Fine Old Ypres Mass of Debris and War's Devastation
K Walter reports from a winter British front tour detailing Ypres ruined and desolate. He describes passable arterial routes filled with supplies, roadwork under fire, and shell-scarred Cloth Hall. The piece contrasts wartime destruction with memories of civic grandeur and ponders postwar rebuilding and German ruthlessness.
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K. Walter
London
Ypres
Poperinghe
Endle Mator
Passchendaele Ridge
Iig
Somme
Middle West
France
Europe
Germany
Belgium
Plaat
Ar- Tas
City in Brief Y MLC A Building and Local Notices
City in brief items report a building on end 4th Street, a student thrift talk at the high school, a scarlet fever quarantine at 127 Alta Vista avenue, and various local incidents. Navy recruits from the district, a minor accident near Fulda, and local travel by families are noted.
Three L train collisions injure score. 16 year old in peril
Fog causes three Met elevated and interurban train crashes in Chicago. On Humboldt Park branch twenty injured including a 14 year old girl possibly fatally. Douglas Park branch collision injures two. Avventura High Line Elmhurst crash hospitalizes three others.
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Chicago
Humboldt Park
Douglas Park
Avvfora
Highn
Elmhurst
Wilk Situation in Chicago Improves
Feb 7 report says smaller milk dealers near normal supply while large distributors receive about half. State Food Administrator Wheeler away, officials say no word from federal headquarters on arrival of two officials who will set prices farmers receive for milk.
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Chicago
Wheeler Otr
Swift Case Before Judge Landis in Meats Inquiry
The Swift & Co case before Judge Landis continued as United States Attorney Fleming argued the government’s legal grounds for a search of Verder’s vaults. The warrant for Francis J. Heney and the Federal Trade Commission was claimed valid, while Fleming charged Swift & Co. with price manipulation and illegal record falsification in war-time procurement.
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Vhivago
Landis
Efort
Alain
Swift & Co
J. B. Fleming
United States
Pleming
Francis J. Heney
Federal Trade Commission
Verder
Avery
Fleming
Lideral
Wre Commission
Ita Insesticauoen
Rath Packing sets hog delivery record with sled haul
Rath Packing company received a record 857 hogs in one day as farmers Black Hawk and Hremer brought in stock on sleds. The firm paid about 30.09 percent for the swine, equating to roughly fat wagonloads. The event marked the largest single day purchase from farmers in Rath County history.
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Rath Packing Company
Black Hawk
Hremer County
Tuscania Sinking Leads to 210 Lives Lost at Sea
London reports the Tuscania, an Anchor Line troopship, torpedoed off the Irish coast while carrying American troops. About 2,397 aboard with 210 feared dead, 2,187 saved, including 78 U.S. officers and 1,986 enlisted men. Rescue efforts span Buncrana Lough Swilly and Larne ports. survivors reached Islay Scotland. British and American officials coordinate aid for the injured and rescued.
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Navty
Thia
Wohille
War
Navy Departments
Ouick Rhee
State Department
War Depmrtment
Buncrana
Larne
Lough Swilly
Donegal
Londonderry
Larna
Antrhin
Belfast
Ireland
Hungrsth
London
War Department
Ambassador Page
American Red Cross
M.C. A
Altho
Antilles
France
Europe
Franca
Supreme War Council
Gen. Pershing
Navy Department
Navy
Cos Red Choss
Fel
Het Cross
Edgar H. Wells
Smith
Ania
Placiol
Presentaives
HHO
Washington
Islay
Scotland
Snd
Nesby
Admiralty
Washington, D. C
Twentieth Engineers
Foresters
Tustania
W A. Mitchell
Regular Army
Harry 8. Graves
United States Department of Agriculture
Hautensat Colonal
Tuscania
American Forestry Association
Ghting
Hospitala
Yo M. Co A
J. 1S. Henderson
United States
U.S
Craw
New York
Peter McLean
Great Britain
Cunards Line
Anchorine
Calendonia
Cameronia
Transylvania
California
Peb
Praln
Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
Michigan
D. C
Tuccania
Lansing Mortuary Farewell for E. Do Lansing
Mortuary notes Lansing age 113, died at 4 43 p m yesterday after long illness. Born June 15 1831 Syracuse N Y. moved via Chicago Freeport and Minneapolis to Waterloo in 1875. Widow Cerelda and two sons C T and H A survive along with siblings and many grandchildren and great grandchildren. George Wallace Helser infant son of F P Heiser died at St Francis hospital. Services Saturday 10 a m at O Keefe Towne chapel Rev Henry Mueller to officiate. Burial Fairview.
