Sweden Links Push to Sink Argentine Ships Revealed
The State Department released English translations of German notes routed through the Stockholm foreign office, showing the Luxburg messages discussing sinking Argentine ships. The disclosures threaten U S Sweden relations and may trigger new rows with Argentina against Germany.
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United States
Sweden
Berlin
Buenos Aitres
Luxburg
Buenos Aires
Foreign Office
Stockholm
State Department
Lansing
Department of State
Count Luxburg
Germany
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Verdeaux
Clae
Senate
Argentina
Bertin
Spain
Luxburs
Romulo
Criis
Critiia
Peetor Lagerefants
W. A. F. Ekengren
Enders Ead
House Passes Big War Bond Feature Amid Tax Debates
Washington reports the House approved a major war revenue measure with a $2.2 billion income tax provision aimed at funding war needs. The plan tops $1158.45 million in bonds and credits, with debates over tax vs bond financing and specific bond issues including the Allied loan and conversions of existing securities. Speaker Clark emphasized a fifty fifty approach between taxes and bonds.
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Washington
Senate
Denecrat
Kitchin
Secretary of the Treasury
Clark
Airm en raid U S hospitals in France
German aerial attack on American facilities in France results in one U S Army Medical Corps officer killed and eight others wounded. The action targets the American capital and involves St. Louis and Harvard contingents amid wartime contingencies.
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France
America
St. Louis
Harvard
Elien Army Medical Corps
First National Army Recruits Dressed for Uniform at Start
Washington reports the first 5 percent of draftees marching to 14 states entered uniform with khaki outfits rifles and gear as training begins. The second 4 percent is to camp September 10 as mobilization continues slowly.
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Washington
National Army
Camp Upton
Yaphank
Sb. 1
Meade
Admiral
The
Nations
Central Department of the Army
U S Crop Outlook For Principal Cereals Forecast
The Department of Agriculture reports September 1 conditions indicate a larger crop yield for corn and spring wheat. The corn crop is seen at about 13 123,000,000 bushels, about 27 percent above last year, contingent on late frost. Spring wheat is forecast at 230,000,000 bushels, 14,000,000 more than August 1, with higher early threshing in Minnesota, South Dakota and Iowa.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Minnesota
South Patoti
Towa
Whisky making ends as distilleries obey law in Peoria
Peoria and Mt Sept 10 The hard liquor capital of the world surrendered at midnight Saturday under the food conservation act and Hoover edict. The last drop for beverage use was drawn off in the afternoon and the plants shut at 11 pm. Robert D Clarke a key liquor leader said distilleries will close as beverage producers and stay intact to supply government needs for powder production. Estimated U S beverage whisky stocks total about 215 million gallons with two years supply on hand. Peoria bankers business leaders say the change will not depress the city.
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Peoria
Uquor
Congress
Food Conservator
H. C. Hoover
Robert D. Clarke
United States
Iquor
Fleet to Shell Russia Ports Near Reval and Kronstadt
A German fleet was seen entering the Gulf of Finland with potential plans to strike Reval and Kronstadt. The Riga front widened to about 40 miles as German forces pushed north of Uxkull, while Russians retreat northeast in the Riga region. German officers report over 7,500 prisoners and 180 guns captured in the Riga offensive.
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London
Helsingfors
Finland
Gulf of Finland
Exchange Telegraph Company
Copenhagen
Adda
Reval
Kronstadt
Riga
Uxkull
Riga-Venen
Melupe
War Office
Berlin
Draft of 500000 More Men for Washington War Effort
The War Department projects 500000 additional men in training by June and 1000000 in active service by October under Baker’s plan. A further 1000000 may be drafted this winter if equipment and housing are secured. Estimates assume presidential funding for calls.
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Washington
Sept
War Department
Baker
Advic
House Appropriations
Italians Win Near Goritz in Bitter Struggle
Italian forces report heavy Austrian losses as they press northeast of Goritz with about 80 000 taken ill in a day and total Austrian casualties estimated at 120 000. In Springfield Massachusetts two rioters were shot and two arrested during a parade suppression by troops.
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Rome
Goritz
War Office
Udine
Italy
Springfield
Labor Heads Urge War on Disloyal Labor Leaders
The American Alliance for Labor and Democracy held a loyalty conference in Minneapolis and elected Samuel Gompers as president. The group vows to suppress disloyalists and pro German propaganda, solidify labor behind the government, tax wealth, control industries during disputes, and secure worker input in war and peace negotiations. A Committee to Aid Russia was formed with Gompers and others to extend support to the new Russia amid wartime aims.
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Minneapolis
Sept
American Alliance For Labor and Democracy
Wilson
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Russia
New
Mr. Goampers
Frank L. Walsh
John Sparzge
Socialistic Party
James Cunenas
Charles Edward Russell
Dum
Mr. Gotupers
Amverlean
Repulse of German Attacks on Meuse Front
Paris reports strong German assaults along the right bank of the Meuse spanning about two miles. French counterattacks retook all positions while German losses were heavy with nearly a thousand dead in front of Bois les Foxses. London reports British forces on the east bank of the Meuse penetrated German trenches and took prisoners near Villeret and Margécourt.
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Teutons
Cienumn
Meuse
Lhextent
Chaume Weed
Bois Les Foxses
War Office
London
Villeret
Margtcourt
Malone resigns as New York port collector over suffrage protest
Dudley Field Malone quits his post as collector of customs for the port of New York in a letter to the president. He cites opposition to the national woman suffrage amendment and accuses the administration of tolerating militant tactics and picketing in the suffrage campaign.
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Washington
Sept
Dudley Field Milene
Port of
New York
Malone
Toms
WEWS Briefly Tells War News and Local Incidents
Three Italian ships sunk in the week ending September 2. A Turkish-led victory at Tripoli announced from Rome. Conservative Herr von Heydebrand predicts war end by year’s end. Chaswell killed Hoder injured in an airplane crash near Davenport Iowa. Army funds for Watervliet plant extended. France insists Alsace Lorraine not for diplomatic talks. Adler death sentence commuted in Vienna. Cleveland police probe ordered by city council. Four army horses die from arsenic poisoning at Fort Sherman. Working Class Union suspects plan to blow up Rock Island bridge. Alsace Lorraine might be discussed for a German crown. Fire at Frankford arsenal injures 21 and kills three. detonator tray dropped.
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Copenhagen
Herr von Heydebrand
KB. Chaswell
Louis Hoder
Suburban Island
Davenport
Gibson
Watervilet Arsenal
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Friedrich Adler
Stuergkh
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Rowe
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One Hundred and Forty-ninth Field Artillery
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Chickasaw
Okio
Rock Island Bridge
Vossiche Zeitung
Berlin
Alsace-Lorraine
Reichstag
Frankford Arsenal
Philadelphia
Indictment Names East St. Louis Mayor and Aide
A Belleville grand jury indicted Mayor Fred W. Mollman of East St. Louis and ex Secretary Maurice Ahern in connection with the East St. Louis race riots from May 28 to July 2. Mollman faces malfeasance in office while Ahern is charged with conspiracy. eight more indictments against 80 persons were returned with names withheld pending arrest.
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Ahern
Monte San Gabriele Falls to Italian forces in World War I
London reports a dispatch confirming the capture of Monte San Gabriele by the Italian Army with about 6500 prisoners including 32 officers. The fall gives Italy control of the mountain chain north of Goritz, strengthening their strategic position in the sector.
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London
Monte San Gabriele
Goritz
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