Raid Probes I W W Plots to Disrupt War Effort
Washington reports indictments for conspiracy to thwart government war plans. The nationwide I W W raids spurred inquiries into antiwar propaganda, labor disturbances, and alleged German-financed activity. Grand juries in Chicago and other cities prepare to review vast seized documents as investigations continue.
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Washington
Sept
department of justice
federal
grand jury
Chicago
soma
United States
Senate approves income tax provisions in war revenue bill
Washington reports the Senate adopted the finance committee drafted income tax provisions to raise 849.2 million dollars, including 482 million from individuals and 280 million from corporations, defeating multiple high tax amendments. Moody debate cited LaFollette and Hollis amendments. Smoot defended the measure against calls to tax wealth more heavily.
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Washington
senate
finance committee
LaFollette-Hardwick
Europe
Serato
Trammell
baste
LaFollette
Borah
Brady
Gronna
Hardwick
Mollis
Husting
Johnson
California
Kenyon
McNary
Norris
Poindexter
Reed Sheppard
Sutherland
Thompson
Trammel
Vardaman
Hollis
S'mmong
Smoot
Kaiser
Malone resigns as New York customs collector over suffrage dispute
Dudley Fieir Malone resigns as collector of the port of New York to protest President Wilson’s stance on federal suffrage and the jailing of picketing women. He cites promising to back constitutional suffrage and urges rapid national enfranchisement as WWI pressures rise. Malone, son-in-law of former Senator O Gorman, had defended militants in court.
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Washington
Dudley Fieir Malone
New York
Wilson
White House
Malone
port of
Maione
O'Gorman
California
Newark nurse in Harvard unit served in France hospital
Mrs. D. McMillan of Newark was part of the Harvard unit that served a hospital in France. The unit, shelled by German airmen, included one trained nurse among its members.
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Harvard
Newark
McMillan
France
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Mayor Thompson files libel suits in Chicago for 1.6 million
Chicago reports Mayor Thompson suing multiple outlets and figures for libel damages totaling 1.6 million dollars. Plaintiffs include the Chicago Tribune the Chicago Daily News publisher Victor Lawson and former secretary of war Jacob M. Dickinson others alleged to publish hostile anti war content. A separate report identifies a drowned man later identified as Cecil Young of Akron found in Paint Creek after being in the water about a week.
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Chicago
Thompson
Chicago Tribune
Chicago Daily News
Victor F Lawson
Jacob M Dickinson
HL Lf Merrick
Arnold Joerns
Chillicothe
Howard
Hiram Young
Camp Sherman
Paint creek
Cecil Young
Akron
Electrocution in Chicago man and war report blend in text
A Chicago man J. W. Swayer thirty of Chicago is electrocuted in Youngstown while handling a broken telephone wire. A report says 100 Carranza soldiers were routed near Villa Garcia, Mexico with few wounded. War impact seen in college enrollments with 1 to 20 percent declines predicted. Georges Carpentier, French boxer and aviator, plans to come to the United States as an aviation instructor stationed at Dayton Ohio.
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J. W. Swayer
Chiesgo
Youngstown
bandita
Villa Garcia
Mexico
Georges Carpentier
United States
Dayton
Petrograd Prepares for Attack by German Forces
Petrograd readies for a possible German assault as red placards blanket walls calling Russians to duty. Troops move through streets toward the front while the populace stays orderly and calm. Rigas fall sparks patriotic fervor, fueling resolve to resist the invader.
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Petrograd
Rigas
Coal Shortage Forces Federal Priority Reversal
Report from Columbus notes that officials expect an almost immediate reversal of the federal coal shipment order. The priority rule for the northwest may be altered as Ohio towns face shortages. Washington word indicates the prior plan did not intend to halt coal at Ohio points.
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Columbus
Sept
itn
northwest
Ohio
Washington
Ohio pointe
Lloyd George Says U Boats Will Not Win
Premier Lloyd George told a Birkenhead audience that the Allied cause hinges on sea supremacy and will be maintained. He insisted German submarine figures shown in Parliament were inaccurate and sworn the enemy cannot overcome the British empire or shatter Allied hopes.
