Allies Driving Lines Forward on Both Wings
Reports from the front indicate heavy Allied reinforcements, including East Indian troops and territorials, pushing the German right wing back foot by foot. German forces on the west appear worn from sustained fighting, while Allied pressure on the east and center grows with more troops and shifting lines.
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Amsterdam
London
Berliner Tageblatt
Verdun
Argonne
Meuse
Paris
Somme
Moselle
Rethel
Tunnville
Rotterdam
Daily Telegraph
Russian
Poland
Cracow
Hungary
Petrograd
Bresadonck
Waalhem
Billebroeck
German center breached as Russians push on lakes
In the battle line from Ossowatz to Simmno the German center yields under pressure while Russians mount bold charges and drive Germans from entrenchments near the lakes. The newspaper notes limited German cables and urges readers to weigh Allied reports with caution due to possible partisan sources.
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Augustawo
Koptuyewo
Ossowatz
Simmno
EXPECT FIGHT TO LAST WAR COST TO GERMANY
Berlin dispatches discuss prolonged Western battle, noting no quick decisive turn and heavier German losses. A separate report says Germany sees no funding worry as public support grows for a 6.0 billion mark war fund, with daily costs around 20 million marks.
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Germany
Berlin
London
Lokal Anzelgar
Minor World War Updates From Special Correspondence
The British official news bureau reports the German cruiser Odin sunk in the Indian Ocean with British steamers Tumeric King Lud Riberta and Foyle captured the collier Bursk. Kiel canal travelers note Germany loading ordnance on armored ships as Krupp tests progress. German casualties appear heavy with regiments steadily losing men. Brussels hints at impending German action as English nurses and doctors are ordered to depart and wounded are moved out of the city.
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Omden
Indian Ocean
Tumeric
King Lud
Riberta
Foyle
Bursk
Copenhagen
Kiel Canal
Krupp Works
Brussels
London
France
Sir John French
Gerrans
Inez
Ana
Alane
Jack Johnsons
No Man's Land
No Man’s Land
Frederick the Great
Marshal Soubise
Persoux
Villa forces seize Caonanea as armistice talks loom
From El Paso and London dispatches, Villa's troops capture the copper camp Caonanea crossing into Naco territory with Carranza forces entrenched at nearby Naco. Reports note a Mexican armistice amid Zacatecas talks and mass movement toward Durango. British front accounts describe trench fighting and spy networks on the Western Front.
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el Paso
Tex
Villa
Maytorena
Sonora
Caonanea
Neco
Benjamin Hill
Carranza
Nacola
Arizona
Guilfoyle
Biabee
Douglas
Hill
Durango
Vila
Carlos Argue
Zacatecas
Mexico City
Fifty Miners Rescued After Mine Cave Near Joplin
In Joplin Missouri on October 3 fifty miners narrowly escaped entombment when the American mine caved in. About ten acres of ground collapsed, taking with it a powder magazine oil hoist sludge mill and a residence. Fifty men were working two hundred fifty feet beneath the surface. Foreman Navn ton Keithley relayed surface directions by telephone to guide the rescue party to shaft No. 7. Eight workers were seriously injured.
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Joplin
Ats
Navnton Keithley
Army Doctor Seaman Resigns Over War Criticism
President Wilson accepts the resignation of Dr Louis Livingstone Seaman first lieutenant in the Medical Reserve Corps on the inactive list. The letter was written before Secretary Garrigan sought explanation of alleged criticism of the German campaign in Belgium.
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L. L. Seaman
United States
Washington
Wilson
Louis Livingstone Seaman
Medical Reserve Corps of
Army
Garrigan
Seaman
Belgium
Peace Treaty Signing To Take Place In Washington
Washington reports the peace commission treaty between the United States and Russia will be signed today by Secretary Bryan and the Russian ambassador. Quebec notes the first snow of the season. Savannah reports British steamer Concord released after grounding on Tybee bar with no damage. Neumarket notes the Jockey Club stakes of 50000 won by Troistemps with Humesse second and Rattlejack third.
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Washington
Peace Commission
United States
Russia
Bryan
Quebec
Savannah
Concord
Liverpool
Tybee Bar
Neumarket
England
Airship America Shipped to England for War Use
The airship America, intended for Lieutenant Porte's transatlantic flight, was shipped from New York aboard the Mauretania to England for use by the British government in the war.
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WU. S. New York
America
Porte
England
Mauretania
British Aviator Bombs Maastricht Breaking Dutch Neutrality
October 2 British diplomat reports in The Hague that a British aviator dropped a bomb over Maastricht, violating Dutch neutrality and drawing protest from the Netherlands authorities.
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Berlin
the Hague
Netherlands
Maastricht
Death Comes Swiftly to Two German Spies
London reports from France describe a covert execution of two German spies found tapping an underground telephone line near a fort. A concealed assassin, after a warning, fires short-range shots causing swift, merciful deaths, while the observer notes the men carried ciphered information for enemies.
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London
France
Monsieur
Tres
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the Aisne
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Naco
Ariz
Burg
Bethe
Big ‘Battia
Armistic
Tenth Reserve Army
Mont St. Gilbert
Tenth Army
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Antwerp
Calais
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Missouri
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