Fate of Combles Sealed by Latest Entente Advance
British and French forces push along an arc from Martinpuich to the Somme with gains near Combles Le Boeufs and Morval. French seize Rancourt and outskirts of F regret court while trench lines near Fregicourt and canal du Nord region fall. Russians and Serbs report activity on other fronts as Romanians press in Dobrudja under siege.
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Peronne
Canal du Nord
Martinpuich
Somme
Combles
le Boeufs
Marval
Rancourt
Bouchavesnes
Morval
France
Berlin
Volhynia
Galicia
Carpathian Mountains
Petrograd
Saurduk and
Vulcan
Tansylvanian Alps
Florina
Krausegrad
Varina
North Midland
Dobrudja
Marehal von Mackensen
Constanza-Tchernavada
Danube
Black Sea
Bucharét
Greek Bishop Arrested as Spy
Paris reports Monsignor Agatheselos Greek metropolitan of Drama was arrested aboard the steamship Ohio arriving at Salonika from Piraeus by order of the National Defense Committee. He is accused of spying and of attacking the entente in his speeches and writings.
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Paris
Agathe Selos
Drama
Ohio
Saloniki
Piraeus
National Defense Committee
Agathegelos
Sweet Resigns to Enter Campaign for Governor
Washington September 25. Mewin Sweet resigns as assistant secretary of commerce to depart for Michigan and begin his campaign as Democratic candidate for governor.
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Washington
Mewin
Sweet
Cave
Michigan
Greece Crisis Deepens As Venizelos Flees Athens
London reports the situation in Greece as most serious. Former premier Venizelos, with Rear Admiral Conduriotis and several officers, left Athens likely heading for Crete then Saloniki. Venizelos departed at dawn aboard the merchant ship Hysteria, signaling a dangerous political shift and potential exile.
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London
Greece
Reuter
Athens
Venizelos
Conduriotis
Crete
Saloniki
M. Venizelos
No notable events on Russian fronts this day
Petrograd reports no important actions on either the western Russian or Caucasus fronts today as announced by the war office.
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Petrograd
Caucasus
War Office
Wilson Seeks New Era as Tariff Commission Sought
President Wilson told the National Grain Dealers convention in Baltimore that business men must open a new era through the tariff commission and related measures. He urged nonpartisan action, cooperation between government and industry, and spoke of removing obstructions to trade while seeking men who will state the facts regardless of opinion.
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Wilson
Grain Dealers’ Convention
New Tariff Commission
The
Trade Commission
Federal Reserve Act
Lyric Theatre
Maryland
Latin America
United States
Tariff Commission
Commission
Zeppelins Lost in London Fire Attacks
Berlin reports two Zeppelins were lost after fires caused by anti aircraft fire during Saturday night raids on London and the English midlands. The official air raid report states the losses occurred amid the bombardment.
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Berlin
London
England
Midland
West Virginia coal rates under ICC review in Detroit
The Interstate Commerce Commission opened hearings in Detroit on coal freight rates from West Virginia and Kentucky to Michigan Indiana Illinois and other midwestern states north of the Ohio river. Railroads seek a fifteen cent per ton increase. operators oppose it as the case strengthens with testimony on traffic density north of the river.
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Detroit
Mich
West Virginia
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Michigan
Marshall
Ho Cunningham
West Virginia Coal Association
Miller
Connellsville
Pitt
Fohl
Harris
Cannelton Coal Company
Olutinous Ton and Steel Company
Pennsylvania
Associated Press
Interstate Commerce Commission
Kentucky
Middle Western
Ohio River
Bread Famine Strikes Vienna Hotels and Romansch Transport
Press dispatches from Vienna report a bread famine lasting several days due to transport difficulties. An official decree bans hotels and restaurants in Vienna and Lower Austria from supplying bread to guests who must bring their own. Railway service has been heavily disrupted since Romania entered the war.
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Austria
Zurich
Switzerland
Vienna
Lower Austria
Roumania
New York Legislators Seek Extraordinary Session Over Car Strike
City lawmakers form a committee to urge Governor Whitman to convene an extraordinary session to address the car strike. Forty percent of 800,000 workers in the area consider quitting. A subway collision injures thirteen, two seriously, at the 207th Street station. the rear train motorman is arrested.
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New York
Whitman
Hugh Frayne
American Federation of Labor
Two Hundred and Seventh Street
British Monitors Bombard Belgian Coast and Bruges
British monitors and destroyers bombarded the Belgian coast Sunday between Heyst and Bruges, according to a Reuters dispatch from Flushing.
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London
Heyst
Bruges
Flushing
Prosecutor McDaniel arraigned on wife murder charge
Oscar McDaniel Buchanan county prosecuting attorney was arraigned before Justice Wilson on a state murder charge in the July 15 death of his wife Harriet Moss McDaniels. Bond was refused and a preliminary hearing was set for Wednesday. He is a candidate for reelection in November.
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St. Joseph
Oscar McDaniel
Buchanan County
Wilson
Harriet Moss McDaniels
McDaniels
Berlin Says Saturday Air Raid Was Success
Berlin relayed an official statement on the English air raid of September 23. Naval air ships bombed London and targets in the Humber and midlands. two airships fell to defensive fire while others returned undamaged. Casualties and damage were initially reported as noted in later updates.
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Berlin
Savville
N. Y
England
London
Humber
Nottingham
Sheffield
North Midland
Grain Dealers' Association Seeks Immediate Rail Car Return
Baltimore September 25 A resolution was unanimously passed at the opening of the annual Grain Dealers' National Association convention urging the Interstate Commerce Commission to order the immediate return to western railroads of cars now held by eastern lines.
