Germany Evacuate Belgium Offer Amid War Talks
Reports from Washington and Europe describe Germany offering to evacuate Belgium with conditions as Allied and German leaders weigh peace terms. Germany demands guarantees on future treaties and economic rights, while Austria and other powers discuss a middle path to end the Balkan and world war. Public disclosures by Lansing and Roosevelt focus on German intrigue and submarine warfare plans.
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Bulgaria
Germany
Belgium
Lansing
Halg
Flanders
Goterming
Tom Hetlio
Sat
Dickie
Benater la
Reedy
Steptan Panareiou
Mulgarien
United States
Europe
Austria
Americas
Charles
Aechting
Italy
Munich
Kovhiman
Ned Pet
Yor Tirpite
Ohio
Chillicothe
Army General Staffs
Chilicothe
Ayers
Mass
Rock Island
War Department
Famed French Avister Captain Guynemer Fights Odds
An officer famed as Captain Guynemer is celebrated for downing Albatross type machines during World War I. A comrade recalls the moment he fired upon multiple German planes, then vanished as his craft spiraled toward the earth.
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Guynemer
Prench
Fultowa
Guynunne
Guy
Cyent von Hiehiboters
Guynemre
Daniel Vincent
Affrhution
Guytener
United States Builds Immense Merchant Fleet
The government outlines a shipbuilding program expected to yield more than TAS ships totaling 9 290 000 tons within a year. Current overseas vessels total 458 ships at 2 871 000 tons, with 117 German and Austrian ships totaling TH0 000. The Emergency Fleet has commandeered nearly 400 steel ships over 2 500 000 tons and contracted 38 more at 3 124 700 tons. Aiming to expand to a robust fleet, several commandeered ships are already in use and others near launch, while a new Macon Georgia railway line project worth 2 000 000 dollars is noted.
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Roosevelt
Chicago
Robert M. la Follette
United States
Wiscdnain
T. Ft
Hacine
Cailing
le Follette
Senate
Wisconsin
South America
Germany
Argentina
Gomat von Luxburg
South American
Chamber of Deputies
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Heving
Paraguay
Peru
Lorton
Halg
Blanders
Ypres
Tower Hamlets
Zannebeke
Chemin Des Temes
Verdun
England
Belgium
War Industries Board
Elbert H. Gary
The
Tle
San Francisco
Elgin
Joliet & Enxstein
United States Steel Corporation
South Chicago
Gary
Navy Yards
International Brotherhood of Leather Workers
House
TAS
Movernment
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Shipping Board
Cleveland
145Th
United States Infantry
Fifth Ohio
Camp Sheridan
Montgomery
Ala
Eoldiers
Ohio Court Halts Referendum on Suffrage Law
Common Pleas Judge Rathmell issues a temporary restraining order blocking the counting of 17,000 petition signatures for a statewide suffrage referendum. The decision centers on certificates of sufficiency required by law, delaying a vote on the Reynolds presidential suffrage measure amid ongoing legal challenges and new suffrage strategies.
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Ohio
Franklin County Common Pleas Court
Supreme Court of
Common Pleas
Rathmnell
Secretary of
W. D. Fulton
Boards of Elections
Secretary of State
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Jones
Rathmel
Atlanta
Antis
Supreme Court
Rathmell
Ashtabula
Butler
Clinton
Crawford
Cuyahoga
Delaware
Erie
Fayette
Franklin
Gollia
Green
Guernsey
Highland
Jackson
Lawrence
Licking
Mercer
Muskingum
Pike
Putnam
Stark
Summit
Florence Allen
Cleveland
Frank Davis, Jr
Camp Sherman
Chillicothe
Aay
Sherman
Pennsylvania
Chil- Heathe
Dreaded Cistage Reported in Hayesville Town
Dreaded cistage disease discovered in Hayesville prompts quarantine. Schools closed as officials act to contain the illness and prevent spread among residents.
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Manefeld
Hayesville
Here
Heflin Norton clash halts in heated House adjournment
In a gusty session the House adjourned without acting on rules to push a probe into charges that German funds influenced lawmakers. Heflin and Norton fought over the issue as the Rules Committee refused to advance an inquiry, while members debated expulsion and a justice department probe.
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Rules Committee
Washington
Congress
Heflin
Norton
Count von Bernsterif
Clark
Beriin
Pou
Committee On Rules
Department of Justice
Committee On Ries
Wood
Indiana
Kelly
Pennsylvania
Foster
Minds
Britten
Pon
Will Head Peace Mission in US War Talks
Washington reports that E M House of Texas and New York, a close associate of President Wilson, will lead the peace mission to negotiate terms with belligerents, gathering data for a potential peace conference. Deutsche Zeitung of Berlin is suppressed and Volkswachr placed under censorship. Breton women sailors must obtain official permission to sail, with wage parity but no chance of becoming skipper.
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Washington
Oscl
E. M. House of Texas
New York
Wilson
United States
Copenhagen
Deutsche Zeitung
Berlin
Volkswachr
Dantzig
Easton Lauds 149th Machine Gun Company For Rally To War
Easton shows pride as its 149th machine gun company departs for Mineola to join the Rainbow division in France. The piece recalls local German heritage and notes families with Revolutionary, Mexican, and Civil War service, highlighting the soldiers' patriotism and bonds to Pennsylvania.
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Lehigh Valley
Ameriqa
Aya
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Sis
Mineola
France
Speer
Rhine
Germany
Napoleon
Lepsic
Pennsylvania
Germain
Ridenour
Lehr
Richenbacher
Kocher
Darmstadt
Kiefer
Scherf
Selpie
Valeri
America
Pfalz
Speyer
Palatinate
A Humble Remark on a Shoddy Purchase
A dialogue from Harper's Magazine recounts Beanborough’s optimistic view after buying shoes with a nail sticking through the heel. He claims the nail was placed to keep the foot from sliding inside the shoe, reflecting his habit of finding a bright side even in a flawed purchase.
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Beanborough
Neil
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