British Break German Third Line on Somme Front
London reports that on the Somme British forces broke the German third line and seized Flers two miles north of Ginchy, with advances near Pozieres and Bouleaux wood. Allied offensives extend from Mesopotamia to the Balkans, with Serbian forces scoring a major victory near Leke Ostrovo and French actions near Vardar.
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Somme
London
Flers
Ginchy
Reuter
Martinpuch
Pozieres
Bouleaux Wood
Comblee
Alert Bapaume
Mesopotamia
Constantinople
Thiepval
Entente
War Office
Bulgaria
Leke Ostrovo
Skimo Admits Priests Murder in Arctic Case
An Esimo named Simeseah confessed to Canadian police that he and companion Aluskaha killed two priests Reveaver and Leroux near Bloody Falls in November 1918. The Eskimo confessor and an accomplice have been arrested, with details released in Winnipeg. A separate dispatch notes a steam pipe burst at the Great Ithern depot causing a brief disruption as heating connections were tested. Italian aircraft actions over Austria are also briefly reported.
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Herald Special Service
Winnipeg
Man
Simeseah
Canadian Mounted Police
Victoria Island
Coronation II
Arctic
Aluskaha
Reveaver
Leroux
Maries
Bloody Falls
Ithern
Frost Damage Grips Kansas Missouri And South Dakota
Frosts hit Kansas and Missouri with crop damage reported across the region including South Dakota. Farmers assess losses as weather shifts persist. Early forecasts warn continued cold snaps may threaten yields and livestock feeds.
Two Million Lost When Big Steamer Burns
Marshfield Oregon September 15 all passengers escaped when the Inez Congress burned. Losses include cargo valued 2 100 000 and ship and boats equal, bringing total to 2 100 000. The Pacific coast liner Congress lay burned at Cora Bay entrance. All 363 passengers and 175 crew landed safely by the dredge Colonel P G Michie. One man overcome by smoke recovering today.
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Marshfield
Ore
Inez Congress
Pacific Coast Steamship Company
Congress
Cora Bay
P. G. Michie
Hansbrough Backs Wilson in North Dakota Senator’s Endorsement
H C Hansbrough a longtime North Dakota Republican and former U S senator announced through the Democratic National Committee his plan to actively support President Wilson’s re election. He criticized Hughes and said he cannot vote for him because of alleged Roosevelt and Perkins influence. He cited the Great Northern Railway tour and his preference for Lincoln era democracy over special interests.
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H.C. Hansbrough
North
Northwest
Great Northern Railway
Wilson
Abraham Lincoln
Typhus Epidemic in Mexican City
Report from Chihuahua City states a typhus outbreak is severe in a Mexican city, with El Paso dispatch describing the correction and noting the Mexican sanitary commission ordered measures as the epidemic worsens.
Two Dutch Ship Crews Land After London Arrival
London reports the crews of two ships landed after long port delays. A Dutch steamer Eisied St Tymond’s crew disembarked as a crowd swarmed an address in central London. A private banker, Michael Michniuk, linked to a Russian bank, faced an investigation into alleged irregularities.
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London
St Tymond
Dlepatee
Bile
Suthorbega
Michael ST Michnivk
Russian Amarter
Memphis Sailors Buried After Wreck In Arlington
Washington September 11 military honors were given to the dead sailors of the wrecked cruiser Memphis brought to the Solace from Santo Domingo. Survivors recalled gigantic waves sinking the ship, with boilers out and lifeboats lost, as the Memphis became a total wreck near a coral reef.
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Memphis
Washington
National Cemetery
Arlington
Dan Leary
Leary
Solace
R. M. Kennedy
Santo Domingo
Wirelpan
Santo Domingo Bay
Expect Action in Strike Case New York leaders weigh next moves
New York officials expect action soon as union leaders abandon hopes for an amicable settlement between striking street car workers and employers. The Central Federated Union will meet to discuss joining a threatened 70,000-strong sympathy strike, while the Brooklyn Central Labor Union has already voted in favor. In Washington, regulators suspended a tariff proposal affecting Selkirk Manitoba to Detroit and Buffalo, and an ambassador was instructed to determine why Michael J. Finnerty of New York cannot return from Ireland.
