Trieste Fall and Wider Fronts Stir War News
Russian retreat along the Gulf of Riga approaches Livonian river Aa as Italian forces gain ground toward Triest and threaten the Bain sizza plateau. On the Franco British front Haig and French guns hammer German lines, while German air raids extend to London and Bruges as both sides push preparations for a new offensive amid strategic retirements fears.
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Petrograd
Gulf of Riga
War Office
Haig
Belgium
Flanders
Thorcout-Courtrai
Nshledt
Hindenburg to Send Bavarian Divisions to Isonzo Front
Geneva notes a dispatch from Innsbruck stating Field Marshal von Hindenburg agreed to dispatch two Bavarian divisions from the Russian front to bolster Austrian defense on the Isonzo. The Skoda factory reportedly runs around the clock to equip heavy artillery for Hermada heights near Trieste. Germany’s aid appeal is regarded as significant amid Wilson’s public peace note response to the pope.
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Geneva
Innesbruck
Von
Government Extends 100 Million Loans to Britain and France
Washington announces loans of 100 million dollars to Great Britain and France, raising total Allied aid to 2.2664 billion. The action accompanies ongoing effort to support Allied war needs during the conflict.
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Washington
Great Britain
France
Cotton futures open steady with varied monthly data
The market shows openings around 20.95 for October, 20.85 for December, 20.72 for January, 20.96 for March and 21.00 for May. This reflects a mixed start across the main contract months.
Lawyers condemn socialism at American Bar meeting
Saratoga Springs September 5 memorials and reports dominated the American Bar Association session. A committee recommended shortening opinions and a model code of insurance laws for congressional adoption in the District of Columbia while endorsing a view that Germany violated international law.
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Saratoga Springs
N. Y
American Bar Association
Committee On
Congress
District of Columbia
Germany
Physician Dr K L Metz Dies After Arrest in Panama City Case
Savannah reports Dr K L Metz committed suicide by poison after his arrest in the Hinesville murder case involving the death of Mrs William J Baldwin of Panama City Florida. Three others are held on the same charge. Metz was a prominent physician in Williesia.
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Savannah
K. L. Metz
Hinesville
William J. Baldwin
Panama
Fla
Metz
Willie.ia
Development of Social Conditions in Japan Are Told
Tokio Aug 20. The latest issue of The Christian Movement in the Japanese Empire analyzes social and industrial changes in Japan. Strikes for higher wages disrupt mills mines factories and post offices with some settled by compromise and others by concessions.
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Japan
Tokio
Associated Press
Federated Missionary Organizations
French Deputy Brunet to demand response to Pope Benedict peace note
Paris September 5 Frederic Brunet deputy from the Seine district announces he will submit an interpellation in the chamber of deputies. He seeks France to answer Pope Benedicts peace note in the spirit of President Wilsons reply.
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Paris
Frederic Brunet
Seine
Chamber of Deputies
France
Pope Benedict
Wilson
War supplies left in wane of Austrians
Udine Italy Sept 5 It is impossible to gauge the quantity of booty captured by Italians. Austrians fled in haste abandoning convoys of arms and ammunition. Projectiles grenades rockets rifles helmets lie strewn and caverns still hold Austrian dead as bodies are buried.
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Udine
Italy
Hhere
Night Raid Hits Chatham Barracks Killing 107 Sailors
London reports a Luftwaffe attack on Chatham district during Monday night. About 17 bombs fell on Royal Navy barracks, killing 107 bluejackets and wounding 186 as searches and anti air setups misfired. The raid lasted roughly one hour with searchlights failing to locate the planes.
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London
Chatham
Royal Naval Barracks
Cattle Conference Opens on Breeding Stock Move
Washington September 5 Secretary Houston opens a conference of live stock industries to discuss moving breeding stock from the west to the east and south for better roughage. A committee of 100 cattlemen and stock experts reviews plans with Food Administration officials.
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Washington
Houston
Department of Agriculture
The
Food Administration
Labor Alliance Opens Loyalty Conference in Minneapolis
The American Alliance for Labor and Democracy organized to counter pacifist and pro German propaganda opened a three day loyalty conference in Minneapolis on September 5 to mobilize labor behind the government.
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Minneapolis
American Alliance For Labor and Democracy
Italians Capture Mont San Gabriele and 950 Prisoners
A dispatch from London reports Italian forces have seized Mont San Gabriele and taken 950 prisoners, including 32 officers. The capture secures control of the mountain chain dominating Gorizia.
