Yanks Capture Four Towns on Lorraine Front
American forces under General Pershing seize Thiacourt Pannes Neusard and Combres north of St Mihiel advancing several miles. French troops cooperate as Germans fall back on both sides of the St Mihiel salient. U S prisoners total about 6 000 with combined Allied losses not yet stated.
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Thiacourt
Pannes
Nousard
Combres
Pershing
Huns
St. Mihiel
Nonsard
Donmart
la Montagne
Verdun
Tes Eparges
Vigneuilles
U. S
London
Lorraine
Neusard
St. Martin la Montague
Sey-en-Hay
Xivray
St. Mihiel Salient
Lorraige
Met
Pont-a-Mousson
Attac
Inland waterways chief named as commission abolished
G A Tomlinson named director general in charge of Inland waterways after serving as federal manager for New York and New Jersey canals. The Inland Waterways Commission is dissolved, transferring all authority to the appointee. In war news, American and French forces launch a large offensives along a Lorraine front near the St Mihiel salient with heavy artillery and air support.
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McAdoo
G. A. Tomlinson
Inland Waterways
Tomlinson
Inland Water Ways Commission
New York and
New Jersey Canals
Commission
German retreat moves toward Metz with explosions reported
American forces report German troops blowing ammunition dumps at Hattonville and Domboux as fires light up the rear. Skirmish lines advance and now stand within ten miles of Metz, with action intensifying along the front.
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Hattonville
Domboux
Metz
French Forces Aid Americans In Woevre Advance
With American Army troops, French forces report advances in the Woevre sector capturing Montesec and towns toward the St Mihiel salient. Pershing’s men claim ten mile gains and the capture of Vigneulles Deuey Heudicourt and Bois de Thiaucourt with about 9 500 prisoners and sixty large guns taken.
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Woevre
Deuey
Heudicourt
Bois-de-Thiaucourt
St. Mihiel Salient
St Mihiel Citadel Captured or Soon Obliterated
It is reported that the citadel of St Mihiel has been captured by French and American forces. If not already accomplished, the St Mihiel salient may be entirely obliterated in a short time.
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Paris
St. Mihiel
St. Mihie
Secretary Baker views American troops in first offensive
Paris September 13 Secretary of War Newton D. Baker observed from an advance post as American troops launched their first offensive against the Hun.
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Paris
Newton D. Baker
Enemy Withdraws Lines North of St Mihiel
Paris reports the enemy has withdrawn their lines northward from St Mihiel to Woinville, a move described as straightening positions in the region north of St Mihiel.
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ST. Mihiel
Paris
Thenemy
Woinville
British forces repel series of counterattacks in campaign
London reporting that after defeating several violent counterattacks by the enemy, the British armies continue their operations and hold positions while pursuing strategic gains in the ongoing campaign.
Gibbons Golden Jubilee Bond Gift Planned in Baltimore
Friends and admirers of Cardinal Gibbons prepare a presentation of a $50,000 Liberty Bond in Baltimore to mark the Golden Jubilee of his consecration as a bishop. The event honors his fifty years in the episcopate.
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Baltimore
Cardinal Gibbons
German Train Disaster In Amsterdam Collision Kills Thirty Five
In Amsterdam on September 13 a collision between an excursion train and a goods train between Schneide Moon and Posen killed thirty three German children and two railroad men and injured eighteen others.
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Amsterdam
Schneide Moon
Posen
War Taxes Not So Heavy
Washington reports the new war tax bill aims to raise one third of the $24,000,000,000 needed for America's war financing in the coming year. It touches nearly every taxable source and seeks to ensure every citizen shares the cost of the democracy fight.
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Washington
America
Congress
United States
Shell Shocked Hero Honored by British Army
Edward Haynes of Spokane Washington has been recommended for the Distinguished Service Medal. He served as a machine gunner with the Royal British Marines at Cambrai during the last winter defense against a German drive. He recently returned home suffering from shell shock after spending three and a half days in an open boat following torpedoing of the liner on the Atlantic crossing.
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Spokane
Wash
Edward Iaynes
Haynes
Royal British Marines
Cambrai
Atlantic
Millions of U S Men Registered Classify Registrants
Washington reports 24 million men registered under the selective service system as thirteen million new names join eleven million earlier registrants. Provost Marshal General Crowder explains the key task is to classify registrants justly and wisely for military needs and national economy.
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Washington
America
General Crowder
War Industries Board
Seule
Fissions Rage in Petrograd as Allies Arrested in Dungeon
Dispatches report severe fighting in Petrograd with fires amid the upheaval. Eleven Englishmen and eleven French citizens are said to be imprisoned in the Peter and Paul fortress, including former consul general H. B. Lockhart who reportedly faced execution but survived.
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England
France
St. Peter and Paul
Stockholm
SS. Peter and Paul
Petrograd
H. B. Lockhart
Moscow
Evar
Arzamas
Nizhni-Novgorod
Kazan
Debs Convicted in Espionage Act Case Faces Long Sentence
Socialist leader Eugene V. Debs was found guilty by a federal jury of three counts under the Espionage Act. The verdict came after a five hour trial in Cleveland with maximum penalties set at 20 years prison and a $10,000 fine. Judge Westenhaver scheduled a motion for a new trial for next Saturday morning.
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Cleveland
Debs
Deba
United States
John F. Suwken
Westenhaver
Villa General Executed in Mexico
El Paso September 12 report says Julio Acosta, a Villa general during the Columbus raid at Columbus New Mexico, was executed by the home guard at Las Cenvas Chihuahua. His brother Jose Dolores Acosta was executed at the same time, official statement from Chihuahua City.
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el Paso
Tex
Julioe Acosta
Villa
Columbus
N. M
Home Guard
Las Cenvas
Chihuahua
Mexico
Acosta
Jose Dolores Acosta
University to Honor Wilson with Franco American Applied Science Institute
At a Wilson tribute meeting in Bordeaux the general municipal council and chamber of commerce unanimously supported establishing a Franco American university of applied sciences commerce and industry in honor of the U S president.
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Pian University
Wilson’s
Bordeaux
France
Chamber of Commerce
United States
University of Applied Sciences, Commerce and Industry
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John J. Pers
Shime
St. Wishtel
Nancy
Pont A Mousson
Entente
Yanke
Montesec
Thiaucourt
Vigneulles
Secretary Baker
Cambria and
ST. Quentin
Cambria
Crowder
Copenhagen
Sey Asi
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