Moldavian Front Shifts as Russian Forces Win Teutonic Position
Rumanian and Russian troops push in the Moldavian theater reporting success near Grozechti as Austro German resistance weakens. British fronts show heavy fighting and high casualties weekly totals surpassing 27 001. Berlin notes drum fire on the Lys and Houtholst wood with no Entente assault. Paris reports raids on German trenches and ongoing Verdun artillery action east of the Meuse.
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Rumania
Moldavia
Petrograd
Grozechti
Flanders
London
Berlin
Houtholst Wood
Lys
Paris
War Office
Verdun
Meuse
Fragmentary Quote on Forever Friendship and Hope
A damaged fragment speaks of enduring friendship and a wish that from destruction may rise a wiser, safer world. The lines hint at unity and renewal, urging lasting bonds to withstand turmoil. Content remains evocative without clear names, dates, or places.
Submarine Losses and Allied Message From Boston Club
Reported British forces sunk two German submarines with one captured crew. A Japanese steamer engaged a German submarine in the North Sea. Separately a Boston luncheon stressed unity between Japan and America, urging cooperation against common enemies and warning against wartime insinuations.
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Copenhagen
Bergen
Tidens
Texas
U Basta
North Sea
Vieroynt
Boston City Club
America
Japan
American steamer sinks German submarine in North Sea
The Der Ken correspondent reports an American steamer sank two German submarines in the North Sea during shelling of a neutral sailing ship. The incident occurred near Christiania on September 19.
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Christiania
Derken
Aftonbladet
North Sea
Atesmer
Father Mother And Son In Trench War Tale
Sept 19 a Verge nen landowner received a letter from a chasseur captain describing a striking scene in a trench battalion. A man’s wife and his 36 year old son were found among the men after five months with the unit. The writer notes the trio had been under fire together in the same battalion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patus
Hlacon
Tim
Pollus
Kies
Swedish envoy faces embarrassment over neutrality breach
Swedish Minister Ekengrin at Washington finds himself in a delicate position amid Sweden's alleged neutrality violation. He hopes to salvage both the government and himself without harming the entente cordiale between Sweden and the United States.
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Ekengrin
Washington
Longshoremen Strike Hits New York Harbor Lines
New York harbor piers of major trans Atlantic lines halt work as about 3 500 longshoremen walk out over a foreman reinstatement dispute with the International Merchants Marine and union leaders pledge up to 48 000 to join. Government officials and ILU head T B O'Connor plan to join talks to end the strike.
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New York
Reveral Aften
trans-Atlantic Steamship Lines
New York Harbor
Interst National’ Nercantile Marine
Upfoe
United States
T. B. O'Connor
International Longshoremen’s Union
Porto Rico to Send 12854 Men to War
San Juan Porto Rico September 19 Porto Ricos quota for the national army will be 12854 instead of 1 percent as announced Lieutenant Colonel Townshend in command of Porto Rico district has received instructions from Washington. Whether the total will be called at once or in intervals is not yet known. Cantonment plans for 7000 men have not yet been charted.
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San Juan
Porto Rico
Townshend
Porto
Resignations Shake Masimallats Council in Petrosrad
A plenary session of the Petrograd council of soldiers and workers deputies approved radical resolutions calling for a strong revolutionary power free from counter revolution and prepared to convoke a general conference by September 25. The paper notes mass resignations in the council including Tehezze and others and references the provisional government declaring Musala a republic.
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Jcident
Orde
Kale Jdines
Moscow
Delerstes
Petrograd
Democratic Republic
Kerensky
Musala
Belgium Restored: Belgium Must Be Restored
Amsterdam dispatch quotes Vorwaerts, Berlin socialist organ, arguing Belgium’s full restoration follows liberation and that justice and conscience demand independence. It questions whether the German government remains committed, insisting right must prevail despite strong political pressure.
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Vorwaerts
Amsterdam
Vorwaerta
Berlin
Belgium
Strikers Meet Mediator Boyce In San Francisco
Labor department officials reported progress in the San Francisco shipbuilders and iron workers strike as mediator Boyce and immigration official Royer prepared to resume talks. The American Federation of Labor urged treating the Pacific coast as a unit, complicating independent wage decisions. Hurley planned to postpone action until meetings with the Beattie company could occur, while federation officers doubted the Mare Island scale would satisfy the San Francisco dispute ahead of Seattle talks.
