Senate probe on Lusitania talk aims to verify La Follette speech
Senate committee led by Pomerene to review La Follette claim that Bryan knew of ammunition cargo on Lusitania. President Wilson and Secretary Lansing consulted as material from the State Department is prepared for the inquiry. Bryan denies the charge. Pomerene asks for his version. Minnesota safety commission forwards La Follette expulsions petitions and accompanying transcripts. La Follette also to submit.
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Washington, D. C
Pomerene
Senate
la Follette
St. Paul
Wilson
Lansing
Bryan
State Department
Sennator
Minnesota Public Safety Commission
Senator la Follette
la Vollette
Waterloo City Notes Brief Items From Public Life
A roundup of short notices from Waterloo includes social visits, business travels, and civic updates. People mentioned include Mrs. M. B. Suteliff, Dr. J. A. Jerger, Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Frabni, and H. E. Corwin. The city hosts a civil service exam, a Bible school meeting, a Royal Arch Masons event, and a cantonment mail guidance display at the post office.
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Civil Service
Waterloo
Federal Building
A. MacEachron
Cedar Rapids
Fred G. Corwin
Los Angeles
H. E. Corwin
Business
Hare
Order Drafted Men to Fill Ranks of 3 Guard Divisions
The War Department ordered redistribution of national army cantonments to fill up three Southern state national guard divisions to war strength. Draftees from Camp Jackson, Camp Gordon, and Camp Pike will be reassigned. Surplus white draftees from other camps will form a supplementary national army division of far eastern states at Camp Gordon.
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Nellie Burk
Dunkerton
Albert
Elmer Page
France
Aviation Corps
Miss Pearl Stanton
Chicago
New York
Washington, D. C
Navy Department
Ctty
California
Fort Snelling
Lydia Eicher
Social Welfare League
Hilian Esther Krueger
Galena
Edward Krueger
National Army
South
Middlewest
East
War Department
National Guard
Camp Jackson
Columbia
D. C
Camp Gordon
Atlanta
Camp Pike
Little Rock
Ark
Camp
Bankers Meet for Liberty Loan Campaign in Iowa
Thirty two bankers from northern Iowa are hosted at Hotel Russell Lamson by W W Marsh to meet W A Kneath chairman of the liberty loan in Iowa who arrived from Chicago. A luncheon preceded a 2 pm business session to exchange ideas on handling the bond issue for mutual advantage.
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Iowa
Russell-Lamson
W. W Marsh
W. A.kneath
Berty Loan
Chicago
Nogu
Waterloo Couple Is Wed At Marshalltown
From Marshalltown comes information this afternoon that a marriage license was issued there today to C. T. Campbell and Mrs. Minnie Goodsell, both of Waterloo. Campbell is a painter listed at 304 Muir Street and the bride is listed as a resident at 321 Saxon Street.
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Marshalltown
C. T. Campbell
Minnie Goodsell
Waterloo
Campbell
Muir Street
Saxon Street
Belgians forced to work under fire in Belgian towns
Sept 22. civilians in Langemarck Staden Elverdinge Woumen and Roulers evacuated by Germans were forced to work near German first line trenches. Many killed by shells. Women and children moved to forward cars while men 16 to 60 remained in rear cars later uncoupled and sent to hazardous positions. About 2,000 men already compelled in Courtrai and Menin. Read the news in advertising columns.
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Uarre
Langemarck
Staden
Elverdinghe
Woumen
Roulers
Belgium
Courtrai
Menin
Leather piles up but shoes dearer due to war
New York Oct 9 Leather prices rise as war continues, yet hides and leather supply expand. Slaughter of cattle in US and South America up 36 million since war start, US cattle up 7 million since Aug 1914 while leather consumption falls and exports decline. Vast hides stored and held by traders, with Europe’s demand postwar looming. Submarine war shifts hides from Europe to US and South America, imports from China Austria India rise. New York remains center of global hide trade.
