Hesperian Torpedoed British liner. eight killed, twenty hurt
The Allan Line steamship Hesperian carrying 350 passengers and 300 crew from Liverpool to Montreal was torpedoed off the Irish coast by a German submarine at dusk. The vessel remained afloat and all aboard were reported safe, though eight deaths and about twenty injuries were noted. two American crew members survived, and about 30 Canadian soldiers were among the wounded en route home. Rescue steamers collected survivors at Queenstown while tugs prepared to tow the damaged liner back to port.
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Liverpool
Montreal
Ireland
London
Allan Line
United States
Queenstown
Flanders
England
Canada
Capt Main
Gerviea
Admiralty
Germans Halt Drive Near Riga as Winter Positions Loom
British analysts expect armies to dig in for winter. Von Hindenburg's forces are reported at a standstill along the Dvina to Grodno and Kobrin, with strong Russian forces protecting Riga. Artillery in the West continues to pound German lines with no sign of a general offensive.
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Dvina
Riga
Grodno
Kobrin
Serbia
West
London
Russia
Gulf of Riga
von Ilindenburg
Lennewada
Friedrichstadt
Vilna
Brest-Pinsk
Silies
U. S. Consul Reports 8 Dead Aboard Hesperian Torpedoed Liner
Cablegram from Consul Frost at Queenstown to the State Department says the Allan Line steamer Hesperian was torpedoed by a German submarine 70 miles southwest of Fastnet. Eight lives lost, about 45 Canadian troops aboard, one 4.7 inch gun visible on the stern, Americans aboard but none lost. Vessel bound for Montreal and not sunk.
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Recond Pagh
Frost
Queenstown
State Department
Allan Line
Hesperian
Fastnet
Admiralty
Montreal
Washington
White House
Wilson
Lansing
Ambassador Page
London
Hesperias
Allan Hner
War scare as Hesperian torpedoed by German sub
Official Washington reacted with surprise to the German torpedoing of the Allan liner Hesperian. President Wilson and Secretary Lansing awaited full details while Ambassadors and Consuls reported casualties and possible explanations such as no warning, a mine, or a ruse after naval contact.
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Lansing
Washington
Count von Bernstorff
Cedarhurst
Long Island
United States
Germany
Bertin
Lusitania
Min
Cardinal Gibbon
Carea
England
the Press Publishing Co
Sees British perfidy sells cotton to neutrals
London dispatch reports United States Consul General Robert P. Skinner informs President Wilson that Britain is still shipping southern cotton to neutral Sweden Norway Denmark and Holland while accusing American shipments as contraband. He notes British trade with neutrals continues despite harassing American commerce and that some goods move freely or even in larger quantities from Britain to those same neutrals.
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London
Sweden
Norway
Denmark
Holland
United States
Robert P. Skinner
Wilson
New York
Britain
Lmit
Great Britain
Harl H. von Wiegand
Berlin
Hague
America
Germany
Lusitania
Rome
Holy Father
England's Dardanelles Policy Blasted by Turkish Envoy in Berlin
A Vienna Berlin exchange quotes a Turkish diplomat condemning England's Dardanelles campaign and Turkey's relations with Bulgaria as pivotal. The diplomat asserts England panics against Germany and Russia is England's true foe, predicting a turning point if Turkey-Bulgaria pact is signed.
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Washington Post
Berlin
1Ville
Long Island
Dardanelles
Turkey
Constantinople
Gallipoli
England
Russia
France
Vienna
Bulgaria
Balkan
Presa Publishing Co
Saltillo
Panama Canal Blocked by New Slide Hinders Traffic
Panama on September 5 reports a fresh slide blocking all passage in the canal. Vessels including the Kroonland and Finland are delayed as 22 ships wait for reopening. Dredges excavated 40,000 cubic yards in 24 hours, a canal record, with no ships expected to pass for two days, likely delaying the Kroonland and Finland until week’s end.
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Panama Canal
Kroonland
Finland
Trafic
Broonland
Hesperian torpedoed attack surprises Washington headline
Leads detail Allied defense at Dardanelles and calls for Dumba to explain ambassadorial data. Pope’s hope cited as Iain Wilaon. Four thousand Regulars assigned to the border amid a Vatican peace move described as vague. Lansing awaits Archibald data and anniversary of the Marne battle noted.
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Washington
Dardanelles
Dumba
Pope
Iain Wilaon
Vatican
Lansing
Archibald
Marne
Friends of Peace
Italans
Belize
Britain
England
Mohr
Burton Maker
Lewis
McAdoo
Holland
Wilson Pope's Hope in Neutral Conference Flop
Wilson Pope sought presidential aid after the failure of a proposed conference of neutrals. Gibbons' visit aims to push diplomacy as the path forward.
Regulars to Patrol Border as U S Readies Invasion Plans
A high tension border scene shows 4000 troops set for the lower Rio Grande valley as U S forces race to bolster patrols amid reports Mexican raiders, some wearing Carranza uniforms, may push across the line. Army officials say decisive action would be taken to pursue any organized invasion and maintain order.
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Carranza Army
Brownsville
United States
War Department
Rome
Reica
Germany
Rio Grande
Coahuila
Nuevo Leon
Border Patrol
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McCoy
Old Hidalgo
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Department
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Alvaro Obregon
Tamaulipas
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