Teutons Press British Lines In Heavy Attacks Across Front
German assaults push in waves against British positions at point blank range while Haig's artillery bombards fortress lines. French and German duels continue on the Aisne and Verdun fronts with Petain and Crown Prince forces under pressure near Craonne Beaumont and Hill 244. Russian gains south of Riga challenge German defenses as Mesopotamian fighting yields a British victory at Ramadie with thousands of Ottoman prisoners and stockpiles captured. Air raids by British and French crews strike Stuttgart Coblenz Frankfort and Treves.
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Planders
Crown Prince
Rupprecht
Bavaria
Field Marshal
Hlase
Ypres
Haig
Ostend-Lille
Ostend
Zeebrugge
Aisne Front
Verdun
Petain
Craonne
Beaumont
Hill 244
Samogneux
Ramadie
Bagdad
Stuttgart
Coblenz
Frankfort-on-Main
Treves
Abilene Resisters Deny All Charges In Draft Case
Federal court sessions in Abilene Texas focused on testimony from witness-defendants from Snyder as forty-one men charged with conspiring to resist the selective draft act testified. Members of the Farmers and Laborers Protective Association are alleged defendants. B OH Childress of Snyder testified he would aid railroads and RR J Jones said he never told members he would lead them into a bank to obtain funds to resist the draft act.
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Abilene
Tex
Snyder
Farmers and Laborers’ Protective Association
B. OH. Childress
RR. J. Jones
Farmers and Laborers’ Association
Weather Bureau Director Visits Mesilla Valley Stations
Inspects Weather Stations in the Mesilla valley on an inspection trip. Director Charles F. Linney of the United States Weather Bureau leads the tour and reviews meteorological facilities and data gathering in Santa Fe and surrounding stations.
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Santa Fe
Charles F. Linney
United States Weather Bureau
Mesilla Valley
New Mexico Draft Men to Carry Extra Bedding
Governor Campbell and Major General Wood agree that Arizona’s drafted contingent will carry two blankets or comforters during arrival and transit to Camp Funston. The directive follows reports of insufficient bedding and heating for troops stationed there.
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New Mexico
Y Morning Journal
Phoenix
Ariz
Thomas KE
Campbell
Camp Funston
Arizona
Leonard Wood
Wood
Chile Teeters On Breaking Relations With Germany
Chilean government circles fear a rupture with Germany as Peru seizes German steamers in Callao and Count von Luxburg is expelled from Buenos Aires. Guillermo Mackenna warns in Mercurio that failure to sever ties would mark Chile’s break with civilized nations in the western hemisphere.
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Santiago
Chile
Peru
Callao
Count von Luxburg
Areteria
Buenos Aires
Court von Lester
Ima
Guillermo Mackenna
Ln the
Mercurio
Odd Fellows elect Hayes and officers at state convention
Delegates at the Grand Lodge convention completed their day with the Rebekah degree for thirteen candidates including Mr and Mrs William Reushe Rev and Mrs Archie Toothaker and several others. New grand officers elected include Grand master L F B Hayes Carlsbad and Deputy grand master E Hannah Artesia with a memorial service for departed members held in the Odd Fellows hall. The Rebekah assembly also opened sessions in the W W hall.
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Grand Lodge Convention of
Odd Fellows
William Reushe
Archie Toothaker
Ed Torrey
Mary Spalding
Thebebertson
Georgia Chase
Isis Harrington
Maud Radcliffe
Hugo Mueller
Merle Pixley
C. L. Dotson
Silver City
N. M
J. R. Whitesides
Albuquerque
Victor L. Minter
Carlsbad
John C. Spears
Gallup
Grand Lodge of
Grand Assembly of
Rebekahs
Rebekah Assembly
Indictments Expected in New York Election Fraud
New York report says twenty eight election officials may be indicted after the September 19 Republican primary. District Attorney presents grand jury with tally sheet discrepancies from the board of elections as evidence of alleged fraud. Mayor Mitchel vs Bennett recount noted. No action taken by the jury today.
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New York
William M. Bennett
Mitchel
Grand
Board of Elections
Alleged Slacker Arrested After Dodging Draft Test
Santa Fe reports Sam Mdawarad Frown arrested in Phoenix Arizona for failing to report for a physical examination. He reportedly fled New Mexico after a notice to present himself before the exemption board and left a claim that if caught he would have been shot in the back.
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Santa Fe
Sam Mdawarad Frown
Phoenix
Ariz
New Mexico
Congress Finalizes War Tax Bill Boosting Excess Profits
Congress adopted the conference report on the war tax measure, lifting total new taxes to about 2.4 to 2.7 billion dollars. The bill, drawing heavily on incomes and war excess profits, faces presidential signing and future adjournment hopes as critics target second class postage and wealth taxation. Senator La Follette led dissent, urging richer taxation and objecting to bond issues.
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Morning Journal
Washington
Congress
Senate
House
Marshal
Clark
Wilson
la Pollette
Smoot
la Follette
Airman Brown tops Vosse in late war air duel over France
British patrols clash with German Albatross and triplane near 7,000 feet on September 23. Brown, a famed unnamed British aviator, maneuvers tightly and delivers heavy gunfire, mortally wounding Vosse as the German goes down.
