Hold Whip Hand at St. Quentin and Balkan Front Shifts
British advance near St. Quentin with line less than a mile from Bellenglise and efforts to link Cambrai via Le Catelet. Serbians extend Macedonia front to Cerna River, 25 miles wide, with 5000 prisoners and eighty guns captured. Doiran front gains and Allenby defeats Turkish positions in Palestine with 3000 prisoners.
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Bellenglise
St. Quentin
Macedonia
London
Holnon Village
Holnon
le Catelet
Cambrai
Malassise
Lempire
Epely
Moeuvres
Cerna
Lake Doiran
Doiran
Palestine
Allenby
Rafat
Pershing Wins Hospital Paper Name Contest
From the American front comes the tale of General Pershing visiting wounded at Red Cross Hospital No. 5. A contest for the hospital paper name arose and the general, without hesitation, proposed heaven hell or Hoboken. He won the prize of 10 francs and departed amid cheers.
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Paris
General Pershing
Red Cross Hospital No. 5
Pershing
Heaven
Hell
Hoboken
Bandits Make Clean Sweep At Argo State Bank
Five bandits looted the Argo State Bank in Chicago after opening hours taking about $20,000 in cash and $30,000 to $40,000 in liberty bonds. They locked cashier Fred Hellar assistant A J Link and stenographer Miss Beda Steinwald in the lavatory.
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Chicago
Argo State Bank
Fred Hellar
A. J. Link
Beda Steinwald
Pay Goes On Arrested For Fraud In New York
Laborers at Bush Terminal Brooklyn allegedly vanished among workers then spent pay from the Army Quartermaster Corps at Coney Island and other resorts before being arrested for defrauding the Government.
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New York
Bush Terminal
Brooklyn
Coney Island
Army Quartermaster Corps
Draft Treaties Ratified by Senate for Greece and France
The senate ratified draft treaties between the United States and Greece and between the United States and France. Both follow the general provisions of the Britain agreement and provide a method to draft Greeks and French residents in the United States into military service.
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Washington
United States
Greece
France
Senate
Great Britain
House approves largest war revenue bill in history
The House passed a war revenue measure aimed at raising about 8.18 billion dollars of the 24 billion needed for the year. The bill, the largest of its kind, moves to the Senate with unanimous support and swift action expected. Amendments expanded depletion allowances to timber and other deposits. tax exemptions and wine provisions were debated and some were rejected.
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Washington
House
Senate
Kitchen
Senate Finance Committee
Ways and Means Committee
Representative Moore
Pennsylvania
Moore
Representative Good
Iowa
Austin
Tennessee
Treasury Department
Kahn
California
Stafford
Wisconsin
Germany to Repress Revolt Reported by Zurich Dispatch
Zurich dispatch says Germany will assure rapid and pitiless repression if a revolt breaks out as internal tensions rise. The German government acts amid growing unrest and aggravation of the internal situation.
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Germany
Paris
Zurich
War Dept Bans Enlisted Transfers By Request
Washington unnamed War Department order prohibits enlisted men from applying for transfers and bars officers from naming transfers except for potent reasons. Future transfers will occur only after requisitions and selections by the personnel adjutant choosing men best suited for the work.
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Washington
War Department
Department
Recruitment Urged for 300 Women in Red Cross Service
Washington dispatch reports a request for 300 women to serve in Red Cross hospital huts and as communications and canteen workers in American military hospitals in France. They must be on duty by November 1, as the Red Cross takes over YMCA huts and maintains recreational and canteen features under an agreement. Telegrams were sent to divisions to accelerate overseas recruiting.
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Washington
Red Cross
France
Y. M
Violent Storm Hits Lisbon Wrecks Homes Inundates Areas
A violent storm has shaken Lisbon for hours. Many houses were wrecked and several sections inundated. A number of persons are reported drowned with authorities probing casualty figures. Local rescue teams patrol flooded districts as residents assess damage and search for missing relatives.
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Lisbon
British armed steamer sunk by submarine torpedo
The British Admiralty reports a British armed boarding steamer torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine on September 12. Fifty eight crew members are missing.
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London
British Admiralty
Brewer’s chief admits funds for Washington Times purchase
New York—C W Feigenspan, president of the United States Brewers Association, published a letter to Senator King admitting the association financed Arthur Brisbane to buy the Washington Times. He says lobbyists are common in Washington and state capitals to shield the industry and oppose critics, while denying disloyalty or pro Germanism and asking to appear before the subcommittee without limit to answer all charges about the purchase.
