Roumanians Hold Front as King Fleees toward Russia
On the northern Roumanian frontier Roumanians repulse attacks by Von Falkenhayn and recapture Livechi with 300 prisoners and five machine guns. In Jiul valley they take 900 prisoners and two mountain howitzers as Austro German forces are driven back. King Ferdinand, Queen, and court move toward Jassy as reports say he is aging under recent events.
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London
von Falkenhayn
Livechi
Campolung
Bucharest
Alt
Jiul
Tirgujiulij
Berlin
Ferdinand of
Roumania
Jassy
Russia
Jiul Valley
War Office
Frenter
Tulches
Bicaz
Tro
Uzul
Prahova
Baiului
Vehmare
Dragoslavel
Paprescern
Tavarian
Orsova
Varful
Cocasului
Falkenhayn
Dobrudia
Danube
Tempeser Pass
Azuga
Balkan
Marshal von Mackensen
Leopold
Stokhod
Lutsk
Szelzow
Efert
Paris
Cerna
Ifarrail
Gardilovo
Kenali
Bulgarian War Office
Famine Sweeps Greek Provinces
Famine sweeps Thessaly and Peloponnesus as word reaches Athens that people cannot obtain corn or flour. The crisis spreads through the provinces amid shortages and rising distress.
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Athens
Thessaly
Peloponesus
General William A. Mann Named Militia Chief in War Dept
General William A. Mann has been appointed as the new Militia Chief in the War Department. The announcement follows a reshuffle intended to strengthen domestic defense leadership and coordinate National Guard resources. Mann brings decades of military and administrative experience to the post.
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Wm. A. Mann
General Mills
War Department
Mills
Mann
Hughes Begins New Middle West Campaign Tour
Charles E. Hughes started the final week of his presidential bid with five days of campaigning in Ohio Indiana and New York. He planned to speak at East Liverpool Steubenville Zanesville Columbus Ohio Batavia N Y and in Indiana cities including Columbus Bedford Washington Evansville Sullivan Linton Bloomington Brazil and Terre Haute with a night address in Columbus.
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Ogdensburg
N. Y
Charles FE. Hughes
Ohio
Indiana
New York State
Washington
Evansville
Sullivan
Linton
Bloomington
Brazil
Terre Haute
Batavia
Simon Wolf Celebrates Eightieth Birthday in Washington
Simon Wolf, a leader of American Jewry, marks his 80th birthday in Washington. He has met every president since Lincoln and served as consul general to Egypt under Grant. His daughter presents a three volume birthday book with over 300 signatures, including President Wilson.
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Washington
Simon Wolf
Wolf
Abraham Lincoln
Egypt
Grant
Man Wins 17000 Verdict Against Indiana Pipe Line
Christian Christiansen, owner of 1000 acres in Kankakee valley, secured a $17,000 jury verdict in Laporte circuit court against Indiana Pipe Line company a Standard Oil subsidiary for pipelines bursting across his land flooding 250 acres with crude petroleum.
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Oil Company
Laporte
Ind
Christian Christiansen
Kankakee Valley
Taporte
Indiana Vipe Line Company
Standard Oil Company
Christiansen
John McCormick Is Unable To Sing At Chicago Show
An audience at the Auditorium theater was disappointed as tenor John McCormick did not perform due to acute laryngeal inflammation. More than $6,000 was refunded to ticket holders.
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John
Chicago
Auditorium
Savas
John McCormick
McCormick
French Second War Loan Subscriptions Close
Paris reports subscriptions to the second French war loan have closed. The loan is described as a great success though no official statement is issued yet. Government figures are expected within a few days.
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Paris
Repudiation of Gabler a Story Hits U S Headlines
Washington reports say Mexican officials including Carranza aim to sway U S politics. Cabrera disavows a Mexican news bureau statement while interviews in Mexico City accuse Wilson of unkept faith. border arrests implicate alleged neutrality violations as Trevino moves against Villa.
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Washington
Carranza
United States
State Department
Luis Cabrera
Cabrera
Mexico City
Wilson
Mexico
Pablo Gonzales
New York
anti-Carr
Nogale
Guillermo Barnett
Charles Kisselbach
Eduarto Ramierez
Nogales Hardware Company
Louis Leos
Contractor and Official Indicted in Hoeferkamp Road Case
Osgood Indiana, October 28. D. O. Williams, superintendent of construction on the Hoeferkamp road, and S. I. Coulter, the contractor, were arrested on indictments for irregularity in the work. Williams faces a charge of a false affidavit, while Coulter is charged with presenting a false claim.
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Osgood
Ind
D. O. Willams
Hoeferkamp Road
S. I. Coulter
Williams
Coulter
Boy Fatally Injured in Farm Engine Incident
In Marion Indiana on October 20 eleven year old Ralph Sites son of Mr and Mrs Arthur Sites was sent to fetch gasoline for a farm engine. He was caught by the engine and sustained head injuries that are feared to be fatal.
