Litchitsky Wins in New Fronts as War Shifts
Associated Press reports three major World War I advances. Italian forces seize Gorizia and cross the Isonzo with 10,000 prisoners taken. Russian troops under General Litchitsky capture Tysmienitsa, gain ground toward Lemberg, and claim 7,400 prisoners and 63 guns. British and French gains occur north of Pozieres and along a four mile front. Turks seize Bitlis and Mush as fighting continues in Armenia.
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Petrograd
Litchitzky
Tysmenietsa
Vorone
Galicia
Lemberg
Pozieres
Paris
Thiaumont
Armenia
Bitlis
Mush
Varskon
Kmijsk
Senesk
Khermanghan
Khanazan
Gorizia
Rome
Isonzo
Corso
Germany
France
Bremen Expected at New London
Bremen the German submarine Bremen is expected to arrive at New London Port at any time. The Eastern Forwarding Company, the American operator for the German submarine merchant line, has leased one year space on the new state pier for a large warehouse making New London the principal American terminal.
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New London
Conn
Bremen
Eastern Forwarding Company
New State Pier
Zeppelins Raid England Again Causes Casualties
London reports seven to ten Zeppelins in an early morning air raid. About 160 bombs dropped and twenty three people killed or wounded in the attack. Official statement released this afternoon.
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London
Ferguson Triumph Sustains Credentials Vote in Texas
Governor Ferguson extended his control at the Texas Democratic convention as the credentials committee vote passed 596 to 237. The majority platform plan endorsed by Ferguson’s camp. a minority push on petition signatures faced resistance. Adjournment looked likely after further platform work and officer nominations.
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Houston
Tex
Ferguson
Committee On
Committee On Permanent Organization
W. A. Hanger
Fort Worth
Pro
Col
J. F. Wolters
Warennes
Covention
Decker
W. M. Holland
N. G. Morris
Anderson County
Senator Hangar
General Crane
Hangar
Co. C. McDonald
Anti-Saloon League of
Ohio
Morris
E. A. Berry
Madison County
Tom Green
Hays
F. F. Hill
Denton
Wheat soars on Canada damage and US crop losses
Chicago wheat rises to new highs as government reports warn of black rust spreading in Canada and domestic crop losses raise demand. Sept at 1.44 1 2, Dec 1.48 8 8, with intraday spikes above 10 cents. Kansas City also shows wild early gains with May around 1.45 and Sept 1.36.
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Chicago
Board of Trade
Canada
Iowa
Kansas City
Weather for Tourists in Major Cities
Forecasts by The Light show St Louis at 74 degrees with clear skies and east wind. Chicago at 76 degrees with rain and northeast wind. Milwaukee 68 degrees cloudy with southeast wind and rain. Kansas City 74 degrees clear with southeast wind and warm. New York 76 degrees clear with northwest wind and cooler. Washington DC 78 degrees cloudy with northwest wind and cooler.
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ST. Louis
Chicago
Milwaukee
Wis
Kansas City
New York
Washington, D. C
Brandeis and Lane Aned on Mexican Board Formation
Acting Secretary Polk announced acceptance of Carranza’s proposal for a joint international commission to resolve border disputes and other U S Mexico relations issues. Lane to lead with Brandeis and a third commissioner to be named. withdrawal first, then protocol on future military operations.
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Washington, D. C
Polk
Carranza
International Commission
United States
Mexico
Lane
Interior Department
Brandeis
Supreme Court
Culberson Bonding Measure For Export To Mexico
The Culberson resolution to allow merchandise exported to Mexico to be stored in bonded warehouses until the Treasury Secretary deems safe for dispatch was favorably reported today by the Senate Finance Committee.
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Washington
Culberson
Mexico
Secretary of the Treasury
Senate Finance Committee
Refugees Reach U S Border From Chamal Colony
J H Johnson and wife Mrs Rhodes and five children from the marooned Chamal colony arrived at the border after a harsh journey. Johnson says their stock cattle chickens and farm tools were stolen. Forty seven colonists have reached the border with about the same number remaining in Mexico.
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Laredo
Tex
J. H. Johnson
Rhodes
Chamal
Mexico
Johnson
Explosion kills two at Inkerman coal mine
Gas in a shaft of a Pennsylvania coal company colliery at Inkerman killed two miners and severely burned three others. In Michele, B C, twelve men were reported dead with several missing after an explosion last night in No 3 mine, likely caused by a lightning strike on surface wires feeding the mine.
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Scranton
Pennsylvania Coal Company
Inkerman
Michele
B. C
No. 3
Danish steamer Oscar II brings 600 passengers to New York
The Danish steamship Oscar II arrived from Copenhagen with 600 passengers. British authorities at Kirkwall removed all mails except consular pouches from the ship.
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New York
Oscar II
Copenhagen
Kirkwall
Germans Seize Red Cross Supplies Amid Blockade
Amsterdam reports the Nord Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung cites a German government memorandum. Germany will not allow free passage of Red Cross supplies and orders naval forces to seize such goods for military use if encountered. Britain refuses to allow Red Cross passage through the blockade into Germany and Austria. England told the American government that this practice was forbidden in all past blockades.
