Senate panel extends government control on railroads
Washington June 26 the senate interstate commerce committee after amending to forbid relinquishment of federal control over one railroad while another remains under government control ordered favorable report on a resolution extending the government return period for carriers to private ownership from July 1 1918 to January next Short line railroad representatives warned that 10000 miles of lines face bankruptcy under the administration stance Director General McAdoo requested the measure
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
McAdoa
Consulate Seizure Facts Unobtainable by U S Minister
Washington reports that Minister Caldwell in Teheran cannot obtain more information on the reported seizure of the American consulate and looting of an American hospital in Tabriz, Persia. The State Department has sent third inquiries to Sweden and Spain, with no reply from Turkey’s neutrals, due to Turkey not providing a statement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D.C
Caldwell
Teheran
State Department
Tabriz
Persia
Constantinople
Spain
Turkey
Letter to the Editor Defends W O Sipe Account
A reader from Waterloo Iowa on June 26 submits a letter arguing injustice in a previous Courier article about Mr. Sipe. The writer states efforts to support wartime drives including stamps bonds Red Cross and appeals to government obligations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
Courier
Sipe
Liberty
Red Cross
Red Cross War Fund
Service League
W. U. Sepe
British Labor Party Ends War Time Political Truce
London June 26 The British labor party at its conference adopted a resolution declaring the party political truce in Great Britain since early in the war should no longer be recognized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
British Labor Party
Great Britain
U-Boat Toll in May Reports 223,689 Gross Tons
Washington June 26. Allied and neutral shipping sunk by German U boats during the first 28 days of May totalled 223,689 gross tons, according to estimates made by the navy department. Senator Beckham of Kentucky announced today in the senate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Mavy Department
Beckham
Kentucky
Senate
Black Hawk Bridge Closed to Traffic
The Black Hawk Bridge on Commercial street is unsafe and closed to traffic after an inspection by street commissioner H. F. Wik reveals four joists rotten and other timbers deteriorated. Detours advised for travel between the city and Galloway until repairs are completed. Ottumwa, Ia. June 26. State agents and township officials near Batavia raid a farm cellar and seize whisky beer and wine from Orville Wells. Willis posts a $300 bond for Saturday hearing.
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Commercial Street
H. FB. Wik
Galloway
Ottumwa
Orville
Batavia
Willis
Victim Denied Damages in Bicycle Accident Case
Judge W W Birdsall ruled that Pano Shiveroff was negligent for riding on the left side and violating city law when his bicycle was struck by Nick Milushoff. The court denied damages and ordered costs against the plaintiff. A separate case involving O R Powell and $14000 in bad checks was postponed to July 27. Eugene Robinson's narcotics hearing was continued to next Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pano Shiveroff
Nick Milushoff
Shiveroff
W. W. Birdsall
O. R. Powell
Blaisdell
N. D
J. B. Myers
Waterloo
F. W. Powers
Black Hawk National Bank
Eugene Robinson
Birdsall
Waterloo Physicians Appointed as Captains in Medical Service
Dr. E. 7. Jaynes is named captain in the military medical service with appointment dated June 11. Dr. E. L. Rohlf received his commission the day prior. Former Waterlooan Dr. Forest Loveland also named captain, son of Rev. and Mrs. Loveland. Dr. J. E. Brinkman informed of captain appointment in the U S army medical division awaiting Washington orders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BE. T. Jaynes
Waterloo
E. L. Rohlf
War Garden Safe After Citizen Footprint Incident
Great Falls Montana June 26. C H Cobb planted a war garden but was troubled by citizens trampling the field. He erected a sign stating this is a war garden and please walk across Germany. Latest reports say no footprints have appeared for several days.
