Kaiser’s Peace Terms redraw Europe and Africa
The Kaiser signals willingness to end the war but with strict terms. He would carve up Europe by demanding Courland from Russia and Serbia split between Austria and Bulgaria, with possible Greek quota, plus autonomy for Finland and a separate Polish kingdom. In Africa he would seize territories from Britain France and Belgium in exchange for peace.
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Europe
Africa
Courland
Germany
Russia
Serbia
Austria
Bulgaria
Greece
Finland
Poland
England
France
Belgium
Early End of War Possible on Allies Terms
London reports growing belief that World War I could end soon on allied terms without a winter in the trenches. Germany appears to seek peace concessions, possibly courting President Wilson and the pope, while Britain insists on Belgium and French territorial liberation and removal of Prussian militarism.
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London
Wilson
William G. Sheppard
United Press
Germany
Great Britain
America
von Tirpitz
United States
Guild Hall
Asquith
England
Belgium
Hope for a peace move from pope prompts cautious Washington talk
Washington officials say Europe discusses terms raised by Germany rather than real peace. The pope's request to President Wilson spurs private hopes a first step toward ending the war may be taken, with no immediate White House action planned.
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Washington
Europe
Germany
Pope
Pope Benedict
Wilson
Cardinal Gibbons
Austria
Rsx
Shanenjoema
Cotton Declared Contraband Shifts South's War Fortunes
Washington dispatch reports cotton deemed contraband of war boosts its value as Britain seeks to curb enemies. W.P.G Hard ing of the Federal Reserve notes the South can store and finance its crop, with potential for high prices and increased demand for cotton in weapon manufacture and allied needs.
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Washington, D. C
Great Britain
W.p.—G Harding
Federal Reserve Board
Washington
Germany
Austria
Nower
Harding
Sve
Ag Cultural Department
Secretary of the Treasury
Birmingham
South
Legislature Set to Adjourn After Busy Session
Alabama legislators anticipate final adjournment on September 20 as bills on tick eradication liquor shipping and dog tax fund progress through committees. The House passed a dog tax and license bill and Hill’s divorce expansion bill advanced after a tense vote with supporters from Sumter Crenshaw Mobile and Crenshaw.
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Montgomee
Alabama
Mr. Goode
Wilcox
Boards of Revenue
Sanitary Board
Montgomery
Mobile
Bill
House
Senate
Lewis
Temperance Committee
Carmichael
Brown
Hill
Messingers
Sumter
Chamberlain
Smith
Crenshaw
Grayson
Darden
Bradshaw
Mr. Hudson
Senator Hill
Canadian Redskin First in London Police Court
Chief Francis Pegahmagow aged 24 from the First Canadian contingent was the first real Indian to enter a London police court. On leave from the trenches he became involved with drink and assaulted a woman on Waterloo Road. The judge discharged him as he was London’s first Indian.
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London
Francis Pegahmagow
Pegahmagow
Waterloo Road
Labor Day Observance Statewide Movement Expected
The article notes Monday September 6 as Labor Day with widespread observance across the country. It describes the holiday as signaling end of summer dullness and the expected return to prosperity in fall, with many employers recognizing the day as a holiday. The Mobile Item plans no editions that day per the Mobile Central Trades Council request.
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Mobile Central Trades Council
Teutonic Forces Expected to Take Riga in Two Weeks
Berlin reports a small German force established on the Dvina river's right bank within 30 miles of Riga. German troops crossed on pontoons amid heavy fighting near Friedrichstadt and Lennewade as Russians retreat and fall back toward Petrograd.
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Berlin
London
Dvina
Riga
Friedrichstadt
Lennewade
War Office
von Beseler
Riga-Dvinsk
Vilna
Petrograd
Mackenzen
Brest-Litovsk
Brest- Litovsk
Czar
Belgium reports heavy fighting along the front
Belgian war office says violent artillery duels raged today near Ramscappelle and Reinenghe as Belgian defenses faced intense combat. The report was issued in an official statement from Havre. A separate note in Rome mentions an autograph letter from Pope Benedict handed to Wilson.
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Front Havre
Ramscappelle
Reinenghe
Belgian War Office
Pope
Wilson
Rome
Pope Benedict
Mobile to gain control of Sand Islands under substitute bill
The substitute Grayson bill authorizes ten year ownership by Mobile of the Mobile bay sand islands created by dredging for harbor improvements. It grants absolute title to the city with rights to docks and port terminals while reserving state power to condemn or regulate charges. The plan drops a twenty year take over provision and aligns House support.
