Washington Sees Carranza Set to Retire Under Mexico Convention
Washington officials report optimistic talks in Mexico City and Aguas Calientes suggest General Carranza may resign only if the convention agrees. Delegates led by Zapata arrive as the assembly weighs a provisional presidency and Carranza’s conditions for retirement.
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Washington
Carranza
Aguas Calientes
State Department
Mexico City
Zapata
Carranga
Holy War Declared in Mexico Reported From Guadalajara
Reports from Guadalajara describe a rising in Jalisco led by a priest and mayor against constitutionalists. The unrest threatens to join with remnants of the cientifico faction to oppose Carranza and Villa. American troops seized ammunition at Mimbres bound for Chihuahua and Sonora.
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Tex
Mexico
Carranza-Villa
Guadalajara
Central
Cientifico
Huerta
Union de Tula
Jalisco
Guadalastra
Carranza Central
Obrenon
Carranza
Mimbres
Columbus
N. M
Chihuahua
Sonora
Villa
Parral
Maclovio Herrera
Censorship Established by General Benja
Douglas Ariz Oct 26 Censorship of Mexican border news was established here today by General Benjamin. The action aims to restrict reports on cross border events and military activities as authorities seek to control information flow and public reaction. Local officials say the measure is temporary pending further orders.
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Douglas
Ariz
Benja
Weather Forecast for New Mexico Update
Weather forecast for New Mexico calls for fair conditions Tuesday and Wednesday with local rains possible in the southwest on Tuesday.
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Washington
New Mexico
Cabinet Letters Support Fergusson For Congress
Secretaries Lane and Bryan urge Harvey Fergusson’s re election to Congress to aid the president's policies in Washington. They praise his work on public lands and commitment to Wilson era programs, stressing his role in advancing western needs and the party agenda.
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Secretary of the Interior
Jin KR. Kane
William Jen. Hings Bryan
Harvey DB. Vergusson
Washington
Lane
Vir. Pergussen
Public Lands Committee
House of Representatives
Dryan
Kergusson
Woodrow Wilson
Pranklin KO Lane
Kon
Harvey DB. Pergusson
Department of State
Ton
H. B. Pergusson
Pergusson
W. 4. Bryan
Submarine HN Commanders Barred from Sonora News
Thin HN commanding the Carranza garrison at Naeco Sonora American newspaper men barred from the state of Sonora and all Carranza news to be issued through constitutionalist authorities. Sixteen tons of empty cartridges outside Hill's entrenchments at Naco bought by junk men. Armistice Friday between Naco garrison and Villa besiegers under Governor Maytorena still observed. Ygnacio Figueroa of Hill's command died after an accidental bullet wound from a fall a month ago. A thousand thirty rifles received from Naco garrison amid new rifle supply.
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Carranza
Naeco
Sonora
Carrenga
Hill
Naco
Maytorena
Ygnacio Figueroa
Mexican Captain Kills Brother Officer In Naco
Mexican Captain Islas of Naco Sonora reportedly shot and killed Captain Vasquez a fellow officer and a Mexican private after a siege relief celebration. Islas fled to the U S where he was arrested awaiting possible return to Mexico and execution for discipline breach.
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Ariz
Islas
Sonora
Carranza
Vasquez
International Street
General Hill
Maytorena
Villa Ftoree
Arizona
Wounded In Fight With Auto Bandits Near Corning
Alton Illinois October 26 three members of a citizens posse of about 500 were wounded in a running fight with three automobile bandits near Corning during a car robbery. They had robbed chauffeur Vahan Kerzerin of 825 dollars and his auto before fleeing toward Bunker Hill. The posse, at one point, believed the bandits were surrounded in a thicket but the bandits escaped into the woods after a volley of about twenty five shots.
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Alton
Vahan Kerzerin
Bunker Hill
Ill
Survivors of Titanic Secretly Married
Huntington West Virginia October 26 Survivor Mrs Lucien H Smith and Robert W Daniel of Philadelphia secretly wed last August in New York The couple are Titanic survivors Mrs Daniels first husband perished in the disaster Daniel was rescued from the sea aboard a life boat which carried Mrs Smith and Mrs Madeleine Force Astor widow of John Jacob Astor Mrs Daniels father is James A Hughes of Huntington
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Morning Journal
Huntington
W. Va
Lucien H. Smith
New York
Robert W. Daniel
Philadelphia
Daniel
Smith
Madeline Force Astor
John Jacob Astor
James A. Hughes
French Reinforcements Bolster Belgian Front With Heavy Guns
A Belgian Telegraph dispatch reports Germans briefly crossed the Yser but were driven back with many drowned as Belgian entrenchments and allied artillery hold. Reinforcements from France and heavy howitzers shift artillery duels, aiding Dixmude where French machine guns repelled eight German infantry attacks with high casualties.
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Morning Journal
Lfas
Wie
Samdon
Daily Telegraph
Fron
Belgium
Yser
Supe
Yeer
Dixand
Belgian Losses Put At Ten Thousand
A Havre dispatch to the Daily Mail reports Belgian losses in nine days totaling ten thousand dead and wounded as the Belgian line along the Yser faced pressure from German attack. The Hes sian war office notes the situation improved Sunday evening after a Saturday setback.
