Court halts eight as Uhr seeks police confirmation test
Commissioner Uhr secures a temporary injunction against seven police department members and Mayor Brown, blocking specials from serving as regular officers. Judge Tayloe sets a hearing for next Monday. Uhr argues most officers lack council confirmation and that only the commissioner should nominate police.
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Uhr
S. G. Tayloe
Fortyfifth District Court
Brown
Tayloe
J. W. Caruthers
L. Anderson
Delaney
Joe White
Lonnie
Ll. Eckrdt
Adolph F. Kohr
Lambert
W. F. Ezell
Fourth Court of Civil Appeals
Police Department
Anderson
Crow
Kohr
Caruthers, White
J. PD. Dodson
Steves
Ezell
Chr
Fire and Police
Treaty to Purchase Danish West Indies Favored by Senate Panel
Washington September 5. The treaty for buying the Danish West Indies for 25 million dollars was favorably reported to the Senate today by the foreign relations committee by a unanimous vote of those present. It will be reported later today.
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Washington, D. C
Danish West Indies
Senate
Foreign Relations Committee
Pershing Seeks A S Campsite For Expeditionary Troops
Rumor claims Brigadier General John J. Pershing visited Deming New Mexico to choose a campsite for troops likely to be withdrawn from Mexico. The conjecture rests on Funston’s withdrawal recommendation and Deming’s ideal transport links and facilities.
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John J. Pershing
Deming
N. M
Mexico
General Funston
War Department
Pershing
United States
Masked robber robs theater managers in Oklahoma City
In Oklahoma City at the Liberty theater a lone masked intruder robbed manager H. W. McCall and musical comedy manager G. Hoag of 400 dollars after a performance. He fled through the balcony audience to a fire escape and disappeared. no arrests yet.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Liberty Theater
H. W. McCall
G. Hoag
McCall
Rail workers to oppose Adamson eight hour law
Chicago Sept. 5 Employes of railroads beyond the four brotherhoods plan a strong fight against the Adamson eight hour law. Robert T. Frazier of the Nashville Chattanooga and St Louis line says he has many signers on a petition to Congress protesting the law which he says affects four hundred thousand men while ignoring 1,500,000 other railroad workers.
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Chicago
Four Brotherhoods
Robert T. Frazier
Nashville
Chattanooga & St. Louis
Congress
Balloonist Dies After Parachute Fails
Murphysboro reports W. A. Norton of Franklin Indiana, balloonist, killed on Labor Day after falling from 1000 feet when the parachute failed to open. He used two chutes, the first opened, he released and plunged to his death.
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Murphysboro
W. A. Norton
Franklin
Ind
Labor Day
Norton
Weather forecast for San Antonio and vicinity
San Antonio and nearby areas see clear skies tonight and Wednesday. Light winds and mild temperatures expected with no precipitation. Highs near the upper 70s and lows around the 50s to 60s.
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San Antonio
Home Weather for Tourists Forecasts by The Light
St Louis 74 clear with 12 mile southerly wind fair and cool low 4 Chicago 68 rain 22 mile south wind rain likely Wednesday low 66 Milwaukee 66 cloudy 19 mile east wind likely showers low 62 Kansas City 74 clear south wind fairer cooler low 74 New York 68 cloudy 26 mile southwest wind showers likely low 62 Washington 70 partly cloudy 6 mile south wind showers likely low 64
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ST. Louis
Chicago
Milwaukee
Kansas City
New York
Washington
Bayonets Face German Guards in Ginchy Guillemont Somme Clash
British and German forces fought through Guillemont and Ginchy on the Somme as bayonet to bayonet charges met massed counterattacks. British gains included prisoners while heavy rain drenched the field and artillery dominated the battle.
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Ginchy
Somme
Guillemont
Woman's Reserve Ambulance Corps mobilizes sixty four trained drivers
Mrs Kilroy Kenyon, an American organizer, arrives in New York from England and recounts the corps work in the United Kingdom. She notes sixty four women chauffeurs are fully trained and ready for front service handling ambulances or heavy motor trucks for supplies and munitions, with members wearing uniforms similar to hers.
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Kenyon
Ginchy Conflict Deepens As Forces Rally Amid Ruins
Reporters describe a tense battlefield around Ginchy with both sides reinforcing while guns fall silent to avoid friendly fire. British troops cling to the sunken road as rain drenches the area and aviators scout overhead amid a chaotic, ruined landscape.
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Guillemont
Aroun Lalfemont Farm
U. S. Watches Japan on China Crisis
Diplomatic officials monitor rising tension between Japan and China after clashes near Cheng Chiatun. Concern grows that Japan seeks broader control in inner Mongolia, threatening open door policy and Chinese sovereignty, with possible implications for U S rights in China.
