Count von Luxburg Flees to Chile from Argentina
Buenos Aires dispatches report that Count von Luxburg, former German minister, fled Argentine territory and escaped to Chile. He had been granted a safe conduct by Britain to sail for Sweden and was expected to depart on the steamer Val parmaise. The fugitive had his passports withheld by Argentina after his objectionable submarine warfare activities linked to Argentina shipping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hud
Sweden
Buenos Aires
Count von Luxburg
Chile
Valvairaise
Argentina
Germany cancels all Norway contracts in bid to control Baltic trade
London reports the German central purchasing company annuls all Norway contracts from March 16. The move follows Norway’s fish export limit to Germany of 8,000 tons yearly under the American agreement. The Copenhagen dispatch notes Germany’s hostile policy toward Scandinavia as it seeks Baltic dominance and to overawe Nordic nations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Norway
Yergen
Tidens Tegn
Christiania
Exchange
Copenhagen
America
Gerany
Ontern
Finland
Hersalf
Germany
Baltic
City in Briefs From Waterloo Area
Mrs Rosina Goings visits independence relatives. Mrs Earle Oliver returns from Winton. Smallpox case found at 1929 Franklin Street home. Fort Riley draft for medical corps. Miss Florence Murray buys goods in St Paul. Mrs J T Knapp returns from Syracuse. Mrs Susan Maguire visits. Local students visit relatives in Petersburg. Mason and Tomas wed at 3 pm. Tang and Hanson wed at 7 30 pm. Mrs J S Parrott visits Los Angeles. Mr and Mrs L Farmer return from Belle Plaine. Metal danger signs at schools. Miss Evade Wade resigns Summer principal. Walker family welcomes daughter Marjorie Ermaline. A girl arrested for disorderly conduct. Dr L E Evens commissioned captain. Edward Strayer promoted corporal. Jack Du Mond on 10 day furlough. M C A work and France service. Red Cross secretary elected. Oakley Mayes anniversary birth of daughter. Hotel arrest of a 17 year old girl. Edward Strayer’s fort Riley furlough. Captain Evens visits Waterloo. Walter Strayer promoted. Spring graduates of Waterloo Business College hosted by A F Gates. Radcliffe and families relocate to Bloomfield. Emory works in New Hampton and Peosta school. Dorothy Williams buys $30 war stamps. Trained photographers sought for U S Army Signal Corps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Kk. Wright
Franklin Street
Eart
Martin
Fort Riley
Kan
Florence Murray
Burch Bros
St. Paul
J.T. Knapp
Syracuse
N. Y
Susan Maguire
Exandersburg
Esther Collin
Mary Cole
Nora Cope
Esther
Ruth Gibson
M- Wade
la Porte City
Sumner
Washinton
Ordnance Department
J. W. Walker
Des Moines
Marjorie Ermaline
Walker
Grace Woodard
Waterloo
Jacob Anton
West Union
Walter R. French
Supreme Court
Rudolph
Gladys Johnson
Oakley Mayes
Bernice Parker
Edward Strayer
Alice Strayer
Jack du Mond
J. L. Weller
M.C. A
Pittsburgh
France
O'Neill
Camp Lee
Waterloo Business Colrege
A. F. Gates
Charley Radcliffe
George Merrill
Bloomfield
Mont
John T. Muldoon
W. J. Potter
Emory
Emory & Hoofer
New Hampton
Lawler
Ajirangen
Camp Cody
McLeini
Aleier
Mian Koryo
Mise Sannie
Yathers
Dtrowneville
Minn
Baye Abele
Tasthine
Tila Minves
Hara
Jelliane
Jornfun
Mary Jynaixan
Glen Briggs
FOTN
Methodist Church
Disper Kunoussug
Dakota
Omaha
Mira
Towa
Lreu
Walter Jarmelson
Tipley
N.Y
Wall Lake
Frank Colt
AL G. Daeger
Jeanatte
Down City
Athan Jeanette
Hank
Bois
Wen Lrlegs
Deetroit
Mivh
Fis
B Lane
Palo
San Antonio
Tex
Lane
Jed. Miller
Ruth Turner
Sprinx Club
Plan Finance System for the Railroads
Washington March 12 one of the first acts of the railroad administration after enactment of the pending railroad bill will be to create a financial accounting clearinghouse to facilitate the government compensation by companies on the basis of the average annual net income of the last three years provided by the bill this clearinghouse method will enable roads to use directly most of their receipts for ordinary expenses and to turn over to the government fund each month only the surplus of income over the amount of the government guarantee roads whose actual income is less than the guarantee will receive credit from the government funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Railroad Administration
McAdoo
Allies Have Edge in Air Says Churchill
In England, American standardization board members were guests of honor at a reception with Winston Churchill and British engineering experts. Col Churchill and others spoke on air superiority, noting daylight raids on German towns and limited German reach to English and French cities at night. Diffen stressed wartime effort split 5 percent industrial and 15 percent military, urging 100 percent combined efficiency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
