French Take More Trenches On Somme Front And Florina Falls
French forces seize another trench group south of Combles on the Somme as fighting rages near Deniecourt and in Champagne and Verdun where a trench on Dead Man Hill is taken. Florina in Macedonia is captured by French troops, while Bulgarians retreat toward Monastir. British and French advance north of the Somme with the quadrilateral fortification falling to British hands and continued attacks repulsed along a widened front. Military actions extend through the Dobrudia region and into the Carpathians with Romanians, Russians, and Turks reporting movements and clashes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
London
Combles
Somme
War Office
Deniecourt
Champagne
Verdun
Florina
Macedonia
Fleurs
France
Germain
Cumbles
Ablaincourt
Barleux
Horenv
Perrone-Beaupame
Champ
Carpathians
Berlin
Narayuvka
Galicia
Zlota Lipa
Sereth
Stripa
Lutsk
Greece
Monastir
Lake Ostrovo
Cerna
Doiran
Constantinople
Suez Canal
Felahie
Mesopotamia
Caucasus
Corso
President Wilson attends sister's funeral in New London
President Wilson arrived in Columbia S. C. to bury his sister Annie E. Howe of Philadelphia who died Saturday in New London Connecticut. He attended a simple church service and then walked with relatives to the cemetery where he stood with bowed head during the rites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia S$. C
Wilson
Annie E. Howe
Philadelphia
New London
Conn
Russians Renew Assault on Halicz Gate to Lemberg
Petrograd dispatch from London reports Gen. Brusiloff renewing the campaign toward Lemberg after weeks of pause. Halicz obstructs the route from the southeast and is under violent pressure as Russians press along the Narayuvka river to cut the Halicz Narayuvka Podvyscke rail line. Russian officials say von Bothmer’s left flank may be forced to yield, opening Hatlicz from the north.
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Petrograd
London
Brusiloff
Lemberg
Halicz
Narayuvka
Podvyscke
Count von Bothmer
Hatlicz
Tractors in British tanks hailed from Peoria, illinois
British armored tanks used in northern France traces origins to Peoria Illinois where Holt Manufacturing built caterpillar tractors years before the war. M M Baker notes about 1,000 tractors sold to Britain with some sent to France and Russia, mising armor and machine guns yet used to tow, plow, and clear terrain. The machines crawl on two belt rails, can bridge trenches, and weigh about 18,000 pounds with 120 horsepower. Baker claims British likely lengthened tracks for trench work while US industry experiments with armored tractors. Raymond Asquith, son of the prime minister, is reported killed in action September 15 at age 37.
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Washington
France
Peoria
Ill
United States
M. M. Baker
Holt Manufacturing Company
Mr Baker
Aldershot
England
Germany
Russia
Lend
Baker
Foeland
British War Office
Mr. Baker
Trac
Tle
United States War Department
Battle Inc
Raymond Asquith
London
Asquith
Oxford
Oxford Union
Great Britain
the Hare
County of London
Grenadier Guards
Lieut
Arthur Asquith
Royal Naval Reserve
Herbert Asquith
Dardanelles
Two Confessors Led Blackmail Ring Scrutiny
Federal authorities prepared to arraign seven Chicago-accused members of a blackmail gang using the Mann Act as their chief weapon. Two confessed members, Dick Barrett and Edward J. Thompson, provided leads that spurred arrests in other cities. Hinton G. Clabaugh of the Justice Department said he has sufficient evidence to convict without naming wealthy victims. Bonds totaling about 100000 were set for the seven Chicago arrestees, four men and three women, with the wives and associates denying the charges. Additional seeks include H. C. Woodward and George Irwin, both sought across the country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
H. C. Woodward
Hinton G. Clabaugh
U. S. Department of Justice
Tuiday
Clabaugh
Dick" Barrett
Edward J. Thompson
Charles E. Erbstein
Helen Evers
Wyfe
Frances Chapman
Donohue
Chapman
George Bland
James Christian
Frank Crozker
New York
George Irwin
Irwin
Crocker
Philadelphia
Department of Justice
William Butler
Butts
Butler
United States
Susan G
Winnenny
Atlantic City
Federal District Court
New York Craft Votes the Strike
The United Hebrew Trades representing about 200000 workers voted Monday night to go on a sympathetic strike if called by the Central Federation union to aid striking carmen. Detailing readiness to answer a strike call, delegates from every craft including garment workers ensured 200000 members could be mobilized. A separate call threatened to mobilize about 700000 workers if traction talks fail, with unions across New York affiliates staging action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United Hebrew Trades
Central Federation Union
United Trades
Mitchel
Uninne
Central Federated Union of New York
Central Labor Union of
Brooklyn
Repair of Villa raid damage in Chihuahua City
Sept 19 reports detail government forces restoring order after Villa Hidalgo day attack. Hundreds of bodies removed, streets cleared, tramways repaired, and communications restored as80 prisoners were shot including ex-chief of staff Choas and colonel Mariano Tames. Villa and Lopez led the fighting and were seen near a hill northwest of the city while authorities pursued bandits into Santa Clara canyon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chihuahua City
Mexico
Villa
