New Orleans Man Held on Trial Over Young Girls Ring Scheme
Joshua Burtz a middle aged commission merchant faces trial after investigators from the Children’s Society exposed rings and mock marriages to lure underage girls to his Chartres Street business and apartment. Authorities say scores of girls, some as young as fourteen, frequented his premises as part of the case now moving toward trial. Burtz claimed innocence while noting many girls visited him and asserting they were good girls.
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New Orleans
Joshua Burtz
Commission
Forrest
Children’s Society
Thomas H. Agnew
Society For the Prevention
Herbert A. Rhodes
Burtz
Chartres Street
Ciminal
Oydras Street
Poydras Street
House of Goodepherd
Camp Street
House of Good Shepherd
Mr. Burtz
End of Aisne Battle Furthers No Decisive Victory
Allied forces endure heavy German assaults with immense casualties as battle lines hold. Paris issues reports of repulsed attacks along the Somme and Aisne fronts with little change, while Luftwaffe and Russian activity surface near Budapest.
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Paris
Somme
Oise
Aisne
Champagne
Argonne
Meuse
Woevre
Lorraine
Vosges
Pont-a-Mousson
Apremont
St. Mihiel
Spada
Verdun
Rheims
Varennes
Souain
Berry-au-Bac
Chemin Des Dames
Soissons
Chinese Troops Enter War Against Japanese Operations
Chinese forces blew up and destroyed a railroad bridge at Tayu Ho six miles west of Wei Hsien in Shan Tung. The explosion was heard in Wei Hsien as Chinese troops oppose Japanese military actions in the German leased territory of Kian Chau during Japan's campaign. Three hundred Japanese cavalry previously moved west from Wei Hsien along the railroad.
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Wei Hsien
Shan Tung
China
Tayu-Ho
Here
Kian Chau
Japan
Peking
Gulf storm warnings for Mobile and Gulf coasts
The gulf storm threatening Mobile intensifies and all port vessels are ordered to stay inside. Forecast calls for gale winds Tuesday afternoon or night along northwest Florida and the Alabama Louisiana Mississippi coasts. Weather Bureau advisory issued from Mobile via Washington telegram.
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Mobile
Safe Harbor
Florida
Alabama
Louisiana
Mississippi
Albert Ashenberger
Washington, D. C
Weather Bureau
Tsing Tau Fully Invested by Japanese Forces
Peking dispatch confirms Tsing Tau harbor is under complete Japanese siege as German forces evacuate the Waldersee line amid overwhelming enemy strength. German ships in the harbor joined the defense, while reports from Tsi Nan Shan Tung and corroborating Japanese sources detail the engagement.
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I Tsing Tau
Ty Associated Press
Peking
China
Kian Chau
Waldersee
Tsing Tau
Tsi Nan
Shan Tung
Tsing Tau Harbor
Italian occupation of Avlona rumors spark doubts
Rome reports rumors of an imminent Italian occupation of Avlona in Albania on the Adriatic coast. Officials deny any expedition is imminent and say Avlona has not been threatened, noting that Albania's broader Adriatic question absorbs focus.
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Avlona
Rome
Associated Press
Paris
Albania
Adriatic
Aviona
German Cruiser Emden Sinks Five British Vessels
The official news agency reported Emden has sunk four British steamers and a collier in the Bay of Bengal. The vessel was recent at Madras and Pondicherry, where it bombarded the port briefly.
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MEDEN
Associated Press
London
Emden
Bay of Bengal
Madras
Pondicherry
No French Warship Sunk at Cattaro Denied
The French admiralty denied reports that an Austrian cannon fired on a French warship at Cattaro. The embassy in Washington quoted the navy secretary saying the claim is entirely false and no French warship had been hit as of September 28.
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Cattaro
Associated Press
Washington
Navy
Admiralty
Cologne
Zeppelin bombs kill Russian children in Bielostok
A Petrograd dispatch reports a German Zeppelin bombed a Bielostok schoolhouse killing eleven children. The attack is described in the Morning Post, dated September 29, from London.
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London
Bielostok
Russia
Petrograd
Morning Post
Aviation corps ordered into greater efficiency
Washington reports a general order under the July act to boost army aviation efficiency. Unmarried lieutenants under 30 are invited to apply for extra hazardous service with a 59 percent salary increase. Immediate expansion of the aviation corps and more aircraft are anticipated.
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Associated Press
Washington
War Department
Million Tons of Coal Headed for Greek Navy via Mobile
A Birmingham sourced report claimed George Panagoutos announced in Chicago a purchase of one million tons of coal to be shipped through Mobile for the Greek army and navy. The information could not be confirmed Tuesday afternoon.
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Birmingham
Mobile
Greece
George Panagoutos
Chicago
Japanese Fleet Attacks Fort at Kiang Chau and Tsing Tau
An official report from Kiang Chau notes Japanese forces moved enemy positions toward Tsing Tau during September 27. Japanese casualties reached 150. German losses unknown with 50 captured and four machine guns. The fleet aided by ground forces attacked the Ils fort, accelerating the general offensive.
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Associated Press
Tokio
Kiav Chau
Tsing Tau
Ltis
Two Police Officers Sentenced for Rockville Centre Robberies
Mineola New York September 29 Two policemen Amos Veritzan and Rolof Petersen were sentenced to nine and seven years respectively in Sing Sing prison for robbing stores and residences in Rockville Centre while on night duty.
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Mineola
N._Y
Amos Veritzan
Rolof Petersen
Sing Sing
Rockville Centre
Russians Cross Hungarian Frontier Amid Retreating Austrians
Rome dispatch says Russians have crossed Hungary’s frontier at several points in Ung district despite Austrian reinforcements. Col Golewiewski reports Russian troops advancing near Argustoyo and Ossowietz with heavy artillery activity and continued prisoner and war materiel captures. Colonels Shumsky and Novoe Vremya note Carpathian successes may influence the campaign. Austrians face food shortages.
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Associated Press
London
Budapest
Rome
Exchange Telegraph Company
Ung
Hungary
Washington
Col. Golewiewski
Petrograd
Argustoyo
Ossowietz
Silesia
Przemys
Shumsky
Bourse Gazette
Carpathians
Nieman
Galicia
Novoe Vremya
Secretary Bryan Returns to Desk After Short Vacation
Secretary Bryan resumes duties in Washington after a brief vacation, signaling a return to post-absence responsibilities and ongoing government operations.
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Washington
Bryan
Germans Plan Antwerp Siege if France Victory
Reports from Rotterdam by London indicate Germany readies a siege of Antwerp within days if they win in northern France. Over 25,000 German naval reserves near Kiel and Hamburg await use on an improvised fleet should Antwerp and Ostend fall. Communication with Antwerp is nearly cut. exiled Germans and Austrians are expelled. Countermeasures depend on the France battle outcome.
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Antwerp
France
Associated Press
Rotterdam
London
North Sea
Kiel
Hamburg
Ostend
Germany
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Berlin
Bialystok
Grodno
Warsaw
Unghvar
Gulf
Zeppelin
American Aviation Corps
Aviation Corps
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