Two Sleeping Cars in Stock Train Collision Kills Several
Aurora Illinois September 17 A rear end collision on the Burlington railroad near Earlville Wisconsin killed seven Iowa stockmen and a stock handler as two sleeping cars and a separate car burned and wreckage was cleared. Ten injured were hospitalized.
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Burlington Road
Earlville
Aurora
Iowa
Burlington
Warlville
W. D. Dixon
Hamilton
Otis M’cauley
Kellerton
Creston
Harvey Vaugnane Caldwell
A. C. Carlson
St. Charles Hospital
Ypen
William Goff
Chillicothe
Goff
Reckless
Walter Wilson
Carlson
McCarty
Galesburg
Tll
Tt, Enight
Red Cross Benefit Auction Plans At Dairy Cattle Congress
Black Hawk county farmers lead a Red Cross fundraiser at the Dairy Cattle Congress with a county council of defense and Red Cross committee overseeing the sale. Township chairmen and a sub committee will solicit cattle yard stock farm machinery grain and other gifts. All proceeds go to the Red Cross with broad publicity and donor listings.
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Black Hawk County
Dairy Cattle Congress
Red Cross Society
Council of Defense
H. B. Kelly
E. L. Johnson
Red Cross
A. E. Harris
Kelly
W. F. Parrott
County Council of Defense
Congress
Delaware County
Waterloo
Workman Killed as Sand and Bricks Buried Crew
Sept 17. Tons of sand and paving bricks slid into a trench burying one workman alive and wounding seven others. Sumel Rest. 27. died before rescue. Two of the injured are in hospital with serious injuries. five others suffer cuts and bruises. Officials say warning lights failed to avert the accident amid the stock train wreck.
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Cleveland
Summel
Ambulance Company To Leave For Camp Cody
Ambulance company No. 2 of the Iowa National Guard leaves Monday September 24 for Camp Cody Deming New Mexico. Lieut L T Curry announces the unit will entrain on the date and a special train or cars will be used. The majority are Waterloo youths with some from Cedar Falls and other towns. The company has trained at the Dairy Cattle Congress grounds and expects to join the Thirty fourth division in France.
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N. G
Camp Cody
Deming
N. M
L. T. Curry
R. W. Smith
Lieut. Curry
Central Department
Chicago
R.W. Smith
France
Ambulance Company No. 2
Waterloo
State Teachers’ College
Cedar Falls
Dairy Cattle Congress
Berlin Sends Her Regrets to Stockholm
Germany notes Sweden for relaying telegrams to Berlin and regrets the phrasing used by Argentina circles. Liberals protest secrecy in diplomacy and call for genuine neutrality, while Socialists rally against secret channels as Branting’s crowd presses for accountability. Cronholm’s fate remains unclear in Mexico City links.
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London
Germany
Sweden
Stockholm
Central
Aba
Argentina
Cronholm
Folke Cronholm
Mexico City
Washington
Mexico
Berlin
Althe
Eden
Liberal Party
Nya Dagligt Allenhanda
Mane
Hjalmar Branting
Kaiser’s Weak Excuse for Invasion of Belgium
Readable excerpt from James W. Gerard analysis on German invasion logic, noting Germany’s claims of French aggression and Belgium neutrality breach. Gerald relates an intercepted 1914 message to President Wilson and German assurances, with emphasis on the need to publish after years of withholding in the war context.
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Germany
James W. Gerard
Wilson
State Department
Washington
America
Kaiser
Belgium
France
Secon
von Schoen
Paris
Wesel
Eiffel
Karlsruhe
Nurnberg
German Empire
Paw
War Industry Co operation Plans At U S Chamber Meet
Atlantic City Sept 17 plans for co operation of nearly all industrial and commercial interests in the war effort were to be discussed by high government officials and business leaders at a special war convention of the chamber of commerce of the United States. John H Fahey former president opened the sessions and Secretary Baker would deliver the keynote. Franklin K Lane interior secretary would outline business roles in winning the war with other speakers including Baron Bakhmetieff Frank A Scott and Dr Newell Dwight Hillis.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Chamber of Commerce of the
United States
John H. Fahey
Boston
Baker
Franklin K. Lane
Interior
Baron Bakhmetieff
Frank A. Scott
Industries Board
Newell Dwight Hillis
Brooklyn
Delivery Notice For Missed Paper Service
If the newspaper is not delivered by 1 PM due to carrier error or other cause, call 3330 for a copy to be sent. After 630 PM, call telephone No 2 for the replacement.