Hidalgo
M. Choas
Mariano Tames
Juarez
Federal
Plate Hidalgo
Martin Lopez
Santa Clara Canyon
Matias Ramos
New York Senate Race Dominates Primary Debate
Sept. 19 in New York candidates for US senator and a full state ticket are up for nomination. Progressive leaders split over supporting Judge Samuel Seabury for governor while Bacon and McColder clash for the Senate. Roosevelt backs Bacon in the preparedness argument as McCombs faces Conway. Whitman faces a lone challenge from State Senator William S. Bennett.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United States
Charles S. Whitman
Samuel Seabury
Senate
Robert Bacon
France
Wiliam R. McColder
United States Senate
Bacon
Theodore Roosevelt
Democratic National Committee
Thomas F. Conway
Plattsburg
Whitman
William S. Bennett
Hughes Special in Record Smashing Trip
The Hughes campaign train reached Cleveland from New York in under twelve and a half hours at an average speed of 30 mph, beating fastest express times to Cleveland. At Buffalo the run was nearly thirty minutes quicker than the rail line’s best. Also, convict John Gardner was recaptured near Joliet two miles east of the state penitentiary less than twelve hours after his escape.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Charles E. Hughes
New York
Buffalo
Hughes
Joliet, II
John Gardner
Chicago
Gardner
Canton Man Loses Primary Bid for At Large Congress Seat
A Canton resident was defeated in the 1919 primary for the at large congressional seat seeking to follow Senator J. Hamilton Lewis. The outcome affects the race for the seat and the party's path to the national delegation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canton
J. Hamilton Lewis
Planks Ready For Platform
Peoria reports a Republican platform criticizing the Democratic state administration for extravagance and tax increases totaling about 994,141 yearly, or 24,830 daily. It urges a constitutional convention, state budget, revenue law revisions, and measures on taxation, women’s suffrage, labor, and bank control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peoria
Illinois
Gov. Dunne
Democratic State Administration
Chicago
Death and indictments rock Chicago private banks
September 19 Chicago reports the death by own action of Joseph Tuma, head of the Tuma Savings Bank, amid indictments of four private bankers as part of a widening probe into private bank failures. Tuma’s death is blamed on ill health and overwork by bank counsel, while grand jury true bills cite receiving deposits while insolvent. Runs continue on some solvent private banks as authorities pursue cases. In Colorado, near Stuart, three crewmen died and three were injured when two Missouri Pacific freight trains collided head on.
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Chicago
Joseph Tuma
Tuma Savings Bank
Tuma
Michigan
Michael
Stephen Michniuk
Moses Ginsbure
Emanuel
Puert
Colo
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Stuart
Coto
Roy Scott
Ernest Holley
William Isbester
Will Meet Lewis In 1918 Race In Illinois
Peoria Sept 19 B M Chiperfield of Canton defeated for Republican nomination for congressman at large by William E Mason of Chicago announced his candidacy for United States senator in 1919. He plans a statewide tour after adjournment to canvass Illinois and Chicago, seeking support without factional backing amid party leaders' surprise.
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B. M. Chiperfield
Eoria
Burnet M. Chiperfield
Canton
United States Senate
Peoria
Willian E. Mason
Chicago
United States
Chiperfield
Illinois
James Hamilton Lewis
Medill McCormick
William Hale Thompson
Wm. H. Stead
Ottawa
Charles S. Deneen
Lawrence Y. Sherman
Thompson
Fred E. Sterling
Republican State Committee
Joseph G. Cannon
William B. Mc.Kinley
Frank O. Lowden
John G. Oglesby
Louis L. Ermerson
Len Small
Andrew Russel
Edward JT. Brundage
Organized Labor
John Walker
Victor Olander
Illinois Federation of Labor
Edward N. Nockels
Chicago Federation of Labor
James E Culp
The
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Arthur M Burbank
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
Agnes Nestor
Mary Anderson
Elizabeth Maloney
Inois Woman's Trade Union
William L. Abbott
W. Holt
Geneseo
Merv Fe, Busev
Ubana
EIGHTEEN RELEASED BY SCRANTON OFFICERS
Scranton Pa Sept 19 Fightes of 267 men captured in last week's raid of a TEW.OW meeting in Olds forge have been reversed on bail The others are held pending grand jury report begun Monday John R Edwards counsel for Sheriff Ben S Phillips and Assistant District Attorney Frank Benjamin have conferred on deporting non citizen leaders of the organization United Mine Workers tendered over two hundred former members of the Industrial Workers of the World repudiated that group and joined with the nine workers union A house was dynamited in Pittstone Monday
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Industrial Workers of the World
Nine Workers’ Union
Pittstone
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Capure Florina
Mann
Seattle
Wash
Atlantic
Pacific Coast
International Union
J A. Madsen
International Longshoremens’ Association of America
Carmen
Federated Union of the
Bronx
Westchester and Yonkers
Theodore P. Shantz
Interborough Rapid Transit Company
New York Railways Company
Citizens’ Committee
Chamber of Commerce
Merchants’ Association
Chihuahua
Kees
Seabury
Heaj O
Lewis
Scranton
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