Turks Vie for Bagdad as British Press Advance Along Tigris
Allied forces press along the Tigris pursuing Turkish troops toward Bagdad. French and British units push forward in Artois and Champagne, while Austro German forces regroup elsewhere. Major captivations include three thousand prisoners at Loos and heavy gun gains. The western front sees continued intensive bombardment and hard fighting near Souchez Vimy Loos and the Argonne.
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Theselle
Souchez
Vimy
Loos
Labasseer Canal
Mesnil
Massigeé
Hae
Apremont
la Petite
Artois
Ce Feniee
Champagne
Massizes
Mesopotamia
Tigris
Bagdad
Kurna
Amara
French War Office
Sir John French
Argonne
North Sea
Arras
New Orleans Storm Causes Massive Damage and Casualties
A New Orleans hurricane leaves at least fourteen dead and many injured. Property damage nears 2 million dollars as streets flood, utilities fail, and riverfront wreckage blocks the city. The worst storm in memory follows a 120 to 130 mph wind for a minute with 86 mph sustained wind as the peril wanes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Baton Rouge
Charity
Cumberland Telephone Company
West Indian hurricane hits Louisiana Mississippi gulf coast
The storm swept New Orleans area and along coastal towns causing at least 20 deaths, many injuries, and heavy property damage. Frenier La saw eight white and seventeen Black fatalities as Lake Pontchartrain waters flooded streets. Pasca goula Miss. reported two child deaths from a collapsed house and two men electrocuted. Three feet of water reached Slidell La while Cohen Miss. faced two feet of street flooding. Three miles of rail near Ruddock La washed away. Gulfport Miss. saw four steamers washed onto wharves and aground.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
Ala
New Orleans
Louisiana-Mississippi Gulf Coast
Frenier
Lake Ponchartrain
Pascagoula
Miss
Slidell
Cohen
Bay Front Shell Road
Ruddock
Storm Devastates Morgan City and Surrounding Areas
Morgan City La survived a fierce storm described as among the worst since 1889. Winds reached eighty five miles at intervals from Tuesday night after 11 and lasted until midnight Wednesday. Damage is estimated near $100,000 with steamboats sunk and gasboats crushed like paper. The storm came from the north.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgan City
Berwick
Severe Gulf Storm Hits New Orleans Centuries Ago
A historic gulf storm caused extensive damage in New Orleans with eighty six mile per hour winds. Ten people died and many injured as the French market area suffered partial wrecking and property losses reached into the millions. The weather bulletin traces the cyclone from the Caribbean to the Yucatan channel and into the gulf coast near New Orleans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Excelsior
Creole
Mobile
French Market
Weather Bureau
Washington
Caribbean Sea
Jamaica
Yucatan Channel
Gulf Coast
Mississippi
Pension records show long history of U S payouts
Washington reports nearly 5 000 000 000 dollars have been paid in pensions since 1790 with Civil War beneficiaries leading the totals. The government notes ongoing rolls across wars including Spain Philippines Revolution War of 1812 Mexican War and Mexican border incidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Commissioner of Pensions
Spain
Philippines
New Fourth Class Postmasters Named in Texas
Washington reports the appointment of Texas fourth class postmasters including Hall in San Saba County Louis N Gooch at Noonan Jas E Seay Pandale Val Verde Ed Smith Mercy San Jacinto Barney B Carnes Dentonio Dimmit Everett J Vesey Pipe Creek Bandera Mrs Maggie A Das kin Antler Goliad Jesse W Watson James Upshur Mrs Hazel Cobb Westminister Collin Mrs Ella C Johnsey Choice Shelby Mrs Lizzie Cook Ray ford Montgomery Mrs Mamie C Stothart Steeles Store Brazos Joseph Scanlin Tordia Wilson Joseph A Wassenich.
