President Wilson Moves Postmasters to Civil Service
Washington March 31 More than 10 000 first second and third class postmasters are placed under civil service by executive order. Incumbents stay but vacancies trigger open competitive exams with the president selecting the top eligible candidate and no examiner over 65. Burleson says officials must enforce rules to boost efficiency and postmasters must study postal activities beyond office hours.
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Washington, D. C
Civil Service
Wilson
Civil Service Commission
Policigs
Burleson
This Is Thrilling 18 U Boats Taken
A Panama cable report of eighteen U boats captured by an American warship was debunked by Thomas H. Candor of the Presbyterian board of foreign missions, who aboard the Carrillo said the so called submarines were naval targets towed by seven warships. The vessels were sighted near San Salvador as the Carrillo neared New York.
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New York
Panama
Teg
Thomas H. Candor
Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions
Carrillo
San Salvador
Gerard Not Guilty of German Charges
Foreign Secretary Zimmermann told the Reichstag an investigation disproved the charges against United States Ambassador Gerard. The Berlin Vossische Zeitung reports no details on other allegations beyond a claim he issued American passports to Englishmen.
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Rmpsterdam
London
Zimmer Taann
Reichstag
United States
Gerard
Berlin
Vossische Zeitung
Herr Zimmermann
Zeitung
Whitlock Denied Mistreated Diplomatic Privileges
London March 51 A dispatch via Amsterdam emphatically denies reports that Brand Whitlock American minister to Belgium has suffered any violation of his privileges. It states Mr Whitlock will be granted every privilege of a neutral diplomat until he crosses the frontier.
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London
Berlin
Amsterdam
Brand Whitlock
Belgium
Whitlock
Polish Leaders Rejoice Over Russian Polish Manifesto
Petrograd reports Polish leaders across the country welcomed Russia’s manifesto on Polish freedom. Prominent figure LA. Shebako said Russia must act quickly to prevent Poland from joining other central empires.
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Petrograd
London
Poland
LA. Shebako
Russia
British take 5 villages in northern France
British troops advancing in northern France have captured five villages Headicott St. Emilie Maurieville Vermand and Soyecourt according to Reuters at British headquarters. Mark Rechtfertig Motorcycle policeman broke an ankle when his machine overturned while avoiding two automobiles. taken to St. Francis hospital.
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France
London
Reuters
Headicott
St. Emilie
Maurieville
Vermand
Soyecourt
Mark Rechtfertig
Twe Automobiles
Rechtfertig
St. Francis Hospital
Chicago bans white and flesh bathing suits this summer
Chicago officials ruled that young women may not wear white or flesh colored bathing suits on city beaches this summer. One piece suits are also banned by the city council committee on bathing beaches in a decree issued March 31.
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Chicago
Teuton Peace Offers Open, Says Hungarian Minister
Amsterdam via London March 31 A Vienna dispatch quotes Count Czerny Austro Hungarian foreign minister saying the Entente could end the war with the Central Powers at any time and that the Central Powers peace conference proposal still stands. He says we are not to be destroyed nor to destroy and fronts are stronger with a secure economy. He notes treaties are being torn up and outlines conditions for an honorable peace while warning if talks fail the fight continues.
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Amsterdeam
London
Vienna
Czeriny
Fremdenblatt
Entente
Count Czerning
Czerniny
German Farmers Ordered to Surrender Grain
Copenhagen reports a new German law directing the military to enforce grain surrender beyond ration allotments. A commission will compel agrarians to deliver excess grain to government warehouses, with unthreshed grain to be promptly threshed and supplied by authorities.
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Copenhagen
Aloo
Agrarians
Furnis
Law Blames Idle Labor For Delays In AGL Stocks Seizure
The article explains that insufficient labor and deliberate withholding of produce by farmers to feed themselves or stockpile for higher profits prompts a new law. It notes that holders of AGL stocks may be confiscated without compensation as a consequence of evasion of maximum prices. The piece presents the farmeseconomic motive behind the delays and state actions.
Wages Paid to Long-Owed Cornwall Former Workers
Edwin Fawcett son of a former paper mill owner in Moodna pays 40 year old wages in Cornwall on the Hudson. He gives out overdue pay with interest to former employees and their heirs, including Charles D. Smith and others, balancing accounts from the 1877 mill closure during the panic of 73.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Edwin Fawcett
Corniwall-on- Hudson
Moodna Nay
Fawcett
Contern
Samuel Fawcett
Laem
Charles D. Smith
Louis Welton
PF. B. Hubbard
Cornwall
Urgent Appeal for Aid for Noyon Sufferers
New York dispatch reports an urgent appeal for money and food to aid inhabitants of Noyon France recently evacuated by Germans and described as largely destroyed. The appeal comes through the war relief clearing house for France and her allies from Paris representatives. More sufferers are expected as the German retreat continues.
