British Cross Hindenburg Line and Capture Bailleul
British forces cross the Hindenburg Line south of Bullecourt and seize Noote Boom three miles south of Bailleul as Haig reports. French gain ground north of Soissons capturing Hill 159 and the high ground between Soissons and Leary amid heavy fighting. American arrival on Wednesday coincides with German stubborn defense and signs of regrouping and possible retirement.
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Coucy
Chauny
Champs
Daast Wood
Praast
Villette
Mangin
Soissons
Haig
Hindenburg Line
London
Field Marshal Haig
Hindenburg
Bullecourt
Lys Salient
Noote Boom
Bailleul
Hill 159
Leary
New Draft Bill Advances to Wilson in 1918 Draft Extension
Congress failed to finish the manpower bill, extending the selective draft age to 18 to 45 and awaiting formal signing by Senate and House leaders. The conference report was approved by the House and Senate with little opposition. the measure likely reaches President Wilson for signature after today’s session.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
House
Wilson
Web
Senators Attack War Department Education Plans
Senators criticise the War Department for plans to provide free technical and substantial education to drafted youths under 21 as socialistic and say enforcement of the law could meet the ends of the Thomas amendment. Chamberlain notes executive administration, not lack of fiat, hindered enforcing the law against union strikers.
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Ference
House
War Department
Congress
Chamberlain
Escape of Lieut Hitchcock Junior from German capture
Lieut. Thomas Hitchcock Jr. of Westbury New York escaped a small German prison camp after being captured with the Lafayette flying squadron. He walked about 80 miles from near Ulm in Württemberg to the Swiss border near Schaffhausen and arrived in Berne, Switzerland. He is 18, son of Major Thomas Hitchcock, and will return to the United States at once.
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Associated Press
Berne
Switzerland
Thomas Hitchcock, Jr
Westbury
L. L
Lafayette Flying Squadron
Rmall
Hitchcock
Thomas Hitchcock
Ulm
Wurttemberg
Schaffhausen
United States
Smith and Wesson Plant Offers Government Takeover
The Smith and Wesson factory in Springfield Mass informs the War Department it would prefer government takeover and operation for the war period rather than comply with a War Labor Board decision. The 1400‑employee plant works on many government contracts including 250000 army revolvers and offers current management to cooperate with a government officer in charge.
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Washington
Smith and Wesson Company
Springfield
Mass
War Department
War Labor Board
Baker
Wilson
Elevated railways seek fare rise to seven cents
CHICAGO Aug 31 four elevated railway companies ask the state public utilities commission for a fare increase from five to seven cents. They cite higher wages for employees and rising material costs as the reasons for the proposed boost.
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Chicago
State Public Utilities Commission
Elevated
Haywood Gets 20 Year Term In U S Prison
CHICAGO August 381 William D Haywood uncrowned king of the Industrial Workers of the World and fourteen of his chief aids in the conspiracy to overturn the American war program were sentenced to twenty years in the federal penitentiary at Leavenworth Kansas by Federal Judge K M Landis. Thirty three leaders were sentenced overall with varied terms and fines. The group included Carl Ahlteen George Andcutchine Forrest Edwards Richard Brazier Ralph Chaplin Leo Laukki Aureilio V Azua I a G L Lambert Vladimir Lossieff Walter T Neff Charles Rothfisher James Rowan Sam Scarlett and Manuel Rey.
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Chicago
William D. Haywood
Industrial Workers of the World
Avenworth
Kansas
K. M. Landis
Benjamin Schrager
Pietro Nigra
Spring Valley
Haywood
Carl Ahlteen
Minneapolis
George Andcutchine
Forrest Edwards
Richard Brazier
Spokane
Ralph Chaplin
Leo Laukki
Duluth
Aureilio V. Azua
Los Angeles
G. L. Lambert
Vladimir Lossieff
Walter T. Neff
Philadelpha
Charles Rothfisher
James Rowan
Sam Scarlett
Akron
Manuel Rey
Buffia'o
N.Y
Senate failure delays emergency agricultural bill vote
Protracted debate on the manpower bill blocked the emergency agricultural appropriation measure with a provision for national prohibition after June 30, 1919. Leaders plan a final vote today. minor appropriations dominated discussion. An amendment authorizing seed wheat purchases was adopted. The bill, including the prohibition amendment, is set for final viva voce passage before conference.
