Plot 10 Blow Up Powder Train Near Gary
An attempt to derail a train carrying guncotton for war munitions was stopped near Gary Indiana. A rail end was crowbarred and rivets pried as Anton Slazatoski warned guards and stirred fear of foreign agents in a tense city. Another blast hit the glazing mill at Acton Massachusetts with guards patrolling the site.
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Gary
Ind
Edmund Kayser
Aetna
England
Anton Slazatoski
Powder Works
Secret Service
Acton
Mass
Murray Ballou
John D. Long, Former Navy Secretary, Dies in Massachusetts
John D. Long, longtime public servant and former secretary of the navy, died at his Hingham home after an intestinal illness. Born 1838 in Buckfield Maine, he held multiple Massachusetts offices including speaker of the house and lieutenant governor, served as secretary of the navy during the Spanish American War, and spent three terms in Congress after defeating Benjamin Butler in 1879.
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Hingham
Mass
John D. Long
Navy
Massachusetts
Mr. Long
Maine
Long
Navy Department
McKinley
Roosevelt
Buckfield
Boston
Harvard
Benjamin F. Butler
Congress
Plot to destroy munition factories investigated in U S
Washington officials believe a well organized plot exists to wreck munitions plants supplying the allies. Wrecking at Acton Massachusetts glazing mill ties up production for weeks. A black powder mill at Upper Hedley near Wilmington Delaware is destroyed with two fatalities. An unimpeachable source says an investigation is underway.
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U. S
Washington
American
Acton
Mass
Upper Hedley
Wilmington
Del
U S Would Rule Haiti Under Ten Year Finances Plan
Port au Prince Haiti Aug 28 The American government proposes a ten year convention granting effective control of Haitian customs and administration of finances by a receiver general with American employees.
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Port Au Prince
Haiti
Auto wreck near Canon City claims Wright and injures others
In Canon City Colorado on September 1 Mrs. W K Wright was fatally hurt when their car rolled at the bottom of the Skyline road. Her daughter Gertrude and Mr and Mrs John Blue of Sedalia Missouri were seriously injured.
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Canon City
Colo
W. K. Wright
Gertrude
John Blue
Sedalia
Severe frost hits Iowa crops after record chill
The early September frost settled across Iowa with a heavy, ground covering freeze. Vegetation showed significant damage, impacting fields and gardens in the region.
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Iowa
Austrians retreat at two points as Italians push in Alps
Milan reports Austrian forces withdrawing at two fronts the Val Sugana where bridges viaducts and railways are being destroyed and the upper Isonzo where Italian Alpini seize a key summit Monte Rombon and threaten Predil pass as Austrian positions crumble Tarvis Tolmino Goritz defenses also fall, signaling a precarious retreat.
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Milan
Val Sugana
Isonzo
Piezzo
Monte Rombon
Coritenza
Predil Pass
Zebach
Tarvis
Tolmino
Goritz
Italians Battle Austrians on Monte Rombon Face
A dispatch from Udine reports Italian Alpine troops fighting along Monte Rombon near the Isonzo. They have climbed about 5,000 feet toward the summit while Austrians hold the peak at 2,000 feet above. An Alpine company was wiped out by an avalanche set off by Austrian fire, with another narrowly escaping the same fate.
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Rome
Monte Rombon
Isonzo
Udine
Zapata Assents to Pan American Pacification Plan
Messengers sent by Secretary of State Lansing report in Mexico City that Gen Emiliano Zapata has assented to the Pan American program for pacification of Mexico. The favorable reply to the note sent to Mexican leaders was delivered by J W Russell and Frank Azzis. They also carried replies from Generals Manuel Palofax Pacheco and others.
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Lansing
Mexico City
Emiliano Zapata
Mexico
J. W. Russell
Frank Azzis
Manuel Palofax
Pacheco
Train Wreck on Bridge North of Phoenix Kills Four
A northbound Santa Fe train from Phoenix to Prescott struck a bridge weakened by a cloudburst at Date Creek, 70 miles north of Phoenix. Four people were killed and 12 injured as the span collapsed into the swollen stream. the engine and sleeping car stayed partly on track.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Santa Fe
Prescott
Date Ereek
Swiss Arrest an American in Geneva
Edwin Emerson, an officer in the New York National Guard, has been arrested in Geneva Switzerland for writing articles reflecting on the president of the Swiss confederation.
