Consult with Pershing for maximum war efficiency
Washington reports Secretary Baker travels to consult General Pershing in France about maximizing U S war effort. The aim is to reduce friction and strengthen home front support, coordinating aircraft, embarkation, medical care, and logistics as Pershing leads offensive plans.
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Washington, D. C
Baker
United States
France
Lloyd George
Pershing
Oresident
Wilson
Wenlk
Corsp Dents
John D. Ryan
America
Mr. Ryan
Pershing K
American aviator Thaw killed in France front flight
Lieut Thaw, a member of the American aviation service, died in France when his airplane fell due to engine trouble. He participated in the first American built De Havilland four aircrafts at the front. He was the son of Mr and Mrs Benjamin Thaw of Pittsburgh and brother of Maj Witl in Thaw, a founder of the Lafayette Escadrille.
Paris Women Decorated With War Cross
Mrs Annie Murray Bike president and Miss Anne Morgan president of the American committee for relief in the devastated region of France were cited in orders of the day on September 5 by General Degoutte, commander of the Sixth French Army, and decorated with the war cross.
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Paris
Annie Murray Bike
Anne Morgan
American Committee For Relief
France
Degoutte
Oldfield Sets Ten Mile Dirt Track Record
Barney Oldfield established a new ten mile dirt track record at the state fair, completing the distance in 8 minutes 28 seconds. Also reports note a German warship sinking near Ameland after striking a mine or torpedo, and the death of Bishop Francis Silas Chatard in Indianapolis, born 1834.
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St. Paul
Barney Oldfield
Amsterdam
Sland
Ameland
Chatard
Yndiasiapolis
Francis Silas Chatard
Thiering “Filnees
Prohibition to End Beer Making by December 1
Washington reports the food administration orders beer and malt liquor production halted after December 1 as a war measure. Senate approves $12 million emergency agricultural bill with a dry rider, delaying nationwide prohibition to July 1. Some senators oppose, but house action expected with changes likely.
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Washington
United States
Food Administration
Wilson
Fuel, Food, and Railroad Administrations
War Industries Board
Senate
House
Prohibition
Brandegee
Connecticut
Gerry
Rhode Island
Phelan
California
Pome‘rene
Ohio
Ransdell
Louisiana
Underwood
Alabama
Swere
Gore
Oklahoma
Smith
South Carolina
Georgia
Kenyon
Iowa
France
Maryland
Transport Mount Vernon Torpedoed Then Reaches French Port
News from Washington reports the American transport Mount Vernon was torpedoed by an enemy submarine 200 miles off the French coast while homeward bound. It turned back and arrived safely at a French port. no military unit aboard, few civilians with the crew.
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Mount Vernon
French Port
Washington
Navy Department
Troydliner Kronprincess
Cecelle
Italy to Feed Prisoners Bread Trains Through Austria
Rome reports bread trains will transport food to Italian prisoners starving in Austria. Signor Bisiofatt, socialist minister of military assistance, says trains carry Italian Red Cross delegates to the Swiss frontier. To prevent thefts, bread is handed out at medicine and clothing distribution points.
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Rome
Austria
Signor Bissofatt
Red Cross
Record output at Liberty Motors tops prior weekly mark
Washington Sept 9 The country’s Liberty motor output exceeding 100 units in the past week broke all prior records the house military affairs committee was informed by General March chief of staff.
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Rush
Liberty Motors
Washington
House Military Affairs Committee
March
Wes Given 25 Years for Refusing Duty
Roy Demsey of Rockford and Allen Wilson, I. W. W. leaders, were sentenced by a Camp Grant court martial to 25 years in Leavenworth for refusing to don uniforms. The case was tried at Camp Grant in September.
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Roesford
Iil
Roy Dempsey
Rockford
Bomb blast in Chicago federal building kills four
A bomb exploded at the entrance of Chicago's federal building and post office, killing four and injuring thirty. The L W.W. is blamed as retaliation for the conviction of its members. Federal operatives and American Protective League members searched for suspects, while William Hayne defended the group in questions. In another note, the U S recognized the Czecho Slovak national council as a de facto government and co-belligerent, signaling a new stance ahead of peace talks.
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Chicago
Federal Building
L W. W
Federal
Phil No. J. Barry
Department of ‘Justice
American Protective League
Khowa. I. Ww. W. Flity
William ‘D.“Hayne
L W.W
Bond
Any Ashington
United States
Germany
Austria- Hungary
G. Masaryk
State ‘Department
Wilson
Britain
France
Italy
Japan
America
No More Recruiting in U S Says Army Chief
Washington reports that General March orders the closure of all recruiting stations in the United States. Only original volunteers may enlist those aged forty six to fifty six, limited to staff corps and departments.
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March
Washington
Sept
United States
Marck
Fall of 260000 Troops Transported in August Combat Shipping
The American Navy announced that nearly 260,000 men were transported overseas in August, with about one third aboard American ships. In Q2 destroyers from a U S base escorted 121 troop convoys totaling 773 ships, plus 171 merchant convoys comprising 1,063 ships.
