Signing of Peace Treaty With England France China and Spain
In Washington a peace treaty signing ceremony featured diplomats including Senor Don Juan Riano Spanish Ambassador J J Jusserand French Ambassador William Jennings Bryan Secretary of State Sir Cecil Arthur Spring-Rice British Ambassador Kai Fu Shah Chinese Minister and Secretaries Daniel Gregory Redfield McAdoo Burleson Houston Garrison and Wilson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senor
Don Juan Riano
J. J. Jusserand
William Jennings Bryan
Cecil Arthur Spring-Rice
Kai Fu Shah
Daniel, Gregory
Redfield
McAdoo
Burleson
Houston
Garrison
Wilson
Engineer Jones Reports Sight of Man at Klondyke Switch
Meridian Mississippi reports a new confirmation from Livingston that Engineer Jones saw a man throw the switch blamed for yesterday’s wreck. Jones recalled clearly after being removed that he saw a man and spoke his observation in the station’s presence.
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Jones
Meridian
Miss
Livingston
Klondyke
Birmingham
Hattie Bollinger
Baltimore
J. H. Fallon
C. T. Fallon
South Carolina
Ala
Interstate Commerce Commission
Alabama Great Southern Railroad
E. B. Kay
Alabama Railroad Commission
Morris Sues Crenshaw Davis Over False Arrest Damages
W C Morris files suit in Birmingham against Police Chief F W Crenshaw and J E Davis for 5000 damages alleging false arrest and public humiliation after being mistaken for a Mobile suspect. Case cites arrest during false pretenses charge and resulting pain, reputational harm, and embarrassment.
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W. C. Morris
Birmingham
F. W. Crenshaw
J. E. Davis
Palmer
Morris
Crenshaw
Davis
Mobile Police Department
Mobile
Texas
German Army Corps Move to Russian Front
The Daily Telegraph says eight German army corps have left France and Belgium for the Russian frontier. Reports from Pola claim telegraph and telephone wires are cut and bombs dropped on Austrian barracks, with mines found in the canal to the arsenal. Russians report cannons captured reaching 1000 as Rennenkampf halts the German advance.
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London
The
Daily Telegraph
France
Belgium
Rome
Paris
Pola
Austria
Petrograd
Rennenkampf
Vienna
Drohobycz
Lemberg
Cracow
Przemysi
Ruzsky
Brussiloff
Galicia
150 000 Men Lost in the Marne Fighting
Paris reports from September 19 state official figures on casualties are unavailable for the long Marne front. Unofficial counts from wounded soldiers and prisoners suggest Allied losses near 50 000 and German losses near 100 000, though exact totals await compilation.
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Marne
Paris
Associated Press
The
Waterway Fight in Senate Over River and Harbor Bill
The senate fight over the rivers and harbors bill showed signs of a break as Republicans filibustered. President Wilson favored abandoning the bill and substituting a resolution to appropriate 12 to 15 million dollars to continue only projects under way, rather than the 53 million originally proposed.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate
Wilson
Bankhead backs lump sum for rivers and harbors plan
Washington reports Senator Bankhead urged the senate commerce committee to trim the rivers and harbors bill to a 20 million dollar lump sum with army engineers choosing funded projects. Lock and dam No 17 on the Black Warrior in Alabama is expected to be included, with Burton of Ohio signaling support for Black Warrior.house acceptance remains uncertain but aides expect GOP to push river and harbor legislation this session to avoid defeat.
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Washington
Bankhead
Senate Commerce Committee
Army Engineers
Black Warrior
Alabama
Burton
Ohio
House
Six Alabama bottlers cited for pure food law violations
Notices were sent to six Alabama bottling companies to appear before Attorney General Robert C. Brickell on September 24 to answer charges of alleged violations of state pure food laws. The hearing will be held in the offices of the commissioner of agriculture with Commissioner Capt. R. F. Kolb present.
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Montgomery
Alabama
Robert C. Brickell
CG. H. Billingsley
Commissioner of Agriculture
Capt
R. F. Kolb
Destruction Deepens at Mondement in Marne Battle
London reports from Sezanne dated September 19 describe the second day of the Marne battle as a scene of devastation with mass graves and ruined villages. The Mondement chateau sees four days of fierce fighting as Germans and French clash amid shellfire and hand to hand combat.
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Marne
Mondement
Sezanne
Louis XIV
Oyes
Villanne
Chatillon
Soizy-aux Bois
LULL MARKS TITANIC ARTILLERY QUES AND TREMENDOUS
London dispatch reports British and French belief that the German right in northeastern France is yielding and a battle of the Aisne may follow the Marne. Front lines stretch about 150 miles with armies exhausted and in deep water-logged trenches awaiting a wedge through to end the strain. Continued on page seven.
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London
France
The
Aisne
Marne
William
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England
China
Spain
Clinehinst
Russia
Brickell
Sezarnne
Department of Marne
Epernay
Times
Baye
Aisne—Paris
Berlin
Mans
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