Final quota of national army to camp Camp Dodge
Approximately 650 drafted men entrained for Camp Dodge Des Moines. Waterloo contributed 25 men and Black Hawk County 58 with the rest from Fayette Buchanan Delaware Bremer Floyd Winnebago and Mitchell counties. A special Chicago Great Western train carried the group to Cedar Falls junction where they joined others for the convoy. Waterloo’s 25 marched in a parade led by the military band.
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National Army
Camp Dodge
Des Moines
Waterloo
Black Awd
Fayette
Buchanan
Delaware
Bremer
Floyd
Winreshick
Itehell
Chicago Great Western
Jelwem
Aligois Central
Manchester
Independence
Hesa
Wateroo
Osage
Harles Citys
Waverly
Decorah
Oelwein Company
Cave
Black Hawk County
Cedar Falls Junction
Isheare
Charles City
Russell-Lamson
Waerloo
Ellis
Sjerman G. Kopel
Kopel
Hartly
Altho
P. &. Ritz
Harry Mr. Perkins
Waterloo Military Band
Fourth Street
Commercial
Fifth
Ellis Hotel
Vito Tenerelli
Charles George
J.C. DeVoe
Lewis Glockner
M. E. Meserve
Fort Riley
Kaw
Cadillac Army
Morris Motor Car I Company
Cedar Falls
Iowa
George Stokes
R. R
Everett W. Spafford
Plainfield
Arthur King Brown
Canton
Floyd Drumomond
Quirt
Howard Corrin
Corrin
Thousands bid Black Hawk soldiers godspeed to Camp Dodge
Cedar Falls area soldiers from Black Hawk county depart for Camp Dodge amid a large crowd of spectators. The 58 men from the county and 1146 total for the county boards service are accompanied by suitcases blankets and personal items. A banquet at G A R hall honored the registrants with remarks from local officials and a salute to Cedar Falls aviation officer Duane Corning before departure.
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G. A. R. Hall
Cedar Falls
Dubuque Pauses as 118 Soldiers Paraded to Camp Dodge
In Dubuque on February 23 business paused as 118 drafted men marched downtown before boarding trains to Camp Dodge. A 600 strong ROTC cadet escort from Dubuque College led by a 42 piece military band topped the pageantry, with 250 Boy Scouts, veterans, and other groups joining. One hundred and one men from Dubuque County joined later at Dyersville.
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Dubuque
Camp Dodge
Reserve Officers’ Training Corps
Dubuque College
County
Dyersville
Germany Suppresses August Strike in Munitions Factories
Amsterdam reports details from the Journal of the German Metal Workers on the ruthless suppression of a failed general strike in German munitions factories last August. In Brunswick martial law was imposed and both men and women strikers were imprisoned, with official commentary predicting slow recovery of labor.
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Amsterdam
Germany
Brunswick
Non Sinkable Ship on Trial Voyage
The former Austrian steamer Yaucia sailed from Gulf Port with cargo aboard. It features a new non sinkable system and over 2,000 airtight and watertight cells. The inventor claims the ship remains afloat even if torpedoed.
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Yaucia
Second Army Draft Expected in April Says War Dept
Washington officials say no fixed date yet for the second national army draft but all signs point to April or, at latest, May. Supplies for the troops will be ready in April with housing a key question. Housing arrangements include using existing camps and cantonments with potential additions, and possibly national guard camps. Officials are studying these options but have not decided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
War Department
National Army
National Guard
President issues decree to raise wheat price demand
President actions prompt debate as a decree seeks higher wheat prices while Congress weighs a bill to raise farmer incomes. Key figures and institutions tied to the policy fight include the presidency and legislative branch as the nation faces agricultural price shifts.
Compulsory Food Saving Urged Due to Critical Situation
Washington February 24 1918 reports indicate wheat prices may rise under food control law with possible new minimums or higher by presidential proclamation. The House Agricultural Committee urged compulsory conservation while praising voluntary efforts and noting imports and distribution issues amid plans for rationing in districts.
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Whellington
D. C
Harry A. Garfield
Congress
Washington, D. C
Houas Agricultural Commites
Alto
McAdoo
Railroad Administration
Rastern Iines
Europe
Senate probes German American alliance charter
Hearings opened by the Senate judiciary committee to revoke the charter of the German American Alliance. Proponents of the bill labeled the group unpatriotic and a tool of pan Germanism. Ohlinger criticized the alliance for not promoting American ideals and warned continued activity would consolidate German influence in the United States.
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Washington
DC. C
Senate Judiciary Committee
King of
United States
Austria
United Sta
Ohlinger
America
Waiser
C 1
Hexamer
Alliance
Order of the Fourth Order of the Red Eagle
Bultur
Clarksville Man's Arms Mangled in Corn Sheller
Clarkeville Ta February 22 Special Alber Deny probably will lose both arms as the result of a terrible accident on the Oscar Copeland farm south of here shortly before noon today. He was helping shell corn when both hands were drawn into the machine. His arms were terribly lacerated. He was rushed to the hospital at Waverly. It is feared he will lose his right arm at the shoulder and his left arm at the elbow.
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Clarkeville
Alber Denny
Oscar Copeland
Here
Tie
Waverly
American aid society formed in Liverpool for officers
English and American women in Liverpool organized an American aid society to provide social diversion for naval and military officers stationed there. A program of teas dances and entertainments has been mapped out.
