Draft draw 10 to be held as early as September 24
Washington reports speed up of registration to boost manpower for Pershing's drive. Col Warren notes the plan to draw order numbers soon with local and district boards classifying registrants by age and dependency. Sixteen crew members from the Portuguese steamer Leixues survived exposure after a torpedo attack. three more boats are missing.
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Washington
General Pershing
Warren
Ofce
General Crowder
Crowder
Warrer
Canada
Bridgeport Machinists Reply to Wilson Demand
Bridgeport laborers reply to President Wilson with pledge to resume work and appeal their case to established governmental tribunals as directed, leaving the outcome to the chief magistrate of the nation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridgeport
Conn
Stiikers
Wilson
Great Record in Stamp Sale Made by DAR
Nabby Lee Ames Chapter of the D A R reports a strong War Savings Stamps sale. Thirty five resident members bought and sold totaling 26000 dollars credit after a July meeting pledged each to purchase or sell five hundred dollars, with members united to support the patriotic aims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nabby Lee Ames
Big shipment of books sent from Athens for France
A week ago a large library shipment departed Athens collected for the army last summer. Ten boxes weighing fifteen hundred pounds were sent to Hoboken New York, then loaded onto steamers bound for France. The drive credited Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts under school authorities for its strong per capita success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hobo
N. Y
France
Boy Scouts
Girl Scouts
Athens
Infant Dies of Infantile Paralysis in Elmer Tom Home
Verna Tom, one year two months old daughter of Mr and Mrs Elmer Tom of Central Avenue, died yesterday afternoon from infantile paralysis after a summer illness with eczema. Surviving is a three year old brother Carl Lewis. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 1 PM at the residence with burial in West Union Street Cemetery.
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Verna Tom
Elmer Tom
Central Avenue
Carl Lewis
West Union Street
Yankee Smash Was Complete In Every Sense
With Americans at the Metz front, Sept. 17, Major General's order to reach Vigneulles by daylight spurred a night march through Bois de la Montagne. Colonels Oberlan and a chauffeur led a dawn surprise capture of German troops, ending with numerous trophies and captured materiel including guns, trucks, rifles, horses, and even unopened mail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred
Ferguson
Metz
Vigneulles
St. Mihiel Salient
Signal Corps
Bois-de-La-Montagne
Oberlan
Mercedes
First Navy Call For Woman Enlistee Miss Cuckler
Miss Dick Cuckler, recently enlisted in the navy, received her call to report for duty Saturday at the Naval Recruiting Station in Parkersburg West Virginia. She will be sent to Norfolk Virginia. This is the first call for women enlisted at the local station and more orders are expected. Shawnee September 17. The Perry County Telephone Company and striking operators have failed to reach agreement after twelve days. All local and long distance service is suspended affecting about 60 coal mines brick plants and railroad offices. Talks of taking the dispute to the public utilities commission are underway. Operators seek forty dollars a month. The company says its rental service is higher here and at New Straitsville than elsewhere in the county.
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Dick Cuckler
Navy
Miss Cuckler
Naval
Parkersburg
W. Va
Norfolk
Shawnee
Perry County
War Plant 18 Destroyed in Ohio Capital
Columbus Ohio September 17 The Chase Foundry Manufacturing Company plant was destroyed by fire early today. Loss estimated at 25000 dollars with origin undetermined. Nightwatchman says fire started with an explosion. Plant built trucks for the government and pavement repair work. A concrete mixer mounted on a wheelbarrow was invented.
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Columbus
Chase Foundry & Manufacturing Company
United States Flatly Rejects Austro Hungarian Peace Feelers
Washington Sept 17 The United States officially rejects Germany and Austria Hungary peace terms and refuses any conference with belligerents. Secretary Lansing stated the administration can entertain no proposal on this matter and emphasized the terms it has long declared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Germany
Sweden
Ekenfren
Lansing
Wilsons Stand on Austrian Peace Note Draws Senate Praise
Senator Lodge declares President Wilson's prompt curt rejection of the Austrian Hungarian peace ball will help the German public grasp that America seeks complete victory. He spoke in reaction to Austria's note to the Allies and urged restraint while signaling no binding discussions.
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Washington
Wilson
Senator Lodge
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Austria
Tanks Aid Americans and French in New Drive
Tanks advance with American and French forces, cutting wire entanglements and neutralizing machine gun nests to support infantry. The action marks another aggressive push against German positions as the war effort continues.
World editor Chapin confesses murder of wife and surrenders
Charles E. Chapin city editor of the New York Evening World admits killing his wife in the Cumberland Hotel and surrenders at West 68th Street station. He says memory of the act faded after reading about the police search and produced two pistols during questioning. The couple were wed 39 years ago and Chapin was a prominent newspaper figure.
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United Press
New York
Charles E. Chapin
New York Evening World
West 68Th Street
Chapin
Cumberland
Prospect Park
Allied Gains Reported On All Fronts Today
Front progress shows German retreat toward Metz defenses as American and French aircraft harass the line. Reports note 108 German infantry battalions disbanded, 5000 women mobilized, and 15 year old boys drafted. Bulgarian regiments arrive to aid the German west. Haig reports further advance toward St Quentin and gains in Flanders and north of Lene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Fred
Ferguson
Metz
London
St. Quentin
Haig
Flanders
Lene
Serbian Offensive Advances Across Balkan Front
London reports the Serbian offensive continues with complete success. The Bulgarian front is pierced to a depth of over five miles across more than twelve miles. More than 3,000 prisoners and twenty four guns have been captured. French and Serbian casualties are described as small.
