Red Sox Break Through In Fourth In World Series Opener
Chicago Comiskey Park hosts the 1918 World Series opener as the Red Sox push across a run in the fourth inning. Boston’s Whiteman and McInnis drive in Shean and Scoring Whiteman on McInnis single. Cubs pitcher Flack, Merkle, and Vaughn hold the early defenses while Ruth and Bush observe from the sidelines.
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H. C. Hamilton
United Press
Comiskey Park
Chicago
Cubs
Red Sox
Babe Ruth
Joe Bush
Jim Vaughn
Phil Douglas
Hooper
Merkle
Vaughn
Shean
Whiteman
Killifer
Hollocher
Flack
McInnis
Mann
Paskert
Gape Mann
Pick
Boston
Hollacher
Scott
Thomas
Ruth
Agnew
Paskett
Balla
Kaiser's message on defending sacred soil and kultur
Telegraphed from Amsterdam the Kaiser hailed the German people’s resolve in the decisive battle against an enemy filled with hatred. He said they have unanimously decided to devote all their strength to defend sacred soil and kultur.
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Amsterdam
Dresden
German retreat threatens Hindenburg defenses in France
Reports indicate a potential vast German retreat as Allied advances threaten Cambrai Douai and the Hindenburg line. British and American forces pursue along the Lys salient while French troops press German flanks near Soissons and Noyon. Berlin confirms Vesle line withdrawals east of Soissons.
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Hindenburg Line
Lens
Nal Gune
Cambrai
Douai
Flanders
Armentieres
Soissons
Noyon
Sell Anything to Northwest With Star Wanted Ad
Promote your item to a large Northwest audience using a Star wanted ad. Call Main 600 to place the notice. You can have it charged.
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Northwest
Denouncing Draft Round-Up Sparks Senate Inquiry
Sen Johnson and allies denounce the New York draft sweep as a government failure to assume responsibility. About forty thousand men were arrested, most later freed, as Lodge urges holding votes until facts are learned and authorities are named. The debate cites alleged extra-legal action and wartime terror fears.
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Washington
New York
Senate
Lodge
Department of Justice
Crowder
Judge Advocate General
Johnson
Britain Threatens to Treat Bolsheviks as Outlaws
London warned it would declare Bolshevik government members international outlaws and seek instant redress for the attack on the British embassy in Petrograd. The official statement accuses Soviet authorities of orchestrating arrests of British and French subjects and notes the August 31 assault that killed naval attache Captain Cromle and desecrated his body.
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London
International
Great Britain
Petrograd
Cromle
Lewetzow Named Chief of Naval War Department
Amsterdam dispatch reports Capt. Von Lewetzow appointed chief of the naval war department headquarters. He previously led the light naval forces.
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Name von Lewetzow
HM Navy
Amsterdam
von Lewetzow
Naval War Department
Seattle Man Dies From Battle Wound
J. Robertson of Seattle serving with the Canadian forces died of wounds per casualty lists issued in Ottawa. A sale of wines in London raised 20 dollars per dozen for the British Red Cross from bottles washed ashore at Penzance from a torpedoed 1915 ship.
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Ottawa
Robertson
Penzance
Red Cross
London
Allies Press German Retreat Across Vesle Front
American and French forces push north of Soissons in a steady pursuit as bridging material rushes forward for Aisne crossings. Patrols and flot crossings occur across the Vesle with Bazoches Fismette and Vauxcere captured or held, while rear guards resist with machine guns on northern slopes.
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Fred 8S. Ferguson
United Press
France
Aisne
Olse-Aisne Canal
Chemindee Dames
Vesle
Soissons
Chemin Des Damen
Vauxcere
Blanzy
Bas Mieux
Bazoches
Fismette
Fismes
Bas. Meux
Veale
William Short Backs Reames in Heated Labor Speech
William Short president of the State Federation of Labor defended Clarence L. Reames, special assistant U S attorney general, against removal calls from the Central Labor Council. Short condemned the resolution as useless and unproven, saying organized labor does not defend a man who accuses the Liberty Loan of being a disgrace.
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William Short
State Federation of Labor
Central Labor Council
Clarence L. Reames
U. S
Organized Labor
Short
Council
Wilson
Theames
W. H. Kaufman
Hulet M. Wells
Central Labor Corncil
Thoroly
Germans to Make Final Stand Behind Hindenburg Line
British and French forces push toward the Hindenburg line from Arras to Soissons in a sweeping retreat for Germany. Observers expect a rapid withdrawal beyond the Belgian border to fortified Belgian cities including Liege Namur and Charleroi with a possible stand before winter.
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Belgium
Ypres
Roubaix
Tournai
Mons
Charleroi
Namur
Hindenburg
Arras
Solsons
Ludendorff
Liege
Mezieres
Maubeuge
Turkey protests Brest Litovsk treaties in Caucasus
Zurich dispatch says Turkey has sent a note to Berlin protesting supplementary Brest Litovsk agreements that damage Turkish interests in the Caucasus.
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Zurich
Turkey
Berlin
Brest Litovsk
Caucasus
French American forces push toward Aisne after Vesle breakthrough
Paris reports Gen Berthelot and American divisions launching a new operation around Rheims to trap retreating German forces. Vesle line now taken, allied troops advance toward the Aisne north of the Oise, with rapid progress near Ham and BerlanCourt. British repulse German counterattacks in Picardy as Ploegsteert changes hands.
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Paris
Berthelot
Rheims
Humbert
Mangin
Aisne
Hindenburg
Oise
Ham
Guiscard
Vesle
War Office
Les Venteaux
Jonchery
Liberty of Spanish Press Is Suspended
Madrid reports a royal decree suspends all guarantees for freedom of the press. Premier Dato is meeting with the king at San Sebastian to discuss the move.
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Madrid
Dato
San Sebastian
French Push Across Picardy Front Near St Quentin
Allied forces press the German line north of the Oise on the Picardy front with steady gains. French and American troops cross the Vesle and advance toward the Aisne while German defenses draw back toward Ham Berlancourt Dampicourt and the Chemin des Dames as fires burn from Rheims to Juvincourt.
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Paris
Oise
Picardy
St. Quentin
Ham
Berlancourt
Dampicourt
Guisecard
Bussy
Chauny
la Fere
Ailette
Vesle
Aisne
Rheims
Juvincourt
Nesle
Somme Canal
Vines
Offey
Clamecy
Braye
Sur-Aisne
Chemin Des Dames
British Recapture Ploegsteert and Hill 63 in Flanders
LONDON Sept 5 The famed Ploegsteert village two miles north of Armentieres in Flanders was retaken by the British under Marshal Haig. Hill 63 southwest of Messines also fell. About one hundred prisoners were taken. The Lys front remains in possession along Voormezeele Wulverghhem Ploegsteert Nieppe La Bassee and Givenchy with sharp fighting south of Messines.
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London
Ploegsteert
Flanders
Armentiers
Marshal Haig
Hill 63
Messines
Lys
Voormezeele
Wulverghem
Nieppe
la Vens Ue
Givenchy
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William Philip Simms
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Sensee
Ical
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Horne
Nieuport
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Charleville
Pont-a-Moissin
Eea
Foch
Lys Salient
Vesle River
United States
Prussia
Britain
Seattle
J. Robertson
Vesle Rievr
Wwe
Reames
Sommi
Nezieresg
Wotan
Queant
Coucy le-Chateau
Verdun
Marne
John de Gandt
Paris War Office
Hombleux
Esmery-Hallon
Vlavy le Meldeux
Teutons
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