Pershing 10 Send Hath to Occupation Forces Split Havoc
Des Moines reports that about 18,000 Towans in the 34th division, created from Iowa Minnesota Nebraska and other states, may be sent back from occupation service. The unit trained at Camp Cody and Camp Dodge includes the 109th ammunition train and 135th 136th infantry among others. It is unclear how many Hawkeye servicemen remain as units are reportedly sent to France or kept in England.
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Army of Occupation
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Nebraska
Camp Dodge
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Mustazine
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Iowa City
Outpost Signal Corps
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Quartermasters Corps
Ottumaway
Buard
France
England
Chance for Soldiers and Sailors to Stay in Service Bill
Kansas City Nov 23 A bill by Representative William Borland would let soldiers and sailors choose continued service or return to civil life. It plans to send trainees who wish further service to relieve overseas forces and grant discharged personnel a month’s furlough with pay plus one month’s pay and travel allowances under law.
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Kansas City
William Borland
Congress
Washington, D. C
Wiliam Gibbs McAdoo
Secretary of the Treasury
Wilson
McAdoo
Treasury
Washington
the Treasury
French Labor Seeks Peace Delegate and Nations Congress
A socialist delegation urged Premier Clemenceau to save representatives of the seaming class at the peace conference and seek authorization for an international congress during negotiations. Clemenceau said he would refer the questions to the cabinet and the allied governments.
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Paris
Clemencent
Flying Officers and Cadets at Camp Dick Field
Officers at Camp Dick report that since its opening May 30 1918, 7608 flying officers and 18066 flight cadets have been stationed there at various times over the past year. The note appears in an advertisement for Verso Havana Cigars offering 2 for 25 cents.
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Camp Dick Field
Camp Dick
United States Army
Weather outlook for week in Mississippi Missouri valleys
Weather bureau forecasts for the week starting Monday in the upper Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys. Snow or rain expected in the first half, with likely fair skies and warmer temperatures in the second half. Near normal temperatures anticipated thereafter.
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Washington, D. C
Weather Bureau Today
Upper
Mississippi
Lower
Missouri
Waterloo War Service Drive Lags in Waterloo Region
Waterloo trails the county in the United War Service Fund drive with Black Hawk county showing strong results. The final county tally awaits Waterloo’s performance while residents face publication of delinquent names if slacking persists. Noon totals report Waterloo behind by 7 1586 dollars as officials urge prompt giving and transparency to honor rosters.
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Waterloo
United War Service Fund
Black Hawk County
Cedar Falls
la Porte City
Hudson
Service League
Fsi
Rajl
jhonor _rali _teda' Burroughs Adding Machine Co. WB. Bionics
H. T. Fisher
A. E. Guaggy
James’a. Cook
Kaiser Treated Like Sovereign In Paris Story
Paris dispatch reports the Dutch note defending its stance on William Hohenzollern, arguing the former emperor is treated as a sovereign, not a private man, with official telegrams tied to Amerongzen castle. The Petit Journal urges an end to favors to prevent potential harm.
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Paris
Havas
William Hohenzollern
Petit Journal
Amerongzen Castle
World Prohibition Conference Aims at Global Ban
At Columbus Ohio the world wide prohibition conference urged immediate steps to corral world leaders into prohibition. Resolutions thanked God for victory over Prussianism praised Wilson and Congress for war time prohibition and called for investigation of an alleged brewery newspaper pro German scandal.
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Associated Press
Collubus
Anti-Saloon League of America
Congress
Wilson
Sheriff sued over summons for war fund failure in Freeport
Freeport Illinois November 23 Sheriff John Ohmsgerds faces a $10 000 damages suit from former Sheriff Deson Fox over a summons to county council of defense to explain unpaid war fund proportion False arrest is the charge The case follows a community war fund drive last summer Also in New York a stock fraud case targets Tuxpam Star Oil company executives Bowmangnac Bryant and Kalb over an alleged mail fraud scheme
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Freeport
Ill
John Ohmsgerds
de Son Fox
Fox
County Council of Defense
Associated Press
New York
Tuxpam Istar Oil Corporation
Louis Bowmangnac
John J. Bryant
Henry Kalb
United States
Paper delivery notice to call if late
If the paper is not delivered by 11 o'clock due to carrier or other error, readers are asked to phone 3330. A copy of the paper will be sent. Calls should reach the office before 6:30 p.m.
New Municipal Court Judgship to Be Held Illegally
Waterloo officials face a legal maze as the supreme court overturns a lower ruling, restoring four justices of the peace and prolonging the old system until the spring 1920 election. Judge Birdsall’s appointment is challenged while the municipal court operates without a sitting judge.
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Supreme Court
Waterloo
Te County Bar Association
Dudge Birdsall
Su- Bretie ‘Court
Willis N. Birdsall
J. N. Sweitzer
Mr. Sweitzer
Sweitzer
T Jtustices
High Court
J. T. Knapp
F. F. Knapp
W. A. Cook
Upton B. Kepford
Legal Profession of
Bar Association
New Court
Messrs. Cook
Kepford
Birdsall
H. B. Boies
Evans
Justice Court
C. W. Cotton
Theodore Peek
Fast Waterloo
F. A. Graf
Waterloo Township
14 Bolshevik Heads to Quit Petrograd if Danger Comes
Copenhagen reports that Soviet authorities order a cruiser ready to sail from the Neva mouth and announce that 14 government members will embark for a neutral port if danger threatens, per Petrograd advices.
