German Losses Heavy in Testing to Mimes Power
British forces report heavy German losses as they push along the Lys salient north of Nieppe and in the Ploegsteert region. British air strikes hit Bruges docks and Ostend depots while Gibercourt and surrounding areas are claimed captured by French troops. Dispatch notes Austrian unrest in Vienna amid Entente advances in France.
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Mimies
Bruges
Ostend
Guibe
Fress
France
Nieppe
Lys”salient
Ploeg-steert
la Bassee
Gibercourt
St. Quentin
Hinscourt
Essignay-le-Grand
French War Office
Rnig
London
Toa
Belgium
Admiralty
Hlankenberge
Wonudon
Sepe
German Army Faces Severe Manpower Shortage
Washington reports new evidence of German manpower strain on the western front. Seven army divisions have been disbanded for lack of men, leaving about 195 divisions total with only 16 not in heavy combat this year. Battalion strength has fallen from four to three in at least eight divisions.
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Voy
Associa Teu Press
Washington, D. C
Washington
Gtodas
U C Tank Sinks German Sub In Atlantic Clash
A report that an American tank steamship sank a German submarine off the Atlantic coast reached the navy department for investigation. The Associated Press story notes the event is considered reliable but awaiting confirmation.
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Washington, D. C
Atlantic
Navy Department
Karolyi backs Wilson peace plan for negotiations
Count Michael Karolyi, Hungarian Independent party leader, endorses President Wilson's peace program as the basis for talks. He argues for democratization, rejection of imperialistic aims, and avoiding a middle Europe alliance with Germany.
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Associated Press
Basel
Wilson
Michael Karolyi
Hungarian Independent Party
Budapest
Count Karolyi
Europe
Germany
U S Steel Orders Down from July Figure in August
United States Steel Corporation issued its August monthly statement showing filled orders totaling 8,789,042 tons, a drop of 124,759 tons from July 31. The report highlights a softer demand trend for the nation’s steel producer as of mid September.
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U.S. Steel
Associated Press
New York
United States Steel Corporation
War Tax Debate Hits Major Revenue Bill
Washington reports Rep Longworth Ohio warned in the house that war taxes are near the limit and future taxes would fall on daily necessities. He said the bill would raise about eight billion dollars without new consumption taxes and noted prohibition could cut revenue to six billion. He urged restraint and defended the measure as a wartime revenue plan.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Longworth
Ohio
Ile
Congress
Altho
Ways and Means Committee
House of Hohenzollern
Kenry Ford
Cotton thread output limits set by war board
Washington Sept 10 The war industries board directed cotton thread manufacturers to cap white thread sizes at 14 colors, black at seven, and colored at one. Spools of the smaller practical diameter must be 200 yards.
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Washington, D.C
War Industries Board
Woman cashier named bank lead in Cuba NY branch
Miss Lillian G. Jones, under 30, is appointed cashier of the Bank of Cuba in New York, becoming the city's first woman bank cashier. She joined the bank eight years ago as a stenographer and is an expert in foreign exchange overseeing a branch handling about 400 million dollars annually.
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Associated Press
New York
Wall Street
Lillian G. Jones
Bank of Cuba
National Bank of Cuba
Miss Jones
First Gall of New Draft to Include 19 20 Year Olds
Washington announces the initial cohort for the draft will include men aged 19 and 20 with registers from the upcoming draft. Questionnaires go to those ages first, local boards to classify for October calls, as Crowder details the limited Student Army Training Corps and exemptions process.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
General Crowder
Student Corps
Crowder
Students Army Training Corp
French Deputy Dies of Wounds at Front in World War I
Gaston Dumesnil a member of the French chamber of deputies died in a hospital near the front after a shell burst near him and Deputy Abel Ferry. Both deputies were wounded. Dumesnil had been cited six times and was 40 years old. Ferry was made a chevalier of the Legion of Honor by Premier Clemenceau.
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France
Havas
Gaston .Dumessil
Chamber of Deputies
Legion of Honor
Clemenceau
Abel Ferry
Dumesnil
Ferry
Negro Troops in France Stir German Fears
In the Vosges and Woevre sectors American colored troops advance under shelling. A German patrol was driven off near US outposts while villagers in a Vosges village were held by French civilians. Germans reportedly fear the colored troops after alleged prisoner mistreatment.
