Notable Victory Won East of Ypres in Advance
British forces on the Belgian front attacked east of Ypres at 6 40 this morning reporting satisfactory progress and captur ing valuable positions. The advance centers between the Ypres Roulers railway and Hollebeke with heavy fighting in Inverness Copse Nuns Wood and Glencorse Wood as Turkish troops are cited aiding Austria in the Corso front.
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London
Ypres
Haig
France
Belgiuum
Taig
Ypres-Roulers
Hollebeke
Invernes Copse
Nuns Wood
Glencorst Wood
Teuton
Menin Road
Flanders Battlefront
Ypres-Raulers
Ypres-Menin
Flanders
Belgium
Crown Prince
Rupprecht of
Bavaria
North Sea
Zeebrugge
Neuport
Ostend
Roulers
Courtrai Fron
Rome
Corso
Austria-Hungary
Paris
Mitchel Wing in Mayoralty Rage by Close Margin
New York Sept 20 Mayor John Putfroy Mitchel fusion candidate for re election won the Republican mayoralty nomination in yesterday's primary by a narrow margin. With only two districts remaining out of 2060 the vote stood Mitchelote 36646 Bennett 35527 as the margin narrowed to roughly 1100 votes.
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New York
John Putfroy Mitchel
William M. Bennett
Mitchelote
Bennett
Burlington Bans People’s Council Meeting Shocked by Officials
In Burlington Iowa on September 20 a plan to organize a People’s Council failed after Adj. Gen Guy E Logan deputy marshal F C Hendrix and Des Moines County Sheriff Harnest with deputies ordered no speeches and closed the meeting. About 1500 attended two thirds sided with authorities. Schuirmann claimed the governor ordered the meeting cancelled and a five minute demonstration followed. No arrests were made.
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Burlington
People’s Council
J. F P. Schuirmann
Adj
Guy E Logan
Iowa
F. C. Hendrix
United States
Des Moines
Harnest
Schairmann
Schuirmann
Harding
Aitho
Eight Big Ships Sunk in Past Week
London reports a weekly British admiralty tally showing eight ships over 1,600 tons, twenty under 1,600 tons, and one fishing boat lost to submarines and mines since unrestricted submarine warfare began, versus twelve large and ten small ships the prior week. American steamer Pisturia torpedoed by a German submarine on Sept 15. forty-five survivors landed. captain and eight crew drowned. 16 Americans aboard.
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London
British Admiralty
Pisturia
Standard Oil Company
Andrea
Platuria
Leslie
Jersey City
N. J
France backs U S aims and peace talks stance
Paris Sept 19 premier Painleve told the chamber he sought Socialist cooperation but failed. vows to fight intrigues and foreign influence while upholding censorship. Alexander Ribot said France’s war aims and allies’ accord are ready for publication, agreeing to form a society of nations with guarantees.
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Paris
Painleve
Chamber of Deputies
Frederic Brunel
Wilson
Albert Thomas
Chamber
Society of Nations
France
Alexander Ribot
Mr. Ribot
Pope Benedict
M. Ribot
Petrograd
Woman Falls From Rock Island Train Near Vinton
A woman residing in Vinton fell from the steps of Rock Island passenger train No. 19 just after midnight. The train slowed on a hill causing her to think Vinton was the next stop. She escaped unharmed after climbing back aboard.
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Vinton
Rock Island
Temperature report and advertisement note
Summary of daily temperatures supplied by Buchanan Optical Co shows midnight readings 64 with daytime values around 62 to 74 and historical ranges listed from 1911 to 1926. The fragment includes an ad for San Felice cigars labeled Great 5 Cigar.
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Buchanan Optical Co
Bliss Named Likely Next Chief of Staff
Washington Sept 20 Secretary Baker announced an imminent chief of staff decision. Maj Gen Scott reaches retirement age this month and may stay in active service with a field command. Maj Gen Tasker H Bliss, currently assistant chief of staff, is expected as his successor.
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Washington, D. C
Baker
Scott
Taskler H. Bliss
Delivery backup notice for late newspapers
If the paper is not delivered by 6 o clock call 3330 for a copy. After 6 20 call telephone No 2 for assistance.
Argentine Senate votes to break with Germany amid Luxburg dispute
A Swedish protest over the Luxburg incident and Berlin abuses of Sweden prompted by Allen telegrams. The Argentine senate, 23 to 0, moves to sever relations with Germany. debate continues in the chamber of deputies. Washington acknowledges the move could shift South American opinion and affect grain and meat exports to neutrals. Cronholm denies promises of a German decoration or supplying information on enemies in Mexico.
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London
Stockholm
Reuter’s Limited
Berlin
Germany
Luxburg
Sweden
Buenos Aires
Argentine Senate
Thes
Chamber of Deputies
Washington, D. C
Washington
Argentina
Althois
State Department
Cronholm
Mexico City
Tjolke Cronholm
Legation
Associated Press Today
von Eckhardt
Mexico
Lansing
von Eckhart
Farmer's Wife In Insanity Slays Self At Home
Cedar Rapids Sept 20 Mrs William Augustine 57 wife of a retired farmer in Center Point used four sharp blades to cut her body and sever major vessels in a bid to die after drafting an incoherent note. She completed the act in her bedroom then died before her husband could return. Survived by husband and two children. Insanity believed to be the cause.
