Turks Take On Palestine Coast In WWI Push
London reports British forces advancing along the Mediterranean coast of Palestine have occupied Taifa and Acre. Allied troops including Australian New Zealand and Jewish units pursue the Turkish army toward Amman, with total prisoners expected well above twenty five thousand. General Allenby’s campaign is described as highly successful against about one hundred thousand Turks, aided by well dug trenches and strong artillery. Field Marshal Liman von Sanders and his staff reportedly escaped capture by six hours.
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London
Eav Ivy
Mediterranean
Palestine
Taifa
Acre
Jordan River
Amman
New Zealand
Es Salt
Allenby
Reuter
Alenby
Caucasus
Liman von Sanders
Rhine Is Next Objective Of Allied Forces
Deserters and executions among Bulgarian troops are reported from the Macedonian front. In the Arras-Lens sector German forces attempt to eject British troops southeast of Gavrelle but are repulsed. British observers note Entente gains across France, Macedonia, and Palestine with Foch potentially unifying strategic efforts for a major advance.
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Rhine
Paris
Havas
Macedonian Front
Grman
Arras-Lens
Gavrelle
London
Fire at New Willard Hotel Sends Guests to Safety
Washington reports a blaze at the New Willard hotel early today. Police and fire officials probe the origin as damage nears $100,000 and hundreds flee, including VIPs and Vice President Marshalseury being guided to safety.
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Washington
New Willard Hotel
Marshal Seurying
Houston Riot Cases Closed With Hanging
Private William Boone of the Twenty fourth Infantry was hanged at Fort Sam Houston at daybreak. Twenty six other negro soldiers were sent to Fort Leavenworth for terms from life to shorter sentences. This marks the end of the Houston rioting cases.
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San Antonio
Texas
William Boone
Twentyfourth Infantry
Fort Sam Houston
Fort Leavensworth
Houston
Poole Ordered to Leave Russian Soil
United States Coast General Poole arrived at Hn singfors from Moscow and is bound for Stockholm. Secretary Lansing disclosed he ordered Poole to leave Russia a week ago.
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Washington
United States
Poole
Hnsingfors
Moscow
Stockholm
State Department
Lansing
Russia
Belgian relief drive calls for spare clothing
Belgians in Belgium and northern France need donated clothing. A local committee states one allotment for Bannock County equals two tons and urges immediate packing and delivery to aid war victims through the winter with the first campaign already successful and a larger second push planned.
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Belgium
France
Bannock County
Bar to Entry for German Women Near Camps
Attorney General Gregory announced a new order barring naturalized German women above fourteen from entering or living within half a mile of military camps or other prohibited institutions after October 5. The rule extends prior regulations that already restricted German males.
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Washington
Gregory
Salvation Army Lass Captures Organ Behind American Lines
In France near St Mihiel Salvation Army workers Captain and Mrs Holbrook followed the American troops. Their truck broke down in No Man's Land and Mrs Holbrook salvaged a small organ from a fallen enemy camp for soldiers' meetings. Lieutenant Luke, an American ace, continues to attack observation balloons after they are pulled down.
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France
Holbrook
Salvation Army
St. Mihiel
No Man’s Land
Villa Still Follows the Outlaw Track
General Justino Cotero and thirty other passengers died when Villa men raided a railroad train in Chihuahua. Seventeen wounded, prisoners taken, and 19,000 pesos plus passenger valuables and express contents looted. Villa reportedly led the bandits, who attacked a train between Bachimba and Horacasitas. Eleven women were killed and several women were among the captured.
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Laredo
Texas
Justino Cotero
Villa
Chihuahua
Mexico City
Bachimba
Horacasitas
Pessimist Sees Another Year of the Conflict
Senator Thompson of Kansas told the senate that Germany will require another year to bow, noting America has begun mobilizing the war and planes are arriving in France as fast as can be managed. He rejected claims that only one Liberty motor equipped battle plane was in France in July.
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Washington
Thompson
Kansas
Senate
Germany
America
Pep
Fand
Herlin
France
President Wilson Votes in New Jersey Primaries at Princeton
President Wilson arrived in Princeton this afternoon to cast his vote in the New Jersey primaries. He was met at the station by a crowd of Princeton students and cadets from the aviation school.
