British Block Huns Game Over Million and Half
General March announced total American embarkations to all fronts reached 1 600 000 by August 31. Graves' staff arrived at Vladivostock to command the eastern front with 43 officers and 1 380 men. The Thirty second division, Michigan and Wisconsin troops, helped seize Soray near Soissons. More than a quarter million troops had landed in France in August. The Canadian drive aimed at Cambrai.
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William S. Graves
Vladivostock
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Wisconsin
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France
Queant-Drocourt
Cambrai
Bomb Explodes at Federal Building Entrance
A blast at the Adams Street entrance of a federal building in Chicago killed three and wounded seventy five. A suitcase parcel post device is suspected. Judge Landis’s courtroom sits six stories above the blast site.
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Adams Street
Federal Building
Parcel Post
Crown Prince Defines German Victory Belief
Amsterdam dispatch reports Crown Prince says victory means holding our own and not being vanquished. He cites England's entry as turning point and notes American material aid impacts, with Germans aiming to hold ground rather than annihilate. He states World Victory as ongoing objective.
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Budapest
England
France
Crown Price
National Banks Report Condition By Aug 31 Call
Washington Sept 4 The controller of the currency issued a call for the condition of all national banks at the close of business August 31.
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Washington
Young Delbrueck Falls at Front
Paris reports a son of Dr Sie mens Delbrueck former German imperial chancellor has been killed on the battle front according to the Zeitung of Zurich.
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Paris
Siemens Delbrueck
Zeitung
Zurich
President commutes six Houston riot death sentences
Washington reports the president commuted six death sentences to life imprisonment for ten Negro soldiers who participated in the Houston riot of a year ago. Death sentences in six other cases were affirmed.
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Washington
Houston
Tex
Kaiser and Empress Ill at Bedside
The German empress lies ill with the Kaiser by her side in Berlin. The article notes concern for the afflicted Hohenzollern family and adds a sardonic remark about wishing misfortune on Bill the Damned.
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Empress
Bill the Damned
Rain Delays First World Series Game in Chicago
Rain postponed the opening World Series game in Chicago. Fair weather is expected tomorrow. The delay gives Boston a chance to rest after the cross country trip from the East.
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Chicago
Boston
Dream of German Mastery Dispelled by War Efforts
Lord Reading described the German dream of mastery as banished by industrial achievements and armed forces. A message read by Colville Barclay at the U S government war exposition urged continued effort to hasten Germany's defeat in the coming strenuous months.
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Chicago
Lord Reading
United States
Colville Barclay
Germany
Czechs in Russia Reported 150,000 Troops
New York Sept 4 The North German Gazette reports that 150,000 Czecho Slovak troops are fighting in Russia. The figure appears in a dispatch cited by our correspondent.
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New York
Russia
Opening of Pocatello Public Schools Set for September 9
Superintendent Walter R. Siders announces the return to classes next Monday at 9:00 a.m. The schedule divides students by ward and grade across Roosevelt Lincoln Central Emerson Whittier and Bonneville schools. Six year olds may enroll before October 5. Teachers gather for a 2 p.m. meeting on September 7.
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Wye
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Bradger
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Emerson School
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Bonneville
Fairview
Davis Leads in Every County in the Idaho Primary
Idaho fifth primary results show D W Davis winning across the state with large margins. A third party, the Nonpartisan league, disrupted Democratic prospects with trade offs in favor of Samuels for governor and Dougherty for secretary of state. Frank Gooding leads in the Senate race. Davis’s statewide tally surpasses all others.
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Idaho
Nonpartisan League
Samuels
Pocatello
B. A. Cummings
W. A. Fife
Dougherty
T.A. Walters
D. W. Davis
van Sieklin
Martin
Frank Gooding
United States
James F. Airshie
Lenine in Critical Condition After Shooting
London dispatch reports Nikolai Lenine the Bolshevik premier is in critical condition after a shooting. Surgeons removed a bullet from Lenine and a crisis is anticipated within three days per Central News.
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London
Nikolai Lenine
Central News
Lenine
Russians join Czech forces in Trans-Siberian push
A Czecho-Slovak officer arriving from Archangel reports 80,000 loyal Russians joining 40,000 Czech-Slovak troops advancing westward along the Trans-Siberian Railway from Ekaterinburg. The message, dated August 26, was conveyed to the state department by Ambassador Francis.
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Washington
Archangel
Ekaterinburg
State Department
Francis
Lens Still Mainly German Held as Patrol Reaches Western Lens
Front reports Lens remains under German control though a British patrol moves into the town's western sector. Later dispatches say Lens has been evacuated by German forces. British caution over gas lingering prevents occupation. Patrols confirm the enemy has withdrawn from the city.
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London
Lens
France
British Push Reaches Canal Du Nord in WWI Advance
British forces push beyond the Drocourt-Queant line reaching the Canal Du Nord and occupy Ecourt-St. Quentin north of the Arras Cambrai road. They secure the west bank at Rumancourt and cross near Haut Allains on the Somme while advancing along the Lys salient capturing Croix Du Bac and other positions.
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Drocourt-Queant
Canal du Nord
Haig
Arras Cambrai Road
Ecourt-St. Quentin
Peronne
Vaux Woods
Moislans
Rumancourt
Saint Lex Marquoin
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Doignies
Permies
Bertincourt
Somme
Haut Allains
Ruyaucourt
Neippe
Sally
Lys Salient
Croix du Bac
British Drive to Canal Du Nord Presses Wotan Line
British forces push through the Wotan line to Canal Du Nord with no report of German resistance halting the advance. The wedge between Douai and Cambrai threatens German bases as disorganization spreads, with main activity along the Cam brai and Arras roads and a 3.5 to 4 mile advance on the Queant switch line.
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Wotan
Canal du Nord
Douai
Cambrai
Bapaume-Cambrai
Arras-Cambrai
Queant
British Said to Seize Moeuvres in France
The Associated Press reports British forces may have captured Moevres, three and a half miles southeast of Queant, though unconfirmed. German troops are retreating along the Canal Du Nord region as Haig reports about a thousand prisoners taken last night.
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France
Associated Press
Moevres
Queant
Canal du Nord
Haig
Central Powers Attack Fails at Vardar Front
On September 2 central powers forces attacked Entente troops near the Vardar river left bank under heavy bombardment but were driven back, according to an official war office statement from London dated September 4.
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London
Vardar
War Office
Germans Retreat Across Front East of Canal Du Nord
German forces fall back on the French front east of the Canal Du Nord as French cavalry pursue. Associated Press reports the German retreat is underway with Allied pressure increasing on the line.
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Associated Press
Canal du Nord
Idaho Tech to Open Regular and Army Courses
The Idaho Tech year starts September 23 with registration on Monday and Tuesday. Regular courses run as usual while 200 to 300 government troops join for student army training corps. Plans are being revised under the new manpower law. details due around the tenth. Students receive subsistence, quarters, clothing, tuition, and army private pay upon induction. High school grads may enter collegiate division. grammar graduates enter vocational section.
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Elliott
Bing
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