Otranto Collision Casts Toll on US Troops in War News
London dispatch reports the transport Otranto sank after colliding with the Kashmir off the Scottish coast. American army lists show 364 or 366 soldiers dead with 200 bodies recovered. The Kashmir and Otranto carried US troops and French sailors amid heavy seas. Mounsey rescued 27 officers and 239 crew, 300 US soldiers, and 30 French sailors. The Otranto drifted to Islay and became a total wreck with 3385 US soldiers and 11 officers missing feared drowned. The Kashmir arrived at a Scottish port with troops ashore and no casualties.
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London
Kashmir
Liverpool
Otranto
Ernest Davidson
United States
Mounsey
Islay
Mercantile Marine
Sinking of Atlantic transport and Otranto disaster pockmarked by rescue efforts
In a North Channel collision amid a violent gale, the transport Atlantic sank after a crash with the Kashmir, with 301 men rescued by British destroyer Mounsey and 17 survivors found on Islay. The Otranto broke on Islay rocks as rescuers arrived. Captain Davidson warned Craven before a risky rescue.
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Kashmir
Otranto
Belfast
Mounsey
Ontario
Saligo Bay
Islay Island
Kashwir
Davidson
Craven
Hughes Ends Probe Into Aircraft Production Inquiry
Washington Oct 12 Hearings in the Justice Department probe into airplane production nearly wrapped up Friday with final drafting to start next week Charles E Hughes who leads the inquiry declined to set a completion date but indicated two to three weeks may be needed Rumors the report had been sent to President Wilson were denied by Hughes
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Washington, D. C
Department of Justice
Charles E. Hughes
Wilson
Hughes
Weather snapshot across cities with scattered notes
Weather summaries for San Antonio and East Texas expect fair tonight with Sunday. highs 78 to 82. Chicago and New York show cloudy skies with mild winds. temperatures range mid 60s to mid 70s. St Louis and Kansas City report cooler to moderate conditions with variable winds. Washington notes rain and 60 degree baseline. details vary by city.
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San Antonio
Vicinity
East Texas
St. Louis
Chicago
Kansas City
New York
Washington
San Antonio Surpasses Fourth Liberty Loan Quota
San Antonio and Bexar County oversubscribed the Fourth Liberty Loan quota with a daybreak total of 347,000 at a Liberty Day luncheon at the Menger Hotel. The city’s combined effort pushed the grand total to 4,799,050, about 74,050 over the 4,725,000 target, as both women’s and men’s campaign teams reported strong gains led by Hertzberg and King captains.<?linebreak?>
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Bexar County
Menger
Davies
McKenzie
Webster
Colonel King
Black
Syers
George
Meliff
Johnson
Howes
Castanda
Maule
Yates
McAlister
J. G. Beretta
Joseph H. Frost
Mr. Frost
German reply to Wilson note said to lean toward acceptance
Berlin reports from Wolff Bureau and Frankfurter Zeitung indicate Germany sent a principled reply to President Wilson and that it may accept his demands. Gazettes in Basel and Copenhagen echo readiness and possible adhesion while noting delay for official text and a forthcoming Reichstag session on October 16.
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Wolff Bureau
Frankfurter Zeitung
Berlin
Wilson
Basel
Frankfort
Germany
Copenhagen
North German Zeitung
War Cabinet
Reichstag
Walter Hines Page Taken Sick on Arrival in New York
Walter Hines Page, the United States ambassador to Great Britain, arrived in New York in critical condition from England. He suffers heart disease and was carried ashore on a stretcher to a hospital. Accompanying him were his wife and son Major Frank C. Page and Colonel Vearee Bailey of the Army Medical Corps. A heavy gale two nights earlier nearly exhausted him.
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New York
Walter Hines Page
Great Britain
England
Emperor Charles plans Slavic state uniting southeastern lands
Zurich dispatch reports Emperor Charles of Austria issuing a manifesto announcing his plan to unite Croatia, Slavonia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Dalmatia into one Slavic state, according to Vienna devices.
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Croatia
Slavonia
Bosnia
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Charles of Austrian
Herzegovina
Dalmatia
Vioana
Germany poised to offer evacuation swap amid Wilson plan reply
Semi official German press comments indicate Berlin will link evacuating occupied lands to evacuating German colonies and Turkish territories. Prince Maximilian may announce unrestricted adoption of Wilson's program. Rumors say ministerial reshuffles aim to present Germany as democratic and elicit Allied acceptance.
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Germany
Maximilian
Wilson
Alsace-Lorraine
Turkey Peace Proposal Not Received in Washington
Washington officials report no peace proposal from Turkey has reached the State Department. The Spanish embassy in Washington said Madrid had not intimated any communication. Officials noted that definite Turkish peace proposals would cause little surprise, and reference to a note by Cerpts is continued on the next page.
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Turkey
London
Washington
State Department
United States
Constantinople
Madrid
Tiwans
Cer Pts
Submarine Threats and Allied Seas Outlined by Sims
London report quotes Vice Admiral Sims at Lord Northcliffe luncheon detailing eight to nine enemy submarines average within Atlantic lanes, peaking twelve or thirteen, with about 2000 anti submarine craft around British Isles and 200 American ships in the Mediterranean. He explains the grand fleet's freedom via a destroyer screened patrol zone and defines the convoy system as a grand fleet of merchant ships protected by a submarine wary screen. He notes some 5090 anti submarine craft in open sea aiding Allied victory.
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London
Sims
Lord Northcliffe
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British Isles
Mediterranean
Grand Fleet
North Sea
Woman pleads guilty to forged letter claim in New York
Miss Martha Elizabeth Simmons, 28, described as a college graduate, confessed in city court to writing a letter to Mrs Nellie Estes claiming her son in the army was killed in action. She was held on $1000 bail as authorities ordered an inquiry into reports of German propagandists operating in the city to undermine morale of servicemen parents.
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New York
Martha Elizabeth Simmons
Nellie Estes
Dudge Francis M. Estes
St. Louis
Army Service
Verdun Front Heavily Hit as U S Forces Press Advance
American forces north of Verdun renew attacks amid fierce German resistance. St Juvin and Cunel burn as prisoners report dissolving units. US troops push into Hill 182 area after heavy machine gun and artillery fire, creating a St Juvin Champigny salient before German retreat.
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Verdun
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St. Duvin
Ctinel
No Man's Land
Meuse
Argonne Forest
Ue Wis
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Hill 182
St. Georges-St. Juvin
Negremont Woods
St. Juvin-Champisnentre
Petrograd Children Face Starvation Crisis Amid Worsening Death Toll
Stockholm reports Petrograd infant mortality rising to 50 percent with 57 to 87 percent of enrolled children absent due to illness. Red Cross Captain Be Webster warns thousands, especially aged and infirm, lack food as government restaurants fail. Moscow also sees critical shortages of milk grain and nursing mother provisions.
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Stockholm
Petrograd
Vatrograd
William Be Webster
American Red Cross
Moscow
Germans retreat across Sensee Canal toward Douai
London reports German troops withdrawing behind the Sensee Canal with British forces reaching within about two miles of Douai. French advances beyond Vouziers push rapidly on the Champagne front as German positions crumble along the Retourn e and Suippe rivers. British and Allied posts push toward Douai with cautious advance amid mined ground.
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