American Officers Die in French Hospital Raid
Bombs from German planes hit American hospital units in a French coast city. One American Medical Corps officer and two enlisted men killed. 17 wounded including patients and nine other nationalities. Harvard unit hardest hit. St. Louis contingent also affected. Russian General Staff says order restored in retreating lines. expected stand in Sergewold-Wenden mountains.
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Union News Service
London
St. Louis
Harvard
Frace
America
Riga-Freidwichstadt
Sergewold-Wenden
Galicia
Zhuroff
China in Revolt as Sun Yat Sen Leads Military Government
Dr Sun Yat Sen named Commander in Chief of army and navy for a new Chinese Military Government proclaimed by Canton congress. Canton troops clash with Sun Yat Sen forces. civilians flee to Hongkong as Feng Kwo Chang favors reconciliation and delays elections while allies discuss five year Boxer indemnity relief and higher import duties.
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Peking
Sun Yat Sen
China
Canton
Hongkong
Feng Kwo Chang
South China
Reinsch
French writer amazed by American aviation camp in France
Paris correspondent for the Mafin notes astonishment at American efforts in France. He cites a road eight miles long built in under a month by American volunteers from Pennsylvania with French help, vast hangar and barracks materials, and rapid accumulation. Flying is slated to begin around September 15. The camp spans about 3,750 acres near major aviation schools.
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Paris
Mafin
France
Pennsylvania
German committee to study Pope Benedict peace plan
In Copenhagen the new German committee of seven Reichstag members and seven Bundesrat members may not meet before September 12. They will draft the German reply to Pope Benedict XV's peace proposals and seek closer government legislative liaison.
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Copenhagen
Reichstag
Bundesrath
Benedict
Lawrenceburg Hit By Severe Storm Causes Damage
A heavy wind and rain storm struck Lawrenceburg Indiana causing extensive property damage. Downtown signs were torn loose and a water pipe burst in the Dearborn Bank Building. The Big Four railway service was nearly out of commission on westward tracks due to washouts one mile west of Lawrenceburg Junction near the state line.
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Lawrenceburg
Ind
Dearborn Bank
Big Four
Raila
Lawrenceburg Junction
Indiana State Line
Verdun Fighting Sees Heavy German Pressure and French Hold
In the Verdun sector, German forces renew assaults along a two mile front on the right bank of the Meuse while French troops under General Petain repel advances. The Bois des Fosses area sees fierce combat with Germans leaving nearly 1000 dead as the French restore their trenches and line.
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Union News Service
London
Verdun
Meuse
Petain
Bois Des Fosses
Bois Des Laurieres
President Sets Initial Coal Price Controls in War Effort
Washington reports early fixing of retail coal prices by Fuel Administrator Dr. H A Garfield as part of a government control policy. Local committees will set and enforce prices, with maximum production targets to aid both producers and consumers. Existing producer prices will be revised if mines operate at a loss, and revisions require cost statistics.
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Washington
H. A. Garfield
Dr. Garfield
Five Billion War Bill Presented to Congress
The biggest war bill to date, over five billion dollars, was placed before the House. The urgent deficiencies measure asked for 4.81 billion, approved by the Appropriations Committee. Navy Secretary Daniels added 225 million for submarine destroyers, making total war appropriations 5.04 billion, with most funds for war needs and broader departmental needs.
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Washington
Uncle Sam
House
Appropriations Committee
United States
Fitzgerald
Daniels
Navy
War Department
Navy Department
Fall of Monte San Gabriele Cements Italian Front Victory
London reports the resumption of battle on the Julian front with Italian forces capturing Austrian positions on the Bainsizza Plateau south of Coroglio. Ninety six officers and 1,600 men were taken prisoner. Monte San Gabriele, a crucial mountain peak near Gorizia, fell to Cadorna's army, hailed as a brilliant Italian victory alongside Kuk and Santo.
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London
Julian
Bainsizza
Coroglo
Monte San Gabriele
Gorizia
Cadorna
Kuk
Santo
Italy
Miners Clash With Guards At North Jersey Coal Plant
A 16 man sheriff posse is at Wilton Kentucky as hundreds of angry miners exchange fire with company employees at the North Jersey Coal Co plant. Striking miners attempted to bar workers from entering and opened fire on the power house where guards and staff remained. The exchange lasts about 30 minutes with no fatalities and warrants issued against several striking miners.
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Barbourville
Wilton
North Jersico Coal Co
Nationwide raids linked to alleged antiwar conspiracy
Evidence mounts that a broad conspiracy tied to the Industrial Workers of the World aimed to cripple wartime government efforts. Indictments for conspiracy to thwart war plans loom as justice officials intensify investigations across many states into anti draft demonstrations labor disturbances and other acts.
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Washington
Department of Justice
Big bond certificate bill passes House with no dissent
The House approved the $11,638,945,460 bond and certificate bill without a vote against it. Debate centered on creating a War Expenditure Committee, with Moore of Pennsylvania pushing for a six senator seven representative panel. Chairman Kitchin ruled Moore's recommitment motion out of order while Johnson of Washington proposed a $2.5 million allocation for newspaper advertising for the next bond issue.
