Mexican Border Pact Drafts Open With Carranza Endorsement Sought
Atlantic City N J five weeks of talks yield a compromise plan to withdraw American troops gradually from Mexico station detachments at vulnerable border points and allow Mexican troops along rail lines and near American mining farms to protect operations. Mexicans to rescind tax decrees hit by American property owners while Carranza’s endorsement is awaited and Lansing consulted.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Carranza
Lansing
Council of the American
Mexico
United States
Four Die In Bootleg Raid In Cumberland Mountains
In a clash between bootleggers and a force under Sheriff Livingston near the Kentucky line, a woman and a man were killed and two other men mortally wounded. Mrs Allen Huddleston and Schuyler Hicks died, Allen Huddleston and Clifton Beaty mortally wounded, Sherman Crabtree deputy slightly wounded. Jamestown report.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Cumberland Mountains
Kentucky
Livingston
Fentress County
Jamestown
Allen Huddleston
Schuyler Hicks
Clifton Beaty
Sherman Crabtree
Night riders shoot woman in Oklahoma City ambush
Mrs. Cecil Mattoon wife of a noted local cotton broker was shot through the body and seriously wounded near her home as masked night riders raided the residence. Mattoon fired back as horsemen rode around the house during the attack.
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Oklahoma City
Cecil Mattoon
Mattoon
Strike at Standard Oil Plant in Bayonne
Armed policemen guard the Standard Oil plant in Bayonne New Jersey where a strike was called affecting more than 38,000 workers. Strikers demand wage increases of 20 to 30 percent.
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Bayonne
N. J
Standard Oil Co
Germany Interns Rumanians in Concentration Camps
Berlin reports that British interned civilians are joined by Rumanians living in Germany who are being placed in concentration camps by the German government, along with the British internees.
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Berlin
Germany
Wisconsin Legislature Meets in Special Session for Mail Voting Law
Madison Wisconsin lawmakers convened in a special session to pass a law allowing Wisconsin soldiers on the border to vote by mail. The move aims to secure voting access for service members stationed near the border amid ongoing tensions.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
Japanese Ship Owner Visits Panama For Study
Japanese ship owner Sekutada Ito, president of the Toyo Steamship Co., Japan, has arrived in Panama and will spend a week there studying local conditions.
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Panama
Sekutada Ito
Toyo Steamship Co. of
Japan
Railroad Builder Dies in Memphis at 76
Memphis Tennessee obituary notes Capt. C. L. Harris a pioneer of the Gulf and Ship Island Railroad. He served for years as its general manager and died at age 76.
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Memphis, Tenn
C. L. Harris
Gulf & Ship Island Railroad
Ambassador Page Arrives in London With Family
Walter Hines Page the American ambassador to the court of St James arrived in London with Mrs Page and their son and daughter for a diplomatic visit marking a return to the British capital.
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Ambassador Page
London
Walter Hines Page
Court of St. James
One U-Boat in Sundays Raid New England Waters
Newport Rhode Island reports say a single German U-boat, U 53, conducted the Sunday raid off Nantucket. Six known deaths stand as victims while wrecks included three other ships. Kingstonian crew survived, possibly picked up by an eastbound vessel. Navy officers warn renewed fear of submarine supply networks.
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Newport
R. I
Nantucket
Gleaves
Todal Gix
Kingstonian
Strathdene
Boston
Mass
United States
Nantucket Shoals
United States Atlantic Fleet
Kingston
Kansen
New York
Gendughe
Procaddi
Strathdene Sunk After Berlin Submarine Attack
Captain Wilson reports the British steamship Strathdene was fired on by a German submarine off Nantucket. Thirteen shots were fired before the vessel sank with 33 crew members who had not yet reached lifeboats. The commander said no warning was received.
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Kingstonian
Strathdene
New York City
Nantucket
Wilson
Baptists in Missouri Church Debt Eliminated
Kansas City Missouri reports the statewide Baptist organization is now debt free with a surplus of 1800 dollars, the first time in almost a century of its history.
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Kansas City
Baptist Church In
Missouri
Wife of bank cashier ends life in Bloomington
Lavin Laning, wife of the First National Bank of Petersburg cashier, Bloomington, Illinois, fatally shot herself. A note found after the tragedy indicated she was despondent.
