Lynching Suspect Convicted Postmaster and Officer in York County
Meek McGil, 35, postmaster, and Carson Lattimore, 28, policeman, both of Sickory Grove, charged with complicity in the lynching of W. T. Sims, a negro preacher, in York County on August 24. Also notes on war mobilization, road funding, and Allied loans.
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Meek MecGil
Sickory Grove
Carson Lattimore
York County
W. T. Sims
Virginia
United States
Houston
American Alliance For Labor and Democracy
Wilson
Minneapolis
Minn
Saint Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Soldier Cities
Food Administration
Herbert Koover
Savannah
Los Angeles
Cal
Dixie Overland Highway Association
Meridian
Miss
European raid on England reports heavy casualties and battles across fronts
The official notice details a third air raid in a week with 107 killed and 86 wounded at Chatham, Naval ratings among the casualties. Descriptions cover German shells along the coast and in London, Haig’s artillery in Flanders, Italian advances on the Bainsizza plateau, and Russian retreat before German shelling near Riga. An American Navy report notes prisoners from a ship sunk by a German submarine.
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London
St. Louis
Harvard
Monte San Gabriele
Gorizia
Zegegold
Riga
Wriedsichsdt
Dvinie
Great Britain
Frances
Ilipsa
Gainsizza
Corigia
Crestovigza
Adriatic Sea
Cadorna
Russia
Edilors
England
Chatham
Mayland
Medway
Europe
Brazil
Cork
Wield Marshal Haig
Flanders
Bainsizza
Brestovizza
Uxhull
Albert Oliver
Brandenburg
Prugsia
Washington News Roundup on Draft, IWW Crackdown, and War Debates
Washington reports no second call for the national army as War Department officials say no date is set. IWW and socialist activists are targeted. 27 IWW leaders arrested in the Northwest ahead of a regional strike. Senate approves finance committee plan for a 1.26 billion tax levy. army conscription parade led by President Wilson. Negro troops to train at sixteen cantonments. color lines rejected in camps. A Springfield incident sees 1,000 strike sympathizers clash with a railway mob. one injured. Secretary Baker vows victory over Germany. tribute to labor and drafted District of Columbia men.
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Washington
Marerial General Crowder
Issuins Pew
Wilson
Covington
Supreme Court of
District of Columbia
West
Industrial Workers of the World
Socialist Party
United States
Northwest
I. W. OW
Idaho National Guardsmen
Montana
Idaho
Senate
Finance Committee
Prident Wilson
Negvo
South
Ninth Olinois Infantry
Springfeld, Lll
Newport News
Baker
Germany
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Congress
Pope Benedict
Ribot
Marne
France
Alsace-Lorraine
Reichstag
Switzerland
Poland
Austria
Galicia
Charles
World War I review highlights major events and actions
The week covers U S government raids on the I W W and Socialist HQs, measures under espionage laws, labor movement responses, and political fallout. It notes Italian gains near Trieste, Riga’s fall to Germany, the Gulf of Finland threats, and allied air and troop developments along with Belgian and French fronts.
Petain's Men Hold Teutons in Verdun Front Clash
Reports say French forces under Petain repelled renewed German assaults along a two mile front near the Meuse. In other sectors Haig's British troops scored successful attacks northwest of St Quentin while Belgian and Russian fronts see heavy fighting and a pause in German advance near Riga.
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Haig
Verdun
Meuse
Petain
Bois Des Passes
Bois Des Courieres
Bois de Fosses
Field Marshal
St. Quentin
Flanders
Russia
Pskoff
Riga
Breach of Swedish Neutrality Tied to German Dispatches
Washington reports reveal three dispatches from Count Luxburg, the German chargé in Buenos Aires, urging Argentina to reject concessions in the submarine dispute and even hinting at sinking ships without trace. The Swedish legation forwarded the messages, prompting swift public release and diplomatic fallout. Neutrals and Swedish officials weigh the potential impact on Argentina Germany ties and expect explanations or disavowals from Stockholm.
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Washington
State Department
Argentina
Berlin
Count Luxburg
Bennos Aires
United States
Baron Akerhielm
Buenos Aires
Axel Robert Nordvall
Baron Lowen
Red Cross Plans 12 Million War Relief in Six Months
Washington reports that about 12 million dollars will have been spent by the American Red Cross for war relief in Europe during the first six months after the U S entered the war. The figures appear in a report to the American people by Henry P Davison, chairman of the Red Cross war council, detailing activities in several nations abroad.
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Washington
Europe
American Red Cross
United States
Germany
Henry P. Davison
Red Cross War Council
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Germians
Stoosevelt
Charles B. Hughes
Adjt
Wol. Sherrill
Admiral Gleaves
Mr. D. Hoyle
New York
Trieste
Gulf of Finland
Eward W. Pickard
Department of Justice
Uncle Sam
Chicago
William Tate Thompson
Lowden
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Illinois
Ife
Kankakee Fair
Thompson
Mason
Inaw
Lalbach
Tol
Battes
Bainsizan
Monte Hermida Siii
Riva
Ger
Kadser
Petrograd
Batte
Ishind
Osel
Gulf of Riga
Reval
Kronstadt
Alexieff
Vassilkovski
Planders
Belgium
Ruprecht
Lhourout
Ypres
Zeebrugge
Inngland
Scarborough
Shanghais
China
Twenty-fourth
Siberia
Genghis Khan
South American
Prom
Ireland
Organized Labor Loyal
Frank P. Walsh
John Spargo
Gompers
Trades Union Congress
Stockholm
Pope
House
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Cannon
Teutons
Lansing
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