Desperate fighting rages in northern zone in WWI clash
Paris dispatch reports continued battle between Belgian and French British forces against German troops from the sea to La Bassee. Allied lines hold. Germany gains no ground between Arras and the Oise. Ostend and Nieuport fire at German positions while Polish fronts see Russian advances near Warsaw. Italy reportedly lands marines at Aviona.
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Morning Journal
Paris
Sea
la Bassee
French War Office
Arras
Oise
Argonne
St. Hubert
le Four de Paris
Verdun
Haumont
Brabant
Meuse
Woevre
London
Get
West
Flanders
France
Germany
Belgium
Bach
North Sea
Ostend
Nieuport
Antwerp
Jabbeke
Bruges
Poland
Warsaw
Ivangoro
War News of Yesterday Reports Fierce Front Fighting and Naval Aid
The report notes ongoing battle in Belgium and northern France with heavy shelling and naval support from British and French squadrons. German claims of success clash with French-British advances around Verdun Toul Meuse area, while Allied troops hold Brussels and the Belgian front.
German Report on Operations in the West
A terse dispatch details German operations in the West relayed from Berlin via The Hague and London. It notes movement of forces and military actions as part of ongoing wartime reporting.
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Berlin
Hague
London
Gary Dinners of Advantage to Business in Critical Time
A steel company defends its proactive policy during the Panic of 1907, rejecting apologies for actions taken. It emphasizes steadfast practices to sustain industry and commerce amid financial turmoil.
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Gary
Steel Corporation
Lawyer Presents Company's Views in Great Trust Case
Richard V. Lindabury for the defense argued for ten hours in the federal suit to dissolve United States Steel Corporation. He framed the Gary dinners of 1907 as stabilizing actions that prevented ruin, denied price fixing or outputs limits, and defended earnings as ordinary. He asserted the steel firm led with early workers compensation and disputed monopolistic claims. Tomorrow Henry E. Colton will continue for the government as more counsel prepare, with closing arguments extended to next Tuesday.
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My Morning Journal
Winne
Philadelphia
Gary
Richard V. Lindaburg
United States Steel Corporation
Steel Corporation
Lindabury
FE. H. Gary
Deal
Tennessee Coal & Iron Co
Roosevelt
Tennessee
New York
Henry EK. Colton
Dickinson
Defendant in Complete Command of Herself Testifies
Mrs. Florence Carman takes the stand in supreme court at Mineola denying murder of Mrs. Louise Bailey. She calls Celia Coleman’s testimony a fabrication, explains jealousies, and admits a home telephonic device while denying it influenced the case.
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Morning Journal
Mineola
Florence Conklin Carman
Supreme Court
Louise Bailey
Celia Coleman
Carman
Freeport
Las
Littl
Frank Farrell
Bowery
Elizabeth
Atchison Topeka Santa Fe elects four-year board slate
At the annual stockholders meeting in Topeka on October 22 President Ki. PL Ripley of Chicago Howell Jones of Topeka Charles Steele and Dr. Henry Pritchett of New York were reelected as directors of the Atchison Topeka Santa Fe railway for four years.
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Topeka
Kan
Ki. PL Ripley
Chicago
Howell Jones
Charles Steele
Henry Pritchett
New York
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway
Mas Carman Denies Servant Story in Witness Stand
Mas and Carman testifying flatly deny the servant tale. They claim Celia Coleman’s evidence was a fabrication from beginning to end.
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Mas
Carman
Celia Coleman
Belgium Sets Neutrality Policy Amid Congo Neutralization Talks
Belgium released a gray book of diplomatic correspondence from July 24 to August 29 detailing Belgium’s stance to maintain neutrality in any European war. The volume includes notes to diplomats urging neutral conduct and documents disputing German accusations of neutrality violations, with reactions from Britain and France on Congo basin neutralization.
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HG Journal
Parke
Havoe
Bordeaux
Belgium
Congo
Germany
Belgian Congo
M. J. Davignon
Millionaire's Son Attacked by Striking Weavers in Port Angeles
C M Peabody, son of a Chicago banking partner, was assaulted by striking shingle weavers at Puget Sound Mills & Timber Co. He was severely injured and dumped into the bay. Rescuers saved him. attackers were arrested. The strike followed wage reductions.
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SY Morning Journal
Port Angeles
Wash
C. M. Peabody
Chicago
Peabody, Houghteling & Co
Peabody
Puget Sound Mills & Timber Co
Bank Bandits Battle Pursuing Posse Near Blaine
A band of robbers believed to have held up the Bank of Sedro-Woolley at $20,000 last Saturday night clashed with a pursuing posse three miles north of the border. Clifford Adams an immigration inspector was killed, two robbers died, a third was wounded, and a posse member was slain. The robbers fled north along the Great Northern track through Miace and Halis Prairie as authorities closed in. The leader was short with red hair and carried $4,500 in gold. others had $1,700. All identified marks were removed from their clothing and Russian appearance noted.
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OY Morning Journal
Blaine
Sedro-Woolley
Skagite
Whatcom Counties
Clifford Adams
FE. H. Keith
Great Northern Railroad
Miace
Haslemuir
Adams
Keith
A. KE. Burke
Burke
Halis Prairie
Cotton State Senators Block Adjournment Bid
Senator Hoke Smith leads southern Democrats in filibuster tactics to prevent a 6 o clock adjournment, with Congress stuck in session over war revenue bills. President Wilson signs the measure before night end, as attempts for a recess fail and no quorum forms in Washington.
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OY Morning Journal
OPEC
Washington
Congress
Hoke Smith
Georgia
Cotton Belt
Senate
House
General Moltke Reported Dying Amid German War Struggles
London dispatch reports Lieutenant General Count Helmuth von Moltke gravely ill and near death. The Berlin message says news is being kept secret as he battles a liver ailment and has left William’s headquarters with General von Falkenhayn taking charge. Many officers blame the setback on his forced retirement.
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Morning Journal
London
Count Helmuth von Moltke
Exchange Telegraph
Amsterdam J
Amsterdam
Berlin
William
General von Falkenhayn
von Moltke
Senate Actions on War Revenue and Cotton Bills Passes
The senate met at noon and adopted the conference report on the war revenue bill, signed the bill, and began cotton relief measures. A slave of millbuster Hoke Smith blocked adjournment, while ratified peace treaties with Sweden Paraguay and the Panama Canal Zone boundary were noted. adjournment was set for Friday noon after quorum was secured.
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Hoke Smith
Georgia
Sweden
Paraguay
Panama
Canal Zone
Clark
Underwood
Senate
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