British Capture 25 000 Turkish Prisoners in Palestine
The war office announced that 25,000 Turkish prisoners and 260 guns were captured by General Allenby in Palestine. The Seventh and Eighth Turkish armies were wiped out with their transport, and Jordan river passages at Jezreel Damieh seized. The last Turkish escape avenue was closed as fighting continued in the region.
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Allenby
Palestine
Jordan River
Jezreel Damieh
London
War Office
Jordan
Jezreel Wamieh
Servians widen Balkan advance despite German aid
London reports that Serbians pushed twenty miles in two days, raising total gains to 50 miles since the offensive began. About 10,000 prisoners and 120 guns were captured unofficially. The Serbs took the Drache Wwisko ridge and cut Bulgarian communications between Krivolak and Prilep as cavalry wiped out slower infantry. Fifteen more Servian villages were liberated and forces reach the Vardar river between Krivolak and Demikapur, disrupting Monastir front supply lines.
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London
Balkan
Drache- Wwisko Ridge
Krivolak
Prilep
Demikapur
Vardar
Monastir Front
Turks Trapped by British After Jordan Crossing
Ten Turks, last of their divisions, are cornered by British forces in Palestine after crossing the Jordan at Damieh. Dispatches report 25 prisoners taken. overall 10,000 Turks are in danger of capture as scattered units abandon transport and support outfits.
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London
Palestine
Jordan
Damieh
Italians Gain in Balkans Progress Reported
Italian troops clash with the Allies in the Balkans and advance an average of 12 kilometres along the left and center. The Rome war office reported today that Mount Bobiste and surrounding areas saw numerous prisoners taken as the Italians pushed forward.
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Balkans
Rome
Italian War Office
Mount
Bobiste
Investigate Wheat Price Proposed by House to Study Wheat Cost
Washington report states the House ordered an investigation into the price of wheat after a recommendation to raise the price from 2.20 to 2.46 a bushel. The resolution, moved from future committees, calls upon the rural advisory board and Secretaryyuston’s proposal to examine wheat pricing.
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Washington
House Toy
House Future Committees
Ti Rural Advisory Board
Yuston
Archbishop Ireland Sinking in St Paul Diocese
Archbishop Ireland of the St Paul diocese died today after a long illness. Physicians have given up hope as high churchmen from various regions gather at the archbishop’s bedside amid grim reports.
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Ireland
St. Paul, Minn
Diocese of
St. Paul
Metal Prices Hold Ground in New York Market
Metal prices remain unchanged in New York with spelter easing as buyers note East Sept. 9.30 to 9.40 and to 86 for East Sept. 9.30 to 9.40, while November contract sits near 9.10.
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New York
East
Prediction of bone dry rider adoption in war time bill
Washington reports that House leaders supporting wartime prohibition predict swift adoption of the bone dry rider in the 12,000,000 emergency agricultural appropriation bill. Lever notes the rider would enforce prohibition after June 30, 1919, with only a few hours needed for passage and conference with other amendments.
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Washington
House
Senate
Lever
House Agriculture Committee
United States
France
Italy
Spain
Congress
Selleck Case Continued In Norwalk Embezzlement Probe
Norwalk Sept 23 The Selleck embezzlement case against Chester S Selleck former treasurer of Norwalk s first taxing district was continued to next Monday amid new evidence. Bond to 10000 urged by prosecutor Hedgeman with same sureties Slau son and Van Hoosear protested by defense counsel Tammany. District investigations expand to irregularities tied to New York curb market and a note dispute involving 2000 against broker Benedict. Selleck formerly cashier at Fairfield County National Bank.
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Norwalk
Chester S. Selleck
Hedgeman
William F. Tammany
Clarence BE. Slauson
Fletcher van Hoosear
Edward J. Quinlan
Tammany
Selleck
New York
Fairfield County National Bankk
William J. Benedict
Judiciary Committee Head Names Probe Subcommittee
Washington Sept 23 Senator Culberson chair of the judiciary committee was authorized to appoint a five member sub committee to investigate brewing interests under the Jones resolution. The appointees are Senators Overman King Walcott Nelson and Sterling. The group will gather evidence on all brewer activities and report back to the full committee with its findings.
