French Repulse German Attacks in Argonne
Paris reports French repulse of a German surprise attack in the Argonne northeast of Verdun. Artillery activity remains lively on the Meuse right bank and in Lorraine, with German troop concentrations dispersed with losses. British front quiet. Italians repulsed west of Monte Asone and east of Monte Solrolo on the northern front.
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Verdun
Argonne
Brenta
Asiago
Treviso
Paris
French War Office
Meuse
Courteres Avaud
Bezonvaux
Dixmaude
Verdun Paris
Caurieres Wood
War Office
London
Monte Aso- Jane
Monte Solrole
Hoover Skips Senate Sugar Inquiry Testimony
Washington December 28 Hoover failed to appear before the Senate sugar shortage inquiry as Chief Counsel Lindley stated Hoover would be unable to testify due to a New York call and a funeral. The hearing proceeded with W L Colyer of the FTC outlining coal price discrepancies and requester complaints about high transport and retail costs.
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Washington,d. C
Senate
Hoover
Lindley
Food Administration
Atas
New York
Vardaman
T. A. Bits
Eus
Need
Capitol
Newlands
W. 4. Colyer
Federal Trade Commission
Kenyon
Washington
Colver
Sugar giveaway plan halted by federal order in Paterson
Paterson, N J Dec 28 The manager of the Orpheum theatre was ordered by the federal food administrator for New Jersey to sell 375 pounds of sugar to the city at 12 cents a pound for distribution to the poor or, if not purchased, to sell to local dealers at cost. The sugar had been seized from a wholesale grocer accused of hoarding. His case was referred to Hoover.
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Paterson
N. J
Orpheum Theatre
New Jersey
Hoover
Change in Russo German talks lifts marks and rubles
Berne Dec. 27. The Russo German peace talks push the exchange rate higher. The mark rose from 850 francs per hundred marks and the ruble climbed from 60 for 6 francs per hundred rubles.
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Berne
Alumni of Cornell Reunion Tonight at Grace M E Church
A large audience is expected for the Cornell college alumni reunion at Grace church tonight. Dinner at 6. Bishop Homer C. Stuntz of Omaha and C. W. Flint president of Cornell will speak in the church auditorium. Open to the public. Stuntz describes soldier welfare work in western cantonments and will speak on patriotic topics.
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Cornell College
Grace Church
Homer C. Stuntz
Omaha
C. W. Flint
Stuntz
Free Baby Clinic Opens in New Quarter
The Social Welfare league relocates its free baby clinic to room 201, Lafayette building, next Friday to continue aiding Waterloo babies with diet and care. The clinic, longrun, helps prevent rickets in artificially fed infants and reduces infant mortality. Donations of a table, chairs, and a cupboard are requested for the new quarters.
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Waterloo
Social Welfare League
Lafayette Building
Office of the League
Drayman
Labor Bureau of Defense Council to Be Located Here
Des Moines reports a plan to postpone the Iowa census and survey and send a delegation of the state council of defense to Indiana and Ohio to study their methods. Gov. Harding will lead the group, with C. C. Deering A. L. Urick W. E. Coffin and H. J. Metcalf aboard. trip Jan 2 to Jan 7.
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Labor Bureau of Defense Council
Des Moines
Iowa
State’ Council of Defense
Indiana
Ohio
Gov. Harding
C. C. Deering
A. L. Urick
W. E. Coffin
H. J. Metcalf
J. B. Winterbotham
Chicago
Council of National Defense
State Defense Council
Dubuque
Waterloo
Davenport
Sioux City
McMurray to Locate in Des Moines as Ad Juster
W B McMurray, attorney and manager of the Black Hawk National Bank building, leaves for Des Moines next week to join a large insurance company as an adjuster with territorial duties in the state. A new manager for the Black Hawk building will be named soon. Buy winter footwear at clearance shoe sale. Wang and Miller Shoe Co. advertisement.
