Opening Contests Delayed By Rain In 1918 World Series
Chicago reports the opening game of the 1918 World Series postponed due to rain at Comiskey Park. Jupiter Pluvius soaked the field, making play impossible by 1:30 PM. Tickets will be valid tomorrow, with higher expected attendance for a Saturday game. Boston to host the fourth game Monday if conditions allow.
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Windy City
Luther 4
Huston
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Chicago, Ill
Jupiter Pluvius
Comiskey Park
National Committee
Congress Hotel
Charles A. Comiskey
Chicago National League
Chicago
Boston
Regulations for Registering Ill Men to Appear
Washington report on Sept 12 registration rules requires men aged 18 to 45 too ill to appear before local boards to register must send a competent delegate to act in their stead as ruled by Provost Marshal General Crowder.
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Washington, Sept
American Forces In Western Front Gain Amid New Landings
Washington reports Maj. Gen. Graves arrives at Validivostock with 45 officers and 1,088 men to command about 3,500 troops. Gen. March cites total American landings on all fronts above 1,600,000 through Aug 31 and more than 250,000 landed in France in August, with 285,000 the record month. British and French push 60 miles from the Scarpe to the Oise, gaining in places while German retreats continue. The Graves party landed in the Russian city on Sept 2, with no details on future movement.
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Washington
Validivostock
Wm. S. Graves
Peyton C. March
Graves
March
France
England
Scarpe
Oise
Somme
Peronne
Arras
Cambria
Validivestock
Franco American Artillery Dominates Aisne Vesle Front
On the Juvigny Plateau Franco American batteries silence German guns with record marksmanship. German reinforcements press to halt the advance as the Vesle crossings are rebuilt and transports move northward during lulls in firing.
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Henry G. Wales
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Aisne-Vesle
Juvigny
Aisne
United States Seaplanes Open North Sea Operations
United States naval seaplanes begin operations in the North Sea as praised by the British admiralty. Ensign G H Ludlow fights five hostile planes and damages one before being forced down and rescued. Pilot J Schifflelin, son of a New York druggist, is commended for locating a German U boat and guiding a destroyer to it, which damaged the submarine.
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London
United State Naval
North Sea
Admiralty
J. Schifflelin
United States
New York
G. H. Ludlow
Pola
Ludlow
Better Mail Service for Soldiers Promised
Paris dispatch says Senator James Hamilton Lewis, returning from England, announced arrangements completed for improved mail service to American soldiers at the front. The delay, mainly between arrival ports and the front, will be eliminated. Lewis arrived with Lord Reading and Andre Tardieu and planned a conference with President Poincare.
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Paris
James Hamilton Lewis
England
Lewis
Lord Reading
Andre Tardiew
United States
Poincare
Border situation improving with talks between US and Mexico
Washington reports from Nogales that the border situation is under control. Numerous conferences between American and Mexican officials are taking place and the Mexican commander is described as conciliatory. No further trouble is feared.
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Washington
State Department
Nogales
Americans in Prison Camps of Germany to Be Well Fed
Washington reports the United States Army Quartermaster Corps will ship vast food shipments to American civilian and military prisoners held by Germany. The packages include hard bread oatmeal beef and baked beans with Red Cross additions of fish flakes. Luxuries will also be sent to rest camps in England and France for the prisoners.
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Germany
Quartermaster Corps
United States Army
Red Cross
England
France
Whitman Renominated For Third Term In New York
In New York the Republican primaries renominated Governor Charles S. Whitman for a third term by about 150 000 over Meron E. Lewis. Alfred E. Smith won the Democratic nomination for governor by about 186 000 over William Church Osborne. Lieutenant Governor Edward Schoneck and Attorney General Charles D. Newton also secured nominations amid close races. Few women voted though several were named for minor offices.
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New York
Charles S. Whitman
Meron E. Lewis
Alfred E. Smith
Board of Aldermen of
William Church Osborne
Edward Schoneck
William M. Bennett
Seth G. Hearock
Chas. DD
British Near Cambrai as Pursuit Deepens in France
British forces advance within six miles of Douai and near Cambrai as they reach the Senze Canal locks and seize Le Cruz. About 15 000 prisoners are taken in two days while fires signal German withdrawals along Armentieres Bougny Morchigs Ruyaul Court and Bus. British pressure drives the Germans eastward destroying bridges and pressuring retreat across Canal Du Nord with rear guard actions.
