New York Opens Fourth Liberty Loan Amid Cry of Bells
The fourth Liberty Loan campaign in New York is launched with air raid sirens and church bells, before President Wilson speaks at the Metropolitan Opera House. Emergency whistles at 150 police stations will sound for five minutes as 1,500,000 copies of a surprise paper are distributed citywide. The drive aims to raise at least 1.8 billion dollars in the New York federal reserve district. Citizens are urged to face east at 9 o'clock on Saturday in tribute to France and Pershing.
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New York
Liberty Loan
Wilson
Metropolitan Opera House
Opera House
Federal Reserve District
France
Pershing
Investigation of Election Expenses Postponed by Senate Committee
Washington September 21 The senate elections committee voted 10 to 1 to postpone consideration of a resolution to investigate expenditures in the Michigan primary that nominat ed H N Newberry for the Senate and to delay further action on charges about Senator La Follette due to his St Paul speech Until after the election because many members are absent and chairmen fear unfair influence on the campaign
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Washington
Senate Elections Committee
Camry Bolan
Michigan
Quirien
Cost of Living in Philadelphia Rises 67.17 Percent
Washington dispatch reports that the cost of living in Philadelphia has increased 67.17 percent since December 1914. Clothing up 108.12 percent, furniture 105.76, food 65.09, housing 9.69 and fuel and light 81.65. The rise marks a 15.36 percent increase since December.
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Washington
Bureau of Matstica
Philadelphia
Telegraphic Briefs Highlights From Allied War Efforts
Ottawa reports Canadian expeditionary forces total 116806 as of August 1. New York registers plans to sell real estate owned by Mrs Lilly Buech. Will Hays pledges Republican support for the fiber loan drive. An appeal urges action by vigilantes and authorizers, outlining the country’s war aims and German militarism.
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Ottawa
Washington
Real Cme
Lilly Buech
Lous
Ob Riverside Drive
New York
Will Hays
Republican National
Party
Ne ‘York
Restrictions on Mail Packages in France
A partial text discusses limits on mail packages in France tied to military or wartime logistics. It mentions a pound package and a plan expected to handle roughly 2,500 net tons monthly requiring additional manpower or resources.
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America
Plans for vote on suffrage abandoned amid Senate debate
Washington September 24 plans for a vote by the Senate today on the federal woman suffrage amendment were abandoned as debate continued. Senate leaders announced the vote would likely be postponed to Saturday when Senator La Follette is due, after polls showed the measure short of the required two thirds. Senator Jones refrained from argument and petitions for and against the resolution were presented as the long effort to muster support continued.
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Washington
Plana
Senate
Jones
la Follette
Wisconsin
House
Benator Jones
Ita
Williams
Mississippi
Bi-Weekly Issue of Certificates Over-Subscribed
Washington dispatch reports the sixth bi-weekly issue of certificates of indebtedness for the fourth Liberty Loan was oversubscribed by 25.2169 million dollars, bringing total subscriptions to 62 million. The note references Seip Wane and mentions sailing context.
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Washington
Seip
Saip
Monastir Or Prilep To Be Seat Of The Serbian Government
Paris reports that Monastir or Prilep will become the seat of the Serbian government once the Hed Mines north of those cities are definitively established. The Serbian minister to France, Dr. M. R. Vemitch, provides the information.
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Monastir Or
Prilep
Paris
Monastir
M. R. Vemitch
France
Stamping Out Influenza Declared War Measure Across Camps
Washington reports stamping out of Spanish influenza extended to over a score of army camps and parts of the country as a war measure. A central committee mobilizes medical and nursing units, with Red Cross support, to provide home relief and prevent shifting staff. Traveling units may be mobilized by the volunteer medical service. War measure aims to restore normal conditions.
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Washington
Public Health Service
Army
Navy
American Red Cross
Red Cross
Position of Bulgarian Army Is Dangerous
Bapt 26 The position of an army on the Allied side is dangerous approaching here but not believed to be facing immediate disaster. The Trallang advancing from the south threaten to cut contact as the first army under General Geshot retreats westward into the Serbo Albanian frontier. Reports say Serbians have cut German Bulgarian lines and join Allied race for Uskub. Bulgarian troops near Lake Ochrida nearly encircled by Italians toward Kichevo and Franco Serbian forces from Monastir to Krushevo. The fall of Krushevo expected hourly. exit for Bulgarians is a narrow passage between Kichevo and Krushevo.
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Dasa
Geshot
Uskub Gat
Asplol ‘Matic
Lake Ochrida
Kichevo
Monastir
Krushevo
Associated Press
Champagne
Marshal Foch
Bulgaria
Vardar
Rheims
Argonne
Verdun
Petain
Arras
Laon
Metz
Macedonia
Lake Doiran
Prilep-Veles
Izvor
Ishtib
Veles
Veles-Ishtib
Uskub
Bulgarian Macedonia
Kosturino
Strumitsa
Lake Doi
St. Quentin
Selency
Gricourt
London
Ishtik
Prilep
Gradsko
Captured German Guns Shown in Liberty Loan Drive
Thirty nine German field guns captured in France arrive in the United States for display during the Fourth Liberty Loan. Guns carry engravings of American soldiers names and bear marks from the Soissons to Rheims offensive. Postmasters nationwide urged to support the drive. depot quartermasters ordered to aid with displays and reclaimation supplies.
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Washington
France
Liberty Loan Publicity Bureau
Ctvis
Gallbre
Soissons
Rheims
United States
Burleson
E. Wood
Liberty Loan
Allied Offensives Expand From Rheims to Verdun Front
Allied forces including French American troops attack German positions from Rheims toward Verdun and Champagne while British and Greek units push along the Vardar line in Macedonia. In western sectors near Cambrai and St Quentin the British advance into the Hindenburg line, threatening St Quentin and its approaches.
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Champagne
Rheims
Laon
St. Quentin
Allied Champagne front drive begins in AR and beyond
Paris reports French and American troops opened a joint attack on the Champagne front and eastward. German assaults north of the Aisne repulsed, with counterattacks ejecting a foothold. French gains east of Sancy and prisoner takings noted as the offensive expands, marking the first Allied thrust under Marshal Foch since July.
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Paris
Champagne
War Office
Aiene
Ailette
Aisne
Allemant
Moulin-Laffaux
Sancy
Marshal Foch
Picardy
Hindenburg
Arras
Laon
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Chile
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Ariz
Xent
Arizona
Hevanwafu
Peking
Kaglan
Chines
Chicago
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
William A. Moffatt
Boston
Massachusetts
Eugene R. Kelley
Col
Allan J. McLaughlin
Pub Mc Health Service
Congress
Kelley
U. S
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Western
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Foch
Ypres
Palestine
Jordan
Allenby
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Halgrepo
Flanders
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