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Washington
Labor Department
San Francisco
W. T. Royer
W Ho
Troyce
American Federation of Labor
Pacific Coast
Ron
San Franclzey
Saatde
Hurley
Beatie. Company
Hersomorrow
Metal Trades Department
Federation
Seattle
Mr. Hurley
Samuel Lompera
Deputy Facing Treason Charge at Astoria Mills
United States infantry patrolled Astoria Oregon shipyards to deter I W W picketing amid government orders. Hammond mill operated despite a 150 worker walkout in sympathy with Beattie strikers. In San Francisco a prolonged talk between workers and employers failed to yield a settlement in the iron workers and shipbuilders strike.
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Astoria
Ore
United States Infantrymen
Oday
Pizerts
Holalts
Potoria
bin Hammond
Yamber Company
Portland
Withycombs
Hammond
Althouh
Beatile
Ban Francisco
Gunn
Employers’ Association
W. T. Boyce
Edward N. Hurley
Federal Shipping Board
J.T
Autocracy Must Not Prevail at Lowell Navy Zone
Ackerson attended the conference and said the government navy scale effectite would be basis for a settlement. Leena nai Lees Idwan noted seventy five gallons and many places were affected by the order of Captain Harry C. Leopold. A 300 marine detail patrolled the Union Iron Works plant surrounding a half solle dry zone near the facility.
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Ackerson
UL D. N
Marines
Harry C. Leopold
Union Iron Works
French appeal court seeks suspension in Turmel case
Paris reports the procureur general of the appeal court filed a communication to parliament asking for suspension in the case of Deputy Lois Turmel. Judicial authorities consider charging Turmel with treasonable dealings with the enemy, punishable by death, after发现苏尔斯银行票据在 Turmel 使用的支票簿中被发现而他无法解释。
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Paris
Appeal Courte
Fins Uate
Lois Tur ‘Mel
Suirs
Iacker
M. Turmel
Biggest Recreational Program Ever Staged in U S Is Planned
The United States launches a vast wartime entertainment effort at sixteen national army cantonments. Led by Mark H Klaw and backed by major groups including the Y M C A and Knights of Columbus, the plan allocates hundreds of millions for free soldier entertainment, libraries, hostesses, and organized activities with dozens of theaters and circus tents underway.
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U.S
Washington
America
National Army
Mark Hklaw
Commission Oo
Toker
Raymond 0. Fosdick
Reat
L. McDride
Yale
Lee F. Hammer
Rec
Mussel Bare Foundation
Ace
Joseph Lee
Ray
Around
Palional Army and
naUonsl Guard
Sweden Expects Note From Sweden to US Over Telegrams
Stockholm September 19 It is believed Sweden’s government faces continued trouble over German telegrams routed via Buenos Aires to Berlin and the United States may demand a clear statement of Sweden’s intent regarding forwarding messages through American soil. Secretary Lansing may seek such a statement after a conference with Entente ministers and American diplomat Ira Nelson Moris.
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Stockholm
Tuenos Aires
United States
Lansing
Sweden
America
Entente Ministera
Ira Nels Pon Moris
Getman
Tinenos Alrea
Mexican
Men En Route to Cantonments 45 Percent of Quota
Three hundred thousand men of the national army head to seventeen cantonments for an offensive training period before overseas service. The increment equals about 45 percent of the total quota from nearly 5000 exemption boards. The first contingent arrives at Camp Funston on Sept. 12 with 300,000 more to follow to be equipped and formed into units for modern warfare roles.
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Washington
National Army
Aa Feader
War Department
Unite For War
France
Camp Funston
Junction
City
Kang
Trentreeren Bun Jared
Camp Fymston
Missouri
Kansan
Nebraska
Colorado
New Mexico
Quartermasters’ Corps
Mud More Deadly Than Artillery At Front
Maj. Gen. Frederick B. Maurice warns mud on the France front is a harsher foe than artillery. He recalls two men trapped thirty hours in Flanders mud, rescued after dislocated hips and knees required pulldras, illustrating the deadly grip of the boggy trench zones.
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Flanders
No Man's Land
Botton
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Count Shui
Boston
U. S
Warades
Jesus
W. A. F. Ekengrin
N. Y
Russ Council
Radical Program
New Republic
Boyce
A. L. Lowell
Harvard
A. Lawrence Lowell
National Safety Council
Germany
Misa Katherine Scott
National Council
Joseph Fe Raycrott
Prince
Tea University
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