Senator Johnson Pushes Government Rail Ownership Plan
Washington Calif Senator Johnson urges permanent government ownership of railroads rather than continuation of government control after the war, opposing private return and favorable compensation terms. He cites broken down rails, argues a single directed head is needed, and condemns watered stock and unjust payouts to rail executives.
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Washington, D. C
Senator Johnson
California
Senate
Johnson
Calfornia
Cummins
United States
Mortality notices from Waterloo area include Jacobson Carr and Meharry deaths
Deaths reported for Vincent Christian Jacobson born 1913 Waterloo died at 4 a m at his aunt 132 Logan Ave funeral 2:50 p m Wednesday at 132 Logan Ave to Fairview cemetery Rev BE Emrich. Herbert Edward Carr 1906 Cedar Rapids died at home measles funeral 2 a m Thursday Central Christian church Rev G J Sherriff burial Fairview. Katherine Meharry 70 Waterloo died at 11:20 last night survived by three sons two daughters moved to O'Keefe & Towne mortuary for burial in Oelwein. Charles Nason death noted at Mitchell SD formerly Waterloo relative of Nauman family details unavailable. Milton Edmund Wagner funeral 2 p m Wednesday at Willeman & Gindt chapel Burt, burial Fairview.
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Vincent Christian Jacobson
Bartlett
Logan Avenue
Nels Jacobson
Waterloo
Fairview Cemetery
BE. Emrich
Logan Avenue United Evangelical Church
Herbert I. Carr
Herbert Edward Carr
C. EB. Carr
Rath Street
Cedar Rapids
Petersen Bros
Central Christian Church
G. J. Sherrffl
Fairview
Katherine
Charles Nason
Mitchell
Nason
C. H
Two Men Will Not Come Back From Waterloo Quota
Two men assigned to the Waterloo quota for Camp Dodge will miss. William H. F. Youngman of Secord Michigan is rejected for physical disability. Seth D. Fetcherville of Murrayville Illinois is granted induction and counted in Waterloo but will travel from Jacksonville to camp. Other registrants obtain mobilization permissions while remaining near home for numerical credit. A special train leaves Great Western depot at 12:30 Saturday. exemptions report Friday at 2:20 p.m. for instructions.
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Weterloo
Camp Dodge
William H. F. Youngman
Secord
Mich
Secord Committee
Seth D. Fethervile
Murrayville
Jacksonville
Morgan County
Waterloo
Joan Edward Hruska
Malta
Mont
Wilton Adam Crochet
Kew Iberia
Great Western
Bors
Two Killed and Twenty Injured in East Chicago Steel Plant Blast
Two men were killed and twenty injured by a nighttime explosion at the Republic Iron and Steel plant in East Chicago. One man is missing. The blast occurred in tubular boilers and batteries, wrecking the mill and shattering windows for blocks. Damage extended to Hammond area.
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Hammond
Ind
Republic Iron and Stert Company
East Chicago
Great Slow to Fall on Britton MT
Morale at the highest place on the western front remains high as German forces prepare a major offensive. Allies anticipate a decisive blow while German civilians and soldiers brace under strain. Officials warn battles may be bloodier yet mark the start of the end for Prussian military might.
Funeral for Vernon Castle Held at Transfiguration Church
Private military funeral for Captain Vernon Castle of the Royal Flying Corps, killed in a Fort Worth airplane accident, was conducted at the Transfiguration Church in New York. Rev. Dr. G D Houghton and Chaplain H L Shipman officiated as Rural Fire Detachment carried the casket. Pallbearers were Royal Flying Corps officers.
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New York
Miltary
Vernon Castle
Royal Firing Carps
Fort Worth
Tex
Church of the Transfiguration
G D. Houghton
H. L. Shipman
Veteran of 73 Sent Home From Front in Britain Era
Kingston Ontario report notes J W Boucher of the Canadian Railway Battalion, aged 73, sent home from France as too old to fight after eight months in combat. A Civil War veteran with the Twenty third Michigan Volunteers, he was praised by King George after Buckingham Palace audience for courage and endurance.
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Kingston
Ontario
Buckingham Palace
Lloyd George Explains Army Changes in Commons
Premier Lloyd George told the House of Commons the government aims to retain Gen Sir William Robertson as chief of staff while aligning with allied policy. He described a central inter allied authority with executive powers and noted Versailles principles, though the initial council of chiefs of staff proposal was dropped as impractical.
