German Peace Rumors and War Front Developments
The article surveys British offensives around Ypres and Belgian coast aims to strike German U boat bases, plus Keren ky’s provisional government moves in Russia. It details Argentina breaking relations with Germany, rising labor unrest in the United States, and Wilsons labor commission efforts. It notes Austro German positions, the pope’s peace proposals, and domestic measures on sugar, copper, and censorship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward W. Pickard
Belgium
Talien
Austria
Trieste
Laibach
Germany
Ballane
Berlin
Great Britain
Teolers
Great Hilstein
Batly
Painiere
France
Atere-Lorraine
America
Bellig
May Commandeer Clothing Supply for Ohio Squadrons
Camp Wright near Dayton prepares for departure of the 12th 13th and 15th aero squadrons to France. Supplies from Ohio dealers are being issued and cadets await uniforms while Maj. Johnston notes wings may be issued from civilian clothing stocks. Ohio coal production and a national soldiers book fund are also reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Wilbur Wright
Dayton
12Th
13Th
Sth
United States
Elqual Corps
France
War Department
Camp Wright
Army
Columbus
Special
Europe
Camp Sherman
Civilian
Ohio
Gordon Johnston
Johnston
Seait
San Antonio
Tex
San Anto
Ty Military
Gen
Pershing
Nana
Kerensky Seized by Rebels During Petrograd Turmoil
Chaos grips Petrograd as Kornilov's rebellion nears. Kerensky retreats to the winter palace after Bolshevik factions seize city streets. Loyalists arm defenses while workers and soldiers councils fall under rival control amid wild celebrations and shifting ministries.
Australia asserts control of Northern New Guinea after war
Australian Premier W A Holman declares Germany forfeits rights to Northern New Guinea, which will stay under British Empire at war’s end. He says Australia entered war for right, praises United States support, and looks to lasting peace with democracy's champions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
New Guinea
New Guines
British Empire
W. A. Holman
New Brat Wales
Mortheliffe
Australia
Great
United States
Huotian
Amertes
Eadh
Lansing Reveals Kaiser Bribe Plot in Congress
Washington reports reveal Secretary Lansing disclosing a German effort to bribe U S lawmakers with up to 50 000 to influence Congress via Bernstorff. Senate and House probes to determine if funds reached any members amid war time tension and calls for a purge by Rep Flood and Heflin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Bernstorff
Lansing
Senate
House
Foreign Affairs Committee
Flood
State Department
Hold
von Bernstorff
Henry D. Flood
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Tom Heflin
Alahome
Kitchin
Ferris
Burnett
Fess
Ohio
Howard
Georgia
Ireland
Kaiser on Way to Sofia
Dispatch reports Emperor Wilhelm II traveling from Budapest toward Sofia to mend tensions between Bulgaria and Germany. Germany and Austria demand military aid Bulgaria refused. Bulgaria sought aid which the central powers refused. Also reports flood devastation in Mexico’s Chiapas region causing deaths and widespread property loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Berne
Switzerland
Willis
Budapest
Hungary
Sofia
Bulgaria
Germany
Austria
Congress Adopts Land and Certificate Bond Marketing Bill
Wahelington reports the house adopted the conference report on the 21.538 billion land and certificate bill with minimal debate. The marketing budget for bonds is set at 0.2 percent of value and 0.1 percent for certificates. The senate had already approved the conference report in this form.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wahelington
House
Senate
Steel firms report 100 percent profits in steel trade
Joseph Davies federal trade commissioner told the Senate Interstate Commerce Committee that American steel producers are enjoying average returns of about 100 percent on their investment while testifying on the Pomerene bill to fix steel prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Joseph Davies
Federal Trade Commissioner
Senate Interstate Commerce
British aviator recounts perilous jungle ordeal in East Africa
Lieut. G Garrood describes forced crash landing on the Rufiji river and four days of treacherous bush travel with dangerous wildlife nearby. He details hunger, wounds, and near encounters with a leopard a crocodile and hippo while surviving with improvised tools and songs to keep fear at bay until rescue by natives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
G. Garrood
Rufijl
Trau
Tie
Meaning of Maru and notes on war barbed wire and Egyptian art
The article explains Maru as a long standing Japanese ship suffix tied to prestige, tracing its origin to Empress Jingo and noting it never accompanies warships. It also discusses barbed wire use in World War I and its American development, then surveys art history revisions from Egyptian discoveries at Thebes and the Theban school of painting with modern scholarly expeditions documenting royal tomb paintings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thompson
Chicago
Jeng
Thompann