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W. B. McMurray
Black Hawk National Bank
Des Moines
Black Hawk
Wang & Miller Shoe Co
Insurance man gets three year for bond fraud
Elmer Dwiggins, once New York agent for Bankers Life Insurance of Des Moines, pleaded guilty to using bonds to defraud investors in liberty bonds. He was sentenced to three years in Atlanta penitentiary. Judge Hand warned others to be honest, noting wartime implications. Dwiggins, sought by authorities, was located in Atlanta with help from his wife.
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New York
Elmer Dwiggins
Atlanta
Dwiggins
Bankers Life Insurance Company
Des Moines
Matthews
Judes Maud
Hand
Pneumonia Takes Heavy Toll in Army Camps
Washington D C December 28 Deaths from disease in the national army during the week ending December 21 totaled 118 up from 97 the prior week while in the national guard deaths numbered 120 down from 165 The report to the war department notes 77 of national army deaths and 87 of national guard deaths were due to pneumonia The non effective rate for the national guard was 47 8 per thousand and for the national army 41 8 per thousand The admission rate for disease stood at 31 1 per thousand for the guard and 34 3 for the army with slight changes from the previous week.
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Washington, D. C
National Army
National’ Guard
War Department
National Guard
City in brief highlights local visits and travel notes
Mrs C L Chambers and daughter visiting Detroit. D J Walker home placarded for mumps. Mrs J T Knapp summoned to Syracuse by ill father. Radcliff patient at Presbyterian Hospital. Mr and Mrs EB James announce a son Vance Grayson. Mrs T J Cleary and Mrs Genevieveville depart for Denver. Wightman to spend holidays with son-in-law in Frankfort. V V Van Aiken to inspect engines in city. Miss Alice Brown ill attended duty at exemption board. Mrs M B Cleveland to spend winter in Los Angeles. Mr and Mrs John Wagner and daughter Phylis visiting M J Pommer. Dr Harry Pinkerton and family return to Buffalo after Christmas visit. Mrs F T OBrien en route to Excelsior Springs. George Corey and Charles Strayer collide. minor damages. Temperature 19 below with brisk wind. Carl Stoddard to begin duties at Hotel Ellis Jan 1. Ellsworth Shook party visiting Frank Balensiefer home. F W Brownson receives letter from son Jesse S Brownson in England mentioning cabbages. Lang families return from Sumner after Christmas reunion. men return to Waterloo.
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C. L. Chambers
Detroit
Mich
Haseen
Vance Grayson
T. J. Cleary
Mis. Geneivievelle
Denver
Cole
FW. Wightman
Lake Preston
Frankfort
Carl Stoddard
Ellis
Stoddard
Allison
Cedar Rapids
Ellsworth Shook
Merl
John Cameron
Frank Balensiefer
Mulberry Street
F. W. Brownson
Newell Street
Jesse S. Brownson
168Th Infantry
England
E. J. Lang
W. C. Lang
Sumner
H. J
Rev
Waterloo
Mexicans Kill One Slayer of Ranchers
Washington December 28 At least one Mexican involved in the killings of Lee Sharp and Clarence Sellers near Piedras Negras has been shot by Mexican government troops The American consul reported to the state department The consul said government troops shot one Mexican December 26 and arrested three others one of whom was being sent to Piedras Negras The men confessed they murdered the Americans and were on a cattle stealing expedition when Sharp intervened
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Washington, D. C
Lee Sharp
Clarence Sellers
Piedras Negras
State Department
Sharp
Canada Must Raise Half Billion for War
In the next fiscal year Canada must raise 500 million dollars for war purposes in addition to 150 to 175 million for ordinary government needs. Public Works Minister F B Carvell said Britain seeks munitions and food, but Canada must finance itself and cannot borrow from Britain or the United States. He noted further drastic prohibitions may be enacted weekly.