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Montgomery
Ala
Mobile
House
Senate
Grayson
Land Islands
Mobile Bay
Attorney General Bill Clear on Counsel and Travel Costs
The bill, favored by the house finance and taxation committee, allows the attorney general to hire assistants for law enforcement with governor consent. Traveling expenses for these aides may be paid from the state treasury, tightening executive oversight.
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Montgomery
Ala
House Finance and Taxation Committee
Electric Chair for North Carolina Negro Convicted
Wylie Brice, a Negro, was tried near Charlotte for assaulting the daughter of Dr. R. Z. Query near his home nine miles from the city. He was convicted and declared by the defendant to face the electric chair. Weather notes follow from Washington with brief Alabama and Mississippi forecasts.
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Charlotte
N.C
Wylie Brice
R. Z. Query
Battles with Mexican forces near Hidalgo intensify border clashes
Reported clashes along a Rio Grande front of about a mile and a half result in at least twenty five Mexicanos killed. Private John Salvin of Troop D is wounded. Rangers, county officers and citizens assist Captain J McCoy’s cavalry as civilians form improvised guards. The aviation squad aids operations locating bands of Mexicans. Seven Mexican soldiers were killed near Madra Hidalgo county.
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Brownsville
Texas
Hidalgo
Rio Grande
John Salvin
Third Cavalry
J.mccoy
San Diego
United States
Mexico
Madra
Hidalgo County
Washington Officials See Little in Trouble
Washington reports indicate the end of the administration's watchful waiting in Mexico with a possible next week move to refine the border situation and a call for another Pan American conference. Carranza is nearing a reply to the peace plea as Latin Americans await a proposal.
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Washington
Mexico
Carranza
R Department
Pattle
Genwee Funston
Funnston
What Germany Wants as a Basis for Peace
J W Mason outlines Germanys peace aims in a U P report from New York on Sept 4 The article notes Germany seeks freedom of the seas freedom of Poland and of the town and cites Vatican and German embassy influence Analyzing possible terms it discusses reconciling wartime aims with Allied expectations and the economic cost of the war including per day losses and potential strategic gains such as Constantinople and postwar commerce.
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Germany
J. W. Mason
United Press
New York
Vatican
Rome
Washington
Wilson
Cardinal Gibbons
Poland
Plo
Constantinople
Asia Minor
Grodno
Huge Japanese Army Sent to Aid Russians in War Effort
New York dispatch reports merchants claim Japan sent a division of 500000 to 750000 troops to Russia to halt the German advance on Petrograd. Baron Hayashi in Paris is cited and the claim is tied to Japan's broader wartime aid. In Plattsburg, Major General Leonard Wood urged loyalty to the president and to the armed forces.
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New York
Japan
Russia
Petrograd
Baron Hayashi
Paris
Wood
Plattsburg
N. Y
Army
Navy
National Guard
Leonard Wood
Plattsburg Camp
Huge Elevator Burned in Norfolk at Dawn Fire
Norfolk reports a large fire destroying Chesapeake and Ohio grain elevtor at Newport News and damaging two British and one American merchant ship. No lives lost and reports of eight deaths denied. The Newport News blaze damaged Elevator A and offices as firefighters gained control by early morning.
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Norfolk
Chesapeake and Ohio
Newport News
Chesapeake and Railway
George Seifert Funeral Notice
Entered into rest September 4 1915 at 9 30 p m George Seifert. Friends of the family are requested to attend his funeral from his late residence 256 Augusta Street tomorrow Monday at 3 30 p m and St Johns Episcopal Church at 4 o clock. Interment in Magnolia Cemetery.
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Seifert
George Seifert
Augusta Street
St. John's Episcopal Church
Magnolia Cemetery
Lost items scattered through city prompt several recovery rewards
A jumble of lost notices lists a white pointer dog with liver spots at 956 Dauphin St and a Cedar Tennessee postal return, a Fortner address letter between Hammels and Nolia Range Co, a Henry metre passbook at Bank of Cochum, a missing item at Sigler's store Oakdale, and a diamond ring combination pin with a Bell 3043 contact.
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J. W
Little
Dauphin St
Fortner
Hammel's
Nolia’ Range Co
Cedar
Tennessee
Henry
Bank of Cochum
Baltimore
Street Bay Avenue
Oakdale
Lady's
Design
Sigler’s
Liberal
Bell Phone
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