald proposals in boldness.
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Egg Henson
Washington
DD. C
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Little Folks
Mis
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J. W. Ruth
Laura Webb
M. E. Church
Feo Ad
Waterloo Review
W. BO
J. L. Eby
Atlantic Seaboard
U. 3. Steel
Church Council
California
SEBER
Army Reserve Corps
RENCE
Carmen Save II
New York City
Wetz
LE. D. Boyland
Wireless
von Magrenger
Calonik
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