American Standardization Board
England
Winston Spencer Churchill
Col.Churchill
BE. W. Diffen
Andrew Weir
France
Italy
Col. Churchill
Diffen
Red Guards Murder Finnish Leaders in Hel Singfors
Stockholm reports in a dispatch from Vasa Finland that red guard contingents in Helsingfors are growing more violent selecting intellectuals clergy landed proprietors for assassination. All agricultural commissioners except one have been killed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stockholm
Red Guard
Helsingfors
Tidningen
Vasa
Finland
Agr
Two Children Almost Smothered in Bathroom Fire
Cedar Rapids March 12 Two young children of Mr and Mrs Robert T Cole are recovering after a gas heater in the bathroom used for a bath consumed the room’s oxygen. About a half hour later Mrs Cole found both children unconscious. A physician treated one child and a nurse aided the other as efforts continued to revive them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Robert T. Cole
Campaign Against Sedition Sparks $10,000 Slander Suit
Marble Rock Iowa March 2 Willard Bucklen sr sues Jr Kestenlay in Play county district court for $10,000 claiming slander linked to actions of Floyd County Liberty league president Mr Baster day aimed at suppressing perceived pro German utterances by community members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marble Rock
Willard Bucklen
District Court of
Play County
Jr. Kestenlay
Basterday
Floyd County Liberty League
Appointment of committee to survey U.S. aerial program
The War Department announced a committee will survey the government's aeronautical program and its relation to industrial conditions. Members include Snowden Marshall, Edward Wells of Babcock Wilcox, with a third member unnamed. the panel aims to aid in advancing the American air service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winstington
DB. C
War Department
Snowden Marshall
United States
New York
Edward Wells
Babcock & Wilcox Company
Ramunttee
American Air Service
Mortuary notices list Brearley and Krebs kin in Elmira
Mrs Mary M Brearley died at 9 p m age 83 born June 19 1834 widow of Stephen J Brearley died January 8 earlier this year two daughters Mrs H B Otto and Mrs A A Kurta Elmira N Y and a son Ralph Lake City survive funeral arrangements include O Keefe Towne mortuary and burial in Lake City Thursday Mrs Julia Krebs private funeral at 323 Logan Avenue viewing of the body this afternoon and evening county officials debate tax relief for Waterloo banks noting potential drop of appeal until 1917 report and 1911 precedents four counties in the state have claimed the privilege of the city council state auditor involved
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maly M
Mary M. Brearley
Devcedent
Stephen J. Brearley
Airs
H. B. Otto
Brearley
A.A. Kurta
Elmira
N. Y
Ralph
Lake City
O'Keefe & Towne Mortuary
Julia Krebs
Logan Avenue
Waterloo
Board of Review
J. F Walls
County Accounting Department
State
Walls
La Follette Loyalty Charge Hearing To Resume
Washington March 12 Consideration of disloyalty charges against Senator La Follette of Wisconsin will be resumed soon by the senate privileges and elections committee chairman Pomerene said today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D D. C
la Follette
Wisconsin
Senate Privileges and Elections Committee
Pomerene
Prof Chaplin Dies Former Chancellor of Washington University
St. Louis March 13 Prof Winfield Scott Chaplin 71 former chancellor of Washington University died in a hospital here from arteriosclerosis. He served as chancellor for 16 years retiring in 1907.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chaplin
St. Louis
W Winfield Scott Chaplin
Washington University
Loyd Drestler and Ellsworth Fry Safe Home Anew
Plainfield reports Loyd Drestler and Ellsworth Fry have arrived safely after serving abroad. A patriotic program is set for Friday at the Baptist church with a silver offering to aid in welfare efforts. The Woman’s Christian Temperance Union and Red Cross will participate and urge community attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plainfield
Loyd Drestler
Ellsworth Fry
France
Ellawortht
Engkind
Baptist Church
Ecoffice
Eaton
Christian Temperence Uinion
Red Cross
Soldier Boys
Dunkerton Moves and Local Election Preview
