Death Toll Uncertain After Soldier Train Wreck Near Marshfield
A troop train and a freight train collided head on near Marshfield Missouri injuring and killing soldiers from Colorado Minnesota Illinois Iowa Nebraska and West Virginia. At least five to a dozen bodies may remain in wreckage with 50 seriously injured taken to Springfield hospitals. Military guards and doctors assisted at the scene but officials gave no casualty names or crews’ fates.
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Springfield
St. Louis
San Francisco
Marshfield
Wiles
Here
Colorado
Minnesota
Missouri
Ilinois
Iowa
Nebraska
West Virginia
al Sharp Curve
Wreck of Troop Train Blamed on Orders Confusion
In St Louis Missouri confusion of orders and the failure of a freight train to receive needed directives are blamed for a troop train wreck near Marshfield Maine Tuesday night. Reports indicate 12 soldiers and two railroad workers killed with 38 soldiers injured. two unidentified workers are suspected to be the engineer and fireman.
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St. Louis
General Office
Hrakenain
Return to homes urged as St Mihiel area reoccupancy proceeds
American forces press the Lorraine drive as St Mihiel salient is reoccupied. French residents seek permission to return and recover buried valuables. delays arise from prior German advance and uncertain end of invasion. Archangel mail service resumes while other Russia routes remain blocked. Italian premier Orlando meets Clemenceau in Paris.
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Associated Press
Lorraine
Vlans
St. Dihiel
St. Mihiel
Cardinal Farley Dies After Pneumonia Fought in New York
The body of Cardinal Johny M. Farley archbishop of New York lies in state at St. Patrick's Cathedral New York City after dying at his country home near Mamaroneck. He had battled postnasal pneumonia for six weeks and received extreme unction before death. bishops and Monsignors were at his bedside as the pope sent two messages of consolation.
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Mamaroneeck
X.Y
Johny M. Farley
New York
St. Patrick's Cathedral
New York City
Rdinal
Bishop Hayes
Carrol
Lavelle
Mooney
Hayes
Farley Named Cardinal by Pope Pius XII
In a historic move the Roman Catholic Church elevates Archbishop John Murphy Farley of New York to cardinal rank on November 27, 1911. The nomination, alongside others in Rome, broadens American representation in the Sacred College after years with a single American cardinal. The New York community greeted the news with widespread enthusiasm and respect for Farley’s long metropolitan service.
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John Murphy Farley
New York
North America
Sacred College
Cardinal Gibbons
Baltimore
Davis Picked to Succeed Hines as Ambassador to Britain
President Wilson selects John W. Davis of West Virginia solicitor general to replace Walter Hines Page as ambassador to Great Britain. Davis has arrived in Switzerland to lead the American delegation at the Rome conference on prisoner of war treatment and exchange.
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Washington, D.C
John W. Davis
West Virginia
United States
Wilson
Walter Lines
Great Britain
Davis
Switzerland
Crerman
Shortage of condensed milk hits San Antonio grocers
The Food Administration seeks to secure more condensed milk through agents of dairy companies amid a national shortage. Shipping congestion from New Jersey to Galveston delays distribution to San Antonio, prompting grocers to limit sales to regular customers. John Kd. Carrington urges an end to unfair preferred lists and will prosecute offending grocers after federal guidance from J. A. Peden.
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San Autonio
Food Administration
New Jersey
Galveston
New York
San Antonio
John Kd. Carrington
Carrington
J. A. Peden
Texas
Peace Demonstration Plotted for Reichstag Meeting
Berlin rumors say Reichstag will stage another peace demonstration when it convenes November 6. Majority leaders with the chancellor draft terms for a peace resolution as Belgium spurns an American bid. London reports a posture similar to the 1917 event.
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London
Berlin
Reichstag
Amsterdam
Exchange Telegraph Company
Hungarian Situation Grave In Vienna Reports Cabinet Likely to Resign
Amsterdam dispatch says Hungarian premier Wekerle met the emperor and Hungary's crisis worsens as the cabinet may resign soon. Vienna notes Austro-Hungarian peace proposal sent with German approval amid disputes over American stance and warnings Europe risks ruin from protracted war.
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Amsterdam
Wekerle
Vienna
Hungary
Lokal Anzeiger
Budapest
Reichspost
Germany
Washington
Gereman
Allgemeine Zeitung
Muyopo
America
Europe
Belgium Rejects German Peace Offer Amid War Consultations
Paris reports the Belgian government after consultations refused without elaboration a reported separate peace proposal from Germany. Dispatches from Berlin noted by Amsterdam papers said Germany would keep Belgium neutral to war’s end and restore prewar commercial treaties, with no admission of wrongdoing or indemnities.