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Great Falls
Mont
C. H. Cobb
Cobb
Germany
City in Brief Adverts and Notices
Items include optical repairs at Huchanan's, Mrs. Northey recovering, Mr. and Mrs. Bighmey visiting Northfield, Lt. Paul A. Davis commissioned in aviation service at Rockwell Field San Diego, Dr Heverly's office move to Black Hawk Building, and a raspberry advertisement with Willford offering Red or Black raspberries for canning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul A. Davis
S. E. Davis
Newell Avenue
Aviation Service
Lieut. Davis
Rockwell Field
San Diego
Cal
F. Heverly
Black Hawk, Bank Bldg
Red Cross Campaign Closes Tonight in Waterloo
Waterloo drive ends tonight with final reports due tomorrow. Service league officials optimism rises as the city’s $27,000 quota appears oversubscribed by a large margin. Sergeants must report tonight at the Fowler building in the Black Hawk National Bank complex.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Waterloo
Service League
Black Hawk National Bank
Fowler Building
Local Obituaries and Funeral Notices
Multiple city figures are remembered in funeral notices. Roy Paul Gindt to be buried at Calvary after a 9 a.m. Mass at St. Marys, Rev Sather Peter Volz to lead. Albert Otis Keeler dies, born Oct 17 1868, long time meat trader now tied to county detention hospital service. funeral at O Keefe Towne then Janesville services. A H Nauman funeral at 2 p.m. at 414 Vermont Street with burial Elmwood Cemetery. All city lumber yards close 2 to 3 30 p.m. for funeral attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rox Paul Gindt
Roy Paul Gindt
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Sather Peter Volz
Calvary
Albert 0. Keeler
O'Keefe & Towne
Albert Otis Keeler
Janesville
Keeler
Lafayette Street
A. H. Nauman
Vermont Street
M. G. Munn
Elmwood
Georgia Ratifies dry amendment becoming 12th state
Atlanta June 26 the Georgia legislature ratified the federal prohibition constitutional amendment making Georgia the twelfth state to approve the measure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia
Atlanta
Waterloo Men Leave for National Army
A list of Waterloo men, laborers and tradespeople, is sent to the national army for induction. Names include LeRoy Be Potter, Harold Ivins, Haugh Melton, Thomas Bogart, William McNalty, Tiny Gosweiller, Merman Lewis, and many others with varied occupations. Additional notes mention transfers of Waterloo registrants and individuals moved by other boards for induction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LeRoy BE. Potter
Harold R. Ivins
Haugh A. Melton
Thomas R. Bogart
Willian J. McNalty
Tiny A. Gosweiller
Merman H. Lewis
Willian W. Welty
Earl Michaelson
William O. Kennison
Orle Roscoe Elston
Christ Xistros
Jack G. Kane
LeRoy H. Geiger
Floyd Hershberger
Edwin J. Widdel
George Clark
Thomas M. Long
Herman Koster
James A. Edwards
Arthur N. Ike
John G. Hartman
Edward Appleby
Mike Garanfalas
Ray Earl Beatty
Frank Hardy
George , McGuire
Foy R. Cobb
Homer F. Carroll
Carl F. Nelson
Thomas H. Price
Laurence J. Weekley
Nicholas Kalondes
Albert P. Callies
Theodore Lucas
James G. Clow
Hugh M. O'Donnell
Earl Victor Johnson
Harry Bouck
Gust Milenas
John E. Doty
Ralph Waldo Smith
William G. Hawkins
John J. Ankeny
Cortland
Hussey
Lloyd E. Lucas
Waterloo
Chap R. Smith
Joseph J. Retka
Levi M. Johnson
Fred Scott
Arthur C. Witharm
Minneapolis
Minn
Barl D. Cotton
Elliston
Mont
Charles Thomas
Delaware
George C. Tyler
Lewistown
Joan Karapos
Detroit
Mich
Ira L. Whitney
Webster
Malta
Mort
Thomas Ewing
Burrell J. Ives
Bloomington
Ill
Leo P. Worden
Greenville
Miss
Edmund Numier
Lima
Lucien Porter
New Orleans
Alfred B. Cook
Libertyville
Leo B. McDermott
Madison
