Haig tightens grip on Road 10 near Bapaume
British and French forces push along the Somme front as Haig’s troops tighten control on the Albert Bapaume road and close in on Combles from three sides. Air reconnaissance and heavy artillery bombardment support renewed Allied advances north of Albert. Combles remains a stubborn obstacle as offensive plans unfold.
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Haig
Bapaume
Tribune
London
Albert- Bapaume
Combles
Thiepval
Flers
Courcelette
Sars
Ancre
Comiles
Bapaume-eronne
Exemy
Fombles
Mme Fourth
Oth
Baeily
Leuze Wood
Falfemont Farm
Albert-Bapaume
Somme
Inet
Armen
Ponte
Day's Official Reports on Somme Offensive
London reports detail actions on the Ancre front with artillery support destroying gun pits and blowing up ammunition pits. Overnight bombardments and fires affected enemy positions around Meouquet Farm and nearby villages as forces contested the area.
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Somme
London
Ancre
Nearler
Zeppelin raids near London and Greek entente moves
London reports a second German airship raid on the outskirts of London with at least one ship shot down and another possibly ashore on the Essex coast. The official statement cites no casualties and notes fourteen airships in the broader operation. In Greece, reports say King Constantine's authority is weakened with mutinies and Entente leaning moves, signaling possible entry into the war.
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Zeppelin
London
King
Wilson
Essex
Enfield
Lincolnshire
William L. Robinson
Royal Flying Corps
Berlin
Yarmouth
Harwich
Southennern
Salonica
Constantine
Athens
Salamis
National Movement
Nigrita
Sokho
Entente
Greece
Orina
Athena
Bulgaria
Pntente Niin Fn
Death of Kiffin Rockwell in French air duel
Kiffin Rockwell of Atlanta, member of the American Volunteer Squadron, was killed in a duel with a German Taube over the Alsace front. He rose from the trenches to engage the German plane, was fatally wounded by machine gun fire, and died instantly as his bullets scored a hit. His body was taken to a military hospital for burial with honors.
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Catte
Paris
Kiffin Rockwell
Atlanta
Taube
Rockwell
Alsace
Her-le-Duc
Paul
William Thaw
Spies Executed in Belgium Trials Reported by Press
Amsterdam dispatches say seventeen persons were hanged at Musselbach Belgium after espionage trials. In total twenty two condemned, including four priests three women and two young girls.
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Amsterdam
Maastricht
Holland
Musselt
Belgium
Heir to Earl Stanhope Slain and Heir Dies at Birth
London Sept 21 The Guards’ assault on Sept 15 claimed Captain Richard Philip Stanhope heir to Earl Stanhope and nephew of Lord Weardale. His wife Lady Heryl Stanhope gave birth to a son Sept 16 who would have inherited the Stanhope title and estates if he had lived. Lady Heryl is daughter of Lord Clancarty and the late Countess Belle Bilton, a renowned vaudeville actress.
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Uy Cabie No Toerre
London
Guards
Richard Philip Stanhope
Earl Stanhope
Lord Weardale
Grenadier Guards
Heryl Stanhope
Lady Fieryl
Lord Clancarty
Belle Bilton
U. S. Balloon Fired On In Ohio Trial Flight
In Washington Court House Ohio a military kite balloon made a 120 mile trip from Akron landing near haretorday after three hours aloft thousands watched. Piloted by Ht Roth and C A Woollen of Akron the balloon was fired at by a Green County farmer and then jettisoned overboard before rising out of range.
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Washington Court House
Ohio
Haretorday
Akron
Tha
Ht Roth
C. A. Woollen
Green County
Page in peril of fire from Austrian guns
On his trip to the Italian front the American Ambassador Thomas N Page had two narrow escapes from Austrian shell fire. He returned to Rome with Captain Elvin R He berg and Lieutenant Commander Charles Train after motoring in the Dolomites under artillery fire. Italian aviators maneuvered as antiaircraft guns engaged. The party praised Italian military organization and the effectiveness of new Italian short age guns against barbed entanglements.
