Skirmishing Opens New Battle of Lys
London, Oct 13. Skirmishing preliminaries to the expected Battle of the Lys were under way with cavalry action reported. Reports circulated that Khaleer's forces pressed Bruges while experts doubted Kaiser would breach Dutch neutrality by making Antwerp a naval base. Should he, officials say, the fleet would abandon Wilhelmehaven, inviting a British naval move in the Scheldt.
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London
River Lys
War Office
Khaleer
Bruges
War Information Bureau
Antwerp
Wilhelmehaven
Scheldt
German Aviators Target Paris as Battle Rages
Oct 13 German aviators over Paris faced French airmen in patrols after Gen. D Amade reported the Allied left flank situation in the Great Battle as satisfactory. Cavalry actions continued and bombs dropped near stations and a gasoline tank failed to explode.
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D'Amade
France
Paris
Damngne
Germans reported to have occupied Ghent in war theatre
London dispatches say German forces may have seized Ghent on both banks amid maneuvers for a larger clash along the Lys river. The front offered little other news with Belgium seen as the main focus of activity for the moment.
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London
War Office
Ghest
Lys
Antwerp
France
Belgium
Armistice Declared at Kiaochau in World War I
An armistice prevailed today between Japanese and German forces at Kiaochau to allow removal of the dead and care for the wounded.
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Tokio
Kiaochau
Belgian government moves to Havre France
Arrangements completed to establish the Belgian capital at Havre with quarters provided for all Belgian officials. Transfer expected at once. Ostend deemed too uncertain a site for King Albert's government.
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Paris
Havre
France
Bordeaux
Ostend
Albert
Germans Control Russian Poland West of Vistula
Berlin reports that except for Warsaw the Germans now control all of Russian Poland west of the Vistula. The advance is described as sweeping and encompassing territory about the size of Belgium. Official word from Amsterdam and London notes notable progress in the Russian Polish situation.
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Berlin
Amsterdam
London
Warsaw
Poland
Vistula
Belgium
Con Kelley Visits Town to See Amalgamated Copper Ties
Cornelius F. Kelley, vice president of Anaconda Copper Mining Co and managing director of Amalgamated Copper, arrives in Montana to meet his wife and two daughters. He oversees a vast $250 million belonging to Amalgamated Copper Co. in the region.
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Con” Kelley
Amalgamated Copper Company
Montana
Con
Cornelius F. Kelley
Anaconda Copper Mining Co
Amalgamated
Not Our Joslin Among Wreck Victims In Colorado
A Colorado train wreck victim identified as Joslin at Grand Junction is confirmed as not the Fairbanks promoter and capitalist who left for Seattle with his son on the Mariposa Sunday morning.
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Skagway
Falcon Joslin
Colorado
Grand Junction
Fairbanks
Mariposa
Seattle
Shoot the Spy The Amazing Narrative of a German Agent
A covert German Secret Service member recounts penetrating hostile Belgium as a tourist. He details German offensives against the Allies, rapid troop movements, and Allied retirement maneuvers toward fortified positions. The narrator describes his escape plan and how he used a coffee ritual as a passport to slip toward German lines.
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Belgium
Woman Receives Twenty Teeth Pulled Without Pain
Mrs J Mac Donald of 623 Second Ave N Seattle visits Regal Dental Offices and reports twenty teeth extracted painlessly using Regal System Dentistry. Frank Kane of 604% Denny Way testifies two Regal plates let him eat corn off the cob as before. Limited time low prices on crowns and plates offered by Regal Dentists with free morning extractions daily.
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J. MacDonald
Second Avenue North
Regal Dental
Third Avenue
Union Street
Frank Kane
Denny Way
Regal
Spy in the Yard Scene Ends with Narrow Escape
A peasant narrator recounts a ruse to fool drifting troopers and avoid arrest. He feigns anger over missing chickens and hides a supposed load to be stolen, then escapes as a German attack disrupts the firing squad tale.
John Panton Co Announces Storewide Department Closures
The John Panton Company will wind down certain departments and concentrate on ready to wear. The sales drew large crowds all day as shoppers sought bargains during a peak shopping period.
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John Panton Co
John Panton Company
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