Balkans Campaign 15 Pushed by Both Sides per Plan
Associated Press reports King George in France at the British front as Teutonic and Bulgarian offensives press in northern and eastern Serbia. Bulgars reach near Germans near Cracha after crossing Timok. French and British pursue Bulgarians toward Strumitza halting their advance. Italian campaign offensive expands threatening Gorizia, while Venice suffers air raids. Russians defend Riga and Dvinsk as German attempts falter. German campaigns in Courland disrupted by British submarines.
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London
Serbia
Timok
Prahove
Danube
Cracha
Krivolak
Saloniki-Nish
Istip “Veles
Uskup
Strumitza
Turkey
Germany
Balkans
Gorizia
Venice
Ezail
Champagne
Riga
Dvinsk
von Hinderburg
Tiliurist
Romanow
Courland
Plan to Make New York Cotton Exchange an American Institution
The New York cotton exchange would be redesigned as an American institution by limiting privileges to aliens elected after November 1. The proposal will be put to a vote on October 27, following a member decision.
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Associated Press
New York
New York Cotton Exchange
Piney Grove man J. J. Simpson sentenced for mail fraud
J. J. Simpson a wealthy lumber operator was convicted in federal court for using the mails to commit fraud and sentenced to pay a 500 dollar fine and serve one year and a day in federal prison. Judge Newman deferred execution until January 1 at defense counsel's request for 30 days.
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Associated Press
Papests
J. J. Simpson
Newman
Statch Trial In Burglary Case Delays Verdict At Spee Court
All day yesterday the first day of the third week of the fall term at Spee superior court was spent on the burglary trial of Charlie Statch charged with breaking into the Home of H W Head on Hancock avenue. Jury did not reach a verdict.
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Spee Superior Court
Charlie Statch
H. W. Head
Hancock Avenue
Doc Cammons
Bob Porter
John Howard
Mattie Howard
Central of Georgia Railway posts 1915 income rise
Savannah Ga October 25 The net income of the Central of Georgia railway for 1915 shows an increase of 110963.37 dollars according to the annual report issued today. Officers and directors of the railway and Ocean Steamship company were re elected. C R Markham remains head of both boards. The income totals 1202000 dollars.
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Associated Press
Savannah
Central of Georgia Railway
Railway
Ocean Steamship Company
C. R. Markham
Mortmain shines at Elite with Robert Edeson
Robert Edeson leads the Vitagraph Blue Ribbon Feature Mortmain at the Elite theater. Critics hail the photoplay as his best screen performance with a strange new theme and sensational story. Admission today is ten and fifteen cents.
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Vitagraph
Mortmain
Robert Edeson
New York
Vitagraph Theater
Fire department responds to Moss Mfg blaze near Grace Street
Just before dark the fire department rushed to a grass and house fire north of the S A L railway at the Moss Mfg. Company location on Grace street. Firemen arrived quickly covering about a mile and a half and extinguished the blaze promptly.
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Moss Mfg. Company
Grace Street
Major Kendrick to Go to China for Five Years
Major Kendrick, longtime commandant of the University of Georgia cadets, is on leave until January and recently returned to Athens for the Georgia Virginia game. He will depart for Chin Chin China around January 5 to join American legation attaches for an estimated five years. He notes border conditions remain dire with ongoing crossings into Texas and predicts continued revolutions in the region.
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Kendrick
University of Georgia Cadets
Texas- Mexico
War Department
Athens
Chin Chin
China
Kendricks
Texas
Carranza
United States
Sunday charity films reform in Atlanta move
A Atlanta movement seeks a municipal contract to run free Sunday afternoon films in a city auditorium. The plan aims to replace park recreations in winter and provide access for poor residents, with screenings set to start mid November or December.
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Atlanta
Colorado at Sea in Fire End to End
Aboard the Clyde liner Comanche Capt Devereaux reported passing near the Mallory freighter Colorado ablaze from end to end off Cape Romain. The crew were said to be rescued by the Suwanee or the Lenape.
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Charleston
S. C
Devereaux
Colorado
Cape Romain
Bither
Suwanee
Auburn and Georgia set for big rivalry clash in Athens
Georgia fans anticipate a January style showdown as Auburn visits Athens for a football clash to echo the famed 1912 matchup. Special excursion trains from Milledgeville Atlanta Gainesville and other points are planned to carry thousands to the Riverside Military Academy morning game and the Georgia Auburn afternoon meeting.
