White Guards Take Vologda and Redo Fire City
Dispatches report Vologda captured by Russian White guards chiefly peasants from Perm. Red army reportedly burned the town before retreat. Nizhni-Novgorod, a Volga city, claimed as Bolshevik stronghold but unrest and strikes noted amid food shortages. Archangel observers urge more allied troops to push Russo allied drive before winter.
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Redo
Associated Press
Stockholm
Moscow
Perm
Red Army
Nizhni-Novgorod
Volga
Bolsheviks
Archangel
Russia
Vladivostok
Kotlas
House War Revenue Bill Debate Resumes With Time Limits
Washington September 11 The house debate on the war revenue bill resumes with Democratic Leader Kitchin saying general discussion will close at 6 p m tomorrow and a Friday five minute limit for initial amendments. An analysis of the bill broadened with many members receiving brief addresses.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Kitchin
Yank Captives Pay Cut Sparks Borah Senate Protest
Washington D C Sept 21 Senator Borah Idaho protested the government move to stop salaries for American officers captured by Germany. He said the order leaves dependents at German mercy and violates treaty obligations under international law. He announced plans to offer a resolution to probe facts and draft legislation to aid dependents of captured Americans.
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Washington, D. C
Senate
Borah
Idaho
Senate Military Affairs Committee
Debs to Address Jury in One-Sided Defense
Cleveland Sept 11 The Debs case defense announced it would go before the jury on government evidence without introducing its own testimony Debs will address the jury in its own behalf after the last government witness testified The defense made the announcement as the final government witness concluded testimony.
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Debs
Cleveland
Mutiny in German Regiment Leaves Youth Guards Dead
An eye witness reports a German 25th regiment mutinied at Cologne on August 31 after being ordered to move to the western front. Troops refused to board trains, an attempt by another regiment failed, and a home defense unit of youths was sent in. A clash ensued with fatalities and numerous injuries among the youths.
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Associated Press
Amsterdam
Cologne
Pelegraaf
Western Front
Home Defense Guard
jWas
Defense Guard
Americans Under Heavy Fire on Vosges Front
German artillery opened with about 200 mine thrower shells and a thousand heavy shells at 5:30 am. At 5:20 am the enemy joined with strong fire on communication trenches. Observation posts logged 60 Germans retreating wounded into their lines. American front-line reports were not yet in. Casualties to the enemy likely from the raid.
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Associated Press
France
Vosges
Crowds Quiet as Ball Game Delayed by World Series Dispute
Boston Americans and Chicago Nationals faced a sixth game with low attendance and tension over receipts. Players demand guaranteed shares. league says plan cannot be changed. Tyler may pitch for Boston. weather favorable but crowds small and waiting for gates.
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Tatdlay
Boston Americans
Chicago Nationals
Chicago
Srere
National Commission
Tyler
Barrow
Bush
Mays
Mitchell
Hendrix
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Hollacher
Mann
Paskert
Merkle
Pick
Deal
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Hooper
Shean
Strunk
Whiteman
McInnis
Scott
Thomas
Agnew
Schang
Mars
Harry Hooper
Red Sox
Leslie Mann
Tomar
Larry
Mwooper
City in Brief Sees Y M C A service, births, and sworn reports
Local items note Mrs H B Kelly learning her husband has landed overseas for Y M C A work while others, including Sergt Frank Fortun ski and Sergt C G Tompkins, are reported in service. Registration cards pour in, and town meetings address sewer work at Edison school. A birth is recorded for Sergt and Mrs Tompkins, and George Stearns is listed as severely wounded. A city council session will approve a sewer project and bids. Duck season opens Sept 16, with hunters reminded fall shooting is allowed.
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C. G. Tompkins
Floyd, Ta
Tompkins
Sergt. Tompkins
Kittie Miller
George Stearns
Fourteenth Street
War Department
Stearns
Fredericksburg
Galloway
Edison School
J. E. Burch
Washington Street
J. D. Burch
Camp Funston
Kan
Y. J. Rainbow
County and Star
United States
Bal TRADES IN ARMY FOR MRE HAVING UNNAITS
Four thousand limited service selectives will be used in the army with 630 special trades and limited overseas service. Examinations for these men will be shelved and they will be classified by trade before fitness tests. The plan aims to utilize physically deficient men, such as those with eyesight or hearing issues, as wireless operators and mechanics, filling jobs in France. The system is praised as advancing equal opportunity and usefulness in military life.
