Fierce battles on Austro Italian front and Riga drive
On the Austro Italian front northeast of Gorizia Italian forces press the line taking 700 new prisoners and inflicting heavy losses on enemy positions. In Riga the German offensive has captured 180 guns and over 7,590 prisoners as Russians retreat across the Dvina amid heavy mine bombardment and desolate destruction. Letts regiments are praised for valor amid retreat.
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Rome
Gorizia
War Office
Carso
Brestovizna
Bazza
Tolmino
Chiapovano
Vois- Gzza
Hermada
Trentino
Arditi
Baone- Chiese
Zure
Lake Gardau
Paris
Aisne
Champagne
Verdun
Cerny
Quincy Basse
Coucy Forest
Laffaux
Bovettes
Riga
Berlin
Dvina
Friedrichstadt
Chicago Mayor Back Not From Kankakee
Chicago September 7 William Hale Thompson mayor of Chicago returned to city hall after a day and a half mystery absence he offered no explanation for his whereabouts or the skipped rally at Kankakee but said in a written interview he will not give further verbal statements because he frets over what reporters have written and claims spies dictagraphs and tapped wires have plagued him
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Chicago
William Hale Thompson
Kankakee
Highwayman Wounds Volkman in Antigo Incident
Joseph Volkman is hospitalized in Antigo after a highwayman shot him in the hand when Volkman protected his face during a demand for money. The assailant ordered Volkman and a companion to surrender cash.
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Shields
Antigo
Wis
Joseph Volkman
Volkman
Troops Train Camp over High Fence Incident
In a training camp a squad soldiers over a high fence during drills. The event prompted safety checks and an investigation into security protocols and enclosure standards. Local unit officials reaffirm commitment to trainee safety and orderly conduct.
Chinese Soldiers to Help Russians
San Francisco dispatch says the Twenty fourth Chinese army corps of 15 000 troops is mobilized for immediate departure to Europe. The cablegram from Shanghai notes Siberia routes to Petrograd and hints adding manpower to Russian fronts possibly with Japanese aid. The corps includes engineers and is led by graduates from American colleges with aviation support trained by Americans and French.
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San Francisco
Europe
Chinese Daily World
Shanghai
Siberia
Petrograd
Stanford University
University of California
Markets Update from Chicago and Kansas City Livestock and Commodities
Chicago and Kansas City markets report hogs and cattle receipts with varied quotations. Hog ranges include light shipping at 17.50 to 18.00 and rough heavy at 14.25 to 15.50. Cattle on Chicago side 6,000 receipts with cows at 7.25 to 8.00 and dealers at 15.25 to 15.50. Kansas City shows hogs 17.00 to 18.35 and cattle 7,000 receipts with prime steers 15.50 to 16.75 and cows 5.50 to 9.50. Grain and produce prices listed for corn, oats, eggs, butter, poultry, vegetables, and fruits with multiple quality grades and regional notes.
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Kansas City
France Demands Reparation In Alsace-Lorraine Clash
Pope Benedict is reportedly preparing a second peace note as France asserts Alsace-Lorraine is non negotiable. Premier Ribot proclaims France seeks only reparation and democracy versus autocracy, with warnings of a democratic league if Germany resists. Serbia protests pope proposal, Austria-Hungary to discuss peace, and Riga’s fall looms as a potential turning point. A man in Indiana proclaims Kaiser loyalty in jail amid boisterous defense.
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Pope
Fall of
Riga
Austria
Pere Champenoise
France
Alsace-Lorraine
Premier Ribot
Marne
M. Ribot
Benedict
Frere Champenoise
Epernay
Germany
League of Democratic Nations
League For Common Defense
Copenhagen
Lugano
Switzerland
Vossische Zeitung
Berlin
Vorwaerts
Socialist Organ
Amsterdam
Weser Zeitung
Budapest
Vienna
Serbia
Nice
Nikola P. Pachitch
Baseball results show two games with varied pitchers and scores
In Chicago St Louis games Doak Packard and Snyder faced Chicago, the score 4 to 0 and 9 to 2. In New York Philadelphia, Lavender Killifer and Benton Anderson McCarty split the action with the records 5 to 2 and 9 to 8. The second Philadelphia contest ended 0 to 7 for Mayer Adams versus Perritt Rariden in New York.