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Bert Ford
I. N
France
Douai
Cambrai
Senze Canal
le Cruz
Armentieres
Bougny Morchigs
Ruyaul Court
Canal du Nord
Fhe
Senza
Peronne
Soth
Hindenburg
Deserters Boost Czecho Slovak Reds in Russia
Washington reports from Ambassador Francis at Murmansk on August 26 describe Czecho Slovak forces in Russia gaining deserters from Bolsheviks. An Archangel to Ekaterinburg report notes Ekaterinburg fell July 25 to 20 Cossacks later joined by 80 Czech Slovaks, forming 124000 troops with 49000 Czechs. They moved about 100 miles west then withdrew 40 miles and were well received by locals.
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Washington
Russia
State Department
Francis
Murmansk
Alurman
Archangel
Ekaterinburg
Latte
Wisconsin Primary Returns Seen Still In Doubt
Milwaukee observers at noon reported the gubernatorial race between Gov. E. L. Philipp and Roy P. Wilcox still undecided. Wilcox campaigned on loyalty while Philipp led in the Milwaukee district but trailed outside in the city.
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Wisconsin
ELEC
Milwaukee
Wis
E. L. Philipp
Roy P. Wilcox
Eau Claire
Wilcox
Philipp
Forty Ninth Day of Titanic Allied Offensive in France
The forty ninth day of the Allied offensive across France and Belgium sees French and American forces pushing Germans from the Marne to Picardy and Flanders. Estimates place prisoners captured between 140 000 and 145 000 with over 2 100 guns taken as Lille Douai and Cambrai threaten German bases and the Hindenburg line. American troops bolster northern and southern flanks as Haig shifts pressure toward Cambrai and Douai with advances on the Cambria Bapaume road.
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Marne
Picardy
Flanders
Lille
Douai
Cambria
Dorocourt-Queant
Hindenburg
Haig
Artois
Cambria Bapaume Road
French and British armies press center of war front
French forces push along the Canal Du Nord and Vesle river sector with detachments crossing the Vesle. Reports say German lines along the Vesle are endangered as French and American troops advance north of Soissons. British intelligence notes local operations along the canal with rear guard actions as Germans burn supplies.
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French War Office
Canal du Nord
Noyon
Aisne
Ailette
Soissons
Vesle River
War Office
Vesle
Coucy le Chateau
Jumen Court
Tts
Veste
Marshal Haig
British
London
International News Service
Canal
Peronne
New Offensives May Mean More Hun Retirements
German divisions are hurled into the fray as Allied forces launch new operations along the Vesle River. The German high command seeks to stem the Allied tide with renewed assaults that threaten retreat and disarray among combat units.
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Vesle
French Push Front Lines Near Coucy Le Chateaux
French war office reports heavy gains on the western front with gains east of the Canal Du Nord and between the Ailette and Aisne. Chapiie Wood captured. over 1,500 prisoners taken. British also report advances along the Canal Du Nord and around Sailly Sur Le Lys Nieppe Le Romarin. Lens patrols in contact. Canal Du Nord crossed at Haut Allaines. Cambrai near capture. towns including Demi court Hermies and Croix Du Bac cited as captured.
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Paris
Couey le Chateau
French War Office
War Office
Canal du Nord
Ailette
Aisne
Chapiie Wood
Chevilly
Bussy
Griselles
Ailelle
Coucy le
Chateau
Jumen Court
Lenpilly
Borde
Clamecy
Braye
Bucy le Long
Vesle
London
Marshal Haig
British War Office
Peronne
Vaux Woods
Sailly Sur le Lys
Nieppe
le Romaran
Moislains
Arras Cambrai
Escourt St. Quatin
Lys
Neuve Chappelle
Leventie
Sailly Sur la Lys
le Romarin
Slacker Roundup Surges With 30000 Detained in New York
New York reports more than thirty thousand young men arrested as slackers as twenty thousand agents press the roundup. Seven hundred detainees from Manhattan and Brooklyn are slated for transfer to Camp Upton. Fifteen thousand suspects spent the night in custody awaiting screening.
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New York
Manhattan
Brooklyn
Camp Upton
Senate Ready to Finalize Nationwide Prohibition Measure
Washington September 4. The senate prepared to grant final approval to a nationwide bone dry prohibition effective from July 1, 1919, after the emergency agricultural appropriation rider faded from contention. The Gore stock yards amendment, once a flashpoint, was withdrawn before the vote.
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Senate
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