Russians Capture 40000 Austro German Prisoners
Petrograd reports Russians took over 40000 Austro German prisoners from August 30 to September 12. German pressure continues near Lake Pikstern, Sanken, Rakiszki, and Jacobstadt Dvinsk line. Repeated attacks at Podbrotze repulsed. torpedo boats claim to have destroyed a large steamer in the Black Sea region.
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Petrograd
War Office
Lake Pikstern
Sanken
Rakiszki
Jacobstadt-Dvinsk
Podbrotze
Mischogola
Black Sea
5200 Russians Captured In Vilna Offensive
Berlin reports Teutonic forces advancing on Vilna have captured 5200 prisoners along with one cannon 17 munition carts 13 machine guns and baggage. Several towns including Trier Treves Rhenish Prussia Moerchingen Lorraine and Donaueschingen were bombarded by enemy aircraft a passenger train at Donaueschingen was fired on with machine guns a few people killed or injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Vilna
Trier
Treves
Rhenish
Prussia
Moerchingen
Lorrane
Chauteau Salins
Lorraine
Donaueschingen
Baden
Donnaueschingen
Accused of killing sister in Missouri arrest
Fred Taylor, about 19, was arrested in Diehlstadt by Sheriff J O King and brought to Charleston on a charge of drowning his sister Pearl Taylor, 16, near the Taylor home in Buffalo Chute. He says Pearl followed him into water and he never saw her again. Taylor held for October grand jury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
Missouri
Fred Taylor
Diehlstadt
J. O. King
Mississippi County
Pearl Taylor
Buffdle Chute
Taylor
C. S. Hale
King
Pearl
Goethals Delivers Canal Story to School Children
Major General George W. Goethals, builder of the Panama Canal, spoke to 5,000 school children at a Panama-California exposition celebration in San Diego, then addressed 15,000 adults. He recounted the canal’s construction and its history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Diego
Cal
George W. Goethals
Seizure of British Subject by German Submarine
A German submarine halted a Norwegian vessel and seized a British subject, who was taken prisoner by the boarding party. The incident is reported from Christiania with no further details on fate or location.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christiania
Dentist in Carbondale Commits Suicide in Home
Dr Edward Entsminger a 42 year old dentist of Carbondale Murphysboro Illinois shot himself through the heart in his bedroom dying instantly The tragedy followed alleged trouble with health and a broken domestic condition authorities reported at once
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murphysboro
Ill
Edward Entsminger
Carbondale
Edison Secures Navy Contract for 365 Batteries
Thomas A. Edison announces a navy contract to supply 365 nickel steel potash type gun firing batteries. The deal expands Edison’s defense manufacturing and solidifies his role in wartime technology.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edison
New York
Thomas A. Edison
United States Navy
Redfield Not to Resign Over Eastland Inquiry
Washington reports Secretary Redfield dismissed rumors he would resign over dissatisfaction with his Eastland disaster probe. He laughed off the claims and urged people to forget it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Redfield
Washington
Germans Sever Russian Railway
London reports major German advance on the Rovno Petrograd railway between Vilno and Dvinsk as Austro German forces push to control this line. Russians withdraw and counter with heavy losses along the Sereth fortress area while a vast artillery duel rages from Belgium to the Argonne and Champagne.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
von Hindenburg
Rovno-Petrograd
Vilno
Dvinsk
Galicia
Sereth
Belgium
Argehne
Arras
Argonne
Champagne
Monroe Doctrine Dead Law in Paris Critique
Paris Matin quotes the Monroe Doctrine and denounces German and Austrian interference in American affairs since the war began. It argues a revised doctrine would forbid European governments from meddling in any American state except the nation that promoted the doctrine.
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Paris
France
Germany
Austria
James Monroe
Pitts 82 Dies. Buried at Salis bury Church Yard
Huntsville Mo Rev y S Y Pitts aged 82 died at his daughter Mrs Josh Hunkers home in Salis bury and was buried here. He was born Roanoke Randolph county in 1833.
