Persic torpedoed with American troops aboard
The British liner Persic was torpedoed on Sept 6 in the war zone, 2500 American troops saved by destroyers, the ship beached. Allies view the incident as a convoy-system success, with minimal loss given the circumstances. Earlier reports note similar attacks on troop ships Moldavia and Tuscania.
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Washington
Persic
British Admiralty
Navy Department
Urs
Sims
News Firat
Navy
London
White Star
New York
Liverpool
Anchor Line
Cunard Line
Michigan
Wisconsin
England
Moldavia
English Channel
France
Name Commissioners To Adjust Disputes
Washington September 12 Commissioners of conciliation were named by the department of labor to adjust disputes between employers and employees. The cases include Hazelton Pennsylvania pattern-makers locked out after wage requests on government work Astoria Illinois coal miners seeking higher pay Lancaster Ohio grievances and Syracuse New York masons strike halting railroad work for the New York Central.
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Washington
Department of Labor
Hazelton Pa
Astoria
Illinois
Lancaster
Ohio
Syracuse
N. Y
New York
Russian Queen and Daughters Reported Murdered
Sept 12 Daily Express claims the former Empress of Russia and her four daughters were murdered by Bolsheviki. The report cites a source “beyond doubt” and notes intervention by Black Sea sailors against Red Guards. Names include Grand Duchesses Olga Tatiana Marie Anastasie and Empress Alexandria.
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London
The
Daily Express
Russia
the Express
Ezar
Duke of Oldenburg
Yalta
Red Guards
Olga
Tatiana
Marie
Anastasie
Alexandria
Alex of Hesse
Rome
Spain
Alfonso
Madrid
First Yank Troops Land at Archangel
American troops have landed at Archangel to aid allied forces in northern Russia. General March announced the arrival, noting secrecy on numbers and origins. Troops are from English camps where Americans train. many speak Russian, and the voyage was brief with little discomfort aside from seasickness.
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Washington
Archangel
Russia
General March
Committee On Public Information
White Sea
United States
Vologda
North
Germany
Finland
Murmansk
Associated Press
Sheet Metal Trades Strike Called Monday in River Territory
Washington Sept 12 A strike of all workers in the sheet metal trades affiliated with the Amalgamated Association of Iron Steel and Tin Workers will be called Monday in the river territory unless the men’s demands for a sliding wage scale are adjusted immediately the war labor board is informed.
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Washington
Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers
Pelea Pel River
War Labor Board
Russian Reds Using Torch In Petrograd
A Christiania dispatch reports Petrograd burning in twelve places with indiscriminate street massacres. It says no clarity on Bolshevik role and Lansing calls the message unverified. London also has no confirmation of the reported massacres or arson in Petrograd.
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Petrograd
Washington
Christiania
Lansing
London
British Foreign Office
Germans Use Time Fuses to Wreck Towns in France
Prisoners captured by the French report Germans used time fuses to explode mines days or weeks after evacuation. The same system razed Chateau Bethancourt and the Nesle cathedral and is spreading to Ham Noyon and towns north and northeast of Rheims. Pioneers placed mines under church pillars while traps lie in St Gobain forest Laon region and crossroads heavily mined. Some preparations lie behind the Hindenburg line.
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Associated Press
France
Teutons
Chateau Bethancourt
Guiscard
Nesle
Ham
Noyon
Rheims
St. Gobain
Laon
Hindenburg
Explosion at Eddystone plant leaves many injured
In Philadelphia on September 12 an explosion at the Eddystone munitions plant killed one man and injured 26 girls, most of them colored. Early reports had listed eight or more dead and up to a hundred injured, but officials had not issued an official statement.
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Philadelphia
Eddystone
Yankee Pilot Kills Woman In Hun Plane
In France on September 11 the American army reports a German pilot killed in combat was a woman. The 167th infantry captain noted the downed plane near Sergy on August 28, and Lieut. Miller Thompson of the American air forces aided in the encounter. The sex of the pilot was confirmed when the enemy crew was buried.
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Associated Press
France
Ger MaNs
167Th Infantry
Sergy
Miller Thompson
Bridgeport Strike Vote Keeps Walkout Open
Five thousand union machinists from Bridgeport munitions plants met to hear a message from International Association of Machinists president William H. Johnston urging a 48 hour return to work. The assembly voted unanimously to continue the strike.
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Bridgeport, Conn
Bridgeport
William H. Johnston
International Association of Machinists
Canadian Casualty List Includes American Names
OTTAWA Ont Sept 12 Among names of Americans appearing on the overseas casualty list are Killed in Action W J Oates Butte Mont Lieut B J Coulson Grand Rapids Mich Wounded G E Predday Chicago A M Cal der 0.
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Ottawa
Ont
W. J. Oates
Butte, Mont
B. J. Coulson
Grand Rapids
Mich
G. E. Predday
Chicago
A. M. Calder
Nation to Enrol Her Men Today Muster for War
Washington September 12 1917 Provost Marshal General Crowder calls for registration of men aged 18 to 45 as a national mustering for war. Registrars to observe a holiday with flags and bands in tribute. Enrollment will form a reservoir of about 23 400 000 available men for the army and support services. Navy also orders registration for officers and inspectors. Senate adjourns to Friday amid revenue bill debate.
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Washington
General Crowder
Crowder
Bretor Mately
America
Navy
Senate
French Bombardment in August Totals 628 Tons
Paris reports August bombardment by French air forces totaled over 628 tons of projectiles. Day flights dropped 269 tons on Somme to Aisne battlefield targets while night attacks released 360 tons on rail stations and enemy roads. The month saw 280 enemy planes downed or out of control and 66 enemy balloons set ablaze.