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New York
Mitchell
Public Service Commission
Central Federated Union of Manhattan
Brooklyn Central Labor Union
Washington, D. C
Interstate Commerce Commission
Selkirk
Manitoba
Canada
Detroit
Buffalo
New York City
Washington
Ampassador Ps
Michael James Finnerty
Ireland
United States
No Terms for Greece in Entente Discussions
Athens dispatch reports that the Entente powers may discuss terms with Greece to secure cooperation. A Greek representative in Paris was informed that Greece should waive questions of conditions and compensation if it seeks alliance. If Greece decides to join, allies will supply equipment for its military forces.
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Athens
Rept
London
Daily Chronicle
Greece
Anny Es
Elevator man caught in belt reports injuries in North Dakota
A worker at an elevator suffered a serious injury when his right hand was caught between the belt and a sign while operating the machinery. He was pulled clear and released as soon as the wheel stopped turning. He sustained bruising and multiple minor injuries, with a risk of more severe harm considered but no bones broken.
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Rose
N. D
Sartow
French Aviators Attack Sofia After Long Flight
London dispatch reports five bombs dropped on Sofia by two French aviators. They flew from Saloniki to Bucharest, then over Sofia on the return, a five hour mission covering about 400 miles.
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Sofia
London
Router
Bucharest
Saloniki
National Guard units to move soon with car details sought
El Paso Texas September 18 organization commander of the national guardsmen on station here received telegrams from the war department today asking the number of care necessary to move their contingent. It is assumed withdrawal may be imminent but maneuvers are planned for early October.
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el Paso
Tex
National Guardsmen
War Department
Wis
Carranza explains why he called for election
Mexico City reports General Carranza issued a preamble with the call for delegates to an assembly to revise the constitution. It cites the Constitutionalists platform from the plan of Guadalupe and Vera Cruz, saying Congress must ratify or modify his administration and then transfer executive power to the elected president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
General Carranza
Guadiloupe
Huerta
Vera Cruz
Congress
Villa's men suffer from lack of meat and salt
Chihuahua City Mexico September 15 reports from scouts interviewing ranchmen say Villa and his forces subsist on fresh meat and salt shortages. This has caused sickness and reduced stamina as Selene forces close in from all sides around Villa per General Tre.
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Chihuahua City
Villa
Aim
Tre
Border Affairs Perplexing at New London Session
New London Conn Sept 15 Practical obstacles complicate the American Mexican joint commission as it weighs many border pacification proposals. General Bliss testifies on objections to plans such as an international constabulary to relieve U S and Mexican forces from frontier patrol duties. The commission met only briefly.
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New London
Conn
Joint Commission
Bliss
Army
Ontario liquor selling to end with war vote planned
September wartime measure will ban all liquor sales in Ontario except from drug stores until after the war when a vote will be held. Manitoba imports from Kenora Ont will continue. interprovincial trade is federal law. Ontario can import liquor from Manitoba or Quebec under federal rules.
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Herald Special Service
Winniper
Leistikow Takes Part in War Loan Sizable Winnipeg Subscriptions
Winnipeg reports nearly 10 million dollars subscribed to the new Canadian war loan. Banks, loan and insurance firms account for about 7 million. Individual subscriptions include F W Leistikow for 250 thousand dollars, ex mayor Ashdown for 800 thousand, Grain Exchange members for 1 million, and Manitoba government for 500 thousand.
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Herald Special Service
Winnipeg
Banke
F. W. Leistikow
Minneapolis
Ashdown
Grain Exchange
Government of
Manitoba
Prohibition Heads in British Columbia Vote Totals
In incomplete returns from the British Columbia general election prohibition shows a majority of over 6000 from a 35000 vote tabulation. A New York note mentions Royal L Peck of East Rockaway Avenue and a marital note about a groom and bride both aged 32.
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Vancouver
B. C
British Columbia
Prohibition
New York
Royal L. Peck
Rockaway Avenue
East
Tother
Entente Allies Send Note to Sweden Today
Long Branch New Jersey report says Vice President Wilson learns sister Mrs Amma Howe is sinking in New London Connecticut. Five plans were made for the president to depart for New London later today.