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Washington
Edwin Emerson
New York National Guard
Geneva
Switzerland
Morgenthau Takes Over Turkish Interests in Constantinople
Ambassador Morgenthau reported from Constantinople that he has assumed the interests of Russia, Italy, and Montenegro in the Turkish capital, transmitting the news to the State Department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam
Washington
Morgenthau
Constantinople
State Department
Russia
Italy
Montenegro
Mediation Move May Open German Trade Talks
Washington officials say steps favor another U S effort to mediate between England and Germany over freedom of the seas and neutral trade with Germany. A cable from Ambassador Gerard regarding the Arabic case prompted Lansing to visit the White House and London and Berlin exchanges signaled Britain may ease dye stuff exports from Germany.
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Washington
Berlin
Wilson
State Department
United States
England
Germany
Lansing
Gerard
White House
Cecil Spring-Rice
Great Britain
Rotterdam
Foreign Office
Russians Evacuate Grodno Fortified Place as Germans Advance
Petrograd reports Grodno fortress being evacuated with only delaying troops remaining. Olita fortress on the Niemen has fallen to German forces, clearing a route toward Vilna and Grodno. Berlin says Russian claims of sinking Moltke are false and no battle occurred.
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Petrograd
Grodno
Olita
Niemen River
Kovno
Berlin
Niemen
Vilna
Moltke
Gulf of Riga
Admiralty
Greenebaum Indicted For Manslaughter In Eastland Disaster
Walter K. Greenebaum, general manager of the Indiana Transportation Company charterer of the Eastland, is indicted for manslaughter in connection with the Eastland disaster. A July grand jury returned the true bill Friday. Six steamboat inspection officials escaped indictment as jurors ruled they could not be prosecuted in state courts. The named officials are Inspectors Reid Eckliff Mansfield Nicholas and Checkers Oakley Lobdell.
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Boat Company
Chicago
Walter K. Greenebaum
Hastland
Greenebaum
Indiana Transportation Company
Eastland
Steamboat Inspection Service
Robert Reid
C. C. Eckliff
Ira B. Mansfield
William Nicholas
H. G. Oakley
L. A. Lobdell
Allies in Furious Bombardment North of France
Central News dispatch reports Allied forces launching a furious bombardment of German positions in the north of France. An attack by a strong German force west of Lille was repelled by artillery fire.
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London
France
Lille
Submarines Resume Operations
London reports German submarines have resumed attacks after a 48 hour lull. The British steamer Sir William Stephenson was destroyed, according to the announcement from the British side.
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London
Sir William Stephenson
Mrs Pershing and three daughters die in San Francisco
Mrs Frances Warren Pershing wife of Brig Gen John J Pershing and three of her four children suffocated and burned in their quarters at the Presidio San Francisco The dead children Helen Anne and Margaret were under eight Mrs Pershing a daughter of Senator Warren of Wyoming Gen Pershing commanding the eighth infantry brigade was at El Paso Texas when the news arrived and prepared to travel to San Francisco with plans to move the family to El Paso.
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San Francisco
Frances Warren Pershing
John J. Pershing
Presidiom of
Walter O. Boswell
Warren Pershing
Helen
Anne
Margaret
Pershing
Senator Warren
Wyoming
Eighth Brigade
U. S. Infantry
el Paso
Tex
Bishop Heffron Shot At Winona College Chapel
Rt Rev Patrick R Heffron bishop of Winona diocese was shot twice in the private chapel of St Marys college by Rev Father L M Lesches a demented priest who had sought an appointment Heffron walked to his residence with help after the attack Lesches was arrested and the diocese headquarter guards reported the incident in Winona Minnesota.
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Winona
Minn
Patrick R. Heffron
St. Mary’s College
Father L. M. Lesches
Heffron
British Transport Torpedoed Off Scilly Islands Report
A report received in Berlin via wireless claims a British transport carrying 2,000 Canadian troops was torpedoed on August 15 near the Scilly islands with about 1,000 saved. No British confirmation has been issued. officials had promptly announced the loss of the Royal George in the Aegean.
