War News Roundup From Fronts and Home Front
Western front and allied actions dominate the week with Haig consolidating gains in Flanders and claims of winning all objectives. U S troops in France train eagerly. British losses from mines and submarines total 13 ships and two small vessels. German attacks near Ypres repulsed. Rome notes Italians capturing high ground south of Podlaca and near Madoni with 1,400 prisoners. Meuse Verdun artillery battle continues. Aisne actions see German assaults repulsed with heavy losses. Royal Navy reports British casualties at home front from air raid: 11 killed, 82 injured. Norwegian sinking Sulven reported. English coast attacked with no casualties. Total weekly Allied and Central Powers casualties are tallied.
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Entente
Haig
Flanders
France
Foreign Office
Atlantic
Sulven
England
London
Michaelis
Reichstag
Amsterdam
Ypres
Field Marshal
Admiralty
Rome
Podlaca
Madoni
Isonzo
Meuse
Verdun
Paris
Aisne
Global War Updates Move Across Fronts and Cabinets
Reports from Europe and beyond describe Chilean cabinet resignations and new coalition talks in Petrograd under Kerensky. Sinn Fein leader Thomas Ashe dies after hunger strike in Dublin while diplomats discuss peace and military aid remains contested amid wider conflict.
Wheat shipments urged by Fairfax Harrison amid war board drive
Fairfax Harrison, chairman of the Railroads War Board, appeals to farmers to ship their wheat now. In Gary Indiana six workers died indirectly due to a strike switchmen incident at the United States Steel plant. Seattle metal workers strike for higher wages and eight hour shift. A San Francisco court acquits Frank C Oxman of attempted perjury subordination in Mooney murder case, then a new arrest warrant is issued. The Denver recruiting district covers Colorado Wyoming and northern New Mexico as the army accepts 226 enlistment applications for September.
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Fairfax Harrison
Railroads’ War Board
United States Steel Corporation
Gary
Ind
Seattle
San Francisco
Frank C. Oxman
Thomas J. Mooney
Denver
Colorado
Wyoming
New Mexico
McAdoo
Actist
National Spiritualist
New York
St. Louis
George A. Smith
Salt Lake City
Utah
International Irrigation Congress
International Dry Farming Congress
Farm Congress
Peoria
Ill
Daniel O’connell
United States District Court
Japan
China
Viscount Ishii
Trading with the enemy bill nears final White House signature
The trading with the enemy bill passed Congress and moved to President Wilson for his signature. Calls for expulsion of Senator LaFollette rise amid disloyal remarks. The Federal Reserve Board limits gold and currency exports to the utmost to balance trade. Nine companies of the First Colorado infantry totaling 911 personnel arrived at Camp Kearney, California.
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Congress
Wilson
LaFollette
Senate
Minnesota Commission of Public Safety
Federal Reserve Board
First
Colorado Infantry
Camp Kearney
Linda Vista
Cal
Denver
Late Market Quotations in Colorado and Plains Hay Prices
Late market quotations from Denver show buying prices per ton for hay and grain. Colorado upland hay ranged around 20 to 24 dollars per ton, with Nebraska and prairie hay at 18 to 22 dollars. timothy 22 to 24 dollars. alfalfa 15 to 16 dollars. South Park and Gunnison Valley prices listed. straw around 56 dollars per ton. Grain items include wheat, oats, corn chop, and bran with various per 100 pounds or sack prices noted.
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Denver
Colorado Upland
Nebraska Upland
Cole
Neb
South Park
Gunnison Valley
Colorado
Colo
Accidents End Motorcycle and Auto Races at State Fair Grounds
At Helena Montana two serious crashes halted events killing one man and injuring three, with one injury likely fatal. Meanwhile a barn roof collapse at Peoria Illinois injured twenty two and bruised about fifty spectators watching the auto races. In Fresno California W S Campbell died on the first lap of a twenty mile race and William Bolden and Clyde Roads caused injuries to bystanders.
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Helena
Mont
Peoria
Ill
W. S. Campbell
Fresno
Cal
William Bolden
Clyde
Imports and exports shift as war-era data released
August trade figures show exports from New York port down by over 95 million dollars versus August 1916 while American foreign trade rises by about 160.5 million dollars from July. Other items note Liberty loan details, spiritualist resolutions, and farm congress leadership changes.
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New York
Department of Commerce
Flint Hides and Pelts Price Listings
Dry Hides and pelts values shown for Flint market items include 1b prices for salt hides at 2 to 3 cents, dry Flint pelts and wool pelts with varied per pound rates, lamb and sheep prices around 1.00 to 2.00, and green salted hides noted with adjustments for cure. Also listed are buckskin saddles and glue hides with value-based notes and unit prices across categories.