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Grant
Dll
A. A. Goes
National Army
Sam
France
U.S
Insbor
Iowa Insurance Seeks Tax Refund in Black Hawk County
Towa Life Insurance of Waterloo begins mandamus action against Black Hawk county board to recover about 1,865.73 dollars and other sums claimed illegally taxed from 1913 to the present. The company contends taxes were based on actual valuation between 162000 and 103000 dollars, instead of a five mill rate.
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Black Hawk County
Towa Life Insurance Company
Waterloo
Board of Supervisors
Wathrena Vessel Launches At Bristol Yard
The Wa thena, an 1800 ton cargo carrier, was launched today at Merchant Ship building corporation Bristol. The ceremony was simple with no ceremonies and the ship is reported about 60 percent complete.
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Associated Press
Bristol
Merchant Shipbuilding Corporation
Large Attendance at Old Soldiers’ Annual Meeting
The Black Haw county Civil War veterans held their annual reunion in Memorial hall starting at 9 a.m. Registration ran for comrades and about 50 were present at lunch with more expected for the 2 p.m. program. Family members and patriotic groups joined about 200 at dinner. E. J. C. Bealer, department commander of the Grand Army of the Republic, was to give the afternoon address with additional readings and music planned.
Pershing Awards Cross to Corporal for Heroic Action
Washington dispatch from General Pershing announces Corporal Alexander Newell of the infantry in Chicago receiving the Distinguished Service Cross for leading nine men under heavy fire near Chateau Thierry France in July, capturing five machine guns 33 prisoners and rescuing a wounded sergeant.
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Washington, D. C
Alexander Newell
Infantry
Chicago
Pershing
Newell
Chateau Thierry
France
Germans Must Win With Aid Of God Enser
Amsterdam dispatch quotes Cologne Gazette reporting Emperor reply to German soldiers union message. He expresses firm conviction that soldiers will rally home front, resist enemy methods, and with God’s help ensure victory and safeguard the fatherland’s freedom.
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Amsterdam
Owiam
Tte
German National Soldiers’ Union
Cologne
No Coal in Winter Says McAdoo at Pittsburgh Meeting
Pittsburgh Pa Sept 11 Transportation congestion will not cause coal or food shortages this winter says Director General Wm G McAdoo during a regional directors meeting of eastern land Allegheny valley railroads. He notes no car shortage and no undue shipping delays unless essential railroad operatives are drafted.
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Associated Press
Pittsburgh
Wm. G. McAdoo
Eastern Land
Allegheny Valley Railroads
Harding Investigates Mennonite Troubles in Iowa
Des Moines reports that President Harding and Assistant General Las visited Iowa City to examine unrest over Mennonite soldiers on farmwork leave from Camp Dodge in Johnson County. A county committee protested their presence, warning serious trouble if the issue remained unresolved.
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Des Moines
Harding
Adjr
Las
Iowa City
Johnson County
Camp Dodge
Overseas letters from Camp Mills and a long field trip
Soldiers urge families to send letters for publication and preserve wartime updates from Pvt. Charles L. Ortner of Dunkerton now at Camp Mills, with vivid notes on pack contents, flights, weather, and distant sights. Also recounted is Corp. B. J. Kinsel’s 36 day coast trip by Co. B 104th ammunition train from Camp Raritan, detailing road conditions, bridges, and the long drive through Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Maryland, ending at a Pennsylvania summer resort.
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Charles L. Ortner
335Th Infantry
Dunkerton
Camp Mills
N. Y
U. S
Chicago
Coumbus
Cleveland. O
Pennsylvania Inc
Ohio
Indiana
Kentucky
Iowa
Co. B. 104Th
Corp
B. J. Kinsel
Jack Kinsel
Mulberry Street
Camp Raritan
America
Altho
Kankakee River
Cumberland Mountains
Wheeling
W. Va
Ohio River
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Potomas River
Red Cross
French Ways Seem Queer Says Pvt Downs From Waterloo
Pvt. Riley Downs of Battery C, 56th artillery, writes his mother Mrs. Len Wing at 125 Bluff Street, Waterloo. He notes French workers, a habit of using wine instead of water, and hopes to reach the front soon as Germans launched a big drive starting July 21 but have advanced little.
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France
Riley Downs
56Th Artillery
Len Wing
Bluff Strest
Waterloo
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