Germans Retreat As Allied Forces Reach Aisne River
Paris reports that American and French troops have reached the Aisne River at several points. The German front has pulled back toward its pre May 27 line after a Vesle to Aisne advance of about five miles since yesterday. 16,000 Huns captured since Sunday.
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Iece
New Castle
Castle
Messines Ridge
International News Service
Paris
Aisne River
International
Marne
Vesle
Seventy Five U Boats Sunk By British Naval Effort
Seventy five German U boats were sunk by British vessels in the year ending August 1918. The tonnage of the British navy reached 8 000 000 tons with 1 500 000 men serving in the navy and mercantile marine. The British empire's total man power to allied forces up to August 1918 is 8 500 000. Six and a quarter million from Britain and dominions and 1 240 000 from India.
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International News Service
London
Navy
Mercantile Marine
British Empire
Great Britain
Dominions
India
Yank Falls Into Vesle Signals German Retreat
An American doughboy fell into the Vesle river during a patrol on the Aisne Vesle front on Sept. 4. His plunge warned troops that Germans had pulled back from the northern Vesle bank, as no machine gun fire followed and the patrol quickly reached the shore to find deserted positions once bristling with guns.
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Aisne-Vesle
Vesle
Aisne
First Game Under Way At Chicago
Boston and Chicago players listed in probable lineup for the opening game. Flack Hooper Hollacher Shean Mann Strunk Paskett Ruth Merkle McInnis Pick Scott Deal Thomas Killifer Agnew Vaughn Bush. Mrs James D Cross and two sons James Phillips Cross and Charles Forney return from two weeks at Conneaut Lake.
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Boston
Chicago
Flack
Hooper
Hollacher
Shean
Mann
If. Strunk
Paskett
Ruth
Merkle
McInnis
Pick
Scott
Deal
Thomas
Killifer
C. Agnew
C. Vaughn
P. Bush
James D. Cross and Sons
James Phillips Cross
Charles Forney
North Mercer Street
Conneaut Lake
New Castle Woman Boosts Navy as First Class Yeoman
Mrs James Clark McElheny of New Castle becomes the area’s first woman to be named a first class yeoman in the navy during the war. She recently moved from Petersburg Virginia and was formerly Agnes Loretta Can ning. Her husband James Clark McElheny enlisted and serves with the American Expeditionary Forces in France. Both volunteered for service at the war’s start. The couple requested assignment where most needed.
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New Castle
James Clark McElheny
Petersburg
Agnes Loretta Canning
Katherine Cunning
Pearson Street
Jamestown
Pennsylvania Company
France
New York Chicago Aerial Mail Service Inaugurated Today
Max Miller launches the first postal airline from New York to Chicago, landing in Lock Haven Pa at 10 50 am and planning to refuel at Cleveland and Bryan Ohio. About 7000 pieces of mail weighing 550 pounds were collected for the inaugural flight.
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International News Service
Lock Haven
Max Miller
New York
Chicago
Belmont Park
Windy City
Miler
Army Aviation Service
San Diego
Cleveland
Ohio
Bryan
Miller
Edward V. Gardner
Radeler
Gardner
Kaiser Explains Retreat Of Huns
The Kaiser explains to the German people that they will devote all strength to defending the fatherland and its culture, asserting God will stand with them. The message is published in the Dresden papers as the official explanation of the retreat on the western front.
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London
Dresden
Arrest Reported In Hazardous Device Case In Chicago
A man who placed a hazardous device in Chicago's Federal building is reported under arrest after the blast fatally wounding four and injuring many others. Officials say over 100 people were taken into custody as investigators guard the site and seek I W W suspects amid a large security operation with troops and federal agents surrounding the wrecked building.
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International News Service
Chicago
Federal
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Camp Grant
Rockford
Fort Sheridan
Federal Building
Rumor Spain Asked To Mediate Peace Bid
Amsterdam dispatch reports Count von Hertling and Baron Hussarek to meet in Vienna or Berlin next week to launch a peace offensive. It is rumored Vienna has asked Spain to mediate.
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Amsterdam
Count von Hertling
Baron Hussarek
Vienna
Berlin
Spain
Death Notices Detained In Hickory Titusville and Titusville
Mrs. Eliza Baker 89 of Hickory township Mrs. John S Abel 307 Fairmont avenue Mrs F W McClelland Titusville George Henry Jackson seven months 719 Cumberland avenue all listed in death record notices with names ages and addresses
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Eliza Baker
Hickory Township
Johns. Abel
Fairmont Avenue
F. W. McClelland
Titusville
George Henry Jackson
Cumberland Avenue
Yankees Plunge On From Vesle Aisne Front Advance
American and French forces push toward the Aisne river from the Vesle, crossing the Vesle in force amid a German withdrawal. They encounter gun emplacements near Guiscard and light rear-guards, while a smoke screen obscures the sector. Air support aids the advance.
