Destruction of Sixth British Cruiser Marks Naval Setback
London reports a British cruiser sunk by a German submarine off Scotland with 400 sailors lost, aggravating public anger over naval reverses. Meanwhile German and Allied battles intensify along the French Belgian line as Ostend and Dunkirk block further advances and Verdun frames a broader clash. The east sees a decisive battle as Russian and Austro-German forces clash near Warsaw after a prior German retreat.
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Lille
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Estaires
Hawke
Scotland
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Hogue
Cressy
North Sea
Warsaw
Berlin
Duc de Montpensie Captures German Vessel Off Tsingtao
The Duc de Montpensie, serving the British admiralty, used his yacht Mekong commanded by Captain Henry E. Morton to capture the German merchantman Hamametal of about 4000 tons off Tsingtao. The Dun de Montpensie has offered his services to the British admiralty. The report is from the Pacific Commercial Advertiser of Honolulu.
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San Francisco
Pacific Commercial Advertiser
Honolulu
Duc de Montpensie
Tsingtao
Henry E. Morton
Pacific Mail Steamship Company
Japanese harbor pivot turns yacht to British command
On August 5 in Yokohama the duke transferred his yacht to Britain after a conference with Sir James Cunningham Greene. The vessel flew the British flag and joined a mobilizing fleet at Wei Hai Wei under Captain Morton. A prize crew was placed aboard the Hamametal after warning shots. The Mekong becomes a despatch boat and Morton resigns.
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James Cunningham Greene
Japan
Morton
Wei Hai Wei
Tsingtao
Hamametal
Mekong
Advertiser
Making Motor Boats Safer Campaign Gains Momentum
Surveyor of the Port Maynard urges safety first in motor boat inspection efforts. Of 1180 boats examined last summer 250 lacked required safety appliances, mainly insufficient life preservers. The prior year 818 boats were checked with numerous lacking equipment.
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Maynard
Expressman Charged With Stealing Four Shoe Cases
James F Grace a Windsor Street Cambridge expressman was arrested charged with larceny of four shoe cases valued at 249 dollars owned by Field Lambert Company of Lowell. The theft occurred April 15 1914 at a freight shed on Minot Street West End.
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Cambridge
Field Lambert Company
Lowell
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West End
Fire cripples Worcester block as flames wreck Day building
Firemen fought through dense smoke as 82 occupants fled from the Day building on Main Street Worcester. Rescue efforts saved W Richard Mooney and others, while Grace Methodist Church faced embers and the structure suffered heavy losses including music studios and instruments.
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Andrew O’brien
W. Richard Mooney
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Gsew
Theresa Anderson
Eva Dergstron
Grace Methodist Church
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Suqbury Street
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Wig
Hawke torpedoed by German sub in North Sea sinks with crew
British cruiser Hawke was torpedoed by a German submarine near Dogger Banks and sank with all commissioned officers and most of the crew. Only three non commissioned officers and 49 sailors were rescued by trawlers after Theseus avoided a similar fate and the admiralty warned of intensified German submarine activity and allied naval losses this early in the war.
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Elbe
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Hague
Theseus
Sydney Austin
Hawke
Admiralty Reports Loss of Hawke in North Sea Submarine Attack
The North Sea action left the Hawke sunk after a submarine torpedoed the cruiser off Scotland in fog. Officers and most of the crew are missing with 49 men landed at Aberdeen from a trawler. Theseus escaped a similar fate. The Hawke, built in 1893, carried about 550 normally. Further details to follow.
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Theseus
Hugh Edwards
North Sea
Hawke
M. P. EB. T. Williams
Aberdeen
Poatswain
Sydney Austin
James Dennis
Harry Evitt
Scotland
Russian General Staff Says Austro German Front Offensive East Prussia
Official dispatch from Petrograd reports small engagements on the East Prussian front. It states Austro German forces opened a full offensive along the front from the Vistula to Galicia on October 15 and that south of Przemysl three Austrian companies and six officers were captured.
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East Prussia
Vistula River
Galicia
Przemysl
Germans Say They Have Taken Ostend
An official statement from Berlin reported through The Hague to London says German forces occupied Bruges on October 14 and Ostend on October 15. The note adds that a Russian attempt to seize Lyck in East Prussia failed, with artillery lost and about 800 prisoners taken.
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Hague
London
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Ostend
Lyck
East Prussia
Lieutenant David Kerr Killed in Action
London October 16 Lieut David Kerr younger son of Lord Ralph Kerr has been killed in action His name appears in an official casualty list issued tonight He was an officer in the Royal Scots.
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London
David Kerr
Ralph Kerr
Royal Scots
10 600 Cases of Cholera Reach Galicia and Hungary
A Giornale d Italia despatch reports cholera sweeping Galicia and Hungary with 10 000 cases among soldiers and close contacts in a northern Hungarian town and its district. The outbreak is described as extraordinarily violent with many dying within hours. Russians reportedly withdrew from Hungary to avoid contamination.
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Rome
Giornale D'Italia
Ange Trian
Galicia
Hungary
Special offer to readers for Dr Pierce book copy
Advertisement offers the People's Common Sense Medical Adviser by Dr. R. V. Pierce. Readers may obtain a cloth bound medical guide by mailing 20 cents in stamps to Dr. Pierce at the Invalids Hotel in Buffalo New York, with charges prepaid. The ad promotes self knowledge and treatment of disease in plain language.
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Common Sense
R. V. Pierce
America
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