Bridgeport Strike Threat Brings War Labor Board Action
President Wilson warned striking workers in Bridgeport Connecticut they must return to production or face a year’s draft exclusion and potential labor board penalties. War department plans to run Smith & Wesson plant in Massachusetts if producers resist. Union leaders in Bridgeport and the local lodge of the National Association of Machinists issued letters amid the dispute over war labor policy.
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Bridgeport
Conn
Wilson
War Labor Board
German Chancellor Sees Peace Nearer Than Expected
Chancellor von Hertling told unionist leaders in Germany that peace is nearer than widely thought and that both government and army leaders oppose further conquests. He suggested dissolving the lower house if an agreement on suffrage is not reached.
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Count von Hertling
Spatch
Telem
Copenhagen
Pan
President acts after committee investigates cotton situation
President directs action after the War Industry Board completes its inquiry into the general cotton situation. The move follows a committee investigation and aims to address price and supply concerns.
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Aident
House Passes Bond Bill to Aid Liberty Bonds Sale
Washington September 16 The house on Friday passed a bill designed to aid the sale of Liberty securities by making them exempt from federal tax. The measure aims to boost demand for liberty bonds by eliminating tax liability for investors.
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Washington
House
Mak
Plane crash in Texas claims two casualties
Severely damaged report from North Texas says Lieut James of Chicago was killed and an enlisted man identified as Iz fatally injured when their plane crashed to earth. The incident occurred September 16 with authorities noting the victims died shortly after the crash.
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Chicago
Earth
North
Tex
Lieutanes
Deserters Fill Cologne Streets Amid War Turmoil
Dispatch from Amsterdam reports deserters in Cologne roaming the busy streets. A message cites Herr Oserfeld, Freichstag member, as stating Chancellor Hertling faces pressure amid the crisis.
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Herr Oserfeld
Freichstag
Adate
Hertling
First Call to Colors Targets Young and Older Registrants
Washington says the first call will include men aged 19 to 21 and 32 to 36. Questionnaires go to those ages first as locals classify for October calls. Inductees aged 19 to 21 may join the Student Army Training Corps, though its limit is 150,000. Crowder estimates 601,000 fit men from those over 32, and class 1 will be nearly exhausted by October 1.
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Washington
General Crowder
Crowder
Army Training Corps
24 000 000 men now registered in world war effort
Provost Marshal General Crowder reports about 24 million men aged 18 to 45 registered, with 13 million new names added to 11 million. He warns against misreading the nonproductive five occupations list and explains the distinction between that list and the war industries board’s priority categories for deferments.
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Washington
America
General Crowder
English and French Citizens Held in Petrograd Fortress
Stockholm reports that 11 Englishmen and 11 French citizens are imprisoned in the fortress of SS Peter and Paul in Petrograd. Among the Englishmen is R H B Lockhart, the British consul general at Moscow, condemned to death but spared due to neutral diplomatic intervention.
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SS. Peter and Paul
Petrograd
R. H. B. Lockhart
Moscow
Peasants Enter Petrograd as Revolt Spreads
A Copenhagen dispatch to the Central News Agency says Russian peasants who rose against the Bolshevik government have entered Petrograd and gained substantial civilian support. Severe fighting continues in the city with fires reported in several areas.
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London
Petrograd
Copenhagen
Plan for $50,000 Liberty Bond Gift to Cardinal Gibbons
Baltimore Maryland September 14 Friends and admirers of Cardinal Gibbons have completed plans for presenting him with a 50000 Liberty Bond to mark the golden jubilee of his consecration as a bishop.
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Baltimore
Cardinal Gibbons
Debs Guilty of Espionage Act Violation
Eugene V. Debs, Socialist leader, found guilty by a federal jury in Cleveland Ohio on espionage act charges. The maximum penalty faces 20 years in prison and a $10,000 fine.
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Eugene V. Debs
Deport Fifty Mexicans Leave Toledo For Deportation
Fifty Mexicans from Toledo Detroit and Cleveland in custody of immigration officials boarded a train Friday afternoon bound for the international line to be deported.
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Detroit
Cleveland
International Line
Troopship Persie torpedoed. all 2800 sailors saved
A British liner carrying 2800 American troops was torpedoed off the English coast. The Persie, a White Star liner of 12043 tons, was beached after the hit. Troops from Chicago and Cleveland survived with no injuries as destroyers ferried men from ropes to safety.
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Navy Department
Sims
London
United States Navy Department
White Star
Persie
Chicago
Cleveland
Red Sox Win World Title in 1918 Series Scare
Boston defeats the Cubs four to two in the deciding game as Max Flack muffed a line drive in the third inning allowing two runs to score. Tyler and Mays pitched well for Chicago, but Flack’s error turned the game in Boston’s favor. Whiteman, nicknamed the Cubs’ jinx, delivered at the plate.
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Max Flack
Tyler
Mays
Chicago
Whiteman
Cubs
Flack
Max
American Troops Land in Archangel to Aid Allied Forces
Washington reports that American troops have landed at Archangel to assist allied forces in re establishing order in northern Russia. General March announced the move and said the number of troops and their departure point were not disclosed, though it is thought they came from English camps where Americans train.
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Russia
Washington
Archangel
General March
Prince Frederick Charles Accepts Finnish Crown
Stockholm reports Prince Frederick Charles of Hesse has accepted the Finnish crown. The Finnish diet will meet soon to confirm the acceptance.
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Finland
Stockholm
Frederick Charles of Hesse
Our Position Is Most Serious in German History
Rotterdam dispatch reports Cologne Zeitung declares Germany faces its gravest moment in history. The paper says Germany will fight with its own strength and rejects evacuating Belgium as futile.
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Rotterdam
Cologne Zeitung
Belgium
Balloons in War Prove Vital Eyes for Army Navy
A new use for balloons as reconnaissance assets expands into airstrip observers and mobile telephony. Parachute jumpers are trained for safety and record protection as enemy raids test defenses. The piece notes broad wartime logistics including 1,000 community labor boards and rapid guns production, with Neville Island gun plant and large scale munitions output.
Notice on voluntary enlistment for British subjects
Provost Marshal Crowder announces to the British embassy that British subjects who registered before July 30 1918 may enlist in the British or Canadian army through September 28 1918. August 24 registrants may enlist through September 23 1918, and September 12 registrants through October 12 1918. Exemption requests may be made to the British ambassador during the enlistment period. after it ends, they may be liable for military service under the US Selective Service law unless exempted.
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Crowder
War Industries Board
Selective Service
United States
Experiments in Laundering Army Shoes At Camps
Conservation and reclamation division experiments reuse the World War I method to clean about 200 army shoes in a laundry machine using one quart disinfectant to 50 gallons water. Shoes are washed 14 minutes, dried an hour, then resoled and greased to preserve leather. Nuts and fruit pits are sought to make carbon for gas masks as coconut shell supplies run short.
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Conservation Reclamation Division
Quartermaster Corps
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