British, French Make Gains on Somme Front Amid German Attacks
British and French forces report advances along a Somme front including the Danube trench, Mouquet Farm fortifications, and territory near Courcelette. German counterattacks Sunday on newly held British positions yielded heavy losses for the attackers. Seven hundred unwounded prisoners were captured and additional gains were announced by the British War Office.
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Militia on Mexican border faces release delay stir
Syracuse residents report alarm over War Department July 5 order requiring affidavits from two disinterested persons to release militiamen with dependents. Soldiers fear pay interruptions and loss of civil jobs, while border units struggle to obtain needed affidavits amid criticism of red tape.
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Labor unions call for nationwide sympathetic strike in NYC
A New York meeting of top labor leaders plans a sympathetic strike across organized workers in support of the railway workers right to organize. The move could halt business in New York City and potentially spread to other cities. The call estimates up to eight hundred thousand workers may respond.
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GOING SLOW AN OT SEED OF SYMPATHY
The Inter national Longshoreman's Association leader said 35 000 members would not strike before Thursday if at all. Unions canvassed sympathy with 70 000 to 80 000 transit workers, with short notice walkouts possible. The Tidewater Boatmen's Union voted to strike. few carmen actions occurred. meetings offered Socialist support. coal supply risks noted as incidental.
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Details of Fight Following Onslaught in Capital
A clash erupted after an onslaught in the capital with reports detailing the sequence of punches and retaliations. Authorities began investigations as bystanders recounted the rough confrontation and injuries. Public safety crews responded to the scene and secured the area.
Battle near Chihuahua routs Villa forces. Trevino wounded
General Obregon reports Villa followers attacked Chihuahua city Friday night and were routed Saturday with about 600 dead. General Trevino led a reserve to regain government buildings, was lightly wounded, and aided in final victory as troops halted the retreat and pursued remaining rebels.
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Weather summary for Ohio and neighboring states
Cool and fair conditions forecast for Monday and Tuesday east of the Mississippi with cooler temperatures in the Middle Atlantic and New England. Fogs and frosts reported in New England and the Middle Atlantic interiors, while the far Northwest warms. Regional temperatures and precipitation patterns noted with historical Cincinnati data for September 17, 1916.
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Bremen Submarine Report Haunts New London Harbor
A rumor says the German submarine Bremen was near Fisher's Island in Long Island Sound at 9 p m heading for New London. Tug T A Scott Jr searched the area with likely Eastern Forwarding Company representatives aboard. later reports found no sighting amid dense fog.
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Mackensen Presses Russian and Roumanian Pursuit
Berlin reports Field Marshal von Mackensen continues the pursuit of Russian and Roumanian forces after recent operations in Dobruja. Roumanians defeated, with Transylvania advance continuing. The Macedonian front note adds Kavala bombarded by Entente warships.
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Italians Press Isonzo Offensive Toward Triest
Italian infantry widened their assault in the Isonzo district aiming at Triest. The War Office reports wide front entrenchments stormed and captured along with about eight hundred additional prisoners.
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Gem City Prepares For Opening Of G O P Campaign In Ohio
Dayton readies the largest GOP campaign opening in Ohio with President candidate Charles E Hughes and national figures including Governor Frank B Willis Colonel Myron T Herrick Charles W Fairbanks and Warren G Harding. Hughes speaks at 10 noon 2 30 and again at memorial hall. a mammoth parade and public reception follow.
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Prince Albert Sent Home From Service For Abdominal Abscess
London reports Prince Albert second son of King George has been invalided home because of an abdominal abscess after an operation. The 21 year old midshipman on the battleship Collingwood during the war is recovering and will be unfit for duty for some time.
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Noted Educator Seth Low Dies at Rural Home
Seth Low former Mayor of New York and long serving Columbia University president died at Broadbrook Farm Bedford Hills New York at 66 after months of illness. Born January 18 1850 in Brooklyn he led Brooklyn City Government and New York City and headed Columbia for eleven years. He was educated at Polytechnic Institute and Columbia and excelled in sports and academics.
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Submarine Toll by Germans Records 26 Vessels Sunk
Berlin reports from Sept 3 to Sept 11 showing 26 merchant ships totaling 26 222 tons sunk in the English Channel and Atlantic. Seven neutral vessels totaling 10 669 tons were sunk for contraband, with names such as Gorridge and Radie cited. Also 78 Allied aircraft lost in August, with 49 captured. German losses cited as 17 aircraft.
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Wilson to Attend Funeral of Sister in Columbia Today
President and Mrs. Wilson left Long Branch at 2 P.M. to travel to Columbia South Carolina for the funeral of his sister Mrs Annie E Howe who died yesterday in New London Connecticut. Services are set for tomorrow at the First Presbyterian Church in Columbia with the President returning to Shadow Lawn Tuesday afternoon.
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England May Abandon Her Free Trade Policy
Washington dispatch reports the London Chamber of Commerce urging world economic blocs after the war with tariff walls. The plan favors abrogating most favored nation treaties, imposes graded tariffs, and aims at British post war trade domination and a central credit bank.
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Lansing
Captain Wegelin Dead at 65 Former Ohio National Guard Commander
Captain Charles Francis Wegelin 65 a former Commander of Company F First Regiment Ohio National Guard and a Lincoln Lodge K of P and Uniformed Bank member died suddenly of heart disease at 1054 Winfield avenue Price Hill. He earlier worked with Keith Oyster Company on Sixth Street and later represented an Eastern oyster concern. Funeral arrangements have not been announced.
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Bandits Ambush Posse Killing Two in Florida Bank Robbery
Four bandits who robbed the State Bank of Homestead Florida ambushed a pursuing posse in the everglades south of Miami. Two posse members, C. Anderson and Allen Anderson, were killed and two were wounded. The bandits fled into a dense swamp, later believed surrounded but unwounded.
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