Brewers Aid to Propaganda Stirred German Links
The United States Brewers Association faced a guilty plea for political fund misuse and ties to the Anti-American German American Alliance. It funded propaganda for the Brisbane purchase of The Washington Times, with contributions totaling millions from officials and brewers. A Senate investigation is set to begin, detailing corporate and individual gifts and the alliance connections.
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United States Brewers’ Association
National
Senate
Pittsburgh
United States Senate
Erman Alliance
Washington Times
Brisbane
Nis Fund
German-American Alliance
Brewers' Association
Brewers’ Association
United States
C. W. Feigenspan
Newsdealers Win Backing of Fighting Union
Local Union 608 of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners backs New York newsboys and vendors in their fight against Hearst newspapers. President William J. S. MacMillan calls the move patriotic and a matter of straight trade unionism, saying newsboys deserve fair wages and working conditions as essential to daily life. He cites solidarity with American workers and France, urging support against Hearst tactics. The statement emphasizes loyalty, humanitarian aid, and backing for those facing powerful opposing interests.
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Union 608
United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America
New York
Hearst
William J. S. MacMillam
No. 608
Tmearst
Supreme Court
Vnion
Soldier Fails in Assassination Attempt on Trotzky
Dispatch from Kiev reports a soldier fired twice at Leon Trotzky in InstErdam but missed. The attack is linked to ongoing labor tensions and press distribution disputes. The note criticizes Hearst publishers for suppressing newsboys and endorses union support for better livelihoods.
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Leon Trotzky
Kiev
Leipsig “Abend Zeitung
Trotzky
British ship sunk in harbor seals nine killed
A British monitor lying in harbor was sunk on Monday. One officer and nineteen men were killed, fifty seven missing, presumed dead. The incident occurred at Madinga Square and was announced by the Admiralty. A war service exposition will feature demonstrations of weapons and modern warfare.
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London
Admiralty
Madinga Square
Vitere
Tyeh
War Service
Bodies Digging Defences Beneath Ham Ruins After War Explosions
Special Cable report from Paris describes a woman scavenging through rubble in Ham after German mines blew up the town as British forces retreated. She searches for her five year old Simone amid ruined houses, shattered trees, and Somme desolation as she prays to God for punishment of the Boche.
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Caspar Whitney
the Tribune
New York Tribune Inc
Paris
Messieur
Ham
Somme
Simone
Tribune completes union deal to start direct service
The Tribune announces it has finished its arrangement with the Newspaper and Mail Deliverers Union removing the final obstacle to its own delivery service. Beginning tomorrow September 23 news dealers in New York City will receive Tribunes directly from the paper at a $1.20 rate. Readers are urged to phone or write if an order was not placed.
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THE
Tribune
Union
New York City
Outrages by Bolsheviki spark U S call to action
Washington reports Secretary Lansing issued diplomatic instructions to diplomats abroad urging allied and neutral nations to condemn Bolshevik mass terror in Moscow and Petrograd. The move, aligned with Britain and France, stresses humanitarian aims separate from war aims against Germany.
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Washington
Russia
United States
Wilson
Lansing
Great Britain
France
Germany
Moscow
Petrograd
Foch and Pershing Inspect St Mihiel Front
Marshal Foch and General Pershing toured nearby points along the St Mihiel line and conferred at American headquarters. They observed Franco-American units, the living quarters of captured enemy organizations, and nearby fortifications showing the enemy planned to stay in the sector until peace.
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the Tribune
New York Tribune
Lorraine
Marshal Foch
Pershing
St. Mihiel
1 750 000 U S Men in France To Face Huns
Washington Sept 21 Striking proof that German power is crumbling comes with news from General March Chief of Staff that 1 750 000 American troops have been embarked for overseas service. Front reports say Allied forces have halted the German offensive. Prisoners, gains on the Cambrai St Quentin front and advances near Laon are noted. Continued on next page.
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Washington
Byeneral March
Meardy
Hindenburg
France
Laon Shelled as Allied Forces Press on Cambrai Front
British and French units push ten miles along the Cambrai St Quentin sector. St Quentin is afire as civilians are moved, forts and guns silenced by U S artillery near Metz. Balkan fronts see Serbian advances with thousands of prisoners and deserters switching sides.
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St. Quentin
Balkan
U. S
World
Laon
Mangin
Chemin Des Dames
Mena
British Hurl Germans Back Toward St Quentin Assault
English troops attacked German lines near Havrincourt Wool and St Quentin at dawn advancing 2.5 to 3 miles toward the Hindenburg defences by the Scheldt Canal. The 4th Army moved deeper into the Hindenburg outpost system northwest of St Quentin amid stubborn German resistance.
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St. Quentin
Associated Press
France
Havrincourt Wool
Field Marshal Haig
Hindenburg
Scheldt Canal
Germans Prepare for New Retreat on Lorraine Front
On September 21 the Dommartin area showed fires and heavy movement behind German lines, signaling another possible German withdrawal with harassing artillery fire against Allied positions. Gas shells are used sparingly, and villages Vesley Nammes Preale Woods near Mots are heavily shelled as American guns reply, with no side attempting major action.
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Associated Press
Lorraine
Dommartin
Vilevey
Nammes
Preale
Mots
Ma‘e
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W. Fogenspan
Newark
N. J
United States Brewers Association
George Eiret
George Ehret, Jr
George Mires
Ehret
Theodore Sutro
Association
Newsdealers
Fighting Union
Local
Carpenters and Joiners
Uncle Sam
Lenine
Labor
State Department
Och
Wilbur Forrest
U.S
March
Kaiser
Kriembild
Maizeray
Moselle
Vandieres
Conflans
Metz
Picardy
Cambrai- St. Quentin
Soistons
Mauberge Road
Cambrai
St. Quentin Canal
Hindenburg Line
Foch
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