Endorsement of Wilson’s Curt Peace Stance in Senate
U P Leader endorses President Wilsons rejection of Austria's nonbinding peace proposal. Senator Lovdge of Massachusetts says the president's curt refusal will win universal approval. He asserts America will not bargain with the enemy and will end peace talks to force terms.
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Washington
Son
Austria
Senate
Udge
Massachuseean
Teaver
Ator Lovdge
America
Sean
Germany
Palk
Balfour Seeks Nonwar Conference on Colonial Holdings
London reports Foreign Secretary Balfour expressed opposition to returning to colonial control talks tied to a peace framework. He favored keeping colonies away from Germany and urged safeguards on naval bases and overseas possessions amid ongoing world tensions.
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London
Austria-Hungary
Balfour
Allied offensives press on fronts with gains and heavy air action
Allied forces continue major offensives against Germany on multiple fronts. Serbian advance in the Macedonian front extends to twelve miles with northward gains and potential capture of Prilep. Western front operations advance from Ypres to Rheims as British and French push forward amid strong German artillery. French aviators shoot down sixteen balloons and twelve planes while bombing targets including railway junctions. German bombardment of Paris claims casualties as bombers strike the city.
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Mets
Moselle
Hindenburg
Sokol
Vardar
Prilep
Tion
Monastir
Ypres
Rheims
Pri
Igen
Stockholm Terror Toll Grows Amid Proscribed List
Stockholm reports a grim week with 812 executions and over 400 more added to the proscribed list. Most condemned have already been carried out or placed under harsh penalties, signaling a severe crackdown and widespread fear.
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Stockholm
Executions Carried Out Quietly for 24th Infantry Men
Report notes death penalties imposed on members of Company J Twenty fourth Infantry. Names Habe Collier Thomas MeId Joseph Senith James Robinson and Albert D Wright. Convictions dated 1917 at court martial overseen by Brig Gen George K Hater.
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Company J
Twenty-fourth Infantry
Habe Collier
Thomas Me Id
Joseph Senith
James Robinson
Albert D. Wright
Foe Prepares Retreat Ahead of U S Attack
French and British armies report small gains as local combat yields enemy prisoners and a rise in artillery and aviation activity in the St Mihiel sector per General Pershing's Monday communique.
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U.S
Washington
St. Mihiel
General Pershing
Questionnaires to be mailed amid wartime withdrawals
American Army headquarters in Lorraine reports enemy withdraw behind the Hindenburg line as Moselle towns burn. Prisoners say German artillery captured. Austrian Thirty-fifth division suffers heavy losses. Questionnaires will be mailed to men born 19 and older, with local boards instructed to issue and classify by serial numbers.
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Lorraine
Hindenburg
Moselle
St Mubiel
Sonnes
St. Mihiel
Gene
Eral
Crowder
Tahiti
War dispatch of gains on front and artillery duels
The report notes French and British operations with advances near Sancy and Haumont. German batteries countered as artillery duels intensified northeast of Soissons while readings cite taken guns and machine guns. The fragmentary text hints at cross front actions and reinforcements on the western theater.
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Echo Belge
War Office
Sancy
Uprlin
Yim Lomgon
Hayrin- Court
Vilon
Soissons
En Haumont
Fee
St. Itn Ash
Fire at Newark plant. many ambulances deployed
Newark reports a daytime blaze at the American Seen Sees plant drawing multiple ambulances. Reserves from the city rushed to the scene as windows were used by workers to escape. Many girls jumped from the building to flee the flames.
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Newark
N. J
Eee
New York Evening World Report On Police Inquiry
A fragment from the New York Evening World on September 12 references a police inquiry into a death. The text includes garbled phrases and incomplete names, but indicates a formal investigation is underway and mentions the location in New York.
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New York
Claran
Ys Evening World
Lone Corporal Kaeble Holds Fire Till Death Awarded Victoria Cross
London dispatch reports Corporal Kaeble of the Quebec Regiment single handedly stopped a German assault by firing from a trench position with a Lewis gun until mortally wounded. He died of wounds after saving his comrades. Sergeant Meikle of the Seaforth Highlanders earned the Victoria Cross for a daring solo raid on two machine guns and subsequent suppression of a second crew.
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London
Teas
Kaeble
Quebec
Victoria Ross
Meikle
Seaforth Highlanders
Asi
Illinois Company Takes Control Of Lawrence Hotel Here
An Illinois firm led by Cly and J L Bartschi assumed full control of the Lawrence Hotel, 160 rooms, on Joly Street. The Burtschi company, a Decatur banker-backed group with Oklahoma City holdings, becomes controlling stockholder and has built recent flats and the Newton Hotel. Denevan operates the Donnen Inn, while owners plan a Tacoma visit then Jacksonville, Iowa, to oversee interests there.
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Cly
J. L. Bartschi
Businews
Bartschi Company
Bankers of
Decatur
Oklahoma City
Lawrence
Lawrence Png
Burtechi Comiya
Fowler
Tacoma
Wash
Poe
Inp
Lewis
Lash
Jacksonville
Figg Named Executive Secretary of State Food Administration
Howard Figg has been named executive secretary of the state food administration succeeding W B Alles, who has moved to the enforcement division. Figg departs Friday from the city to attend a conference on food lanes and related topics, with Mesaske and ry weet listed among subjects to be addressed.
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Howard Figg
State Food Administration
W B Alles
Enforcement
Divier
Figg
Ieveme
Reora
Mesaske
Ry Weet
Oheie
Balkan Offensive Advances Five Miles and More
German and French troops push in Macedonia with over five miles gained and a 12 mile front expansion. Allied forces occupy Gradeshnites and Koslak areas, capture prisoners and guns, amid French and Serbian coordination against Bulgarian lines.
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London
Macedonia
Monastic
Koslak
Paris
Arteree
Paris Air Raid Claims Victims
Paris reports six killed and fifteen wounded from Sunday night air raid over Paris. Sunday aviation activity claimed twelve German planes destroyed and fifteen balloons destroyed. war office statements mention heavy bomb drops and German targets behind lines from Laon to Mets.
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Paris
Aviation Activitie
War Office
Tomight
Sandau Mabe Eian
Laon
Mets
Ng Iit
Feigne
Enemy Mustard Gas Attacks On Lorraine Front Reported
Allied aviators conducted extensive bombing missions over Bayonville Breveau and Le Sablon on Monday afternoon. American planes claimed several enemy targets including Pont-a-Mousson and Dien four miles south as artillery and aircraft fought across the front amid gas shelling and gunfire.
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Lorraine
Bayonville
Breveau
le Sablon
Pont-a-Mousson
Dien
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Yankie
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City
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the Bugle
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Iugo-Slav
Sofia
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