Engineer Beaten by Mexican Band in Arizona Territory
Frankin B. Harding, chief ronsy’ hk engineer for the Chicago Exploration & Heavyage company, was beaten and deprived of food and water after Villa followers attacked a camp near Tokimer, about 228 miles south of Agua Prieta. He walked into town seeking aid and plans to report to the American consul. Villa followers are reportedly concentrating near Tonichi, with foreigners fleeing the area and Diaz loyalists marching from Tepic to join near Tonichi.
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Auga Prieta
Mexico
Frankin B. Jdard
Ronsy’ Hk
Chicago Exploration & Heverage! Men, Corporation
Tokimer
Jhora
Here
Nanding
Villa Vilowers
Chihuahua
Mars
Red’ Lopez
Hardings
Hermosillo
Villa
Agua Prieta
Sonora
Intrerior
Tonichi
Southern Pacific
Fabout
Tepic
Seeast
Simaloa
Coblenz Ban on Music Signals Distress Backfires
Paris May 31 A Coblenz dispatch reports German opposition to a week of mourning prompted by peace terms. An American occupied city cafe defied the ban by resuming music with Sousa’s Stars and Stripes Forever played at 5 30 pm drawing no protests from the 300 Germans present.
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Paris
Thewlder
Coblenz
Tion
Phestra
Sousa
Seven Divisions Reduced in France, Army Demobilization
Washington May 31 General March announced the expeditionary forces are practically reduced to seven regular divisions with four released for early return. The demobilization has returned 2,376,299 officers and men to civil life as twenty five combatant divisions are drawn down in France.
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Washington, D. C
March
New District Judge Assumes Duties Monday Morning
John B Williams, newly appointed judge of the Tenth judicial district, will perform his first official act Monday in Black Hawk county court. His commission is received and he will hear a case yet to be determined, likely signing orders as he begins work succeeding the late Judge W. Marlan. Williams, a senior partner at William Jr Clark, has been busy finalizing matters as counsel.
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John B. ‘Willams
Ju Ul
Black Hawk
Willams
Williapia
W. Marlan
Williams
William Jr & Clark
H. EB. Colby
Philadelphia
Holstein- Friesian Association of America
Waterloo
Wagoner Ray
B. E. Hill
B.J. Wenner
Garrison
River Front Commission
Fourth
Fifth Streets
Blanche Martin
Minneapolis
War Work Council
North Central Field
Miss Martin
Woman's Athletic Association
Harold W. Doty
Quartermaster Corps
Elmer R. Togerson
327Th Infantry
A. W House
Camp Merritt
Hall of States
New York City
Pvt
House
Lewis Langley Garrison
Wellington Street
America
Broomfield
Hostetter
The
Crystal
Harry Perkins
Brunswick
W. J
France
Monte Carlo
Nice
Federal Wire Control Boosted Wage Demands Says Chief
Washington May 30 government control of telephone and telegraph assets led to higher wage demands than private operation would have produced says N O G Kingsbury vice president of American Telegraph and Telephone before the House Interstate Commerce Committee He asserts no gains were received by the government beyond private operation and proposes a bill to guarantee compensation to telephone companies for federal control He cites a government deficit of about 9 million dollars in operating Bell systems and notes higher costs could not be offset in time Edward Reynolds of Postal Telegraph Cable asks immediate return of property at current rates claiming daily public overcharges from 60900 to 75000 dollars He cites correspondence between Clarence Mackay and federal officials to rebut charges that Postal withheld information and says Postal would revert to prewar rates with adjusted operating costs
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Avsoglyied Press
Washington, D. C
Telephone and Telegraph
N. O G. Kingsbury
American ‘Telephone & Telegraph Company
House Interstate Commerce Committee
Kingsbury
Bell Telephone System
Edward Reynolds
Postal Telegraph Cable
Reynolds
Clarence H. Mackay
Postal Company
Postal
Post Office Department
Chicago Bans Sand Dancing in Bathing Suits
Chicago officials announced a ban on dancing in the sand at beaches as summer opens. Beach supervisors cited modesty concerns, restricting attire to close fitting knit suits with bloomers no more than four inches above the knees, and prohibited popular sand dances and provocative movements seen last year.
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Chicago
Walter Wright
Bureau of Beach Supervision
Jet Maen
S of
Stockin
Baih
Po Bay
Tabaretz
Lake Michigan
Mahlie
Becaus
Ons
Dansor
County Offices to Close Saturday Afternoons in Black Hawk County
Beginning June 7 and continuing until late October the court house offices will close Saturday afternoons. This is a new departure for Black Hawk County offices and mirrors plans in other parts of Iowa. The change marks the first time such a schedule has been adopted locally.
