Germany accepts expert panel to fix Frye indemnity in sinking row
Washington reports Germany agrees to a commission to determine damages for the sinking of the William P. Frye and to allow ships carrying conditional contraband to sail if not at risk. Germany orders no destruction of American merchantmen under certain conditions while arbitration on treaty rights proceeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Jermanus
William P. Frye
State Department
United States
Germany
London
Hare
Nome
Berlin
Washington
Germans Start Strong Drive for City of Dvinsk
Berlin reports a new German offensive aimed at the Russian fortified city of Dvinsk on the Dvina. Russian positions west of the city are penetrated with about 2,000 prisoners and several machine guns captured. The article notes rapid German progress east and southeast of Lida and describes the Dvina front as key toward Petrograd while Bulgaria mobilizes amid global interest.
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Berlin
Lennon
Dring
War Office
London
Dvinsk
Dvina
Riga
Vilna
Lida
Petrograd
Fredrickstadt
Russia
Champagne
Bulgaria
Italians Scale Alps Amid Snow and Take Austrians by Surprise
Lausanne reports Italian Alpine troops scaled the 9000 foot Freikofel mountain in the Alps attacking from the east. Two Italian battalions circled the summit and seized the stronghold from the Austrians, capturing 250 men and large munitions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alps
Lausanne
Switzerland
Parks
Berdaer
Gazette de Lausanne
Freikofel
Rockefeller Says He Does Not Care if Men Belong to Union
John D. Rockefeller Jr stated that the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company does not care whether its miners belong to a union. In a conference with David Griffith and C. A. Mitchell the men were told that all workers are treated alike as long as they are willing to work and behave themselves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockefeller
Colorato Fuel & Iron Company
Rouse
Colo
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Colorado Fuel & Iron Company
David Griffith
C. A. Mitchell
Rowse
Mitchell
Sun
Sotmebods
United Mine
Colorado Fuel & Tron Company
Griffith
Russia Lifts Embargo on Exports to U S
Washington Sept 23 The formal agreement lifting the Russian embargo on exports to the United States was signed by Secretary Lansing and Ambassador Georges Bakhmetoff. Russian goods may enter the U S under bonds and conditions to ensure they do not reach enemies, with firms to file triplicate applications and disclose sales upon request.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
United States
Sereretary
Lansing
Georges Bakhmetoff
Department of Ecommierce
New York
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
Russia
Priest Indicted for Shooting Bishop in Minnesota
Winona Minn Sept 22 The grand jury returned an indictment against Rev Father L M Lesches for assault in the first degree charging that on Aug 27 he assaulted Bishop P R Heffron with a loaded revolver with intent to kill Deschas was not in court and will be arraigned this afternoon Judge Granger appointed counsel Heffron continues to improve from wounds suffered in the shooting
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winona
Minn
Srand
Father L. M. Lesches
P. R. Heffron
Father Deschas
Granger
Bishop Heffron
Leseter
Legislator Not Hero Medal for Twonesty at Perry County Fair
Springfield dispatch says Miss Harriet Reid, a local suffragist, travels to Pincknesville Tennessee for the Perry county fair to present W. T. Morris, Perry-fourth district representative, a medal for refusing to vote for a mileage bill and declining the mileage money after passage.
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Springfield
Flarriet* Reid
Perry County
Pincknesville
W. T. Morris
Perry-fourth
Forty-ninth
General Assembly
Constantinople Darkened as Krupp Works Idle
Geneva reports from Lausanne that Constantinople suffers no gas electricity or candles amid dire living conditions. A Swiss reader says 2 000 Krupp workers in Germany are idle due to lack of raw materials, worsening the Turkish capital’s misery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geneva
Switzerland
Pearis
Iran
Constantinople
Gavette de Lausanne
Dy Krupp
Germany
Safe conduct sought for Austro Hungarian envoy Dumba
Washington September 28 A state department note says safe conduct for Dr Constantin Dumba Austro Hungarian ambassador may be granted if Vienna replies to the request and indicates he will sail on leave. The Dumba case and the von Papen matter were discussed by President Wilson and Acting Secretary Polk in a late night conference.
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Washington, DD
Constantin Dumba
Vienna
Dumba
State Department
Washington
Mscuss von Papen
Wilson
Polk
Pranz von Papen
Alexander Nuher von Percked
New York
London Globe Reveals Sulphuric Acid Scandal
London reports in the Globe alleging a sulphuric acid scandal linked to the firm C. Tennant Long & Co. The piece claims vast quantities were bought in America and shipped in impure iron drums, causing losses and dangerous conditions aboard ships. Questions are raised about vessel adequacy and government complicity.
