Carranza Rejects Mediation in Mexican Peace Effort
Gen Venustiano Carranza declines to let foreign mediation shape Mexico’s interior affairs. He states the republic cannot consent to foreign interference and warns such action would endanger sovereignty. The message, delivered to John R. Silliman, outlines historical tensions from 1910 to 1918 and asserts the revolution’s aims and independence.
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Vera Cruz
Venustiano Carranza
Constitutional Party
United States
Carranza
John. R. Silliman
Wilson
Mexico
Constitutional Army
Union
Republic
Francisco F F. Madero
Juarez
Iest
Marrero
Coahuila
Victoriano. Muerta
Francisco Villa
Kidnapping of American Ranchman Seized by Mexican Bandits
Washington reports say John Loewenbruck, a ranchman from Columbus New Mexico, was kidnapped by Mexican soldiers and held for two thousand dollars ransom across the border. War officials pressed Villa’s forces through Consulate Agent Carothers with possible crossborder action. Torreon evacuation noted as Carranza forces near Monterrey gain ground.
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Washington
State
War Department
Columbus
N. M
John ‘Loewenbruck
Lansing
Villa
Carothers
Chiumbus
el Paso
Texas
Chihuahua
Breckenridge
United Stes
San Antonio
Torreon
Mexico
Carranza
A. Strong Carranza
Jacinto Trevino
Monterey
Assignments of Conference Monday
The Illinois conference of the M E church held an educational banquet with hundreds attending. Toastmaster Tugh. S. Magill led the event with remarks by President W D Agnew and others. Bishop Willame PF McDowell gave the principal address on Life and The Bible as the conference nears closing Monday with ministerial assignments for the coming year.
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Springfield
Illinois
M. E. Church
Itugh.s. Magill
Sprinfield
W. D. Agnew
Abingdon College
Harris Baltrof- Garrett
Biblical, Institute
Evanston
Dil
Belle Short
Lambert
Jacksonville
Widow Ada Stribling dies by suicide in Ashland cistern
Mrs Ada Stribling widow of James T Stribling killed herself by leaping into the cistern at her Ashland home. Her body was found by her son as ill health was given as the cause.
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Jacksonville
Ada Stribling
James T. Stribling
Ashland
Fast Train Derailed Near Joliet Injures Eight
A derailment near Joliet at 7:45 pm injured eight people, none seriously, on the Chicago and Alton line. The Hummer cracked train derailed near Alwood, the first station south of Joliet, causing the incident. Local responders and railroad officials investigated the scene.
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Chicago
Chicago, and Alton’ Railroad
Alwood
Joliet
Carranza Rejects Pan American Peace Plan
Washington notes Carranza’s unfavorable reply to a Pan American peace appeal for Mexico. Officials expect a meeting of conferees to discuss international aspects and possible talks with Carranza. Proposals may delay other Mexican leaders’ responses as the war's regional balance influences possible settlement.
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Washington
Carranza
Mexico
Lansing
Silliman
Vera Cruz
State Department
Villa
Plan for Interest Payment on Rock Island Bonds Set
Judge Carpenter in Chicago announced a plan to arrange payment of interest on Rock Island bonds. Bankers Trust asks immediate interest payment on 20 million dollars of debentures due July 15, 1915. Receivers may pledge unpledged assets to cover interest within thirty days if trust company agrees to avoid default. opposition argues court lacks right to use free assets. Conference suggested. court adjourned until Monday.
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Chicago
Carpenter
United States District Court
Rock Island, & Pacific
R. D. Stevens
Bankers’ Trust Company of
New York
Rock Island
John F. Lee
David R. Francis
Newman
Grodno Renovated by the Russians
Berlin report from Lokal Anzeiger notes Grodno fortifications were rebuilt after February winter battle. Russians under forty engineers abandoned weak works, remodeled others and added new defenses. Thirty heavy guns were moved in, similar improvements done at Osowiec fortress.
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Berlin
London
Lokal Anzeiger
Steiner
Grodno
von Hindenburg
Osseowetz
Chicago Storm Kills and Injures Many
A severe wind and rain storm in Chicago killed a 14 year old Francis Weber and a man in Elgin, with several others injured. Roofs torn off homes at 8905 South Carpenter Street and a trolley car struck by lightning caused fires. Boats were rescued at Lake Michigan, and numerous fires and street floods were reported.
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Chicago
Francis Weber
Dover
Thomas Hillary
Bessie. Hillary
South
Carpenter Street
East Twelfth Street
Wabash Avenue
Lake Michigan
Elgin
Til
Beverly Farm
Here
Disorder in Northern Portugal Riots Over Port Wine Designation
Disorder grips Northern Portugal as wine growers riot against a government treaty with England that would label all Portuguese wine as port for export rather than true port wine. Rioters in Regua and Sago bombarded crowds with dynamite from municipal chambers, reflecting widespread dissatisfaction with the administration.
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Portugal
Lisbon
England
Regna
Samego
Insane Man Barricades Home in Knox County Chase
John Miller, an escaped patient from the Watertown insane hospital, barricaded himself in his mother's Altona home eight miles southwest of Galva. Knox County officers and a three-citizen posse pursued him after fleeing from the hospital. He threatened to shoot anyone approaching, then left at dusk for Watertown with a shotgun, taking a position at the top of a stairway earlier.
