Americans Regained Safe After Lille Capture Atrocities
The following Americans were found safe in the recaptured region Floyd Harrison and daughters Brooklyn New York H McNauvon and daughter Mona Washington D C Mias Sadie Gibson Denver Mrs Ulysses Bristow and daughter Fannie Chicago Hiram Kraus and family Baltimore Md F Fouglois and sister Cleveland Mrs Ella Danckwerts Boston Donald and Agnes Grant Detroit P S Laben and daughters Albuquerque N M Mrs Haynes and daughter Alice San Francisco Rev Ezra J Harper Salt Lake Franklin Shegog and sisters Richmond Va Mrs Robert Lee and daughters New York Mrs S Sherman and daughters Milwaukee Wis F Butler and family New Orleans
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Floyd Harrison
Brooklyn
N. Y
H. McNauvon
Mona
Washington
D. C
Mias
Sadie Gibson
Denver
Ulysses Bristow
Fannie
Chicago
Hiram Kraus
Baltimore
Mad
F. Fouglois
Cleveland
Ella Danckwerts
Boston
Donald
Agnes Grant
Detroit
P. S. Laben
Albuquerque
N. M
Haynes
Alice
San Francisco
Ezra J. Harper
Salt Lake
Franklin Shegog
Richmond
Robert Lee
New York
8. Sherman
Milwaukee
Wis
F. Butler
New Orleans
Cancel Allies Debts Urges U S Forgiveness Policy
Geo W Wickersham at a YMCA meeting urges the United States to cancel all debts owed by allies France England and Italy for wartime loans. Wickersham, a former Taft attorney general and corporate lawyer, says America can afford to forgive as allies bore burdens during the war and should send a receipted bill to Great Britain France and Italy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Geo. W. Wickersham
United States
France
England
Italy
Wickersham
Taft
America
Great Britain
Spanish steamer Maria torpedoed by U-boat
Madrid reports the Spanish steamer Maria was torpedoed by a German submarine with few details. At Bilbao the German consul has transferred the German steamer Euriphia to the Spanish government.
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Madrid
Maria
Epoca
Bilbao
Euriphia
Yanks Close In On Muddy Verdun Front
American troops press toward Hrivillers area in Verdun zone as heavy rains worsen mud complicating advances. Artillery and machine gun fire erupt in the Argonne forest while patrols push north near the Meuse with little resistance.
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Verdun Zone
Ies
France
Hrieulles
Argonne Forest
Bale de Kappes
Bois de Foret
Meuse
Kindness Repaid by Enemy Murder
In France near Le Cateau a German officer who lived 18 months with a French family disappeared one evening and later blew up their home with a mine. The blast killed every family member except a baby. The report notes vandalism at Le Cateau and nearby Montigny as part of the incident.
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Paris
France
le Cateau
Montigny
la Cateau
Canadian Soldier Escapes German Prison Camp
Private Herbert Batcheller of the 48 Canadian Highlanders escaped ten months of confinement by leaping from a fast-moving train and trekking 125 miles through Westphalia into Holland. He says he did not taste meat while imprisoned, losing weight from 185 to 135 pounds.
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Atlantic
Herbert Batcheller
Westphalia
Holland
Batcheller
Lord French May Quit Irish Post
Dublin October 21 The resignation of Marshal French Lord Lieutenant and Governor General of Ireland is expected after a London cabinet conference blamed on the government's failure to enforce conscription.
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Dublin
Marshal French
Lord Leutenant
Ireland
London
Collision report cites shipyard worker in speeding case
Joseph La Lone, a shipyard worker, admitted he was traveling 28 miles per hour in the auto crash. Police say he must furnish bonds to appear in court on a speeding charge.
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Joseph la Lone
She Knits 80 Pairs Socks for Soldiers
Mrs. Brightman of East Seattle, invalided for years, knits war socks for the Red Cross. In six months she produced 80 pairs, dedicating her entire time to war service with the society, while her nephew F K B Brightman trains at Seattle naval school.
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J. Brightman
Seattle
Lorraine Push May Be Coming
Paris dispatch reports raids on Lorraine and Alsace with a prisoner capture by French forces. The war office noted increased artillery fire between the Serre and the Alane and said raiders entered German trenches and took prisoners while other sectors remained calm.
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Paris
Lorraine
Alsace
French War Office
West Front
Serre
Alane
Alaskans in Siberia Reach 20 Says Expert
William A. Russell an efficiency engineer and Russia expert arrived in Beattie from Vladivostok and reported that twenty Alaskans are located in Siberia. He travels from the far east seeking insights on population movements and regional work.
Butterworth hearing set for October 31 in fraud case
G M Butterworth, local undertaker, faces an information filed by VA District Attorney Trobert Saunders on a mail fraud charge. The case centers on alleged extra coffin charges to relatives of dead sailors funded by government contracts. Butterworth defends the action as legal and says government records are open.
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G. M. Butterworth
Tutterworth
VA. 8
Trobert Saunders
Butterworth
Naval Training Station
Tremerton
Ian
Harold Lockwood Dies of Spanish Flu in New York
Harold Lockwood, 29, a popular moving picture idol, died in New York City on Saturday from the Spanish influenza. He was at work on his latest Metro Film production The Yellow Dove and had left musical comedy seven years ago to pursue screen stardom with Wildom.
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Harold Lockwood
New York City
Lockwood
Metro Film Company
Screen Mayer
Wildom
A Thrift Stamp A Day To Keep the Hun Away
A wartime reminder urges daily thrift stamp use to support national defense funds. The message highlights saving habits and patriotic duty, urging readers to purchase stamps regularly as a small but steady contribution to the war effort.
All the Better Silk and Wool Dresses Reduced to 21.50
Local shop offers extensive dress collection with silk and wool gowns priced at 21.50. Styles include tunics sashes round neck high neck options in black navy brown green taupe burgundy with sizes 16 through 48 or 50 depending on style. Jersey and serge dresses featured for varied wear.
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Jersey
BON Marche
Lys River Line Smashed as Foel Loses Big Front
Allied forces smashed the Lys river line and pushed German troops back across the Belgian frontier. Haig reported advances near Valenciennes, Le Cateau, and Denain with bridges built under fire and 6,209 British prisoners taken since Monday. Belgian troops cut off 15,000 Germans at Becloo and seized Zeebrugge, Heyse, and Bruges.
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Lys
FOEL
Berlin
Diruges
Thielt
Courtral
Courtrai
Douai
Laon
Alane
Vouziers
St. Amand
Valenciennes
Marshal Haig
Scheldt
Tournai
Mogheh
Belle
le Cateau
Selle River
Tanka
Romertes
Denain
Bt. Amand
Behelde Aachelt
Ghent
Haig
Flanders
Grammene
Peteghem
Oyghem
Lille
France
Belgium
Peeq
Denyze
Eecloo
Knesslaere
Aeltre
Adegem
Bellem
Ursel
Escaut
St, Leger
Dottignies
Kelleghem
Vichte
Deerlyck
Drieach
le Ca
Becloo
Holland
Zeebruggee
Heyse
Bruges
Solesmes
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Bocie
Lord French
Heron Marche Livethice
Bolivia
Eecaut
Acitre
Harrod’s
Bon Marche Soldier Shop
Soldier Shop
Lyons
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