Americans and French Drive Through Argonne and Champagne Fronts
Allied forces led by American units advance near the Argonne and in Champagne. U S tanks engage German armor at Apremont, with heavy enemy losses reported. British, French, and American commands announce rapid progress from St Quentin to Reims and bold advances around Lille and Cambrai.
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Washington
Blanco Mont
Champagne
Pershing
Bianco Mont
Moselle
Forest of
Argonne
France
Flanders
Meuse
Debeney
St. Quentin
Berthelot
Reims
Apremont
Verdun
Blanc Mont
Medenh Farm
London
Vield Marshal Haig
Cay
Lille
Roulers
Bowers
Albert
la Fere
Laon
Sequehart
Bony
Marshal Haig
Hindenburg
Cambrai
Beaurevoir
Monbhrehain
Tiidenburg
Paris
Somme
War Office
Mont Blanc
Corméy
le Fere
Belgium
Krom Lens
North Sea
Channel
Debere¢y
Belgian
Ostend
Zeebrugge
Haig
le Bassee Canal
Wield Marshal Haig
Vesle
Aisne
Aisne-Marne Cunel
Vendhutle
Army chiefs promoted in Washington October 1918
Brig. Gen. Peter G. Harris named adjutant general with major general rank for four years starting September 1 1918. Maj. Gen. Merritte W. Troland named surgeon general, succeeding Maj. Gen. William C. Gorgas who retires October 5. Eleven brigadier generals nominated to be major generals alongside other minor promotions.
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Harris
Ireland
Beurgeon
Washington
Peder GC. Harris
Wilson
Army
Henry P. McCain
Mand
Merritte W. Treland
William C. Gorgus
Guy Carleton
de Rosey C. Cabell
Wiliam H. Hay
Frank IL. Winn
Edmund Wittenmyer
Mark L. Hersey
Henry Jervey
Clement A. F. Flagler
Charles D
Allies Reach Southward Limit Near Archangel
American troops advance 35 miles south of Shenketrsk to a village on the Vaga, the farthest south reached by Allied forces. Velsk lies 40 miles away, a Bolshevik stronghold with gunboats that ferry out landings before retreating to safety when attacked.
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U. S
Velsk
Archangel
Arch Angel
Shenketrsk
Vaga
Alleged Spy Is Sentenced in Oklahoma
William Madison Hicks was convicted in federal court of violating the espionage act and received a twenty year sentence plus a fine of ten thousand dollars.
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Isaid
Okla
William Madson Hicks
William M. Hicks
Enid, Okia
William Madison Hicks
Bulgarian King Aims to Abdicate for Boris Amid Turmoil
reports from Copenhagen and London indicate King Ferdinand of Bulgaria fled to Essenthal castle near Vienna with possible abdication in favor of Prince Boris as Bulgaria faces revolutionary activity. Turkey pressures Germany with an armistice demand while riots in Berlin disrupt Bulgarian legation with statues toppled.
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Copenhagen
Ferdinand
Bulgaria
Essenthal Castle
Vienna
Frankfurter Zeitung
Constantinople
Kerdinand
Germany
Austria-Hungary
London
Turkey
Black Sea
Palestine
Mesopotamia
Daily Express
Geneva
Hague
Paris
Czar
Prince Boris
Berlin
D’esperey
Franchet d’Esperey
Almed
Macedonia
Clemenceau
Petain
Pershing
Austria
la Liberte
Sofia
Mezler
World ship record broken in record timber hull build
The Gray's Harbor Motor Ship Corp of Aberdeen Washington reports to Emergency Fleet that it completed a 4000 ton deadweight wooden ship from keel to water in 1714 working days setting a world record for this tonnage type.
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Philadelphia
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Gray's Larbor Motorship Corporation
Aberdeen
Wash
Alleged Spy Is Sentenced in Enid
Enid Oklahoma October 5 William Madi to pay a fine of ten thousand dollars in the alleged spy case.
To Enlist Dry Goods Men in War Service Committee
Washington October meeting of dry goods interests aims to form a war service committee. Chamber of commerce conference discussed organizing retailers to assist government with help and advice if called upon.
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Washington
War Service Committee
Chamber of Commerce
Anti-German Riots in Bulgaria and Paris Reported
Zurich dispatch to the Journal says anti German and pacifist riots are ongoing across Bulgaria with rumors of a new Bulgarian cabinet formation.
