Mobs in Buenos Aires Alien Influence At Work Among Labor
Springfield dispatch reports Gov. Lowden accusing anti American influence of fueling streetcar strike unrest spreading to other trades. He warns traitors to labor threaten unity and calls for swift action to separate loyal workers from agitators while pledging to maintain peace and order.
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Lowdon
State Council of Defense
Springfield
Ill
Lowden
Sangamon Meterworks
Iltnois Watching Company
Defense Council
J. Ogden Armour
James T. Bowen
Frank Billings
Charles H. Wacker
Samuel Insull
Ficulties
Springfield Federation of Labor
Liberty motor proves key to U S air power
Washington reports the United States aviation engine, the liberty motor, completed final tests with gratifying success. Secretary Baker says the all American engine is now the main reliance for rapid production of high powered battle planes. The project united engineers, the aircraft production board, the war department, and the bureau of standards in a rapid wartime effort.
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Washington
United States
Baker
United States Aviation
Signal Service
Aircraft Production Board
War Department
Bureau of Standards
Army Cook Arrested at Rockford Camp
Constantine Welf a 68 year old longtime resident of the United States was arrested by intelligence officers at Camp Grant Rockford and held by federal Justice Department officials. He had worked as a civilian cook at the staff officers quarters since arriving from Chicago with a strong record. Officers say he is suspected as a German sympathizer though Major General Barry dismisses the spy scare as nonsense. Captain E G Thomas noted nothing suspicious in Welfs belongings and called it precautionary.
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Rockford
Camp Grant
Constantine Welf
United States
Department of Justice
Here
Chicago
West Side
Barry
E. G. Thomas
Federal grand jury probes milk prices
A federal grand jury in St Louis is investigating milk prices to determine if producers in southern Illinois form a restraint of trade. The probe follows the Southern Illinois Milk Producers Association plan to raise prices on Oct 1 from 2.20 to 3.50 per hundred pounds, implying a retail around 15 cents a quart.
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ST. Louis
Federal Grand Jury
Southernlands
U.S
Oliver
Southern Illinois Milk Producers’ Association
Cossacks Pledge Loyalty to Provisional Government
Petrograd dispatch reports Cossack units sent by Gen Korniloff to Petrograd express loyalty to the revolution. They pledge to arrest officers who deceived them and support the new regime.
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Petrograd
Korniloff
Guns Used By Kansas City Mobs Riot at Armour Plant
A Kansas City riot involving more than 2,000 striking packing house workers and sympathizers erupted near the Armour and Co. plant. Oscar Wood, a switchman, died from a fractured skull after a brick struck him. Two others were hospitalized with injuries. Saloons closed as police restored order after days of packing plant disruption affecting several major firms.
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Kansas City
Armour and Co
Oscar Wood
Woods
Berkman Remanded on Charge of Homicide
Alexander Berkman, anarchist, indicted in San Francisco for murder in a preparedness day explosion, was remanded to the Tombs for thirty days while extradition papers arrive. He was allowed to confer with Emma Goldman and two women, one named Lydia Gibson, an artist from California.
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New York
Alexander Berkman
San Francisco
California
Berkman
Emma Goldman
Lydia Gibson
Germans report 8900 Ursian prisoners in Riga battle
Berlin dated September 13 reports from the German general staff that 8,900 Ursian prisoners were captured in the Riga battle. The Germans also seized 825 cannon in the operation as announced via London.
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Berlin
London
Riga
Dry Bill For Hawaii Introduced in Senate
Washington dispatch reports Senator Shafroth introduced a bill on Wednesday aiming to prohibit alcohol in the Hawaiian islands and it was referred to a committee for consideration.
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Hawaii
Washington
Hawaiian Islands
Shafroth
Pana Pastor Rev. E. W. Clarke Dies at 93
PANA Ill Sept 13 Rev E W Clarke pastor emeritus of First Presbyterian church here and the oldest active Presbyterian member in Illinois died suddenly at his home Wednesday He was 93 years old
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Pana
Ill
Rev
E. W. Clarke
First Presbyterian Church
Illinoia
Anti German riots erupt in Buenos Aires with fires
Thousands join anti German demonstrations in downtown Buenos Aires burning German club La Union and several German business buildings on Calle 25 de Mayo. Fires rage as mounted patrols and fire department try to quell the flames amid attacks on German legation and newspaper offices.
