Kelly Denies Ax Murders Faces Trial In Iowa
Des Moines reports attorney general says Lyn George J. Kelly will stand trial next Tuesday at Red Oak Iowa for the Villisca ax murders case after a written confession allegedly signed in Logan. Kelly’s counsel repudiates the confession claiming he was scared into it.
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Des Moines
Lyn George J. Kelly
Villiscaux
H. M. Hayner
Kelly
Haver
WJ. Ewing
Red Oak
Logan Welly
H. M. Havner
Iowa
Harrison County
Logan
Lena Stillinger
Hayner
A. L. Sutton
Omaha
Joe B. Moore
Villisca
Moore
Gen.Harper
Sutton
Web
Italian Poet Shot as He Raids Enemy
Gabriele D'Annunzio, prominent Italian poet, took part in an air raid over enemy lines near Pola. He flew Aug 19 for 45 minutes at 300 to 500 meters, attacking Austrian infantry with machine gun fire. His aircraft, the Ace of Spades, was hit 177 times. he sustained a slight wound to the left wrist.
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Paris
Gabriele Annunzio
Pola
Havas
Milan
Annunzio
D'Annunzio
New Greek Minister Arrives in Atlantic Port
George Gusses, named by Foreign Minister FPolitis in Athens as Greek minister to the United States, arrived here yesterday aboard a British steamship.
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Atlantic
George Gusses
Fpolitis
Athens
United States
Former Czar and Family Live in Tobolsk House
Nicholas Romanoff and his family reside in a 14 room Tobolsk apartment on the second floor of a large old fashioned house. Each parent has a room, two rooms are for the daughters, one for Alexis, with servants occupying the others. The move cost 10,000 rubles.
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Petrograd
Seni
Nicholas Romanoff
Russia
Tobolsk
Siberia
Nicholas
Alexis
Romanoffs
Tobot
Olga
Order of St. George
Fusiliers
Tsarskoe-felo
1000 Snopmen of Rockland Quit at Moline
In Moline Illinois on September 1 fifteen hundred Rock Island Railroad workers at Sylvas shops did not report for work. A wage pact set an eight hour day by Sept 1 with start times between 7 15 and 8 00. The company rule fixed 8 00 and workers protested. Chicago officials say a change may set 7 35 start. work to resume next Tuesday morning.
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Moline
Hil
Hock Island
Sylvas
Ss. We Mulinix
Chicago
Fire Ravages Kazan Killing and Wounding Thousands
Petrograd reports a disastrous blaze in Kazan on the Kazanka river 430 miles east of Moscow. The fire raged for 36 hours, driving most residents from the city as thousands are feared dead or injured.
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Petrograd
Kazan
Kazanka
Moscow
Surer Is Named Treasurer At State Teachers College
Cedar Falls Sept 1 Frank O Jackson named treasurer of Town State Teachers college by state board education, succeeding H Silliman. Appointment effective Oct 3 according to official notice from financial committee secretary.
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Cedar Falls
Frank 0. Jackson
Town State Teachers’ College
State Board of Education
Jackson
Court Refuses Mail Delivery to Thomas E Watson
Lake Fairfield NC September 1 1905 Federal Judge Speer denied Watsons request to restore his Jeffersonian to the mails Postmaster General Burleson barred it citing material to obstruct recruiting and enlistments for the army The court supported the action
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Lake Fairfield
N.C
Speer
Thomas E. Watson
Burleson
Inventory urged for cigars and tobaccos by merchants
Martin Bros and other cigar and tobacco jobbers received letters from Louis Murphy, district revenue collector, urging them to inform customers to take inventory of cigars and tobaccos on hand by the day President Wilson signs the revenue bill, likely September 10. Stock then will bear new taxation and a penalty applies if inventory is not completed.
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Martin Bros
Louis Murphy
Wilson
Temperatures and ad notes from a vintage column
Weather data for September 1 with temperatures ranging from 60s to 90s across years and a cigarette ad plug. Mentions midnight readings, a few fixed times, and a 5 cent cigar promotion for Diamond Joe.
Labor Day Parade and Fete in Waterloo
Organized labor will observe Labor Day with a 4th Street parade starting at the Labor temple and ending at Cedar River park for a big picnic. A band concert precedes a printers vs moulders game at 3:30 p.m. and mayor W. R. Law will speak. The day also features contests, theatre specials, and trips by train or car, with Electric park closing their season.
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Organized Labor
Waterloo
Cedar River Park
W. R. Law
Labor Day
Labor Temple
Jabor
Lincoln Park
Fourth
Tefferson
Fifth
Mulberry
Waterloo Military Band
Electric Park
Dairy Cattle Congress
Quaker City Says Good-bye to Soldiers
Philadelphia paid a farewell tribute to its departing soldiers as more than 1,000,000 people viewed a parade. About 35,000 soldiers marched for over five hours in a solemn patriotic spectacle, with many raw recruits still without uniforms or arms.
