Price of Steel Cut By Wilson
Washington report says an agreement between War Industries Board and steel producers cuts prices from 50 to 70 percent, effective immediately with possible revision Jan 1, 2018. The plan preserves current wages, applies to public and Allied purchases, and aims to maintain high production during the war with detailed price schedules for ore, coke, pig iron, steel bars, shapes, and plates.
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Industrles Hawd
Wilson
Bernard Baruch
War Industries Board
Federal Trade Commission
Thiga
Connellsville
Pittsburgh
Chicago
Iron and Steel
World Series Dates Set By Baseball Commission
Cincinnati, Sept. 21. Owengo won the toss for the opening game of the worlds championship series. Official dates set include Chicago October 0 and Sunday October 7, New York October 9 and 10, Chicago October 12, New York October 15. Umpires named from both leagues. One percent of series revenue to the soldiers in France relief fund. Exhibition game planned at Rockford or Mineola.
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Owengo
National Baseball Commission
Chicago
Simday
New York
O'Laughlin and Evans
Niew and Stigler
Nations
Commission
France
Rockford
Osmo ‘Bmilie
Mineola
L, I
Peace plea from Pope Benedict welcomed by Germany and Austria
Amsterdam reports Germany and Austria expressing hope that the pope’s peace appeal may succeed. The German reply credits the pope with striving to ease wartime suffering and end hostilities, and conveys a wish for a just peace for all nations through his guidance.
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Germany
Austria
Hope Peace Plea
Amsterdam
Benedict
William
Naster
Guief
Holy Father
Russians Push Back German Advance Toward Petrograd
Russian forces win two battles near Petrograd, driving back Teutonic vanguard at Rudna 128 miles southwest and defeat south of the Pskoff high road 162 miles from the city. Russian armies press Riga front as the campaign to recapture the Baltic port advances before winter.
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Sefit
Tiga
Rudna
Pskoff
Teter the Great
Riga
Bultte
Ferguson Ousted by Senate Impeachment Court
The senate high court of impeachment in Austin sustained ten of twenty one charges against Gov James B. Ferguson after three weeks of trial. The move follows a house committee recommendation and marks a decisive turning point in the impeachment proceedings.
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Senate
House
Austin
Tex
Senate High Court
James BE
Ferguson
2000 Germans Taken Prisoner by Haig's Men
British forces pushed a wide front near Ypres and Langemarck. Haig reports 2000 Germans captured and enemy counterattacks repelled by rifle, machine gun, and artillery fire. The advance secures the Hue area with high praise for a decisive victory and a one mile penetration.
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France
Belgium
Cheir
Ypres
Enemgy
Anane
Zonnebeke
Mesalnes
British War Office
Temporary wage schedule ends San Francisco strike
A wage plan will allow $0,000 ironworkers who struck here to return to work once unions ratify the agreement, while federal mediators finish cases at a federal conciliation board. Gavin McNub, appointed by the president to adjust the issue, denied presidential telegram influence. The strike had halted shipbuilding contracts in the San Francisco bay area valued at about $150 million.
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Federal Board of Conciliation
Gavin McNub
San Araneisco
Wren
Federal Shipping Board
Without
Argentina Halts War Vote After Berlin Note
Buenos Aires reports an official Berlin note satisfied by Germany with regard to cruiser warfare. The Argentine chamber of deputies postpones a declaration of war and considers breaking diplomatic relations with Germany after the note from Berlin disapproving of Count von Luxburg’s submarine policy.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Senate Passes Trading With Enemy Measure
Washington reports the senate adopted the conference report on the trading with the enemy bill after brief debate with six dissenters. The house is expected to approve and send the measure to the president for signature.
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Senate
Washington
House
Argentina Orders Navy Mobilization
Buenos Aires reports the Argentine Navy has been ordered mobilized amid unusual activity in military circles as the government moves to ready forces for potential action.
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Buenos Aires
Plan Gun Range At Camp Dodge For Eighty Eighth Division
Camp officers announce there will be no delay in processing new soldiers. An artillery range at Camp Dodge will be extended from initial four mile length to allow full training for 4.7 inch guns. The plan includes trenches, barbed wire, and simulated bombardments to mirror French battlefield conditions. Receiving machinery for the second contingent completed. arms training to begin after Oct. 21 under Lt. Col. Harry Cooper.
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Aig
Frst
Grange
Sibert
Ilpes
France
United States
R. P. Howell
School of Arms
Harry, Cooper
Fits
Country Conversation in a Country Spot
A summer scene on a shady bench features a Mere Male Boarder and a nearby female voice discussing the troubling fate of a sister named Tulla. The tale recounts ineffective medical opinions, a New York specialist's urgent advice for an operation, and the unsettling outcome after the procedure.
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Walt Whitman
Tulla
New York
Julia
A. H. Polwell
Cartoons Magazine
Pleasures of an Enthusiast Interview Peers Car Hobby
In a light exchange Mr. Chugeins dismisses gasoline costs as a concern noting he only runs the motor briefly each day, then spends the rest of the time tinkering with the vehicle. He emphasizes hands on maintenance and enjoyment of the craft.
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Dean
Iowa
Emery
West Decorah
Laws
Doan
Nus
Foster-Milburn CO
Buffalo
Mr. Chugeins
Working Under Difficulty and Social Snippets
A compact set of quips on work and honesty. A burglar laments working alone and fear of turning state's evidence. An artful woman questions trade. a tramp claims only artistry. A joke on labeling a liar as a diplomat.
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