Allied Victories Expand in Palestine and Macedonia
Allied forces press the offensive across Palestine and Macedonia. British troops capture Acre and Haifa and push toward Amman with 75 miles gained. Es Salt falls as Arab forces advance toward Hedjaz railway. In Macedonia, fronts widen toward Monastir and Doiran with Doiran reportedly captured and Serbians advancing near Prilip.
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Palestine
Macedonia
Acre
Haifa
Mediterranean
Jordan
Es Salt
Amman
Hedjaz
Allenby
Monastir
Doiran
Vardar
Cerna
Prilip
Ardenne
Berlin
St. Mihiel
St. Quentin
Influenza Takes 100 in Boston
The Spanish flu epidemic led Boston to close schools at noon with about 100 deaths in the last 24 hours. Seven victims were in the first naval district and 70 new sailor cases were reported as weather worsened the outbreak.
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Boston
Mass
First Naval District
Ten U S Divisions in Italy Could End War by Christmas
New York report quotes Charles H Edward Russell who just returned from Italy. He says ten American divisions in Italy could end the war by Christmas or earlier, with the mere presence of troops potentially breaking Austrian resistance and aiding Italy in coal steel and oil needs.
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U. S
Italy
Russell
New York
Charles H Edward Russell
United Press
Austria
Great War Looms with Mighty Battles Across World Fronts
Paris dispatch notes a colossal global conflict with the Allied forces pressing toward victory in 1919. U-boat defeats, American forces in France and Italy, and Allenby’s cavalry pushing Turks signal a decisive phase, while the front stretches from New York to the Jordan and ultimately to Berlin.
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Alles
Bri
March
France
Italy
Balkans
Allenby
New York
Switzerland
Berlin
Jordan
Duty Call to Women and Nation as Tin Wurst Bell Ringer
A fiery moral plea stresses lifelong honor of womanhood and the safety of children and unborn generations. It rebukes shirking responsibility and demands immediate action from individuals for country and family.
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America
Mayor Says City to Handle Rent Cases and Federal Involvement
City officials announce federal and local action to curb rent profiteering as war housing plans expand. At a Chamber of Commerce meeting in Seattle, Mayor Hanson outlines a rent profiteering board with labor, Chamber, defense council, and employment service reps.
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Hanson
Cobadicea Commission
Walter A. MacClatchy
Housing and Transportation
Department of Labor
MacClatchy
Seattle
Chamber of Commerce
Harold Preston
King County Council of Defense
J. W. Spangler
More Homes Bureau
Chamber
Mark C. Cohn
Monte Appel
The
Shipping Board
Labor Temple
Spangler
Labor Council
City Council
Council of Defense
Organized Labor
Chamber of
Rent Profiteering Board
Auction Items Include Diverse Farm, Household Goods
A listed assortment covers horses and cattle, livestock, farm lands, automobiles, stocks, bonds, hotels, rooming houses, bird cages, traps, wigs, teeth, typewriters, furniture, stoves and other items. The catalog signals a broad public sale of varied property and personal effects.
Want Ad Offer at FPhone Main 600 and Partell's
Classified notice invites readers to place a want ad or leave advert copy at Partell's, 610 Second Ave, with phone contact via FPhone Main 600 for sales.
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Fphone
Partell’s
Second Ave
Liberty bond plans offered for Fourth Liberty Loan
Zoan reports three purchase plans for the Fourth Liberty Loan with varying cash and deferred payment schedules. The bank plan requires 10 percent now and 10 percent on Oct 28, then 20 percent each month. plan two features staged payments through January. Subscriptions may reach $500 under the bank plan and payroll blocks are common. The loan total is forecast around 6 to 7 billion, with bids likely to call for over subscriptions. Bonds may be payable in 1938.
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Treasury
McAdoo
Shipyard Workers in Seattle To Be Screened For Spanish Flu
Seattle health officials announce that every shipyard worker will be monitored for influenza as a precaution from the Shipping Board. No cases have been reported locally. Health Commissioner McBride says mass screening is impossible given the crowding at depots and docks and urges individuals to stay in good health and seek care if symptoms appear. Short-term containment relies on personal vigilance and potential rain to slow spread.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austria
Germany
Italy
United States
Seattle
Shipping Board
McBride
Epidemic Strikes Sweden as 69 Die in One Day
Stockholm reports a severe Spanish influenza outbreak with sixty nine fatalities on Monday. The epidemic spreads across Sweden prompting public health alerts and hospital surges.
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Sweden
Stockholm
Wilson Third Term Campaign Opens in Ada County
Idaho leaders in Ada county Democratic central committee endorsed a third term for President Wilson. The Ada committee fired the opening gun with a resolution praising Wilson war aims and urging him as a candidate for a third term. A second resolution promotes dispersing The New Freedom as campaign literature statewide. Local Non-Partisan League members dominated the meeting.
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N. FE. A
Boise
Idaho
Wilson
Democratic Central Committee
Ada County
Thoreby
League
Double Guards In Chicago Post Office
In Chicago federal building guards were doubled and every entrant searched after rumors of another bomb. Federal state and city officials conducted investigations into the report.
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Chicago
Federal
Death Follows Ride on Yesler Cable Car
William R. Wilson city lighting employee collapsed with heart failure on an inbound Yesler way cable car at 7:45 am Tuesday. An ambulance moved him to city hospital where he died. He is survived by a sister-in-law, Mrs. L. F. Share, and the body rests at the county morgue. W. M. Whitney returned to Seattle after a five week visit in Ohio.
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William R. Wilson
City Lighting
Yesler Way
Third and
Yesler
Wilson
L. F. Share
First Ave
N. EB
Indian Scouts with Yankees Fool Germans
The Metz front on September 24 reports quiet except for artillery on German centers and a raid on the left center yielding prisoners. At St Hilaire another raid took 14 prisoners as mud grips the front. A report highlights American Indian scouts who gather information by hours, not miles, and can spot camouflaged German trees guarding machine gun nests.