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Amsterdam
London
Nord Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung
Berlin
Red Cross
Germany
Austria
England
Peronne Under Fire by French Big Guns
German sources report Peronne under heavy French artillery fire since yesterday, with a great conflagration scorching the city. The city hall sheltering art from the museum has been hit, destroying Italian and Flemish paintings and irreplaceable medieval silver, Celti coins, and medallions. many houses are burned and the fate of the late Gothic wood houses and St John’s Cathedral remains uncertain.
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Berlin
London
Peronne
Cathedral of St. John
Munitions Explosion Kills Dozen in East Prussia Depot
An ammunition depot explosion in Keonigsburg East Prussia on Monday killed thirty men and twenty women with fourteen others severely injured and fifty eight lightly hurt. A fire followed the blast but was soon controlled.
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Keonigsburg
East Prussia
Berlin
London
Streetcar Strikes End. Service Resumes Across New York
All city street car strikes are over and regular service returns in all boroughs. Amalgamated Association organizers push to bring subway, elevated, and BRT workers into the union. Officials decline on plans for demands but doubt another strike will be needed. Estimated cost to companies reaches $600,000.
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New York
Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway
Elevated
Brooklyn Rapid Transit
Chicago saloon licenses revoked for Sunday closing law
Thirty more Chicago saloon keepers are to lose their licenses for failing to close on Sundays. Mayor Thompson planned action today, following revocations of over twenty licenses in a campaign enforcing the Sunday closing law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Ill
Thompson
Italian Leader Killed as Monte San Michele Breakthrough
A Petit Parisien dispatch from the Italian front recounts the death of the attacking battalion commander during the assault on Monte San Michele. He cut a wire breach then fell, yet his action opened a passage for Italian troops into Austrian trenches.
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Paris
Monte San Michele
Petit Parisien
Girl shoots doctor in Wisconsin office killing him
Miss Helen Stewart, a teacher with strong community ties, fatally shot Dr. J. C. Barnesdale at his Superior, Wisconsin office with a revolver at close range. Stewart surrendered to officers and the physician was taken to a hospital with little hope of recovery. she said his refusal to lend money sparked her anger.
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Superior
Wis
Helen Stewart
J. C. Barnesdale
Stewart
Barnesdale
Miss Stewart
High priced rare dyestuffs from Deutschland
A New York circular lists some dyestuffs from the submarine Deutschland at 70 dollars a pound. The rare colors, not yet produced in the United States, will be shipped to regular customers to meet mill needs and not sold on the open market.
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New York
United States
Epidemic Claims 57 More Young Dead in New York
The infantile paralysis epidemic in New York claimed 57 deaths in the 24 hours ending 10 a.m. today and reported 183 new cases to the health department, marking a record for the outbreak.
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New York
Health Department
Railway Men Accept Offer of Mediation
The threat of a nationwide railway strike by 400000 railway employees was lifted as the railroad brotherhoods accepted mediation offered by the United States board of mediation and conciliation. The railroad managers conference rejected demands and the railroads sought federal tribunal mediation. The brotherhoods initially refused to join the appeal, leading to individual railroad appeals before the federal board, which then offered its services and received a favorable reply.
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New York
United States
United States Board of Mediation
National Conference of Railroad Managers
Federal Board
Brotherhoods
Army appropriation bill passes House for Wilson signature
The House adopted the conference report on the army appropriation bill totaling 5267,597,000. The measure, already approved by the Senate, is now ready for President Wilson's signature.
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Washington
House
Senate
Wilson
Litchitzky Advances in Galicia Capture of 7400 Prisoners
Petrograd reports General Litchitzky’s forces seized Tysmenietsа on the Vorone river and captured 7400 prisoners including 500 Germans and sixty three machine guns. He pushed toward Trumach and Ezerzany, cutting a key railway and threatening Stanislau as Austrian reinforcements arrive.
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Petrograd
London
War Office
Tysmenietsa
Galicia
Vorone
Litchitazky
Litchitzky
Count von Bothmer
Ezerzany
Trumach
Dniester
von Bothmer
Stanislau
Tysmienitsa
Buczacz
von Bother
Koropice
Brody
Zalocze
Sereth
French Gain Small Advances on Western Front
General Joffre’s methodical offensive continues its slow pressure on the western front. On the Meuse right bank General Neville expands in the Vaux-Chapitre-Les Chenois region with local success and holds Fleurys Thiaumont. German attacks in Thiausmont fail to dislodge French trenches as they press back toward notable positions. North of the Somme activity continues with limited gains and counter moves.
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Paris
Joffre
Meuse
Neville
Vaux-Chapitre-Les Chenois
Fleurys Thiaumont
Thiaus Mont
The
Somme
Itil FO Art
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Litchitsky
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Bruce McMahon
Hunt County
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Steens
Ween
Lane Aned
Pennsylvania
New York Lines
San Michele
Deutschland
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