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London
Havre
Daily Mail
Hessian War Office
Yser
Germans Evacuate Key Positions Around Arras and Rheims
London reports from Dieppe that Germans evacuated several important positions near Arras and along the center and at Rheims. Many villages including Givenchy Fromelles Warneton and Radinghem were partly burned. In Deileschappelle a fierce clash left the church tower destroyed and the cemetery walls wrecked. In Richebourg not a house remains standing.
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Daily Telegraph
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Arras
Rheims
Givenchy
Fromelies
Warneton
Radinghem
Deileschappelle
Germany
Richebourg
Germans Try to Drive Wedge to Coast Towns
Amsterdam dispatch notes German advance across the Yser and recapture of Rowlars as an attempt to split Allied forces toward the coast near Nieuport. Heavy artillery push reported with twelve large guns reaching Bruces and a strong Allied reception expected.
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Amsterdam
The
Chronicle
Belgium
Yser
Rowlars
Nieuport
Bruces
Cotton Day at Mississippi Supreme Court Revolutionizes Dress
Judges in overalls and cotton shirts heard cases in Jackson Mississippi on October 26 as part of a local cotton day supporting the Wear Felton clothes movement in the South. Attorneys wore similar attire, signaling a day of informal dress in a formal setting.
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Jackson
Miss
Mississippi Supreme Court
Psouth
Britain Defines Contraband Rules in Two Notes
Great Britain issued two diplomatic notes defining contraband rules for neutral trade. They state American shippers must name exact destinations, and that cotton remains on the free list. The Rockefeller tanker case is cited to illustrate Britain’s stance on contraband and ultimate destination.
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Morning Journal
Washington
Great Britain
State Department
Ceel Spring-Rice
War News of Yesterday Balances Gains Across Fronts
Allied and German forces clash along the North Sea coast from Nieuport to Dixmude with no decisive success. British reports claim steady fighting and prisoners taken while German HQ notes heavy artillery exchanges and three warships hit. Belgian hunger worsens as food relief is delayed by licensing issues. The Brindilla and Platoria shipments move, ending US-UK seizure disputes. Maritz defeated by Union of South Africa troops. he is wounded and fled to German territory. Russian front reports six ty miles of progress in Poland with Austrian resistance weakening.
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Nieuport
Dixmude
Paris
Ganteaume
Cape Town
Maritz
Union of South Africa
Poland
Rawa
Ijanka
Galicia
Belgium
London
British Board of Trade
Straits of Dover
Neutral trade safeguards emerge amid wartime shipping debates
The article discusses neutral states guarding against wartime use of exported goods, urging guarantees that cargoes destined for neutrals cannot be re exported to belligerents. It notes British actions detaining questionable cargoes like copper for Krupp and praises recent releases of Brindilla and Platoria as clarifying shipping policy.
Violent German Attacks Continue Near the North Sea
Paris reports intense fighting across the French front with German assaults and heavy artillery daily. The French war office says no strategic gain for the invaders while British dispatches note limited German progress near the Yser Canal.
Situation Generally Satisfactory As Fighting Rages
The official press bureau announces the situation is satisfactory with severe and continuous fighting. Ground is being gained and many prisoners captured. One division has taken two guns.
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London
Official
British and American Cotton Shipments Under War Risk Insurance
Washington officials state that transfers from German firms to American concerns have been treated as bona fide and not sent to prize courts. British government attitude is satisfactory, with assurances that cotton cargoes will not be molested even to belligerent destinations. Secretary McAdoo says underwriters should freely issue war risk policies on cotton in neutral bottoms, with U S Treasury insurers active for American vessels.
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Rockefeller
Great Britain
United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Finother
Washington Administration
McAdoo
Bureau of War Risk Insurance
Treasury Department
Federal troops soon to leave Colorado
Governor Ammons said he would advise President Wilson that federal troops in the Colorado coal strike fields could be withdrawn around November 15 and state forces would resume order. Adjutant General Chase doubted full relief by then, noting 402 militia in the southern field and about 1,000 elsewhere, with equipment incomplete but a shipment of 100000 rounds and 1000 uniforms received.
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Denver
Colo
J. M. Ammons
Wilson
Colorado
Chase
Seizure of Hospital Ship Provokes Protest at The Hague
The German government protested to Britain over the seizure of the hospital ship Ophelia in the North Sea. The vessel, flying the Red Cross flag, was taken at Yarmouth Roads on October 19 by a British cruiser, though it lacked full hospital equipment. The incident is said to violate The Hague convention.
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London
Great Britain
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Ophelia
Yarmouth Roads
North Sea
Red Cross
Battle for Dover Straits Rages As War Press Reports Unfold
London reports a bitter clash for control of the Dover Straits with heavy losses on both sides. German gains near Yser area have stalled while allied defenses hold around Armentieres Lille La Bassee and Arras. British fleet actions off the coast are debated as submarines face skepticism from naval circles.
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