German Secret Service Plot and Dixie Highway Hope
Washington reports say Robert Fay, a German lieutenant, confessed to plans to disrupt Allied munitions ships in American waters. Four more conspirators were named as charges were filed, with Captain Boy Ed and Captain von Papen reportedly not involved. In Kentucky, Judge D W Rider reports rapid Dixie Highway progress, highlighting 145 miles paved in six months and vows of year end completion for key Louisville to Nashville and Atlanta to Macon sections. President Allison praises Georgia and forecasts a year to eighteen months for full route readiness.
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State Department
Robert Fay
New York
Secret Service
Erepe
Yay
Fay
Way
United States
Boy-Ed
von Papen
Kaiser
Atlantic
Sixteenth
Saxony Infantry
William J. Flynn
Houghton
Tay
America
Boy Hs
Champagne
France
Hudson River
Walter L. Schalz
Weehawken
N.J
Hudson
Sebols
Paul Daeche
Jersey City
N. J
Cologne University
Flynn
Paul Siebs
Siebs
Breitung
High Seas
Cologne
Elizabethtown
D. W. Rider
Louisville and Nashville
Dixie Highway
M. M. Allison
Dixie Highway Association
Rider
Chattanooga
Judge Rider
Manfordville
Bowling Green
Nashville
HL. A. Sommers
Elizabethtown News
Vision
Y D. W. Rider
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Téss Ray
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el Tou
Chicago
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Vermillion County
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Ixte
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Dalton
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Wives of 11 Officials Replace Girl Strikers To Keep Plant Running
Wives of eleven officials stepped in to replace female striking workers at the plant to maintain operations. The move shifts responsibility from workers to spouses as production continued amid labor tensions.
Allies smash through German lines in Champagne offensive
London and Paris report French troops capture a strong fort ified salient north of Les Mesnil in Champagne and clear the way for another general offensive. Russians fight pitched battles in Riga and Dvinsk as British and Russian submarines disrupt Baltic trade and forces clash along multiple fronts.
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Riga-Dvinsk
London
Les Mesnil
Champure
Rome
Porateaice
Gorizia
Riga
Dvinsk
von Hindenburg
Risa
Illoukst
Lake
Romanov
Courland I
Balitian
Pring Adalbert
Germany
Blucher
Scharnhorst
Gneisenau
California Voters Weigh Nonpartisan State Government
State ballots in California may bar partisanship in state and county government. Governor Hiram W. Johnson and other officials advocate nonpartisan constitutional amendments aimed at reforming how state offices are managed.
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California
San Francisco
Colonénia
Hiram W.johnson
First Link in Chain to Turkish Capital Forged by Teutons
Teutons and Bulgars push along northeast Serbia and Bulgaria toward Turkey as German aims to open a route to the Turkish capital. French and British reports suggest Serbians temporarily hold key positions while invaders face stiff resistance and potential flanking threats near Krivolak and Strumitsa.
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Teutons
Serbia
Bulgaria
Turkey
London
Timok
Tod Prahevo
Danube
Orsova
Ferbiang
Krivolak
saloniki-Nish
Istip
Veles
Usku
Strumitsa
Salonikami
France
Russia
Turks massacre Armenians along the Black Sea coast in Kerasund
A London dispatch recounts the mass slaughter of Armenians in Kerasund on the Black Sea coast. An eye witness account from Erzerum, via a Turkish army prisoner, details atrocities across Armenia including jewelers, bishops, and women mistreatment, with martial law and property confiscation cited.
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London
Muir
Odessa
Reunter
Dardanelles
Erzerum
Armenia
Sivas
Tokat
Ume
Zile
Prohibition Bill Aims at Hidden Booze Carrying
An extraordinary session note outlines a proposed prohibition bill with an anti hip pocket clause to curb concealed liquor. It would ban carrying bottles not exposed, prohibit liquor in clubs, restrict drinking to homes, and require forfeitures go to a county fund split between papers and enforcement. solicitors general receive no pay.
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Rome
Justices of the Peace
Bastitts
Solicitora General
Speeding Auto Hits Lady in Buggy Near Marietta
Mrs. Wm. J. Richardson, riding home in a buggy two miles south of Marietta on the Marietta Atlanta road, was struck by a speeding automobile carrying three men. The buggy was wrecked and she suffered cuts but is expected to recover. Witnesses report the occupants did not stop to aid her. the automobile’s number is believed obtained and efforts are under way to identify and bring the drivers to justice.
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Marietta, Ga
Marietta-Atlanta
Wm. J. Richardson
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