Yanks Drive Ahead in St Mihiel Salient Capture
Paris reports the St Mihiel offensive by General Pershing's forces has captured the salient with over 12,000 prisoners and nearly 100 guns. The Verdun to Nancy rail line is open, many villages taken, and front reduced to about twenty miles. Allies note German evacuation was completed with few stores left behind.
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Metz
St. Mihiel
Pershing
Meuse
Moselle
London
St Mihiel
Verdun-Commercy-Toul- Nancy
Meuse River
Thiaucourt
Verdun
Commercy
Toul
Nancy New Ts
St. Mihtel
St. Millet
Dagny
Hattonville
Pagny
Germany
St. Mihiel Salient
Berlin
Western Front
Lorraine
Tuguime
Striking Bridgeport Machinists Told to Return or Be Barred
President Wilson warns Bridgeport Conn machinists to return to work and accept the war labor board wage award or face a one year employment ban and loss of any military exemption claims. The War Department will operate Smith & Wesson in Springfield Mass to ensure production amid the strike.
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Washington
Bridgeport
Conn
Wilson
War Labor Board
War Department
Smith & Wesson Company
Springfield
Mass
War Abor Board
International Association of Machinists
German Count Schesyng Captured on Metz Front
American forces on the Metz front report capturing German Count Schesyng among prisoners. He was found with his order legs waiting to be captured.
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Metz
Schesyng
Great American Drive Breaks German Trenches in Lorraine
Pershing and Secretary Baker watched as American forces in rain and mud launched a dawn assault on German lines between the Meuse and Moselle. Artillery, tanks, and aircraft supported a coordinated breakthrough capturing three German trench sections in one push. The operation began at 1 AM and progressed to a full top assault by 5 AM as dawn broke over a battlefield lit by flares and burning dumps.
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Lorraine
Pershing
Newton D. Baker
Meuse
Moselle
Secretary Baker
Cerman
Artilery
Artiery
German Chancellor seeks peace despite peace offer rejection
London dispatch reports Count von Hertling asserts peace nears amid German government and army leaders favoring understanding over conquest. He vows dissolution of the Reichstag when suffrage dispute stalls, while Fried rich von Payer warns of massive state debts and war hardships in Stuttgart.
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London
Germany
Count von Uertfing
Copenhagen
Amsterdam
Friedrich Payer
Stuttgart
British Advance Near St Quentin and Havrincourt
British forces in France report gains northwest of St Quentin around Vermand and Jeancourt, with progress toward La Bassée and Havrincourt. Haig’s troops penetrate German lines up to 2000 yards, occupy St Quentin Wood, and secure Thornon and St Quentin Woods as Australians push east of Jeancourt.
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London
St. Quentin
Vermand
Jeancourt
la Bassee
France
Havrincourt
Cambrai
Pield Marshal Haig
St. Quentin Wood
Thornon
St. Quentin Woods
Les Briques
British Hold Havrincourt and Moeuvres Against German Attack
British gunners and riflemen repelled a German assault at Havrincourt and Moeuvres with heavy fire, maintaining control of high ground and securing a line into the German zone. Separately, evacuees from Lille were reported moving toward Malines and Antwerp as Lille appears to be evacuated by the Germans.
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Havrincourt
Moeuvres
Havringcourt
Hindenburg
Bocie
Lille
London
Malines
Antwerp
Amsterdam
Yanks Repel German Charge Near Lorra ine Hill
A detachment of about 200 Germans charged an American line at the foot of a small hill in Lor raine. The Americans retreated to the hilltop where they waited and repelled the assault with bayonet and rifle fire. All Germans were killed or scattered.
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Hill
Lorraine
Tul
Two Flyers Die In Texas Plane Crash
Fort Worth Texas reports Lieut. Cc. R. Janes of Chicago was killed instantly when their aircraft crashed in a spin. An enlisted man named Lantz was fatally injured and died shortly after. Toledo Ohio lists fifty Mexicans from Toledo Detroit and Cleveland departing for the International one under migration officials for deportation.
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Lieut. C. R. Janes
Chicago
Fort Worth
Tex
Cc. R. Janes
Lantz
Wes
Toledo, O
Toledo
Detroit
Cleveland
Government to Fix Cotton Price for War Use
President Wilson said a fair price for raw cotton will be fixed if needed after a War Industries Board inquiry. A three member committee will buy cotton for U S government and allies at prices approved by the president. The plan aims to stabilize prices and broaden distribution of all grades.
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Washington
Wilson
War Industries Board
United States
Department of Agriculture
Americans Now on Hun Frontier Morning at 10
American forces press toward the Hun frontier as dawn breaks. Reports note movement and readiness at the line with preparations ahead of an anticipated push.
French and Yankee Combined in St Mihiel Assault
Paris report says twenty thousand Germans captured as Allied forces under General Pershing and French troops launch new powerful attacks south of the Aisne River with further advances expected this morning.
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Evening Journal
Paris
Pershing
Aisne River
French Aid Boosts American Attacks Across Aisne Front
From Wagner Ticker in Iowa City and special dispatches. French support aided American offensives as 20,000 prisoners fell including 500 Austrians. Main action lies between the Meuse and Moselle rivers with operations south of the Aisne.
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Eventing Journal
Wagner Ticker
Iowa City
New York
London
Aisne
Meuse
Moselle
Americans Capture Wide St Mihiel Area Near Metz
In the St Mihiel salient American forces have taken more than 350 square kilometers including seventy villages and towns. Long range guns are shelling railway lines toward Metz fortresses. German submarines shelled a Spanish ship off the Canary Islands near Sept 14.
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Evening Journal
Paris
Sept. M
St. Mihiel Salient
Metz
Madrid
Spain
Canary Islands
British seize towns after cruelties in Arras region fights
British forces report capturing Anchy les La Bassée Gouzen court and Lacatelot area positions east of Arras and northwest of Lacatelot after heavy clashes in the region.
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Evening Journal
London
Anchy-les-la Bassee
Arras
Gouzencourt
Lacatelet
Cotton Price Stabilization Plan Outlined by Committee
A three member committee will investigate and recommend basic cotton prices if needed while another panel may buy cotton for the US government and allies at price set by the president. The move aims to prevent stagnation and misinterpretation of wartime stabilization efforts, though Southern states have opposed price fixing.
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United States
War Industries Board
France Renounces Franco Swiss Trade Pact Amid War Policy
Dispatches from Geneva report Paris has renounced the Franco Swiss commercial convention of 1906. The move follows a policy to end all treaties granting most favored nation status to prevent postwar advantage by enemies.
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Paris
Geneva
Caiuse
Italians Penetrate Austro Hungarian Lines at Pramaggiore
Rome reports that Italian forces have penetrated Austro Hungarian positions at Pramaggiore as announced by the war office. The Sept date is listed in the dispatch.
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Rome
Pramaggiore
War Office
Prize Court President Sir Samuel Evans Dies
Sir Samuel Evans, president of the British prize court, died at Brighton. The report notes his leadership role and the impact on prize proceedings during his tenure.
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Prize Court
London
Sir Samuel Evans
British Prize Court
Brighton
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