Huns to Attack in Vosges Signal Heavy Assault Fears
On Sept 17 in the Vosges area intense artillery activity and a surge of signaling indicate a possible German attack. Air activity is high with ten planes over St Die and twenty over Gerardmer as German infantry consolidates near La Chaussee and the Hindenburg Line. The Lorraine front shows American and French patrols and cautious advances along a widening line from Fresnes to Rappes forest as Germans shell and build positions.
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St. Die
Gerardmer
St. Mikel
Alsace
Lorraine
Berlin
Fresnes
St. Hilaire
Houmont
Rembercourt
Rappes Forest
Pagny
Moselle
la Chaussee
Varius
Metz
Paris
Vailly
The
Aisne
Soissons
War Office
Oise
Mont Des Singes
France
Marshal Haig
British Line Advances Near Ypres and Havrincourt In WWI
British forces continued steady improvement along the line with notable gains around Ypres Comines canal and Havrincourt. An advance of about 1000 yards near the canal and new posts along the Canal du Nord east of Demilecourt improved positions for future operations while German artillery sustained bombardment in Havrincourt and adjacent areas.
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Ypres-Comines Canal
Havrincourt
Canal du Nord
Demilecourt
U S Labor Mission Arrives in Italy
The American Federation of Labor mission to set forth U S war aims arrived in Italy, announced by the American Alliance for Labor and Democracy. The mission left the United States in August and is distinct from the Gompers headed group in England, though their objectives are similar.
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American Federation of Labor
New York
Italy
America
American Alliance For Labor and Democracy
England
Samuel Gompers
25 Die in Torpedoed Ship Off Atlantic Port
An Atlantic port reported that the Portuguese steamship Leixoes was torpedoed in the North Atlantic five days earlier. Sixteen crew members reached the port after days in an open boat. It is feared as many as 30 may have been lost across three hopeful escape boats.
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Atlantic
Leixoes
North Atlantic
FTC Orders Stanley Booking to Desist in Film Trade Practices
The Federal Trade Commission ordered Stanley Booking corporation to stop tactics that forced producers and theaters to deal only through the firm, setting a precedent for the motion picture industry. Melbourne launches seventh Australian war loan drive with Acting Premier Watt selling the first bond to the lord mayor to raise about 8000 pounds.
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Washington
Federal Trade Commission
Stanley Booking Corporation
Melbourne
Australia
Watt
German Towns Bombed From Air In August Raids
British independent air forces bombed 21 German towns in August targeting railway stations factories and blast furnaces. Bombs totaling over 100 tons were dropped along with raids on airfields and military objectives, with 249 raids in three months dropping 247 tons on railroad centers munition works and other plants.
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London
Germany
Bohn
Boule
Freisdorf
Morhange
Frankfort
Mannheim
Metz
Sahelen
Saarburg
Thionville
Berremborough
Burbach
Coblentz
Cologne
Darmstadt
Dellingen
Duren
Mhrange
Karlsruhe
Luxembourg
Offenburg
Remilly
Hombach
Saaralbe
Treves
Volkingen
Wilson letter ends strike in Bridgeport factories
In Bridgeport Connecticut on September 17 striking machinists and toolmakers in munition plants ended their walkout. After reading President Wilson's letter many men returned to work individually while many others voted to resume as a group at a mass meeting.
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Wilson
Bridgeport
Conn
Allies Shake Up Enemy in the Balkans
British and Greek troops prepare for a major offensive after taking 800 prisoners and ten guns on a ten mile Doiran Vardar front. Serbian and French forces seize three Bulgarian positions on the Saloniki front Teake Vetrenik Dobropolie and Mountain Lake with hundreds of prisoners and guns captured.
