Austrian Strikes Strain Vienna Patrols and Food Crisis
Telegrams from Paris describe Austria Hungary as in crisis with fifty thousand workers on strike at arsenals and factories. Vienna’s burgomaster warns petators may fail after minister resignations. The Times reports remnants of worn regiments patrolled Vienna streets, public buildings guarded by cavalry as police fail to disperse gatherings. Food shortages loom with harvest collection to be state controlled and famine possible by late summer. Washington confirms extremely serious food situation in Austria with little relief expected before August or September.
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Paris
Switzerland
Austria-Hungary
Arsenal
Vulcan Fretories
Worschalowsky
Vienna
London
the Times
Hagua
Times
Austria
Germany
Hungary
Vienna Neue Freie Presse
Copenhagen
Arbeiter Zeitung
Vienna Workers Council
Bays
Manifesta
Washington, D. C
State Department
United States
Xeeye
Y M C A Campaign Aims for Iowa Help This Fall
A campaign to raise funds for the Y M C A will launch in Iowa this fall with a house to house effort. J T Houser reports the national drive will use state quotas based on the third liberty loan, and 4 000 additional workers are to be recruited for overseas service. The plan includes replacing Y M C A huts destroyed in the German offensive and international support funds.
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Y. MC. A
Iowa
J. T. Houser
Chicago
Towa
Houser
International Association
France
Official War News From Front Lines Report
The communique notes improved American positions northwest of Chateau Thierry and artillery action in the Woëvre Vosges and nearby regions. Paris says the battle status remains unchanged with infantry engagements paused, Austrian forces gathering in mountain-front areas, and small prison counts with Allied casualties in Villers-Bretonneux and Strazeele sectors. French raids near Belloy and Montdidier repulsed, with a post southeast of St Maur and limited prisoner gains reported.
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Dane Bing
Chateau Thierry
Woevre
Vosges
Orlando
Rome
Adle
London
Flanders
Villers-Bretonneux
Strazeele
Belloy
Montdidier
War Office
Upper
Alsace
Inpper Alsace
St. Maur
Relioy
Red Cross drive reports over thirteen thousand pledged
More than $13,000 was pledged in the Red Cross campaign on the first day and part of the second, with about $6,500 in cash. Some 3,000 pledge cards were turned in at headquarters between 8 a.m. and 10 p.m. A 20‑person clerical force worked at the Fowler building, with sixteen girls volunteering yesterday and many more today to complete data. Service league sergeants labored hard, some up to 50 hours, and less than half of 460 outside workers reported initially. The league aims to finish canvassing all areas tomorrow and plans final reports by Tuesday forenoon. Waterlon’s quota is $27,000.
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Red Cross
Chas
Simmons
Servies League
Fowler Building
Service League
Waterlon
Dr House to Speak in Waterloo in Patriot Talk
Dr House will deliver "Over the Top With Uncle Sam" at Westminster Presbyterian church in the morning and at First Presbyterian church in the evening. The event follows a prior visit to Waterloo that drew interest, with Plymouth Congregational Grace M E and East Park Presbyterian churches joining First Presbyterian for the evening lecture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EB. L. Mouse
Hood River
Uncle Sam
Westminster Presbyterian Church
First Presbyterian Church
Dr. House
Waterloo
Plymouth Congregational
Grace M. E
East Park
Archbishop Keane Funeral Set For Wednesday
The funeral of Archbishop John J. Keane will be held Wednesday morning at 9 o'clock in Duduene Ta The officiating clergyman is not yet decided The body stays at the rectory until Monday evening then moves to the cathedral to lie in state until the service Burial will be at Mount Olivet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duduene
John J. Keane
Mount Olivet
House Sounded on Rooze Prohibition Demand in House
June 22 report from Washington shows a House resolution by Rep. Randall of California, a prohibitionist, asking President Wilson to disclose if the fuel administration issued any order curtailing coal supply to higher manufacturers. It passed 204 to 47.
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HOUSE
Rooze
Washington, D. C
Randall
California
Wilson
The
Fuel Administration
Increase in teachers wages and small school closures urged
County Superintendent Moeller calls for a wage scale raise to keep teachers, warns war conditions will shift clerical jobs to women. He notes districts already boosting salaries and urges not to shorten school terms. He proposes closing very small schools and transporting pupils to nearby ones, arguing one teacher can do more work and many teachers should be fully utilized.
