Germans Raid Britain By Land And Sea
German forces attack Scarborough London and southeast coast in a burst of activity. Reports say 14 killed and 67 wounded, with air raids producing 821 total English casualties. Royal navy notes merchant ships sunk by mines and submarines.
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Britain
Scarborough
London
South Coast
Admiralty
Altho
Germany
North Sea
Yorkshire
Russia
Riga
Julian Front
Rainsizza
Ocroglo
France
Belgium
Maubeuge
Holland
Mobilization Begins as 30,000 Join First Selected Army
America starts its national army mobilization with trains delivering the first quota to cantonments. About 30,000 men, five percent of those certified by local boards, are called to begin training for the nation's first selected army. Wilson grants broad authority to draft boards amid railroad capacity constraints.
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Wilson
The
Commercial Tribune
Washington
America
Germany
Be Gallant and Strike Hard Struck Into Camp Selectives
Secretary of War Baker bids the National Army to strike decisive blows and bear themselves gallantly as mobilization progresses. Crowder reports minimal confusion with cantonments nearly complete and draft quotas set for September and October. National Army Day is celebrated as drafted men begin training amid parades and nationwide demonstrations.
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Baker
Washington
National Army
Republic
Europe
Pennsylvania
Labor Loyal to the Nation in Itchlake
A special dispatch from Minneapolis reports two hundred delegates of American labor forming the American Alliance for Labor and Democracy to support the President and the flag. Samuel Gompers presents the platform while Frank Walsh rejects talk of a labor party. the group vows loyalty to democracy, internationalism, and wartime aims.
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Itchlake
Commercial Tribune
Minneapolis
Sept
American Labor
American Alliance For Labor and Democracy
Samuel Gompérs
A. F. of i
Alliance
Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Frank P. Walsh
United States
Samuel Gompers
Republic of the Red States of America
America
National Secretary Haywood Held as Government Seizes IWW Papers
Washington reports state that Attorney General Gregory ordered nationwide seizures of IWW, Socialist party, and allied group materials. William D Haywood was arrested in Chicago as federal agents seized headquarters and documents connected to a Chicago grand jury probe into IWW activities amid war-time pressures.
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Chicago
Covington
Washington
Industrial Workers of the World
Socialist Party
United States
Gregory
William D. Haywood
William C. Fitts
Department
Germany
Department of Justice
Weather Summary and Temperatures for September 5 1917
Ohio shows showers Thursday cooler Friday partly cloudy Kentucky and Tennessee fair Thursday and Friday Indiana showers in north fair in south Thursday cooler Friday partly cloudy Montreal 154 62 Williston 64 Jacksonville 80 86 St Louis 68 Chicago 68 Seattle 72 Memphis 84 90 Winnipeg 58 Omaha 74 88 Denver 74 70 Chattanooga 75 Portland 78 San Francisco 62 64 Record for September 5 1917 ends at 7 pm with clear morning and partly cloudy afternoon conditions and temperatures 66 at 7 am 81 at 2 pm 75 at 7 pm.
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Ohio
Kentucky
Tennessee
Indiana
Montreal
Williston
Jacksonville
St. -L
Miami
Denver
Pittsburg
Phoenix
Chattanooga
Seattle
Chicago
Portland
T. Louis
San Fr Cisco
Memphis
Winnipeg
Omaha
OH Kamloopes
N.E
S.W
Fire at Talbert Zoller Lumber Yard Wrecks Veneer and Saw Mills
A blaze at the Talbert Zoller Lumber and Veneer Company in Spring Grove and Chickering avenues Wednesday night destroyed thousands of feet of lumber and the veneer and saw mills. Firemen fought for hours with five companies. the loss is estimated at $25,000 and insured. Fifty soldiers aided, preventing a wider spread.
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Talbert-Zoller Lumber and Veneer Company
Spring Grove
Chickering Avenues
L. Nicholson
J. F. Dietz
John S. Zoller
Foppe
Defective ammunition probe moves forward in Congress
The Military Affairs Committee reports a seven member panel to probe defective ammunition sent to General Pershing's forces. Secretary Baker and General Crozier testified on Frankford arsenal defects affecting small arms ammo, with findings on cause and early discovery.