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Bloomington
Lavin Laning
First National Bank of
Petersburg
Ill
Osborne Resigns as Sing Sing Warden
Buffalo, N Y James M Carter state superintendent of prisons announces the resignation of Thomas Mott Osborne from his post as warden of Sing Sing prison in New York.
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Osborne
Buffalo
N. Y
Thomas Mott Osborne
Sing Sing
James M. Carter
Villistas Near Pershing Line Reported at Galena
A band of Villa followers is reported at Galena within 10 miles of the Punitive Expedition line of communication between Field Headquarters in Mexico and El Valle, Pershing's southern camp.
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Mex
Galena
el Valle
German ace Boelke downs thirtieth enemy plane
Capt Boelke, renowned German aviator, reportedly shot down his thirtieth enemy aircraft on the Somme front according to the war bulletin.
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Berlin
Boelke
Somme
German Rail Wreck Kills Eleven in Collision
An Amsterdam dispatch to Central News Agency reports eleven people died and sixteen were injured in a railway collision between Schneidemuhl and Berlin.
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London
Schneidemuh
Berlin
Amsterdam
Chinch-Bug Invasion Highlighted by Illinois Circular
State Entomologist Forbes summarizes the chinch-bug outbreak from 1900 to 1915 in Illinois counties Madison Macoupin Montgomery and Fayette. Losses on corn wheat and oats in 1914 reached 6.44 million dollars with total direct damages estimated at 13 million dollars over six years. The report details protective barriers and economic benefits, and lists Illinois delegates to a tuberculosis conference in Louisville Kentucky.
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Springfield
Forbes
Macoupin
Bond
Madison
Fayette
Montgomery
Agricultural Experiment Station
University of Dlinois
Washington County
Randolph County
Adams
Cumberland
Coles
Doctor Forbes
Doctor Fouerber
Bend
Centennial film plan for History of Witness in state cinema
The Winos centennial commission endorses a $400,000 plan to film the History of Witness from 1818 to 1918. Publicity director J M Page says major film companies will cover production costs, creating on-screen recitations of pivotal state events from Starved Rock to Lincoln and Grant.
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Harvester
Thresher
Cnnoe
Maols
Hugh S. Magill, Jr
Winos Centennial Commission
J. M. Page
Starved Tock
Wood River
Lovejoy
Alton
Chicago
Black Hawks
Lincoln
Lfe
Grant
Primary vote totals from Cook county canvass
The state canvassing board announced the primary results. Republican governor candidates Frank O. Lowden led with 227,443 votes, Morton R. Hull 117,229, and Frank L. Smith 76,287. Democrat Gov. Edward F. Dunne had 151,763, Brinton 65,689, Traynor 21,105. Lieutenant Governor O'Hara lost by 5,920 to H. W. Huttman.
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Cook County
Frank O. Lowden
Morton R. Hull
Frank L. Smith
Edward F. Dunne
Brinton
Traynor
O’hara
H. W. Huttman
Investigation of Cairo division passenger service by state utilities
The state public utilities commission will, on its own motion, investigate Big Four rail passenger service. A hearing is set in Cairo on October 16 to determine if service is sufficient amid several complaints on the Cairo division.
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Hainois
Civil Service Commission
Massachusetts Civil Service System
Ward R. Robinson
Illinois Civil Service Commission
Massachusetts
Robinson
Illinois Commission
Big Four Road
State Public Utilities Commission
Carmi
Cairo
Railcar Hold Question Referred to Railway Association
In reply to a telegram from the state public utilities commission the interstate commerce commission says it has referred the matter to the American Railway association. The association has been asked to state the conditions and why the cars are being held after being sent east.
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State Public Utilities Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission
American Hailway Association
Increase in Illinois state bank resources on Sept 18
Auditor Brady reports a rise of 9 541 110 dollars in the resources of Illinois state banks as of September 18, beyond the July 1 total. Three additional state banks were licensed in the period.
