Allies Push Deep As Western Front Advances Near Metz
British and Australian forces seize outposts on the Hindenburg line in Picardy and advance near St Quentin. American patrols operate in Pagny sur Moselle, while French Serbians push on in the Balkans and Macedonian fronts. German counterattacks fail to halt the gains, with thousands of prisoners and guns reported captured.
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International
Picardy
Hindenburg
Balkans
Meuse
Metz
Pagny Sur Moselle
Hidenburg
St. Quentin
Hindenburg Line
London
St. Quen
Burg Line
Lempiere
Gauche Wood
Flanders
Gouzeaucourt
Arras-Cambrai
French Drive Progress at St Quentin and Front Holds
Paris Sept 19 The French say they have continued gains in the St Quentin sector while repulsing strong German counter attacks elsewhere. Near Moisy sur Aisne and on the Chemin des Dames front German assaults were broken up. French positions remained intact with heavy German losses. In the Vesle region the German attack was halted by artillery fire, and raids in Champagne and the Meuse heights were repulsed.
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Paris
St. Quentin
War Office
Contescourt
Aisne
Moisy Sur
Chemin Des Dames
Vesle
Champagne
Meuse
American Artillery Bombards Metz as Serbian Offensive Advances
American heavy artillery set fire to a factory in the fortified German city of Metz and shells burst in the city as aviators reported. The Serbs, pressing a new offensive, claimed to have advanced five miles at some points and to have beaten back Bulgarian forces. they reported prisoners, captured guns, and rapid reinforcements as they pushed forward.
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N. C. Parke
Lorraine
Metz
Washington
Legation
Italy and the Peace Note Denied by German Press
A Deutsche Zeitung report from Rome says rumors Italy seeks peace with the central powers lack foundation. In other items, Louise Nina MacGreggor and Kris t Albin Anderson, both of this city, wed Monday at the Swedish Lutheran church with C. E. Anderson assisting.
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Italy
the Deutsche
Austria
Deutsche Zeitung
Rome
Treasurer Out on Bonds in Norwalk Defalcation Case
Norwalk reports Chester S. Selleck, treasurer of the First taxing district, released on seven thousand five hundred dollar bonds after embezzling an estimated thirty two thousand two hundred dollars from the sinking fund. The district meeting adjourned to two weeks amid sinking fund confusion. Selleck to appear in city court September 23. James T. Hubbell appointed treasurer with a twenty five thousand dollar bond as two commissioners to co-sign checks.
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Norwalk
Chester S.selleck
Clarence E. Slauson
Fletcher van Hoosear
Carl A. Harstrom
Frank I. Jones
Royal Indemnity Co
Aetna
Selleck
James T. Hubbell
Investigation of Brewers Ordered by Senate
Washington Sept 19 a complete investigation of charges that brewing interests have been active in politics and tried to control newspapers was ordered by the senate. Senator Jones of Washington moved a resolution directing the judiciary committee to probe all charges with reference to A Mitchell Palmer and reports holdings by the department of justice district attorneys and the alien property custodian.
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Washington
Senate
Senator Jones
Judiciary Committee
A. Mitchell Palmer
Capitol
Department of Justice
United States District
Mitchell Palmer
Jones
Chapin Wants to Die in Electric Chair
Charles E. Chapin former city editor of the Evening World arraigned on a charge of murdering his wife. He reportedly said I want to go to the electric chair I am perfectly sane and I do not want a sanity commission. Chapin pleaded not guilty and was remanded to the Tombs with ten days to change the plea. The district attorney said lunacy commission would be opposed if sought.
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New York
Charles E. Chapin
The
Evening World
McKee
Sanity Commission
Chapin
German Statement Disproved on Mihiel Evacuation
Washington reports disclose a captured German order dated September 9 found on Tenth Division prisoners. It shows the German army anticipated the Pershing assault at St Mihiel and expected to repulse the attack, contradicting German claims that the evacuation had been long under consideration and ordered.