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Henry G. Wales
International News
Aisne-Vesle
Vesle
Aisne
Vaux Cere
Blanzy
Fismes
Guiscard
One Son Of Kaiser Dead Says Letter
Sergeant C W Simon writes from the front describing thrilling experiences and claims to have seen the Kaiser’s son Prince Adalbert buried in land now held by the British. He notes a close proximity to enemy lines and asserts Allied superiority in shell exchanges.
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C. W. Simon
W. C. Porter
Sheridan Avenue
Kaiser
Fritz
Prince Adalbert
Prince Oscar
Allied Drive Expands on Aisne Front. Germans Stream Back
American troops push from the Vesle River seizing high ground dominating the Aisne valley signaling a major advance. British and French forces advance along a wide front from Ypres to the Vesle zone as German defenses erode. 16,000 prisoners and 100 guns taken since Sunday amid renewed pressure on the Hindenburg line.
Flour Rule Changes Limit Substitute Use For Flour
County Food Administrator John A. McKee announced a Washington sourced order rescinding 50-50 substitute rules and mandating one pound of substitute per four pounds of flour. The interpretation outlines wheat conservation regulations affecting wholesalers retailers and consumers with immediate effect.
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John A. McKee
Washington
Howard Heinz
Carnegie Company To Register Men
The Carnegie Steel Company will register all its employees under the new draft age limits on September 12. Chief registrar C. B. Bower will appoint assistant registrars for the day, aiding district registrars, especially where many foreign workers reside. The move aims to ensure every man at the plant is registered and may inspire other major local steel firms to follow, simplifying the process.
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Carnegie Steel Company
C. B. Bower
One Man Discharged After Quiet Labor Day Night
A single arrest occurred last night with the arrested man discharged this morning before Mayor Newell. Local police circles report unusually calm conditions since Labor Day, and no further incidents were noted.
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Newell
Forty draftees depart Pennsylvania Station for Camp Greenleaf
Tonight at 7:25 p m forty city draftees and twenty four county draftees leave from the Pennsylvania station on the west side for Camp Greenleaf. They are escorted to the station by civil war veterans and other organizations.
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Pennsylvania
Camp Greenleaf
Allied push on Vesle and Cambrai front advances
Overnight war report shows American and French troops crossing the Vesle River finding German retreat toward the Aisne. Allied forces in Picardy push toward Cambrai east of the Canal du Nord and repulse German counter-attacks north of the Cambrai Papaume road. Lens evacuation confirmed though gas hampers occupation by British forces.
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Messines Ridge
Ploegstreet
Belgium
Guiscard
Somme Canal
Nesle
Canal du Nord
Vesle River
Aisne
Vesle
Picardy
Cambrai
Cambrai-Papaume
Lens
Chauny Evacuated by German Forces in Picardy
Paris reports Chauny on the Oise river south of St. Quentin La Fere has been evacuated by German troops. The town lies about five miles from the front as of the pre March 31 German offensive in Picardy.
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Chauny
Oise
St. Quentin-La Fere
Picardy
Arm Crushed at Shenango Tin Plant Foreman Hurt
William F. Brown foreman and brother-in-law of Chief J Ed Elder lost his left arm up to below the elbow when his clothing caught in rubber rolls in the tinning department at Shenango tin plant. He was seeking a particle on the rolls and is in Shenango Valley Hospital in satisfactory condition.
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William F. Brown
Oak Street
J. Ed. Elder
Shenango Tin Plant
Shenango Valley Hospital
No Booze Zones Proposed Around War Plants
A joint resolution was presented in the senate authorizing the president to set zones around munition plants mines and shipyards where liquor sales manufacture and distillation are prohibited. Senator Kellogg of Minnesota introduced the measure in the afternoon session.
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Washington
Senate
Kellogg
Minnesota
Gallagher Brothers in United States Army Service
Two sons of Mr and Mrs Gallagher of 613 Johns Street serve the United States in the war. Corporal Francis J Gallagher with the 348th Infantry Co C 2 in France has been in service about a year. Francis trained at Camp Greenleaf Ga with Ambulance Corps No 34.
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Gallagher
Johns Street
United States Service
Francis J. Gallagher
348Th Infantry
France
Vermont
Camp Greenleaf
Ambulance Corps
Steckel Brothers Serve in World War I Units
Two sons of U. P. Steckel of South Bay street serve in the war. C. A. Steckel with Co. C, U. S. Engineers has been in France since July 26, 1917, and sailed earlier from Oakmont. Harold C. Steckel serves in the master’s supply department at Lee’s station in Virginia as a quartermaster sergeant.
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U. P. Steckel
South Bay Street
C. A. Steckel
Co. C, U. S. Engineers
France
Oakmont
Harold C. Steckel
Lee
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Retir
Simon
Frank Charlton
Aisne Valley
Pershing
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Aisne Vesle
Ish
Douai
Flanders
Neuve Chapelle 1
Hindenburg
Hinden
Futher
War Office
Canal de la Somme
Hobleux
Esmery
Hallon
Flavy
Meldeux
Carnegie Company
City and Co
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