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Washington
Military Affairs Committee Today
Military Affairs Committee
General Pershing
House
The
Commercial Tribune
Baker
General Crozier
Ordnance Bureau
Senate Military Affairs Committee
Congress
Frankford Arsenal
Crozier
Expeditionary
France
War Department
Navy
Navy Department
Army
Frankford
Missing gems found for rich Cincinnatian
Cumberland Maryland September 5 Chief of Police Oscar A Eyerman recovered jewelry valued at 1000 left at the Windsor Hotel Monday morning by W A Earls of Cincinnati a member of a party of eight tourists en route East The jewelry was placed under the pillow of his bed but he did not miss it until Washington D C The hotel was notified but a more search of the room revealed nothing The Earls who is connected with Earls Johansing general insurance agents with offices in the Fourth National Bank Building is on a motor trip thru the East Those in his party are Mrs Earls Attorney John Fitzpatrick and wife of Cincinnati Thomas E Gallagher and wife of Chicago and Vincent Gallagher and wife of Columbus
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Department of Justice
Industrial Workers of the World
Chicago
Department
Wilson
Covington
Supreme Court of
District of Columbia
West
Pacific Coast
Cumberland
Oscar A. Eyerman
Windsor Hotel
W. A. Earls
Cincinnati
Earls
Washington, D. C
Earls & Johansing
Fourth National Bank
East
John Fitzpatrick
Thomas E. Gallagher
Vincent Gallagher
Columbus
Meat Shortage Must Be Ended Warns Hoover
Washington early today 125 American livestock specialists were convened by Secretary of Agriculture Houston and Hoover to tackle a world meat shortage. They warned the problem will persist for years after the war and urged the U.S. to boost meat production by shifting breeding cattle and sheep to the South and East. Federal financial aid to livestock producers was promised as the industry faces a critical period with more animals moving to market.
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The
Commercial Tribune
Washington
Secretary of Agriculture
Houston
Hoover
United States
Europe
Department of Agriculture
Iowa
Federal Reserve Board
Herbert Quick
Federal Farm Loan Board
Quick
Bootleggers Around in Belmont County Fined
Belmont County led Ohio in bootlegging convictions with eighty nine cases in the year ending June 30. Fines there totaled 18 thousand 400 dollars while Cuyahoga County had eighty one convictions and 18 thousand 800 dollars in fines. Statewide convictions reached six hundred thirty eight with total fines of 143 thousand 259 dollars.
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Columbus
Belmont County
State Liquor License Commission
Wheeling
West Virginia
Ohio River
Cuyahoga County
Hamilton County
Mrs Downs Dies at 38 in Norwood Home
Mrs Alice Douglas Downs age 38 wife of Fred F Downs manager of United States Can Company Norwood died at home 3690 Kendal avenue Wednesday evening after a week long illness She was a daughter of the late Howard Douglas former Past Supreme Chancellor of the Knights of Pythias in this city Survived by husband son Douglas Morse Downs mother Mrs Howard Douglas and brother Howard Douglas Jr of Lockland Funeral arrangements not yet completed
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Alice Douglas Downs
Fred F. Downs
United States Can Company
Norwood
Kendall Avenue
Howard Douglas
The
Knights of Pythias
Douglas Morse Downs
Howard Douglas, Jr
Lockland
Garment Workers Strike At Eagle Suit and Skirt Plant
Thirty employees of the Eagle Suit and Skirt Company in the Ladies' Garment Workers' Union walked out on strike Wednesday. Abe Kaufman said the strike was over union eligibility for workers. Joseph Diamont, company president, blamed labor troubles on the union’s stance on certain tasks and union membership for two girls in the plant.
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Eagle Suit and Skirt Company
Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union
Abe Kaufman
Uion
Joseph Diamont
Louisville Man Robbed At Pugh Alley and Trinity Court
Ash Alton, 27, of Louisville Kentucky, was robbed of 300 dollars by a Black assailant near Pugh alley and Trinity court on Wednesday night. He is being held at the Fourth District Police Station to explain why he lacks a selective service registration card.
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Ash Alton
Louisville
Pugh Alley
Trinity Court
Tdistrict
Cincinnati Physician Slated To Be New Health Commissioner
Dr. Allen Weir Freeman, a Virginian with Cincinnati ties, will become Ohio Health Commissioner at 6000 dollars per year after a Columbus meeting with Gov Cox and the State Health Council. He has worked with the American Public Health Service on river pollution efforts and is 36 with a wife and two children. Vera Cruz dispatch notes Cipriano Castro aboard a Spanish liner, guarded by US Secret Service men.
