Wilson opens bitter partisan bid for Congress
Washington and Columbus report the 1916 campaign heats as President Wilson urges a Democratic Congress. Republican leaders claim loyalty to war measures runs higher among them, while Harding criticizes Wilson for partisan appeals and accuses him of manipulating wartime power to aid his party.
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Washington
Wilson
Congress
Senate
House
Columbus
Harding
Cox
Ohio
Willis
Peace terms of allied chiefs will not suit the Germans
Paris officials see no armistice or peace likely from Wilson's note to Germany. French observers doubt the terms will satisfy Germany or secure durable peace, predicting Allied positions will demand strong guarantees to prevent a restart of hostilities. Negotiations thus appear headed toward an end.
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Paris
Wilson
Germany
United
German War Cabinet Delays Reply on Armistice Terms
Berlin advised Zurich that Germany will not answer President Wilson until the Entente Allies state their armistice conditions. The central dispatch quoted said the decision came from the German war cabinet.
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London
Wilson
Berlin
Zurich
Allies claim 7000 square miles seized in West
Washington reports the Allies have wrested 7000 square miles from Germany in the West since July 18, with 490 square miles gained last week. The update notes few American actions and lists several generals returning to the United States or reassigned to new commands. General Duncan, formerly with the 77th, is now reported fit for overseas duty after leaving a French hospital.
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Washington
March
McMahan
Cameron
Buck
Duncan
77Th
America
Americans Push Forward on Meuse Front in France
American forces repel heavy German counterattacks along both Meuse sides then advance another kilometer on the ridge north of Bantheville. They clear Bourgogne Forest north of Grand Pre, driving a wedge into enemy lines and threatening to cut off troops north of Verst of Grand Pre.
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France
Meuse
Bantheville
Bourgogne Forest
Grand Pre
Allies Attack On All Fronts In World War I
London reports fighting across every theater including the Italian Mesopotamian and western fronts. Diaz leads Italian British and French successes in the Piave sector with close to 3000 prisoners. Marshal advances on the Tigris and Adhaim rivers push Turkish forces back toward Kurkuk. French and British gains stretch 50 miles in Serbia and along the Danube with thousands more prisoners and guns captured.
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London
West Front
France
Belgium
Balkans
Asia Minor
Russia
Diaz
Brenta-Piave
Piave
Tigris
Adhaim
Tauk
Kurkuk
Bagdad
Fatah
Parachin
Kraljevo
Serbia
Danube
Waste Not to Preserve Game This Fall
The War Board urges hunters to use all edible parts of game and avoid excessive slaughter. Do not kill more than you can eat and resist telling tall tales at home. The advisory promotes responsible hunting as patriotic.
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Oblo War Board
Foster Stands For Absolute Surrender In Senate Bid
Charles Stewart Davidson of the American Defense Society wires President Foster at 44 East 23rd Street New York to affirm he would oppose any peace with Germany not based on unconditional surrender. Israel M. Foster replies yes within five minutes.
Miners to Meet Over Wage Increase Refusal
Frank J. Hayes, president of the United Mine Workers, called a conference of officials from all soft coal districts in Indianapolis to decide on further steps. The meeting, set for next Thursday, aims to address Fuel Director Garfield's refusal to grant higher miners' wages.
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Indianapolis
Frank J. Hayes
United Mine Workers Today
Garfield
Confernee
Body sent to Jackson for burial of Edna Yerian
The body of Edna Yerian who died at Athens State hospital was shipped yesterday to Jackson for burial by Undertaker Baughman.
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Jackson
Edna Yerian
Athens State Hospital
Baughman
Carrier pigeon with U.S. A. band found at Albany home
A carrier pigeon with a leg band marked U.S. A. and a number arrived exhausted at the home of Arthur Stewart near Albany yesterday. He fed the bird and helped it recover for its flight today.
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U.S. A
Arthur Stewart
Albany
WIFE OF CZAR BETRAYED ALLIED PLANS
Henry W. Mapp of the Salvation Army in Russia says the former czarina was directly responsible for Lord Kitchener’s death. A telegram from the Winter Palace allegedly betrayed Kitchener to the Kaiser in Potsdam, leading to the torpedoing off the Orkneys. He claims allied plans reached Berlin and that the Russian revolt spared the Allies.
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New York
Russia
Lord Kitchener
Henry W. Mapp
Salvation Army
Mapp
Winter Palace
Petrograd
Potsdam
Kitchener
Orkneys
Berlin
Perry seeks divorce from Desta M Perry in split after 17 years
Robert F. Perry files for divorce claiming extreme cruelty by Desta M. Perry starting November 3 1916. He notes they wed November 9 1899 and have five children Dale 18 Mildred 15 Ralph 10 Frank 9 and Clara May 3, with the couple living apart since early November 1916.
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Perry
Robert F. Perry
Desta M. Perry
Dale
Mildred
Ralph
Frank
Clara May
Reform on the Way in Austria-Hungary
The Frart urter Zeitung reports Baron Burian’s reply to President Wilson saying Austria-Hungary has begun domestic reform steps and thus sees no obstacle to concluding an armistice.
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Paris
Frart Urter Zeitung
Baron Burian
Wilson
Austria-Hungary
German papers debate Kaiser abdication for peace
Copenhagen dispatch notes that German press openly discusses whether the Kaiser must abdicate to secure peace.
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Copenhagen
Mooney Appeals to Supreme Court in Frisco Murder Conviction
Thomas J. Mooney of San Francisco petitions the United States Supreme Court seeking review of the California Supreme Court ruling upholding his murder conviction in the Frisco Preparedansas Day dynamite case.
