Kerensky Gains Control In Russia Amid War Declaration
In Petrograd and Moscow reports indicate Kerensky to assume supreme command of Russian armies as a state of war is declared in Moscow. Provisional government allies pledge cabinet unity while Korniloff’s loyalty remains split and Korniloff issues proclamations denouncing Kerensky.
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Petrograd
Moscow
Kerensky
Associated Press
Kornilof
Bonch- Brurovitch
Korniloffi
Nekrasoft
Sprievaiski
Caucasus Front
Dmitri Stcherbatcheff
Roumanian Front
Staeduyeff
Klembovsky
Korniloff
Staniley
Vladimir Lyoff
Lroff
Lyoff
Russia
Gen
Senate Proposes Draft of Aliens in Army
Washington, Sept. 12. A joint resolution proposed drafting all aliens in the United States, excluding Germans, treaty-exempt, and those allied with Germany who have resided one year, affecting over a million individuals. Also, 1,000+ claims for industrial exemption were on file with Provost Marshal Gen. Crowder, awaiting president final decision. appeals from Chicago to Wilson cite industrial necessity and one case frames war as organized murder.
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Washington, D.C
United States
Germany
Senate
House
Washington, D. C
Gen. Crowder
Crowder
Chicago
Wilson
White House
Herbert Gustafson
Early Agreement on War Tax Likely After Conference
Washington Sept 12 Democratic Leader Kitchin sought a house to send the war tax bill to conference to reconcile differences with the Senate. Conference names already set and prospects favored quick accord though income excess profits and second class mail provisions divide the chambers. Senate conferees expected to begin work late today with a bright outlook for agreement. Advertise diamond Joe cigar note appears in the column. Paper delivery instructions included.
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Washington,d. C
House
Congress
Kitchin
Senate
Altho
America's Help Means Victory Says Bonar Law
London Sept 12 Andrew Bonar Law chancellor of the exchequer told a luncheon that German tactics excel in military affairs but err in human nature, a mistake that brought the United States into the war. He said the Entente relies on US financial aid and praised American staying power, wealth, resources, and inventive genius assisting victory.
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London
Andrew Bonar Law
Empire Parliamentary Association
Medill McCormick
Linois
United States
America
Bonar Law
Russia
England
Debates on War Insurance Bill Near End in House
Washington dispatch reports the House debate on the soldiers and sailors insurance bill nearing its final stage with leaders optimistic it will pass largely as drafted. In Rome, Italian food controller Caneva orders bread and flour card introduction starting after October 11.
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Washington, D. C
House
Rome
Giuseppe Canepa
Italy
Senate Committee Rejects Draft Consent Bill
Washington D C Sept 12 The senate military committee reported adversely on Senator Hardwicks resolution to require consent of every drafted man before foreign service. The report warns the measure would impair military efficiency and place the nation in extreme peril while upholding the constitution and citing no necessity for such legislation.
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Washington, D. C
Senate Military Committee
Hardwick
Cell
Carranza Recognized as Mexican Ruler
Washington September 12 formal steps completed for U S recognition of Venustiano Carranza as Mexico’s president. United States confirms no loan to Mexico is contemplated. Mexican government and bankers still weighing loan status.
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Washington, D. C
Carranza
Mexico
United States
Monument Men Face Large Fines in Antitrust Case
In Baltimore Maryland on September 12 seven teen members of the National Retail Monument Centers association were fined by Judge John G. Rose in U S district court. The defendants pled noia contendere to Sherman antitrust charges and the group faced a $2,500 association penalty plus individual fines from $1,000 to $5 each.
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Baltimore
National Retail Monument Centers’ Association
John G. Rose
United States District Court
Ella Flagg Young to Edit Patriotic Text Book
Mrs Ella Flagg Young former Chicago schools superintendent left for Washington to edit the patriotic manual to be used by school teachers. She was summoned by Secretary McAdoo to contribute to wartime education efforts.
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Ella Flagg Young
Chicago
Ella Flage Young
Washington
McAdoo
Union Veterans' Legion Meeting in Columbus
Washington D C Sept 12 An order by Postmaster General Burleson grants postal service employees who are members of the Union Veterans' region paid leave of absence to attend the annual encampment in Columbus Georgia this month.
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Washington, D. C
The
Postal Service
Union Veterans’ Reigion
Columbus
Burieson
French Pierce Third Lines of Enemy in Drive in Champagne
Paris reports French troops struck German trenches near St Souplet in Champagne and penetrated to third German lines. Garrisons of the trenches were wiped out or taken prisoner as raids on British positions near Hargicourt failed or yielded light losses for the attackers. Heavy fighting, artillery, and raids described along the Meuse, Anderlecht corridor, and Ypres sector with several towns cited. German prisoners from Riga total 200 with 25 cannon captured, per Berlin via London.
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Paris
St. Souplet
Champagne
French War Office
Auverive
St. Vilafre
Meusé
Courieres Wood
Ronvaux
Tabure
Belgium
Drei-Grachten
Bilxschoote
Hargicourt
Wietn
Marshal Taig
France
Hargtcourt
St. Quentin
Bullecourt
Lom Rtuyde
Nieuwe Chapelle
Ypres
Berlin
London
Riga
German reply to pope peace plea favored by Weser Zeitung
Amsterdam reports the Weser Zeitung states Germany will accept in principle the pope's peace program with no details. The reply will not be submitted to the Reichstag's main committee.