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New York
C. W. Feigenspan
United States Brewers’ Association
King
Senate
Arthur Brisbane
Washington Times
Washington
U. S. Inspector Arrested Over Army Contract Fraud
New York report says a U. S. inspector and ten Rosenwasser Brothers factory staffers in Long Island City were arrested on conspiracy to defraud the Government. Warrants issued for Lee Rosenwasser and Morris Rosenwasser as the probe cites forged inspection stamps and defective materials in army shoe contracts worth 8.907 million.
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New York
Rosenwasser Brothers, Inc
Long Island City
Department of Justice
Lee Rosenwasser
Morris
Count Ready For Peace in Amsterdam Urges 14 Points Basis
Hungarian opposition leader Count Michael Karolyi repeats support for President Wilsons fourteen peace points as the framework for negotiations. He calls for democratic governments to lead Austria Hungary and Germany and for reactionaries to be removed. He also presses abrogation of Brest Litovsk and Bucharest treaties.
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Amsterdam
Michael Karolyi
Wilson
Budapest
Frankfort Gazette
Austria-Hungary
Germany
Brest- Litovsk
Bucharest
Anthracite Shipments to Ohio Cities Cut This Year
Ohio cities including Philadelphia Cincinnati Columbus Dayton East Liverpool Cairo Massillon Youngstown and Zanesville will receive no anthracite coal this year. The United States Fuel Administration reports a greatly curtailed coal supply across the state affecting most towns and cities.
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Philadelphia
Cincinnati
Columbus
Dayton
East Liverpool
Cairo
Massillon
Youngstown
Zanesville
Ohio
United States Fuel Administration
Sisters to Run Farm Farm Exemption Ruling in Topeka
John Callahan a government draft inspector ruled that a farmer with three sisters may not claim exemption on agricultural grounds. He determined the women were capable of running the farm and placed the man in Class 1.
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Topeka
Kan
John Callahan
Callahan
Conditions Not So Bad Says Secretary Houston
Secretary Houston returned from a ten day tour of drought stricken areas in the west and northwest and reported conditions there are less unsatisfactory overall than feared. He noted farmers show admirable spirit and determination as loans from the five million dollar fall planting fund are sought by only a relatively small number of farmers.
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Washington
Houston
West
Northwest
America's Huge War Program Expands to 4.8 Million by Next July
General March testifies before the House Appropriations Committee on a $7 billion army plan to raise 4.8 million soldiers by next July after deductions. About 3.2 million are now in service. 2.7 million of new draftees are to be called this year. Drafts may send men to the navy and Marines if voluntary induction does not meet needs.
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Washington
General March
House Appropriations Committee
March
Sherley
Congress
Marshal Crowder
General Crowder
Full
Appropriations Committee
Shirley
Crowder
Navy
Marine Corps
Ship Tonnage Delivered To Emergency Fleet in year
Washington reports 1 811 000 tons actually delivered to the Emergency Fleet Corporation this year with 2 596 000 tons launched and keels laid for 4 108 000 tons General Manager Piez told the Senate Commerce Committee deliveries for September may reach 400 000 tons Hog Island plant expected to produce 20 ships this year far below the original program.
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Washington
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Piez
Senate Commerce Committee
Hog Island
Convicted Defamers Face Sentencing in Federal Case
Otto Rechelt a patent attorney and Dr Frederick Bischoff of Irvington were convicted in federal court of conspiring to defame soldiers and Red Cross nurses by circulating stories in 150 elite publications. Bischoff faces trial on charges of plotting to blow up a machinery plant at Irvington performing government work. sentencing for both defendants is set for next week.
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Trenton
N. J
Otto Rechelt
Frederick Bishoff
Irvington
Red Cross
Bischoff
Bolsheviki Forge Alliance as Orders Target Allied Nations
Bolshevik leaders after a conference called by Premier Lenine announce a defensive and offensive alliance between Russia and Germany. The same meeting orders arrest of all allied nationals and Americans in Russia, with dispatches reporting killings of foreigners, especially Americans, in the Murman district.