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Liverpool
Sea Captain Brav es Rocks to Escape Sub
An Italian liner the Dante Alighieri dodged submarines in the Mediterranean after wireless warnings. The master steered through a narrow channel to reach the Spanish coast, evacuating steerage passengers to the decks as life belts and boats were readied, while three ships in the convoy were sunk.
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Anu Athuite
Mediterranean
Dante Aligaieri
Ten thousand drafted men head to Camp Dodge from Iowa and Minnesota
Camp Dodge Iowa Feb 23 final increments of the selective draft from Iowa and Minnesota began reporting at Camp Dodge. Mobilization will complete in five days with about 15 000 men. Minnesota quota 8 600 and Iowa 6 200. New soldiers will be quarantined two weeks with no leaves or access to YMCA buildings or Liberty theatre. Contingents arrive from Black Hawk Dubuque Union Wapello Scott Johnson Jasper Waterloo and other districts.
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Camp Dodge
Iowa
Minnesota
Gol. R. P. Howell
Liberty Theatre
Black Hlawk
Dubuque
Union
Wapello
Scott
Johnson and Jasper
Waterloo
Day
Four Men Die in Mine Explosion at Springfield Hine
Four men were killed in a mine explosion at the Citizens Gas Company in Springfield Hine at 4 am. Three others escaped uninjured. Victims Ray Hiner Henry Welchel Thomas Reilly and Earnest Cox were shot firers buried in the blast. Minimal damage to mine. Chicago school plans 3,000 acre garden expansion for 1923.
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Springfield
Fil
Citizens‘gas Company
Ray Hiner
Henry Welchel
Thomas Reilly
Earnest Cox
Invasion Controversy Rages as German advance widens
Berlin announces German forces push toward Walk Latvia as Petrograd faces crisis with diplomats prepared to depart if Germans threaten the city. Francis reports U S diplomats may move inland with Bolsheviks, while allies vow aid. Guerrilla war feared as Berlin shifts to peace talks in Bucharest. Petrograd calm noted amid upheaval.
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Berlin
Walk
Inlavonia
Riga
Charman
Francis
Washington, D. C
Francia
State Department
Petrograd
Deressary
Russia
Klav- Ir
von Kuahlmann
Bucharest
Leon Trotzky
Dyinsk
Baltic
Dvinsk
Gulf of Finland
Minsk
Beresina
Napoleon
Moscow
Red Guards
London
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Black Hawk
Great Western Station
Hoy Clinton Lee
Des
Moines
Ralph Marshall
Barclay
J. N. Ostergaard
Washington, _ OH
EB. Bishop
Forent
A. BE. Reiff
Grant WW. H. Coffin
Teamgier
Sycamore
Spencer
Oj. Swartz
la Parte
HH. A. Hanson
Black Hawk. Co. & Fall
Brookfield
Diu
Vwewis E. Gewry
Mulberry
Harry M. Perkins
Eighth Street
Tony H. Fleitfer
Fowler
Elmer
Togerson
Lowa
David M. Christensen
Eleventh Street
Edward W. Parsons
Sir Lafayette
Lynn M. Elvett
Park Road
William W. Barclay
Hammond
Burton L. Shafer
Black Hawk Road
Horace
Smith
Logan
Fred H. Thies
Herman C. Kopel
Irving
Charles E. Walker
Center
Charles J. Shaffner
First Street
Jack N. Bassavear
Seventh Street
William C.leonard
Elm
Blackhawk
Niels Peter Hansen
Bred W. Gutknecht
Jay E. Carr
la Porte City
Charles John Cavanaugh
Buckingam
Starry F. Bangert
M. Riggle
Hugh de Wolf Mullarky
Ruben Harold Miller
Dalton H. Gnngey
Reinhard Pump
Ua Porte City
William Howard Whisler
Holrauntt
Joseph Carroll
Raymond
John Lawrence O'Connell
Riaymond
Arthur Effison Burnell
Emil Earnest Weberking
James Henry Gaffney
William H. McQuilkin
Ja Porte
City
William Homer Veatch
Earl John Hughes
Eerie Marshal
Floyd McKinley Fidsill
la Porte
Bert A. Blakeman
Jesup
Joseph Jungen
Loyde Falbot Plummer
Sylvester Geo. Vogel
Ed Kubik
Hudson
Thorrval Hansen
John Geo. Lottich
Charles August Schwanke
Jessie James Fordyce
Thom
Fordyce Earl Jones
William John Miller
Carl Frank Stubenranch
Gilbertville
Richard Virtier
Bates
William Thomas Berry
Christian T. Niseon
Wayne K. Snaber
Emery Leo Myers
Peter Nicholas Gales
Artemus William Lange
Ralph PF. Blough
Robert N. Jackson
William C. Sage
R. 3
Andrew Rejes
Thorvald Michelson
Theodora Stuckart
R. J. Raymond
Franklin Shepard Jewell
Fred Shaffer
Earl Gilbertson
W. R
J. R. Newman
LeClair Martin
F. N. Mead
L. E. Bladine
Duane Corning
National Army, Aviation Corps
France
Corning
Cotton and Empress Theatres
Exemption Board
Carl
David McGee
Dunkerton
Mountain Grove
Dunkerton Red Cross
MclGee
House Committee
Senate
Kaiser Tool
Yeur
Clarksville
Jackies
Hine
Chicago
Dudley Grant Hays
San Felice
Red Guard
Teutons
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