Berlin Admits Losson Two Fronts In War Updates
Berlin reports British pressure near Hargicourt and Villeret with a German recap ture east of Hargicourt and German advance forces retreating northwest of Lake Malik on the Macedonian front. Paris says French raids in Champagne and Argonne seize prisoners and materiel while artillery fights continue on the Meuse. Haig states British troops consolidate gains southeast of Hargicourt and repel German raiding parties along multiple fronts with several captures.
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Haig
Hargicourt
Somme
Champagne
Riga
Berlin
Ger
Villeret
Lake Malik
Teutons
Lake Ochrida
Riga Bay
Dvinsk
Prince Leopold
Bavaria
Paris
Argonne
French War Department
Meuse
Fosse
Courieres Woods
River Meuse
London
France
Loos
Armentieres
Langemarck
Monchy-Le-Preux
Willard’s War Message Appeals to Rail Men and Farms
Daniel Willard, head of Baltimore and Ohio, urges workers to consider if their efforts help America win the war. Five months into the conflict, he reflects on mobilization and the nation's shifting public mood from the capital.
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Daniel Willard
America
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Five Americans Lost on Minas Queen Sunk by Submarine
The Nova Scotia schooner Minas Queen was torpedoed on Aug. 28 while homeward from a French port. Captain Wilbert Loomer of Advocate Harbour and four American crewmen died. boatswain R. H. Lewis of Weymouth survived. The four dead were F Warner of Brooklyn, William Pitts of Cape Charles, Henry Gardner of Brooklyn, and King David Johnson of Brooklyn.
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New York
Nova Scotia
United States
Wilbert Loomer
Advocate Harbor
N. S
R. H. Lewis
Weymouth
F. Warner
Cook
Brooklyn
William Pitts
Cape Charles
Henry Gardner
Port Royal
S. C
King David Johnson
Manton
N. C
Swedish bank funds transatlantic air route plan
Swedish bank subscribes over 1 million dollars to finance a new air route from Trelleborg in southern Sweden to Sassnitz in Germany, per an Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Copenhagen.
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Germany
Sweden
London
Trelleborg
Sassnitz
Copenhagen
Buffalo and Chicago market prices for hogs cattle and grains
Market reports show hog receipts and price ranges from $16.00 to $19.15 across regions with light to heavy weights. Cattle receipts around 30,000 with varied prices, sheep steady with lambs up to $17.40. Chicago grain and produce quotes include corn at $2.22 2.25 and butter around 40 to 42 cents. East Buffalo figures list hogs at 19.00 to 19.15, cattle steady, calves strong. Vegetables and live poultry prices noted for cabbage carrots beets onions and tomatoes.
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East Buffalo
Dunning
Stevens
Livestock Commission
N. Y
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Ohio
Italians Score Take 145 Guns In Front North of Gorizia
General Cadorna presses Austrian forces northeast of Gorizia as Italians claim 145 guns captured since the battle began. The fight near Gorizia is described as a deadlock with nearly equal forces and constant hand to hand action, while Pola docks were ruined by air bombardment.
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Pala
Rome
Cadorna
Gorizia
Italian War Department
Corso
Udine
Italy
Teuton
Germany
Pola
Celle
Hermada
Bryan and British envoy share thrice-quick reunion in state dept
Washington dispatch reports Sir Cecil Spring-Rice the British ambassador and former Secretary Bryan meeting in the state department corridors. They embraced warmly and spoke animatedly as Bryan visited Secretaries Lansing Baker and Daniels.
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State Department
Washington
Cecil Spring-Rice
Bryan
Lansing, Baker
Daniels
Kerensky Rebels Against Korniloff Seizure Plot Declared War
Premier Kerensky proclaimed Russia at war in Petrograd and exposed a conspiracy by General Korniloff to seize control. Korniloff was dismissed and arrested aide Lyoff, who sought dictatorial power, provided details. General Klembovsky named as new commander in chief.
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Petrograd
Kerensky
Korniloff
M. Lyoff
Russia
Klembovsky
Cow Jumped Over Moon Sets Price Record in Chicago Market
Chicago market records a prime steer price of 17.35 per hundredweight in broad daylight. the top price is 35 cents higher than last week and marks a new high.
