British and French Mark Major Front Advances in Sept Front
Paris and London dispatches recount Allied troops from France to Belgium advancing along the Aisne and Canal du Nord. French gains include Ham and Chauny, while the British seize about ten villages south and east of Peronne and cross the Canal du Nord before lens. American forces report ongoing pursuit north of the Vesle with fires and explosions as Germans retreat.
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Aisne
Brenelle and
Chassemy
Canal Lateral
Mangin
Mont-des Tombes
Leuilly
Paris
Villersen-Prayeres
Revillon
Canal du Nord
Ham
Chaun
Ahend
Ilair
Nurin
Vincourt
Vraignes
Monchy-Leeguche
Quivieres
Monchy
Templeux la Fosse
Veronne
St. Quentin
Peronne
Havricourt
Somme
Flanders
Hindenburg Line
Athies-Ham Road
Bussa
Bapaume- Cambria
Hindenburg
Vesle
Villers-en-Prayeres
Fismes
France
Oise-Aisne Canal
Chemin Des Dames
War Office
Ailette
London
Field Marshal Haig
Marquion
Pershing
Washington
American Expeditionary Forces
Bazoches
Perles
Prismette
Dassieux
Vauxcere-Blanzy-Le Grand Tlameau
Ypres
Noyoen
Reims
Nies
Field Marshal
Haig
Moislins
Maricourt
Etricourt
Royalcourt
Havrincourt Wood
Demicourt
Boursies
Moeuvres
Queant
Cambrai
Mude
Lys
Armentieres
Croix-du-Bunc
Lille
Kaiser Crown at Stake in Prussian Franchise Debate
Amsterdam reports Chancellor von Hertling urging open discussion in the Prussian upper house on general suffrage. He says preserving the crown and dynasty requires finding a path to understanding and fulfilling the July royal mandate, insisting all sons of the fatherland defend the fatherland and avoid social discrimination at the next election.
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Amsterdam
von Hertling
Gerard Sees Hans Revolt In War Editor Conference
James W. Gerard former ambassador to Germany spoke at a luncheon in the Auditorium Hotel during the war service editor ial conference. He warned that Germans will blame their rulers for years of futile warfare and urged postwar pressure to force a punitive peace with the United States flag visible in Berlin.
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Chicago
James W. Gerard
Germany
Auditorium Hotel
War Service
United States
Berlin
Vengeance Finds Pirate Captains
London reports list by British admiralty names 150 German submarine officers deemed destroyed or missing after wartime actions. Several captains are cited for atrocity crimes including the Lusitania sinking and the Arabic attack, with others escaping retribution by shore appointments.
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Lloyd George
House of Commons
Kapitan
Schweiger
Paul Wagenfahr
Rudolph Schneiden
Sre
Korvetten Kapitan
Max Falentiener
Magdina
Penn Castillo
Ancona
Persia
William Werner
Whorvetten Wiapitan Freiherr von Porsteer
Fualaba
Italy to Feed Prisoners Bread Trains to Austrian Front
Rome reports bread trains will feed Italian war prisoners starving in Austria. Signor Bissolati, socialist minister of military assistance, says trains are guided to the Swiss frontier by Italian Red Cross delegates. Bread is handed out at designated medicine and clothing distribution points to curb thefts.
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Rome
Signor Bissolati
Red Cross
Massive troop redeployments disclosed for August
American navy headquarters reports about 260000 men transported overseas in August, with one third aboard American ships. In Q2, destroyers from a US base escorted 121 troop convoys totaling 773 ships and 171 merchant convoys comprising 1063 ships.
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U. S
London
Explosion in Odessa Kills Austro German Officers
A Kiev dispatch reports a disastrous explosion in Odessa last Saturday killing a number of Austro German officers and men and destroying part of a suburb.
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Amsterdam
Kiev
Odessa
Trotzky Heads War Council in Russia
Leon Trotzky has been elected president of the Russian supreme war council at a meeting of the Soviet executive committee, announced by a Berlin Wolff bureau dispatch.
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Trotzky
War Council
Copenhagen
Leon Trotzky
Supreme War Council
Berlin Wolff Bureau
Five Aviators Bomb Chicago With War Show Tickets
Five American aviators from the flying circus crossed the country on a tour. They arrived from Ashburn field and circled over the loop In Chicago. They dropped war show tickets on the city as part of their performance.
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Chicago
Flying Circus
Ashburn Field
Americans to bury war dead abroad until return home
Washington announces that soldiers killed overseas will be buried in marked graves abroad for now and later exhumed to be brought home after the war ends.
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Washington
Labor backs allies resolution in Derby congress
Derby England September 6 delegates at the labor congress adopt a resolution reaffirming the allies war aims. They urge labor and socialist parties of the central powers to issue a statement.
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Derby
England
Labor Congress
Labor
Socialist
Wheat Price Fixed at 2.20 a Bushel for 1919 Crop
President Wilson set 2.20 dollars per bushel as the minimum guaranteed price for the 1919 wheat crop. A disinterested commission will be appointed next spring to assess any need for increases due to higher labor and supply costs. The proclamation lists regional guaranteed prices for No. 2 northern spring wheat across major markets.
