Fort Vaux Falls to German Forces at Verdun
The fortress Fort Vaux, a key Verdun position, was evacuated by German troops after a long drive. The fall widens German losses on the Meuse front as French forces pressed in during a renewed offensive. The evacuation marks the 252nd day of the Verdun struggle with heavy artillery and prior recapture actions nearby.
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Meuse
Verdun
Fort
London
Fort Vaux
Berlin
Fort Douaumont
The
War Office
Will Get Surgical Reform
Flint Michigan November 3 A test of surgical correction of mental defects moved forward when Judge Mark W Stevens accepted a prosecutors motion to file larceny charges against Howard C Gaskill aged twenty seven of South Bend He agreed to the operation after Gaskills relatives and counsel stated he was mentally defective from a motorcycle accident that damaged his head and he consented to the procedure
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Flint, Mich
Mark W. Stevens
C. A. Bishop
Howard C. Gaskill
South Bend
Indiana
D. M. Shively
Gnskill
M. L. Gaskill
Fred Anderson
Coal to Go Up at Goshen
Goshen Indiana November 3 coal dealers who have been retailing hard coal at ten dollars a ton announce they will be compelled to advance the price. The trade of coal now sold here at ten dollars cannot be bought wholesale under ten dollars and twenty cents a ton. Many factories are short of fuel and the situation is regarded as unusually serious.
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Chicago
Illinois
Chiscago
A. T. Murphy
Black Diamond Company
Stock Guards
The
Mart
American Association of Railways
Denver
Goshen
Ind
Former Indiana convict held by Cincinnati police
Harold Karch twenty is a former Richmond resident held by Cincinnati police on a robbery charge. He served a term in the Boys school for breaking into the Nicholson Printing company plant in Richmond.
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Indiana
Richmond
Ind
Harold Karch
Cincinnati
Nicholson Printing Company
Bush and Nash Injured in Downers Grove Auto Crash
Aurora November 3 Guy Bush former member of the general assembly from the Forty first district and John Nash wealthy owners Grove merchant were seriously injured when Nashs auto overturned on the Chicago road one mile north of Downers Grove The machine rolled over Bush inflicting severe internal injuries.
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Aurora
Guy Bush
General Assembly
John Nash
Grove Merchant
Nash
Chicago Road
Downers Grove
Lad of Arson Accused Over Randolph Barn Fire
Portland Ind November 3 Onaney Wall sixteen Randolph county lad is accused of arson as the result of fire destroying the M J Mack barn He is held in jail here in default of a thousand dollar bond.
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Portland
Ind
Onaney Wall
Randolph County
M. J. Mack
Jai
Sees big diver at sea near Cape Henry
Baltimore reports Captain FH Hirsch of the Norwegian freighter Osterdal from Cardiff Wales sighting a large submarine about 400 miles east of Cape Henry. The craft, suspected to be a German U-53, was seen at 11 o clock at night within about 600 feet, circled the Osterdal, and gave no signal.
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Baltimore
FH. Hirsch
Osterdal
Cardiff
Wales
Cape Henry
Hirsch
Antony Jannus Killed In Russian Aero Service
Antony Jannus of Baltimore American aviator killed in Russian aero service on Oct. 12. He was known in Chicago and the middle west for aviation exhibitions and long flights before going to Europe. He served as an instructor at the Canadian Aeronautical School in Toronto in 1915 before joining Russia.
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Baltimore
Antony Jannus
Russian Aero Service
Jannus
Chicago
Middle West
Europe
Canadian Aeronautical School
Toronto
Russia
Suffragists Reach Local High School in Richmond Meeting
Richmond Illinois November 3 Wayne County suffragettes held a meeting with high school girls to present the cause of franchise. Several girls surprised suffrage worker Mrs Walter Lewis by delivering speeches against the vote for women movement.
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Richmond
Ill
Wayne County
Walter Lewis
Pennsylvania
Dakotas
Marina Case Delayed Ahead of Election
Secretary Lansing announced the Marina case decision would not be reached before November 7. The outcome hinges on three factors: whether the ship was torpedoed without warning and safety provisions, whether it was armed offensively, and whether it had prior admiralty service. Lansing noted Germany's pledge to the United States on submarine warfare and armed merchantmen.
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Washington
Lansing
State Department
Marina
Watertown
N. Y
Department
Germany
United States
Desertion leads to fine and prison for Indiana man
Muncie Indiana November 3 Judge Frank Ellis of the Delaware circuit court sentenced Ernest Hobbs to a $500 fine and six months on state farm after he admitted deserting his three year old son and fifteen month old daughter by a lonely roadside. Hobbs blamed himself in a letter and asked that his wife, charged with child desertion, be freed. Mrs. Hobbs was dismissed. The two children, strapped in a go cart, were left on a county road several Sundays ago and later cared for by county authorities.
