Dumba Slurs Wilson in Revealing London Papers
War-time documents released in Britain disclose Doctor Dumba’s view of President Wilson and American sentiment. Included are Captain von Papen’s letter calling Yankees idiotic and a German reply to Lansing about sources of war materiel. Dumba argues Wilson would rely on neutral powers in a crisis and could control Congress and states.
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London
James F. J. Archibald
United States
Doctor Dumba
von Papen
Washington
Archibald
Count von Bernstorff
Lansing
House of Commons
Demba
Aaron Burian
Wilson
Austria
America
Congress
Illinois private bank Fuller & Son fails to open in Winslow
The Fuller & Son private bank in Winslow Illinois with about 135000 in deposits failed to open on Monday. Cashier J B Puller has been absent since last Tuesday amid rumors of his involvement with A L Noel of Manitowoc who runs Invincee Metal Furniture. The Puller family fortune and school district funds held in the bank leave his invalid sisters penniless and his three children without means.
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Fuller & Son
Winslow
Ill
J. B. Puller
A. L. Noel
Invinciie Metal Furniture Company
Manitowoc
Fuller
Britain Faces 11 Billion War Deficit Budget
London September 25 Chancellor McKenna unveiled a budget showing Britain must raise taxes to cover a war debt tallying 11 billion dollars by the end of the financial year. He warned the government faces a deficit of 6.59 billion dollars and outlined measures to bridge the gap.
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Chancellor McKennys
Britain
London
Great Britain
McKenna
Austria to appoint new ambassador without Demba advance
A Vienna dispatch reports Vienna will name a new Austrian ambassador immediately without waiting for Dr. Constantin Demba’s arrival from the United States. Kajetan Mercy von Kapos Mere, former Austro Hungarian ambassador at Rome, is said to be selected for the post.
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Budapest
Hungary
London
Vienna
Constantin Demba
United States
Kajetan Mercy von Kapos Mere
Rome
British Plane Shot Down Near St Quentin
Berlin reports a British aeroplane was shot down west of St Quentin by a German aviator. The English pilot was killed and the observer taken prisoner.
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Berlin
St. Quentin
Two Spies Sentenced in London Case
London report Sept 23 states two spies a man and a woman were condemned. The man received the death penalty while the woman of German origin was sentenced to ten years penal servitude.
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London
Rockefeller Visit Sparks Mine Leaders Plan Arrest
September 22 report from Trinidad Colo. notes John D Rockefeller Jr arriving to inspect Colorado interests as United Mine Workers leaders discuss possible arrest over Ludlow massacre claims. Belcher, Diamond, and other officials arrived or spoke, warning of action against Rockefeller’s son while Rockefeller plans a two to three week visit. miners fear prosecution despite earlier promises. The piece also mentions local incidents and society notes from nearby towns.
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Erly
Trinidad
Colo
John D. Rockefeller
United Mine’ Workers
Ludlow
A. M. Belcher
Miners’ Union
Denver
William Diamond
Rockefeller
Colorado Fuel and Iron Company
G. O. Heydt
Colorado
New York
Federal Industrial Commission
Jones
John R. Lawson
West
Lawson
United States labels British policy unfriendly in note
President Wilson and Secretary of State Lansing discussed the note to Great Britain detailing U S objections to British seizure and detention actions under the order in council The United States asserts such measures are illegal and unjustified under international law and warns Britain it will not tolerate the withdrawal of disputes from diplomacy
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Washington
Wilson
Lansing
Great Britain
Germany
United States
Edward Grey
Lord Crewe
Order In Council
US Troops Repel Carranzista Attacks Near Brownsville
In two battles along the Rio Grande near Brownsville Texas on Friday American troops killed at least twenty two Carranzista soldiers. There were no American casualties. The fights began with Carranzista fire from Matamoros across the river and at Los Ebanos about fifty miles north west. International complications were feared. Carranzista commander General Nafarette denied responsibility.
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Brownsville
Tex
Rio Grande
Matamoros
Los Ebanos
Nafarette
Bulgarian Army Mobilized for Armed Neutrality
Washington dispatch reports Bulgaria mobilized all military forces to preserve armed neutrality. Officially notified through the Bulgarian government to Panaretoff, with one hundred thousand Bulgarian reservists in the United States alerted via consuls to join the colors at once.
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Bucharest
Washington
Bulgaria
Panaretoff
United States
Quarantine Lifted for Buffalo and Pittsburgh Stockyards
Washington reports the Buffalo and Pittsburgh stockyards are released from foot-and-mouth disease quarantine on livestock shipments from areas without quarantine. The action follows tighter controls in affected regions and aims to resume normal trade.
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Washington
Buffalo
Pittsburgh
German silk stops bullets in Belgian trenches
Amsterdam dispatch reports silk and velvet being used by Germans to make sandbags for trenches in Belgium, per the Ro u lers correspondent of the Telegraph.