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Moeller
Wrae Trust
Send Blanks to 210 Registrants
Waterloo exemption board receives orders to mail questionnaires to registrants of June 5 1915 starting next Tuesday June 25 for four days at about 53 per day. Legal advisors board led by Judge C W Mullin to assist in filling forms. 210 new registrants in Waterloo since June 5 1917. Office seeks three to four volunteers with legible handwriting to help next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
C. W. Mullan
CITY IN BRIEF Sun Protectors and Goggles at Buchanan's
City notes cover local visits and movements including Mrs. W. R. Van Every’s serious illness at 309 Vermont street, the Shores traveling to Cedar Rapids, and W. B. McMurray visiting Waterloo. Frank Wright recovers from a hospital operation, while Leland A. Burbank heads to Buffalo to learn aircraft manufacturing. Other items mention family travels, military furloughs, and a police reassignment in Waterloo.
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F. M. Shores
Cedar Rapids
Speaikhe
W. B. McMurray
Waterloo
Nes Moines
Frank Wright
Kothe Avenue
St. Francia Hospital
Leland A. Burbank
W. J. Burbank
Buffalo
Curtiss
O. O. Hummel
Harry
Champaign
Dean Richmond
Central Committee Considers New Chairman and Senate Endorsements
A central committee meeting at the courthouse began at 2 30 PM to name a new chairman succeeding the late Tf. BL Lizer. The chosen chair will convene delegates next week to select delegates for the senatorial convention to nominate a state senator candidate. Contests are expected in the county convention next Saturday over the four primary candidates, with pledges of Republican delegates discussed for J. B. Newman Cedar Falls as permanent chairman. The voting will be by majority of all delegates. Attending members include David Heinle Wor 1 ROR Ford T Jareniz Caw Hartman Z a y tans A Chipman 3 Mt Jacob 4 H Brandhurst Hearst and others.
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Old
Republican, Central Committee
St. Togayr
Tf. BL Lizer
J. B. Newman
Cedar Falls
David Heinle
Wor
Ford T
Wreck of Circus Train Leaves Dozens Dead in Indiana
A Michigan Central circus train derailed near Gary Indiana after an empty Pullman section failed to heed signals. The crash killed several, with dozens more injured, including many ballet girls and animal trainers. Survivors and relatives hoped for word on missing performers.
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Michigan Central
Gary
Ind
Whipple
Rooney
Meyer
Cottrell
Harry la Peart
Ed. Devore
Mark Adams
Joe Coyle
L. W. Landman
Mr. Landman
Barth
Hammond
St. Margarets Hospital
Edward Ward
Bloomington
Tit
Manila Ward
Henry Miller
Arthur Derrick
Erickton
Joseph Coyle
Cincinnati
Eva Coyle
Hammond Hospitals
St. Margaret's Hospital
Ballard
Flint
Mich
Hagenbeck
Wallace
Benjamin Wallace
Durand
Hagenbeck-Wallace Company
Navarre
We. Meyers
Clinton Meyers
Meyers
Rosie Rossland
Equestrienna
Chicago
George Tardy
M.T. Tardy
Bluff Street
Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus
Indiana
Tardy
Ringsling
Local garages limit hours and cash basis rules set
Waterloo auto dealers association voted to close all garages and repair shops after 6 p.m. Sundays and holidays starting July 1. All work to be cash only with no free service or inspections. Some outlets remain open for emergencies Saturday evenings and at Hawkera Garage for urgent calls. government service motive cited with national convention precedent.
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Waterloo Auto Dealers Association
Chicago
C. A. Morris
J. A. Pegaritt
B. E. Farrand
Fifth Street
Red Cross Notes on Elementary Hygiene Class
One hundred twenty attendance credits have been given for the Red Cross class in elementary hygiene and home care of the sick led by Mrs. I. E. Ridenour. Red Cross nurse Mrs. F. C. Platt, manager of military relief, attended the last meeting. A third of the course was completed with instruction and demonstration yesterday evening.
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Red Cross
I. E. Ridenour
F.C. Platt
Military Relief of the Red Cross
German Minister Declared Guilty in Espionage Case
Rev William Schumann Pomeroy Indiana was found guilty by a federal jury of violating the espionage act for a sermon urging liberty bonds as slavery and urging aid to Germany The jury deliberated 30 minutes and sentencing was to occur later today The trial cited that only one of 50 church families had service and that Schumann praised Germanys war entry while lamenting Americas entry with a bleeding heart
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Fort Dodge
William Schumann
Pomeroy
Germany
Schumann
America
Foremen Held In Plane Factory Fire Material Lawsuit
Elmira New York June 22 Government agents arrested Lew Longwell and Hector Bordeau foremen at the Curtiss Aeroplane factory in Hammondsport on charges of violating the April 20 1918 act against willful injury or destruction of war materials.
