Marked gains by Allies and German setbacks in Belgian front
Paris reports Allied gains along the front from Albert to Verdun and in Belgium. German advances toward Bruges are noted as Antwerp defenders retreat, with trains resuming Antwerp routes. The dispatch cites German trenches captured near Rheims and near Craonne, and Allied counteractions around Lille and Cassel.
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Franklin P. Merrick
International News Service
Paris
Array
Albert
Rheims
Verdun
Belgium
Antwerp
Bruges
Thielt
Lys
Labassee
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Somme
Oise
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Hie Olke
Meuse
Craomne
Berry- Au-Bac
Pronay
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Ban-De-Sant
St. Die
Zewarten
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Sudan
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Prussia
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Belgien
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Dunkirk
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English Channel
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Dover
Lassigny
Roye
D'Amade
Calaiz
War Office
Bel- Ties
Gium
Courtrai
Ghent
Blankenburghe-Brugges
Court Tai
Teuton
Hazebrouck
Cassel
St. Omer
Ostend
France
Italy Renews Neutrality Pledge in War
Count De Cellere, new Italian ambassador to the United States, stated Italy will stay neutral in the European war unless vital interests are threatened. He said Italy has remained strictly neutral and has heard nothing since arriving in America to suggest any shift in policy.
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Cinternational ‘News Service
Washington
Italy
Count de Cellere
United States
Yeadon
America
Tha
Ion
Great Battle of the Vistula Claims Denied by Vienna
London reports German troops move west as failed Russian advance prompts re placement of forces. In Petrograd the Vistula clash reaches day eight with no decis ive result. Vienna’s claimed Przemysl rout and Lemberg capture denied. Russian line progress favored by czar’s troops while Galicia remains contested.
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Francis L. Murray
International News Service
Petrograd
the Vistula
War Office
Galicia
Vienna
Przemysl
Lemberg
Russian Poland
Silesia
Warsaw
Novec Vremy
Novocgorgisysk
Ivangerod
Vistule
von Hindenburg
King Ludwig
Bavaria
Czestochowa
Dankl
Atafys
Meeker Family Tragedy Reported In Attica Indiana
An accidental fire in Attica Indiana claimed the life of Theo W Meeker today. The Rev Jacob E B Meeker of St Louis is named in connection with the incident. Fire officials investigated the blaze as a fatal house fire with potential witnesses and local authorities gathering at the scene.
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Cinternational
Attica
Ind
Theo
W. Meeker
Jacob EB. “Meeker
St. Lodia
Landslide Closes Panama Canal Segment in Culebra Cut
International News Service reports a landslide in the Culebra Cut of the Panama Canal causing likely temporary closure. Ships faced passage blocks as slides toppled from Gold and Contractors hills opposite each other. Colonel Goethals and officials rushed to arrange traffic resumption and relief measures.
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International
Panama
Culebra
Panama Canal
Gold and Contractors
Culebra Cit
Goethale
Japan to Fight Germans With Russian Front New Alliances
London October 15 The Times Petrograd dispatch discusses doubts about the Russian army and speculation on Japanese troops joining the fight against Germany. It notes Berlin’s advance on the Russians and hints at a possible Sino-Japan-Russia entente influencing future operations, with officials denying imminent troop movements.
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Herbert Temple
Lindernational
London
Russia
Agia
von Kluck
Paris
England
Navy
Rennenkampf
East Prussia
Buzaky
Cracow
Berlin
Rusian
Poland
Vistula
Galicia
San
Przemystan
Lemberg
Manchuria
Siberia
Japan
Germany
Far East
Hanain
Petrograd
The
Times
Jay
Obs
Bourse. Gazette
Rusia
Erie
Peace likely in Mexico as provisional leaders named
Confidential dispatches indicate peace in Mexico within days through provisional presidents Fernando Iglesias Calderon Antonio Vila real or Eduardo Hay. General Carranza steps aside from provisional leadership and may withdraw his candidacy. Officials say border crisis passed as Governor Hunt obeyed War Department pleas to hold militia at home and federal troops ready to deter disturbances. State Department received word from Brazilian minister about tramways seizure by Carranza government.
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International News Service
Washington
Mexico
Fernando Iglesias Calderon
Antonio Villareal
Eduardo Hay
Carranza
Hunt
Arizona
War Department
State Department
Mexico City
Peace convention delays action awaiting Zapata envoy arrival
Aguas Calientes October 14 Delayed by General Garza the peace convention postponed all major business to October 20 to await twenty five Zapata representatives from Morelos. The stormy session saw fiery exchanges but harmony returned as Obregon Benavides and others urged calm. A commission plan is favored with seven members including Villa Obregon Zapata and Gonzales. Possible presidential candidates cited include Iglesias Calderon Silva and Mantel Bonill with several military figures named as supporters.
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John W. Roberts
Aguas Calientes
Mexico
cenzer—Phat
Reque Gonzales Garza
Villa
Emelino Zapata
Morelos
Garza
Yzabel Robles
Alvaro Obregon
Eugenio Benavides
Mexican Republic
Francisco Villa
Alvaro Obre
Manuel Silva
Mantel
Bonill
Antonio Villareal
Filipe Angeles
Alscaro Obrégen
Eduardo Hay
E. A. Benavides
Rogue
G. Garza
Zacatecas
Aearonie Vo
German Submarine Sunk Off Holland Coast
Edinburgh report says British patrol ships sighted a German submarine resting off Holland on Saturday. The sub was attacked after evading torpedoes and forced to the surface where gunfire drove it beneath. The crowd watched from shore as the vessel sank after the explosion and clash under searchlights.
Turko Russian Naval Clash Reported With Reserve
London reports that Turkey and Russia opened hostilities in the Black Sea with naval action. An Athens dispatch claimed the Russian fleet seized two German steamers carrying grain to Kustendje, while Bucharest cited heavy cannonading near Kustendje and suggested Goeben and Breslau were involved as escort to munitions transports.
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Cinternational News Service
London
Turkey
Russia
Black Sea
Athens
Grein
Gazota
Roumanian
Kustendje
Bucharest
Exchange Telegraph Company
Goeben
Breslau
Aeef
Germans Cut Communications Near Warsaw Fortress
Berlin reports German troops severed lines between Warsaw and Twangered the fortress on the Vistula. The general staff says fighting since October 4 in Suwalki district east of Wirballen advances under favorable German conditions, despite earlier Russian claim of German defeat.
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Uinternational
Berlin
Wirelesa By
Sayville
Warsaw
Russian Poland
Twangered
Vistula River
War Baw
Wirballen T
Suwalki
Fire destroys Austrian dreadnought and ships at Trieste yard
In Rome on October 15 a telegram reports a dreadnought under construction at the Trieste government yard was gutted by fire, delaying its launch. Six torpedo boat destroyers were damaged and the Monfalcone arsenal also burned as authorities arrested several suspects for incendiary action.
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Linternational
Rome
Trieste
Monfalcone
Elks Convention Slated for Michigan City Next May
International News Service reports Indiana Elks plan next year’s state convention in Michigan City. Officials met in LaPorte to set dates for the event in late May and discuss entertainment arrangements for visiting Elks.
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International
Laporte
Ind
Indiana
Montenegrin Forces Defeat Austrian Army Near Barajevo
An artillery dispatch from Cettinje reported by the Exchange Telegraph Company states Montenegrin Svete and allied troops defeated 15,000 Austrians in the Barajevo vicinity. The dispatch notes heavy fighting and emphasizes Montenegrin success against Austrian forces near Barajevo.
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Dasternational News
London
The
Exchange Telegraph Company Today
Cettinje
Svete
Barajevo
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