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Washington
Germany
St. Mihiel
Pershing
Adjutant General Resigns in New York
Albany Sept 19 Differences of opinion between Governor Whitman and Brig General Charles H Sherrill adjutant general of the state over the proper conduct of the adjutant general office led to the resignation today of General Sherrill The differences were irreconcilable General Sherrill said He also resigned as member of the New York State Defense Council and asked to be placed on the reserve list.
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Albany
N. Y
Whitman
Charles H. Sherrill
Adjutant General
Sherrill
New York State Defense Council
Kaiser Abdication Rumors Recur in Europe
London dispatch reports rumors persist in Holland about the Hohenzollern family troubles including claims the Kaiser is suffering from a mental ailment. The International News Service cites reliable authority as of this afternoon.
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Kaiser
London
Holland
Miners Return To Work After Major Shamokin Strike
Washington reported virtually all of the 30,000 miners on strike in the Shamokin anthracite district returned to work today. Twenty six collieries affected by the walkout were said to have resumed operations, ending the disruption.
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Washington
Shamokin
Fuel Administration
The more bonds you buy the fewer boys will die
An appeal frames bond purchases as a means to save lives, asserting that higher bond funding reduces casualties. It emphasizes patriotic duty and urges readers to contribute to the war effort by buying war bonds.
House Rejects 3 Dollar Tax on Raw Cotton
Washington reports the House voting 100 to 28 in committee of the whole against an amendment to the revenue bill. The plan would have taxed raw cotton at 3 per bale. Representative Moore of Pennsylvania sponsored the proposal, triggering strong opposition from Southern cotton states. Moore proposed an exchange offering an equal tax on raw steel inputs, while challenging Alabama’s Heflin to tax iron ore as well as cotton.
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Washington
House
Representative Moore
Pennsylvania
Moore
Heflin
Alabama
Brothers Held for Murder in New Britain
Erasmo and Joseph Peretta of New Britain were indicted for first degree murder in the killing of Frank Palmese on June 3. Palmese, stabbed and shot, identified the brothers before dying in hospital. They remain jailed pending trial. lawyers Noblee Pierce and P F McDonough represented them. Frank Casumanu of West Hartford pleaded guilty to assault with intent to murder and received 6 to 20 years.
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New Britain
Hartford
Erasmo
Joseph Peretta
Lucien F. Burpee
Frank Palmese
Palmese
Peretta Brothers
Noblee Pierce
Bristol
P. F. McDonough
Frank Casumanu
West Hartford
Fear of German Propaganda Worries Czecho Slovak Camp
In Stamford on September 19 local police investigated fears of propaganda stirring dissent at the Czecho Slovak concentration camp. Three camp members were seized for insubordination after officers left the station. A prowler was chased but escaped near bar racks before midnight. A Czecho Slovak soldier was stabbed in a saloon brawl in the Hungarian district.
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Fee
Stamford
Secretary Roosevelt Back From France Arrives in Atlantic Port
Franklin D. Roosevelt assistant secretary of the navy returns with naval and aeroplane committee members from France aboard a flag dressed vessel. A Danish prince is aboard. A guard of special policemen keeps back spectators as they depart by automobile to the railroad station for Washington.
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Atlantic
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Congress
France
Denmark
Washington
Cyclone Hits Groton and Mystic Regions on Sept 19
A cyclone began at Eastern Point around 4 pm and cut an eight to ten rod wide path across Groton Long Point Midway Station Mystic Old Mystic and into Long Island Sound. Several small buildings roofs and hundreds of trees were damaged including some eight inch trunks. Wires were down in many areas. Morton F Plant estate sustained damage from uprooted trees. Several people were struck by debris but no serious injuries reported.
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New London
Groton
Long Point
Midway Station
Mystic
Old Mystic
Long Island Sound
Morton F. Plant
Wool Buyer Appointed for U S Army Wool
Washington announces Abraham Koshland of Boston appointed to purchase wool for the United States army in Argentina and Uruguay. The Boston syndicate will be dropped once Koshland arrives in Buenos Aires. John Wilcox of Boston to assist.
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Washington
Abraham Koshland
Boston
United States
Argentine Republic
Uruguay
R. E. Woods
Koshland
Bennos Aires
John Wilcox
Port Authorities Convention Opens in Boston
Experts on harbor and river improvements from major U S and Canadian cities are arriving in Boston for the annual convention of the American association of port authorities to be held at the Hotel Brunswick tomorrow and Saturday. W G Ross of Montreal harbor commission and association president is among the first to arrive.
