Senate Votes Dry Bill Amid Prohibition Debate
Washington September 1 Senate approved a dry bill with the date of December 2 1919 set as the effective halt for beer and malt liquor manufacture after December 1. A House action and conference talks follow as factions weighed immediate prohibition against postwar needs. Names mentioned include Gerry Phelan and West Virginia as the measure moves toward final changes before enactment.
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Bataiarion
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Whede Phelan
California
Pome Pee
Ole
Moasden
Louisienn
Ange
Booth Carolina
Georgie
Maryland
Wilenn
Peenat
Attack on U S Transport Mount Vernon
A U News report notes an American transport Mount Vernon torpedoed off the coast about 200 miles from Phe Preurh. The vessel, formerly the Lup liner Kren, is believed to have been attacked by enemy forces as it turned back toward safety with no confirmed military significance.
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Sept
U—News
Frenery Department
Moscow
Germany
Livoria
Esthenia
Russia
Finland
Russig
Livonia
Reval
Riga
Windau
Nicolai Lenine
Prisoner feeding plan sparks debate in Senate
A garbled report traces a Senate discussion on feeding prisoners via trains and bread distribution as authorities seek relief amid wartime shortages. The piece mentions Liberty Meter readings in Washington and sentences handed down at Leavenworth, with scattered Allied front updates and commodity price notes.
Bomb Kills and Injures Dozens at Federal Building
Chicago observers report a bomb near the federal building and post office wounded and killed several, with authorities blaming the I W W. Deputy Justice officials and FBI teams rounded up suspects as investigations continued. W W leader William Dudley Haywood was questioned after the blast. Diplomatic dispatches describe Czech Slovak recognition moves and American signals toward recognizing new alignments in postwar peace planning.
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Detarnment of Justice
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Eader
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No More Recruiting in U S Military Draft Ends
Washington reports that recruitment for the army is halted as General March issues orders to close all recruiting stations in the United States. The drastic measure limits service to volunteers aged over forty and under fifty six, ending conscription and changing manpower policy nationwide.
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Mirchaid
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Paris
Incomplete wartime dispatches report transport totals
Fragmentary OCR notes claim 260 000 over in August and 200 000 men moved from Jones toward Aupurt. One third of total allegedly to American ships. Second quarter figures cite 321 troop convoys alongside 0 ships and 171 merchant corps.
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Aupurt
Anya
U-Boat Sinks U S Ship Amid War News Sept
Washington reports a U S merchant ship Lake Owens sunk by a submarine with seven crewmen reported dead. The Army cargo carrier was also sent down by gunfire, while American refugees crossing into inland areas are noted. Roosevelt writes of his wounded son Archibald as Captain Roosevelt is hospitalized.
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Newport News
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Cape Archibald Ryorevett
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Mod
Calop Stuart
United States Flyer YER Is Missing Victim Reported
Nation reports Lieut Van Winkle Todd shot down within enemy lines on August 12 in France while the American aviators press on. Other items note deaths in Dayton and Susquehanna, a war bond plan for 170.5 million, rising government expenses, a fire at the Army supply depot in Norfolk, and ships building plans amid cargo routes.
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France
van Winkie Toht
Wilson commutes ten negro soldiers death sentences
President Wilson commuting death sentences for ten black soldiers who took part in the Houston riot of August 25, 1917. War Department announced the action, completing reviews in 209 cases. Thirteen had been executed, with 16 more awaiting outcome. six had their sentences upheld for murder.
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Houston
Tex
Wilson
War Department
General Crowder orders speed up of WWI draft process
Washington September reports Gen Enoch Crowder urging faster draft operations to process the new 13 to 45 registrants. Questionnaires would be sent to registrants before the drawing to set call order, with boards urged to begin classification immediately to meet army mobilization goals by late October.
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Enoch jCewader
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Vengeance Finds Pirate Captains in Reckoning
London reports print names of 150 German submarine officers believed destroyed or in captivity as Lloyd George cited to the Commons. Among the listed are U-20 commander Schwelger who torpedoed the Lusitania and later perished, U-4 captain Wagenutuhr and U-28 flotilla leaders. Several escape retribution by shore refuge or appointment, including Faleitiener Werner and Freiherr von Forstner, on Britain’s admiralty list.
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Korvetten Kapitan
Max Faleitiener
Magdan
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Persia
Lieut
Willian Werner
Korvetion Kapitan Freiherr
Railroad Workers Granted Wide Wage Increases
Washington on September 5 reports nearly one million railroad employees nationwide receive new wage raises approved by Director General McAdoo. Thousands of workers including truck laborers watchmen maintenance of way clerks station agents gain boosts 10 to 30 percent. Garnishment of pay is forbidden to end illegal work while nonpayers risk dismissal to protect merchants holding bills.
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United States
McAdoo
Tireater General
Reward Offer for Yank Prisoners in Lorraine and Toul Sector
German orders in the Toul Lorraine area promise 400 marks to any German soldier delivering the first American prisoner. Another order threatens to deploy an entire regiment on patrol if American prisoners keep being captured.
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Lorvigne
Sept
Toul
Germans Quit Vesle River Front In Allied Drive
Western front battles rage from Ypres to Reims as German lines retreat toward Vesle river. Allies press on with Mangin and Humbert forces advancing, capturing towns, breaking enemy defenses, while British and American units push toward Laon and the Aisne plateau. Russia turmoil continues with Bolshevik crackdown, Siberian combat, and Allied efforts across Europe.
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United Appeal For Funds To Support Wartime Organizations
Presidit Wilson urges Americans to donate to a united drive by the Young Men's Christian Association, National Catholic War Council, Young Women's Christian Association, Jewish Welfare Board, War Camp Community Service, American Library Association, and Salvation Army. Goal is 170 million dollars with December 17 kickoff and pledge flexibility. The letter emphasizes voluntary cooperation without surrender of autonomy and cites wartime patriotism.
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American Library Association
Salvation Army
Mount Vernon Torpedoed Off French Coast Killing Crew
Navy reports the U S 5 Mount Vernon formerly Kronprinzessin Cecilie was struck by a torpedo 200 miles off the French coast. Thirty five crew members were killed, many from the fireroom. Senator James Hamilton Lewis and Representative Richard Bartholdt were among those aboard who survived. The ship, now a U S transport, returned safely to port after the attack. Names and hometowns of the deceased are listed from the Midwest.
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Tion Heath
Hinckley
Minn
Frederick R. Hoffman
Newberry
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Sewell McKinly Rivers
Buena Vista
Marines Award Colors to Devil Dogs in Quantico
The 17th Marines under Col. Smedley Butler, soon to join the Devil Dogs in France, receive a battle colors from Secretary Daniels at Quantico Virginia. The unit stands at central nine near the training center.
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Seventeenth Regiment of Marines
Smedhey Butler
France
Daniels
Quantico
Flynn After Box Car Thieves
William J. Prynn former Treasury secret service chief was named chief of the railroad administrations secret service to direct railroad detectives in rounding up freight thieves in Washington on September.
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William J. Prynn
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Scouts Find Whisky Cache in Hatchie River Region
Memphis boy scouts uncovered a whisky cache while on a berry hunting outing. Scout Mason notified police after finding 24 cases of whisky hidden in the Hatchie area. Detectives seized the liquor and questioned the bootleggers cited in a Louisville Courier Journal account.
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