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Cum.ence
Senate
Secretary of Agriculture
Challenge Race Cup To Miss Detroit II
Miss Detroit III of the Detroit Yacht Club won the first 30 mile heat on the Detroit river course for the gold challenge cup, averaging 52.1 mph. Miss Detroit II nearly tied the world five mile lap record at 59.43 mph, while Miss Minneapolis finished second with about 48.66 mph.
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Detroit
Miss Detroit III
Detroit Yacht Club
Miss Detroit Iit
Minneapolis
Miss Detroit Sr
Wood
Minneapolis Boat Club
Garfield Calls For Proper Celebration
Federal Fuel Administrator Garfield urges coal miners and operators to celebrate Labor Day without harming coal output. The statement asks for a demonstration of American coal miners and operators’ mettle and asserts higher production saves lives by reducing shell waste.
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Washington
Garfield
Government Yields To Striking Metropolitan Police
The London press bureau reports that the government will give full and sympathetic consideration to the striking Metropolitan police if they return to work.
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London
Press Bureau
Great British Attacks on a Wide Front Reported
Berlin reports official statement from General Headquarters tonight describing great British attacks on a wide front southwest of Array that failed. Local engagements occurred northwest of Nevon and on the Ailetta as part of ongoing operations.
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Berlin
London
Array
General Headquarters
Nevon
Ailetta
German mutineers join peasant revolt near Kiev
A Russian dispatch from Moscow reports twelve hundred German mutineers allying with an armed peasant group attacked German troops near Cymera in the Kiev region. Fierce fighting with heavy losses on both sides followed as unrest among Ukrainians spreads and Dymera district is declared under siege.
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London
Cymera
Kiev
Moscow
Marpulias
Church of Christ
Kiev Under Siege as Neutrals and Peasants Clash
Soldiers with machine guns occupied all routes to the town and imposed a fine on Kiev. About 1,200 mutineers joined peasants and fought Germans with ten machine guns and other arms. Heavy losses occurred on both sides and Kiev’s population faces starvation.
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Kiev
Germans Claim Mastery Over Tank On Western Front
Amsterdam Aug 31 A German supplementary army report from Berlin claims the end of the eighth day of the great battle on the western front brought no British success worth mentioning amid mass attacks. The defense is said to be gaining daily mastery over tanks as German infantry improve their use of the new fighting means.
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Amsterdam
Berlin
Aisne
Arras-Cambrais
Herkennae
Ware
Publisher Pierce Charged With Sedition in Iowa Referendum
James M. Pierce publisher of the Iowa Homeland stead is charged in a resolution with encouraging sedition in Iowa and expelled as a member of the state council of defense pending Governor Harding's approval. The action follows Pierce's farm paper piece titled The Town Reign of Terror attacking council leaders.
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Des Moines
James M. Pierce
Iowa Homestead
Iowa
State Council of Defense
Harding
Washington
Pierce
Austrians Tired of War on Lorraine Front
An Austrian prisoner reports plummeting morale on the western front with German troops stationed behind to shoot any deserters. The account, dated Aug. 30, reflects harsh conditions and demoralization among Austrian forces amid ongoing conflict.
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Associated Prosa
Lorraine
Western
Reduce Lake Grain Tariff Announcement
Washington August 31 1926 temporary reductions of two cents per pound in rates on grain handled through the Lakes from Lake Michigan and Buffalo to eastern seaboard cities ordered by the railroad administration effective September 1 to October 10.
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Washington
Lake Michigan
Buffalo
Seaboard
Railroad Administration
Revenue Bill Complete to House Monday
Washington August 31 the house Ways and Means committee completed the eight billion war revenue bill and agreed to report Monday. It imposes a six percent nominal tax on income under 4000 with no exemption. a war profits tax of 80 percent. an excess profits tax from 35 to 70 percent. and a maximum 65 percent surtax with 12 percent normal tax over 4000. Estimated annual revenue 8.1 to 8.2 billion. It doubles existing rates and omits consumption taxes or higher tariffs unless needed.
