Riots and Censorship in Russia Amid Provisional Strife
Report by William G. Shepherd describes turmoil as Russian revolution shows fragility. Kerensky under pressure in the Winter Palace. Kronstadt sailors and workers mobilize, and tensions rise around provisional government actions and military orders. A loyal delegation travels to headquarters for inquiry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William G. Shepherd
United Press
Stockholm
Momar
Russia
Pree Kerensky
Winter Palace
Mote Ter
Kronstadt
Ledines
Cosonee
Nts
Armed American Steamer Sinks German Sub in North Sea
Berges correspondent reports an armed American steamer sank a German submarine in the North sea as the U boat shelled a neutral sailing vessel. Copenhagen reports British forces sunk two German marines and captured six men from the U boats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christiania
Berges
Aftonstadet
North Sea
Copenhagen
Bergen
Tidens Tegns
Prinemena
Sscamd
Germans Say Air Raid Caused Little Damage
Berlin reports single German city damage minimal after Sunday raids by French forces across Württemberg Rhenish Prussia and upper Alsace. Stuttgart says one soldier wounded and at Freudenstadt damage limited. other attacks caused little or no damage to targets. French statement claims many raids Monday with 15,000 kilos of projectiles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Wurttenburg
Rhenish
Prussia
Upper Alsace
War Office
Stuttgart
Freudenstadt
Bwlid
Munday
Railway net revenue trends show higher total income in 188
D. C Sept 19 reports continued railway net revenue growth across the nation with Interstate Commission data indicating operating revenues rising to about 227 million dollars and gross earnings reaching roughly 126 million. receipts include substantial gains in related sectors and utilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. C
Interstate Com Commission
Ncta
Iualry
Senate Holds War Deficiency Bill After House Passage
Washington reports the war deficiency bill, carrying 99 000 000 000 dollars, rests with the Senate after a near unanimous House vote. The measure funds rifles, target practice, and construction work for engineer corps needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
House
Engineer Corps
Sweden Feels Pressure Over Telegrams and Talks
In Glockheim on September 20 a Swedish concern grows over government telegrams routed from Buenos Aires via Sweden. Officials expect U S action possibly challenging Sweden’s handling of American messages. Secretary Lansing may urge a joint protest. The Swedish ministers and Ira Nelson Morris conferred to assess Germany related dispatches to Mexico City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glockheim
Huenos Aires
Sec- Satary Lansing
Washington
Germany
Sweden
Ira Nelson Morris
Buenos Aires
Mexicco City
Crisis in Shipping Expected in Spring
Atlantic City session hears R B Stevens warn that within six months the army demands will divert every merchant vessel to wartime service. He predicts a real pinch next spring as government delays vessel production and large numbers remain unavailable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic City
M. J
American Army Board
R. B. Stevens
United States Shipping Today
Stevens
Gerry
Schools Close to Stop Infant Plague in Crawford County
Limited readable lines indicate Crawford county reports a rural area outbreak control effort by health officials. Mentions Des Meinen Louisiana and Septem elusive references to plague containment and a county board of health. Core entities are sparse due to damaged text but suggest public health action and a local response.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Meinen
Crawford County
Eine Ree Cuneute
Kaiser Offers Reward for Capturing American Soldier
An American prisoner reports that Emperor William promised a prize of marks and three weeks leave to the first German who captures an American soldier. The claim alleges the order was issued throughout the army.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paria
France
William
Spain denies U boats using her coast
Spain's foreign minister Juan Hinojo issued an official statement denying reports that German U boats used Spanish shores as a base. He said the Mediterranean base had been prohibited and that Spanish waters would not be used for German operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spain
Washington
Bpaniek Am Dor
Juan Hiano
Mediterranean
Haa
Confession Drama in Kelly Case Reveals Insanity Claims
Defense and state clash over two confessions and Kelly's alleged insanity as he described ax killings and voices guiding him. Witnesses recount mid night police interview in which Kelly argued he should be kept in confinement, while others testify to his erratic statements and mental strain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kelly
Perguson
Hess
Council Bluffs
Gaver
Risden
Jelly Adkina
Havner
Heama
Poob
Moore
Hayner
Ceuner Bluffs
Aces Onia
Haver
Hinmory
Ferguson
Jeff
Wes
Havase Te Rey
Associated Charities
Sioux City
Crosby
Hamenton
Houghton
South Dakota
Hooughton
Sutton
Neb
Nebraska Bars Iowa Insurance Lodge From State
Lincoln Neb September 30 The Nebraska Insurance Board refused to grant a license to the Iowa jurisdiction of the Ancient Order of United Workmen to do business from lodges in Nebraska. Some lodges aligned with Iowa already. others remained. The board’s decision came amid court actions over higher Nebraska rates and a factional split within the order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln, Neb
Nebraska Insurance Board
Iowa
Nebraska
Iowa Ligram
Insurance Board
Nebraska Sie
Hie
Lowa
Biggest recreation program begins today nationwide