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Washington, D. C
Japan
China
Cheng Chiatun
United States
Peking
Inner Mongolia
Manchuria
None Fatally Hurt After Grandstand Collapse at Welsh-White Fight
Colorado Springs reports show eight people still in hospitals with broken bones and several more with scratches and bruises after a grandstand collapse at the Welsh-White bout. Investigations continue while blame remains undetermined.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
Zeppelin raid damage confirmed in southeastern counties
London Sept 5. An official government statement said a second Zeppelin was badly damaged in Saturday night’s raid on the English southeastern counties in addition to one destroyed. An important part of an enemy airship was picked up in the eastern counties and the ship undoubtedly suffered severe damage from gun fire.
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London
United States Steel Clocks New Market High At Open
New York September 5 United States Steel opened strong with 10 000 shares trading at 98 to 98 and a half. The high equals 100 3 4 after dividend adjustments. Merchants Marine preferred and Kelly Springfield Tire also hit fresh highs as relief over the railroad strike settlement spreads gains through the market.
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New York
United States Steel
Mercantile Marine Preferred
Kelly-Springfield Tire
President Wilson Rejoices Over Nationwide Receptions
President Wilson travels by special train through Kentucky West Virginia and Virginia as crowds cheer. He declines to speak on tour, visits Hodgenville Lincoln birthplace and Winchester, and plans to address the Woman's National Suffrage Association in Atlantic City before a month away from Washington.
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Huntington
W. Va
Wilson
Washington
Kentucky
West Virginia
Virginia
Atlantic City
N. J
Woman's National Suffrage Association
Long Branch
Carlos E. Hughes
Lexington
Hodgenville
Abraham Lincoln
Winchester
Leopold of Bavaria Praises Russians Before War Front
German eastern front leaders express confidence that Roumania’s entry will not alter the outcome. Crown Prince Leopold of Bavaria calls Roumanians in a bad position and vows they will be defeated if more join, while officers dismiss threats and praise Russian bravery before Baranovichi fortifications.
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Berlin
London
Crown Prince
Leopold of
Bavaria
Associated Press
Roumania
Prince Leopold
Marshal von Hindenburg
Baranovichi
Russia
Leopold
United States
Germany
Baranovichi Front
Hoffman
Leopold, Hoffman and Company
British Commander Casement Arrives in New York
Commander John Casement of the British Navy arrives in New York from Bermuda en route to London. Relative of Roger Casement, he once commanded the Highflyer when it destroyed the Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse off Africa. He is said to seek promotion by King George.
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New York
John Casement
Roger Casement
London
Bermuda
Highflyer
Africa
England
George
River Steamer Volcano Sinks Near Warrior River
The river steamer Volcano one of the largest in Alabama sank early today in the Warrior river near lock No. It was towing coal barges to Mobile and owned by the De Bardela ben Coal Company of Birmingham. It is not known whether any lives were lost, nor how the vessel was sunk.
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Mobile
Ala
Warrior River
Lock No
de Bardelaben Coal Company
Birmingham
Somme battle and Balkan advance reported
Berlin reports wide Somme front fighting as Entente thrusts scour eight miles of front south of the river. German forces concede loss of Chilly. Meanwhile German Bulgarian army drives into Romania as Tutrakan bridgehead falls and Dobric is seized.
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Berlin
London
Somme
France
Chilly
Ftoumania
Tutrakan
War Office
Dobric
Somme Battle Rages as Allied Gains Reported
London dispatch reports intense Somme fighting with French and British forces striking northward gains despite strong German counterattacks. Official statements cite capture of Leuze Wood Falfemont farm and the near completion of the second German line from Mouquet farm to the French junction, with over 1000 prisoners taken since September 3 amid continuous rain and aerial activity.
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London
Lemont Village
Leuze Wood
Falfemont Farm
Somme
Mouquet Farm
Falfemont
Ginchy
Roumania
Dobrudja
Bessarabia
French Hold 29 Towns On Somme Front
Paris reports the capture of Soyecourt and Chilly plus 27 other villages since the Somme offensive began. French attacks on Barleux failed early, then a westward move was attempted. German counter assaults north of the Somme were repulsed with heavy losses. Macedonian front sees comparative quiet with no infantry action.
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Paris
Soyecourt
Somme
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Adamson
Trones Wood
Second Base
Army
Orman
YRS
Kilroy Kenyon
Guillémont
U. S
Tokio
U. S. Steel
Mr. Wilson
Teuton
Valent
Kovel
THE
French War Office
Leuzewood
Falemont
Vladimir-Volynski
Carpathians
Caucasus
Rou
Tay
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