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Baltimore
Grain Dealers' National Association
Interstate Commerce Commission
Western Railroads
Eastern Railways
Butler waives hearing in Philadelphia blackmail case
William Butler of Philadelphia waived a hearing today and will be taken to New York under a 50000 dollar bond. He was arrested last January for attempting to blackmail a Philadelphia woman who later died and is charged with conspiracy to blackmail Mrs. Regina Klipper and with obstructing justice to prevent her from testifying in Montreal.
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Philadelphia
William Butler
New York
Butler
Regina Klipper
Not Black But White St. New York Broadcasts on Trade List
At a luncheon in New York Sir Richard Crawford, British commercial attache, called the American “blacklist” a misnomer and described a British effort to limit censorship of business correspondence. He said the government is working to minimize mail censorship for exporters and industrial firms.
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New York
Richard Crawford
Washington
Ile
Camp Owen Bierne Named in Honor at El Paso
Camp Owen Bierne at El Paso is named in honor of sergeant Owen Bierne of the Twenty third Infantry who was killed in a saloon incident while serving with the provost guard. Brigadier General Bell ordered the naming. W B Sands, a Texas ranger, is jailed on murder charges related to the event. Bierne served nearly thirty years including Cuba, the Philippines, and the Boer wars.
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Tex
Bell
Tenth Provisional Division
Owen Bierne
Twenty Third Infantry
Guar
W. B. Sands
Bierne
Weather Forecast for West Virginia and Virginia
Fair skies expected in West Virginia and Virginia on Tuesday and Wednesday with rising temperatures. Pleasant conditions, light winds, and no precipitation anticipated across the region.
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West Virginia
Hughes Denounces Eight Hour Day References in Wilson Speech
In Dayton Ohio Charles E Hughes criticizes President Wilson for linking the Adamson law to the eighty centras rate case. He argues courts decide constitutionality after legislation and denies any proposal or enactment of an eight hour day. He urges clarity against confusing America on this issue.
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Dayton
Charles E. Hughes
Memorial Hall
Wilson
Hughes
New York
America
Witnesses Describe Alleged Mingo County Election Fraud
In Huntington, three defendants from Mingo County faced trial on fraud and conspiracy charges tied to the 1914 congressional election. Two witnesses, Noah Lester and Linko Blankenship, testified they were approached to serve as Democratic election officials at War Eagle precinct and to alter ballot counts by burning excessive ballots and tallying fraudulent votes to match registration.
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Huntington
W. Va
United States District Court
Mingo County
Noah Lester
Linko Blankenship
Lester
Blankenship
Verdun Front Attack Fails After Night Effort Near Vaux Chapitre
Paris reports German forces attacked the Verdun front near Vaux Chapitre wood last night but the assault failed. Inactivity persisted on the Somme front though heavy artillery battles continued in progress.
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Paris
Verdun
Vaux Chapitre Wood
War Office
Somme
New London Expects a German Submarine
Westerly tugboat Westerly left New London tonight on a mission tied to the anticipated arrival of a German merchant submarine. Captain Frank H. Robinson said he received instructions from T. A. Scott Wrecking Co to go to Montauk Point to aid towing a submarine to New London. Mrs. Robinson suggested he expected to escort the submarine into New London before midnight.
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Westerly Tugboa Company
Frank H. Robinson
T. A. Scott Wrecking Company
New London
Montauk Point
N. Y
R. 1
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T. A. Scott Company
Eastern Forwarding Company
Robinson
Mystery of Judge Robinsons Trip Solved in Philippi
Philippi West Virginia September 25 Special on the eve of his speaking tour Judge Ira E Robinson visited his boyhood home and the old shoe shop in Taylors Drain. He entered the one room workshop and read the inscriptions on the walls recalling his father William Robinson the cobbler. The open church door at the little Taylors Drain Methodist Church recalled his baptism there as a boy.
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Philippi
W. Va
Ira EB. Robinson
Clarksburg
Judge Robinson
Tayior
Drain Methodist Episcopal Church
William Robinson
Billy” Robinson
Tavior
Barbour County
Hatter Wilson
Slemp Opens Re election Campaign in Abingdon
Congressman C B Slemp formally opened his bid for re election in Abingdon Virginia drawing about seven hundred attendees at city hall including students from Martha Washington College. He defended his record and attacked rival Trinkle while Leslie M Shaw and F G Gordon praised Slemp and urged tariff protection. An open letter from sixteen district Republicans demanded Trinkle verify or retract statements, fueling political circles as the GOP drive heads to Clintwood.
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C. B. Slemp
Martha Washington College
Slemp
Congress
Mr. Trinkle
Trinkle
Washington County
Stemp
Leslie M. Shaw
the Treasury
F. G. Gordon
Boston
John Hinstein
Radford
Ll. P. Summers
P. J. Davenport
Shaw
Gordon
Virginia
New England
Clintwood
Federal Reserve
Wytheville Bank
Federal Reserve Act
Bristol
Britain regrets Hong Kong seizures of American goods
Great Britain expressed regret to the state department for the seizure at Hong Kong of American owned goods consigned to Manila aboard the steamers Chinese Prince Kafue and Aymeric. Authorities say assurances were given there would be no further seizures after a U S protest.
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Great Britain
Washington
State Department
Hong Kong
Manila
United States
Roumanians Report Successes Across Transylvania and Dobrudja
An official war office statement from Bucharest dated September 25 reports Romanian successes in both Transylvania and Dobrudja amid ongoing campaigns.
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Bucharest
Transylvania
Dobrudja
War Office
President Wilson Returns to Shadow Lawn After Baltimore Visit
President Wilson and Mrs. Wilson arrived at Shadow Lawn in Long Branch New Jersey at 8 15 tonight after a Baltimore trip. He promptly motored from the railway station to the estate.
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Shadow Lawn Long Branch
N. J
Wilson
Baltimore
Shadow Lawn
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