Netherlands Explains Igel Papers on German Ammunition Sales
The Netherlands minister in Washington states that the von Igel papers refer to ammunition sales by Germany to Holland. The explanation says Germany bought munitions in the United States at the war start to keep them from the Allies, but Holland did not buy any. Some cartridges and gunpowder were later offered and sold to other governments.
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Washington
Netherlands
Chevalier van Rappard
State Department
von Igel
Germany
Holland
Prince Hatzfeldt
United States
Lost on Steamer Wentworth Report
An Atlantic port report says all 33 people aboard the British steamship Wentworth were lost when it was sunk by a German submarine. The vessel 2381 tons sailed from New York to Bordeaux and was destroyed on Sept 8 off the French coast, with Captain A M Mackena among the British citizens aboard.
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Atlantic
Wentworth
New York
Bordeaux
British Shipping Commissioner’s Office
A. M. Mackena
Haig’s Offensive Near Ypres Holds After German Assaults
Allied troops including English Scottish and Australian units maintain control of key positions near Ypres after Haig’s Wednesday morning offensive. German counterattacks were launched repeatedly but failed, incurring heavy losses to the attackers.
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Haig
Ypres
Violent fighting rages along Belgian front near Zonnebeke
Reports from the battlefront describe intense combat near Polygon Wood and around Zonnebeke and St Julien with heavy German losses in counterattacks. British gains near the Ostend Lille railway threaten German naval operations while French and Italian fronts see sustained artillery duels and bombardments.
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St. Julien
Zonnebeke
Haig
Ostend-Lille
Germany
Ostend
Zeebrugge
Aisne
Verdun
Petain
Russia
Rumania
Baltic Sea
Cadorna
Isonzo
Corso
Belgium
Bequest Totals Over 1.3 Million to Massachusetts Institutions
The will of Augusta E. Corbin of Webster leaves more than 1.3 million to Massachusetts charities and schools. Boston University receives 550000 for a Chester C. Corbin Fund endowed for buildings and chairs, with 50000 for a Chester C. Corbin Library Fund at the New England Deaconess Association. Other gifts to Webster, Wesleyan Academy, the Homeopathic Hospital, and various church and charitable groups are detailed.
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Massachusetts
Augusta E. Corbin
Chester C. Corbin
Webster
Hotel Vendome
Suffolk County
Boston University
New England Deaconess’ Association
Massachusetts Homeopathic Hospital
Wesleyan Academy
Wilbraham
Board of Foreign Missions
The
Methodist Church of New York
Webster Methodist Church
Morgan Memorial
New England Moral Reform Society
Massachusetts Society For the Prevention of Cruelty
Preachers' Aid Society of New England
Conference of the Methodist Church
Boston Missionary and Church Extension Society
Methodist Church
Board of Freedmen’s Aid
Methodist Church of Ohio
Women’s Foreign Missionary Society
Board of Home Missions
Church Extension Society
the Methodist Church of Pennsylvania
New England
Jamaica
Boston
Children's Friend Society
Walnut Avenue
Polly Garritt
Brookline
Emily Strogley
Corbin
$300,000 for Hospitals Bequest Reported
A bequest of $200,000 was left to hospitals, reportedly part of a larger estate allocation totaling $300,000 for medical facilities. The source notes the donation funding hospital needs and potential impact on local health services.
Reception to Cambridge ex-employees entering U S service
A reception for former Cambridge exchange workers of the New England Telephone and Telegraph Company now in the United States service was held last evening at the exchange building on Inman Street Cambridge. Four men attended while three, away at a distance from Boston, could not attend.
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Cambridge Exchange
New England Telephone & Telegraph Company
United States
Exchange
Inman Street
Cambridge
Boston
Fire Scare at North Station Spreads to Roof
Fire began in an overheated grease flue from the North Station restaurant, spreading to the roof. Fire crews responded, containing the blaze and preventing further damage. No injuries reported.
Fire Damages Station Office Amid Spectacular Blaze
A fire along the roof caused a spectacular blaze that threatened to destroy the station. It reached the station master's office in the area formerly the Boston and Lowell station and caused considerable damage. Law damage was estimated at about unspecified amount.
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Boston
Lowell Station
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