Lenine Report Conflicting, Bolshevik Leader Reported Dead
Conflicting cables report Nikolai Lenine in critical condition after being shot in Moscow. The Pravda claims he died of wounds, while a Russian wireless report asserts his condition remains good. An Associated Press dispatch from London states Lenine died from the injuries.
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Associated Press
London
Nikolai Lenine
Moscow
Petrograd
Exchange Telegraph Company
Copenhagen
Assassination attempt on Lenine reported serious
Pravda from Moscow says Nikolai Lenine is in serious condition after an attack Friday night. A young girl shot him after a speech at Michelson Works, with two women of the Social Revolutionary party also linked to the incident. He suffered internal hemorrhages and was arrested.
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Associated Press
Amsterdam
Nikolai Lenine
Pravda
Moscow
Lenine
Michelson Works
Vienna
Social Revolutionary Party
Lenine Placed In Good Condition, No Immediate Danger
Two Russian wireless bulletins dated Saturday evening report Nikolai Lenine in good general condition with no complications and say immediate danger has passed.
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Associated Press
London
Nikolai Lenine
President and Mrs Wilson Observe Quiet Sunday Drive
The President and Mrs Wilson drove to church behind two bags while obeying the Fuel Administration ban on unnecessary Sunday car use. Secret Service followed in a carriage as most Washington cars stayed in garages and a senator on Pennsylvania Avenue was stopped and questioned.
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Associated Press
Washington
Wilson
Fuel Administration
Secret Service
Pennsylvania Avenue
Capitol
Preacher Returns to Sea as Training Sailor
The Rev. Nathaniel H. Melbert of Houston Texas has left his pulpit to rejoin the sea. He joins a training ship at Boston and will ship as an ordinary sailor after six weeks of instruction.
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Washington
Nathaniel H. Melbert
Houston
Tex
Boston
Weather Summary Ohio Indiana and West Virginia Showers and Cooler
Ohio and West Virginia expect fair weather Monday with Tuesday showers and cooler. Indiana sees showers Monday afternoon or night and likely Tuesday with cooler conditions Monday night. Temperatures listed for stations include highs near 84 to 88 and varying wind and rain readings, with Cincinnati noting a historical reference through 1918 and a day-by-day temperature and precipitation table across multiple cities.
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Ohio
West Virginia
Indiana
Ramnes City
Jacksonville
Ville
Neale Newas
Beaver Cpeceasie
Nashville
Ste. Marie
Aaleal Winnioes
Salee
Cincinnati
Areea
Attempts to evade new registration called hopeless
Washington reports that attempts to dodge the September 12 draft registration will fail. Provost Marshal Crowder notes 20 000 to 25 000 men who skipped registration in 1917 have been rounded up, with enforcement tightening and penalties including a year in prison and loss of exemption rights.
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Associated Press
Washington
Crowder
United States
Mexico
Department of Justice
Twenty two missing Cudahy naval guards reach port
Twenty two members of the naval armed guard aboard the steamship Cudahy have been brought safely to Atlantic ports by British steamers. The Cudahy was torpedoed by two submarines about 700 miles from the English coast. Sixty two aboard, sixteen civilians survived. twenty four unaccounted were reported missing but all naval guards were later accounted for.
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Associated Press
Washington
Naval Armed Guard
Joseph Cudahy
Navy Department
Atlantic
Cudahy
Navy Today
Democratic party fails to nominate in California primary
San Francisco August 31. The Democratic party ends the state primary with no Governor candidate due to Mayor James Rolph not securing the Republican nomination and being ineligible under law. Leaders plan to meet to discuss the matter with possible court action at the State Supreme Court.
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Associated Press
San Francisco
James Rolph
Rolph
Stephens
State Supreme Court
Mexican garrison revolt loots hotel in Culiacan
An Associated Press report from Nogales cites a revolt by the Federal garrison at Culiacan Sinaloa involving about 110 soldiers. The Hotel Rosales was looted with about 2000 dollars taken from a safe before mutineers moved on to the telegraph office where the manager was killed.
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Associated Press
Nogales
Ariz
Culiacan
Sinaloa
Mexico
Coal production hits new weekly record in Central Pennsylvania
Washington reports the Fuel Administration announced a record weekly output of 1,356,075 tons of soft coal in the Central Pennsylvania fields for the week ending August 24, up 7,007 tons from the prior peak.
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Washington
Pennsylvania
The
Fuel Administration
Railroad Me To Keep Out Of Campaigns
Director General McAdoo orders all railroad employees to abstain from politics with immediate dismissal for violations. Prohibits holding political offices or aiding campaigns and requires those seeking office to resign. Emphasizes government control ends private interests and urges high public duty.
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McAdoo Debars
Associated Press
Washington
McAdoo
Railroad
United States
United States Railroad Service
Revenue Bill Is the Big Job Ahead in Congress
Washington reports Congress will begin the tenth month of its session focused on an $8.2 billion war revenue bill. Presidents actions and committee plans push for House debate next week and Senate hearings to follow, with vacations planned between sessions.
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Associated Press
Washington
Congress
Senate
House
Wilson
Ways and Means Committee
Senate Finance Committee
Aerial Mail Service Flies Through August Delays Nil
Aerial mail service between New York Washington and Philadelphia operated without delays in August. Mililarg aerial aviators flew the first ten days and fliers continued the service the rest of the month. Total mail cargo delivered weighed 5879 pounds.
