French and British forces push gains on Somme front
The official communique reports heavy fighting on both banks of the Somme with French progress east of Forest and south of the river. Soyecourt and Vermandovillers were carried, over 6,000 prisoners taken north and south of the Somme in two days, and progress noted on the Meuse near Fleury. In Verdun, gains near Fleury are also noted as German positions are pressured.
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Paris
Somme
Forest
Barleux
Chaulunes
Soyecourt
Vermandovillers
Somme River
France
Vermandevillers
Crmtt = tehes
Berlin
Beaumont
Thiepval
Pozieres
Ginchy
Guillemont
Russia
Lutsk
Zborow
Brezezany
Galicia
Petrograd
Carpathian
Dar-Es-Salaam
Germany
East Africa
London
Marrieres Wood
Combles
Barleux-Deniecourt
Berny
Deniecourt
Chilly
Fleury
Vaux Road
Casement Relative Arrives From Bermuda En Route to London
Commander John Casement of the British navy, cousin of Roger Casement, who was hanged for treason, arrived Monday from Bermuda on his way to London. He commanded the High Flyer when it destroyed the German Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse off Africa and is said to be returning to England for a promotion by King George.
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New York
John Casement
Roger Casement
London
Bermuda
Africa
England
George
Colonel Kerens of St. Louis Dies
Colonel Richard C. Kerens of St. Louis former ambassador to Austria died at his daughter's home near Philadelphia. He will be brought to St. Louis for burial. A longtime Missouri Republican leader and transportation pioneer he helped move passengers mail and express through western rails and oversaw stage and mail routes before railroads dominated. He was linked with Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe and other major lines and served as ambassador during Taft administration.
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Transportation Department
Army of the Potomac
Missouri
Arkansas
Kerens
Republican National Committee
Republican Legislative Caucus
United States Senate
William Warner
Kansas City
Taft
Mr. Kerens
Austria
Harrison
Intercontinental Railway Commission
Chicago
St. Louis Times
ST. Louis
Richard C. Kerens
Philadelphia
Col. Kerens
Austria-Hungary
Southern Overland Mail Service
San Diego
Cal
Atchison, Topeka
Santa Fe
Commission to Eliminate Word Obey From Marriage Rite
A seven bishops seven pastors and seven laymen commission of the Protestant Episcopal Church in Chicago has voted to remove the word obey from the marriage ceremony. They will report to the general convention in St Louis and propose radical changes to the ten commandments burial and baptismal services and prayers. The tenth commandment would be shortened to thou shalt not covet anything that is thy neighbor s.
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Chicago
Protestant Episcopal Church
St. Louis
Infantile paralysis case reported in Jacksonville
Jacksonville Ill Sept 5 a case of infantile paralysis was found here Monday The afflicted child is 20 months old and came from Chicago with parents on an excursion Saturday The parents say Chicago station inspection rules were not followed
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Jacksonville
Ill
Chicago
Japs Send Troops to Mongolia
Reported clash between Chinese and Japanese forces near Chaoyangpo Mongolia prompts heavy Japanese reinforcements. Japan aims to mediate between Chinese and Mongolians amid strained relations after the Kivachow seizure. Beijing and Washington monitor the Cheng Chiatun incident as cabinet actions hint at crisis seriousness.
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Tokio
Chaoyangpo
Mongolia
Washington
Cheng Chiatun
Kivachow
Germany
Japan
China
Peking
Antarctic explorers rescued at Punta Arenas credit Wild for leadership
Arriving at Punta Arenas on Sunday, Shackleton credits Frank Wild, second in command aboard the Endurance, with keeping the party together amid the marooned voyage. Wild relates the early brutal ice conditions and the improvised food rations of penguins, seaweed, and limpets during captivity.
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Onackieton
Punta Arenas
Chile
Elephant Island
Frank Wild
Endurance
Sir Ernest
Wild
Committee 10 Preserve Party Forms New Progressive Group
An organizing committee of 15, appointed by Mathew Hale of Boston, acting chairman of the national Progressive party, will cooperate with 15 loyal members of the old Progressive national committee to preserve the party and protect the vice presidential candidate John N. Parker’s interests where Parker electors appear on ballots. Appointees include Edwin M. Lee, Indiana state chairman. Bainbridge Colby, New York. H. H. Griffiths, treasurer, Iowa state committee.
