Withering Hale of Bullets Sheds on German
A Daily Mail correspondent reports near Ypres the German assault stalled after fierce artillery and rifle fire. German troops faced heavy losses, withdrew at dusk, leaving wounded behind. Germans strip survivors of clothing. many die from exposure. Lille railway still down. bodies fill wells and cisterns. Sanitation measures will precede residents’ return.
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London
Daily Mail
France
Ypres
Lille
Giant Zeppelins readied for London raid
London dispatch reports a super Zeppeline is about to be completed in Friedrichshafen for a raid on London before month end. The craft will mount artillery and boast a record setting range. A sister ship is under construction and several more Zeppelins are being built at Düsseldorf Potsdam and Hamburg.
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Dusseldorf
Germany
London
Daily Chronicle
Lake Constance
Friedrichsafen
Count Zeppelin
Zeppelin
Potsdam
Hamburg
Germans quit mass formation as battle shifts to open warfare
Paris reports Germans abandoning mass formations and attacking in open order as they rush eastern corps toward France in a final effort to break the Allied line near Calais. Petrograd says Russians press Steradz fortification as Berlin vows one more assault on Britain and Calais efforts. London notes imperial order to concentrate forces for a possible drive to Silesia. Belgian burial figures claim about 37,000 German dead after Dixmude defeat.
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Paris
France
Calais
London
Berlin
Silesian
Daily Mail
Copenhagen
Breslau
Belgium
Silesia
Dixmude
Fire Devastates Stockyards in Kansas City
A blaze destroyed twenty five acres of cattle pens, about one third of the stockyards, with losses estimated at three quarters of a million dollars. Three men were burned and timber fell on them, all surviving. The fire remained active and threatened another yard section, crippling handling of shipments tied to Chicago yard quarantine. Injured are H. O. Ostermeyer, H. H. Weber, and James Conroy.
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Kansas City
Chicago
H. O. Ostermeier
H. H. Weber
James Conroy
Corona Auto Racing Race Attracts 21 Entrants
Ralph De Palma joins a field of 21 cars for the Corona course Thanksgiving Day race. The Auto Racing association confirms a major crowd, special trains from San Francisco and Los Angeles, upgraded grandstands, and a dust control plan with calcium chloride to ensure a smooth course.
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Ott
Corona Auto Racing Association
Ralph de Palma
Corona
de Palma
Mercedes Lee Cal
Mason T Tyll
Mason
Auto Racing Association
May Be Romanian Movement In Favor of Intervention
London dispatch reports a Times Sofia correspondent sees a renewed Romanian push for intervention as a strong 400,000 man army could decide Galicia, Poland. The piece also notes Bulgaria could mobilize up to 200,000 troops for Entente action in Epirus and against Turkey if given a mandate, with Serbia potentially aiding Bulgaria.
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London
Sofia
Bulgaria
The
Times
Rumania
Galicia
Poland
Macedonia
Greece
Epirus
Turkey
Austria
Cattle Lost or Saved as Wind Powers Fire Response
A company denies cattle deaths amid conflicting reports of four thousand head lost. A sudden wind change reportedly spared the million dollar livestock exchange building, stopping the blaze within fifty feet of its origin.
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Live’ Stock Exchange
Villa backs Gutierrez as provisional Mexican president
Villa told an Associated Press representative he supports Gutierrez as provisional president and will provide armed backing, saying Gutierrez’s ideas align with his own. He vows to respect the law and urge others to do the same as reports from the south note unrest near Magdalena.
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Villa
EL Paso
Associated Press
Gutierrez
Mexico
San Antonio
Tex
Magdalena
Hermosillo
Sonora
Allies Repulsed In Many Attacks From Frontline Report
Paris, Nov. 7. Official word says the front along the Yser below Dixmude is gravely quiet as French and British repulse counter assaults from Dixmude to Bixchoote and along the Ypres sector. The French retake several positions while Germans press near Ypres and Verdun area suffers heavy losses. Allies hold the Armentieres Lille road between Waschaete and Messines as German reserves are urged to reach the front.
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Paris
River Yser
Yser
Dixmude
Bixchoote
Ypres
Neuve Chapelle
Verdum
Nancy
Flanders
Bixschoote
Waschaete
Messines
Armentierss
Lille
Arras
Artois
Argonne
Fall of Tsingtau Celebrated by Japanese Troops
Tokyo reports celebrating the fall of Tsingtau after a three week siege. General Yoshimi Yamada led a successful breach of middle forts, with Bismark and Moltke forts captured after a white flag hoisted. Casualties unnamed. 36 Japanese killed in final assault. British contributed, two officers wounded. 6 to 8 thousand German prisoners to be moved to Japan.
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Tokio
Tsing Tau
Yoshimi Yamada
Ilis
Bismark
Moltke
Japan
China
Cologne
London
Exchange Telegraph
Amsterdam
Munster
Belgium
Bounty Money Set for Constitutionalist Soldiers
Mexico City reports that a military order will distribute over $1,000,000 as bounty for valor to Constitutionalist soldiers who served in the recent campaign. Generals receive up to $5,000, brigadiers $2,000, colonels $1,000, majors $500, captains $300, lieutenants $150, and private soldiers $100.
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Mexico City
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Pasadena
Dunbars
Laurant
Federated Brotherhood
First National Bank
Covent National Bank
Packard
Baumgardt
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