German Outrage Alleged Involving German Consulate Buried Boxes
The report cites Secretary Lansing detailing misuse of U S protection by German interests. At Bucharest the German consulate handled boxes found buried in the legation garden amid suspicions of secret shipments. Romanian authorities investigated as American Secretary Andrews observed.
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Washington
Germany
Lansing
von Lux
Argentina
von Eckhardt
Mexico City
von Bern
Foreign Office
Congress
State Department
William Whiting Andrews
Legation of
Bucharest
Nilo
Porumbaru
Rownania
Thowmanhin
HDG
Roumania
Legation
Ftuelirest
Routainkin
Vopieka
Geri
Andrews
Miners Demand Higher Wages After Washington Meeting
In Washington on Tuesday night a preliminary meeting of operators and miners' representatives from the central competitive field agreed to push for wage increases ranging from 20 to 70 percent. The demand, formulated by the miners' side, will be presented at a joint next meeting.
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Washington
Feld
Deficiency Bill Passes Senate For Military Funding Total
The Senate approved a large deficiency bill by voice vote Tuesday afternoon totaling 7,001,025,220 dollars. The House allocated 3500,786,785 to the army with Senate additions, and Navy funding reached 573,000,678 with the senior edition listing 04,049,000. The overall military total stands at 12,520,200,000.
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Washington
Senate
Navy
House
Bavarian Spechtist Protest Sparks Newspaper Suppression Rumor
A protest by an exchange correspondent prompts claims that multiple newspapers have been suppressed. Rumors accuse authorities and a wartime department of censoring coverage as a wave of editorial actions and protests emerges.
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Leton Bavarian Spehntist
Teheseiph Aistenhin
Pnb
Linar
Elie Erowar
Kansas City Strike Ends Knowens City
Striking freight workers in Kansas City reach an end to two weeks of labor unrest. Local leaders reported a vote that altered the course of the stoppage and initiated a return to duty.
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Kansas City
Knowens City
Jers
Anid Chookngelerks
Suni
Petrograd Universities Closed Amid Health Fund Restrictions
Fragmentary report notes Petrograd institutions closed including medical schools. The text hints at health measures impacting higher education and a focus on hospital portions of the population in a named city.
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Petrograd
Tetie Wenel
Germans 10 retain grip on Belgium
Berlin signals offer to pay part of Belgium war damages but demands control over Belgian economics and regional administration. Germany favors keeping Flanders and Walloon districts administratively separated and seeks guarantees to prevent a 1914 threat, per a Vatican reply note relayed by Berne.
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London
Germany
Belgium
Berne
Antwerp
Vatican
Benedict
Kuehlmann
Munich
Flanders
Walloon
Richil
Famous Horse Boots Is Killed After Injury
Louisville report says Boots, a premier handicap horse, stepped in a hole and broke a leg at Lexington, Ky, and was ordered destroyed. The injury ends a noted racing career and follows confirmation received Tuesday.
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Louisville
Lexington
Peru Seeks Satisfaction Over Meruvian Bark Incident
Peruvian government seeks government action after a dispute over the Meruvian bark Lorton. Bertin representatives deliver demands for compensation or remedy for the injured party and call for German authorities to address the issue.
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Peru
Ling
Bertin
Germain
Wyoming Supreme Court Rulings Stir Local Interest
A fragmentary notice from Cheyenne hints at a Wyoming Supreme Court matter tied to local growth and development. The text mentions a September 20 date and ongoing proceedings, but details remain unclear in the degraded OCR.
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Cheyenne
Wyoming Supreme Court
New Army to Be in France in Spring
Washington reports plans at the War Department to send a large portion of drafted men to training camps in France by early spring. The scheme aims to speed up training and enable a second draft, with 125000 to 200000 draftees moving overseas for further instruction.
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Washington
War Department
France
Congress
United States
THQ
S Pring
Calder Bill Advances on Naturalization Plans
A Senate migration committee reports favorably a measure by Senator Calder to admit to citizenship those who declare intent to naturalize and file papers, enhancing pathways for eligible residents to pursue naturalization.
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Washington
Calder
Senate Migration Committee
Fire Sweeps Horse Market at National Stock Yards
Fire destroyed part of the horse market section at the National Stock Yards in East St. Louis on Wednesday afternoon. The blaze caused property losses and prompted emergency response from local fire units. No further details on damages or causes are provided.
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East St. Louis
Belgians Executed as Spies Reported by Telegram
Advices received from the frontier via the telegraph claim Ghent residents have been executed in the last three weeks on charges of espionage.
