500000 Refugees Flee Into Holland Amid War Firepower
Special correspondent reports over half a million people, mainly women and children, poured into Dutch towns from Belgium as German shells smashed Antwerp. Cities like Rotterdam and The Hague overflow with refugees as trains and boats carry them free of charge. Officials warn about potential lunatics among escapees while volunteers and monks aid the frightened crowd.
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Terneuzen
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British Bombs Ruin Zeppelin Over Germany
London reports that British air squadron attack on a Dusseldorf airship shed destroyed a Zeppelin. Squadron Commander Grey with Lieutenants Marix and Lippe led the raid, bombs hit through the roof, flames rose 500 feet, and all three officers survived though their planes were lost. The operation crossed more than 100 miles into enemy territory despite anti aircraft defenses.
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Dusseldorf
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R. L. G. Marix
S. V. Lippe
Marix
Bird Speaks at Walker Rally in North Adams
Oct 9 Charles Sumner Bird, twice Massachusetts Progressive gubernatorial candidate, spoke in support of Joseph Walker and other Progressive nominees in North Adams. He argued business is a principal problem facing the people at tonight’s rally.
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North Adams
Charles Sumner Bird
Massachusetts
Joseph Walker
Political clash over big business and party aims
A speaker criticizes the Republican party for being financed by big business while timidly opposing trusts. He argues the party attacks trusts with noise yet harms big business through stealthy dissolution and a sham battle. He contrasts this with the Progressive party’s view favoring cooperation among business, government, and labor.
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Republican Party
Progressive Party
McCall and rivals address Woburn meeting at Montvale Assn
The Hon Samuel W McCall Republican candidate for Governor Frederick W Mansfield State Treasurer and Frederick P Glazier Progressive candidate for State auditor spoke at a Montvale Improvement Association event in Ashford hall Woburn Mansfield asserted he would convert activists with a $100 bond while McCall focused on association work Hoar also spoke joined by Dr Glazier and Roger Sherman Hoar.
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Frederick W. Mansfield
Frederick P. Glazier
Montvale Improvement Association
Ashford Hall
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Mansfield
Mr. McCall
Improvement Association
Dr. Glazier
Roger Sherman Hoar
Prohibition Party Stands Firm on Candidates
Prohibition Party remains with its ticket as no candidates will withdraw. An agreement for a Bull Moose Working Alliance was noted but Prohibition contenders stay in place to contest the race.
Sheriff’s Friend Killed in Hunt for Safe-Blowers
In thick fog a deputy sheriff and his brother opened fire on William A Harbroe and Allie Trench while searching for robbers. Harbroe was killed. An attached image notes Harbroe and Frank Eldredge who fired from an upper window as the robbers fled.
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Allie Trench
Harbroe
Frank Eldredge
Howard
Benjamin F. Bourne
Bourne
Hart
State ticket remains, no withdrawal for Progressives
At yesterday's conference representatives from two parties discussed cooperation. Professor A H Evans indicated he would stay in the race. Miss Anna Tillinghast spoke for the Progressives, seeking cooperation, but the Prohibitionists refused to merge. A further conference was planned, with only a possible working alliance likely.
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Anna Tillinghast
Campain
Woman killed by express near Davis square West Somerville
Mrs. Charlotte E. Waite 32 Winslow avenue West Somerville was instantly killed about 5 30 PM when an express train from Boston struck her at the Davis square crossing. She was en route from Hobbs building to home and stood in front of the moving train. The engineer was Charles Woodman and the conductor Charles F Cross. Survived by husband, mother and brother. Born in Northboro Maine, she had lived in West Somerville several years.
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Winslow Avenue
West Somerville
Boston
Davis Square Crossing
Haggerty
East Boston Relief Hospital
Charles Woodman
Cedar Street
Somerville
Charles F. Cross
Band of yeggmen sought after Bourne post office heist
Posses of citizens sweep Buzzard's Bay area tonight hunting a gang of safe blowers who escaped after blowing the Bourne Post Office safe early today. William A. Harbree was mistakenly shot during the incident.
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Bourne Post Office
Buzzard’s Bay
William A. Harbree
Walker Blames Liquor Trade for Political Corruption
Plymouth, Oct 9 Joseph Walker of Brookline Progressive candidate for Governor denounces liquor traffic as the top corrupting influence in politics and cites city government inefficiency. He argues the barroom channels funds to voters and bosses and urges joining the Progressive party to fight liquor and related issues.
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Plymouth
Joseph Walker
Brookline
Boston
New York
Progressive Party
Distress of Nations And Fatal Bridge Fire Fight
A fog bound Cape Cod Canal bridge chase ends in a deadly shootout as two yeggmen flee. Night watchman Har Bree is shot and dies at St Luke's Hospital. Deputy Sheriff Hart and brother pursue. other shots ring out from residents. The post office safe yielded 1385 dollars. local clues point to a band.
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Harvey Hart
William
St. Luke’s Hospital
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Allie Trench
Hart
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Russell
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Brooklyn
N. Y
Free trade in food decreed in Austria
Vienna reports that the government announced a temporary suspension of duties on corn flour and vegetables entering Austria. The notice was issued with international dispatch from Amsterdam and London at 5:30 pm local time.
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Austria
Vienna
Amsterdam
London
Dutch approve 60 million florins mobilization credit
A Reuters dispatch from The Hague reports the Dutch second chamber has approved a credit of 60 million florins, about 20 million dollars, to cover mobilization expenses. The approval marks a key funding step for wartime measures.
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London
Reuter Telegram Company
Hague
Second Chamber
Thousands of Homes for Ailments of Stomach to Bowels
An early advertisement proclaims relief from ailments of stomach liver kidneys and bowels with the world’s most famous family remedy. It asserts the preparation offers relief to many universal complaints and positions the product as a universal cure. The copy emphasizes wide usefulness and trusted remedy status.
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Beecham
Russians Take 10 000 German Prisoners In East Prussia
Reuter's Petrograd correspondent reports heavy fighting on the East Prussian frontier with the Russians capturing 10 000 German prisoners and 40 cannon. Among the officers taken are several landed proprietors formerly based in the Province of Kovno Lithuania, a region with many German subjects.
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London
Reuter
Petrograd
Kovno
Lithuania
Coal carrying boat captured by Germans
Berlin transmitted statement says the Norwegian steamer Modig carrying 1800 tons of coal from England to Russia was captured by a German torpedo boat and brought into Swinemunde. The report, received via Marconi, places the event on the night of October 9.
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London
Berlin
Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company
Modig
England
Russia
Swinemunde
Thirty More American Motor Ambulances Added
Paris Oct 9 Thirty ambulances are to be added to the 24 owned by the American ambulance corps. Five Americans, keeping their identities private, underwrite the cost. The aim is to move wounded not only to the American hospital station with 400 beds but to any available hospital. Ambulances will go to the battlefield to pick up the wounded under fire or after nightfall where danger is not too great.
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Messiah
Earth
Paris
Italy's War Minister Grandi Resigns Amid Criticism
London dispatch reports General Grandi resigns as Italy's Minister of War following newspaper criticism of his administration. The Rome telegram notes the move is tied to press scrutiny and political pressure within the cabinet.
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London
General Grandi
Rome
Reuter
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