Peace Talks and War Rumors Across Europe
Reports from Washington Stockholm London and Copenhagen on Turkish withdrawal talks German Kaiser rumors of abdication health issues and the Reichstag considering Wilson peace terms A Berlin Tageblatt note says the German chancellor will address the Reichstag and Solf plans a league of nations draft committee formation
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Europe
Mannheim
London
Amsterdam
Berlin
Reichstag
Wilson
Copenhagen
Willl
Solf
Foreign Office
League of Nations
Nord Deutsche Allegemeine Zeitung
Allied Forces Break Through Front Across 50 Miles
British French and American troops report a complete break-thru along roughly half the 50 mile front from south of St. Quentin to Douai. Over 12 000 prisoners taken Tuesday, with many more captured. Allied cavalry close on retreating German forces as bases at Bohain Busigny and transport hubs Le Cateau Solesmes and Ribemont fall or are endangered.
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St. Quentin
Douai
Germany
Bohain
Busigny
le Cateau
Solesmes
Ribemont
Spanish influenza tightens grip on Seattle as cases rise
Seattle Health Commissioner J. B. McBride warns the Spanish flu pandemic is accelerating with 1 288 total cases and several civilian deaths. Vaccination drives at city hospitals and plants—Skinner-Eddy and others—continue as officials urge rapid antitoxin serum doses and discourage evictions of sick tenants to avoid further spread.
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Seattle
University
Naval
McBride
Skinner @ Eddy corporation
Health Department
James V. Ras
Occidental Ave. Hale
City Hospital
Department of Health
Oregon
Idaho
Fort Worden
City Health Department
Public Names War Loan Slackers in Seattle
County Chairman C. B. Wills released the names of G. E. Pratt head of Sunset Motor Co. and Gamma Poncin a wealthy property owner as Liberty loan slackers. He said they refused to subscribe to bonds after repeated chances, and the public will be informed to urge others to meet Seattle’s $1,000,000 a day goal.
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Seattle
C. 8
Wills
G. EF. M. Pratt
Sunset Motor Co
Gamma Poncin
Willa
Liberty Loan
Liberty Bond Musicists Tour Mount Baker Park Thursday
Auto serenaders will visit Mount Baker Park and Madrona district Thursday evening to perform Liberty loan music. Publicity Director Frank Waterhouse warns crowds must keep distance. if fans gather too closely, musicians will be removed for safety.
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Mount Baker Park
Madrona
Frank Waterhouse
Liberty Loan
Kaiser Makes Offer to Czecho Slavs
Germany moves toward offering autonomy to Czecho-Slovaks, seen as an attempt to curb their influence and power in Russia. The state department transmitted the information today, noting the maneuver as a potential strategic ploy.
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Kaiser
Washington
Germany
State Department
Russia
Renewal Attack Reported in Laon Area
The French war office announced renewed attacks in the Laon region with progress noted east of St. Quentin and in Champagne regions.
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Paris
Laon
French War Office
St. Quentin
Champagne
Allied Forces Break German Front in Major Advance
Dispatch reports Allied troops punching through German defenses along a 60 mile front. Cavalry and infantry pursue retreating forces across towns Bohain Busigny Clary Caudry Fonsomene Caurier Carnieres Fontaine Notre Dame Marcy Mensieres Sur Oise with Le Cateau Solearmes Ribemont and Vitry En Artois soon after. Heart of Cambrai wrecked by a massive explosion as the fight extends to the Scarpe.
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Bohain
Busigny
Clary
Caudry
Fonsomene
Caurier
Carnieres
Fontaine Notre Damme
Marcy
Mensieres Sur-Oise
Cambrai
le Cateau
Solearmes
Ribemont
Scarpe
Vitry-En-Artois
Arieux
Yank Trapped Sends Defiant Message to Hun Chief
With the American First Army in the Argonne Oct 9 night Maj Whittlesley, commander of a battalion, refused surrender. A captured American delivered a German demand. Whittlesley replied Go to hell and hurled the note wrapped in a stone into the German lines as his troops faced hunger and dwindling ammo.
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Yank
First Army
Whittlesley
Argonne Forest
Shipyard boy missing in local inquiry
William J. Mann a 17 year old Duthie ship yard employee is reported missing by his mother. He left the yard at 4 p m Monday and has not been seen since. His home is 3208 Main Street.
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William J. Mann
Duthie Shipyard Employe
Young Mann
Billy
Duthie's
Main St
Registration Card Lost in Bryn Mawr Washington Found
Andrew Kye Anderson of Bryn Mawr Washington has lost his voter registration card. It has been found by police and is available for pickup at headquarters.
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Andrew Kye Anderson
Bryn Mawr
Washington
Storm Warning Issued For Small Craft Near Sitka Alaska
The weather bureau issued a storm warning for all small craft as a center of a storm sits near Sitka Alaska. Mariners are advised to seek safe harbor and monitor updates for changing conditions.
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Weather Bureau
Sitka
Alaska
Liberty Bond Slackers Named In Seattle Letter
G POncin and G E M Pratt of Sunset Motor Co and Yesler Estate are denounced as Liberty Bond slackers by the executive committee led by C S Wills. Pratt claims large Red Cross donations but is blamed for delaying bond purchases, while the piece urges all readers to subscribe or add to bonds to hasten victory and peace.
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G. E. M. Pratt
Sunset Motor Co
Cadillac
Poncin
Seattle
Burke
Pratt
Red Cross
Chicago
HUNSON LAST LAP OF RACE FOR MAUBEUGE
The article describes Von Hindenburg retreating toward Mau Beuve and Belgium as American and British forces close on Le Cateau. It notes Maubeuge as the last German defensive link and outlines the strategic Meuse Sambre Liege corridor as the objective of the Anglo American advance.
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Hunson
Maubeuge
le Cateau
France
Meuse
Belgium
Sambre
Namur
Liege
Germany
Siege
Yankees Smash Through Front For Four Mile Gain
American forces breach the Kriemhilde line west of the Meuse in six kilometers of advance. Argonne pocket cleared by French American junction at Lancon. East of the Meuse counterattacks repelled. allied air and ground actions disrupt German defenses. Major Whittlesey returns, saying no rest needed after rescue.
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Argonne
Lancon
Meuse
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