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Amsterdam
The
Weser Zeitung
Benedict
Reichstag
Two Student Aviators Die in Collision Over San Diego
San Diego California September 12 two student aviators Edward M Walsh and Theodore Y Lyman of the North Island military aviation school were killed today when their planes collided about RO G feet above ground. Both were Californians. Morrisburg September 12 Adj Gen Thomas J Stewart longtime Pennsylvania National Guard head and former national commander of the G A R died suddenly yesterday on his birthday born near Belfast Ireland May 11 1848.
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San Diego
Cal
Edward M. Walsh
Theodore Y. Lyman
North Island Military Aviation School
Jorrisburg
Thomas J. Stewart
Pennsylvania National Guard
Stewart
Belfast
Ireland
Patriotic Youth Woodruff Joins Camp Dodge Flight
George LeRoy Woodruff, son of the late Mrs. Jassie J. Woodruff, wins quick exemption to join Camp Dodge ahead of the next quota. He boarded the 8 10 a m train to Des Moines with hopes to avoid the Sept 19 installment. The exemption board, after earlier refusal, urged him to report for service.
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Waterloo
George LeRoy Woodruff
Jassie J. Woodruff
Camp Dodge
Roy
G. W
Des Moines
Young Woodruff
Total Exemption Board
Goodby
Httle
Lhawa
Woodruff
Exemption Board
P. L. Billings
Jeave
Co. G
American Aviator Fens Two Enemies In Battle On West Front
Paris dispatch reports Corporal Andrew Courtney Campbell Jr of Chicago flying with the French squadron downed two German aircraft in aerial combat. Corporal Walter Lovell of Boston, a Lafayette squadron member, claimed a third enemy plane. Details describe a staged engagement where Lafayette pilots initially refrained, then joined to repel the Germans, with Campbell achieving two kills during a brush. Sergeant Walter S. Rheno of Boston, another Lafayette flyer, engaged a German aircraft at 9 000 feet, firing to bring it down within German lines and escaping a counterattack.
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Paris
Andrew Courtney Campbell, Jr
Chicago
French Squadrilla
New York Herald
Walter Lovell
Boston
Mass
Lafayette
Lafayette Squad
Aquadrilla 5
Squadrilla 65
Campbell
Uis
RHENO
Walter S. Rheno
Lafayette Fying
Escadrille
Sheno
Corman
Rhene
East High School Tuition Raised to Seven Dollars a Month
The East District board voted to charge out of town pupils seven dollars monthly for tuition, up from four dollars, with the levy to be collected by the district of origin. Irene Corey of Des Moines has been hired to teach public speaking and English and will begin duties immediately.
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Board of Education of
East District
East
Irene Corey
Des Moines
Misa Corey
No Exemption For Digger Of Wells At Front
Chicago Sept 12 Raymond Burke a well digger and windmill repairer of Barrington Illinois stated his appeal for exemption. Appeals board No 3 ruled a well digger would be useful at trench excavation and that someone else must care for the wells and windmills in Barrington. El Tovar Broadleaf Havana in Cigar.
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Chicago
Raymond Burke
Barrington
Ill
Threats to Serb prisoners warned of escape
Washington, Sept. 12. Interned Serbian civilians and prisoners of war held by Bulgarians were told that attempting to escape would bring death, home burning in Serbia, property confiscation, and deportation of families. The warning, via Corfu cable, accompanies an order dated May 20, 1947, authorizing whipping and hard labor for escape attempts.
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Washington, D. C
Serbia
Corfu
Saloniki
Warship Fila Aids Anvil Evading Drafts Near San Diego
Escort from a U S warship aided the gasoline schooner Anvil, carrying more than 36 draft evaders and aliens, as it docked in San Diego harbor. Justice agents boarded the vessel and began examinations while troops guarded the pier and limited access. No details of the inquiry were released pending completion of the investigation.
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San Diego
Cal
United States
California
Department of Justice
Jury to Complete Panel in Kelly Trial Today
Red Oak Iowa September 12 Noon recess narrowed the jury to one after two passed for cause and waiving the final peremptory challenge. Five days of questioning left 28 of 112 examined. Opening statements expected Thursday with Faville for the state and Mitchell for the defense.
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Red Oak
Lyn George J. Kelly
Atttorneys
F. F. Faville
Storm Lake
W. EH. Mitchell
Council Bluffs
Sweden German passport dispute unsettles Buenos Aires
Argentine government demands explanations from Germany and Sweden over secret code dispatches and Count Luxburg action. Demonstrations erupt with cries of passports as tensions rise. Argentina warns it may pull ministers if disavowal occurs. Secretary Lansing stresses no plan to punish Swedish people, only officials.
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Buenos Aires
Legation
Count Lusburg
Count Luxburg
Count Laxburg
Berlin
Germany
Count von Dbburg
Argentina
Washington
Avihpesddor
Lansing
Lexatto
Stockholm
Au Jauestion
Luxburg and
Lowen
Embass
Bertin
D. C
Sweden
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Nekrasoff
Denikilie
Bonoh Brugovitch
Pskoff
Constitutional Democratic Party Today
Fos
Kornilofe
Kornilofe.” Second Proclamation In the Second proclamAtion Gen. Kornilov
Gen. Korniloff
U. S
Straits
Monument
Union Veterans’ Legion
Gen. Stewart
Fenlg
West Front
Corporal Campbell
el Tovar
Havana
FILA
Anvil
Kelly
San Felice
Teuton
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