Americans Open West Front Drive Around Metz
A long delayed American offensive began on the edge of the Woevre plain, from Verdun toward Metz, with Secretary Baker at the front. The drive extends from the Meuse to the Moselle, with heavy bombardment, massed infantry, and plans to outflank German fortresses as Allied forces push toward Metz.
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International News Service
France
Woevre
Meuse
Verdun
E Plain
Amer
Baker
Nowell
St. Mihiel
Pont A Mousson
Vosges
Moselle
Canal du Nord
Flanders
Vermand
Vendelles Lly
St. Quentin
British War Office
Pos
London
West Battle
Lorraine Front
Evel
Improvements Reported at Corey Hill Spanish Flu Camp
From the field hospital at Corey Hill Brookline the U S shipping board recruiting service says apprentices there for observation have greatly improved. Lieut Col William A Brooks surgeon in chief reports no cause for alarm and says Corey Hill and Brooks hospitals are not under quarantine with no contagious diseases at either facility.
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Boston
Corey Hill
Brookline
United States Shipping Board
William A. Brooks
State Guard of
Massachusetts
Brooks
Mexicans Not Required to Register for Draft
Washington report states that Mexican citizens who arrive in the United States after today need not register for the draft unless they declare an intention to become U.S. citizens. The ruling was issued by Provost Marshal General Crowder and released by the state department this afternoon.
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Washington
United States
General Crowder
State Department
No Interest in LaFollette Case Senate Meeting
Washington reporters note five members of the senate privileges and elections committee answered Senator Pomereftie s call to meet and dispose of disloyalty charges against Senator Laf Follette today. The final meeting was postponed until a quorum can be present.
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LaFollette
Washington
Senate Privileges and Elections Committee
Pomereftie
Senator LafFollette
British Open New Drive On Scarpe Front
British forces opened a new offensive south of the Scarpe river with reports from the front indicating intensified artillery action. The battlefield traffic notes heavy firing, a large German retreat shortening the line, and potential Allied advantage allowing troop and division redeployments.
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Scarpe
Berlin brief on British attacks repulsed on multiple fronts
Berlin reports from London that British assaults in the Bix Schoote Armentieres and La Bassee canal sectors on the Flanders front were repulsed. It says other British attacks along the Havrincourt Marquion line and French actions in the Fismes sector on the Aisne front failed.
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Berlin
London
Bixschoote
Armentieres
LaBassee Canal
Flanders Front
German War Office
Havrincourt-Marquion
Fismes
Aisne River
Debs Trial Near Close As Jury Deliberates
Debs pleads his own case after government speeches in Cleveland. He denies no charges and asserts free speech as his defense. He supports the St Louis platform with revisions and lauds Stokes and O'Hare while the jury receives Judge Westenhaver's charge before retiring to deliberate.
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Debs
Cleveland
Eugene V. Debs
D. C. Westenhaver
J. J. Breitenstein
E. S. Wertz
Small schooner wrecked off Pollock Rip Shoal report
An Atlantic Port report from Sept 12 notes a steamer captain sighted a wreck in the Great Road Shoal channel seven miles northwest of Pollock Rip lightship in Nantucket Sound. The broken tops and visible masts suggest recent disaster. lightship board notified, marking a second wreck in 24 hours amid suspected submarine activity off the North Atlantic coast.
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Atlantic
Great Road Shoal
Pollock Rip
Nantucket Sound
Lightship Board
North Atlantic
He Ought to Remember Now
A wife mails a sealed note to her husband instructing him not to open it until he arrives at his office. He reads a confession about an impending crisis and a plea not to be censured, then discovers the real message concerns coal being depleted and a request to send more fuel this afternoon.
Held As Spy Suspect in New York
Federal authorities announced Leo Kreutzinger of Chicago, brother of Wanda Kreutzinger, is under investigation after Wanda was arrested as a spy suspect. Kreutzinger, a real estate and insurance agent at 175 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, lives at 4877 North Hermitage Street. Wanda Kreutzinger will be arraigned tomorrow after declaring at a telegraph company office that her heart body and brain belonged to the fatherland.
