Karlsruhe sinks British cruiser and sinks others in Caribbean
New York reports say German cruiser Karlsruhe disabled the British cruiser Bristol off Haiti claimed by Lt Weissner who also said Karlsruhe sunk British ships Glasgow and Bowes Castle and landed crews on a Caribbean island with food for a month. British officials denied Glasgow sinking.
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New York
Hayts
S. H Welsmer
Puerto Colombia
Glasgow
Georgetown
Weissner
Karlsruhe
Caribbean
Baranquile
Colombia
Bowes Castle
Marantheo
St Lucia
Bowes Castle Crew Rescued After Cruiser Sinks Ship
A Liverpool cablegram received by J F Whitney & Co reports the Bowes Castle was sunk by a cruiser after the captain and crew were taken off. The survivors were landed safely at Maranbao where they were later reported in good condition.
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Liverpool
Bowes Castle
Maranbao
German cruiser sighted near Pensacola awaiting coal
Pensacola report says a German style cruiser anchored 10 miles off the bar at dawn. The vessel flew no flags, making nationality unclear, while Tarpon captain Barrow observed the big guns. The Navarra, a Hamburg America liner, cleared for Pernambuco with 6000 tons of coal and $25,000 in gold.
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Pensacola
Fla
Barrow
Tarpon
Pensacola Bar
Navarra
Pernambuco
Health of U S Forces in Mexico Excellent
Washington reports indicate four months at Vera Cruz left American soldiers and marines in excellent health. For the week ending September 2 the army sick rate was 2.40 percent and the Marines 1.63 percent. Fifty men were treated in hospitals and twenty in quarters, with six incapacitated by disease and six by injury. Fifteen malaria cases were recorded, and the number of sick at week’s end fell to ninety seven from one hundred six on August 26.
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Washington
Vera Cruz
War Department
Nomination Approved for Argentine Ambassador to United States
The Argentine Senate approved Dr Romulo Naon's nomination to serve as ambassador to the United States. Naon currently holds the post of minister in Washington.
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Buenos Aires
Senate
Romulo Naon
United States
Naon
Washington
Allies New Pact Means War To End
Washington dispatch reports Allies Britain France and Russia sign a mutual pledge to pursue victory to a decisive end, with diplomacy in turmoil as Turkey and Balkan alignments loom. Wilson and Bryan reportedly pessimistic as Greece remains neutral and Roumania, Bulgaria, and Austria-Hungary stance shape plans.
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Washington
Great Britain
France
Russia
Wilson
Bryan
England
Turkey
Constantinople
Greece
Balkans
Ously Houmoais
Austria
Bulgaria
Chamber Urges Storing Cotton to Stabilize Market
A Kansas cotton panel calls for securing funds to store large cotton quantities until markets improve. The plan favors government aided education, chain of merchants, bankers, and farmers coordinating planting shifts, warehouse bonding, and insurance to back warehouse receipts. It stresses a campaign to reduce next year’s crop and diversify into food crops, with government agents and state agriculture departments leading an urgent education drive.
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Campalgn
Edusarion
Alang Tis Une
Uaform
Gericulturs
Tha State Departments of Agriculture
Reppon
Holty Maddox
Mell RK Wilkinson
W . Witham
A.B Owler
T . Glenn Jie Orr
HW. Miller
Watkins
Albert Howell, Jr
J. K. Atitey
Freak Herwi
Cotton Note and Warehousing Terms Amid Georgia Plans
A damaged note outlines default remedies for cotton warehouse receipts, including sale of secured stock to cover debts, insurance requirements, and waivers of homestead rights. The text also recounts cotton bale receipts and a meeting of the Atlanta Freight Bureau to organize a warehousing plan with officials elected to govern the initiative.
Warehouse Cotton Plan Mapped Across Georgia States
Georgia and southern states respond to inquiries on warehouse capacity and farmer advances. Data from 9 states show capacity fractions of cotton receipts, with Georgia reporting 1,554,509 capacity and $44,65 average advances. plans outline a broad coalition from Savannah to Americus to implement a cotton buying program, targeting distressed farmers and excluding speculators.
Cotton relief drive plans to buy bale for farmers
A Georgia relief effort outlined by the committee includes purchasing a bale of cotton from a Macon-area farmer for a producer in need. It will use selected graders and buyers in smaller Atlanta market centers, publish an application form, and operate without compensation to aid farmers facing sale under distress. The plan stresses not charity but an outright purchase of a sound commodity to stabilize the market and support southern growers. A sub-committee urged citizens to buy at least one bale and retire it from the market for a year, while senators formed a Buy a Bale of Cotton club to back similar actions and restrict next year’s planting to half this year’s acreage.
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Aiso
Savannah
Augusta
Columbus
Macon
Athens
Albany
Home
Americus
Atlanta
Georgia
Cotton States
Fulton
Cobb
Bartow
Maetor
Cherokee
Jackson
Hall
Forsyth
Habersham
Stephens
Gwinnatt
Walton
Morgan
Newton
Rochdale
DeKalb
Greene
Clayton
Henry
Butts
Fayette
Campbell
Cowota
Troup
Dovelas
Heard
Spalding
Meriwether
Pike
Haralson
Paulding
Rina
Roland Billa
Ellis
Executive Committee
McCord
Europe
South
Atalanta
Sam. D. Jones
Ehman
H. McCordé
W A. Parker
W. W. Orr
Daniel Strauss
Congress
Treasury Department
Washington
Cies
Benator Sheppard
Texas
Senators
German guns fire on British trenches in Boulogne report
Boulogne fusi lfiers recounts from Dublin volunteers cut off from Courtrai describe German artillery overwhelming their line. They say German machine guns outnumber Allied guns and sweep along trench ends causing deadly shrapnel and rapid bursts.
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London
Boulogne
The
Star
Dublin
Courtrai
Antwerp Population Doubled by Fugitives
London dispatch reports Antwerp grown calm despite population doubling from fugitives. General DeFour orders all who arrived after August 1 to leave the city, enforcing a strict clearance as war pressures mount.
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Antwerp
London
Phi
Amsterdam
The
Central News
DeFour
Fair and Honest Test of a Readymade Medicine Peruna
An article compiles testimonials from users of Peruna praising health gains and strength. Quotes from Mrs. A. H. Stouffer, Isaac Horrengs, Miss Marie A. Keser, and Mrs. Alyina Plamann describe improved appetite, weight restoration, energy, and daily ability after taking Peruna.
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United States
A. H. Stouffer
Sabeths
Kas
Isaac Horrengs
Fremont, Mich
Peruna
Marie A. Keser
St. St
Chicago
Timots
Systemia
Alyina Plamann
Dulweukee
Wis
Perma
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