Armistice talks rise from Paris as Bulgaria edges toward surrender
From Washington reports indicate Bulgaria may accept armistice terms and surrender to Entente forces. Military aims drive the response, with possible cuts to Turkish links and a path to attack Austria via Serbia. Parliament in Bulgaria approved an armistice, and officials consider Berlin alarmed by these moves.
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Washington
Tal
Supreme War Council
Ver“wees
France
Bulgaria
Turkey
Germany
Austro-Hungary
Austria
Serbia
Franhel d’Esperey
Macedonia
W D’esperey
State Department
Entente
Lansing
Hing
Garian
Gen
Teradow
Liapof Finance
Iet
Weather forecast for Washington on Sunday
The weather summary notes fair conditions tonight and Sunday with temperatures in the high 60s to low 70s. Moisture levels remain low and winds light from the west.
Armistice Talk Deepens Bulgarian Crisis in WWI
Washington reports the Allied reply to Bulgaria’s armistice appeal is definite and demands guarantees to shield Allied armies from a Teutonic ruse. If Bulgaria quits fighting, protections are sought. else Allies will press to wipe out Bulgarian forces in retreat.
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Washington
Allid
Bulgaria
Paris
Sofia
State Department
London
Balkan
Wilson
New York
Germany
Austria
Turkey
Junkers
French War Front Seizes Somme Py In Champagne Offensive
Paris reports on the Champagne advance as Poilus seize Somme Py and push north of Fontaine en Der Mois. French forces cut the St Marie a Py rail line and press the attack amid strong German defenses. President Wilson receives congratulatory messages as the Fourth Liberty Loan begins.
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John McHugh Stuart
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Paris
Champagne
Rheims
Argonne Forest
Nave
St. Marie-A-Py
Somme-Py
French War Office
Frech
Fontaine En der- Mois
New York
Wilson
State Department
Washington
Europe
France
Ferdinand
Pachitch
Servia
Brest-Litovsk
Alfred Capus
Figaro
Allied forces resume major thrusts in Flanders and Argonne
Charlton reports a new battle on the western front with the British second army and Belgian forces striking Germany in Flanders near Ypres. He notes three big Allied assaults in three days and estimates around 20,000 prisoners taken, with 30,000 in a week and 565 guns. Americans and French push a pocketing advance around the Argonne forest as Verdun areas see infiltration.
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Echo de Paris
Sofia
Bulgaria
Serbia
Greece
Germany
Berlin
Near East
Prudential
New York
Prudential Life Insurance Company
Ti Tiberty Boure
Frank Charlton
N.S
Flanders
Ypres
North Sea
Meuse River
Champagne
Cambrai
St. Quentin
Argonne
Meuse
Argonne Forest
Verdun
Hertling Resigns Reported Again in Germany
A Central News despatch from The Hague reports Count von Hertling possibly resigning as Imperial German chancellor for a second time. Kaiser has not accepted the resignation per another Hague dispatch. In Washington, sentiment grows to keep clocks an hour ahead through the war.
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London
Count von Hertling
Hague
Bonns
Washington
Congress
Servian Cavalry Pursuit Drives Into Bulgarian Lines Near Tsarevoselo
Advancing nearly forty miles northeast of Ishtik, Servian cavalry pursue the Bulgarians toward Tsarevoselo. Allied units approach Rado Vishta as French Greek and Italian forces press along the frontier. Serbs report capture of Radovishta and Veles with many prisoners, and movements toward Skoplje and Uskub continue.
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Earl Cleves
London
Ishtik
Tsarees Specio
Rado Vishta
Bulgaria
Lake Doiran
Strumnitza
Tsarevoselo
Belekamen
Serbia
Servian War Office
Rade Vishta
Saloniki
Kotchana
Veles
Skoplje
Uskub
Influenza Hits House Leaders Prompt Aid Measure
Washington reports Speaker Clark and Majority Leader Kitchin among influenza victims. Amid illness with two top leaders sidelined, the House rushed a joint resolution to appropriate 1 million dollars to combat the disease urged by Chairman Sherley as vitally important.
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Washington
Champl Clark
House
Chaude Kitchin
Clark
Kitchin
Sherley
House Appropriations Committee
Americans Renew Attacks West of Verdun In World War I front
American forces renewed their offensive west of the Meuse on Sept 28, advancing under favorable weather as tanks and aviation rejoin operations. German counterattacks failed amid heavy shelling and a night bridge reconstruction by American engineers near the Aire river.
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Verdun
France
Meuse River
tClorges
Argonne
Gesnes
Cierges
Montfaucon
Aire River
Allies Capture Enormous Week’s Prisons And Guns
London reports the Allies have captured seventy nine thousand prisoners and five hundred sixty five guns on four fronts during the past week. The estimate arrived from Allied authorities in the capital.
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London
Flanders Attacks Extend From Dixmude to Zollebek
Allied forces report ongoing Anglo-Belgian assaults spanning from Dixmude to Zollebek as operations continue along the Western Front with artillery and infantry actions.
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Dixmude
Zollebek
Allied Forces Advance on 15 Mile Front in Flanders and Picardy
London reports the Anglo Belgian attacks extending from Dismude to Zoliebeke with gains at Poelcappelle Hooge and Hill No 60. The second British army and Belgians seize over 10 twenty thousand prisoners and more than 200 guns, reaching the Douai Cambrai road as engineers bridge the Canal Du Nord.
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London
Dismude
Zoliebeke
Ypres
Poelcappelle
Hooge
Dixmude
Dixmude-Roulers
Hill No. 60
International
Cambrai
Flanders Battle Front
War Office
Picardy
Douai-Cambrai
Douai
Hindenburg
Cambrai Front
Flesquieres Ridge
Bourlon Heights
Havencourt
Epinoy
Oisy le Verger
du Nord
Sauchy-Cauchy
Canal du Nord
Tranport
Flanders
Blame Set on Engineer After Fatal Circus Train Crash
The Haggenback Wallace circus train wreck near Tran hoe Indiana last June killed 67 and injured 127. Engineer Sargeant of the passenger train that struck the circus outfit is blamed in the Interstate Commerce Commission verdict. He was asleep in his cab and is under arrest in Hammond Indiana.
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Washington
Tranhoe
Ind
Sargeant
W. P. Borland
Bureau of Safety
Interstate Commerce Commission
Hammond
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Big Asault
Mede
Benmy
Charlton’s Daily War Review
von Hertling
Tsarevosels
Rado Vishtu
Seerry Boups
Kitchin and Clark
Pershing
Foch
Marne
Montdidier Sailent
Juvigny
Liberty
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