American Verdict on the War Condemns Germany
A widely signed German letter to the civilized world prompts reply from Mr. Church of the Carnegie Institute. He argues the war was started by Austria and Germany aided it, denounces German conduct, and pleads for Germany’s return to peace, culture, and humility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
America
United States
Church
Carnegie Institute
Pittsburgh
Oliver Cromwell
Fritz Schaper
Berlin
Shaper
Servia
Europe
Austria
von Bethmar-Hollweg
Luxemburg
Campaign to Encourage Production in Canada
The government plans an active campaign to boost agricultural production for the coming year. Hon. Martin Burrell will convene conferences across the Dominion where farmers will learn conditions in Europe and the Allied food needs. Authorities expect farmers to respond to increase output for Britain and allies. The Dominion Department of Agriculture will cooperate and assist through informed discussions with capable leaders.
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Martin Burrell
Dominion
Europe
Canada
Britain
Dominion Department of Agriculture
End of a North Polar Expedition Ends in Archangel
Survivors of the 1912 expedition led by Captain Sedov arrive at Archangel after failing to reach the North Pole via Franz Josef Land. Twelve others reportedly died or remained missing. eight men returned to Russia due to illness. A Russian government search aboard the Hertha is noted.
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Archangel
Russia
Sedov
North Pole
Franz Josef Land
St. Petersburg
Novaya Vremya
The
Kolyma
Nova Zembia
Pankratiev Islands
Hertha
Diaper Namesake Tied to Ypres Linen Trade
The term diaper derives from Ypres in Flanders, a town noted for its fine linen. The word reflects the satinlike linen texture and its historical link to the region's textile craft.
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Flanders
Ypres
Hopeful Prophecy From Mme. de Thebes For 1915
The French seeress predicts 1915 will end the war between March and July with the downfall of the Hohenzollerns and Emperor Francis Joseph. Italy will enter the war and Germany may face revolution after the conflict. France will rise as a peaceful world leader while Paris gains but loses influence, and Europe sees uprisings, shifts in power, and new alignments.
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Mme. de Thebes
Petit Parisien
Hohenzollerns
Francis Joseph
Austria
Italy
Germany
France
Paris
Vatican
Frederick
Belgium
England
Russia
Holland
Turkey
Europe
Balkans
Bulgaria
Servia
Germans urged to eat sparingly in wartime provisions
An official German notice warns housewives across classes to economize food as war tightens. It recommends substituting white bread with mixed or rye bread, using potatoes and roots, avoiding imported staples, cutting fats, favoring beef and home grown fruit, buying less calves meat, reducing tinned goods, and drinking less beer. It stresses unity of effort and that food stocks remain sufficient for now.
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Munich
Germany
Canada to send 150000 more troops by autumn plea
The article notes Canada may supply 150000 additional military personnel by next autumn if needed. It emphasizes Canada’s full participation in the war effort while expecting domestic recruiting to settle the issue. It stresses Canada’s double role as granary and fighter in supporting the empire’s war aims.
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Canada
Westminster Gasette
Fossils Arrive From Canada Big Dinosaur Skeletons Shown
Barnum Brown delivered a carload of fossils to the American Museum in New York after digging in Alberta’s Red River canyon. Prof. Henry F. Osborn announced eight complete skeletons, including Deinoder Horridus and Corythosaurus Casuarius, dating about 3,000,000 years old. The Belly River formation yielded rare specimens, with Ornithomimus, Ankylosaurus Magniventris, and others, revealing vast size and armored plating.
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Barnam Brown
American Museum
New York
Red Rver Canyon
Alberta
Henry F. Osborne
Museum
Belly River
Ornithominus
Deinoder
Corythosaurus Casuarius
French Frontier Ravaged Describes Arracourt Exile and Loss
A letter from Mrs. Delalle of Arracourt in Meurthe and Moselle portrays a frontier ripped by war. She details bread shortages, mass exodus to Paris, villages burned, homes destroyed, crops lost, and dire poverty as families endure hostage, wounds, and heavy financial losses while awaiting a northern army advance.
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France
Delalle
Arracourt
Meurthe
Mosselle
New York
Luneville
Nancy
Paris
New York Evening Post
Allies Prepare for Expanded French and Allied Forces
The New York Tribune notes France mobilized about 2,000,000 by mid September with losses surpassing 500,000. It flags France's large conscription, equipment gaps, potential for two to four new French armies, and expects British forces to rise from 500,000 to over 1,200,000 in the western theater.
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France
Germany
Joffre
New York Tribune
Indian literacy and scripts exceed single alphabet
The text notes India uses hundreds of scripts and many languages and dialects. It asserts there is no true alphabet in India as such and describes the need for women and girls to master hundreds of syllabic characters in their vernacular writing before literacy can occur.
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India
British Warships to Astonish World with New Queen Elizabeth Class
Henry Temple reports on Britain building six Queen Elizabeth class battleships ready in six months. The Warspite will mount ten 15.5 inch guns and push twenty six knots with heavy armor. Devonport yard guards keep details secret while predicting eight battlecruisers from Portsmouth and Devonport by next spring. Churchill asserts Britain could lose a super-Dreadnought monthly without losing naval dominance.
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Great Britain
Henry Temple
Jellicoe
North Sea
Devonport Yard
Cerermor
Devonport
Portsmouth
Winston Churchill
the Admiralty
House of Commons
Turkey and the German Drive to War in 1914
A long dispatch to Sir Edward Grey recounts Turkey’s rupture with the Allies. Sir Louis Mallet details German pressure and Enver Pasha’s backing of the German alliance, with Talaat Bey’s suspected complicity, leading to plans that culminated after Bedouin incursions and the Black Sea bombardments.
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Edward Grey
Louis Mallet
Constantinople
Turkey
Louis
Germany
Russia
Austria
Egypt
Empire of
India
Enver Pasha
Talaat Bey
Sir Louis
Sinai Peninsula
Black Sea
Coupe
Germany Is Doomed In War Says New York Times
The New York Times says Germany faces certain defeat as it succumbs to moral condemnation and arms mismatch. It warns that Austria and the Turk stand as dying allies while neutral powers may send aid if delay continues, yet victory by Germany is deemed impossible.
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Germany
Austria
Europe
New York Times
Health of the Troops in War Times
The London Times notes disease is not a weighty war factor. Illness exists among vast armies but remains manageable with adequate medical means and control measures.
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London Times
Observing Weekly Wash Shows Fading Usage
The piece notes a decline in current wear versus earlier use. It remarks that fewer items are worn now and that the quantity is about half of what used to be, suggesting a shift in routine or fashion.
Parisian Boy Saves Soldiers
A sixteen year old Paris boy sheltering English prisoners during a German occupation hides ten to twelve men in a garret and secretly aids their escape from Roye. He uses dresses to disguise them and earns German trust while food runs scarce. Two attempts to flee end with a sentinel’s gunfire but the group returns to safety.
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Paris
Roye
The
Figaro
Garret
Sealskin Coats for Soldiers For War Garb
Newfoundland moves to let British and Canadian authorities secure the seals catch next spring for manufacturing war wear. Canada calls for fur caps gloves and winter gear using seal skins. The March April hunt yields 250000 to 350000 seals annually used for skins fat and leather goods. The product splits between Britain and the United States with the U S market growing. The pace of kills is called insufficient by a pessimistic observer.
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Newfoundland
Canada
British Isles
United States
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