News of the War in a Nutshell Along the North Sea coast
Official Paris reports bombardment of Nieuport by German guns as the fighting along the North Sea coast near Nieuport and Dixmude continues. Allied troops stubbornly defend positions between Nieuwport and Dixmude, while German and British naval forces exchange artillery fire. A French steamer Admiral Gan is mentioned in passing.
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North Sea
Warre
Nietport
Dixmude
Paris
Nieuport
Nieuw Port
Yaxmude
Eet
Mines blast capsized vessels off French Belgian coast
News notes extensive shipping losses with teaume among vessels blown up by mines in the waters off the French and Belgian coast. Over 80 drowned, others rescued by two cross channel steamers Capetown reports defeat of Maritz by Union of South Africa troops.
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Teaume
Capetown
Maritz
Union of South Africa
Marity
Poland
Rawa
Jijanka
Galicia
Belgium
London
Todd
Srish Board
150009 More Canadians for the Battle Front
Ottawa reports a decision to send 1 000 Canadians to Europe in December, increasing the second expeditionary force. The Royal Canadian Regiment, a thousand strong in Bermuda, will join this contingent, while Bermuda will host a less experienced unit. A strong medical and engineering corps is to be formed, with many Americans offering to enlist once in Canada.
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Ottawa
Ont
Europe
Bordens
Royal Canadian Regiment
Bermuda
Lees
Canada
Stron Medical and Engineering Corps
Wen
United States
Military Department
More British Officers Killed and Wounded
London reports a casualty list with fifteen officers killed fifty wounded and seventeen missing among the wounded is Lieutenant Sir Philip Lea Brocklehurst who joined the British Antarctic expedition in 1907.
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London
Sir Philip Lea Brocklehurst
French Steamer Admiral Ganteaume Sinks by Boulogne Mine
The steamer Admiral Ganteaume was sunk by a mine off Boulogne harbor. Twenty to thirty people drowned in the panic as passengers were moved to the channel steamer Queen which hurried to aid the sinking ship. Most passengers were peasants from Pas de Calais taken aboard at Calais for transfer to Boulogne.
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Wonden
Admiral Ganteaume
Boulogne
Queen
Pas de Calais
Calais
No Quarter Order Charged to Germans
Washington reports the German Stenger brigade allegedly issued a no quarter order to shoot prisoners and finish the wounded. Berlin denies the claim but French magistrates report twenty German prisoners from the Stenger brigade testified the order was issued on August 26 and French wounded were executed under Captain Curtius supervision.
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Washington
Brench
Stenger
France
Berlin
Sayville
Formar
Monbrison
St Bhenne
Oreers
Curtius
German View on Canada and the Monroe Doctrine in War Time
Washington October 76 German viewpoint says Canada by joining European war places itself outside the Monroe doctrine while Germany does not intend to attack or colonize Canada. The embassy released the statement after Count Bernstorff echoed that Canadian involvement justified aggressive campaigns against Canada. A formal note to the State Department pledged Germany would not seek colonial expansion in South America regardless of war outcome, in response to Churchill’s remark about possible U S attachment of the Monroe Doctrine if Germany won.
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Washington
Canada
Germany
Coant von Bernsternt
State Department
Count Bernstorff
South America
Winston Chutchill
Transfer of Germans Raises Questions Over Neutrality
The German power schooner Aeolus was boarded by the Japanese battleship Ehizen off the port. Crew transfer to the refugee steamer Lochsun sparked debate about neutrality and immigration law as the Lochsun departed. The situation was referred to Washington for decision while the Aeolus remained under protection of U S neutrality.
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Honomin
Aeolus Suck
Ehizen
Lochsun
Hag Reed
Lockson
Aeolus
Washington
Dermes
Marshall Islands
Huen
Paris fashions artist killed by the Germans
Paris correspondent Henri Costilla of a Chicago fashion journal was killed in battle near the Argonne during the campaign. He was a noted fashion artist whose illustrated letters on menswear have been a fashion feature for several years.
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Paris
Cheasa
Henri ¢Ostilla
Chicago
Fpretz
Argonne
Purel
China demands surrender of Japanese torpedo boat
Pekin China October. The Chinese foreign minister demanded the surrender of a Japanese torpedo boat with 115 crew that entered Chinese waters and substituted the Japanese flag for the Chinese dragon while attempting to tow away the wrecked German torpedo boat 90.
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Pekin
China
Fatal Montreal Bomb Explosion Fueled by War Racism
National feeling over the war triggered a fatal blast in a tenement on Frontenac Street in Montreal. Eight people died and thirty were injured as bombs wrecked the Russian German Austrian district during supper. The blast followed an argument that ejected Austrian and Polish laborers, after which Russians in the building faced the attack.
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Montreal
Frontenac Street
Mrs Carman Released on Bond for $25,000
Mrs Flor ence Carman was released on $2000 bail in Brook Island Kings county supreme court after a jury in Mineola failed to agree on a verdict in the June 30 murder of Mrs Louise Bailey. The case may go to another trial as district attorneys contemplate a new trial following a hung jury.
