Agriculture Department Reports September Wheat and Grain Totals
The crop reporting board releases estimates for September 1 conditions and production. Winter wheat yield 19.1 bu, production 675,000,000. spring wheat yield 12.2 bu, production 221,000,000. all wheat yield 16.8 bu, production 890,000,000. Corn price 61.5 cents. oats price 42.3 cents. barley price 52.5 cents. rye price 75.4 cents.
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Washington
Crop Reporting Board
Department of Agriculture
Dillingham Nominated United States Senator at Republican Convention
Telegraphic notes report Senator William P. Dillingham unanimously nominated for U S Senate at Vermont Republican state convention in session Paris notes Germany rejected Austria loan request and Swiss bankers took similar action Telegraphic notes also report Mrs Russell Sage celebrated her eighty sixth birthday in Lawrence Long Island
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Montpelier
William P. Dillingham
Lawrence
L. I
Russell Sage
Havas
Zurich
Switzerland
Germany
Austria
Builders of Canal Honored
The house unanimously passed a bill extending thanks to Col. George W. Goethals and associates for Panama canal construction. Brig. Gen. William C. Gorgas Brig. Gen. H. B. Hodges Lieut. Col. William L. Siebert and Commander H. H. Rousseau were named. The bill promotes Goethals to major general of the line and Gorgas to major general of the medical department.
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Washington
House
Congress
George W. Goethals
Panama Canal
William C. Gorgas
H. B. Hodges
William L. Siebert
H. H. Rousseau
Goethals
General Gorgas
Medical Department
Writers About War Held
Washington reports a state department inquiry into the detention of American newspaper correspondents by Germany. If no valid reason is found for their detention a protest will be lodged with the Berlin government. Names include John T. McCutcheon James O Donnell Bennett Harry Hansen Irvin S Cobb and Roger Lewis held at Aix la Chapelle.
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Washington
State Department
Germany
Berlin
John T. McCutcheon
James O'Donnel Bennett
Harry Hansen
Irvin S. Cobb
Roger Lewis
Aixla-Chapelle
Poincare Orders New Medical Draft Exams in France
President Poincare has signed a decree calling all Frenchmen once exempted from military service due to health defects to undergo further medical examinations. The decree expands the draft scope amid ongoing wartime mobilization in Bordeaux and across France.
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Bordeaux
France
Poincare
German Cruiser Bethania Captured by British Navy
Kingston Jamaica September 12 The Iramburg American liner Bethania converted to a German cruiser with 400 reservists aboard has been captured by a British cruiser.
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Kingston
Jamaica
Bethania
U S Navy Seizes Wireless Station at Tav Tucker ton New Jersey
The navy department formally took over the wireless station at Tucker ton New Jersey on Tuesday under an executive order issued by President Wilson Saturday.
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U. S
Washington
Navy Department
Tuckerton
N. J
Wilson
Noted Briton Sir J Heniker Heaton Dies in Geneva
London reports Sir J Heniker Heaton father of penny postage between Great Britain and the United States died in Geneva Switzerland. He had been at Carlsbad before the war in poor health.
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London
J. Heniker Heaton
Great Britain
United States
Geneva
Switzerland
Carlsbad
Plan to Tax Freight and Alcohol to Fill Deficit
Democrats outline emergency revenue bill raising 38 million via beer 50 cent per barrel rise to 1.50, 9 million from wines 20 cents per gallon, and 65 million from a 3 percent freight tax in transit. Railroads collect 1.03 per freight bill while earning 1 percent for collection. Tax on freight spread thinly over many merchants. Domestic wine makers taxed. home use wines exempt.
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Washington
Ways and Means Committee
Wilson
White House
House
Underwood
Bennett Weds Baroness in Paris City Hall Ceremony
Baroness George de Reuter and James Gordon Bennett of the New York Herald wed in Paris with civil and religious services. Attendants included Viscount Breteuil, Duke de Astra, Myron T. Herrick, and Dr. Albert Robert. Bennett, 73, marks his first marriage. the baroness, Maud Potter, from Philadelphia, was previously married.
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New York Herald
George de Ruter
Paris
George de Reuter
James Gordon Bennett
City Hall
Sixteenth Arrondissement
American Protestant Episcopal Church
Samuel N. Watson
Viscount Breteuil
Duke de Camastra
Italy
Myron T. Herrick
Albert Robert
Maud Potter
John Potter
Philadelphia
Baron Herbert de Reuter
Reuters Telegraph Company of
London
Mr. Bennett
Watson
Eight in Auto Crash Killed in Indiana and Illinois
Six people died near Scottsburg Indiana when an automobile was struck by a Pennsylvania train. Victims include Ellsworth Belch and his relatives from Kentucky and Austin along with Beulah Robbins Amelia Belch and Laura Trubek. In Illinois Harry Bird and his wife Stella died when their car overturned near Yeddo.
