French and British advance on Verdun and Valenciennes fronts
French troops press the Serre river line and strike near Valenciennes as they advance south of Marle and northeast toward Monte Sorret plains. American forces hold gains east and west of the Meuse near Verdun amid heavy fighting and German counterattacks.
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France
Serre
Valenciennes
Marle
Mortise
Soise
Monte Sornet
Valencienne
Paris
Mortieres
Oise
Washington
Verdun Front
Pershing
Meuse
Mellenwood
Verdun
Associated Press
Bourgoyne Wood
Mrs Ella Flag Young Dies After Illness in Chicago
Washington Oct 26 Mrs Ella Flag Young head of the Chicago National Woman's Liberty Loan committee died from pneumonia after a brief influenza illness. The loss comes as the Liberty Loan drive membership mourns a tireless organizer and advocate for war bonds.
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Washington
Ella Flag Young
Chicago National Woman's Liberty Loan Committee
Huns Forced Out of Much Territory Since October 18
General March reports German retreat or expulsion from 7000 square miles of Belgian and French land with 400 square miles freed since October 18. He notes northern France coal fields reconquered except a five mile area near the Velgian border as Allied pressure continues. Five American artillery corps and division commanders to return home for key assignments, praised for their proven performance.
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France
March
Pershing
Arch
Meuse
Oise
Passer of Bad Checks Held by Police
J B Pryant a young white man from Texarkana Texas is held in the city jail on a charge of common cheating and swindling. He matches aliases including O Sander and James Elmore Bryant and had a $120 check from Texarkana National Bank among faked or destroyed instruments. He is suspected in a prior freight car robbery and theft of whiskey. two accomplices were sent to the penitentiary last spring.
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J. B. Pryant
Texarkane
Texas
Bryant
Bowie County
Texarkana
James Elmore Bryant
West Sixth Street
Anderson
Rooker
Texarkana National Bank
O. 5
Sander
Solf Reports German Aid for Bombarded Towns Refugees
In a Reichstag speech Foreign Secretary Solf recounted a visit by the Spanish labor minister and Belgian relief commissioner Vangree to Tournai Valenciennes and Denain on October 18. They reported German authorities had done everything possible to ease suffering of fugitive residents in bombarded towns.
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Amsterdam
Reichstag
Solf
Vangree
Tournai
Valenciennes
Dena
Dawkins Nominee for Supreme Court Predicts Easy Election
Judge Ben C. Dawkins is named the nominee for associate justice of the Supreme Court from the Second District. His ascent leaves the Sixth Judicial District vacancy for Ouachita and Morehouse parishes. District Attorney Fred M. Odom of Bastrop is seen as the likely successor, with talk that opposition may be limited. Ouachita and Morehouse have long split the two judicial honors.
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Ben C. Dawkins
Supreme Court
Dewkins
Ouachita
Morehouse
Austria seeks peace at any price in new foreign policy shift
Paris reports in well informed circles that Count Julius Andrass is named as successor to Baron Burian, affecting Austria-Hungary policy. The view in Vienna and Budapest favors peace at any price and the adoption of the safer first principle in negotiations.
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Paris
Julius Andrass
Baron Pburian
Austria
Vienna
Budapest
Turkey Ready to Surrender Report
London dispatch reports the Turkish minister to Switzerland delivered to British and French ministers in Berne an offer of peace that amounts to surrender, according to the Daily Mail.
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London
Switzerland
Berne
Daily Mail
British Press Forward Between Valenciennes and Tournai
British forces press forward between Valenciennes and Tournai and capture the villages of Odomoez and Maulde north of Valenciennes. South of Valenciennes they gain new successes along the border of the Mormal forest.
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London
Valenciennes
Tournai
Hair Annonces
Odomoez
Maulde
Mormal Forest
Demobilization of Austro Hungarian Army Reported
London reports from Copenhagen via Exchange Telegraph that official Vienna statements indicate demobilization of the Austro Hungarian army is being prepared and published in Vienna newspapers.
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London
Vienna
Copenhagen
Demobilization Talks Move in Austrian Army
Basel reports Vienna papers discuss demobilizing the army. One note claims two infantry regiments at Karlowitz revolted. Copenhagen notes German press largely condemns Wilsons latest note, while accusing it of misreading events.
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Basel
Vienna
Karlowitz
Anti Germans on a Secret Mission Depart for Zurich
Zurich dispatch says Prince Frederick Lobkowitz and Baron Nadherny, leaders of anti German sentiment in Vienna, have left for Switzerland on a mission details of which were not disclosed.
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Zurich
Prince Frederick Lobkowitz
Baron Nadherny
Vienna
Switzerland
Neuves
Ouachita Parish Surpasses Liberty Bond Quota
Ouachita Parish and Monroe West Monroe residents finish Fourth Liberty Loan with total subscriptions of 916 850 oversubscribing by 217 750. Subscriptions spread across Ouachita National Bank Central Savings Bank Trust Missouri Pacific employees and others. Parish committee to publish ward standings and subscriber lists next week.
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Monroe
West Monroe
Quachita Parish
McAdoo
Hun
Central Committee
G. T. Cross
Ald Ouachita
Ouach
Ouachita Nat'l Bank
Ouachita Parish
PT Ce Ee
Missouri Pacific
Ouachita Parks
Hudson
President Wilson Urges Democratic Victory in Congress
President Wilson pleads with voters to back a Democratic majority in both chambers in November, saying approval of his leadership is essential to govern and project strength abroad. Republicans counter that the war effort is national, not tied to a party, and promise to escalate victories and curb waste if they gain power.
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Wilson
Europe
Washington
Congress
Senate
House of Representatives
Capitol
House
Republican Party
Daylight Saving Ends at 2 A.M. Across U.S.
Washington date line notes that at 2 o clock tomorrow morning clocks at the Naval Observatory and all time regulating agencies will be set back one hour as daylight saving ends. Railroads will stop trains for one hour by order of Director McAdoo.
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Washington
United States
Naval Observatory
McAdoo
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