Antwerp Falls as German Forces Seize Fortress City
A Berlin report says Antwerp and all forts are in German hands while King Albert leads Belgian forces toward Holland. Queen Elizabeth arrives in England as German columns push the retreating Belgians northward to hinder Allied junctions in France. Wide destruction follows the siege with fires burning atop the ruined city.
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London
Reuter
Berlin
Antwerp
Albert
von Veneler
Holland
Elizabeth
Belgium
England
Folkestone
Dunkirk
Scheldt
Termonde
San Nicholas
France
von Kluck
Girl and fiancé found near death amid attack in Durham
Miss Lula Powe and her fiancé John Thomas, prominent locals, were found wounded in a ravine near Maplewood cemetery. Thomas, conscious briefly, said a gang of Negroes assaulted them. they were hospitalized, money and a costly watch were stolen, and a posse hunts the attackers.
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Durham
N. C
Lula Powe
John Thomas
Maplewood Cemetery
Thomas
Belgian Guards Told to Inspect Bags for German Spies
Reports indicate German spies slipped past lines hidden in sacks of vegetables and hay. Belgian soldiers have been ordered to run bayonets through any bags or sacks suspected of concealing enemy agents.
Russians claim no German soldiers left in Polish lands
Petrograd reports East Prussian front holds with Germans retreating from Lyck and destroying bridges. Russians say they occupy Ma and Lyck and have broken German defenses on the East Prussian frontier. French and Italian dispatches note German reinforcements rushing to the Russian front.
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Petrograd
Paris
Matin
Margardova
Suwalki
Lyck
East Prussia
Rome
Poland
Schubert
Prussia
Eral Hindenberg
Sukhomlinoff
Rennenkampf
Russian Poland
Ma and
British Army Observations From Northern France Report
A London press bureau release recounts a colonel on General French's staff detailing calm fronts, air duels, prisoner captures, and trench warfare near our line. It notes German gun activity, mining efforts, and the effectiveness of French and British Maxims amid shelling and nocturnal bombardment.
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Landwehr
France
Cardinal Ferrata Dies in Rome
Oct 10 Cardinal Domi nic Ferrata papal secretary of state died today in Rome.
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Rome
Dominic Ferrata
Papal
Innes and Wife Indicted for Murder and Conspiracy
Victor E Innes and his wife were named as defendants in indictments charging murder and conspiracy. The Bexar County grand jury alleges they plotted the killings of Lois Nelms Dennis and Beatrice Nelms in Georgia Alabama and Texas. The state plans to try conspiracy first. habeas petitions were not resolved. Mrs Innes cried as the charges were read. Innes denied involvement and said a sworn statement exists but its contents were not released.
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San Antonio
Tex
Victor E. Innes
Bexar Tan
Thirty-Seventh District Court
Innes
Lois Nelms Dennis
Beatrice Nelms
Georgia
Alabama
Texas
Nelms
Mobile chewing gum gets California's eye
David Bauer proprietor of the Bauer drug store has received a request for a quotation of price on a carload lot of Ward's Tolu chewing gum made by him. The inquiry came from Sam Kordy of San Diego Cal. This is a remarkable showing as Mobile is not an exceptionally large manufacturing center.
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David Bauer
Bauer Drug Store
Dauphin
Conception Streets
Ward
Tolu
Sam Kordy
San Diego
Cal
Mobile
Germans suffer heavy losses in Franco British operations
Exchange Telegram reports 20,000 Germans repulsed near Quatre- Creslie in a Franco British action while 400 to 500 Germans were killed by a tunnel explosion north of Soissons. British naval brigades defend Antwerp with 300 casualties. forces reach Ostend. The front shows fierce fighting around Lille Arras Meuse and Dunkirk as German offensives stall.
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Ostend
Quatekreslie
Ermonde
Antwerp
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Aisne
Exe
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Admiralty
Holland
Paris
Bordeaux
Lille
Arras
Meuse
Dunkirk
Cassel
Channel
la Basse
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Turcoing
Amentieres
Courtrai
Ghent
War Office
Basle
Alsace
Schlust
Bon Passes
Vosges
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