Wilson appoints commission to settle Colorado coal strike
President Wilson announced the appointment of Seth Low Charles W Mills and Patrick Gilday to a commission to settle future differences between operators and miners in the Colorado coal strike. The notice frames a path for official mediation amid wartime labor tensions.
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Washington
Seth Low
New York
Charles W. Mills
Philadelphia
Patrick Gilday
Qclearfield
Colorado
Social World Notes From Paris And New York
Personal Katherine Alexander Duer and Dr. Joseph A. Blake wed by the Paris mayor of Passy. Dr. Blake’s wife has just won a U S divorce. Myron T. Herrick leaves Paris with his family for New York. Evelyn Marshall of New York engaged to Marshall Field III. Richard Croker, 73, marries Beulah Benton Edmondson, 23, at Nathan Strauss’s New York home.
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Clarence H. Mackay
Joseph A. Blake
Passy
France
Doctor Blake
United States
Myron T. Herrick
Mrs. Herrick
Paris
New York
Evelyn Marshall
Marshall Field III
Chicago
London
Miss Marshall
Charles H. Marshall
Richard ‘Welsted Croker
Tammany
Beulah Benton Edmondson
Nathan Strauss
Mr. Croker
German Counter Attacks Poststed After Lodz Defense
Berlin reports Russian advances near Lodz checked by German counter-attacks. Right bank of the Vistula remains quiet. Berlin says Wilhelm is with the German army in the East while Cairo notes 76000 Turkish troops move toward the Suez. Khartoum sinks after hitting a mine. Churchill pledges rapid new warships and notes submarine limitations. Petrograd confirms fortified positions between the Vistula and Warthe.
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Berlin
Lodz
Vistula
Poland
Petrograd
Warthe
Mexican general proclaims himself provisional president
General Pablo Gonzalez, a leading constitutionalist commander, declares himself provisional president of Mexico amid factional divisions. Dispatches report Zapata’s forces entered Mexico City after a sharp clash that killed 60 soldiers as Blanco’s troops evacuated the capital.
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Bryan
Washington
Riano
Spain
Zapata
Mexico City
Pablo Gonzales
Constitutionalist Army of
Mexico
Diaz
Love not dreadnoughts to bring peace in war torn Europe
Secretary Bryan urged love as the peace base before Chicago Presbyterians. He argued nations have only feared one another. In New York 400 I W W members heard James Larkin deride the Stars and Stripes and threaten bomb throwing with calls to blow up New York City.
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Europe
Bryan
Presbyterians of
Chicago
Manhattan
British Battleship Bulwark Blown Up at Sheerness
Reports from Sheerness claim the Bulwark exploded in harbor while moored, with about eight hundred missing and only fourteen crew saved. Officials cite a magazine explosion possible. investigation to determine if accident or design. Churchill announces the loss in parliament and notes overall fleet strength remains favorable to Britain despite the disaster.
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Ireland
Essex
Bulwark
Churchill
London
Winston Spencer Churchill
Admiralty
Thames
House of Commons
Churchill cites British submarine underuse in war effort
Churchill argues Britain's submarine force failed to yield large scale impact due to seldom offered opportunities to attack, contrasting with German efficiency. The remark highlights tactical missed chances and strategic constraints affecting naval warfare.
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Khartoum
Grimsby
House of Commons
London
Winston Churchill
Admiralty
England
Great Britain
Churchill
Miralty
German Victory In East Reports From Berlin
Berlin dispatches say counter attacks by German forces held on the Vistula right bank with no change in southern Poland. Vienna reports the Servian center at Kolubara broken and Austrians advancing near Lipin. The British navy suffers another loss with the sinking of Malachite and the battleship Bulwark. Czernowitz evacuated. Russian cholera isolation ordered. Prince Abbas and Prince Osman banished from Egypt. Sofia reports Pachitch government overthrown.
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London
Lodz
Vistula
Poland
Ypres
Lens
Vienna
Kolubara
Lileng
Bulgarian National League
Malachite
Havre
Bulwark
Czernowittz
Dixmude
Czernowitz
Abbas
Osman
Egypt
Sofia
Bulgaria
N. P. Pachitch
French Recapture Dixmude and Allied Battles Continue
Allied forces reclaim Dixmude as French marines suffer 300 losses yet drive Germans seven miles from the town. In another engagement heavy German losses. the third fight sees French losses reported by the Germans. England prepares to repel a possible German invasion with emergency committees and withdrawal plans for women, children, and livestock.
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London
Dixmude
France
Arras
Calais
England
Germany
French Losses Heavy in World War I Dispatch
Berlin reports from the German press bureau claim a Berne dispatch cites French tolls up to November 1 of 130000 killed 370000 wounded and 167000 missing. Meanwhile Hungary reports influx of wounded Serbians filling schools for accommodation.
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Berlin
Berne
German air raid devastates Lodz factory district
Petrograd dispatch reports German airmen dropped eighteen bombs on Lodz last Monday in the main street destroying the Gol rechter factory. The attack killed and wounded many residents and caused heavy property damage.
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London
Reuter's
Petrograd
Lodz
England Demands Norwegian Port to Pressure German Fleet
Christiania reports England asks Norway to allow the use of Christiansand harbor as a war base. Norway refuses and strengthens defenses. troops move to protect neutrality. A Swedish entry into the war could follow if neutrality is violated, amid tension over German fleet operations from Kiel.
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England
Christiania
Norway
Christiansand
Sweden
Kiel Canal
Terrific fighting reported on the Polish front
A military headquarter release describes Russian attacks on German fortifications east of Darkehmen repelled with heavy Russian losses and 600 taken prisoner. It notes counterattacks south of the Vistula yielding gains, with many prisoners and cannon captured, and cites conflicting reports on Cracow and overall Poland advances.
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Poland
Berlin
London
Darkehmen
Weichsel
Vistula River
Kutno
William
Petrograd
Vienna
Aisne
France
Paris
Cracow
Allies Advance Slowly as Germans Retreat in Belgium
Paris reports German defenses weakening with artillery fire diminishing. French forces gain ground at several points including the Argonne and Apremont forests while Germans bombard Soissons. Fog shrouds Meuse heights as Allies push south of Ypres and occupy abandoned trenches.
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Paris
Belgium
Soissons
Argonne
Apremont
Meuse
Ypres
King George Joins Front Line Visit in France
London reports King George has gone to France to visit the troops at their headquarters. He travels with Lord Stambordham and Major Wigram and is among the last European rulers to reach the fighting line, alongside Emperor Joseph, King Albert, the Kaiser, and President Poincare.
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King George
London
France
Lord Stambordham
Major Wigram
Emperor Joseph
King Albert
Belgium
Kaiser
Poincare
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