Bulgarias Defection Signals Separate Peace Acknowledgment
General March, chief of staff, reports Bulgaria seeks separate peace as Bulgaria joins with Turkey and the central powers weakens. He credits massed French British and American forces on the western front for the shift and notes continued improvement in news from the front.
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Associated Press
Washington
Marshal Foch
Bulgaria
General March
Turkey
Romania
March
Allies Drive On Four Sectors Across 250 Miles
Allied forces across a 250 mile front from the North Sea to Verdun smash German defenses in four sectors near Ypres Cambrai and in the Argonne. Prison numbers rise to 27000 with hundreds of guns captured as British French American and Belgian troops push forward toward Cambrai and other key positions.
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Associated Press
North Sea
Verdun
Ypres
Cambrai
Aisne
Champagne-Verdun
Haig
Scheldt Canal
Arras
Douai
Arleux
Beginnig
Dixmude
Houthulst
Gaheeeset
Chemin Des
Hindenburg Line
Argonne
Meuse
Kreimhild
Argonne Forest
Marshal Foch
Foch
Macedonia
Bulgaria
Albania
Uskub
Veles
Vardar
Doiran
Struma
Opening of Fourth Liberty Loan Sparks Nationwide Subscriptions
Messages from Alaska to Georgia report steady quota fulfillment as communities rush to subscribe to the 6 billion dollar Fourth Liberty Loan. Secretary McAdoo-led enthusiasm and war-front optimism drive parades and oversubscriptions across towns, with Alaska Packers’ Association reaching 1.37 million and counties like Glascock and Whitley reporting early oversubscriptions.
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Associated Press
Washington
United States
Treasury Department
Territory
Alaska
Treasury
McAdoo
Alaska Packers’ Association of
San Francisco
Junnau_ tonight
New York
Irvington
Middletown
Conn
Lodi
N. J
la Grange
Glascock
East Chicago
Whitley County
Ind
East Chi
British Tanks Bridge Canal in Northwest France
British forces used decommissioned tanks fitted with improvised bridge gear to cross the 125 foot wide 45 foot deep Canal du Nord near Cambrai, forming bridgeheads at Marquoin and Havrincourt as artillery wrecked canal banks and fighting tanks crossed on the sunken roadway amid heavy fire.
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France
Canal du Nord
Cambrai
Marquoin
Havrincourt
Moeuvres
Maryquoin
Huavrincourt
Bulgarian Von Hintze Promise Spurs Allied Hopes
The British War Office reports continued entente gains in Macedonia with Greek troops advancing east along the Belashitza range and British Greek forces moving toward Petrich in the Strumitza Valley. Several guns of varying calibers have been captured near the Bulgarian frontier.
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Associated Press
London
Macedonia
British War Office
Belashitza Range
Petrich
Strumitza
Austria Goes to Aid and Bulgaria Armistice Hopes
Vienna reports Austrian troops sent to assist Bulgarians after a defense west of Lake Ochrida. In Washington experts caution that Bulgaria’s armistice appeal is only the first step toward terms demanded by France and Britain, with entente forces likely to occupy Bulgarian cities.
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Ryg Associated Press
Vienna
London
War Office
Lake Ochrida
Associated Press
Washington
Bulgaria
Ian
Entente
Explosion Traps 20 at Royalton Mine
Twenty men including the superintendent and manager are entombed in the Franklin Coal and Coke mine at Royalton Illinois after an early morning explosion 400 feet underground. The mine remains burning and rescuers say no one alive is expected to be found. Four bodies have been recovered at the shaft bottom as smoke and gas hinder rescue efforts. A gas explosion in the same mine four years ago killed fifty two people.
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Altho
Public Health Service
Richard
Illinois
Weather Summary for Ohio Kentucky Indiana and West Virginia
Weather report notes fair to partly warm conditions across Ohio Kentucky Indiana and West Virginia for Sunday and Monday. Temperatures range from the mid 60s to low 80s with light precipitation in places and a Cincinnati record of 28 1918 at Ninth meridian time.
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Associated Press Dispatches
Cincinnati
Cambrai
Ohio
Kentucky
Indiana
West Virginia
Jemese City
Jacksonville
Ue Lom Sie Cou
New Orleans
Soon Sun Aasbaeu
Nashville
Ki Hum
S.W
Gasolineless Sundays boost U S fuel effort in France
Mark II Requa outlines that ten cargo boats carrying 500000 barrels of gasoline were sent to France under the gasless Sunday program. He urges manufacturers to conserve coal and fuel oil, classifies plant efficiency, and warns penalties for waste as inspectors monitor use.
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Associated Press
New York
France
United States
Mark II
Requa
Oil Division
United States Fuel Administration
Beerenger
Priorities Board
W. Champin Robinson
D. W.cooke
New York State
G. N. Allen
Yarn holder wasn’t disturbed by crowd at station
President Wilson, returning from New York after opening the fourth Liberty Loan drive, paused at Manhattan Transfer to show a gray yarn skein as Mrs. Wilson rolled a ball for a soldier’s sock. A small crowd watched from a distance, while the President kept his hands steady and smiled.
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Liberty Loan
Manhattan Transfer
New York
Explosion at Oliver Shell Loading Plant Sends Fireward
Runyon New Jersey September explosion endangers workers at the Oliver Shell Loading Company causing two buildings and several freight cars to burn. No fatalities or injuries reported as a tinsmith’s hot soldering iron triggered the blast amid stored high explosive containers. Plant fire crews doused remaining powder to prevent further explosions. Property loss not yet estimated.
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Associated Press
Runyon
N. J
Oliver Shell Loading Company
French Submarine Circe Sunk by Austrian Undersea Boat
Paris reports the French submarine Circe sunk on Sept 20 by an Austrian undersea craft. The second officer was the sole survivor. Circe, built at Toulon in 1907, displaced 490 tons and carried a peacetime crew of 23.
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Paris
Toulon
Crown Prince of Romania Renounces Throne
Amsterdam dispatch reports Crown Prince Charles of Romania, ordered by King Ferdinand to endure seventy five days solitary confinement after marrying the daughter of a Russian army officer in Odessa, has renounced his succession to the Romanian throne.
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Associated Press
Amsterdam
Charles of
Romania
Ferdinand
Odessa
American Line Advances in Champagne Front
On September 28 the American line reaches Brieulles and Exermont outskirts with additional prisoners taken. In three days more than sixty enemy planes downed and American losses under twenty. Big guns shell German positions beyond Verdun, causing fires at Brieulles Consenvoye and Dun Sur Meuse. Bridges over the Meuse are bombarded as withdrawal routes are blocked. American engineers repair roads and bridges for artillery and supply movements.
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Associated Press
Champagne
Brieulles
Exermont
Verdun
Consenvoye
Dun-Sur-Meuse
Meuse
Equal Franchise Fight Faces Backers as Senate Fights On
The Senate debated the Susan B. Anthony equal suffrage amendment with a likely defeat and possible Monday vote after a filibuster began by opponents. Supporters wrestled over strategy as several key votes and absences shaped the outcome. In Meuse operations, American forces captured Hungarian soldiers and found enemy propaganda on German prisoners, while supplies and ammunition were seized south of the river.
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Senate
Benet
South Carolina
Wecay
Pittman
Nevada
Smoot
Utah
Joneg
Woman Suffrage Committee
Meuse
Vilesnes
Dannevoux
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von Hintze
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