British Army Drives Forward on Somme Front with Tanks
British forces push along a six mile Somme front from north of Combles to the Poivre Bapaume road capturing Courcelette Martineuide Flers and advancing beyond Fler. armored cars in support aided by heavy shelling as Germans resist fiercely at Guillemont Delville Wood and Poivre.
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London
Perth
Somme
Yester Arrinis
Combles
Berand
Poiviere-Bapaumeé
Courcelette
Martinnuid
Flers
Londes
J—Army
Bapaume
Fler
Martinpuich
Ginchy
Guillemont
Hoderite Abe
Thiepval
Delville
Devils Wood
Teicher
Corman
Highwood
Flont
Piers
Aeros
Esritisi
Pettit carried on cot to attend inquest death of 18 year old bride
Chicago dispatch reports Maurice Pettit former Cedar Rapids bank teller was carried on a hospital cot to the inquest into the death of his 18 year old bride whom he said he killed to keep her pure. The coroner’s jury urged murder without bail. Pettit injured after attempting to escape a railroad train during return to Chicago.
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Chicago
Maurice Pettit
Cedar Rapids
Carrie Schreibner
Petit
Pettit
Mourder
German Counter Attacks Along Somme Beaten Off
Paris reports German assaults north and south of the Somme were repulsed. French forces captured 400 prisoners yesterday and found six German bodies in a trench. Allied aviation conducted operations as trench lines near Combles and Gerny En Sanitre were reported. 20 prisoners, including five officers, were taken south of the Somme.
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Paris
Somme
Aar
Clery
Boerny
Peronne
le Priex
Combles
Gerny-En-Sanlterre
Women, Insurance Risks Hover as Morbidity Shifts
In St Louis, T A Phillips cited in a convention address that mortality among women is lower than men but insurers find women’s lives unprofitable with limited policies and higher rates. He noted losses are greatest in the first five years, and married women exhibit higher mortality while spinsters are lower, widows and divorcees similar to men.
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St. Louis
Whita
T. A. Phillips
St. Paul
Minn
Phillips
Onions Vote on Sympathetic Strike
New York date Sept 15 unions vote on sympathetic action to back striking streetcar workers. Longshoremen, teamworkers, tidewater boatmen, coal barge crews, stationery engineers and firemen may join. A total of 70 000 men expected to be called out and machinists union with 26000 members already voting to strike. If water front workers join the strike virtually all waterfront work would shut down.
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New York
Tey
Machinists
Trade facts safe asserts British War Secretary
London reports David Lloyd George, British secretary for war, says German agents aim to cast doubt on his government’s good faith over information for wartime action. He insists trade secrets and business data of American firms are safeguarded by military censors and government departments amid propaganda claims.
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London
David Lloyd
United Suites
House of Commons
Robert Cecil
R Trade
Robert
Foreign Office
Hotterdam
Cina Tt
America
Nightly Fire Endangers Guests At Empty Minneapolis Hotels
Firefighters battled a blaze in an unoccupied Minneapolis building sending guests of two nearby hotels into the street. The flames caused about 300000 dollars in losses. one building was destroyed and several others damaged. Police suspect vagrant squatters started the fire.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Fearful Explosions Kill Dozens at Aetna Chemiesi Plant
Six men remain missing after a heavy explosion at the Aetna Chemiesi company plant in Pittsburgh's outskirts. Company officers fear all workers in the building were killed as rescuers scour the ruins for bodies. The plant is believed to manufacture a high explosive. Meanwhile, a separate report from Queenstown says the British liner Counsellor, sunk southwest of Calley Head, may have hit a mine or been torpedoed, with American fireman Frank Callingham cited in dispatches.
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Aetna Chemiesi Company
Oark- Pittsburgh
Pada
Warahington
D. C
Consul Frost
Queenstown
Harrison
Counsellor
Seattle
Calley Head
Fife
Frank Callingham
London
Omaha Woman Incinerated in Fire at Home
Rirsdark P Malmberg 45 of 040 Leavans Street died early today from injuries after a fire destroyed the family home. Her husband was badly injured and expected to die. also notes a bank call issued in Washington and a government figure on school spending.
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Omaha
Net
Washington
Comptroller of the Currency
United States
High priced diamond back terrapins seized in Newport case
John Foster 40 and Phoias Simmons 66 from Newport were found guilty of possessing diamond back terrapins in violation of the fish and game law. They were fined 2200 and ordered to pay costs 7.46. The law sets 20 dollars per diamond back taken.