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Peoria
Til
John Miller
Northern
Watertown
Altona
Galva
Knox County
Miller
Whig Bulletins Bring News Of McFarland Gibbons Fight
The Whig will be first in Quincy to relay New York fight news as returns from the mill are received early tonight and displayed on the bulletin board. Bulletins will be issued by rounds. fistic experts nationwide are watching the McFarland Gibbons bout, and Quincy readers will get ring-side updates first.
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Quincy Sporting Circles
McFarland-Gibbons
New York
Whig
Quincy
Austrian Support For Wilson
A Chicago telegram from the Slovak Guard, an umbrella group of over 12,000 Austro Hungarian compatriots, claims more than half the population condemns ambassador Dumba’s interference with American industries. Emil Tehler says the message backs President Wilson, calls Dumba’s action a diplomatic violation, and expresses confidence in Wilson protecting American interests.
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Chicago
Wilson
Dr. Dumba
Emil Tehler
Slovak Guard
Austro-Hungary
Tehler
Dumba
Fire Marshals Meet Amid War Talk and Fire Safety Urges
More than 100 state fire marshals and assistants gather in Chicago for the tenth annual North America fire marshals association meeting. Franklin H Wentworth of the National Fire Protection Association urges personal restraint and vigilant fire safety, linking waste to broader dangers amid Europe’s conflict and warning against lax habits in matches, kerosene, and house upkeep.
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Chicago
Fire Marshals’ Association of North America
Inta
Franklin’ H. .Wentworth
Boston
Mass
National Fire Protection Association
Europe
Georgia
Massachusetts
Central Illinois in Storms Paralyzes Rail Lines
Peoria and central Illinois suffered a severe electrical storm with wind and rain. The Rock Island and Peoria railroad experienced a five hour washout between Milan and Coal Valley delaying traffic. Electric lines from Peoria reported two hours of train service delay, with several poles between Peoria and Bloomington leveled. By midnight normal traffic was restored.
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Peoria
Ilinois
Rock Island
Milan
Coal Valley
Bloomington
Rockefeller officers face supplementary bill in Sherman act case
The government filed a supplementary bill in New York noting William Rockefeller and twelve current and former officers and directors of the New York New Haven and Hartford Railroad in a conspiracy to monopolize interstate trade in violation of the Sherman antitrust law. The document indicates the trial is expected to start in the October term.
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New York
William Rockefeller
New York, Mew Haven
Sartford Railroad Company
United States District ‘Court
Highway Men Adjourns In Peoria Session
Peoria Illinois September 10 The Third tenth Association of Highway commissioners and town clerks concluded its session here reelected W R Kendall Watseka Illinois president George M Seipe Tuscola vice president and L E Skaggs Danvey Sec retary treasurer Peoria was designated the permanent meeting place of the association
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Peoria
Association of Highway Commissioners and
W. R. Kendall
Watseka
George. M. Seipe
Tuscola
Danvey S
Peoria Wag
Germans Busy in West Paris and Death of Alexandria
A Madrid Havas report notes the British steamer Alexandria torpedoed about 70 miles from Cape Palos near Murcia. 28 crew members landed at Mazarron. In the Vosges front, German attacks claim some trench gains aided by gas. French counterattacks retake much ground at Hartmanns-Weilerkopf. Continuous artillery duels and air raids mark the western front as autumn rains set in. Further north Austria and Germany push toward Rovno with strategic rail lines to Riga and Lemberg, while the Sereth river fights show stubborn Russian resistance under Generals Ruzsky, Evert, and Ivanoff. Dardanelles news remains scarce. on the Italian frontier Italians push in mountains. Sofia reports Bulgaria’s demand for all Macedonia, with Serbia seeking a shared border with Greece, risking a deadlock over Monastir.
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London
Vosges Mountains
Argonne Forest
Hartmans-Weilerkopf
Hartmans- Weilerkopf
Sereth
Galicia
Dubno
Rovno
Pripet Marshes
Vilna
Brest- Vilna
Riga
Dvinsk
Lida
Ivanoff
Dardanelles
Sofia
Associated Press
Macedonia
Vardar
Bulgaria
Serbia
Greece
Monastir
Diplomatic row widens over German Austrian ties
Wilson demands recall of Austrian ambassador Dumba broadening to involve German military attaché Von Papen, Austrian consul general Nuber, and possibly Count Von Bernstorff. Berlin notes and U S replies shape a crisis near breaking diplomatic ties as submarine incidents and Archibald letters complicate the case.
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Washington
Wilson
Constantin ‘Theodor Dumba
Franz von
Rapen
Alexander Nuber von. Pereked
New York
Count von . ‘Bernstorff
Bernstorff
Germany
United States
Berlin
Foreign Office
United ‘States
Ahanner
Lusitania
State -Department
White House
State Department
von ‘Papen J
James
F. J. Archibald
Basasdor
Dumba
Vienna
Archibald
von Papen
State
Strke
Count von Bernstorff
Lansing
Inndenoug
Must Take Wool Away
London report notes government orders to move wool from docks to Manchester or other ports for storage unless merchants remove it themselves. The measure aims to clear congestion caused by prior government commandeering of rolling stock and transport, relieving the trade in the long run.
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London
Manchester
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Panamerigan
McDowell
Sons of Hungary
Dr.Dumba
Central Illinois
Alexandria
Gunard Line
Vosges
Argonne
Paris
Cunard Steamship Company
Cape Palos
Murcia
Spain
Madrid
Havas Agency
Mazzaron
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