German Admit Somme Setbacks Amid Rivermead Actions
Berlin concedes British gains north of Thiepval and footholds at Genermont and other Somme points as French attacks press near Ablaincourt. German reports describe violent artillery duels from Courcelette to Rancourt and hand to hand fighting along the front while Roumanian and Balkan actions unfold nearby.
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London
Somme
Thiepval
Stuff and
Schwaben
German War Office
Genermont
Prince Rupprecht
Ancre
Courcelette
Rancourt
Barleux- Ablainecourt
Thiepval Jed
Lesboeufs
Bar- Jeux
Ablaincourt
Generm Nt
Meuse
Berlin
Szeurduk Pass
Transylvania
Dobrudja
von Macken- Sen
Macedonia
Monastir-Florina
Cerna River
Serbia
Teuton
Reuters Amsterdam
Les Nouvelles
Limbourg
Hamont
Roumania
Saloniki
Seres
Greek Macedonia
Rush Lockhart to Prison in Indiana Murder Case
Levi Lockhart, condemned for second degree murder and life imprisonment, was sent to Michigan City State Prison after a hasty transfer to avoid possible violence. The trial sparked jury split over manslaughter. Lockhart had shot Owensboro officer J Coleman Dawson in 1912 amid a Kentucky pursuit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evansville
Ind
Levi Lockhart
Spencer County
Michigan City
Lockhart
J. Coleman Dawson
Owensboro
Rockport
Kentucky
Bloomington quarry workers resume work after strike
Bloomington Indiana October 16 virtually all of the 2500 stone quarry laborers in the district who had been on strike for two weeks returned to work after national union officers advised them to do so the operators had refused to recognize the holsters union
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bloomington
Ind
Jerome D Travers Amateur Golf Champion Marries Fellow Golfer
Jerome D Travers, noted amateur golf champion, wed today to a fellow golfer in a ceremony attended by local sports figures and club members. The event linked two prominent golfing families and was held at the Riverside Country Club with guests from nearby clubs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doris Tiffany
Newburg
N. Y
Jerome Dr. Travers
United States
Russian Submarine Captures Turkish Transport Rodusto
An official admiralty statement says the Russian submarine Tulen, after an hour long engagement near the Bosphorus on Oct 12, captured the Turkish 6000-ton armored transport Rodusto. The transport, commanded by German officers, was taken to Sebastopol.
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Petrograd
Admiralty
Tulen
Bosphorus
Rodusto
Sebastopol
Norman Prince Killed in French Aviation Corps
Norman Prince, sergeant major of the Franco American aviation corps, died in a Paris hospital from injuries suffered last week in an accident behind the lines that broke both his legs. Son of Mr and Mrs Frederick H H Prince of Hamilton Mass he was twice decorated for distinguished service as a flier and recently received the military medal for skill and bravery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Norman Prince
Prince
Frederick HH. Prince
Hamilton
Mass
He Is One Lucky Giant
London Oct 14 A Wiltshire inn keeper stands 8 ft 2.5 in tall and 280 pounds with strength to lift two men. He cannot fit standard army gear, boots size 22 1 2, and even railroad seats, so authorities decide he can keep managing his inn after wrestling with the problem. He is twenty two years old and still growing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Wiltshire
Tommy
Will Name Pension Trustees in Quincy Police Fund
Mayor Abbott will appoint the board of trustees for the police pension act declared constitutional by the supreme court in a test case. Ten policemen here are eligible to the fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quincy
Abbott
Police
Supreme Court
Berlin announces September and August steel tonnage
Berlin reports concrete figures for September and August. It states 1,116,000 tons of iron and steel against 1,245,000 tons in August, with the notice dated Berlin October 16 and 17.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Italians Fight On 50 Mile Front Into Ridge Warfare
Italian and Austrian forces clash across a fifty mile front as General Count Cadorna reports artillery work and no infantry actions in key sectors. Italians claim a victory near Monte Roste and seize an Austrian mountain battery with ammunition in the Cosmagon area while Austrian detachments briefly seize an outpost in the Posina valley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Count Cadorna
Triesi
War Office
Mount
Pasubic
Posina
Pesubio
Monte Roste
Cosmagon
Milwaukee fires cost up to a million dollars
Two south side fires within two hours caused losses ranging from half a million to a million dollars. The A Schwarz and Company packing box factory fire drew nearly the entire city department, with losses held to 28000. A block away the Milwaukee Western Malt plant and its seven story elevator burned, destroying the facility and malt stocks while the malt house walls were saved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
South Side
A. Schwarz and Company
Milwaukee Western Malt Company
No Proposed Russian Pact Denied by State Department
New York dispatch reports the State Department denies negotiating a new commercial treaty with Russia and denies plans for any treaty that would discriminate against American citizens. Adee notes to Herman Bernstein that no such negotiations are underway and no discrimination is intended in any future agreement.
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New York
State Department
Washington
Russia
Adee
Herman Bernstein
The
American Hebrew
Private George Wilson Sells Papers With Victoria Cross
Edinbur ge Scotland Oct 16 Private George Wilson of the Highland Light Infantry who won the Victoria Cross for infantry actions on Sept 14 1914 is selling newspapers on the streets with the VC pinned to his vest He has a pension of 4 dollars a week including 19 dollars for the VC but says this is not enough to live on and has resumed selling papers, his prewar occupation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edinburge
Scotland
George Wilson
Highland Light Infantry
V. C
Wileen
Russian trench clash and prisoners noted in Volhynia
Russian troops stormed German trenches north of Kerytniza in Volhynia after a stubborn battle. Two machine guns and several prisoners were taken. Germans repulsed repeated bayonet counterattacks with heavy losses. The report also notes a battle on the Stokhod river with continued fighting and prisoner captures in Kirlibaba.
