Allies Capture 20000 Germans in West Drive Continues
New York dispatch reports Allied forces claiming 20000 German captures in the West while the Anglo French drive progresses. In related news Bishop Nelson’s former secretary George C Stowers confesses to pilfering about 15000 over ten years via check alterations. He was taken to police custody as details emerge on his thefts and motives.
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George C. Stowers
New York
Cleland Kinloch Nelson
Atlanta
Episcopal Church
East River
Stowers
Haat Pine Street
Bureau
Vaughn
Nelson
Diocese of
Bishop Nelson
Maine
C. E. Nelson
New York Dispatches
Massacre of Armenians Confirmed by U S Committee
New York reports confirm the massacre of Armenians in Turkey. Professor Samuel T. Dutton and a committee, supported by notable figures, present eyewitness testimony and say deportations, torture, and killings span Smyrna to Mesopotamia. They urge decisive action by press and governments to halt the crimes.
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New York
Turkey
Samuel T. Dutton
Charles R. Crane
Cleveland Dodge
D. Stuart Dodge
Arthur Curtiss James
John R. Mott
Stephen 5. ‘Wise
Frank Mason North
Stanley White
James L
Barton
William Steane
Viscount Bryce
Arabia
Armenia
Smyrna
Persia
Black Sea
Abdul Hamid
Mesopotamia
Germany
Austria
America
Rome
Paris
Constantinople
Doici
Vaticans
Parkey
Monsignor
Dolel
Amestea
Austria calls young and old to war
Zurich reports a Vienna dispatch that the Austrian 18-year-old landsturm class is ordered to join the army October 15. Other classes aged 19, 30, 4 and 38 to 45 will be summoned by mid November. The oldest classes 43 to 50 will be called at the end of November.
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Zurich
Switzerland
London
Vienna
Prohibition Push Seeks Soft Drink Tax in Extra Session
Judge W W Stark leads temperance push to tax soft drinks at fountains as part of a broader prohibition move. He vows rapid committee action and hopes to fund state revenue by replacing near beer taxes while avoiding outside interference during the extra session.
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Judge Stark
W. W. Stark
House Temperance
Atlanta
Starr
Temperance Committee
Stark
al- Tania
Tee
Phil Burs
Lady Eglantine Lays 287 Eggs in 330 Days Record
A new world record for egg laying was set when Lady Eglantine, a White Leghorn, laid her 287th egg in 220 days at the Delaware College Agricultural Experiment Station Newark Delaware. The champion, bred from an English strain, is in the fourth annual contest under a Philadelphia newspaper.
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Philadelphia
Haiti Rebels Kill 40 as Americans Move on Cape Haitian
Cape Haitien reports forty Haitians killed in an attack on American troops two miles from the city. Ten Americans were wounded. Rebels refuse to disarm and the Americans march toward Haut du Cap in the northern plain.
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Cape Haitien
Haut du Cap
Finance Committee Resumes Work On New Money Sheet
The Ananys committee of council will meet this morning to resume work on the October apportionment sheet. It aims to have the sheet ready for council when it meets next Monday morning. It faced a deficit of about $175 099 and has reduced that to a little under $100 000 with further reductions hoped. Several cuts and some extra appropriations were made to meet emergencies. Other council committees will meet this week to pass papers for the next council meeting.
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Ananys Committee
Council
Harmony Sought in Atlanta Council Next Year by Mayor Woodward
Speculation swirls over post primary council line up as hold over members push for a majority in January. Mayor Woodward and allies insist they seek harmony and will work with any elected council, urging good citizens to unite for Atlanta’s interests.
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Harmony
Woodward
anti-Woodward
Atlanta
German Officers Escape French Fort Near Perpignan
Several German officers confined in the Villefranche de Conflent fort escaped last night using bed sheet ropes. They fled toward the Spanish frontier and are being pursued.
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Perpignan
France
Villefranche de Conflent
60 Passengers Cremated by Band of Yaqui Indians
San Diego, September 26. Eighty passengers on a Southern Pacific Mexican train were derailed near Torres, Bonore, and forced into a hay car which was set on fire by about sixty Yaqui Indians, deserters from a Mexican faction. Only twenty victims have been accounted for. many women and children perished. No Americans were reported aboard. Torres lies 70 miles north of Guaymas.
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Southern Pacific
San Diego
Cal
Torres
Bonore
Accord
Ing
Hermesiilo
Guaymas
Campo ‘Verde
Bulgaria Denies War Intentions Amid Balkan Tensions
London reports and Paris dispatches detail Bulgaria’s mobilization denial of aggression toward Greece or Romania while signaling willingness to defend its rights. The Balkans frighten observers as Greece and Serbia brace, with talks of entente mediation and continued Bulgarian negotiations.
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London
Bulgaria
Sofie
M. Radoslaveff
Sofia
Berlin
Aney
Rumania
Greece
Serbia
Constantine
M. Venizelos
Turkey
Petrograd
M. Sazonoff
Great Britain
Russia
Balkans
Sofa
Ghenadieff
Sena
Paris
M. Vesnitch
France
Interei
Balkan
Serbii
von Bethmann-Hollweg
Macedonia
Kaciia
So- Tan
Albania
Havas
Geneva
Ferdinand
Echo
Aska
German Lines Penetrated Deep Front Souchez Captured Near Arras
London reports heavy Allied attacks in the western front with more than twenty thousand unwounded soldiers captured and twenty miles of trenches taken. Souchez is stormed and captured, with fighting raging near Arras as British battleships pound German positions coastwise. Berlin acknowledges German reverses.
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London
Souchez
Arras
Berlin
Zeebrugge
Nieuport
Perthes
Beause- Jour
Suippes
Champagne
Marne
Verdun
Agrus
London rejoices as Allied gains surge on western front
London greets Allied advances on the western front with jubilant mood in hotels clubs and churches. Newspapers publish casualty lists and praise speed of British and French operations while warning further hard fighting ahead. German defenses crumble as forces rush to the line and major gains alter positions near Lens La Bassee and Verdun.
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Hondon
London
Tk Times
the Times
Weather Forecast Rumor Sees Mixed Rain Across States
A fragmented weather forecast text reports rain and fair conditions across several states. Georgia and South Carolina show increasing cloudiness, Florida expects fair weather with possible showers in the peninsula, Alabama Wisconsin and Louisiana stay fair, Tennessee fair with unsettled Tuesday, and Kentucky cooler with rain on Monday and Tuesday.
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Sty
Washington
Georgia
South Carolina
Florida
Peninsula
Alabama
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Lady Eglantine
United States
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Greece and Rumania
la Bassee Canal
Derman Lassen Terribie
Daily Telegraph
Rotterdam
Belgium
Zeeland
Amsterdam
Telegraafs Routers
Flanders
Piace
Gerd
Marsr
John French
Lens Tai Twa Raasee
Lens
Jens
Hullven
la Bassee
Hulluch
Lille
Marishal
Canal
Apaperhur
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