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New York
Leo Kreutzinger
Chicago
Wanda Kreutzinger
Kreutzinger
West Jackson Boulevard
North Hermitage Street
Petrograd Taken By Rebels Reported From Copenhagen
An Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Copenhagen quotes Helsingfors advices that Petrograd has fallen to counter revolutionaries. No other source confirms the capture. The Bolshevik government reportedly moves to Moscow.
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Petrograd
London
Copenhagen
Helsingfors
Moscow
Flier reports snowstorm at high altitude
Urleans Ohio September 12 a visiting aviator said he just flew through a snowstorm several thousand feet up as summer gave way to winter while ground temperatures reached 99 degrees.
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Urleans
Government probes sugar hoarders in Pottsville case
Government investigators pursue sugar hoarders in Pottsville Pennsylvania where rules limit stockpiling. A woman was found with 350 pounds of sugar hidden in pillow slips as part of the crackdown.
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Pottsville
Markets Closed Today in New York Markets
Markets closed in New York on September 12 for federal registration. The stock exchange curb cotton coffee produce and money markets were not operating today due to the registration action.
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New York
Stock Exchange
House speeds up big revenue bill in wartime session
Washington dispatch reports the House considering an $8 billion revenue bill without delay as debate continues. Leaders plan to exempt liberty bonds from income and excess profits taxes up to $30,000 per person or firm to speed passage ahead of the fourth liberty loan drive. The measure also raises allowances for war savings stamps and expands presidential powers.
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Washington
House
McAdoo
Kitchin
Ways and Means Committee
Sénaté
House Members Registered Washington Draft Depot Opens
In Washington on September 12 a registration depot was opened in the house document room for the 110 members of the house subject to the new 18 to 45 draft. Some members have registered by mail, while others will register at home if absent.
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House
Washington
Kaiser appeals to Krupp workers amid war effort
Amsterdam reports the German Kaiser addressed Krupp workers urging fighting to the finish. He accused the enemy of trying internal disintegration after failures to win militarily or at sea, praising Germans as industrious and envied, and saying they are hated by the Anglo-Saxons.
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Amsterdam
Krupp
Montanan Survivors Arrive After Torpedoed Voyage
Fifty members of the United States supply ship Montanan reached an Atlantic port today after the August 15 torpedo attack off the French coast. Eighty one of the crew of eighty six were rescued by a yacht once owned by a New York magnate. Four drowned and one killed by the explosion. Crew believes destroyers that escorted the Montanan sank the attacking U boat.
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Atlantic
United States
New York
Grain and livestock futures close higher in Chicago
Chicago market notes corn closing 1-4 to 1-2 cents higher with Sept at 153 and Oct 1535-8. Oats rise 1-4 to 1-2 with Sept 711-2. Pork futures climb to 39.70 for Sept and 40.00 for Oct. Lead and rib futures shown with Lae prices and November contracts also reported.
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Chicago
Canadian General Currie Praises U S War Efforts Abroad
In a front line dispatch from Sept 11 General Sir Arthur Currie praised American troops for their size discipline and timely contribution to British offensives. He cited 21000 prisoners 300 guns and 1200 machine guns taken by Canadians since Aug 8 and said Germany has passed its zenith while the tide turned south of Rheims. Currie noted Allied cooperation and stressed the importance of synchronized American and Canadian actions against the German lines.
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Bert Ford
Flanders Battle Front
Arthur W. Currie
United States
Canada
Currie
General Currie
Somme
Germany
Rheims
Hindenburg
Drocourt-Queant
Eek Caer
Vancouver
Eral
Massacres Reported Across Russia Amid Bolshevik Strife
Stockholm reports vast fires in Petrograd and widespread massacres by bolshevik forces. Peasant revolts, Jewish pogroms, and heavy losses in Kiev and Mohilev mark a grim image of Russia as Germans advance. Zionist paper Unser Tageblatt suppressed. Petrograd residents fear German influence and seek allied aid.