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Prom
Phildelphia Dnquirer
Faddleton
John Foster
Phoias Simmons
Newporthy
Catholic charities conference Begins in Washington
Prominent Catholic laymen and church leaders from across the United States arrive for the fourth biennial conference of Catholic charities in Washington. Sessions at Catholic University will cover child welfare, private placement, social work education, and delinquency treatment. A pontifical high mass opens the program with dignitaries attending.
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Washington
United States
Conference of Catholic Charities
Catholic University
Thomas Shahan
Catholic Unifreen
Rw BK 1
Wlenry Tihen
Lincoln
Shahan
Bongana
Hel Mareenwy Tie Aprean
Balkan Front War News Telegrams Report Macedonian Front Action
Serb military advances push six miles northeast of Plorin. 32 Bulgarian troops captured. Bulgarian and allied forces report heavy battles along the Macedonian front with shifting front lines and demands on Saloniki. Struma front sees raids and artillery exchanges. Bulgarian positions face bombardment and reinforcement movements.
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Yaris
London
War Office
Plorinw
Russians Dominating Affairs of Rumania
Bertin Day Sept 16 Accur Pajtung Aw has induced Muraniss to prohibit absolutely the fate of lige ners and on consent to the appointment of Thussians as members of the Burmi Tian secret police and department of finance and as commanders of the oris in northeastern Parmanta cod admin istrators of the radirends. The news who was in Bueh mia declare war Austria says a member of the Petrograd police force led a riots which atacked Jews, King ait and wounding a large number.
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Bertin
Accur Pajtung
Muraniss
Burmi- Tian Secret Police
Department of Finance
Oris
Parmanta
Buehmia
Austria
Petrograd
Ait
Motor Message From Coast To Coast
A message carried by motor across the country relayed from Plymouth to a destination, leaving Plymouth at noon Monday. Little damage reported at Mitchell as another report notes a state car showing a small percentage of crop losses in the San Joaquin valley California faces likely limits on output.
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Seattle Wash
Plymouth
Duget Sound
Lawson
Mitchell, Mitchel
S. J. Bent
California
San Joaquin Valley
GE Investigation Of Packing Houses In Denver Session
Resolutions adopting a federal trade commission inquiry into packing and livestock industries were approved at the three day conference of the market committee of the American National Live Stock association in Denver. Prominent western and southern livestock men attended the session.
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Denver
Colo
Federal Trade Commission
American National Live Stock Association
Federal inquiry into high flour prices urged by city official
Commissioner Hartigan of the mayoral bureau of weights and measures asks the federal trade commission to investigate whether high flour and bread costs are due to normal market forces or artificial manipulation centered in Chicago. He argues wheat price manipulation may drive the current burden on the public.
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New York
Federal Trade Commission
Washington
Hartigan
Buresau
Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade
Anne Howe Dies Sister of President Wilson in New London
Mrs. Anne Howe, only sister of President Wilson, died in a local New London hotel after two weeks of peritonitis. The president had visited, and her body was to be sent to Columbia for funeral services. Survived by two sons George Howe and Wilson Howe and a daughter Cothran along withMiss Margaret Wilson.
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New London
Conn
Anne Howe
Wilson
Milisaret Wilson
George Howe
North Carolina
Wilson Howe
Richmond
Cothran
Phildelphia
Columbia
D. C
Several Private Banks in Chicago Prepare to Close
Chicago reports indicate several more private banks are to close soon, according to attorney AlacLay Heyne who says he knows of multiple "one horse" one man institutions. Investigation into Michniuk & Sons private bank is promised and prosecutors plan indictments next week. Michael Michniuk, head of the firm, was expected to surrender. The Michniuk bank, with deposits of $50,000, was the 45th private bank to fail in five years.
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Chicago
AlacLay Heyne
Michniuk & Sons Private
Michael Michniuk
14063 Troops Start 3 Mile Practice Hike From San Antonio
Fourteen thousand sixty three officers and men from the regular army and national guard begin a three mile hike from San Antonio toward Austin. They camp at Camp Mabry for three nights then return after eight days. The unit draws guardsmen from Wisconsin Illinois Kansas Texas and Missouri under Brig Gen Henry A Green.
