Foremost Waterloo Citizen James Black Dies at 62
James Black president of the James Black Dry Goods Co. died at 12 40 a m at his home 124 Independence Avenue Waterloo after a week of pneumonia He was 62 and a noted philanthropist in religious and temperance circles The private funeral will be at 3 pm Monday Store to close all day in his honor Surviving are his daughters Miss Elizabeth Miss Margaret Miss Nan and another daughter Mrs Patterson and Mrs Gamble of Ireland The article notes his vigorous support of church work and Laymen Missionary movement and mentions travels to Chicago Cleveland Des Moines and Minnesota notes.
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James Black
James Black Dry Goods Company
Independence Avenue
Black
Waterloo
Hack
Presbyterian Church
John Robertson Macartney
Mr. Black
Altho
Elizabeth
Margaret
Western Reserve College
Cleveland
Chicago
Bir
Macartney
Cedar Rapids
Cedar Falls
St. Marcos
Texas
the Lakes
Minnesota
Des Moines
Nan
Maggie Black
Mary Ann Black
John Patterson
Gamble
Ramelton
Ireland
James M.J. Graeme
B. Graham
Ewsan
Jose Ay
Tang
Graham
James Graham
War Risk Bureau to Quit May 1 Unless it Can Make Touch
Washington reports the War Risk Insurance Bureau may suspend after May 1 if Congress fails to provide funds for March and April allowances. Treasury officials study available funds and may borrow until an appropriation is made. officials express confidence money will be provided. Iowa moves to shift automobiIe department to the treasurer’s office amid charges of general inefficiency.
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War Risk Bureau
Washington, D. C
War Risk Insurance Bureau
Congress
Treasury
Nes Moines
Iowa
State Automobile Department
Secretary of State
Harding
Federal hand in doge strike roils boat owners
Multiple city reports detail labor unrest as hearings on the North Jersey trolley strike deadlock, and boat owner groups denounce government intervention as the harbor strike nears a likely break. Clerks across rail lines join a broader sympathy walkout in Atlanta. Director General Densmore urges continued employment activity after March 22.
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Atlanta
Nashyville
Chattanooga & St. Louis
New York
Army, Navy and Shipping Board
Railroad Administration
Boat Owner’ Association
North New Jersey
Foots St
Newark
N.J
German peace delegates to have equal cabinet power
Weimar March 14 All German delegates to the peace conference will be on an equal footing with the foreign minister Count von Brockdorff-Rantzau as their leader Final decisions rest with the cabinet A large group of experts and clerks will accompany them Bernstorff urged to be envoy but was rejected Geisberg and Warburg among those named as delegates in a surprise selection
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Associated Press
Weimar
Count von Brockdorff-Rantzau
von Bernstorff
Germany
Geisburz
Count von Brockdorff-Ranizan
Edward David
Max Warburg
Archangel to be reached by May says Bolsheviks
Moscow announces the Bolshevik general staff reports that after January and February the army holds territory the size of France with 1055 miles of rail. They claim Soviet troops will reach Archangel by May 1. Reports also say Kiev falls and several officials and journalists were executed.
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London
Moscow
Statins
France
Archangel
al Helsingfors
Kiev
Baronovsky
Ukraine
Paris
Zabolotii
Biminske
Balbachan
Bolsheviki
House Steerers of G. O. P. Debate Next Session Acts
Washington D C March 14 The Republican steering committee of the next House met to discuss legislation expected before the reconvened Congress. Members Winslow Longworth Moore Madden and Dunn represented their states with Mondell of Wyoming as ex-officio chairman.
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Washington
D. C
Wison
House
Winslow
Mass
iLongworth
Moore
Madden
Dunn
Mondell
Wyoming
Jeader
Debs Get Out of Jail Rally Draws Crowd in Cleveland
John Reed spoke to a packed theatre crowd in Cleveland on March 14 pledging that Debs would be released or the public would join in protest. Debs had just received a ten year federal sentence for espionage law violations.
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Debs
Associated Wregs
Cleveland
Jai
John Reed
Socialist
New York
Gene Debs
Allied Casualties on Vaga in March Relatively Low
Archangel dispatch notes allied casualties on the Vaga front since February 38 are light compared with Bolshevik losses. American losses from Feb 28 to March 1 include five killed and ten wounded, with totals to date showing 16 killed, 57 wounded, 7 missing, and 69 deaths from disease overall. New Russian troops are being trained to relieve Allied pressure as Archangel reports temporary rest periods behind the lines.
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Blythe
Prean
Archangel
Vaga River
Vaga
Dvina
Russia
Ines
Washington, D. C
War Department
Murmansk
Glonetz
Government of the
North
M. Ermoslov
Clonetz
Berlin morgues overwhelmed by war dead report
Copenhagen dispatch notes the Berlin morgues filled beyond capacity with 196 bodies at Hanoverstrasse morgue, 42 unidentified, matching deaths in the garrison hospital. Urban hospital reports 20 dead in southeastern Berlin as morgue space runs out.
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Associated Press
Copenhagen
U S Must Feed Russia Six Months After Peace
Archangel report cites Allied food committee data from interior Russia. It states the American people should deprive themselves of breadstuffs until the Hungarian question is settled and Russia is on a sound agricultural basis. A food committee member said the United States must feed most Russians for at least six months after peace.