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Sweden
Long Branch
N. J
Wilton
Amma Howe
New London
Conn
Walto men leaps from train amid murder arrest
Arthur Waltomen, arrested in Ironwood Michigan in the murder case of Mrs Elizabeth Nichols, wealthy New York widow, leaped from a moving train at Harmon North Carolina as it passed. He begged for a smoke, pushed a detective, and fell from the back platform. He was rushed to a hospital with a suspected skull fracture and is in serious condition.
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New York
Arthur Waltomen
Ironwood
Mich
Elizabeth Nichols
Harmon
Waltomen
Navy Penna fires world record main battery salvo
The U S Navy announced a new world record in naval gunnery by the superdreadnought Pennsylvania. Twelve 14 inch rifles in four turrets fired simultaneously and scored five hits on a target 11 miles away, a distance where the target is not visible to gunners. The Pennsylvania is first to mount its entire main battery with three guns per turret, a point hailed by ordnance officers as proof against the three inch gun turret system.
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Washington
Penna
Navy Department
Pennsylvania
Ordnance and Construction
Portrait of a long theft case and a fatal aviation crash
George W. Simm a New York salesman confessed to stealing clothing valued at 50900 to 75000 over ten years from a firm and losing most of the money in Wall Street speculation He said the garments were removed before co workers arrived The second item reports Fred de Kor an aviator fatally injured near Bethany Missouri after a bi plane crash at the county fair grounds witnessed by about fifteen thousand people.
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New York
George W. Simm
Rowan
Wall Street
Rohan
Simm
Bethany
Fred de Kor
Stull Promoted to Train Master Sioux City Division
F H Stull chief train dispatcher of the Great Northern Dakota division with headquarters in Grand Forks is promoted to train master on the Sioux City division. He will leave tonight or tomorrow morning to assume duties. L M Davis will succeed him as night chief at Grand Forks. The notice also mentions prior postings and earlier promotion in a month.
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F. H. Stull
Great Northern Dakota Division
Grand Forks
Sioux City
Stull
Breckenridge
L. M. Davis
Minot
Mr. Stull
London
Harrison
Combined Entente Pressure on Sweden Over Neutral Policy
London reports that Entente powers presented a note to Sweden urging a neutral policy during wartime. Paris says France instructed its Stockholm minister to join in a firm note. The note argues Sweden cannot distinguish war from commerce submarines and urges neutrality in line with loyal impartial duties.
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London
Sweden
Reat
Britain
France
Paris
Stockholm
Crosby Businesses Move to Form Hospital Association
In Crosby North Dakota on September 15 a meeting at the Commercial club rooms saw local businesses decide to form a hospital association. A committee of Geo W Jones A J Feeney Arthur Lindeke A L Upham and Geo P Homes was named to organize the effort and promote the project. The panel will reconvene to perfect the organization.
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Crosby, NX. D
Crosby
Geo. W. Jones
A. J. Feeney
Arthur Lindeke
A. L. Upham
Geo. P.homes
Slayer's Leg Quaits to Replace Torn Leg
Mor tana Convict Riley seeks a hair bridle to finance a new leg after losing his limb in a powder magazine explosion tied to the murder of P. S. Larger, a Butte bank official, decades ago. He is serving a life term in Montana. THROAT WAS SLASHED. Hammond Ind Sept 15 a unidentified man died after a hotel lobby assault. Suspect Frank Cronin of La Fayette Ind is held. TEUTONS CLAIM SUCCESS Berlin Sept 15 official report cites successful operations on Russian and Romanian fronts.
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Tana
Deer Lodge
Mont
America
Thomas J. Riley
Butte
P. S. Larger
Riley
Larger
State Penitentiary
Hammond
Ind
Frank Cronin
la Fayette, Ind
Afair
Teutons
Berlin
London
Prince Frederick of Hessse Killed Eight Times Over
Bertin Sept. 15 London reports Frederick Wulian and ten others killed in a train mishap near Dako. Weather forecast: fair and warm with clear skies.
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Prince Frederick OF
Hessse
Bertin
Tis London
Frederick Wulian
Toes
Ana
Pd Ve Enn
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J. H. Keegan
Admiral Pond
Keegan
Eral
al- Nes
Carranza
Ontario
Leistikow
Sister
U. S. Navy
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Aca
Counsellor
Hieleet
Peiling
Colon
Liverpool
Ree Ean
Jersey
Black Tempee
Perty Zmeine
England
Slayer
Dako
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