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Metz
Woevre
St. Hilaire
Artillery Battle Reported in Aisne Sector by French
Paris reports artillery fighting in the St. Quentin region between the Ailette and the Aisne. Night activity included artillery clashes and French surprise attacks near Perthes and Butte du Mesnil that took 40 prisoners.
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Aisne
Paris
St. Quentin
Aillette and
French War Office
Ailette
Perthes
Butte du Mesnil
Close Cabaret on Sailors Complaint
Police closed the Columbus cabaret on Washington street after four sailors complained of overcharging. Herman Meyers was arrested and jailed on disorderly conduct. The sailors said they paid 50 cents each for four bottles of near beer, a 400 percent price rise from the standard rate.
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Columbus
Washington St
Second
Occidental Aves
Herman Meyers
Rockdale I.W.W. Members Held in County Jail
I W W members accused of attempting to break up the government spruce camp at Rockdale near North Bend are jailed awaiting federal investigation. They allegedly threatened the camp cook when he refused to join.
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Right I. W. W
Rockdale
North Bend
New
Cook
Kaiserin of Germany Suffering From Fearful Rumors of Czarina Fate
Paris dispatch reports the German empress plagued by fear after news of the czar and czarina’s arrest and assassination. A Holland letter claims she focuses on Russia, Austrian unrest, and German social turmoil, suffering head pains, fainting spells, and hallucinations as the Kaiser cannot comfort her.
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Zollerns
Germany
Hague
Holland
Russia
Austria
France
Hohenzollern
Kkaiserin
Condemned Seattle House to Be rented as City Rooming House
The former Italian Sisters' school at 12th Ave S and Judkins St will open as a city rooming house to help housing, with moderate rent. Proceeds go to the city treasurer. Johnson says several other large district houses will be fixed up and rented to home-seekers. The building had been condemned by city authorities.
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Seattle
12Th Ave. S
Judkins
Arch bishop Ireland Regains Consciousness After Illness
St Paul Minnesota September 24 Arch bishop John Ireland woke and rallied after a period of unconsciousness during his lengthy illness. His secretary Rev T A Welch reported the prelate’s stamina saved him several times during the night and he remained under care.
Senator Lewis Acquires Cream Colored Plug Hat
Washington reports Senator Lewis of Illinois now owns a cream colored plug hat described as the prince of war collections from the other side. He bought it in London from a shopkeeper who spent six years seeking a customer worthy of the hat.
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Washington
Lewis
Illinois
London
HUN PREDICTS U. S. ATTACKS ON ST MIHIEL FRONT
Gen Ardenne writes in the Berlin Tageblatt that American artillery concentrations are complete on the St Mihiel front and new attacks may follow. He adds that the Germans likely will abandon St Quentin soon.
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Copenhagen
St. Mihiel Front
Ardenne
Berlin
Odds 6 to 4 No Peace by July
Lloyds offers 6 to 4 that peace will not be declared by June 30, 1919. The wager reflects the war’s course with Germany on the run and allied momentum, as Foch directs operations and American-led forces push toward decisive victory. Brisk betting says Germany could be beaten by next June with $40 risking $100.
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London
Lloyd's
Foch
America
Germany
Berlin
Bulgaria Announces Front Retirement Between Cerna and Vardar
Sofia reports the Bulgarian war office confirms retirement of the army positions between the Cerna and the Vardar as part of a strategic relocation. The announcement comes with a delayed release dated September 22.
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Bulgaria
Sofia
Cerna
Vardar
Bulgarian War Office
Kaiser Eyes Alsace Front Fight With Americans
The Kaiser told Austrian officers at Briey that heavy fighting lies ahead on the Alsace Lorraine front. He praised American troops as comrades and warned they must yield the right answer at the right moment. He distributed 400 iron crosses to wounded alongside Austrian, German, British, and French officers.
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Amsterdam
Briey
Alsace-Lorraine
France
Baron Burian Calls Wilson Hasty in Peace Effort
Austrian foreign minister Baron Burian said in a Berlin interview that Wilson’s rapid reply to the Austrian note shows a desire to arbitrate world affairs. He suggested the Entente fears pacifist effects and noted Germany and Austria Hungary agreed on dispatching the note while Hindenburg line remains intact.
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Amsterdam
Baron Burian
Berlin
Wilson
America
Entente
Clemenceau
Balfour
Germany
Austria-Hungary
Rgard
Hindenburg
Allied advances in Macedonia and Palestine push Bulgars back
Allied forces claim control of Doiran Macedonia and Acre Palestine as campaign in the Balkans widens. Doiran seaport and Acre port are seized amid a 100 mile front stretch from Monastir to Doiran. Serbians reportedly take about 12 000 Bulgarian prisoners with 140 guns.
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London
Macedonia
Palestine
Siberia
Vardar
Saloniki
Doiran
Lake Doiran
Acre
Mediterranean
Nazareth
Dera
Balkans
Serbia
Greece
Monastir
Kalyani
Prilip
Cerna
Bogdanece
Mogila
Maps of the Turkish, Halkin and St. Quintin Front
Maps of the Turkish Halkin and St Quintin front appear on page 12 today. The diagrams show troop positions lines and fortifications with notes on movements and terrain features. Readers are directed to compare the maps with accompanying text in the same section.
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Halkan
ST. Quintin
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W. M. Whitney
Ohio
Fred 8S. Ferguson
I.w.w.s
Kaiserin
Czarina
Edward M. Thierry
Newspaper Enterprise Association
Ireland
Sen. Lewis
Hun
Harold E. Bechtol
Kaiser
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