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New York
Noyon
France
War Relief Clearing House
Paris
Death Penalty Abolished by New Russian Regime
London March 31. The Russian provisional government has decided to abolish the death penalty, a Reuters dispatch from Petrograd reports. Servitude for life or a fixed term will be substituted where death is prescribed by law.
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London
Reuter
Petrograd
Waterloo Red Cross recruits in one day at Paul Davis booth
Waterloo Red Cross Unit completes enlistment drive at James Black store and Paul Davis booth. Since Wednesday the campaign has grown, with 20 enlistments reported yesterday and 64 total in the last four days. Names listed include Maria Chapman, Mrs. Davis, Mrs. Kimball, Miss Marian Lam, and others. Mrs Northey oversees the effort with shifts from 7 p.m. to 1 a.m.
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James Black Stare
Taul Davis
RF. L. Northey
Red Cross
Paul Davia
Maria al Chapman
Cat Davis
M- Ti, Kimball
Wk. J. Kelly
Marian Lam
U. Lt Kingsley
Piratrse
Black’s Store
I. £. O'Neefe
Jo We Braant
A. J. Johnson
Mar-guerite Fowler
Neva Walker
Northey Will Eveupy
Booth
Movie Gives Glew To Missing Girl
The four year hunt for a missing girl ends when a Los Angeles moving picture reveals the kidnapper. Detectives identify 44 year old Whitehead and the girl as father and daughter living in Syracuse, with Whitehead arrested on kidnapping charges as the girl is held at juvenile hall.
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Lous Angeles
Cal
Maret Ale
Han
Osi
Whitehead
Igen Barns Whitettert
Syracuse
N.Y
Une Chit
Wasselboro
Altho
Paris
Los Angeles
Mim
New York
Helen Whitehead
William Hl. Whitehead
Herkimer
South America
United States
H. QO. Berline
Called Tin Soldier Guard Shoots Clerk Then Kills Himself
Kansas Club Missouri March 31 Leslie McGrath 19 of the Third Missouri infantry fought on a charge of killing J Presley Brgan a clerk last night when Brgan called McGrath a tin soldier. McGrath was found dead today in uniform with an army automatic pistol near his body on the Missouri river banks. Two boys who saw him shoot himself said he faced the river and saluted before firing. A note in his pocket asked Captain Gill Bateman to blow taps over him. Bateman was his tentmate last summer on the Mexican border.
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Kansas Club
Leslie McGrath
Third Missouri Infantry
J. Presley Brganbright
McGrath
Missouri River
Gill Bateman
Bateman
Defense Council Plans Reorganization Of National Defense
Washington March 31 The council of national defense and its advisory commission are working out definite plans for reorganization of all national preparedness measures except purely military ships. A three hour joint session at the War Department was held with full council and commission in attendance. The seven commissioners will stay in Washington until Congress acts and national policy on the German situation is determined.
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Washington, D. C
Wilson
Council of National Defense
War Department
Councilami Commission
Washington
Congress
Prairie chicken and quail protection bills set as senate order
New Moines March 41 Special to The Star The prairie chicken bill creating a five year closed season and the quail bill with the same provision will be special orders in the senate Wednesday morning at wakelock. The bills will be taken up at 10 o clock as likewise.
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New Moines
Senate
Wa’elock
Alan
New Military Districts Form for War Exigency
Three senior US Army officers shift duties as two new districts arise Northeastern and Southeastern departments with HQs in Boston and Charleston Major General Leonard Wood moves to the Southeast from Governor's Island New York City to command the Southeast Major General J Franklin Bell succeeds him in the East Orig Gen Clarence T Edwards moves from the Panama Canal Zone to the Northeast part of the United States Army restructuring during wartime.
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United States Army
New England States
Boston
Charleston
Leonard Wood
Governor's Isling
New York City
J. Franklin Bell
Western Department
Orig
Clarence T. Edwards
Panama Canal Zone
Ita
Forty Americans Captured by Moewe in German Camp
Copenhagen via London reports that more than four dozen American captives are held as prisoners of war in Germany after the Moewe attack. American seaman Jack Benson recalls about forty men were aboard the transport Esmeralda when sunk. Only one named American, Smith, is noted as spared among the crew.
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Copenhagen
London
Moewe
Jack Bensot
Hell
Germany
Benson
Esmeraldes
Henson
Smith
Armel
Grieved over tie war in a local tale
A local man, Davenport, Miereh Tit, described as grievously affected by the war, reportedly cut his throat with a butcher knife after learning of his country’s demands. The incident occurred this morning, leaving a grim scene and questions about the fatherland’s call to arms.