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Cincinnati
American Public Health Service
Ohio
Columbus
Cox
State Health Council
Freeman
The
Columbus Dispatch
Dr. Freeman
Washington
Ohio River
Third
Kilgour Streets
Old Marine Hospital
Vera Cruz
Mexico
Cipriano Castro
Venezuela
United States Atlantic
Scret Service
Will Pass Bond Bill Thursday Despite GOP Attacks
Washington Sept. 5. Prolonged GOP attacks on the $11, 8,945,460 war bond and certificate bill tested the measure as leaders moved toward a vote tomorrow. Debate centered on power for the Treasury Secretary to handle allied loans, with several war expenditure amendments ruled out on points of order. Senate tax debates closed with a Finance Committee compromise totaling about 1.286 billion dollars in wartime and excess profits levies.
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Ashington
Secretary of the Treasury
House
Sug
Gillett
Massachusetts
Moore
Pennsylvania
Stafford
Wisconsin
Morgan
Oklahoma
Sloan
Nebraska
Bil Committee
Senate
Finance Committee
Normhal
Bar Association Protest Against Violation of Law of Nations
Saratoga Springs N Y Sept 5 Members of the American Bar Association in session adopted for transmission a protest against the violation of international law and war usage. The document decries sinkings without warning, exclusion from the high seas and other acts by German agents, including murder of civilians and destruction of nonmilitary targets.
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Saratoga Springs
N. Y
American Bar Association
Committee On International Law
United States Commission On Publicity
Washington
Tos
Cincinnati businessman seeks army commission through defense council
R K Rogan, a wealthy Cincinnati man, armed with letters from Senator Harding, went to the War Department to obtain a captain’s commission in the Quartermaster Corps. After failing to connect there, he plans to pursue entry through the Council of National Defense.
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Washington
R. K.rogan
Cincinati
Senator Harding
War Department
Quartermaster's Corps
Council of National Defense
Hazing death of Ohio brakeman on freight run
Batelle DeLong a 22 year old brakeman from Orrville died after fellow Akron and Zanesville division workers hazed him near Tranway Muskingum County on August 20. He and a companion fled but were killed by a passing freight train as gunfire erupted. The State Utilities Commission called for legal action by the Muskingum County Prosecutor.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus
Ohio Railroad
State Utilities Commission
Batelle DeLong
Orrville
Wayne County
Akron
Pennsylvania Railroad
Akron & Zanesville
Tranway
Muskingum County
DeLong
Petitions Attacked by Suffragists May Stop Full Vote
Ohio voters may be barred from voting on the Reynolds woman’s Presidential suffrage act referendum as Florence Allen announces appeals to Franklin County courts to block Secretary of State Fulton from counting petitions from 65 counties. Suffragists claim petitions are invalid due to county boards not fully investigating irregularities.
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The
Commercial Tribune
Columbus
Ohio
Ohio Suffrage Association
Florence Allen
Cleveland
Franklin County
Fulton
Dr C E Schenk Honored By West Ohio M E Conference
A Marion Ohio dispatch reports Dr C E Schenk of Cincinnati Superintendent of the Cincinnati District was honored at the West Ohio M E Conference annual convention. He announced plans to leave the Cincinnati District for the Methodist Home for the Aged in Cincinnati. He received a gold watch and knife from district ministers. Mrs Schenk received a diamond brooch set with pearls.
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Marion
West Ohio
M. E
C. E. Schenk
Cincinnati
Methodist Home For
Queen City
Government Probes Chicago Mayor Thompson for Pacifist Ties
Justice Department expands inquiry into pacifist activities of Chicago mayor William Hale Thompson. Secret service will review his actions and The Republican, with involvement expected from The People's Peace and Democracy Council and the American Union Against Militarism. In Chicago, Thompson aides clash with Grant Park demonstrators en route to the Kankakee Fair.
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Commercial Tribune
Washington
William Hale Thompson
Chicago
Department of Justice
Speer and
Hough
Thompson
Secret Service
Republican
People’s Peace and Democracy Council
American Union Against
Grant Park
Republican Club
van Buren Street
Kankakee Fair
United States
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M. E. Conference
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