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Judiciary Committee
Washington
Culberson
United States
Overman
King
Walcott
Nelson
Sterling
Connecticut Faces Epidemic Influenza Spread
The State Board of Health reports Spanish influenza as epidemic across Connecticut with cases in nearly every city. Dr. John T. Black notes towns were slow to report, preventing definite totals. further spread anticipated this week.
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State Board of Health
Hartford
Connecticut
John T. Black
Public Health Commission of
US Submarine Losses and Ship Launches Update
Washington reports total US submarine losses since the war at 541,925 deadweight tons. In July and August this year, 610,775 tons of ships were launched, surpassing wartime losses by 68,850 tons.
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U. S
Washington
United States
Deserter Caught After Chase in Stamford
Stamford Sept 23 David Allen an alleged deserter from Camp Dix with home in Centerville Conn was captured by military police after a pursuit at the police station. Five shots were fired on the ground to halt him before his arrest.
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Pare
Stamford
David Allen
Eerek
Camp Dix
Centerville
Conn
Allied air raid targets German blast furnaces near Metz
London reported that on Saturday night British airmen dropped between 15 and 16 tons of bombs on German blast furnaces in the Hagendingen and Rombach areas in the Lorraine oil fields near Metz. Four German aerodromes were attacked in the same operation.
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London
Hagendingen
Rombach
Lorraine
Metz
Allied Gains and Hindenburg Line Shattered
A brief report describes Allied advances as the shattered Hindenburg line weakens the enemy second line in a narrow shaded band while the solid black line marks a prevent fighting zone advancing the war effort.
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Hindenburg Line
War Labor Board at Bridgeport to interpret Hidlitz wage ruling
Bridgeport Sept 23 The Joint Chairmen of the National War Labor Board Taft and Walsh arrived with examiners and investigators to interpret the Hidlitz wage award and end a three week strike by more than 5,000 munition workers. Workers sought voiding of delegate elections for a mediation convention. employers sought only interpretations to implement the award. The session met in the county courthouse and will assign remaining discrimination questions to examiners left to finalize interpretations.
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Taft and
Walsh
National War Labor Board
John N. Schultz
New York
Hugh Lavery
Fred Hewitt
Machinists’ Journal of
Washington
Walter G. Merritt
George E. Hawley
Mediation Board
County Court House
Cof
Conferees Strike President Bond Powers in McAdoo Bill
Washington Sept 25 senate and house conferees agreed to expunge the provision granting the president power to prohibit liberty bond transactions. As amended the bill allows only investigation and regulation by license for two years after the war to strengthen market and protect holders from fraud in bond transactions.
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Washington
Senate
House
McAdoo
United States
Revenue Bill Attacked Unconstitutional by Colorado Senator
Washington Sept 23 Senator Thomas of Colorado a finance committee member condemned the revenue bill as unconstitutional in the senate saying it would need a full rewrite. He objected to using mathematical tax calculations tied to bonds and warned that imposing 8 billion dollars would overburden productive U S agencies and invite disaster.
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Washington
House
Colorado
Senate Finance Committee
Senate
United States
Deaths at Camp Devens in 24 hours reach sixty five
Camp Devens Mass Sept 23 sixty five deaths from influenza in twenty four hours up to 7 am announced at the base hospital today. Daily discharges exceeded admissions yesterday and medical authorities say the epidemic is well in hand. Col Victor C Vaughn of Ann Arbor and Col William Welch of Johns Hopkins have been ordered to Camp Devens at the request of Lieut Col C C McCormack division surgeon.
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Mass
Victor C. Vaughn
Ann Arbor
Mich
William Welch
Johns Hopkins University
C. C. McCormack
German U boat Sunk After Battle With British Liner
An Atlantic port reports a German submarine sunk after a thrilling clash with a British steamer 600 miles off the Atlantic coast. The battle took place September 14 with over 600 shots fired. liner crew released from quarantine today describe a large shell hole on the British ship.
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Atlantic
Reign of Terror Still Grips Russia
Washington reports from the state department that Soviet rule in Russia grows harsher with mass executions in cellars and no trials. Peters, head of a vigilance agency, signs death warrants wholesale. British and French consuls are reportedly under arrest at home, while American Fenant Poole is at large and visiting detainees, praised for aiding friends.
