Adamson Bill Hits Farmers as Hughes Attacks President
Hastings Neb Oct 16 Charles E Hughes told farmers that the Democratic administration ignored agricultural interests in backing the Adamson law. He cited a telegram from Texas Farmers' Union President Pope urging arbitration and opposing rate increases, then criticized business leaders and Congress for pressuring for wage hikes and higher freight costs. He pledged support for agriculture and attacked the Underwood bill.
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Hastings
Neb
Charles
Hughes
H. N. Pope
Texas Farmers’ Union
Wilson
Parmers
Pope
State Farmers’ Union of Texas
UNION
Chambers of Commerce of
United States
Congress
Underwood
Friday Iowa Day in the Schools promotes Hawkeye pride
Iowa Day in the public schools on Friday October 20 aims to instill pride in the state’s wealth and progress. The Greater Iowa association distributes a facts compilation extolling Iowa’s crops, livestock, farm values, auto ownership, and remarkable agricultural and industrial growth, highlighting top rankings and world prizes.
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Iowa
Hawkeye
Deuce
Greater Iowa Association
Coal Shortage Looms for New York Winter
New York dealers warn of a coal shortage this winter as bins run low shipments delayed and relief looks poor. Shortage affects both hard and soft coal due to mine labor scarcity and car shortages. Prices to households range from 7 to 7.73 dollars with expected rises to 8 before Thanksgiving and 9 by Christmas.
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New York
Many Soldier Boys Can Vote Under Law
Des Moines Oct 16 Many members of the Iowa national guard in service on the border can vote under the existing law without an appeal to any special legislation. The Iowa election law allows absent voters for registered voters by male. Registration is required only in cities over 3 300 in population. Many guard members come from rural districts where registration is not required and are eligible to vote under the absent voter provision. Attorney General Cosson said he expected to rule on the Civil war election law allowing soldiers at the front to vote within a few days.
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Des Moines
Iowa National Guard
Attorney General's Office
Iowa
Cosson
Germany Aggressive War Plan At Krupp Works
Essen reports Germany will add twenty thousand workers to its Krupp works bringing total to ninety thousand to boost gun and munition output as part of renewed war effort under General von Hindenburg. Plans include resuming submarine warfare, halting contraband shipments, and a major push against Russia and Roumania. Twenty thousand women are employed in overhauls at Krupp.
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Krupp
Essen
Germany
von Hindenburg
England
Canada
United States
Russia
Roumania
Rhine
Ruhr
Ten Killed When Stock Trains Crash Elwood Neb
Ten men were crushed to death and eleven others seriously injured when a Burlington stock train crashed into the caboose where they rode, 12 miles east of Elwood Nebraska on Sunday. Five men on the rear platform leaped to safety, one man in the caboose cupola was thrown clear and escaped. The trains were sections of a regular stock train with survivors citing lock plate lights and warning signals as the cause.
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Elwood
Neb
Burlington Railroad
Caboose
Two Negroes Hanged and Burned in Paducah Mob
In Paducah Kentucky a mob stormed the jail and hanged two Black men. One man was charged with attacking a White woman Mrs George Rose, while the other was accused of approving the deed. Guns were drawn, jail doors breached, and authorities urged dispersal as the crowd left with the prisoners. The city closed saloons amid the uproar.
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Padurah
George Rose
Illinois Central
Brack Henley
Towa Riflemen Prize in National Rifle Meet
Des Moines report says the Iowa national guard team finished fourth in the Jacksonville national rifle competition directed by the U S army. The Iowa team ranked behind New York infantry Mississippi and Georgia guards with a score of 1001. First Lt Walter Meyers of the First Iowa infantry won the rapid fire event with 10 points among seven entries.
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Des Moines
Iowa National Guard
Jacksonville
United States Army
Adjt
Logan
Second
New York Infantry
Mississippi National Guard
Georgia National Guard
Walter Meyers
Walter Meyers, First Lieutenant In the First Iowa Infantry
tragedy of goldie the goldfish in a hotel lab
ling Molden, manager of the His Ketel, keeps Goldie the goldfish in a lab at the Will s hotel. When warm weather moves lights, Goldie ends up alone in a corner, blue and crying until tears flood the floor. A maid finds him flopping as he seeks his lost friends, echoing Isaac Walton that too much is enough.
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Shis Ketel
Asort
Tom Para
Goldie
Goldies
Wandrel
Wills Hotel
Bhue
Isaac Walton
Teutonic Strike Harms Alloa Area in Galicia Theaters
Petrograd reports heavy Teutonic offensives south of Dorna Watra in the southern Carpathians near Roumanian Transylvania and Bukowina borders. Galicia sees hard fighting east and south of Lemberg with no gains, while Russia claims 1,200 prisoners. In Zborow and regions near Tarnapol Krasne railway, stubborn battles continue as the enemy assaults Stanislau trenches and areas of Kormoze Kirlibaba fail.
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Petrograd
London
Dorna Watra
Carpathians
Transylvania
Bukowina
War Office
Galicia
Lemberg
Whormoze
Kirlivaba
Doroa Watra
Zborow
Tarnapol-Krasne
Stanislau
Halicz
Kormoze
Kirlibaba
Darna Watra
Certified candidate lists mailed to county auditors
Des Moines Oct 16. The certified list of candidates to appear on the November 7 general election ballots was completed and mailed to county auditors statewide.