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Cedar Rapids
William Augustine
Center Point
German Reply to Popes Note On Its Way
Berlin dispatch reports Germany will not specify Belgium in its reply to Pope Benedicts peace proposals. Officials expect the note to arrive in Munich tomorrow and leave Belgium terms in abeyance to aid papal mediation. Gasparri cites delayed central Powers reply not yet at the Vatican.
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Berlin
London
Benedict
Germn
Belgium
Baljoon
England
Munich
Germany
Rome
Cardinal Gasparri
Associated Press
Vatican
Jeff Herlin
Switzerland
Gasparri
Wiliam
Riga
Great Britain
Holy See
Times
Balgium
Atlantic
France
Jhee
United States
Righ
Wilhelmstrasse
Thompson aid held for confidence game
Chicago officials report Francis A. Becker, an alleged political lieutenant of Mayor William Hale Thompson, and Willis Melville were indicted on conspiracy and operating a confidence game. The three counts allege conspiracy to mulct Louis A. Berger out of $500 for restoration of his saloon license. Bond set at $7,500 each. JE Tovar Broadleaf Havana Se Cigar.
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Chicago
Francis A. Becker
William Hale Thompson
Willis Melville
Cook County
Becker
Melville
Louis A. Berger
Lcense
New Peace Intrigue Seen by London Papers
London papers report a German press and official effort to spark a new peace maneuver. The Daily Mail warns against pacifists, praising Allied resolve to crush Prussian militarism. The Times notes Germany’s peace notes amid Allied and American involvement, insisting on no return to the status quo.
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Germany
London
Sloan
Daily Mall
Friends of Peace
The
Daily Mail
Wilson
Duffie
United States
Jour
Mobilization of National Army Nears Completion
The first arrivals in the second increment of drafted men began at Carp Dodge cantonment as 4,000 recruits were expected today and about 10,000 more tonight. Eleven barrack sections prepared for sleeping rooms, cooking ranges to be installed soon, and the full second increment of over 18,000 men anticipated in camp. Each man registered received hats, shoes, shirts, blankets, bedding, and mess equipment. The Washington mobilization continued with 200,000 called to colors, many arriving by special trains as cantonments opened, meals provided at stations, and initial medical examinations and provisional company organization forthcoming.
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Bes Maines
Carp Dodge
Manding
Washington
D. C
National Army
War Department
Hot Debate on Higher Postage for Newspapers
Washington Sept 20 Conferees on the 11 billion war credits bill adopted the conference report today without a roll call. House and final enactment expected tomorrow. The postage section remains unsettled as conference leaders clash over a general zone system versus the senate’s stance for no more than a quarter of a cent per pound increase. The disagreement sparked heated discussions as meetings continued.
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Washington, D. C
Senate
House
Washington
D. C
Will of Joshua Robinson Bequeaths 500 to Salvation Army
Joshua Robinson leaves five hundred dollars to the Salvation Army for a site and building and another five hundred to nurse Miss Frances Walton who tended him. Miss Elsie B. Clor, training at Des Moines Methodist hospital, receives one hundred dollars. Executor Stewart Cooke would take twenty two percent of the residue with the rest divided among other relatives.
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Salvation Army
Joshua Robinson
Army
Frances Walton
Robinson
Elsie B. Clor
Methodist
Des Moines
Stewart Cooke
Independence
American Army to Field Gas and Fire Attack Forces
Army orders disclose full training of gas and flame capable units for France. Each army will include engineer regiments, mining, water supply, construction and supply detachments, multiple workshop, topographical, road and forestry battalions, and specialized railway engineers. Line of communications units feature pontoon, railway, and service battalions with infantry training but limited armament during training.
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Washington
Dpd. C
France
Radicals Seize Power in Petrograd as Council Dominates
Petrograd dispatch reports Bolshevik influence growing in soldiers and workmen councils in Petrograd and Moscow. An ultra socialist program prompts resignations from the Workmen's Council executive, with leaders offering re election. Government hopes for stability amid reports of anarchic defaults in Vladivostok Tsaritsyn and Samara.
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Petrograd
Moscow
Tehezze
Skobeleft
Tseretelli
Tchernof
Mai Council of Soldiers
Workim
Kishk
Uton
Kerensky
Democratic Congress
M. Terestchenko
Pana
Two American Officers Awarded French War Cross
Brig. Gen. George B. Duncan and Maj. Campbell King become the first American officers to receive the French War Cross for acts as observation officers near Verdun during the offensive. It is unclear if they may accept the decoration.
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Associated Press
George B. Duncan
Maj
Campbell King
Sross
Verdun
Ask 225 Millions for Destroyer Fleet
Washington September 20 Secretary Daniels and aides outlined the navy’s larger destroyer construction plan to the Senate Appropriations Committee as part of the seven billion dollar war deficit bill. The immediate appropriation sought is 350 million dollars to fund the proposed destroyer program.
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Washington, D. C
Daniels
Navy
Senate Appropriations Committee
Senate
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Field Marshal Haig
Mitchel Wing
People's Council
U. S
Ays Painleve
San Felice
Gen. Bliss
Farmer
Court OF Arbitration
Thompson
Havana
Workmen's Council
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