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Elmira
Lew Longwell
Hector Bordeau
Curtiss Aeroplane
Hammondsport
Automobile and motorcycle collide at Allen Street intersection
At noon today an automobile and a motorcycle disputed right of way at Allen Street and Mullan Avenue West. The motorcycle was smashed and the car slightly damaged. The two riders on the motorcycle were not hurt.
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Allen Street
Mullan Avenue
Peace Offensive Rumors Stir Washington on War Ends
British Foreign Minister Balfour and Austrian officials warn of a German peace offensive as Central Powers gain in Europe. Washington officials, noting historical patterns, believe any move would target France rather than the United States or Britain, while pledging to push the war to a victorious conclusion.
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Washington, D. C
Balfour
Count Burian
Washington
France
America
Great Britain
War Privations Not Felt Thru South Africa War
New York reports N Stuart Lockhart of Parker Wood & Co Durban describes South Africa feeling war effects less than colonies and neutral nations. He notes American firms must innovate as Japanese imitators grow, praising American creative enterprise while recounting a clock supply example and export competition shifts.
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New York
Althe
South Africa
N. Stuart Lockhart
Parker, Wood & Co
Durban
Natal
England
Mr. Lockhart
Seville
Iatel
Germany
War Era Reflections On Trade And Home Front Sentiments
A traveler recalls wartime lessons from Britain, noting German goods displaced by blockades, shifts in Japanese and Dutch trade, and loyalty against enemy cargo. He laments wartime shortages yet insists on sufficiency, compares British and Australian conditions, and recounts air raids and convoy dangers in London.
Mortuary Notice for Cathrine L Hayes Died at Home
Cathrine L Hayes died at her home in Boo m yesterday. She was born February 11 1915 and is survived by her parents Mr and Mrs E L Hayes and one brother. Brief services were held at the home before burial at Fair View this afternoon. Lenind to resign report Nikolai Lenine Bolshevik premier of Russia intends to resign per Moscow dispatch in Deutsch Tages Zeitung Berlin June 2.
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F. Gertrude Eddy
Pasadena
Cal
Owenbach
Gregory P. Rechtfertig
C. B. Lamb
Terminal Electric
Fifth Street West
J. de Miliano
Teresa E. Boyle
Frank Boyle
Base Hospital No. 19
France
Boyle
Peter FE. Boyle
Cathrene 1
Hayes Cathrine L. Hayes
E. L. Hayes
Lafayette Street
Boo. m
Fair- View
Lenind
Zurich
Switzerland
Nikolai Lenine
Bolsheviki Premisr
Russia
Moscow
Deutsch Tages Zeitung
Berlin
Bulgarian man James Evenoff held for investigation
James Evenoff a Bulgarian about 29 years old and 434 feet tall was taken into custody today and is being held pending investigation. He has resided here about four years and was observed wandering the streets with unusual conduct prompting police inquiry. He claims to have spent a year studying engineering at the state university.
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James Evenoff
State University
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Harnest
GARD
Army
Y.M.C. A
Official War News
Keane
Buchanan’s
Y. M
GC. A
W. R. van Every
Varmont Street
Des Moines
Bakers of
Lawn
C. I. Altstadt
Elmer Qate
Arey Bros
Underwood
S. F. Heverly
Black Hawk
Windergarten
Grace M. E. Church
Paul Simpson
Paul Farr
Harold Fentiman
West High
Navy
Simpson
Great Lakes
United States Naval Auxiliary Reserve School
Municipal Plier
Edwards
University of Minnesota
William Urie
Waterloo East
Urie
Waterloo Gasoline Engines
Green
Garr
G. Krauss
Michigan City
J., Sargent
Jackson
Gollmar
Hagenbeck-Wallace
Equestrienne
Donovan
Charles Gollmar
Robert Ellis
Jennie Codd
Ilc
Ivanhog Station
Mercy Hospital
Gary General Hospital
Ilinois Steel Company
William F. Curtis
Mr.Curtis
Iby
Venice
Holland
Australia
India
Waterloo-Overland
Titus Love
Soliers
Cedar Valley Fair Grounds
Twilight
Overland-Waterloo
Titus Lowe
Tommy
Theatle-Duffield Company
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