British Victory on French Front Driven by Tanks
British troops advanced along the Somme front near Martinpuich Gueudecourt and took several villages while a tank battled German defenders. A second tank aided the Thiepval assault as infantry rushed to rescue the immobilized vehicle amid heavy fighting and casualties.
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Bomme
Martinpuich
Gueudecourt
France
Associated Press
Berlin
Eacline
Cums de Pert
Thiepval
Kansas
Thomas Atking
Merger Formed by Two Steamship Lines
Beattle Wash September 28 announces a merger of Pacific Coast Steamship Company and Pacific Alaska Navigation Company into a new Pacific Blea ip campiny to operate 22 vessels. merger to take effect November 1 with vessels valued over 12 00,000.
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Tbe Pacific- Alaska Navigation Company
Esting
New York
Cities seek more power in health regulations
Des Moines Sept 26 The mayors of Newton Gelwin Fort Dodge and Davenport visited the state board of health to request changes in the boards rulings. They urged that city health standards be strengthened to give municipalities greater authority over local health issues.
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Des Moines
Newton
Gelwein
Fort Dodge
Davenport
State Board of Heat
State Board
Chemical industry in United States rivaling steel
A dye census shows 9,000 dye staff and 27 600 stems of imports from Germany Switzerland and Britain and France. The United States now ranks second to steel in chemical industry and annual dye production has risen from 3 9 million to 20 million pounds. General release of the census begins in two weeks.
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New York
Germany
United States
J. F. Sehelkept, Jr
Buffalo
American Chemical Society
Japan to renew migrant land rights dispute with United States
Washington reports Japan aims to revive talks on emigration and land ownership for Japanese in the United States after World War I. The embassy says negotiations will be friendly, tied to China policy and alliance with England, with California alien land law at issue and federal recourse noted.
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Washington, D.C
Japan
United States
New York
Yoshiro Sakatania
Taido
Baron
Baron Chinda
California
State Department
Nmme
China
England
Cheng Chiatun
Universal Army Training Urged at Kansas City Meeting
Kansas City speakers at the American bankers' association call for universal military training for all young men and for stronger participation in national state and municipal politics. James J. Lynch and Frank A. Vanderlip urge military service as essential and warn against demagogues influencing city councils and legislatures. Vanderlip stresses economic and national security ties to the plan and cautions bankers to safeguard prosperity while pursuing national unity.
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Kansas City
American Bankers’ Association
James J. Lynch
San Francisco
Association
Frank A. Vanderlip
New York
George H. Edwarde
Vanderlip
Vanderuip
Vanderup
Morse
Delaren
New Gold Arrival From Nome and Marshall Yukon Districts
Steamship Victoria reached port from Rome with over 1,000,000 dollars in new gold. FF Bealth and wife from the Kony okuk district yielded more than 240,000 in old dust. PLD Lanheir and wife from the Tram new district at Marshall on the Yukon reported 42,000 in dust.
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Bentile
Woah
Victoria
Rome
Bealth
Konyokuk
Yukon
Lanheir
Marshall
Dumt
Romance of an Iowa Girl Halts Scandal Exposures
A Chicago report says a romance involving an Iowa girl has delayed public exposure of a blackmail plot that fleeced a rich Iowa merchant of 10000. The victim’s daughter is to wed on October 20 and federal agents will delay arrests until after the wedding. Warrants target two women and a Chicago-based swindle ring.
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Iowa
Chicago
Department of Justice
Deichter
Clabaugh
Bremen Submarine Bremen Docking Near New London
News on the German submarine Bremen docking on the Atlantic coast travels from Berlin to Newport News and New London. Reports focus on Captain Schwartzkopf and rescue deeds, with speculation the Bremen may head to Baltimore to evade warships. A separate federal court case in Sioux City and Lincoln involves interstate freight rates and restraint actions by express companies and railroads.
