First Black Hawk county men join national army
Cedar Falls and Waterloo send six men to Camp Dodge as the first contingent of Black Hawk county’s quota for the national army. Names include Lawrence L. Smith Walter Bradfield Clarence G. Tyler James C. Collar Roger Co Bremer Orlin R. Bremer Kirk C. Olson Henry Waldeman and W. W. Brown.
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Black Hawk County
Waterloo
National Army
Odge
Conript
Cedar, Falls
Godspeed Ad
Lawrence L. Smith
Walter Bradfield
Clarence G. Tyler
Black Hawk
Ounty
Cedar Falls
James C. Collar
Roger Co. Bremer
Orlin R. Bremer
Kirk C. Olson
Henry Waldeman
W. W. Brown
Mr. Smith
The
Cement Machinery Corporation
Paul W. Smith
Collar
Co. F
Morags
Smith and
Tyler
Chicago
Eorge LeRoy Woodruff
South Street
Woodruff
Camp Dodge
Exeter
N. H
Dartmouth College
Iowa
Ginn & Co
Bascome
New National Army
Main
Third Streets
J. B. Newman
H. Seerley
Roger Leavitt
Wernicke
St. Patrick’s Church
W. W. Gist
Newman
Kirk Olson
Olson
America
Carpenter
Hampton Hampton
Franklin County
Joseph L. Belden
Hampton
Donald L. Randolph
Chapin
George W. Zimmerman
William J. Howe
Dows
Nels Pedersen
Coulter
Closing contest over war profits in Senate ends debate
Washington news from September 5 reports high tax advocates pressing to raise war profits taxes as the Senate nears a final vote. The fight centers on switching from graduated rates to a flat tax and the finance committee's plan for about one third levy or a rise of roughly 1.06 billion dollars from current revenues. The push to alter rates was defeated, and the committee's levy proposal is expected to stand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Senate
Hollis, Kenyon and Johnson
California
Finance Committee
First men reported as national army opens camps
Des Moines and camp Dodge receive Iowa Minnestoa North Dakota and northern Illinois draftees in the first wave. Camp Dodge to house about 600 Iowa men with 2,000 more by week’s end. Chicago and Louisville contingents prepare for Camp Grant and Camp Taylor as 260th infantry and 339th artillery units formed.
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Washington, D. C
Crowder
Camp Upton
Yaphank
I. L
Meade
Admiral
Camp Dodge
Des Moines
Iowa
Minnesota
North Dakota
Illinois
Camn Dodge
North Iowa
Polk County
Polk
260Th
Towa
339Th Field Artillery
OWA
Charles W. Castle
R. §. Wells
War Department
Camp Taylor
Louisville
National Army
Kentucky
Indiana
G O P Leaders Lose Fight for War Committee
Washington Sept 5 House Republicans failed to amend the war bond and certificate bill to establish a congressional war expenditure committee. Representative Johnson of Kentucky sustained points of order raised by Democratic Leader Kitchin against proposals by Representatives Gillett of Massachusetts and Moore of Pennsylvania.
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Washington, D. C
House
Johnson
Kentucky
Soldiers Lead Mob Attack On Big Bill's Party
Chicago reports a mob of soldiers protesting the William Hale Thompson Republican party along Route 66 to a Kankakee county fair. They tore banners, shouted slurs, and misidentified a Thompson supporter as the mayor before provost guards dispersed the crowd. The incident followed local praise for Gov. Lowden's anti war stance and a sign posted at Grant, Illinois welcoming the Chicago group with anti “Big Bill” sentiment.
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Chicago
William Hale Thompson
Republican Club
Kankakee
Clyillans
Michigan Boulevard
Grant Park
Deen
Guv. Lowden
Grant
Grant, Ill
Thompson
Big Bill
Britain and France Get New Big Loans
Washington D C Sept 5 Loans of 1690 000 000 each to Great Britain and France were made by the government today bringing the total advanced the allies up to 2266400000
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Britain
France
Washington, D. C
Great Brittain
Raid at I W W Headquarters Seizes Papers in Portland
Sheriff Hurlaat and deputies raided the Industrial Workers of the World headquarters in Portland and seized a quantity of papers. Officials said the headquarters may be closed. Readers told to phone if the edition is late, with a backup number for after hours.