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Associated Press
Washington
New York
Philadelphia
Postoffice
Spain Seizes German Interned Ships in Ports
Madrid—Spain moves to take over all German steamers interned in Spanish ports following Berlin note amid German submarine torpedoes. Foreign Minister Dato reports the sinking of the coal ship Ataz-Mendi off Spain after torpedo attack by a German submarine.
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Spain
Associated Press
Madrid
Berlin
Dato
Ataz-Mendi
England
Steam Yacht Ivy Destroyed by Gasoline Explosion
Fire at anchorage in Algonac Michigan destroys the steam yacht Ivy owned by Mrs W H Oades of Detroit. Eight people on board escape by a rowboat. Loss estimated at 25000 dollars. The blaze likely started from an oil signal lamp explosion.
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Associated Press
Algonac
Mich
Ivy
W. H. Oades
Detroit
Anchorage
Federal Trade Commission Under Fire by Chamber of Commerce
The Chamber of Commerce of the United States accuses the FTC of usurping power and misusing influence. In a public letter to President Wilson the chamber demands vacancies be filled with capable appointees and cites seven charges on jurisdiction, completeness of work, and procedural issues.
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Chamber of Commerce of
United States
Federal Trade Commission
Associated Press
Washington
Wilson
Chamber of Commerce of the
Chamber
The
Trade Commission
Commission
Federal Trade Committee
Rush C. Butler
Chicago
President Wilson declares Labor Day unity in war effort
Washington notes Labor Day 1918 message calling all Americans fellow enlisted in a single army to win the war. He frames the conflict as a struggle for emancipation against German autocracy with labor's full support, stressing the need to secure freedom and justice for all peoples.
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Associated Press
Washington
Wilson
White House
Europe
Germany
Labor Day
1918
Austria
Cars of R. R. officials may be made over
Several hundred private cars owned by millionaires, idle under the Railroad Administration ban, may be converted into ordinary sleeping and chair cars. The federal railway management is taking a census to decide whether to purchase or commandeer them.
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R. R
Railroad Administration
Federal Railway
Norwegian Explorer Urges Reclamation of Arctic Islands
Arctic explorer Vilhjalmur Stefansson, in Dawson after five years in the north, said he will urge the Canadian Government to reclaim Arctic islands and the Canadian wilderness on a vast scale.
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Arctic
Associated Press
Dawson
V. T
Vilhjalmur Stefansson
Arctic Islands
Horse Drawn Age Back At New York Under Fuel Order
New York observes the first Sunday gasoline ban with a return to horse drawn vehicles. Citizens without horses walk or watch the streets filled by hoofbeats. Motorists who defy the order face jeers from patriots and crowds as Riverside Drive loses its usual car traffic.
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New York
Associated Press
Riverside Drive
Industrial advisers sought for draft board under manpower act
Federal Directors of the United States Employment Service were instructed to nominate an industrial adviser for one district draft board to aid in administering the new manpower act. They were asked to choose men of broad intelligence and knowledge who command the confidence of both management and labor.
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Washington
United States Employment Service
Peronne Taken and Belfort Ruins in American Action
London reports German forces on the western front have decreased to 196 divisions from 204 as eight divisions were diverted to drafts. Germany aims to compensate with Austrian units and artillery. About 91 German divisions are in the current battles, with 17 engaged twice, and two high command changes noted among the leaders.
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Associated Press
London
Americans First Set Foot in Belgium Fight Near Voormezeele
With the British Army in Flanders on September 1 American troops fought on Belgian soil for the first time. They captured Voormezeele and were in action elsewhere in the area. Reuters reports the Americans also seized strong positions between Voormezeele and Ypres.
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Associated Press
Flanders
Reuters
Voormezeele
Ypres
British Troops Advance Near Ypres and Bapaume Front
British forces press forward in the Lys salient southwest of Ypres crossing the Lawe River and nearing the Estaires to La Bassee road. Haig reports cleared Longatte and Ecoust St Mein and pushed toward Le Transloy southeast of Bapaume.
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Associated Press
London
Lys Salient
Ypres
Lawe River
Estaires
la Bassee
British War Office
Bapaume
Haig
Longatte
Ecoust-St. Mein
le Transloy
French Troops Capture Crecy au Mont and Gain Ground Near Coucy le Château
Paris dispatch reports French forces captured Crecy au Mont south of the Ajilette River and established a footing in the wood west of Coucy le Château, according to the War Office.
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Associated Press
Paris
Crecy Au Mont
Ajilette
Ailette
Coucy le Chateau
War Office
French Troops Storm Leury and Capture 1000 Germans
Paris reports that French forces stormed Leury last night and took 1000 German prisoners. French troops crossed the Somme Canal at Eperancourt seven miles south of Peronne, and Rouy le Petit two miles northeast of Nesia has fallen to the French.
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Associated Press
Paris
Soissons
Leury
French War Office
Somme Canal
Eperancourt
Peronne
Rouy
British advance in Lys sector near Ypres and Lens
British forces push in the Lys salient southwest of Ypres crossing the Lawe River and approaching the Es says to LaBasse road. Northeast of Bapaume and southeast toward Le Transloy progress reported with Peronne recaptured by Haig’s army and towns Bullecourt and Moryal taken. Fires near Lens Armieres indicate further German movement. Line runs from Zillebeke to Voormezeele and Lindenhoek.
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London
Lys
Ypres
Lawe
Estaires
LaBasse
War Office
Bapaume Field
Mareshal Haig
Longatte
Ecoust-St. Mein
Bapaume
le Transloy
Peronne
Somme
Kield
Haig
Bullecourt
Moryal
Subu
Lens
Armieres
Zillebeke
Voa
Lindenboek
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