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London
Lloyd George
House of Commons
William Robertson
Great Britain
Versailles
Supreme War Council
Staf
Western Trotting Ass'n Announces $135000 Purses
Chicago Feb. 19 Western Trotting association stewards outline a season with total purses of 135000 across eight meetings from July 21 to Sept 21. Schedule includes La Harpe Burlington Sedalia Springfield Des Moines St Paul Milwaukee and Peoria with varied purses. W H Smellinger reelected secretary and H J Curtin named president.
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Chicago
Great Western Trotting Association
la Harps
Burlington
Sedalia
Afo
Springfeld
Des Moines
Tay
Stamline
Mion
Milwaukee
Wis
Peoria
Ill
W. H. Smellinger
Hillsdale
H. J. Curtin
Decorah
Divorces Filed by Derrick and Markham Couples
Mary Derrick sues Melvin Derrick and Marguerite Markham sues John Markham. Both unions are long standing and the couples have grown children with separate homes. Derrick alleges neglect of old age and an encumbered inheritance. Markham seeks alimony of 15 dollars weekly and custody of a two year old daughter. she claims her husband can earn forty dollars weekly.
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Mary Derrick
Melvin I. Derrick
Marguerite C. Markham
John M. Markham
Derricks
Markhaws
Cedar Falls
Grace M B Sunday School Elects New Officers
Grace M B church Sunday school officers were chosen after a board meeting. E H Wyant retires as superintendent. Guy M Lee elected as his successor. Other posts include F J Miller assistant superintendent and several department superintendents led by Anna Meader and Jennie Brainard. Claude R Miller named secretary and treasurer. Passenger rate hike set for southeast railroads.
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Grace M. B. Church
E. H. Wyant
Guy M. Lee
F. J. Miller
F. J. Elghmey
Anna Meader
Anna Davnbaugh
Home Department
Charles Bratton
Charles Cavanaugh
J. HH. Weideman
Jennie Brainard
S. B. Reed
Gladys Bruckner
Claude R. Miller
City in Brief: Local News Roundup and Notices
City items report trips to New York and Hampshire, illness recoveries, and new Y M C A amusements. Local police and delinquency notes include a pair arrested for alcohol possession and a runaway boys’ school escape. Officials note postponements of civil service exams and a trip to Independence for a court case. Three one act plays are scheduled at the Community theatre February 18 to 20.
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John Wilhelm
New York City
Tom. Balsh
Henry Balsh, Jr
West
Wellington
H. A. Banks
Hampshire
Harlas Chamberlain
George Goodwin
Patroloon
J. C. Beem
Police Court
Independence
Stumma
Ed. C. Stumma
Jesup
Judge Beem
Knights and Ladies of Security Meeting Opens with Talk
Knights and Ladies of Security will convene at the Labor temple Wednesday at 7 30 p m for initiation exercises followed by a patriotic program and dancing A speaker Georges EB Pike will address the gathering on Patriotism and Fraternity.
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Knights and Ladies of Security
Labor Temple
Cliss
Georges EB. Pike
Britain United States draft treaty signed in Washington
In Washington on February 19 the United States and Great Britain signed a military draft treaty. The pact allows the US to draft British subjects aged 20 to 45 in the United States and Britain to draft American citizens aged 21 to 31 in its jurisdiction. A parallel convention with Canada is also being negotiated and signed.
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Washington, D. C
Great Britain
United States
Earl Reading
Washington
State Department
Canada
Invasion Flares as Ukrainians Hold Odessa Port
Reports from Odessa describe intense three day fighting with Ukrainians laying siege to the railway station and harbor actions by ships. Ukrainian forces reportedly surrendered at Nikolayev, while Poles in Bobruisk declare martial law and civilians yield arms amid fierce clashes near Glubok station.