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Florence Conklin Carman
Mineola
Louise Bailey
King's County Supreme Court
Brook Is
Freepor
Carman
Bawin Carman
Vreeport Phyeigan mi
Bailey
Mra Caiman
Lewis J l Smith
Atterns
Garman
Titanic survivors wed in secret ceremony
Huntington W Va October 26 Mrs Lumen P Smeth a Titanic survivor wed Robert W Daniel of Philadelphia and Richmond Va a survivor of the disaster The couple married secretly last August in New York Mrs Smeth is the daughter of Representative James Hughes of Huntington Her first husband perished in the disaster.
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Huntington W
Lumen P Smeth
New York
Robert W Daniel
Philadelphia
Richmond
Danel
James Hughes
Huntington
Zeppelin Artificer Wins the Iron Cross
Berlin October 28. Artificer Lutckhardt of a Zeppelin crew was decorated with the Iron Cross first class after he volunteered to saw off a broken propeller during a bombing run on Antwerp. He clung to a shattered wing at 000 feet above fortress guns, delaying the ship’s return to flight for an hour while the craft sped at forty miles an hour.
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Berlin
Via
London
Artifeer Lutckhardt
Lukckhardt
Langford Outpointed in Joplin Bout by Clarke
Sam Langford was outpointed by Jeff Clarke in a ten round light heavyweight bout in Joplin on October 26. Clarke earned the decision on points after ten rounds in a closely contested contest.
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Langford
Joplin
Sam Langford
Jeff Clarke
A Woman's Terrible Experience and Test of Civilization
A dramatic denunciation of mistreatment of women across nations cites Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a remedy for backache headaches and female ailments. The ad promotes a tonic made from roots and herbs claiming safe relief and urges consultation with Dr Pierce for private correspondence at his hospital in Buffalo.
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Piercea
Pierce
City Coal Co Announces Red Ash At 475 Per Ton
City Coal Co lists Jelhico red ash at 475 per ton with a 5.00 per ton delivery or weighing on city scales. The ad promotes coal and related pricing for local customers.
Three Men Die In Hippodrome Building Collapse
In Youngstown Ohio on October 26 three men were killed when the third floor of the new Hippodrome building collapsed late today. Seven workers were buried under concrete and steel. three were rescued alive, one remained unaccounted for, and the rest escaped. Initially twenty were said trapped, but later checks found all accounted for except the dead.
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Youngstown Oh
Aden
Armored Trains Fight Along Yser Front in Grim Battles
A Daily News correspondent recounts the Yser front where armored trains drive the clash along a torn landscape. Destruction, air and sea engines pounded, soldiers and machines advance in dangerous charges as bridges are blown and rebuilt, with nurses, ambulances, and looping gunfire shaping a grim, relentless struggle.
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Yser
London
Daily Vens
Iser
Guna
Ths
PRINCIP FOUND GUILTY BY AN AUSTRIAN COURT
Exchange Telegraph dispatch reports Prinsip and associates were found guilty of the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife in Sarajevo. The trial named Sarajers Bosma and others as conspirators and noted Slavic origin among the defendants. Verdict recounted the attack during a visit to Sarajevo on June 28.
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Archdale Lranes Terdinand
Prinsip
Sarajevo
Wall Street Customs Ruled On By Court
New York October 26 The Supreme Court ruled that alleged Wall Street usages and customs do not constitute a defense in a suit by James G Patterson against Raymond Pynchon & Co. The court said a banker in a fiduciary role must show no secret profits from securities held as collateral and granted an injunction with an accounting against the brokers.
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New York
Wall Street
Supreme Court
Tedas
Justice Gavegan
Hig Eare
James G Patterson
New England Granite Works
Raymond Pynchon & Co
Patterson
Pattersons
Pattesons
Obituary for Thomas G Tagg former Missouri judge dies at 78
In St Louis Missouri October 78 Thomas G Tagg longtime associate of Thomas Jefferson and former judge of the Missouri Supreme Court passed away at age 78. Born in Cartersville South Carolina his death is noted amid a fragmentary field report describing wartime destruction and a brisk day as a telegraphed observer recalls.
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Thomas Jefferson
St. Louis
Thomas G Tagg
Wissouri
Trade Goods List: Fabrics Include Silks and Cottons
A catalog of textiles lists items such as Poplins Corded Silks Plaids Messalines Moires Crepe Meteors Corduroys Brocades Jap Silks Wool Poplins. The concise inventory implies a merchant offering a wide range of fabrics for clothing and decorative use.
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Kentucky
Rocco Ci
Georgia Savings Bank and Trust Company
Atlanta
George M Brown
John W Grant
Joseph E Boston
Byala
Muse’s
WNC
Mina Ulate
P. K
Geo. Muse Clothing Co
Shino Bo
Zeppelin
A&a
City Coal CO
Jelhicot
Allles
Prinzip
Archduke
Toni
Sarajers Bosma
Rayro
Trabes
Serlelo Gabrmoyles
Los Prusps
Tieison
Iuduke Liuis
Aesomit
Hsin Ts
Chamberlin-Johnson-DuBose Co
Albatrosses
Voules Henristras Wool Taffet As
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