Ground Won in Argonne Forest in October War
Allied forces push in four fronts from Flanders to the Meuse now six after Debeny and Berthelot troops enter action near St Quentin and Rheims. Germans vainly counter attack as Medeah height and Aisne canal gains threaten communications and retreat toward Champagne.
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France
Flanders
Meuse
Debeny
St. Quentin
Berthelot
Rheims
Medeah Farm
Champagne
Suippe
Armes
Moronvilliers
Gang
Medeah
Monts
Aisne Canal
Aisne
Sapigneul-Moscou
Loivre
Courey
la Neuville
la Godat
Betheny
Hindenburg
Lesdines
St. Gobain Forest
la Fere
Fresnoy and
Sissonne
Serre
Oise
Germans Retrench Across Five Fronts in World War I
Allied forces press across Flanders France Italy Albania and Turkey as German troops retreat or reinforce. Belgians British and French advance in Belgian Flanders while the enemy evacuates the Armentieres Lens salient. British forces reach six miles from Lille along a four mile front between Wavrin and Equinghem, holding a position astride the Lens Lisle railroad.
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Associated Press
Flanders
France
Italy
Albania
Turkey
Belgian Flanders
Armentieres
Lens
Lille
Wavrin
Equinghem
Lens-Lisle
Austria-Hungary Invites Holland to Peace Talks
Vienna dispatch says Austria-Hungary asked Holland to invite belligerents to peace negotiations and that Holland has sent out invitations. Wekerle leads Hungarian delegation to Vienna with Tisza Andrassy Apponyi. No invitation has been received by the U.S. government per Secretary Lansing.
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Amsterdam
Austria- Hungary
Holland
Vienna
Berlin Tageblatt
Wekerle
Cologne
Gagette
Wekerie
Tisza
Elius Andrassy
Ofungary
Albert Apponyi
Fias
Washington
Lansing
Austria-Hungary
Berlin
New York Troops Die Facing Galling Fire in France
A New York division fighting with Australian troops north of St. Quentin faced severe German enfilading fire while breaking the first part of the Hindenburg line. The telegram praised the bravery of soldiers from Tennessee and the Carolinas, noting large numbers killed and officers and men doing all that was humanly possible.
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Associated Press
France
New York
St. Quentin
York
Duncan Post
Tennessee
North
South Carolina
Hold Up Plans For Recess Of Congress
Washington October 5 congressional leaders paused plans for a definite recess or adjournment over the November elections while awaiting the revenue bill and seven billion dollar army emergency appropriation measures to take clearer form The Senate was not in session adjourned until Monday but House leaders agreed to an informal recess by meeting and adjourning daily until October 14 when the army appropriation measure is to be reported by the military committee Senate leaders hope for a similar arrangement until the House passes the army bill
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Washington
Senate
House
Military
Rome War Bulletin Tells Of Advances
Rome reports from the war office that forces advanced near Crete and Valle Dell Adana forced the enemy to withdraw from emplacements, with deaths and prisoners taken. Detachments in the Grappa region penetrated an entrenchment atop Mount Pertica, inflicting heavy losses and taking thirty prisoners.
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Rome
War Office
Valle Dellé Adana
Crete
Nozzolo
Grappa
Mount Pertica
Psigoadea
Plan To Ration Gas Garf ield Says
Washington October 5 Fuel Administrator Garfield refused to lift the gasoline Sunday ban for the next two Sundays at Governor McCall of Massachusetts request to aid Spanish influenza. He said the plan aims to substitute a rationing approach so gasoline conservation falls on no single day while a broader plan is developed.
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Washington
Garfield
McCall
Massachusetts
Richards
Army
Aviator Ted Haight Escapes Behind German Lines
American pilot Ted Haight of New York City landed behind German lines after his plane was riddled by machine gun fire. He repaired damage, rejoined the fight, and escaped back to American lines as German fighters pursued.
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Verdun
Ted Haight
New York City
Haight
Riot in Hopewell Engulfs DuPont Plant Area
Soldiers from Camp Lee aided by Home Guards rushed to Hopewell to quell a riot at the E I Du Pont munitions plant after a white waiter slapped a Black woman worker. Early reports claimed two killed as gunfire continued through the Negro quarter and authorities patrolled streets. More than 1000 shots were reported fired with few casualty details available.
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Camp Lee
DuPont
Hopewell, Va
Petersburg
Hopewell
E. I. DuPont de Nemours
Tuberculosis Body Closes Its Session
Sherman C Kingsley of Cleveland Ohio was elected president of the Mississippi Valley Conference on tuberculosis at the adjournment of the annual convention J W Pettit Ottawa Illinois was chosen vice president and Paul L Benjamin Minneapolis Minn was reelected secretary and treasurer Des Moines Iowa was chosen for next years convention
Berlin reports repulse of Aisne Cham pagne attack
Berlin says French and American divisions opened a wide front assault across the Champagne sector between the Suippe and the Aisne rivers. German war office claims the enemy penetrated Challerange, but forces repulsed the attack and wrested the village from him.
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Berlin
Champagne
Suippe
Aisne
War Office
Challerange
Munitions Explosion Kills 100 in New Jersey Plant
At the T A Gillespie Shell Loading plant in Morgan near Perth Amboy New Jersey a massive explosion and ensuing fires killed and injured many workers. Rescue crews from nearby towns aided, with government guards deployed as fires raged. The toll and cause were not confirmed by morning, with estimates ranging up to over a hundred dead or wounded.