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E. DO. Lansing
Waterloo
Mr. Lansing
Syracuse
Chicago
Freeport
Til
Minnzeapolis
Cerelda Luflom
C. T
H. A
B. L. Edwards
Lyda Barton
A. J. Lansing
Plains
Mont
E. Ellsworth
Olympia
Wash
George Wallace Helser
F.P. Heiser
St. Francis Hospital
O'Keefe & Towne
Henry Mueller
Fairview
20,000,000 Pounds of Jap Brans Seized on Coast
San Francisco February 7 reports state twenty million pounds of Japanese beans valued at 2,060,060 to 3,006,000 dollars have been commandeered on the Pacific coast for the Navy Department. It notes remarks by IT. Clay Miller, coast member of the committee on beans, division of coordination of purchases of the United States food administration. Also announces a committee named by M. J. Hawman to select permanent offers for the Sergilea league, with members El W. Miller, C. Morris, Louis Frank, and Mrs J. B. Boles. The committee to meet at 4 p.m. in the Y. M. C. A. LD.
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San Francisco
Pacific Coast
Navy Department
Clay Miller
Committee On Heans
Division of Co-Ordination
United States Food Administration
M. J. Hawman
Sergilea League
C. Morris
Louis Frank
J. B. Boles
Y. M. GC. AL
Intiar
Conductor Dies While Bringing In Train on Served Road
Chicago Feb 7 Nicholas Admiral 68 formerly an engineer then conductor with Chicago Eastern Titanis railroad died while bringing his train into Chicago yesterday He served 44 years in the railroad industry and was born in Holland coming to this country as a boy.
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Chicago
Nicholas Admiral
Chicago & Eastern Titanis Railroad
Holland
Bolshevik Decree Targets Polish Legion in Russian Army
Reports say Bolshevik forces capture rail links at See and Amur, seizing arms as anti Bolshevik momentum grows. Ensign Krylenko orders cut off supplies to Polish legions and proclaims their commander an outlaw, urging Bolshevik officers to submit to democratized rule. Petrograd faces worse conditions as distrust of paper money rises and real currency vanishes.
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Etal An See
Amur
Petrograd
Krylenko
Dovhoro Mousnitzky
Hila
Kerensky
Dutch Arguing Over Food Exports to Germany
Amsterdam dispatch reports a Dutch debate on whether Holland’s food exports keep Germany and Austria-Hungary in the war. C J K van Aalst argues removal of embargoes is vital for Holland. Prof J A van Hamel counters with revised totals showing exports would feed only about three and a half days for the combined German and Austro-Hungarian populations, once adjusted.
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Amsterdam
Holland
Germany
C. J. K. Varn Aalst
Netherlands
Oversea Trust
Wilson
Ententes
United States
J. A. van Hamel
Mr. van Aalst
Austria-Hungary
van Hamel
British Labor Leader Urges War Support
London February 7. Ta bor member of the war cabinet urges labor to remain steady for the final phases of the war for democracy. He warns that a defeat would eclipse democracy for generations and endanger children’s inheritance, denying false statements about labor meetings and alliance aims with Russia.