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Riverside Military Academy
Milledgeville
Gainesville
Athens
Georgia-Auburn
R. C. Campbell
The
Georgia Railroad
Mill
Elberton
Comer
Colbert
Carlton
Georgia
Auburn
Georgia Military College
Southern
Central
Jefferson
Box factory fire in Pittsburg kills thirteen
A four story box factory building in Pittsburg caught fire today. Thirteen people died and eight were injured, many of them young women trapped in the factory section. Two men on the second floor aided women who jumped to escape, and authorities pledged an official investigation.
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Associated Press
Pittsburg
Plot to Disable Trans Atlantic Vessels With Clockwork Bombs
New York details of a plot to hamper munition shipments by placing clockwork bombs on rudders or propellers of ships crossing the Atlantic were disclosed by Robert Fay a lieutenant in the sixteenth Saxony infantry. Fay and Wal ker L Scholz were arrested with three others on conspiracy charges. Hearing set for November 4.
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Associated Press
New York
Atlantic
Robert Fay
Sixteenth
Saxony Infantry
Secret Service
Fay
Walker L. Scholz
Woods
Scholz
Paul Dasche
Herbert Kienzle
Max
Brietung
von Papen
Weehawken
Hudson
Plan for National Defense Endorsement Favors Army Increase
Washington Oct 25 Representative Hay of Virginia after a conference with President Wilson said he favored increasing the army. The mobilization of administration forces to support the national defense program appeared assured as the Senate committee had already labeled the proposal.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Hay
Virginia
House
Wilson
Senate
Armenian Persecution Prompting U S Action Demand
Washington reports an appeal by H. H. Topakyan Persian consul general urging the State Department to act to halt the persecution of Armenians in Turkey. It cites half a million driven from homes or killed or tortured and notes upcoming meetings in April.
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Associated Press
Washington
H. H. Topakyan
United States
State Department
Record Sunday School Attendance Surges in Georgia
More than 700 attend First Methodist Sunday school each week with 780 present on Sunday, a potential record for Georgia Sunday schools. The class has seen over 700 attendees for over a month, highlighting sustained high turnout.
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First Methodist
Georgia
Southern Cotton Oil Co Plant Reopens With Modern Upgrades
The Southern Cotton Oil Company’s new plant is now in operation. Modern and larger than the previous facility destroyed by fire, it features latest machinery, a sprinkler system, an improved conveyor for cotton seed, electric lighting, and other advanced features, inviting inspection while active.
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Southern Cotton Oil Company
Robinson succeeds Lanier as associate editor on The Pandora
J. P. Robinson has succeeded Hollis Lanier as associate editor of the University annual The Pandora. Lanier withdrew from college to enter business with his father in Americus.
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J. P. Robinson
Hollis Lanier
Pandora
Lanier
Colege
Americus
Proposals Approved on Army and Navy Build Up
Representative Hay supports a bill to raise the regular army and form a continental army of over a million men. The measure includes coast defenses and ammunition reserves and is expected to pass the House with little opposition. The Navy five year building program has already been approved.
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Hay
Regulrr
Navy
Porter Charlton Found Guilty of Lake Como Murder
Porter Charlton was found guilty in Como of killing his wife on June 9, 1910. He was condemned to six years and eight months, with a delay in trial from October 5 to October 18. The jury found him partially responsible and he will serve twenty nine days under Italy’s war amnesty act. Charlton had fled to America, confessed, and claimed self defense. He previously lived in Jersey City before extradition.
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Associated Press
Como
Porter Charlton
Lake Como
Charlton
America
Jersey City
Italy
Mexican Confesses on Texas Revolution Case
Brownsville Texas October 25 Chano Flores a Mexican arrested in the recent holdup of the St Louis Brownsville and Mexican passenger train and killings has confessed. He provides information expected to aid in capturing the border outlaws now at large. Eight men have been arrested. Flores describes the Texas revolutionary army as about five hundred strong led by Luis Dela Rosa and Ariosto Pizano with headquarters at Reynoso Mexico.
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Associated Press
Brownsville
Tex
Chano Flores
St. Louis
Mexico
Tonant
Flores
Texas Revolutionary Army
Luis Dela Rosa
Ariosto Pizano
Reynoso
Warden and Friends Go Hunting on St Simons Island
Banner's Special Correspondence.3 Atlanta Ga Oct 25 Commissioner Arnow of the state game department left today with a party of friends from among state capitol officials for a three days hunting expedition on St Simon's Island. New mince meat in 5 lb pails Atmore's goods so of course it's fine. Arnold Abney.
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Banner
Atlanta, Ga
Arnow
State Game Department
State Capitol
St. Simon's Island
Arnold & Abney
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