Ivan C Walker is Killed in Action
Ivan C Walker, 22, of Rockford Iowa, son of Mr and Mrs C H Walker, was killed in action late in the war. He enlisted in the Marines at Minneapolis on July 41 1917. He was the eighth of nine children in his family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockford
Ivan C. Walker
C. H. Walker
War Office
Walker
Minneapolis
Manufacturers to co operate for war contracts meeting in Cedar Rapids
Walter Cherry of Cedar Rapids was elected permanent chairman of subregion No. 4 at a Cedar Rapids meeting to organize state manufacturers for war contracts. Litchfield and Plumb named vice chairmen as a statewide survey planned to identify factories able to handle contracts and foster factory cooperation. Waterloo attendees included leaders from Litchfield Manufacturing, Pioneer Manufacturing, Powers Manufacturing, Ferguson Manufacturing, Nauman Company, Swift Manufacturing, Waterlon Cement Machine, Lichty Metal Products, Iowa Dairy Separator, Dart Motor, and other firms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Cherry
Cedar _ Rapids
Cedar Rapids
H.B. Plumb
Waterloo
Be. C. Litchfield
Litchfield Manufacturing Company
H. A. Sharp
Pioneer Manufacturing Company
L. J. Powars
Powers Manufacturing Company
Steven Ferguson
Ferguson Manufacturing Company
Harry Kiester
Gatteway Kompany
Geo. Nauman
Nauman Company
John Swift Swift Manufacturing Company
H. B. Lichty
Waterlon, Cement Machine Corporation
New Star Discovered Near Virgo Visible at Winona Lake
An astronomer at Winona Lake located a new bright pink star traveling rapidly. It appeared to the right of Spica in Virgo and was visible around 10:30 p m last evening for Waterloo residents. The object is moving away from Earth and may be visible for only a few nights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winona Lake
Waterloo
Spica
Virgo
Earth
Draft age limit debate delays potential military expansion
Congressional leaders seek to delay immediate changes to the draft. Secretary Baker and Generals March and Crowder advocate lowering the minimum age from 21 to 20 to secure younger manpower. They warn against broadening the maximum age and promise a new army program within 60 to 90 days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ctatements
Congress
Baker
March
Crowder
War Department
Wilson
Altho
Marth
Work or Fight Order Affects Iowa Miners
Iowa coal miners given deferred classification in the selective service draft must work or fight if unemployed due to closed mines. N D Bly southern district exemption board chairman said miners could work at other jobs while mines are idle.
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Des Moines
Iowa
N. D. Bly
Southern District
Draft board official reports for duty in mid June
Des Moines June 26. N D Bly chairman of the southern district draft exemption board and now a major in the judge advocate general’s department is ordered to report for duty May 15.
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Ves Moines
N. D. Bly
Southern District
Judge Advocate General's Department
Civic garden class works plots after rain
The civic garden class instructed by Mrs. Chester Cadwallader met this morning and the students prepared their plots following recent rainfall. The class convenes every Wednesday morning.
Italians Press On At Monte Grappa As Piave Front Holds
Italian forces push gains on Monte Grappa and the Piave line as Austrian positions near the Brenta and Plave face new pressure. Vienna puts Italian losses at 160,900 with 60,000 prisoners. Italians claim success on the mountain front despite repulses and ongoing raids from Switzerland to the sea. Turbulent headlines include Batum under Turkish control and German peace rhetoric from Berlin.