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Princeton
Wilson
New Jersey
The
Aviation School
Official of Nonpartisans Admits Disloyalty in Idaho
Horace Mann, county organizer for the Nonpartisan league, testified under oath at the Gooding County Council of Defense meeting that he is a Socialist and California resident. He admitted opposing the draft, praising Bolshevik democracy, and authoring a 1916 Socialist book calling Washington a cancer to be cut out. The council voted to have him jailed by the sheriff and sought federal action. Mann awaits federal authorities in the county jail.
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Gooding
Haywood
Idaho
Washington
Mann
James captured after long manhunt for Rosie Johnson slaying
Joe James was captured about 7 30 pm two miles west of Gibson siding by Sheriff Geo Mabey after a 48 hour manhunt aided by Blackfoot and Fort Hall authorities. He confessed after initial denial stating motive was jealousy over Rosie Johnson and promises to another man.
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Joe James
Rosie Johnson
Geo. Mabey
Gibson Siding
Sheriff Mabey
Bendixson
Blake
Smith
Blackfoot
Fort Hall
Pocatello
Widual
James
Mabey
Rosie’ Johnson
Johnson
Sheri Mabey
Allied Offensive Advances In Palestine Macedonia And France
Allied forces under General Allenby push beyond the Palestine rout with new gains as Haig tightens the siege of St Quentin. In central Macedonia the advance continues despite German and Bulgarian resistance while Serbians cross the Vardar and threaten Bulgarians near Gradsko and Prilep in the Doiran region. Turkish and Hedjaz pursuit continues as Es Salt is reached and Bulgarian retreat accelerates toward Strumnitsa.
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Associated Press
Palestine
Macedonia
France
Entente
Allenby
Haig
St. Quentin
Vermand
Jordan
Es Salt
Hedjas
Vardar
Monastir
Prielep
Gradsko
Uskub
Lake Doiran
Strumnitsa
Bulgarian Macedonia
Prilep
Veles
Usekub
Balkan Front Advances Reported in Macedonian Operations
A British official statement describes Greek forces in the Dorian region joining Franco Greek units to the west. They pursue retreating Bulgarians and have advanced ten miles up the Vardar toward Smokvitsa, reaching Bazarlı three miles north of Laue Dorian.
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Rondon-Angie
Smokvitsa
Vardar
Bazarli
Laue Doiran
British Press St Quentin Advance As Haig Reports
Haig reports British forces press St Quentin from the west and fight to British advantage. They are advancing in the Vermand and West Cambrai region, with improvements to the line north of Moeuvres.
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London
St. Quentin
Haig
Vermand
Slayer Captured After Police Hunt
Officers continued the manhunt for the killer until he was captured and jailed in the county facility last evening.
Bolsheviki suffer losses near Archangel during assault
Archangel area reports show Bolsheviki taking heavy casualties in an attack on American outposts. Eight bodies were found in a single heap at a forward position. Bolshevik wounded claim a shell from a Russo allied armored train killed twenty men aboard a Bolshevik train.
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Archangle
Associated Press
Archangel
Wage Conditions Considered at Joint Meeting
Washington notes a conference of manufacturers representatives will host Army and Navy officials to discuss enforcing labor agreements between government workers and employers. Labor leaders are to cooperate as plans aim to lift wages for low paid workers toward standard community or industry scale affecting about a million workers.
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Washington
Army
Navy
Booth Promoted to Major in Forty Fourth Infantry
Twin Falls Idaho September 24 Major Booth formerly an attorney in this city and active in state and county politics has been promoted to major to command a battalion of the Forty fourth infantry at Camp Lewis Washington A marriage to Edith Erma Lightfoot of Pocatello occurred last December making her a well known figure there.
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Twin Falls
Idaho
M. Booth
Presidio of
San Francisco
Fortyfourth
Camp Lewis
Washington
Booth
Edith Erma Lightfoot
Poatello
Arizona Registers Record High Male Population
Washington reports Arizona counted 52,870 men on September 12, surpassing the state’s earlier estimate of 49,794. The official figures reflect a notable increase in the male population for the period.
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Washington
Arizona Register
War Industries Board curtails bicycle production
The War Industries Board announces reductions in bicycle and accessory manufacture. Men's bicycles will be limited to 20 inch frames and smaller, women’s models to 20 inch frames and smaller, with racing and rider equipment largely discontinued.
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Washington
War Industries Board
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