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Bulgaria
Paris
Zurich
Valor Medal for Yankee in Rome
The Duke d Aosta personally awarded the first Italian valor medal to an American infantryman. Sergt Albert Richardson saved the life of an Italian soldier in Rome on October 3.
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Rome
Duke d'Aosta
Sergt
Albert Richardson
Ichardson
Bulgarian Officers Murdered While Halting Troops
London report says Bulgarian officers who attempted to stop their troops’ flight were killed. The Serbian war office, citing inhabitants of the overrun soil, announced the killings as Allies advance.
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London
Albania
Austrian War Office
Vienna
Berat
Serbian War Office
Senate Votes Against Susan B. Anthony Suffrage Amendment
The Senate failed to reach the two thirds needed to ratify the Susan B. Anthony federal suffrage amendment as President Wilson urged support. Final tallies show 53 for 81 against with paired senators and party splits among Democrats and Republicans.
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Washington
Oct
Senate
House
Susan B. Anthony
Wilson
Jones
ForaAshurst
Chamberlain
Culberson
Gerry
Gore
Henderson
Johnson
Kendrick
Wirby
Lewis
McKellar
Martin
Usq
Myers
Nugent
Owen
Phelan
Pittman
Ransdell
Robinson
Shifrath
Sheppard
Smith
Ariz
Thomas
Thompson
Vardamiin
Walsh
Por—Calder
Colt
Cummins
Curtis
Fernald France
Goff
Gropna
Wash
Kellogg
Kenyon
Lalollette
Lenroot
McCumber
McNary
Nelson
New
Norris
Page
Poindexter
Mich
Smoot
Sterling
Sutherland
Townsend
Warren
Watson
Democrats
Bankhead
Benet
Fletcher
Golion
Hardwick
Hitchcock
N. ML
Overman
Pomerone
Reed
Saulsbury
Shields
Simmons
D. C
Trammell
Underwood
Williams
Wolcott
Willey
Missouri
King
Utah
Shipping Board plans 454 ships as extra program
Washington officials told the house appropriations committee that the shipping board seeks authorization for 484 million dollars to fund a new program to build 454 vessels of about 1.8 million deadweight tons in the current fiscal year.
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Hurley
House Committee
Washington
Shipping Board
House Appropriations Committee
Thorley
President Withdraws Crozier Nomination
President Wilson informed the Senate he had withdrawn the nomination of Maj. Gen. William Crozier for reappointment as chief of ordnance. The nomination, sent in December, was not acted upon by the Senate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crozier
Washington
Wilson
Senate
William Crozier
Miners Force Bond Pledges at Victor Mine
Forty miners refused to descend the shaft in Tonopah Nevada on Wednesday night until three coworkers who had declined to buy Liberty bonds delivered their pledges to purchase.
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Tonopah
Nev
Victor
Germans Evacuate St Quentin Before French Arrival
Germans abandoned St Quentin during retirement on October 5 removing all inhabitants. When French troops entered the town no civilians remained visible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Quentin
Saloons Close as licenses expire in Greater New York
Excise officials estimate that about 2,147 saloons in Greater New York shut their doors when old licenses expired at midnight marking a major licensing renewal event in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Greater
Supreme court upholds ballot ban on NPL candidates
The North Dakota Supreme Court sustains Judge Leighton of Ward County in refusing ballot placement for three Nonpartisan League candidates on the Republican ballot in Bismarck on October 4.
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Bismarck
N. D
State Supreme Court
Leighton
Ward County
Austria’s peace feeler prompts new diplomatic moves
Vienna reports indicate Austria Hungary asked Holland to invite belligerents to peace talks. Hungarian delegation led by Premier Wekerle, including Tisza and Andrassy, arrives in Vienna to push mediation. German papers note coalition reforms may shift Austria Hungary toward federalization and end alliance with Germany. Stanek’s Reichstag speech sparks German opposition. In Geneva a German minority Socialist envoy seeks Alsace Lorraine restitution via plebiscite.
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Amsterdam
Oet
Austria-Hungary
Holland
Vienna
Vienna Tageblatt
Wekerle
Cologne
Stephen Tisza
Julius Andrassy
Hungary
Albert Apponyt
Austria
Weser Zeitung
Bremen
Baron von Hussarek
Austria- Hungary
Germany
Stanek
Paris
Socialist Party
Central Association of German Syndicates
General Confederation of Labor
Geneva
Journal de Geneve
Socialist
Alsace-Lorraine
France
Many Killed in Explosions at Gillette Shell Plant
A dozen explosions at the T. A. Gillespie shell-loading plant in Morgan near Perth Amboy New Jersey caused a large fire. About two thousand workers were present including many women. Two ambulance loads of injured arrived at the city hospital with reports that more than 100 workers may have been killed.
