Teutons Win In Transylvanian Front Action
Berlin reports General von Falkenhayn crushed the Romanian first army around Hermannstadt and pushed back the second army. More than 3,000 prisoners and 18 guns seized along with equipment including locomotives, ammunition cars, and a hospital train. Strong attacks repulsed in the Sztrigy valley and Cainet heights.
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Berlin
von Falkenhayn
Hermannstadt
Transylvania
Maros
Georgeny
Henndorf
Fogaras
Hermandstadt
Rothenthurm
Cainet
Hatzeger
Stroll Sztrigy
Senator J P Clarke Dies in Little Rock Ark
United States Senator James P Clarke died in Little Rock after four days of illness with apoplexy. A Democrat born August 18 1854 in Yazoo City Mississippi he studied law at the University of Virginia and served as attorney general before joining the Senate in 1908.
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Litle Rock
Ark
United States
James P. Clarke
Senate
Senator Clarke
Little Rock
Yazoo City
Misa
Mississippi
University of Virginia
United States Senate
James K. Jones
Town Taken by Haig's Men Advances on 8000 Yard Front
British troops on the Somme center push forward along an 8000 yard front from east of Eaucourt lAbbaye to the Albert Bapaume road and report Baucourt lAbbaye in their hands. Armor supported the operations with tanks.
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London
Somme
Eaucourt l’Abbayé
Albert-Bapaume Road
Baucourt l'Abbaye
Train Crash Kills Eight, Injures Eighty-Two in Detroit
A Grand Trunk southbound train collided with a crowded crosstown street car at Dequindre street and Hast Forest avenue in Detroit late Sunday night. Eight people were killed and 82 injured with 15 seriously hurt. bodies were so mangled identification was nearly impossible.
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Detroit
Mich
Eright
Grand Trunk
Dequindre Street
Hast Forest Avenue
Greece Enters War After Prolonged Diplomatic Battle
The Greek council in Athens agreed with King Constantine to military co operation with the entente. A German submarine torpedoed the Ellen off Sardinia, crew saved. About 4000 Greek troops joined revolutionists in Canea. Greece now joins Italy Bulgaria and Roumania as decisive entente participants in the war.
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London
Council of Greek Ministers
Constantine
Athens
Ellen
Sardinia
Paris
Canea
Greece
Italy
Bulgaria
Roumania
Villa followers suffer heavy losses at Cusihuiriachic action
General Ramos reports more than a hundred Villa followers killed and Baudelio Uribe captured in a battle at Cusihuiriachic, near Chihuahua City. Carranza troops suffer few casualties while reinforcing from Torreon, as General Trevino arrives with fresh units to pursue Villa.
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Chihuahua City
Mex
Villa
Baudeiio Uribe
Carranza
Cusihuirachic
Trevino
Matias Ramos
Ramos
Baurelio Uribe
Leutenant
Apolonio Trevino
Torreon
Troops Ordered Home From Border Posts
The following units are designated to go home including Second Maine Laredo regiment New York artillery Brownsville First Pennsylvania field artillery El Paso Battery A Rhode Island field artillery El Paso First battalion First Massachusetts field artillery El Paso First Illinois Field artillery Wisconsin battery San Antonio Second Massachusetts El Paso First Connecticut Nogales First Montana Douglas First squadron New Jersey cavalry First battalion New Jersey artillery Columbus Battalion District of Columbia Nao First squadron Utah cavalry Nogales and First Ambulance corps New York McAllen. They will be replaced by 10 000 guardsmen ordered to border service.
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San Antonio
Tex
Maine
Laredo
New York Artillery
Brownsville
Pennsylvania Field Artillery
el Paso
Rhode Island Field Artillery
Massachusetts Field Artillery
Illinois Field Artillery
Wisconsin
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Nogales
Montana
Douglas
New Jersey Cavalry
New Jersey Artillery
Columbus
District of Columbia
Nao
Utah Cavalry
New York
McAllen
Japan friend of America finds Japan friendly to United States
Elbert H. Gary chairman of United States Steel spent three months in Japan seeking evidence of the yellow peril. He told Chicago on Friday that his investigation shows Japan’s feelings toward the United States are friendly and any differences can be settled by negotiations.
