German forces face heavy losses around Antwerp and Cracow
Reports from Antwerp and London describe heavy German casualties near Wavre and St Catherine forts and repeated failed attempts to cross the Scheldt. Other dispatches from Cracow note General von Hindenburg taking supreme command as German and Austrian forces pose a growing threat.
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Associated Press
Lon
Antwerp
Central News
Wavre
St. Catherine
London
Cracow
von Hindenburg
Prussia
Petrograd
Suwalki
Lonza
Simno
Ossowetz
Petrokoff
Kielce
Russian Poland
Grain shipments from New Orleans surge to Europe
New Orleans reports September grain exports to European nations more than tripled from prior years. W. L. Richeson, chief grain inspector, says almost six million bushels were shipped to nine European nations. Twenty nine vessels cleared, twenty seven carried wheat, two carried oats in mix shipments.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
Europe
W. L. Richeson
Board of Trade
German push eyed to force battle on Russians near Vistula
Petrograd Times correspondent reports Colonel Shumsky noting German plans to mass troops between Breslau and Cracow to strike the Vistula right bank. He says Berlin seeks a decisive Silesian engagement and an Osowiecz siege as part of a grand sweep likely to end swiftly.
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London
Ossowetz
Silesia
Niemen
Southern Congressmen Urge Wilson to Relieve Cotton Crisis
Southern lawmakers appeal to President Wilson to delay adjournment until cotton planters receive relief. They seek 450 million dollars in loans at 3 percent, to be funded by 200 million in canal bonds, 200 million in US notes, and 50 million of gov percent interest on cotton, with banks acting as fiscal agents. They cite Dayton flood deposits as precedent.
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Associated Press
Washington
Wilson
Congress
McAdoo
United States
Dayton
Dinant Aftermath Shows German Commandant and Reorganization Effort
Lieutenant Deegar, the German commandant at Dinant in Belgium, surveys the ruined town after shelling and fires. A German professor bears the duty of reorganizing Dinant’s schools following the invasion and destruction.
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Deegar
Dinant
Belgium
Walker Nominated as Fifth Circuit Judge
Washington October 2 The president named Richard W. Walker of Huntsville Alabama to the United States circuit court for the Fifth Circuit in a formal nomination.
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Associated Press
Washington
Richard W. Walker
Huntsville
Ala
United States
Fifth Circuit
Engineer Keller Outlines Montgomery Gadsden Highway Tour
Plans for a scouting tour over the proposed Montgomery Gadsden trunk highway were completed. A citizen party from Elmore Montgomery Coosa and Talladega counties will depart Montgomery October 9 with Engineer W S Keller to speak on road building along the route.
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Montgomery
Ala
Montgomery-Gadsden
Elmore
Coosa
Talladega
Keller
Wetumpka
Santuck
Central
Seeman
Equality
Nixbury
Goodwater
Sylacauga
Hanover
Rockford
Speed
Buyck
Frank W. Lull
Chattanooga
Gadsden
Fort Payne
Valley Head
Selma
Florence
Mobile
Jasper
Tuscaloosa
Marion
Commissioner Schwarz files bond in probate court
Mobile official Laz Schwarz, sworn in for a second term, filed a 35,990 bond in probate court Friday. The bond was secured with the oe and Deposit Company of Mary.
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Schwarz
Laz Schwarz
Mobile
Oe & Deposit Company of
Mary
War Bulletin Summaries From London Paris Rome
War news from London reports eighteen steamers sunk in September totaling 29 581 tons and nine destroyed by mines with 75 lives lost. Paris notes two German aircraft near Paris and the French air corps mobilizes to intercept. Rome cites Giornale d Italia with Italy poised to take Avlona and Sazena Island and planting the Italian flag. It also notes Idea Nazionale reporting a possible resignation of Foreign Minister San Guiliano and a cabinet reshuffle.
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London
Board of Trade
North Sea
Rome
Paris
Giornale d
Italia
Avlona
Albania
Italy
Sazena Island
Idea Nazionale
Nationalist
Marquis di San Guiliano
Talks Under Anaesthetic Leads to Murder Arrest
Los Angeles report says a woman speaking under anesthesia admitted fighting and shooting a rival. Police then found the body of Fannie Curland, a motion picture actress, in a vacant Riverside area ranch house. Two men remain under suspicion of involvement.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
Frankie Lang
Fannie Curland
Riverside
Tremendous assaults against allies prompt German defenses
London dispatchs report mounting Allied progress in France near Roye and Noyon as German forces reinforce around Roye. French gains on the Meuse and near St Mihiel are noted, with Belgian defenses around Antwerp and Montenegrin actions toward Sarajevo. The Paris war office cites heavy fighting and German reinforcements on the Roye front, while Amsterdam sources hint at German withdrawal from Brussels and redeployment to Mainz.
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Associated Press
London
France
Meuse
Roye
Noyon
van Kluck
Antwerp
Albert
William
Leyden
Pola
Adriatic
Sarajevo
Viasenitica
Paris
Arras
St. Mihiel
Woevre
Apremon
Amsterdam
Brussels
Germany
Luxembourg
Mainz
German Newspapers Prepare Germans for Defeat in Rotterdam
Rotterdam reports to the Daily Telegraph that German papers arriving Thursday signal defeat and ruined hopes. Official messages seek suspension of judgment if German troops abandon positions. British forces are described as pressing forward with massed troops. French are said to be delivering a severe lesson.
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London
Rotterdam
Daily Telegraph
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WULD
Augosand
Exchange Telegraph
Wavre-St. Catharines
I.ness
Scheldt
Czar
Walker
Compiegne
Aisne
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