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Davenport
Surehie
Lincoln Statue Presented to Cincinnati by Taft Officials
George Gray Barnard created a statue of Abraham Lincoln presented to Cincinnati today by Mr and Mrs Charles P Taft and former President William Howard Taft officiating. The ceremony marked the official unveiling of the statue in the city.
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Cincinnati
George. Gray Barnard
Charles Pp. Taft
William Wh.taft
Next Week's Weather Washington Forecast
The weather bureau predicts a cool week in Washington starting March 21 with generally below normal temperatures. Plains areas may see rain and unsettled conditions as a trough remains nearby.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
Suicide linked to fear of war in Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids Ta March 31 Fear that he might have to go to war against the Germans is believed to have driven Fred Conrad 21 to hang himself near Linn Junction He left a note saying I would not go to war
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Cedar Rapids
Fred Conrad
Linn Junction
Guards Not in Federal Service Stay at Home
Fragmentary wartime note describes guards remaining at home while drilling continues. Mentions Capt. Westein and Lieut. Fisher overseeing detachment, with few married women or dependents present due to years of mobilization. No certainty on when units will be recalled for duty.
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Dritty
CITY IN BRIEF SOUGHT GLASSES REPAIRS AND LOCAL NEWS
A jumble of city notices reports repairs to glasses for sou lesih and updates on residents in the Lafayette building. It notes a hospital operation at St Francis, family births, travels, and local church and school events amid brief community dispatches and a wartime front update. The piece blends social items with a terse war report from the fronts.
Evangelical Church Here Retains Pastors
Special Bishop S C Trevfogzel announced appointments for the Iowa Evangelical association at the conference. The pastors of Waterloo and Vedar Falls churches are retained. Rev Dayius Lang is assigned at La Porte City. Rev J T Knall of Dubuque and Rev T Heh SH Cedar Rapids commence new posts.
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Vedar Falls
Mar
S.C. Ttrevfogzel
Iowa Evangelical Association
Waterloo
Mar Falls
Dayius Lang
la Porte City
Knall
Dubuque
T. Heh
Cedar Rapids
Wappy Unit Club Gelock Luncheon Announced
The Wappy Unit club plans a gelock luncheon with Mrs. 8. B. Reet on Tuesday at Cedar review. Deputy supreme commander Mr Wa Matk bLeec will attend. Authorities note inflation and refreshments.
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Wappy Unit Club
Agelock
B. Reet
Cedar Review
Nsset Turesay
Ppm
Wa Matk bLeec
Government at front march dispatch from Petrograd
London reports all members of the provisional government move to the front to visit general headquarters. A dispatch from Petrograd confirms the visit as precaution. The item also notes a witty World joke about Bill Simmons at church collections.
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London
Petrograd
Bill Simmons
New York World
Paris Civic Council Discusses Oil Lamps for Streets
Paris March 31 The civic council will consider fighting Parisian theatre smoke by using oil lamps. Officials say coal shortages for gas plants prompted the study and decision.
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Paris
Civic Council
Smuggling Suspects Hit It Hard in Hidden Heirloom Ring
A suspect case centers on a smuggling ring claiming a valued collection worth 190000 to 200000. The items include a pearl necklace once linked to Princess Louise of Beltane. Joe Jordan, a songwriter, and his wife claim ownership amid disputes over heirs and duties in a British citizen’s property.
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Hitme
Maren
Gama
Louise
Beltane
Joe Jordan
R R
Doebell
London
Ravels
Jordan Ia
Local Society Notes and Visits Across Town
Bristow and nearby residents share a week of visits with Maud Mewia in Muyerthe and Dusneath McTaganrr returns to Wins hare from a three week stay with his son Jotur VW. Meantime Mir AnIT SM git ag steaul tly Rew and Mintert reunite with family. education, work and travel updates color the community diary as townsfolk attend events, schooling, and a home talent play titled Mrs. Temple's Telegram. Strong emphasis on family, work placements at Rock Island depo, and local social calls highlight the period’s everyday life.