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London
Mont San Gabriele
Gorizinate
Cotton market steady after early decline on mixed sentiment
New York on September 5 saw cotton trading mixed after yesterday’s break. Prices steadied as covering occurred with October at 21.10 and January at 20.84 in the first hour.
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New York
Virginia colleges prepare for regular season championship series
The Inter Collegiate association ruled last night that football will be played in Virginia by college teams this coming season, with the regular championship series to be staged.
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Richmond
Virginia
Inter Collegiate Association
Nine Killed in Raid in London Air Attack
Nine persons were killed and 49 injured in last nights air raid in London. One raider is reported to have been brought down off Sheerness, official announcement says.
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London
Sheerness
House Debate Advances on $1.5 Billion WW Bond Bill
Washington September 5. The House continued debate on the IL and one half billion dollar war bond and certificate bill with prospects of a final vote today.
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Washington
Advance of Cops Brought Victory in Southern Station
Patrolman Jim Wood and three colleagues surrounded a baggage-room trunk at Mr Southern’s station. The trunk contained 11 pints of liquor including red likker and other contents. Officers seek the owner as they pursue further action.
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Jim Wood
Carroll
James
Fulton
Jim
Law and Order
Mr. Southerns
Will Appoint Guardian for the De Saulles Boy
Mrs. Blanca De Saulles imprisoned in Mineola on murder charges involving her former husband John Longer De Saulles. Surrogate's Court on August 3 ordered she show cause why Charles A. De Saulles, brother of the slain man, should not be named general guardian of their four year old son. paternal grandparents and aunts consent to the guardianship.
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New York
Blanca de Saulles
Mineola
N. Y
John Longer de Saulles
Charlies
Belgians Visit Indiana at Fort Benjamin Harrison
General Leclercq of the Belgian mission and Major Ooesterreich visited Fort Benjamin Harrison where Ohio West Virginia Kentucky and Indiana trainees are training to be army officers. They later went to Anderson to deliver the principal farewell address to troops before departing.
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Indianpolis
Ind
Leclercq
Ooesterreich
Fort Benjamin Harrison
Ohio
West Virginia
Kentucky
Indiana
Anderson
Anderson Befoer
Leelerey
Washington
Passage of a Great War Bond Bill Likely in House
Washington Sept 5 The House appears sure to pass the 11.5 billion war bond and certificate bill in nearly the committee form after about four hours of debate. All parties back the general features while Rep Moors of Pennsylvania argues for a war expenditure committee but is not expected to delay the vote beyond today.
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Washington
House
Moors
Pennsylvania
City weighs taking over water mains at Roland Park
Barnhard of Atlantic Coast Realty asked the city council to purchase the water and sewer mains in Roland Park, arguing the city should pay $3,024 for labor and materials. The proposal was deferred for two weeks as officials review the lines and assess advisability.
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Earnhardt
Hedrick
Murphy
Peacock
Taplin
German Officials Discuss Proposed Reply to Pope
Amsterdam September 5 Baron von Nuehimann German foreign secretary visiting Vienna discussed all day with Count Zernin Austro-Hungarian foreign minister the terms of the reply of the central powers to the pope. The emperor received both ministers last night and heard their proposals. Von Kuehlmann expected to return to Berlin to report to the emperor.
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Amsterdam
Baron von Nuehimann
Vienna
Count Zernin
Food conservation results shown in July garbage reports
Washington reports practical results of the food conservation drive from 59 cities. San Diego tops with a 43 percent garbage output compared to July last year. Ten other cities fall 25 percent or more, including Wheeling, Portland, Charleston, Grand Rapids, Columbus, Lincoln, Savannah, Brockton, Davenport, and Mobile. Only 12 cities show increases led by Springfield with a 58 percent rise.
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The
Food Administration
San Diego
Cal
Wheeling
Portland
Ore
Charleston
Grand Rapids
Cotumbus
Lincoln
Savannah
Brockton
Davenport
Mobile
Springfield
Yonkers
Schenectady
Waterbury
Kansas City
Peoria
Richmond
Berkeley
Norfolk
Dayton
Houston
Trenton
Japanese Force Ready to Aid Russians on Manchuria Front
Geneva dispatch cites Munich Neueste Nachrichten reporting a large Japanese force near the Manchuria frontier prepared to assist Russian troops in a widening conflict.
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Geneva
Munich
Mexican legislature grants women suffrage with literacy and independence
Mexico City reports that the legislature of Cuauhnáhuac approved women voting rights conditioned on literacy and self support. The measure requires voters to read and write and aims to empower women through legal suffrage.
