Recall of Austro-Hungarian envoy Dumba over strike plot
The United States demands the recall of Constantin Dumba the Austro-Hungarian ambassador after he admitted plans to incite strikes in US munitions plants and used an American passport holder Archibald as a secret bearer of dispatches. Secretary Lansing issued the official note from Washington stating Dumba is no longer acceptable and expressing regret to Austria-Hungary. Archibald defends his innocence saying he knew nothing of the letter's contents.
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Penfield
Vienna
Constantin Dumba
United States
Lansing
Department
Archibald
Dumba
Austria-Hungary
U. S
Doctor Dumba
James F. Archibald
Falmouth
U. 8
Uurian
Bethlehem
Middle West
Burian
America
Europe
Albert G Spalding Dies After Sudden Illness at 65
Albert G Spalding sporting goods dealer and famed baseball figure died suddenly at Point Loma near San Diego. A veteran pitcher from forty years ago and former U S Senate candidate, he was sixty five years old.
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San Diego
Cal
Albert G. Spalding
United States
California
Point Loma
Here
Auto Hits Pole Two Dead in Central Park Crash
Two men died and another was fatally injured when their car struck a telegraph pole at Central Park, Ly, on September 9. Police detain a fourth occupant. investigators seek cause.
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New York
Central Park
Funston Orders Army Rule Over Border Civilian Actions
Brownsville reports that Maj. W. A. Hey issued an order placing army officers in command over civilian actions on the river bank to prevent cross border shooting by Texas rangers sheriffs and locals. Two Mexican bandits were killed north of Brownsville and an American captive identified them. Houston dispatch notes 24 cars of US troops with equipment and horses en route to Fort Sam Houston signaling possible drastic federal action on the border.
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United States Army
Rio Grande Valley
Army
Texas Rangers
Washington
W. A. Hey
Frederick Funston
Houston
United States
Fort Sam Houston
Carranza Rejects Foreign Conference on Mexican War
President Carranza bluntly refuses a conference with foreign governments and Latin American states to settle Mexico's internal conflict. Foreign Minister Acuña notes Carranza controls most of Mexico and rejects foreign interference while inviting diplomats to meet at a safe Rio Grande location to discuss recognition of his de facto government. The note claims the country will soon be at peace and praises Carranza’s motives.
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Vera Cruz
Venustiano Carranza
United States
Mexico
Acuna General Carranza
Chihuahua
Morelos
Sonora
Carranza
Rio Grande
Carftanza
Train Hits Auto Kill Four In Johnston City Troupe
Four people were killed and two injured when Chicago & Eastern Illinois No 120 struck an automobile in Johnston City. The dead were A. Brownhall Tom McDonald Harry F. Dixon and A. Brown all from San Francisco. Fatally injured were A. Brown Mooneyham and West Frankfort’s NL. Most victims were San Francisco theatrical troupe members en route to a Johnston City performance.
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Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad
Brownhall
Tom McDonald
Harry FP
Dixon
A. Brown
San Francisco
St. San Francisco
Mooneyham
West Frankfort
San’ Francisco
Zeppelins Bomb London in Most Destructive Raid
London reports the latest Zeppelin raid as the most destructive since the war began. Casualties reached 20 dead and 86 wounded in a night attack on central districts including St James Palace and Westminster Abbey. Berlin confirms heavy fires and extensive damage with no American casualties.
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Westminster Abbey
London
Parliament Buildings
Charing Cross
Berlin
Norwich
Middlesboro
Germans Win in Argonne After Last Push
German crown prince led a final assault in the Argonne, penetrating about a quarter mile along a mile and a quarter front and capturing 1,100 prisoners including 38 officers. Berlin cites 40 machines, eight machine guns, and over sixty mine throwers seized. Paris says French lines held except east of Layon de Biarville where a trench section was captured.
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Argonne
Berlin
Paris
Layon-de-Biiarville
Allies Bankers Seek Big Loan in U S
A six member Anglo French financial commission arrives in New York aboard the Lapland to negotiate a large foreign credit loan. J P Morgan and H P Davison meet them. the effort aims at about 500 million dollars with prominent New York bankers involved. British delegates include Lord Reading and Sir Edward Holden. French reps are Octave Homberg and Ernest Mallet.
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France
Russia
Anglo-French Commission
Lapland
Lord Reading
Burileight
England
Edward Holden
Bart
Henry Babington Smith
Basil P. Blackett
C. B
M. Octave Homberg
M. Ernest Mallet
Banque de France
Fisher Civil War hero and Libby prison escape survivor dies
General Benjamin Franklin Fisher aged eighty one died on his farm near Valley Forge after two years in bed. He served as chief signal officer of the U S Army in the Civil War and was the last survivor among the 19 Union soldiers who tunneled from Libby Prison and returned to Union lines.
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Philadelphia
Benjamin Franklin Fisher
Libby
Washington
Valley Forge
Miners Prepare Wage Demands for New Agreement
United Mine Workers of America informs operators of coal mines that a new bargaining agreement will be discussed next spring. The current contract ends April 1, 1916, and miners plan a 25 percent wage increase, signaling a bitter contest ahead.