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Russia
Hhahaved
State Department
Peters
Centemanary Commission Against
Moscow
Fenant Poole
Prominent Contractor Charged in Bridgeport Murder Case
Bridgeport man Joseph Doherty of Doherty & Brothers faces manslaughter charges after Frederick S. Mills of Fairfield died from a fractured skull suffered when Doherty struck him with a bottle during a hotel bar quarrel. Mills died in hospital. coroner's inquest postponed due to lack of witnesses as the case proceeds.
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Seopeenh Doherty
Joseph Doherty
Mills
Doherty
Bar
Phelan
Trawler Kingfisher Capsized Off Halifax
Washington reports the steam trawler Kingfisher Walifax torpedoed off Halifax on September 20 and captured by a submarine. crew members who landed at Quoddy N S heard three explosions but did not witness the sinking. The submarine had a straight bow and carried two six inch guns and four smaller ones.
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Washington
Halifax
Navy Department
Quoddy
N. S
America's First Air Gunner Credited Amid War Return
Master Engineer Joseph Bligh of the Fourteenth Engineers, the first American unit sent overseas, is credited with firing America’s first aircraft shot. He flew with an allied pilot and operated the gun before being wounded. While recuperating at a base hospital he suffered shell shock during a Hun air raid. He has been invalided home and soon learned his commission as a lieutenant was still valid.
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America
Joseph Bligh
Fourteenth Engineers
Bligh
France
Hoover Plans Blanket Draft Exemption for Aides
Washington dispatch reports Food Administrator Hoover seeks a blanket exemption under the 13 to 45 draft for subordinates in the national and state food administrations. Representative Madden claims Hoover advised state admins to urge exemptions, or to secure them directly, arguing it conflicts with national manpower needs.
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Washington
Hoover
National
State Food Administration
Representative Madden
Illinois
Madden
Pomerene Resolution May Not Be Reported Before Election
Senate grows certain the privileges and elections committee will not report the Pomerene resolution to investigate primary campaign expenditures in Michigan and other states before the election. Republicans threaten retaliation, and amendments propose federal official and employee involvement in contests, amid repeated quorum failures.
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Washington
Senate
Privileges and — Elections Committee
Michigan
Privileges and Elections Committee
Germans Prepare for Raid on American Lines in Lorraine
German forces opened a heavy barrage south of Haumont to pave a raid on American positions as American batteries replied with a fierce counter barrage. American patrols near Xammes and Villers captured a few prisoners while the sector remained quiet. Weather stayed rainy and unfavorable for combat. An ordered German notice signed by General Xylander warned troops against stealing American prisoners’ watches and rings, threatening severe punishment.
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Haumont
H. G. Wales
Lorraine
Xammes
Thiaucourt
Villers
Pont A Mousson
Xylander
Navy Uses Seized Whiskey in Navy Medical Dept Argument
Washington September 23 The seized whiskey near Seattle is used by the United States navy to support Rep Kahn of California in opposing the bone dry rider in the food stimulation bill He cites correspondence with Surgeon General Braistead showing the whiskey was turned over to the navy medical department for medicinal purposes Kahn argues beer and light wine should not be prohibited and condemns government oversight of nostrums containing alcohol despite public outcry.
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Kahn
Washington
Seattle
Wash
United States Navy
California
House
Braistead
Navy
Medical Department of the Navy
British Air Activity Shows Heavy German Losses
In two days 72 German planes were shot down and 27 destroyed out of control, with 96 planes destroyed and 38 driven down out of control over the week on the British front. A hundred tons of bombs were dropped and three days saw 12 raids on the Metz Sablon railway triangle. On September 16 British airmen set a record for aerial photographs.
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New York
British Bureau of Information
Metz-Sablon
Croft School Lumber Pile Traps Two Children
In Waterbury on September 23, 12-year-old Rocco Santorra, an eighth grader at Croft school, was crushed under a lumber pile that shifted during noon recess. Nine-year-old Ralph Ortone sustained non life threatening injuries. Both were transported to St Mary's Hospital as workers removed the debris. the lumber came from the old Croft school site adjoining the current building after a recent fire.
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Waterbury
Rocco Santorra
Croft School
Ralph Ortone
St. Mary's Hospital
Vanity of Riches in Boston Transcript excerpt
A Boston Transcript excerpt presents a speaker reflecting on wealth and happiness. He laments constraints from his wife, daughter, and doctor that prevent him from living as he desires, illustrating tension between riches and personal freedom.