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Mexico City
Cuanajuata
Little girl shot in Henderson. attacker in custody
Jesse Roth, 16, daughter of Gustav Roth, was shot in broad daylight on a main street as Austin Green, a black man, fired three times then fled. The wounded girl remained alive but with hopeless prospects. another woman, Mary Redford, was struck by a stray bullet. Green is jailed in Raleigh, deemed possibly drunk or insane.
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Mary Redford
Green Easy
Dover Sleep-Room Intrusion Case Heads To Craven Court
New Bern Sept 5 The case of Lee Perkins and Jesse Bowden charged with entering the sleeping rooms of a Dover citizen s daughters about three weeks ago is expected to be taken up in Craven county court today. The Negroes were brought here from Raleigh Monday.
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New Bern
Lee Perkins
Jesse Bowden
Dover
Raleigh
Craven County Court
Suspend Trolley Service in San Francisco Strike
San Francisco suspended trolley operations as workers push for higher wages shorter hours and union recognition. One man shot in a quarrel and two arrested for attempting to burn a carbarn as city lines on 275 miles of street rails stood idle. Jesse W Lielenthal says service was withdrawn at police request though police deny asking for withdrawal while municipal lines ran normally.
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San Francisco
Cal
United Railroads
Jesse W. Lielenthal
D. A. White
Philippine Price Protections Signal Government Shift
Manila reports Samuel W. Ferguson, president of the Insular Bank, will travel to America to defend Philippine product prices and explain cost conditions and silver values. The peso’s value exceeds its par, authorities ban peso exports, and a national peso certificate issue is authorized to retire silver coins.
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Manila
Samuel W. Ferguson
Insular Bank
America
Danville Tobacco Primes Hit New High as Sales Surge
Tobacco primings continue to command high prices in Danville. A new high figure of 38 cents was reached today while the average sits around 22 cents. The season’s largest sales were evident yesterday with 175000 pounds disposed of.
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Danville
First National Army Recruits Enter Uniforms at Camp Jackson
The first five percent draft quota arrived at Camp Jackson near Columbia South Carolina for training as the List division of the United States Army. Recruits were issued khaki uniforms hats shoes loggins rifles ammunition belts and other gear as training to begin tomorrow while a 40 percent second quota was slated for September 19 and mobilization moved smoothly from sixteen cantonments nationwide.
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Washington
National Army
North
South Carolina
Florida
Porto Rico
Camp Jackson
Columbia
S.C
List
States Army
Ishii Delivers Japan’s Message of Friendship to U S
Viscount Ishii and a Japanese mission spoke before the House in Washington on September 5, warning that enemies seek to divide the two nations while expressing confidence that enduring friendship would prevail. Speaker Clark introduced him amid a strong demonstration.
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Washington
Viscount Ishii
Japan
United States
Clark
Funeral for Ralph Kerr Held Tuesday Afternoon
The funeral of Ralph Kerr, one year old son of Mr and Mrs G E B Kerr of Tate Street, who died Monday at 10 am, was conducted from Welch Memorial Methodist Protestant Church yesterday at 4 pm by Rev C A Cecil. A large number of friends attended.
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Ralph Kerr
G. EB. Kerr
Tate Street
Welch Memorial Methodist Protestant Church
C. A. Cecil
Ferguson to assume command of engineer division
Raleigh Sept 5 military circles report Colonel Harley B. Ferguson a Waynesville native and noted as the engineer who raised the Maine has been assigned to command the divisional regiment of engineers to be formed from guardmen of North and South Carolina and Tennessee.
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Raleigh
Harley B. Ferguson
U.S. A
Waynesville
Maine
North
South Carolina
Tennessee
Scarborough Bombarded by Submarine on English Coast
Scarborough on the English coast was bombarded last night by a submarine. About half the 30 shells fired landed. Three people were killed and five injured. Little damage was reported.
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London
Scarborough
Ienelish
Senate Closing Contest Over War Taxes Shapes Vote
Washington September 5 Senate debate over conscription of wealth for the war took a new turn as high tariff advocates urged higher rates. The final vote on the war profits section was to be taken today under the agreement.
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Washington
Senate
Exile for Gurko Treason Charge in Petrograd
Exiled former commander General Gurko faces treason charges amid revolutionary turmoil in Petrograd. Reports indicate he is the first high ranking officer subjected to exile as a punitive measure.
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Petrograd
Gurko
Bernhardt Chair Company Chartered in North Carolina
The Bernhardt Chair Company of Lenoir Caldwell County with capital of 5040 dollars was chartered today by the secretary of state. Of this amount 84540 dollars has been paid in and the firm will engage in a general furniture business.
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Raleigh
The
Bernhardt Chair Company
Lenoir
Caldwell County
Canceth
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