British gains west and north of Somme front widen British advance
War dispatches report British forces smashing a six mile front north of the Somme capturing Bouleaux wood Fleres Martinpuich Courcelette and high ground between Combles and the Pozieres Bapaume road More than 2300 prisoners taken and the advance threatens Combles and Thiepval front positions The clash includes renewed Franco British Serbian actions at Macedonian front with gains near Lake Ostrovo and Vardar area
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Combles
War Office
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Somme
London
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High Wood
Flers
Martinpuich
Courcelette
Pozieres Bapaume
Bucharest
Amsterdam
Dobrudja
Rumania
France
Thiepval
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Vardar
Berlin
Attiliere
Ancre
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Beiley
Posieres- Bapaume Road
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Pozieres-Bapaume
New Army Car for Use by British Forces
London reports a new heavy motor car for the British Army designed to operate in shell torn roads and trenches where regular wheels fail. The Times notes bold design ideas and imagines German infantry facing steel monsters advancing through dawn light over trenches, barbed wire, and craters.
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The
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the Times
Mills Wins Fight in 28th District
Decatur Illinois September 16 official returns show A H Mills of Decatur wins the state senate nomination for the 28th district over J E Henson. Mills leads DeWitt and Logan counties with 1054 votes to 675 in his Home County while Macon County shifts 193 votes to Henson. DeWitt county backs Henson by 132 votes.
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J. E. Henson
E. J. Johnson
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Macon
Logan County
Mills
Henson
Macon County
Old Home
DeWitt County
Explosion at Aetna Chemical plant injures many near Oakdale
Pittsburgh Sept. 16 Nearly a score of persons were injured Friday night by an explosion at the Aetna Chemical company plant near Oakdale in this county. Officials refused to discuss the blast said to have originated in a tank holding 500 barrels of nitric acid. The wrecked building and the blast were felt five miles away.
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Pittsburgh
Aetna Chemical Company
Oakdale
Taft to Campaign in West for Hughes
Former President Taft and allies Burton and Estabrook will campaign for Hughes and Fairbanks across central and western states. Taft to speak in Illinois as schedules for Missouri, Iowa, Nebraska and Kansas are set for Oct. 7 to Oct. 4. Detailed itineraries to be released soon. Florida Bank Robbed in Miani. Four men robbed the Home stead bank cashier of 6000 dollars midday Friday escaping by automobile as pursuers close in.
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W. H. Taft
United States
Theodore E. Burton
Ohio
Henry D. Estabrook
New York
Hughes
Fairbanks
Mr. Taft
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Missouri
Iowa
Nebraska
Kansas
Florida
Miani
Fla
Homestead
Officers Installed in Mexico City Elections
Mexico City report notes municipal officers chosen in recent elections took office on Friday amid ongoing republic transitions. Authorities sworn in after electoral process, with ceremony details limited in the dispatch.
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Mexico City
Earoumhont
Republic
Suftice Priday
Burner leads in 32nd district senatorial race
Chicago Sept 16 Late returns indicate Thomas E Burner was nominated as Democratic candidate for state senator in the 32nd district replacing incumbent William A. Compton. The result reflects a shift in leadership for the district as returns come in from precincts.
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Chicago
Thomas E Burner
Wiliam A. Compton
Cattle smugglers caught by patrol near Rio Grande
A Texas cavalry squadron patrolling the border near Rio Dosa and Can delara surprised a group of Mexicans attempting cattle smuggling Thursday night. About 75 shots were fired with no casualties. The Mexicans fled across the Rio Grande, leaving the cattle behind.
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Rio Dosa
Candelara
Gaston
Marta
Funston
Rio Grande
Cuban Medical Expert Dies After Operation
Dr En rique Nunez Y Palomina Cuban secretary of sanitation and prominent island politician died in a New York hospital Friday night after surgery for an infection linked to diabetes from a cat. He had arrived in New York weeks earlier to study infantile paralysis and visit curative springs.
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Enrique Nunez Y. Palomina
Cuba
Island Republic
Nunez
Governor Dunne Plans Reelection Speaking Tour
Springfield dispatch says Governor Dunne, after attending Indianapolis ceremonies for Vice President Marshall, will tour every major city in the state to campaign for reelection. Data on trip dates and itinerary not yet set.
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Springfield
Dunne
Indianapolis
Marshall
Auto Turns Turtle Killing Occupant
One person died and two injured when a car rollover between Huron and Wolsey South Dakota Friday night. Miller residents Mrs. Fred Hicks was killed instantly. Mat Matson injured. Chris Johnson bruised. Also in Chicago Ira Bond indicted on larceny and receiving stolen property charges. reputed head of an auto theft ring.
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S. N
Huron
Wolsey
M. D
Fred Hicks
Miller
Mat Matson
Chris Johnson
Chicago
Ira Bond
Minneapolis
Bond
Hoyne
Wage Increase Announced by McKeesport Tinplate Company
Pittsburgh September 16. The McKeesport Tinplate company of McKeesport announced wage increases ranging from 1 to 20 percent. The raise affects 1,703 men employed by the firm.
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Pittsburgh
George Lloyd George blames German agents in US fraud claim
London report cites David Lloyd George alleging a deliberate German campaign to cast doubt on Britain’s war effort by misusing censorial information. He cites a Rotterdam export permit used fraudulently by an American firm and asserts such data is shared with the Foreign Office to guide war actions and protect trade secrets.
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David Lloyd George
Associated Press
United States
House of Commons
Robert Cecil
Behal
Foreign Office
Rotterdam
Carcel
American Post Office
House of Cpinmons
Lloyd George
British Columbia Prohibition and Suffrage Support Rises
Vancouver report states election returns are sufficiently complete to show a majority of five thousand or more for Prohibition and Woman Suffrage.
