Two sentenced in espionage and draft obstruction cases
W H Kaufman received five years in federal prison after a Olympia speech denouncing Liberty Loan bonds and claiming munition profits. Hulet M Wells drew two and a half years for drafting and distributing anti draft material urging resistance and mutiny. The Central Labor Council criticized the prosecutions and urged discharge of Assistant Attorney General Reames, prompting a loyalty debate among Seattle union labor.
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W. H. Kaufman
United States District Court
Olympia
Hulet M. Wells
Central Labor Council
Reames
British advance on Somme line steady despite rain
Dispatch from Lowell Mellett reports British forces pushing along a new Somme line from Arras region to south of the river with heavy fighting near Sapignes Behagnies and Mary four miles north of Bapaume. New Zealanders support flanks as Australian and Grenadier units press on Favreuil and surrounding strongholds.
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France
Somme
Arras
Hindenburg
Heinin
Cojeul River
Sapignes
Behagnies
Bapaume
Mary
Favreuil
British Drive Reaches Old Hindenburg Line Front Near Arras
Dispatches from London report a British breakthrough along the Scarpe sector driving to the old Hindenburg line. British forces reached the Wotan section near Monchy Le Preux and Guemappe with advances toward Arras and Albert. Casualties and prisoner counts rise as French and American units push other sectors.
Pacific Coast Steel workers strike delays shipyard output
About 1 200 to 1 400 steel plant employees walk out in Tacoma engaging in a wage scale dispute. The Metal Trades council and Amalgamated Association of Iron, Tin and Steel Workers say the strike targets stalled negotiations and would affect war production. managers cite a 68 percent wage demand since July 26 and warn the war labor board may intervene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pacific Coast Steel Company
Metal Trades Council
Amalgamated Association of Iron, Tin and Steel Workers
T. 8
Clinger
Steel Company
War Labor Board
United States
Pacific
Conference Committee of the
Thrus S. L. Boddy
J. von Carnop
United States Shipbuilding Labor Adjustment Board
Star Want Ads Highlight Homes And Autos
Yilovu will find it profitable to read The Star want ads every day. Good buys in homes and autos are featured to attract readers and buyers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yilovu
Star
Old Soldier Missing Relatives Worried In Everett Area
Henry Looney, an old soldier, vanished from his Henry station home on the Everett Interurban line Friday morning. Relatives fear he was picked up for a ride and got lost. He is about 5 feet 6 inches, 130 pounds, with grey hair and beard. Information to Capitol 3614.
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Henry Looney
Henry Station
Everett
Brick Road
Capitol
Yanks Gain In Thrust At Fismes Front
American troops advance 500 meters on a front of two kilometers east of Fismes seizing the Vesle railway position. They cross open ground under heavy machine gun fire to control the line on both sides of Fismes, with seven prisoners taken and continued patrols harassing German positions.
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France
Fismes
Vesle
Soissons-Rheims
Sermon Denounces Germany At New York Service
Rev. Mark A. Matthews of Seattle assailed Germany, the Kaiser, and its army at Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church. He urged execution for German leaders and submarine captains, called for Vatican exclusion from peace talks, and demanded dictated terms against Germany.
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New York
Mark A. Matthews
Seattle
Precedenta
Fifth Avenue Presbyterian
Germany
United States
Matthews
Vatican
Will Foch Press On To Break Hindenburg Line
British troops reportedly reach the Hindenburg line near Arras as allied writers debate whether Gen. Foch will push winter offensives or pause for a major next year offensive. Analysts differ on whether Ludendorff has gained lasting value from recent moves and if the Somme lines will hold.
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Hindenburg
Arras
Foch
Parix
Amiens
J. W. T. Mason
United Press
Tribune
Scarpe
Oise
Ludendorff
Somme
Senate Takes Up Man Power Measure Passed by House
The Senate begins final work on the man power bill after the House passed it, with a major fight anticipated over the work or fight amendment. The measure would keep government employees in a general exemption, with other changes likely to fail in the Senate. Passage could come late today or tomorrow.
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Senate
HOUSE
War Department
Sen
Hindenburg Struggles to Speed Retreat on Picardy Front
United Press war expert J W T Mason reports Von Hindenburg rushes reinforcements to the Picardy front to aid retreat. General Byng’s Cambrai offensives threaten the retreat and force German reserves into the line to avoid a rout. The Queant pocket is a critical weak point in the Hindenburg line as Bapaume falls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. T. Mason
United Press
New York
von Hindenburg
Picardy Front
Byng
Cambrai
Signe
Bapaume
Queant
Hindenburg Line
Wotan
Siegfried Line
Hindenburg
Quean
Japanese Troops Reach Zabaikal
Tokyo reports the vanguard of Japanese troops arrived at Zabaikal this afternoon amid an enthusiastic welcome. The railroad station was decorated with Japanese, Russian and Chinese flags as troops from the three nations paraded before the mayor and delegates before the vanguard proceeded to Manchuria.
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Tokyo
Zabaikal
Harbin
Nippon Dempo
Manchull
French Opening Way for New Advance Into Somme Region
Paris August 26 The French resumed large scale battle between the Oise and the Aisne pressing northward and aiming to outflank Coucy Le Chateau and push toward the Somme in the Simon region. Strong French forces crossed the Ailette and outflanked Coucy Le Château from the north as German resistance stiffened along the east of Bagneux.
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Paris
Oise
Aisne
Ailette
Noyon
Coucy-Le-Chateau
Somme
Simon
Coucys Le-Chateau
Bagneux
Soissons-Chauny
British Extend Drive Through Picardy and Arras Sector
British forces push north in Picardy attacking along the Scarpe river at 3 am and report good progress. Capture of Fraveuil announced as new gains on a front of over four miles. Warlencourt, High Wood, Martinpuich and Posieres fall. many villages and guns taken as patrols enter area. Rain hampers operations as line extends from Fampoux to Soissons with substantial territorial advances.
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Soissons
Lys Salient
Somme Salient
Hindenburg Line
Arras
Monchy
Ailette
London
Scarpe
Haig
Fraveuil
Bapaume
Third
Somme
Maricourt
Combles
Warlencourt
Albert
High Wood
Longueval
Martinpuich
Posieres
St. Leger
Baucourt
L'Abbaye
Contalmaison
Courcellette
Lapignies
Pys
Miraumont
Thiepval Ridge
Aisne
Fampoux
Monchy-Le-Preux
Duke Alexis Frustrated in Revolt Effort
Amsterdam reports Moscow dispatches stating a planned August revolt led by former Grand Duke Alexis aimed to disrupt dispatches to the Czech front. Eight leaders were executed and a revolt movement in Vologda and Vladimir was noted. Guards killed, inmates in stockades receive improved diets amid a strike over oatmeal mush.
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Alexis
Amsterdam
Moscow
Grand Duke
Alexieff
Vologda
Vladimir Viatheorel
Petrograd
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Roye
Fresnoy- Le-Roye
Guemappe
Cojal River
Wancourt
Neuville-Vit
Henriel and
Croiselles
Coast Steel Company
Dr. Matthews
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Ypres
Clermont
Avant
Ham
John DE Gandt
Champs
St. Mard
Au-Mont
Chavigny
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