British Pride In Navy Cut To The Quick
London reports say the protected cruiser Hawke was sunk by a German submarine with nearly 500 lives lost. Off Calais refugees flee to England as northern France and Belgium face terror and ruins. Arras lies in ruins with the town hall destroyed and bodies burned to prevent disease. Snowstorms blanket the Ardennes and Vosges threatening German retreat.
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Herbert Temple
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London
England
North Sea
Rosenman
C. F. Bertilli
Paris
Arras
France
Bomb explosion at St Patrick's Cathedral wounds floor
A blast at St Patrick's Cathedral damaged the floor near a caltar, the police suspect both bombs were set by the same person in what may be revenge.
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St. Patrick's Cathedral
Allied advances and siege reports shape war news
Oct 17 dispatches from Rome Petrograd Paris and Berlin describe Przemysl under siege and reported fall imminent amid German and Austrian offensives. Russian reports claim gains and prisoner captures while Fleurbaix and Calais front dynamics signal Allied counter moves with Belgian forces retreating into France.
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Rome
Przemysl
Galacia
Carman Will Face Trial In Nassau County Murder Case
Mrs Florence Conklin Carman is slated for trial in Mineola on murder charges in the death of Mrs Louise Duryea Bailey. Defense says she will be acquitted. prosecutors plan to argue the shot aimed at her husband killed Bailey. Jury selection expected to be contentious with many Nassau residents among panelists.
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Mineola
N. Y
Florence Conklin Carman
Louise Duryea Bailey
Carman
Freeport
George Morton Levy
John J. Graham
Smith
Nassau County
Berlin confirms capture of Ostend and Bruges
A London dispatch cites Boulogne reporting German forces driven from Lille. Berlin says Germans occupied Bruges October 14 and Ostend October 15, while a Russian attempt to seize Luck in East Prussia failed with artillery loss and 800 prisoners.
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Francis Murray
Petrograd
Russia
Poland
Warsaw
Galacia
Przemys
London
Daily Mail
Boulogne
Lille
Berlin
the Hague
Bruges
Ostend
Luck
East Prussia
Touring Car Day or Night Advertisement Axi Call
Axi promotes a Touring Car advertisement inviting readers to call 1800 for information. The prompt emphasizes day or night options and directs potential customers to contact for details.
Frostburg Fair Draws Large Crowd and Extends Through Monday
Great crowds attended the Frostburg Fichtinot fair with hundreds from outside the city. A. T. Stabler and local lecturers led programs on farm work and culture. Boy Scouts acted as guides as attendance rose each day. The committee voted to continue the fair through Monday to accommodate the crowds.
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Frostburg
A. T. Stabler
Assault on Naco Sonora Escalates Amid Villa Forces
Mexican fighting near Naco Sonora intensifies as Villa allied troops under Governor Maytoreno attack from western and eastern fronts. Mines set by defenders under General Benjamin Hill shake the town while Indian forces join the assault. American officers report bullets crossing into U S soil and expect Carranza troops to surrender under heavy rifle and artillery fire.
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Naco
Ariz
Sonora
Villa
Maytoreno
Benjamin Hill
Carranza
Refugees from Belgium Flood English Ports as Dover Struggles
Some 36 000 refugees have landed in Dover and Folkestone and remain on quays or boats unable to dock as Dover port closes for fortification. Many are hungry women and children with scarce housing, rail access, and food despite an emergency relief effort.
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Ostend
Dover
Belgium
French
Lowestoft
Folkstone
Antwerp
Hotels in London purge German and Austrian staff
London news reports pressure from the press over German and Austrian workers in city hotels. Three major houses announced they would be free of German and Austrian staff, followed by two Bloomsbury hotels. Several Strand hotels are German managed, with English workers not desired. A German owner reportedly dismissed about twenty English employees at the outbreak of war.
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London
Bloomsbury
Strand
German Gunboat Geir to Stay in Honolulu for Repairs
Honolulu Oct 17 The German gunboat Geir arriving from Tsing Tau will remain in Honolulu indefinitely for engine repairs to continue for several weeks. The ship will also continue to coal, indicating no intention to terminate its stay or proceed elsewhere.
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Apt
Honolulu
Tsing Tau
Vonnet Marcoux Reported Killed in French Service
Boston dispatch says Vonnet Marcoux of the Boston Opera Company was shot and killed while serving in the French army. A Turin native, he had become a French citizen after years in the opera group.
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Boston
Vonni Marcoux
Boston Opera Company
Turin
Italy
France
Girl pawns trinkets to go abroad to wounded lover
Chicago Oct 17 Frederick Henkel chased his sister Marie who fled with borrowed money to reach her wounded Austro officer lover in Europe. Marie pawned jewels, raised funds from friends, bought steerage to Genoa and plans to join Count Willie Feeder Hinez von Zagreb in Trieste, while her brother follows with money for first class travel.
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Chicago
Frederick Henkel
Marie
Austria
Miss Henkel
Willie Feeder Hinez von
Zagreb
Europe
New York
Genoa
Trieste
Ashtabula
Frederick
What German Army Required in Antwerp
London reports Antwerp now garrisoned by 4 units totaling 17 900 marines and 200 officers under an admiral. German aid includes 4300 hundredweight potatoes 2000 bottles wine bread for the garrison 5000 cigars meat for officers and soldiers and daily pay for the force.
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Antwerp
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Vosges Mountains
Frederick William
St. Alphonsus’ Church
Frank Tannenbaum
Fleurbainx
Lys
Fleurbaix
Armientierras
Frederick T. Werner
Copenhagen
German War Office
Belgian
Bordeaux
Albert
Cumberlain Press
Dr. Stabler
Garrett
Allegany S
Rett
Mexico
B. F. Biser
Sarah Keech
L. Kk. ‘Little
Baltimore
Cc. P. Arnold
Sunburst
Arnold
B. & O. Railroad
Cumberland Press
T-F
Vonnet Marcoux
A Ydam
Reuter
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