Berlin Anxious Over U S Terms for Peace
Washington dispatch reports that President Wilson will be asked to define guarantees needed for a peace conference with Germany. Officials say the United States will judge all guarantees and may accept constitutional changes to limit the Kaiser without demanding a German republic. Lansing held talks with entente diplomats as neutral-country intelligence fed guidance on possible peace terms.
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United States
Germany
Vatican
State Department
Department
U. S
Lansing
Entente
Prominent German Austrians in Swiss Peace Intrigue
Reported arrival in Switzerland includes former chancellor Dr. von Bethmann Hollweg and former German ambassador to Italy Prince von Buelow. They join other notable Germans and Austrians working on a peace project aimed at sowing disputes among the Entente and extracting concessions from the central powers.
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von Bethmann-Hollweg
Ragatz
Prince von Buelow
Italy
Berne
Grand Duke Michaelis Alexandrovitch Arrested in Counterrevolution Plot
Petrograd reports Grand Duke Michaelis Alexandrovitch brother of the former emperor and his wife have been placed under arrest in connection with a counterrevolutionary plot. Grand Duke Dmitri Paulovitch is also said to have been arrested.
British Raid Casualties Report Across Chatham Area
London dispatch says 107 killed and 86 wounded in Monday night air raid at Chatham. Civilian deaths noted with six injuries among civilians. Lord French reports about six planes targeting the Thames estuary. Bombs fell on Isle of Thanet and Sheerness Chatham corridor.
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Chatham
Lord French
Thames Estuary
Isle of Thanet
Sheerness- Chatham
Oil worker dodges draft with busy message
Wichita report notes a Butler County oil worker sent a collect message to the war department saying he is too busy to report for examination. The draft board wired back instructions to arrest him as a form of draft resistance.
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Wichita
War Department
Washington
Butler County
Capital talks on wages for Seattle shipyard workers
Representatives of three large Seattle shipbuilding firms departed for Washington to meet the United States Shipping Board over wages for 12,000 local shipyard workers who threaten to strike.
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Seattle
Washington
United States Shipping Board
Chicago and Kansas City Live Stock and Commodities Report
Reports from Chicago Kansas City and East Buffalo markets show hog and cattle receipts with varied price ranges. Hogs sell from about 13.00 to 19.00 with mixed quality. cattle range 6.00 to 16.30 while sheep reach near 17.50 for lambs. Produce prices include eggs butter poultry and vegetables with regional quotes.
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East Buffalo
Dunning and Stevens
Livestock Commission
N. Y
Chicago
Minn
Ohio
Wilson Leads in Cood by Parade
Washington honors the first drafted men as the national army forms. President Wilson leads a parade from Peace Monument to the White House with 1,400 men from DC, joined by senators and representatives. Chicago begins rolling its 5 percent quota to Camp Grant Rockford, with districts sending units. Each man must bring soap shaving kit brush and powder towels underwear suitcases and handbags are not allowed.
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Rockford
Camp Grant
War Department
Short Haircut Directive Added to Advised Bundles
Ordinary bundles receive instruction to be cut short as possible. The notice adds this hair length directive to the advised items, reinforcing standard appearance requirements.
Shanahan Hits Slacker at Illinois War Rally
David E. Shanahan speaker of the House denounces slackers and pro German Thompson types during a Sept 4 celebration in Ogle County. He argues the nation must value honor and duty over fear of war casualties, defending the national cause.
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Oregon, Ill
Ogle County
David E. Shanahan
House of Representatives
Prisoners Smothered in Green River Jail Fire
In Green River Wyoming a jail fire killed Frank Earl Ryan of Fort Dodge Iowa and James Johnson who said he hailed from Canada. The blaze destroyed the city jail.
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Fort Dodge
Iowa
James Johnson
Canada
Bombing Raid Hits Ghistelles Airdrome in World War II
London reports a naval air squadron carried out a bombing raid on the Ghistelles airdrome. The British admiralty says several direct hits damaged sheds in the southwest corner, a fire started nearby, and bombs exploded on the adjacent Ostend Thourot rail line. Many tons of explosives were dropped and all our aircraft returned safely.
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Naval Air
Ghistelles
Ostend-Thourout
General Kaledines Announces Rising Russian Power
General Kaledines, heading a strong league, challenges Kerensky and allies in a bold move. He questions who saved Russia from the Bolsheviks on July 14 and asserts Cossacks remain free and unbound by new liberties. He demands opponents quit power or face consequences.
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Kerensky
Kaledines
Great League
Bolsheviks
British Help in Training US Troops Starts Soon
Paris reports British and possibly Canadian officers will aid in training United States troops. Arrival of British officers is imminent and expected to accelerate the program by avoiding language barriers faced with French officers. The move is welcomed amid strong Canada US cordial ties.
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Paris
United States
Novel submarine mother ship tested in Amsterdam
A new mother ship built in Holland for the Spanish navy completed its first official trial in Amsterdam. The craft measures over 255 feet long and 60 feet wide with twin hulls and a central hoisting apparatus. Its crane can lift 650 metric tons from 150 feet deep, enabling submarine salvage operations.
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Harlem
Netherlands
Amsterdam
Holland
Twr
Railroads prepared to move 1,000,000 troops in 30 days
Washington reports the railroads war board told the War Department the carriers can move 1,000,000 troops to camps and seaboard within thirty days. They also can transport structural material to cantonments, steel and nets for the expanded shipbuilding program, and maintain lines to troops in thirty-two training camps.
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Washington
Railroads War Board
Way Department
Seaboard
War Board
Pola Bombed by Italian Air Force in Austro-Italian War Drive
Rome reports thirty Italian aircraft dropped nine tons of bombs on the Austrian naval base at Pola and on military works causing fires. Italian planes, under attack, returned safely. In Innsbruck a dispatch says Hindenburg agreed to send Bavarian divisions to reinforce the Isonzo front. Canadians Gain Ground Near Lens as French and British actions continue along the Aisne and Champagne fronts.
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la Bassee
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Constantinople
Persia
Mervian
Garata Bridge
Organized Labor Is Loyal to Democracy in Wartime
James Duncan of Quincy, vice president of the American mission to Russia, told a Boston common labor rally that organized labor remains a stone wall for Wilson and Congress. He said the vast majority of workers back democracy at home and support extending democracy to civilized nations abroad.
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Boston
Organized
James Duncan
Quincy
Russia
Boston Common
Wilson
Congress
U S News Effort Aims to Inform Russian Cities
Moscow reports Maddin Summers, U S consul general, leads a publicity drive to explain American war aims in 200 Russian cities. He says the program distributes American news to local newspapers via mayors and receives daily letters urging expansion.
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Maddin Summers
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