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Boston
United States
Canada
American Association of Port Authorities
Brunswick Tomoorrow
W. G. Ross
Montreal Harbor Commission
Association
Fehrenbach Predicts Armistice Before Winter
Amsterdam reports President Fehrenbach of the German reichstag predicted an armistice before winter. He spoke at Ravensburg amid reference to the enemy's war cry, according to received information.
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Winer
Ameterdam
Fehrenbach
Reichstag
Ravensburg
Clearing House Statement Reported Balances and Changes
New York report shows Sub-sa51 685 figures with $55,983,077 balances and 81,689 in changes. Hard-to-parse lines reference science or treasury items and overall totals from the Clearing House statement.
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New York
Tciences
J. P. Morgan's Daughter Threatened In Plot
J B Thorn a Lansing journalist janitor has been arrested for attempted extortion from J P Morgan and his daughter Mrs George Nichols. He allegedly sent letters over nearly two years demanding twenty thousand dollars claiming the Morgan family was inoculated with deadly disease germs that would cause their deaths in three years.
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J. _P. Morgan
George Nichols
J. P. Morgan
J. B. Thorn
Lansing
Mich
Morgan
Thorn
Labor Conferees Brand Austrian Peace Note as Blame Shift
At the inter allied labor and socialist conference in London on September 19, delegates condemn Austria’s peace note as an attempt to shift blame for the war onto the Entente. The resolution urges universal endorsement of Wilson’s fourteen points, rejects Brest Litovsk terms, and calls for nonrecognition of any peace that does not guarantee Russia’s freedom. Samuel Gompers of the AFL rejects captious criticism and pledges unyielding support for the Allied war effort.
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Entente
London
Inter-Allied Labor and Socialist Conference
Wilson
Brest-Litovsk
Russia
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Gompers
Italy Rejects Peace Note in War Aims Statement
Rome reports Italy has officially rejected the Austro Hungarian peace note mirroring the United States action. The government says the entente powers laid out basic peace principles including delivering Italian subjects from Austrian rule and protecting Italian nationality. Italy remains bound to continue fighting until these aims are secured.
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Rome
Italy
United States
Austria
French Foreign Legion Arrives to Aid Fourth Liberty Loan
Seventy nine officers and seven men of the French Foreign Legion, heroes from many nations, arrived at an Atlantic port to bolster the Fourth Liberty Loan. A guard of 22 French officers and soldiers accompanied them as crowds gave an enthusiastic greeting. They planned to proceed to Washington to be received by President Wilson and other officials.
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Atlantic
French Foreign Legion
America
Legionnairies
Wilson
Want Poland Recognized at White House Conference
Washington reports that President Wilson will be asked to extend U S recognition to the republic of Poland and pledge it to dissolve the Austrian empire as a war aim. The request comes from the committee on oppressed peoples led by Dr Massaryk and Ignace Paderewski after a New York mass meeting urging recognition of free Poland.
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Poland
Washington
Sept
Wilson
United States
Republic of Poland
Committee On Oppressed Peoples
White House
Masaryk
Ignace Paderewski
Hitchcock
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
New York
Czecho-Slovaks Harried by Bolsheviks and Germans
London dispatch reports the Czecho-Slovak forces in European Russia are hard pressed by Bolsheviks and Germans. In the Caucasus the Turks occupy Baku after Armenians refuse British defense cooperation.
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London
European
Russia
Baku
Caucasus
Advance on steel price sought in Washington
Representatives from major steel firms led by Elbert H. Gary James A. Farrell and others arrived in Washington today to seek a price advance for steel for the quarter starting October 1 before the War Industries Board.
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Washington
War Industries Board
Elbert H. Gary
James A. Farrell
E. C. Grace
HB. A. S. Clark
James A. Topping
A. C. Dinkey
Burglary at Lester's Clothing in Bristol
Burglars entered Lester's clothing shop on Main Street in Bristol last night and stole about 200 dollars worth of clothing. Police are investigating the burglary and reviewing nearby surveillance for leads.
