Fourth Liberty Loan drive nears deadline with mixed signals
Washington reports two days remain and a remaining 2.0 billion to reach the 6.0 billion goal as subscriptions rise in the last hours. Michigan hits quota while Missouri Kentucky and other states show progress though influenza and illness hamper many workers. Cleveland Kansas City and area totals are disclosed with state quotas and county breakdowns, as officials push to top the loan.
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Washington
Liberty
Treasury
Department
Michigan
St. Louis
Missouri
Kentucky
Mississippi
Arkansas
Cleveland
Toledo
Lexington
Kansas City
Kansas
Nebraska
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Germany replies to Wilson note completed as Reichstag session in doubt
Copenhagen reports Germany’s answer to President Wilson’s note is finished and the war cabinet receives hourly military staff updates. The Reichstag’s meeting is postponed amid political tensions as Amsterdam sources cite possible delay. In Fort Worth, Cadet W L Woodside of Amherst dies from injuries after a crash that killed Lieut R E Bightram four weeks earlier.
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Copenhagen
Germany
Wilson
Berlin
War Cabinet
Reichstag
Amsterdam
Fort Worth
Tex
W. L. Woodside
Amhert
Mass
R. E. Bightram
President Wilson tightens draft rules amid wartime concerns
Washington October 18 President Wilson pressed to shape deferred classification in the 1845 draft amid fears older age limits would harm economic life. Provost Marshal Gen Crowder testified before the House Appropriations Committee detailing planned expert advisers from labor agriculture and district boards to study employment shortages and advise on exemptions. The defense bill includes 20 million for draft expenses as figures move through Congress. Plenipotentiaries arrived in Athens to arrange Smyrna’s surrender to the Allies.
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Washington
Wilson
Crowder
House Appropriations Committee
Swager Shirley
Kentucky
Department of Labor
Department of Agriculture
District Draft Board
Gen. Crowder
District Board
Eagan
New Jersey
Ivolves
Marching mobs in Berlin sing Marseillaise
A Berlin demonstration in front of the Reichstag featured crowds marching through streets while singing the Marseillaise. The Amsterdam dispatch, citing the semi official Cologne Gazette, provides the details as the source.
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Berlin
London
Reichstag
Amsterdam
Cologne
Berlin Peace Demands Split German Leaders In Crisis
Washington reports rapid German political crisis as liberal leaders unite for peace on Wilson terms. Junker and war faction delay, while the Reichstag is expected to decide soon. Liberals could gain power to curb the Kaiser and shift foreign policy, with potential for reform or revolution.
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John Edwin Nevin
I. N.S. Stait
Washington
Germany
Junker
War Party
Reichstag
Wilson
Junkers
United States
Geramny
American Line Holds Crest North of Bois de Chavignon
Oct 18 report from Verdun area notes American forces advance north of Bois de Chavignon and Cote de Chatillon, entrench near the crest, with patrols in contact north of Chatillon and Landres St Georges. German small counterattacks along the front fail. dense wire entanglements and gas use observed. Yankee batteries reply vigorously in clear weather.
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Bert N. Ford
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Verdun
Argonne Forest- Meuse River
Bois de Chavignon
Cote de Chatillon
Krimhtelde
Batheville
Landres St. Georges
Cote de Chatillion
Grande Pre
St. Georges
Chicago Shuts Down On All Entertainments And Meetings
Chicago announces a broad ban on public gatherings including political social cabaret and outdoor events to curb a deadly influenza outbreak. The order, led by Dr C St Clair Drake, remains in effect until the epidemic subsides after 362 deaths and 2032 new cases reported yesterday in the city, with downstate areas also spreading rapidly.
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Chicago
C. St. Clair Drake
Influenza Commission
Salmon broker loses licenses for price violations
Washington Oct. 18 The Food Administration revoked the license of M. B. Block of Inneau Alaska for disregarding government prices on salmon. Block, a broker in fish and canned salmon, had regularly paid above the official prices and faces a indefinite license suspension.
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Washington
Block
Inneau
Alaska
Food Administration
Aw le
Serbian Troops Reach 95 Miles From Belgrade
Serbian forces occupy Krushevatz 95 miles southeast of Belgrade, per Balkan ops communiqué. Allies report taking Broussee as French cavalry advances on retreating Austro-German units. Nish and Prokuplje bombed by enemy aircraft.
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Paris
Krushevatz
Belgrade
Broussee
Kalina
Nish
Prokuplje
Turcoing Falls and Allied Advances on Flanders Front
London dispatches report Turcoing and adjacent Roubaix captured by British forces while Zeebrugge and Bruges are reportedly occupied. Allied push along the Seuse Canal and Lys river gains prisoners, with 4,000 taken between Bohain and Le Cateau. Belgian cavalry pursues retreating Germans toward Ghent.
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Earl C. Reeves
London
Bruges
Flanders
Zebrugge
Blankenburghe
Evening News
Turcoing
North Sea
Holland
Scarpe River
Arras
Thielt
Albert
Ghent
Zeebrugge
Lille
Havre
Ost
Belgium
War Office
Ostend
Paris
St. Quentin
French War Office
Oise
Voily Petit
Marehavenn
Mont Origny
Seuse Canal
Lys River
Douai
Bohain
le Cateau
Cambrai
Douai-de-Nain
Roubaix
Henry Bidou
Germans Quit Balkans as Austro German Evacuations Begin
London reports from Amsterdam quote Vienna advices that Austro German forces are beginning an evacuation of Serbia Albania and Montenegro as Bulgarian withdrawal and Serbian French advances push north through Albania and Serbia. A Berlin postcard to Amsterdam mentions “revolution” and Burian’s resignation. Washington notes partly cloudy skies with possible Saturday showers and cooler temperatures in the south.
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London
Serbia
Albania
Montenegro
Centuil
Amterdam
Vienna
Balkans
Paulgatia
Bulgaria
France
Servia
Berlin
Gard
Amsterdam
Daily Mail
Baron Burian
Washington
Magnitude of Allied Victory Grows With Drive Toward Ghent
By Frank Charlton, 1. N. 8. Cable Batter. Allied forces push into Belgium with Lille fallen and Ostend Bruges captured. Germans routed along the North Sea coast as American and British troops advance toward Wassigny and Cambrai. Serbians push toward Belgrade, now 95 miles away, as Zeebrugge remains contested and Verdun engineers distinguish themselves in hill 299 assault.
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Frank Charlton
North Sea
Erboo
Lille
Douvai
Cambrai
Guise
St. Quentin
Antwerp
Brussels
Mons
Valenciennes
Verdum
Amiens
Bainals
Belgrade
Many Prisoners and Vast Stores Captured Thursday
British forces and Allied units reported gains on the Western Front as American troops attacked southeast of Cambrai and Belgian patrols took Burges. One thousand prisoners were taken by French forces southeast of Bohain who also captured Voily le Petite and Marcharenses, with Donad crossing the Scheldte canal noted.
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John T. Parkerson
Staif
Osten
Burges
Douai
Cambrai
Donad
Scheldte Canal
Bohal
Voily le Petite
Marcharenses
Bohain
Marcharene
Voily
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Cirfrty
Smyrna
Athens
ERTV
Argonne Forest-Meuse River
Bois de Chavigne
St.aquentin
Liscery
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