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Perth Amboy
N. J
T. A. Gillespie Shell Loading Company
Morgan
Here
South Amboy
Chesapeake Creek
Rapid Spread Of Influenza Over Country
Spanish influenza continues its rapid spread among civilians and army camps. Reports to the public health service show the disease has become epidemic in many cities, with 12 975 new cases among soldiers training in the United States. Epidemic in New Jersey and parts of Pennsylvania Maine Delaware Virginia and Alabama. 161 doctors and many nurses ordered to report. Camp Funston Kansas tops the rise with 1 276 new cases. Camp Jackson South Carolina and Camp Sherman Ohio also exceed 1 000. Pneumonia and death rates vary across camps, totals: influenza 127 975, pneumonia 10 429, deaths 2 869.
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Washington
Public Health Service
New England
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Maine
Delaware
Virginia
Alabama
Trenton
Camp Funston
Kans
Camp Jackson
South Carolina
Camp Sherman
Ohio
Camps Dix
N. J
Grant
Ills
Dix
Mormon President Denounces Polygamy at Conference
Salt Lake Oct 5 President Joseph F Smith addressed the semi annual Mormon conference and denounced polygamy amid rumors of secret practice. Charles W Penrose stated such unions violate law and church, with punishment promised for violators. President Smith affirmed no plural marriages have his sanction or church consent, calling such unions null and void before God. Prosperity reported for church members in the past year.
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Salt Lake
Joseph F. Smith
Mormon Church
Charles W. Penrose
Smith
Penrose
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
Church
First Presidency
Utah Republicans Adopt Platform Endorsing Prohibition and Suffrage
Salt Lake City Oct 5 approval of nation wide prohibition and federal woman suffrage amendment were included in Utah Republican convention platform. Former Governor Wm Spry of Salt Lake nominated for congress in the second district and W H Wattis of Ogden for the first.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Republicans of
Wm. Spry
Salt Lake
Congress
W. H. Wattis
Ogden
WHIG WANT ADS Prompt November Furnished Rooms Appeal
During October city dwellers return from summer recreation and demand for furnished rooms apartments and flats rises. Use The WHIG WANT ADS to attract paying boarders with clear, well crafted notices and avoid window signs. The best paying desirable tenants read WANT ADS when seeking a place to stay.
Italian Column Crosses Sement River Front in Albania
An Italian column crosses the Sement river in western Albania and advances across Magnukia plain along the Lyushna river, a key energy supply center, as of October 6.
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Albania
Romh
Sement
Magnukia
Lyushna
Wrest Mont Blanc From Teuton Foe
Paris reports say American and French forces advanced on Mont Blanc in Champagne, taking 3,000 prisoners. Fresh gains north of key heights extended the secure hold on positions won yesterday as troops push toward Orfeuil Liry and Mont Hois.
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Paris
Havas
Mont Blanc
Champagne
Echo de Paris
Blanc Mont
Medeah Farm
Orfeuil
Liry
Mont Hois
Americans Win Ground Across Meuse Western Front
United States forces resumed the attack west of the Meuse at dawn advancing two to five kilometers and capturing Hill 240 north of Exermont along with the villages Gesnes Fleville Chehery and La Forge. Illinois Wisconsin and western Pennsylvania Virginia and West Virginia troops drove the Germans back to the Kriemhilde line south of Foretwood amid heavy artillery and machine gun fire.
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Associated Preas
Verdun
Meuse
Exermont
Gesnes
Fleville
Chelery
LaForges
Illinois
Wisconsin
Pennsylvania
Virginia
West Virginia
Kriemhilde
Forestwood
Camp Grant
Washington
Foretwood
National Army
West Pennsylvania
Camp Lee
Ilinois
Third Army Corps
Wright
Cronkhite
Flanders
France
Pershing
War Department
The
West
Belgians Advance In Belgian French Push
Belgians and French forces press forward in the campaign, advancing toward the towns of Bogglege and Roulers as reported from Havre. The communication notes steady gains and ongoing operations in the region.
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Havre
Bhogglege
Haig Gains Six Miles Near Lens In Retreat Clears Front
Associated Press reports British and French forces push toward St Quentin, with German retreat deepening to six miles between Argonne and Lens. Allies close to Lille as German artillery weakens and guns moved from coast. Casualties in Argonne described as moderate amid heavy fighting.
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Associated Prete
Ondon
Armentieres
Lens
Lille
Argonne
Germans Preparing to Evacuate Coast and Flanders
Associated Press reports British forces advancing near Fresnoy Le Grand northeast of St Quentin. Germans evacuating dune country and Belgium coast as fires rage behind lines. In Armentieres sector retreat continues, British east of Lens. Belgians and French near Hooglede and Chapelle-Roulers road. civilians hurried from Courtrain. Signs of German disorganization, including unit riots. a British officer warns the situation could turn into a rout.
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Associated Press
France
Fresnoy le Grand
St. Quentin
Flanders
Belgium
Armentieres
Germany
Lens
Mericourt
Haig
Hoogleds
Chapelle-Roulers
Courtrain
Retreating Bulgarian Army Ravages Macena Area
Saloniiki dispatches report burning villages and civilian casualties as the Bulgarian army retreats through Macena. Telegrams from the front say bodies lie in ruins and destruction mirrors or exceeds prior German damage reported in France.
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Saloniki
Macena
Smoki
France
Promises Turk Defeat in Saloniki Message
A decaying wartime fragment quotes French commander Franchet d Esperey promising a decisive strike against the Turk and Constantinople. The garbled OCR hints at Allied advances on the Balkan front with France asserting strength on a Ma front amid rout and victory rhetoric.
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Saloniki
Constantinople
Asia
Franchet D'Esperey
Fragmented OCR reads unclear local note
Fragmented OCR text mentions names and places but is garbled. It references Erbacona Florida and McKinney St. and a Friday event. No clear event, dates, or outcomes are discernible from the legible fragments.
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Amboy, N.J
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E American
London
Maas
St. Quentin Drive
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BILE
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