Allies Sweep Up New Towns on Western Front
Paris dispatch reports the Allied advance across the Western Front from 1 to 31 August, with 128,302 enemy captives and 2,674 officers taken. Allied losses include 2,069 guns, 1,734 trench cars, and 13,783 machine guns as American and French forces push near Laon Soissons and Flanders. British troops press toward LeHavre region, recapturing ground and forcing German withdrawals.
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Paris
West Front
France
Marshal Foch
Chemin Des Dames
Soissons
Flanders
Voormezeele
Belgian
Laon
Haig
Scarpe
Peronne
Lenine Dies Reported In Copenhagen Dispatch
News from Copenhagen reports Bolshevik leader Nikolai Lenin dying from wounds received in Moscow. A girl revolutionist Dora Kahien is arrested on charges of shooting Lenin. Kahien, born in Kiev, has long been linked to revolutionary terrorism. The report cites Petrograd dispatches but confirmation is uncertain.
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Copenhagen
Nikolai Lenine
Russia
Petrograd
Moscow
Dora Kahien
Lenine
Kiev
Nikefas
Five Thousand Revolutionists Arrested in Moscow
Dispatches from Moscow report five thousand social revolutionaries arrested and sentenced to death amid rising tension with the Soviet government. Moscow streets are under guard as troops patrol and residents stay indoors.
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Amsterdam
Moscow
Semenoff’s Troops Take Russ Stations
London reports Gen. Semenoff’s cavalry captured Hadabular Chinadant Daluchesi and Tharakal stations. Dispatches say the enemy is retreating across the Onon river.
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Semenoff
London
Semenoffs
Hadabular
Chinadant
Daluchesi
Tharakal
Harbin
Onon River
New Czech Forces Fight in Siberia
Harbin Manchuria reports say allied troops at the Manchurian border boost Czech prisoners in Central Siberia. Czechs have attacked Bolsheviks who are retreating to Petrovsky Kiakhtka.
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Harbin
Manchuria
Manchurian
Siberia
Petrovsky
Kiakhtka
U S Troops Enter Battle in Siberia
Vladivostok dispatch states American troops entered the fight against Bolsheviks on the Ussuri front on Tuesday August 27 as announced locally amid the Siberian campaign.
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U. S
Siberia
Vladivostok
Ussuri
Thousands of Tolers Parade and Picnic in Seattle Labor Day
Labor Day events drew thousands of union workers in Seattle. A monster parade of 50 000 to 60 000 workers marched from Seventh and Pike to Woodland Park, with 144 organizations in 88 sections, banners and Red Cross floats, then an afternoon picnic and sports program at Woodland Park featuring a baseball game between Bremerton and Skinner and Eddy workers, tug of war, and races. Louis F. Post, assistant secretary of labor, will be keynote speaker at the Arena, promoting arbitration and conciliation.
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Seventh and Pike
Union
Third Ave
Prefontaine Pl
Washington St
Washington
Second Ave
Woodland Park
Reenerten
Skinner & Eddy
Lous F. Post
Seattle
Red Cross
Liberty Loan
Central Labor Council of Bremerton
Louis F. Post
Wilson
Pacific Coast
Bremerton
the Park
The Mooney Case Explains Why Fate Becomes National Issue
The Star begins an unbiased series detailing Thomas J. Mooney's impending fate. It explains why Wilson granted a new trial, the international protests against hangings, and labor’s stake in the case as a pivotal national issue.
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Wilson
Labor
German view of American labor shifts as U S soldiers reach France
A corroding wartime report from a correspondents describes German belief US workers would sabotate and fail to support a war effort. It notes German officials and press now admit misjudging American labor and acknowledge over a million American soldiers in France and strong labor support.
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United States
France
U. S
Europe
Atlantic
Mayor Hanson to speak on car case at arena tonight
Mayor Hanson slated to address a Labor Day demonstration at the Arena in Seattle. Louis F. Post will be principal speaker on labor issues with Hanson expected to discuss the street car situation. Capt. J. F. Blain urged immediate steps to improve street car service for shipyard workers and civic ownership of public utilities was proposed to include traction lines and gas system.
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Hanson
Arena
Seattle
Louis F. Post
Secretary of Labor
J. F. Blain
Shipping Board
Tang Hui Lung Chinese education minister slain
Victoria B C September 2 Tang Hui Lung Chinese minister of education and brother of Admiral Ting Fhi Ah Ming was murdered by a Chinese barber in a local Sunday night incident. The barber died by suicide after the killing.
