Mount Vernon torpedoed off France with crew losses
Washington reports the Mount Vernon, former Kronprinzessin Cecilie, struck by a torpedo 200 miles off the French coast. Thirty five crew members were killed and passengers include Representative Richard Keldt. The ship, now a US transport, survived and was towed toward port.
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Mount Non
Mprintess
Cecilie
Navy Artment
Navy
Mount Vernon
Gieram
Adral Sims
United States
Ssengers
Richard Keldt
Missouri
Marines Receive Colors For Devil Dogs Training
Washington September 9 The Seventh regiment of marines under J Smedley Butler which soon is to earn the Devil Dogs fighting in France has been presented with a color of colors by Secretary Daniels at Quantico Va where they have training.
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Washington
Seventh Regiment of Marines
J. Smedley Butler
Ince
Donat Quantico
Prohibition Moves Upward As Beer Ends This December
Washington announces beer and malt liquor production to end December 1 as a war measure. The decision, made after talks among President Wilson and fuel food rail and war industries officials, aims to conserve grain fuel and transport resources for the war effort.
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United States
The
Food Administration
Wilson
Fuel, Food and Railroad Administrations
War Industries Board
Senate
House
Brandegee
Connecticut
Gerry
Rhode Island
Phelan
California
Pomerene
Ohio
Ransdell
Louisiana
Underwood
Alabama
Mount Vernon torpedoed returns safely to port
News from Washington reports the American transport Mount Vernon was torpedoed about 200 miles off the French coast but turned back and reached a French port safely. The ship, formerly the Kronprinzessin Cecilie, carried no military unit and likely a few civilians with the crew.
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Washington
Navy Department
Mount Vernon
Kronprincess
Cecelie
Cetfvilians
Bread trains to feed Italian prisoners in Austria
Rome reports bread trains will supply Italian war prisoners starving in Austria. Signor Bissolati, socialist minister of military assistance, says delegates of the Italian Red Cross accompany the trains to the Swiss frontier. Distributions occur at designated medicine and clothing depots to prevent thefts.
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Rome
Austria
Signor Bissolati
Red Cross
Liberty Motors Output Sets Weekly Record
Washington, Sept 9. The Liberty motors output topped 800 machines in the past week, breaking all previous records according to General March chief of staff and head of the house military affairs committee.
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Washington
Liberty Motors
House Military Affairs Committee
General March
W Wes Given 25 Years Reported for Rockford Case
Rockford Michigan September 9 Roy Dempekfod and Allen Wilson are listed in a report indicating a sentence of 25 years for a case involving the local area. Further details are incomplete in the fragment.
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W. Wes
Rockford, MI
Roy Dempékfod
Allen Wilson
Bomb Kills Four at Chicago Federal Building
A bomb exploded at the Chicago federal building and post office on Wednesday, killing four and injuring thirty. Authorities blamed the I W W for the act after 97 members were sentenced in the government war program case. William D Haywood was inside and questioned by officers.
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Chicago
Federal
Rhlame
Phillip’. Barry
Department of Justice
American Protective League
William D. Haywood
End of U S Volunteer Recruiting Implemented
Washington on September 6 reports General March ordered closing all army recruiting stations in the United States. Only new enlistments will be for men aged forty six to fifty six, limited to staff corps and departments.
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Washington
March
United States
Marek
Navy transports 260000 service personnel in August
American navy headquarters reports nearly 260000 men shipped overseas in August with about one third on American vessels. In Q2 destroyers from a US base escorted 121 troop convoys totaling 773 ships and 171 merchant convoys comprising 1063 ships.
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London
U-Boat Sinks U S Ship Lake Owens
The navy reports the American steamer Lake Owens, a 2308 ton army cargo carrier, was sunk by a submarine. Five civilian crewmen are listed as lost while all naval guard members were saved. The sinking occurred in foreign waters on September 3.
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Washington
Navy Department
Naval Guard
Americans and Allies Reach Finland by Special Train
Washington reports that American consuls allied mission members and civilian refugees who fled Russia on a special train have safely crossed into Finland. Consul Haynes at Helsingfors confirmed the crossing.
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Washington
Russia
Finland
Haynes
Helsingfors
Turkey Protects Americans Ordered by Turkish Commander
A fragment notes Turkey ordering protection for Americans with the Turkish commander in charge. The report references Washington and a Sept date but details are unclear about actions or scope.
