Five Negro Soldiers Hanged At Fort Sam Houston
Five members of Company J, 24th United States Infantry were hanged at daybreak Tuesday on the Fort Sam Houston reservation for crimes during the Houston riot of August 23, 1917. President Wilson approved the death sentences after review. ten others were commuted to life imprisonment.
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24Th
United States Infantry
Fort Sam Houston Military Reservation
Houston
Tex
Wilson
Southern Department
Judge’ Advocate
Twenty-fourth
Fort Sam Houston
Third Infantry
Babe Collier
Thomas McDonald
James Robinson
Joseph Smith
Albert D. Wright
George 8. Hunter
Port Leavenworth
Rhe
Black
Fort Leavenworth
Cornis
Robert Tillman
John Dieter
James H. Mitchell
John H. Gould
Henry J. Chenault
Edward Porter, Jr
Robert Smith
Hezekiah
Warner
Quiller Walker
Charlie Banks
Lower
Camp Logan
J. A. Ryan
Washington
Bridal tour ends in arrest after three state chase
Ogden Utah Sept 17 Oliver Dressler of Miami Oklahoma and his 1 year old bride are under arrest after a chase through three states in a car allegedly stolen in Miami on August 17. Oklahoma City police Chief J O Lang and car owner J Y Cox traced the pair 2000 miles to Ogden and will return them to Miami.
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Ogden
Utah
Oliver Dressler
Miami
Okla
J. O. Lang
Okmulgee
J. Y. Cox
Weather Roundup For Major Cities
San Antonio and vicinity report tonight partly cloudy and warmer with light winds. St Louis clear and calm with a low of 60 and high of 53. Chicago clear 69 with light west winds and high 66. Kansas City clear 65 with a low around 62 and high 64. New York cloudy 66 with southwest wind and high 74. Washington cloudy 68 with light south wind and low near 40.
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San Antonio
Kentle
St. Louia
Chicago
Kansas City
Yorks
Wansington
Claudy
Lwet
Red Cross Conference in San Antonio Emphasizes Obedience
The Red Cross Southwestern Division holds a Tuesday morning conference at the St Anthony Hotel with George W. Simmons stressing strict obedience to national regulations. Speakers outline goals to standardize work, align branches, and expand member understanding ahead of the Christmas roll call.
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George W. Simmons
Red Cross
St. Antohny Hotel
Southwesteras
San Antonio
Ue “Ntional
Robert J. Harding
A.M. Fischer
Pinny and
Ay. Simmons
Bertrand Stevens
A. W. Seeligsan
America
Southwest Flexus
Stee C House
Morgan
Bureau of Development
H. Ms Morgan
Simmons
Red Cross Organization
National Council of the Red Cross
United States rejects Austria peace terms clearly
The United States government under President Wilson rejected Austria-Hungary's peace proposals in a brief note conveyed via the Swedish envoy. Secretary Lansing delivered the reply, stating there can be no conference on terms beyond Wilson's plainly stated position, signaling continued opposition to the Central Powers.
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Washington, D. C
United States
Austria-Hungary
Lansing
Wilson
Austria-l
Austria
America
Legation
State Department
Ekengren
Dis Jon Af
Baron Burian
Lieutenant Richard H. Graham Killed in France by Grenade
Lieutenant Richard H. Graham of Company 800th Infantry was killed in France August 27 by an accidental grenade explosion. His wife Marion Seymour Graham received the notification from Washington. He was a Vanderbilt graduate and former Leon Springs officer candidate who went to France with the 106th Division. He married in 1917 and resided at 1217 Garden Street with his parents.
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Richard H. Graham
France
Marion Seymour
W.T. Seymour
Washington
Graham
Garden Street
Leon Springs
Tle
Travis
Y6th
Jane
Vanderbilt University
Nashville
Tennessee
M Seymour
Tfoster Graham
Augusta
Georgia
309Th Cavalry
Edgar Graham
Pennensee National Guards
American War Secretary Baker Sees U S Troops in France
London report says Secretary of War Baker praised American troops after witnessing fighting near St Mihiel though he will return to London for talks with allied authorities. He recounted a hill view of the bombardment and German prisoners treated by Americans as seasoned veterans. Meanwhile a Missouri strike halts 120 shopmen on the Missouri North Arkansas Railroad, idling the line for 36 hours as wage parity with government controlled roads is demanded.
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London
Newton Dr. Baker
France
Baker
St. Mthig
Joplin
Missouri North Arkansas Railroad
Harrison
Ark
German Press Denies Vienna Peace Note Move
German press comments blame Austria for the Vienna peace note and warn that Berlin will follow orders from the foreign office. Analysts discuss defensive strategy, eastern warfare, and fears of renewed action in the east while a powder plant accident in Birmingham, Alabama, leaves three dead.
Allied Forces Push Fronts in France and Macedonia
British and French troops advance near Lens Ypres and St Quentin, with aerial raids and heavy German bombardment south of Metz. In Macedonia, Serbian and French offensives seize ridges, take 8000+ prisoners, and reach Koziak as Bulgarian and Austrian units aid the Germans. Paris reports gains near Sancy with 600 prisoners and artillery taken.
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Ypres
Rheims
Lens
St. Quentin
Leverquier
Laon
Metz
Hindenburg Line
Macedonia
France
Douai
Moselle
London
Haig
le Verguier
Gradeshnitza
Monastir
Koziak
Pershing reports local combats and artillery activity in Lorraine
General Pershing's communique notes enemy prisoners taken and increased artillery and air activity in the St Mihiel sector. Dispatches from Lorraine cite minor patrol raids near Haumont northwest of Thia court. Monday was the quietest day on the American front since the drive opened.
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Washington
D. C
St. Mihiel
Pershing
Associated Press
Lorraine
Haumont
Thia
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Philadelphia Public Ledger
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