Wilson Refuses to Judge German Atrocities
President Wilson declines to form a final judgment on German conduct in the war. He welcomes Belgian commissioners and promises careful consideration of their report while upholding the United States neutral stance. Belgian minister de Wiart stresses Belgium's neutrality and moral outrage over civilians harmed and cultural treasures destroyed in the conflict.
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Washington
Wilson
Germany
United States
Europe
Henri Carter de Wiart
Belgium
University of Louvain
Wilson Replies to Dumdum Protest
President Wilson answered Emperor William’s protest over dum dum bullets. His reply mirrors his prior statement to Belgian commissioners in the ongoing exchange over wartime artillery ethics.
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Wilson
Washington
Emperor William
Government to amend Home Rule Bill for Ireland
London September 17 Premier Asquith announced the government will introduce in the next session a new bill amending the Home Rule for Ireland measure before it becomes operative.
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London
Asquith
Elect New President and Officers of Public Accountants
The American Association of Public Accountants elected J. Porter Joplin of Chicago as president and Carl H. Nau of Cleveland as treasurer. Seattle was chosen to host the 1915 convention in Washington.
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Washington
American Association of Public Accountants
J. Porter Joplin
Chicago
Carl H. Nau
Cleveand
Seattle
Wash
Italians Riot as War Demands Rock Rome Streets
Mobs filled the streets in Rome and other leading Italian cities crying Down with Austria and War with the Kaiser. Troops were called out to repress the demonstrators during the day of unrest.
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Rome
Austria
Drowned Passengers as Frisco Train Dives in Ditch
Twenty six bodies pulled from the wrecked Frisco Texas Limited near Lebanon Missouri after hours of torrential rain undermined the track. Four cars and the locomotive overturned leaving many passengers trapped and unidentifiable. survivors forced to break car windows to escape. Names include Henry Wagoner of St Louis and John Meyers family of Thayer Missouri.
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St. Louis
Lebanon
Texas Limited
Henry Wagoner
Elizabeth Rostetler
Alliance
Ohio
W. W. Childers
Billings
John Meyers
Thayer
Democrat Wins in Maine Governor Race
Oakleigh C. Curtis, Democrat, wins the Maine governor race by 2,698 votes over incumbent Republican William T. Haines after full returns from cities towns and plantations. Gardner, the Progressive candidate, trails. The four Republican congressmen and one Democrat are re-elected. Democrats gain in the state legislature.
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Portland
Oakleigh C. Curtis
Maine
William T. Haines
Gardner
Curtis
Haines
A. C. Hinds
J. A. Peters
Frank E. Guernsey
D. J. McGillcuddy
Taft
Telegraphic Notes on War Risk Insurance and Policy Shifts
War risk insurance of 2 222 000 dollars written on 11 vessels by the federal war risk bureau with 3 000 000 more applications pending. President Wilson refrains from pressing a freight tax and will propose a substitute plan amid Democratic opposition. A German foreign office representative arrives in New York to respond to Belgian brutality accusations. Peace treaties with Britain France Spain and China guaranteed at the state department.
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Washington
Federal War Risk Bureau
Wilson
New York
Foreign Office
Potsdam
United States
Great Britain
France
Spain
China
State Department
Home Rule Delayed by War In Parliament
Lord Lansdowne introduced a bill to suspend the home-rule and Welsh disestablishment measures until after the war. It was read for the first time. At a Unionist meeting A Bonar Law was designated the sole speaker on the Asquith bill in Parliament for the same aim.
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London
Lord Lansdowne
House of Lords
House of Commons
A. Bonar Law
Italian Envoy Leaves Berlin Post for Italy
Rome correspondent of Havas reports Count Calderari di Palazzolo Italian military attache at Berlin has departed to return to Italy.
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Paris
Rome
Havas Agency
Count Calderari di Palazzolo
Werlin
Italy
Hotel Proprietress Slain Then Suicide in Al pha
Mrs Adda Kennicutt owner of the Alpha Hotel was shot by D E B Brown after a quarrel and Brown then killed himself with a shotgun in Galesburg Illinois on September 16.
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Galesburg
Ill
Adda Kennicutt
Alpha
D. EB. Brown
Eastern railways seek ICC rehearing on 5 percent rate rise
Washington September 17 eastern railways formally petitioned the interstate commerce commission for a rehearing in the eastern advance rate case and asked permission to implement a five percent increase.