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Bolshevik
Petrograd
Copenhagen
Russia
Neva
Gulf of Finand
Tawney dies after long prior wartime service travels
Capt Millard Tawney, son of former congressman James A. Tawney, died at Valparaiso Ind after traveling 12 200 miles en route to enlistment in Atlanta. He served in Japan during the war and later joined the aviation section. He was well known in the northwest and his death marks the end of a brisk military journey.
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Associated Press
Winona
Minnu
Millard Tawney
Atlanta
Valparaiso
Ind
Tawney
Formtory
James A. Tawney
Japan
Minnesota National Guard
Yanks Start for Nome as Liverpool Crowds Cheer
Liverpool crowds cheer as several thousand American soldiers sail home today aboard the Lapland and the Minnehaha. Soldiers march from railway stations and local camps to the landing stage amid a sea of cheering supporters.
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Nome
Liverpool
Lapland
Minnehaha
Illinois Century as State Worthy Proclamation
Springfield Nov. 23 Gov Lowden issued a proclamation marking December 3 as the one hundredth anniversary of Illinois admission to statehood. He lauds Illinois wartime service and outlines future goals including a constitutional convention highways and state reorganization. Commemorative exercises are planned for December 3 in Springfield.
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Illinois
Lowden
Associated Press
Springfield
Ilinois
Union of States
German Navy Forms Socialist Central Committee at Wilhelmshaven
After a joint session of soldiers and workers councils the German navy votes to create two main committees with a five member socialist central committee based in Wilhelmshaven. The five sign all ministry and admiralty orders. Pershing reports American forces advancing through Luxembourg toward the Schengen area.
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Amsterdam
Germany
Wilhelmshaven
Ministry of Marine
Admiralty Staff
Solf Seeks Larger Rations for German Troops
London dispatch notes two German rations after Dr W S Solf appealed to the United States for food. The front line soldiers receive a larger share than the rest of the nation, with the front line standard likely to be kept for troops returning from the front, exceeding British allowances over the past four years.
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London
W. Ss. Solf
United States
Germany
Soli
2000 Teutons Resume Citizenship Process in New York
2000 German and Austrian enemy aliens will have their naturalization papers resumed next Monday in New York. Wm F Schneider, head of the naturalization bureau in New York County, said these applicants applied before the war halted issuance. He noted Germans and Austrians were the tardiest immigrants in seeking citizenship, waiting 10 to 12 years longer than needed.
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Associated Press
New York
Wm. F. Schneider
Naturalization Bureau
New York County
Thay
Schneider
Senate Passes Homage to Wilson and Allies
The French senate unanimously approves a motion honoring President Wilson for his service to humanity, following a deputies’ measure praising him and allied leaders. The brief item notes the vice versa tribute to allied nations and their chiefs, as reported from Paris on November 23.
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Paris
Havas
Chamber of Deputies
Wilson
Fiume Turmoil Cited Invasion Fears And Slavic Guard Formation
Victor Fisher reports in Fiume that 18,000 armed Jugo Slavs, mostly Croatians, occupy the city while Italians are being disarmed. A Juga Slav committee has formed armed civil guards on the outskirts, raising fears of a racial outbreak and urgent action. Separately, Austrian deserters band together as Green Guards in camps across southeastern Europe, per Slovene and Polish authorities.
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Fiume
Victor, Fisher
British Workers’ League
JugoSlavscry
Jugo-Slav Committee
Fisher
Fiume Unter
Paris
Green
Europe
William J. Rase
Laibach
Slovakia
Austrian Silesia
Royal entry of Brussels draws wild ovation
King Albert of Belgium rode into Brussels with Queen Elizabeth and princes Leopold and Charles amid a massive welcome. The royal party reviewed troops along a ten mile procession under a gala city, while flowers showered the path and thousands crowded hotels and halls awaiting lodgings.
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Associated Press
Brussels
Albert
Elizabeth
Leopold
Charles
Marie Jose
Porte de Flanders
Place de la Nation
Parliament House
Peace Conference Problems as Allied Statesmen Gather
Frank H. Simonds presents the challenges facing allied leaders at the Paris Versailles conference in a masterful article. The piece outlines key diplomatic hurdles, wartime commitments, and postwar aims shaping the historic gathering.
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Frank H. Simonds
Waterloo Evening Courier tribute to a gifted writer continues
An obituary of literary contributor notes that this able writer's interest and contributions will keep appearing in the Waterloo Evening Courier. The notice emphasizes ongoing presence and the cherished role in the local press.
Demobilization details reach Pershing authority
United States General March announced that Pershing may send home all troops not needed for occupation. He listed divisions and units to be returned, with 44,000 German prisoners and 1,400 captured guns. Demobilization of home troops continues, and plans for Coblenz Rhine bridgehead progress.
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