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Philadelphia
Weather forecast for Washington area next week
Weather prediction from the Weather Bureau covers September 2 onward. Plains states and upper and middle Mississippi valley may see generally fair skies with local showers Tuesday and Wednesday. Temperatures expected to be moderately cool with light frosts possible in northern border states late in the week.
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Washington, D. C
Weather Bureau
Plains States
Upper
Mississippi Valley
Peace meeting in Illinois disrupted by police order
In Chicago on September 1 the organization committee of the People's Council of America for Democracy and Peace was dispersed by police under orders from Governor Frank Lowden after about three hours of session. The pacifists planned a conference with possible high seas talks if barred from Chicago or Washington. officials warned of disorder and rioting and announced measures to prevent the gathering.
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Chicago
Frank C. Lowden
People’s Council of America For Democracy and Peace Today
National
Washington
New England
Springfield
Frank O. Lowden
Adj
Dickson
People’s Council of America For Democracy and Peace
Illinois
Lowden
Iulin
Wlingis
Wisconsin
Minnesota
West Side Auditorium
Wesley Westbrook
Westbrook
Ninety County Registrants to Be Called for Examinations
Ninety more registrants in the county will be called by the exemption board next Monday. They must appear Sept. 10 for physical examinations. The total county calls outside Waterloo reach 378.
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Cedar Falls
County Exemption Board
Waterloo
Liberty Bond Campaign to Open Oct 1
Washington announces the next liberty loan campaign will start October 1 with committees nationwide gearing up following Secretary McAdoo's appeal. The exact details await congressional action on the bond bill and an official issuance is projected around eight billion dollars with subscription books closing November 1. The advertising plan remains undecided until more information and appropriations are set.
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Washington, D. C
Liberty Loan
Treasury Department
Liberty Loan Committees
McAdoo
Congress
Senate to Vote on War Profits Tax Today
Washington, Sept 1 The Senate rejected Senator Johnson of California's 86 percent war profits levy 62 to 17 ending a key test between radicals and conservatives. Proponents argued war profits must be taxed strongly while opponents warned of harming industry. Voting was expected to shift to higher rate proposals, with La Follette ready to speak as debate resumes.
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Washington
D. C
Senate
Ian, Johnson
California
Ashurst
Borah
Brady
Gore
Granva
Hollis
Hasting
Johnson
South Dakota
Jones
Kenyon
Kirby
la Follette
McNary
Norris
Thompson
Varduman
Johnson J
Washington, Db
Hiram Johnson
Lord
Germans in Austria Fight Separate Peace Demand
Copenhagen dispatch reports Vienna telegram that the German national league demands vigorous government action to halt Austria’s separate peace agitation. It states Germans in Austria will resist any proposal to cede Trieste or South Tyrol to Italy to the last.
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Copenhagen
Vienna
German National League
Austria
Waterloo plans first contribution to camp in Des Moines
Local exemption board members have transportation and meal tickets for three men who will form Waterloo's initial contribution to the concentration camp at Des Moines, but no official order had been received by noon today to make the selection.
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Waterloo
Des Moines
Gore's renaming anger in Enid park name change
Oklahoma City Sept 1 Citizens of Enid Oklahoma demand renaming Gore park to Wilson park in protest of Senator Gore opposition to war measures. Mexico City Sept 1 The extraordinary session of the Mexican chamber of deputies adjourned after beginning May 1. President Carranza to deliver message at soon-to-start regular session.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Enid
Gore
Gore Park
Wilson Park
Wenican Chamber
Mexico City
Mexican Chamber of Deputies
Mexican Congress
Carranza
French Strike Telling Blow On A-rene Front
On the Arene front in northern France French troops opened an offensive in the Turtebise region south of Craonne and Cerny. They advanced over three quarters of a mile with a depth of more than 300 yards, capturing ground and holding it against three counterattacks. About 150 prisoners were taken. The attack followed heavy artillery preparation.
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Arene
France
Anes
Petain
Hurtebise
Chemin-des-Dames
Belween Craonne
Cerny
Cad
Rome
War Office
London
Reuter’s Limited
Odessa
Oituz
Dena
Sereth
Putna
von Mackensen
Moldavia
Riga
Gulf of Riga
Th Gulf
Gulf
Germany
Petrograd
Ront
Lens
Mishap Halts Kate Stinsons Long Flight
Chicago September 1 Miss Katherine Stinsons Chicago New York flight lasted 41 minutes. She left at 6 09 am from Porter Indiana at 5 50 her engine whetted badly and she planned. She hit telephone wires, machine damaged but she was unhurt. She was unsure if resuming the trial today would be possible.
