Boston Wins First World Series Game 1918
Boston Red Sox edged Chicago Nationals 1 to 0 at Comiskey Park in the opening game of the 1918 World Series. Vaughn pitched for Chicago and Ruth for Boston, with Whiteman and McInnis delivering the decisive May hit in the fourth inning. The crowd was small due to chilly wind and light attendance.
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Babe” Ruth
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Great Lakes
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Killiter
Two Killed and 45 Injured in Southern Wreck
Two men died and forty one others injured when Rone Toland train No. 11 left rails and plunged into a ditch between Duncan and Comanche Oklahoma south of Chickasha. Authorities reported the crash occurred September 5 as the southbound freight derailed, with survivors describing the wreck and rescue efforts.
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W W S ASK RELEASE ON BAIL TODAY
Chicago September 6 Attorney George F Vanderveer chief counsel for the I W W filed a petition in the United States circuit court of appeals seeking bail for eleven defendants convicted of conspiracy interfering with the government in wartime. Named are William D Haywood J A McDonald George M Andreytchine Vincent St John Ray Fanning Olin B Anderson Leo Laukk Fred Jaakkola Charles Jacobson James H Manning and Samuel Scarlett. The court took the case under consideration.
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Chicago
Geo. F. Vanderveer
1.W. W
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
William D. Haywood
J. A. McDonald
George M. Andreytchine
Vincent St. John
Ray Fanning
Olin B. Anderson
Leo
Utah Senator roundups not legal in New York raids
Washington reports Senate Military Committee to consider a resolution by Senator Smoot of Utah urging an inquiry into the draft slacker raids in New York City. Sen. Kirby of Arkansas objected, and action on the resolution was postponed until tomorrow. Separately, about 3,000 suspects were rounded up in New York during the night as the government mass search for draft evaders continued.
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Washington
Senate Military Committee
New York City
Smoot
Utah
Kirby
Arkansas
Tomorro
New York
Chicago Bomb Outrage Spurs DOJ Clues to Work
Chicago September 5 Officials say federal agents intensified rounds of arrests after a bombing at a federal building as Phillip J. Barry head of the local DOJ bureau describes the device in detail and notes access to the building was tightly controlled during the investigation. The description includes a steel plate bomb with dynamite charge and concealed components.
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Chicago
Phillip J. Barry
Sither
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Barry
Germans pay high price for Sammies in Lorraine
With American troops in Lorraine on September 5, orders captured in the Toul sector show a German division commander's reward of 400 marks for the first American prisoner. A second order threatens to reclaim an entire regiment from patrol duty if no Americans are produced.
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Associated Press
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Marks
Aerial Mail Service 15 Initiated Between Cities
New York and Chicago launched the first aerial mail run with pilot Max Miller flying from Belmont park at 7:09 AM carrying mail. The flight aimed to reach Chicago in about ten hours at speeds above 100 mph, with planned stops at Lock Haven, Cleveland, and Bryan. A return flight was tentatively planned for Saturday depending on weather.
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Bryan
Ohio
Clinton Country Club
Here
New York City
Cleverland
Telegraphic Briefs from the War Era
Maton Ga John Gilham a negro was lynched by a mob alleged to have attacked two white women. New York there will be enough nurses to care for an army of 5 000 000 next year per Adelaide Nutting. Collection for French restoration fund ordered stopped by District Attorney Swann. President Wilson expressed deep interest in Palestine progress to Rabbi Wise. Government will buy platinum wherever available for war needs. A melting pot will be established for rings and other jewelry. Suspension of automobile pleasure riding Sunday saved more than 100 000 parcels of gasoline per A C Bedford. The American Trans Atlantic company was taken over by the alien property custodian. Richard Wagner head deceived the government.
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John Gilham
New York
Swann
Wilson
Rabbi Wise
Palestine
J. Washington
A. C. Bedford
National Petroleum War Hervice Commission
American Trans Atlantic Company
Francis P. Garvan
Richard Wagner
Making Vigorous War On Military Slackers
Dominion police and government agents in North Bay Ontario prosecute a vigorous campaign to round up draft evaders hiding in the woods near Warren. Fugitives reportedly creep from the trees at night to farms and farm buildings seeking shelter and food amid the region’s sparse settlements.
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This Battle Is Decisive Says Kaiser
Emperor William telegraphs Munich that the present decisive battles unite Germans to defend sacred soil and culture. He says the enemy hates and desires destruction, but the people will stand with all strength in defense of the father land.
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Amsterdam
William
Munich
Allies Drive German Forces Toward St Quentin and Le Fere
Allied reports describe heavy German retreats across northern front from the Vesle to the Aisne, with French American troops crossing the Vesle and reaching the Aisne. British advances near Cambrai and Ploegsteert secure gains, while German withdrawals threaten St Quentin La Fere line and nearby objectives.
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Esmery-Hallon
Flavy- Le-Meldeux
Guiscard
Berlancourt
Allette
Aisne
Clamecy, Braye
Missy-sur-Aisne
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Seuilly
Vesle
Venteaux
Fonchery
Million Railroad Men To Get Increases in Pay
Nearly 1 million railroad employees will receive a wage rise of 25 dollars per month, or about one dollar a day, effective September 1, per General McAdoo. The increase, the largest industrial wage rise in history, supplements a prior four month-old order and affects clerks, track laborers, and maintenance of way workers.
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Washington, Sept
Generel McAdoo
Iercen Des Secantensiaty
Uae
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