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Huntsville
French steamer Santa Ana ablaze with Italian reservists aboard
The Fabre line steamer Santa Ana sailing from New York for the Mediterranean is on fire about 960 miles southeast of Halifax. She carries 1600 to 1700 Italian reservists, a cargo mainly of foodstuffs, and about 100 crew. No munitions or inflammables. Captain Pavy commands. ship bound for Naples with next stop in the Mediterranean.
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Halifax
Nova Scotia
Marine Department
Cape Race
Fabre Line
Pavy
New York
Mediterranean
Santa Ana
James W. Elwell & Co
Howard E. Jones
Jones
Naples
Fabre
Mexican Votes Price Revealed in Court Testimony
In Corpus Christi Texas Matt Dunn testified in a U S district court election fraud case about a conversation with defendant Tom Dunn his cousin regarding buying Mexican votes. He quoted Tom Dunn saying Mexican votes were worth two to three dollars.
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Corpus Christi
Texas
United States District Court
Matt Dunn
Tom Dunn
Officials consider action against Dumba aides and associates
Washington reports that German and Austrian officials tied to Ambassador Dumba may face expulsion as investigations probe interference with US war industry. Count von Bernstorff is not expected to be targeted, while Capt. Franz von Papen and others including Austrian consul Alexander Nuber von Pereked may face penalties. Archibald and a suspected Hungarian editor are also at risk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Constantin Dumba
United States
Wilson
Count von Bernstorff
Franz von Papen
Alexander Nuber von Pereked
Austria-Hungary
New York City
James F. J. Archibald
Dumba
Vienna recall of Penfield would astonish U S leaders
President Wilson and Secretary Lansing would be greatly surprised if Vienna retaliates by recalling Ambassador Penfield or handing him his passports. No complaint against Penfield exists in Vienna, and his dismissal would imply Austria accepts responsibility for Dumba's blunder.
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Wilson
Lansing
Vienna
Ambassador Penfield
Penfield
Dumba
Gen Benjamin Fisher Dies at Valley Forge Farm
Gen Benjamin Franklin Fisher, once chief signal officer of the U S Army in the Civil War, dies at his Valley Forge area farm at age 81. He was the last survivor of the 19 Union soldiers who tunneled from Libby Prison to reach Union lines after their ordeal.
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Philadelphia
Benjamin Franklin Fisher
Washington
Valley Forge
Libby Prison
500 Strike at Cartridge Plant, Lowell Mass
Nearly 500 United States Cartridge Company workers in Lowell Massachusetts walk out demanding end of Sunday work and pay raises of 15 percent for men and 20 percent for women.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowell
Mass
United States Cartridge Company
Bulgarians to Colors Recall of reservists in Italy
Bulgarian reservists in Italy have been recalled to the colors with transportation expenses defrayed through the legation. The move reflects wartime needs and aims to mobilize Bulgarian nationals in Italy for military service.
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Rome
Italy
American Gets Away from Mexican Bandits Near Columbus
An American ranchman John Lowenbruck was captured and held for a $2000 ransom by Mexican bandits near Columbus New Mexico but has escaped according to a message received here. No further details were provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
el Paso
Texas
John Lowenbruck
Columbus
N. M
Physician suicides after linked murder case near Waynesburg
Dr J L Silvert of Waynesburg suspected in Nettie Polands murder whose nude body was found in a car on a deserted road. He was found dead in his Georgetown office in West Virginia, a suicide noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Self
Waynesburg
J. L. Silvert
Nettie Poland
Georgetown
W. Va
German Inventor Klu bbe Dies Testing Airplane
Geneva reports German aviator Klu bbe inventor of the invisible aeroplane was killed at Muenster on Saturday while testing a new machine. He was 50 years old.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geneva
Klubbe
Muenster
Foss Charged With Libel In Boston Nominating Fight
The municipal criminal court issued a summons charging criminal libel against former Governor Eugene N. Foss, a Republican hopeful for governor, following a request by Dennis D. Driscoll secretary of the Trades Union Liberty League.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foss
Boston
Mass
Eugene N. Foss
Municipal Criminal Court
Dennis D. Driscoll
Trades Union Liberty League
Not to Be Wrapped in Cotton
Paris war office revises parcel guidance for prisoners of war advises against cotton packing and instead wrap items in paper to protect parcels sent to Germany prisoners of war.
