United States Rejects Austrian Peace Offer Amid War Concerns
Washington officials say the United States will not accept Austria's proposal for a peace conference. Officials note the note shifts blame to the Allies and offers no viable basis for talks at this time. London and New York editorials frame the proposal amid ongoing hostility and a push for unconditional Allied resistance.
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Washington
United States
Austria
State Department
Germany
Salient being safely held by Yankee forges
With the Americans on the Metz Front both wings are reported to be straightening out and coordinating positions across the late St Mihiel salient. Patrols control the area between the American line and the Hindenburg reserve defenses as German forces dig in farther to the rear.
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Metz
St. Mihiel
Hindenburg
Yanks Hold Gains In Major World War I Action
Front dispatch notes American forces expanding a new line parallel to the Hindenburg position near the Moselle. German raids yielded six prisoners. counterattacks were repulsed as Allied air superiority increased with many enemy planes shot down and balloons destroyed.
Coal production below usual mark for week ending Sept 7
Bituminous coal production for the week ending September 7 totaled 11,248,000 tons. The Fuel Administration called it a good record given Labor Day, but the year’s output remains about 17,000,000 tons below the required level, requiring an average daily production of 2,041,000 net tons until next April 1.
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Washington
Fuel Administration
Envelope with perforated flap tears squarely
An inventor has patented an envelope design where the flap is perforated at its tip so a single pull tears the flap off squarely, simplifying opening. The feature aims to improve convenience and reduce tearing of the envelope body.
Austrian peace note spurs delicate Entente response
London reports no rush to answer the Austrian peace proposal as diplomats weigh whether a separate Belgian peace offers a shortcut to negotiated terms. The Swedish envoy will deliver the note to Britain, while Vienna invites belligerents and neutrals to non-binding talks at a neutral site.
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Holy See
Vienna
Fighting Generals Help Lead Allied Drives Against Kaiser
Five men shown in photo directed maneuvers in recent successful Allied advances that pushed German forces back to the Hindenburg line. The pictured officers are Major General W. Read of the Second Corps AEF, General A D McRae of the Canadian Army, and Major General
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Kaiser
Hindenburg Line
W. Read
A. D. McRae
Austrians Deserted by Allies in Yankee Drive
On the eight mile front between Jaulay and the Moselle the American push continued with improved positions as German counterattacks failed. An American division seized an artillery park with seventy two cannons, bringing the total captured to ninety. Prisoners report Allied morale high while Austrians blame German leadership and lack of ammunition for their strife. British lines near Ypres Comines Canal advanced with prisoners and machine guns taken. Paris reports enemy aircrafts bomb Paris at night with casualties and damage.
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Metz
Jaulay
Mad River
Moselle
London
Ypres-Comines Canal
Haig
Cambria
20 000 Miners Strike in Pottsville Ninth District
About 20,000 miners in the ninth district walked out this morning after failing to win a wage increase demanded by the United Mine Workers. Clergymen and business leaders urged a return to work and President Mathews had campaigned to keep miners at their posts. The strike halts roughly 200,000 tons of daily output.
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Pottsville
Mine Workers Union
Ninth District
Mathews
United Mine Workers
French Troops Capture Vailly and Mont-Des-Singes
Paris reports French forces seized Vailly on the Aisne north bank eleven miles south of Laon. They also took Mont-Des-Singes and 300 prisoners in a night operation.
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Paris
Vailly
Aisne
Laon
Mont-Des- Singes
Allies push on Salonika front seize three fortifications
French and Serbian troops attack fortified Bulgar positions on the Salonika front and advance on Mount Vetrenik Dobro Polie and Mount Sokol after an artillery duel. Several hundred prisoners are captured along with guns and other war matériel as the operation continues.
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Washington
Salonika
Vetrénik
Dobro Polie
Sokol
Secretary Baker Arrives in London After Front Tour
Secretary Baker lands in London after touring the American front in France and plans to stay a few days before returning to the United States.
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London
Baker
France
America
Athens public schools begin year with similar attendance
The Athens public schools opened with attendance near last year's level. By noon 873 Pupils filled city grade schools and about 300 attended the high school for a total of 1173. Students were assigned to new grades and told which books to secure as classes start tomorrow.
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Athens
Weather and health plans feature in regional notes
The forecast predicts showers Tuesday and late-week with otherwise fair conditions and near normal temperatures. In France the city of Frenchis plans to become a health resort by piping curative waters from a lake 26 miles away.
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Washington
Frenchis
Athens Boy Dies in France at Seventeen
Private Lawrence Conrath of Richland Avenue, son of butcher C. W. Conrath, died of wounds in action with the Rainbow Division after serving with the 166th in France. Born in Marietta, he enlisted locally and crossed with the Rainbow Division though not yet of military age.
