Players seek bigger share of receipts halting World Series
At Fenway Park Boston on Sept 40 the Red Sox and Cubs refused to take the field until the National Commission ruled on readjusting the players share of World Series receipts. After a two hour strike no players appeared at 1 55. the commission claimed no authority to alter the proposed division. The delay paused amid crowd activity and a wounded soldier welcome in the stands while negotiations continued.
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Fenway Park
Boston
Mass
Red Sox
Chicago Cubs
National Commission
Boston Red Sox
McInnis
Herrmann
Stuffy McInnis
Nlaw
Rina Tee Penny Tenner
Leslie Mann
Cub
Oyée
Heremann
Blurcher
Mann
C. d Johnson
Leagee
Ruist
Ban Johnson
Garry Herrmann
Harry Hooper
Cubs
Johnson
Turkish Troops Move to Bulgaria Border Amid Pots of War
Information from a usually reliable source reports Turkey has deployed a large force to the Bulgaria border as tension rises over the division of wartime spoils between the two allies of Germany and Austria.
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Washington, D.C
Turkey
Bulgaria
Germany
Austria
Burian Suggests Peace View Exchange With Allies
Amsterdam reports Baron Burian Austro Hungarian foreign minister proposed a tentative exchange of views between central powers and the entente. Count Czernin favors a league of nations, stating most Germans desire lasting peace and Berlin officials may back the idea.
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Amsterdam
Baron Burian
Vienna
Count Czernin
Vienna Niene Frie Presse
League of Nations
Berlin
Fire destroys Tarly Hale area shops in early morning blaze
A fast spreading fire in Ixglly City near Kelly, Field damaged seven establishments between 9 30 and 10 80 oclock Tuesday. Browning King & Company suffered about 40 000 in losses. the Liberty Theater and Moving Picture Show burned completely. Firefighters from Kelly Biete and San Antonio battled the blaze, aided by tight water supplies and high winds. Other losses included the Sparks Gallery and the jewelry store of E Hyrington.
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Ixglly City
Kelly, Field
Shelly Field
San Antonio
Vine City Road
Browning-King & Company
Army Clothing Outfitters
Liberty Theater
Moving Picture Show
Cardenas & Riving Investment Company
J. CG. Thrrington
Ke Home Kitchen
Pire Minsher McNeel
Browneing-King & Company
Browning-King Company
Nnt
Fire Department
Kelly Biete
Goeth
Compan Os
Tt 6
Wegel
Kelly
Phanu-Orsan
Me Cals
A. Dreiffer
IS. Quick
A. E. Stumberg
E.G. Hyrington
Mrs Stokes Fined at Debs Trial Opening
In Cleveland on September 10 Judge Westenhaver fined seven defendants who testified yesterday in the Debs trial opening. Rose Pastor Stokes Mrs Margaret Prevey and four others were fined 29 dollars each while Sid and Mrs Stokes and Mrs Prevey initially threatened jail as a principled stand but were dissuaded by friends.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Westenhaver
Debs
Rose Pastor Stokes
Margaret Prevey
Frid
Sid
Stokes
U-Boat Sunk Off Atlantic Coast Involving U S Vessel
A report arrives at the Navy Department claiming an American tanker has sunk nine German submarines in a single engagement off the Atlantic coast. The information is under investigation and its reliability is being checked.
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Washington, D.C
Atlantic
Navy Department
Col H R Lewis Receives French Croix de Guerre
Lieut Col H R Lewis son in law of John Blocker, longtime San Antonio resident, earned the Croix de Guerre for indefatigable zeal and good judgment while serving with the 1st Division A E F. The decoration was awarded in August, with Mrs. Lewis and two daughters living with the Blocker family during overseas service.
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Robert H. Lewis
John Ry. Blocker
Lewis
John ER. Blocker
West Mistletee Avenue
Accu
Jenel
Ag Liawon
10Th Army Corps
San, Antonio
France
Mangin
Lewis His
San
Marne
Sadie Blocker
Chateau Vhierry
Tader
Aisne
Dual Monarchy Deeply Impressed by Allied Gains
Zurich dispatch reports Austria Hungary reacting strongly to Entente advances on the Western Front. The departure of Austrian troops from Vienna sparks riotous scenes as thousands of women protest at railway stations against the men leaving.
