Defective WWI ammunition probe opens in Congress
Washington reports that the House adopted a McLemore resolution demanding Secretary Baker supply all evidence on the army ammunition scandal. The inquiry targets faulty cartridges shipped to Pershing's forces and traces the source of chemical priming shortages amid wartime disruption.
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Washington
Gen. Pershing
France
War Department
House of Representatives
Representative McLemore
Baker
House
McLemore
United States
Navy
War Department Ordnance Bureau
Army
Crozier
Frankfort
Fall of Riga Shifts Front as Germans Advance
Copenhagen reports Petrograd and northern battle line threatened as Riga falls to German forces. Russian right wing begins retreat toward Wenden after heavy shelling and destruction in Riga. Berlin confirms continuing Teutonic eastward push. Unconfirmed rumors say Moscow may relocate government archives if the advance continues.
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Russian Congress
Petrograd
Moscow
Copenhagen
Riga
Wenden
Berlin
Springfield Lab Strike and Riot at Street Railway
Springfield reports martial law not declared as infantry patrol street railway property after Labor Day riot. Company F Ninth Infantry dispersed a mob of over 1000 strike sympathizers, one bayonetted, four cars wrecked, officers gathered, bricks pelted, repairs underway. Tennessee coal district miners claim innocence amid broader labor unrest.
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Springfield
Ninth
Ninth Trinets Infantry
Bloomington
Headquarers
Eee
Knoxville Mine Party Attacked Amid Strike Action
In Knoxville Tennessee on September 4 a party of eight men including L. D Guen owner of the mine and seven repair workers were fired on near the lower Lignite mine as coal operations faced a strike. Three men were shot and wounded amid a fusillade of about 200 shots.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Nion
L. D Guen
College Ready East of Oraf to Open for Fall Team
Alabama Presbyterian College prepares for a new year with opening exercises planned for Thursday at 10 o'clock led by Dr George Lang and a broad invitation to the public. Faculty members return. enrollment prospects appear strong as letters of inquiry indicate solid interest. Washington hosts a ceremony honoring soldiers of freedom with Major J P Hill as orator and other religious leaders.
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College Ready East
Oraf
Alabama Presbyterian College
George Lang
J. P. Hil
Eighth Army Divsion
Camp McClellan
Major Hill
United States
Baltimore
Solomon
S. E. Hodges
First Presbyterian Church
Carleton Barnwell
Grace Episcopal Church
Lang
J. P. Mason
M. C. White
Anniston
Telephone worker injured on 2300 volt line at Alabama hotel alley
EB Campbell a Southern Bell employee was knocked unconscious on a pole behind the Alabama hotel when he touched a 2300 volt main. He was lowered by Chief Rainwater and rushed to St Luke's hospital with Dr. Hughes predicting a good chance of recovery. Campbell had just started with the company.
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Alabama
Campbell
Rainwater
Central Fire Department
New Jersey Troops Headed to Camp McClellan This Week
Between two and three thousand five hundred soldiers from New Jersey and Virginia are to join Camp McClellan by week’s end. Brig Gen Charles W Barber ordered Pirot Infantry Regiment and units from Seagirt NJ to move, while Fourth Virginia Infantry heads to the camp and First Maryland Infantry may arrive by Sunday night. Troop A shifts to a new location near the NJ detachment as mock peace continues with no reported disorders.
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New Jersey
Virginia
Camp McClellan
Charles W. Barber
Seagirt, N. J
Pirot
First Cavalry
Fourth Virginia Infantry
Camp McCrechan
Maryland Infantry
Alabama
New Jersey Infantry
Jacksonville
Bushwhacker attack wounds three men. one in serious condition
Gunfire struck Gunn, Gillie Johnson, and Tr P Cline during an assault blamed on union sympathizers. Gunn suffered arm wounds, Johnson was shot in the face and breast and is listed as serious, while Cline took leg and left arm injuries but is not seriously hurt. No suspects yet at this hour.
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Gunn
Gillie Johnson
Tr Pcline
Union
Wilson to Seek Guarantees for Peace Conference
Washington sources say President Wilson will be asked to secure guarantees from Germany as a condition for peace talks, likely involving the United States and Entente allies a conference anticipated at the Vatican.
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Washington
Wilson
United States
Germany
Vatican
Five Percent to Report for Atlanta Training Camp Arrival
Atlanta plans a welcome for the first five percent of its selected men who report on Wednesday. Civics groups will host a dinner and transport the volunteers to the training camp by automobile as the camp nears completion.
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Anniston
Camp Gordon
Atlanta
J. Harold Hudson
W. Oscar Hall
Camp A
New Jersey Guardsmen Headed to Camp McClellan
About 5700 of New Jersey's federalized national guardsmen will move to Camp McClellan near Avonteon within 48 hours. Gov. Walter Edge reviewed units in Newark Pompton Lake Hackensack Jersey City and here as drafts join the new national army. Some 3000 men will entrain tomorrow.
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Sea Girt
N. J
Jersey
Camp McClellan
Avnteton
Walter Edge
Newark
Fifth Infantry
Pompton Lake
Hackensack
National Army
Fourth Infantry
Jersey City
Third Infantry
Mineola Report Begins On Long Island Event
Mineola New York reports on a large gathering with six hundred men involved from the One Hundred and division, signaling a significant local or military or civic procession.
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Mineola, N. Y
British Front Advances and German Air Raid Report
British forces advanced slightly northeast of St Julien on the West Flanders front amid heavy German artillery in the Ypres area. A German note to the pope on President Wilson's proposals sparked attention in Berlin as a major political matter. In London 107 sailors were killed and 86 injured in a German air raid on Sheernes and Chatham. one civilian dead and six hurt.
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West London
War Offics
St. Julien
West Flanders
Ypres
Amsterdam
Wilson
London
Sheernes
Chatham
Decatur Station to Undergo Major Expansion
Mayor James A. Nelson learned this afternoon that the Southern railway will begin enlargement and improvement of the union passenger station in Decatur within a few days. About $15,000 is to be spent initially and a like amount later on.
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Decatur
James A. Nelson
Southern Railway
Union
Camp Sheridan Labor Day Work Continues At Remount Station
On Labor Day September 4 Montgomery officials observed a holiday while unions held their annual celebration. At Camp Sheridan and the government remount station work continued relentlessly with carpenters in use and a call for more workers to meet demand.
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Montgomery
Camp Sheridan
Troops Join Labor Day Festivities in Chattanooga Park
United States soldiers from the Elev enth cavalry and other units celebrated Labor Day in Chattanooga at a local park. Troop races and athletic contests entertained attendees while Gen. M. A. Whitaker delivered the day’s oration.
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Chattanooga
Eleventh Cavalry
United States
M. A. Whitaker
Seventeenth supply train arrives at Camp Mills
Seventeenth supply train under command of Maj William Devine arrived at Camp Mills today, marking a logistical milestone for the unit stationed there.
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Tralin
Maj
William Devine
Camp Mills
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J. P. Hill
National Capital
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Petit H. Murphy
Albert M. Turner
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Ineman Earl
E. K. Campbell
Southern Bell Telephone Co
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Southern Bell Telephone Company
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