German Forces Withdrawing From Vital Douai Position
Amsterdam reports Douai is being evacuated by German forces. Douai dominates northern French plains and controls routes to Valenciennes, Lille, and Cambrai, whose fall would unravel German holds in northern France and Flanders. Military observers think retreat to the Maubeuge Meuse line is imminent.
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United Press
Amsterdam
Douai
France
Valenciennes
Lille
Cambrai
Flanders
British and French Drive Toward St. Quentin from South
British troops edge toward St. Quentin with an outpost near Fresnoy Le Petit three miles from the Hindenburg line. Epehy below the line sees a 5 15 am assault across 3000 yards amid rain and mud. Paris reports French gains at Gibercourt seven miles from St. Quentin as they advance toward Hinacourt and Besigny le Grand.
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Lowell Mellett
United Press
France
St. Quentin
Fresnoy-Le-Petit
Hindenburg
Epehy
Eoehy
Hindenburg Line
Gouzeaucourt
Paris
Gibercourt
War Office
Hinacourt
Besigny-Le-Grand
Federal education plan gains support from women voters
Chicago reports a coalition of 60 national groups endorses a federal education and military discipline training plan for all young Americans before they vote. The move, backed by Carrie Chapman Catt and others, argues training would foster responsibility and national unity during reconstruction.
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Chicago
General Federation of Women's Clubs
America
Eee
Mra
Carrie Chapman Catt
National American Woman Suffrage Association
Frederick Schoff
National Congrean of Mother and Parent-Teachers' Associations
Home Education
United States Bureau of Edveation
Potatoes Grow in Royal Flower Beds at Buckingham Palace
London reports an 1918 potato crop grown in beds near The Mall and palace grounds. King and Queen take interest as Queen inspects potato tech with John Robert Chynes, parliamentary secretary.
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London
Buckloghan
Palace Grounds
King Eo
Afary
John Robert Chynes
Ministry of
Pal
Allied Push Envelops St Quentin and Vicinity
British and French forces break through toward St Quentin from the west and south as La Fere and La Fere area fall under fire. German resistance stiffens near Laffaux while Haig reports strong progress south of Havrincourt and gains northeast of Neuve Chapelle. British capture 750 guns and 75,000 prisoners in four weeks. Belgians report advances near Steenstraete-Dixmude and near St Julien.
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William Philip Simms
United Preas
Paris
St. Quentin
Aml
la Fere
Cambrai
Havrincourt Wood
Pleziere
Vermond
Vendelles
Liex
Creamt Canal
Liem
Laon
la Pere
Laffaux
St. Gobain
Aisne
London
Mavrincourt
Haig
Gougenycourt
Havrincourt
Neuve Chapelle
Armentieres
Field Marshal
Steenstraete-Dixmude
St. Julien
American Aircrew Planning In France Describes Coordinated Strike
In a wartime scene twelve pilots gather around a desk with a large map as a colonel announces a planned push. The next morning trains are derailed and an ammunition train catches fire, while airmen coordinate to disrupt German reserve movements and anticipate action.
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France
Mapa
Ose i Bart
Yankee Soldier Escapes German Patrol With Rocks
A captured American soldier in France escaped a German squad and used rocks as his only weapons. He seized a trench knife and killed a firing German, then sprinted across No Man's Land to reach his lines.
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France
Toul
No Man's Land
Yankee Fire a Routing Germans on Aisne Front
Reports from the American front lines detail heavy German bombardment near the Aisne and Vesle with positions at Revillon Glennes and Le Petit Montagne, while rain slows operations. German raids in Alsace-Lorraine are repelled as Americans seize captured gear and prevent prisoner extraction.
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Fred S. Ferguson
United Press
Aisne
Revillon
Gleanes
le Petit Montagne
Revillon-Glennes Line
Vesle
Associated Press
France
Vosges
Frank J. Taylor
Fran
Comar
Alsace
Lorraine
Germany
Congressmen abandon hope of long recess in wake of revenue bill
Washington dispatch reports House leaders, spurred by “word from home,” see no long recess after the revenue bill. They warn a vacation now would anger voters as a mass of legislation awaits action, including a new deficiency bill and an emergency power bill.
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United Press
Washington, D. C
House
Clark
War Department
War Industries Board
May Exempt Income From Liberty Bonds
Washington report says Secretary McAdoo urged partial income tax exemption for Liberty bonds to stabilize market prices before the next loan. The extent of exemption not set, but limited to certain bonds and conversions, awaiting congressional action.
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Washington, D. C
McAdoo
Kitchen
Home Wayr and Means Committee
Congress
Turks Kill Christians Reported in France Dispatch
An overseas dispatch from Maristrom Vheran confirms reports of Christian deaths at the hands of Turks. Victims include Father Bou tan, a French Laratat priest, and a general ober Driaata, with other Christians said to be slain in the incident.
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Worthington
D. Cy
France
Maristrom Vheran
Vora
Christiana
He Tinka
Father Boutan
War Women Seek Drivers for Frontline Service
Miss Ethel Langdon Drake and Mrs J Symons promote war work in the United States. Drake, an American, has already sent 25 ambulances to France and seeks 120 women drivers. Symons, founder of the Symons hospital, is adding 200 tent beds for American troops and raising funds for volunteers.
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Ethel Langdon Drake
S. Ds Symons
France
Miss Drake
J. Symons
Symons
Soissons
Clermont
Kaiser awards iron crosses in huge numbers
Paris reports L Eclair says Emperor William has awarded the iron cross to 163 princes 967 generals 26 other dignitaries and 61 856 general staff members. Private soldiers 4743 noncommissioned officers 12646 aviation 3934 navy 4562 medical 1053 chaplains 84 army units 472 all first class. Second class crosses are described as many hundreds of thousands.
