German prince Maximilian named imperial chancellor amid peace talks
Amsterdam reports Prince Maximilian of Baden named German imperial chancellor with a Berlin council meeting led by Emperor William and attended by Hindenburg and other officials. The prince, a Moderate leader, is linked to antiwar and peacemaking efforts and has a dynastic claim in Baden.
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Kaiser
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Germany
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Prince Maziqilian
Protea
Maximians
Marie Louike
Brunswick-Dunebourg
Wrinieless Royal
Grast
Austrian Premier Warns of War Strain and Germany Ties
Austrian premier Baron Hussarek told the lower house that the Bulgaria armistice creates a grave but not critical situation. He pledged prompt military measures in accord with Germany and urged peaceful adjustment through humanity and reason amid ongoing hostilities.
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Switzerland
Germany
Amsterdam
Barron Hussarek
Baron von Hussarek
Rovcern
Atanding
Doyle's vivid scenes on battlefield in Australians push Hun line
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle narrates as an eyewitness at a WWI front with Australian forces breaking through. He describes trenches, wounded Americans and Australians, and the redoubt as British and Australian units advance under heavy shelling toward a decisive moment in the March 21 battle.
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Joseph Cook
Latham
Plunckt
Sheppard
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U. S. Cutter Tampa Lost Off English Coast
The U S 8 Tampa a former coast guard cutter is reported lost off the English coast September 26 while escorting a convoy in the Bristol Channel. All hands including ten officers and 102 enlisted men were lost. one British officer and five civilian employees were aboard. A torpedo likely sank the vessel after it went ahead of the convoy. wreckage including a life belt and two bodies were recovered. Captain C Satterlee commanded with reported radio notices reaching Washington today.
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Allies press in Belgium as German retreat widens
Allied and French forces push along the front from the North Sea to Verdun. German withdrawals expand from Armentieres to Lens as British and French advances threaten Lille and the coal region. Paris reports heavy fighting around Rheims and Challerange with German rear lines probed and supply routes threatened.
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Lille
Quentin
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Americans Reach Kriemhild Steeling Line Near Verdun
American forces break through toward the Kriemhild Steeling line south of Briennes and establish contact with the enemy system along a sector of the Verdun front. Violent artillery fire shifts along the Meuse Aisne line as Germans bombard the American positions and heavy fighting ensues in the sector.
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Associated Press
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Romagne
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Aisne
Mense
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Bombs wreck Frankfurt main station during raids
A neutral visitor returning from Germany reports that central Frankfurt main station was 50 damaged by bombs hindering train entry. Trains now run from improvised platforms away from the station while the city's population remains nervously excited.
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London
British
Air Ministry
Germany
Rhine
Frankfort
Train kills over twenty in Bedford Ohio disaster
A Pennsylvania flier struck a crowd of more than 20 Interstate Foundry Company workers at Bedford Ohio ten miles south of Cleveland as they waited for a work train. Dozens were injured in the morning tragedy.
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Pennsylvania
Interstate Foundry Company
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Allies Claim Vast Prisoner and Weapon Gains in France
Paris dispatch reports that from September 10 to 30 allied armies in France and Belgium captured 2844 officers and 120,192 men, plus 1600 cannon and over 6000 machine guns, according to an official statement. The tally through September 30 lists 94 officers, 3869 cannon, and more than 23,000 grenade launchers.
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Paris
France
Belgium
British and German fronts clash as retreating lines shift
Allied reports say German forces retreat and abandon strong positions along the La Bassee canal frontier, with Haig and Plumer advancing from Armentieres to Cambrai. British and Belgian units push toward Sequehart, Ramicourt, Gouy and Le Catelet amid heavy fighting near St. Quentin and the Hindenburg line.
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