British and French Brilliant Successes Across Fronts
Reports from London Paris and Berlin on September 27 to 29 describe British and French offensives in northern France Champagne and Artois with heavy German losses. British gains near Lachasse Verdun Loos and the taking of thousands of prisoners alongside numerous guns and machine guns are noted.
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London
France
Lachasse
Verdun
Belgian
Loos
Paris
Champagnee
Aisne
Champagne
Argonne
Artois
French War Office
Massiges
World War Era War News Summary From Sept 18-29
Reports from London Copenhagen Amsterdam Berlin and The Hague detail mass conscription in Russia, submarine actions in the Mediterranean and North Sea, Zeebrugge bombardment, German naval leadership changes, French air attacks on Metz and Sablons, British victories in Mesopotamia, Dutch protest over Zeppelins, and Belgian smuggling sentences.
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Hague
Holland
London
England
Financial Commission completes loan arrangement
New York sept 29 the financial commission announces the loan arrangement with American bankers. J P Morgan & Co formed a syndicate to manage 500 million dollars of bonds at 5 percent interest secured by British and French government bonds. The commission will go to Chicago to finalize the loan.
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New York
Financial Commission
NJ. P. Morgan & Co
Chicago
Pioneers of Alaska to Hold October Meeting in Iditarod
Igloo No 10 Pioneers of Alaska schedules a short business meeting October 6 at 8 p m in the Iditarod commissioner s court room to address summer matters. No more October meetings due to late season. November 3 gaily themed season kickoff at A B hall Iditarod with initiation feast and jovial program. Old timers urged to attend. traveling distance prize offered. George F Marsh secretary.
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Igloo No. 10
Pioneers of
Alaska
Commissioner’s Court Room
Iditarod
Frotic
A. B. Hall
Mike
George F. Marsh
Retary
Superintendent of Prison Killed by Escaped Convict
Albany Oregon September 29 Harry Minto superintendent of the Oregon state penitentiary was shot and killed on a public road two miles north of town by A J Long of Portland an escaped convict. A large posse of hundreds pursued the killer and he was fatally wounded last night by the posse.
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Albany
Ore
Harry Minto
Oregon State
Penilary
A. J. Long
Portland
Colonel Jackling named to twelve engineer panel
New York report states Colonel Jackling a Juneau Alaska mine owner and expert is among twelve engineers chosen to investigate subway crashes. Petrograd report notes Minister of the Interior Durnovo has died after long service on the imperial council.
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New York
Jackling
Juneau
Alaska
Petrograd
Durnovo
Imperial Council
Armenian Martyrdom in Asiatic Turkey Reported
The General Progressive Association of New York reports an estimate of four hundred forty thousand Armenians killed and six hundred thousand left homeless in Asiatic Turkey. The figure marks an unprecedented martyrdom of Christians in modern history.
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New York
General Progressive Association
Asiatic
Turkey
Wilson reviews nations heroes at historic Point Washington
Thousands of Civil War veterans and families arrive for the forty ninth Grand Army of the Republic reunion opening Tuesday. Twelve U.S. Navy ships moor in the Potomac to join exercises under President Wilson. The parade Wednesday was reviewed from the same point as Lincoln era marches. Wilson welcomes the veterans and cites the Civil War as uniquely fought to uphold mankind’s progress.
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Washington
Grand Army of the Republic
Whch
United States Navy
Potomac River
Wilson
Johnson
Daring Attempt at Sluice Box Robbery Fails
A bold attempt to rob Charles Estmere’s sluice boxes on upper Flat Creek was thwarted by Albert Herbert Sunday night. The intruders fled as Herbert, alerted by his dog, discovered two men kneeling in the boxes. the scene remained intact and daylight cleanup followed.
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Charles Estmere
Upper Flat Creek
Albert Herbert
Estmere
Chicago
Herbert
Japanese Diplomat Says Japs Will Astonish World
Paris dispatch reports Barons Hayashi, Japan's ambassador to Italy, indicating Japan will cooperate in the Dardanelles campaign. He asserts secrecy about troop movements and promises Japan will astonish the world with what it has done and will do to aid allies and civilization.
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Paris
Japan
Dardanelles
Barsit
Hayashi
Italy
Petit Parisien
Rome
First Snow of the Season Arrives in Local Hills
Rainstorm last Tuesday night turned into a snowstorm by morning. For a time the first snowflakes of the season fell though ground remained bare locally. Distant hills were seen covered with a snowy mantle on Wednesday morning.
Flat City Business Changes Signal Citywide Shakeup
In Flat City the business district will undergo major changes as R. Peck buys the Finnegan and Cameron pool hall to convert it into a store room while keeping his current quarters for warm storage. Finnegan and Cameron will relocate to the old Hussey building as Christy Anthoniesen buys William Taylor's building and stock to operate as of January 1. Taylor will pursue optician studies.
