Prospects For Favorable Adjustment Of Trouble
Berlin and Washington weigh the Arabic crisis as Count Von Bernstorff reports to Berlin. Officials expect a possible preemptive understanding before formal notes, with arbitration only after a disavowal and indemnity talks. The Hesperian note draws limited attention amid broader tensions.
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Washington
United States
Germany
Berlin
Count von Bernstorff
Lansing
State Department
Dunsley
von Bernstorff
Foreign Office
Associated Press
Gerard
Hesperian
French torpedo boat sinks German submarine near Dardanelles
Athens dispatch to the Journal says a French torpedo boat sunk a German submarine off the entrance to the Dardanelles. The French ministry of marine has not confirmed the report.
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Paris
Dardanelles
Athens
Ministry of Marine
Warning to Americans on Mexican crisis worldwide
Washington reports plan changes for a Pan American conference on the Mexican situation due to a conferee illness. Villa leaders and Gen Carranza notes will be reviewed, with policy decisions on recognition not yet made. Foreigners flee northern Mexico while Villa defends Torreon. Letters from San Luis Potosi claim U.S. civil war rumors persist.
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Washington
New “York
Lansing
Carranza
Mexico
Washington Administration
Villa
Roque Gonzalez Garza
Dias
Lombardo
Gen. Angeles
State Department
Carrera Torres
Zaragosa
Nuevo Leon
Springfield
San Luis Potosi
United States
Ietters
Rio Grande
Gen. Obregon
Trench cargo boat Oued Lebow sunk by German submarine
London dispatch reports the 1500 ton Trench cargo boat Oued Lebow has gone down after a submarine torpedo attack. All crew were saved.
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London
Oued Lebow
Movement to draft rural credits bill in joint Grange talks
Oliver Bae son master of the National Grange announces a joint conference of legislative committees and officers of three major American farm groups to draft rural credits legislation for submission to Congress. The Oct. 5 Washington, DC meeting will include National Grange, National Farmers Union, and American Society of Equity representatives.
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Peoria
Til
Oliver Baeson
National Grange
Organizations of America
Washington, D.C
National Farmers’ Union
American Society of Equity
The
Wilson
Congress
United States
Grange
Barrett
Georgia
Parish
Legislative Committee
Society
Rifle Murderer Indicted by Jury
New York September 14 a grand jury indicted a man described as a political leader on the east side for instigating the March murder of Michael Giamari a lieutenant of Thomas F Foley a Tammany leader The indictment withheld his name pending arrest and cites a plot to kill Foley and Representative Daniel Riordan three years earlier The would be assassin was seen at a downtown Tammany club and the rifle is now in the district attorney’s possession Frank Fennimore yesterday pleaded guilty to a share in Giamari’s murder leading to the arrest of four others charged with perjury during Gentano Montimagno’s trial Montimagno awaits the electric chair for the shooting.
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New York
East Side
Michael Giarmari
Thomas F. Foley
A. Tammany
Perkins
Foley
Daniel J. Riordan
Tammany Club
Ome
Frank Fenniniore
Giamari
Gentano Montimagno
Orificial Surgeons Debate New Theory at Chicago Meeting
Dr P D Fair of Munice Ind argues pent up energy causes social strain and says strenuous athletics aid society. Judge George Dridgeman Benton Harbor Mich claims half of criminals under 25 could be cured by orificial surgery, offering choice of operation or jail. Annual dinner and daily clinics mark the association gathering as it adjourns Thursday.
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Chicago
P. D. Fair of
Munice
Ind
American Association of Orificial Surgeons
George Dridgeman
Benton Harbor
Mich
Baltic Port Exposed As German Drive Advances
London reports Berlin states Field Marshal Von Hindenburg's army has taken five thousand prisoners in the last twenty four hours and nears Dvinsk within about thirty miles of Riga. The Baltic port faces threat while Galicia remains active as Russia fights back. Parliament reconvenes after six weeks with no notable action aside from the prime minister's stance against conscription and a vote of credit expected tomorrow.
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London
Dvinisk
Berlin
von. Hendenburg
Dvinsk Fortress
Riga
von’ Hindenburg
Petrograd
Poland
Galicia
Lorian
Women voters convention opens with suffrage fervor
San Francisco reports hundreds of women attend the opening of a women voters convention led by congressional union leaders. Concern grows over opposition attempts to derail the push to amend the constitution for national woman suffrage. A Panama-Pacific exposition luncheon drew over 3,000, with Mrs. Fremont Older and Dr. Yami Kim highlighting cross country and Chinese experiences in women's rights.
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San Francisco
Woman: Voters
C Congressional
Congressional Union
Congress
O.H. P. Belmont
New York
Ilinois Pavilion
Fremont Older
San Francisco Bulletin
Yami, Kim
China
General Lutheran Council adjourns to meet in Philadelphia
The General Lutheran Council adjourned tonight and will reconvene in Philadelphia for the first two weeks of October 1917. The women's missionary society of the General Council will meet in Chicago in 1917 on a date to be fixed, despite a constitution provision tying meetings to the General Council location.