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Washington
Wilson
New York
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Newport News
Duluth
Minneapolis
Chicago
St. Louis
Kansas City
Omaha
New Orleans
Galveston
Tacoma
Seattle
Portland
Astoria
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Salt Lake City
Great Falls
Pocatello
Spokane
Rail workers receive nationwide wage increases
About one million railroad employees across the United States gain new wage boosts approved by Director General McAdoo. The raises, mainly 10 to 80 percent, affect track laborers, watchmen, clerks, station agents and other lower paid workers. Garnishment of pay is forbidden, and nonpayment could lead to dismissal to protect merchants holding bills.
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Washington
United States
McAdoo
Wilson Commutes Death Sentences of Ten Soldiers
President Wilson commuted death sentences to life imprisonment for ten African American soldiers who participated in the Houston riot of August 28 1917. War Department announced the action as part of completing reviews of 29 death penalty cases tied to the riot. 13 had been executed, six death sentences upheld for murder of civilians.
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Washington
Houston
Tex
Lfe
Wilson
War Department
Arabs Fight for Allies in Palestine Rail Raids
London reports Arab forces under the Medjaz king aligned with the entente continue harassing raids on the Edjaz railway east of the Dead Sea along the Palestine front.
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London
Medjaz
Theedjaz
Dead Sea
Palestine Front
Son of German Official Killed in Battle Front
Paris reports the son of Dr. Clemens Delbrueck former German imperial vice chancellor has been killed on the battle front per a Zurich Zeitung dispatch.
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Delbrueck
Paris
Clemens Delbrueck
Zeitung
Zurich
Submarine Victims Reach Atlantic Port Crews Arrive
One hundred fifty nine sailors from a Norwegian steamer and five fishing schooners, recent submarine victims, arrived at a Canadian Atlantic port aboard a trawler on September 5.
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Canadian Atlantic
Steers Bring Record $19 In Chicago Market
Fat steers of 1,400 pounds sold Tuesday for $19 a hundredweight in Chicago, the highest price ever paid in the market. The prior peak was $18.90 set last Saturday.
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Chicago
I W W Bomb Blast Kills Four in Chicago
A bomb exploded at the federal building and post office in Chicago killing four and injuring thirty. The I W W is blamed for the attack of vengeance for the conviction of Haywood and others. Sailor and a woman were among the dead, and William D Haywood was seized for questioning after the blast.
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Chicago
Federal
Phillip J. Barry
Department of Justice
American Protective League
William D. Haywood
Registration Day Set As Draft Age Expanded To Forty Five
President Wilson signed the draft expansion to include men ages eighteen to forty five and proclaimed September 12 as a registration day. This will be the third registration this year and the fourth since the policy began, with an estimated 12.8 to 18 million men in the 18 to 45 range to be enrolled, lifting total Americans registered for military duty to about 24 million. Registration hours are 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. and officials are ordered to ensure registration sites operate that day.
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Washington
Wilson
No More Recruiting in U S Says War Chief
Washington reports General March ordered the closing of all recruiting stations in the United States. The only new volunteer enlistments allowed are men over forty six and under fifty six for staff corps and departments, effectively ending standard volunteer drafts.
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Washington
General March
United States
United States Recognizes Czecho-Slovak Ally Status
Washington reports the United States has recognized the Czecho-Slovak peoples as a co-belligerent nation against Germany and Austria-Hungary with their national council as the de facto government. Prof. T G Masaryk met Secretary Lansing to receive formal notification of Wilson's action. Britain France Italy had already recognized them. Japan showed implicit recognition by aiding the Siberian expedition. This marks a major diplomatic step toward a peace conference recognizing a sizable Austro-Hungarian region as an independent ally.
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Washington
United States
Germany
Austria- Hungary
T. G. Masarky
Great Britain
France
Italy
Japan
America
Speed Up Draft Under New Registration Rules
General Wood Crowder urged immediate acceleration of the selective service system. Questionnaires will go to registrants before the drawing to set order of call, and local boards will start classification now to move men ages eighteen to forty five toward army cantonments by the end of October.
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Washington
Wood Crowder
National Selective Service
Army
Crowder
Offers Reward for Yanks in Lorraine
Orders captured by American troops in the Lorraine sector signed by a German division commander offer 400 marks to the first German soldier who captures an American prisoner. A second order threatens to send an entire regiment on patrol if no American prisoners are produced.
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Lorraine
Lon
Capt. Archie Roosevelt Returns From France Wounded
Capt. Archie Roosevelt son of Col Theodore Roosevelt arrived from France where he was wounded last April at Cantigny during the first offensive by General Pershing. He traveled home on the same ship with 18 other officers and 300 men invalided from duty.
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Atlantic
Archie Roosevelt
Col
Theodore Roosevelt
France
Cantigny
General Pershing
War measures end beer production by December 1 1919
Washington announces that beer and malt liquors must stop after December 1 as a war measure. The move follows conferences among President Wilson and the fuel food and rail administrations and the War Industries Board. Prohibition riders and fuel grain suspension accompany the $12 million emergency agricultural bill.