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Petrograd
Kerytniza
Volhynia
Teuton
Berlin
Cermar
Stokhod
Carpathians
Smotrec
Kirlibaba
Resolution on ordaining ministers passes at Indiana Baptist convention
Marion Ind Oct 16 at the eighty fourth annual session of the Indiana Baptist convention the resolutions committee reported several important matters including a resolution to appoint a three member committee in each church to ensure only fit and qualified men are ordained to the ministry. The proposal sparked discussion but carried.
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Marion
Ind
Indiana Baptist Convention
Fire forces evacuation at Pernod High School
About 200 students at Pernod High School Edinburg Illinois October 16 evacuated safely after a fire started from the furnaces. Fire crews arrived quickly as smoke filled corridors and students were led outside without injuries reported.
Admiral Fournet Noted Frenchman Who Seized the Greek Fleet
French naval officer Admiral Fournet is highlighted for commanding a decisive move that captured the Greek fleet. The article recalls his strategic bearing and impact on naval operations during the conflict, underscoring his role among wartime leaders and France’s maritime efforts.
Man Seen With Lad Held After Slaying In St Louis
Jim Ali, 32, of 1400 Walnut Street, East St Louis, was arrested in the Magarian child murder case. The three year old son of a wealthy Armenian baker was found headless in a vacant lot. Police say Ali was seen with the boy after the disappearance on October 4 at 5 p.m. A blood stained dagger was found hidden in a bed and rope matches from the scene were found in Ali's room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kase St. Louis
Jim Ali
Walnut Street
East St. Louis
Alphonse Magarian
Ali
Mexican war veteran Nelson McLoughlin dies at 89
Nelson McLoughlin eighty nine year old Mexican war veteran died in South Bend Indiana He served in an Indiana regiment during the entire war enlisting at Indianapolis He was born in Indianapolis on the site of the old State House The body went to Plymouth for funeral services.
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South Bend
Ind
Nelson McLoughlin
Indiana
Indianapolis
Mr. McLoughlin
Old State House
Plymouth
British Advance at 2 Strong Redoubts
London reports Saturday operations near Stuff redoubt and Schwaben redoubt achieved notable gains. Two enemy trench lines south of Stuff redoubt were cut for about 200 yards, yielding one officer and 100 men captured. At Schwaben redoubt British forces advanced, inflicting heavy enemy losses and taking two officers and 302 other ranks in total.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Stuff Redoubt
Schwaben Redoubt
Business man killed at Hammond crossing
Samuel Dodge aged sixty a retired Hammond business man died at St Margarets hospital after being struck by a Chicago Nickel Plate flyer at the Sibley street crossing. He was trapped between gates and the freight train approach. witnesses were shocked by the fatal accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hammond
Ind
Samuel Dodge
St. Margarets Hospital
Sibley Street Crossing
Dodge
Two Periled in $50,000 Blaze at Essex Illinois
On October 16 Miss Helen Macumber aged fifteen leaped from a second story window as a fire destroyed John Bakers building and several other businesses causing a loss estimated over 50,000. Miss Anna Baker was rescued by William Dyer after being overcome by smoke, as the blaze raged through Essex.
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Essex
Helen Macumber
John Baker
Anna Baker
William Dyer
Ten Die in Nebr Interurban Train Wreck
A three-section stock train collision near Bertrand Nebraska kills ten, injures nine, with a fourteen year old boy among the dead. Hot box, no headlight, and mis flagged sections blamed for the wreck. Other incidents include an interurban crash near Pittsfield Ohio killing four, Danville railroad work-train injuries, and a La Crosse dairyman killed by a southeast railroad.
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Lincoln, Neb
Nebraska
Bertrand
Neb
J. J. O'Connor
Elsis
W. H. Merrill
Wallace
Adam Miller
Rain
William Kilner
Holstein
Kronley
Maywood
William Canton
van Andel
J. C. O’brien
R. O. Hanna
Sommerset
Larry Sullivan
Holdredge
Meveland
Oberlind
Pittsfield
Ohio
John Hughes, Jr
Helen
George Tiollinesworth
Eleanor
Danville
Chicesgo
Ilinois
Watseka
Milford
Jesse Lape
Tillman Swisher
Heldrum
Tressler
Latell
la Crosse
Wis
Pret Seier
la Crosse County
Thie Auto
Seiler
Birthday Party At Shadow Lawn For Mrs Wilson
In Asbury Park on October 16 a large birthday cake dominated the dinner table at Shadow Lawn to mark Mrs Wilsons birthday anniversary. The President gave a diamond brooch in platinum purchased in Asbury Park on Saturday. Mrs Wilson received many congratulatory electems while only immediate family attended the party.
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Asbury Park
N. J
Shadow Lawn
McAdoo to Tour Nation with Speech Dates
William G. McAdoo secretary of the treasury will launch an extended speech tour this week. He will speak in Peoria Chicago St Louis Memphis and Indiana Ohio and New Jersey on listed dates with several cities yet to be designated.
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New York
Democratic National
William G. McAdoo
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