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Portland
Ore
Hurlaat
Industrial Workers of the World
Italians Take Monte San Gabriele in Gorizia Front
Dispatches from London and Paris report Monte San Gabriele captured by Italian troops with about 980 prisoners and 22 officers, granting domination of the Gorizia hills and opening the path toward Trieste. German strategy signals possible withdrawal and civilian removal in Flanders amid looming Entente pressure.
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London
Monte San Gabriele
Gorigia
Italy
Cadorna
Triest
Gorizia
Monte Santo
Bainsizza
Chiapavono
Tsonzo
Flanders
Haig
Ganod
West Flanders
Thovrout- Courtrai
Scheidt
Sante Spirito
Laske
Thousands of Panic Stricken Riga Folk Killed by Shells
Refugees arriving from Riga describe early Sunday shelling from Uxkull, fires, gas clouds, and panic as people rushed to the railroad. A Zeppelin raid the following night sent residents fleeing under searchlights. Many buildings were destroyed and casualties numbered in the thousands, amid attacks aimed at Moscow and Petrograd.
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Riga
Tetregrad
Abe Houser
Uxkull
Vedernese Vremeya
Moscow
Tiga
Uxhall
Stvaroff
Pelrograd
Labor Leaders Pledge Loyalty to Nation at Minneapolis Conference
Minneapolis reports the American Alliance for Labor and Democracy held a three day loyalty conference aimed at rallying labor behind the war effort. Samuel Gompers outlined the group’s goal to mobilize the working class for national unity and to counter antiwar propaganda. He and other speakers denounced the People's Council of America for Democracy and Terms of Peace as disloyal. Leaders predicted a sharp decline in disloyal activities within three months.
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Minneapolis
Minn
American Alliance For Labor and Democracy
G. Hall
State Federation of Labor
Frank P. Walsh
United States Commission On Industrial Relations
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Gompers
Compers
America
People's Council
People’s Counsil of America
Minnesota
John Spargo
Socialist Party
Russia
People’s Council
Alliance
Montreal Man To Be Tried For Lord Athelstan Attempt
Arthur Blackwell, arrested over the dynamiting of Lord Athelstan’s residence, will face charges of attempted murder alongside theft and possessing dynamite. Police say Blackwell fabricated the bombs and lit the fuse, a claim tied to his expertise as a tool maker in a munition factory.
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Montreal
Arthur Blackwell
Lord Athelstan
Blackwell
Indictment shifts in Villisca murder case trial
Red Oak Iowa September 5 jury selection began in the Lyn George J Kelly ax murders trial amid delays. Prosecutor H M Havner faces an indictment for oppression in office, defense seeks change of venue, and Iowa Protective Association backs the defense with members among eight Villisca victims families. Joe Stillinger leads the association as president.
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Red Oak
Lyn George J. Kelly
Villiseaux
Montgomery County‘ Grand Jury
H. M. Havner
Grand Jury
Havner
Nim
Kelly
Lyn
George J. Kelly
Villisca
W. D. Boies
Sheldon
Boies
Gaynor
State Supreme Court
Veniremen
Iowa Protective Association
J. N. Wilkerson
Association
Joe Stillinger
Stillinger
Moore
London Moonlight Raid Strikes City Center Three Nights
German air attacks continue on London with moonlight raids hitting the theatre, retail store and hospital while one raider is reported down off Sheerness. Official tallies report nine killed and 49 injured in the latest raid as haze and darkness hindered visibility yet anti-aircraft guns and returning British aircraft contested the skies.
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London
Sheerness
Theers
Ihhat
Dstrict
Pital
Tatre
North Sea
Thres
Finland faces possible force to subdue internal opposition
Petrograd reports that the governor general of Finland has returned to Helsingfors with Premier Kerensky's sanction to use armed force if needed against any local government action deemed harmful to Hus Sia's welfare. The note signals a hard line in governing Finland amid unrest and political friction.
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Jackson McCoy
Dartmouth
Bradford
Illinois Central
Lawrence Smith
Lawrence
Smith
San Felice
Southern
Putin Field Artillery
Fight For War Committee
Hands of
Paris
Petit Parisien
Havana
England
Admiralty
Haze
Scarborough
Finland
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