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Washington
United States
The
Food Administration
Wilson
Fuel, Food and Railroad Administrations
War Industries Board
Senate
House
House Maraners
Brande‘gee
Connecticut
Gerry
Rhode Island
Phelan
California
Pomerene
Ohio
Ransdell
Louisiana
Underwood
Alabama
Gore
Oklahoma
Smith
South Carolina
Georgia
Kenyon
Iowa
France
Maryland
Navy transport arrives homeward bound safe at French coast
The American transport, previously the North German Lloyd liner Princess Cecelie, was attacked by an enemy submarine off the French coast but arrived safely at a port in France. The ship carried only a small number of casualties beyond the crew and had no ammunition unit aboard.
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Washington
Sept
Navy Department
Mount Vernon
Cecelie
U S Flyer Reported Missing in France
Lieut. Van Winkle Todd of the American aviation forces is reported missing in action after his airplane was shot down in enemy lines on August 12. The incident occurred while he served with the American Army in France.
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Lieut
Winkle Todd
France
van Winkle Todd
Americans Enter Finland After Leaving Russia on Train
Washington reports that American car suls allied mission members and civilian refugees who fled Russia by a special train have crossed safely into Finland. Consul Haynes at Telsingfors confirms the crossing and safety of the group.
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Washington
Russia
Finland
Consul Haynes
Telsingfors
Turkey Protects Americans
Turkish foreign minister in Constantinople states the Persian theater commander must ensure no Americans are molested, reported via Swedish chargé. The Sept statement emphasizes protection during ongoing tensions.
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Turkey
Washington
Ias
Persia
Constantinople
Ciarg
U-Boat Sunk by British Submarine on Patrol
The British submarine on patrol sighted a German U boat and fired two torpedoes both of which struck. The enemy submarine sank.
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London
Roosevelt Seeks Wounded Son at Convalescent Camp
Captain Archibald Roosevelt, son of Theodore Roosevelt, is convalescing at Camp Stuart after being invalided home. President Roosevelt visits Newport News to see his son and check on his condition.
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Roosevelt
Newport News
Vis
Theodore Roosevelt
Archibald Roosevelt
Camp Stuart
Plan 170 Million War Drive Call to Support Soldiers Welfare
Washington reports a nationwide campaign will raise 170,500,000 dollars during the week of December 11 to fund welfare and recreation programs for U S troops at home and abroad. The effort targets broad public support and coordination with national defense agencies.
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Washington
Government Expenses Hit New Monthly Record
Washington on September 7 reports August spending at a rate over 410 thousand dollars per minute. The total hit 1.805 billion dollars, surpassing all prior monthly totals by more than 200 million dollars.
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U. S
Washington
Walker Named Head of Coastwise Steamships
Will Direct Coastwise Shipping Washington Sept 5 reports H B Walker president of Old Dominion Steamship Line was placed in charge of all east coast steamships run by the railroad administration's coastwise steamship advisory committee.
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Washington
H. B. Walker
Old Dominion Steamship Line
The
Railroad Administration
Coastwise Steamship Advisory Committee
Fire Sweeps Mine Town in Bingham Destruction
Salt Lake City reports a fire at Bingham that left 150 people temporarily homeless. Sixteen business structures and 25 dwellings were destroyed with damage estimated at 100000 dollars.
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Salt Lake City
Bingham
U Boat Sinks U S Ship Lake Owens
Washington reports the American steamer Lake Owens a 2808 ton army cargo carrier was sunk by two submarines on September 3 in foreign waters. Five civilian crew members are listed as lost while the naval guard survived.
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Lake Owens
Washington
Navy Department
Naval Guard
Son of Senator Hollis Dies by Own Hand in Dayton
Lieut. Henry F. Hollis of the army aviation corps, son of Senator Hollis of New Hampshire, killed himself in Dayton Ohio where he was stationed before being sent to France. The tragedy comes as the Senator heads toward France.
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Washington
Henry F. Hollis
Army Aviation Corps
Dayton
Senator Hollis
New Hampshire
France
Woman Slain by Man in Saskatchewan Fire Ranger District
Theodore Saskatchewan Sept 9 Mrs Edward Beatty wife of the district chief forest ranger is killed after an assault by Barney Bellecourt a half breed who also kidnapped a twelve year old daughter The case centers on a violent attack and kidnapping incident in the forest ranger area.
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Theodore
Saskatchewan
Edward Beatty
Barney Bellecourt
Liberty Motors Output Sets New Weekly Record
Washington September 9 The country's Liberty motors production exceeded 600 during the past week, breaking all previous records according to General March chief of staff before the house military affairs committee.
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Rush
Liberty Motors
Washington
House Military Affairs Committee
General March
Dempsey and Wilson Sentenced to 25 Years at Camp Grant
Roy Dempsey of Rockford and Allen Wilson, I W W leaders, were sentenced by a court martial at Camp Grant to 25 years at Leavenworth penitentiary for refusing to wear uniforms.
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Rockford
Roy Dempsey
Allen Wilson
Leavenworth
Camp Grant
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