British Capture Ginchy as Somme Push Continues
London report says British forces attacked along a 3.5 mile front north of the Somme and captured Ginchy with gains near High Wood and Combles. The day sees advances east of Martinpuich and Pozieres and a push toward Thiepval as German resistance stiffens.
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Jay
Pewce
London
Somme
Ginchy
High Wood
Combles
Bapaume
Hich Wood
Martinpuich
Benew Martinpuich
Flers
Semgholds
Somme Offensive Reports Battle Activity and Prisoners
Official dispatches describe lively artillery clashes in the Somme with German trenches attacked near Belloy and near Meuse sectors east of Henry village. Reports claim captured prisoners, attempted retakes, and heavy shelling across multiple sectors as Allied forces press forward.
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Giermans
Somme
Ose
Voxierer
Htuig
Waawha
Belloy
Meuse
Vilage
Henry
Daring Minog
Etlerouet
Femme Front
Heroes of Jutland Lacking in Heroics
An ARTIC piece from London describes the battle-cruiser fleet at Jutland and its perceived shortcomings. It contrasts Edinburgh Castle and Holyrood with the lifeless gray ships, then notes the approaching warships and rising significance of their superstructure and guns.
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Jutland
London
Edinburgh
Queen Mary's Chamber
Canongate
Holyrood
Woman Without a Country Freed From Ellis Island Ordeal
An elderly woman, her daughter, and a boy of eleven, held by fear of deportation, are released by the Hebrew Sheltering and Immigrant Aid Society after a nightmarish sequence of wartime memories and danger. They recall losses in Suwalki, executions, and a synagogue fire, then are sheltered at 229 Kant Broad. The family thanks President Wilson as they begin a hopeful new chapter in America.
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Ellis
Europe
Esther
The
Hebrew Sheltering and Immigrant Aid Society
Sara Schimelson
Wilson
Kiaas Abtet
United States
Mra. Schimelson
Lund
Wistinete
Suwalki
Russia
Berlin
America
Germany
Eather
Binet
Steuben
Commissioner of Immigration
Tumulty
Osborne Seeks Reform for Clinton Prison Hardmen
Warden Osborne transfers two notorious Clinton inmates to Sing Sing to tame them. Billy Green, long-time Ossining resident, spent a year in solitary and once escaped to California before being recaptured. Charles O Connor, called Soap Box Handy, famed for a Clinton breakout and later found in Germany, has spent most of nineteen years in solitary. Osborne aims to reinstate them under Mutual Welfare League oversight hoping reform follows.
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Sing Sink
Clinton
Billy Green
Hilly
Ossining
Sing Sing
California
Hudson
Charles O'Connor
Soap Box Handy
Germany
Mutual Welfare League
Osborne
Greek Reservists Raid Athens Amid Political Tensions
London dispatch reports Greek reservists raiding houses of Venizelos supporters to deter plots while police are powerless. Allied ministers urge calm as Axis and German powers press similar actions. Greece faces a swift choice amid fleet-backed demands and shifting loyalties.
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London
Athens
Venizelos
Greece
Bandits Kill Miner Boss and Rob Payroll in Mine District
In Itunt ing the Flor ence Mine payroll two gunmen shot Joe Rankin, superintendent of the Youghiogheny and Ohio Coal Company, as a miner payroll of about $12 000 was stolen from Rankin s car near Glens Run. Chauffeur Paul Pickens tried to save the payroll but was shot. Bloodhounds and deputies launched a countywide search from Bellaire to Wheel ing and St Claresville, W Va.
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Artin
Bellaire
Martina Ferry
St Claresville
Wheeling
W. Va
Paul Pickens
Rankin
Russians Drive in Dobrudja Reports Peak Invasion Moves
The Tribune reports a Russian push in Dobrudja advancing toward the Bulgarian border as Romanians recapture villages in Transylvania and Carpathian heights. Moscow and Berlin discuss flank attacks as Mackensen’s dash draws attention and Pershing exits prompt Mexican indemnity plans in Washington.