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Copenhagen
Nikolai Lenine
Russia
Germany
Petrograd
Moscow
United States
Murman District
Navy to Recruit 15000 Monthly for Navy and 5000 for Marines
Secretary Daniels announced a new program allowing the Navy to enlist an average 15,000 men monthly and the Marine Corps 5,000 for four months and 1,500 thereafter. Recruits must read and speak English, be U.S. citizens, and may include those with prior service or deferred classifications for dependency. Mobilization centers will operate at central points with local draft-board coordination.
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Union News Service
Washington
Navy
Marine Corps
Daniels
Provost Marshal General’s Office
United States
Russian Monk Rasputin Killer Claims Visit to Wilson
Dr. Stanislaus de Lazevert arrived on a British liner claiming he was one of five men who killed Rasputin. He named four alleged fellow shooters now dead, identified none by full name, and said he sought a face to face with President Wilson over the Serbian situation.
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Atlantic
Gregory Rasputin
Stanislaus de Lazevert
de Lazevert
Dimitri Pavlowski
M. Touchetone
M. Pourischk
American Ship Buena Ventura Sunk Near Corunna
Three officers and 27 crew members of the American steam er Buena Ventura have arrived. The vessel was torpedoed with 64 crew missing from the three boats. She had come from Bordeaux after unloading petroleum from Philadelphia and measured 4,881 gross tons belonging to United States Steel Products Co.
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Corunna
Spain
Bordeaux
Philadelphia
United States Steel Products Co
Explosion at Woellersdorf ammo plant kills 382 workers
Vienna papers report 382 people killed and many injured in a Woellersdorf ammunition factory blast near Vienna. Fire started in the powder room and the heat overwhelmed those in the flame-wrapped building, with most victims said to be young women.
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Amsterdam
Woellersdorf
Vienna
Finland Opens Borders to Refugees from Petrograd Riot
Helsinki officials announce Finland will admit Russian, English, American and Italian refugees on humanitarian grounds due to anarchy and murder in Petrograd and the vulnerable state of much of the population.
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Helsingfors
Finland
Petrograd
Tail Spin Claims Royal Flyer in Indiana Crash
Indianapolis, Ind. Captain J J Hammond of the British Royal Flying Corps who arrived with Brigadier General Charles Lee and the British air mission was killed instantly in a landing attempt near the Speedway. John Lawrence Kinder of Greenfield Ind. also died and Lieutenant Roy Pickett American aviator was seriously injured.
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Indianapolis
Ind
J. J. Hammond
Royal Flying Corps
America
Charles Lee
British Air Mission
Speedway
John Lawrence Kinder
Greenfield
Roy Pickett
Impressive Silence at Djemaat Mosque Shrine
In Karawan a white mosque shelters a silent tomb of a servant of the prophet. Pilgrims and acolytes tread softly, rugs from Persia cover the floor, and jeweled sunlit windows glow as muted lamps burn in ostrich egg shells. The hush, born of reverence, contrasts with bustling markets outside. Chicago Daily News notes the paradox of a militant creed building such a tranquil shrine.
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Djemaat
Karawan
Red Sea
Bay of Bengal
Mohammed
Persia
Mussulman
Chicago Daily News
Copying Wasp Pottery
The wasps of the family Bunmeni dae are potter-wasps forming globular clay cells on twigs and filling them with caterpillars. A single egg is laid per cell. Prof. C T Mason notes Indian vessels and baskets mirror these cell shapes and suggests deliberate imitation by the aborigines.
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C.T. Mason
Work Savers for Kitchen Spills and Rust Prevention
The passage advises using newspapers on the kitchen floor to catch spills and splatters. It recommends burning papers in inactive summer ranges to prevent dampness and rust, or using a waste basket to dispose of them for gas ranges.
Hottest Deserts Compared Across Regions
The Sahara lies between parallels 10 and 0 as the hottest area globally, while the Hyperabad region in the Sid desert of India is described as even hotter. Summers reportedly bring shade temperatures above 125 degrees.
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Sahara
Hyperabad
Sid Desert
India
Cables Improve With Age in Grounded Cables
A study finds insulation resistance of telephone cables in the ground increases with age as moisture dries out.
Cincinnati Markets Show Hay and Grain Prices
The Cincinnati market listings detail hay, grain, oats, corn, butter, eggs, poultry, and live stock prices. Entries include timothy and clover hay grades, various oat and corn quality, butter and egg quotes, and cattle hogs sheep valuations with range figures for shippers and butchers.
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Vladivostok
Sibera
Ward
U. S
Gen
Marines
President Wilson
Wasp
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