Austria-Hungary renews peace overture via Holland
Amsterdam reports Vienna dispatch indicates Austria-Hungary, pressured by Bulgarian desertion and Italian front strain, seeks peace talks through the Netherlands. A Hungarian delegation led by Premier Wekerle arrived in Vienna, while U S officials say no invitation from Austria to negotiate has been received.
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Germany
Romania
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Albania
Deadly Explosion at T N T Factory Shocks Morgan New Jersey
An early morning blast at the T N T plant of the Gillespie Shell Loading company in Morgan New Jersey near South Amboy killed and injured many workers. Rescue crews from multiple cities, ambulances and doctors aided the injured as officials prepared for roll calls and possible higher casualties.
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Associater Press
Preth Amboy
T. A. Gillespie Shell Foading Company
Morgan, New Jersey
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Elizabeth
United States Base Hospital No. 3
Colonia
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Amboy
Proclamation of Bohemia Independence Nears
Amsterdam reports that the Budapest paper Axent says the proclamation of Bohemian independence is imminent. Czech national committee members fear neither prison nor decision and have arranged affairs with the independence virtually assured. New Czech money is circulating privately.
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Associated Press
Amsterdam
Bohemia
Budapest
Axent
Czecho Pational Committee
Shipyard Workers Hit 44 Hour Week Across Coast
A mandatory order from the Pacific Coast Order of Boiler Makers and Iron Shipbuilders requires all affiliated unions to adopt a forty four hour work week. The measure affects boilermakers and shipbuilders from Vancouver to San Diego until the council directs otherwise.
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Associated S’ress
Oakland
Calif
Pacific Coast Order of Boilerwakers
Vancouver
British Penmbia
San Diego
French Soldier Seizes German Battery At Dawn Border
French forces report a single soldier captured a complete German Nod battery by creeping to the position and gunning down gunners. A lieutenant and a sergeant with a private, using an automatic weapon, surrounded a German trench and took 105 prisoners by convincing the Germans they were outflanked.
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Lranch
Gourud
Lorde
Agro preacher and twelve sons serving in war effort
In Rayville Louisiana on October 4 a Black preacher LK Hl Windelow reports his twelve sons have enlisted ahead of the selective draft act. He notes the family’s wartime duty amid community support and concern.
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Rayville
LK. Hl
Windelow
Marry by Mail Swindler Sentenced in San Francisco
Mrs. Al land Nellis alias Franzer posed as a lonely widow and wrote to Frank R. Hartsel of Hartzel Springs Colorado asking for travel funds to marry him. Judge M T Dooling sentenced her to three months in the county jail for using the mails to defraud.
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Associated Press
San Prancisco
Frank R. Hartsel
Hartzel Springs
Colo
Colorado
Alland Nellis
Franzer
M. T. Dooling
United States District Court
Yank's Machine Riddled Captures Enemy Near Verdun
Aviator Rollink Meyer of Oakland California shot down a German aircraft west of Verdun in a dramatic air duel. His plane malfunctioned yet he pressed the attack, riddled the enemy craft, forced a landing, and when Meyer landed nearby the German officers surrendered. He brought back the German machine gun as a souvenir.
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Verdun
Thaursday
Oct. S
Rollink Meyer
Oakland
Cal
Meyer
Twin Soldiers and Triplets Earn Wartime Notice
In an Army unit two soldiers are twins and the last three are triplets. The man already holds a notable record and has received a congratulatory letter from President Wilson. Mr Windslow leads a Red Cross auxiliary effort in the scene.
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National Army
Wilson
Windslow
Red Crosse
Influenza Epidemic Spreads Through Army Camps
Washington October reports show Spanish influenza becoming epidemic in many cities and camps. Public health data record 12 975 new cases among trainees in the United States with civilian and military areas affected. Army camp pneumonia cases nearly double yesterday at 1 864 while deaths fall to 31.
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Associated Press
Washington
Public Health Service
New England
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Maine
Deaware
Virginia
Alabama
Six Deaths Reported From Spanish Influenza in Denver
Six deaths in Denver linked to Spanish influenza are announced by Dr William H Sharpley. The toll includes six affiliated cases and three more believed to be afflicted as the epidemic spreads through the city.
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Denver
William H. Sharpley
Spanish influenza outbreak reports across Colorado
Reports from Colorado Colorado Springs Boulder Pueblo New Mexico and Arizona indicate the Spanish influenza has appeared in multiple communities. Colorado records show 20 deaths since the outbreak with no deaths tonight in Arizona or New Mexico. A Boulder sixth death among selective service men at the University of Colorado and a Colorado College engineer professor William E Crawford died of pneumonia in Colorado Springs. Nine new cases were reported at Pueblo with no deaths.
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Mountain States
Associated Press
Denver
Colorado
New Mexico
Arizona
Arisona
Boulder
Colo
Army Technoloal
University of Colorado
Colorado Springs
William E. Crawford
Colorado College
Crawford
Pennsylvania
Pueblo
Congress Will Stay At Work For November Election
Congressional leaders delayed a definite recess pending the new revenue bill and the 7 billion dollar army emergency appropriation. The House will meet and adjourn daily until October 14 when the army appropriation is due to be reported by the military committee.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate
House
Military
Kaiser Refuses German Dictatorship Demand
Amsterdam Oct 4 Herr von Berg head of the civilian cabinet sent a reply to German citizens denying any move toward a dictatorship. He states Kaiser Wilhelm expects Germans to unite in support of the empire and to work with competent labor to safeguard the nation and its blood treasure against threats.