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Court House
Black Hawk
Iowa
Aks Rest
200000 Yanks to Be Total on Other Side by September
Estimates sent to Congress by the War Department project maintaining 600000 troops in France and Germany in July 490000 in August and 200000 in September with a possible request for more funds after October 1 if occupation continues. Brig Gen Lord and army finance officials outlined the $31.252 billion appropriation bill and noted changes from the prior session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Congress
War Department
France
Germany
MacKay
Army Bureau of Finance
House Military Committee
Lord
Bureau of Finance
Pueblo Louisville Bring 3 600 Yanks Back From Overseas
The Towisville arrived from Brest with 1 807 eastern and Texas troops, plus 43 wives and 114 children of soldiers and a number of sailors and civilians. The cruiser Pueblo from Brest carried 1 799 troops of the 142nd Infantry, 6th Division, assigned to Camps Dodge and Grant.
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Associated Press
New York
Texas
Towisville
Brest
Louisville
Fcur
Pueblo
142Nd Infantry
Doge
Grant
Boy Receives Trophies From War Captain
Henry Haffa junior, 11, son of Dr and Mrs Haffa, received a German helmet and belt buckle from Captain Clark Harner. The helmet bears war wear, torn and battered by shell fire. Captain Barper serves in medical corps in France.
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Henry Haffa
HD. Haffa
Clark Harner
Buckie
Capt
Barper
France
Auto Bandit Chief Sought In Big Car Theft Ring
Chicago back in 1916 police busted a nationwide automobile theft trust led by Leuiuel Nutler and pursued Ira Bond and William Ravenkamp. Over 6,000 cars were stolen in two years. Nutler died in jail. Ravenkamp vanished. Bond’s case pending. Detective Vaughan then nabbed Ravenkamp’s associate Rayenkamp in Indianapolis, exposing the same thieves operating in Chicago and troubling local car owners.
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Chicago
Leuiuel Nutler
Nutter
Ira Bond
Minneapolis
William Raveckamp
Hoyne
Bond
Ravenkamp
Trust
Michael Vaughan
Bureau
Kent
Indianapolis
Ihnester
Pal
Vaughan
Derlain
Rayenkamp
Harry Flampson
Europe Meat Famine Hits Neutral as Well
Thomas F Wilson Chicago packer, returning from two months abroad, reports a meat and fat famine in Germany Austria and the Balkans with severe under nourishment also in neutral countries. He notes scarce breeding and one horse and 1.5 cattle per square mile in a German area of 1500 square miles and says world markets are open to American farmers if handled intelligently. He also cites Great Britain as a competitor.
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Associated Press
New York
Thomas
Wilson
Chicago
Packer
Germany
Austria
Balkans
America
Great Britain
Civilian Relief Head In France Spent High Sum
New York s 31-H amers who led postwar relief in France and other countries returned aboard Carmania after two years directing civilian aid. He noted France Belgium Italy Greece and Serbia conditions while overseeing refugee food clothing and shelter programs. He was decorated in Serbia with the White Eagle and faced ongoing investigation into wartime relief expenditures.
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Ly the
New York
Hamers
France
Belgium
Italy
Greece
Serbia
Carmania
Trance
Felks
NC-4 Ends Navy Flight Over Ocean at Plymouth
The NC-4 crew returns to Plymouth harbor on the Mayflower pier with a reception planned by the mayor. Weather was foggy, flying at 60 to 100 feet, a radiator leak noted by Lieut. Hinton, and radio messages reported near Ouessant and Brest as the flight continued. Royal Air Force officers entertain the Americans in Plymouth while reports detail passes by destroyers Barney and Hazelwood and station No. 4 in the Bay of Biscay.
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Rochester
Plymouth
Mayflower
Royal Air Force
Ellis Low Thrusox
Lieut. Hinton
Barney
London
United States Sea
Ferrol
Bay of Biscay
Brest
Greenwich
Channel
NC-4
Ferro
George Washington
Ouessant
Eas
Associated Press
England
Yaris
Hazelwood
Telegraph Workers to Strike Thru U S Monday
S J Ronen camp announced a general strike of tele graph and electrical workers across the United States will begin Monday to win recognition of union rights. The May 5 vote backed demands for organization collective bargaining higher wages and standardized pay. Rail road telegraphers pledged not to handle commercial messages during the strike.
