France's Black Soldiers in World War I Fight Beside France
Chicago Daily News correspondent Paul Scott Mowrer describes the two main African troops in France, the Turcos and Senegalese tirailleurs, their origins among Algeria Morocco and West Africa, their fighting methods and perilous combat near Reims and Belgium, and the cultural differences shaping their war experience.
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Paul Scott Mowrer
Chicago Daily News
Epernay
France
Channel
Moore
Mediterranean
Africa
Tommy Atkins
Champagne
David
Goliath of
Gath
Belgium
Ligny-l'Abbaye
German colonel’s quip as town burgomaster joke
From Paris via London the Standard reports a town northeast of Paris that the Germans briefly occupied. General French lodged with a council member who narrowly failed to become mayor, later using local knowledge to command. The ex-colonel now jokes he once missed mayoralty but may be burgomaster.
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London
The
Standard
Paris
Alsace
Bandaged fingers mark Ghurka trail in France
Bandaged fingers mark the path of Ghurka regiments through friendly France as French women and girls admire their knives. The Nepalese fighters' customs forbid drawing blood, so British soldiers suggested a slight finger cut to fulfill the ritual, a practice popular among curious onlookers.
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Paria
France
Nepal
Britain
India
Germans Advance Toward French Coast Amid Belgian Front Action
London Nov 6 German retirement reported along the Belgian front from Bruges to Thielt with heavy shelling heard at Ghent. British and French aviators bombed Thielt Bruges and Roulers. Bruges railway works damaged. German HQ may shift to Ghent as Allied air pressure grows.
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Bruges
Thielt
Amsterdam
Ghent
Roulers
British Navy seeks decisive sea clash with German squadron
London reports British battleships and battle cruisers search the North Sea for a German four battleship and four cruiser raid. Public hope runs high that Admiral Jellico can locate and destroy the foe, while anxiety rises over the Kiel canal outcome and the Turkish fleet bottling in the Bosporus. News from Beirut and Caucasus describe Turkish advances, Russian gains, and Britain and France declaring war on Turkey with Cyprus annexation.
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Jellico
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Turkey
Sanders Pasha
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England
Cyprus
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Turky
France
Allied Employ Crossing Yser As German Lines Press On
A formal report says Allied forces crossed the Yser river and pushed slightly east of Nieuport while Germany renewed assaults with less vigor. The battle front spans over two hundred miles from Ypres to Verdun with heavy fighting near Arras Craonne and the Argonne Meuse valley.
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Nieuport
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Soissons
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Argonne
Verdun
Meuse Valley
German Naval Push Escapes British Patrols Near Dun Kirk
The battleships and cruisers moving from Dun Kirk evaded British scouts causing alarm along the coast. Yarmouth and other points have troops ready with rifles and cartridges in case of a German landing. The raid is blamed for stirring coast defenses while the admiralty seeks to counter the new threat and suggests a shift in German naval policy to fight for North Sea control.
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Turkish Fleet Shot In and Russian Ships Halt Sultan Boats
The Russian admiralty announced that Turkish vessels were fired upon and prevented from moving by Russian warships. The report comes from London dated November 6 and details a defensive action by the Russian fleet.
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Sultan
London
Two German cruisers report battles at Coronel
Near Coronal, Chile November 5 1914 officers of the German cruiser Scharnhorst express belief that nearly two thousand British officers and sailors were killed in the Coronel engagement. It says Monmouth and Good Hope presumably went down with heavy losses and Cradock likely perished. The York sinks after hitting a mine near Wilhelmshaven with 500 dead.
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Scharnhorst
Coronel
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Good Hope
Sir Christopher Cradock
Glasgow
Ontario
Gneisenau
Nurnberg
Graf von Spee
Pacific
London
York
Jahde Bay
Weser
Amsterdam
Wilhelmshaven
Russians In Forward Move From East Prussia Front
The Russian general staff reports a sudden shift on the east Prussian front since November 3 with the enemy retreating on the left wing toward Biala and Luck. Russian forces captured Bakalarjevo with arms and prisoners, while German rear guards were driven from Kolo and Przedborz. Austrian forces in Poland are said to be retreating to preselected positions after holding the Russians at Lysa gora.
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Poland
Nieuport
Ypres
Vosges
Petrograd
Biala
Bakalarjevo
Vistula
Kolo
Przedborz
Berlin
Vienna
Lysagora
House Democrats Take Control of Next Congress
Washington reports the Republican campaign committee confirms Democrats will lead the next House with 214 seats to Republicans 205, plus seven districts still in doubt. Senate will hold 64 Democrats to 41 Republicans and one Progressive, marking a 12 vote Democratic majority. Kitchen of North Carolina to lead House Democrats, Mann of Illinois expected to stay Republican leader.
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Mlinois
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Washington
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German and Japanese fleets poised for Pacific clash
Valparaiso Chile reports the next major sea confrontation may unfold in the Pacific between German cruisers that defeated an English squadron off the Chilean coast and Japanese warships believed to be heading toward American waters.
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Chile
Pacific
Chilean
Marches With The Troops Infected Regions Warned
The Boston Transcript notes pestilence often follows armies with higher civilian deaths after wars. Cholera reportedly appears in eastern theaters and among Russian troops, possibly spreading via German and British fronts. International quarantine is urged as a frontline defense.
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Boston Transcript
Honor to French Soldiers in All Saints Day Ceremonies
Paris observes All Saints Day with flower girls and thousands honoring fallen soldiers. Tributes are paid at Notre Dame La Madeleine St Augustine Sacre Coeur La Trinite Notre Dame des Victoires and cemeteries receive visits by General Gallieni prefect Delauney and the League of Patriots. Aviation corps patrols the city to deter hostile airships.