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Perth Amboy
N. J
T. A. Gillespie
Morgan
M. J
U. S. Ship Sunk In Collision Near Coast
The navy department reports the American steamer Herman Frasch sank after a collision with the George G. Henry. The wreck occurred a few miles offshore, sinking in seven minutes with forty one survivors accounted for.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman Frasch
Washington
George G. Henry
Navy Department
Allied Commander Vows Blow On Constantinople
On the Macedonian front Gen. Franchet D Esperey declared we will direct our blow at Constantinople and drive the vanquished Turk into Asia, in response to a local demonstration in Saloniki dated October 7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saloniki
Constantinople
Asia
Franchet D'Esperey
Crowder Drafts 29,989 Graduates for Technical Schools
Provost Marshal General Crowder orders 29,989 grammar school graduates from 42 states plus the District of Columbia to entrain October 15 for technical schools. The group includes 980 African American students.
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Washington
Crowder
States
District of Columbia
Sinking of steamer George G. Henry reported by Navy
The navy department announced the sinking of the steamer George G. Henry near Washington on October 7. Forty one survivors were accounted for in the crash.
Granville Stuart Dies at Missoula Pioneer Historian
Granville Stuart, renowned Montana pioneer, author and historian, died in Missoula. He served as United States minister to Paraguay and Uruguay and was a prominent figure in Montana history.
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Granville Stuart
Missoula
Mont
Montana
United States
Paraguay
Uruguay
Belgian Pilot Claims Thirty Third Victory Over German Balloon
Havre Oct 7 British aviators shot down four German planes on the Flanders front. Lieutenant Coppens of the Belgian army set a German balloon on fire, increasing his victory total to 33.
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Havre
Flanders
Liieutenant Coppens
Wilson Draws First Draft Number in WWI Enrollment
President Wilson opened the draft draw for 13,000,000 registrants with the first capsule showing 322, signaling how the order of call would unfold. Gen. March and Gen. Crowder oversaw the process as 17,000 capsules determined assignment to 4,557 local boards nationwide.
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Washington
Wilson
Peyton C. March
Army
March
Pershing
Europe
Government Printing Office
Masterist
General Crowder
Marshall
Wilson Drew
United States
Bulgaria Surrenders Unconditionally to Allies
Bulgaria signs an armistice with the Entente, evacuates Greek and Serbian territories, demobilizes, hands over transport and Danube control, stores arms under allied guard, and allows passage for military operations. The armistice is military only and will hold until a final peace is reached.
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London
Saloniki
Bulgaria
Turkey
Greece
Serbia
Danube
Balkans
Ferdinand
Collegians Mustered Into Army Training Corps Nationwide
More than 140000 students joined the army training corps as colleges nationwide held formal musters at 11 oclock on October 1. A President Wilson message was read on campuses. Corps members receive arming private pay and government furnished housing clothing and meals with no tuition. Each student takes three subjects.
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Army Corps
America
Army Training Corps
Wilson
Heading Off Coal Famine Proclaims National Quotas
The fuel administrator calls operators and miners to join a detailed program aimed at 12,234,000 tons of bituminous coal and 2,030,000 tons of anthracite weekly. He asserts this quota will meet the nation’s coal needs this winter with each miner taking responsibility for a personal weekly contribution.
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Garfield
Secretary of the Navy Dan iels speaks at Zionist rally
Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels headlines a Zionist patriotic demonstration at Carnegie Hall celebrating allied victories in Palestine. He recalls Marines at Chateau Thierry and notes 8,000 Marines in the battle with 6,000 killed or wounded.
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New York
Josephus Daniels
Carnegie Hall
Palestine
Chateau Thierry
Spanish influenza hits Grant camp with rising toll
The Spanish influenza epidemic at Camp Grant in Chicago raises the toll to ten deaths in 24 hours. Four hundred new cases are admitted to the base hospital, bringing total hospitalizations to 738.
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Grant
Chicago
Camp Grant
Allied advances seize 123000 prisoners and 1200 guns
A London report notes that in the last ten days allies have captured about 123000 prisoners and 1200 guns on all fronts, an estimate that undercounts the total.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
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