War Budget to Top 24 Billion Plan Presented
Washington Sept 18 a house appropriations sub committee opened hearings on a bill seeking an additional 7 347 000 000 to fund the enlarged military program for 1919 The total Army appropriation would exceed 24 060 000 000 with full committee expected to report within 10 days or two weeks according to Chairman Shirley General March Crowder and Harris scheduled to testify.
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Associated Press
Washington, ND
General March
Staf
Crowder
Harris Schedled
House Appropriations Committee
Full
Appropriations Committee
Shirley
Federal Insurance Control Opposed by Agents in Convention
Delegates to the National Association of Insurance Agents convention in Cleveland opened a three day session with opposition to government control of insurance companies. Patriotism and organization were proposed to combat federal control. Expected speakers include Senator Lawrence Y. Sherman and Governor James M. Cox.
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Associated Press
Cleveland
National Association of Insurance Agents
Lawrence Y.sherman
Illinois
James M. Cox
Chia
Governor Milks Cow to Prove Agrarian Claim
Governor Low demonstrated his farming claims by milking a cow at a public event in Libertyville after attending a graduation at the Illinois training farm. The staged act drew 31 farmettes and about a thousand cattle breeders among the attendees, with the governor speaking on farming topics.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Lowder
Libertyville
Illinois Training Farm
Archangel Mail Service Reopens Close to War Port
The Associated Press reports that Archangel Russia mail service, halted June 16, resumed but only Archangel mail may be dispatched through that port. Mail for other parts of Russia will not be accepted for dispatch via Archangel. The Post Office confirms Archangel mail accepted under limited opportunities offered by liners and transports, while some Russian routes are via the Pacific.
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Associated Press
Washington
D. C
Archangel
Russia
Post Office Department
Pacific
Cost of U S Tax Collection Reaches New Low
Washington D C Sept 18 It cost about 12000000 to collect 3694703334 government taxes in the year ending June 30, the Internal Revenue Commissioner reported to Secretary McAdoo. The rate was 3.24 per 1000 or 32-100 of one percent, the lowest proportional cost in revenue history. The 1917 cost was 9.53 per 1000 or 95-100 of one percent.
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Associated Press
Washington
DD. C
Ternal Revenue
McAdoo
Buren
Work and Study for Boys Under 18 Planned
A conference of federal directors of the United States Boys' Working Reserve will begin Thursday to discuss enlisting boys under 18 in industrial and agricultural work with school. The program aims to mix schooling and employment for youths.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Federatiate Directors
United States Oys
Frost Reported as Coldest Tem peratures Mark Iowa Cities
Des Moines reports frost across several towns with Estherville and Lynx City noting freezing overnight. State records place the lowest minimum at 33 degrees, as authorities cite an unseasonably cold early autumn.
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Des Moines
Iynx City
Estherville
Teat Double Cross of Bolsheviks Was Tried and Fails
Washington reports new evidence of German double dealing in Russia. A Moscow to Samara to Irkutsk dispatch says German agents sought to ally with strong Russian groups against Bolsheviks, amid hunger and disorder in the Moscow region. Removals of Baltic materials prep for evacuation and tension over Consul Poole’s safety are noted. Lenine is said to be recovering from wounds.
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Washington, D. C
Germany
Russia
State Department
Moscow
Samara
Harris
Irkutsk
Baltic
Esthenia
Livonia
Lenine
Poole
War contracts for government use of prison labor announced
Under an executive order the president authorizes war supply contracts with prison and reformatory heads at prevailing prices and directs that prisoners on such contracts receive wages matching nearby rates. Plans are under way to use federal penitentiaries and other penal institutions during the war, with Congress already providing for industrial plants in some prisons.
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Associated Arena
Washington, D. C
Congress
Concordia Lutheran Church Donates Space for Army Students
In Washington DC the Concordia Lutheran Church, tied to Count von Bernstorff and whose pastor Rev Paul Minzel was decorated by Prussia, donated the ground floor of their church as a free mess hall for the George Washington University unit of the Students Army Training Corps as a concrete expression of wholehearted Americanism.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Concordia Lutheran Church
Count von Bernstorff
Paul Minzel
George Washington University
Students’ Army Training Corps
Cotton Gins to Stop 10 Days Nationwide in Mississippi
Vicksburg Miss September 18 to clear cotton seed congestion in warehouses all cotton gins in Mississippi will cease operations for 10 days beginning tomorrow night under orders from P M Harding state food administrator.
