Government raids arrest I W W leaders in nationwide sweep
Within an hour of grand jury indictments naming 1601 I W W leaders, detectives in eight society women driven cars raided the I W W headquarters trapping 35 men. DoJ says the case reveals a wide conspiracy to sabotage war effort and disrupt draft, with German money found in letters and checks.
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Chicago
Federal Grand Jury
W. W
United States
Navy Relief Society
Federal
Washington
Department of Justice
06 Mile Storm Sweeps South Gulf Coast
Hurricane raged along the Gulf coast from the Mississippi River to western Florida. New Orleans reports isolation of Pensacola, but Mobile, Gulfport, Biloxi, Pass Christian, Bay Saint Louis, and Long Beach regained telegraph and telephone service with no reported deaths and limited property damage. Bridges and some buildings were damaged.
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Gulf Coast
Mississippi River
Florida
New Orleans
Pensacola
Mobile
Ala
Gulfport
Biloxi
Pass Christian
Bay Saint Louis
Long Beach
Gulf
Fight in House over Bernatorff fund probe sparks clash
A fist fight on a House floor erupted between Rep. Norton of North Dakota, a Republican who voted for war, and Rep. Heflin of Alabama, a Democrat who also backed war, following a heated debate on the Bernatorff $50,000 slush fund investigation.
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House
Washington
Norton
North Dakota
Heflin
Alabama
Jury Discharges in Lyn George J. Kelly Murder Trial
Red Oak Iowa jury in the Villiscaux slayings case was discharged by Judge Boles after failing to reach a verdict following two days of deliberation.
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Red Oak
Iowa
Lyn George J. Kelly
Boles
Colorado Artillerymen Depart to Camp Charlotte
469 Colorado field artillerymen under Maj. H. C. Nickerson leave for the National Guard mobilization camp at Charlotte North Carolina. Batteries A B and C each hold about 140 men as relatives cheer and regimental band plays.
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Colorado
Camp Denver
Camp Baldwin
Colorado Field Artillery
H. C. Nickerson
National Guard
Charlotte
N. C
Senate OKs $8 Billion War Deficiency Bill in Five Months
Without a roll call the Senate passed the war deficiency appropriation bill for eight billion dollars with roughly twenty billion dollars of warfare outlays anticipated over five months. Senator Martin urged scrutiny of extravagant estimates as conference begins on the measure including funding for shipping, army and navy needs, fortifications, and naval ordnance totaling billions.
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Union News Service
Washington
Senate Tvenday
House
Martin
Senate
Shipping Board
Army
Navy
Naval Reserve
Heflin names five lawmakers in Bernstorff probe
Washington Sept 28 Representative Heflin of Alabama questions the war stance of five national legislators in a push to probe Bernstorff plot funding. Von Bernstorff sought $50 000 authority to finance anti war influence and notified Berlin of the plan. The officials named include La Follette Mason Britten Norton and Baer with differing votes on war declaration.
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Washington
Bernstorff
Congress
Germany
Heflin
Alabama
von Bernstorff
Berlin
Robert M. la Follette
Wisconsin
Patrick D. Norton
North Dakota
John M. Baer
William E. Mason
Illinois
Fred A. Britten
la Follette
Mason
Britten
Norton
United States to Field 1600 Merchant Ships Within Year
The Shipping Board announced a government shipbuilding program will produce more than 1,600 ocean-going merchant ships totaling about 9,200,000 tons within a little over a year.
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Washington
United States
Shipping Board
Germany’s Peace Drive Shaped by Austria Collapse Fears
Reports in official circles indicate Germany’s push for peace talks is influenced by fear that Austria-Hungary may collapse if negotiations drag on. The warning frames a broader European diplomacy tension tied to Allied and central powers’ positions.
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Germany
Washington
Austria-Hungary
Forty One Billion Rubles Spent in War Costs
Petrograd reports a finance ministry statement detailing war expenses up to September 14 totaling 41 billion rubles. The figure reflects broad military and logistical outlays during ongoing hostilities.
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Petrograd
Chilean Cabinet Resigns and Spain Plans Food Commission
Chilean cabinet resigns after a conference with King Alfonso. premier Data announces a decree to establish a food commission. In Macon Georgia ground glass found in link pork sausages supplied to the 120th Infantry at Camp Wheeler.
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Spain
Food
San Sebastian
Alfonso
Food Commission
Gaulage
Macon
One Hundred and Twenty-second Infantry
Second Georgia
Camp Wheeler
Germany seeks Belgian evacuation terms in Vatican note
A German official statement via Berne says Germany will evacuate Belgium under conditions including freedom to develop economic interests in Belgium especially Antwerp. The note to the papal nuncio outlines compensation for war damages, Belgian guarantees of administrative separation of Flanders and Wallonia, and aims at peace based on Belgium’s evacuation. South American states move against Germany with Argentina voting to break ties, Peru demanding satisfaction over a sinking vessel, and Paraguay and Uruguay showing moves toward severing relations. Bolivia plans a copper tax seen as targeting Germany.