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London
Bremen
New London
Herlin
Connecticut
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Schwartzkopf
North German
Lloyd Steamship Company
Hoboken
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Spitebergen
Newport News
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Sioux City
Sioux Falls
Supreme Courts
South Dakota
Nebraska
Interstate Commerce Commission
Ireui Judes
John Caarland
Washington, D
United States
J. BH. Eliot
KH. J. Munger
Expres
State Supreme Court
EL Childe
Nebroacks
Nebriahnatute
Nebresto
Jincoln
State Commission
Germans to complete third submarine Koliser soon
From Amsterdam via The Exchange Telegraph London reports that German authorities expect the third submarine to be ready to sail within a month. The Koliser is said to be slightly larger than the Deutschland.
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New London
London
Atmaterdam
Exchange
Rom
Zinc Firm Declares 62 Per Cent Profit
New Jersey Zinc company declares 4 dividend of Bey cent bringing total year payouts to 82 per cent. The firm has been supplying large foreign orders, signaling strong earnings.
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New York
New Jersey Zinc Company
Denver banker Adelphy J. Yang Dies at Home
Adelphy J. Yang, Denver financier and mining man, died at his Denver residence early today from acute stomach trouble. He served as president of the Vindicator Gold Mining Company in the Cripple Creek district. An inventor has patented a brush to clean phonograph records.
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Denver
Colo
Adelphy J. Yang
Yang
Vindicator Gold Mining Company
Cripple Creek
Rutland Man James Stabin Serves 60 Years as Life Company Secretary
James Stabin of Rutland Wisconsin has held the post of secretary at a life insurance company for six decades, marking a longtime tenure in the industry.
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James Stabin
Rutland, WI
Tate
Neck broken for year but didn’t know it
Pittsburgh journalist reports that George H Masato a Pitt football player learned after attempting to play that his neck had been fractured for a year. X rays showed the break between the second and third vertebrae with the spinal column unaffected. He sought medical advice after continuous strain in scrimmages.
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Pittsburgh
George BH
Masato
Univerity
Pittburgh
Phvardian
Government plans to curb war profits and tax relief
Melbourne reports through London that M Higgs the treasury minister announced a government aim to confiscate war profits beyond a set maximum and tighten income tax relief to 100 pounds except for married men and single men with dependents. Old age pension increased to 128 pence.
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Melbourne
Aveltalla
London
M. Higgs
Treasury
Jealous husband clings to wife amid fatal Philadelphia shooting
In Philadelphia a husband, C Le Duc, declares unshaken faith in his wife after a triple shooting that left Mrs Belzer dead and Graveur killed. The wounded Mrs Le Duc recounts the events with detectives, detailing a motor tour from New York and a theater visit before the fatal night as police probe the era’s entanglements and mistaken identity.
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Philadelphia
C. le Dow
Jefferson Trexpital
Garry Helser
New York
J.C. Graveur
le Duc
Chicago
Theresa
Graveurs
Graveur
Posserman
Atlantic City
Edgewater Club
Chick” Evans
Mr. le Duc
Mr. Gravech
Air
Bucharest Struck by German Raid Bombardment
Berlin reports Bucharest suffered multiple bomb blasts from a German air raid. Several locations were burning and the attack is described as part of a pre war offensive by German forces.
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Bucharest
Berlin
Leondon
Yextercey Pelo
City of Paris Secures Large Loan from American Bank
New York announces that Kuhn, Loeb & Company closed negotiations with Paris to lend fifty million dollars over ten years for municipal projects. The loan agreement covers broad funding for the French capital’s development program amid creditor terms.
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New York
Paris
Kuhn, Lore & Company
Women aid officers in pouring liquor into river
Des Moines Iowa September 27 two confiscated lots of liquor were destroyed by Sheriff Griffin after being seized from prominent local workers. The beer and whisky were broken on a rock and the contents poured into the Coon River.
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Des Moines
Griffin
Coon River
Prussian Livestock Shows Large Increases in Hog Population
Berlin reports via wireless to Bayville that hog numbers rose by 2,000,000 from June to September this year while cattle stayed the same and cow numbers fell slightly by one percent in the overall totals.