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Doiran-Vardar
A. J. Balfour
Saloniki
Washington
Saleniki
Tenk Vetrenik
Dobrepolle
Soko
Teale Vetrenik
Dobropolie
Mountain Lake
Forest D Sebastian, Pardoned Soldier, Dies in Action
St Louis telegram confirms Forest D Sebastian, 21, of Fast Street, was killed in action July 20 after being pardoned by President Wilson on May 4 for sleeping on guard in France. Father received notice.
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St. Louis
Forest
Sebastian
Fast St. Louis
Wilson
France
Baker Arrives in London from Paris Secretary Baker in London
Secretary of War Newton D. Baker arrived in London from Paris, in a Sept 17 dispatch from the city. The visit involves wartime affairs as Baker meets British officials for discussions.
U S Cavalry in Big Mop Up Role on Lorraine Front
American cavalry detachments on Sept 17 fought as mounted and dismounted light infantry at Bois Vigneuilles and Montague Forest. They swept enemy positions with sabers then dismounted to assault, rescuing a German hospital at Thiancourt where German and American staff treated wounded together.
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Lorraine
Bois Vigneuilles
Montague
Hattonehattel
Bois Nonsard
Thiancourt
Peace Plea Scorned by Pres Wilson Headlines 1916 Note
President Wilson rejects Austria Hungary peace talks in a six sentence reply released through Secretary Lansing. The note was public within 33 minutes of the Swedish minister delivering the text to Washington.
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Pres. Wilson
Swedish Minster
Vienna
Washington
Wilson
State Department
Lansing
Austria
White House
Lenine and Trotsky Tools of the Kaiser
Secret documents reveal German plans to use Lenin and Trotsky to disrupt the United States and its allies. The notes show demands for storage details of American supplies and a January February push to spread Bolshevik propaganda abroad. Plans included dispatching three submarines in parts to bolster the effort.
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Washington
United States
Russia
Council of People's Commissars
Germany
Lenine
Trotzky
America
England
France
Scheidemann
Europe
Within Two Miles of Hun Frontier near German Border
A brief note places forces within two miles of the Hun frontier near the German border. It marks the troops' proximity and the tense border situation without graphic detail.
Gain in Macedonia and French-Serbian Advance Near Frontier
American troops reached Vandieres in France within a mile and a half of the German frontier as Serbians and French push forward in Macedonia. German resistance at Vandieres is described as stiff and desperate amid continued offensives.
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Evening Journal
Paris
Vandieres
Macedonian Front Advances Reported by Allies
Special to Evening Journal from London on September 17 reports continued gains on the Macedonia front. Serbian and French forces have pushed forward about five miles and now hold an important series of ridges and strong positions dominating the enemy lines.
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Evening Journal
London
Macedonia
Grain shipments embargoed to major points after congestion
AN terminals Omaha Kansas City St Joe St Louis Chicago Minneapolis Duluth embargoed against all grain tonight at 12:01. All grain shipments cannot be consigned to these points until the railway congestion is cleared.
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Evening Journal
ST. Louis
Omaha
Kansas City
St. Joe
Chicago
Minneapolis
Duluth
German fleet and spies plan Pacific actions and embassy raids
Publicized German high seas fleet memos describe rail access to Vladivostok and use of Russian ships under the Russian flag to move agitators to the United States Japan and eastern Asia. Notes from German intelligence detail the Petrograd attack on the Italian ambassador and surveillance of American and allied embassies. Explanatory notes accompany the published documents.
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Vladivostok
Pacific
High Seas Fleet
United States
Japan
Asia
Petrograd
Edgar Sisson
Russia
Committee On Public Information
Women Burn Wilson Words Over Suffrage Plea
President Wilson expressed sympathy and support for a federal suffrage amendment as women from the National American Woman Suffrage Association pressed for White House access. Soon after, Miss Lacey Branham of the National Woman's Party publicly burned a scrap of paper bearing the president’s conciliatory words near the Lafayette statue, denouncing what she called empty promises and demanding action before the November elections.
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Wilson
National American Woman Suffrage Association
White House
Lita
Lacey Branham
National Woman’s Party
Lafayette
James
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