French in Greece Landing 70000 Men at Saloniki
French forces amid reports of a large landing at Saloniki provoke Greek public reaction and claims of neutrality violations. The movement prompts widespread excitement and concern across Greece.
07 Oct 1915
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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1915
Page
1
French forces amid reports of a large landing at Saloniki provoke Greek public reaction and claims of neutrality violations. The movement prompts widespread excitement and concern across Greece.
Berlin reports French artillery assault on German positions repulsed with heavy losses. In Artois, fighting remains fierce near Givenchy as official statements detail continued artillery exchanges. Meanwhile Greek politics erupt as Venizelos resigns after clashes with King Constantine over Saloniki troop landings aiding Serbia. London confirms Constantine accepts the Venizelos cabinet's resignation amid talks of a coalition.
London reports Greece at the center of a brewing European storm as 70,000 French troops land at Saloniki amid a Greek chamber majority and a resigned premier. Entente forces defend the Saloniki railroad and Serbia while Bulgaria faces renewed pressure and a looming response from Austro German aligned powers. The Greek protest is reportedly winked at by most of Greece as tensions rise between Greece, Bulgaria, and the Entente.
Berlin asserts the Western front attack aimed to drive Germans from French soil and force neutral powers to join the Entente. It claims sevenfold superiority and vast materiel, yet German lines held and only minor advances occurred, with losses estimated by the German war office and Allied reports. counts include 130,000 French and 60,090 British dead, wounded, and prisoners.
Petrograd dispatch reports Bulgaria has rejected Russia and sent an ultimatum to Serbia over Macedonia. Sofia demands a Serbia reply within 24 hours as Archimandrite Michael confirms via Moscow telegram to the Bourse Gazette.
Bowling Green Mo. For the second time Mrs W B Hawkins wife of Pike county sheriff saved Harrison Rose a negro prisoner charged with murder by parleying with a mob that invaded the jail while the sheriff formed a posse. A 50 man armed posse led by Champ Clark and his son arrived after the mob fled. Rose is charged with stabbing a Clarksville Mo farmer to death with a pitchfork.
Army headquarters states that only one German division en route from the western front was detained at the start of the enemy attack and other divisions filled its role. The plans of the German army were not disrupted, as the assault never broke through to the second line or hindered reserve movements, similar to May at Arras.
Pierre S D Secretary Reod will hold the election registration books up to the latest time before sending them out in anticipation of a supreme court ruling. The decision will determine which state primary law governs registration this year and is expected to come in time to activate the applicable procedures.
Complete returns from thirteen camps indicate adoption of the Rockefeller industrial plan by the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company with at least an eight to one ratio. Total thus far 1930 in favor to 230 against. remaining Fremont county and western Colorado camps cannot alter the result.
Mrs Elizabeth Price used a loaf of bread with quicksilver and a dime to locate her drowned nephew Edward Price eight in the Wilmette river near the Broadway bridge in Portland Ore The bread drifted under a dock and ten minutes later Andrew Elliott locating the body in shallow water under the bread confirms the old belief about using mercury to find a drowning victim
The Republican will telegraph play by play coverage of the world series between the Philadelphia Nationals and the Boston Americans. Reports begin Friday afternoon at the Scharnweber billiard parlors and will continue until a team wins four games.
The Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul system receives the world’s largest electric locomotives, weighing 260 tons and rated at 3,440 hp, to operate 440 miles over its transcontinental line from Harlowton Montana to Avery Idaho. They promise major efficiency gains, lower operating costs, and no coal or water needs.
The United States, denying rights to seize neutral shipments, readies a note to Britain on trade interference and neutral cargo. Germany settles the Arabic issue with disavowal of sinking and indemnity, easing tensions and enabling the White House to push Britain for recall of blockade orders.
Washington officials indicate the Lusitania dispute with Germany, still pending, will likely be taken up again soon with the German embassy. Secretary Lansing declined to link it to the Arabic case, though German circles suspect a tie. Until negotiations conclude, a definite response to Wilson’s latest note remains uncertain.
The article notes a demonstrable fact that coal can be converted to electrical power for locomotives more economically than direct steam power. The railway company expects to achieve this after doubling track in mountain divisions, believing electrification will yield advantages within five years.
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