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London
Germany
Belgium
Berne
Antwerp
Vatican
Benedict
Kuehlmann
Munich
South America
Argentina
Peru
Paraguay
Holivia
Strike Ends for 26000 Bay Area Iron Workers
San Francisco officials announced the settlement of a ten day strike by 26 000 iron workers and other mechanics in the bay region. The stoppage halted one eighth of the government's shipbuilding contracts during the dispute.
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San Francisco
Cal
San Francisco Bay Region
The
Iron Trades Council
Marriage at Rome United Duke of Oporto and Mrs Van Valkenburg
The Duke of Oporto wed Mrs. Philip Van Valkenburg, a wealthy American widow, at the American Methodist church in Rome. In London prices, the food controller fixed bread at 20 cents for a four pound loaf.
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Rome
Duke of
Oporto
Philip van Valkenburg
London
Hollandia Passengers Report Dutch Trade With Germany
At an Atlantic port passengers aboard the Dutch liner Hollandia of the Holland Lloyd lines say Holland recently supplied cattle to Germany in exchange for coal to feed a war weary population.
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Holland
New York
Atlantic
Hollandia
Holland Lloyd Lines
Germany
Stearns Named Colorado Food Administrator
Thomas J. Stearns of Denver was appointed state food administrator for Colorado after initially declining the post.
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Stearns
Colorado
Washington
Thomas J. Stearns
Denver
Liberty Loan Terms Set for $3 Billion War Bond Issue
Washington details of the second Liberty loan announced by Secretary McAdoo. Public offering opens Oct. 1 with bonds of 26 year maturity at 4 percent interest payable semi annually. Denominations start at $50 with a staged payment plan and conversion option to higher rate bonds during the war.
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Union News Service
Washington
McAdoo
Secretary of the Treasury
Churches back Wilson in War Conference Request
The Taft led general conference of Unitarian and other Christian churches in Montreal urged adoption of a strong revolution supporting President Wilson and Congress war policies. Lord Lieutenant of Cornwall dies in London. William Henry Edgcumbe fourth Earl of Mount Edgcumbe dies at Plymouth.
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Wilson
Montreal
William Howard Taft
General Conference of Unitarian
Christian Churches
Congress
Cornwall
London
William Henry Edgcumbe
Earl of Mount Edgcumbe
Plymouth
Haig claims major gains in Flanders and Italy controls Bainsizza
Field Marshal Haig announces objectives reached in Flanders and full command of taken territory. Italian forces secure the Bainsizza plateau while Cadorna consolidates positions. Russian and French actions include repulsing attackers and air raids. Also reports on Riga front, Verdun, and a Croix de Guerre era military service plan approval by U S governors.
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London
Haig
Flanders
Zonnebeke
Ostend
Bainsizza
Buenos Aires
Chamber of Deputies
Germany
Crown Prince
Rupprecht
Riga
Ypres
Paris
George Guynemer
Lieut
Vosse
Verdun
Teutons
Bois la Chaume
Alene
Scarpe
Arras
Lens
Riga-Dvinsk
Dvina
Petrograd
Silseme
Trent
Airehips
Coal Operators Reject Miners Demands in Center District
Central competitive district operators in Pennsylvania Ohio Illinois and Indiana rejected miners requests for a 15 cent per ton coal price rise and a $1.00 increase in the minimum daily wage citing negotiations and industry conditions.
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Washington
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Ilinois
Indiana
General B F Adama Dies in Paso at Age 70
Hi Paso Texas obituary notes the death of General B F Adama formerly a brigadier general of Florida White, who passed away in Paso at age 70.
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Hi Paso
Tex
B. F. Adama
Floride Whitie
Late Market Quotations and Commodity Prices From Various Centers
The page lists late market quotations for dry hides and tanned products in Flint and Baltimore with varying prices per pound. It also shows metal prices in New York for lead copper and silver, plus ore concentrates in Boulder, crude ores, and 60 percent concentrates with per unit values. Chicago and Minneapolis provide dairy and grain prices including butter, potatoes, rye, barley, oats, flax, and pork futures, reflecting a broad cross market snapshot.
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New York
St. Louis
Boulder
Denver
Colorado
Abraska
South Park
Gunnison Valley
Ber
Lom
Colorado Tata
Colo
Old Toma
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Santiago
Chile
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Western Newspaper Union News Service
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M’adoo
Uruguay
Occoquan
White House
Mulroney
Margaret Wood Kessler
P. O. John
Ernestine Hara
Anna Blumberg
Central Department
East St. Louis
National Stockyards
National City
Here
Flanders Plains
Chemine Des Dames
Admiralty
Crowder
G. F. Adame
Denver Markets
Michigan
Minneapolis
Minn
Silwer
Harley
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