The U S war recreation effort launches a continuous wartime program at 16 national army cantonments with an annual fund of at least 14 million dollars. The initiative mobilizes top theater talent under Mark Kimw to provide free soldier entertainment, backed by major groups including M A and A Knights of Columbus Playground and Recreational Association of America and Library Association of America. A 1 6 million canteen fund supports camp services as 16 theaters and 32 circus tents are set up at cantonments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D
America
National Army
Mark Kimw
Knights of Columbus
Playground
National Army and Guard
Election Riots End With Police Death and Wounding
In the city ward two Republican factions clashed leading to a police officer’s death and injuries to James A. Carey a city official and faction leader. Rioting authorities report gunfire and chaos as parties fought for control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Republican Party
Gaerne Pypiey
James A. Carey
Canadian Officer Honors in France Battle of Lona
A noncommissioned officer from a British Columbia battalion led a section in fierce mopping up of cellars and emplacements. He bayoneted multiple enemies, killed several crew at a machine gun bunker, recovered the gun for the lines, and with further assaults eliminated additional threats amid high casualties. The award notes Canadian courage reached a peak in the battle of Lona.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Rept
Lona
British Columbia
Chicago Ni. Y. Predicted To Defeat Sox In Unclear Tale
Fragmentary OCR text notes a claim that Chicago Ni. Y. will beat the Sox and labels a person as a lunatic. The passage is garbled with misspellings and stray phrases about individuals from Milwaukee and a blue and white salt era, yielding no clear event or date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Ni. Y
SOX
Selects Depart for Big Camps to Train for Overseas Service
Washington dispatch reports three hundred and more, totaling about 16 cantamments, head to camps for intensive training as 46 percent of the national quota, with nearly 6 000 exemption boards. Soldiers assemble under discipline in communities, then board special trains for mobilization camps. Twenty seven new arrivals of the second division reach Camp Pwestes from multiple states and will be issued overalls before uniforms arrive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D
Wmy
Pew
Camp Punstap
Junction City
Kan
Flr
National Army
Camp Pwestes
Missouri
Kanes
Nebraska
Colorado
New Mexico
Officwra
Quartermaster’s Corps
Battles Report Heavy Losses Amid Stiff Frontline Fighting
Berlin reports intense fighting along the Pianaire front near Houtholet wood and the Lys with rising bombardment and drug fire. Romania presses Moldavia operations with new success while Russian troops seize a Teutonic position near Grezwill amid a comparatively quiet front else. Casualties soar across the fronts as British raids and artillery persist and observers warn of heavy losses despite official palliation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rumania
Moldavia
Petrograd
Grezewill
Flanders
London
Frente
Imnes
Biggest War Appropriation Bill Passed in France
Parks, Rep. report shows a bill allowing 2,150,000,000 francs for the fourth quarter, up 1,200,000,000 from the prior quarter. The war department receives most of the rise with 250,000,000 francs earmarked for veteran and family support and navy needs 157,000,000 francs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Smuggling Plot案 Leads to Indictment of Twenty Chinese
Five allotments charged 26 Chinese men and women with conspiring to bring thousands of young Chinese into the United States and with perjury related to testimony before immigration inspectors. The federal fraud jury returned the indictments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Francisco,al
United States
Federal
Soldier Slayer Convicted in Vermont Murder Trial
In St Albans Vermont a United Wales Cavalryman was found guilty of murdering his 14 year old sweetheart Jennie Hemingway. The defense indicated an appeal to the supreme court on exceptions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albans
Stobert Ore
United Wales
Jennie Hemmingway
Une
Uneet
Supreme Court
Conferences Begin to End Frisco Strike Talks
Labor officials expressed cautious optimism that a settlement in the shipbuilders and end iran workers' strike may come soon as conferences continued with government participation and naval officers present. Mare Island scale increases could raise daily wages by about 1 a day if applied to the striking yards. Marines are stationed on guard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fen Framinen
Cel
Sape
Gvarde
J. W. Ackereson
U.K
Pillsbury
U. S. SN
W. T. Boyes
Hurley
Shipping Board
Mare Island
New York Primaries Anticipate Heavy Voter Turnout
New York voters face unusually heavy participation in city primaries. Mayor John Purroy Mitchel seeks renomination as fusion candidate amid opposition from William M. Fennett and others in the Republican race, while several Democratic nominees run unopposed. Tammany Hall pushes unity with efforts to mobilize support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Ato Day
John Purroy Mitchel
William M. Fennett
Jee F. Hyland
Hirooklya
Charlie L. Craig
Alfred E. Smith
Board of Aliermen
Tammany Hall
Mitche
Vowed Not to Grow Crops in War Assertion Heard
Athens Sept Farmers and Laborers Protective Association members on trial for conspiracy pledge farmers not to grow crops aiding the war. Witnesses testifying include Gore Robert Satterfell and Thurber coal miner who say they were compelled to swear to obligations, citing religious or legal conflicts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Tes
KF. T. Higgins
Gore Robert Satterfell
Thurber
Sweden Seeks Neutral Path Amid War Critique
Conservative leader Trygger urged continued neutrality in a Monday address, praising Germany and culture while warning against labeling the war as a choice between freedom and imperial aggression. He stressed Sweden’s debt to leading powers and its ties to both sides, maintaining kinship with Germans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sweden
