Slavs Repulsed As Arm Workers Told To Speed Up
Petrograd reports Russians falling back toward Pinsk as German forces seize Bresk Litovsk area. Prolonged front fighting continues in Gallipoli and the Near East with rumors of Turkish Bulgarian rapprochement while Russian officials call for munitions production.
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London
Petrograd
Pinsk
Hrest-Litovsk
von Mackensen
Pripet
Russky
Altho
Gallipoli
Ans Farla
Athena
Rome
Dmlepatches
Greece
Turkey
Bulgaria
Near Near East
Tulgaria
Serbia
Woentern
University of Wyoming reports 20 percent enrollment rise
Laramie Wy Sept 17 The University of Wyoming opens with 20 percent more registered than last year about 200 students on hand. Faculty and students express pride and optimism as classes begin with strong support from the community and higher standards for teaching staff.
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Laramie
Wyo
University of Wyoming
Tha
Educaoa
Hoyt
Dupite
Uivoreinoan
Douglas militiamen win governor's cup in shoot
Company F of Douglas won the Wyoming National Guard governor's cup after top scores against Cheyenne Company G and Newcastle Company A. The men will form a rifle team for the national match in Florida next month.
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Douglas Militiamen
Douglas
Wyoming National Guard
Company F
Cheyenne
Company A
Newcastle
Sliney
James A. Wade
Co. A
J. F. Meyer
Spencer Bishop
Volksfest pro German rally blamed for US entering war
Henry Weismann, president of the Friends of Peace, told a German American crowd at the Patriotisches Volksfest in Glen Island that pro-ally forces plotted to draw the United States into war with Germany. He attacked the press and business leaders, urged peace, and urged Germans to protest aid to the Allies and munitions shipments, citing a Bernstorff note as proof of danger. The event drew thousands across Westchester and New York, with a pontoon bridge to the inland site and a faux atmosphere of wartime tension.
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New York
United States
Germany
Henry Weismann
Friends of Peace
Glen Ieland
Weetehenter County
Sitly
Wilson
Clapp
la Follette
Hitchcock
von Bernstorff
State Department
Welemann
Thoas
Amieriva
Volkafeat
Westchester County
Blocum
Robert Lee
Itv
Dumba Sees Bernstorff Before Departure for Summer Home
Sept 17 Constantin Dumba Austro Hungarian ambassador visited Count von Bernstorff at his home and stayed over an hour. He declined to discuss the nature of Ble viet and was expected to proceed to his summer home at Lowes, N Y.
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New York
Constantin Theodore Dumba
Wilena
Count von Bernstorff
Aod
Dumba
Lowes
Mapa
Farm machine crash near Bloomington injures two
A report from Bloomington indicates a farm mill accident early this morning left Frank Neubeuer dead and Mie Beck injured when a machine failed and veered off a road southeast of the town. Details are limited.
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Bloomington
Li Frank Neubeuer
Mie
Beck
Explorer 5 Safe Missing for Over Year
Nome Alaska Sept 17 Stefansson Arctic explorer Vilhjalmur Stefansson reported safe on Banks Land via the Ruby schooner dispatches to Ottawa The note says he left June 1914 with two companions to explore north of Alaska and mysteriously weighed on peril but found a new land and only short rations His plan was winter exploration and summer crossing toward the polar barrier.
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Nome
Alanka
Jalmur Stefansson
Chtian
Alaska
Ruby
Stefansson
Banks
North Pole
Njulmur Stefanson
Banks Land
Raby
Ottawa
Ont
Vilhjalmur, Btefanseon
Mate
Stef. Atenon
Lige Hie
Grefanasen
Nevel
Atilin Ieland
Mome
Alscke
Bankers and Commissioners Split Over War Munitions Exports
New York dispatch reports Anglo French financial commissioners and American financiers divided over including war munitions in the loan funded exports. The loan talks show a growing rift with possible demarcation on whether munitions are covered. Rockefeller office denies any interview or participation after a Cleveland interview quotes him on financing.
