Germany Offers to Cede Belgium in Note to Pope
Germany proposes evacuation of Belgium under conditions including economic rights for Germany in Belgium especially Antwerp. The verbal note to the papal nuncio includes Belgium’s guarantee against future threats, and a demand for administrative separation of Flanders and Walloon regions.
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Germany
Belgium
London
Berne
Antwerp
Vatican
Benedict
Kuehlmann
Munich
Soerce
Flanders
Walloon
Seven killed in London air raid on southeastern outskirts
An official report states seven people died and twenty-five were injured when two enemy aircraft penetrated London's defenses and dropped bombs in the southeastern outskirts at about 7 45 p m Tuesday night. A second raider group was driven off with no casualties reported.
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London
England
Army Seizes Light Plant at Camp Sherman Chillicothe
Military authorities seized the electric light plant supplying Chillicothe and Camp Sherman. Armed guards restrict access while camp electrician Fred Bursch oversees the electrical supply. The move followed Chillicothe authorities order to cut city power if needed to light street lights.
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Camp Sherman
Chillicothe
Chillcothe
Fred Bursch
National League scores and American League results
National League action included Cincinnati routing Boston 90 1 and Philadelphia beating Pittsburgh 6 5 while Brooklyn blanked Chicago 1 0 and New York edged St Louis 2 1 in 12 innings. American League games saw New York 1 Detroit 5 Philadelphia 4 St Louis 0 Boston 0 Cleveland 3 Chicago 4 and Washington 5.
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National League of Won
New York
Philadephia
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Oston Tee
Brooklyn Poo
Philadelphia
Boston
Pittsburgh
Brooklyn
Chicago
Detroit
Cleveland
Washington
Two U Boats Reportedly Sunk By Allied Ships
Passengers arriving from a British port told of two German submarines sunk off the Irish coast. One U-boat attacked a transport escorted by sunfish destroyers and was sunk by a destroyer after torpedo fire. The other U-boat was rammed and cleaved in two as it surfaced, with rescuers left to salvage sailors in the water.
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Atlantic
Lake Seamen Vote Sets Ground for Great Lakes Strike
A 10 000 member strike vote by the Lake Seamen's union including sailors cooks and firemen on freight boats on the Great Lakes is set for October 1. Ballots were counted after 9 PM with assurances from lake port officials that all crews will quit next Monday.
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Chicago
Lake Seamen’s Union
Great Lakes
Victor A. Olander
Rear Admiral Leicester Chantrey Kennel Dies
London dispatch reports the death of Rear Admiral Leicester Chantrey Kennel, retired from service.
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Keppel
London
Leicester Chantrey Kennel
Proof of plotting 12 000 cheer tr in Chicago
Secretary Lansing released evidence showing Count von Bernstorff knew Germany planned unrestricted submarine warfare and sought a $50 000 fund to sway Congress. He reportedly read a telegram stating Germany would begin submarine warfare on February first while aiming to keep the United States neutral.
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Washington
State Department
Count von Bernstorff
Congress
Germany
United States
Mexico
Lansing
Department of State
Count von Bernstorf
Zimemerman
von Ihmekhardt
United States of America
Berlin
Colonel Roosevelt Attacks La Follette at Chicago Rally
Colonel Roosevelt spoke to about 12 000 at the Stockyards pavilion in Chicago praising Americanism and denouncing Senator La Follette. He urged expulsion from the Senate and warned against German tyranny while praising the National Army at Camp Grant Rockford Illinois before 18 000 soldiers.
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Camp Grant
Rockford, IN
New National Army
Chicago
Roosevelt
Stockyards
Wilson
la Follette
la Pollette
United States Senate
National Security League
Samuel Fallows
Tron Brigade
Wisconsin
America
England
Senator la Follette
Senate
Lusitania
International Amphitheater
T. R
Rockford
Ill
Uncle Sam
National Army
Patrons of America
Frisco Shipyard Strikers Accept Government Plan
Frisco ship yard workers voted to return to work with thirteen unions accepting the government compromise and four opposing. They will resume Friday morning as a six week temporary wage schedule starts next Monday while a permanent scale is arranged.
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San Francisco
American medics in London
London September 21 The first contingent of American civilian physicians is selected to staff various hospitals in London and England amid the ongoing medical aid effort by U S forces a new wave of relief teams departs for the front lines
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U. S
England
London
Ax Murder Case to Jury
Red Oak Iowa September 27 The case of Rev Lyn Kelly charged with the ax murders of the Villises in 1912 went to the jury last night. The trial has lasted nearly three weeks and the court instructs five verdicts are possible.
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Lyn Kelly
Red Oak
Representative Heflin Urges Universal Training and War Readiness
The speech condemns pacifists and urges perpetual preparedness amid a wartime push. Roosevelt’s special arrives to inspect camps as 18 000 men in khaki march and cheer Teddy’s field address, with Admiration turning to thunderclouds as a thunderstorm interrupts.
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George
T. R
Teddy
Barry
Baker Sees U. S. Victory in Europe Front
Secretary of War Newton D. Baker reports that Allied ascendancy on the western front has definitively begun, with the enemy unable to mount a large offensive and Allied forces growing more active as winter nears. The week showed increased Allied activity and hints at further action next spring.
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Washington
Newton D. Baker
Europe
Sas
Navy Strikers Ordered Back Pending Talks
Washington reports international labor leaders urge Norfolk yard mechanics to resume work while negotiations proceed. The strike involves more than three thousand workers at the navy yard.
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Navy
Washington
Norfolk Navy Yard
British Troops Push Front Near Ypres In Foutrent Drive
British and German reports describe a renewed offensive along the Ypres sector with advances of up to 1,200 yards on the northern line. Haig says operations were entirely successful as German resistance fights back near Polygon Wood and east of Ypres. British naval forces bombard Ostend and shoot down two hostile aircraft. Berlin reports heavy fighting with British gains then losses and 250 British prisoners taken.
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London
Fower
Field Marshal Haig
France
Belgium
Ypres
Zonnebeke
Ypres-Menin
St. Julien
Gheluvelt
Veny
Polygon Wood
War Office
Ostend
Teutons
Berlin
Ypres-Menin Road
Hardin g Sees Iowa Troops at Camp Mills
Governor Harding United States Senators Kenyon and Cummins praised the Iowa troops during a drill at Camp Mills Major General Mann joined Lowans and the 167 Alabama infantry in review The officials highlighted the soldiers as the best Iowa offers with private citizens turning militia into a force to defeat Germany.
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Kenyon and Cummins
Camp Mills, L
Camp Mills
L. L
Harding
United States
Iowa
Mann
Lowans
Lown
Alabama
Germany
Senator Chamberlain Hurt by Acute Appendicitis
Senator Chamberlain of Oregon was taken to his home in Hl Washington on September 27 after suffering an attack of appendicitis.
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Chamberlain
Washington
Oregon
Isco
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John McE. Bowman
United States Food Administration
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Biltmore
Manhattan
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Bowman-Herr-Morgan Hotels Company
Atlantic City
Foe
Seamen’s Union
Bernstorff
Frisco
American Medics
Aterne
Heflin
Browning
War Department
Ger
Thomas H. Barry
Tom Heflin
Baker
Haig
Teuton
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