Postpone Mexican Quarantine in El Paso
Dr. W B Collins Texas state health officer postpones quarantine against Mexico after assurances local health authorities can cope with influx of refugees from Mexico.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
el! Paso
Tex
Mexico
W. B. Collins
Texas
Allan Darling racing dogs sold to French army officer
Nome Alaska reports the Allan Darling team of racing dogs famous for the 412 mile all Alaska sweep stake race has been sold to Lieutenant Haas of the French army. He plans to move the dogs to France for Alpine service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nome
Alaska
Allan Darling
Lieutenant Haas
France
Will of Martha Washington Returned to Fairfax Records
J P Morgan of New York has sent Martha Washingtons will to Justice James Keith president of the Virginia court of appeals for disposal at his discretion. The will was taken from Fairfax court house by a federal soldier during the Civil War and bought by Pierpont Morgan for his library.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
J. P. Morgan
New York
James Keith
Virginia Court of Appeals
Martha Washington
Fairfax Court House
Pierpont Morgan
Border conditions worsen in Brownsville district
Messages to the War Department report acute border conditions as Major General Funston notes a 500 bandit raid threat. A battery of mountain artillery has been sent to Progreso, Texas to prevent incursions into American territory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Brownsville
War Department
Funston
Progreso
Texas
Kidnapped Ranchman Is Released Near El Paso
El Paso Texas reports E P Fuller manager of the Cudahy ranch at Santo Domingo near Villa Ahumada was kidnapped for a ransom of about $2000 in U S currency. He has been released and reached Villa Ahumada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
el Paso
Tex
E. P. Fuller
Cudahy Ranch
Santo Domingo
Villa Ahumada
United States
Passengers Burned by Indians Near Torres Sonora
Radio advices report that Yaqui Indians set a hay car on fire in a Mexican train attack near Torres Sonora on Friday. Only twenty passengers have been accounted for. many others are believed burned to death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Diego
Cal
Southern Pacific
Torres
Sonora
Hermosillo
Guaymas
Twelve-Cent Cotton Sets Houston as South’s Top Spot
Twelve cents was the official quotation for cotton mid dling on the Huston Cotton Exchange Tuesday, lifting Houston into the highest spot market in the South.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Tex
Huston Cotton Exchange
South
New Submarine M-1 Completes Underwater Cruise
Representatives of the navy department praised a satisfactory test of the new giant submarine M-1 in Provincetown Massachusetts after completing an underwater cruise. The M-1 is described as larger than the famous German U boats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Provincetown
Mass
Navy Department
Rebels Attack Near Cape Haitien Kill Haitians
Haitian rebels attacked an American force near Cape Haitien about two miles away. Forty Haitians were killed and ten Americans wounded in the clash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cape Haitien
Lake Charles Fire Destroys Part of Lumber Mill
Fire at the Peavy Byrnes Lumber Company mill near Kinder, Louisiana caused about 75000 dollars in losses. Damaged structures included milling facilities and storage. Firefighters battled the blaze Wednesday, with authorities outlining cause and full extent of damage pending assessment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Charles
Peavy Byrnes Lumber Company
Kinder
Attorney General Opinions on Wildlife, Labor Liens, and Public Funds
The Texas AG's office issued opinions on game bird shipment limits, labor liens for lumber work, guardian costs in drunkard cases, state-allocated appropriations, irrigation eminent domain, and cross border cattle inspections. Key points cover wild birds allowed for shipping, lien scope excluding supervisors, cost allocation in guardianships, exhaustion of state funds, public use for canals, and cattle entering Texas from Mexico.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
Attorney General's Department
Commissioner of Insurance and Banking
Floresville
Carrizo Springs
Commissioners Court
Board of Water Engineers
Court of Criminal Appeals
Mexico
Texas
West Texas hailstorm swamps Clint Fabens Sierra Blanca
The heaviest hailstorm in West Texas history struck near Clint Fabens and Sierra Blanca on Wednesday. Hailstones weighing up to two ounces shattered windows pierced roofs killed chickens and small barnyard animals and stripped fruit trees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
el Paso
Tex
West Texas
Clint, Fabens
Sierra Blanca
Formal Recall of Dumba Made