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Associated Press
Vicksburg
Miss
Mississippi
P. M. Harding
Nine Off Torpedoed Portuguese Vessel Band at U.S. Port
An Atlantic Port report states the second officer and eight men of the Portuguese steamer Leixoes were torpedoed near Sable Island and rescued by a patrol boat. another Leixoes boat with 10 men remains missing. The item also notes Liberty Loan committee talks to be led by Mrs Pettit and others, and reports Major Guy S. Brewer of Des Moines wounded but not seriously in the Rainbow division.
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Band
U.S
Associated Press
Atlantic
Leixoes
Sable Island
Women’s Liberty Loan Committee
Mmes. L. B. Fowler
E. E. Magee
BE. &. Bartlett
F. S. Pettit
Brewer
Des Moines
Guy S. Brewer
168Th Infantry
Ciauerpinia
Speakman- Hunt
Fox
William Speakman
Speakman
Reynard
PLIER BURNED TO DEATH IN A FLAME FILLED FLYING MISSION
Cadet Henry C Saunders of Erin Ontario was burned to death near Seaside camp when his machine caught fire while firing more than 19 000 feet late yesterday He was a trainee in the Canadian forces The message ends with a Liberty Bonds appeal and questions about belief in American institutions democracy and civilization.
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Tin
United States
Federal Cable Confirmations To Use Plain Language
The censorship board ruled that from Oct 1 1918 outgoing cablegrams and from Nov 1 1918 incoming cablegrams must be in plain language. Code confirmations will not clear even if translated.
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Federal Board
Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Federal Censorship Board Today
United States
Tommies Hold Holnon Near St Quentin, British Capture Village
British forces attacked northwest of St Quentin and captured Holnon three miles northwest of the city. Moeuvres came under heavy artillery fire with British forces pushed to the village outskirts. Night operations advanced the line slightly south of the La Bassee canal, with several prisoners taken.
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Holnon
Preas
London
St. Quentin
Marshal Haig
War Office
Moeuvres
Beng
Holmon
la Bassee Canal
Americans Drive Off Foe Attacks in Main Fighting Region
Allied and German forces clashed over the St. Quentin area and Cambrai as Haig advances against the Hindenburg line. British and American units reported limited gains, with German counterattacks repelled by anti aircraft fire and artillery. In Macedonia, Serbian and French troops pushed forward after seizing Sokol ridge, while Canadian forces on the front near Canal du Nord maintained watchful, largely quiet lines amid ongoing raiding and shelling.
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Loreraine
Vandieres
Haig
Marne
St. Quentin
Hindenburg
Holnon
Maissemy
Cambrai
Scarpe
Oise
Metz
Mosene
Pyonine
Macedonia
Sokol
Turkey
Bulgaria
Serbia
Balkans
France
Canal du Nord
Dows
City in Brief A miscellany of local notes and updates
Miss Rosina Gatiss returns from Toone visits as Prod S Pettit visits Mason City on business. A Waterloo factory worker earns six dollars daily. Mr. and Mrs. Cameron learn their son Arshie E. Cameron is overseas. C Richolt, ill with typhoid, moves to Presbyterian hospital for treatment. Mrs. Emma Elardwith travels to Independence to recuperate. Mrs. G. R. Watson’s brother Charles McGrath is overseas. Deputy bailiff George Erleman takes a patient to St Joseph’s sanitarium in Dubuque. Mrs. Ida Pickering’s son Frank RE Adams ill at Camp Pike Arkansas. County treasurer’s report shows warrants totaling 4, STL. Mrs. Hi. & Kelly injures a broken right arm. improving. Dr. G. Wh. Edgington leaves for Camp Logan Texas for active duty. Waterloo Commercial club directors elect H. A. Boysen to the board. Ray William Wilson is held for the draft board in Denver. two others under investigation. Fourth liberty loan committee to meet at the Y M C A with Carleton Sias presiding. Modofication of decree sought in Brewer v Brewer custody case. Municipal court special session held before Judge Birdsall for a shy woman arrested for sitting corners. Letter from H. B. Cropper notes Red Cross trip to Torrington Conn. to New York. visits Camp Dix and returns via Philadelphia and Washington. Millinery sale advertised with Saturday Extraordinary values.
