FATAL FIGHTS IN WIDELY SEPARATED TOWNS
Reports describe violent encounters with a band of suspected train robbers terrorizing Denver and Colorado Springs. Officers were killed and wounded. two suspects were arrested. In Arcadia a bank robbery ended with one banker killed and another captured. A Dixon bank robbery failed after a citizen posse formed.
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Denver
Colorado Springs
Lave
Arcadia
Kay
Cook County
Chicago
Dixon
Chey Field
Pershing Achieves St Mihiel Objective With Allied Firepower
Allied forces led by Pershing push from Verdun toward Moselle after heavy artillery that shattered German lines. The St Mihiel salient is cleared, with Germans retreating toward safer positions as tanks and air power harry their rear areas. Prisoners, wrecked material, and captured guns flood the Allied lines while French and American troops consolidate high ground ahead of winter.
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Associated Press
Lorraine
Pershing
St. Mihiel
Verdun
Moselle
Norry
Jaulay
Xammes
St. Benoit
Hattonville
Hannenville
Herbeville
Vigneulies
St. Mihiel Salient
Graham
Landwehe
Landsturm
Colorado Bands Terrorize Two Cities in Running Shootouts
Denver and Colorado Springs faced a spree by automobile bandits causing multiple police casualties. Patrolman and detective losses mount as seven suspects linked to a Kansas train robbery are pursued, with Roy Sherrill and a woman captured after a chaotic sequence including a Palmer Lake arrest and a car chase.
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Denver
Colo
Luther McMahbill
Colorado Springs
McMahill
Sixteenth Avenue
Colorado Boulevard
John Rowan
D. D. Riley
Koch, Wan
Roy Sherell
Frank Lewis
Sherell
Fya de Morris
Lewis
Palmer Lake
O. D. Otter
Chicago
W. M. Gates
Texas
Miss de Morris
I'noblo
Tobn Babb
Babb
Rowan
Riley
Centrs
Harry Lane
Frank Cole
John Uabb
Capitol Island
Carl ‘Wilson
R. Ryan
Roy Sherrill
Kansas
Sedalia
No News From Moscow As British Consul General Reported Missing
London reports the British consul general in Moscow and other British subjects remain imprisoned. Negotiations for release continue amid a suspected Bolshevik regime collapse. Lenine and War Minister Trotsky reportedly prepared to flee to Switzerland a month ago. A Swedish paper denies murders of a former Cypress and Ler.
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London
Robert H. Lockhart
Moscow
Hell
Pussia
Russia
Lenine
Rotaky
Switzerland
Cypress and
Ler
Folkets Dagbladet
Vehitehorin
Baker and Pershing Welcome in St Mihiel After German Takeover
Secretary Baker and Generals Pershing and Petain visited St Mihiel where women and children greeted the relief party. Civilians described German abuses, the forced conscription of men 16 to 45, and destruction of banks and papers. The town prefect credited American relief for preventing severe privation. The crowd roared with sympathy as the Marseillaise rang out.
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Ress
Lorraine
St. Mihiel
Newton D. Baker
Mershing
Petain
Laker
Baker
Maker
St Mihiel
March Gays Our Victory Hot Stuff
Washington, Sept. 44. General March lauds the quick reduction of the St Mihiel salient by American forces, stating it creates a far better base for future offensives. He notes high spirits among troops, outlines staff changes, and reports large landing figures in the ongoing American war effort.
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Washington, D. C
St. Mihiel
March
General Pershing
General March
St. Mihiel Galient
Marek
France
Hindenburg Line
Flanders
Hurance
United States
America O
War Department
Americans Push Through St Mihiel Salient In Lorraine Drive
Allied offensive in Lorraine pushes into German positions with 20 000 prisoners captured and a depth of up to thirteen miles. Pershing’s forces threaten Metz and Briey while German lines are readjusted on the salient edges. French and British gains across Ailette and Aisne fronts widen the break toward Laon and La Bassee.
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St. Mihiel Salient
Germany
Lorraine
Pershing
St. Mihiel
Hattonville
Vigneulles
Metz
Briey Iron Fields
Allies Push In St Mihiel Pocket as Prisoners Grow
German prisoners in the St Mihiel salient exceed twenty thousand as American forces extend positions thirteen miles from the old line. The interior of the pocket remains unreported and more guns are expected. German retreat continues north of the sector toward Chatillon and Mresnes with French patrols in contact.
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London
St. Mihiel Salient
St. Mihiel
Hoir
Chatillon
Mresnes
New American Army Worthy Traditions Highlighted
The Daily Mail editorial in London on September 14 lauds America's new army as a worthy inheritor of Grant and Lee traditions and congratulates President Wilson and General Pershing. The piece cites Warshing and critiques European war influence.
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Grant
Lee
London
The
Daily Mail
America
Wilson
Genewil
Nmes
United States
French Spring Offensive Advances on Ailette Front
French troops struck at dawn along the Ailette River and Aisne to Vesle with gains from Mone Des Singes to Allemont and Saney. They reached Vailly edge on the Aisne, advancing one to five miles on an eleven mile front and taking about 1800 German prisoners.
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Petain
Ailette
Mont Des Singes
Allemont
Saney
Chemin-des
London
Aisne
Vesle
Forest of
Couey
St. Gobain
Mone Des Singes
Vailly
Chemin-des-Dames
Laon
Haig Advances in Lys Sector as British Hold Ground
London reports Field Marshal Haig’s forces occupied Auchy lez Labassee in the Lys sector. German attempts to retake Gouseaucourt and Habrincourt failed, and a bombing attack northwest of Gouzeaucourt was repelled. British positions north of St. Quentin and east of Hesbecourt and Jeancourt remain established.
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Gouzeaucourt
Havrincourt
St. Quentin
Jeancourt
Flanders
Auchy-lez-LaBassee
LaBassee
London
Haig
Auchy-lez- Labassee
Lys
British War Office
Gouseaucourt
Habrincourt
Petrialrsan
British Front Struck by Heavy Rain War Update
Special dispatch reports extreme rainfall has left lowlands and valleys water logged for the rest of the season. British advances are noted near Havein court Holnon wood and within distance of St. Gene. The weather hampers operations and continues to shape frontline conditions.
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Perry Robinson
London
Pakadelpina
Conyright
Trs
Public Ledger
Havein Court
Holnon Woot
St. Qewei A En Ae
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