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the Tribune
London
Dobrudja
Dobric
Dobasci
Ferdinand
Rumanian
Black Sea
Danube
Transylvania
Olah Toplitza
Carpathias
Carpathian
Rodna Pass
Hungary
Berlin
Turtukni
Bulgaria
End Carranza, His Only Wish, Says Villa
An American in El Paso reports Pancho Villa addressed Satevo, Chi huahua after his forces captured the town. Villa promised soldiers silver pay, a growing army, and abundant weapons, while saying he bears no real hostility toward the gringos and aims to punish traitors and end Carranza.
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el Paso
Tex
Francisco Villa
Satevo
Chihuahua
Villa
Pancho Vil
Carranza
Dying man struck by runaway car in Port Richmond
Edward McKenna, a machinist of 122 John Street Port Richmond, was struck as a touring car with two women and two men felled him on North Street near Richmond Terrace at 7:30 PM. His skull fractured, he was rushed to St. Vincent's Hospital. The driver fled, pursued briefly, then disappeared. Police warned ferries and borough patrols to watch for the car.
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Edward McKenna
North Street
Port Richmond
Staten Island
Richmond Terrace
McKenna
John Street
St. Vincent's Hospital
We Brighton
President Wilson's Sister Seriously Ill in New London
Mrs Annie W Howe the President's elder sister is gravely ill in a New London hotel. Joseph R Wilson received a telegram confirming the illness and noted the Wilsons had left the White House for Shadow Lawn.
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Annie W. Howe
Woodrow Wilson
New London
Corin
Joseph R. Wilson
Wilson
Wilsons
White House
Shadow Lawn
New Jersey
Atelantic City
Howe
Ferdinand Confers With the Kaiser On Eastern Front
Bulgarian Czar King Ferdinand with Crown Prince and Bulgarian Cabinet arrives at main headquarters on the Eastern Front to confer with the German Emperor. Berlin dispatch notes the meeting date September 10.
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Berlin
Ferdinand of
Bulgaria
Death in Stamford Motorcycle Crash
William T. Bailey, a chauffeur for Dr. A. S. Givens, was killed when his motorcycle crashed into the New Haven Railroad viaduct abutment on East Main Street. A woman riding with him was seriously injured and in Stamford Hospital, unconscious, and believed to be dying.
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Stamford
Conn
William T. Bailey
Givens
New Haven Railroad
East Main Street
Bailey
Dentist Missing After Bath in New Jersey
Mystery surrounds the disappearance of Dr. W. F. Johnston from Peekskill New York. His clothes were found in a Fourth Avenue bathhouse after closure for a safety crackdown and his valuables remained unclaimed. Authorities fear a heart attack caused him to drown without a cry.
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Aspury Park
N. J
W. F. Johnston
Peekskill
N. Y
Fourth Avenue
Strike Vote Triggers City Wide Transit Tension
Third Avenue and Second Avenue surface workers in Manhattan voted to strike, halting red and blue cars. At Lyceum Hall and Mozart Hall crowds cheered as pickets formed, with 115 Second Avenue cars and a major Third Avenue line affected. Samuel Gompers planned to coordinate meetings and possible citywide sympathy action.
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Third
Second Avenue
Manhattan
Frederick W. Whitridge
Third Avenue Company
Union Railways Company
Bronx
Westchester County Lines
Third Avenue
Lyceum Hall
Eighty-sixth Street
Westchester
Mozart Hall
East Highly-sixth Street
John Morrison
Lucky
Westchester County
New German bomb features slow burning water spread weapon
Ambulance drivers F. C. Johnson and B. Snyder report a new German fire bomb used near Verdun. It uses a semi liquid Quia wax like mixture that ignites on contact and spreads fire rather than burning victims directly. Soldiers carry sand to douse flames as barges and coal shipments face union actions by Tidewater Boatmen and Longshoremen.
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Verdun
F. C. Johnson
B. Snyder
St. Louis
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American Federation of Labor
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Interborough Power Houses
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