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Chicago
Elbert H. Gary
United States Steel Corporation
Japan
United States
Russians Renew Lemberg Drive Push On Lemberg Front
Russian forces renew a two pronged advance toward Lemberg as Austro German armies retreat from positions near the Brody Krasne railway and Brezezany on the Zlota Lipa river. Official Petrograd report notes over 4000 prisoners taken with about 2000 in the Brody Krasne district. Berlin confirms Russian gains.
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London
Lemberg
Leopold of
Bavaria
Archduke Karl
Petrograd
Berlin
Brody- Krasne
Brezezany
Zlota Lipa
Teuton
Croker to Sell Horses on October 27
London announce Richard Croker will dispose of all horses in his racing and private stable on October 27. He intends to clear both stables in a single sale and move forward with his plans.
Japan seeks police rights in Manchuria and inner Mongolia
The report from Tokio notes diplomatic circles see Japan aiming to consolidate influence in China by securing police rights in south Manchuria and eastern inner Mongolia. It may include appointments of Japanese advisers in these districts as part of the ongoing Cheng Chiatun negotiations.
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Union
Tokio
China
Japan
Manchuria
Inner Mongolia
Fire guts Morris & Co packing plant in Omaha
Fire at the Morris and Co packing plant gutted the pork house structure with an estimated loss of 350000. Insurance covers the loss per company officials. The blaze began in the cook room of the sausage department on the fourth floor and swept through the plant while offices and other departments were saved.
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Omaha
Morris & Co
German Submarine War Push Spurs U S Warning
Washington asserts any action jeopardizing American lives through unannounced sinkings or lacking safeguards will immediately reopen the submarine issue. The statement follows Bethmann-Hollweg's Reichstag vow to use every weapon and German papers attacking American neutrality.
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Washington
Germany
Bethman-Hollweg
Reichstag
State Department
Flour Prices Tug London and Chicago War Notes
Clubwomen adopted resolutions calling for an embargo on wheat and flour while defending bakers for bread price hikes. They argued war exports crop shortages and higher manufacturing costs justify higher prices. Federal inquiries note bread from American flour sells cheaper abroad in London Trieste Lyons Havre and other cities.
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Chicago
Ill
London
Triest
Lyons
Havre
United States
Special Agents Survey Danish West Indies Trade
Three Commerce Department special agents are sent to the Danish West Indies to study trade possibilities in case Denmark accepts a purchase offer. They will then travel to Cuba and South America to promote American trade expansion.
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Washington
Department of Commerce
Danish West Indies
Denmark
Cuba
South America
Meat Schedules Further Suspended for Meat Rates
The interstate commerce commission extended the suspension of schedules raising fresh meat rates in carloads from Omaha and Chicago to Oklahoma destinations. The prior suspension ran from June 6 to October 4, with the new period lasting from October 4, 1916 to April 4, 1917.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Omaha
Neb
Chicago
Ill
Oklahoma
Germany’s blacklist mirrors Britain’s export ban list
Amsterdam reports that Germany publishes a blacklist of Dutch firms barred from all German exports or restricted to materials for goods bound for Holland and its colonies. The list names firms with full bans and others requiring proof materials will only be used for Dutch colonial trade.
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Germany
Amsterdam
Netherlands
Britain
Holland
Her
His Job and a Grand Trunk Tale of Cy Warman
The obituary notes Cy Warman, author of Sweet Marie, a Chicago died figure and Grand Trunk official known for humility. A northern Michigan hotel host recalls Warman’s remark about his job listening to train wheels with a conductor, revealing a modest station in railway life.
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Cy Warman
Sweet Marie
Chicago
Grand Trunk
Michigan
New York
Montreal
Mr. Warman
Warman
Not Wanted. A 50-Candle Power Light Debate
Dialogue shows a couple debating a candle powered light. The man asserts the device emits 50 candle power, while the woman questions the utility if many candles must be used. The exchange hints at practical constraints and domestic humor.
Seats for autos hang on doors to carry extra passengers
A new design provides seats that can be hung on automobile doors to increase passenger capacity. The lightweight setup aims to retrofit existing cars without major modifications and may appeal to families needing additional seating.
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J. P. Clarke
Little Rock, Ark
Haig
Eaucourt L’abbaye
OO Ipula
Telegram
Europe
General Ramos
Illinols
Wisconsin Artillery and Field Hospital
America
RUSS
Sage
Leer Oneal Tery
Free Skinner Ner Mfg. CO
Oomaha, Aha, U.S.A
I. P. Lau Company
Eimerer i
N, Uu
Lincoln
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