Riga Front Battles and Prisoner Totals Escalate
Paris reports Italian gains near Gorizia with 700 additional prisoners and 26 officers captured. French defense repels two German attacks on the Aisne, with heavy artillery on Champagne and Verdun fronts. Berlin cites 7,506+ Riga prisoners, German mine bombardment devastates Russian houses, and Letts troops fight bravely as retreat continues on the Dvina.
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Rome
Gorizia
War Office
Carso
Brestovizza
Bazza
Tolmino
Chiapovano
Vois¢izza
Hermada
Trentino
Arditi
Baone
Quincy Basse
Coucy Forest
Laffaux Mill
Bovettes
Riga
Berlin
Sis Bi
Dvina
Friedrichstadt
Troops in Training Camp Scale High Fence
Soldiers at a training camp push over a tall barrier during an exercise. A drill commander oversees the line as recruits complete the physical obstacle.
Chicago Mayor Back Not From Kankakee
William Hale Thompson, mayor of Chicago, reappeared at city hall after a mysterious absence of a day and a half. He gave no explanation for his whereabouts or the Kankakee rally, but said in a written interview he will not speak to reporters further, claiming he has been plagued by spies and tapped lines.
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Chicago
William Hale Thompson
Kankakee
Markets Report From Chicago And Kansas City
The day’s markets show hog receipts in Chicago at 8 000 with light shipping quoted $17.50 to $18.00 and rough heavy packing $16.35 to $16.60. Cattle receipts 6 000 with cows $7.25 to $8.00 and dealers $15.25 to $15.50. Kansas City hogs 3 000 down 10 to 15 cents, prices $17.00 to $18.35. cattle 7 000 including 400 southerns with prime fed steers $15.50 to $16.75 and cows $5.50 to $9.50. Sheep receipts 5 000 with lambs $16.50 to $17.50. Chicago cash grain shows corn No 2 at $2.06–$2.16, oats No 3 white 58–59c, eggs and butter prices listed, live poultry and iced poultry values, vegetables and fruits with assorted per unit prices.
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Kansas City
Pope Benedict Peace Proposals Face European Debate
The article reports on reactions to Pope Benedicts peace idea with France insisting Alsace Lorraine is not negotiable and the pope's note omitting Serbia drawing protest. Germany forecasts Riga’s fall as a warning while Austria Hungary plan talks in Vienna on internal politics and peace prospects. Serbia seeks consideration from the powers in Nice.
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Fere Champenoise
France
Alsace-Lorraine
Premier Ribot
Marne
Epernay
Amsterdam
Weser Zeitung
Budapest
Vienna
Serbia
Nice
Nikola P. Pachitch
Shields Face Hand Shot by Highwayman in Antigo
Joseph Volkman of Antigo is hospitalized with a bullet wound to the hand after a highwayman ordered him and a companion to surrender money. Volkman raised his hand to shield his face when the assailant fired.
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Shields
Antigo
Wis
Joseph Volkman
Volkman
Chinese Army Corps to Join European Front
A cablegram from Shanghai reported the Twenty-fourth Chinese army corps of 15 000 troops from northern provinces is mobilizing in a Chinese city for immediate departure to Europe via Siberia. The corps would reinforce Russian lines near Petrograd and may include engineers trained in American colleges, with an aviation corps led by Americans and French.
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San Francisco
Europe
Chinese Daily World
Shanghai
Siberia
Petrograd
Stanford University
University of California
Tavern outburst lands man in jail after Kaiser's praise
Terre Haute on September 7 saw William Edwards declare in a saloon that he is for Kaiser Bill in all times. He was jailed and insisted he was merely joking despite his remarks.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Kaiser Bill
William Edwards
Edwards
Baseball Results From Chicago St Louis and New York Philadelphia
Chicago St Louis games ended 4 9 0 and 3 7 2 with Doak Packard Snyder for Chicago. New York Philadelphia games 5 9 2 and 2 8 with Lavender Killifer Benton Anderson McCarty. Second game Philadelphia 0 7 Mayer Adams New York 7 10 Perritt Rariden.
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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
Phillies Trio Bests Shore and Agnew in Philadelphia Meet
In Philadelphia, Shore and Agnew faced Schauer Myers and Meyer as part of an American League event. The five point tally and the competition at Philadelphia highlighted the matchup between the two sides.
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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 relates a perilous residence era routine as she navigates wartime New York streets. The article highlights the dangers of daily commuting amid shellfire reports and heavy urban traffic.
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New York
I W W Raids Block Nation Wide Strike
Federal agents raided the Industrial Workers of the World and Socialist party leaders on September 6 7 to thwart a potential nationwide strike disrupting army mobilization. Secret service officers seized books papers plates and records while arresting key figures in Chicago and other cities.
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Washington
Middle
Far West
Federal
National Army
United States
Secret Service
Chicago
Socialist Party
Secret
Diz
Bill’ Heywood
Taro Yoshihara
Charles Benton
Reedsville
N. C
Seymour Stedman
Adolph German
No Mercy Will Be Shown Traitors in War Campaign
Washington dispatch reports nationwide seizure of Industrial Workers of the World papers as part of a broader loyalty drive. Investigations target soap box speakers, German language press writers, conscientious objectors, and others deemed sympathetic to Germany. Bomb found during a raid on I W W headquarters. indictments expected as prosecutions expand.
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Washington
Industrial Workers of the World
Department
New York
Friends of
Germany
Detroit
Mich
Federal action urged to ease Great Lakes passenger boat schedules
Duluth reports federal moves to improve immigration rules affecting Great Lakes passenger boats between Canadian and American ports. Congressman Clarence B. Miller promises action after Duluth Commercial club requests and protests from U S and Canadian steamship lines. A Moody conference in Cedar Lake Idaho ends with a telegram urging a day of prayer and national providence.
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Duluth
Great Lakes
Clarence B. Miller
Duluth Commercial Club
Wilson
Cedar Lake
I.d
Moody Evangelistic Missionary and Bible Conference
Wilken
Genera
Providentia Gu Ce
Ci Om
Honest horse trader receives gift from old buyer
In Madison, a horse trader named BE Encott was thanked by Dr. R J Carmichael of Springfield for sending a golden eagle eight feet wingspan. The bird is a token of appreciation from the buyer who once bought King of Diamonds, a trotter, five years ago. Elliott presented the eagle to the Madison Zoo.
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Madison
Wis
BE. H. Encott
Filjott
King of Diamonds
R. J. Carmichael
Springfield
Mass
Express
A .Ectler
England
Carmichael
Elliott
Madison Zoo
Freight work by old Negro mamies in Cleveland yards
In Cleveland on September 6, old negro mammies formerly on Dixie cotton levees load freight in the New York Central yards for 2.60 dollars a day. They say the work is not hard and the pay is fair according to their view.
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Cleveland
Dixie
New York Central
Farmer Breaks Jail to Harvest Crops in New York
George T. Sackett a Green Haven New York farmer escaped from Amenia jail by sawing bars and allegedly forced the conductor to report he returned to his farm to tend crops on the railsiding incident hints at motive of harvest.
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George T. Sackett
Green Haven
N. Y
Amenia
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Gaul
RIBOT
Pope
Austria
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League For Common Defense
Copenhagen
Lugano
Switzerland
Vossische Zeitung
Benedict
Vorwaerts
Socialist
Lauds Kaiser
National League
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Prook
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Pitts
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Best
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Helen Owen
Battle
Miss Owen
Madison, Wis
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