Allied advance near Soissons and Ham in August push
Paris reports Franco American forces press German positions north of Soissons and at Ham gates. German trains and munitions lost near Breuil as French and American troops capture Noyon Morlincourt and Quesnoy wood. Mangin and Humbert fronts push despite rear guard actions. British wings see rapid gains east of Arras.
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Prosecution for Seditious Mail Probe Across Nation
Chicago reports reveal more than 2,009,000 seditious letters seized under 300 warrants. U S District Attorney Charles F Clyne and postoffice inspectors including Gen l James EB Stuart work with federal authorities to present findings to a grand jury. Names span Socialist Party I W W Dill Pickle club and associates from Huntington Huntington New York Batavia and other towns.
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Chicago
U. S
Charles F. Clyne
Clyne
L James EB. Stuart
Postoffice
Mark A. Foote
Socialist Party
Eye Opener
Defense Fund
International Radical Club
Dill Pickle Club
John Anderson
Batavia
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State Socialist Party
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Huntington
W. Va
Fifth Avenue
New York City
Commander and fourteen men lost on 209
Lieut Henry J Bowes and fourteen enlisted men remain missing from submarine chaser No 209 after it was mistaken for an enemy sub and sunk off Fire Island Aug 27 Nine crewmen were rescued. The Taussig’s captain reports the chaser went down ablaze within minutes after being hit by two shots from the Taussig’s forward gun.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Henry J. Bowes
G. H. Randolph
Felix Taussig
Fire Island
Navy Department
Taussig
Bowes
Merjthantville, O
Ensign Randolph
Collins A. Crane
Los Angeles
Cal
Harry
Denney
Philadelphia
Gordon J. Groves
Alexandria
George C. Gunderman, Jr
Brooklyn
Richard C. Hasinger
Wilmington
Leonard A. Haskett
Edwin F. Hodgson
Brazaria
Frank R. Hullette
Atlantic City
Frederick W. Keihn
N.Y
Frank M. Patterson, Jr
Casper G. Shrader
Morton
Irwin Sheehan
Timothy F. Treacy
Indianapolis
Harold Peverill
Waterloo
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Bolsheviks Deny Arrests of Allied Diplomats in Moscow
A Moscow dispatch says allied diplomatic staff were never arrested and American Consul General DeWitt Poole is free awaiting safe conduct. Reports claim war between Russia and the Entente, but American representatives say they have not been molested. Russia notes only Soviet soldiers who were prisoners of war and later naturalized Russians.
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Archangel
Leon Trotsky
Russia
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France
Gen. Poole
America
Altho Thera
Trotzky
London
Robert Lockhart
Moscow
German Audience Cheers Name of President Wilson
A French dispatch reports about 6000 Germans in Mannheim applauding President Wilson at a food situation meeting. An independent party member praised Wilson’s war aims but a formal resolution was blocked by the presiding officer. The piece notes German press vilification but growing popular consideration of Wilson’s peace arms. Albert Rathbone of New York nominated by President Wilson to be assistant secretary of the treasury, succeeding Oscar Crosby in France.
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Washington, D. C
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New York
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France
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Senate
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Pennsylvania
Maryland
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Marine Corps
U S captives in Germany lose clothes
Washington DC August 29. American army and navy officers captured by the Germans have had clothing stripped and some uniform pieces taken. The Red Cross opened a tailor shop in Berne to supply new clothes to prisoners, with a Paris shop moved to Berne base. Receipts are signed at camps to ensure delivery. Also reported are missing sailors from Waterloo and a Manley collision incident, with nine rescued and seventeen crewmen listed missing.
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Washington, D.C
American Hod Cross
Pbhop
Berne
Switzerland
Red Cross
Paris
Higher Wages Sought for Rail Track Laborers and Clerks
Washington Aug 29 The railroad wages board recommended wage increases of 15 to 25 percent for track laborers and certain clerical classes. The proposal would affect more than 300000 workers and Public Director General McAdoo was to act soon on the recommendations.
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Washington, D. C
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Boards of Railroad
McAdoo
Pershing Announces Troop Retirement and Prisoner Capture
General Pershing’s communiqué reports retirement of American troops from Bazoches and Fismette due to local attacks while noting the capture of 290 prisoners north of Juvigny and 200 more prisoners west of Juvigny. Local actions along the Vesle and Aisne fronts influenced these adjustments as American and French forces push the railroad area. Additionally, President Wilson sent to the Senate nominations for nearly 2,000 postmasters nationwide.
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Associated Press
Washington, D.1
Pershing
Bazoches
Fismette
Juvigny
American Expeditionary Forces
Aisne
Washington, D. C
Senate
Wilson
Tanks and Troop Movements Spotlight Somme Drive
British forces report gains near Ginchy Belloy Assevillers Herbecourt and Feuillers within four miles of Peronne as Haig’s troops press forward along the Somme front. German counterattacks east of Vis en Artois and Bolry Notre Dame are repulsed. 26,000 prisoners and over 100 guns taken since Aug 21. Tanks render gallant service alongside infantry.
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Associated Press
France
Ginchy
Combles
Field Marshal
Haig
Belloy
Assevillers
Herbecourt
Feuillers
Peronne
London
Vis-en-Artois
Bolry
Gavrelle
Arras
War Office
Somme
Fontaineres Croisilles
Scarpe River
Visen-Artois
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Cayrelle
Oppy
Pietermaritzburg
Natal
Indiana Governor Recovered After Auto Collision
Indianapolis report says Gov. James P. Goodrich recovering from injuries after his automobile collided with a street car. He remained asleep at 730 this morning and hospital attendants note he rested comfortably. initial fears of serious damage are not borne out by later examination.
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Indianapolis
Ind
James P. Goodrich
Indiana
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