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Associated Press
Montreal
S. J. Ronencamp
Commercial Telegraphers’ Union
Washington
United States
Mosday
Atlanta
Renencamp
Miss Mae Cresswell 44 dies after long illness at Cedar Falls
Miss Mae Cresswell of Cedar Falls dies at 9 00 a m at home on College hill after a long illness. She taught at the college for 10 years and resigned last fall due to health. Formerly principal of Oelwein high school she leaves a sister Eva M. Cresswell as the only immediate survivor. Interment will be at Lorimer, services Monday morning.
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Mae Cresswell
Cedar Falls
College Hill
Lorimer
Eva M. Cresswell
Welcome to 33rd by Chicago Planned to Outdo Past Efforts
Chicago May 31 Assimilated Press reports final preparations for welcoming home the 33rd division Prairie on Monday. The second contingent was to train from Camp Mills and Camp Merritt for the last leg home, with demonstrations planned for the old First and Seventh regiments of the Illinois National Guard, aiming to surpass earlier welcomes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Prairie
Camp Mills
Camp Mer Fitt
Keppel Named Director of Foreign Work for Red Cross
Frederick P. Keppel, former third assistant secretary of war and Columbia dean, will become director of foreign operations for the American Red Cross on July 1. He handed his resignation to Secretary Baker today after serving in the War Department since April 17, 1917, overseeing soldiers social and physical welfare for more than four years.
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Associated Progs
Washington, DC
Frederick P. Keppel
Dod
Columbia University
American Red Cross
Hel
Baker
Dy. Keppel
War Department
Gorgas Reaches Tanama En Route to United States
Maj. Gen. William C. Gorgas, head of the American yellow fever commission, arrived in Tanama from Guayaquil Feuader to continue investigations in Northern South America under the auspices of the Rockefeller Foundation en route to the United States.
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Gorgas
Tanama
William Co Gorgas
Guayaquil
Feuader
United States
Saati América
Horkefeller
Long-lived Rochester Methodist Woman Honored in Naples Centenary
Rochester New York May 31 special services will honor Mrs Samantha Stanton Nellis born 1810 as the oldest living Methodist in the area celebrating the church centenary. A porch swing was stolen from W Esher’s porch in the early hours. a bold couple drove away in a nearby car, the swing and chains later identified by residents. If the swing is returned authorities will likely drop charges.
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Associated Press
Rochester
N. Y
Ontario County
Russ
W. Esher
County Anew
Walnut Street
Fifth Street
Esher
Lioyd Skeets
Sheriff's
Fourth Pursuit Squadron Returns to New York
The famed 4th pursuit squadron once led by Addie Rickenbacker arrives in New York from the transport Louisville. The unit is officially credited with 70 enemy planes and 42 others, tracing its wartime exploits to World War I connections with La Fayette.
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Wyleers
N.v
New York
4Th Pursuit Squadron
Addie Rickenbacker
la Fayette Ascadrille
United States
Louisville
Memorial day notes from Brandon Albion and Cedar Rapids
Memorial day addresses given by Dr. Frank Willard Court at Albion and J. S. Tuthin at Brandon Ia. reports list residents traveling visitors and local civic notes. Updates include county records, hospital recoveries, decorations, and a growing heat wave with a 91 degree high.
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J. S. Tuthin
Brandon
Frank Willard Court
Albion
EB. H. Knittle Havn’ T
Excelsior Springs
J. R. Chapman
Dye
Aredale
Frank A. Robinoon
Cedar Falls
Ada M. Palmer
Social Welfare League
Cedar Rapids
Jap Learner Wins English From Holy Scriptures in Des Moines
Des Moines reports extended efforts to study English through sacred texts as Japan seeks language immersion for capital extension. Taft to speak at a Grant club dinner while Jap leader travels tonight. In Kansas City the Star notes the main hurdle for Japanese students is finding oral practice partners for English dialogue.
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Des Moines
Grant Club
Taft
Kansas City
the Star
Japan
Good Samaritan Held In Abduction Of Girl
Viola Mueller a 14 year old Newark girl found in an East Twenty sixth street boarding house after disappearance became hysterical on way to Yorkville hospital where doctors found powder believed morphine in her clothing. Benjamin Sherman embroidery dealer of the Bronx, one of two men arrested in the case, held on $5,000 bond for examination before Magistrate W S Sweetser in Yorkville court.