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Bristol
Lester’s Clothing
Main Street
Lawyer Keeps Fighting Case Through All Means
A persistent attorney refuses to quit a case, pursuing every available legal avenue and strategy until all options are exhausted and closure is achieved.
Drowned Boston Doctor Edward Holmes Found Dead At Allerton
Dr Edward M Holmes a noted Boston eye ear nose and throat specialist and Tufts lecturer drowned today at his Allerton summer home. He was 50 and survived by his second wife Miss Lottie Crowell three children and his mother Mrs Emma Holmes. His brother in law Dr A E Holmes and Murray Crowell rushed to Boston after telegram news. In Hull bay the same day Edgar M Holmes throat and nose specialist and his 15 year old son escaped drowning when a canoe capsized near their power boat.
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Edward M. Holmes
Boston
Mass
Allerton
Tufts Medical College
Beacon Street
Back Bay
New England
Hull
Edgar M. Holmes
Edward
Hull Bay
Wesleyan Opens With Impressive Exercises At Chapel
Wesleyan University opened with a morning service in the college chapel. President Dr. William Arnold Shanklin welcomed students and introduced Professor C. T. Winchester who spoke in memory of former President Smith. Governor Marcus Holcomb addressed the students as the memorial window was unveiled. Army war effects appear in the senior class with only 19 of the expected 25 returning. About 350 undergraduates are anticipated this year.
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Wesleyan University
William Arnold Shanklin
C. T. Winchester
Smith
Marcus Holcomb
Wesleyan
Punishment for Sedition Seen in Wartime Struggle
The Springfield Republican argues long prison terms for sedition reflect a wartime duty to protect soldiers in France. It claims sentences deter home-based actions that hinder American troops and emphasizes restraining guilty individuals to discourage similar conduct.
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Springfield Republican
France
Where Labor Is Scarce
Leonard Kinnard of the Bell Telephone Company, via Rev. William M. Auld, relays a joke about two negroes in heaven and hell. In heaven one sobers with the question of labor as they discuss duties, while the other notes heaven’s long days and the shortage of help, concluding with a punchline about scarce labor.
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Philadelphia- Ledger
Leonard Kinnard
Bell Telephone Company
William M. Auld
Heaven
Hell
Sambo
Mose
Thrifty Housewife and Tramp Exchange A Nickel
A Philadelphia Ledger item quotes a thrifty housewife offering a nickel to a tramp at her door. The tramp jokes that buying a touring car or steam yacht would leave him no funds for a chauffeur or crew, so he plans to buy a schooner and manage it himself.
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Philadelphia Ledger
The Stars and Stripes Through Union Flags
The flag shows one star per state with the new star appearing on July Fourth after state admission. During the Civil War it bore 36 stars and today it has forty eight.
Why so many lawyers in this country asks Old Fogg
The Cincinnati Enquirer quotes the Old Fogg pondering the abundance of lawyers in the country. A humorous exchange traces the joke to a pun on per country, reflecting the light, witty tone of the period in which the snippet appears.
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The
Cincinnati Enquirer
Old Fogg
Admiral Mayo Arrives in England for European Tour
Admiral Henry T. Mayo of the American Navy arrives in England with his staff, touring American activities in European waters. The dispatch from London notes Mayo will oversee a tour of naval operations and engagement in European waters during his visit.
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Admiral Mayo
England
Henry T. Mayo
London
European
Stock Quotations From Richter & Company Hartford Bankers
Stock market report dated September 19 notes irregular opening but overall demand for leading issues. Marine preferred advances to 102 5-8, Southern Railway rises to 27 1-2, Steel common around 109 1-4, Baldwin Locomotive recovers after a dip to 87 1-2. Texas Company and American Sumatra rise, Mexican Petroleum dips then rallies, oil stocks under pressure, Marine issues strong, Atlantic Gulf & West Indies up to 103 1-2. Trading quiet afternoon with marine preferred strength and Industrial Alcohol moving around 115 1-4.