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Rosina Gatiss
Toone
Prod S. Pettit
Mason City
Waterloo
B. Cameron
Arshie E. Cameron
C. Richolt
Presbyterian Hospital
G. R. Watson
Dawson Street
Charles McGrath
George Erleman
Aunicipal Court
Dubuque
St. Joseph's Sanitarium
Ida Pickering
Third Street West
RE. Adame
Camp Pike
Ark
G. Wh. Edgington
Army Dental Corps
Camp Logan
Houston
Tex
Waterloo Commercial Club
H. A. Boysen
Harry M. Reed
Canuip Pike
Ray Willam Wilson
Denver
Colo
Fourth Liberty Loan Committee
Carleton Sias
Pagte Brewer
Jesse Brewer
E. L. Jones
H. B. Cropper
Jesup
Pirpliz
Schodl
HJ. Werling
Dakota
Harry Kullen
J. GO. Rich
Teann
Howard
Henry Hohl
Jenup
Wlativax
Sounle
Minneapolis
Thomas Tull
Westbury
Luck
BE. O. F. Club
W. W. Blaster
Pythian Sisters
Treasury
Opéra House
Alien Watrous
Madaline Manning
Heme
Allen
New York City
Jesup Consolidated School
W. J. Pyle
Osceola Pooler
Mary Arnold Sankey
Glenda
Rochester
Minn
Mayo Bros
Burton E. Sweet
Gov. Harding
St. ,Athanasius Catholc Church
Frogs on poles endangering overland telegraph lines
In Central Australia a common green frog climbs telegraph poles and bites into insulators via the droppers. The creature’s body conducts electricity to earth, causing line interruptions and prompting notices.
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Australia
England
Plainfield notes local moves and travel in October
Plainfield notes four residents changing work and travel plans. Mrs Creutt and Mason plan to Calivornian for shipyard employment. James Lee returns from Worth Dakota for St Vernon college in October. Wil Wade leaves Chas Reine store for Eclipse Lumber Co. Floyd Robinson and Wait help harvest in North Dakota. Clarence Potter travels to Dubuque while his wife and children visit Shell Rock. Readers are urged to subscribe to Fourth Liberty Loan bonds.
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Eclipse Lumber Co
Wait
Floyd Robinson
North Dakota
Clarence Potter
Dubuque
Shell Rock
England curbs eating houses to aid wartime food supply
London reports that Britain’s food ministry opened national kitchens and national restaurants to provide affordable meals amid rationing. The first London outlet in Fleet Street serves around 1,000 meals daily, pricing meals from a few pence to about a shilling sixpence, with six meat meals per meat coupon. The scheme aims to relieve shortages, attract private hotels and restaurants, and expand to other cities if successful.
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Washington
D. C
England
British Food Ministry
Phy B. Kennedy
London
Bureau of Foreign and Iomentic Canunerca
Kennedy
Food Ministry
Mr. Kennedy
Freel Street
National Kitchens
Treasury
United States
Ownuchor
Fleet Street
Lloyd George
Churchill
Clynes
Allies Hope Americans Will Do Big Things In War
Across the western front reports highlight American participation with enthusiasm from Canadian, Australian, and British troops. English newspapers laud American methods while admiring the energy that boosts Allied morale. Dominion Day sports behind British lines marked the era’s grandest war celebration.
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France
Correasponiane
War Administration
Prolific Seas: Cod and Other Fish Gate the Harvest
An historic account notes cod yielding up to 46 million eggs per season with instances of enormous internal egg counts in other fish like herrings perch roach mackerel and sturgeon. It cites oyster larval abundance and compares fish reproductive capacity to grand scale totals including Buffon’s theoretical yields. It ends with a wartime Liberty bond exhortation.
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London
Scotland
Buffon
Nitchevo tale shows Bismarck fate and peasant sans fear
The piece recounts a Jakob-like tale where Bismarck, invited to an imperial hunt, is delayed by a broken carriage and a peasant who says nitchevo nothing matters. The Prussian envoy iboices calm, shares a laugh, and a ring with nitchevo engraved afterward, while reflections on Russia and future strength follow. Also notes Jesup school, local deaths, and community notices from Jesup, Iowa, including marriages, travels, and public events.
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Bismarck
Mita
Blamarck
Bis- Marek
Nitchevo
Nitcheva
Russia
Rusela
Rusala
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Sancy
Soissons
French War Office
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Guiunees
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Pune
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Mexico
Pizarro
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Tony Xrinding
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Cadvertiaeimont
Emma Elardwith
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Hi. &. Kelly
Jadze W
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Plainfield
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