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New York
Mathew Hale
Boston
National Progressive Party
Progressive National Committee
Progressive Party
John N. Parker
Parker
Edwin M. Lee
Indiana
Bainbridge Colby
H. H. Griffiths
Iowa
Traction Head Seeks Police Backing Amid Transit Strike Threat
Theodore P. Shonts president of the Interborough Rapid Transit Co appeals to Mayor Mitchel for police protection of company property as a subway and elevated line strike looms. He says union demands will not be met and union leaders threaten an immediate strike if unmet.
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New York
Theodore P. Shonts
Interborough Rapid Transit Co
Mitchel
Shonts
Spanish War Veterans Embrace Wider Preparedness
United Spanish war veterans in Chicago at their annual encampment adopted resolutions urging broader readiness and offering services to the president in a national emergency. A contest for commander in chief pits Illinois Lieutenant Governor Barratt O'Hara against Captain D W Chisholm of Washington D C as veterans parade through downtown Chicago.
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Chicago
United Spanish War Veterans
Barratt O'Hara
Illinois
D. W. Chisholm
Washington, D. C
Burial honors for German airship dead on raid night
London reports that five officers and crew of the destroyed German airship will receive full military honors at burial. Bodies likely in separate graves near the crash site with oak coffins draped in German flags, carried by gun carriage. British troops will form the firing party and a chaplain will lead services.
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Zeppelin
Ondon
Répt
England
Paris Condemns Spy Felice Plant For Military Information
Paris reports Felice Plant, a French spy, condemned for taking military information. The case centers on espionage activities connected to wartime intelligence and French security concerns.
British Spy Cavell Executed by Germans in Paris
The report states Felice Plaat, a French woman born in Nancy in 1891, acted as a spy for Germany. She gathered military information in Paris after planning with a German official, received 60,000 francs, and was eventually caught in Marseilles while housed near army officers. A court martial condemned her to death on July tenth.
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Cavell
Piesels
Nancy
Felice Plaat
Metz
Belgium
Paris
Lauzanne
Switzerland
Marseilles
Romania Celebrates Kronstadt Entry and Carpathian Breakthrough
A Reuters report from Bucharest notes Romania's joy as the army enters Kronstadt, after defeat of Carpathian defenses and a rapid advance into Hungarian territory. It reports Bulgaria's cautious stance and departure of German and Turkish legation members.
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London
Reuter
Bucharest
Transylvania
Kronstadt
Carpathian
Bulgaria
Romania
Appeal to Goethals to intercede in Panaman crisis
Appeals have been made to Gov. Goethals in the canal zone to intervene amid threatened trouble between Panamanian political factions. Gen. Goethals has declined.
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Goethals
Panama
Canal Zone
Panaman National Assembly
Three Boys Drowned in Miami River Picnic Tragedy
Tippecanoe City Ohio reports a Sunday school picnic horror as Buddy Heckman nine, Charles Whitmer nine, and Earl Reese nineteen drowned Monday in the Miami river. Reese attempted a rescue but the trio drifted beyond their depth while swimming.
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Tippecanoe City
Buddy Heckman
Charles Whitmer
Earl Reese
Miami River
Reese
Race Driver Killed in Knoxville 50 Mile Race
KNOXVILLE TENN Sep 5 H E Lockett was killed here Monday when an automobile he was driving in a 50 mile race dropped a tire and turned over.
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Knoxville
Tenn
H. E. Lockett
Peaceful Solution Hopes For United States Mexico Talks
Hopes for broad understanding between Mexico and the United States marked the start of a joint commission discussion in New London Conn. Secretary Lansing and Interior Head Lane outlined likely topics focusing on Americans rights in Mexico and the goal of restoring confidence to build a postwar prosperity. Mexican commission head Luis Cabrera and ambassador-designate Eliseo Arredondo responded, signaling cooperation as talks begin.
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New York
Mexico
United States
Joint Commission
New London
Eliseo Arredonds
Lansing
Lane
Republic
Ine
Cabrera de
Presidential Yacht Visit Leaves City Leaders Aboard
The Cubia. and Mexican flotilla sank earlier this day as the presidential yacht hosted officials. Secretary and Mrs. Lansing departed the city Monday afternoon for Washington, following the event.
