Berlin Says French Offensive Weakening Amid Massive Losses
London dispatches report Allied advances while Berlin touts heavy French losses. Crowds at the Harwich pier witnessed tearful reunions as survivors from the sunken British cruisers Aboukir Cressy and Hogue arrived. Dutch steamer Flora saved 287 survivors at Ymuiden, and Captain Voorbarn received praise for rescue efforts.
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Berlin
Harwich
England
Aboutir
Cressy
Hogue
Parkeston
Timates
Shotley Naval Hospital
Aboukir
Méshipmen
Jabe
Ymuiden
Holland
Flora
Voorbarn
Mrs George Thacher Guernsey Seeks D A R President General
Independence Kan Sept 22 Mrs George Thacher Guernsey of Independ ence will be a candidate for president general of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution in 1915 She has been endorsed by the D A R of Kansas and urged by many prominent members nationwide to enter the contest for this office Also mentions a coast rescue at sea with several survivors including the captain of the Hague and Flora bringing more survivors
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Independence
Kan
George Thacher Guernsey
National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution
Kansas
University receives 200000 gift to build music building
Captain Thomas J. Smith of Champaign donates 769 acres valued over 200000 for a university music department building. Dr Edmund J James notes the gift as the largest private contribution to the University of Illinois, enabling a modern facility to advance music education statewide. Smith, Virginia native later active in law and politics, settled in Champaign after military service.
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Urbana
Edmund J. James
University of Ilinois
Thomas J. Smith
Champaign
Champaign County
University of Illinois
Captain Smith
Lulinois
Illinois
Virginia
Logan County
Ohio
Ilinois
Clay County
United States
Smith
McKinley
Tanner
Furious attempt at St Quentin turns the German right
A chaotic World War I dispatch details Allied efforts near St Quentin to turn the German right. Reports claim a Franco British turning move is developing as gains and losses unfold across Europe. Observers note losses at sea and Russian redeployments while German reports claim Verdun bombardment and shifting fronts.
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ST. Quentin
The
Aisne
Jaroslav
Galicia
London
Koenigsberg
North Sea
Flora
German Arts Commission
Berlin
Louvain
Liege
Sayville
Dusseldorf
Cathedral OF
Rheims
von Hindenburg
Kovno
Wirballen
RED Cross
Tanneberg
Washington
Verdun
Paris
Lorraine
French
Domeure
Nomeny
Dilme
Oise
Saint Bausessant
Limey
Servia
Krupanj
Petrograd
Prussia
Germans' death list reaches ten thousand
Berlin reports a casualty list in the western campaign naming Generals Von Wroehem and Von Arbon as dead, Major General Von Trotha also killed, with 5 895 names. Total published losses reach 10 086 dead, 39 760 wounded, 13 621 missing, including 174th infantry heavy losses at Saint Die and Luneville. Prisoners exchange busy. Dom Miguel de Bragance and sons join Austrian army. Canada to provide 200 guns to British forces.
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Berlin
London
von Wroehem
von Arbon
von Trotha
Saint Die
Luneville
Sherman’s plan to go it alone in senate race
Springfield dispatch says Senator Sherman will ignore the Republican state central committee and mount a personal reelection campaign. Walter C. Rosenfield of Rock Island leads organization efforts while Will Colvin of Springfield handles the speakers bureau. Major General Snow among the wounded in Paris. Lillian Russell hospitalized for appendicitis. Britain bans sugar from Holland after trade concerns. Charles E. Rector, famed New York restaurateur, dies.
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Chicago
Springfield
Daily News
Sherman
Republican State Central Committee
Depween
Senate
Walter C. Rosenfield
Rock Island
Will Colvin
Board of Pardons
Weather forecast and astronomical notes for Rock Island area
Fair tonight and Thursday with little temperature change. 7 am temp 47. Highest yesterday 62, lowest night 45. Wind 4 mph, no precipitation, humidity 73 at 7 pm and 87 at 7 am. Water stage five feet, unchanged. Evening stars Mercury Jupiter Venus Mars. Morning star Saturn. Autumnal equinox at 7 26 pm Washington mean time. Venus in conjunction with the moon at 3 19 am one degree north.
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Rock Island
Davenport
Moline
J. M.sherier
Mercury
Jupiter
Venus
Mars
Saturn
Washington
War Now Felt Across World by Presbyterian Reports
Reports from missions worldwide say European war has disrupted commerce everywhere. The church notes no sunlit spot untouched, from Chile’s Indians to Syria’s tribes, by the conflict’s sweeping economic impact.
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Presbyterian Church
New York
Chile
Syria
Burglars Steal Brass at Sylvan Iron and Steel Works
Police arrested Daniel Flynn and Harry McGintley on charges of burglarizing the Sylvan Republic Iron and Steel works at Sylvan Island. About 300 pounds of brass were taken after forced entry. Detectives Art Kinsley and Kirsch nabbed them at Twenty fourth street and Second avenue. Burglary discovered this morning. London news notes Earl Kitchener approves Lloyd George Welsh army plan. Canada to double wheat acreage next year aiding John Bull’s meals.
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Daniel Flynn
Harry McGintley
Sylvan
Canada
John Bull
River bill again up to committee
Washington reports a House Rivers and Harbors Committee meeting to review the Senate substitute bill authorizing 20 million dollars for rivers and harbors. The panel may table the bill, risking flood-prone works, while members discuss adding projects and directing funds. The Senate measure focuses on the Mississippi and includes a report to Congress next session.
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Washington
House Rivers and Harbors Committee
Senate
Secret of War
Chief of Army Engineers
House
House, Rivers and Harbors Committee
Illinois
Chief of Engineers
Mississippi River
Ohio
Congress
Secretary of War
British Admiralty Silent On Submarine Attacks In Raid On Cruisers
London reports three German submarines aided the attack that sank the Aboukir Hogue and Cressy in about 20 minutes. Admiralty denies confirmation that any enemy craft were seen or destroyed while noting 4,000 merchantmen remain in ocean traffic with only 12 lost to capture since the war began.
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Aboukir
Hogue
Cressy
Admiralty
France
Paris
Peronne
St. Quentin
von Kluck
French
the Aisne
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Dom Miguel
Duc de Bragance
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