American financiers clash over foreign loan question
Anglo French finance chiefs and U S bankers quarrel over whether a global loan should fund all exports or include munitions of war. Disputes center on Russia’s role, loan rate, underwriting, and whether to pay bankers fees. A 5 percent cap and open syndicate plan emerge as common ground, with pro German banks eyeing munitions inclusion.
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New York
The
Commission
Atlantic
United States
Russia
Great Britain
France
London
England
Paris
J. P. Morgan, and Company
New York City
Kuhn, Loch and ‘Company
Churchill Speech Signals Coalition Strain On Conscription
London sept 17 Winston Churchill chancellor of the duchy of lancaster spoke to the public marking the first cabinet member's talk since conscription rumors. He warned against artificial divisions and urged unity while acknowledging Allied strains and recent battles in France Flanders and the Dardanelles. He said Britain could still win the war if the nation uses its full strength and defends liberties of Europe.
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London
Winston
Churchill
Duchy of Lancaster
Enfield
France
Flanders
Dardanelles
Great Britain
Mr. Churchill
Europe
Hyphen Denounced by State Official
St Louis Sept 17 Treut Gov O Hara of Illinois denounced hyphenated Americans in a speech to Spanish War Veterans. He warned nationalist societies in many cities serve promoters not nations and do not aid Ireland Germany Scandinavia Britain or the United States.
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ST. Louis
O'Hara
Illinois
Ireland
Germany
Scandinavian
Great Britain
United States
Illinois cattle shipments barred by Pa stock board
Harrisburg Pa Sept 17 The State livestock sanitary board barred importation of cattle into Pennsylvania from eight Illinois counties because of foot and mouth disease. Shipments from the restricted area may be shipped only for immediate slaughter to federally inspected establishments or where the state permits.
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Harrisburg
State Livestock Sanitary Board
Pennsylvania
Illinois
Canadian Explorer Stefansson Alive Returns From Arctic Quest
The Canadian government Arctic expedition led by Stefansson, which set out from Victoria in 1913 and later from Alaska in 1914, is reported alive. Peary confirms Stefansson may have found new land near Banks and Patrick’s Land, with the crew enduring hardships and several deaths prior to this news.
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Vilhjalmur
Stefansson
Victoria
B. C
Alaska
Ruby
Herschel Island
Stéfansson
Banks Land
North Pole
Gore
Anderson
Mackenzie Delta
Daniel Blue
Wrangelle Island
Mackenzie
Portland
Robert E. Peary
Vilhjalmur Stafansson
Patrick's Land
Admiral Peary
Dumba Visits Von Bernstorff Amid Recall Talk
Dr. Constantin T. Dumba Austro Hungarian ambassador met Count Von Bernstorff at his hotel for over an hour. Dumba would not discuss the visit, saying only he planned to return to Lenox Massachusetts. Von Bernstorff said no conference occurred and no travel plans to Vienna were made. steamship offices reported no reservations for Dumba.
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New York
Constantin T. Dumba
Wilson
Count von Bernstorff
Dunibalef
Lenox
Mass
von Bernstorff
Dr. Dumba
Vienna
Dumba
Vilna in the balance as artillery fire roils city
From Petrograd Reuters dispatch a report says Vilna fate hangs in the balance as cannonading continues day and night. Bombing planes are active with three shot down recently. Government institutions evacuated, factories moved, thousands of workers departed, prices doubled, and newspapers halted publication.
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London
Reuter
Petrograd
Vilna
Official Description of Last Zeppelin Raid on London
An impartial official description details the effects of the recent Zeppelin raid on London. It notes private property suffered most, many victims were non combatants, including women and children, and two police and one army service corps member were among the casualties. The report cites German misjudgments and emphasizes safety rules restricting local detail.
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London
Home
John Simon
Home Secretary
S& Letter
Admiralty
Balfour
Looge
Japan
Army Service
Gerard Posts Conference With Jagow Over Submarine Policy
Berlin via London Sept 17 The American ambassador James W Gerard met Foreign Minister Gottlieb von Jagow amid tension over the Arabic sinking and talks to ease submarine policy Differences in notes have faded and informal talks are seen as likely to align U S and German positions, with testimony on the Arabic to be considered in conversations to check captain’s actions.