Philadelphia
Milwaukee
Oregon
Portland American
Takeshima
South Atlantic
Jingo
Korea
Foreign Commerce Reports
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
John W. Gates
St. Louis
Ingalls
Mddern
Egypt
Thebes
Karnak
Luxor
New York Metropolitan Museum
A Bad Combination in Town Toples
A humorous exchange questions the fate of a cousin who married a net or fellow. The aviatrix and her expert chauffeur husband are not happy as he tries to drive her while she flies, illustrating stage folk marriages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kid
Lee
North East Ohio Methodist conference closes with appoint ments
The sixth annual North East Ohio conference of the Methodist Episcopal church closed with delegates voting the Brooklyn Memorial church in Cleveland as the next meeting site. Bishop William F. Anderson announced pastoral appointments across Cleveland districts and Norwalk district, naming superintendents and numerous church assignments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. J. Nichols
Broadway
E. B. Pearce
W. J. Louzecky
Brooklyn Memorial
H. S. Powell
Cleveland Heights
J. ¥. Hoffman
Collinwood
J. H. Lecroix
Detroit Avenue
KE. H. Roberts
East Glenville
B. M. Lewis
Epworth Memorial
M. H. Lichter
H. M. Leonard
Euclid Avenue
L. Wood
First Church
Norwalk
Charles Gallamore
Antherst
Adam A Hunter
Avon
G. W. Houwk
Berlin Heights
Birmingham
Kipton
H. J. Thompson
Bloomville
Rosé Sullivan
W. M. Robertson
Centerton
Nicholson
Clyde
East Townsend
T. S.D. Harrold
Clyhe
W. B. Winters
Fields
G. R Mente
Lagrange
G. M. Kn
Pittsfield
Linck
Plymouth
W. B. Hollett
Port Clinton
W. N. Mn
Republic
Martin Weaver
Sandusky
M. J. Keyes
Shiloh
H. H. Hughes
Sycamore
J. D. Ferguson
Tifin
F. W. Haas
Vermilion
J. 3B. Moyer
Vickers
W. D. Pierce
Vintent
St. Luke's Hospital
Cleveland
M. E. Evans
Eelated Fund Association
J. Fisher
Sla Bom
G. A. Reeder
Eell
Deaconess
Toledo
F. C. English
D. C. Grover, Vice President Baldwin Wallace Berea, College; J. W. Heckiman
Japan
J. B. Jones
Methodist Children’s Home
M.G. Kelser
Lincoln Legion
W. H. Pe Earatge
Mount Union College
J. L. Shunk
Ira A. Morton
University of Puget Sound
Waars
United States
van S. Rutledge
Sea of Anti-Saloon League
Stevenson
RH. Walker
D. L
U. B
Canton
East Ohio
United Brethren Church
Matthews
Akron
Arnold
B. F. West
Alon
Arlington Street
G. F. Hartman
North Hill
M. L. Hartman
Trinity
A. B. Wilson
Cal Vary
W. W. Williamson
Lorain
John Pringle
Raid ends in death as band of car thieves fought by railroad police
A Nickel Plate railroad police raid at Old Fort east of here early today left one man dead, believed to be gang leader George E. Elliott of Toledo. George F. Clark of Connellsville was captured and detained for federal authorities. one or two others escaped. Elliott fled into bushes after being wounded. In other notes, Cleveland banker W G McAdoo ordered Treasury official W B Gongwer to oversee Liberty Loan distribution in the fourth district. The steamer William A. Amberg was launched at Lorain yards amid drysday conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gompers
American Federation of Labor
San Francisco
Federal Shipping Board
New Orleana
New York
Pacific Coast
Rocky Mountain
Wilson
Labor
Col. J. L. Spangler
Pennsylvanian
W. Z. Reed
Colorado
John H. Walker
Timels
EB. P. Marsh
Washington
Atlantic City
Howard Deckard
Columbus
London
Paris
United States
William C. Gorgas
Ohio Hospital
Cincinnati
Baker
Newton D. Baker
Ohio Bankers’ Association
Chillicothe
Sheriman
EB. F. Glenn
Secretary of War
Gov
Cox
National Army
Camp Sheridan
Atn
Ohio
Ohio Guard
Sac
Curtiss
Ohio State University
University of California
Wright Field
Camp Wright
Dayton
Bay
Helgoland
Bill
Kiel Canal
Belgium
Ohloans
Lake
Lovett
W. W
Henry Gumble
Bert Walter
Socialist Labor Party
Workers’ International Union
Otto Freer
E. R. Markley
David Thomas
State War Board
Tifin
Nickel Plate Railroad
Old Fort
Here
George E. Elliott
Knower Street
Toledo
George F. Clark
Connellsville
Elliott
Wiil Ald
Gleveland
W. G. McAdoo
Secretary of the Treasury
W.B. Gongwer
Treasury Department
Federal Reserve District
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Field Marshal Haig
Ypres
Sotume
Great Bricala
India
St. Marg
Kerensky
Russan Republic
Argentina
Waxburg
Navns
Fmallys
Washingen
Hoenoe Aires
Russia
Ruste
Baltic
Kaledines
Council of Soldiers and
Snex
Kaledinos
Casenck
Kerenaky
New Republic
Petrograd
Higa
Tbor
The
Food Administration
Seaboard
Hoover
I. O. B. New York
War Industries Board
Congressiinal Conference Committee
Maj. Johnston
United States Geological Survey
Pennsylvania
Soldiers' Book Fund
National Defense Counci
Galbreath
Ohio National Guard
Maj. Wood
Harensky
Kyenileits
Rasela
Peter
Votrograd
Kerensky Rad Virtuelly & Privane
Winter Palace
Atoenses
Grun
Metengrad
Kornilait
Setrograd
Rybetn
Etty' Streate
Ter
Gaitain
Kaiser
Solons
Heflin
Mexico
Mexico City
Coachuita
Mmense
Warren
Bellefontaine
Mansfield Reformatory
Carl Goodman
W. H. Hawthorn
Marion
Ind
Herbert Tomblin
Knoxville
Tenn
William A. Amberg
Te Lorain
American Shipbuilding Co
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