French Troops Seize Leury and Key German Positions
Paris reports French forces stormed Leury north of Soissons and seized 1,000 German troops. They crossed the Somme canal at Epenaucourt near Peronne while Rouy le Petit and nearby villages fell to French control. In the American front at Juvigny, U.S. troops led a bayonet assault, pushing through German lines and capturing the town as Krupp shells rained.
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Somme Canal
Ooupy Rouy-le-Petit
U. S
Juvigny
Paris
Crecy-au-Mont
Allette
Couey-le-Chateau
War Office
Soissons
Lonmiton
Haig
Peronne
Flamicourt
St. Denis
London
Bouchavesnes
Ranecourt
Leury
French War Office
Epenaucourt
Peronnne
Rouyle Petit
Nese
Neale
Anstacs
Mont St. Quentin
Mouchavesnes
Briancourt
Beaulencourt
Beoust-St. Meur
Lengatte
Morval
Vraucourt
Rancourt
le Transloy
Bullecourt
Hendecourt
Lys
Chavigny
Soissons-Chauny
Bois de Couronne
Bois du Domaine
Les Boves
Greatest Labor Day Parade Opens in Chicago Aflame
Promptly at nine o'clock the largest labor day demonstration in U S history began in downtown Chicago drawing nearly a million people. A 250 foot memorial arch was unveiled near Monroe street and Michigan avenue as Simon O'Donnell dedicated the monument. A 1300 piece band played and the war exposition on the lake front opened as 250000 workers marched in 12 abreast with diverse floats.
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Chicago
Loop
Monroe Street
Michigan Avenue
Union
Simon O'Donnell
Wrond
Lake Front
Spain Seizes German Steamships as War Grows
Madrid reports the Spanish government will take over all German steamships interned at Spanish ports. Foreign Minister Dato announced the sinking of the Azuz Meade by a German submarine and reports on the Ataz Mende torpedoing. The cabinet tightens press coverage as tensions rise amid neutrality pledges. An Austrian detachment clashed with Italian forces on the Col del Rosso, with heavy enemy losses.
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Madrid
Spain
Berlin
Dato
Azuz Meade
England
Ataz Mende
Ki Sol
Col del Rosso
War Office
Boudces
Wilson Sets September 12 for Registration
President Wilson signed a bill extending draft age to eighteen through forty five and issued a proclamation setting September 12 as the registration day. Registration could enroll about 24 million Americans with Illinois quota around 85 4 million. eighteen year olds placed in a separate group for education and deferred until other classes filled.
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Washington
Wilson
Illinois
United States
War Department
House
Senate
President Wilson Urges Labor To Help Win World War
President Wilson issues a Labor Day proclamation urging all workers to unite as an army at home and abroad. He says every tool is a weapon and calls the war a fight for liberty and justice beyond Europe, with citizens as enlisted parts of a single effort.
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Austria
Germany
America
Washington
Wilson
Belgium
France
Isto
Europe
Gasoline Order Met With Broad City Compliance
Chicago observed a rare day of near empty boulevards as residents and visitors heeded the gasoline conservation directive. Taxicabs faced jeers amid the cool restraint, while officials praised the wartime compliance and estimated significant fuel savings.
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Chicago
War Department
Michigan Avenue
Sheridan Road
Jackson
Washington
Raymond KB. Durham
Haigs Men Push Past Peronne Allied Progress
Allied forces under Haig advance past Peronne. Troops push through German lines as progress continues on the Western Front with supply routes secured and positions held against counterattacks. Victory prospects rise as operations intensify near the Somme river.
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HAIGS
Peronne
British Push Toward Lens and Armantieres In Flanders Retreat
Haig’s forces push from Peronne toward Cambrai and St Quentin. Lens and Armantieres near capture as German retreat accelerates. Towns burned and firearms transported ahead of Allied advance. South of Soissons French and American units report steady progress.
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Evening Journal
London
Haig
Flanders
Peronne
Cambrai
St. Quentin
Lens
Armentiers
Soissons
Five Oclock mob halts taxis in early morning chaos
In the early morning. about five o clock, taxis were stopped or attacked by a large angry mob. Citizens intervened, halting several cabs in the street as tensions erupted.
Yanks Repulse Two Raids in Lorraine Engagements
German artillery shelled American lines in the Toul sector with a prolonged bombardment. At dawn about 200 German troops attacked behind a barrage but were driven back before reaching trenches, leaving several dead near entanglements. A second raid in the Vosges also failed.
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Lorraine
Toul
Vosges
Americans Near Laon View Laon Cathedral Towers
Paris reports forces northwest of Sassons gain a vantage along the Chenin des Dames. The advance puts American troops within sight of the towers of the Laon cathedral as they press the operation.
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Laon
Chemin Des Dames
Paris
Aux Senn
Sassons
la Liberte
Chenin Des Dames
Laon Cathedral
London Shops Looted as Night of Lawlessness Spreads
London reports mark the first night without police protection. Thieves raided jewelers and other businesses, breaking windows and stealing property. Military police were present but focused on their own troops, as thieves operated in squads across the city.
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London
U S Girl Weds Cuban Flyer in San Antonio Cathedral
A Cuban aviator awarded the French War Cross for services on the western front marries Miss Mabel Hinson of New York at San Fernando cathedral in San Antonio. The couple plans travel to Cuba after a stay in New Orleans.
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U. S
San Antonio
Teg
Liegt
Cuimpuzano
Mabel Hinson
J. A. Hinson
New York
San Fernando Cathedral
Cumpuzano
New Orleans
Cuba
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la Bassee
British
Nacrid
Kaiser
Anna
Anna Held
Linne Cervera
Alexander PP. Moore
Lilian Russell
Vitisburgh
Army of Labor
Liberty Sparks
Armen
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