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Buenos Aires
Calle 25 de Mayo
la Union
Count Luxburg
Legation
Hold Nine Men on Schooner Anvil
Nine men aboard the gasoline schooner Anvil, brought to San Diego by a U S warship, were detained by the department of justice for failure to register for the draft. Prisoners include two American citizens from Oklahoma and others listing diverse origins. All cargo was removed. no contraband found.
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San Diego
Cal
Department of Justice
Charles Millery
Carl Curtiss
Oklahoma
Charles Cerate
University of Turin
Live Oak
Idaho
Utah
Queen Eleanore of Bulgaria Dies at Sofia
Sofia, Bulgaria, Sept 13 Queen Eleanore of Bulgaria died Wednesday afternoon after a long illness. King Ferdinand Crown Prince Boris and Prince Cyril were summoned to her bedside. Born 1860 she was daughter of Prince Henry IV of Reuss-Koestritz and married Ferdinand in 1908. She did Red Cross work during the war.
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Sofia
Bulgaria
Eleanore of
Ferdinand
Boris
Cyril
Eleanore
Henry IV
Reuss-Kostriz
Ferdinand of
Austrians Give Up Mountain Attack at Monte San Gabiele
Austrians pressed an assault on Monte San Gabiele near Gorizia but were defeated after a dawn to noon battle. The Italian positions at the crest remained in Italian hands as Rome reported the failure of the Austrian effort.
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Rome
Monte San Gabiele
Gorizia
Gaye
War Office
Arrest second woman on riot indictment in East St Louis
East St Louis September 13 Dorothy Ruth sixteen was arrested on an indictment charging conspiracy and rioting tied to the race riots. She says she was out of the city during the disturbances. She is the second woman arrested on such indictments.
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East ST. Louis
Dorothy Ruth
Danskin Named Superintendent of Alton East St Louis District
J H Danskin previously with Springfield Illinois Anti Liquor League has been appointed superintendent of the new Alton East St Louis district overseeing Greene Jersey St Clair Madison Macoupin and Scott counties in Illinois.
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Danskin
Springfield
J. H. Danskin
Jacksonville
Illinois Anti-Laloon League
Alton-East St. Louis
Greene
Jersey
St. Clair
Madison
Macoupin
Scott
Ship Losses Drop in British and French Weekly Totals
London reports a decline in British merchant vessel losses to mines and submarines for the week ending September 13, with 12 ships over 1,600 tons and 6 under 1,600 sunk, plus four fishing boats. Paris notes one French ship over 1,600 tons and five under 1,600 sunk by mines or submarines in the week to September 9.
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London
Admiralty
Germany
Prench
Paris
Ministry of Marine
Senate passes admin trading with the enemy bill
The senate approved the administration trading with the enemy bill with amendments. It grants the President power to embargo imports, bans war news in German without translation, and expands powers over exports, insurance firms, and espionage. The German language publication ban is set by viva voce vote and may be revised in conference.
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Washington
Senate
Ermans
Viscount Reading in U S on Finance Mission
Viscount Reading lord chief justice of England arrived at an Atlantic port for a special mission in behalf of the British war cabinet relating to finances. He travels to Washington with Col. Swinton and J M Kaynes of the British treasury, recalling his prior 1915 Anglo French loan role with American bankers.
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Atlantic
Viscount Reading
England
War Cabinet
Col. F. D. Swinton
J. M. Kaynes
British Treasury
Lord Reading
Washington
Iset
British Financial Commission
Nine Other Americans Wounded by Raiders
Nine other Americans were wounded when bombs from German air raiders killed Lieut. Fitzsimmons and three medical corps privates in a hospital behind the lines in France last week. A war department list from Gen. Pershing shows two wounded severely. First Class Private Allan Mason enlisted at Boston and Private Aubrey S. McLeod is from Marlboro, Massachusetts. All wounded belong to the medical corps.
