Max to resign over double dealing rumors in Berlin
Dispatches from Holland report a potential turnover in the German chancellorship as inter party talks discuss Prince Maximilian's letter to Prince Alexander of Hohenlohe. The letter allegedly reveals a more reactionary stance than his Reichstag address and puts Maximilian's retention in doubt.
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Associated Press
London
Holland
Berlin National Zeitung
Prings Maximilian
Prince Alexander of
Hohenlohe
Reichstag
Prince Maximilian
Berlin
National Zeitung
Rotterdam
W. 8
Soif
Philinp Scheidemann
Kaiser
William
Alexander of
Chamber of Deputies
Baden
Maximilian
Costs City $600 Per Day for Its Household Exp
The Waterloo city costs for September totaled $18,118.10 for all departments except water works, averaging just over $600 daily. Clerk A E Johnson reports general expenditures across districts, including streets, sewers, lights, police equipment, and other services, all covered by tax receipts and other funds. The water works quarterly report shows a deficit of $836.07 for the summer, with stores noting a policy of discounts to encourage lawn irrigation.
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Waterloo
A. E. Johnson
Police Dept
Water Works Department
G. E. Shoemaker
HELPER AND NURSES NEEDED IN WATERLOO ILLNESS CRISIS
The Red Cross and city health board seek volunteers to aid families struck by influenza in Waterloo. Nurses and helpers are scarce as more homes are overwhelmed. isolation hospital is full, county home reports no cases, and calls go out for trained nurses and domestic assistances.
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Red Cross
City Board of Health
Waterloo
St. Francis Hospital
The
Kaiser Last Military Monarch of Fatherland
Paris reports Leipsic newspaper Volks Zeitung quotes Swiss dispatch saying Kaiser William II is seen as the last German military monarch. It argues he must show sacrifice and alignment with times to allow Germany to secure better peace terms amid war losses.
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Kaiser
Leipsic
Paris
Jon
Volks Zeitung
Saxony
Switzerland
William II
Jan
Conscientious Objector Ordered to Advocate Court
Bothe sent to Clarences E Jacobs a conscientious objector to military service to appear for examination in judge advocate court next Friday afternoon. Jacobs claims an agreement with the war department via Camp Dodge to work on a farm and turn over earnings above $20 a month to the Red Cross. If Jacobs fails to appear, an officer will be sent for him.
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Bothe
Clarences E. Jacobs
Judge Advocate Court
Franklin C. Platt
Jacobs
War Department
Camp Dodge
Red Cross
Advocate Court
Waterloo Overruns Fourth Liberty Loan Subscriptions
Reports from Service League headquarters show Waterloo residents rapidly responding to the Fourth Liberty Loan appeal. Banks were crowded as subscribers made initial payments and officials said oversubscription is likely to exceed 100000 dollars, toward a city quota of 1600000 dollars.
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Service J League
Waterloo
Service League
Fort Dodge Church Wins Attendance Contest Over Waterloo
The six weeks' race between Sunday schools of First M E Waterloo and Fort Dodge won by Fort Dodge with a lead over 1060 points. Points counted from attendance, collections and new members. Waterloo finished strong on the last day but failed to overtake the leaders. A victory banquet is planned for the winning church with Waterloo providing entertainment. A committee was named to arrange the affair, date not yet set. Lula Saucer Across SE, Mr and Mrs F F Saucer announce their daughter Lula, a Red Cross nurse, has arrived overseas after five months at Camp Custer. She previously worked as a nurse in Waterloo for five years and later at Benson Minnesota. She is a graduate of Asbury Hospital, Minneapolis.
