Sweden Aided Enemies of U S in Berlin Telegrams
Washington reports Sweden assisted German efforts to sink Argentine ships via messages routed through Stockholm. State Department released translations showing Luxburg telegrams from Buenos Aires to Berlin, routed through the Swedish legation. The disclosures predict renewed strain or possible war steps between Argentina and Germany.
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Washington
United States
Sweden
Berlin
Buenos Aires
Luxburg
Foreign Office
Stockholm
State Department
Lansing
Department of State
Count Laxburg
Legation
Stockholm Foreign Office
Monte
Las Palmas
Oren
Guazo
Bordeaux
Spurlos Versenkt
Asa
Senate
Argentina
Spain
Luxsburg
MIT
Luxbury
Romulo
Faoe
Gerny
Airm(en) Raid U S Hospitals In Coast Village
London reports a German air raid on American hospitals housing St. Louis and Harvard contingents in a coastal village. One army medical corps officer died and three more were severely wounded. Two enlisted men were killed and sixteen wounded, five of them Americans.
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London
St. Louis
kUng
American Army Medical Corps
Meuter
France
Training Negro troops in separate National Army units
Washington announces colored troops will be organized in separate National Army units and trained in their states as far as possible. Draft calls for colored men to mobilize at camps will be postponed to allow officers to arrange the organization of these separate units.
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Washington
Sept. Ti
National Army
Regular
Labor Heads Urge War on Disloyalists
The American Alliance for Labor and Democracy, formed with President Wilson’s approval, concludes its loyalty conference in Minneapolis electing Samuel Gompers as leader. The declaration calls for suppressing disloyalists, solidifying labor behind the war, conscripting wealth, heavy taxes, government control of industries during disputes, and soldiers' insurance. It insists wage earners gain a voice in war and peace negotiations to preserve democracy and avert autocracy.
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Minneapolis
American Alliance For Labor and Democracy
Wilson
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Lfe
Draft plan for 2 million active service by June 30
The War Department outlines a draft strategy to mobilize 2 million men in active service and training camps by June 30, with a further 500000 drafted this winter. By October 10 the force should reach 1.5 million under arms, and additional drafts may follow if equipment and accommodations are secured. Secretary Baker and advisers testified to the House appropriations committee.
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Washington
War Department
Baker
House Appropriations Committee
Miners Strike Paralyzes Illinois Coal District
Five thousand miners from 17 mines in Illinois refuse to work in a protest against military actions breaking up a parade. Police and troops clash with unionists. two men are wounded and several others injured during the downtown confrontation.
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Springfield
Spalngueda
Five-man Directorate Sways Petrograd Crisis
Provisional government plans a five member directorate as Korniloff’s revolt tests authority. Kerensky orders Korniloff to resign and Klonkovsky named chief. cabinet debates wartime measures amid mass evacuations and subsistence concerns.
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London
Exchange Telegraph Company
Petrograd
Kerensky
Korniloff
Korniloffs
Klonkovsky
Winter Palace
Kornitoff
Kercovsky
Vicr
Negrasoff
M. Skobeleff
Iabor
M. Terestchenko
Crop yield forecast by U S Department of Agriculture
September forecasts estimate major crops with a record corn crop of 3.275 billion bushels if frost stays late. Spring wheat shows 250 million bushels, boosted by early threshing in Minnesota South Dakota and Iowa. barley and potatoes also noted.
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Washington, Sept
Department of Agriculture
Vos Ars
Minnesota
South Dakota
Towa
Indicted East St. Louis Mayor and Secretary in Riot Case
Mayor Fred W. Mollman of East St. Louis and his secretary Maurice Ahern were indicted in Belleville on charges linked to the East St. Louis race riots from May 28 to July 2. Mollman faces misfeasance in office and Ahern conspiracy. the grand jury also handed up seven other indictments naming 38 others slated for arrest.
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Mollinga
Ahern
Italians Win Near Goritz in Northeast Italy
Rome reports decisive Austrian losses as Italian forces press northeast of Goritz. About 30,000 prisoners captured to date with Austrian losses estimated at 120,000 in the ongoing offensive near Udine.
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Rome
Whisky making ends distilleries obey law
Peoria Sept 10 The hard liquor capital of the world surrendered at midnight Saturday under the food conservation law and Hoover edict. Last drop of whisky for beverage purposes drawn off this afternoon and at 11 pm the plant lids clamped. Manufacturers say they will close absolutely and supply only to government or power-mourning needs. No immediate drought expected for liquor users as a two year supply remains in stocks. Peoria business leaders expect no depression from the change.