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Scottsburg
Ind
Austin
Here
Ellsworth Belch
Dalton
Amelia Belch
Mary Belch
Beuvlah Robbins
Laura Trubek
Danville
Ill
Harry Bird
Ann Arbor
Mich
Stella
Yeddo
Bird
Pike
Hungarians Flee Into Romania Rather Than Fight Russians
A Bucharest dispatch reports an entire Hungarian battalion fled into Romanian territory on Thursday and surrendered at Veresti rather than engage the Russians.
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Petrograd
Bucharest
Roumanian
Veresti
Bubonic Plague Seen Raging at Smyrna
Constantinople dispatch reports bubonic plague raging in Smyrna and other Turkish stations with heavy mortality, according to Central News agency.
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Smyrna
London
Constantinople
Million Dollar Emergency Appropriation Passed by House
Washington September 10 the house approved Secretary Bryan's request for a million dollar emergency appropriation to cover extraordinary diplomatic and consular expenses caused by the European war.
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Congress
Washington
Bryan
House
Families of Soldiers Pay No Rent in War Effort
London dispatch reports sixty families living in houses owned by a Sheffield firm have been notified they need not pay rent while their men serve in the war.
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London
Sheffield
Allies push toward Paris as German lines bend back pace
Allied bulletins report French and British forces crossing the Marne and driving German right wing toward strongholds near Forte-Sous-Jouarre and Chateau Thierry. Berlin counters say German troops retreat after two days of heavy fighting with fresh allied columns. Cracow falls to Russian assault. Tremonde razed. Belgian tolls worsen as war spreads.
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Paris
French War Office
Marne
Forte-Sous Jouarre
Chateau Thierry
Berlin
von Stein
Meaux
Montmirail
United States
Wilson
Germany
Sir Edward Grey
Ambassador Page
London
Belgium
Tokyo
Petrograd
Japan
Russia
Europe
Kiauchau
Copenhagen
France
Millerand
Turkey
Crimea
Rome
Pope Benedict
Austria
Great Britain
Alsace
Rhine
Luneville
Lorraine
Maubeuze
Kitchener
Bordeaux
Strategic doubt as German forces retreat and plans shift
A wartime summary notes a sudden German retreat after a four day pullback without decisive battle. Analysts debate whether Verdun pressure, Meuse bulwarks, or a larger center push near Sezanne and Vitry drives the change, with officials hinting at a broad, cautious shift in plans.
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Verdun
Toul
Metz
Nancy
Meuse
France
Sezanne
Vitry
Joffre
Pau
Damede
Gallieni
John French
Namur
Paris
Proclamation by German Troops Sealed Hostage Demands in 1870
The German commanders issued a harsh directive to occupied towns listing seven conditions for safety. The seventh requires the mayor clergy and four prominent citizens as hostages during troop stay, with threat of broad reprisals if violated. Every citizen would be shot for bearing a weapon or acting against troops. The city bears responsibility for individual actions.
History of Hesbaye and Great Battle Triangles in Belgium
The article surveys Hesbaye a historic triangle bounded by Meuse Namur Liege and Brussels rail links. It names Waterloo Neerwinden Quatre Bras and Ligny as key battle sites with figures like Marshal Luxembourg Dumouriez and Louis Philippe associated with the campaigns. It notes a June night Prussian retreat from Ligny after a preceding battle at Sombreffe.
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Hesbaye
Liege
Meuse
Namur
Tirlemont
Louvain
Brussels
Waterloo
Neerwinden
Marshal Luxem
Burg
William III
England
Prince of Cobourg
Leopold of
Belgium
Dumouriez
Louis Philippe
Quatre Bras
Ney
Sombreffe
Ligny
Not a battle but a massacre says naval officer
A British officer aboard a torpedo boat destroyer describes the Helgoland engagement as a massacre not a fight. He recalls luring German torpedo craft, close-quarters exchanges, and a dramatic rescue by the submarine E-4, amid heavy enemy fire and vivid scenes of destruction. The letter, sent to relatives, paints a grim but heroic portrait of the naval action off Helgoland.
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London
Helgoland
Leutenant
Heligoland
Agua
Fearless
Breslau
Arethusa
Mainz
Birmingham
Jules Verne
Rhodes Scholars Join Army in Canada and Abroad
Rhodes scholars from Canada and many from other regions have enlisted to serve with British forces while at Oxford. The move reflects a widespread wartime call among Rhodes prize recipients.
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Rhodes
Army
Ottawa
Ont
Canada
Oxford
Petrograd Chosen as New Capital Name for Russia
An imperial decree replaces St. Petersburg with Petrograd as the capital. The change ends German sounding usage and echoes earlier Slav forms once common in literature by Pushkin and other Russian writers.
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Petrograd
St. Petersburg
Petrogorod
Petrovsk
Petroff
Sviato Petrovsk
Pushkin
Lermontoff
Alexei
Tolatoi
Nekrasoff
Teach Recruits to Shoot Says Kitchener
London reports Field Marshal Lord Kitchener ordered officers to train new recruits to shoot quickly even if they lack basic drill or footing. He pushed a swift mobilization of the first 500000 volunteers, citing hardships at recruiting offices and a need for an efficient fighting machine.
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Kitchener
London
Hart Kitchener
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Baedeker
Britain
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