Farmers' and Laborers' Protective association trial
Abilene Texas October 2 Tests by defendant A K Elliott deny that Chillicothe local records were burned and deny a gun catalogue was shown at a meeting Local witness J P Billingsley says members were advised to buy guns in connection with the case against the government.
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Morning Journal
Abilene
Tex
Farmers’ and Laborers’ Protective Association
A. Kt. Elliott
Chillicothe
J. P. Billingsley
Slocum
Rev E F Mathes Succeeds Self as Missionary
Rev E F Mathes of Albuquerque was reelected synodical missionary by the Presbyterian synod that just adjourned at Las Cruces.
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Mathes
Self
Banta Fe
E. E Mathes
Albuquerque
Presbyterian Synod
Las Cruces
Famous German Aviator Killed in Spectacular Air Battle
The body of Lieutenant Vosse was found inside British lines after an aerial engagement. The German pilot perished in a dramatic dogfight, with his aircraft reported to have fallen behind enemy positions.
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Ey Morning Journal
France
Belgium
Vosse
Guynemer
Vorse
Brown
Christian pacifists persist in meetings in Los Angeles
Christian pacifists held a third meeting at a sympathizer’s home in Eagle Rock despite a crowd outside and police orders to break up if disloyal sentiments appeared. Three readers were arrested yesterday for alleged unlawful assembly as the three day conference’s postponed opening session was paused by police.
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Efecial Swaseo Wire
Los Angeles
Calif
Fagle Rock
Weather Forecast for New Mexico in Colorado Brief
For New Mexico the forecast calls for Wednesday and Thursday to be generally failing with little temperature change and no notable precipitation.
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Denver
Colo
New Mexico
Weather Summary for 24 Hours to 6 PM Yesterday
A local weather summary reports maximum temperature 52 degrees, minimum 44, range 8 degrees. The 6 PM temperature was 71 with a southwest wind and clear skies.
Japan and Russia Trade Hub Tsuruga Shows Labor Power
At Tsuruga Japan a bustling dock town near the Russia route, coolie women move heavy freight for Russia’s supply chain, smoking and singing as bare legs work with large crates. Exiles returning to Russia mingle with a diverse port clientele as signs appear in both Russian and Japanese.
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Japan
Russia
America
Petrograd
Tsuruga
Siberia
Missouri Corn Crop Value Up In 1917 Reports
Jefferson City Missouri October 2 The increase in the value of the Missouri corn crop this year over 1916 is about 41050172 in a general report on staple farm products issued today by FE B Mumford dean of the Missouri college of agriculture All staple farm products show a decided increase
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Missouri
Jefferson City
FE. B. Mumford
Missouri Colliege of Agriculture
Turks surprised and wiped out in Mesopotamia
London report details British success in Mesopotamia with the capture of Ramadi on the Euphrates. About 4,000 Turkish prisoners were taken, thirteen guns and twelve machine guns seized, and heavy casualties reported with hundreds killed or wounded. Ahmed Bey and staff captured with the garrison.
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Morning Journal Special Lea Wine
London
Mesopotamia
Ramadie
Euphrates
Bagdad
Ahmed Bey
Norwegian Shipping Losses Reported in War Time
London Oct 2 The Norwegian legation reports that seventeen Norwegian merchant ships with a total tonnage of 6500 were lost. Twenty Norwegian seamen were killed and seventeen more are missing.
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London
Im Bepter
England Awake to Germans Equipped With Better Air Machines
London reports reveal ten killed and thirty eight wounded in last night’s raid. Britain's press questions government policy and notes German air superiority, predicting continued raids and improved aircraft as London residents shelter in basements and subways while life continues with delivery carts and theaters adapting to danger.
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England
London
Lord French
Northcliffe
Exercse
Lord Montagu of
Beaulieu
Lord Montagu
France
Tied Cross
University of California receives tethelin rights for institute
Dr T Brailsford Robertson, UC Berkeley biochemistry professor and tethelin discoverer, donates patent rights and potential profits to found a medical research institute. Proceeds fund the institute, with Robertson’s salary continuing if disabled and paid to his widow after death. a safeguard preserves access for mankind at large.
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Berkeley
Calif
University of California
T. Brailsford Robertson
Robertson
United States
France
Uber Robertson
Haig's Artillery Breaking German Morale at Ypres Front
Belgian front reports heavy bombardment by British big guns since last Wednesday. German counter attacks failed and morale is said to deteriorate as shells pound positions along the Belgian front near Ypres.
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Haig
France
Belgium
Germany
Ypres
Arme
Great Co operation Planned For Unions
An ambitious plan will be debated at the upcoming conference in Hiackpool to unite the co operative movement with the trade union congress. If accepted the scheme would create the world's greatest workers alliance merging industrial, productive, distributive, educational and financial resources.
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Morning Journal
Leeeed Wee
Hiackpool
England
Germans Bomb Hospitals Behind British Lines
A German airman dropped bombs on two hospitals behind the British lines. Three British nurses and several wounded soldiers were killed in the attack.
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France
Telgum
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