Canadian Elections Set for December
Ottawa Ont September 17 The government hopes to hold the coming election not later than early December with complete returns by January and the new parliament able to sit about March.
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Ottawa
Great Frenchman Pays Tribute to Sammies on First Field Day
American Expeditionary Army in Wyanee held their first field day since landing. Georges Clemenceau, guest of honor, watched demonstrations of machine gun, rifle, and bayonet assaults, followed by a boxing bout and sprints. Clemenceau praised America and liberty, comparing events to Plymouth Rock and pledging France’s welcome.
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Wyanee
Expeditionary Army
Furance
Georges Clemenceau
M. Clemenceau
Sibert
Pilgrim Fathers S
Plymouth Rock
France
Inf Peandluter M. Clemenceau
Shipping Plants on Coast Closed by Labor Dispute
About 25,000 iron workers and metal trades mechanics in San Francisco and the bay area struck at 9 a.m. over a 50 percent wage demand, closing more than 100 plants including Union Ironworks and Moore-Scott Iron Works. The walkout halts government shipbuilding and engine contracts worth over 159 million dollars. Authorities expect federal settlement. a riot erupted as sympathizers attacked a streetcar and replacement workers, with police dispersing the crowd.
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San Francisco
Cal
Bay
Union Ironworks
Moore- Scott Iron Works
Pacific Foundry
United States Shipping Board
Conference Committee of the Iron Trades Council
United Railroads
Polic
Mission
Theosophists Held for Sedition Freed in India
Theosophist leader Mrs Amir Besant and associates George Arundale and B Waden were released from internment by the Madras government after a Telegram report. The Indian government had considered relaxing restrictions if they pledged nonviolence and restraint for the war period. The move followed backlash over a home rule agitation and press reaction.
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Ombay
India
Amir Besant
Theosophical Society
George Arundale
B. Waden
Madras
Seaplanes Bomb German Warships on Belgian Coast
British seaplanes dropped bombs on German destroyers and trawlers along the Belgian coast between Ostend and Blankenberghe near Zeebrugge, sinking at least one trawler and hitting a destroyer. A seaplane was shot down in flames during a late patrol, with another aircraft chased toward enemy destroyers.
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London
Ostend
Blankerberghe
Zeebrugge
Admiralty
Blankenberghe
Rome
Balasizza
Cadorna
Ralus
Array
Somme
France
British War Office
Gavrelle
Epehy
Arras-Douai
Ypres
Faris
Apremont Forest
Ardennes
War Office
Craonne
Massiges
HUGS REPUBLIC PROCLAIMED BY KERENSKY IN RUSSIA
Russia declares itself a republic under Premier Kerensky as the first congress of soldiers workmen and peasants plans a drastic radical program including abolition of private property. Five member cabinet governs until the congress meets.
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Hugs Republic
Kerensky
Congress
Petrograd
Russia
Chicago Student Dies of Wounds at Front Ambulance Driver
Paris Sept 17 Paul Bentley of Chicago a Harvard student died yesterday in a hospital at the front from injuries received on Friday when a shell exploded near an ambulance he was driving.
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Paris
Paul Bentley
Chicago
Harvard
Navy finds no submarine threat off New England coast
Washington September 17 The navy department, after a full inquiry, states there is no basis for reports of a hostile submarine in U S waters off the New England coast. The check follows earlier sensational claims and confirms no submarine danger in the area.
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Washington, D. C
Navy Department
New England
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Sugano
Ando
Col
Tanikawa
Sato
Fort Adams
Naval Training Station
Commodore Perry
Japan
Red Groop
Cave
Tovar Broadleat Havana i Cigar
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Luxburg
Swedish Liberal Party
Megorge
Emperor
Hollweg
Sion
Gerard
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Canada
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Public Ledger Company
Public Ledger
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Ilvad
LABOR
Diapute
Iron Trades
Wali
U. S
Theosophists
BOM
Belgian
Otto M. Kerensky
M. Threstchenko
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Verkhovvsky
Admiral Verdervsei
Marine
M. Nikitin
Duma
ARME
Washington, D.C
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Kornilast
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U.S. Waters
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