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First M. E. Church
Waterloo
Methodist Episcopal Church
Fort Dodge
Lula Satcer
F. F. Saucer
Lula
Red Cross
Camp Custer
Miss Saucer
Benson, Minn
Asbury Hospital
Minnéapolis
Minn
Kenneth Davis
Cedar Heights Red Cross
Paul Stealy
Camp Cody
Ross C. Bodwell
Ollie M. Bodwell
Triel
Vinton
Florence Butler
Minneapolis
Peter Butler
Franklin Street
Guy Schrock
Camp Sherman
Schrock
Oklahoma City
John Daskalos
George Zervakes
Fourth Street
L. B. Kascht
Fort Oglethorpe
Dental
Kascht
H. E. Gibbs
Rose Knode
Newport
Ore
Knode
Traer
John Heller
Heller
Hoover pledges food for allies and troops at 1918 drive
In Chicago Herbert C. Hoover, head of the food administration, told the American Meat Packers Association during its thirteenth annual convention that by July 1 next the U S must ship 2 6 million tons of meats and fats for soldiers allies Belgium and neutrals. He said bread stuff shipments should rise 3 6 million tons, sugar 330 000 tons, and feed grains 750 000 tons, with an overall plan to provide 5 7 million tons more than last year while preserving U S health and strength.
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Associated Press
Chicago
American Meat Packers’ Association
Herbert C. Hoover
America
Belgium
Jas
Hoover and Lichty push fair price plan in Washington
Herbert Hoover and George E. Lichty lead a committee in Washington to separate honest dealers from price gougers. An authorized certificate will be issued to fair retailers, with card lists sent to every household. Meat plans consider dealer classification and published fair prices for meat classes.
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Herbert Hoover
Washington
D. C
George E. Lichty
Waterloo
Iown
Hoover
Lichty
The
Food Administration
District Food Administration
Erie
Packers Cleared of Charge of Selling Bad Meat to Army
Washington Oct. 15 Packers Wilson and Co of Chicago were cleared today of charges alleging sale of unfit meat to the army. The complaints, pending before the federal trade commission since last March, were based on sales at New York and at Camp Travis Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Wilson & Co
Chicago
Federal Trade Commission
New York
Camp Travis
Tex
U Boat Threats and War Aid Calls Worldwide
Last night reports from New York urge Britain to speed destroyers and submarine chasers while Washington notes broad approval of Wilson’s fourth liberty loan appeal. Islay mourns 350 soldiers in a transport disaster as Scottish wrecks and storms affect rescue efforts. Trenton reports one body recovered from a deadly explosion with death toll possibly around 100.
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New York
Eric Gerides
Sori
Admiralty
Auperica
Washington, D. C
Wilson
Islay
Scotland
Otranto
Trenton
Ont
TNE
First influenza fatality reported in Hampton
Hampton Ta Oct 15 The first fatal case of influenza in this city is that of Mrs Lida Dirksen who died at her home Sunday She is survived by her husband and four children.
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Hampton, Ta
Lida Dirksen
City in Brief: Influenza, Weddings and Local News
The Lions Club canceled Thursday luncheon due to illness. I L Northey and others suffer influenza. Fort Riley and overseas notices update families. A marriage license issued to Dewey Westendorf and Beulah Hellmund. Local inmates, divorces, and legal notices summarized. Red Cross, school flu impacts, and a theft investigation appear among other short items.
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Dewey G. Westendorf
Beulah M. Hellmund
Waterloo
Leta Frisbie
Iowan Drowned When Lake City Sunk after Collision
Washington Oct 18 The Navy announced John T Mathers of Washington Ta electrician reported lost from steamship Lake City after its collision and sinking Oct 3 The report notes Mathers among missing crew members as authorities relay details from the Atlantic port. The Morgan Line steamer El Valle was reported entering port later in the afternoon after a separate fire incident.
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Lake City
Atlantic
Associated Press
Washington, D. C
John T. Mathers
Washington, Ta
Navy Department
el Valle
Morgan Line
New York
Gulf Ports
Draft registration expands as questionnaires go out
Washington dispatch reports rapid draft classification with questionnaires soon mailed to 18 year olds and men 37 to 46. Local boards have already classified 566 of 4,543 registrants ages 29 to 37, while flu conditions prompt indefinite postponement of October draft calls. New class designations place men with defects in Class A or B, with further divisions C1 C2 and D for varying fitness and duties.
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Associated Presay
Washington, D. C
Crowder
United States
Butt
Gasless Sundays Transform New York City Streets
New York on October 15 reports gasless Sundays leaving Broadway unusually quiet as automobiles vanish from the streets. Cabbies reclaim status, horses and vintage carriages return, and pedestrians and riders adapt to a slower pace with open barouches and closed cabs seen along Times Square. Millionaires join the retro scene, and police keep a lax eye as traffic slows under government fuel conservation orders.