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Berlin
London
James W. Gerard
Germany
Gottlieb von Jagow
White Star Line
Washington
United States
Jane Addams Peace Commission Proposal
Chicago September 17 an international commission of United States and neutral European nations would seek end to the European war. Miss Jane Addams drew up a resolution representing results of her Hague trip. Copies will be mailed to public figures and societies. Louis Lochner Jacob Dickinson and international law experts reportedly approve and offer aid to form the commission.
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Chicago
United States
Europe
Jane .Addams
Louis ‘P. Lochner
National Peace Federation
Jacob M. Dickinson
Washington
Miss Addamy
American science men return to Nome in Arctic expedition
Five Smithsonian Institution naturalists Copley Amorant Benjamin Alexander Randmarke and Alfred Anderson plus photographer Harold Wicke left Seattle in June 1914 under Johann Korean and returned to Nome aboard the Eagle from the Siberian coast. Other expedition members remain in Siberia for another winter of scientific investigations.
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Nome
Smithsonian Institution
Seattle
Johann Korean
Arctic
Eagle
Siberian
Copley, Amorant
Benjamin Alexander
Alexander Randmarke
Alfred’ Anderson
Harold Wickeoff
Siberia
Cedar Rapids Bank Cashier Indicted
Cedar Rapids, Ia Sept 17 Leo Ly Perrin former teller of Cedar Rapids National Bank was indicted by the county grand jury on embezzlement charges. He claimed the bank was robbed on Aug 4 by a lone bandit of about 20 000. He then confessed to using the money over two years in real estate speculations.
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Cedar Rapids
Leo Ly Perrin
Cered Rapids National Bank
Chicago Aviator Killed In Plainview Crash
Plainview Texas Sept 17 Joseph Pendhyn a Chicago aviator was dashed to earth and probably fatally injured when his plane capsized in a gust of wind as he completed a flight a lone witness said the craft fell to the ground in the air and was destroyed by the crash and fire at the scene
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Chicago
Plainview
Tex
Joseph Pendhyn
German advances threaten Dvinsk and Vilna in war report
News from London Sept 17 describes Von Hindenburg's forces driving a wedge into Russia's defenses along the Dvina line. Vidzy is occupied about 20 miles east, with Dvinsk and Vilna at risk. Russia aims to delay rather than stop the German push as Galicia remains contested and Europe weighs political moves on Romania and the Gallipoli front.
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London
von Hindenburg
Dvinsk-Vilna
Vidzy
Russia
Dvinsk
Dvina
Pinsk
Pripit
Kovel
Galicia
Roumania
Greece
Gallipoli
Perthes
England
David Lloyd George
Winston Spencer Churchill
Curzon and Lansdowne
Andrew Bonar Law
Walter Hume Long
Austen Chamberlain
Earl of Selborne
Edward Carson
Asquit
Lord
Cold Cost Chicago Money
Chicago’s cold summer has cost outdoor amusement proprietors about 500000. Summer garden owners estimate a 250000 drop in 1915 credit versus 1914. Picnic parks and bathing beaches lose a quarter of a million. Midway gardens with thick brick walls fared better but closed August 1.
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Chicago
Midway Gardens
Midway
Two Clashes Across Rio Grande Involving U S Troops
Reports from Brownsville and Donna describe two Mexican and American engagements along the Rio Grande today. American cavalrymen repelled attacks by about 900 Mexicans near Donna, and 20 mounted troops later engaged near Brownsville with no American casualties reported.
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Brownsville
Texas
Rio: Grande
Donih
Carranza
Matamoras
A. P.blocksom
Fort ‘Brown
Funston
San Antonio
E. P. ‘Nafarrate
Johnson
Col. 2 Chapa
Senor Diego
Biosom
Diego
Blocksom
E. L.N. Glass
Troe Third Cavalry
The
Glass
Cot. Chapa
River Patent
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Jane Adams
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