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Boston Transcript
French Foreign Legion Officers Aid Fourth Liberty Loan Drive
Captain Chatenet de Gery commands 100 Legionnaires who arrived to back the Fourth Liberty Loan. The famed legionnaires, praised for fearless service, are in Washington to meet the president and then tour speaking routes.
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French Foreign Legion
Chatenet de Gery
Legionnaires
France
Washington
Stock quotations from Richter & Company Hartford opening
General demand for stocks at the opening of the New York exchange with limited supply. Studebaker rose to 48 1/4, Steel common 111 1/2, Marine preferred 104 5/8, Texas company 154, Mexican Petroleum 106. After initial strength, activity eased, with Steel capping at 111 1/8 as orders remained plentiful. American Sumatra tobacco weakened to 112.
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Bankers
New York Stock Exchange
Central Row
Hartford
Con
Charter
New York
Stock Exchange
Studebaker
Steel Common
Marine Preferred
Texas Company
Chicago commodities futures close report Sep 23
Chicago closing values show corn down 1 1 4 to 13 8 cents. Oats up 11 8 to 1 4 cents. Provisions overall lower. Corn October 146 5 8 to 1 2. November 144 3 8 to 1 4. Oats September 73 to 73 1 8. October 73 1 2 to 5 8. November 74 5 8. Pork September 40 85, October 41 565. Lard September 26 75, October 24 65, November 23 90. Ribs October 23 57, November 23 40 to 23 42.
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Chicago
Leonard and Lewis Set Tonight in Newark Ring Feud
New York September 28. A three year feud between Benny Leonard and Ted Lewis will end tonight in Newark as both men hold championship titles. The bout is billed as a real battle with high stakes for the rival pair and the future of the lightweight division in doubt.
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New York
Newark
Benny eLonard
Ted Lewis
U S Flyer Downs For Photographer
By E P Orr. While civilians lived under daily bombardment, a German recon craft over Nancy was shot down by an American aviator in a chasse plane. The Hun crash landed near Nancy after a sprint fight. observer killed, pilot slightly wounded. The German Rumpler was captured intact and displayed in the public square. Captain Charles Biddle of Philadelphia earned another credit in United States air service.
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E. P. Orr
Gersman
Mons
Nancy
Charles Biddle
Philadelphia
United States Air Service
Suffrage foes charge Wilson with betraying democracy
Everett P. Wheeler, Ames Constitutional League chairman, accuses President Wilson of pressuring the Senate to pass the Anthony amendment, saying the move betrays majority rule. He cites defeats of suffrage in eighteen state referendums totaling about 1.3 million votes against, and argues the president should explain how this aligns with democracy.
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Anthony
Washington
Senate
Ing
Everett P. Wheeler
Ames Constitutional League
Wheeler
Anthony Amendment Debate Sets Suffrage Vote Thursday
Senator Jones of New Mexico, chair of the women’s committee, said the Susan B. Anthony amendment would be taken up in the Senate and disposed of on Thursday. He noted no authorized plans for a postponement and clerks prepared pairs for senators expected to be away in Washington on the voting day.
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Jones
Washington
Senate
New Mexico
Womans Committee
Asi
Woman Saves Train Near Rowayton on Rail Road
Presence of mind of a woman saved a train from destruction on the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad near Rowayton last evening. She spotted a broken rail before the express due, notified her husband Patrick Savage a railroad man who flagged a train with a red handkerchief and word was sent to Darien station. Repairs were made.
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Norwalk
New York, New Haven & Hartford
Rowayton
Patrick Savage
Darien
Call For Political Investigation By House Panel
Washington September 23 Representative Frear of Wisconsin introduced a resolution calling the house judiciary committee to investigate the National Security League under the corrupt practices act. He condemned what he called pernicious political activities aimed at preventing the re election of representatives.
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Washington
National Security League
House Judiciary Committee
House
Representative Frear
Wisconsin
League
Preparing A Defense
In a Louisville Courier Journal snippet a defense theme unfolds with a quip about a woman who shot her husband. The dialogue hints at trial strategy while portraying defense angles and courtroom irony about the spouse’s alleged needs.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
Lost lavalliere seeks owner in Main Street stores
A lost lavalliere with two small cameos was reported on Main Street or in Middle Town stores. A reward is offered for their return to Mrs. Walter W. Paddock, contact telephone 693.
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Middle Town
Lavalliere
Walter W. Paddock
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