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Amsterdam
Telegraf
Charty
Ghent
Belgium
Iaet
Trading Bill Moves to President After House Passage
The conference report on the trading with the enemy bill, approved by the Senate, was adopted by the House on Tuesday without a roll call. It now goes to the president for approval.
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Senate
Aiguulure
Teutons Fail to Penetrate British Lines Near Ypres
British forces repelled four German frontal assaults along a six mile front from Tower Hamlets to St Julien near Ypres. Haig reports British gains a maximum of one mile in the Zonnebeke sector as German losses are described as extremely heavy. Berlin cites 240,000 German troops in the drive amid strong British defense.
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London
Ypres
Tower Hamlets
St. Julien
Zonnebeke
Douglas Haig
Berlin
Ypres-Menin Road
Secretary Baker Optimistic on Western Offensive
Secretary of War Baker states the power to mount a successful offensive in the west has passed from Germany. The claim, prepared by Army War College experts, reviews operations on all European fronts and covers the week ending September 22 with sources from Entente governments and American observers with allied armies.
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Washington
West
Baker
Army War College
Australian Strike Ends After Nationwide Shutdown
Melbourne reports the largest strike in Commonwealth history has been settled. It began August 2 affecting railways docks coal mines and seamen. Rail workers returned September 8 and coalers and dockers capitulated, enabling a general resumption of suspended industries.
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Melbourne
Means Held to Grand Jury for Murder Charge
Concord, N C Gaston B Means is held in the county jail without bail awaiting the October term grand jury action on a warrant charging him with the murder of Mrs Maude A King the Chicago widow mysteriously killed at Blackwelder Spring on the night of August 29.
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Concord
N. C
Gaston B. Means
Superior Court
Maude A. King
Chicago
Blackwelder Spring
Plotted Against Draft Case Comes to Guilty Verdict
A jury found Daniel O'Connell an attorney and five other men guilty Tuesday of conspiring to harass enforcers of the selective draft law. The trial centered on efforts to thwart the draft and enforce compliance by those in charge.
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Bun Brancisco
Daniel O'Connell
Mhen
Harper
Bavaria Responds to Papal Peace Note
A Bavarian reply was sent separately regarding the pope's peace concerns. The document mirrors the tone of the recent government communication and reflects Bavaria's stance on the peace issue.
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Bavaria
Pope
Bertin
Heflin Names Five Legislators in German Fund Probe
Alabama Representative Thomas Heflin charged five lawmakers with links to pro German activities and pressed for a full congressional inquiry. He named Senator La Follette and Representatives Britten Mason Norton and Baer, while urging the Rules Committee to seek a broader probe into the Bernstorff slush fund and related anti draft literature. The House audience reacted with heated demand for investigation and potential expulsions.
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Washington
Bernstorff
Tim
Thomas Heflin
Alabama
la Follette
Wisconsin
Fred A. Britten
Chicago
William E. Mason
Patrick D. Norton
North Dakota
John M. Buer
Heflin
House Rules Committee
Norton and
Fordney
Michigan
Bernstorff Fund
Congress
House
Norton
Britten
Baer
Mason
Rules Committee
Representative Mason
Farmers Win First Victory in War Effort
Washington reports the United States has the biggest crop of food products in the world, with enough food to feed the world. Carl Vrooman, assistant secretary of agriculture, says the stock is due to emergency war work by American farmers in response to the president and agriculture department.
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Washington
United States
Trench
Carl Vroomin
Frmers
Department of Nagriculture
Copper Ring Exposed in Copper Theft Case
Federal officials bound Lew Jones and James Williams to the grand jury over a copper theft scheme. The men tied to the St. Paul system allegedly conspired to steal thousands of pounds of copper destined for the British government.
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Butte
Mont
Lew Jones
James Williams
St. Paul
French Lose Dozen Ships in Week Ending September 24
The French admiralty announced losses by submarines or mines for the week ending September 24. Over 1000 tons seven ships were lost and under 1000 tons five. Three steamers were attacked unsuccessfully. In Washington the House adjourned in memory of Representative Ebeneser J. HIM who died at his home in Norwalk Connecticut after several weeks of illness.
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Varia
Washington
Ebeneser J. Him
Norwalk
Conn
Psalm 126 The Spirit of a True Patriot in Mourning and Hope
A religious study outlines Psalm 85 and 126 focusing on mercy forgiveness and restoration. It emphasizes national repentance turning hearts to God and the hope of joyful harvest after tears, with faith in divine reconciliation and future prosperity.
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Jacob
Earth
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