German reply to Wilson promises reform details withheld
Washington reports the official German note to President Wilson and Secretary Lansing discusses evacuation, armistice terms, and German objections to accusations of cruelty. Berlin says orders stop torpedoing passenger ships and outlines constitutional reforms to require Reichstag consent for war decisions.
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Wilson
Lansing
Nauen
Teuton
Berlin
Gle
United States
Reichstag
Athens County Overwhelms Fourth Liberty Bond Drive
Athens County surpasses its $1 137 000 quota by over 208 000 with more than 4 000 individual buyers. Bank reports show every Athens bank sold more than its allotment while Troop One Boy Scouts of 47 members sold 46 150 dollars in bonds to 430 buyers.
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Athens County
Magpe
Alderman
Athens Jroung
Athens
Woodworth
Supt. Morgan
Mercury
Athens Boy Scouts
General Headquarters
United States
Morgan
Allies Break German Hold on Lys Line Near Ghent and Tournai
General Haig reported the Lys river line broken in three places as Allied forces push toward Ghent and Tournai. British troops cross the Selee and approach Valenciennes, while American and French units advance in the Champagne and Argonne regions with several villages and bridges secured. prisoners and guns captured total 6,208 and 169 respectively since Monday.
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Escaut
Scheldt
Tournai
Belgium
Valenciennes
Haig
Laon
Champagne
Alsace
Lorraine
Foch
Metz
Selee
Ardennes
Grand Pre Pass
Argonne Forest
Brieulles
Meuse
London
Ghent
Flanders
Lyse
Aeltre
Grammene
Peteghen
Khent
Oyghem
Lille
France
Pecq
German Peace Note Will Not Meet Wilson Concerns
Washington reports the German reply to President Wilson’s peace note may arrive soon via reliable sources. The note allegedly accepts Belgian evacuation but argues it will take months and denies allied cruelty charges while defending submarine warfare and German sovereignty.
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Wilson
State Department
Legation
Néwa
Amsterdam
Copenhagen
Berne
Geneva
London
Ams
Berlin
Terdam
Germany
Belgium
Lucia Sunk by Submarine in Atlantic Reported
The American steamship Lucia, once praised with buoyancy boxes and deemed unsinkable, is reported sunk after torpedo attack in the Atlantic. Details on the sinking date and the fate of the vessel Trew are not provided. A Los Angeles inventor claims motorcycle wheels to prevent overturns are so mounted they still allow smooth riding on rough roads.
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New York
Lucia
Atlantic
Los Angeles
Liberty Loan Over the Limit Sets Record Subscriptions
Washington reports show about 22 million people or twenty percent of the population subscribed to the Fourth Liberty Loan. The figure marks a 20 percent rise from the third loan when 18.3 million bought bonds, with total sales expected to exceed the 6 billion minimum by several millions.
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Washington
Yanks Press German Pivot North of Verdun
Washington reports American forces north of Verdun continued pressure on a key German retreat pivot. Over the past week German strength in that sector rose as they tried to slow the U S advance and shield retreating units in Belgium and Northern France. Pershing conveyed the latest state of the offensive and the German response.
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Washington
Verdun
Pershing
Belgium
France
Generals Promoted To Lieutenant General in France
President Wilson recommended promoting Major Generals Hunter Liggett and Robert L. Bullard to lieutenant general. They command the first and second American field armies in France.
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Washington
Wilson
Hunter Liggett
Robert L. Bullard
France
Camp Sherman Faces Rising Death Toll at Chillicothe
At Camp Sherman Chillicothe four leaders are reassigned as Tyree R. Rivers leaves for Camp Meade to command the 154th Depot Brigade while General Matthew Smith is slated to take charge at Fort Sill and likely command the infantry brigade. In the past twenty four hours six more pneumonia deaths raise Camp Sherman fatalities to 1028.
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Camp Sherman
Tyree R. Rivers
Camp Meade
Maryland
Matthew Smith
School of
Fice
Fort Sill
Oklo
Pnaemonia
Ohio State student army corps trains 2000 men
About 2000 men including medical and dental students serve in the student army training corps at Ohio State University. Most have been inducted and are housed in campus barracks. A new kitchen outfit will supply meals in the aeronautics laboratory area as bedding arrives.
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Columbus
Army Training Corps
Ohio State
Aeronaustics
German Line Swings Like a Gate
Paris reports a German strategic withdrawal continuing with six Hun armies led by Prince Rupprecht and Von Boehm pivoting on Metz. Meuse and Liege lines are threatened as Foch forces press, while British Americans and French menace the center. The Kaiser faces a forlorn bid to salvage his throne.
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Prince Rupprecht
von Boehm
Metz
Belgium
France
Flanders
Albert
Brussels
von Arnheim
von Quest
Liege
Lys
Escaut
Meuse
Foch
Hindenburg
Ghent
Audenarde
Germany
Flage
Strassburg
Rhine
Sahara
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