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Flower
Revenue bill to pass as Congress nears adjournment
Washington Sept 5 Congress moves toward adjournment after a tense session. Republicans in the Senate say the emergency revenue bill, last major measure of the administration program, can pass today with a conference report ready by Wednesday. Senate finance chair Simmons hoped for Monday passage but backs adjournment Wednesday if possible. Underwood mounts a fight against higher duties on dyestuffs, arguing it embodies protectionist principles while supporters defend it as aiding American manufacture.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
House
Simmons
Finance Committee
Kitchin
Owen
Underwood
Stone “Ses
Danish political crisis eased by coalition talks
London dispatch reports the Danish crisis over the sale of the Danish West Indies showing signs of collapse. A general election that seemed inevitable yesterday may be avoided as conservatives push to reopen coalition negotiations with the premier, who consents, signaling broad parties prefer to dodge an election.
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London
Copenhagen
Exchange Telegraph
Warrant Brought on Deutschland Murder Case
Wadislaw Kubicel of Jersey City was arrested on a warrant from the Deutsch landing Deutschland accusing him of killing Valerie Kles cynska four years ago in Meckten burgh Schwerin. The victim choked to death and body dumped in a pond after a quarrel with the prisoner’s wife. Kubicel denied knowledge but was in the area when the girl died. the body was found a year later when the pond dried.
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Jersey City
N. J
Wadislaw Kubicel
Deutschland
Valerie Klescynska
Mecktenburgh-Schwerin
Prussia
Kubicci
Identification Ties Powell to Durant robbery suspect name
Chicago police said they had identified Charles Powell, arrested last week for attacking a girl, as Charles Butcher, the man accused of robbing Durant post office on Oct 14, 1915, of $1,000. They asked federal authorities to take Powell in custody.
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Chicago
Charles Powell
Charles Butcher
Durant
Town
Powell
Three Die In Freight Car Collision At Crossing
Three people died when a cut off freight cars backed into their automobile at a street crossing in Indianapolis. The victims are Louis C. Reese, his sister Lillian Reese, and Grace Salisbury. Felix Fellers was injured. the car was demolished.
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Indianapolis
Louis C. Reese
Lillian Reese
Grace Salisbury
Felix Fellers
Wilson Asks For Reconsecration At Lincoln Memorial
In Hodgenville Kentucky on September 5 President Wilson visited to honor Lincoln and keep the event non political. He accepted the log cabin birthplace for the federal government and praised Lincoln as democracy’s embodiment. Speakers noted the non political tenor and referenced Republican nominee Charles E Hughes.
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Hodgenville
Wilson
Kentucky
Lincoln
Charles E. Hughes
Commission Enjoined From Enforcing Order
Springfield HL Sept 5 The state public utilities commission is en joined from enforcing the terms of an order in the Jacksonville gas and electric case by a Sangamon county circuit court decree. The Jacksonville company argued the commission valuation would prevent it earning seven percent on its investment. The case has been before the commission for two years. The company filed a $50 000 bond pending appeal hearing.
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Springfield
State Public Utilities Commission
Jacksonville Gas and Electric
Creighton
Sangamon County
Jacksonville
Student Batteries Returned to Camps in San Antonio
Gen Funston said three student organizations would be sent north for discharge to attend school. Battery F First Illinois artillery to Fort Sheridan Battery B First Indiana artillery to Fort Benjamin Harrison Battery F First Minnesota to Fort Snelling Entraining of the Second regiment of Windis infantry proceeded Monday.
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San Antonio
Tex
Funston
Illinois Artillery
Fort Sheridan
Indiana Artillery
Fort Benjamin Harrison
Minnesota
Fort Snelling
Windis Infantry
Hughes Is Halted By Questions In Tennessee Rally
In Nashville on September 5 Charles E Hughes faced a hostile crowd as supporters of Woodrow Wilson cheered while he pressed for a tariff, condemned the administration, and voiced firm backing for arbitration in industrial disputes. He argued Republican government and free institutions, urging reason over tyranny in labor disputes.
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Nashville
Tenn
Charles E. Hughes
Woodrow Wilson
Hughes
Cnarcion
Hughes Addresses Wilson Crowd in Heated Speech
Former Secretary Hughes spoke to a large audience amid frequent interruptions for Wilson. He defended American industry and a protective tariff while reading the 1912 Democratic platform. Cheers and protests echoed as supporters and opponents clashed in the hall.
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Wilson
New York
Woodrow Wilson
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J. Will Taylor
George N. Tillman
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