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Chicago
St. Louis
Doak
Packard
Snyder
Hendrix
Douglas
Carter
Wilson
New York
Philadelphia
Lavender
Killifer
Benton
Anderson
McCarty
Mayer
Adams
Perritt
Rariden
American League Game Details At Philadelphia
In Philadelphia, Shore and Agnew lead for the home squad against Schauer Myers and Meyer with a 3 to 5 score line noted for the American League contest.
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Philadelphia
Shore and Agnew
Schauer
Myers and Meyer
Miss Helen Owen Finds It Easier to Dodge Shells Than Traffic
Miss Helen Owen navigates wartime New York streets, noting the challenge of avoiding shells and congestion alike. Her quip underscores wartime safety drills and daily urban travel during the conflict era.
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New York
American Press Association
Helen Owen
France
Battle Front
Miss Owen
I W W raid blocks nationwide strike
Washington reports rapid government actions against the Industrial Workers of the World after secret service operations uncovered evidence. The raids aimed to stop a nation wide strike that could have disrupted army cantonment mobilization underway across the United States.
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Washington
Middle
Far West
Federal
National Army
United States
Secret Service
Raids Hit Socialist and I. W. W. Centers Across Nation
Secret service agents with city detectives raided Chicago headquarters of the Socialist party and the I W W and homes of five officials. Similar nationwide arrests seized books, plates, records, and contributor lists under the espionage act. Big Bill Heywood and Taro Yoshihara led those arrested amid forced confrontations with officials over surrender of documents.
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Chicago
Socialist Party
Bill” Heywood
Taro Yoshihara
Jane Charles Benton
Reedsville
N. C
Seymour Stedman
Adolph German
Federal action urged to improve Great Lakes passenger schedules
Duluth reports a push by Congressman Clarence B Miller and the Duluth Commercial Club to modify immigration rules affecting cross border lake steamship timetables. Protests from U S and Canadian lines accompany the request as officials seek expedited federal relief. Moody conference ends with a telegram to President Wilken asking for a day of national prayer and providential guidance.
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Duluth
Great Lakes
Clarence B. Miller
Duluth Commercial Club
Wilson
Cedar Lake
I.d
Moody Evangelistic Messonary and Bible
Wilken
Gerera
Gui Ce
National crackdown targets disloyalty amid I W W seizures
Washington reports a nationwide seizure of I W W documents as part of a broader drive against disloyalty. The government vows harsher action against soap box orators, German language press affiliates, conscientious objectors, and others deemed pro Germany. Detroit also reports a found bomb during raids, with indictments planned.
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Washington
Industrial Workers of the World
New York
Friends of
Germany
Honest horse trader receives golden eagle token
Madison list reports EF. H. Enbot of Madison earned praise after selling King of Diamonds, a trotter, to Dr. K. R. Carmichael of Springfield five years ago. Carmichael sent back a golden eagle eight feet wingtip to wingtip with a note calling King of Diamonds a wonder. The bird was sent from England as appreciation and stored by Dr. Carmichael before being presented to the Madison Zoo.
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Madison
Wis
EF. H. Enbott
KR. J. Carmichael
Springfield
Mass
Express
Mae
England
Negro Mammies Handle Freight in Cleveland Yards
An unusual Cleveland scene reports elderly Black women once on Dixie cotton levees now handling freight in the New York Central yards for 2.60 dollars a day. The workers say the job is not very hard and express a cheerful, if rough, reaction, including an exclamatory remark.
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Cleveland
Dixie
New York Central
Farmer Breaks Jail to Harvest Crops
George T. Sackett a Green Haven New York farmer escaped from Amenia jail by sawing his way out and instructed a railroad conductor to report he had returned to his farm to harvest the crops.
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George T. Sackett
Green Haven
N. Y
Amenia
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