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Rome
Thomas N. Page
Elvin R. Heberg
Charles . Train
Dolomites
Lower
Tsonze
Germany Demands Pledge on Greek Troops Return
Berlin reports a confidential Greek request for rapid transport of surrendered troops to Switzerland for return to Greece. Germany says it will honor the guest-troop agreement and seeks credible guarantees before arranging any transfer.
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London
Amsterdam
Berlin
Gotthied von Degew
Germany
Verkavala
Switzerland
Greece
Loy Ily
Trades Ready to Obey Suspension of Work Order
A Tribune canvass of key trades shows mixed responses to the suspension of work. Longshoremen doubtful due to contracts. Timothy Healy predicts 2,500 may quit among engineers and firemen. printers and pressmen may quit in some shops. newspaper offices not affected.
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the Tribune
Timothy Healy
Pickets Put on Lines to Aid Boycott Across City
The Labor Conference of Greater New York placed traction lines on the unfair list and planned 24 hour picketing to support the car men strike. Employers warn that existing contracts with unions could be swept away by a sympathetic work stoppage, risking widespread disruption in longshore, building, garment, and printing trades.
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Labor Conference
Greater
New York
Central Federated Union
Ernest Bohm
City of
Union of Building Trades of
Greater New York
Employers’ Association
Allied Printing Trades Council
Joy ride and whiskey oil blamed in L platform fire
Michael Reardon and Anthony Atchison, nine, aboard a Lincoln Dye Works horse wagon on Huron Street leaped off after taking whiskey. Michael may die at Williamsburg Hospital from drinking. Anthony sent to the Children's Society. Patrolmen on duty at the Ninth Avenue Elevated station extinguished a small fire in a men’s room caused by oil soaked cotton waste and a hidden bottle of oil on the platform.
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Michael Reardon
Freeman Street
Anthony Atchison
Norman Avenue
Brooklyn
Huron Street
Michael
Anthony
Lincoln Dye Works
Oakland Street
Williamsburg
The
Children's Society
Forty-second Street
Ninth Avenue
South Pound
Hulbub
McNally
Second Carrott Child Struck by Paralysis in Greenwich
Esther Carrott seven is stricken with infantile paralysis at her grandfather Adolpheus W. Green's Belle Haven home. Green the National Biscuit Company president. The Green house is quarantined. Arthur Williamson Carrot nine died from the disease less than two weeks ago.
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Pritune
Greenwich
Conn
Esther Carrott
Orville B. Carrot
Otter Rock Drive
Adolpheus W. Green
National Biscuit Company
Belle Haven
Green House
Arthur Williamson Carrot
Boy Grows Lifeless While Searching for Brother in Quarry Tragedy
Herbert Willem Booth two years old wandered from his brother Harry eight near an abandoned quarry in Cliffside Park. Harry, unable to swim, dove after him but both boys perished in the deep water. Passersby recovered the bodies about a half hour later while their father George F. Hoth of 214 Riverview Place was notified.
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Herbert Willem Booth
Harry
Booth
Cliffside Park
George F. ‘Hoth
Riverview Place
Unions Strike Amid Labor Mobilization and Conflicts
Unions prepare to supply pickets and threaten fines or suspensions for members or relatives riding with non affiliated workers. Officials discussed varied estimates of participation, noting New York unionists may be idle due to Jewish New Year and transport constraints. Some trades will continue work if transportation is supplied, while carpenters face discipline after a recent four month strike and reorganization.
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Hohm
Samuel Gompers
Hugh Frayne
New York
Theodore P. Shonts
Interborough
Engineers
Fremen
Timothy Healy
Ccal
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Shadow Lawn
Wilcon League of Businese
Karleson
Gregory
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Henry Morgetthau
Jacob M. Seni
New Jersey
America
Opon
Prins Hendrik
Phishing
Flushing
Zeebrugge
Herbert C. Hoover
Helgiah
Sted
Winsted-Salem
Kiffin Yates
L. A. Rock
Verdun
Earl
Stanhopes
U. S
Farmer
Gorizia
Guess
the Sunday Tribune
Ber
Mureau of
Circulattona
Carpenters
B.S. Wise
Cloak, Suit and Skirt Manufacturers’ Protective Association
Sam
Boy
Second Carrott
National Biscuit
Shonts
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