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Paris
War Office
Somme
Aisne
Finders Not Keepers Wivery Day in The Whig Want Ads
A brief plea in The Whig urging readers to use want ads to connect losers with finders. It emphasizes daily activity, readers may become either finder or loser, and to profit by reading and using the classified section.
Sick Soldiers In Front Line
A German soldier captured in a trench south of the Aisne was found to have an ear disease and anaemia. He says he was forced to perform front line duty despite illness and had recently been reassigned from a non combatant role. He recalls seeing sick Germans used near the front and in supply duties behind the lines.
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Associated Press
France
The
Aisne
Flanders
British War Office Bulletin Reports Local Advances
The British in local operations have advanced north of Epehy and near Vermand west of St Quentin, with prisoners taken and posts established. An enemy attack west of Gouzeaucourt was repulsed by machine gun fire. Local fighting continues northwest of Hulluch and south of La Bassée canal, with some prisoner captures and heightened hostile artillery activity in Havrincourt wood.
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London
Epehy
Vermand
St. Quentin
Field Marshal Haig
Gouzeaucourt
Hulluch
la Basses Canal
Havrincourt Wood
Spanish Influenza Feared On Coast
Spanish influenza, which recently ravaged the German army and spread into France and England with dis comfiting effects on civil populations, has been brought home to American Atlantic coast cities by transports. Officials fear while awaiting further investigation. Precautionary measures are considered the best weapon to combat the malady. The government may issue country-wide warnings and instructions on avoidance and treatment.
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Washington
France
England
Orenstein Arthur Koppel Plant To Be Auctioned
The German owned Orenstein Arthur Koppel plant in Koppel Pennsylvania, operated as a branch of a Berlin company, will be sold at auction. Proceeds will be invested in Liberty bonds. Only American citizens may buy the plant, according to Alien Property Custodian Palmer's announcement.
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Washington
Orenstein-Arthur Koppel Company
Koppel
Alien Property
Liberty Bonds
Berlin
Palmer
Investigation Planned Into Alliance Wreck Cause
Officials of the Burlington Railroad, aided by an Interstate Commerce Commission representative, will conduct a thorough probe into the collision near Birdeell siding seven miles east of Alliance Nebraska. Westbound passenger train No 43 and a work train killed 12 and injured nearly twenty. A time zone change mixup between mountain and central time is suspected as a factor.
Americans Raid Enemys Trenches Take Prisoners
American troops in Lorraine conducted successful trench raids and captured prisoners, per Gen. Pershing's communique. Artillery on the Aisne front pounded targets near Glennes and Revillon as American infantry advanced at several points. German shock troops and equipment left behind after a raid in the Vosges were recovered, including flame throwers helmets and rifles.
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Associated Press
Washington
Lorraine
Aisne
Glennes
Revillon
la Petite Montagne
Vieil Arcy
Villers-En- Prayeres
Jowlands
Bhock
France
Vosges
Fresh Troops Waiting To Aid Exhausted Germans In France
British dispatch reports fresh German corps moving to man the Hindenburg line as Germany shifts troops back into active fighting. Booby traps and mines hinder Allied advances while weary units like the second guards division show war‑weariness turning to eagerness to surrender. Prisoners from Alexander and Augusta regiments urged continued attack to shorten the war, cheering British successes from cages as new prisoners arrived.
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Associated Press
France
Hindenburg Line
Second Guards
Alexander
Augusta
Ship Company Fire Damages Camden Plant in New Jersey
A Wednesday night fire at the New York ship-building company's Camden plant damaged the plate and angle shop and the power house while the main building remained intact. Camden firemen estimated losses near 150000 dollars. company officials called the blaze accidental and offered no further official statement.
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Philadelphia
New York Ship-Building Company
Camden
N. J
Thompson Leads Chicago in Illinois GOP Senator Contest
Chicago returns show Medill McCormick gaining the Illinois Republican nomination for U.S. senator as Thompson carries Chicago with a statewide plurality for McCormick. Across districts, James Hamilton Lewis secures the Democratic nomination for senator, while Thompson faces anti-war attack in Chicago.
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Chicago
William Hale Thompson
Ilinois
Medill McCormick
James Hamilton Lewis
McCormick
Thompson
Fred A. Britten
Yates
Pield
Richard Yates
William E. Mason
Harry R. Rathbone
Mason
Downstate
George E. Fass
Sterling
Blair
Fred E. Sterling
Francis J Blair
Superintendent of Public Instruction
James J. Brady
Charles E. Fuller
Edward J. King
Charles Hurburgh
Joe Cannon
Joseph G. Cannon
P. N. Christensen
James R. Mann
House of Representatives
Supt. of Public Instruction
Illinois
Cook County
Magill
Aero Club praises Chicago to New York mail flight
The Aero club of America issued a statement highlighting Edward V. Gardner and Edward Radel for setting a mail flight record between Chicago and New York. Gardner and his mechanician were only slightly injured in a forced landing at Hicksville, L I, last Tuesday.
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New York
Edward V. Gardner
Chicago
Aero Club of America
Gardner
Edward Radel
Hicksville
L. I
Shurtleff Nominated in Eighth District Returns
Chicago September 12 nearly complete returns indicate ex Speaker Shurtleff nominated by Republican plurality. J H ckers will be his Republican opponent.
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Shurtleff
Chicago
J. H Ckers
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