British and French Drive On In Face Of Bitter Opposition
Allied forces push forward across Flanders Picardy and Aisne fronts gaining villages and lines from the Germans. French near La Fere and St. Quentin advance while Foch drives toward the Chemin des Dames. British and French seize stores and rail hubs as German retreat accelerates under heavy bombardment and air action.
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Frank Charlton
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Hindenburg Line
Ham
Terginer
Chauny
Coney Forest
Hindenburg
la Fere
Alles
St. Quentin
Peronne
Oise
Somme
Flanders
Picardy
Aisne
Vesle
Rheims
Soissons
Marne
Foch
Chemin Deg Dames
Ailette
Chemin Des Dames
Lao
Hindenburg Hne
St. Gobain Forest
Germany
Coucy Forest
St. Gobain
Vaux Aillon
Laffaux
France
Havrincour Wood
Cambrai
Metzen Contre
Canal du Nord
Fins
Petit Sorrel
Sorrel le Grand
Uurlu-Lieramont
Old Hindenburg
Americans Help Carry Wounded After Bombed Hospital
In Paris on a Franco American hospital near twenty miles behind the lines, American and French wounded who could walk carried the most seriously injured to safety after a German air raid last Thursday. The hospital, clearly marked with Red Crosses, was struck by two bombs.
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Paris
Pillage and Ruin Mark German Retreat in France
London dispatch reports German retreat from Somme to Hindenburg line last year followed by widespread looting and arson in towns. Houses were looted furniture piled in roadways and set aflame as Germans pulled back in France.
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London
Somme
Hindenburg Line
France
Camouflaged sea raiders spotted off New England coast
Two steamers reported thrilling encounters with German U boats pretending to be fishing boats about 250 miles from the port. A British freighter and a French ship engaged the disguised submarines in fighting runs that lasted hours, with shells and torpedoes exchanged before the raiders disappeared.
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Atlantic
New England
Ater
Peeve
New York to Chicago Aerial Mail Test Makes Fast Run
Edward Gardner leads New York Chicago aerial mail test, covering a thousand miles in under ten hours actual flying time. Max Miller landed after weather forced a stop in Westville Indiana. Capt G B Lipsner says flight proves feasibility and service may start by October 1. Roy Wilcox claims Republican Wisconsin governorship nomination over Philipp after eight precincts report. Wilcox leads by 176 votes with 71,188 to 70,992.
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Chicago
Edward V. Gardner
New York
Miwaukee
Wis
Roy Wilcox
Hall Claire
Wisconsin
Philipp
Wilcox
Wilson
Submarine chase ends as British and French destroyers sink German U boats
London dispatch reports two German submarines pursuing two American transports separated from their convoy were sunk in the English Channel by British and French destroyers. One U-boat surfaced near troop ships and was depth charged by a British destroyer, blowing it from the water. A French destroyer then destroyed a second U-boat with another depth charge as smoke screens and evasive maneuvers protected the threatened transports. Jersey City politician John J. Hayes praised the allied action.
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English Channel
D. M. Edwards
London
English
America
John J. Hayes
Jersey City
N. J
Elijah T1 Walks Free From Atlanta Prison After Eight Years
Elijah T1 or Rev Frank Saford of the Holy Ghost and WU Society left the Atlanta Federal prison a free man after eight years of a ten year term for violating maritime laws in Maine. He cited prayer, carried a small basket and a suitcase, and avoided talking to reporters as he prepared to start a quiet new life.
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Atlanta
Elijah
Frank W. Saford
The
Holy Ghost
Sanford
Federal District Court of
Maine
Villages Taken Near Peronne Front Include Tergnier Gain
Reports from the western front state the capture of nearly twenty villages from the Germans today. Advances extend from the district northeast of Peronne in Picardy to the Aisne river and include the important town of Tergnier. French forces also took strategic wooded ground.
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Western
Bat Battle Front
Peronne
Picardy
Aisne
Tergier
Records Withheld 20000 Casualties Reported By Pershing
Gen Pershing withheld 20000 slight casualties up to Aug 20 in the AEF as war records were being compiled. Gen March said the War Dept will publish these later via courierly keeping complete overseas hospital records. three new divisions were authorized, and Guard divisions 27th and 2nd are in action in Flanders and Vosges.
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Washington
Pershing
Peyton C. March
March
War Department
United States
France
27Th National Guard
Dion
Flanders
Vosges
America
Berne
Switzerland
Senate Committee
de Haviland
Peyton C. Mrnch
Senate Military Affairs Committee
Wishey
Marek
Cubs and Red Sox face probable final game in Chicago
Chicago set for a high stakes winded city showdown as the Cubs meet the Red Sox at Comiskey Park in a probable last contest before the Kaiser is subdued. Military chatter swirls of possible German retreats and new offensives as war news lingers in the background.
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Chicago
Cubs
Red Sox
Comiskey Park
Windy City
Kaiser
Americans Leave Russia Refugees Reach Sweden
One hundred twenty one Americans from Moscow, including seven women, and seventy two Italian refugees have escaped Russia and arrived safely in Sweden. Bolsheviks demanded surrender but legation members eluded Red guards. Lenin reportedly died from wounds. Despatches say military opposition in Vladivostok faces collapse as Czechs gain power across Siberia and Gen Hobart travels to Irkutsk. Russia will rise reborn and join world powers, says Sir George Buchanan.
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Copenhagen
Regation
Moscow
Rusia
Sweden
Legation
Red Guards
Nickolai Lenine
Dora Kaplan
Washington
Ept
Valdivostok
Russia
State Department
Siberia
Hobart
Validvostok
Irkutsk
Harris
Cheliakinsk
Ekaterinburg
Chita
Samara
Kazan
Two Wilsons Held in Chicago After Bomb Inquiry
Chicago September 7 state attorney Melay Hoyne drops a bombshell in the hunt for the man who placed the Federal Building death bomb and two Wilsons are held as the guilty man. Federal authorities arrest Harry Wilson known to police as a homemaker and John W. Shorty Wilson. Haywood’s secretary J W W is named as the guilty actor. Haywood and 95 allies are en route to Leavenworth to serve sentences for anti war activities. Nina Van Zant Spies, widow of August Spies, is arrested. Wilson was found at her house.
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Chicago
Melay Hoyne
Atorney
Wilsons
Hoyne
Harry Wilson
John W
Shorty) Wilson
Big Bhvy Haywood
Haywood
TW. W
Leavenworth
K. M. Landis
Wilson
Haynes
Nina van Zant Spies
August Spies
Haymarket
Weather Forecast for Western PA and Ohio Region
Forecast to 8 p m Sunday for Western Pennsylvania West Virginia and Ohio calls for fair tonight then fair and warmer Sunday.
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the Weather
Washington
Pennsylvania
West Va
Ohio
Cubs and Red Sox face decisive World Series game at Comiskey Park
At Comiskey Park Chicago the crowd nears 25 000 as the Cubs and Red Sox prepare for a decisive game in the World Series. Both managers plan to start right handed pitchers. Ruth is expected to boost Boston as the teams anticipate a torrid, high stakes battle amid heightened tensions and hostile spirit.
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Luther A. Huston
I. N.S
Comiskey Park
Chicago
Cubs
Red Sox
Boston
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Berliner Tageblatt
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