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Paris
L’eclair
William
Germany
Revenue Bill Expected to Pass Soon in Congress
Washington D C Sept 11 The revenue bill looks likely to pass the House unopposed and then the Senate with few radical changes. Chairman Kitchin of the Ways and Means Committee says passage by Saturday is unlikely as members want hearings. Fordney and Moore signal they will push amendments but vote for the bill if defeated.
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Washington, D. C
House
Senate
Kitchin
Ways and Means Committee
Fordney
Moore
Ways and Means
Twin Cities Declare Embargo on Grain
A temporary embargo on shipment of all grain into the Twin Cities was ordered by A. W. Trenholm federal manager Twin City railroad terminals effective at midnight. Crowded tracks and millers unable to unload hundreds of cars prompted the action. Beech Joga, linked to Winchester Cathedral’s foundation, was uncovered in a new find. the relics are in sound condition despite long exposure to water.
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St. Paul, Minn
Twin Cities
A. W. Trenholm
Twin City
Winchester Cathedral
London
House Committee Backs A One Day Bill On Prohibition
Washington Sept 11 The House agricultural committee moved the food production bill toward passage by reporting it favorably with the Senate amendment making prohibition effective July 1 1919 The committee added a clause allowing Italian wine imports until May 1 1919 at Italy’s request The Senate version would halt imports immediately upon passage
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Washington,d. C
House Agricultural Committee
Senate
State Department
Republicans Gain in Maine Election
Portland Massachusetts? Maine Republicans secured a broad victory in the biennial state election. U S Senator Bert M Fernald and Congressmen Louis H Goodall Wallace S White John A Peters and Ira G Hersey defeated Democrats by substantial margins. Governor Bever Milliken also reelected. Republicans gained in both legislative chambers.
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Portland
United States
Bert M. Fernald
Louis H. Goodall
Wallace S. White
John A. Petera
Ira G. Hersey
Can BE
Milliken
Sixteen Die in Coal Mine Cage Fall Near Nanaimo
A cable break in a shaft near Nanaimo B C caused sixteen miners to plummet 200 feet. Rescue crews located a cage 26 feet from the floor with no signs of life. a boy was found below.
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Nanaimo, B. &., Sey
Congress Pledges Action to Cut Cost of Living
Washington Sept 11 Congress plans relief for Americans facing high food costs. A bill to place the meat supply under government control will be introduced as part of a broader effort. Lawmakers, prompted by labor letters and profiteering complaints, weigh moves tied to the Liberty Loan.
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L. C. Martin
United Press
Washington, D. C
Conpresse
Forilrade Commission
Radio Station at Annapolis Ready for Duty
The new naval radio station at Annapolis Maryland, the most powerful in America, is now in operation. The first messages went from Secretary Daniels to the Fleet Lord of the British Admiralty, to the French minister of marine, and to the Italian minister of marine. The station has a 4000 mile operating radius, was completed in ten months, and cost 1.5 million dollars.
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Washington
Naval
Annapolis
America
Navy Department
Daniels
Fieet
Hot Battle in Illinois Primary Centers on Senate Nominee
Chicago voters chose candidates for the United States Senate and House of Representatives with three contenders in the Republican race. Medilla McCormick George B Foss and Chicago Mayor William Hale Thompson vie for the nomination amid a bitter campaign. Ten congressional seats are to be filled in November.
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Chicago
United States Senate
House of Representatives
Medilla McCormick
George B. Foss
William Hale Thompson
Thompson
James Mann
House
German Troops Withdraw From Russia to West Front
London reports German forces are pulling back from Uleennine and shifting to the western front amid rumors. Stockholm and Moscow dispatches claim social revolutions and waves of casualties, with Bolsheviks threatening reprisals and hostages held in Petrograd and Moscow as fighting presses toward the north.
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London
Uleenine
Western Front
Kleft
Stockno
Stockholm
Wityviesn
Moscow
Bolsheviat Grogje
Siberian
Lake Balkalia
Poneteion
I Menange Foam Vindivostok
Nertchinsk
Sieristens
Eechine Mlovan Hk
Rheiniache
Falaahoy
Kamyahinek
Movie Star Seeks Divorce From Wife In Desertion Case
Chicago August reports Henry B Walthall known as the colonel of the movies filed for divorce on desertion grounds. He is believed to be in Los Angeles while papers were filed by his attorney.
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Chicago
Henry B. Walthaih
Walthall Ie
Los Angeles
Army and Navy Union Opens Doors to Women
Atlantic City N J plans unveiled by the national executive committee will admit women to full honors of the Army and Navy Union. The organization notes a large base of 62 000 veterans and honorably discharged members across the Navy and Marine Corps.
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Army and Navy Union
Atlantic City
Aervicee Ae
Aml Nurs
Variouws Cronte
Meadlow
Aris
Navy of Marine
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Tomlon
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Alane
Bartle Front
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Percival W. Clement
Rutland
Ress
Th Fermont Local Option League
Charles H. Darling
Burlington
Frank F E. Howe
Bennington
Tynan
Denver
Colo
Thomas Tynan
Canon City
Julius C. Gunter
Trinidad
Gunter
Oliver
Shoup
Colorado Springs
Charles Ballreich
Pueblo
Lawrence Phipps
Charles Waterman
Phoenix
Ariz
Fred T. Colter
Apache County
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Sydney Osborn
Colter
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Roy P. Wilcox
Wilcox
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