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New York
United States
South America
Europe
Germany
China
Austria
India
Pacific
Beet sugar men promise bumper crop next year
Washington Oct 9 Beet sugar producers pledged to the food administration to push for maximum beet sugar production next year. They telegraphed Herbert Hoover that all differences between sugar refiners and farmers are forgotten and that a profit sharing contract has been agreed upon.
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Washington, D. C
Utah
Food Administration
Herbert Hoover
Former Iowans share ambulance tale from France war
Des Moines dispatch recounts Senator Joe Fralley of Fort Madison describing an anecdote about an Iowa ambulance volunteer. A German captive converses with him in English, mentioning his Iowa roots and prior work in Burlington and Indianapolis before the war, expressing relief at being captured.
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Des Moines
Joe Fralley
Fort Madison
France
Vrailey
United States
Iowa
Burlington
Indianapolis
Mrs Berger resigns from Wisconsin suffrage body
Milwaukee Oct. 9 Mrs Victor L Berger resigned yesterday as first vice president of the Wisconsin Women’s Suffrage association but will keep her membership. She corrected a report linking the National Woman’s Suffrage association to White House picketing. She criticized the group as not radical enough and urged more aggressive action in Wisconsin.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Victor L. Berger
Wisconsin Women's Suffrage Association
National Woman's Suffrage Association
White House
Altho
Wisconsin
Organize labor companies out of colored troops
Washington, D. C., Oct. 9. Army orders authorize immediate organization of 24 labor companies by voluntary enrollment of nonscripted colored men after their mobilization or, if sufficient men are not obtained, by voluntary enlistment of Negroes.
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Washington, D. C
Comrades Gather for Funeral of L J Ackerman
Announcement from G L A to B of L A calls a special meeting in Engineers hall tomorrow afternoon. All comrades are asked to meet at Memorial hall at 1 45 p m to attend the funeral at First Baptist church at 2 30 p m Thursday. O G Crabtree commander. Look today for the Want page.
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G. L A
B. of
L. A
Engineers’ Hall
Memorial Hall
L. J. Ackerman
First Baptist Church
O. G. Crabtree
German Cities Raided by Allied Airmen Near London
German aerial raid notes from Belgium Tilburg Bruges only 130 miles to London. French flights from Charons to Rhine cities cover 200 miles, with Charons as a major aerial headquarters.
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Stuttgart
Belgium
Zeebrugge
London
Charons
Rhine
Illinois Masons Back War Effort at Grand Lodge
The 160000 Masons of Illinois voiced full support for the war in resolutions at the seventy eighth communication in Chicago. About 2000 delegates from 900 lodges attended as the session opened with the war resolution. Officers elected include Grand master Austin H. Serogin, Lexington. Junior grand warden Arthur E. Wood, Gibson City. Senior grand warden Elmer Beach, Chicago. Grand treasurer LeRoy Goddard. Grand secretary Isaac Cutter, Camp Point.
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Chicago
Ilinois
Austin H. Serogin
Lexington
Arthur E. Wood
Giuson City
Elmer
Beach
LeRoy Goddard
Iisaac Cutter
Camp Point
Royal and Select Masons Elect Officers at Cedar Rapids
At the grand council session in Cedar Rapids Iowa today officers for the next year were elected Grand master Eugenes Schaffter Eugie Grove deputy grand master EB A Othmer principal conductor of the work C Huttenlocher grand treasurer A H Holt grand recorder D M Brownlee The officers were installed this afternoon The annual meeting of the grand chapter of Royal Arch Masons will hold its convention Thursday and Friday in Cedar Rapids.