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Marion
Ind
Ralph
Sites
Arthur Sites
Constantine Yields to Allies Transfer of Army Corps
Athens reports King Constantine has volunteered to move the Third and Fourth army corps from Thessaly and the Sixteenth from Epirus to the Peloponnesus starting November 3. Only enough troops will remain to keep order as allies push for cooperation. The move follows allied pressure and visits by allied ministers.
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Athens
Constantine
Alles
Macedonia
Thessaly
Epirus
Peloponéeus
Royal
Reward Offered in Edwardsville Trolley Wreck
Edwardsville Illinois traction chief announces a $1000 reward for the arrest and conviction of those who pulled spikes from sixty ties, causing a McKinley car wreck that killed S C Canton, burned one man and injured twenty two others including four St Louis residents. A crowbar and tools were stolen from nearby railroad properties.
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Edwardsville
H. Z. Chubbuck
Peoria
Ilinois Traction System
McKinley
Chubbuck
Litchfiield and Madison Railroad
Traction System
Couple Involved in Tragic Fall Near Horstead
Lawrencebure Indiana Oct 20. Gret ary Mott of New Alsace was killed instantly when his saute plunged down a fifty foot embankment near Hor stead. His wife was injured in the head but may recover.
3 Roumanian Generals They Are Finding Teuton Chiefs Hard Opponents
Three Romanian generals report that German leaders are tough rivals. The commanders note the Teutons present strong resistance in ongoing operations and cite mounting casualties as the war progresses.
Norway May Enter War With Germany
Copenhagen dispatch notes editorial debate on potential Norwegian entry into conflict with Germany. London press promises England would aid Norway, while Copenhagen Extrabladet warns England protects seven other nations already, suggesting Norway could become the eighth.
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Norway
Germany
Copenhagen
London
London Daily Chronicle
England
Copenhagen Extrabladet
Belgium
Serbia
Montenegro
Albania
Portugal
Greece
Rhoumania
Two Killed in Accidents In Valparaiso and El Paso
Valparaiso Indiana October 30 Lucien Viteaux aged nineteen was killed when his horse bolted and the buggy was reduced to kindling after he attempted to cross a railroad track in front of a NY Chicago and St. Louis passenger train west of the city. William Sturgeon formerly a local businessman died instantly in an automobile collision at El Paso Texas.
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Valparaiso
Ind
Lucien Viteaux
William Sturgeon
el Paso
Tex
Will Boost Dairy Business
Marion Indiana October 30 banks in Grant County join forces with County Agent Otis Crane to buy a large herd of fine dairy cattle and sell at cost to farmers in small lots, offering financial help to start the enterprise.
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Marion
Ind
Jonesboro
Stonewall Jackson Killed in Boston Roundhouse Altercation
Richmond Indiana October 30 Stonewall Jackson twenty eight year old black man died in Boston six miles south of Richmond from a blow to the head with an iron poker by Sam Massin twenty three year old black man in an altercation in the roundhouse of the C and O railroad at that place The incident is reported as a fatal assault with the weapon used during a dispute at the railroad facility.
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Stonewall Jackson
Richmond
Ind
Boston
Here
Sam Massin
British Drive In Somme Presses and Verdun Artillery
British forces pressed between Gueudecourt and Les Bois on the Somme with repulsed attacks and a breach in German trenches at Les Bois. French report shows progress near Sailly and batches with some prisoners taken. Verdun front saw only artillery activity with no infantry movement.
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Berlin
Gueudecourt
Les Boeufs
Somme
Verdun
Crown Prince
Rupprecht
Lee Boeufs
Meuse
Paris
Sailly-Sattlisel
Batches
War Office
Mails Closed to Liquor Warn Postmasters
Washington warns postmasters that intoxicating liquors may not be mailed under postal laws. The warning follows numerous recent violations and indicates staff unfamiliarity with the regulations.
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Washington
Pontalce Department
Water System Demonstrates Fire-Safety Gains
Water system works at Orleans show its efficiency as Mrs. Rebecca Salyards' house caught fire on Oct 30. Alarm delayed. within thirty minutes three strong streams were playing on the blaze and the fire was controlled with minimal loss to the home and no damage to nearby properties.
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Orleans
Rebecca Salyards
Indiana Soldier Dies En Route to Fort Baird
Yessie Boffing nineteen from Columbus Indiana died on a train at Mulvane Kansas while traveling to a government hospital at Fort Baird New Mexico after a furlough visit with his father John K E Boffing. He had served two years in the U S Army in Alaska where he contracted tuberculosis.
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Indiana
Columbus
T Ind
Yessie Boffing
Mulvane
Kan
Fort Baird
New Mexico
John KE. Boffing
Young Boffing
United States
Alaska
Minister's Heart Weakens in Revival
Pr J Wikbur Chapman, evangelist, collapsed from a heart attack after straining to elicit a response from a revival audience in Galesburg Illinois. He is under medical care and expected to attend closing services.
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Galesburg
Pr. J. Wikbur Chapman
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