Dunkerton residents report Hughes leaving the Dunkerton creamery to become buttermaker near Sumner. The town sees shifts in households, farming changes, and two mayoral candidates, J R Page and James Thinkerton, in the city election. A photo of Albert Burk from France features in a furniture store window. Fire in Charleston Illinois destroys Elks lodge rooms, with losses covered by insurance. Lindner Brothers Clothing and Charleston Trust & Savings Bank damaged. Federal employment seeks young women skilled in developing work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dunkerton
W. TD. Hughes
Sumner
Hughes
Aoman
Brown
Way
Holdiman
McDonald
Dunkertorn
Emeove
Erlogo Saan Dietrickigan
Perry
Oelwein
Kansas
Jay Smith
Hofmagh
W. Jensen
Smith Farm
J. R. Page
James Thinkerton
Albert Burk
France
Charleston
Ill
Decatur
Elks Lodge
Scherer
Elks
Lindner Brothers Clothing Company
Charleston Trust & Savings Bank
Meat price cuts blamed on Hoover aid by stockmen
Senate agriculture committee heard Edward F. Keeter of Chicago testify that stock producers were told by government officials to keep meat prices down to bolster supply for allies. Keeter said orders were temporary and warned that prices must allow open, tied demand to prevent production cuts, noting feeders faced losses up to 75 dollars per head.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Chatford
Arotis
Senate Agriculture Committee
Edward F. Keeter
Chicago
Slack
EL Dana Pavand
Census Bureau
The
Food Administration
J. J. Withel
Audahy
Great Britain
Keefer
Durand
Dieani
Russ Government Plans Move From Moscow If Germans Advance
A March 3 note from American Consul Summers in Moscow reports the Russian revolutionary government is ready to depart Moscow for a more eastern location if German advances continue. The message says an evacuation would be arranged if necessary while ambassador Francis at Vologda gives no indication of relocating embassy staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Marcel
Moscow
Russia
State Department
Summers
Francis
Vologda
Reed Charges Hoover With Extravagance
Senator Reed of Missouri charged gross extravagance in the Food Administration today in Washington. He demanded an accounting of the department’s finances and pressed to strip 1,756,000 dollars in appropriations for the Food and Fuel Administrations from the urgent deficiency bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Food Administration
Senate
Reed
Missouri
Hoover
Fifty Men Start After $8,000 Fund
The annual Y M C A financial campaign opened with fifty businessmen forming teams to seek a total of 8000 dollars by tomorrow. Early reports show liberal giving, as the drive began at 10 a m. A city’s visit by a tat-racen negro prompted the clerk to be asked for two permits to eat, humorously illustrating hunger and local life.
Lemons Do Whiten Try This on Face and Hands
An old advertisement touts lemon juice and orchard white as a skin whitening treatment. It instructs mixing juice from two fresh lemons with orchards white, strained, stored, and massaged daily into the face neck arms and hands to whiten and beautify the skin.
News and Notes of La Porte City
La Porte City notes recount local events and people. The column mentions reading and dialog exercises, a school exhibit, and visits by residents including Miss Lorine Hiltlowel Waterloo and Mrs. Schultz. It notes a funeral service, family gatherings, and travel of residents to Cedar Rapids and Washington DC, with several relatives visiting and returning home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mew
Gies
Ueil
Munday
Lorine Hiltlowel
Waterloo
Meg
Park
Trudelph Schultz
Obis
Mish Dena Schultz
Subultz
Stebbins
Martha Merry
Fuba
le U. Adams
Msie Waechter
Pella
May
Jonn
MegQuilitin
Saari
Arthur Orr
Washington
PD. C
mMignhe
Jps. Wer
Ibn Meorse Muir
Tormer
Charles Puls
Des Moines Mayoral Candidates Named After Primary
Des Moines reports show WL Hill beating Thomas P Fairweather by 168 votes in yesterday's primary. The two advance to the March 26 mayoral election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Hill
Thomas P. Fairweather
Eesterday
Dictionary distribution ends with a reader campaign
An editorial promotes the New Universities Dictionary in a nationwide distribution drive. It argues vocabulary expansion elevates intelligence and national power, urges every household to obtain a free dictionary, and notes terms are explained in today’s paper with details on how to claim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spain
United States
Tee New Universities Dictionary
Local Social and Military News From Cedar Township
A chaotic mix of names towns and events from Cedar Township recounts visits wartime notes and community gatherings. Residents such as Mareh p2-bloyd and Mareh from Camp Cody are mentioned along with Mrs Lane and Miss Myrtle Wood. Members attend plays monologues and school events at the Tashtine theatre while others travel to South Dakota Omaha and Texas.
