Big Guns on Metz and Balkans Battlefronts
French and Serbian forces drive five mile advance on the Balkan front near Salonika as allied commands press through Bulgarian defenses. In the Metz sector American troops push mopping operations along the Moselle, preparing for heavy bombardments as German positions retreat. British and French flanking moves near St Quentin and the Aisne Heights continue, with Italians and French cited in major year’s victories.
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Frank Charlton
Balkan
Italy
Balkans
Salonika
Orient
Turkey
Constantinople
Metz
Moselle
Meuse-Mosele
St. Quentin
Aisne Heights
Macedonia
Albania
Where Will Allies Strike Next In World Conflict
Military critics debate the next Allied target after a series of offensives. Offensives began at the Marne on July 18, then pushed through Picardy and Flanders as French forces advanced between Picardy plains and the Aisne. Belgian actions northeast of Ypres and the American drive between the Meuse and Moselle marked recent momentum. only fringe fronts near the North Sea and Swiss border remained quiet in recent months.
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Marne
Picardy
Flanders
Picardy Plains
Aisne
Ypres
Meuse
Moselle
Bolsheviki Arranging New Treaty Amid Russian Turmoil
Washington reports the Bolsheviki government seeks a new treaty with central powers to gain German and Austrian support for regaining territory. Lenine quotes a Polish army joining Czecho-Slovak forces in Siberia, while Ukrainian unrest grows and central power plans weaken.
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Washington
Russia
Naew
Revolutionary Movement
Amsterdam
Nikolai Lenine
Bolshevikis
Siberia
Harbin
Ukraine
French and Serbs push on Balkan front near Salonika
Allied forces across the Balkan front report five mile advances on a twelve and a half mile front from Salonika. More than 3 000 prisoners and 241 guns taken as French and Servians clash with Bulgar and Albanian forces. Sokol ridge captured, Koziak reached by Jugoslav troops, fronts expanded toward Gradisnitza and additional ridges.
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Marne
Picardy
Flanders
St. Mihael
Albania
Macedonia
Balkan
Salonika
Sokol
Jugoslay
Koziak
Gradisnitza
Trnavska
Berevska
Brazdaska
Jugo Slav
Peace drive amnar peace drive amid united nations
U N S staff correspondent reports Washington September 17 1917 the central powers peace offensive collapsed only by accepting basic US suggestions for ending the war. President Wilson rejected Austrian ambiguity and ordered a firm stand that there will be no renewed talks or negotiations until Austria and its allies accept US terms. The move strengthens Allied morale and blocks pacifist appeals to negotiate. Secretary Lansing noted the official text would be sent to Vienna via Stockholm.
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John Edwin Nevin
U. N.S
Washington
United States
Wilson
Austria
Paok
Lansing
Vienna
Stockholm
Watson
England
France
Germany
Men Today
Rumor of Hohenzollern Abdication Circulates in London
London reports rumors that the German Kaiser may abdicate or that the Hohenzollern dynasty could quit. Washington officials say there is no confirmation and decline comment, though they do not dismiss the possibility amid internal and external pressures.
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London
Washington
State Department
LN. S. Service
Cardinal Farley Growing Weaker
Cardinal John Farley lies near death at his summer home in Mamaroneck New York as archdiocesan officials report prayers for the dying man during the night. He has been in a coma since Sunday and cannot speak after his illness worsened on the weekend. Monsignor La Velle Bishop Hayes Monsignor Mooney and Rev John Farley attend at his bedside.
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Mamaroneck
John Farley
Monsignor
la Velle
Hayes
Mooney
Allied and German War Dispatches Report Front-Line Shifts
London reports progress near Le Vergnier and Hullluch as British troops push positions northwest of St Quentin. Pershing notes limited action in the St Mihiel sector with prisoners taken. Paris confirms artillery activity north of the Aisne and a raid west of Maisons De Champagne with some prisoners. Berlin says German raids near St Hilaire Jonville repulsed while advances and setbacks occur near Meuse heights and Vaux Ailton. Bulgarian troops arrive behind the German front in France per Amsterdam intelligence.