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U. S
London
Sept. O
U-Boat Sinks Lake Owens and Crew Losses Reported
Washington reports the American steamer Lake Owens, a 2308 ton army cargo carrier, sunk by a submarine on September 3 with five civilian crew members lost and all naval guards saved. Also, American consuls say allied mission members and refugees who fled Russia crossed into Finland via a special train, confirmed by Consul Haynes at Helsingfors.
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Lake “Owens
Washington
Navy Department
Lake Owens
Naval Guard
Russia
Finland
Haynes
Helsingfors
Turkey protects Americans in Persian border order
Washington reports that Turkey has ordered the commander of forces in Persia to ensure Americans are not molested. The directive came through a statement by the foreign affairs minister at Constantinople to the Swedish chargé d affaires.
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Turkey
Washington
Persia
Constantinople
Wilson Saves 10 Negroes From Death Sentences
Washington reports President Wilson commutes death sentences of ten African American soldiers tied to the Houston riot of August 28, 1917, reducing punishments to life imprisonment. The move follows the review of 29 death cases, with thirteen executions and six other cases affirmed.
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Washington
Houston
Tex
Wilson
War, Department
Speed up national selective service to reach 18 45yo by October
Washington on Thursday General Enoch Crowder provost marshal general urged immediate acceleration of the selective service system. Questionnaires will be sent to registrants before the drawing to set call priority and local boards should begin classification at once to mobilize men toward army cantonments by the end of October.
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Washington
Enoch Crowder
National
Selective Service
Crowder
U S Flyers Missing With the American Army in France
In September reports list Lieut Van Winkle Todd missing in action after his plane was shot down in France. Another aviation officer Lieut Henry F Hollis, son of Senator Hollis of New Hampshire, died by self-inflicted action in Dayton while stationed there. A separate dispatch from Saskatchewan notes a forest ranger's wife Edward Beatty killed after a kidnapping attempt.
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Lieut
van. Winkle
Todd Was
France
van Winkle Todd
Hues
Washington
Henry F. Hollis
Army Aviation Corps
Dayton
Senator Hollis
New Hampshire
Siai
Theodore
Saskatchewan
Edward Beatty
Forest
Reed
Iowa War News and Local Mobilization Notes
Winterset honors fifteen Madison County war heroes at a local service. Iowa postmasters will charge for installing and moving telephones, with Burleson leading the national system. Industrial orders to Davenport firms drop due to housing and transport shortages. A women’s section gang operates on the Charles City Western railway under foreman Old Reliable Bakr. Legislative committees meet in Des Moines to report next session.
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Winterset
Madison County
France
State Food Administration
Iowa
States
Burleson
United States
Davenport
Charles City Western
Fred Bakr
Frank . Gagne
Dubuane
Asa
Ida
Tama
Ida. County
Cornell
College At
Mt. Vernon
Chile
Mey
van Hom
Delaware
United
Des Moines
Buel ‘Administration
Washington
Will Gerya
United States Infantry
William
Coe
Cedar. Rapids
College
Drake University
Tes
Mo’nes
Dubuque
Dubuaie
Ellsworth
Iowa Falls
Grinnell
Iowa State
Ames
Cedar Falls
Lather
Detorah
Morne
City
Simpson
Ind
Vengeance Finds Pirate Captains Named by British Admiralty
In a London dispatch dated September 7, a British government note notes that the Admiralty has published names of captains commanding 100 German submarines involved in WWI actions. It cites officers such as Schweiger of U-26 and Wagenfirth of U-44, among others, with many listed as dead or prisoners. The briefing asserts many defendants expiated their crimes rapidly after commissions, and highlights instances of refuge in neutral shores for several captains. It includes specific sinkings such as Lusitania, Arabic, and various cargo ships, with references to hospital ships and other vessels.
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London
Lloyd George
House of Commons
Aapitan Tieutenant- Schweiger
Kapitan
Rudolph Schsei
Den
Admiralty
Samong
Nomet Ae
Magdan
Peng
Castillo
Ancona
Persia
William Werner
Kor
Yéetten Kapitan
Freiherr von Forstner
Faluba
Aguila
Rail workers total wage rise approved by McAdoo
About 1,000 railway workers across many grades receive wage increases ranging from 10 to 80 percent as directed by McAdoo. Garnishment of pay is forbidden to end debt. those who fail to pay will be dismissed, a measure aimed at protecting merchants from unpaid bills.
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Washington
United” “States
McAdoo
Rewards for First American Prisoner in Lorraine Toul
An order in the Toul sector offers 400 marks to the German soldier delivering the first American prisoner. A tougher warning aims to deter delays by threatening to send an entire regiment on patrol if prisoners fail to appear. Lieutenant Touchard, an instructor at Camp Borden, Ontario, died suddenly in Toronto after brain abscess operation. He was a notable tennis player.
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Lorraine
Toul
Touchard
Toronto
Semenoff Beats Red Army in Sept General
Semenoff defeats Red Army in a September general contest as Bolshevik forces engage in pivotal action affecting the political landscape. The outcome underscores shifting power dynamics and regional tensions within the era.
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Semenoff
Byubolshévik
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