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Kaiser
Amsterdam
Germany
Herr von Berg
William
Germans Torch German Ground As Allies Press Fronts
War dispatches describe German forces burning ground preparatory to retreat while Allied forces advance in Flanders and France. British French Belgian troops push near Lille Cambrai and St Quetin while Americans and French seize Blanc Mont and other Argonne positions. German resistance remains stubborn as retreating columns are harassed by air fire and fires spread across the front.
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Associated Press
Flanders
Italy
Albania
Turkey
Belgian Flanders
Entreres
Lens
Lille
St. Quatin
Cambrai
la Cate'et
Charlerange
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Argonne Forest
Afre
Great Wood
Americans Sweep Verdu n Line In WWI Advance
Allied forces push west of the Meuse with gains from two to five kilometers. American units Illinois Wisconsin Pennsylvania Virginia and West Virginia capture Mill 240 Gesnes Sleville Charey Laforges and push the enemy to the Krimhilde positions south of Forestwood. Paris reports 3000 prisoners taken on Mont Blanc crest. British near Lille advance six miles at Wayrin Equinghem as German retreat continues between Lens and Armenieres.
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Armeneres
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St. Quentin
French Advance In Champagne Reach Aburive Area
Paris Oct 4 In fighting in Champagne the French moved about two and a half miles north of Aburive and five miles northeast of Somme Ty taking several villages per the official communique issued tonight. Challerange, a railroad town, has been evacuated but not occupied. artillery continues to fire on it.
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Paris
Champagne
Aburive
Somme-Ty
Challerange
Twin death follows birth in city hospital death notice
Mary Eileen Schilling born Saturday September 9 died Thursday evening at the hospital where she and her mother Mrs Fred Schilling 112 East Twenty seventh street were staying. Funeral services were held Friday at 2 p m with only relatives attending. The little one was the second of twins the first died after birth Saturday.
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Mary Eileen Schilling
Fred Schilling
Delmonico's Busted by War Receivers Appointed
A wartime court move in New York appoints two receivers to run Delmonico's restaurant. The famed eatery, under the same family since before, will continue operations under receiver direction as a reorganization is planned. Maurice P. Davidson identified the receivers and stated the arrangement.
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New York
Federal Court
Delmonico
Maurice P. Davidson
Ube Receiv
Make Huns Farm for Us Young
Representative Young of North Dakota presented to the War Food Administrator a plan to employ farm workers at 81 a day and 83 1 8 cents daily for government expenses to operate the program. He said farm labor in his state costs about seven dollars a day and many farm horses lack drivers.
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Washington
Young
North Dakota
Woorer
Reprieve Delayed Murderer Dies by Electrocution
Pasquale Bionhi of Akron Ohio, condemned for the murder of an Akron policeman, was electrocuted at the Ohio penitentiary just hours before a paper deadline. The execution followed a late reprieve in the case.
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Hie
Pasquale Bionhi
Arkon
Ohio
Arkom
Larichewt
Gunfighter Tarbox kills Barker in Wyoming confrontation
Wheatland Wyoming October 4. J Barker five dollars was shot in the back and killed by G KE Tarbox at the Muteshoe ranch after Barker objected to Tarbox handling a team. Witnesses say Tarbox made no warning and shot from the rear with a 32 caliber rifle. Tarbox was arrested later at the Two Bar ranch. He cites grief of Mrs Tarbox as his only regret. Tarbox previously served on the Denver police force during Governor Waite era and helped eject the barricaded police from Denver City Hall.
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Wheatland
Wyo
J. Barker
G. KE. Tarbox
Muteshoe Ranch
Barker
Tarbox
Sarker
Hint Pie
Two Bar
Denver
Waite
Sacramento labor pledges 100 percent in fourth Liberty Loan
An announcement from Sacramento labor circles reports 100 percent pledge by the organized labor Liberty Loan committee for the fourth loan drive. The appeal urges members to quit whittling and go to walloping.
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Sacramento
Cal
Organized Labor of
Liberty Loan Committee
Walloping
Makers of Phony Shells Arrested in Knoxville Case
W Y T Oliver, a Knoxville millionaire manufacturer, and ten officers from the W J Oliver Manufacturing company were arrested on charges of fraud and sabotage over defective army shells. Government agents solved the plant.
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Ty Associated Press
Knoxville
Tenn
W. YT. Oliver
W. J. Oliver Manufacturing Company
United States Army
Allies Capture Sixty Thousand Men and One Thousand Guns
A War Office report states the week ending today on the Western Front shows Allied forces taking 60,009 prisoners and 1,000 guns. The tally highlights a week of significant gains as casualties and capture figures rise for the Allied cause.
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London
Ablien
Gezimbra Under Gunfire From U-Boat Off Lisbon
A submarine attacked the port of Ceximbra, 18 miles south of Listen, firing on shore batteries. The guns answered, and the submarine withdrew after brief engagement.
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Associated Press
Lishon
Yortugal
Ceximbra
Listen
Bulgarian King Abdicates Throne to Crown Prince
Paris reports King Ferdinand of Bulgaria abdicated in favor of Crown Prince Boris. A Vienna dispatch via Havas cites a diplomat saying the prince has already seized power, per Veinna bureau.
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Associated S'hoxy
Paris
Pendinand
Bulgaria
Prince Hors
Haape-Divodtan
Havas
Veena
Weather Report for Wyoming Central Region
Weather outlook shows unsettled conditions with a cold front bringing sharp temperature drops through Sunday night. Expect higher winds and possible precipitation as a trough lingers over central Wyoming.
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