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Washington
House of Representatives
Representative Moore
Pennsylvania
Moore
Kitchin
Ways and Means
Albert Johnson
Dignity Thrown About Liberty Loan
Washington reports the second liberty loan will be carried mainly by the Federal reserve banks. Banker business organizations in each of twelve districts are planned with the reserve banks as the hub of the effort.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Banks
Banker-Businessmen
Reserve Banks
Army of 15000 Chinese To Go To Europe
San Francisco reports the Twenty fourth Chinese Army Corps with 15000 troops from northern provinces is mobilized for immediate departure to Europe. A Shanghai cablegram, censored in parts, says the force will travel via Siberia to the eastern front and suggests gaps in Russian armies may be filled by Japan.
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San Francisco
Cal
Europe
Chinese Daily World
Shanghai
Siberia
Japangge
Rifle ranges approved for Camp Shelby in Mississippi
Major General W. H. Sage approved two rifle ranges near Camp Shelby, one target practice and one combat range. Selected by Major H. F. Noble, the ranges avoid civilian danger with prohibited zones and offer extensive training with 200 targets on the practice range and moving dummies for simulated warfare on the combat range.
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Hattiesburg
Miss
Camp Shelby
W. H. Sage
Sage
H. F. Noble
Culver Military Academy
House pushes probes into ordnance scandal
In Washington the House moves to expose defective ammunition sent to U S troops in France. Representative McLemore of Texas offered a resolution urging the Secretary of War to produce all evidence on the issue, adopted unanimously. Chairman Dent seeks a seven member Military Affairs Committee probe into small arms ammo supplies.
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Washington
House of Representatives
McLemore
Texas
Secretary of War
House
United States Expeditionary Forces
France
Dent
Military Affairs Committee
Government to build two nitrate plants for 3.6 million
The Nitrate Supply Committee led by Brigadier General Crozier recommends immediate construction of two government nitrate plants at a total cost of 3.6 million. Southwest Virginia and surrounding areas are set as the best location, though no site has been announced yet.
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Washington
Nitrate Supply Committee
Crozier
Ordnance
War Department
Virginia
Carranza soldiers reportedly wiped out near Villa Garcia
Reports say about 100 Carranza troops were defeated and annihilated by bandits near Villa Garcia. A few hundred soldiers reportedly escaped, while escorting a train from Saltillo to Monterey.
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Laredo
Tex
Carranza
Villa Garcia
Saltillo
Monterey
Woman Sentenced for Slurring Marine
In New York City a woman speaker Mrs Bertha Fraser was fined 50 or 30 days jail in Magistrate Court for disorderly conduct after she made disrespectful remarks about a United States marine uniform. The judge warned authorities will act firmly to stop such speech if it continues.
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New York
Bertha Fraser
United States
Syrian immigrant and wife die in Hawkinsville assault clash
Thomas Simon a Syrian who claimed alien enemy status resisted arrest for assaulting an Exemption Board member. He and his wife were killed during a gun battle as a posse attempted to arrest them in their store. A brother fled and three posse members were wounded, one seriously, by gunfire.
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Hawkinsville
Thomas Simon
Simon
Belgian Queen Makes Airplane Flight Over Front
Queen Elizabeth of Belgium and King Albert toured the front in Flanders under French control. They visited an aviation center and watched pilots perform feats before taking a plane to fly over enemy lines to glimpse territories still under hostile control.
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Paris
Queen Elizabeth
Belgium
Albert
Flanders
Elizabeth
General Pershing Proposes Use of Pigeons in War
Washington reports Major General Pershing urged the War Department to ship homing pigeons to France for airplane messaging. The plan calls for surveying U S pigeons to obtain hundreds for carrying reports and maps from aviators to home stations. French fortresses have long used pigeon lofts.
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Washington
Pershing
War Department
France
United States
German duplicity in Argentina prompts diplomatic eyes
Washington reports that exposure of German duplicity in Argentina is widening awareness among South American diplomats. While a break in Germany Argentina relations is not certain, Count Luxbury, the offending German, is expected to have to leave Buenos Aires soon.
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Washington
Argentina
Germany
Count Luxbury
Buenos Aires
Six Rochesterers Dead In Train Crash Near Rochester
A Lehigh Valley Railroad westbound express struck an automobile carrying six Rochester men returning from Wayland on the West Henrietta road, twelve miles south of Rochester, killing all six aboard. In Long Beach a hydroplane wreck left two men clinging to wreckage after dropping 1,000 feet into the sea. they were rescued and brought ashore.
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New York Filer
Rochester
N. Y
Buffalo-New York
Lehigh Valley Railroad
Wayland
West Henrietta Road
Long Beach
Brilliant Italian Victory Over Rebels in Tripoli
Rome reports a brilliant Italian victory against a rebel force led by Turkish officers in Tripoli. The victory was announced by the Minister of the Colonies.
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Rome
Tripoli
Food Minister Resigns as Riga Loss Sparks New Admin
The Bourse Gazette reports M. Pieschehonoff resigns as Minister of Food and Supplies amid growing wartime pressures. Officials say Petrograd is not endangered but near the war zone prompts decisive city governance measures and a new administration will be formed.
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Petrograd
Bourse Gazette
M. Pieschehonoff
Riga
Not the Only One Plan Hints at Housekeeper’s Payment Scheme
A brief note from the Philadelphia Inquirer references a buying plan described as five dollars down and nine after capture, suggesting a housekeeper remains unsettled or in a precarious financial position. The phrasing hints at a broader context of debt or bail arrangements in domestic labor.
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Philadelphia Inquirer
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