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Rock Island
Ill
General Lutheran’ Council
Philadelphia
Woman's Missionary Society of the General Council
Chicago
General Council
Gibbons and Ahearn Agree to 15 Round New Orleans Bout
In New Orleans on September 14 an announcement said Mike Gibbons of St Paul and Young Ahearn of New York signed for a 15 round welterweight bout in New Orleans the second week in January.
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New Orleans
Mike’ Gibbons
St. Paul
Young Ahearn
New York
Capsizes Wes Onoko sinks off Knife Island in Lake Superior
The steamer Onoko of the Cleveland interests loaded with 110000 bushels of wheat sank nine miles off Knife Island near Duluth after water began leaking under the engines. Captain Dunn and crew escaped in boats, rescued by Standard Oil Renown, with all hands accounted for. Onoko, launched in 1882, was 268 feet long and 2164 gross tons, once a lake pride.
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Duluth
Minn
Steinbrenner
Cleveland
Buffalo
Capitol Elevator Company
Knife Island
W. R. Dunn
Standard Oil
Dunn
G.A
Torlinson
Knife
Great Lakes
Fear disturbances on Independence Day
Laredo Tex Sept 14 Two troops of the Fourteenth U.S. Cavalry arrived this day and one troop was sent to Minera west of Laredo where about a thousand Mexicans are employed in coal mines. Troops will patrol the river front and crossings during the Mexican independence celebration. Gen Ricaud commanding Carranza forces at Nuevo Laredo issued orders that any person starting a disturbance on the Mexican side during the celebration be shot instantly.
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Laredo
Tex
U.S. Cavalry
Minera
Ricaut
Carranza
Nuevo. Laredo
Appropriations Sought Early by City Treasurers
Chicago city treasurer Charles H. Sergel reported that treasurers clerks and commissioners from twelve Illinois cities wrote in support of his proposal to make appropriations during the first three months of the fiscal year. The letters respond to his inquiry about local practices and the push by benefactors to obtain funds after the standard appropriation period. Some residents threaten a mandamus action to compel payment of 574000 against Sergel.
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Chicago
Charles H. Sergel
Illinois
Sergel
Arson Defendants Charged in Third Degree
St Louis report states Harold Gilmore president of Gilmore Bonfly Decorating Company along with Julius R. Bersch and Herbert C. Baker charged with arson in the third degree. Arrests follow Baker’s confession tied to a fire that destroyed the decorating firm weeks ago as part of an alleged arson syndicate.
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ST. Louis
Arsen
Harold G Gilmore
Gilmore-Bonfly Decorating Company
Julius ‘R. Bersch
Bersch Insurance Agency
Herbert C. Baker
Bersch Agency
Baker
Gilmore
Bersch, Baker
Mexican bandits cause patrols and guard duties near Brownsville
Brownsville units rush to San Benito and Lyford amid reports of Mexican bandits. Six bodies found near San Benito, five shot and one floating in the Rio Grande. San Benito jail escape suspected as two dozen locals and Carranza troops tighten patrols ahead of Sept. 16 independence day celebrations.
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Brownsville
Tex
San Benito
Lyford
Here
Rio Grande
Wall Street debates pro German lenders in loan plan
New York financiers discuss inviting pro German and pro allies banks to participate in a billion dollar credit loan for Great Britain and France. Basil Blackett clarifies no firm ban on Kuhn Loeb and Morgan udział. James Hill meets with Kuhn Loeb duo amid speculations on European sympathies and U S commerce needs.
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New York
Great Britain
France
Wall Street
Symst
Germany
United’ States
Commission
Wall :Street
Nota
Ne York
United States
Barking “House of Kuhn, Losb & Company
J. P. Morgan
Pany
Kuhn, Loeb. &.Company
James J. Hill
Northwest
Je P. “Morgan
Morgan
Kuhn, Loeb & Company
Jaco Schiff
Hill
Schiff
Wall ‘Street
Svvaapathiey
Abandon Arrest of Ambassador’s Messenger Reported
Washington officials say the administration dropped plans to arrest J. F. J. Archibald messenger for Ambassador Mumba upon arrival in New York. He will be held for strict questioning, with further action depending on his account.
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J. F. J. Archibald
Mumba
New York
Hird Slain in Street. McDonnell Held as Suspect
In Fort Dodge Iowa on September 14 Charles Hird was stabbed to death after a dispute over the last drink. Police report they are holding George McDonnell as the assailant. The men quarreled and fights led to the fatal stabbing on the street.
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FT. Dodge
Charles Hird
George McDonnell
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Torreon
Juarez
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Teutons
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United States Cavalry
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United States Army Organization
Robert L. Bullard
Harlingen
U. S
la Feria
A. Vv. OP
Anderson
Twelfth Cavalry
O'Donnell
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