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New York
Rockeffeller
Rockefeller
Cleveland
Insurance magnate Howard Nash dies in Chicago hotel
Howard B Nash 65 insurance man from Milwaukee Wisconsin died of heart disease today in a Chicago hotel room. He was vice president and general manager of the National Life Insurance Company with Milwaukee offices in the Merrill building. Survived by a widow and daughter.
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Chicago
Howard B. Nash
Milwaukee
Wis
Nash
Middle West
Meenager
National Life Insurance Company
Merrill
Train bandits return money to victims and a cripple
Four robbers stopped a Great Northern train near Minot North Dakota early today. They gave back 20 cents to each man they robbed and 20 dollars to a cripple, saying he needed the money.
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Minot
N. D
Great Northern
Troops Clash With Mexicans Along Rio Grande
American cavalry fought two engagements with Mexican forces along the Rio Grande today near Donna and Downe. Ten Americans engaged in Downe fight endured two and a half hours of fire from about 200 Mexicans, with several believed hit. One company commander from Browneville reported the Mexicans fired first and that American forces returned fire. casualties and exact details remained unclear.
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Donna
Itme
Browneville
Coldier
Metamora
Carpenea Afticere
Jol
H Bioeheome
Neste
Largest Friday Attendance Marks Cheyenne Fair Day
Cheyenne residents and other county farmers filled the Laramie county fair with the largest crowd of the year. The program featured fast-track and field events, horse races, and exhibition standings, with Cheyenne riders delivering notable results and officials expressing regret over the director's absence due to illness.
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Burns
Laramie
Burts
Kirkbride
RN. la Fontaine
Cheyanne
Falr Association
Stillman
Mason Pacific
la Fontaine
Flossy Whitefoot
Carpenter
BroWury
Bilew T
Davia
Lady X. PD
Ibi
Shanklin
Pioneer Limited
Flosey Whitefont
Lucky Joe
Bronor
Biles L
Davis
Dickwy Boy
Fiiret
Bessie
Mumphrer
Midue
iChilcote
King
Firet
Humphrey
Dally
London
Brownie
Redmaker
Lash Helmont
Mies Hill
Dols Boy
Disie
Mies Moore
Ham
Teot
Bowdow
Bine Melle
Ij. BR
Dolly
Bendon
The
Nougberts
B. Rewaie
National Drainage Congress Opens With Address
Fragmentary text describes the National Drainage Congress opening in September with Colonel Wateus, president of the brute congress, delivering the opening address under the guise of the fifth annual meeting in Columbus.
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Natosel
Thy Wateus
Brute Congress
Columbus
England Faces Crisis Over Conscription Shifts in Cabinet
England faces political turmoil as conscription policy sparks threats of resignations by Lords Corson of Lansdowne and the Earl of Selthorpe. In wartime Europe, German forces push toward Dvinek and Vilna, threatening Russian lines and prompting near total military mobilization as Greece and Near Eastern policies loom. Allied actions at Gallipoli continue with limited artillery activity.
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London
England
David
Orge
Winston Churchekh
Corson of Lansdowne
Earl of Selthorpe
Edward Coreen
Asquith
Admiralty
Halfour
Edward Jay
Lord Kitchener
Marshal von Heindenberg
Dvinek
Vilna
Viday
Germain
Humsin
Dvinesk
Donesk
Pinek
Pripet Marshes
Talleia
Greece
Gallipoli
Bryan weighs editors plan for peace envoy trip to Europe
Bryan entertains a plan to convene editors of foreign papers in the United States, dispatch a private envoy to Europe, and seek neutral-country support for America’s neutrality. He notes the move could influence House opinions on defense spending while promoting a peace treaty effort via press diplomacy.
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Washington
D. C
Williem J. Hiryan
Tt Ta Ay
United States
Eurepe
Bryan
Berape
Bryan Eatd
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Bishop, Co. F
Fred W. Walker
George P. Gontner
C. W. Gettys
C. V. Casselman
P. ©. Guthrie
Frank Martin
Thurman Day
Roy F. Brenning
Co. PF
Arthur Goff
Melvin
William R. Hamilton
J. W. Hallett
Volksfelt
U. S
Bernstorff
Austria
Frederick C. Penfield
Duma
France
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