Army graft plan on giant scale at Camp Dodge
Des Moines March 3 disclosures trace a multimillion dollar scheme involving government property and monopoly power over salvage contracts. Arrests include J. Rhoade of Norfolk and Arthur Koerper of Austria, with A Gross of Minneapolis tied to a blanket deal. Investigators say officers tailed conduct across five camps and used dictographs to document bid manipulation and kickbacks.
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Es Moines
Hght
Des Moines
J. Rhoade
Norfolk
Arthur Koerper
A. Gross
Minneapolis
Department of Justice
Army Intelligence Section
H. R. Vanstrum
Quartermaster’s Corps
Camp
Dodge
Washington
Lieut. Vanstrum
Dupes
Koerner and Rhoade
Lieut Vanstrom
Koerner
Cantonment
Vangstrum
Vanstrum
Secret Service
Rhoads
A. BP. Sherwood
P. D. Haley
Walter G. Arnold
Battonment
Louis Tyroler
I Gross
Gross Brgs
Dyers and Cleaners
Rhoade
Gross
J. E. Fiper
United States
Lirut
Vansirum
Welcome Proposed for Colored Boys
Des Moines reports the 366th regiment of the 92nd division trained at Camp Dodge will be demobilized in Des Moines soon. A parade, musical program, and Coliseum speeches are planned with regimental band and chorus. The unit led the St Mihiel attack and fought in the Argonne, sustaining many casualties and earning decorations. General Ballou, who organized the unit, returns to Camp Dodge to direct demobilization.
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Des Moines
Camp Dodge
New York
Acquitania
St. Mihiel
Argonne
3/6th
Fort Des Moines
Ballou
Port Des Moines
Perbod
366Th
France
Camp Dudge
County Engineer Resigns at Board Request in LeMars
R H Morr is resigning as county engineer at the request of the board of supervisors after an inquiry found evidence of irregular warrants. The board directed a state examiner and bonding company to send accountants to investigate further. Warrants cashed by Merrill totaled four figures, with payment to unlisted pay roll members and duplication of payrolls noted. Merrill admitted cashing warrants, spending funds, and selling a county surveying instrument. Further actions depend on the investigators findings.
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JueMars
R. H. Morris
Board of Supervisors
Merrill
Lim
Motherhood aid ad touts Mother’s Friend remedy
An advertisement claims Mother’s Friend provides relief before childbirth by relaxing nerves cords and ligaments to ease expansion. It touts long use over decades, urges purchase through stores and Bradfield Regulator Company in Atlanta, promising reduced pain and distress at delivery.
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Sayamie
Bradficld Regulator Company
Jent. H. Lamar Building
Atlanta
Gears
Ang
Assembly Faces Heavy Schedule in Des Moines
Des Moines report outlines a crowded agenda for the Thirty-eighth Iowa General Assembly. Key items include a $75,000 annual Davner state agent appropriation, Rathbun investigation details, a road and public utilities bill, housing measures, and a likely primary suffrage move with debate expected but passage probable in both houses. The session aims to finish within four to five weeks, possibly by early April.
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Des Moines
Thirty-eighth
General Assembly
Solung
Davner
Senate
House
Rathbun
Col. M. L. Templar
Osceola
Attorney General
Girl Burned At Home In Rockford Fatal Accident
The three year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Cullen died an hour and a half after a fire started when left alone briefly in the home. It is believed a celluloid comb placed on the stove ignited the flames that set her clothing alight.
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Rockford
Cullen
Vinol Cures Chronic Coughs Advertisement In NYC
New York music teacher Henry Alpers endorses Vinol as a constitutional remedy containing beef and cod liver peptones iron manganese peptonates and glycerophosphates claiming it strengthens the system and helps expel disease for chronic coughs colds and bronchitis. Wangler Bros. Co C J Miller H W Taggart and druggists nationwide promote the product with a money back guarantee for Saxo Salve if it fails.
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New York City
Nicholas Avenue
Henry Alpers
Nature
Wangler Bros. Co
C. J. Miller
H. W. Taggart
P. S
Saxos
Lutheran pastor E H Caselman dies after long service
Charles Vity Iowa March reports the death of Rev E H Caselman in Mount Vernon Ohio St where he had lived since resigning as pastor last year. Caselman served 36 years as general secretary of the general synod of the Lutheran church and 21 years as president of the northern district in Iowa plus 23 years leading their Melanchton pastoral conference. He became pastor in 1879 and led the church here.
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Lutherans Church
Casesman
General Synod
The
Lutheran Church
Synod
Iowa
Melanchton Pastoral Conference
Resignation Last Year Marks Longtime Northwest Pastor Burial
A veteran pastor who resigned last year, one of the oldest continuously resident clergy in the Northwest, will be buried in the local area. The source notes his long tenure and planned funeral in the community.
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H.R. Vanstrum
Huydr
W. Grove
Bayer
E. I. Dunkelberg
Leavitt & Johnson
J.E. Karth
Castoria
Tn Ce
A. A. Hoffman Whyslcian
Eatonic
Cal. Miller
West Fourth St
Waterloo
Towa
Miller
Cashier
Waterloo Savings Bank Bond Department
Waukesha, Wis
Photon
Golden Rule Gift Shop
East Fourth Street
E. W. Rose Co
Cleveland, O
Loganberry
Filver
Waukesha
Wis
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