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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1918
Page
8
Radically fragmented dispatches report lied envois leaving Petrograd amid enemy advances as Germans and Austro-Hungarians press into Russia. Ambassadors and consuls depart, with U.S. diplomats Toying with eastward retreat as rail lines and supply lines face sabotage and disruption.
Bernard Murphy a long time editor and publisher of the Eagle in Vinton dies at home after a life in Republican politics education and fraternal service He was born in Brookline Massachusetts in 1847 and later lived in Wisconsin and Poweshiek and Benton counties before his death last night Funeral services will be held at the Presbyterian church with many Pythian fraternity members expected to attend
Obituary notes the passing of Jacob L. Springer a longtime town printer who moved to Vinton in 1867 and trained under Hanford and Frost before joining the Iowa State Register in Des Moines after completing his trade in 1870. Continued on page three.
Chicago March 1 The federal trade commission inquiry into the packing industry refocused on retail meat sales. Francis J. Heney read a letter from Wilson & Co. to M. E. Requa dated August 31 1917 suggesting that packing houses could reduce consumer meat costs by taking control of retail sales and by licensing retailers. The discussion referenced Food Administration price orders for cereals and wheat as part of a broader note on eliminating unnecessary retailers to cut costs.
Chicago reports a bomb found in a federal building office suite. Law lawyers in charge of a 1. W. WW. prosecution occupied the room. The heavy steel cylinder, 12 inches long and about two inches in diameter, could have wrecked the wing. Government agents opened a probe today.
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New York March 1 In a call from Franklin K Mathiews chief scout librarian the Boy Scouts of America urged 200000 scouts to donate mature books for American troops in France During March 18 to 25 scouts should collect these books for shipment to overseas camp libraries via public libraries in a library war service campaign coordinated with the American Library Association.
New York reports British merchant steamship Tiberia of 487?0 tons gross sunk by a German submarine near Feb 27 while bound for the port. crew rescued. Built at Glasgow in 1913. Also the Manhattan, a British freighter of unknown tonnage, torpedoed and sunk while in convoy near an American merchantman.
A provocative wartime question asks if Hindenburg can force a peace by April first or at another time and how such a feat would topple entente unity. Frank H. Simonds, famed war analyst, provides an in-depth answer in this paper tomorrow, guiding readers to discuss the western front with informed authority. San Felice Great Quality Cigar advertisement.
In Washington March 1 Rep Rainey of Illinois defended the fuel administration closing order before the House. He said the full reasons cannot be told until after the war and warned speeches may be expunged if circulated to Germany. He cited coal and steel shipment declines and outlined plans to conserve coal and boost wartime production.
Washington March 1 The administration amendment to the draft law would bring in men at 21 and was acted on in the senate as emergency legislation for immediate passage but was deferred until tomorrow. The senate passed a resolution authorizing the president to call into immediate military service skilled experts in industry and agriculture. El Tovar Broadieaf Havana Cigar advertisement.
Washington March 1 In preparation for the third Liberty Loan drive twenty tour groups will start early in March planning to visit towns daily and assist local committees. Each party includes a U S soldier who has seen France service and a woman. Moving picture stars join the effort with Douglas Fairbanks pledging to tour widely and Mary Pickford and Marguerite Clark slated for speaking tours in key regions.
In Washington March 1 officials consider Tapan's Alberta proposal overshadowing von Hartling's speech. Decisions forming soon may involve measures to prevent Vladivostok stores and Trans Siberian rail control from Russians. President Wilson shows no plan to address Congress yet. Britain reports Japan's Liberia proposals spark debate on military action in Siberia. Most papers back Japan’s unqualified action and trust in Tokyo. Tokyo says Viscount Uchida delays departure from Petrograd amid possible new Russian proposal.
Federal committees will buy 400 600 to 750 000 bushels daily of corn over the next three weeks at midwestern grain exchanges for foreign use. Also in Washington three more bodies from the navy tug Gherokese were identified: James Sova of Reading, Rudolph Elbers of Brooklyn, and Frank Wargo of Bridgeport.
Chicago March 1. Cross-examination of Morris & Co. official William Farris continued as labor wage arbitration resumed. Witness described bacon packaging changes, debated profits and salaries, and discussed Chinese labor import concerns. Samuel Gompers testified for labor, defending the 8 hour day as beneficial and essential for morale and productivity in wartime.
German newspapers claim New York City surrounds itself with a 625 mile barbed wire fence for protection. They say 50,000 soldiers guard the port while Chicago and other cities take vigorous measures and Hoboken is deserted. The Cologne Gazette report from Jan 16 is the source.
An official note from Jossy reports Roumania will enter negotiations with the tentent powers only if terms are acceptable. London dispatches cite terms to King Ferdinand possibly abdication or referendum, via Count Osernin, with reports from Amsterdam Exchange Telegraph.
Maj. Gen. Payton March arrives at Atlantic Port to assume U S Army chief of staff after nine months abroad as artillery chief of the American expeditionary force. He urges stricter censorship so Americans learn more about expeditionary activities while praising troop morale health and training. He notes Gen Wood’s improving condition from a forearm wound.
The senate military committee reported a bill to empower President Wilson to commandeer timber or lumber for army navy or shipping board needs. It aims to ease timber shortages facing shipbuilding and spruce supply for airplanes, with Senator Chamberlain of Oregon steering the measure which received unanimous approval.
German shells hit American trenches north west of Toul. gas and heavy artillery battles ensued. Stray shell near Dead Man's Point killed two Americans. four wounded, two horses killed, many treated for gas. British raids near Cambrai and Dorset yielded prisoners and casualties.
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