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Associated Press
Archangel
North
Russia
America
Portugal to Claim African Area Port Damage From Tents
At a banquet for Portuguese delegates to the peace conference, Foreign Minister Hjas Moniz outlined Portugal’s claims. He spoke of recovering a small East African territory seized by Germany in 1892, reparation for damages to Portuguese ports colonies and fleet, and repayment of war expenses.
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Associated Press
Paris
Hjas Moniz
Portugal
Germany
East
Africa
Jail Escapes Taken By Posse After Gun Fight
Three suspected escaped convicts pursued by a posse in a running gun fight were captured near Floris, Tennessee. The men reportedly broke into a railroad car at Eldon and matched the descriptions of Ira Hodge, Earl Frazier, and Marl Morrison.
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Rock Island
Floris
Eldon
Ira Hodge
Earl Frazier
Marl Morrison
Casualty List Announces Susquehanna Voyage Arrivals
The War Department reports the transport Susquehanna sailing from St Nazaire on March 11 to reach New York March 24 with 56 officers and 2328 men. The 27th Regiment of Railway Engineers is aboard, along with casualty companies from New Jersey and Iowa. The steamship Suwanee also arrived in New York today with 148 other men, many of them casualties, from St Nazaire.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Susquehanna
St. Nazaire
New York
War Department
Suwanee
All Appeals on Taxes Assured Hearing by U S Revenue Chief
Washington D C March 14 Internal revenue Commissioner Roper pledged careful consideration of appeals from taxpayers of all sizes by the new advisory tax board. Formal hearings will be granted where warranted and the board will tackle general tax questions, corporate forms, trade practices, and related administration matters.
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U.S. Revenue
Washington, D. C
Internal Revenue
Roper
Advisory Tax Board
Eastern Beauty to Give Wilson Photo History of Trip
Mrs. Frank Henderson of New York known in Boston as one of the citys most beautiful women will present to President Wilson a photographic history of his trip to Europe. She has gathered more than 260 photographs of President and Mrs.Wilson from departure in Washington to their return home. The images are mounted in an antique Italian cover, described as the finest and rarest of its kind in the country.
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Frank
Terrorizing of Greeks by Turkish Troops Reported
Saloniki report from the Metropolitans of Sivas says Turkish troops in southern Asia Minor are violating the armistice and terrorizing Greek populations. Allied forces should be sent to protect civilians from the Young Turks, as the dispatch states.
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Associated Press
Saloniki
Asia Minor
Sivas
Asiatic
Turkey
German Austria cabinet to be formed by Social Democrats
Vienna reports that the German Austria constitution, approved to be voted on tomorrow, specifies a chancellor and 10 departmental secretaries. The cabinet will be composed of Social Democrats and Christian Socialists with German Nationalists declining ministry posts.
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Associated Press
Vienna
Czech evacuation refused near Teschen sparks delicate region
Reports say the Czechs declined to evacuate the Teschen area despite interallied committee pressure. The situation remained delicate as tensions rose over the disputed border zone.
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Associated Press
Warsaw
Teschen
Germany to Free Tsing-Tao and Shantung Concessions
The supreme council at the peace conference plans to require Germany to relinquish the leasehold of Tsing-Tao and all properties on the Shantung peninsula. China argues the lease ended with German expulsion. Japan claims conquest. Final settlement could wait for the definitive peace treaty or League of Nations decision.
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Germany
Tsing-Tao
Peninsula
Paris
Supreme Council of the Peace Conference
Shantung Peninsula
Japan
Altho
China
League of Nations
Assault at Tien Tsin Shocks American Consulate
Dispatches from Peking report that American marines raided the Japanese concession at Tien Tsin, entered the Japanese consulate, and assaulted the consul after clashes in the Japanese quarter. Two Americans were wounded, and about 200 marines later paraded through the Japanese concession. The incident prompted diplomatic caution without official confirmation.
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Peking
Tien Tain
Concession
St.ds
Washington
Vina
Associated Press
Imesaage
Japan
Tain
TV Tsin
State’ Department
Navy Department
Tien’ Tsin
Pe ‘Ing
Department
Tien Tsin
15Th Regular Infantry Regiment
Meals of Drummers Exempt When They Have Expense Fund
Commercial travelers may deduct actual meal and lodging costs if they have expense allowances. Any excess of allowance over expenses is taxable income. Those on straight commissions without expense allowances cannot deduct expenses.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Roper
George O"h."payne
The
Eastern
Middle West Travelers’ Association
Erratic Courier Notice at Cottrier Home
Messy OCR note instructs that a paper carrier or substitute should call before 6 30 p m to deliver a copy of the paper. It asks the recipient to contact the office by phone 3380 to arrange.
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W. J. Warding
Jewa
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W. W. Epps
Wapelio County
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Carroll County
John M. Wormley
Plymouth County
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Atate
Automobile Department
Roy Allen
T. P. Harrington
House Judiciary Committee
Allen
N. J
Jersey
National War Tabor Board
Public Service Railway Company
Densmore
United States Employment Service
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el Verso
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USA
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Miller
Green County
Wisconsin
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