Austrians Push Through Transylvania and Dobrudja Fronts
Berlin reports Silistria fallen as German Bulgarian forces seize the Romanian capital area and push toward Bucharest. Roumanians and Russians suffer heavy losses while aerial bombardment targets Constanta and Black Sea ships. In Transylvania, Roumanians are driven back after a strong southern wing attack.
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Berlin
London
Dobrudja
Roumania
Silistria
Dorna-Vatra
Bukowina
Danube
Tutrakan
Bucharest
Roumanian
Black Sea
Constanta
Vienna
Petroseny
Hatzeg
Transylvania
War Office
Chick Evans Wins Dual Golf Crowns At Marion
Charlies Evans Jr known as Chick defeats Robert Gardner 4 and 8 on the 86 hole route to claim both amateur and open titles in the same season at the Marion Cricket club. Evans previously won the national open at Minneapolis in June establishing a historic double.
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Philadelphia
West
Chicago
Marion Cricket Club
Charlies Evans
Chick
Robert Gardner
Evans
Great Britain
Minneapolis
Bulgars in Big Drive Threatens Romanian Lines
London reports German Bulgarian forces storm Tutrakan driving toward Bucharest. Over 20,000 Roumanians captured with two generals among prisoners and more than 100 guns taken. Soviets say Russian attack at Debritch repulsed as Danube frontier battles widen.
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London
Tutrakan
Roumania
Bucharest
Dubrudia
Black Sea
Constanza
Berlin
Petrograd
Danube
Gyergyo- Ditro-Orsova
Debritch
Wilson Begins Porch Campaign From Shadow Lawn
President Wilson starts his summer vacation with plans for a porch campaign from Shadow Lawn New Jersey He visits his ill daughter Mrs William G McAdoo in Spring Lake and attends a theater show Saturday night Vance McCormick DNC chairman to arrive for political conferences with McAdoo and Wilson this week.
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Long Branch
N. J
Wilson
Shadow Lawn
William G. McAdoo
Spring Lake
Vance McCormick
Democratic National Committee
McAdoo
Aitken Wins Three Races in Peugeot at Indianapolis
John Aitken piloting Peugeot swept all three Seer camaps races at Indianapolis. Wesindubadhan finished close second in each event. The time for the combination was 1:07:06.04, averaging 89.44 mph.
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Indianapolis
John Aitken
Peugeot
Wilson outlines border safety before US Mexican peace
President Wilson told Mexican members of the joint commission that safety of American lives and property and border protection must come first. Secretary Lansing outlined the administration stance at the commission's first formal New York meeting, and Wilson telegrammed that the deliberations should cement friendship between nations. In New London the American and Mexican commissioners paused for study of border data.
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Washington
Mexico
United States
Wilson
Joint Commission
Lansing
Commission
New York
New London
Conn
U S Probe Sinking Of Ship Near Glasgow
Consul John M. McCann in Glasgow reports 28 Americans aboard the British steamer Kelvina which was torpedoed or mined and sunk near Glasgow on September 2, raising questions about Germanys submarine warfare pledge.
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Washington
Germany
John M. McCann
Glasgow
Scotland
State Department
Kelvina
Shipping bill signed to form government shipping corporations
President Wilson signed the shipping bill authorizing a government organized corporation or corporations with up to 50 million dollars capitalization to buy or lease ships and place them in trade if private operators cannot lease them. The measure allows state participation in rebuilding and operating maritime assets to boost commerce and wartime logistics.
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Washington
Wilson
Revenue Bill Wins Tariff Boards Saved in Inheritance and Munition Levies
Washington reports the new revenue bill passed by Congress on Thursday aims to raise 205 million dollars annually beyond the normal receipts. It introduces higher tax rates starting at 60 thousand dollars, extends the tax to undistributed corporate profits, and imposes a new inheritance tax with graduated rates up to 10 percent for estates over five million dollars. The measure also increases corporate tax to 2 percent on net income and provides various exemptions for mutuals and non profits.
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Washington
Congress
United States
Two Die and Fourteen Hurt in Michigan Rail Crash
In Rives Junction near Jackson, Michigan United Railway cars collide head on after alleged misreading of orders. Emma Griever of Buffalo and Rome Castle of Lansing die. Serious injuries include George Bloss of Rives Junction and Wilmont Conover of Jackson, the conductor.