Austrian ambassador to the United States Dr. Constantin T. Dumba has been formally recalled by his government. The State Department is arranging safe conduct with the British and French embassies for his departure on a steamer from New York October 5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Constantin T. Dumba
United States
State Department
New York
Katy Railway System Falls Into Receiver’s Hands
The Katy Railway system including the Missouri Kansas & Texas and its Texas affiliate went into receivership Monday. Names of the parent and associated corporations indicate a major restructuring of the railway operations in Missouri Kansas and Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Katy
Missouri, Kansas & Texas
Kansas Corporation
Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway
Texas
Road Bond Issue Defeated in Liberty County Vote
Cleveland Texas voters rejected Road District No. 3 in Liberty County bond authorization. Result 157 for and 82 against the $200,000 road fund for shell or gravel roads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Tex
Liberty County
Arms and Cartridges Seized for Carranza Forces
United States customs officials in Laredo Texas seized about 500000 rounds of cartridges and a large number of army rifles bound for Carranza forces on orders said to originate from Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laredo
Tex
United States
Carranza
Washington
Tennessee declares quarantine on Ninots shipments
Nashville Tennessee announces a quarantine restricting entry of cattle sheep and swine from Ninots. No animal shipments are allowed into Tennessee until further notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville
Tenn
Tennessee
Ardmore Explosion Kills Dozens and Destroys Town
A hammer sparked a gasoline tank car blast in Ardmore Oklahoma, leveling a block and touching off fires. The disaster leaves about fifty feared crushed and over two hundred injured, with $500000 in damage and swift local aid amid a burned landscape.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ardmore
Okla
Workman's Hammer
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
Whittington Hotel
Swift & Co
United States Cavalry Firing Incident Near Brownsville
A patrol of the Twelfth United States Cavalry fired three rounds apiece into brush after being fired on Wednesday near the La Feria pumping plant above Brownsville on the Rio Grande. Two shots came from the Mexican side. one from the American side. Troopers, twenty in total, did not identify the shooters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brownsville
Tex
Carranza
Progreso
Florencio Saenz
Henry Stubblefield
Twelfth Cavalry
Stubblefield
Rio Grande
Douna
Mercedes
Santa Maria
la Feria
Five Nueces defendants appeal after federal conspiracy conviction
Sentences handed to Uehlinger Castleberry Stevens at Leavenworth and to Riggs Dunn at Victoria jail. The five men convicted in a federal election corruption case were moved to Victoria county jail to await appeals, with Uehlinger Castleberry and Stevens each sentenced to one year and a day and Riggs and Dunn to six months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corpus Christi
Tex
Uehlinger
Lee Riggs
Tom Dunn
Ed Castleberry
Henry Stevens
United States
Victoria County
Castleberry
Stevens
Leavenworth
Kan
Riggs
Dunn
Hunter Kills Twenty One Doves In One Shot
In San Antonio Texas District Judge W S Anderson and Sheriff John W Tobin faced a dilemma after a deputy reported a hunter killed twenty one doves in a single shot. The legality under state game law forbidding more than fifteen doves per day remained unsettled as they deferred to the attorney general for a ruling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Tex
W. S. Anderson
John W. Tobin
Anderson
Tobin
Mother of Texas Governor Buried in Salado Cemetery
Mrs. Fannie Fitzpatrick Ferguson mother of Texas Governor, died recently near Bell County and was laid to rest Tuesday in Salado cemetery close to the home she moved to fifty years ago with Rev. James E. Ferguson, a Methodist preacher, soldier and flour miller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salado
Tex
Bell County
James E. Ferguson
Fannie Fitzpatrick Ferguson
Texas
Salado Cemetery
Great Storm Rages in Italy
A great storm sweeps Italy causing floods and landslides. Trees are uprooted and rivers overflow, drowning livestock as the weather disrupts Rome and Paris travel routes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Italy
Rome
Paris
Greek War Ministry Sets 400,000 Troop Call to Colors
Paris reports the Greek war ministry has announced a mobilization of twenty classes of troops totaling 400,000 men to be called to the colors. The figure represents an official service draft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Greek War Ministry
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Dumba
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