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Richland Avenue
War Department
Lawrence Conrath
Mabgth Infantry
Rainbow Division
France
Athens State Hospital
Conrath
166Th
Cnt
Suit over slack coal rights and 15 cent payments
Thomas W. Wallace sues The East Hill Coal Company and Columbus Railway Power and Light Company in common pleas court. He alleges he held exclusive rights to dig load and ship slack coal on Hocking Valley lands and was to be paid 15 cents per ton monthly. Wallace says the two defendants conspired to dig and remove slack without accounting or payment. He seeks accounting injunction and other equitable relief.
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Common
Thomas W. Wallace
East Hill Coal Company
Columbus Railway Power and Light Company
Buchtel
Hocking Valley Produce Company
Wallace
Hocking Valley Products Company
Columbus Power and Light Company
Spanish scientists transmit wireless messages over long distance
Spanish scientists report receiving wireless messages from points more than 3000 miles away without using head telephones. The breakthrough suggests new methods for long range communication and could impact future communications technology.
Rathbone Promoted to Assistant Secretary in Treasury
Albert Rathbone of New York is named assistant secretary of the treasury, succeeding Oscar T. Crosby who moves to represent the treasury in France. Rathbone, a prominent banker’s lawyer and financial law specialist, was initially invited by McAdoo to assist in the foreign exchange division for his good work.
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Albert Rathbone
New York
Treasury
Oscar T. Crosby
France
Rathbone
Secetary
Young Teacher Gave His Life in Sunny Italy
William E. Evans of near Jerseyville died in Italy on August 20 while serving in Company H, 332nd Infantry, 83rd Division. His death came during the Athens County Teachers Institute as friends mourned the loss of the county’s first teacher to fall in the war. He leaves a father, sisters, and a brother, with the family at the parental home in Lodi Township.
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William A. Evans
Jerseyville
Washington
William E. Evans
Italy
Meurisy
Evans
Athens County
Teachers’ Institute
A. M. Day
Georgetown
Delaware
Frank H. Barto
Washington, PD. C
Lucy Belle
Cora
Herbert J. Finsterwald
Nellie
Charles
Lodi Township
Millfield Sister Notified of Canadian Private Wound in France
Mrs. Helen Gillespie of Millfield received a telegram from Ottawa reporting Private Leslie Chadwell of the Canadian forces admitted to a general hospital in Coulogne France on September 3 with a gun shot wound to the right shoulder and jaw. Chadwell, two years in service, is son of the late George Chadwell and brother of Mrs. Gillespie. In a prior letter dated August 15 he described tank travel and going over the top with his platoon.
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Helen Gillespie
Millfield
Ottawa
Canada
Leslie
Chadwell
General Hospital
Coulogne
France
George Chadwell
Gillespie
Sam
County's War Savings Sales Sluggish in Ohio County
Columbus Ohio Sept 16 county schools report total War Savings Stamp sales of 30433 40 since January placing per capita at 261 and seventieth among counties. Educational division plans for coming school year extend Sammy Army of Ohio program with copies sent to school authorities and county officials.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio War Savings Committee
Athena
Wer Savings Committee
al Sammy Army of Ohio
War Savings
Alex Root
Geoffrey Morgan
Ferree
German Gold Used to Break Power of Slavs
Washington reports released by the United States government present proofs that Lenine and Trotzky were paid by German agents. The documents allege Germany’s imperial bank funded Bolshevik leaders to betray Russia and to set the stage for a war of conquest long before World War I. They claim Germany planned to mobilize agents to cause strikes and outrages in the United States and to employ anarchists and escaped criminals.
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Washington
Lenine
Trotzky
United States
Committee” Public
Russia
Imperial Bank
Germany
Tians
Sarevejo
Ohio Casualties Listed In 178 Allies Report
Washington reports 178 allied casualties with 55 missing 90 severely wounded 7 died of wounds 2 died other causes and 1 died of disease. Ohio names include Clarence McQuitty severely wounded and Raymond Ragland missing. Lee Pitzer killed, W. Ballinger wounded previously listed as missing. Marine losses total 102 officers and enlisted with multiple categories.
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Washington
Ehing
Clarence McQuitty
Buford
Raymond Ragland
Jacob Adler
DI Louis Arit
Cincinnati
Lawrence Red Ottawa
Cecil Sheni
Akron
Lee Pitzer
Hanersville
Jam Ballinger
Dayton
Ation
Marine Corps
Pershing
Ohio
Rosco ® Grgy
Lima
William Crites
August Ehlert
Toledo
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