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Chicago
Sept. M
United Mine Workers of America
Austrians Capture Dubno in Rail Campaign
Vienna reports major success in disrupting rail lines from Lemberg to Kiev as Austrian forces seize the Russian fortress of Dubno. Petrograd cites a Russian victory in eastern Galicia with 8,000 German troops and 30 guns captured and calls the result a complete German defeat.
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Lemberg
Kiev
Dubno
Petrograd
Galicia
War Office
Danville Saloons Win Agreement on Licenses
Judge Des elm of Kankakee denied the Anti Saloon league an injunction against four Danville saloons now operating. He ruled that unless the city council repeals the saloon ordinance it must issue licenses if saloons comply with requirements, a victory for saloons amid a council split 8 to 6 against them.
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Danville
Deselm
Kankakee
Anti- Saloon League
Gustav Stahl Sentenced for Perjury in Federal Case
Gustav Staal a German reservist who admitted his affidavit on a missing four soldiers was false pled guilty to perjury. Federal Judge Hough sentenced him to 18 months in the federal prison at Avanta and to pay a fine.
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New York
Gustav Staal
Hough
Avanta
Sant Anna Afloat in Distress With 1600 Italian Reservists Aboard
The French steamer Sant Anna is on fire at sea and in need of assistance per a Cape Race wireless report. About 1600 to 1700 Italian reservists are aboard along with substantial merchandise. The ship carried many Italian reservists returning to enlist. at least 20 Americans are said to be on board. The vessel was guarded at the Fabre Line pier in Brooklyn before setting to sea.
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Union News Service
Halifax
N. S
Marine Department
Cape Race
Sant Anna
Fabre Line
Thirty-first Street
Brooklyn
Six Hour Urban Siege Ends in Nelson's Death
In San Francisco police trapped George Nelson a 25 year old foreign suspect in a Los Angeles bank robbery. Sixty officers fired from Bishop Hughes residence and nearby roof tops as dawn came. Nelson was found shot and dead in a rooming house cot with the room scarred by gunfire and debris.
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San Francisco
George Nelson
Los Angeles
Nelson
Edwin H. Hughes
Methodist Episcopal Church
Armenian Baby Auctions Reported in Constantinople
Reports from Bucharest state that 800000 Armenians have been deported from Caesarea Trebizond Erzerum and other Asia Minor cities to inland Turkey. A large portion fail to reach their destination and many women and girls are sent to harems while auctions of Armenian babies from one month to two years old have occurred in Constantinople.
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Milan
Bucharest
Caesarea
Trebizond
Erzerum
Asia Minor
Turkey
Constantinople
Cincinnati Market Prices for Wheat Corn and Livestock
Market listing shows grain values for Wheat Rye Corn Oats and Mill Feed with varying No numbers and prices. Poultry cattle calves and sheep also priced by grade size and weight ranges reflecting shippers and butcher classifications.
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Bologna
Two Tone Aerial Warship Built for Naval Use
Buffalo Nova reports a two ton aerial warship with a seventy five foot plane attached to a gray fish shaped hull. Aviators will observe the first flight of this formidable war machine built for naval use. It has twice the lifting and carrying power of the America and will be driven by two motors delivering 320 power.
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Buffalo
Nova
I T
America
European War Anniversary Reports Mixed Front News
A 1914 roundup recalls actions a year earlier with German repulses at Nancy Luneville and Amiens, battles around the Aisne and Louvain, Russian advances near Lemberg, and Allied retakes in Reims and Amiens. It notes Red Cross shippings, protests, and political calls amid global war upheaval.
World War I brief multi-front movements and actions
German forces strengthened between Berry-au-Bac and Argonne while French units advanced in the Woevre district. Belgians repelled an attack on Ter Monde. Austrians retreated before Russian forces near Cracow as General Rennenkampf checked a German flanking move. Austrian warships shelled Semlin and Belgrade but were repelled by Serb artillery. German Baltic fleets fired on each other by mistake. Prize courts established in England.
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Berry-au-Bac
Argonne
Woevre
Cracow
Rennenkampf
Semlin
Belgrade
Baltic
England
German offensive and Allied resistance across multiple fronts
German forces destroy Termonde and bombard Reims with cathedral damage reported. Battle of the Aisne rages as Germans push center while entrenched at Sam bre. Russians seize Siniava Sambor Kazeshow with German pressure near Suwalki. Seven British hold Nakop, Africa against German attack. Antwerp bombed. President Wilson appeals amid global women and Friends conference.
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Reims
la Ferte
Alest
Rousbrugge
Grodek
Vilna
Grodno
Hungary
Chima
Namaqualand
Kaiser
Louvain
Termonde
the Aisne
Sambre
Suwalki
Nakop
Africa
Antwerp
One on the Wife Cord Misunderstanding Joke
A quip about a cord tied around a finger. The husband asks why and learns his wife meant to remind him to post a letter but forgot to hand him the note. The exchange turns on domestic humor and forgetfulness.
Ruth Recalls Castor Oil With Dreadful Humor
A brief vignette shows Ruth unwell, her mother calling a doctor who prescribes castor oil. Ruth protests with a child’s quip that castor oil is her favorite hate, reflecting simple domestic humor.
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Ruth
Disenchantment Turns to Welcome Mood Says Daily Thought
A pithy reflection on how even the most jaded person can feel revived when the world unexpectedly smiles upon them. The line suggests renewal follows cynicism, a temperate reminder of fluctuating spirits.
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