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London
Livy? George
Birkenhead
house of commons
abmarine
British empire
bea
Largest urgent deficiency bill outlined for wartime armament
Washington reports the $4.950 billion deficiency bill favored by the appropriations chair would fund arm y pay of 645.6 million, clothing 350 million, transportation 350 million, machine guns 120 thousand, artillery 676.21 million and ammunition 603 million. In China Sun YatSen is named commander in chief of a new military government with Canton backing Pekin, while Canton civilians flee to Hong Kong amid fighting.
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Washington
house
Fitzgerald
appropriations committee
armz
China
Pekin
Sun Yat Sen
Canton
bis
Sun Yat Sei
Honghorn
Labor leaders pledge support for democracy in era of upheaval
Samuel Gompers was elected president of the American Alliance for Labor and Democracy in Minneapolis. Delegates adopted resolutions urging royal labor unity, denouncing pacifist enemies, and calling workers to back the president. A five member committee was to reach Russian democracy leaders and greet Russian workers.
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Minneapolis
Samuel Gom fers
American Federation of Labor
American Alliance for Labor and Democracy
Igbor
Papal Delegate to U S Soon to Be Replaced
Rome Sept 7 report says a successor to Monaignor Bonzano as papal delegate to the United States will be appointed shortly.
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Rome
Monaignor Bonzano
United States
Centrist Critique of President Wilson on Peace Note
The Catholic Centrist party in Germany issues a statement on Wilson's reply to Pope Benedict's peace note. It urges considering the message's essential principles despite offensive phrasing and argues Wilson's demand for German guaranty raises questions about democracy comparing Berlin and Washington.
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Copenhagen
Germany
Wilson
Pope Benedict
Leiwee
Wisan
Berlin
Washington
United States
Italians Press Forward in Monte San Gabriele Fight
London reports continued Italian and Austrian gains near Monte San Gabriele and northeast of Gorizia with Italian prisoners rising. Italian advances threaten Trieste while Austrian losses mount as heavy artillery duels rage around Corso Hermada and related sectors.
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London
Monte San Gabriele
Gorizia
Rome
Cado
Corso
Hermada
Goriz
German airmen drop hazardous devices on hospitals in France
London reports German airmen dropped several hazardous devices on British American hospitals along the French coast. One device struck a hospital occupied by a St. Louis unit wounding one. another hit a Harvard unit hospital wounding four officers. Sixteen others suffered injuries, including ten hospital patients. Harvard units in France include the official Harvard unit and Harvard Vera at Base Hospital Unit No. 5 under Dr. Harvey Cusaiming.
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Bermuda
Triest
Zeges
Riga
Friedrichstadt
Dvina
Fresenberg
Ypres
Lens
Tiver
fo Mhamis
London
St. Louis
Harvard
medical corps
France
Hugh Cabot
Harvard vera
vard medical school
Iospital
Harvey Cusaimng
Peter Bent Bigham hospital
American army medical establishment
Plunging race horse injures boy at Marysville fairgrounds
Thurmay Jackson, thirteen, is badly hurt after a race horse crashes into a fence he leans on at the Marysville fairgrounds. His right leg is broken and his left leg bruised as crowds watch the incident unfold.
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Marysville
Thurmay Jackson
fair grounds
Large share of conscripts deemed unfit at Camp Sherman
At Camp Sherman an official order calls for rapid reconstruction of many cantonment buildings to fit the reorganized army. Officials report several men passed as fit despite bodily defects, blaming rapid exam procedures and superficial testing for the unfit draft. Mrs James Baughman hosts a Week's View in Meffuny Ohio.
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Steubenville
Tenth Ohio infantry
Chillicothe
national army
war department
Chilheathe O
wye
Camp Sherman
national army cantonmenciere
wbhiich
United States army
ira Warshall
Alefred lemming
Camp Shirman
Coyeimor
Campo Setarry
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