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London
le Vergnier
St. Quentin
British War Office
Hulluch
Neuve Chapelle
Pershing
Washington
St. Mihiel
War Department
Paris
Aisne
French War Office
Champagne
Maisons de Champagne
St. Ullaire
Mont Sans Nom
Rheim
Bertin Oi
Berlin
Sert
Maumont
Thiancourt
Cotes Lorraine
Meuse
St. Hilaire
Jonville
Vaux Ailton
Laffaux
Hammont
Thiacourt
St. Hillaire
War cost bill swells as congress adds billions
Washington reports congress will add a total of 7.847 billion dollars to 29.791 billion already available for the U S military establishment. War Department requests 23.617 million more for selective draft, with total appropriations rising toward 37.129 billion. Some leaders expect tax and consumption measures to cover gaps beyond the current bill.
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Congress
Austria
Washington
United States
Sherley
House Appropriations Committee
Americas
War Department
Gen Crowder
Theurrat
Houst
City Editor Surrenders in Wife's Murder
New York September 17 Charles Chapin city editor of the Evening World surrendered to police after his wife Nellie Bee Chapin of Chicago was found dead from a bullet wound in a hotel. He had warned in a letter he planned to die and kill his wife, saying he feared a nervous breakdown. Chapin, 67, appeared weak at arrest and claimed no recollection of the case.
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New York
Charles Chapin
lEvening Orld
Chapin
Allied offensives in two wide theatres of war
Allied forces push on two fronts as British French and American troops advance in France and a Balkan thrust nears the Servian frontier near Lake Doran. The extent remains unclear but the offensive has already seized two lines of Bulgarian positions and may threaten Black Sea routes and communications.
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France
Balkan
Lake Doran
Black Sea
Turkey
Revenue totals for year reach enormous sums
Washington reports the fiscal year ending June 20 1918 total internal revenue at 3 703 254.05 after an increase of 2 909 693.01 from 1917. Income and excess profits taxes produced 2 083 585.53. Utah remains low at 2 505 000 in 1918 while West Virginia jumps to 45 549 000. New York Pennsylvania Illinois Ohio and Massachusetts top the list, contributing 1 868 271 000 or 65.8 percent of U S totals.
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Washington
Internal Revenue
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Utah
West Virginia
New York
Pennsylvania
Illinois
Ohio
Mass
United States
Death penalties for riots carried out in Texas
Six black men were hanged at Fort Sam Houston after court martial sentences for participating in the Houston riots. Presidential approval had been given to the military sentences. In Washington, an order extended fuel and Sunday prohibition restrictions to naval officials and their use of gas driven automobiles.
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San Antonio
Tex
Houston
Texas
Fort Sam Houston
Washington
Garfield
Aniels
Naval
Sunda
Prospect Park shooting witness statement in Brooklyn incident
A man recalls a fatal assault on his wife and a public safety item placed to the head in Prospect Park yesterday afternoon. He reports seeing a policeman after firing one shot, then leaving the scene. Armoy handed a 38 caliber automatic weapon to a policeman, as per statements.
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Prospect Park
Brooklyn
Mr. Chapin
Fire kills two at Barrett Morg plant in Frankfort
Two men died and several are missing after a blaze at Barrett Morg chemical plant in Frankfort. The fire caused an estimated 175000 dollars in damage.
Weather Forecast for Washington Unchanged Cooler Continues
The weather report from Washington dated September 17 indicates the forecast remains fair for today with continued cool conditions. A cool night is expected and Wednesday will stay fair with cooler temperatures persisting through the day.
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Washington
Penn
GOP Behind Wilson at Senate Reply on Peace Terms
Washington Sept 7 Senator Lodge of Massachusetts voiced Republican support for President Wilson in the Senate as he rejected Austro-Hungarian peace terms. He said the American people demand complete victory over Germany and Austria, insisting the United States will not argue about terms and that terms will be set after militarism is crushed. Lodge warned that accepting or debating terms at a table would aid Germany. The president’s curt rejection of the Austro-Hungarian note was praised as wise and decisive.
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Washington
Lodge
Massachusettes
Republican Party
Austro-Hungary
Senate
Germany
Austria
United States
Miners Strike After Garfield Urges Work Stay
Washington on Sept 17 reports that Shamokin coal fields may next to face the work or fight order as miners in district No. 2 quit to press wage talks despite a telegram from fuel administrator Garfield urging them to remain at work. Officials warn of personal responsibility if they refuse to return. In Mahony Valley the strike continues, 3,000 St Clair district members voting to stay at work, and Garfield predicts a swift settlement.
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Washington
United States
Shamokin
Garfield
Fel
Wilson
Bridgeport
War Department
Pottsville
Mahony Valley
St. Clair I
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