Argentina Breaks With The Kaiser In Diplomatic Row
Argentina Senate votes 23 to 1 to sever diplomatic ties with Germany after a sequence of sinkings and failed reparations talks. Secretary Lansing’s disclosure links Count Luxburg to urging German ships sunk without a trace, escalating the crisis.
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Teutons
Lansing
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Germany
Teutonic Club
Berlin
Lansime
Count Luxburg
Business Must Aid All Available Ships For Overseas Trade
Atlantic City September 20. Leaders at the wartime chamber of commerce convention hear Lord Northcliffe urge business unity to win the war. A. C. Bedford reassures no oil shortage while B. B. Stevens warns six months require diverting every vessel to overseas service.
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Atlantic City
N. J
United States
Chamber of Commerce of
Lord Northcliffe
A. C. Bedford
Standard Oil Company
B. B. Stevens
Federal Shipping Board
Harry A. Wheeler
Chicago
Washington Looks to End Pacific Shipyard Strikes
Washington aims to settle Pacific coast shipyard strikes by offering to pay half of wage hikes for firms with under ten percent profit on commandeered ships. About 25,000 workers in San Francisco, Seattle, and nearby areas held out for higher pay as talks continued with the Shipping Board and labor officials.
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Washington
Pacific Coast
San Francisco
Shipping Board
BE. N. Hurley
The
Employers
Tron Trades Council
W. T. Boyce
Oakland
Alameda
Mr. Boyce
United Railroads
Peace Rumors Circulate Across Front in War News
Paris reports Pope Benedict may send peace notes while Bathmeteff in Washington pledges Russia to continue fighting German rule. London notes slight credence to German peace talk, with Britain fearing Berlin may try another peace maneuver before winter amid unrest.
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Paris
Petit Parisien
Benedict
Washington
Bathmeteff
Lansing
Ile
Russia
Germany
Kerensky
Bakhmeteff
London
The
Hague
von Kuehlmann
Berlin
Haller denies treason charge from Nebraska councils
Frank L. Haller, chair of the University of Nebraska board of regents, signs a statement denying disloyalty to the United States. The defense councils had demanded his resignation, accusing him of acts of disloyalty. R L Metcalfe counters, hinting he authored the letters and predicting Haller’s removal by public opinion.
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Frank L. Haller
Nebraska University
U. S
Lincoln
Neb
Board of Regents
University of Nebraska
United States
State Council of Defense
Haller
Nebraska
German losses cited in Erzberger peace plea
Geneva dispatch quotes Dr. Matthias Erzberger, clerical party leader and Reichstag peace bloc head, claiming Germany loses about 1,250 men daily in killed as he argues for peace.
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Mathias Erzberger
Geneva
Germany
Athias Erzberger
Dr. Erzberger
Reichstag
Baseball Standings National and American Leagues Final
National League standings list New York Chicago Philadelphia Brooklyn St Louis Boston Cincinnati Pittsburgh with win totals and percentages. American League shows Chicago Washington Boston New York Cleveland St Louis Detroit Philadelphia with records. American Association final standings include Indianapolis Milwaukee St Paul Louisville Kansas City Columbus Toledo and more with win totals and percentages.
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W.I
FCC
IPC
New York
Chicago
Philadelia
Brooklyn
St. Louis
Boston
Cincinnati
Pittsburgh
American League
Wash'eton
Cleveland
Detroit
Philadel’ia
American Association
Philadelphia
Washington
Toledo
Minneapolis
Louisville
Kansas City
Indianapolis
Milwaukee
Columbus
St. Paul
Hutchinson
Joplin
Kan
U S Ship Sinks Submarine and Nine Americans Die
News from London reports the Platuria a 3445 ton American steamship with nine dead including the captain John Leslie of Jersey City while an armed American merchantman destroyed a German submarine during shellfire near a neutral vessel. Two Norwegian ships Facto and Thomas Krag also lost crews, and two U boats were sunk as мин.
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Thomas Krag
London
Platuria
New York
John Leslie
Jersey City
Norway
North Sea
Paturia
Diamant
Hutchinson Clinches Third Game to Lead Western League Race
Hutchinson beat Joplin 2 to 0 in Hutchinson Sept 20 securing the third of a five game series to decide the Western league pennant. Hutchinson now advances to face Des Moines, first-half winner, for the league title.
Major Ridley Named Military Aide to Wilson
Maj Clarence B Ridley of the engineer corps is named the new military aide to President Wilson. He succeeds Col W W Harts as superintendent of public buildings and grounds and was born in Indiana on June 22 1883.
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Washington
Clarence 8. Ridley
Engineer Corps
Wilson
White House
Ridley
Col
W. W. Harts
Harts
Major Ridley
Indiana
West Point
Franklin arsenal chief testifies on 8 million condemned primers
Maj. J. R. Monroe of the Frankford arsenal testifies before the House Investigating Committee that 8,000,000 cartridge primers were condemned after defects were found in the arsenal output.
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Washington
J. R. Monroe
Frankford Arsenal
House
Roumanians Take Heights South of Grozechti
Petrograd reports Roumanian forces attack Austro German positions south of Grozechti in the Ocna region and occupy the rising ground there, according to an official Russian war department statement.
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Grozechti
Petrograd
Ocna
Russian War Department
British Lose 27,164 In Week Casualty Report
London reports weekly British casualties ending Tuesday with 135 officers and 4,755 men killed or died of wounds. Officers wounded or missing total 431, men wounded or missing 21,843. The figures reflect ongoing wartime losses.
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London
Officers slain in Viborg disorders near Petrograd
In Viborg near Petrograd during violent disorders at the fortified seaport 20 officers were killed and 60 others are missing as soldiers were involved in the unrest.
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Helsingfors
Finland
Viborg
Petrograd
Germans Burn Russian Towns as Riga Front Shifts
Germans retreating on the Riga front burn villages and waste the countryside, reported by Commissioner Muntz for the provisional government. Russian forces consolidate positions and push a counter offensive toward Riga as authorities praise mutiny leaders who surrendered while soldiers remained loyal.
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Petrograd
Riga
Muntz
Korniloff
Russia
Resignations Shake Petrograd Workers Council
In Petrograd on September 20 the council of soldiers and workers delegates accepted the Maximaliist resolution calling for council power. The entire bureau including President Teheidze and Vice Presidents Annismoff Gotz and Mme Skobeleff Tseres telli Tehernoff handed in their resignations.
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Petrograd
British Raid Succeeds at Tverness Copse
The British war office reports a successful raid against German positions in Tverness Copse in France and Belgium. It states the operation was carried out by troops of the York and Lancaster regiments.
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York and Lancaster
Iverness Copse
London
British War Office
France
Belgium
Tverness Copse
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