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Mooney
Washington
Thomas J. Mooney
San Francisco
United States Supreme Court
California Supreme Court
Family Struck by Spanish Flu as Father Dies in Glouster
George Wade, 41, died at his Wal sall addition home from pneumonia after Spanish flu attack. Wife and four children also ill. Mayor Williams arrived as he died. Neighbors aided the family. Mrs. Peter McAllister took charge. Funeral plans await relatives in Crookinville.
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Glouster
George Wade
Walsall Addition
Pnnemonia
Mr. Wade
Andrews
Front Street
Mrs. Wade
Mr.Wade
George Tolliver
Wade
Turks Ready to Fight the Huns
Washington reports an unofficial note that Turkey has offered concessions to France and Britain and may seek unconditional surrender. Officials doubt confirmation but foresee Turkey exiting the war or joining the Allies if anger at Germany grows. Austria-Hungary may reply to the Wilson note with a separate peace on his terms.
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Washington
France
Great Britain
Switzerland
Turkey
Convic
Germany
Austrig
Wileda
Madrid deputy mine inspector ill with Spanish flu
Deputy Mine Inspector Andrew Gin nan is ill with Spanish flu at his Jacksonville home and seven of his children are afflicted. Earl Ginnan, 18, died early Wednesday, only one family member could attend the funeral. James, 16, has developed pneumonia and is in serious condition.
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Andrew Ginnan
Jacksonville
Earl Ginnan
James
Two-month-old babe of Siroski dies at Modoc
The two month old infant of Mr and Mrs Stanley Siroski died at Modoc yesterday after a brief illness. Burial was conducted at Buchte today with undertaker Andrews of this city in charge of funeral arrangements.
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Stanley Siroski
Modoc
Buchte
Andrews
Allied advances described near Mortieres and front lines
British forces pushed along the western edge of the Mortain forest area taking Erglefontaine six miles east of Soheimes and Mount Carmel. French troops attacked the Oise to Aisne front making progress along a nine mile front with advances at several points and capturing Mortieres from German positions.
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London
Morman Forest
Erglefontaine
Soheimes
Mount Carmel
Haig
le Quensnoy-Valenciennes
Oise
Aisne
Mortieres
Death Gall 13 Answered by Young Husband
Mont Pendergrass died last night at his home on Cemetery Street after a two week pneumonia illness. He was 30 and survived by a wife two daughters aged 4 and 9 months two sisters and was employed as a miner at Sugar Creek prior to that at Athens Ice and Storage. He belonged to the Eagles lodge. Funeral Monday at 2 PM at the family home with interment in West Union Street Cemetery.
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Mont Pendergrass
Cemetery Street
Athens Ice and Storage Company
Lodge of Eagles
West Union Street
Old resident John Stokoe dies after long illness
John Stokoe aged 74 died yesterday at his son Charles’s Smith Street home after a week with chronic asthma. Funeral services will be Sunday at 2 PM at the Smith Street home, Rev. Murch officiating. Burial in West Union Street Cemetery. Survived by widow, four sons John of Byesville George of Flint Mich William and Charles of this city. four daughters Mrs. Fill Call Nelsonville Mrs. Mary Erb Buchtel Mrs. Ed Verity Indiana Mrs. Sam Ford Youngstown. twenty eight grandchildren and five great grandchildren. The Stokoes lived with Charles for two years and were longtime Nelsonville residents.
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John Stokoe
Charles
Smith Street
Altho
Murch
Weat Union Street
John
Byesville
George
Flint
Mich
William
This City
Flln Call
Nelsonville
Mary Erb
Buchtel
Ed Verity
Indiana
Sam Ford
Youngstown
Stokoe
Lathing
Feffia Under Knife at Grant Hospital
John Feffis owner of the Athens Candy Kitchen underwent appendicitis surgery Thursday at Grant hospital Columbus. He is reported making a good recovery.
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Feffia
John Feffis
Athens
Grant Hospital
Columbus
Ambulance Rushes Mrs. Boles to Logan Hospital
The Newsom-Walburn Company ambulance was called to Happy Hollow near Nelsonville yesterday and transported Mrs. Boles, ill with pneumonia, to Logan Hospital.
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Newsom-Walburn Company
Happy Hollow
Nelsonville
Boles
Logan
Licensed to Marry Delbert Craig in Glouster
A licensing notice records Delbert Craig, 19, miner of Glouster, and Ida Johnson, 18, Glouster R. D. 5, as married persons. The entry lists their ages and hometown for the marriage license.
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Delbert Craig
Miner, Glouster
Ida Johnson
Glouster
R. D
Epidemic of Influenza Abating in Athens County Area
Daily reports from Athens physicians and Cincinnati doctors show influenza cases declining across Athens, The Plains, Sugar Creek, Millfield, and surrounding areas. State Hospital figures and local institutions report decreases, with no cases at the Barracks, Children's Home, or Infirmary, indicating improved overall health conditions.
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Athens
Millfield
State Hospital
Terry
Silberstein
Jacksonville
Athens County
Priscilla Dean Marries Eddie Rickenbacker in Paris
Word from New York reports film star Priscilla Dean of Los Angeles has become the wife of ace Eddie Rickenbacker. The marriage is said to have occurred in Paris where Dean is visiting. Rickenbacker was recently credited with downing his fifteenth enemy aircraft.
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Richenbacker
New York
Priscilla Dean
Los Angeles
Eddy Rickenbacker
Ace
Paris
Miss Dean
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Clark
Dent
Kahn
Henry Ford
By Webb Miller
Omar Bundy
Fifth Corps
First Field Artillery
Camp Pike
Edward
Camp Lee
McMahann
Fred S. Ferguson
Verdun
Aucenarde
Audenared
Sepmerelesg
Querenning
le Quesnoy
Valenciennes
Foster
I. M. Foster
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