Pope Peace Notes Delayed Central Powers Reply Not Yet Reached Vatican
Rome report says Cardinal Gasparri states Central powers reply to Pope Benedicts peace proposals has not arrived at the Vatican. Berlin predicts the note will not detail Belgium. British information to the Vatican may delay Entente reply until next Saturday. Separate NY dispatch notes Mrs Maude King plans to remarry her first husband Edward Aull amid inquiry into her murder. Public inquest in Concord slated for next week to determine if death was accidental.
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Pope Bensdot
Vatican
Berlin
Switzerland
Gasparri
William
Riga
Great Britain
Holy See
London
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Ofa
Belgium
Associated, Press
New York
Maude A. Keng
James C. Kg
Edward B. Aull
Cabarrus County
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King
Concord
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Chicago
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Hull
LaGrange
Maude
A. King
Havden Clement
Concord Este
Italian Air Fleet Flight To Washington For Official Review
A four plane Italian air fleet from Langley Field to Washington will carry government officials including Secretary Lane Howard Coffin and Major General Sayler. The flight will be official with no civilian passengers and will land at Potomac Park about two hours after departure. Officials will study the Caproni machines alongside Liberty engine tests and compare performances during the visit.
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Langley Field
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Howard Coffin
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Potomac Park
New York
Great Battle Progress in Ypres Front Report
British forces press the Menin Road sector in Flanders with ground gained and heavy German resistance. Haig reports early positions captured along a 4 1/2 mile front east of Ypres with continued assault near Roulers and Hollebeke despite worsening weather and machine gun fire.
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Berlin
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Flanders
France
Belgium
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Inverrness
Nuns Wood
Glencorse Wood
Latin America exports surge during war years
Atlantic City, Sept. 20. Exports from the United States to Latin America have greatly increased during the war and last fiscal year were the largest in history. Daniel Warren of the American Trading Company cites chemicals acids papers iron and steel tin plate cotton leather coal sugar and wool among the fast rising goods. Potential embargo rules are discussed to keep merchandise from enemy hands.
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Associated Press
Atlantic City
N. J
United States
Latin America
Daniel Warren
American Trading Company
Warren
Coroner Uncovers Murder Case in Rufus Monchief Killing
Athens Georgia September 20 The coroner s jury in Rufus Monchief s murder found the body by the road riddled with bullets and suggests the crime was committed by members of his own race after a large gambling spree The jury continues in session with witnesses and participants reportedly identified
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Associated Press
Athens, Ga
Watkinsville
Rufus Monchief
Ministers to staff army camps in Southern states
Richmond Va Sept 20 It was announced that the Home Mission Board plans to place a minister in every army training camp in the Southern States at the denomination’s expense. Dr George Green of Johnston City Tenn leads talks with state boards. a Richmond meeting will set the definite program next week.
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Richmond
Home Mission Board
The
Southern Baptist Convention
Boars
George Green
Johnston City
Green
American officers first to receive the war cross in France
Brigadier General George B. Duncan and Major Campbell King are the first American officers to receive the war cross in France for their roles as observation officers at forward artillery posts during the Verdun offensive. It is not yet known if they will be permitted to accept the decoration.
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Associated Press
France
George B. Duncan
Campbell King
Ecross
Verdun
Woman wins big prize in Dispatch contest
The article details how Mrs. Helen Putney won the top prize in The Dispatch contest and shares her method for winning an automobile, plus the rewards and voting system for participants and how subscriptions generate votes. It urges readers to start promptly, noting that 25 000 votes come from a first subscription and 50 000 from two-year subs or two-year ties.
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Tal Onde
Lee
Army to Field Gas and Flame Units in France
General orders reveal new army engineer regiments and vast supplemental units to handle gas and liquid fire attacks. Each army will host mining water supply construction and road services with dozens of battalions and hundreds of trucks and wagons, plus railway and forestry detachments. Medical staff will accompany the engineers, and most support troops will be trained as infantry with limited armament.