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Muncie
Ind
State Farm
Frank Ellis
Delaware Circuit Court
Ernest Hobbs
Hobbs
Thieves Loot Sick Dentist Office In Savanna
Thieves stole gold and valuable instruments from Dr. D. P. Hyler's dental office in Savanna while he was at home ill. The incident occurred on November 3 as police investigate the break in.
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Savanna
Ill
D. P. Hyler
Winter to Be Warm One
Columbus Indiana November 3 Those who believe in signs investigate winter saying fur of coons possums muskrats and mink is lighter and poorer quality this fall than usual indicating no severe weather and only a small part of wild fowl went south Corn snacks are open and ears poking out when cold winters approach the corn shucks are tight and the ears protected
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Columbus
Ind
Tobacco Crop Good Near Lawrenceburg Indiana
Tobacco growers around Lawrenceburg Indiana are stripping nearly all crops and report excellent quality. Most barns report little houseburn. Market outlook shows barley tobacco averaging at least 40 cents per pound, about 4 cents higher than last year.
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Lawrenceburg
Ind
Allies Shell German Fort in Constanza Action
Berlin reports enemy warships shelled the Roumanian Black Sea port of Constanza, recently captured by German and Bulgarian forces, but the attack failed to inflict damage according to official statements.
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Berlin
Black Sea
Constanza
General Cadorna leads Italian victory against enemy forces
Field report credits Italian Commander General Cadorna with a decisive victory over opposing forces in renewed operations. The advance reinforces Italy's military position and signals continued offensive momentum in the campaign.
Falkenhayn Advances 23 Miles Into Roumania
London reports Petrograd official statement that General von Falkenhayn's Austro German forces moved 23 miles through mountains from Kronstadt. Berlin says advance continues slowly yet irresistibly, nearing Bucharest with 200 prisoners taken. Alstehanz, Predeal, and Rothenthurn passes left behind as Roumanians report Jiul valley gains and ongoing Alt river offensive. Dobrudja fighting lulls.
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London
von Falkenhayn
Kronstadt
Petrograd
Choleia
Berlin
von Fallenhayn
Roumnenian
Bucharest
Campolung
von Falkerhayne
Alstehanz
Predeal
Rothenthurn
Jiul
Alt River
Dobrudja
War ns Autoists, Is Killed In Halloween Prank Fatality
Greencastle Indiana November 3 A Halloween prank caused the death of John W Blaydes seventy five a leading farmer from north Putnam county near Roachdale He went into the road to remove rails set as an obstruction to warn motorists and was struck by a Roachdale driver Frank Davis whose car failed to see the rails two wheels passed over Blaydes body resulting in fatal injuries
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Greencastle
Ind
John W. Blaydes
Putnam County
Roachdale
Blaydes
Frank Davis
Summitville Canning Disposes 100000 Tomatoes to Chicago Packager
Alexandria Ind Nov 8 The Sum mitville Canning company has disposed of 100000 remaining cans of tomatoes to a large packing house in Chicago.
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Alexandria
Ind
Summitville Canning Company
Italians Resume Advance Against Trieste Front
General Cadorna’s forces resume eastward assault from Gorizia, penetrating Austrian lines and seizing multiple strong positions on the Carso. as first day ends, 4,731 prisoners, six cannons, many machine guns and large war materiel captured. Italians occupy eastern Tivoli and San Matco slopes and other heights, with notable gains on Ve liki and Hill No 375.
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Cadorna
Trieste
Rome
Gorizia
Corso
Count Cadorna
Oae
Val Ione
War Office
Oppachissella - Castagna - Vizza Road
Carso
Megili
Tivoli
San Matco
Sober
Eleventh Army
Veliki Wen
Kribach
Monte Pecinka
Russians Defeated in Volhynia Sector
London reports a major battle on the Galeian front near Witonicz south of the Stokhod river where General von Ditfurth led German troops to storm Russian defenses. After heavy fighting and artillery, Germans captured the heights and over 1,500 prisoners as Russian losses, dead and wounded, were described as heavy.
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London
von Linsingen
von Ditfurth
Witonicz
Stokhod
Genera von Ditfurth
Aar
Mail plan not in neutral on German blockade
Washington Nov 3 The United States will not help Germans evade the British blockade if American mails are delivered to the Deutschland on her homeward voyage Secretary of State Lansing said Britain has never declared a legal blockade of Germany England tried to close the North Sea by an order in council whose legality the United States has not admitted
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Washington
United States
Lansing
Great Britain
Germany
England
North Sea
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Tony Janus
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Marina Case
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Farmer
Volhynia
Teutons
Witoniez
U. S
Deutschland
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