Papal peace bid calls for restoration and a league
The Vatican issues a ten point peace note urging belligerents to state aims, favoring restoration of Belgium Serbia Romania and Alsace Lorraine, no indemnities, freedom of seas, and limits on armaments. It backs a League of Nations and a postwar economic order. Message linked to Germany suspicion and U.S. Wilson ideas.
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Belgium
Serbia
Roumania
Germany
League of Nations
Rome
Benedict
Alsace-Lorraine
Trent
Triest
Poland
Vatican
London
Papal Secretariat
Gasparri
Papal
Exchange Telegraph Company
Ables
Holy See
Doty Lewis
Franklin
Hammond
Jackson
William
Myer
Arthur W
South
Larkin
Sverel
Mulberry
May
William A
Oneida
Madaris
A. K
Clay
Wilson Paul James
Independence
Fox
Ted
Thompson Ga
Fairbanks
Stewart J
Lassen Christ
Washington
Mauer
Guy G
Lupton
Murphy
Michael B
Forest
Champagne
Albert
Mobile Atreat
Caldwell Chester C
Jackson Sh
Smith
Glenn S
Kirkwood
Jirak
John B
Archer
Fenerelli
Vito
Edwards
Hall
Richard L
Fischer
Arthur D
Mulberry Court
Kruse
Lewis A
Park Avenue East
Nesbit
Wallace G
Third Street West
Youngman
Wm. H
Warner
Herman
Saxon
Wise
Lean
Lchrader
Fred Henry
Dawson
Haskins
George
Colorado
Bath McLaughlin
William J
Adama
Hammer
Norman M
First Street
Bishop
Howard
Helser
Frank J
N. Harclay
Reber
Miller
Carl
Hickelberg
Ralph S
Vine
Wade
Walter A
Reed
Pixler
Claude J Wagner
Petrie
Max
Denver
McCartrie
John R
Eighth Street
Coffin
Ward
Sycamore
Ellis
Harry B
Bower
D. Edward
Black Hawk Road
Rabiner
Sam
Florence
Nightingale
John C
Newell
Bingham
Logan
Clark
George A
Leland
Rice
Harley F
Hanna
Emmil M
Clough
Mixdorf
Henry W
Finn
William B
Ricker
Farley
Ray Mason
Holloway
Fred D
Houghton
N. Barclay
Lyon
Clifton M
Got Delamere
Gustavus E
Cottage
Lou
An Webber
Emmett
Igz
Wilson
W. P
Stroud
Harry E
Highth Street West
Pope's Terms Restore Belgium Serbia Roumania and Germany
The proposal envisions restoration of Belgium Serbia and Roumania with no indemnities and a postwar war economy. It supports a world court allied with the league and limits on armaments while negotiating Polish Balkan Armenian and other territorial questions.
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Belgium
Serbia
Roumania
Germany
League of Nations
Wreck Toll Rises as New Haven Trolley Collision Probed
Interstate probe into a Shore Line Electric crash near North Branford opens in chambers. Debris and 19 dead, with 40 plus injured as Branford undertakers receive more bodies. Motorman Wesley Negus says fatigue from 46 hours on duty caused him to fall asleep before the headlong crash with the New Haven car.
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New Haven
Branford
William Hofer
Guilford
Wesley Negus
William J. Tryon
Negus
North Branford
Food Survey of Chicago to Be Made Soon
A 20 man Washington team under Hoover will arrive in Chicago to survey food conditions. The investigation aims to measure food in storehouses and assess distribution needs for better allocation. Irregularities found will be reported to the district attorney, but no specific law violations are the focus.
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Chicago
Washington
Hoover
Congress to authorize new war loan and tax rise plan
Washington reports that Congress will be asked to authorize a loan between 3 and 4 billion dollars for allies, with efforts to raise taxes beyond 2 billion for war needs. The minority vote on war profits and tax plans criticizes the bill as unequal, urging higher taxes on wealth and profits to fund the war without burdening workers.
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Washington, D. C
Congress
McAdoo
Kitchin
Ways and Means Committee
Senate
Simmons
la Follette
Gore
England
Treasury Department
Ta Follette
du Pont Powder Company
Bethlehem Steel
American Zinc, Lead & Smelter Company
United States Steel
Anaconda Copper
American Beet Sugar
Armour & Co
American Hide & Weather
Third Iowa Infantry to Start for France This Week
Waterloo exemption board released the names of 656 men chosen for the city’s first wartime draft quota under the selective service act. Letters will notify both selected and exempted men of their status. exemptions cited include dependents and religious scruples.
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Waterloo
District Board
Harry BL. Stroud
Eighth Street West
Mitchell S. Manhard
Everett al- Kin
Wallace G. Nesbit
Paul J.wilson
Manhard
Des Moines
Larkin
Nesbit
Waterloo Ambulance Company
George A. Oberle
Nicholas Kutiens
Nathan Sharp
Sam Arey
Anton Reiff
Harvey Banks
Oberle
Kuthos
Sharp
Army
Reiff
Banks
Geo
A. Oberle
Nicholas Kirtfoos
Charles Kesser
First Brethren Church
China declares war on Germany and Austria-Hungary
Reuter's reports official notice that China declared war on Germany and Austria-Hungary dating from 10 o clock this morning. Cable dispatches from Peking confirm the Chinese legation received the declaration. The brief item notes the action was announced in Washington and London.
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London
Reuter’s
China
Germany
Austria-Hungary
Washington, D. C
Chi
Austria- Huns
Peking
Tammany's Choice for New York Mayor Between Four Men
New York Aug 14 The Democratic county committee sent out a call for the September 13 primary election while the fusion committee reports to the full 170 tonight. Four mayoralty contenders remain Thomas W Churchill William B Enison Alfred E Smith and John F Hylan the last names listed as likely contenders for the Tammany slate.
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Tammany
New York
Altho
Democratic Fusion Committee
Thomas W. Churchill
Board of Education
William B. Enison
Sherif Alfred E. Smith
John F. Hylan
National Guard of 26 States in New War Forge
The war department announced a composite national guard division to form the Forty-second Division with troops from 26 states and the District of Columbia. Brig. Gen. W. Mann will command up to 20,000 officers and men, including units from Iowa, Louisiana, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, New York, Ohio, Georgia, and others. Troops will be sent to France from an Atlantic port within a week for embarkation.
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Iowa “Instry National Guard
France
War’ Department
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Virginia
North Carolina
Kansas
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Michigan
New Jersey
Tennessee
Oklahoma
Nebraska
Colorado
Oregon
Wwee Mann
Regular Army
Division of Militia Affairs
National Guard
Louisian Cavalry
Pennsylvania Infantry
Eighty-third ‘Infantry
Wisconsin Infantry
1S5th Infantry
Sixty-ninth
New York Infantry
166Th Infantry
Ohio Infantry
Eighty-fourth Infantry
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