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London
Marines clash with Dominican bandits leave no casualties
United States Marines fought Dominican bandits on September 7 and 9, with Marine headquarters reporting no Marine casualties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Marine
American Troops Reach Vandieres Near German Frontier
Paris reports American forces have advanced to Vandieres in the Moselle Valley about 1.5 miles from Germany. The advance puts forces three miles north of Ponta-Mouseons as cross-border tensions rise in World War I reporting.
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Paris
Vandieres
la Liberte
Vandiers
Moselle
Ponta-Mouseons
London Papers Endorse Balfour Stand Against Austria Peace Offer
London newspapers unanimously back the foreign secretary’s rejection of Austria's peace terms. Balfour insists there can be no peace on the proposed foundation, signaling a firm wartime stance.
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London
Today
Austria
Balfour
Daily News Sees Balfour Peace Talks as Reasonable
The Daily News urged consideration of the invitation to unbinding peace discussions and called Balfour's attitude reasonable in furthering diplomatic talks.
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The
Daily News
Balfour
Funeral services for Mrs Lavina Maxwell Friday
Funeral services for Mrs Lavina Maxwell will be held tomorrow at 2 30 p m at the Christain church conducted by V Murch Burial in Union Street Cemetery.
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Lavina Maxwell
Christain
V. Murch
Union Street
Noon lunch kickoff at Chamber meets Rotary guest plan
The chamber sets a fall season noon lunch for Wednesday September 1 with chicken pie and trim mings served by Christian church women. The entertainment committee invited Charles H Brown district governor of Rotary to attend or send a speaker. Brown replies he is booked but will send Dave Warwick secretary of the Columbus Rotary Club noted as a big husky guy full of energy and pep to excite the audience.
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Chamber of Commerce
Women of the Christian Church
Rotary
Charles H. Brown
Columbus
International Rotary Club
Brown
Leopold
Dave Warwick
Rotary Club
Red Cross Workers Asked to Collect Tin and Platinum
Red Cross workers nationwide are urged to devote time to collecting tin and platinum for government use due to shortages. Lake Division headquarters will send full instructions to all Ohio Indiana and Kentucky chapters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Red Cross
Lake Division
Ohio
Indiana
Kentucky
Federal officers disclose spy radio methods off Atlantic coast
Federal officers in Jacksonville announce they have exposed secret methods used by German spies to communicate with submarines off the Atlantic coast. The arrest of two alleged German agents, Charles Fink and Louis Strauss, occurred at a secluded beach area about twenty miles from the city. Details of the communication system were not released.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Atlantic
Charles Fink
Louis Strauss
Spanish Influenza Spreads Through New England Camp Upton Closed
Camp Upton is shut down by order of Col. John Mallory to curb the Spanish influenza as 170 cases are reported at the camp. Boston reports a worsening epidemic with 20 deaths in six hours and 257 new cases, over 2,131 naval cases and hundreds among civilians. Camp Devens reports 3,000 soldiers ill while hospitals overflow. One school shows forty of forty eight children infected.
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Camp Upton
New York
John Mallory
Boston
Mass
Camp
Devons
Goal Is Stored For Winter By County Dads
Athens county commissioners order a fifty-ton coal car to be delivered for heating the courthouse and jail amid anticipated winter shortages. To store coal, basement rooms near the boiler will be used. janitor moves to the former commissioners office. election board room to be repurposed. cement floor added to the sheriff’s barn for county cars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens County
Court House
County Election Board
Sheriff's Barn
Permit System Established for Grain Shipments
Washington reports a joint railroad and food administration plan to issue shipping permits by grain zones to prevent overload at primary markets and seaboard terminals. The move comes amid a bumper crop and steady prices. An acetylene flashlight signal for railroad crossing gates has been tested with a pilot light as the gate lowers.
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Washington
Seaboard
Ohio University Begins Army Training With New Commandant
Captain B Michael Plaut assumes duty as Oat Commandant of the Students Jr Training Corps at Ohio University. About 200 men quartered in Howard Hall prepare under army officers while 400+ women register for the summer program. Classwork gym training and athletic plans proceed under Coach Gullum and Gym Director Olson with Prof Evans Jones leading athletics.
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B. Michael Plaut
Ohio University
Cincinnati
Ohio Military Institute
College Hill
Plattsburg
N. Y
Fort Benjamin Harrison
Indiana
Camp Buell
Lexington
Kentucky
Obib
University
Howard Hall
Fort Sheridan
Gullum
Olson
Plaut
Evans Jones
C. Parks
Jones
Ohio
State
Casualty List and Elk Lodge Meeting Note
Washington lists 243 war casualties today with 28 killed in action 166 missing in action 11 died from other causes 19 wounded undetermined 3 wounded slightly and 4 prisoners Died of disease 0. Ohio deaths include corporal D Roy Leigh Columbus Wounded severely Joseph Peak Cleveland Wounded undetermined Edward Schoeneman Castalia Edward Be Scofield Toledo Missing Edward Be Scofield Yaroslav Habburcay Cleveland Clarence McDonald Vinc ent R DO Regular Elk Lodge meeting tonight with important business.
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Ashington
Warment
Isis
D. Roy Leigh
Columbus
Joseph Peak
Cleveland
Eawerd Schoeneman
Castalla
Edward BE. Scofield
Toledo
Yaroslav Habburcay
Clarence McDonald
Vinocent
R. D
Twenty six ships delivered in first half of September
Washington reports twenty six ships with a dead weight tonnage of 147,520 delivered to the ship board by American yards during the first thirteen days of September. In the same period twenty six steel and woods with 150,370 dead weight tons were launched.
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Washington
Ship Board
American Yards
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Amsterdam
Cllies
St. Michiel Salient
Echo Belge
Struma
Vardar
Lake Doiran
Salonika
Maxwell
New England
Elk Lodge
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