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Jackson
Mich
Michigan United Railway Company
Rives Junction
Here
Emma Griever
Buffalo
N. Y
Rome Castle
Lansing
George Bloss
Wilmont Conover
Greek garrison joins revolution to back Allies
Telegraphic notes report Verria garrison in Saloniki area seizing the moment amid the revolutionary movement and declaring intent to join the Allies. General Pershing calls Villa clash rumors near El Valle unfounded as U.S. forces stand ready. A mass meeting prompts a strike vote by electric railway workers on all IRT subway and elevated lines.
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Saloniki
Verria
Mexico
Columbus
N. M
J. J. Pershing
United States
E Valle
New York
Interborough Rapid Transit Company
Bridge Collapse at St. Lawrence Tolling Tragedy
The Western Newspaper Union reports the second attempt to bridge the St. Lawrence failed as the 5,100 ton center span collapsed from pontoons. Eleven men died with four bodies recovered. the span sank into river depths of about 200 feet.
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Union News Service
Quebec
St. Lawrence
Farm Loan Board to Hear Nebraska Hearings
The treasury department said the federal farm loan board will hold hearings in Lincoln on September 21 and in Omaha on September 22. To accommodate both rivals for a farm loan bank the itinerary was revised allowing Nebraska cities to host hearings after starting in Denver and routing via Topeka and Atchison before St. Joseph and Lincoln.
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Washington
Treasury Department
Federal Farm Loan Board
Lincoln
Omaha
Nebraska
Farm Loan Bank
Denver
Topeka
Kas
Atchison
St. Joseph
Maha
Washington Repeal Ends Stamp Taxes Across Nation
The general revenue bill effective Saturday ends the stamp taxes that have been in force since December 1, 1914. The emergency revenue bill stamp tax is repealed and stamps are not required after that date. Taxes repealed cover telegraph and telephone messages parlor car seats bonds certificates of indebtedness and stocks transfer bills of sale promissory notes express and freight manifests and bills of lading bending instruments conveyances insurance policies entry of goods passage tickets powers of attorney protests perfumery chewing gum and cosmetics.
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Washington
Internal Revenue Bureau
Yaquis Sighted Over Nogales Frontier Tension Rumors
Reports claim Yaqui Indians were seen on hilltops above Nogales Arizona and bugle calls sounded from Nogales Mexico. Americans were ordered to cross into Arizona amid rumors of shots fired injuring a Mexican. Mexican authorities deny any Yaqui presence and offer no explanation.
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Nogales
Ariz
Arizona
Wheat Crop Short in Washington Reduces Domestic Supply
August damage to cereal crops lowers U.S. wheat prospects. The Agriculture Department’s forecast sets the crop at 611 million bushels, about 9 million below the amount needed for home consumption.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Yukon Prohibition Vote Narrowly Returns Wet Majority
Official Yukon territory results show the anti prohibition wets hold a slim three vote edge across the territory in the vote to end licensed hotel sales. The contest sought to abolish the only legal form of sale in the region.
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Dawson
Y. T
Yukon Territory
German sub Bre men may reach American port soon
London reports the German submarine merchantman Bre men could be at an American port within ten days likely at New London Connecticut. The item notes the proximity of a coastal arrival and situates the report in wartime naval movements.
Diplomatic Watch Over Japan China China Clash
Officials monitor rising Japan China tensions after the Cheng Chialun clash. Fears grow that US rights in China could be affected as reports claim Japan pressed additional demands beyond Peking dispatches, with secret talks threatening Chinese rule in Mongolia.
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Washington
Japan
China
Cheng Chialun
United States
Peking
Powerful Combination of Tim and His Lawyer
Tim, a protege of the famed lawyer Mr. Blank, repeatedly lands in trouble. Through the lawyer’s influence with the courts he avoids jail and fines. Tim quips that Mr. Blank’s law knowledge is supplemented by Tim’s own candid legal advice.
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Tim
Mr. Blank
He Would Consider Moving Picture Theater
A man contemplates starting a moving picture theater citing not money but the desire to see his wife and children occasionally. The dialogue contrasts financial incentive with family needs.
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Moving Picture Theater
Miz confusion at Sunday school stumps Chicago kid
A Chicago child asks his mother about the Miz, citing a Sunday school superintendent who described heaven and earth as created "in the Miz." The mother admits uncertainty while the boy references the class discussion.
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Chicago
Heaven
After Hard Times, a Man Builds Hopes Beyond Wealth
A man who has hit bottom still finds motive to persevere. He leverages resilience and inner resolve to pursue a new path, demonstrating that hope can outlive material loss and sustain his ambitions.
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