Allied advance nears St Quentin with major village gains
British forces report capture of Villeveque St Emilie and most of Harrincourt wood near St Quentin, with over 19 000 Huns taken in the first week of September. Paris reports French gains north of Tergnier at Mennessis and footholds along the St Gobain forest fringe as Allied lines push toward the Hindenburg line.
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Mennessis
St. Gobain Forest
London
Villevegue
St. Quentin
St. Emilie
le Catalet
Harrincourt Wood
Field Marshal Haig
France
Villeveque
St. Quentin-Le Catelet
Formidable
Havrincourt Wood
Bapaume-Cambrai
Paris
Tergnier
St. Quentin Canal
Servais
Hindenburg Line
Ypres
Reims
Cambrai
la Fere
Anizy-Le-Chateau
Chemin Des Dames
Humbert
le Fere
Chemin Des Dagnes
Craonn
Marcel Hautin
Echo de Paris
Mangin
Soissons
Ludendorff
Hindenburg
New policy to report Algerian expedition casualties
General March announces 20000 casualties up to August 20. Wounded will be sent to the United States by courier with hospital records twice weekly, while deaths and missing will be cabled by General Pershing. The plan aims to clarify casualty reports for relatives.
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Washington
War Department
United States
Pershing
General March
March
France
French Advance Near La Fere After Oise Valley Gains
Paris reports French forces advancing along the Oise river valley now within one mile of La Fere. Sergnier railroad hub has been reorganized for Allied use as the fall of La Fere nears, though a determined stand at the forest south of the city could slow progress.
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Ing
la Fere
British Artillery Shells St Quentin Near Front Lines
London dispatch reports British artillery now shelling St Quentin four miles from Allied advanced lines as they close in on the German stronghold.
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ST. Quentin
London
Americans Rout German Machine Gun Wood Fight on Aisne Front
American forces cleared a dense German machine gun wood west of Villers-en-Prayeres along the Aisne canal after a dawn assault. They took 56 prisoners including two officers from a Guards division and inflicted heavy German casualties.
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Aisne
Aisne Canal
Villers-en-Prayeres
Son
Kaiser
Gaspard Alversleben
Leutenant
Pismetic
Canal
Burete
British advance in France reach Gouzeau Court area
British forces attacked Gouzeau Court southeast of Havincourt wood and press toward the western and northern edges of Eochy. French defenders are now noted along Cozat Canal.
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Paris
Gouzeau Court
Havincourt Wood
Eochy
Cozat Canal
Ads to Take the Lead in Fourth Liberty Loan Drive
Washington reports newspaper display advertising will lead the Fourth Liberty Loan campaign opening September 28. Ads designed by expert copywriters will be provided free as mats. newspapers receive no payment, local committees fund space. Notable figures contributing copy include Baker Lodge Sunday Schwab Ade Kipling Gompers Nesbit Crane and Cohan.
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Washington
Frank R. Wilson
Western Newspaper Union
Publicity Bureau
Wilson
Germany
Baker
Senator Lodge
Army
Navy
Billy Sunday
Charles M. Schwab
George Ade
Rudyard Kipling
Samuel Gompers
Wilbur D. Nesbit
Frank Crane
George Cohan
Czech Victory in Russia Signals Major Breakthrough
The Czech-Slovak forces hold the Olovyanna to Penza railway and press from the west while an allied push toward Khabarovsk shifts Bolshevik strength. Reports from Tokyo and Tokyo aligned war offices describe cavalry advances toward Lian and Kalminoff troops moving from Cossack divisions as the retreating foe destroys bridges and armored trains.
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Vindovostok
Olovyanna
Penza
Khabarovsk
Lake Baikal
Semenoff
Russia
Germany
Tokyo
War Office
Kalminoff
Lian
Bikin
Marines Receive Standard for Devil Dogs Unit
The Seventeenth Regiment of Marines under Col Smedley Butler received a colors standard from Secretary Daniels at Quantico Virginia. The unit soon heads to join the Devil Dogs in France after training there.
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Devil Dogs
Washington
Seventeenth Regiment of Marines
Smedhey Butler
France
Daniels
Quantico
Flynn Appointed Chief of Railroad Secret Service
William J. Flynn former chief of the treasury secret service was named chief of the railroad administration secret service to direct railroad detectives in rounding up freight thieves in Washington on September 9.
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Flynn
Washington
William J. Flynn
The
Treasury
Secret Service
Railroad Administration
Wilson to Fill Three Posts in Federal Posts
President Wilson moving to appoint successors to three vacancies. He considers an Eastern candidate for the Warburg seat on the federal reserve board and has a tentative choice for Ambassador to Great Britain Walter H Page. He also weighs a Western candidate to fill the unexpired term of Frederic A Delano on the federal reserve board after Delano’s resignation to serve in France.
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Washington
Wilson
Warburg
Federal Reserve Board
Walter H. Page
Great Britain
Page
Frederic A. Delano
Chicago
Delano
France
Finland Germany Alliance Treaty Reported
A Copenhagen dispatch to Matin says Germany and Finland signed an alliance granting Germany access to Finland’s entire manpower. The pact reportedly allows German use of Finnish forces in future operations.
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Germany
Finland
Paris
Copenhagen
Mount Vernon torpedoed off France with crew killed
Navy department announced that the former German liner Kronprinzessin Cecilie, now the U S S Mount Vernon, was struck by a torpedo 200 miles off the French coast. Thirty five fireroom crew members perished while the ship, carrying Senator James Hamilton Lewis and others, made port after the hit. Further details named the starboard side impact near fireroom No 4 and noted the loss of several central West men including Bergemann Stall Terrell Crabtree Green Heath Huffman Rivers among others.
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Washington
U. S. S. Mount Vernon
Kronprinzessin Cecilie
Navy Department
James Hamilton Lewis
Illnois
Europe
Mount Vernon
United States
Navy
Sims
Richard Bartholdt
Missouri
Kronprinzess
Cecelle
Cherbourg
Plymouth
Germany
Bar Harbor
Central West
Peter Joseph Bergemann
Madison
Wis
M. Stall
Daniel Terrell
St. Joseph
James FE. Crabtree
Beaver
Gustaf Oscar Green
Minneapolis
Minn
Lion Heath
Hinckley
Frederick RB
Huffman
Newberry
Ind
Sewell McKinley Rivers
Buena Vista
London Fire Brigade Ballots on Strike Recognition
The London fire brigade will ballot its members on striking to seek recognition of the union and to settle wage and pension claims.
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London
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Haig
Champagne
Berlin
Peronne-Cambrai
Gouseaucourt - Epehy - Templeaux-Le- Guerard
Allegre
Vauxaillon
Princess Mary
Mary
King George
Queen Mary
Royal Scots
Lothian Regiment
Blenheim
Oise River
Fere
Sergnier
St. Gobien
Ritory
Col
George M. Dunn
Rough Riders
Department of the Northeast
Philip T. Stoll
Dunn
Washington University
Yankees
U. S
Country
Warburg, Page and Delano
Finns
U.S
Senator Lewis
Illinois
Senator
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