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San Antonio
Tex
Regular Army
National Guard
Austin
Mabry
Wisconsin
Illinois
Kansas
Texas
Missouri
Henry A. Green
Eight Hour Day Law Praised by William Allen White
William Allen White, editor of the Emporia Gazelle, supports the Adamson eight hour law and a Democratic revenue measure. He calls both “a real progressive measure” and “a revolutionary step forward,” defending increased taxes on income, inheritance, and consumer goods as fair to fund government protections.
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Emporia
Kan
William Allen White
Emporia Gazelle
Wilson
Congress
Dobrudja battle report claims decisive victory for central powers
Telegraphs from Berlin and Bucharest report Russian and Romanian forces withdrawing in Dobrudja. German Field Marshal von Mackensen says Bulgarian Turkish German troops have gained a decisive victory, while official statements deny a conclusive outcome and note continued pursuit northward.
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Berlin
Bandon
von Mackengen
Balkans
Dobrudya
London
Tobrudja
Wi- Tam
von Mackensen
Dobrudja
Universal military training urged in Mexican independence day talks
Felix Palavicini, minister of public instruction in the de facto cabinet, urged universal military training in Mexico City on independence day. He said a trained citizenry would prevent army domination and support a strong government, while avoiding military control over civilians. The independence anniversary was marked across the republic.
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Mexico City
Felix Palavicini
Palavicini
Gleneral Carranza
Mexico
Republic
Germany rejects recognizing loans to Belgium during occupation
Washington reports Ambassador Von Gernstorff told the War Department the German government would consider any loan Belgium negotiates in the United States during Germanys occupation as null and not binding.
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Washington
von Gernstorff
Tie Department
Belgium
United States
Germany
Banker Slated for Premier of Greece
Athens reports King Constantine summoned Nich’ ake Callagoyeropoulos, Ionian Bank director and lawyer, to discuss forming a cabinet. Dispatches say he was ordered to Tatoi, with indications of a ministry formation succeeding the Theotokis cabinet.
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Greece
Athens
Constantine
Cuhal Nich'ake Callagoyeropoulos
Awyer
Ionian Bank
Tatud
Callagoyeropoulos
Entente Muse
London
Heuter
Caliagryeropoulos
Tatoi
M. Calinevyeropoulos
Theotokis
North Carolina Guard Called Up as Border Tension Rises
Washington reports the North Carolina national guard ordered to the border today. A Detroit resident, Adam Zutaitz, faced a petition seeking a home relocation to Jake Hug, Judge Edward Comra, with the order to be carried out.
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Washington
North Carolina National Guard
Adam Zutaitz
Detroit
Hia
Jake Hug
Edward Comra
Scholarships for American Singers by Chicago English Opera
BMasell Horsfall, general manager of the Chicago English Opera company, announces eight scholarships for young singers. Winners receive free tuition with top American teachers and a general engagement with the Chicago English Opera company for the coming season.
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Bmasell Horsfall
Chicago English Opera Company
Amien
Chicage
English Opera Company
Wii
America
Chicapo English Opera Company
Eeie
British Shipping Orders Cause Senate Push for Retaliation
Washington reports the State Department probes the new British order restricting exports to Denmark Sweden Norway and the Netherlands while Senate leaders press for retaliatory acts. Officials stress no policy change and list goods affected as critics call it discrimination against American trade.
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State Department
Senate
Washington
Norw
Sweden
Denmark
Holland
London
Skinner
Borax
Boris
Wetherlands
War Trade Department
United States
Netherlands Overseas Trust
England
Emibes
Neutral
Conmligt
Germany
Americana
Presiant Wilson
Britain
France
Helland
Thamberlain
Holand
Scandinavis
Thimberaits
Great
Chamberlain
Great Britain
Senator Chamberlain
Blackfist
Great Biain
Arian Ec
Elkus Reaches Constantinople as New American Envoy
Abram T. Elkus arrived in Constantinople on September 11 to assume his post as the American representative to Turkey. A parcel post gold brick valued at $1,800 and insured for up to $100 drew attention in the report, with parts of the shell manufactured in Canada and other components from Manchester Glasgow and London.
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Associated Press
Elkus
Turkey
Constantinople
Abram T. Elkus
State Department
Parcel Post
Shell
Canada
Mamccester
Glasgow
London
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