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Cedar Rapids
Grand Council of Royal and Select Masons
Eugenes Schaffter
Eugie Grove
EB. A. Othmer
Muscatine
C. Huttenlocher
Des Moines
A. H. Holt
Waterloo
D. M. Brownlee
Sioux City
Grand Chapter of
Royal Arch *Masons
YMCA Plans 1900 Members Drive For War Work
The Y M C A board met at Hotel Russell-Lawson and approved a campaign to add 500 new members, bringing total to over 1,600. J T Houser will lead plans and attend a Des Moines war council to set Iowa and local shares of a 36 million dollar war work drive.
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Hotel Russel-Lawson
J. T. Houser
Kia Stalf
Houser
Des Moines
Iowa
Victim of Jealousy Recovering Nicely
Rev. Wade Culpepper, shot five times by his wife Sunday night, is making satisfactory progress at St Francis Hospital. Bullets dispersed through his forearm thigh and back. two remain in the leg and back. Mrs Culpepper is jailed awaiting arraignment.
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Wade Culpepper
St. Francis Hospital
Mrs Eva Scarles Dies on Farm Near Waterloo
Mrs Eva Scarles died at 7 a m today at the home of her cousin five miles southwest of Waterloo. She was 33, living in Chicago but had spent the summer on a farm in Orange township with relatives. She leaves a son Warren. The remains go to Polo Alabama tomorrow with her son and Mrs Sam Harbaugh and an aunt Mrs John Cornelius.
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Eva Scarles
Sam Harbaugh
Waterloo
Chicago
Orange Township
Relu
Warren
Polo
John Cornelius
British French Storm Wider Flank In Flanders Front
British and French renewed drive along the Flanders front amid heavy rains and mud. French and British forces pressed near Dixmude and LaGinguerellea as they seek to push the line north toward the Menn-Roulers railway, aiming to strike a decisive blow before harsh winter. Morale among German troops reportedly deteriorated under artillery and air pressure.
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Amud
Mieeciston
Britiah Stam
Laungemureleaa
Dixmude
Houthalst Forast
Bixschoote
Pongebensdaeln-Gholuvelt
Menn-Roulers
Lne
Belgium
France
Broodselads
Flanders
Mar Fins
Yigor
Haeig
Local grocery ad lists varied pantry items and prices
The notice markets a doorstep grocery delivery at 13 East Fourth Street with items such as sugar flour crackers coffee Butter Campbells soup Libby milk peaches and more. It lists weights including 26 pounds of granulated sugar and 160 pounds of sugar with prices and product lines from Kellogg’s Oatmeal and Pearl White Soap to Bob White Soap and P and G Soap. The ad emphasizes delivery and a contact phone number 4025.
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Jae Hunt
East Fourth Street
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Y' Ridge
Buchanan
M. B. Suteliff
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J. A. Jerger
Louise
A. F. Frabni
John Barnett
A. Soules
M. Simmerson
Independence
John Mong
F. L. Stanton
Franklin Grove,hl
George C. Welker
Royal Arch Masons of
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R. L. DeGon
G. O. ‘Springer
Garwin
Ida Baker
John Webb
Elizabeth
Emma Ballou
Ralph M. Ballou
Jersey City
Wasterloo
F. B. Ballou
Ninth Street
Western Maps
Illinois Central
Western Lines
Nathan
Barber
Waterloo Business College
A. N. Moritz
Mary S. Horner
Daughters of the King of Christ
Church
St. Monica
State Library Association
Maria C. Brace
Midred Maynard
Iowa City
Library Board and Commercial Club
F. Heverly
West Fourth St
Buchanan Optical Co
Northern
Liberty Loan
McGraw
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Siants
Clarkis
Kelly
Gibson
Onslow
Holke
Salles
Wilburt
Thorpe
Hemingway
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Schapp
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Murray
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Rwiers
Sha Breck
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Thiomvarr
Ter
Este
Dlogne
Ose
Coblentz
Frankfort
Treves
Illinois
Royal and Select Masons
Mrs
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PAGR
Geo. J. Thomassen
Des Maines
Lows
Stinehart
Bashel
Pifth
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