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Berlin
Bayville
Chinese Minister to Resign Reported in Washington
Washington reports indicate Chinese minister Dr VL OR Wellington Koo may have sent in his resignation over health and political courtesy to Li Yuan Bong. Diplomatic circles note unclear ties with Tangke and Wang, while Koo recovers from two weeks of hay fever illness.
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Peking
Sime Department
Li Yuan Bong
Yuan Shi Kai
Koo
Shao Yi
Alware
Fue
Tone
Foreign Office
Koo Hae
Hay
Gerrian Socialist Party for Peace
The Sept conference in London reports divergent peace views among socialist factions. Haase calls for understanding to prevent any country default. Kautsky cites mercy to avoid annexations, while others urge restraint on territorial changes and support for arbitration.
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London
Socialist Nationa
Hugo Haase
Jeader
Velobetag
Bert Cour
Poland
Carl Kauteky
Pence
Encland
Hermany
Manterion
Belgium
Vankal
Serbia
Brees
Great Britain
New York Strike Sparks Uncertain Labor Action
Report from New York indicates union leaders plan a general strike of onion workers to begin Saturday. Some 155,000 workers reportedly quit, with police noting high tension and tensions over holiday effects.
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New York
Onion
Wbor
Chin City
Enem Blahien
Laban
Besar
Pullee
Subway
Armies Prepare for Winter Campaign in Wartime
In the midst of government plans for mobilization and supply, armies including Perie and Boyt organize for a winter campaign. Officials coordinate clothing, armor, weapons, and other essentials as preparations intensify.
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Perie
Boyt
Greece Heads Toward War With Bulgaria After Cabinet Meeting
Athens reports Premier Kalogeropoulos and King Constantine move toward declaring war on Bulgaria with mobilization likely. Ministers plan ultimatum demanding evacuation of all Greek Macedonia and a forced mobilization under Entente occupation terms. Berlin Vienna dispatch notes Greek censorship abolished and government disclaims responsibility for Greek news.
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Athens
London
Associated Press
Bulgaria
Buleria
Greek Macedonia
Entente
Mesothopoulos
Yanakitens
Berlin
Kiept
Sayvilley
Greece
Greek Prince George Recalled by King from London
Prince George of Greece, brother of King Constantine, who has been in London to represent Greek court views, received a telegram today recalling him to Athens from the king.
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London
George
Greece
Constantine
Athens
Bulgarians Launch Two Attacks On Macedonian Front
Paris reports two Bulgarian attacks near Plerina on the western Macedonian front repulsed by French and Russian forces. British artillery saw activity on the Strume front near Jenina. A Reuters dispatch from Belgrade headquarters notes Hungarian assaults on Kalmikealan mountain were repelled with heavy Bulgarian and Serbian losses and prisoners taken.
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Paris
Plerina
Kalmakeslan
Strume
Jenina
London
Kalmikealan
Berbian
Reuters
Kalmakealon
Germans Make Attack Near Verdun Repulsed With Losses
In a Verdun area clash between Thinmont and Views the German assault failed after heavy French artillery and counterfire. French batteries bombarded German positions on the Somme as the fighting continued with German forces suffering significant losses.
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Parie
Vortun
Thinmont
Views
Seo
Somme
Reichstag Convenes Chancellors Speak
Reichstag opens as Chancellor delivers a forceful address on war and diplomacy. He condemns Hols declarations and warns of German actions with Austro-Hungarian forces on the Italian frontier amid tense wartime declarations.
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Bertie
Wireleen
Bayeville
van Hothitedn-delbooe
Germany
Golf Frenzy Grips City Amid Odd Notes
A garbled OCR passage from Oklahoma City shows scattered golf references and stray names. It mentions football and golf, odd phrases about attire and attire and a vague sense of intrigue surrounding a sports scene.
Spain Expands Jownite Plantings Across Vast Acreage
Spain increases cultivation with about 19600 acres devoted to jownite, signaling a shift from older European farming patterns and reliance on traditional crops. The move indicates a broader push toward new agricultural practices and land use.
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Spain
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