Germany declines indemnity over Arabic sinking note
Berlin voices regret for loss of life in the sinking of the steamer Arabic but rejects any indemnity to the United States. The note explains the Arabic was deemed an enemy vessel and that the submarine commander acted to prevent an attack, while offering arbitration at The Hague if needed. It also includes background on Abyssinia and a note on a new ultra-precise instrument for measuring tiny distances.
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Berlin
Germany
United States
Imperial Germaan
Dunsley
Kinaale
Irish Sea
Royal Mail Steam Packet Company
Ives
Hague Tribunal For Arbitration
Official British Flag in Empire Context
Article describes the United Kingdom flag as the official imperial standard, noting provincial flaglets and some U S states with their own banners, while the Star-Spangled Banner is mentioned in passing.
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United Kingdom
Easily Believable War Material Rumor Linked to Bath Tub Firm
A remark suggests a bath tub manufacturer has shifted into war material production after gaining a bit of experience with a shower attachment. The claim remains unverified but reflects wartime industrial speculation.
Fort at Dubno Falls to German Army Power
Austrian forces crown their raids on the Lemberg to Kiev rail line with the capture of the Dubno fortress. The seizure gives command of rail routes from Lemberg Dubno to Rovno and Kiev, threatening a rapid advance on Kiev as Lutsk and Dubno fall. The victory cuts off Russian forces in the northern marsh region and could aid Mackensen toward Pinsk.
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Vienna
Lemberg
Kiev
Dubno
Teutons
Rovno
Odessa
Lutsk
Brest-Litovak
Jandwehr
Mackensen
Pinsk
Moscow
Aggest
Triangle
Brest-Litovek
Petrograd
Galicia
War Office
Idlied
Tarnopol
Trembovla
Strypa
Sereth
Floods Slow German Advance Across Eastern Front
Copenhagen reports floods hinder operations on the eastern front, contributing to delays in the German advance. In Indiana a Lexington man, Thomas Sherwood, is sentenced to one to five years for forging checks, with Detroit and other cities cited as targets. In New York a German accuser accused of perjury regarding the Lusitania arms claims gets a year and six months. Cleveland reports a contract worth 80 million dollars for 3,000,000 rifles to Russia.
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Copenhagen
Alapatoh
Berlin
Keasia
Lusitania
Hough
Atlante
Cleveland
Canton
Russia
Stahl
New York
Guntav Stahl
Iner Lusltania
Schwab Home Threatened Near Loretto
Johnstown Pa Sept 10 Charles M Behwab received three threatening letters, last one warning to bomb his summer home Immergrain if he halted shipping steel and war material to Europe for the Allies. Mrs Schwab and staff fled, mansion closed during early autumn social season. Immergrain praised as a beautiful Allegheny mountain estate.
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Johnstown
Charles M. Behwab
Immergrain
Loretto
Europe
Riley Day Designated in Indiana for James Whitcomb Riley
Governor Ralston issued a proclamation declaring October 7 Riley day in Indiana. Citizens are urged to set aside the day to honor James Whitcomb Riley, the poet.
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Riley
Indianapolis
Ind
Samuel M. Ralston
James Whitcomb Riley
Austrians Evacuate and Burn Rovereto
Rovereto has been evacuated and burned by Austrian troops according to a dispatch from Amsterdam. The Italian city lies about 13 miles southwest of Trent, the Tyrolean fortress, as the war moves through the region.
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Rovereto
London
Amsterdam
Trent
Hesperian Sinks After Torpedo Attack Off Irish Coast
The Allan liner Hesperian was torpedoed by a German submarine off Ireland on Saturday evening and sank at 6:47 am Monday about 160 miles west of Queenstown. Captain Main and 20 crew members remained aboard. most were rescued but up to 20 lives may be lost among 360 passengers and 200 crew.
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London
Queenstown
Main
Allan Line
Frost
Liverpool
Montreal
Czar Heads Russ Armies
Emperor Nicholas has assumed command of the Russian armies in what may signal changes for Grand Duke Nicholas. The action appears tightly kept in Petrograd with only a personal dispatch to President Poincare confirming the move. The czar conveyed best wishes for France and the victory of the army in the message.
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Paris
Nicholas
Petrograd
Poincare
France
Train Hits Auto In Johnston City Kills Four
Four persons died and two injured when Chicago & Eastern Illinois train No. 120 struck an automobile in Johnston City Illinois on September 9. The deceased were A Brownall Tom McDonald Harry F Dixon and A Brown all from San Francisco. The fatally injured include A Brown Jr of San Francisco Oscar Mooneyham of West Frankfort Illinois. Mooneyham drove the party to Johnston City where a performance was planned.
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Johnston City
Chicago & Eastern
A. Brownall
Tom McDonald
Harry F
Dixon
A. Brown
San Francisco
A. Brown, Jr
Oscar Mooneyham
West Frankfort
Mooneyham
Beott Durand herd of cattle to be killed for disease
A report from Chicago states Mrs Beott Durand owns a herd of blooded cattle on her estate about five miles south of Waukegan that has foot-and-mouth disease and will be killed. The $50,000 herd is to be destroyed to prevent spread.
