Allies Report Gains From Ypres to Arras Front
Official statement from Paris notes Allied advances at several points including around Ypres in Belgium and south of Arras in France. Reinforcements such as Indian troops and French artillery are described as boosting the line from the Belgian coast toward the German frontier amid renewed fighting along the Yser canal and near Ypres.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin P. Merrick
International News Service
Paris
Ypres
Belgium
Arcus
France
Sre
Theouth
Arras
Nieuport
Dixmude
Aisne
Yser Canal
Margeilles Tate
Dunkirk
Zoubrugege
North Sea
Miliny
Nthe Veer
Armettieres
Lille
Geema
Soissons
Braime
Meuse
Woerte
Tarcos
Russians Take Over Forty Five Thousand Prisoners In War
The Army Gazette reports more than forty five thousand Germans and Austrian prisoners captured by Russian forces in the last ten days. casualties run to about sixty thousand including killed and wounded. heavy artillery will be needed to push Germans from entrenched positions as snows and winter set in. 8,000,000 Russian troops expected in spring with large reserves to sustain renewed campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis L. Murray
International Neays
Petrograd
Army
Vistula
Carpathians
Galician
Russia
Germany
Bourse Gazette
Shumsky
Right to search American ships admitted by state dept
The United States will not oppose the right to search American merchant ships on the high seas during the war. Acting Secretary of State Lansing announced after treasury prohibitions on publishing manifests until after ships sail. The policy aligns with England and other nations’ wartime prerogatives, guiding future protests or complaints.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International News Service
Washington
State Department
State Lansing
Treasury Department
Lansing
Mr. Lansing
England
United States
British Army Supplies To Be Shipped From Chicago
Three million dollars worth of British army supplies will be shipped from Chicago within a week, per La Salle Street reports. The British government has deposited six million dollars in gold in a Chicago bank to be spent, and this week's shipments include five hundred thousand woolen blankets and full outputs from two vegetable canning factories, plus large quantities of woolen items, joinery, and coal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
la Salle Street
German Cruiser Emden Sinks Russian Vessel at Penang Harbor
The German cruiser Emden torpedoed and sank the Russian cruiser Jemchug and a destroyer in Penang harbor off Peninsular Malaysia. The Jemchug had 834 men, with over two hundred killed or drowned. Jemchug, 3050 tons, 24 knots, armed with six 6 inch guns and smaller weapons, joined Pacific fleet in 1908 and was interned at Manila after 1905 war actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fhmden
Jemtchug
Penag
Georgetown
Penang
Malay Peninsula
Emden
Russia
Manila
Two Children Die in Insane Attorney Chase
International News Service report from Shreveport Louisiana on October 29 states Judge Roland Williamson a 35-year-old prominent attorney killed two children Virgina Lee eight and an infant in a fit of insanity. He chuckled when questioned and was placed in a straight jacket after being chased through the streets in his nightshirt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International News Service
Shreveport
Roland Williamson
Virgina Lee
Missing Laporte Girl Found Wandering In Lafayette
A girl found wandering in Lafayette wearing boys clothes claimed to be Hazel Spore from Laporte. She said she walked the distance but would not explain how she obtained the boy’s outfit. Hazel Spore had disappeared from her Laporte home while in a night robe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International News Service
Lafayette
Hazel Spore
Laporte
Hezel Spore
Belgian Troops Withdraw From Nieuport as German Push Advances
German experts expect evacuation of Nieuport after Belgian forces retreat due to heavy losses. Belgians are replaced by French troops and the town remains in Allied hands. The war office reports continued Western Front fighting with high Belgian casualties and German progress near Dixmude Verdun Toul and along the Vistula.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick Werner
Berlin
Amsterdam
Nieuport
War Office
Warsaw
Vintula
Dixmude
Verdun-Toul
Galicia
Vistula
Lyck
Prussian
Progressives Plan Saturday Boone County Rally Parade
Arrangements are set for a Boone County Progressives parade and rally on Saturday October 31. Speaker will be former Democrat William A. Pierson running for secretary of state against Homer L. Cook. Parade forms 645 PM with auto section south Meridian street and a foot section on South street. Route travels Meridian Washington Lebanon Main to the Grand Opera house, led by city police and flag bearers, Whitestown band, and Grand Marshal Captain Jesse Neff.
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Boone County
William A. Pierson
New Albany
Homer L. Cook
South Meridian Street
South Street
Automobile Committee
Meridien
Lebanon Street
Meridian
Washington
Lebanon
Main
J Main
Grand Opera House
Whitestown
Jesse Neff
Jesse-Nef
Rith
M. L. Butchier
Ward Brenton
Old Soldiery
Nick Bennett
George R. Darnall
Hoover Mahan
Arthur Carr
Dong Galvin
Sam Long
Joe McIntyre
W. A. Earhart
George Henderson
Roy Atkinson
J. A. Brown
Russell Mills
Fred Jackson
Charles Ford
Hubert Watts
Chester Darnall
Lew Edens
Roy Kiser
Dan Creath
Sam Storm
Bazil Rightsell
Thomas Clifford
Joe Clifford
Brazier Brown
J. W. Adsir
M. F. Campbell
Ray Lasley
William Fish
Jess Pishback
Caleb Bratton
Wiliam Platt
James Heffner
Jain F. Martin
Charles Powell
John F. McKinley
Robert Kern
J. N. Wiley
A. T. Wiley
Alvah Swap
Oscar Bea
John P. Stark
John Frost
James M. Tye
Robert Craig
John Craig
Lew Riley
Lew Pauley
Harry Henry
John Powell
John Jenkins
H. G. Randall
A. E B. Perkins
J. G. Wilcox
P. B. Little
Alex Hull
Guy Schultz
Amos Gosnell
C. M. Lenox
L. W. Kirtley
A. L.bowen
J. D. Lewis
James Carter
C. A. Berry
Watson
Masters
B. A. Schenck
G. M. Voris
A. M. McMillan
Charles Black
J. M. Worly
Gen Varntz
J.C. Brown
Roscoe Bratton
Olli Mills
Chas, Slusser
Perry Lumpkins
A. 0. Busby
F. M. Moody
Perry Barker
Charles Johnston
Stephen Cassidy
Jesse Pavey
Kenneth B. McMahan
H. G. Brown
CG. C. Tarr
W. J. Darnell
Perry Smith
Hu] Roberts
Lon Powell
Tom Shaw
Lon Mills
Willam Dye
Gus Cobb
Elmore Busby
W. Mf. Stafford
Squire McKinley
T. Hawn
Emmet City
Joseph Mayes
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Belgian
Herbert Temple
International Nws Service
London
Continents
NER
Helium
Admiralty
Brussels
Betterbeek
Berchem- St. Agathe
Ostend
Rhine
Great Britain
Sary
U.S
der In
Porte
Nieuaort
Lieve
Progressive Rally
Wm. A Pierson
Big Parade
Red Fire
Coome
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