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Washington
Eastern Railways
Interstate Commerce Commission
Eastern
Chance Quits as Yankee Manager Amid Peace Pact
New York September 17 Frank Chance resigns as manager of the New York Yankees. Shortstop and captain Roger Peckinpaugh is named temporary manager. Chance will receive the 3300 dollar salary he demanded.
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Frank Charice
New York
Frank Chance
New York Yankees
Roger Peckinpaugh
Chance
Fulton Pioneer Ship Began Steam Navy Milestones
A Philadelphia Inquirer retrospective traces Robert Fulton and the Demologos later Fulton from 1814 to the rise of steam warfare. It notes the ship's twin hulls, 4 mph trial, 1820 destruction at Brooklyn and the evolution to screw propulsion and modern dreadnoughts.
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Sandy ‘Hook
Fulton
Brooklyn Navy Yard
England
United States Navy
Secretary of the Navy
Congress
U. S
Charles H. Haswell
Engineer Corps
John Ericsson
Philadelphia
Ericsson
Robert 8. Stockton
London
Stockton
America
Navy Department
U. S. S. Princeton
Princeton
The Last Dime and the Kind Stranger
Bert Noble, penniless, buys cinnamon rolls with his last coin then befriends a hungry fellow traveler Henry Newton. Newton helps Bert by a feint theft to fetch a reward and redirect Bert toward home where his mother falls ill. The two men sever later as Newman returns prosperous and betroths Bert’s sister, while Bert’s family finds relief through Newton’s later reformation and kinship.
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Bert Noble
Bert
Napoleon
Wayfarer
Bertin
Henry Newton
Newton
Eva
Newman
W. G. Chapman
Cotton Industry Emerges in Imperial Valley
Washington reports Imperial valley California has established a new cotton industry after 15 000 acres were planted in 1910. Early growers yielded about a bale and a half per acre and improved irrigation promises better results. The region’s March to December season produces uniform fiber and color, with dry air aiding against boll weevils.
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Washington
Imperial Valley
California
Fatal Test of Courage in Lynn Track Dare
In Lynn Massachusetts two youths Fred Jordan and Peter Lolorongos died after keeping their heads on a railroad track longer than companions. They climbed an elevated track to avoid police and were hurled to a deep embankment when a train approached, ending the dangerous game. Crowds had taunted each other for weeks to endure the near miss, and police and railroad workers failed to stop the dare.
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Lynn
Mass
Fred Jordan
Peter Lolorongos
Defied All Officers, One Caught Him in Salem
Salem reports Charles Kent, a deserter who boasted no officer could catch him, has been arrested in Salem after six months away from his wife. He is wanted in Chicago.
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Salem
Charles Kent
Chicago
Country Jake No More A Farm Evolution on the Rise
The Evansville Courier notes that a former country jake now owns a sizable farm and a modern home with steam heat and telephone. His family travels by car on Sundays, reads newspapers, magazines, and books, signaling a generational shift from old rural labels as farms modernize.
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Jake
Evansville
Madame Fitted Him The Senator and the Conductor
Friends of a senator defend him against dishonesty claims tied to a mining scheme. They recount a funeral party voyage where the senator slept in, awakening to the conductor’s polite correction, calling him madame as he asked if they were on time.
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Senate
Calls for Reform of British Coinage
The London Chronicle argues for quicker coinage reform before decimal changes. It cites France introducing perforated nickel half-pennies and pennies as an example of clearer, nonmetallic currency to avoid confusion with silver in the dark.
Too Much Theorizing Slows Early Rising Farmer Says
An amateur agriculturist asks what is wrong with his farming. Farmer Corntessel responds that he theorizes too much and rises too late, urging more practice and earlier start to work.
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Farmer Corntessel
Reforestation in Idaho Tests Stream Flow Impact
The United States Forest Service begins reforestation of a large burned area in northern Idaho from the 1910 fires to determine if tree loss reduces stream flow. Researchers will monitor hydrology and vegetation recovery to assess long term watershed effects.
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United States Forest Service
Idaho
Remarkable Telescope Anecdote From Scotland
A Scot boasts of a fine telescope telling a friend that while the kick is hard to see with the naked eye, through the instrument it comes so close he can hear the organ playing.
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