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Abyssinia
Republic of
Liberia
Africa
Sidi Yassou
Menelik
Insurance Man Put on Ranch Missouri Supreme Court Appointment
Governor Major announced the appointment of Charles Q. Revelle as Missouri state Insurance Commissioner to the Supreme Court bench, succeeding the late Justice John C. Brown. Revelle, a longtime insurance official in St. Louis, will join the court to fill the vacancy created by Brown's death.
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St. Louis
Major
Charles Q. Revelle
Missouri Supreme Court
John C. Brown
May Pacify Mexico Expected Final Meeting Plans
Secretary Lansing said the A B C Mexican peace mediators will meet him soon to decide next steps in the Mexican situation. The meeting, likely final, could set decisive action. Border tensions mount as Carranza fails to reply, and border forces remain on alert amid growing irritations and potential risk.
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Washington
Lansing
Carranza
Funston
Crop breaks U.S. grain production records
Washington reports September crop data show U.S. grain yields surpass previous records with total grain output at 5.641 billion bushels, up 94 million from August and 689 million more than last year. Wheat, corn and oats lead, with expectations wheat may top 1 billion bushels.
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Washington
United States
Department of Agriculture
Germans Win in Argonne Break After Sudden Halt
German crown prince led a final push to break the French line in the Argonne, penetrating about a quarter mile on a one mile and a quarter front. Berlin says 1,100 prisoners were taken, including 38 officers, with 48 machine guns and over sixty mine throwers captured. Paris reports kept French lines intact except east of Layon-de-Binar villa where the Sormana seized part of a trench.
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London
Argonne
Berlin
Paris
Layon-de-Binarvilla
Machinists Strike at Torris Wold & Co Chicago
One hundred fifty machinists at Torris, Wold & Co. shops walked out seeking higher pay. War orders have boosted activity in local machine plants as the strike unfolds.
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Chicago
Torris, Wold & Co
Midshipmen Hazara Must Go
Eight naval academy midshipmen are recommended for dismissal for hazing or falsehoods linked to hazing investigations. The names were not released.
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Hazara
Washington
Naval Academy
Air raid over eastern counties injures airman and towns
The London press bureau reported German airships dropped incendiaries over eastern counties and London district on Wednesday night after midnight. Few casualties. fires under control. Ten killed and forty three injured in raids on western counties Tuesday night. three missing. Zeppelins attacked by anti aircraft guns. planes failed to locate them. Fifteen dwellings demolished or damaged. many doors and windows broken. Civilians mainly affected. one soldier seriously wounded.
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London
England
Held for widow's murder in New York case
Owney Talaa a Ruselan Finn and hallboy in the home of Mrs Elizabeth Nichols was arrested after confessing to taking part in the killing and robbery of the widow. The robbers looted the house and removed diamonds valued around 10000. Mrs Nichols widow of Janes Edwin Nichols founder of Austin Nichols Co, reputedly worth about 2 million, kept gems at home. She was sixty and stout. authorities suspect fright may have caused death.
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New York
Owney Talaa
Ruselan Finn
Elizabeth Nichols
Berlin Demands Facts On Hesperian Sinking
Berlin reports the German admiralty has no information on the Hesperian case and suggests waiting for definite news on whether the steamer was torpedoed. In Washington, the White House and State Department suspend judgment on the Hesperian sinking, awaiting full facts before any action.
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Hesperian
Berlin
Germany
London
Washington
White House
State Department
Activltas
Paris War Losses Reported at Beaux Arts School
Paris reports 128 students from the Ecole des Beaux Arts killed in the war to date, reflecting the heavy human cost borne by cultural institutions amid the conflict.
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Paris
Ocole Des Beaux Arts
Worker killed in powder blast near Peoria
William Moon, an employee, was killed when an explosion wrecked a rail at the Western Powder Company's plant near Peoria. Officials could not explain the blast. The same wire brief reports another note: a U.S. cruiser Tennessee has logged 28,000 miles in 13 months, sailing from Haiti to Philadelphia.
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Peoria
William Moon
Western Powder Company
Here
U. S
Philadelphia
Tennessee
Philadelphia Navy Yard
Haiti
Dumba Removed as Austrian Ambassador to U S
Secretary Lansing announces Dumba is no longer acceptable as ambassador after admitting plans to undermine U S war production. Note delivered to Vienna via Ambassador Penfield explains recall request and departs with regret yet affirms desire to maintain cordial ties between the United States and Austria-Hungary.
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Lansing
Vienna
Dumba
Wilson
Washington
Ambasaador Penfield
Constantin Dumba
United States
U. S
Penffeld
Archibald
Austria-Hungary
Envoys Sent Home In Past Nations Recall List
Washington recalls foreign diplomatic representatives with notes on charges dating from 1788 to 1953. Names include COUNT DE MOUSTIER and M. EDMOND, plus MARCOLETA and others from Nicaragua and Spain. Separate item: Gen. Gott Gotstahl, sentenced in New York for perjury over the Lusitania armament claim.
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Count DE Moustier
France
Court of
Prussia
M. Edmond
C. Genet
Great Britain
Mr, Marcoleta
Nicaragua
Eifforts
United States
Costa Rica
Henry Blegur
Salvador
Guatemala
Catacazy
Ruyoaia
Senor DU Puy DE Lome
Spain
McKinley
Marquis OF Casa Yrugo
J. Jackson
M. Poussin
United State
MR. Crampton
Lord Sackville-West
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Denison University
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Penfield
Balkans
Geneva
the Tribune
Venizelou
Greece
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