Great Macedonian Drive to Cut Turkey from Hun
Washington reports a planned Macedonian front operation to sever Turkey from the central powers, crush Bulgaria, and free Serbia Romania and the southern Jugoslavs. It notes Bulgarian turmoil with Germany and Austria and mass killings of Serbs and Romanians, with Entente support from survivors and Yugoslavs awaiting freedom.
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Mayor of Ackley Retains Office After Court Ruling
Eldora Iowa September 18 Special Judge R M Wright Fort Dodge dismissed the petition to remove E M Breniman mayor of Ackley from office finding no evidence of misconduct in office. The trial lasted nearly a week with thirty five witnesses. The decision surprised Ackley citizens who claimed he opposed wartime measures and was pro German. Attorneys for five local leaders may appeal. The Gill Waterloo case against Breniman for oppression by an officer likely continues to next term.
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Motono Dies Former Japanese Foreign Minister
Viscount Jochiro Motono, once Japan's foreign minister, died in Tokyo from stomach trouble. A veteran statesman, he served as ambassador to Petrograd and as minister at Paris and Brussels, and participated in the Hague Conference of 1890. He resigned as foreign minister four months ago.
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Save Your Straw Hat Lids In War Industry Order
Washington dispatch notes the war industries board orders on straw hats urging no new styles next season and limiting crown height brim width and trims to meet projected demand. Meuns straw hats are spotlighted as the item under conservation rules for manufacturers.
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Volunteers In Navy and Marines To Be Allowed
Washington orders local draft boards to permit voluntary induction of registrants into the navy and marine corps with state quotas allocated for naval needs. Men may be drafted if voluntary inductions fall short. calls emphasize English fluency and U.S. citizenship for naval service. Special calls will target technical or educational qualifications, filled by local boards as with army calls.
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Redfield outlines canal system linking youth to East
The Associated Press reports Secretary Redfield recommends a government owned deep sea level canal network from Massachusetts to the South Atlantic states. He cites wide commercial and strong military value and urges permanent federal acquisition of the Cape Cod and Chesapeake and Delaware canals with early New Jersey sea level construction. Premier Orlando arrives in Paris amid Franco Italian talks.
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House Passes Excess Profits Division in War Revenue Bill
The House approved the excess profits division of the war revenue bill and acted on the excess profits schedule. It follows approval yesterday of income tax provisions for individuals and corporations, with an estimated 2.376 billion to be derived from income taxes as the bill moves forward.
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Wreck Kills Soldiers After Marshfield Train Crash
Springfield dispatch reports a head on collision near Marshfield Mo between a troop train and a freight. Dozen or more soldiers likely dead, 50 seriously injured. Victims from Colorado Minnesota Missouri Illinois Iowa Nebraska West Virginia. Death toll and exact figures to be determined as wrecking crews remove bodies and assess damage.
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Wife Slayer Indicted For Murder In New York
Charles E. Chapin city editor of the New York Evening World confessed to shooting his wife two days ago and failing to kill himself. He was indicted today for first degree murder.
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American Crew of Torpedoed Vessel Land at Irish Port
The crew of the Dora, an Austrian freight steamship seized by the United States after war was declared, were landed at an Irish port on Tuesday by an American steamship. The Dora was torpedoed and sunk about 107 miles off the French coast. the Austrian crew was saved with one sailor hurt.
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Belgium Refuses H In Peace Amid Allied Sanctions
Paris dispatches report the Belgian government, after talks with the Allies, will reject a presumed separate peace offer from Germany. Berlin dispatches and London reports indicate Germany sought Belgium’s neutral status for the war’s end, use of its influence to reclaim colonies, and restoration of prewar trade, with no admission of fault or reparations.
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Peace uprising or Reichstag meet forecast
Berlin rumors say Reichstag may stage another peace demonstration like July 1917 as terms of a peace resolution are drafted by majority leaders with the imperial chancellor while the Reichstag convenes. Prisoners in Lorraine front camps show discouragement at peace being far off unless Germany admits defeat. Labor may back Wilsons 14 points at inter allied conference.
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Questionnaires Start Today for Men Under Widened Draft Limit
Washington Sept. 18 Associated Press reports that draft boards began mailing questionnaires to about 409,080 men aged 19 to 36 who registered last Thursday. Ten percent will be mailed daily until all forms go out. British and Canadian subjects will not receive questionnaires. Registrants have seven days to return them, though most forms are expected back sooner.
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Plague Dosing Ad Premier Coming in Message
In London on September 18 the Ad premier Lloyd George sent a telegram to General Pershing replying to his Lorraine victory telegram. The message says the American army will supply occasional doses of the same medicine until final victory and hopes the general recovers from illness. The item appears amid Havana cigar advertisements.
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Americans Repel Enemy Near Tagkerg and Vandieres
The report details Allied success near Vandieres with haig Haig advances northwest of St Quentin and 1500 German prisoners. It notes U S forces in London and Lorraine repelling German infantry attacks west of the Moselle, with 884 sick and wounded Americans landed in the U S the prior week.
Davis to Take Legateship in Great Britain
John W. Davis of West Virginia, solicitor general, named by President Wilson to succeed W H Page as ambassador to Great Britain. Davis has arrived in Switzerland to head the American delegation at the Rarne conference on prisoner of war treatment and exchange.
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