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Paris
War Office
Germany
Missing Esperanto author in good health in Warsaw
Ambassador Gerard informed the State Department that Dr. L L Zamenhof the author of Esperanto and his wife, missing for several months, are safe and in Warsaw.
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Washington
Gerard
State Department
L. L. Zamenhof
Warsaw
Storm hits historic Republican Oak in Jackson Michigan
One of the oaks under which the Republican Party formed in 1854 in Jackson Michigan was seriously damaged in the recent storm that swept the area.
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Jackson
Mich
Michigan
Father and Son Die in Whittemore Auto Crash
Mason City records say John B. Besch and his son August were killed when their car ran off an embankment near Whittemore. The vehicle overturned and trapped them beneath.
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Mason City
John B. Besch
August
Whittemore
Bankers to Meet in Kansas City and Seattle
The annual convention of the American Bankers Association adjourned after electing James K. Lynch of San Francisco as president and Peter K. Goebel of Kansas City Kansas as vice president. It recommended that the 1916 convention be held in Kansas City Missouri, a choice ratified by the executive council.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Wash
American Bankers’ Association
James K. Lynch
San Francisco
Peter K. Goebel
Kansas City
Kan
Stanford Chancellor Urges Chinese and Japanese Naturalization
David Starr Jordan, chancellor of Stanford University, urged reform of U S naturalization laws in an address at the war peace and international policy conference, advocating admission of Chinese and Japanese to citizenship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanford University
David Starr Jordan
United States
Admits Killing Cousin Four Years Ago in Oklahoma
Chickasha Oklahoma Edward Stephens a farmer in the northern part of the county is jailed for the murder of his cousin Oscar Stephens aged 19 four years ago He says he killed him and buried the body in a corn field because he did not work to suit him.
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Chickasha
Edward Stephens
Oscar Stephens
Stephens
Army Officer Ordered Tried for Court Martial
Washington war department ordered Lieut. Col. L. I. Goodier of the judge advocate general's office Pacific Coast division court martialed on charges of conduct prejudicial to the service.
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Washington
War Department
L. I. Goodier
Judge Advocate General’s Office
Pacific Coast Division
Obituary: Savanna Morning News editor dies at 71
SArainah Georgia Himer N Hancock longtime editor of the Savannah Morning News was found dead at his home with acute indigestion suspected as the cause. He was 71.
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Sarainah
German M E meet ends in Bloomington conference
The St. Louis conference of the German Methodist church adjourned at Pekin after Bishop W O Shephard read appointments. A long list names district superintendents and churches from Quincy to Whitewater, with multiple posts to be supplied and officers at central colleges and homes.