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Des Moines
British Take Schwaben Redoubt in Bitter Fight
British forces seize Schwaben Redoubt above Thiepval after weeks of heavy shelling and hand to hand combat. They report taking prisoners equal to front yards and describe massive German dugouts and continued resistance along the Thiepval ridge near the Ancre.
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Schwaben
France
London
Thiepval
Ancre
Grandecourt
Stuff
Allies Renew Somme Push By French Troops At Combles
Paris reports French troops penetrated northeast Combles and gained edge of Bapaume Peronne road while Germans countered. German war office says Schwaben redoubt attack repulsed with heavy losses. French moved forward at Sailly Saillisel and near Genermont as battle rages north of Thiepval. 1100 prisoners reported.
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Paris
Combles
Bapaume- Peronne
Thiepval
Schwabin
London
Schwaben Redoubt
Somme
War Office
Ancre
Sailly-Saillisel
Saillisel
Bapaumin
Sommme
Fim
Stuff
Schwaben
Genermont
Berlin
Gueudecourt
Bapaume
Man Uses "cave man" Tactics Leads to Triple Shooting
Mitchell Gonava, 43, attempted to force a wife using alleged cave man tactics and opened fire. Victims Mrs. Alice Raymond, 50, shot three times. Cook Oakes, 59, shot twice. Gonava shot twice and slashed throat. All three hospitalized with critical injuries. authorities say Raymond refused marriage, a struggle ensued, and Gonava killed himself after the gunfire.
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Runpie
Mick
Mitchell Gonava
Mitchell
Alice Raymond
Cook Oakes
Mir
Mitchell Gounva
Genava
Mrs. Raymond
Alfighd
Oakes
Genara
Tyree
Austria Must Be Destroyed Says Minister
Rome dispatch quotes civil commissioner for wae Bisso lath warning that Austria must be destroyed to end any thought of domination. He states peace cannot be granted while treason remains, urging allied nations to uphold the fight.
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Austria
Rome
Geremany
Flo Wir Cain
Signer Bissolath
Wae
Furs
Danish liner sees nothing of Berman U-Coat
A wireless message from the Danish steamship Hellig Olav reports no submarine sighting on its voyage. Observers on the White Star liner Bovis claimed periscopes were seen about 200 miles out, with a sub allegedly pursuing the Hellig eastward bound. Lafayette arrives unharmed with Caruso and Vanderbilt aboard as fears of submarine warfare ease. Marines remain cautious, suspecting possible nearby activity.
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New York
Hellig Olav
Holst
Messige
White Star Line
Bovis
McClure
William Vanderbilt
Atlantic
American Attache Guest of Kaiser
Berlin reports Emperor William at Schonbrunn hosted Capt. Allan L. Briggs United States military attache in Vienna who is soon to depart. Also received Austro Hungarian foreign minister Baron Burlan the Berlin minister Prince Eohenlohe Schillinghurst and war minister Gen. von Krobatin in a wireless dispatch from Overseas News Agency dated Oct. 16.
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Berlin
Emperor William
Schonbrunn
Allan L. Briggs
United States
Vienna
Baron Burlan
Prince Eohenlohe Schillinghurst
Gen
von Krobatin
War News Highlights Teuton Pressure and Allied Offensives
Teutonic pressure along the Transylvanian frontier presses Koumanians toward a line near Ameara eight miles south of Kronstadt as Entente forces push on in Somme battles, Saiily Saillisel near Bapaume road, and Thiepval region. Macedonian front sees British advances south of Vonastir with troops entering Bursuk near Demir-Hessar.
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Sun
Schwaben
Thiepval
Macedonia
Antente
Vonastir
Struma
Bursuk
Demir-Hessar
British Push on Struma Front Gains Village of Bursuk
London reports British patrols have entered the village of Bursuk eight miles southwest of Demir Hessar on the Struma front in Macedonia. British forces claim to have driven back Bulgarian detachments as they press north east toward Demir Hessar.
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London
Gymes Pass
Roumania
Berlin
Palanka
Teutons
South Roumania
Macedonia
Bursuk
Cerna
Strum London
Struma
Demir-Hassar
Demir
Hessar
Buk Bridge
Royal Naval Air Service
Doiram
Gyiergyo
Transylvania
Vienna
Hauszeg
Sceurduk Pass
Gucharest
Kaliman Mountains
Noted Bridge Case Before High Court
Des Moines Oct 16 Depositions of expert witnesses in the case of D B Luten versus the Marsh Engineering Co will be taken by the attorney general's office it was announced today The case involves patent rights on bridges throughout the state valued at more than a million dollars and the decision will affect future bridge construction as well
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Des Marines
D. B. Luten
Marsh Engineering Company
Des Moines
Attorney General’s Office
Luten
Ibrids
Holland and Spain Lead in Germany's Submarine Diplomacy
Berlin report via London outlines Norway, Holland, and Spain as central players in Germany's submarine dispute aimed at sidelining the United States. Dr. Alfred Zimmerman, under secretary for foreign affairs, says cables cleared but no U S negotiations underway. He notes other neutrals' positions and developments.
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Berlin
London
Norway
Holland
Spain
Germany
United States
Associated Press
Alfred Zimmerman
Sioux City Plans Big Hughes Day
Sioux City prepares a major Hughes Day with a big reception on his arrival Tuesday at 6 pm. Thousands from nearby areas are expected to visit as Charles E. Hughes delivers his only Iowa address in Sioux City.
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Sioux City
Big Hughes
Charles E. Hughes
Apublican
Hughes
Iowa
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