Germany and Austria Ready for Peace on Popes Basis
Germany and Austria reply to Pope Benedicts peace plan show readiness to pursue a basis for a just and lasting peace. German text emphasizes arbitration, disarmament in spirit with moral power of right and aims to align with vital German interests.
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Austria
Amsterdam
Benedict
Rome
Rardinal Gasparri
Gasparri
Holy Se
Kaiser
Europe
Reichstag
British Warships Bombard Ostend Naval Works
London Sept 22 British warships this morning bombarded the German naval works at Ostend with satisfactory results announced by the British admiralty. Three German seaplanes were shot down by British airplanes.
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London
Ostend
Admiralty
Sweden Reacts to U S Draft Proposal for Aliens
Stockholm reports strong agitation over a US plan to draft aliens of military age. Parents, some with German sympathies, fear sons in America may be forced to fight. A pro German paper estimates about 100,000 Swedes in the United States could not all return home. Draft law impacts Scandinavian emigration and passport visa requests have fallen since compulsory service became known.
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Stockholm
United States
America
Germany
News of America
Protests Ruling on Wheat Carload Deliveries
Gov. Arthur Capper protested the food administration grain corporation ruling that wheat in carload lots cannot be delivered to Kansas points but must go to Kansas City. He argued Kansas dealers cannot meet the delivery terms and that the order is unworkable within the state.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Kansas City
Arthur Capper
Food Administration Grain Corporation
New York City
Clemenceau Praises Ardor of Americans at Camp
Georges Clemenceau, former French premier, writes in L Homme Enchaine about his visit to an American training camp in France. He praises the officers and men for their ardor, dedication to practical work, and commitment to studying both ground work and theory.
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Paris
Georges Clemenceau
France
L'Homme Enchaine
Emperor Charles Backs Pontiff Peace Plan for Arbitration
The Austro-Hungarian ruler cites Pope Benedict XV’s proposals as a basis for lasting peace and supports binding international disputes to compulsory arbitration. He envisions reduced armaments, unrestricted sea freedom, and negotiations among belligerents to secure a just settlement and global prosperity.
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Amsterdam
Benedict
Charles
Austria- Hungary
Vatican
Austria
austria-Hungary
Vienna
Monsignor
T. Valfre di Bonzo
Congress May Investigate Beanstorf Controversy
Washington by John Doe. Reports indicate House Foreign Affairs Chairmen will probe Count von Bernstorff's plan to funnel 50 000 to sway U S lawmakers. Secretary Lansing remarks hint at possible inquiry amid veiled accusations by Rep Heflin of Alabama and others. London papers reflect concern over German influence operations.
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Senate
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London
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American Congress
Washington
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Atlantic
The
Daily News
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Argentina
Berlin
Buenos Aires
Briton Holds Line Against Fierce Dawes Attack East of Ypres
British forces in Flanders resist heavy German counter attacks while Haig reports dawn gains halted. Heavy fighting continues near Tower Hamlets as the front holds east of Ypres. A British naval strike on Ostend yields satisfactory results.
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Haig
St. Julien
Luangemarck
London
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Rupprecht
Bavaria
Ypres-Belgian
Wield Marshal Haig
War Office
Associated Press
France
Belgium
Tower Hamlets
Ypres
Texas Town Flooded by the Rio Grande
Presidio, Sept 22. The lower part of Presidio was flooded today as high water from the Rio Grande forced evacuations. Several adobe houses collapsed and Maj H W Parker ordered troops to assist families moving from failing homes.
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Tex
Rio Grande
H. W. Parker
United States
Next Week's Weather Forecast Delays for Washington DC
The Weather Bureau reports a stormier start to the week with rain spreading from northern plains into the upper Mississippi Valley from Sunday night into Monday. Temperatures rise briefly before a cooler spell returns after Tuesday as skies clear. An El Tovar Broadleaf Havana cigar ad appears amid the notices.
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Washington, D. C
Weather Bureau
Plains States
Mississippi
Plains
Mississippi Valley
Korniloff's Aid Revealed as Leader Behind Revolt
Old-Russian dispatches disclose Gen. Korniloff as a tool of his chief of staff Gen. Lokomsky in a planned conspiracy. The revolt aimed to neutralize army commissaries and officers loyal to the provisional government, with Korniloff convening congresses and issuing alarmist claims before the armed detachments at Mohilev.
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Filopenko
Mohilev
St. George
Korniloft
Scott Retires as Staff Chief. Bliss Succeeds
Maj. Gen. Scott retires as staff chief of the army. Maj. Gen. Tasker Bliss succeeds him. Scott, 64, reaches retirement age and will be reassigned. The change is announced by Washington in a Senate confirmation context.
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Bliss
Washington, D. C
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Senate
Staty
Army
Canon
Tasker
Uliss
Hind
Caine
China plans sending 24 000 troops to France in trial
Peking reports the president and cabinet agreed to send a trial division of 24,000 Chinese soldiers to France if funding equipment and ships are available. Entente allies approve, France eager, possible arrival by Jan. 1. Premier backs broader mobilization to 300,000 with Canton approval, possibly as second line until modern tactics are learned.
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France
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Canton
Germany
Feng Kwo Chang
Poincaro
Verdun
China
Aidvice
United States
Tokio
Japan
Europe
Plia
Convoy Attacked by German Submarines Sinks Ships
Reports from Atlantic Port describe massed submarine attacks on a convoy leaving Lough Swilly Ireland on Sept 3. Five British steamers and two destroyers were said sunk, with survivors indicating additional losses. other notes discuss changes in German tactics and a sinking of the British steamship La Negra with beef cargo 45 miles off Plymouth after being torpedoed twice.
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England
Lough Swilly
Ireland
Amerelia
Washington, D.C
Navy
Buenos Aires
Plymouth
la Negra
Defenge Restes in Kelly Trial as Defense Concludes
In Red Oak Iowa the defense rested at 1 am in the trial of Rev Lyn George J Kelly charged in the 1912 Villiscaux slaying. W E S Cooney testified about bloody bedclothes and ceiling cuts while Dr Gershom Hill said Kelly was of unsound mind when confessing. Mrs Kelly testified husband and she were in bed when fires started at their Sutton Nebraska home. Rebuttal testimony to continue Monday with final arguments likely the middle of next week.
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Red Oak
Lyn
George J. Kelly
E. S. Cooney
Malvern
Gershom Hill
Des Moines
Russians Retire Across the Dvina on Front
Petrograd reports Russian troops have fallen back to the right bank of the Dvina near Jacobstedt. Berlin says Jacobstadt and adjacent positions along a 25 mile front on the river's west bank were captured by German forces.
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Dvina
Jacobstedt
Russian War Office
Berlina
London
Jacobstadt
Student Aviator Killed In Accident At Airfield
Mount Clemens Michigan report says Wilbur D Mong a cadet aviator from Cleveland died when his plane crashed during a flight at the government airfield He reportedly tried to loop the loop too close to the ground and was killed this afternoon.
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Wilbur D. Mong
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Mong
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