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New York
Southern Railway
Baldwin
American Sumatra
Texas Company
Distillers Securities
Atlantic Gulf
West Indies
Sumatra
Metal Prices: Lead and Spelter Steady in New York
Metal prices move with lead unchanged and spelter quiet. East St. Louis spot shows September bids at 9 3 8, with October at 930 to 940, and November and December at 9 1 8.
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New York
East St. Louis
Miss Bertha Lewis Weds William Bristol in Quiet New Haven Nuptials
Miss Bertha May Lewis married William H. Bristol of New Haven at the bride’s mother Mrs. Alice M. Lewis home on Grand Street. Rev. F W Greene performed the ceremony. Miss Alice Lewis was bridesmaid and James Carson of New Haven was best man. The groom works as a foreman with the Chester Fire Arms Co. After a brief wedding trip to Niagara Falls the couple will reside in New Haven. Only immediate family attended.
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Bertha May Lewis
William H. Bristol
New Haven
Alice M. Lewis
Grand Street
F. W. Greene
Alice Lewis
James Carson
Chester Fire Arms Co
Newaven
Portrait of a Lady in Antique Style
A descriptive verse depicts a lady wearing a lawn cowl with bound tabs and muted eyes. The figure features a cameo, lace ruff, square neck, Greek nose, polished braid, amber toned ears, and a pale profile suggested as a dagger between the hair.
2ATH Regiment in Annual Reunion
The 24th Regimental Association held its annual meeting in the Mid building marking the 1918 roll of honor and paying tribute to deceased President William H. Watrous. The gathering, with many missing, noted dwindling membership and offered condolences to Watrous’s widow while acknowledging Brig. Gen. Samuel Mansfield’s absence and vowing loyalty. A luncheon followed, cared for by the Mansfield Relief Corps.
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Assc V
Cc Collard Adams
C. C. Atwell R. Loveland
Samuel Mansfield
B. A. Hough
P. Glad
Se L Earver
Irving Stevens
J. Peters Pelton
Will H. Watrous
Henry J. Nearing
William H. Wacrous
Mansfield Relief Corps
Association
Frederick Kieft Visits From Schenectady and Local Notables
Frederick Kieft of Schenectady formerly resident and cousin of Tax Collector Kieft visits town. Leroy M Tucker of Westfield, shaken after being thrown from his team struck by a car at Arawanna on Mi day evening, walked out with crutches today. Esther Mittleman of Clinton Avenue marked her 19th birthday with a party and enjoyed the last year of her teens. Theodore Herrman, who studied at Wentworth School Newton Mass, passed his officers' school exam and was nominated for Camp Grant Ill after eight of one hundred men failed.
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Frederick Kieft
Schenectady
Kieft
Leroy M. Tucker
Westfield
Arawanna
Esther Mittleman
Clinton Avenue
Theodore Herrman
Wentworth School
Newton
Mass
Camp Grant
Ill
Tufts A C Organizes Foot Ball Team For Practice
The Tufts A C announces its upcoming season with first practice Thursday at 7 p m. Registered players include Wilson Skinner ner White Gordon Stolba Daniels P Debrinski A Debrinski Stefane Hoffman Coughlin Towner Petrof sky Magnano C Farrow and er. Meet at the corner of Ch and Hubbard streets. The club challenges any team in the city or state at 130 pounds.
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Tufts A. C
Wilson
Skinner
Ner
White
Gordon
Stolba
Daniels
P. Debrinski
A. Debrinski
Stefane
Hoffman
Coughlin
Towner
Petrofsky
Magnano
C. Farrow
Hubbard
Tufts A. Co
Registration figures in mid September totals
Washington reports Provost Marshal General Crowder announced manpower registration figures for September 12. Illinois registered 846,375 toward an estimate of 859,834 while Missouri registered 421,068 against 396,509. New York unofficially reported 1,3 L registered against 1,345,457.
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Washington
Crowder
Illinois
Missouri
Adjutant General of New
New York
Bristow and Lewis Win Marriage License
A marriage license was issued Wednesday afternoon to William H. Bristow of Branford and Bertha M. Lewis of Grand Street.
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William H. Bristol
Branford
Bertha M. Lewis
Grand Street
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