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Washington
House Ways and Means Committee
House
United States
Treasury
Kitchin
Luxury tax justice plan noted with new rates
The proposal introduces a luxury excise tax range of ten percent on Straight luxuries and twenty percent on items priced above specified thresholds. It also outlines a capital and net income scheme with a 15 to 20 percent rate on capital and a seventy percent rate on net income exceeding twenty percent of capital. This marks the first application of such levies.
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Bing
Iyetween
Cyclops Stricken From Navy Register in Loss Mystery
Secretary Daniels announced the 10,000 ton collier Cyclops is formally stricken from the Navy list and Treasury will pay all crew loss claims. The ship bound from South America with manganese ore disappeared after Barbadoes, March 4, and its fate remains a mystery.
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Washington
Cyclops
Navy Register
Daniels
Treasury
Naval
South America
Barbadoes
Captured Notes Signal German Morale Dented
Notes from a captured staff memorandum recount the fifth company of the twenty second infantry regiment refusing to relieve the fourth, arguing they had done their tour. The battalion commander threatened to send them forward under escort, then appealed to Vaterland duty as several soldiers shouted To hell with the Vaterland.
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France
Reuters
Twenty Second Infantry Regiment
Allied advances in Lys sector and surrounding regions
Allied forces across the front from Arras to Soissons press the German lines. French gains north of Soissons include Chavigny and Cuffies while moving toward Crouy. North of Noyon progress at Canal du Nord and near the Noyon Ham line. British clear Somme banks and push toward Lebucquiere, Bullecourt, Mendecourt with German counterattacks repelled.
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Associated Press
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Soissons
Lys
Chavigny
Cuffies
Crouy
Aisney
Chemin-Des-Dames
Sosette
Champs
Noyon
Canal du Nord
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Somme
Peronne
Combles
Bapaume
Hindenburg
British Drive Germans From Somme Country Pursue Foe Across River
British forces push along the Lys salient and across the Somme barrier with heavy fighting north of Peronne and along the Le Transloy to Bapaume axis. Reports say Bailleul and Le Transloy area may be in British hands as they press toward Cambrai with large German withdrawals and rising prisoner captures.
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France
Bailleul
Lys Salient
Longatte
Ecoust-St. Mien
Bullecourt
Scarpe
la Chappelette
Peronne
Clery
Bapaume
le Transloy
Beaulencourt
Morval
Bancourt
Approves Purchase of 9 River Barges and Assets
Washington August 31 Purchase by the railroad administration of nine barges two tow boats and warehouse facilities at East St Louis belonging to the Kansas City Mo river Navigation company and operation of the boats and barges on the lower Mississippi has been approved by Director General McAdoo.
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Washington
Railroad Administration
East St. Louis
Kansas City, Mo
River Navigation Company
Mississippi
McAdoo
Stefansson Arrives in Dawson In Rough Wardrobe
Arctic explorer Vilhjalmur Stefansson travels from Dawson to Esquimalt and New York via Ottawa. He arrives in store clothes after five years, wearing moccasins and rough garments. He plans to visit his mother at Wynward near Saskatoon before leaving.
Siam Crown Princess Arrives Incognito in Victoria
The crown princess of Siam arrives in Victoria aboard a Japanese liner on Thursday, traveling in disguise under the title Dutchess Binsulok for her health.
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Victoria
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Crown Princess of
War Office bulletins from Paris and London
North of Soissons American and French forces report capturing Chavigny and Cuffies and advancing west of Crouy. Northwest of Noyon Canal du Nord crossed at Cantigny and Bourains as Haig says fighting heavy with several towns entered and prisoners taken at Fremicourt Vaulx-Vraucourt and Beaugn y.
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Soissons
Chavigny
Cuffies
Crouy
Noyon
Canal du Nord
Cantigny
Bourains
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Ecoust-St Mien
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Bailleuit
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