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Chicago
Tightening Swedish embargo reshapes wartime exports
Washington reports that the disclosure of a German intrigue involving Sweden prompts broader export restrictions. U.S. food exports to Sweden rose from 14 million dollars yearly in peacetime to 80 million in the first war year, then declined under the blockade though remaining triple the peacetime level.
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Washington
Argentina
Sweden
Mice as His Mascots At Army Camp
A man at camp shows two mice as unusual army mascots along with dogs goats and cats. He says the pair will accompany him and his comrades to the trenches when they go abroad, marking a curious reliance on small pets in wartime life.
Swedish intrigue to draw Scandia into war webs
London reports reveal German Swedish intrigue via Argentina and Stockholm as all Scandinavia could be drawn into the war. Disclosures are deemed highly important and suggest a long chain of international events. Britain and the United States knew of Sweden’s pro-Germanism, opposing a Stockholm peace conference free of German influence.
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London
Scandinavia
Argentina
Stockholm
Sweden
Baseball Results From Multiple Cities Show Wide Scoring
Scores from St Louis Pittsburg New York Brooklyn and Boston feature high totals. In St Louis Pittsburg 1 8 with Evans Schmidt Goodwin Snyder and others. In New York Brooklyn 13 12 with Pfeffer Miller Krueger Demaree Anderson Tesreau Benton and McCarty. Second game Brooklyn 2 5 6 Anderson Benton Rariden. Philadelphia Boston games as listed with multiple pitchers and hitters.
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St. Louis
Pittsburch
Jacobs
Evans
Schmidt
Goodwin
Snyder
New York
Brooklyn
Pfeffer
Miller
Krueger
Demaree
Anderson
Tesreau
Benton
McCarty
Rariden
Marquard
Kruger
Boston
Vphiladelphia
Alexander
Killifer
Tyler
Trogressor
Philadelphia
Lavender
Adams
Burns
Ragan
Meyers
Unclear sports results and socialist conference note
In two Boston Washington games Ruth and Agnew lead, then Mays and Agnew. Philadelphia New York sees Fisher and Nanaraker against Blebold Sclaver Haley. A York match lists Monroe and Nwqvesier. A Geneva socialist conference note mentions Bern Bund and a conference in Switzerland with time and place to be announced.
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Washington
Boston
Ruth
Agnew
Thomas
Harper
Ainsmith
Mays
Shaw
Dumont
Philadelphia
New York
Fisher
Nanaraker
Blebold
Sclaver
Haley
Ivin York
Monroe
Nwqvesier Philadelmis
Derson
Meg
Erland
Geneva
Bern Bund
Switzerland
Federal government vows to stamp out I W W threat
Washington reports federal officials plan radical action to crush the Industrial Workers of the World amid a reported tenfold rise in membership. The Chicago office allegedly spent over 100000 dollars, with evidence of funds from Germany and plans to indict I W W leaders nationwide. Suspect bombs and explosives are cited as part of raids.
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U. S
Washington
United States
LW. W
Germany
Chicago
Federal Grand Jury
Cleveland
Detroit
Socialist
The
American Socialist
Solidarity
Surgical Dressings 500 000 Manuals Sent to Red Cross Chapters
Five hundred thousand manuals on surgical dressings are being distributed from national headquarters to Red Cross chapters across the United States. Dr. John A. Hartwell led a committee to publish the instructions for twenty three standard dressings for base hospitals in France, emphasizing simplicity and economy.
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Red Cross
U. S
Washington
John A. Hartwell
France
American Red Cross
National
Hartwell
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Baltimore and Ohio
American Press Association
Kansas City
Klembow
Sky Commander In Chief
Mice
Russell J. Coles
Danville
Mr. Cole
Theodore Roosevelt
American Museum of Natural History
Scandia
Ww. L. Pet. WL. Pet Mf
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Phil
Brook
Ta St. L
Trost
Chi
Pitts
W. L. Pet WL. Pet. Chi
Wash
Cleve
St L. Ro
Det
Milwaukee
Wis
Henry Baer
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