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London
N. Barnes
Tabor
War Cabinet
Labor
Russia
Iowa Retail Clothiers Elect State Officers
Des Moines Feb 7 Charles A Reno of Council Bluffs was elected president of the Iowa Retail Clothiers association at its annual convention closing session. Other officers chosen include W F Griner Dubuque first vice president Carl Evans West Des Moines second vice president Julius Berman Webster City treasurer and the secretary Joseph Wells Des Moines.
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Des Moines
Charles A. Reno
Council Bluffs
Iowa Retail Clothisers’ Association
W. F.griner
Dubugne
Carl Evans
West Utils
Julius Bermann
Webster City
Joseph Wells
Sister of Dead Greek Soldier to Receive Insurance
Cedar Falls reports Mae Staunopalous Greece 16 year old sister of Harry Stanopalous a member of the national army will receive 5000 dollars in insurance from the United States government. He secured the policy and named his sister beneficiary after his funeral.
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Cedar Falls
Mae Staunopalous
Greece
Harry Stanopalous
National Army
United States
German Spy Book Aired in Court
In Christiania a wartime espionage handbook titled Duties of the Espionage Service was produced as evidence in the Bergen spy case. The document outlines how German information agents recruit on ships, with pay scales and methods for using captains, mates, passengers, and neutral press contacts to gather naval and shipping data.
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Christiania
Bergen
Paasche
Scandinavia
England
France
Germany
Worry Over Income Tax Report Believed to Cause Suicide
Marshalltown Iowa Feb 7 Special Worry over reporting his income tax is believed to have driven C F Innes Dunbar a farmer near Dunbar to take his own life. Found by neighbors in a dying conflagration after a gunshot to the head, he died shortly after. He was about 55 years old.
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Marshalltown
C. F. Innes
Dunbar
Jones
State railway directors named soon
Washington D C Feb 7 States or local railroad directors will be appointed even in a number of communities of the congested east by Director General McAdoo. Many of these will be representatives of state public utilities commissions.
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Washington, D. C
McAdoo
Great War Work Done at Illinots Laboratories Urbana
Urbana February 7 The University of Illinois chemistry faculty three members twelve assistants and graduate students and 36 undergraduates have entered military service since the current academic year began. 129 chemistry department graduates or associates are in government service. Major Edward Bartow in the Sanitary Corps in France led chemistry professors enlisted. Dr W E Thran and Dr C J Engelder also enlisted. Roger Adams directs the notable organic chemical manufacture project started last June amid other important wartime work.
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Urbana
University of iMnois
Department of Chemistry
Edward Bartow
Sanitary Corps
France
W. E. Thran
Pr. C. J. Engelder
Roger Adams
Near Settlement Seen in St. Louis Street Car Strike
St Louis Mo Feb 7 Indications early today were that the street car strike would be settled before night. The company ran cars more often than any previous day while business interests urged United Railways to recognize the union. Workers would likely return to work to negotiate wage and hour demands or submit to arbitration. Overall service was reduced and little violence was reported last night.
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St. Louis
United Railways
Peach crop ruined by cold in southern Illinois
Prof. G H French reports to the Department of Agriculture from Carbondale Illinois that the recent cold weather has practically killed the peach crop in the large southern Illinois fruit-growing section for the coming season.
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Carbondale
Southern Illinois
G. H. French
Department of Agriculture
Judge Alschuler Named Arbitrator in Packers Dispute
Washington February 7 Judge Samuel Alschuler of Chicago was appointed arbitrator to settle wage and hour differences between the five major packing companies and their union employees.
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Alschuler
Packers
Washington, D. C
Samuel Alschuler
Chicago
British and Turks Agree to Exchange Prisoners
Berne January 16 British and Turkish delegates end negotiations with a satisfactory arrangement for prisoner exchange plus full inspection of camps. Turkey holds about 10 000 British prisoners and Britain 60 000 Turks. First exchange on Swiss soil will see 1 000 British prisoners for 1 500 Turks. A mixed Turkish British doctors commission will inspect all prisoners and govern future treatment.