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Ivry-Sur- Seine
Bagneaux
Aviation Corps
THREE BATTLES IN MEXICO REPORTED FROM THE BORDER
News from El Paso Nogales and Del Rio describe Villa and Carranza forces clash ing near Aguas Calientes Magdalena Sonora and along the Rio Grande. Villa reportedly moves 10 000 troops plus 100 cannons toward Carranza troops with unknown strength.
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Carranza
Aguas Calientes
el Paso
Tex
Convention of Chiefs
Nogales
Ariz
Maytorena
Benjamin Hill
Magdalena
Sonora
Texas
del Rio
Rio Grande River
Mines Drift Into Galway Bay Explosions Reported
An Exchange Telegraph dispatch says mines drifting from the north of Ireland are floating in Kel lery bay Galway and have been exploding there.
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Ireland
London
Kellery Bay
Galway
Sears Leaves $17.5 Million to Wife in Will
R W Sears of Waukegan Illinois probate records reveal he bequeathed his entire estate of 17 5 million dollars to his wife both personal and real property included in the will filed in county court.
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Waukegan
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Four German Officers Held as Military Prisoners
Four officers of the German gunboat Geier, then at Honolulu, were taken from the liner Korea in San Francisco and will be held as military prisoners for violating U.S. neutrality.
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Geier
Honolulu
Korea
Belgium Receives First Outside Relief from Koblenz Steamer
Rotterdam reports the first outside relief for Belgium’s starving people. Foodstuffs from the Koblenz, a steamer arriving from England on Saturday, have reached Belgium.
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Rotterdam
Belgium
Koblenz
England
Mexico names provisional president Gutierrez at Aguas Calientes
Gen Eulalio Gutierrez, commander of state troops in San Luis Potosi and military governor, named provisional president of Mexico by the Aguas Calientes convention in El Paso Texas on November 4.
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Tex
Copper King Heinze Dies After Long Illness in Saratoga
Saratoga New York November 6 F Augustus Heinze copper king and financier died at Judge Nash Rockwood home after sudden illness following a day of voting He had suffered cirrhosis of the liver since June and had been taking waters at Saratoga His wife died about a year ago and his only son is in charge of a governess Heinze born Brooklyn to German Irish parents and educated at Polytechnic Institute and Columbia School of Mines graduated 1889.
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F. Augustus Heinze
Nash Rockwood
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New York
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Polytechnic Institute, Brooklyn
Columbia University, School of Mines
Major Viscount Dalrymple Seized in Germany
London reports Major Viscount Dalrymple M P is a prisoner in Germany. San Francisco notes a constitutional amendment against prize fighting appears to have passed. Hammond Indiana records B N Bun nel, Hammond chamber of commerce president, fatally struck Herman Sarves in a car accident. Quebec reports several burned alive in a fire at Cole Brothers shoe factory.
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Viscount Dalrymple
Germany
San Francisco
California
Hammond, Ind
B. N. Bunnell
Hammond Chamber of Commerce
Herman Sarves
Quebec
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Wilson Prepares for 1916 Campaign Opponents Named
President Wilson opts for two likely Republican foes in 1916 gubernatorial leaders Charles S. Whitman of New York and Frank B. Willis of Ohio. He expects a still large but trimmed Democratic House and notes re election bids by Glynn and Cox in New York and Ohio.
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Wilson
Charles S. Whitman
New York
Frank B. Willis
Ohio
Congress
Glynn and
Cox
Hundreds of cattle culled under foot and mouth quarantine
Chicago reports Iowa and Wisconsin join nine states under foot and mouth disease quarantine. With the order closing sick yards, slaughter begins, as 613 feeder cattle valued at $40,000 are killed and buried in trenches at Forty-fifth Street.
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Chicago
Secretary of Agriculture
Iowa
Wisconsin
Forty-fifth Street
Six Men Die In Waverly Hotel Fire At 342 Hight Avenue
A destructive blaze at the Waverly hotel lodging house 342 Hight avenue in New York killed six men and injured many others. Fire cut off stairways leaving 50 men trapped. some escaped by jumping from second story. seven seriously hurt required hospital care. Some victims burned in their beds.
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New York
Waverly Hotel
Hight Avenue
Bryan Home to Vote in Nebraska Suburb Poll
Secretary of State Bryan walked from his Fairview home to the Normal polling place in a Lincoln suburb and returned to his daughter Mrs. R. L. Harrgreaves after casting his ballot on election day.
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Lincoln, Neb
Fairview
Normal
R. L. Hargreaves
Election Row Altercation Leaves Man Wounded
In Harrisburg Illinois on November 4 an election dispute escalated. Elmer Dooley was stabbed by two Black assailants and is expected to die. The attackers fled and have not been apprehended.
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Mohammed
Timbuctoo
Ivory Coast
Sahara
Reims
Harrisburg
Elmer Dooley
Auto Upsets. Two Die Near Warsaw Indiana
A south bend motorcycle racer Roy Hill and 17 year old Mrs. Alga Jackson were killed when the car they rode in overturned four miles north of Warsaw Indiana.
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Warsaw
Ind
Roy Hill
South Bend
Alga Jackson
Here
One Killed In Auto Wreck Near Millington
Saginaw Michigan Nov 3 Mrs John Sebular of Saginaw was killed her daughter Mrs Tracy Wubbard seriously hurt and four others injured in an auto accident near Millington Michigan.
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Saginaw
Mich
John Sebular
Tracy Wubbard
Millington
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