United States Rejects Austria-Hungary Peace Offer
The United States unconditionally rejects the Austro-Hungarian note proposing a conference. Secretary Lansing announces the reply, stating the U S will not consider any peace terms or conferences that diverge from its clearly stated position. The Swedish legation delivered the note after translation and decoding.
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Associated Press
Washington
United States
Germany
Sweden
Ekengren
Lansing
Legation
State Department
Austria
Russian Town Declares For War on Germany
The Siberian Government at Omsk has declared war on Germany and ordered mobilization of the 1918 and 1919 classes. General Gaida says troops must be sent to the Eastern front along the Volga to aid the Czecho-Slovaks and Russian units against superior enemy forces. Enthusiasm grows in Siberia as volunteers flock to the Siberian Railway. about twenty thousand are under arms. Continuous fighting is anticipated as the Bolsheviks face pressure from released prisoners.
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Associated Press
Olovannaya
Trans-Baikalia
Omsk
Russia
Germany
Volga
Gaida
Ing
Red Guards
Berlin
Siberia
Ukraine
Ural Mountains
Siberian
Shot and Shell May Answer Peace Proposal
Military officials anticipate a major Allied counteroffensive to answer the central powers peace proposal. Expected action targets include the Flanders front La Fere Laon and the St Mihiel salient with a northern push possible from the Aisne to Rheims. British forces concentrate on Douai Cambrai St Quentin as observers await a new movement.
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Associated Press
Washington
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la Fere
Laon
St. Mihiel Salient
Marshal Foch
Ypres
Douai
Douai-Cambrai-St. Quentin
Increased Artillery Activity Follows Vosges Patrols
Artillery activity in the Vosges during the day suggested a possible or expected attack, with heavy signaling and unusually active enemy planes. Ten aircraft flew over St Die and twenty over Gerardmer as French and American forces advanced in the region.
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Associated Press
Vosges
St. Die
Gerardmer
Weather Across Regions Reports Fair Skies and Warm Temps
Ohio and Kentucky show fair conditions on Tuesday with rain in southeast areas and cooler departures. Indiana and West Virginia see similar trends with rain or fair skies by Wednesday. Temperatures vary by station, with readings from Boston to New Orleans and Denver to Spokane, plus a historical September 16, 1917 record and daily highs and winds noted.
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Ohio
Kentucky
Indiana
West Virginia
Boston
Kansas City
Jacksonville
Omaha
New Orleans
Denver
Nashville
Spokane
Cincinnati
Ste. Marie
Winnipeg
Balfour Opposes Austrian Peace Move in War Talks
London reports quote Foreign Secretary A J Balfour dismissing the Austrian peace proposal as a cynical ploy to split the allies. He argues it would not shorten the war and stresses Britain and its allies remain united against Germany, with no indemnity for Belgium and ongoing concerns over colonies and Russia.
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Associated Press
London
A. J. Balfour
Friedrich von Payer
von Payer
Germany
Belgium
Balfour
Russia
Membreno Named for Honduran Presidency
Semi official dispatches from Tegucigalpa report the Honduran Cabinet agrees to nominate Dr Alberto Membreno for President and Dr Francisco J Mejia for Vice President for the coming constitutional period. Bertrand's term ends in 1920. Membreno formerly Honduran minister to the United States and interim president in 1916. Mejia has served as finance minister war minister and interior minister.
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Associated Press
San Salvador
Tegucigalpa
Honduras
Alberto Membreno
Francisco J. Mejia
Francisco Bertrand
Membreno
United States
Mejia
More ships to lick HMS Washington and other lines
Twenty six ships with a dead weight tonnage of 147 520 were delivered to the Shipping Board by American yards in the first thirteen days of September. During the same period twenty eight ships of 150 370 tons were launched including steel and wood vessels built under government contracts. Distribution shows Pacific coast, Atlantic coast and Great Lakes production with most launches on the Atlantic and a mix of requisitioned and government contracted ships.
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Associated Press
Washington
Shipping Board
American Yards
Pacific Coast District
Atlantic Coast
Great Lakes
Atlantic
Pacific Coast
Nerve-Wracked City Editor Disappears Appoints Wife Fate
Mrs Charles E Chapin wife of The New York Evening World city editor was found dead with a bullet wound in the Chapin apartment Hotel Cumberland New York Sept 16 Police searched for Charles E Chapin after a letter signed by him warned of his nervous breakdown and implied self harm The letter spoke of thirty nine years together and left instructions on his body and property Continued on Second Page
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Associated Press
New York
Charles KE. Chapin
New York Evening World
Chapin
Hotel Cumberland
Seitz
Garfield Refuses to Treat With Miners on Strike
Miners in Shamokin Pennsylvania who walked out for higher pay must return to work before any action by Fuel Administrator Garfield. In a telegram to District No. 9 President James Matthews Garfield said workers would be held personally and strictly responsible and that he would not confer with or aid strikers while they remain out. He hinted drastic action if they refuse to return.