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St. John
SN. B
Canada
F. B. Carvell
Britain
United States
Garrell
Price Raised for Des Moines Coal to 5.75 a Ton
Des Moines reports Federal Administrator Garfield raised Des Moines coal retail price to 5.75 per ton from 5.15. Charles Webster, Iowa fuel administrator, received telegraphic confirmation from Washington. A new member, John D. Thompson of Cedar Falls, qualified as county supervisor, taking oath today before County Auditor J. J. Rainbow.
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Des Moines
Charles Webster
Iowa
Washington Today
Garfield
John D. Thompson
Cedar Falls
Americans may transfer from French service to US forces
Paris Dec 28 American volunteers serving in any branch of the French army may hereafter apply to any American camp and secure transfer to the United States army, a circular circulating in the French army today states. The Herald reports the measure as now going rounds among French forces.
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Paris
United States Army
Herald
Earthquake Routs Guatemala City Deaths Rise Quickly
Washington dispatch reports a massive Guatemala City quake destroying property and leaving 10 to 40 dead. Shocks began Christmas morning and continued through night as the American legation and consulate sustained damage, with hundreds of dwellings ruined and communications disrupted while foreigners were said safe.
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Washington, D.C
Guatemala City
Diplomatic Corps
Baby Dies in Boiler Water After Fall at Home
Viola Shadle, 1 year old daughter of Oran Shadle of Ogden Ja, fell from a high chair into a boiler of hot water and was instantly killed. I B Jolls grocery and meat market at 319 Edwards street was burglarized last night with $7 in cash and several dollars of merchandise taken. Broad hounds traced a party to a negro family home but the sheriff did not pursue a warrant and the matter was dropped. A New Year's Eve dance was given by T Will Court Ben Burin at Seash hall with six piece orchestra.
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Boone
Viola
Oran Shadle
Ogden
I. B. Jolls
Edwards Street
T Will Court Ben Bur
Seash Hall
Shervill
President Wilson 61st Birthday Observed Without Ceremony
Washington December 28 President Wilson marks his sixty first birthday amid wartime duties with no White House celebration planned The president continues his demanding daily routine as railroads have been taken over and government work intensifies his public duties remain uninterrupted.
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Washington, D. C
Wilson
White House
IB Bandits Are Killed In Chase By U S Troopers
Marfa Texas December 28 Troopers under Col Guoy Y Langhorne killed eighteen bandits, wounded many, and drove the rest into the Mexican mountains after a raid on the Brite ranch store and post office. Civilians were killed and the district settled to a quiet night after hours of alert duty along the Rio Grande.
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U.S
Marfa
Tex
Brite Ranch
Col
Guo.y. Langhorne
Rio Grande
Caidera
Méunania
Bis Bend
Pershing's Men Supplied Clothing and Equipment
Senate military committee heard Maj. Gen Wright and Maj. Gen Greble report on Pershing's forces and national army cantonments. They described equipment, ordnance, clothing and other supplies issued at Camps Doniphan and Bowis after returning from the French front. Their executive session testimony outlined logistics and supply status for American forces.
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Washington, D. C
Clerical Shortages in War Supplies Slated to Improve
A wartime report notes ample supply of ordnance and clothing for American forces, with heavy artillery borrowed from allies. It cites a deficiency in accoutrement, especially materiel, and states Secretary Baker replied that conditions improved after belated shipments arrived and corrective steps were taken to address shortages.
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Mator Crucis
Baker
War Department
Woman Attempts Suicide By Carbolic Acid Burns
Mrs Nellie Schuler aged about 30 swallowed carbolic acid in her room at 1001 Commercial Street. Her throat and face were badly burned, friends tried to wrest the bottle away, medical aid arrived promptly, she is now at St Prancis Hospital. Her husband is believed to be in Canada.
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Nellie Schuler
St. Pranct= hospital
Schul
Nine year old seeks damages for finger injury
Freda Krueger 9 sues for 1062 dollars after dislocating the index finger of her right hand and tearing ligaments when she fell from a toboggan at Dotson and Kerwin store. She was taking piano lessons and hoped to teach music as a livelihood, claiming the finger is permanently stiffened.
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Freda Krueger
Dotson & Kerwin
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