Anglo French American loan plan announced in New York
The Anglo French financial mission and American bankers announced a definite plan for a $500,000,000 five year loan to Britain and France. Bonds would be five percent, payable jointly by the two governments, issued at 98 with a 54 percent yield to investors. J. P. Morgan & Co. would form the syndicate to sell the bonds to the public, with denominations as low as $100 and installment payments allowed. Russia will not participate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Anglo-French Financial. Commission
Great Britain
France
J. P. Morgan’ and Company
San Financial Houses
Henry Babington
Smith
Commission
Lord Reading and
America
J. P. Morgan and c Company
Annessely
Russia
Henry P. Davison
J. P. Morgan and Company
Henry
Agreed On One Juror In Munday Trial
At the Munday conspiracy trial in Grundy County the court delayed a new venire while considering a deputy sheriff and bailiff plan. Judge Stough postponed a decision on juror seating, with two jurors accepted by both sides and one reserved for possible excusal. The session closed with no extension expected tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. J. Raber
Grundy County
Henry J. Hendrickson
Tomor
William R. Ferguson
George A. Hall
Rockefeller Plans Industrial Uplift After Colorado Visit
John D. Rockefeller Jr spent a day at Colorado Fuel and Iron in Denver meeting with officers and southern California staff to frame plans for industrial improvement and related financial matters. To unwind, he chartered a sightseeing car for a city drive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
John D. Rockefeler, Jr
Colorado Fuel and Iron Company
Rockefeller
Colorado
Southern
California
Cits
Missouri Bar Association opens annual convention with Sutherland speaking
Several hundred leading Missouri judges and lawyers gathered in Kansas City for the opening of the State Bar association annual convention. The event will wrap up Thursday evening with a banquet headlined by United States Senator Sutherland as the principal speaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sutherland
Kansas City
Missouri Bench
State Bar Association
United ” States
British press publishes detailed western front dispatches
London reports reveal and censor highly detailed notes from British headquarters covering the first three days of the battle that began Saturday. Correspondents note elaborate preparations, German prisoners from eastern Germany, and airmen contributing to the attack by disrupting enemy lines.
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London
Loos
Daily Mail
Artois
Champagne
Lens
The
Times
Germany
Flanders
France
Aisne
Neuve Chapelle
Republican Leaders Meet in St. Louis Banquet
Republican leaders from across Missouri gathered in St. Louis for a banquet sponsored by state and city committees as a prelude to the 1916 campaign. The event featured talks by United States Senator John W. Weeks James R. Mann and James Watson. Officials planned conferences on potential state and national tickets with no formal announcements made.
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ST. Louis
Missouri
United States
John W. Weeks
Massachusetts
James R. Mann
Ilinois
James Watson
Indiana
Church Efficiency Congress Opens in Hot Springs
The first Church Efficiency congress of the Southern Presbyterian church opened in Hot Springs Ark on September 28 and will run through Saturday. Prominent religious workers attend as representatives of the Mississippi, Texas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama and Arkansas synods. Rev Dr J Ross Stevenson moderates the speakers list.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hot Springs
Ark
Southern Presbyterian Church
Mississippi
Texas
Oklahoma
Missouri
Kentucky
Tennessee
Alabama
Arkansas
J. Ross Stevenson
Northern Presbyterian General Assembly
Judge Accepts Resignation of Railroad Co-Receiver
In Chicago on September 28 Judge George A. Carpenter in the U.S. district court accepted the resignation of H. A. Mudge as co receiver of the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific Railroad and appointed him chief executive officer for the receiver.
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Chicago
George A. Carpenter
United States District Court
H. A. Mudge
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad
British and French claim gains around Loos and Souchez
A Paris London transmitted official dispatches describe heavy fighting near Loos with British forces capturing the German second line and advancing toward the third. More than three thousand prisoners, twenty one guns, and forty machine guns seized, with prominent redoubts Hy the Hohe Zollern and Kaiser Wilhelm. French sources report gains east of Souchez and north of Masiges, including around a hundred prisoners and eight hundred more in Champagne.
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London
France
Loos
John French
Hohenzollern
Kaiser Wilhelm
Tan
Betaume
Achiet-Le-Grand
Paris
Souchez
Masiges
War Office
Argonne
Threat to Cross Boundary from Mexican Border
Washington reports acute border tension in the Brownsville area as Major General Funston signals a mountain artillery unit to Progreso Texas to deter a 500 bandit raid. Col Blocksom warns of independent bands and possible cross-border action if Carranza delays. Justice officials investigate border agitators blamed on ex followers of Jesus Flores Magon and outside funders.
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Washington
Brownsville
War Department
Funston
Progreso
Texas
Blocksom
Col. Blocksom
Garrison
International Line
Department, of Justice
Carranza
San Antonio
Department of Justice
Mayor Bell defense uses witness as character evidence
Indianapolis trial reports state witness Emsley W. Johnson, a ten year acquaintance of Mayor Joseph Bell, testified to his excellent character while undermining claims about voter intimidation. He described a crowded polling line at Tenth precinct Fourth ward and noted arrests of three Black voters, with voters delayed at closing polls in June.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Joseph E. Bell
Bell
Emsley W. Johnson
Herry Spaan
A. J. Buckner
Johnson
Charles Brinkley
Num‘ber
Glass Plant to Rise in Henrietta Texas
Henrietta Texas September 28 Oklahoma capitalists contract for a thirty six blower window glass factory to be built in Henrietta. The plant will provide employment for about two hundred workers and establish the town as a glass manufacturing center in the gas field region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henrietta
Texas
Oklahoma
Accidental Death in Sterling Bakery Incident
Otto Engel, an employee at a Sterling bakery, was instantly killed when he became entangled in a bread mixer. The accident occurred on the night of September 28 and is under investigation by local authorities.
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Sterling, Ill
Otto Engel
Recall of Austrian envoy Dumba ends with safe conduct
Washington Sept 28 Dr Constantine T Dumba Austrian ambassador to the United States has been recalled by his government and the state department arranging safe conduct on a steamer from New York to depart Oct 5. Amb Penfield Vienna conveyed Dumba's request for safe conduct after recall was announced, ending the incident and severing official ties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Constantin T. Dumba
United States
State Department
New-York
Polk
Penfield
Vienna
Dumba
Ambassador Penfield
Foreign ‘ Office
Dr. Dumba
Baron Barian
Baz
Burian
Lenox
Mass
Oeerican
Italian Warship Benedetto Brin Destroyed by Fire
A fire and explosion aboard the Italian battleship Benedetto Brin killed Rear Admiral Ernesto Rubin de Cervin and others. Seventy-nine marines were saved so far. the vessel’s last complement was 720 with a 13,427 ton displacement. The ship, completed in 1904, carried four 12 inch guns and other armament, reaching about twenty one and a half knots.
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Paris
BSN
Havas
Bridisi
Benedetto Brin
Rubin
de’ Cervin
Barort
Ernesto Rubin de Cervin
Washington Welcomes Civil War Vets at Grand Army Encampment
President Watson greeted Civil War veterans in Washington as the Grand Army of the Republic opened its annual encampment. He praised their unity and sacrifice, urged support for national progress, and noted the war’s lasting impact on the nation’s spirit and unity.
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Washington
Grand Army of the Republic
Watson
David .J. ‘Palmer
G.A. R
United States
Parac
Tomorro
G. Ay Ri
United State
Wwe
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Cook County
Munday Bank
Gurtain
Weeks
Mann
Church Efficiency Congress
Kaiser
Massiges
Ine
le Pretre
Ban de Sapt
Grand Review
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