Bayonet Charge Recalls Amid Battle Drag On
Paris reports say allies captured numerous prisoners and standards after a major engagement near Craonne. German counterattacks failed to gain ground as both sides dig in along the Oise Alane and Woevre lines, with fatigue and privation marshalling a long, bloody stalemate as war nerves tighten.
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Paris
Craonne
Ttadda
Noyon
Argonne
Oise Alane
Woevre
Marne
Lorraine
Niece and Major Evacuated From Vaumolse Village
Major Jaeon Stivers A. S. A. retired and his niece Misa Stivers fled a village near Paris as German forces and Allied action strained lines. Ambassador Herrick sent Lt. Edwin Grebel Jr to retrieve them. Stivers, in his 80s, reported German and British movements and shortages.
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Jaeon Stivers
Misa Stivers
Vaumolse
Paris
Myron T. Herrick
Edwin Grebel, Jr
Paria
Grebel
Aliedat
Hieh Nanally
Mise Stivers
Major Stivers
Almont
Parise
Bilere
Hetrick
United Statue
Revenue Bill Agreement Faces Senate Fight
Washington dispatch reports Democrats on the house ways and means committee agreed to an emergency revenue bill taxing beer wines gasolene telegraphs trains and amusements totaling 105 million dollars. Republicans oppose the war tax and the senate fight looms as leaders pause after hours of debate.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Home
Senate
Eastern rate case to reopen with hearings this October
The Interstate Commerce Commission will reopen the eastern advance rate case and start hearings October 19 after railroads requested review. The move follows White House talks and a letter from President to Chairman Trumbull. Railroads seek percent increases east of the Mississippi and north of the Ohio and Potomac rivers. Western lines also plan rate increase applications.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Ie Riilroads
Wilson
White House
Railway Unien
Frank Trumbull
Chesapeake & Ohio
Pittsburg
Great Lakes
Atlantic Seaboard
Missisaippi
Ohio and Potomac Rivers
Miners Entombed After Cave In at Centennial Eureka Mine
Rescue parties in Eureka, Utah, work to clear a barrier in the Oklahoma slope of the Centennial Eureka mine after a Thursday cave in. Several bodies have been recovered and 13 miners were inside the shaft. John Wick, a Finn, escaped.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Owahoma
Centennial Eureka
Eureka
John Wick
Eugenics Law Bites Pan Cupid In Oregon Report
Salem reports the state board of health says the eugenics law cut marriages by over 1000% compared with four years prior. To sidestep required health certificates hundreds of couples travel to neighboring states to wed.
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Salem
Ore
State Board of Health
Austria Calls Old Men to Save Her From Russia
Austria summons elderly volunteers as men march through a Vieťtna street toward the city headquarters to bolster defenses against Russia.
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Austria
Russia
Viettna
Austria-Mungerlin
Steh Straits
Kendrick Accepts Nomination in Wyoming Letter 1914
Kendrick thanks Chairman Hopkins and the Democratic Party of Wyoming for his unsolicited nomination. He stresses state integrity, efficient administration, and nonpartisan handling of public services, urging a Public Utilities Commission and state loaning powers to stimulate agricultural and industrial growth. He calls for experimental farms and practical farming expertise.
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Democratic Party of
Wyoming
Publiq Velides
Gible
Commission
Alti Tee Delux Businogs
Gma Selon
Conalela Ot
Tates
Public Utilities Commission
Thie
Blazing Death in an Inferno
London dispatch reports from the Mines at Senile and Chantilly on September 16 describe a battle’s ferocious inferno. A wounded private recalls firing while under fire, a comrade killed, and intense chaos in the line as soldiers endured the scorching heat and injuries.
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London
Senile
Chantilly
Thava
Weather Washington Arpt Forecast Calls for Showers
Forecasts for Washington Airport call for coastal showers Sunday with cooler conditions. The outlook notes unsettled weather and a drop in temperatures, with patchy overcast skies and light winds across the region.
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Washington
Wilsons watchful peace policy favors global truce aim
President Wilson pursues a long term policy of "watchful waiting" toward European peace, seeking permanent worldwide peace rather than a temporary halt. Officials say he will not declare peace unless the global trend supports active negotiation and avoid a fragile ceasefire.
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Wilson
Europe
Asthington
Mexico
Clowe Touds
Spring- Rice
Fnglind
Jivearrand
France
Gereard
United States Probes British Comment on Troop Pullout
Washington reports the United States sent a formal note to Britain asking if a British minister to London criticized President Wilson for withdrawing American troops. The note seeks clarification on the minister’s alleged statements.
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Washington
Egited
Caydee
Minston
Notable RN officer among Grenfell tragedy dead
London dispatch reports Captain Grenfell of the Royal Navy, famed for his pale portraiture, among those killed in Pranen. The names of officers and men continue to emerge as the death toll reaches multiple sailors with wounds and extensive injuries.
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Berlin
von Reuter
Adalbert
Cracow
London
Aptain RN
Grenfell
Pranen
Eumelstrog
War notes from a torn Saturday dispatch
Fragmentary Saturday report covers Franco American and Russian fronts with unclear details. Mentions troop movements, casualties, and shifting lines as Allied and Axis forces engage amid confusion and heavy weather.
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Ghent
Ile TS
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