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New York
Viola Mueller
Bronx
W. 8.Sweetser
Yorkville Court
Canadian cattle raisers protest U S quarantine
Ottawa Ont Western Canadian cattle raisers protest sharp U S quarantine restrictions that harmed revenue. They state American rules push sellers to dispose of stock at Winnipeg, with prices $2 to $3 lower than St Paul, placing the industry in trouble across Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta.
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Ottawa
Ont
United States
Winnineg
St. Paul
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Allerta
Man Purchases Living Supplies for Bohemia Trade
Traer Iowa May 31 Frank Zmolik a Bohemian native who came to America before World War I purchased groceries from a Traer dealer for his family in Bohemia The shipment includes five pairs of shoes flour sugar coffee and rice Transportation charges near twice the flour and sugar price Also notes influenza efforts in Xanon territory with dispatch of Indian runners carrying serum to Ft McPherson and a 1000 mile round trip across snow and the Rocky Mountains during mid winter The Journeys mention efforts across the Mackenzie river and the long relief run
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Traer
Frank Zmo
Bohemia
America
Xanon
Ft McPhersagy
Mackengie
Rocky Mountains
Bacon sale nets $57 from one animal in Indiana
Lawrenceburg Indiana May 31 two sides of bacon sold by Enos G Hayes a farmer brought 57 dollars. The bacon weighed 190 pounds and came from one animal which weighed god pounds on foot and 783 pounds dressed. A highway construction contractor bought the bacon.
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Lawrenceburg
Ind
Enos G. Hayes
Pearl Harbor Dry Dock Nears Completion at Pearl Harbor
After a decade of work and a 4.5 million investment the Pearl Harbor naval station dry dock nears completion. The vast concrete basin, 1,029 feet long and 100 feet wide, will likely be dedicated next June with a possible Pacific fleet visit for the celebration.
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Honolulu
T. H
Pearl Harbor Naval Station
Pacific Fleet
Big Peach Crop Predicted by Bay State Growers
Clinton Mass reports predict one of history’s largest peach crops as buds survived a harsh winter. Orchardists expect around 40 000 baskets in the area. Efidle Moore, ex catcher, joins Kansas City American Association club after discharge from the army. Finbert Simpson and Ensign Jackson Scholz train for EF meet trials in Philadelphia in June. Simpson to France. Scholz to prove during trials. Harvard and Yale track trials feature, with Penn and Cornell likely to qualify. Michigan the sole Western university. Brazil beats Crucea in South American soccer final after extra time. Linden notes parish news with clock and local letters. hospital任务 and other local items listed.
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Clinton
Mass
Efidle Moore
Joplin
Brooklyn Nationals
Kanas City
Missouri Waller
Finbert T. Simpson
Ensign Jackson V. Scholz
Philadelphia
Simpson
France
Scholz
United States
Mstockholm
Mniitary
Naval Service
Harvard
University of Pennsylvania
Cornell
Michigan
Brazil
South America
Crueuay
Tem
Benzil
Night in a Boarding House Mystery of Ted and Langley
Marcia, a hopeful illustrator, discovers a sick boy named Ted hidden in a back room of a boarding house. Ted calls John Langley his father and begs for care. Langley reveals he plans to stay and help Ted, while Marcia contemplates their future as Ted’s caretaker and their evolving bond.
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Marcia
Tin Ted
Shannon
Ted
Daddy
Mr. Langley
John Langley
John
29 Year Old Goose Sets Egg Laying Record Near Creamery
Peter A. Metz of near Creamery owns a 29 year old goose that laid eight eggs in a year. The last egg measured 113 inches in circumference and 83 percent of expected size. The goose mourns after the loss of her mate "Fete" the gander who was killed by a dog.
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Hereford
Peter A. Metz
Near Creamery
Pete
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Crook
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Red Cross
Cause of Special Services of
New York Methodists
4Th St. Bridge
Y.M
Pounty Recorder
M. H. Snyder
Mobile Streat
St. Francis Hospital
Wesley Harrison Acker
Rush Medical College
Sarah Mueller
Commercial Street
Roger Mueller
W. J. Burbank
Waverly
Harold E. Parr
Princeton
Ill
H. E. Colby
Floyd Smith
W. HW. Londerman
Marshalltown
Lowal
TH. W. Grout
Justice of the Supreme Court
Ladd
HOLY
U. 5
Pearl Harbor Dry Dock
Bay State
Linden
Mirinder Rangale
San Tiero
Cal
Irvin
K. Peterson le
Lafayette Street
Jonete Eae
St. Fran
Martin Mulver
Irs
Innesville
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Ray Smalling
Chapman
Jesup
Jack Lawton
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