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Pekin
W. O. Shephard
Kansas City
Bloomington
St. Louis
German Methodist Church
Quincy
F. W. Isler
A. F. Ludwig
Bridgewater
Franz Oelker
Burlington
Central Avenue
L. H. Winter
Washington Street
F. S. Hitelgeorge
Canton
Edward Hardy
Des Moines
R. W. Tanenhaim
Emden
Wrayville
W. K. Schmidt
San Jose
F. L. Mahle
Sigorney
H. W. Koening
Victor
W. L. Nagel
Wapella
David Foeschle
Warsaw
C. F. Krughoff
West Burlington
Theodore Kies
C. J. Moeller
Wesleyan College
Warrenton
W. C. Schultze
Old People’s
Carl Opp
Heberg
Stotts City
Emil Hempke
Jamestown
D. A. Tablemeyer
Leslie
Max Opp
Moberly
Mount Vernon
Lockwood
Newmelle
Owensville
G. A. Schmidt
Pinckneyville
Gotthielf Maurer
St. Charles
L. J. Duewell
Carondelet
Otto Niederhuth
August Bueltemann
Belleville
J. Gisler
Altamount
J. Spreckelmeyer
Alton
F. HB. Austermann
Appleton
Henry Idel
E. C. Magarte
Brighton
Fosterburg
J. G. Heidenstein
Bunker Hil
William Schultz
Cape Girardeau
J. H. Knehans
de Soto
Henry Tempel
Decatur
F. J. Sternberg
Edwardsville
D. S. Wahl
Ellis Grove
William Schoening
Farmington
Gordonville
W. P. Ludwig
Granite City
H. J. Pannwitt
Hurricane
Mascoutah
J. M. Rohde
Metropolis
Richard Muelder
Mount Olive
W. A. Dahlen
Monaqua
Nashville
H. Knaehans
Nokomis
F. D. Rademacher
South Fork
H. Brandt
North Prairie
Hoyleston
C. J. Lotz
Oakdale
Pittsfield
Perry
Red Bud
Dutch Hill
Springfield
F. C. Neumeyer
Summerfield
Edward Mehif
Whitewater
Second annual Iinois Municipal league convention planned
Springfield notes the second annual convention of the Iinois Municipal league to be held mid October at the University of Illinois Urbana. An educational program will tackle practical municipal problems with expert addresses and a pre-submitted questions box. Mayor W W Bennett of Rockford presides with Mayor G J Johnson of Paxton as vice-president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Iinois Municipal League
Iinois Mayors’ Association
University of Illinois
Urbana
W. W. Bennett
Rockford
G. J. Johnson
Paxton
Relief Sought From Governor Springfield Over Floods
Flood conditions along the Illinois side of the Mississippi south of St. Louis prompted appeals to Governor Dunne for relief. Adjt. Gen. Frank B. Dickson led a naval militia boat load of provisions to Reynoldsville where the Illinois carried aid to distressed natives whose crops were ruined by the flood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Illinois Bank
Mississippi
St. Louis
Dunne
Frank 8. Dickson
Reynoldsville
Illinois
Dunne Issues Requisition for Prisoners
Governor Dunne seeks to return Ernest Clifford Akers Ival Akers from Cherokee Oklahoma to Claremont Richland county to face burglary attempted bank robbery and larceny charges. The three are held in Cherokee in Alfalfa county Oklahoma for allegedly entering the Bank of Claremont with intent to rob.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dunne
Springfield
Oklahoma
Claremont
Richland ‘County
Clifford
Ernest
Ival Akers
Cherokee
Alfalfa County
Bank of
Governor lauds board for halting eleventh-footed animal show
Springfield Governor Dunne praises the state board of agriculture for canceling the exhibition of eleven-footed animals at the Illinois state fair due to foot and mouth disease. He urges higher attendance to make the fair a triumphant success despite the livestock display absence and calls on all county fairs to follow suit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Dunne
State Board of Agriculture
Kankakee
Illinois
Board of Agriculture
Illinois plan favors many small game bird reserves
Springfield outlines Illinois strategy for game and nongame bird sanctuaries using about 100 leased 1,000 acre tracts totaling roughly 5,000 dollars yearly. Each parcel hosts grain patches for feed, shelter brush heaps, and sand for birds, with signs to deter trespass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Illinois
Ilinois
Iinds
Commission
Boy Banker Smerz Sentenced in Chicago Case
Jerome J. Smerz the boy banker of Argo and postmaster was sentenced to three months in the House of Correction by Federal Judge Carpenter after pleading guilty to taking. The judge noted the guilty plea influenced leniency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Jerome J. Smerz
Argo
Iis
House of Correction
Ji Carpenter
Smerz
Dixon Minister Accepts Call to First Baptist Church
Rev. George Sree of Streator has accepted the call to become pastor of the First Baptist Church in this city.
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Dixon
George Sree
Streator
Torate
First Baptist Church
City
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