Wilson Speech Declares No Compromise With Germany
President Wilson addresses a vast New York audience at the Metropolitan Opera House urging a permanent peace based on victory. He denounces Germany as without honor and insists all peace terms must reflect universal justice and the rights of the weak.
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Metropolitan Opera House
America
Brest-Litovsk
Bucharest
Germany
Russia
Terria
League of Whations
League
French and Americans Achieve Great Victory in Champagne
Paris reports a sweeping Allied victory as forces advance from Friday in Champagne. American troops reportedly held 10 000 prisoners and 50 guns, British forces about 12 000 Germans and 200 guns, with total captures around 79 000 Germans and 565 guns in the past week.
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Mrs. Charlotte Eldridge Broadens War Work In Washington
Mrs. Charlotte Eldridge of New York, visiting Washington last spring, expanded her war effort by singing in camps and continuing Liberty loan work. She now serves in the United States public service reserve, aiming to place top executives into government departments and bureaus.
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Charlotte Eldridge
New York
Washington
United States Public Service Reserve
British Draw Circle Near Cambrai Seizes Key Towns
British troops resumed operations at daylight around Cambrai and reportedly captured Fontain Notre Dame Cantaing Noyelles and Sailly forming a semicircle on the western side about three miles from Cambrai.
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Cambrai
Fontain Notre Dame
Cantaing
Noyelles
Sailly
Brai
Belgian Offensive Opens North of Ypres in Flanders
Allied troops led by the Belgian army launched an attack along the northern front from Ypres today. Advances at certain points surpassed 24 miles as the assault stretched along the line south of the North Sea.
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Paris
Ypres
Liberty Loan drives complete in five Iowa counties
Des Moines reports Lucas Calhoun Hamilton Marshall and Webster counties have finished their Liberty Loan drives. The text discusses postwar alliances, world peace, and the need for clear statements of national aims and terms to secure lasting security and justice.
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Calhoun
Hamilton
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Webster Counties
Bombs threaten Kaiser and royal party in Mannheim raid
Kaiser William and senior staff rode to shelter as bombs hit Mannheim last week. The royal entourage fled to a cellar while bombs and shelling damaged the city and alarms spread to surrounding Rhine towns. Military hospitals were reportedly visited amid fear of further attacks.
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Mannheim
National draft lottery date set for September 12
Washington announces the draft lottery date for selecting order numbers from the 18 to 45 age group registered for selective service. The drawing will be held by the provost marshal general with district boards reporting results to the Senate office and press for public release.
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Selective Draft Service
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American Ace Seizes 8th Plane Over Verdun Front
Rickenbacker shoots down a rival fighter north of Verdun as he lands after a near miss. American planes drop five tons of bombs on Tun-sur-Meuse and Etain, near Verdun, amid action in France.
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British Open Offensive Near Verdun and Reims
Reported Allied advances along a broad front from the Suippe to the Aisne with French and American forces capturing German cannons and more than 16 000 prisoners. Britons push within three miles of Combrial as German lines bend under heavy shelling and renewed assaults.
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de Mont
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Russ Plan Efficient Army
Vindivostok September 28 General Gaiden commander of the Czecho Slovak forces says with support of three allied divisions he could hold the Bolshevik armies on the present line until a Toweline in Siberia organizes an efficient army.
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Vermont Democrats for Suffrage Endorsed at State Convention
Burlington Vermont September 28 delegates endorsed the administration and favored woman suffrage at the Democratic state convention with a platform plank.
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Burlington
Alleged Hun Spy Arrested in Pittsburgh
An American citizen named Chart P. Banning, linked by fifteen agencies to propaganda work in western Tonnerbanis, was arrested at the Duquesne Club for espionage act violations amid wartime suspicion and alleged German intelligence ties.
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Duquesne Club
Weapons produced by million unit figures
Washington reports from the ordnance department show 144,922 machine guns and 221,801 pistols produced since US entered the war. UT rifles of all types account for 2.49 percent of output.
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Ordnance Department
United States
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