Indictments Against I W W Leaders Spark Nationwide Raids
Federal grand jury indicted 1661 I W W leaders for seditious conspiracy. Within an hour, Navy Relief Society volunteers in eight cars raided I W W headquarters, arresting 35 men and questioning about 19 in Chicago. Similar raids occurred in 20 plus cities as documents seized suggested a wide conspiracy to resist the draft and disrupt war efforts. German money funded the movement, with a small group directing operations.
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Chicago
Federal Grand Jury
W. W
United States
Navy Relief Society
Federal
Washington
Department of Justice
Gulf Coast Hurricane Strikes Gulf Coast With Limited Damage
New Orleans reports a hurricane sweeping from the Mississippi River to western Florida. Winds reached ten miles per hour in places but no deaths were reported. Pensacola was cut off by the storm for hours though communications later resumed to Mobile Gulfport Biloxi and nearby towns. Four hours of isolation left telegraph and telephone lines down and several rail bridges damaged with some buildings unroofed.
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Gulf Coast
Mississippi River
Florida
New Orleans
Pensacola
Mobile
Ala
Gulfport
Biloxi
Pass Christian
Bay Saint Louis
Long Beach
Gulf
First Fight Staged in House Over War Fund Debates
A Capitol floor altercation occurred between Rep Norton of North Dakota, voting for war, and Rep Heflin of Alabama, opposing war, during fiery exchanges over a proposed probe into the Bernatorff $50,000 slush fund as part of a wider war funding dispute.
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House
Washington
Norton
North Dakota
Heflin
Alabama
Jury Discharges in Red Oak Murder Trial
In Red Oak Iowa the jury in the trial of Rev Lyn George J Kelly charged with murder over the Villiscaux slayings 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 Leave for Camp Denver
A army unit from Colorado marching to Charlotte North Carolina for National Guard mobilization. Maj H C Nickerson leads 469 officers and men comprising Batteries A B and C with about 140 men each amid cheers from relatives cavalrymen and the Camp Bald win regimental band.
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Colorado
Camp Denver
Camp Baldwin
Colorado Field Artillery
H. C. Nickerson
National Guard
Charlotte
N. C
War Deficiency Bill Passes Senate for Eight Billion
Western Newspaper Union News Service reports the Senate approved a war deficiency appropriation of 8 billion dollars with no roll call after brief debate. The measure, augmented by House additions, totals about 7.99 billion and faces conference. Senator Martin warns against extravagant wartime spending as five months of conflict may push total to around 20 billion and possibly 50 billion next year. The bill funds shipbuilding, army and navy programs, fortifications, transportation, subsistence, clothing, engineer operations, medical, pay for foreign service, ordnance, arms manufacture, aviation, naval ammunition, and training camps among other items.
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Union News Service
Washington
Senate Tvenday
House
Martin
Senate
Shipping Board
Army
Navy
Naval Reserve
Inquire Into 50000 Fund To Influence War Vote
Washington Sept 28 A probe into Bernstorff funding to sway Congress against war was not certain after the rules committee session. Heflin of Alabama named five lawmakers whose stance on the war issue he challenged. Von Bernstorff sought 50000 to finance the antiwar campaign and notified Berlin of his plan. Heflin urged investigation of named officials who had opposed or supported the war. Named officials include La Follette Norton Baer Mason Britten, with votes split 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 over 1600 ships in coming year
Washington reports that within a little over a year the United States will have an ocean-going merchant fleet of more than 1,600 ships totaling about 9,200,000 tons, according to a Shipping Board statement on the government ship-building program.
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Washington
United States
Shipping Board
Fear Spare Peace Talk by Germany Washington
Germany shields its peace push from delay due to fear Austria Hungary may collapse if negotiations drag on. Reports reaching officials in Washington suggest pressure to reach an accord before a broader breakdown.
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Germany
Washington
Austria-Hungary
Forty One Billion Rubles Spent in Petrograd War Budget
Petrograd finance minister reports the war expenses up to Sept 14 at 41 billion rubles. The austement outlines total outlay across military needs, administration, and supply during the conflict, highlighting the vast wartime financial strain faced by the government.