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Austria
Baron von Soydier
Offee
Charles
Grappa
Hallons
Monte Grapta
Brenta
Plavyo
Talia
Asiago
Vienna
Plave
Montello
Adriatic
Switzerland
Ypres
Reims
Germany
Rfichstag
von Kuehlmann
Iher Releasing
Washington
Batum
Russia
Pou
Black Sea
Tiflis
Baku
Fire devastates Cleclum district leaving fifteen hundred homeless
A large fire swept 30 blocks of Cleclum Washington damaging homes and businesses. In Pittsburgh Zionists outline the Jewish legion as the nucleus of a future standing army with Americans required to live in Palestine. In Austin Texas temperance enforcement closes about 750 saloons at midnight. Washington emergency fleet corporation acts to stop land lords from profiteering against shipyard workers. War labor board members present Taft and Walsh a report on Wilsons power to set transportation rates where wage advances require it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleclum
Wash
Pittsburgh
Jewish Legion
America
Palestine
Austin
Texas
Washington
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Wilson
Washington, D. C
Street Railroad Company
Representa-I3
Taft and
Walsh
War Labor Board
Congress
Grocery Price List from I M Coon Store
A fragment lists assorted pantry items with prices including I M Coon i lb Pork and Beans 81.00 1 qt Mason Jar Pickles 1.00 and various canned goods such as Red Raspberries in syrup 1.00 large cans Plums Peaches White Cherries and Standard Peas plus Fresh Cookies Ginger Snaps National Oats and Sliced Table Peaches all priced around 1.00 per unit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mik
Descriptive War Update From Pershing Front Northwest of Chateau Thierry
Allied reports detail quiet 24 hours June 20 21 around Chateau Thierry with German shelling on front and rear areas including Clerembauth erette woods Lucy Bocage triangle farm Piatniotas and Bouresches. British Haig notes prisoners and machine guns taken on Picardy Flanders fronts amid active artillery. French raids across Maillly Paineval Melicog Vinty Mont Carnillet and near Reims. Italian forces regain Cape Bile bridgehead on Piave front with nearly 400 prisoners captured.
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Washington
D. C
Chateau Thierry
Clerembauth
Erette Woods
Lucy Bocage
Triangle Farm
Piatniotas
Bouresches Ell
Paris
Ourines
Bouresches
Bois du Belleau
London
Picardy
Flanders
Flet Marshal Haig
Sailly-Le-Gec
Merville
Ville- Sur-Ancre
Gommecourt
Bailleul-Hazenbrouck
Maillv-Ralneval
Somme
Melicog
Oise
Vinty
Clignon
Mont -Garnillet
Reims
Mailly-Paineval
Mont Carnillet
Lorraine
Deport
Sweet of
Soissons
Rome
Cape Bile
War Office
Seventy One Registered For Alien Registration
The last chance to register aliens is 8 p m today. Two rushes in final hours produced 60 photographed and fingerprinted at police HQ and 11 outside-city residents registered at Waterloo post office. Temperature data shows June 26 readings with low and high values.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
safeIay Wotten
Lmits
Waterloo
Fire damages residence on Fifth Street East
Fire at 420 Fifth Street East during repainting caused minor damage to A J DuMond home. A.G Bronson Insurance Agency advertises Play Safe. Dollar Day at Wang and Miller’s urged shoppers to buy early. The Boston Globe quotes a drafted Stockbridge man predicting the war will end in a few months due to unemployment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. J. DuMond
Fifth Street
Wang and Miller's
Stockbridge
Boston Globe
Also Mentioned on This Page
Senate Committee
U.S
W. O. Sipe
Labor Party
Black Hawk Bridge
Dr. E
Jaynes
Huchanan’s, Bidg
Silas Northey
H. B. Bighmey
Hudson
R. G. Hollis
Northfield
A. CG
Willford
Sycamora St
H. Nauman
National Army
Rockford, Ia
Chicago
National Lutheran Editorial Association
L. G. Abrahamson
Rock Island
Til
J. Sheapsley
Columbus
Ohio
Emil Reusch
Waverly
Towa
Grant Hultberg
American Red Cross Overseas
Toul
American Red Cross Haa
United States
Bakar
Altdes
France
Thierry
I. M. Coon
Official War News
Buchanan Optical Co
Bronson Insurance Agency
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