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Turkey
Washington
United States Recognizes Czecho-Slovak Nation in War
Washington reports the United States has recognized the Czecho-Slovak peoples as a co-belligerent nation in the war against Germany and Austria-Hungary. Professor Masaryk met Secretary Lansing to receive formal notification of Wilson’s action as Britain France and Italy already did. Japan has implied recognition through its Siberian expedition role. The move carries major diplomatic significance for the peace conference and redrawing of eastern Europe.
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Washington
United States
Germany
Austria- Hungary
T. G. Masaryk
Wilson
Great Britain
France
Italy
Japan
America
Wilson Commutes Death Sentences of 10 Negro Soldiers
President Wilson commuted the death sentences of ten Black soldiers for their roles in the Houston riot of August 23, 1917, to life imprisonment. War Department announced the action, closing 29 death penalties in the case, with 13 executions already carried out and six other cases affirmed for murder.
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Washington
Houston
Tex
Wilson
War Department
Crowder Urges Speed Up of Selective Service Process
Washington reports General Enoch Crowder provost marshal general calls for immediate acceleration of the national selective service system. Questionnaires will be sent to registrants before drawing to set call order, and local boards urged to begin classification now to move men aged eighteen to forty five toward army cantonments by October.
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Washington
Enoch Crowder
National Selective Service
Army
Crowder
American flyer missing in France report
Lieut. Van Winkle Todd of the American aviation forces is reported missing in action. His plane was shot down behind enemy lines on August 12, during operations with the American Army in France.
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Lieut. van Winkle Todd
France
Lieut
van Winkle Todd
Son of Senator Ends Life in Dayton Air Base
Lieut Henry J Hollis of the army aviation corps died by his own hand at Dayton Ohio where he was stationed He was the son of Senator Hollis of New Hampshire who is en route to France to join the war effort.
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Washington
Henry J. Hollis
Army-Aviation Corps
Dayton
Senator Hollis
New Hampshire
France
Woman Slain in Theodore Saskatchewan Murder Shock
In Theodore Saskatchewan on Sept 9 Mrs Edward Beatty wife of the local chief was slain in a troubling incident. Police say no motive yet and investigations continue as the community reels from the fatal violence.
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Theodore
Saskatchewan
Edward Beatty
Vengeance Finds Pirate Captains
London reporting on Lloyd George's claim that at least 150 German submarine captains were destroyed or eliminated by the war at sea. The list includes U-20 commander Schweiger and others like Wagenfarr, Schneiden, and several who found shore refuge or escaped retribution.
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Lloyd George
House of Commons
Kapitan
Schweiger
Lusitania
Paul Wagenfahr
Rudolph Schneiden
Korvetten Kapitan
Max Faleitiener
Magdan
Pena Castillo
Anecona
Persia
Napitan
William Werner
Rail Workers Are Raised
Washington reports Director General McAdoo approved wage increases for nearly 1,000,000 railroad employees. Track laborers, watchmen, clerks and station agents gain 10 to 80 percent raises. garnishment of wages is forbidden, with any nonpayer risking dismissal to protect merchants.
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Washington
United States
McAdoo
German orders offer reward for first American prisoner
In Lorraine on September 6, orders captured by American troops in the Toul sector, signed by a German division commander, offer 400 marks to the German soldier who brings in the first American prisoner. A second order warns it may deploy an entire regiment if no American prisoners are produced.
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Lorraine
Toul
Tennis Star Lieutenant Touchard Dies After Brain Surgery
Lieutenant G. F. Touchard, an instructor with the Royal Air Force at Camp Borden, died suddenly in a Toronto hospital following brain abscess surgery. He was a prominent tennis player.
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Touchard
Toronto
Semenoff Beats Red Army at Harbin
General Semenoff leads antibolshevik forces after a victory at Harbin on September 9 as he presses his successful offensive against the Red Army.
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Semenoff
Red Army
Harbin
Antibolshevik
Midnight march and banana trade for the American doughboys
In a border town at night a Pullman train arrives as a marching column of American troops passes. A fruit stand helps feed the men, with a sergeant directing purchases of bananas for the patriotic fund, the last bunches tossed to the rear ranks.
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States
Uncle Sam
Berlin
Western Front
Patriotic Fund
Complete Family Record From Sugar Ledger Comments
Grocers tracking sugar sales per month record names addresses and more in customer ledgers. Women give information willingly, while grocers note that the system reveals the complete family history of their customers.
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Food Administration
Johnny
Susie
Washington Star
Inventor Shows Modern Armor For Soldiers
Rhode Island inventor Martin Je Jalian leads a group of makers re inventing the coat of mail. The steel armor surrounds the body from shoulders to thighs with two like parts fastened by straps and hooks to metal leg fittings. The inner surface of the armor remains to be described.
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Martin Je- Jalian
Rhode Island
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