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Petrograd
Chilean Cabinet Resigns and Food Commission Decree Planned
The Chilean cabinet resigned after a conference with King Alfonso and Spain plans to institute a food commission. Premier Data announced a decree in preparation to establish the commission. In Georgia, ground glass reportedly found in pork sausages supplied to the 122nd 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 Quietly Sets Terms for Belgium Evacuation
London reports a German official statement via Berne says Germany will evacuate Belgium under conditions. It calls for freedom to develop Belgian economic enterprises, especially Antwerp, and includes compensation to Belgium for wartime damages. Belgium must guarantee no 1914-style threats and maintain Flemish Walloon separation. South American nations move against Germany with Argentina voting to break relations, Peru demanding satisfaction for a sinking, Uruguay and Paraguay weighing steps, while Bolivia enacts 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
Settle Strike of 25,000 Ship Builders
In San Francisco iron workers and other mechanics totaling 26,000 in the bay region settled their strike after a council meeting. The walkout halted work on about one-eighth of the government shipbuilding contracts for ten days.
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Cal
San Francisco Bay Region
The
Iron Trades Council
Bread price fixed at 20 cents for four-pound loaf
Rome reports the marriage of the Duke of Oporto to Mrs. Philip Van Valkenburg, an American widow, at the American Methodist church. London coverage states the food controller set bread at 20 cents for a four-pound loaf.
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Duke of
Oporto
Philip van Valkenburg
London
Hollandia Ships Cattle to Germany for Coal
Passengers aboard the Dutch liner Hollandia of the Holland Lloyd lines report that 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 State Food Ad ministrator
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 to Aid Small Investors
Washington announces the second Liberty loan details totaling 3 billion dollars or more with oversubscription cap. Bonds mature in 26 years, redeemable after 10 years, and carry 4 percent interest paid semi annually. Denominations start at 50 dollars with staged payments beginning at application and through January 15 1918. Convertible into higher rate bonds and interim certificates avoided via four coupon bonds.
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Union News Service
Washington
McAdoo
Secretary of the Treasury
Buenos Aires Demonstration Against Germany Draws 200000
A massive Buenos Aires rally Unity with Uruguay shown by 200000 marchers led by Uruguayan senators and deputies. Spectators showered flowers and flags as they cheered the visiting lawmakers proving regional solidarity against Germany amid war unrest.
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Buenos Aires
Germany
Uruguay
Churches Back Wilson in War at Union Conference
At a Montreal general conference of Unitarian and other Christian churches William Howard Taft urged adoption of a strong resolution endorsing President Wilson and Congress war policies. In London, William Henry Edgcumbe fourth Earl of Mount Edgcumbe, lord lieutenant and vice admiral of Cornwall, died at Plymouth.
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Montreal
William Howard Taft
General Conference of Unitarian
Christian Churches
Congress
Cornwall
London
William Henry Edgcumbe
Earl of Mount Edgcumbe
Plymouth
Haig Reports Major Flanders Gains Amidst Stiff German Resistance
Field Marshal Haig says the great Flanders offensive has reached all objectives and he controls the taken territory with the Zonnebeke ridge as the last barrier to the Flemish plains. German counterattacks fail. Italians secure Bainsizza. French repulse assaults in Chemin des Dames. Russians claim gains near Riga as Austro German and British actions unfold across multiple fronts. Crown Prince Rupprecht’s army gains foothold before being pushed back. renewed air raids and naval losses accompany a broad warfront update from London and Paris.
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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 Central Districts
Coal operators in Pennsylvania Ohio Illinois and Indiana reject miners demands for 15 cent per ton raise and a $1.00 daily minimum wage increase. Reuters style note indicates a dispute over pay in the bituminous coal fields of the central district.
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Washington
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Ilinois
Indiana
Paso reports death of Gen B F Adama at 70
In Paso, Texas, General B F Adama, formerly a brigadier general of Florida militia, died there at the age of 70. He served in the Florida forces and later held commands in the region during his career.
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Hi Paso
Tex
B. F. Adama
Floride Wlitie
Late market price quotations and commodity notes
Market listings cover hides, tallow, glue, and other animal products with prices for Flint and Baltimore regions. Metals and ores rates are shown for New York and St Louis, including lead copper bar silver and tungsten concentrates. Agricultural items list butter potatoes rye oats flax and various grains with bid prices and futures-like notes.
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New York
St. Louis
Boulder
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