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Berlin
Amsterdam
Ryndam
Scilly Islands
Royal George
Aegean Sea
One Hundred Years Old Dies in Chicago Home
Morris Cherowski a Russian Jew dies at his brother's home in Chicago aged one hundred.
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Chicago
Miss Murdock Weds Navy Lieutenant In Home Ceremony
In Wichita on August 31 Miss Marcia Murdock daughter of former Congressman Victor Murdock married Lieut Harvey Delano U N. The ceremony took place at the Murdock residence with family in attendance.
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Murdock
Wichita
Kan
Marcia Murdock
Victor Murdock
Harvey Delano
Aeronaut Dies After Parachute Jump in Fort Wayne
Fort Wayne Indiana August 31 George Williams an aeronaut exhibiting here was killed Saturday afternoon when he jumped from his parachute to avoid a fall into a forest His neck was broken authorities said Williams leaped from the car and fell to the ground near the exhibition site
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Fort Wayne
Ind
George Williams
Whittet Retains Post as Governor's Expert Financier
Lawrence C. Whittet of Edgerton will keep his role as the governor's financial expert after it was found a $5,000 annual appropriation was repealed in a later law. The executor still has funding from the executive department, with Whittet set to be paid $4,500 yearly plus $500 for expenses. The governor's department budget remains sufficient to cover salaries and retain Whittet.
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Whittet
Executive Department
Mr. Whittet
Bandit robs Milwaukee road depot in Oconomowoc
A lone thief robbed the Milwaukee road depot in Oconomowoc taking 47.44 in cash and about 500 in pay checks. Earl Campbell was forced to stand with hands up as the unmasked bandit rifled the office and then fled before the 1 30 train. Campbell relieved by 1 o clock, the robber described as about 5 feet 7 inches tall, 29 years old, well dressed in a dark blue suit and cap.
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Oconomowoc
Milwaukee Road
Earl Campbell
Campbell
Mr. Campbell
William Guttschall
Guttschall
Arrest of George Adler on Waukesha forgery warrants
St Louis reports say a 64 year old Forest City Ark bank director named J W Barnhard is arrested on Waukesha Wis forgery and attempted murder warrants. Detectives claim he confessed to forgeries and that under the alias George Adler he escaped a jail in August after beating the jailor.
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Waukesha
St. Louis
J. W. Barnhard
Forest City
Ark
Wis
George Adler
Catholic convention to be held in Sheboygan
Nearly two hundred delegates are expected at the Wisconsin Federation of Catholic Societies annual convention in Sheboygan on September 5 and 6. Archbishop Messmer of Milwaukee will attend along with many state Catholic leaders.
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Sheboygan
Wisconsin Federation of Catholic Societies
Messmer
Milwaukee
Wisconsin Micro power opens industrial department
Eau Claire Minnesota Light and Power announces the opening of an industrial department to promote community growth through electric service. The move aims to attract industry and expand the customer base by leveraging the company’s electrical infrastructure.
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Open Industrial Department
Eau Claire
Wisconsin-Minnesota Light and Power Company
Waupaca Electric seeks freight privilege to veterans home
A second request from the Waupaca Electric Light and Railway company asks for permission to carry freight to the Wisconsin Veterans Home. The appeal emphasizes the need for freight service to support the facility and its residents.
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Waupaca
Fight Apple Tree Insects Insects and pest control basics
The article classifies apple tree pests into three groups: roots and trunks borers and sap feeders. foliage feeders including various leaf eating insects. and fruit feeders like the mottled fruit caterpillar and codling moth. It notes a practical control method of dislodging the caterpillar by jarring the tree to kill the larva on the ground.
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E. M. Patch
United States
San Jose
Man Must Protect Orchard From Insects
The article urges orchard owners to remove and burn dead grass weeds and brush piles to eliminate insect breeding sites. It explains that insects lay eggs in summer and fall and hatch in spring, attacking trees and reducing fruit, recommending careful spraying though some harvests may occur without it.
Pruning Proves Profitable In Iowa Orchard Survey
An Iowa county survey found annual pruning boosts returns to over 125 dollars per acre, while orchards pruned occasionally or not at all yield about 55 dollars per acre. The study highlights the economic benefit of yearly pruning for orchard profits.
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Iowa
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Emmanuel
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America
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