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London
The
Globe
House of Commons
C. Ten- Inant Long & Co
America
New York
Tennant & Company
Indenture Filed For Nine Year Old Apprentice
In Council Bluffs on September 23, for the first time in thirty years articles of indenture were filed in Pottawattamie County. Nine-year-old Clarence Ehinke was apprenticed to his mother Lena Ehinke to C Theiles of Cass County to learn farming until age twenty one. Smoke El Verso Havana 10¢ cigar advertisement.
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Council Bluts
Pottawattamie County
Clarence Ehinke
Lena Ehinke
C. Theiles
Cass County
German Submarines Sunk by British Navy Tactics
Providence Journal reports German submarines significantly reduced by British methods over two months. Describes use of galvanized wire netting, oil driven destroyers, and strategic netting placement to trap periscopes and force submarines to collide, sinking many with crews.
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Providence
R. T
Providence Journal Today
Great Britain
France
United States
Seven Cloak and Suitmakers charged with murder in strike
In New York on September 23 seven officers and committeemen of the Cloak and Suitmakers union faced first degree murder charges. They allegedly ordered the beating death of Abraham Liebovitz, a union member, after he worked in a nonunion shop. Defendants named include Max Sigman Morris Stupnick er Sol Metz Julius Woolf Max Singer Isadore Auspitz Abrahan Weillinger. A $250000 defense fund was raised by the United Hebrew Trades union amid claims of a frame up by a rival union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Cloak and Suitmakers’ Union
Abraham Liebovitz
Lol
Henjanin Fein
Seus
Liebovitni Ia
Itunter
N.Y
Tle
Max Sigman
Morris Stupnicker
Sol Metz
Julius Woolf
Max Singer
Isadore Auspitz
Abrahan Weillinger
United Hebrew Trades Union
Greek steamer Athinas crew rescued after sea fire
New York reports the freighter Rowmanian Prince arriving with seven steerage passengers and fifty six crew members saved from the Greek steamer Athinas, which was destroyed by a coastal sea fire last Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Athinas
Plot to blow up Aetna powder mills uncovered in Gary
Gary Indiana police say they disrupted a bomb plot targeting the Aetna powder mills east of Gary. Austrian worker Mike Siegewich is jailed on suspicion. Legow allegedly told Nick Veith of plans to plant a bomb destroying guncotton plants for the Allies. A letter to Detroit friends promises $10 000 for the attack as Gary braces for further action.
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Gary
Ind
Aetna
Here
Heintz
Mike Siegewich
Ydan
Nick Veith
Avia Company
Joseph Cotheryy
Legow
Begowich
Detroit
Wuld
Justice Clothery
Pormer
Deith
Begowleh
United States
Paper delivery notice with contact phone numbers
If this paper is not delivered by the stated time due to carrier error or other cause a copy will be sent. After 6:30 call 443 and paper will be provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Algase
French Airmen Bomb German Palace and Rail Hub
French airmen raided Stuttgart dropping about one hundred bombs on the royal palace and railway station amid anti aircraft fire. A French plane defeated six German battle aircraft over Nancy, with two airmen cited for gallantry. Other operations included bombarding Verdun area rail stations and Middelkerke barracks. A German statement reported an English aircraft shot down near Villars.
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Paris
Stuttgart
Iof Wurtemberg
France
England
Stutt- Kart
Wurtemburg
Royal Palace
Daun
Garnier
Nancy
Verdun
Conflans
Metz
Middelkerke
Briges
Thourout
Berlin
General Army Headquarters
Willarval
Neuville
Pension rolls shrink as Civil War veterans decline
The pension system reduced the Civil War roll by nearly 10 percent in the last fiscal year. About 96,370 union veterans remained on the roll on July 31, down 33,255 from a year earlier. Total payments reached 156,668,771 versus 172,417,546 in 1914, with overall wartime disbursements to veterans, widows, and children totaling 4,014,643,207 since the war's end.
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Washington, D. C
Commissioner of Pensions
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Ausdia
Avoy
Tihuan
Krrepp
Dun
Bassador
von Papen
London Globe
Havana
Heart of City
Tre
Zeppelin Bons
New Crogs
Trafalgar Square
Storth
Providence Paper
QEVEN
Wurtemberg
Earth
Verdun Station
Higgins
Death Guts Pension Rota
el Tovar
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