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Flat City
R. Peck
Finnegan & Cameron
Finnegen & Cameron
Hussey
Christy Anthoniesen
Iditarod Jeweler
William Taylor
Taylor
Otter District School Opens On Monday Next
The Otter district school under Miss Coolidge will open Monday next. The Letnes cabin on Flat Creek is secured as a school building and is being prepared. It serves children from Flat and Otter creeks and is expected to draw a larger attendance this year.
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Otter District
Plans of 1000 ton superdreadnoughts guarded closely
Washington Sept. 29 The hull plans of the 1000 ton superdreadnoughts, bids for which were recently advertised, are being guarded closely by Navy Department officials as new ideas for defense against torpedo attacks are incorporated.
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Washington
Navy Department
Mail for the Outside figures postmaster Wires for Ray Henderson
Acting Postmaster Baker seeks authorization from Superintendent Randles to send a consignment of Outside mail for Ray Henderson who will depart for St Michael by Wednesday. The plan may be blocked by postal red tape but Henderson volunteers to carry letters for mailing at St Michael, easing access for interested residents.
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Baker
Randles
Ray Henderson
St. Michael
Ray
Machine candidates win New York district attorney race
Charles Perkins was nominated as district attorney by the Republicans yesterday. With few exceptions the regular organization candidates have been successful at the primaries.
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New York
Charles Perkins
Former official killed in Ipswich crash
Benjamin Cable, former assistant secretary of commerce and labor under President Taft, was crushed to death in an automobile accident in Ipswich Massachusetts yesterday.
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Ipswich
Mass
Benjamin Cable
Commerce and Labor
Taft
Picture Show Sunday Night At A. B. Hall
Arrangements are made for a picture show at A. B. hall Sunday night using films planned by the late Charles Drapeau before his death in Flat City. The estate is meager but some valuable trinkets remain. Friends hope the show clears debts and preserves mementoes for relatives. It starts promptly at 9 o'clock.
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A. B. Hall
Charles Drapeau
Gasoline Explosion Wrecks Ardmore City Blocks
A gasoline car exploded in Ardmore Oklahoma tearing two blocks apart. Two hundred injured by falling walls and thirty five bodies recovered from the ruins. The railroad company is blamed for the blast.
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Ardmore
Okla
Commission to probe Seattle built submarine purchases
Seattle, Sept 29 The Canadian Dominion government has appointed a commission to investigate the purchase of two Seattle built submarines that were pursued by Premier McBride of British Columbia for the Dominion a year ago.
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Seattle
Dominion
McBride
British Columbia
Rolph Re-Elected San Francisco Mayor Over Schmitz
William Rolph Jr. is re-elected mayor of San Francisco by a two to one margin over Eugene Schmitz. The result reflects continued leadership during a period of city governance.
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San Francisco
William Rolph, Jr
Eugene Schmitz
Battleship Benedetto Brin destroyed by fire and explosion
Rome reports a fire aboard the Benedetto Brin led to an explosion after which a clearance report was filed. Swoboda, an American held on spy charges, is mentioned in connection with the catastrophe as the vessel’s crew of 720 suffered heavy losses and Admiral Rubindecervin was among the dead. Debris covered decks of five nearby warships.
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Rome
Benedetto Brin
Brindisi
Paris
Commendant Julien
Raymond Swobode
Rubindecervin
American machinists head to European war plants
New York dispatch reports hundreds of machinists from across the country are leaving weekly to work in war munitions factories in Europe, reflecting a mass shift of skilled labor to overseas war production.
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New York
Europe
Invasion of Serbia Rouses the Balkans War News
Across Europe, mass mobilizations unfold. Austria and Germany push toward the Serbian frontier from Orsova, Belgrade fortifies with British guns, and British French troops land near Salonica. Greece mobilizes twenty classes, recalls reservists in America, and Greek ports prepare for war. Bulgaria fortifies Black Sea ports while Romania seeks explanations from Sofia.
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Berlin
Belgrade
Serbia
Port Katherine
Salonica
Greece
Budapesth
Ambassador Dumba recalled by Austria Sept 29
The State Department announced the recall of Ambassador Dumba has been agreed to by the Austrian government with a safe conduct home. President Wilson directed Ambassador Penfield in Vienna to convey that Dumba’s leave departure was unsatisfactory and that his recall would proceed. Von Papen’s San Francisco visit is under review as he plans to depart for Mexico Tuesday. The President will not call an extra Senate session.
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Washington
State Department
Dumba
Wilson
Penfield
Vienna
von Papen
Sanrancisco
Mexico
Senate
German Army Corps Annihilated in Flooded Marshes
A Times telegram from Petrograd reports the first German Army corps was overwhelmed by Pinsk marsh floods and nearly all of its troops perished. The same dispatch notes that the German offensive has been checked with Kaiser forces retreating in several areas, including actions near Pinsk and Dumba.
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London
Times
Petrograd
Pinsk
Dumba
Extraordinary measures in London restrict military age men
London reports that every male German, Turk, and Austrian of military age who previously had exemptions must now surrender to police. A separate dispatch confirms the British transport ship Transylvania was sunk off Crete.
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London
Transylvania
Crete
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