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Vienna
London
France
Zurich
Evening Star
Vieni
German Front Divisions Shrink as War Presses Manpower
Washington reports a severe manpower shortage in the German army with seven divisions on the western front disbanded. Only 195 German divisions remain, just 16 of which have not fought heavily this year, while eight divisions show quartered strength drops. In Canada, Robert Barr, son of the novelist Luke Sharpe, is reported killed in France on August 27.
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Washington
D. C
Toronto
Robert Barr
Luke Sharpe
France
Two Alfa Flier Fatal Morning Crash Near Fort Worth
Two Army fliers linked to Carruthers Field die when their airplane crashes north of Fort Worth. Lieutenant Stephenson of Bristol Connecticut, chief of the fosterers, claimed a silver loving cup in Dallas air meet. Lieutenant Keeling, active in the Oklahoma City air event, also perishes in the accident. The cause remains undetermined.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Stephenson
Wicler
Keeling
Dallas
Carruthers Field
Lristol
Conn
Fostruelors
Carruthers
Susuth
Phos
Lieutenward Keeling
Oklahoma City
Cruel Snare With Kitten Used To Lure British Troops
Sept 10 report from Landin describes Allied actions with the Fourth Army in a ruined town where a kitten nailed by its forepaws to a door was used as bait for troops. A hidden explosive detonated as a soldier tried to free the animal, killing the man and injuring others.
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Press Publishing Co
New York Evening World
Landin
Doar
Roche
Americans Press On Aisne Front Amid Heavy Rains
American infantry advanced at points from Glennes to Vic-sur-Aisne under sultry sun and heavy artillery fire. Despite German shells on Fismes and Bazoches, U S troops pressed forward from plateau ravines as commanders aimed to clear ground south of the Aisne while machine gunners held strong positions on La Petite Montagne.
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Associated Press
Aisne
Vesle
Glennes
Vicil- Arey
la Petite Montagne
Fismes
Bazoches
Tan Petite Montagne
Dlasec
British Gains In France Amid Heavy Rain And Mud
British and Australian forces press forward amid relentless rain and mud near Nieppe and Tresmescourt. German counterattacks are repulsed as artillery and frontline advances tighten the gap toward the Hindenburg line. The landscape remains a shell-torn maze slowing progress and complicating consolidations.
French make gains near La Fere and St Quentin in WWI drive
Paris reports important progress on the southern Hindenburg line with the capture of Liez Fort and surrounding woods northeast of Liez and near La Fere. French advances also include Remigny Montescourt Lizerolles Clastres Seraicourt le Grand Ropy and Etreillers within striking distance of St Quentin.
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Paris
la Fere
St. Gobain Massif
Paris War Office
Liez
St. Gobain
Oise
Remigny
Montescourt-Lizerolles
Clastres
Seraicourt-le-Grand
Ropy
Etreillers
St. Quentin
Laufiaux
Chemin-des-Dames
Glennes
Aisne
Gibercourt
Linacourt
Essigny de-Chand
French War Office
French Advances Near La Fere and St Quentin Threaten German Strongholds
Canadian Press reports rapid French gains along the Hindenburg line in the La Fere and St Quentin sector. French forces close to La Fere within two miles and near St Quentin within three and a half miles, with major progress against St Gobain and Laon defenses.
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St. Quentin
Fi Fere
Hindenburg Line
la Fere
A Fere
St. Gobain
Laon
Tey
Servais
la Vere
Petain
St. Gobuin
Neaver
Jauffaux
Lion
Crozat
la Mere-St. Quentin
fissigny-le-Grand
Somme
Etreillers
Ronpy
Ea Fere Cape
Lien Cort
Liex
French close in on Vosges bases in World War I push
Reported Allied forces in France cross the Crogat Canal advancing with strong support to seize key positions north of the Oise. Humbert's units push to encircle St Quentin with Fort Liege and approaches near Lait expected to shape forthcoming operations.
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Associated Press
Reach
France
Crogat Canal
Lake de St. Quentin
Vise
Liex
Oise
Etreviller
Roupy
St. Quentin
Humbert
la Pere
Mozieres
St Lait Ant
Fort Liez
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