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Vancouver
B.C
British Columbia
Suffrage Plank Targeted for Democratic Platform
Chicago reports that a full woman's suffrage plank will be sought for the Democratic platform at the Springfield convention September 26. Equal suffrage leaders conferred with national chairman Vance McCormick and Roger C. Sullivan and heard the plank will be favorably considered. Gov. Dunne is expected to be final arbiter of the state platform.
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Chicago
Springfield
Vance McCormick
Roger C. Sullivan
Gov. Dunne
Governor Asks Furlough for Ill. Guardsmen
Springfield reports Gov Dunne sent a telegram to the war department Friday requesting a ten day furlough for the first and second regiments of the Illinois National Guard stationed in camp here. He cited severe cold and insufficient equipment leaving troops inadequately warmed and cared for.
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Springfield
Zaimis declines return to office in Greece
London September 16 Reuters Athens correspondent reports M Zaimis met King Constantine Friday but refused to resume power, signaling political stalemate after the meeting.
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Zaimis
London
M. Zaimis
Constantine
Reuter
Athens
King Constantine Seeks War Advantage for Greece
New York report cites King Constantine of Greece saying Greece would join the entente when a definite advantage exists and denying pledges to refrain from war. He weighs Bulgarian and Romanian wartime changes, but will not rush Greece’s move. he remains confined by fever and injury during the interview.
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Associated Press
Constantine
Greece
Piraeus
Athens
Macedonia
Tatos
Paris
Greek Macedonia
Romania
Hellas
Allied Grafts in Strike Vote
New York unions representing eighty thousand craft workers linked to the city's traction system vote on a general sympathy strike with the carmen who quit Sept 6. Referendums are under way among machinists, longshoremen, teamsters and others, with leaders warning of a powerful blow to Morgan interests if authorized.
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New York
Fighting Traction
Central Federated Union
Carmen
Empress Augusta Victoria Heads to Eastern Front Visit
Amsterdam dispatch reports Empress Augusta Victoria summoned to eastern headquarters by Emperor William. She passed Breslau Thursday on the journey from Berlin, marking her first visit to the eastern front.
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London
Exchange Telegraph Company
Amsterdam
Augusta Victoria
William
Breslau
Berlin
Eastern Front
Study scope of new trade order
Washington officials seek details on which commodities will be affected by new British restrictions on American trade with Holland and Scandinavian countries. Concerns rose that the order could cut off Holland trade and cripple relations with Scandinavia, though later reports suggested only unnamed goods would be targeted. Secretary Lansing weighs legal authority for possible retaliatory steps.
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Washington
Holland
Lansing
Insurance experts warn of higher risks in insuring women
St Louis reports T A Phillips of St Paul tells the American Life convention that mortality among women is lighter than men but losses for insurers are greater in early policy years. He notes higher risks for young married women and widows, with premiums higher and limits smaller, as women age the risk rises.
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T. A. Phillips
St. Paul
Phillips
Philips
Father and Son Held by Grand Jury in Fire Case
Joliet, Sept. 1 James Alecumbrae and his son Walter are held to the grand jury. Alecumbrae, of Woodstock, is accused of setting fire to tenant Henry Birkett’s home at Plainfield on Sept. 4 while family slept. The son allegedly drove his father from Aurora to Plainfield that night. The house was insured for 800, claimed to exceed its value by 260.
Auto Relay Beats Schedule
Auto relay delivers war department message from Plymouth to Seattle arriving in Spokane at 5 18 p m on Friday one hour forty three minutes early The message proceeds to Fort Lawton by eight o clock this morning
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Spokane
Wash
War Department
Plymouth
Mass
Seattle
Fort Lawton
Brundage Leads Barr In Illinois Primary Race
Edward J. Brundage of Chicago leads Richard J. Barr of Joliet for the Republican attorney general nomination by about 4,500 votes with 22 precincts outstanding. Cook County carries Brundage by 48,307 and official counts may adjust the final plurality. Late downstate results shift several legislative nominations and officer races as returns continue to arrive.
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Chicago
Edward J. Brundage
Richard J. Barr
Joliet
Ilinois
Brundage
Barr
Buttman
Inland Canals Urged For Military And Trade Value
Secretary Daniels and Admiral Benson urged a system of inland waterways and coastal canals at the Philadelphia navy yard. They argued submarines could travel inland and battleships find safe havens during invasion, bolstering support for a bond-funded project with navy cooperation. Daniels sought navy help. Benson pressed economic and strategic benefits. A hydro airplane passed by as Daniels quipped he wants ten aeroplanes per battleship.
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Philadelphia
Daniels
Navy Department
Benson
Naval Operations
Atlantic Deeper Wateraways Association
Admiral Benson
Four Votes Name a Progressive Ticket in Chicago Primary
Chicago voters placed a full state Progressive ticket in nomination at the Wednesday primary. Patrick J. Nolan was named for governor, Ross Scoffield for lieutenant governor, Lambert Nestor for auditor, Jerome J. Dittenhoefer for state treasurer, Harry Scofield for secretary of state, and James P. Welsh for congressman at large, all residents of Chicago, with sour voting indicating potential ballot inclusion.
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Chicago
Patrick J. Nolan
Ross (. Scoffield
Beauty Squad On Duty in Chicago Patrol
Police women forming a beauty squad set out Friday night to cushion maghév s in downtown Chicago. Four of the department’s most comely officers were ordered to be shy patrol the downtown section flirt back if flirted with and then arrest.
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Chicago
Polie
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