Greece in turmoil as Venizelos gains power amid royal resistance
Athens reels as Venizelos wields growing influence while royal authority wanes. Crete, Epirus, and the Aegean islands witness proclamations. the cruiser Averoff faces mutiny fears as Greek forces brace positions around the royal palace.
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Kingdom
Greece
Scaloniki
Thasos
Chios
Sammos
Mytilene
Athens
Crete
Isles of the Cyclades
Epirus
Acarnania
Athena
Kavala
Liberal Party
Tatai
Venizelos
Kaiser
Eee
Comformans
Gounaris
Skouloudis
Baron von Schenk in Berlin interview says under Venizelos
Amsterdam dispatch reports Baron von Schenk, former German propaganda chief in Greece, now in Berlin under Venizelos. He claims his position is controlled by Venizelos and recalls Greek expulsion by Entente forces, noting Greek civilians’ distress and apologies for actions taken under pressure.
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Amsterdam
Berliner Lokal-Anzeiger
Baron von Schenk
Greece
Entente Ponera
Berlin
U-Boat Sinks Transport In the Mediterranean
Berlin reports a German submarine sank a completely filled hostile transport in the Mediterranean on September 17. The steamer went down in 43 seconds, according to the Admiralty statement issued today.
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Berlin
Sayville
Admiralty
Mediterranean
Death by Jump From Fifth Avenue Home Mystery
A man named Thomas Kenny 34 of the Bronx leaped from a fourth floor window of Mrs Isidore Wormsers at 856 Fifth Avenue as a crowd watched. He screamed for water and poison, was treated at Presbyterian Hospital where he died at 10 10 PM. The butler Nicholas Heisdorff and three maids aided the escape attempt and provided details of the incident.
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Isidore Wormser
Fifth Avenue
John Jacob Astor
Frank J. Gould
William Guggenheim
Renr
Policeman Lockmeyer
Arsenal Station
Wormser
Lochmeyer
Presbyterian Hospital
Nicholas Heisdorff
Heisdorff
Heisdorf
Hughes
Elkhart
Sixty-third Congress
Army
Navy
Indiana
Roosevelt
Bryan
Frankfort
War Credit Passed by French Chamber of Deputies
The French Chamber of Deputies unanimously approved the 8,838,000,000 franc war credit sought by the Government. Socialists except three Kienthalists voted in favor, pledging to defend France's territorial integrity including Alsace Lorraine while rejecting prolonging the war.
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Paris
Chamber of Deputies
Socialist Party
France
Alsace-Lorraine
Mackensen Outflanks Romanian Line in Dobrudja
Berlin says Field Marshal Mackensen’s forces executed an encircling counterattack in Dobrudja, driving Romanians back despite Bucharest reports of repulsed flank attacks. Rain and damaged roads hinder supply lines, with convoys sunk on the Danube and German air forces targeting rail links near Constanza.
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London
von Mackensen
Dobrudja
Bucharest
Tovral Sart
Constanza
Dubrudja
Rulyi Himsel
Ht Mankag
Cernavoda
Sofia
Mackensen
Alo the
Danube
Brudja
Coernavoda
Pervella
Varna
NEW York Times
Rome
Switzerland
Rustchuk
Bulgars Weaken Amid Danube Front Artillery Push
From Bucharest dispatch Romanians press on along the Danube front driving back Bulgarian positions. Bulgarian regiments depleted since Dobrudja fighting and new Romanian advances in Transylvania boost morale of Romania while Austro-Hungarian forces show signs of defeat. The press cites Bulgarian atrocities and Romanian countercharges, framing the Balkans as accusatory and strained.
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New York Times
Bucharest
London Daily Chronicle
Danube
Dobrudja
Transylvania
Ferdinand
Apponyi Urges U S to Fill Austro-Hungarian Post
In a Budapest parliament speech Count Albert Apponyi argues for appointing an Austro-Hungarian Ambassador to Washington. He says the United States should lead a neutral peace effort and notes lack of proper diplomatic representation. The Amsterdam dispatch cites Prime Minister Tisza saying competent authorities value U S relations and will settle the matter in due time.