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Berdichev
Odessa
Eighth Army Corps
Nikolayev
Bobruisk
Gloubok
Zvereff
Don
Germany
GAM
London
Great Russia
Brest Litovsk
Russia
Ukraine
Drinsk
Amsterdam
Berlin
Petrograd
Rada
Vorwärts takes pling at Von Tirpitz in Essen
Amsterdam February 15 report in the German Socialist paper Vorwärts describes Admiral von Tirpitz addressing a Fatherland party meeting in Essen. He claims no German incitement for war, denounces British mammonism and capitalism, praises public spirit, and rails against American and English trust magnates amid mention of the Krupp Works in Essen.
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Amsterdam
Y Vorwaerts
Admiral von Tirpitz
Fatherland Party
Essen
von Tirpitz
Germany
America
Ingland
Krupp
Bolshevik Food Dictator Appointed in Petrograd
In a dark hour the Bolshevik foreign minister Leon Trotsky is named food dictator with unlimited authority. The report notes Mogilev seized by Polish troops and a Bolshevik commander’s rout, while Polish officers are held for trial for resisting disarmament of a Polish uhlan regiment.
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Byis
Trotzky
Petrograd
Leon Trotzky
London
Deniels
Mohilev
Kryienka
Reuter
Eight Sailors Injured in Cruiser Montana Explosion
Eight men were injured in an explosion of a cartridge case during target practice on the cruiser Montana. The navy department report provided two details and withheld the names of the injured sailors.
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Montana
Washington, D. C
Navy Department
Traffic May Be Normal Before Middle of March
Washington Feb 19 Gradual clearing up of congestion on eastern railways was indicated to Director General McAdoo. If the next two or three weeks show similar progress as last week traffic will be restored to normal before mid March. Weather may interrupt progress. twelve trains of grain and meats started eastward from Chicago and midwestern terminals and twelve more were assembled for movement tomorrow or Wednesday.
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Washington, D. C
Eastern Railways
McAdoo
Chicago
Nelson Morris confronts unions over wage inquiry
Testimony shows Nelson Morris defending company pay against union demands while arguing laborers’ rent and living costs. He asserts workers’ wages and government standards, clashes arise over pay adequacy and labor conditions, with Morris defending profits and management practices.
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Nelson Morris
Packer Questions Correctness of Industry Hours Figures
The packer questioned the figures for hours and said a 10 hour day suits the industry better than the $-hour day. He would leave the matter to the arbitrator, noting the main objection would be lower output and higher product price.
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Packer
Morris
Birth Notices for Humphrey Micon Bruce and Bheffler Families
To Mr and Mrs Humphrey Micon 1927 Franklin a son born February 14. To Mr and Mrs Olile Bruce a daughter born February 18. To Mr and Mrs Archie Bheffler Big Greek township a son born February.
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Humphrey Micon
Franklin, Son
Olile Bruce
Archie Bheffler
Greek Township
Nervous disorders touted as nerve tonics via blood nourishment
An article promoting Dr Williams Pink Pills as a cure for nervous breakdown and neurasthenia. It features a Cleveland real estate figure Mr D L Lucas who credits the pills with restoring mobility, vigor, and appetite. The piece emphasizes non alcoholic content, broad health benefits, and offers the pills for 80 cents a box with six for $2.50.
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D. L. Lucas
Cleveland
Ohio
Schenectady
N. Y
Williams
Roundup of Men Who Made False Affidavits
Cedar Rapids Feb 19 Government agents today began rounding up from the northern district of Iowa young men accused of misrepresenting themselves in answering questionnaires. Fitts were apprehended today and many more will be taken into custody. Charges allege some claimed to be farmers with dependents they did not have. The government said it would not prosecute those who waive exemption claims and enlist immediately.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Naval Officer Dutton Dies in Colorado
Lieut Commander Robert M. Dutton US Navy retired died in Colorado Springs from tuberculosis contracted in Belgium while aiding Hoover in Belgium relief work. Funeral planned in San Francisco.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
Robert M. Dutton
United States Navy
Belgium
Herbert Co. Hoover
Belgium Relief Commission
Slig Homes
San Francisco
Allies Demand Ressa Pay Debt With Germany Treaty
In Tetrngrad Feb 15 Bolshevik repudiation of national debt drew protests by allied and neutral diplomats. Foreign Minister Trotzky told the central executive committee that the protest among all labor representatives signals an understanding with German imperialists. He described the protest as joining the ranks of international imperialists.
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Tetrngrad
Trotzky
All Russian Workmen's and Sahiers
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