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Peoria
Til
Uquor
Congress
Food Conservator
H. C. Hoover
Robert D. Clarke
Nquar
Mr. Clarke
United States
US Men Wounded in France War Department Reports
The War Department announced that Sergeant M. G. Calderwood and Private W. F. Brannigan, both of Company I, Eleventh railroad engineers, were slightly wounded by shell fragments while on duty in France. The Eleventh regiment, organized as New York’s first, served in construction duty.
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Washington
War Department
Sergt
M. G. Calderwood
W. F. Brannigan
Eleventh Railway Engineers
France
Committee On Public Information
M. A. Calderwod
Eleventh Railroad Engineers
Eleventh Regiment of Engineers
First Regiment
New York
Riot at Joliet Prison Leaves Guards Injured
Guards T Milchwel Marx and Shotwell were stabbed and prisoner Wientind shot in the neck during two outbreaks at Joliet state penitentiary. Twenty five convicts kept in solitary confinement as authorities moved to restore order amid tensions with warden I Murphy over control and the honor system.
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Joliet
T.milchwel Marx
T. Shotwell
Clarrles Walters
Vortiin Wientind
Thbpoke State Penitentiary
Munhay
Murphy
Nes
Faroer
German Submarine Arrives in Cadiz Harbor for Internment
A German submarine, lightly damaged, reaches Cadiz with a Spanish warship escort and will be interned at La Carraca harbor. The event highlights ongoing wartime naval movements in Spain during September.
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Cadiz
Spain
la Carraca
War tax bill clears Senate with major reduction in consumption taxes
The Senate passed the war tax bill by 69 to 4, eliminating consumption taxes on tea coffee sugar cocoa and molasses. It raises about 2.4 billion dollars with a shifted structure for war profits taxes and new rates for individuals and corporations. La Follette’s alternative bill was rejected 65 to 15, and related tax adjustments touched refunds exemptions and the Jones amendment on undistributed corporate surplus.
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la Follette
Borah
Gronna
Norrig
Senate
House
Germans Admit Withdrawal On Narrow Front Near Hargicourt
Berlin reports British troops pressed back German reserves at Hargicourt and Villers on a narrow front while Germans recaptured east of Hargicourt. Paris says French raids in the Champagne and Argonne regions met with success and Meuse bombardment continued with new prisoners taken near the Fosse and Cruzieres woods.
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Berlin
Hargicourt
Villeret
Horgicourt
Paris
Champrepe
Argonne
French War Department
Meuse
Fosse and
Cruzieres Woods
Frost Devastates Crops Across Minnesota and Michigan
Reports from Winona Minnesota and Grand Rapids Michigan describe killing frosts causing heavy damage to corn beans potatoes and ear crops. A warden truck was destroyed and farmers fear substantial losses across southeastern Minnesota western Wisconsin and western Michigan.
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Winona
Minn
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Grand Rapids
Mich
Michigan
Italy sinks ships and dry vote mark noted in brief
The briefing item notes three Italian ships sunk in the week ending September 2 and Dallas County Texas voting dry by about 1800. Other items include Italian victory in Tripoli, Sheriff candidate Smith Baughman shot dead in Stanford Kentucky, Hubbard arrested, and various war and crime updates.
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Dallas County
Texas
Dallas
Tripoli
Rome
M. Smith Baughman
Stanford
Hubbard
Friedrich Adler
Premiser Stuergkh
Vienna
Mediterranean Sea
Atlantic
Nova Scotia
Milaas Queen
Wilbert Loomer
Advocate Harbor
Rock Island
B. B. Johnson
American League
St. Louis
Phil Ball
Ball
John Lavin
Derrik Pratt
Man killed as crowd breaks into gunfire at Bay View patriot event
Milwaukee police report a deadly shooting during a Bay View gathering when Rev. Guillant announced a song of America. Tony Forme sieu is named as the slain man. August Harvila lies dying after two chest wounds. Two detectives and two others wounded. thirteen foreigners detained. Police say violence followed the patriot singal.
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Milwaukee
Tony Formesieu
Deer Street
Bay View
A. Guilnol
America
Harvila
Mr. Guillant
Great Lakes Vessels Form Pool Plan in Cleveland
Seventy five owners of vessels organize as the Duluth Grain Charter corporation in Cleveland Ohio to pool profits and business for Great Lakes shipping. The move aims to rate and share earnings among members.
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Cleveland
Great Lakes
Duluth Grain Charter Corporation
Markets report shows varied grain and livestock prices
The Chicago market page lists oats soybeans and wheat futures with mixed gains and declines. It also notes prices for hay cattle hogs sheep and calves across standard grades and quality levels with specific values and ranges.
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Chicago
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Edward E. Britton
Raleigh
N. C
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Josephus Daniels
Delta
Smout
McKellar
Hardwick
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