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Amsterdam
Belgium
Telegraaf
Vilna falls to German forces in sweeping eastern campaign
In a sequence of German advances begun May 2 near Przemysi, Vilna the capital of the vilna region and a major Russian industrial town, is reported captured by General von Eichhorn and allied commanders. Moscow Petrograd and Riga lines are said to be under German control with lines extending from Vilna to Petrograd and through central Russia. The report notes heavy Russian losses but no encircled force. Local notices mention Holland, Grand Rapids, Saginaw, Birmingham, Hillsdale, Corunna and Tecumseh as brief incidents and recognitions, along with a Michigan boy receiving a White House picture of Wilson.
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Rovno
Riga
Vilna
Petrograd
Moscow
Odessa
Russia
Przemysi
Warsaw
Lublin-Chelm
Poland
Brest-Litovsk
von Eichhorn
von Scholz
von Gallwitz
Leopold
Bavaria
Holland
George White
Owosso
Corwin
Birmingham
Bruce Chatfield
Trafic
Cadillac
John de Valley
Hillsdale
Bishop O. G. Alwood
City
Corunna
Perry
Circuit Court Bar
G Trunk
Nas
Supreme Court
Tecumseh
George Bernard Deery
Michigan
President Wilson
White House
George
Wilson
Trevarthen Named Director At First National Bank
Hon H Ofin Young former Ishpem ing stockholder and director of the First National Bank of Bessemer has disposed of his holdings and the board has chosen William J Trevarthen to succeed him. Trevarthen long managed McCinney interests and joins a large active board noted for strong attention to the bank and its future.
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H. Ofin Young
Ishpeming
First National Bank of Bessemer
William J. Trevarthen
M. Young
Trevarthen
McCinney
Michigan
How Far One Can Hear Cannon
The sound of cannonading travels much farther than thunder. Thunder’s carrying power ends around fifteen miles, while roughly thirty miles is not considered a great distance for battle sounds to travel.
Stefansson Explorer Safe After Arctic Expedition
Nome Alaska Sept 20 The power schooner Ruby arrived from Herschel Island with news that Vilhjalmur Stefansson the Canadian explorer who with Storker Storkerson and Ole Anderson set out from Martin Point Alaska March 22 1915 to search for new lands in the Beaufort Sea is alive and well and has accomplished the expedition aims Captain S F Cottle says Stefansson is on Banks land east of the Mackenzie outfitting to continue westward to map the new land southwest of Saint Patrick Island He identified territory west of Banksland and its southern limit but could not push exploration further north or west.
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Nome
Alaska
Ruby
Herschel Island
Arctic
Mackenzie River
Vilhjalmar Stefansson
Storker Storkerson
Ole Anderson
Martin Point
Polar
Beaufort Sea
S. F. Cottle
Stefansson
Banks Land
St. Patrick Island
Banksland
Train Wreck Injures Dozen on Missouri Limited
Chicago dispatch reports the Missouri Limited collided with a freight near Western Springs around seven. The impact derailed the freight and left about twenty people badly hurt. Named injured include engineer Richard Keefe and Porter B Wigg among others.
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Chicago
Missouri Limited
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad
Kansas City
Western Springs
Richard Keefe
Hart Roumer
Knox City
S. T. Hardy
Shelbina
Hal Torrance
B. Wigg
Kearney
W. B. Stroneker
Aurora
C. EB. Taylor
Porter
Nicholas Redey
Patrick Cratty
Longshoremen Strike Off In New York
Seven hundred United Fruit longshoremen end a freight tie up in New York and return to work immediately after the strike.
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New York
United Fruit Company
Pan American conference signals possible Mexican recognition
The Pan American conference on Mexican affairs in New York ended with a call for each diplomatic representative to urge their governments to consider recognizing a Mexican government. The faction to be recognized was not chosen. They require the de facto government to show material and moral capacity to protect lives of nationals and foreigners.
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New York
Mexico
Kaiser and son Hart in auto crash near Berlin
Kaiser Wilhelm and Prince Joachim were slightly injured in an automobile accident. The imperial car was wrecked in the crash, according to Berlin dispatches received on Tuesday. No further details were provided.
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Amsterdam
Kaiser Wilhelm
Prince Joachim
Berlin
English Miners Entombed in Colliery Blast
Four hundred miners were entombed by an explosion at the Exhel colliery pithead in Nuneaton England. The blast destroyed the cage apparatus and instantly killed ten men. Fire followed the explosion as rescuers moved to the scene.
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Nuneaton
Eng
Exhel
Odd Fellows Elect Grand Sire
Judge J. B. A. Robertson of Oklahoma City Oklahoma elected in San Francisco on Tuesday afternoon grand sire of the sovereign grand lodge Independent Order of Odd Fellows
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Odd Fellows
San Francisco
Cal
J. B. A. Robertson
Oklahoma City
Okla
Sovereign Grand Lodge
Independent
Order of Odd Fellows
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Promia
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Fred Boyington
Saginaw, Mich
Delmet & Bugni
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Frank Kaneski
Wakefield
Martin Steppa
Ironwood
Schenctady
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Joe Mraz
Gust Melkstrom
A. J. Mayheul
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Eye
Beeny
Sonino
U. S
Wilson and Lansing
England
Carranza
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Teutor Wild
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Lund
von Eichhof
Muskegon
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St. Patrick’s Island
Score
U. S. S. Supply
Honolulu
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