Hampton Closed to Combat Influenza Proclaims Citywide Shutdown
Trampten Ta October 15 Mayor McCriltis issues a proclamation closing all schools public and private churches Sunday schools fraternal halls and theaters and forbidding public gatherings for ten days as influenza runs through the area. Local physicians report many cases though most are mild with one death so far and caregivers assist doctors while Caphetreimhy reports over 59 cases under care.
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Black Hawk County
McCriltis
Atc
Hattie Graham Buried in Otterville After Influenza
Otterville report notes Mrs Hattie Graham of Brook Fork Minnesota was buried in Otterville cemetery last Saturday as a Spanish influenza victim. Other items include Charlie Russe purchasing the D A Bowers farm and Jericho school closure due to influenza affecting teacher Miss Young. Roy Latham’s funeral in Hazleton follows his Maryland influenza death.
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Otterville
Hattie Graham
Brook Fork
Minn
Wit Orr
Hettie Pratt
Independence
Charlie Russe
Hazleton
D. A. Bowers
Jericho
Young
Chung Latham
Roy Latham
Maryland
Americans Cross Selle River and Take Prisoners
American patrol crossed the Selle near S S Suuplet and took 30 prisoners. Raids south of Sainghin on Weppes yielded 20 prisoners. French forces advance toward Nethal and Rethel, capturing Nanteuil sur Aisne, Olizy, Termes, Remies, Barentoncel, Monceau le Vaste, with nearly 800 prisoners overall. Serbian troops north of Nish seized strategic heights along the Morava.
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Selle London
Salle Riiver
St. Souplet
la ‘Cateau
Auers
Field Marshal
Haig
Sainghin-on-Weppes
Boulb-Twest
Lille
Selle River
Rethel
War Office
Argonne
Aisne
Grand Tre
Olizy
Termes
Serre
Remles
Barentoncel
Monceau-le-Wast
Death of Ruth Stevens prompts coroner inquiry
Coroner Dr Sydnay D Smith investigated the sudden death of Miss Ruth Stevens at 427 Fourth Street West after she returned from Lincoln Nebraska by taxicab. He may order a postmortem to determine the cause. Ruth Stevens born August 31 1900 is survived by her mother Olive Stevens sister Helen and brothers Ray Omaha and Frank Baldwin. Body moved to Hileman and Gindt mortuary. Separate note mentions Red Cross influenza control work centering at the Fifth Street shop with calls to 651 directed to Mrs R A Folk.
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Sydnay D. Smith
Ruth Stevens
Fourth Street
Lincoln
Neb
Washington and
Fourth Streets
Smith
Olive Stevens
Helen
Ray
Omaha
Frank
Baldwin
Hileman & Gindt
Illinois theatres closed as influenza toll spreads
Chicago Oct. 15 The emergency commission orders all theatres and moving picture houses in Illinois closed today until the influenza epidemic passes. The ban extends to other public amusements and lodge meetings while public schools in inspected cities stay open. Possible further orders to cover saloons and churches were postponed for a later meeting.
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Chicago
Illinois
Emergency ‘Commission
Emergency Commission
State Department of Public Health
U boat Climax Predicted by German Submarine Warfare
The Associated Press reports Amsterdam based on the Rhenish Westphalian Gazette that submarine warfare may peak this winter, likely triggering an economic crisis of unprecedented scale in Entente nations.
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Associated Press
Amsterdam
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Janesville
Miss Harrison
Denver
H. B. Cropper
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Presbyterian Hospital
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Soecial Welfare League
Yester
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Harrisson
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M. FE
Hampton
Buchanan's
Lion Club
I. L. Northey
G. Weich
Fort Riley
Kam
Clarine
Westminster Missionary Society
St. Francis Circle
Friday Study Club
Lynn F. Miller
George A. Clark
Grant F. Willer
J. R. Mumper
Gale
Beas
Battle Line
A. &. Witaon
Fort Williams
BR. L
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E. T. Alford
Linen Department of
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N. O. Munger
California
AIRE
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Official War News
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