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Associated Press
France
Woevre
Vosges
Bolshevik Front Reports And Arrests In Moscow And Archangel
Dispatches describe American civilians evacuated from Vato amid Bolshevik fears of reprisals. British and French nationals in Moscow total 240 with 70 jailed. Simmons A. Foster noted as the only U.S. government employee arrested and later released. Archangel reports prisoners claiming enemies wore allied uniforms and boys as young as 14 forced to front. Fugitives allege a terror regime in Vologda with daily executions, though unconfirmed.
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Washington, D.4
Poole
Mosensy
State Department
Ches
Vato
Flussia
Irkutsk
Saimiurlis
Moscow
Simmons A. Foster
Associated Press
Archangel
Vologda
Draft estimates show 6 million under arms after new draft
Chicago Sept 10. H H Merrick head of Illinois selective service estimates 6,000,000 men under arms once the new draft adds to those already in service. About 13,000,000 will be called, with many exempted for work in industries or agriculture and many deferred or rejected for reasons including age, marital status, and physical defects.
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Chicago
United States
H. H. Merrick
Selective Service Committee of
Ilinois
Crowder
Altho
Merrick
York
New York City
Norse Kings 1 Take Steps for Independence
A Copenhagen conference of Scandinavian monarchs may spur independence moves. Dispatches report King Christian of Denmark King Oscar of Norway and King Gustaf of Sweden planned a meeting in September to discuss regional autonomy.
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Germany
Aim Amsterdam
Exchange Telegraph Company
Copenhagen
Daas Eideande
Christian
Denrmar
Embargo on Grain Shipments to Twin Cities Ordered
Federal manager AL W Trenholm orders a midnight embargo on all grain shipments into Minneapolis and St Paul. The action cites a glut of receipts in the past week and storage issues at local elevators and mills as the justification.
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Twin Cities
Cps
Associated Press
Minuravelis
Minneapolis
St. Paul
AL W Trenholm
Twin City
Conference in Paris with Baker Clemenceau Tardieu Sharpe
American Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson met in Paris with Premier Clemenceau French Premier Tardieu and Ambassador Sharpe to discuss war aims and Allied cooperation during the war effort.
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New Onn
Temeneceau
Andre Tardieu
America
Amador Sharpe
Paper delivery notice to call for reprint
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Players Delay World Series Over Bonus Dispute
Wenway Park Boston September 10 after a two hour strike players agreed to continue the World Series if publicly announced they were playing. Harry Hooper led the players committee saying they would play for baseball and the soldiers and sailors. The Red Sox and Chicago Colts refused to field as the national commission ruled the revenue split unchanged. Fans urged play while the commission advised the gate sale would stay as set. The delay left Sniffy Metni in uniform as hours passed with no ball on the field.
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Wenway Park
Boston
Soldiers and Sailors
Harry Hooper
Red Sox
Chicago Colts
National Commission
Uwerrmann
Sniffy" Metnnis
Jonly
Commiession
Ref
Flier defies rain carrying mail from Chicago eastward
Edward Gardner, second aviator to carry mail from New York to Chicago, departed Chicago in driving rain at 6: a.m. on return toward the east. Capt. Lipsner praised the feasibility of mail by air as Gardner landed at Brian, Ohio, to fuel and resume to Cleveland. He plans to continue via Lockhaven and Belmont Park, following Max Miller’s prior route as trials measure a 215 mile leg.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Edward ¥. Gardner
New York
Micago
B.B. Lipsner
Goverment Mail Aviation Service
Gardner
Lipsner
Brian, C
Cleveland
Glenn Martin Aviation Field
Lockhaven
Max Miller
Miller
Lockheten
Sa. m
Belmont Park
N. Y
Canadian Brotherhood strikes Dominion Express workers in Canada
The Canadian Brotherhood of Railway Employees launched a strike of Dominion Express company staff in Canada, demanding recognition. Reported 1,000 workers walked out amid the action.
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Canada
Montreal
Canadian Brotherhood of Railway
Dominion Express Company
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