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Bristow Beistow
Mareh St
Maxine Hard- Ian
Zole Marly
Maud Mewia
Muyerthe
Dusneath McTaganrr
Winshare
Strawberry Colne
Slaughter
Jean
Clarion
Chester
Sweturday
Olghit
Jotur
Harnbey
Shee - Tau
Minert
Schaat
Robertson
Mes
Widgine Anderson
Dumont
Econ Cklaens
Mead
Guy Shatin
Wert Dodge
Little Giele
Sittery
Violet
Appleby
Altha
Ming Muth Garey
Greene
Walter Wanaley
Clarkaville
Tai. Klinek
Walter Klinek
Clarksville
Tajung Hull
Mason City
Rock Island Depo
Jimmie Hull
Maud Waite
Dorothea
Waterloo
Additional Want Ads and Notices From the City
A crowded classified page shows multiple rental listings for modern flats and three to five room houses on streets including Denver Street Racine and Randolph with varied contact numbers. Also advertised are sales of a five room modern bungalow Empire State View and a six room modern bungalow Gates Mark Place, plus an incorporation notice for The Watering Morris Phan Company in Waterloo Moras Flan Uuinpi, outlining business aims and powers.
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Wihorns
Cadillac
Lnquire
East Seventh Street
Racine
le Hosteter
Empire State View
wuLit Cotmplete
West Third
Randolph
Heal Eatate
Pisce
June Lo
Inquire FE
Emila FE
Partis
Waterloo
Flan Uuinpi
Waterion Morrisisn Company
Watering Morris Phan Company
Busine
Fthe County
Wark Hawk
Tews
Morris Flan
City firm charter details and officer slate
The document outlines a 1947 Iowa corporation charter with capital of 50000 dollars in 500 shares at 100 dollars par, non assessable. It provides corporate powers including real estate, personal property, and business activities. It sets term of twenty years, a board of directors 5 to 24, annual meetings in January, and named initial directors and officers led by Carleton Stas and Vincent J. Rechtfertig. The indebtedness cap is two thirds of paid up stock. stockholders’ private property remains exempt from corporate debts.
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Iowa
Corporation Wharf
Cachat
W. J. Peddicord
W. EH. Ogle
Frank Landgraf
D.L. Shinghaw
John L. Jones
Wm. Galloway
al. B. Lichty
H.R. Shannon
Fred S. Pettht
Il McCoy
Harry W. Hadong
Gen. W. Williams
W. B. Small
Thos
SL Buchanan
Beni. J. Howrey
Geo
Teol
Carleton Stas
V._ J. Quchtfertin
Railway Time Tables Leaves For Lesam Dubuque and Chicago
Railway timetable lists departures and arrivals for routes from Dubuque to Chicago and other connections. It includes local and limited trains with times to Fort Dodge Omaha Minneapolis St. Louis and Kansas City, plus Cedar Rapids Waterloo and Waverly divisions and notes daily exceptions.
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Lesam
Dubuque
Chicago
Nicage (Express
Fort Dodge
Omaha
Sioux City
Burlington
St. Louis
Cedar Rapids
Kansas City
Davenport
C.F & Me
Cedar Falle
Waterloo
Cedar Falls
A.m. Lins
Waverly
Bos
Dam
Arr
Ham 102
Sam
Tocal
Pr & Limited
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Deny Whitlock
Kut-el-Amara
Kut-El- Amara
Teuton
Ergenyt
PO Noyons
Waterloo Red Cross
Glew
Pate Moegs
Jes
Beles As
Modurta
Tin Soldier
Defense Council
American Red Cross Headquarters
Washington. the
Uelow
American Red Cross Magazine
Driggen. Edwards
Barnare
Lincoln
Statua TA
Buchanan Opt
Todd
Akcohem
Guchanan
Penn Hanlon
Matie Urol
Laffayette Building
J. T. Miller
IL. G. Brown
Missouri
Fins
A. N. Doblaney
Diryen Avenue
Shack
Joale Riner
Lafayette Street
Widward
Dorothy Martin
Minneapolis
Mancha Martin
Welr
Central
Tin City Ministerial Union
JQ A. Im
YM. CO. A
W. A. Pelergon
Marjorie Rahe
C. W. fRahe
Sarah Hoyack
Witerloo
Denver
Cale
Oklahoma City
Okla
Charles W. Jing
Usic
Northeastern Lawn Teachers’ Association
Jt. G. Burr
Independent School District
New Martford
Mose Mayer
South
Whitley
Ind
Tussell-Larson
California
Mayer
Jean Israel
J. H. Yassy
Des Moines
Town Evangelical Association
Calvary Church
Cedar
O. M. Yag
Vetrograd
Marel Wn
British Admiralty
War Office
Hluket Ani
Postary
Roumanian
Galalz
Cancuelin
Evangelical Church
Garaga
Gos Denver Street
Thane Red
Illinois Centraler
Leavas
Lonal
Albert Lea
Anne
Twin Cities
Win Cities
Albert Toca
Shell Beck
Timothy
Mulberry Street
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