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Washington
Fitzsimmons
Medical Corps
France
War Department
Pershing
Allan Mason
Boston
Aubrey S. McLeod
Marlboro
Mass
Californians Die in North Island Plane Collision
Ho ward M. Walsh Jr and Theodore D. Lyman student aviators at North Island Military aviation school were killed Wednesday when their planes collided about 500 feet above ground. Both men were Californians.
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San Diego
Calif
Howard M. Walsh, Jr
Theodore D. Lyman
North Island Military Aviation School
Korniloff Forces Occupy Gatchina Area Near Petrograd
Rebel chief Etrograd. Gatchina thirty miles southwest of Petrograd occupied by Korniloff forces after government troops evacuated. Gen Savinkoff says Petrograd defenders report no fighting yet. Another Korniloff detachment is 34 miles south toward Tsarskoe-Seio. Korniloff rests at Luga.
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Etrograd
Gatchina
Petrograd
Korniloff
Savinkoff
Associated Press
Tsarskoe-Seio
Luga
War Moves Provisional Russian Decree Rebels General Korni loff
Provisional government of Russia brands General Korni loff and four army chiefs rebels outside the pale of flaw. Austrian forces repulsed by Italians near Mount San Gabriele as battle lasts from dawn to near noon. Governor Lowden warns minister forces allied with organized labor that disturbances will not be tolerated. Trading with the enemy bill passes senate with many amendments. President may prohibit German language war comment unless translated in English. Secretary Baker announces acceptance of the liberty motor for U S airplanes in France. a three week development by top engineers.
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Provisional Government
Russia
Korniloff
Mount San Gabriele
Gorizia
Lowden
State Council of Defense
Senate
Baker
Liberty Motor
U. S
France
Jury complete in Villiscaus case
Red Oak Iowa Sept 13 Eleven farmers and a telephone lineman comprise the jury to decide the fate of Rev J G Kelly charged with murder of 11 year old Stella Stillinger, one Villisca murders victim from 1912. Jury selection consumed virtually the afternoon with 21 veniremen examined.
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Red Oak
Iowa
J. G.kelly
Stella Stillinger
FP. F. Jones
Villisca
Albert
W. E. Mitchell
T. C. Brown
Jones
A. L. Sutton
F. F. Jones
Albert Jones
Kerensky to Take Field as Commander in Chief
Petrograd reports Kerensky will assume command of all Russian armies at least until the revolt is crushed. Unofficial AP briefing notes the premier plans to direct operations from the front.
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Kerensky
Petrograd
Associated Press
Bonch Bruevitch
Kerenskov
Five Russian Army Leaders Outlawed
The provisional government branded five senior Russian officers rebels including General Korniloff and General Denikin in a decree sent to courts. Reports from Washington say Kerensky's move aims to avert Korniloff's bid for power, with mixed signals on leadership and the fate of Petrograd. Martial law in Moscow and defections among Korniloff’s ranks compound the crisis as the central democratic party offers help to reform the cabinet.
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Petrograd
Korniloff
Kerensky
Moscow
Constitutional Democratic Party
Government to regulate meat packing under licensing plan
Washington Sept 13 The food administration will move to regulate the meat packing industry. A voluntary offer by packing firms to license their plants has been accepted and a control plan will be drawn up soon. Represented: Wilson & Co Armour & Co Cudahy Packing Co John Agair & Co Roberts & Oak Brennan Packing Co G A Hermes Co Austin Minn St Louis Independent Packing Co St Louis J Cold Packing Co Buffalo Cleveland Provision Co Cleveland Hammond Standish & Co Detroit
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Washington
Food Administration
Herbert Hoover
Wilson & Co. Armour & Co
Cudahy Packing Co
John Agair & Co
Roberts & Oak Brennan Packing Co
Chicago
G. A. Hermes Co
Austin, Min
House Committee Asked For Ordnance Budget
Washington Sept 13 Secretary Baker and Major General Scott told the house appropriations committee that about 300 million dollars more are needed for ordnance to be included in the new billion dollar deficiency bill the committee is framing A 60 million dollar deficiency appropriation for ammunition reserve supplies and other naval purposes was also asked by Secretary Daniels to be supplemental to appropriations already made and matched.
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Washington
Baker
Scott
Army
House Appropriations Committee
Daniels
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