Floyds News and Community Notices from Floyd Iowa
Mrs Wil Thamas and daughter Janitte Jeft last Saturday for a five weeks visit with Mrs and Airs Noy Johnson and family in Missouri Valley. ALP held a regular meeting, Mesdames Serge Hocl and Rosette Choan assisted, Kathryn Mollea division served refreshments. Floyd will host a Red Cross auction Saturday March 16 at 10 am. donations welcome at Johnson building. Dinner served noon, 25 and 35 cents. Earl Pyle to be auctioneer. terms cash. W E Stone injured on icy sidewalk. Mrs Almon Wennagh sick. Jessel Martin returns from South Dakota for health related vacation. Miss Lois Caspar begins spring term near Charles City. Mrs Chas Shapley improving after illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd
Marth
Wil Thamas
Janitte
Jeft
Vinkk
Airs
Noy Johnson
Missouri Valley
Serge Hocl
Rosette Choan
Kathryn Mollea
ALP
Johnson Building
Earl Pyle
W. E. Stone
Almon Wennagh
Jessel
Martin
South Dakota
Lois Caspar
Charles City
Chas. Shapley
Otterville News and War Report Highlights
Otterville notes Mrs. Lucinda Kroma is very sick and care is provided by Miss Kelly from Independence. The Wit Ore family and Ernest Topeka arrive after renting the old Geo. Gissel farm. A patriotic concert at the school March 18 includes a box social to aid the Red Cross. In Washington the navy department's wartime conduct is vindicated by a House committee report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottervie
Lucinda Kroma
Miss Kelly
Independence
Wit Ore
Ernest
Topeka
Kan
Geo. Gissel
Mro
G. W. Bantz
Frank
Red Crogx
Navy Enxonerathd
Washington, D.C
Navy Department
House
Body of missing woman found near Link Junction
Allis, March 12. Searchers found the body of Mrs. William J. Beatty, who disappeared from her home near here early Sunday, in the Eder River at Link Junction today. The case ends a frantic river search by local authorities and volunteers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allis
William J. Beatty
Here
Enma
Eder River
Link Junction
Bank Statement of Security Savings Bank Iowa 1918
A Black Hawk County bank report dated March 4 1918 lists assets including gold and silver vault holdings, cash in vaults, drafts and checks, and deposits. Liabilities show capital stock, various deposits including war loan and time deposits, surplus, profits, and current expenses. Bank officials Tressa M Trumba ur, J R Bunyan, and Lyman D Bedford certify the statement as true.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Security Savings Bank
Iowa
Waterlow
Diack Tawick
Aptote
National Bank
Benge
State of
Black Hawk County
Tressa OM. Trumbauer
J. R. Bunyan
Lyman D. Bedford
Bank
Tressam
Trumbauer
Tressa M. Trumbauer
U.S
U. S
Sec
Federal Reserve Bank
Aleta
Tae
Federal Reserve
Bank Aenosits
Itecore
Black Hawk
Chas. W. Knoop
Lila Marcurat
Bloodhounds Track Slain? Trail Lost At Shellshy Stream
Bloodhounds traced her to Shellshy where the trail was lost and it is probable she jumped into the stream. Mrs Beatty had been suffering a nervous breakdown for several weeks.
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Luxburg
Save Your Eyes
Buchanan's
Rosina Goings
Earle Oliver
Winton
Anna Delfs
Jean
Petersburg
Pla
Albert MW. Mason
Reinbeck
Carrie Tomas
Press
S. D
Justice FF
H. O. Tang
Anna Hanson
Rieht Street
Justtice Flfl Knapp
J.S. Parrott
Los Angeles
Cal
George S. Myers
Ll. Farmer
Washington Street
Belle Plaine
L. E. Evens
Canada
Capt. Evens
Signal Corps
United States Army
Churchill
Red Guards
M. H. Kelly
Federal Building
W. A. Moore
Mai
Brandon
Otterville
Sealy
F. I
Clara Frost
Rotary
Mock
Hawk Comney
Beach Hawk National Bank
Lawn
Guenny
W. Powers
Majestic
Fourth Street
Bridge Street
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