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Ilinois
Auditor of Public Accounts
Brady
Plague Restrictions Lifted By State Health Board
State health board ends restrictions on schools and public gatherings in Dewitt Pratt Macon and Moultrie counties due to infantile paralysis outbreak, lifting controls as local risk subsides. Redistribution of authority signals return to normal operations for public venues and educational sites.
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State Board of Health
Dewitt
Pratt
Macon
Moultrie
Britain sees no bias in postwar commerce and aims for common sense business
London corridors report Lord Robert Cecil insists Britain will keep neutral trade separate, deny plans to bar American commerce after the war, and emphasizes that relations with the New World remain vital. He says measures are distinct and not aimed at hindering neutral nations while defending British interests.
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New World
London
United States
Robert Cecil
Robert
Bain
Lord Robert
Exports Show Big Increase in U S Trade
Washington reports a massive rise in U S exports. Eight months into the year shows gains over the entire 1914 fiscal year with Greece up 2200 percent Russia 900 percent Norway 840 percent and France 240 percent. The eight month trade balance stands at about 1.73 billion dollars in favor of the United States.
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Washington
United States
Department of Commerce
Greece
Russia
Norway
France
Denmark
Italy
United Kingdom
Sweden
Cuba
Japan
Department
Eight Hour Day Push For Women Workers in Chicago
The Women s Trade Union League of Chicago along with Kansas City St Louis and Springfield MI began a three day meeting. Speakers urged extending the eight hour day to all women workers.
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Chicago
Women’s Trade Union League of
Kansas City
St. Louis
Springfield
Britain extends embargo to cotton knit goods
Washington report from Consul General Skinner in London states Britain has broadened its prohibition on imports to the United Kingdom to include cotton knit goods, tightening trade restrictions.
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U. S
Washington
Skinner
London
Department of Commerce
Great Britain
United Kingdom
Two Die In Race Fight Near Ni Hill
In Meagher county along the Great Northern Railroad near Ni hill several black men allegedly shot three white men, killing two.
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Billings
Mont
Nihill
Great Northern
Meagher County
Redmond Denounces Conscription in Ireland Speech
Waterford Ireland John Redmond Irish leader denounces proposal to enforce conscription as "the most fatal thing that could happen" in a speech here.
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Redmond
Waterford
Ireland
John Redmond
Submarines Bring War To U S Coast Across War Opened
German submarine U-53 appeared at Newport News last Saturday and departed after dispatching notices. Nine ships sunk near Nantucket. three submarines active off the coast. US destroyers arrive with survivors totaling 216 aboard from sunken vessels. no confirmed American deaths. President Wilson expresses concern while awaiting full particulars.
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Washington, D. C
Newport News
Newport
R. I
Ericsson
Nantucket
Hay
Biidoe
Iftelitia Hive
Nanet
Donday
Drayton
Benham
Jenkins
Killer Horse Attack Reports Fatal Farm Injury
A farmer named Olsen was killed after a vicious horse broke his nets and knocked him down. The incident occurred on Olsen’s property where the horse turned violent and caused a fatal injury.
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William Farmer
Olsen
Constantine home of Dionysiost Stephanou man
Fragmentary text references a person named Dionysiost Stephanou and a cabinet or task context in a place likely Constantine. No clear events, dates, or organizations available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jak
Constantine Pergonhome
Stephanou Man
Med-Over Cereals Chronicle Data Shortage
A fragmented report notes red figures and 20 billion units relating to cereals. It references remaining crops from last year and aims to describe financial or logistical shortages in the cereal sector across a country.
Carranza May Not Be Candidate in Mexico Election
El Paso reports that Gen. Venustiano Carranza may not be a candidate for the presidency in the first election held under the de facto Mexican government.
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Carranza
el Paso
Texas
Venustiano Carranza
Mexico
Sugar from Palmyra palm in London market debut
A new sugar obtained from the Palmyra palm, abundant in northern districts of Ceylon, will soon be marketed in London. The distinct sweetness promises a fresh commodity in the sugar trade and reflects colonial produce reaching metropolitan markets.
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Palmyra Palm
London
Ceylon
Leather price rise shown by boot line court inquiry
A court inquiry valued a batch of 3,000 leather boots at 8.12 dollars per pair, up from 71 cents six months earlier, illustrating the sharp rise in leather costs in England.
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England
London
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