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Paris
Mie Delginn
Parisien
Germany
Amsterda
Bevlin
Devlin
Belgium
London
Wartime Prison Labor Contracts Authorized by President
Washington D C Sept 16 The President issues an executive order authorizing war industry contracts with prison and reformatory labor at prevailing local wages. Congress has already provided for industrial plants in federal prisons.
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Washington, D. C
Congress
Poster Contest For Soldier Artists Near San Antonio
Soldier artists may submit posters for the Liberty Loan contest around San Antonio. A top prize of 850 will go to the best design chosen by a committee, with five additional posters bought at 10 each if merited. Each entry must include a memorandum from the submitting soldier’s commanding officer.
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Light's Liberty Loan
Foster
Gop
Sollder
San Antonio
Liberty Loan
Germans report peace hopes amid defeatist mood in camps
German and Austrian prisoners on the Lorraine front react to Austrian peace suggestions, showing discouraged morale and confusion over aims as American forces push forward. General March outlines an expanded 4.8 million‑man army plan for July and calls 2.7 million registrants to arms by then.
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Associated Press
Lorraine
Germany
Washington, D. C
March
House Appropriations Committee
Haig
Petain
Tax Evasion Crackdown Signals Stricter Enforcement
Federal agents in San Antonio and across the United States receive instructions to scrutinize income tax returns for fraud. If fraud is found, cases go to federal district attorneys for immediate investigation and prosecution. The government vows tougher enforcement after previous leniency.
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United States
T. Taylor
Post
San Antonio
Wounded Men Return From Expeditionary Force Landing
Washington announced during the week ending September 13 that 884 sick and wounded soldiers of the American expeditionary forces were landed in the United States. The preceding week saw 447 landings.
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Washington, D. C
United States
War Department
Government canals proposed from Massachusetts to South Atlantic
Washington report urges a government owned deep sea level canal system stretching from Massachusetts to the South Atlantic. Secretary Redfield submitted the plan to the Senate in response to a resolution. The article also notes the House adopted part of the war revenue bill with quick, unanimous action setting rates expected to raise about 63.2 billion dollars in revenue.
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Washington, D. C
Massachusetts
South Atlantic
Senate
Redfield
House
Washington, D.C
Weather Summary for Major Cities
Yor San Antonio and valley tonight and Thursday fair with gauging changes and highs near 96. St Louis 54 partly cloudy with southwest winds, 68 high. Chicago 67 with southwest winds, 26 hour low 22. New York 65 cloudy with east winds, low 66 high 78. Washington 63 rain with east winds, low 18 high 63.
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San Antonio
Vielntt
St. Louis
Chicago
Kuo City
New York
Washington
Highcat
Premier Pershing Promised More Medicine by Lloyd George
London reports a telegram from Pershing to Lloyd George praising Lorraine victory. The premier, bedridden, called the news a tastier medicine than any physic and the American commander pledged ongoing doses of the same remedy until final victory.
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Pershing
London
Lloyd George
Lorraine
Macedonian Front Advances and Prisoner Capture Reported
Allied forces push 4.5 miles on a 102 mile Macedonian front. Official tally lists 40,000 prisoners captured with 30 guns and multiple machine guns seized. Commentary notes Serbian courage and shifting Bulgarian-Turkish dynamics as Entente aims to sever Turkey from central powers. Major General Lloyd Wheaton dies after an operation at age 80.
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Associated Press
Paris
Theii
British Push Deep Into Hindenburg Line Near St Quentin
British forces on a 15 mile front report advances of two and a half to three miles northwest of St Quentin with Hargicourt captured and Epehy nearly surrounded. Villeret Gouzeaucourt Le Verguier Roussoy Berthaucourt fell as Vaig’s forces invest St Quentin and French gains push from the north.
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London
St .Quentin
Hindenburg Line
Villeret
Gouzeaucourt
Hargicourt
le Verguier
Roussoy
Berthaucourt
Vaig
Marne
St. Quentin
British and French Advance on 14 Mile Front Northwest of St Quentin
British forces attacked German positions on a broad front northwest of St Quentin while French troops advanced on the right. The assault began at 5 30 am after a bombardment and reported progress was announced on both sides amid heavy fighting near Ponroy Ronasoy and Epehy in the British zone and around Savy wood where French forces pressed their attack.
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Associated Press
France
Pield Marsh& Haig
St.Quentin
Ponnoy
Ronasoy
Epehy
Savy Wood
Verguier
Germany
Hindenburg
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