Russian Front Updates From World War I Dispatches
Official Russian HQ reports heavy artillery on frontier and German reinforcements in East Prussia. Vienna dispatch says German Austrian forces drive enemy toward the Vistula and beat Russians at Uzsok Pass. Rome telegraph notes Russian advance threatening Marmaros Sziget and government moves to Huszt.
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Associated Press
Petrograd
Koenigsberg
Bakatargewo
East Prussia
London
Vienna
Poland
Galicia
Reuter
Opatow
Klimontow
Vistula
Carpathian Mountains
Uzsok Pass
Prussia
East Prussian
Wirballen
Lyck
Hungary
Rome
Budapest
Marmaros- Sziget
Huszt
Red Smith Breaks Leg Out of World Series
James C. Smith third baseman for the Boston National League club broke his leg above the ankle sliding into second base in the ninth inning of game one of a Brooklyn doubleheader. He will miss the world series with Deal Dagey or Whitted likely to fill in.
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New York
James C. Smith
Brooklyn
Smith
Deal
Dagey
Whitted
Montgomery man seeks U S aid to keep son from war
A. I. Shinbaum of Caroline street petitions the federal court clerk for help preserving his son Levi’s American status. Levi, born in London, is 20 and facing a choice between army service or arrest as a potential German spy amid English authorities and University of The son’s British birth name mix and naturalization complicate his citizenship fate.
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Montgomery
Shinbaum Mig
Levi
Baum
Shin
Kaiser’s Visionary Idea Opposed By Moltke Dismissal
London dated dispatch reports Lieutenant General Helmuth von Moltke removed as chief of the German general staff after a clash with the emperor over strategy. The emperor allegedly favored rapid attack on England using airships and aeroplanes, while Moltke urged postponing England action and conserving aircraft for France.
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London
Helmuth von Moltke
Amsterdam
Daily Call
von Moltke
England
France
Mulga Mine Explosion Probed After Fifteen Die
Birmingham Oct 6 Official probe into the Mulga coal mine gas explosion to start Wednesday before State Chief Mine Inspector Nesbitt. Fifteen men killed and sixteen injured, all but one of the injured expected to recover.
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Birmingham
Ala
Nesbitt
American Manufacturers Invading South American Trade Field
New York reports indicate U S manufacturers are entering Uruguay trade, with Jose Riseling noting rising exports to the country after an initial wartime dip. He expects export levels to exceed normal soon as merchants receive more goods from Germany.
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Associated Press
New York
Jose Riseling
Generl General
Uruguay
United
Germany
Mr. Riselin
American Army Fire Across Border Near Naco
Private Leroy Bradford of Troop G was struck in the chest by a bullet from trenches held by Gen Benjamin Hill’s forces defending Naco Sonora. Bradford's wound is serious while other soldiers and horses took stray fire as U S troops faced Mexican shots along the border. Hill warned of penalties for further cross border firing as Maytorena pressed for an armistice.
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Associated Press
Naco
Ariz
Leroy Bradford
Troop G
Tenth United States Cavalry
Border Patrol
Benjamin Hill
Sonora
Maytorena
Bradford
Wilson
United States Army
Holcomb
Tenth Cavalry
Guilfoye
Hill
Villa
Aguas Calientes
Mobile elects Ang Neal as new city mayor
Commissioner Harry Pillans was chosen mayor by the Mobile city commission at a Tuesday meeting. The change surprised officials with no prior chatter, and Pillans will assume the chair at the next session. No departmental head changes were made.
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Harry Pillans
City Commission
City of
Mobile
Pat J. Lyons
Pillans
Schwarz
Front War Dispatches Describe Shifting Front Near Lille
The report from Paris outlines left wing advances and German cavalry activity north of Lille with limited changes along the Somme and Oise fronts. It notes Belgian and British actions near Antwerp and suggests cautious interpretation of battlefield news amid a prolonged struggle.
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London
Belfort
France
Lgaml
Daily Mail
Alsace
Rhine
Paris
Lille
Toure
Department
Nord
Dille
Armentieres
Arras
Somme
Oise
Lassigny
Aisne
British Information Bureau
John French
German Papers Admit Desperate Front in Vosges Area
The Copenhagen correspondent reports German papers acknowledge a desperate situation in frontier fighting. They describe 37 days of day and night combat in water-filled trenches with no rest, and note army chaplains accompanying troops to hold services in the trenches.
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Associated Press
London
Daily News
Copenhagen
Norddeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung
Vosges
Fort Camp des Romains Taken by Germans Claims
Berlin reports that Fort Camp des Romains on the Meuse near St Michael fell after hard fighting. Five French officers and more than 500 men were captured, the rest died in the casemates. Germans claim victory near Suwalki and Augustowo with 3000 prisoners and eighteen cannon.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Sayville, L. L
von Hohen
Suwalki
Augustowo
Three New Battleships Will Be Greatest Ever Built
The New port News Shipbuilding Company and the New York Shipbuilding Company bid lowest for two 32 000 ton battleships for the navy this year. Each ship costs about 7 115 000 to 7 175 000 and one hull will be built at a government yard. The ships will be the largest yet designed for the United States Navy, displacing 32 000 tons with 524 feet overall length and 97 feet beam. Armament includes twelve 14 inch guns and four submerged torpedo tubes.
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United States
Associated Press
Washington
Newport News
Shipbuilding Company
New York Shipbuilding Company
Navy
Forege Company
Cramp G “Company
Philadelphia
California
Mississippi
Idaho
Government Navy Yard
United States Navy
Walcott Falls From Sky scraper in New York
Philip K K Walcott junior member of Hawking Delafield Longfellow law firm fell or jumped to death today from a fourteenth floor window in downtown Manhattan. He was thirty six years old and reportedly enjoyed a
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Associated Press
New York
Philip KK. Walcott
Hawking, Delafield & Longfellow
Walcott
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