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Associated Press
Washington
Shamokin
Garfield
James Matthews
District No. 9
Matthews
Leixoes Torpedoed Off Atlantic Port
Sixteen Leixoes crew survivors arrive claiming the Portuguese steamship was torpedoed in the North Atlantic five days earlier. They spent the voyage in an open boat and fear thirty five others in three lifeboats may be lost. The 3245 ton vessel, formerly the Hamburg American Cheruskia, was built in 1890 at Newcastle and requisitioned by Portugal during the war.
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Associated Press
Atlantic
Portugues
Leixoes
North Atlantic
New Castle
England
War Industries Board to Eliminate 5500 Rubber Shoe Styles
War Industries Board announces a wartime production schedule eliminating 5500 rubber footwear styles. Canvas rubber-soled shoes may be produced until Sept 1 and waterproof footwear until Jan 1. Boots not essential for men to be banned. expected savings include lumber, cartons and shipping space, and 49 617 labor days redirected.
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Associated Press
Washington
War Industries Board
Lloyd George Appeals to Cotton Spinners to Return to Work
Premier Lloyd George in a sick bed appeals to Yorkshire and Lancashire cotton spinners to resume work. He says a government inquiry by a special tribunal will decide issues and that the strike harms production. The Amalgamated Association lists 20,000 members, with about 300,000 indirec tly affected by the stoppage.
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Lloyd George
Associated Press
London
Baekuly
Yorkshire
Lancashire
Amalgamated Association of Cotton Spinners
Spanish Flu Rages in Greater Boston Area
Influenza caused sixteen deaths in six hours in Greater Boston with several hundred new cases. Naval personnel accounted for ten deaths and the illness reached the naval prison at Portsmouth New Hampshire. About two thousand soldiers at Camp Devens were reported ill.
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New York
Naval
Portsmouth
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Camp Devens
City Reports 184 Spanish Flu Cases. No Alarm
Health Commissioner Copeland confirms 184 influenza cases in New York City with thirteen aboard an incoming ship sent to hospital. Officials urge calm despite spread and ongoing monitoring.
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Associated Press
New York
Copeland
Bolsheviks urged to sow U S discontent by Germans
Secret World War I era documents released by the American government reveal German directed Bolshevik efforts to spread anti Allied propaganda in the United States and alliances. They describe how German staff urged Lenin and Trotsky to reveal supply routes, plan disinformation campaigns, and send agitators under false passports to undermine Allied nations. The records also cover submarine and naval schemes to move agents to the United States and Eastern Asia and note attacks on the Italian ambassador in Petrograd.
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Europe
Vladivostok
Pacific
High Seas Fleet
Commissaris
Petrograd
Edgar Sisson
Russia
Committee On Public Information
Sisson
Blackmail scheme nets Lansing janitor in Morgan cutout
J B Thorn a 50 year old newspaper janitor in Lansing was arrested on charges of attempting to extort $20000 from Mrs Janet Nichols, daughter of J P Morgan, by mail threats claiming a germ weapon and antidote. Police and detectives traced letters to Thorn, who kept a distinctive old typewriter used for the notes.
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Associated Press
Lansing
Mich
J. P. Morgan
J. B. Thorn
Thorn
Janet Nichols
Morgan
Glen Cove
L. L
J. P. Morgan, Sr
Nichols
Altho
J. B Thorn
Wice
French War Office report on Oise front advances and prisoner gains
The War Office states in Paris that south of the Oise enemy counterattacked while our lines held. We claim capture of the Plateau east of Vauxaillon and Metherean Farm with the ridge northeast of Celles-sur-Aisne. Prisoners total 3,500 since yesterday morning, plus 600 more today. troops advanced about a kilometer on a four kilometer front north of Sancy near Soissons.
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Associated Press
Paris
French War Office
Oise
Vauxaillon
Metherean Farm
Celles-sur-Aisne
Sancy
Soissonsreach
War Office
British Advance in Flanders Near Ploegsteert and Ypres
British War Office report says patrols captured a few prisoners and the line advanced slightly in the southern front near Ploegsteert and east of Ypres in Flanders. Other sectors show only artillery activity with no major changes.
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Associated Press
London
Ploegsteert
Ypres
Flanders
British War Office
Americans Press Patrolling Along Lorra ine Front
Associated Press reports on September 16 at 1 p m that both sides patrol the line with limited shelling. Germans hold the Hindenburg line and fortify La Chaussée as US and French forces probe forward a few miles, while German dud shells and machine gun nests appear along shells holes.
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Associated Press
Lorraine
Hindenburg
la Chaussee
Serbian Offensive Smites Bulgarians on Salonika Front
Franco Serbian troops stormed ten miles of Bulgarian positions in Macedonia capturing fifteen hundred prisoners along with guns and matériel. A Serbian official communication from Saloniki reports a new offensive against Bulgarians on the Saloniki front with French forces, noting three strong positions captured.
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Reuter’s Agency
London
Macedonia
Associated Press
Washington
Saloniki
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