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Hui Lung
Ting Fhi Ah Ming
War Department
Peking
Japanese Losses Sums in Ussuri River Fight
Gen Semenovs anti Bolshevik troops captured Dauria on the Ussuri river while Japanese forces seized Simakovka east of Lake Hanka. Reported today the enemy left 00 dead at Simakovka. Fifty Japanese killed and 120 wounded in the battle.
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Tokyo
Seattle Shipyard Workers Urged to Aid National Needs
A dispatch urges shipyard workers to prioritize national needs over local Seattle problems, stressing that the nation's requirements take precedence. The message highlights unity and wartime effort guiding labor at the yard.
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Seattle
Labor to Get What It Earns Declared in Daniels Talk
In Indianapolis on Labor Day Secretary of the Navy Daniels told workers American patriotism and confidence in victory rest on loyal toilers. He warned postwar life will differ with new duties and opportunities, and that what labor earns will enter its pockets.
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Daniels
Indianapolis
Workers of America
French artillery author General Brugiere dies at 77
Paris Sept 2 Gen Brugiere author of many artillery tactics books is dead at 77 after serving in the French army since 1870.
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Paris
Front of the Enemy Shakes as Allied Forces Advance
Dispatch reports German resistance faltering under relentless French British and American bombardment. Allied pursuit tightens from Flanders to Soissons as Mangin and Humbert push toward the Oise and La Fere, threatening Von Der Marwitz's lines and jeopardizing the Noyon salient.
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Paris
Flanders
Soissons
Germany
de Ludendorff
Noyon Salient
von Huter
Mangin
Humbert
Oise
Chauny
la Fere
Ludendorff
French Americans advance toward Laon near Hindenburg line
Paris dispatch reports French American troops pushing east from the Ailette towards Laon with woods along the Chauny rail line occupied. They threaten positions on the Aisne tablelands and push along the Soissons to St Quentin road. more Austrian prisoners taken near Coucy.
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Paris
Coucy-Le-Chateau
Hindenburg Line
Laon
Hindenburg
Ablette
Chauny
Soissons
Coucy Woods
Somme Canal
Court
Rouy
Ailette
Mont
Paris War Office
Seattle Labor Parade Showcases Unity in War Effort
Hundreds of union workers led a vast White Saturday parade in Seattle with banners attacking rent hogs and praising Uncle Sam. Boilermakers shipbuilders and helpers formed the largest contingent as shipyard workers marched, while Red Cross and savings stamps floats marched amid cheers from spectators.
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Red Cross
Kaiser Bill
Uncle Sam
Seattle
Mooney
Union
Kaiser
Bam
War Industries
Want Unfulfilled Message to Northwest Audience
An invitation urges readers to submit unfulfilled wants to The Star for broad Northwest reach or drop a copy at Bartell's 610 Second Ave for publication.
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Northwest
Bartell’s
Second Ave
Fochs Troops Press On In Flanders Front
British Haig reports Neuve Eglise and Sailly-Saillisel captured with Canadians breaking the Drocourt-Queant switch on a two mile front. Australians take Peronne. Americans reach Voormezeele near Ypres. Heavy fighting between Doury and Etaing. seven enemy divisions identified. Mont St Quentin secured. Peronne surrounded. Kemmel front shortened.
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London
Neuve Eglise
Flanders Zone
Haig
Sailly-Saillisel
Arras-Cambrai
Drocourt-Queant
Hindenburg
Doury
Cagnicourt
Picardy
Peronne
Voormezeele
Ypres
Etaing
Cambrai
Arras
Norevil
Bapaume
Viller-Au-Flos
le Transloy
Bapaume-Cambrai
Deugny
Mont-St. Quentin
Bullecourt
Hendrecourt
Spain to Take German Ships in Spanish Ports
Madrid reports government is to take over all German steamships in Spanish ports following a note to Berlin. The sinking of the steamer Ataz-Mendi carrying coal from England is cited by Foreign Minister Dato as the latest Spanish vessel sunk by a German submarine.
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Madrid
Spain
Berlin
Ataz-Mendi
England
Dato
Brusiloff Arrest Report Across Moscow Patch
Amsterdam reports Gen. Brusiloff former commander in chief of the Russian armies has been rested on suspicion of links to counterrevolutionary ties in Russia. A Moscow patch notes the arrest while a Berlin dispatch claims guards have killed the one mentioned in the report.
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Brusiloff
Russia
Moscow
Berlin
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Rawlinson
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