Prices and commodities notes from New York and Chicago markets
Market items list prices across metals ores butter eggs potatoes and poultry with regional quotes from New York St Louis Boulder and Chicago. Grain and provisions in Chicago and Minneapolis show prices for flour rye barley corn oats and cotton futures with regional butter prices noted for Elgin.
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New York
St. Louis
Boulder
War tax bill would touch all ages and incomes in nation
Washington notes the House passed a $2.7 billion war tax plan with many levies on births and deaths. Heirs face higher inheritance taxes, consumpt ion taxes grandly expanded, postal and travel duties, stamp taxes, and doubled income taxes for high earners. Experts forecast annual yields near $2.5 billion with varied estimates.
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Washington
House
Senate
Baby
Uncle Sam
Representative Cooper
Wisconsin
Green
Iowa
Kitchin
Treasury
Demonstration at Essen Over Peace Terms Protest
Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Amsterdam reports a demonstration at Essen near the Krupp works. The protest targets Chancellor Michaelis for not stating Germanys peace terms.
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London
Essen
Krupp Works
Michaelis
Germany
Amsterdam
Germans Launch Strong Luftwaffe Raid On London Coast
Four air squadrons attacked London and coast towns in the fiercest raid yet. Some planes reached the city, bombarding the southwestern district as defense guns roared for about two and a half hours. Bombs also fell on coastal towns during the approach. The Russians report another gain on the Riga front with improved troop morale.
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London
Riga
Arizona Sheriff Arrests Miners
In Clifton Arizona eighty Mexicans and Spaniards are jailed on riot charges after 250 armed strikers tried to march from Morenci to Clifton Monday morning. Sheriff A H Slaughter said the situation is under control as over 300 armed citizens stand ready to respond if needed.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Clifton
A. H. Slaughter
Morenci
Western Canada nets top wheat prizes at Peoria expo
The Wheat contest at the Peoria exposition awards Western Canada first second and third prizes to S Larcombe of Birtle Manitoba. Harvest and threshing are complete with yields around 20 bushels per acre and potential returns near 40 dollars per acre.
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Peoria
Ill
Western Canada
S. Larcombe
Birtle
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Canada
United States
Western
Relieving Anxiety Over Sugar Shortage Talk
In a domestic moment, Al Gernon and a companion discuss war disruption to business and a predicted U S sugar shortage. They contrast worry with a preference for a long automobile ride over chocolates, signaling a lighthearted coping theme.
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Algernon
United States
Prisoner’s defiant reply tests German officer
Tommy Atkins captures a German officer and asks for the weapon. The officer replies he has no sword but offers alternative deadly devices such as a vitriol spray a flame projector or a gas cylinder.
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Tommy Atkins
Why Pardoning Power Rest With President Takes Center Stage
A historical note questions why the president alone holds pardoning power rather than Congress. It suggests concerns that a deserving prisoner might die of old age before a leniency measure could be granted.
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Congress
Out of the Mouths of Babes and Printing Trade Shifts
A wry anecdote recalls Nettie asking about Mrs. Grundy and the equator. The teacher learns Nettie’s belt joke about Mrs. Grundy. The piece notes women rapidly replacing men in the printing trade and hints at different kinds of fast friends.
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Nettie
Mrs. Grundy
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Story OF
Union News Service
Victor Emanuel
Italy
Poincare
Petrograd
Kerensky
Thomas Ashe
Sinn Fein
Dublin
Zurich
Ministry of Shipping
Duke of Amalfi
Mexico
Alexandro Padilla
Lisbon
Stockholm
Riminische Westfalische Zeitung
Argentina
Buenos Aires
Viscount Milner
British War Council
Neues Pester Journal
Budapest
Admiral von Tirpitz
Masrine
America
Europe
Western Newspaper Union News Service
Aleia
F. O. Denver
F. O. B. Denver
SPORT
Cambrill Manufacturing Company
Baltimore
Takerereieis
Colt
Chicago
Minnesota
Wiscon
Michigan
Minneapolis
Minn
Elgin
Arizona
Dean
Ellen Janis
N. Third St
St. Charles
Casheenee
Foster-Milburn CO
Buffalo, N. Y
Oxford
Denver Photo Materials Co
Eastman Kodak Co
16Th Street
Platte River Cattle Co
Wyatt Live Stock Co
Denver Stock Yard Bank Room
Exchange
Stock Yards
J. H. Wilson Saddlery CO
Ee J. O Cas
Eenver
Rewanee
Farmers
Dept. W. N. U
Jes
Jos
Schwartz 16Th & Curtis
Eee Sa
Carter
Carters
Little R Pills
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