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Athens
Greek Macedonia
Kozhani
Monastir
Lice
Karapanos
Constantino Melas
Janina
Epirus
Saloniki
London
Budapest
Albert Apponyi
Washington
Atlantic
United States Administration
United States
Count Apponyi
Tha
America
Count Andraasy
Amsterdam
Tisza
Mungarian House of Deputies
Wilson to Address New Jersey Business Leaders at Shadow Lawn
President Wilson plans a midafternoon speech before New Jersey businessmen at Shadow Lawn focusing on eight hour law and business legislation. Walter Hines Page delayed by a freight wreck will attend the session and Wilson will also discuss censorship and current trade issues with England.
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New York Times
Long Branch
N. J
Walter Hines Page
England
Wilson
South Amboy
Page
Shadow Lawn
Ughly
Wiggy
Mpaiume
Great É
Lansing
Washington
New Jersey
Hughes
Baltimore
National Grain Dealers’ Association
League of Young Men's Democratic Clubs
Trenton
Mail delays in censorship shift noted by Allies
Allied diplomats in Washington attribute Britain and London exchanges over mail seizures to testing new censorship changes. Expedited handling of shipping papers in marked packets aims to reduce complaints, while U S officials avoid predicting changes to the mails dispute. A New York meeting with exporters by Sir Richard Crawford is postponed to next week.
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Washington
Great Britain
London
State Department
Department
United States
Police to recruit civilians for strike duty in New York
Police Commissioner Woods orders captains to select ten civilians per precinct to be sworn in as special policemen increasing guard capacity for a potential strike. He says the department can cope without militia, noting 120 civilian and regular officers ready. District Attorney Swann plans firm action against violators while avoiding broad judgments on participants.
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Woods
Straus
Public Service Commission
New York City
Ist
Swann
Swanns
Theodore P. Shonts
Interborough
Grand Jury
Shonts
General strike vote shocks New York unions
Union leaders vote unanimously to suspend all work in New York and vicinity in a broad show of solidarity after Mayor Mitchell threatens to use military force. Delegates from over ninety unions vow action affecting transportation, newspapers, shipping and building trades, with a Wednesday morning start.
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Mitchell
Genera
Edward F. Cassidy
Central Federated Union
Labor Temple
Mr. Cassidy
Central Committee
Mr. Cassingy
James P. Holland
New York State Federation of Labor
Henry Waxton
United Garment Workers Union
Samuel Martin
American Association of Ladies’ Garment Cutters
Interborough
William B. Fitggerald
Wof
Ernest Bohm
Committee of Five
New Yor and
American Federation of Labor
New York City
Long Island
Hugh Frayne
New York State
Conference
Federeated
Frayma Lic
New York and
A Very Wrong Step Strikes Stir City Openleagues
Oscar S. Straus of the Public Service Commission warned against a sympathetic strike by disaffected traction workers. Union leaders, including Hugh Frayne, pressed for the right to organize despite the mayor’s warnings. The carmen’s union voted for a general suspension with no dissent, while President Shants of IRT declined to comment beyond regret. Mayor Mitchel offered no new statement.
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Straus
Oscar S. Straus
Public Service Commission
Carmen
William B. Fitzgerald
Carmen’s
Unwilling Union Men Block Strikebreaking Cars
Report says up to 750000 others may vote on the matter as union men resist riding strikebreaking cars. Pretext for drastic action is cited as the motive behind the push to force compliance.
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Kienthal
Lierr Hoffman
Vorwirts
Herr Fliessner
Saxony
Switzerand
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President
South Bend
Ind
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L. D. Alexander, Jr
Mr. Hughes
City Hall Square
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Frank H. Hitchcock
Ansaila
Mitchel
Clares
Unionists
T. P. Shants
Frank Hediey
Frederick W. Whitridge
James L. Queckenbush
Leo C. Berghoff
Board of Aldermen
Gmicn
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Pole
Uberta
Amalgamated Association of Street and
Mitch
Allied Trades
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Interborough Rapid Transit Company
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