Peace rumors spread as German censorship allows discussion
London reports say a peace offer is being discussed in German papers aided by the censor. Berlin allegedly will pursue a move before winter and may abandon claims to Belgium. Some German discussions reference the pope’s response, while official denials persist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Cierman
Berlin
Germany
Germain
Belgium
Constantine and Family Seek New Home in Europe
Former King Constantine of Greece and his wife with five children departed St Moritz for the Eria mountains near Switzerland and plan to reside there. Amsterdam reports in June that Constantine bought a château near Tsun from German financier Laren Vor Gedlitz.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Constantineg
Greece
St. Morits
Eria Mountains
Aan Switserland
Amsterdam
Constantine
Chateau Durtreauss
Tsun
Laren Vor Gedlitz
Food administration appoints Henry Wolfer to probe wartime prices
Washington September 19 the food administration has commissioned Henry Wolfer formerly head of the Minnesota State Kinder Twine works to investigate the sinal and hemp industry with a view to reducing prices. Prices have risen 506 percent since the war began.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, DC
The
Food Administration
Henry Wolfer
Minnesota
Steers Bring Record Price at Kansas City Market
Fifty head of steers sold for a record 17 dollars per hundredweight, with heavy cattle averaging about 147 pounds. Buyers included buyers from Missouri and Mississippi river regions, reflecting strong demand and high pricing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansasity
Longshore Strike Hits New York Pier Workers
In New York City longshoremen affiliated with major trans Atlantic liner interests walk out in a strike sparked by disputes over wages and working conditions. The stoppage disrupts cargo handling at several docks and draws attention from shipping firms and labor leaders. Local officials urge dialogue to resume operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Longwhore New
Mercantile Marine
Foromean Agulo
Typhoon Kills 600 in Amoy China
A typhoon struck Amoy at week’s end killing more than 600 locals and damaging watercraft off nearby harbors. No foreign casualties reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amoy
China
Deraywel
China Reveals Purpose of Ishii Mission Tolls
Washington reports that China’s president dispatched a trusted agent to foil Japan’s Ishii mission aiming for recognition. The Chinese move seeks to block Tokyo’s strategy and counter Japan’s China policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Washington, Rept
Washington Post
Lahti
Japan
Far East
Thompson Climbs Bandwagon With Prowar Proclamation
Chicago September 2 William Hale Thompson shifts stance on foreign policy by issuing a patriotic proclamation reacting to troop departures from Chicago and the Rockford cantonment. He urges citizens to support the army and navy and show unity for the blessings of a free government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
William Hale Thompson
Rockford
Traitor Feared Trap In Forts Says Boukhomlinof
Witnesses in the Boukhomlinof treason trial report the former Russian minister of war arguing forts lost strategic value in modern warfare. He claimed dismantling fortifications was necessary and said provisional defenses built during wars were more practical. He added he never sought politics, only paternal welfare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Petrograd
Boukhomlinoff
Soukhomlinof
Labor Would Unite With Farmers For War
In St Paul on September 19 a conference on socializing large industries and enacting pro farmer and worker legislation was discussed. George W Lassen of the St Paul Trades and Labor Assembly said organized labor takes a small role and urged unity between the farmer and working man to avoid ongoing mutual pitting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul
Minn
George W. Lassen
New War Loans Made to France and Britain
Washington reported new government loans totaling 50 million dollars to Great Britain and 20 million dollars to France. The latest additions bring allied aid to 2.3914 billion dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Britain
Washington
Great Britain
Commanders Ordered to Tour French Front
Washington D C Sept 19 Regular and national guard general officers commanding divisional training camps are to be sent to Europe on an observation tour of the battle fronts returning to carry on their training duties at the close of the tour The early mobilization and training of the national guard and national army divisions will be left to brigade and regimental commanders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Suord
Iurope
National Guard
National Army
Tax Bill Disputes Persist In Washington Conferences
Washington reports say disputes over second class postage rates marked today’s tax conference sessions. No final agreements were reached on major contested items as House and Senate members held separate talks during luncheon recess.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Gemate
Troops guard Astoria shipyards under federal order
Troops arrived from FosEene baw and were sent by Governor Withycombe to protect Astoria’s three shipyards and the Hammond Lumber Company amid threats to workers on a government order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Astoria
Ore
Bopl
United States
Toobie Hammond
FosEene Baw
Withycombe
Worid
Rene
Also Mentioned on This Page
Risshn
Weldup
U.S
Wewton
Malong
Lansing
Stevens Bays
Kaiser
Emily Betty
Mra
Freake
Cape
Char Hoss Gems
Cently
Cae & Cc
Witnesees
Annie
Peter
Moore Home
Moore Yard
Mather
Horace Houghton
Insurance Lodge
Henrry
Milwaukee
Ulery
Houtholet Wood
Pianaere
Army
Associated Press
Frisco
Mary Yard
Weehingtinn
Iran
Stelent Sen Fran- Cieo
Celestials
Ishii
Tokios
Thompson
Soukhomlinoff
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!