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Berne
Turkey
Indiana
Great Britain
Bane Clearings and Instruments Recorded in Waterloo Week
Waterloo Clearing House reports week ending February 7 1918 total clearings 2 287 861 68 compared with 2 400 781 19 a year earlier and 2 033 960 95 in 1916 Deeds mortgages and chattel mortgage instruments recorded show weekly and previous week totals with figures for week ending February 6 7 1911 and 1913 plus yearly comparisons Licensing and other entries accompany the financial data.
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Black Hawk County Abstract Co
Waterloo Batee Clearings
Waterloo Clearing House Association
Wednessey
Socess
bSs
Nashua Elder John Crapset Dies After Lingering Illness
Nashua Feb 7 John Crapset a long respected citizen died at his home Monday after a prolonged illness from Brights disease and complications Aged 68 born in St Lawrence County NY came to town 67 years ago living on a farm near Nashua He is survived by his widow and daughters Mrs M A Kepple Inez of Nashua and Nettie Bates of Charles City Two sons preceded him in death The funeral was held at his home Wednesday at 2 20 p m with Rev Green in charge burial in Greenwood cemetery Also notes of local families and residents’ ailments and events appear in the week’s brief notices
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Nashua
John Crapset
Bright
St Lawrence County
N. Y
Tonia
M.A. Kkepple
Inez
Mew Nettie Bates
Charles City
Mr. Green
Greenwo Cemetery
Mes. S
Lawking
J. A . Mitchell
State University
Lawrence
Kan
J. A. Mitchell
Wrather-in- Daw
Dor. Norris
Burlington
Harold Ferris
Peabody, Kan
Cedar Falls
Norton Bloom
Bloom Manufacturing
Quilty
Trartwell Littig
Truman Putney
Camp Dodge
Iarold Carer
Carrville
Walter Bromley
Hix Farm
Charlesity
ther \ique
Dutch Steamer Arrives Under Spy Search Here
The Nieuw Amsterdam arrived at an Atlantic port with a spy search conducted on board for the first time in the port's history. Federal authorities barred pier access and began passenger and baggage examinations that could extend to tomorrow. Agents from the justice and treasury departments met the vessel, which brought about 900 passengers, amid uncertainty over any disclosures.
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Atlantic
Nieuw
Hne
Department of Justice
Treasury Department
America
Halifax
Kirkwall
Nieuw Amsterdam
Prominent women aid US YMCA in war service abroad
New York reports 154 American women have gone to France to aid Pershing’s expeditionary forces through the Y M C A. They provide social, educational, and religious support, acting as a home atmosphere for troops. Notable participants include Margaret Deland, Mrs. Vincent Astor, and Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt Jr.
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New York
France
Pershing
Uncle Sam
Army Y. M. C. A
America
Margaret Deland
Helena Richie
Iite
United States
Defense councils urged to recruit ship workers
Washington February 7 Director Gifford of the council of national defense urged chairmen of state defense councils to aid a campaign to enroll 250000 needed ship workers. He said reaching these workers and inspiring patriotic effort is the task of the state councils of defense.
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Washington, D. C
Gifford
The
Council of National Defense Today
State Defense Councils
State Councils of Defense
Stockholm Citizens Shun Cold Deft Salute Policy
Christianstad leaders say they will not remove head coverings during winter greetings. In a city paper notice they pledge to keep military salutes in public, asking others to respond likewise during the cold season.
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Stockholm
Christianstad
Greatest Danger Follows Grip in Stage of Illness
An ad urging to guard against grip complications notes the weakest time is recovery when infection can strike. It promotes Father John’s Medicine as a pure tonic free of narcotics, claims 60 years of success, and includes a testimonial from Mrs. Geo. Hunsberger of Reading, Pennsylvania.
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Father John
Geo. Hunsberger
Pike St
Reading
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