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Washington
France
General Construction Service
Portoon Park
Gaage
Ational Army Engineers
19Th National Army Engineers
Mechanical and Supply Department
Adamson Nominated as General Appraiser for New York Port
Representative William C. Adamson of Georgia, longtime chair of the House Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee and father of the railroad eight hour law, was nominated by the President to be general appraiser of merchandise for the port of New York. He has served 20 years as representative of Georgia’s Fourth District and plans to resign from Congress effective January 1.
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Associated Press
Washington
William C. Adamson
Georgia
House
Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee
New York
Adamson
Carrollton
Congress
Railroad Indicted on Fraud Charge in Meridian
Meridian Miss September 20 The Mobile Ohio railroad faces an indictment charging it obtained fraudulent funds from other lines by claiming to have repaired cars not theirs and collecting for the work. The five counts carry a possible 5000 dollars penalty each. attorneys filed a demurrer to the charges, to be argued first.
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Associated Press
Meridian
Miss
Mobile& Ohio Railroad
No New Move in Bingham Will Case
Proceedings in the threatened contest of the codicil to the will of the late Mrs. Robert Bingham are at a standstill. Attorney Bruce Helm, representing Mrs. Bingham's relatives, has been in New York to confer with clients on whether to proceed with the contest over the 5 million dollar bequest to her husband.
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Louisville
Robert Bingham
Bruce Helm
Workmen Walk Out at Camp Jackson in South Carolina
In Columbia on September 20 about five hundred white and negro laborers building Camp Jackson struck at dawn after learning an hour earlier they were laid off. Government officials ordered them to report the next morning at 10:30 to receive pay, then likely to be removed from the reservation.
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Associated Press
Columbia
S. C
Jackson
New Cotton Mills Planned for Bladen County
Clarkton reports a knitting mill is planned in the town and Elizabethtown is eyed for a cotton mill site. With Browns Landing locks complete, Cape Fear waterway will allow year round steamer service to Wilmington.
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Elizabethtown
Browns Landing
Cape Fear
Wilmington
Mitchel Edges Bennett in Narrow NYC GOP Primary
New York reports Mayor Mitchel wins the Republican nomination for mayor by 1,119 votes as two election districts remain uncounted. William M. Bennett claims miscount and vows a recount, while John F. Hylan runs unopposed in the Democratic primaries, setting up a likely general election clash between Mitchel and Hylan.
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Associated Press
New York
Mitchel
Fusion
William M. Bennett
Bennett
Manhattan
John F. Hylan
Tammany
Hyland
New York City
Rioting in Montevideo over envoy telegrams
Rioting in Montevideo involved more than 20 000 men marching through the streets to protest Count von Luxburg’s cipher telegrams sent via the Swedish legation in Buenos Aires. The telegram suggested sinking Argentinian vessels without trace.
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Reiing
Associated Press
Montivideo
Uruguay
Argentina
Count von Luxburg
Buenos Aires
Help Offered to Aid China and France Request
An appeal is made to the United States to aid China as the Entente powers receive financial help to equip their troops. The text notes an earlier willingness to supply 2,000 soldiers to France and references compliance with a French request.
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France
United States
China
4000 Men Arrive At Camp Jackson For National Army
Washington reports show 300,000 called to colors and many already arrived. Camp Jackson near Columbia expects about 4,000 by afternoon as 2,500 have mustered and examined. North Carolina Virginia and Florida districts contributing, with rail arrivals and intent to form provisional companies.
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National Army
War Department
Step Will
Camp Jackson
Columbia
S. C
Cam Jackson
Clarence
Clyde Cole
Leecoun
North Carolina
Ocean
South Carolina
Jackson
Florida
Mittering
Camp Lee
Petersburg
Lee
Richy
Itis
Byrd Street
Richmond
Virginia
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Pennsylvania
Faeert
Pt P. Davidson
Peter
Amond
Amicable wage settlement sought in San Francisco strike
In San Francisco on September 20 the joint conference between strikers and employers ended with 25 000 transportation workers supporting an amicable wage settlement. United States ship member Jam Ackerson said the government's wage burden was a key factor in calming the dispute and mediators praised the approach.
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