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Stockholm
Petrograd
Sweden
Finland
Russia
Mohilev
Zvenigorodka
Kiev
Brusilovka
Berlin
Unser Tageblatt
Globorovsky
Reprisals and the German War Conduct Aimed at Deterrence
The piece argues for reprisals against Germany after WWI, rejecting in-kind retaliation but endorsing strong punitive measures. It asserts Germans have committed atrocities under command and by choice, urges indemnity from Belgium, France, and Serbia, and calls for harsh treatment of German sympathizers and spies to instill deterrence in American soldiers.
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North American Review War Weekly
Germany
Cologne
Rheims
Goettingen
Heidelberg
Louvain
Edith Cavell
Belgium
France
Serbia
America
Hans
A Profitable Meal Tale From London Tit Bits
In a London Tit Bits anecdote a quiet man recalls visiting a restaurant that weighed customers before and after meals refusing to reveal a precise charge. He feigned extra weight by bringing bricks and iron to be weighed again, then enjoyed a large banquet and left with a playful claim of owing four and twopence.
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London
General Currie Praises American Troops And Canadian Courage
General Currie lauds the Canadian corps leader and fighting spirit, noting optimism and two-fisted resolve. He regrets not training alongside United States troops, citing gallant Americans as officers and a brave act by Stewart who lost both legs after insisting on going over the top. He emphasizes confidence as half the battle and warns against deception by foes.
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Byng
Currie
United States
Stewart
President to End a Bridgeport Strike
President Wilson weighs recommendations from Secretary of Labor Wilson on the Bridgeport strike at munition plants. He may order strikers back to work and, if accepting the recommendations, transfer Smith & Wesson operations in Springfield to the War Department. The move would enforce labor board awards amid capital opposition.
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Washington
Wilson
Labor Wilson
Bridgeport
Smith & Wesson C
Springfield
Mass
War Department
War Labor Board
Supreme Court of Labor Disputes
Weekly Market Letter from Richer & Company Hartford
The market remains technically strong but cautious due to war news. Aetna Life and Travelers are quoted around 570 580, with Aetna Casualty near 460, and Phoenix Fire 345 348. Hartford Trust and Connecticut Trust prepare for a merger vote September 29. Manufacturing stocks like Billings & Spencer announce large dividends. Landers Frary Clark and Stanley Works show firm demand.
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Richer &* Company
Hartford
Conn
Aetna Fire Insurance Company
Phoenix Fire Insurance Company
National Fire Insurance Company
Hartford Trust Company
Connecticut Trust & Safe Deposit Company
Nies
Hartford Electric Light Company
Southern New England Telephone Company
Hartford City Gas Light Mon
Billings & Spencer Company
Landers
Frary Clark
Stanley Works
Union Manufacturing Company
New Britain
Mace Company
American Hardware Corporation
Traut & Hine Manufacturing Company
North & Juddson Company
American Brass Company
Bristol
Scovill Manufacturing Cmpany
Niles Bement Pond Common
Standard Screw R and
Russell Manufacturing
Ay Remai
Fire Arms Eaing Company
Terry Steam Turbine Company
Torrington Common
Swift & Company
Status Of Affairs in a One-Horse Town
A Judge remarks the town is small yet bustling with over two hundred automobiles. The exchange reflects local pride and a quiet claim of growing prosperity in a sparsely populated area.
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Lwoevre
North Sea
Fred J. Wilson
York
Gergeutocracy
Iver
Toul
Nancy
Luneville
Baccarat
England
The
Thieaucourt
Chambley
Conflans
Thion
Tour-Nancy
Pershing
Marshal Foch
Scarpe River
Arras
Picardy
Gieusenane
Carmpreye
Campbell
Douglass Campbell
San Francisco
Kaiser
U.S
Grain “Market
U. S
A. W. Currie
Weekly Market Letter
da Crowell
Long Hill
G. P. Cromwell
Burns Lace Co
Main St
South Farms
Po ’ Chines
Pr Lace Cooley
Evening Press
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