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Chicago
Katherine Stinson
Stinson
Ruth Law
Porter
Ind
Rowe
G Gantonments Ready for National Army Occupancy
Washington announces national army cantonments will be ready to house about 10 000 soldiers each as troops are called to training camps. Eight sites are nearly complete at Louisville Fort Sam Houston Ayer Petersburg Chillicothe American Lake Rockford and Little Rock with others at Des Moines Fort Riley Atlanta and Columbia to be ready by Sept 5. About 16 cities under construction with comprehensive utility and protection systems at an expenditure near 160 000 000.
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Washington
D. C
National Army
Anker
Lotisville
Fort Sam Houston
Tex
Ayer
Mass
Petersburg
Chillicothe
American Lake
Rockford
Littleck
Ark
Des Moines
Fort Riley
Kan
Atlanta
Columbia
S. C
Annapolis Junction
Battle Creek
Mich
Wrightstown
N. J
Yaphank
L. L
War Department
Mrs Letts Retains Golf Championship Title
Mrs F C Letts of Indian Hill defended her Woman's Western Golf Association title at Flossmoor Country Club, defeating Elaine Rosenthal of Rainsloe 6 and 4 in the finals.
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Chicago
F. C. Letts
Indian Hill
Woman's Western Golf Association
Elaine Rosenthal
Rainsloe
Flossmoor Country Club
Iowans Appointed to Engineers Corps
Washington, D. C., Sept. 1. Following Iowans have accepted commissions in the officers' engineer corps and will be assigned to companies for European service. Names include H. F. Biebel of Cedar Rapids captain Ralph Ka. Harding captain Starr Tyatt Sioux City first lieutenant Ralph W. Clark Clear Lake first lieutenant John Reynolds Storm Lake first lieutenant Hiram J. Carson Cedar Rapids first lieutenant Roy P. Bishop Independence second lieutenant William J. Crocker Meekuk second lieutenant.
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Washington, D. C
Iowansg
Engineer Corps
Wihs IF. Biebel
Cedar Rapids
Ralph Ka. Harding
Starr Tyatt
Sioux City
Ralph W. Clark
Clear Lake
John Reynolds
Storm Lake
Hiram J. Carson
Roy P. Bishop
Independence
William J. Crocker
Meekuk
Holland's Breadstuffs Delayed by Parley
Washington reports a conflict between the Netherlands government and the food administration over grain cargoes held in American ports. Negotiations aimed at releasing about 30 ships with grain were tied to diverting portions for Belgian relief. The export administrative board disapproved the agreement and the project risks abandonment.
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Washington, D. C
Netherlands
The
Food Administration
Export Administrative Board
Holland
Defaux
Chevalier van Rappart
Belgium
Cleveland Pavers Consolidate Under Plain Dealer
The Cleveland Plain Dealer and the Cleveland Daily Leader announce the sale of the Leader to the Plain Dealer Publishing Company. The change takes effect with this morning's issue. The Sunday Leader remains under the same ownership, controlled by Dan R. Hanna. The city now has three English language daily newspapers.
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Cleveland
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Thleveland Daily Leader
Leader
The
Plain Dealer Publishing Company
Dan R. Hanna
President Invests $10000 in Farm Loan Bonds
Washington, Sept. 1. President Wilson has invested $10,000 in farm loan bonds. The president recently took $10,000 of the first issue of Liberty bonds.
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Washington, D. C
Wilson
Robber gang shattered by Wheed arrest in Chicago
Chicago police exposed a structured payroll band of bandits after Edward Wheed and Edward Taylor both implicated in two ex press messengers killings and an $8776 theft. A hideout with ammunition and tools was found linking Wheed to multiple robberies this year. Carrao seeks jury trial as case extends.
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Chicago
Edward Taylor
Sibirbs
Wherd
Edward Wheed
Taylor
Wheed
Sleuth
Mooney
Charles Carrao
Detectio
Carrao
Arraigne
Railroad Cars Mobilized to Help Win War
Chicago dated dispatch reports Santa Fe system freight cars to wear red, white and blue service stripes with a patriotic appeal. President E P Ripley says every railroad in the United States is enlisted in the war effort and urges loading to capacity and prompt unloading to support victory.
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Chicago
United States
E. P. Ripley
Mr. Ripley
Germany
France
England
Wilson speaks to Germans declares Shaw remarks
London Sept 1 George Bernard Shaw quoted by AP saying President Wilson’s reply to the pope is a message to Germany. He interprets it as urging Germany to become a republic or face Kaisering and defeat. Shaw adds the president knows what he fights for.
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Wilson
Bernard Shaw
London
Germany
George Bernard Shaw
Associated Press
Kaisering
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Tom Watson
Buchanan Optical Co
Quaker City
Conference of People's Council
Seymour Stedman
Liberty Bond
Xew
Park
Felice
Pierce
Cadorna
Mackensen
Kate Stinson
G Gantonments
Mrs. Letts
Engineers Corps
Cleland
Robger
Desperado
C. R. Stanley
Boone
J. H. Every
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Havana
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