Restaurant Cook Walter Johnson Faces Serious Charge
Walter Johnson, 20, a cook from Los Angeles now jailed in the city prison, is to be arraigned before Justice W. S. Clayson on a charge of attempted criminal assault against a 9 year old girl. Police say he offered money and tried to lure the girl to a barn before fleeing. Johnson refused counsel and threatened self harm, prompting heightened security.
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Walter Johnson
Justice of the Peace
W. S. Clayson
Johnson
Ramsey
Corona
E. B. Collier
California
Antwerp Siege Diary Delivers German Plan and Battles
London reports a diary style dispatch from Ostend detailing the Antwerp siege from September 26 to October 6. It chronicles Belgian retirements west of Malines, bombardments of forts De Waelhem Wavre St Catherine and Lierre, port waterworks destruction, British relief, and the German shift to an artillery assault with Allied retreat toward a second line.
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London
Antwerp
Central News
Ostend
Malines
de Waelhem
de Wavre St. Catherine
Fort de Waelhem
Lierre
Wavre St. Catherine
Belgium
Nethe
Duffel
Albert
Bombs Dropped By German Planes Fail To Explode
German aircraft dropped bombs as trains pulled from Paris stations, but the missiles did not detonate and were later found embedded two feet in the ground. News reached the Vatican that a bomb yesterday struck Notre Dame Cathedral, prompting the Pope to declare Providence prevented a global outrage.
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Paris
Notre Dame
Vatican
European War Dispatches Share Frontline Actions and Rumors
An AP correspondent reports cavalry engagements near La Basse Estaires and Hazebrouck with French gains on the Aisne and near Verdun. Antwerp fortifications hold as German offensives continue. air combats involve five French aviators. A Berliner Tageblatt note accuses German markets of selling English goods as genuine.
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la Basse
Estaires
Hazebrouck
Arras
Oise
Lasigny
Roye
Aisne
Soissons
Verdun
Voges
St. Die
Antwerp
Escaut
Apremont
Lorraine
St. Quen
Berlin
Berliner Tageblatt
Germany
England
Sheffield Steel
Saxony
French Drive German Forces Back Near Arras
A Daily Mail Paris correspondent reports a desperate battle north of Arras ending in a French victory. German forces were driven back 10 to 13 miles with about 12,000 killed or wounded.
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Fenders
Lille
Hazelbruck
Poland
Vistula
Grojec
Warsaw
Arras
Vera Cruz Merchants Face Alleged Rebel Fund Contrib
Report from Vera Cruz dated Oct 12 says local merchants allegedly contributed 25 000 pesos to agents of General Aguilar the rebel commander who reportedly threatened to attack the city. An investigation by American authorities has begun.
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Vera Cruz
Aguilar
Boston Wins World Championship Series Tilt
Philadelphia hosted game follows a close run as Boston defeats Philadelphia for the third straight time in the World Championship Baseball Series. Braves score nine to Athletics eight with Braves errors one and Athletics two noted.
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Philadelphia
Boston
Athletics
Braves
Sophomore Class Challenges Town Football Match
The sophomore class of the arena high school invites all challengers to a game at the athletic grounds tomorrow afternoon at 12 o clock. Opponents will include grammar grade boys who have improved since school began. A large crowd is expected, with city residents and grammar pupils anticipated in attendance.
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Arena High
Petrograd 15 One Place of Safety
A letter from Berliner Tageblatt describes Petrograd under mobilization with measures to protect foreigners and curb excesses. It notes police action against violence, alcohol bans, language precautions, and propaganda trends while detailing price changes and shortages in hotels, foods, and coal for the navy.
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the Hague
Petrograd
Berlin
German Shells Trump in War Says Wounded Officer
A wounded German officer told Tageblatt artillery is the war’s trump card. He praises German shells for destruction and moral impact, notes French shells often fail to explode, and describes the 16 5 cm howitzers and the 45 inch mortar growler overpowering fortifications. He also cites French alertness and ammunition discipline.
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Berlin
Tagebalt
Nevada Police Stop I W W Demonstration
Reno reports that state police ordered a squad to prevent forty or more I W W members from leaving Hazen to join a Tonopah demonstration. The Industrial Workers of the World members were arriving in Nevada on trains bound east.
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Reno
Industrial Workers of the World
Hazen
Nev
Tonopah
Donnelly
Nto
Ford Car Sales Reported by Local Agents
Three Ford automobiles were sold in the past week by Whitten and Crenshaw, local agents. Touring cars went to Robert N. Ross and Dr. J. E. McGrew, and A. J. Foss purchased a roadster. Residents of this city now living in San Diego County are visiting old friends nearby. Mrs. J. A. Hazen returns from Riverbank in Stanislaus County, where she visited her parents.
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Ford
Whitten and Crenshaw
Robert N. Ross
J.E. McGrew
A. J. Foss
Ewing Ree
San Diego County
San Diego
J. A. Hazen
Riverbank
Stanislaus County
B.°.M. Semjule
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Associated Press
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Independent
Daily Mail
Kaiser
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San Francisco
Pisviemomel
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