Hawke Sunk by German Submarine in North Sea
London reports another German submarine attack sinks the cruiser Hawke of 7353 tons. Only 52 crew salvaged and no commissioned officers among them. Theseus attacked but unharmed as British and German losses mount in early WWI.
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London
Hawke
Pegasus
Zanzibar
Hust Meitingy
North Sea
Theseus
Amphion
Pathfinder
Aboukir
Cressy
Hogue
Speedy
Brtist
British Admiralty
England
Germany
Heligoland
Allied left wing extends from Ypres to the sect region
Paris reports a French war office statement confirming progress on the left wing. Allied forces now operate from Ypres to the sect region. In Russia the left bank of the Vistula sees Russian troops repelling German assaults on Warsaw and Iavangorod. A battle rages south of Przemysl.
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Associated Press
Paris
French War Office
Ypres
Russia
Vistula
Warsaw
Iavangorod
Przemysl
Bridges Contends in Support of England in War Declaration
England's poet laureate joins leading English writers in a declaration that England must go to war after Belgium's invasion by Germany. The document credits Bridges as a moving spirit in urging the statement and condemns the Kaiser's plea as insane, insisting no nation may force its culture by force.
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England
Germany
Bridges
Belgium
New Orleans Ships Near 17000 Bales of Cotton to Japan
The export of almost 17 000 bales of cotton from Galveston to Japan drew comment at the New Orleans cotton exchange amid doubts the Panama Canal would clear the shipment. A quarter penny drop in silver price to 28 1 8d in London weighed on exporters, though Dallas spot business remained strong with 11 713 bales sold at 63 8 cents middling.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
Galveston
Japan
Panama Canal
London
Dallas
Grand Jury Seeks Mines to Roads Labor Change
Montgomery county grand jury in Alabama reports to Judge Armistead Brown after a two week session. It recommends removing convicts from mines to public highways and urges stronger law enforcement. The body also suggests restricting Alabama National Guard rifle practice on Sundays near the city.
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Montgomery
Ala
Armistead Brown
Montgomery County Grand Jury
Alabama National Guard
Local Broker H Sayle Dies Suddenly at 50 in Arkansas
H Sayle aged 50 died at his home in Little Rock today from heart disease. He spent years in Memphis brokerage and was a member of the New York and Memphis Cotton Exchanges, widely known across the South.
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Little Rock
Ark
H. Sayle
Memphis
New York
South
Aguilar Plans Vera Cruz Attack as U.S. Lines Harden
Reports from Vera Cruz say General Aguilar prepares to strike with 200 Mexican troops near American posts. The force, estimated at 4,000 to 6,000 with several guns, trains on U.S. positions amid unsteady discipline and rumors of an immediate assault.
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Aguilar
Vera Cruz
Associated Press
Eastern Front Developments Near War saw Russia
Reports from Petrograd and London on October 15 to 16 describe fighting within eight miles of War saw in Russian Poland as German and Russian forces clash amid a broad front from the Baltic to the Carpathians. Dispatches note uncertain gains, with most action cavalry in scope, and tensions rise over Italian subject expulsions tied to the Monfalcone yard fire.
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Associated Press
Petrograd
London
Warsaw
Russian Poland
Berlin
Vienna
Baltic
Carpathians
Reuter
Vistula
Rome
Prince Hohenlohe
Trieste
Monfalcone
Messagero
Ostend
Channel
England
Thames
Blankenberghe
Allies Rapid Push Near Metz After Bitter Meuse Fighting
Paris reports the Allies pressing the German left on the French front within cannon range of Metz forts. French Alpine units and the 149th Infantry distinguish themselves in rugged terrain near Nancy and Dagny, retaking a village and capturing 160 German prisoners after a bayonet assault. The 149th earns a formal commendation.
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Paris
Metz
Meuse
St. Mihiel
Moselle
Four Rivers
Argonne Forest
Woevre
Nancy
Dagny
Lorraine
Verdun
Flain
One Hundred Forty-Ninth
Germans Arrested After Suspected House Discovery in Willesden
London police found a concrete built structure in Willesden with twenty two German residents. The arrests followed discovery of the suspicious house in the northwest London suburb on October 16.
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London
Associated Press
Willesden
Birmingham real estate man Jemison elected Southern Railway director
Robert Jemison of Birmingham, a leading real estate figure, is in Mobile at the Battle House. He serves as chairman of the building committee for the Episcopal Church Home and conferred with Secretary John E. Mitchell about proposed plans drafted by Architect J. A. Wetzel.
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Robert Jemison
Birmingham
The
Southern Railway
Mobile
Battle House
Episcopal Church Home
John E. Mitchell
J. A. Wetzel
Burke tours East as he observes world series games
Peter Burke of Roche and Burke Undertaking Company returned to Mobile after visits to New York Philadelphia and Washington on business and vacation. In Philadelphia he watched the Athletics versus Braves world series and praised Boston infield speed and Stal lings' pitchers noting excessive ginger and fighters’ puttylike swings at Rudolph's curves.
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Peter Burke
Roche & Burke Undertaking
Mobile
New York
Philadelphia
Washington
Athletics
Braves
Stallings
Mr. Burke
Mackmen
Boston
Rudolph
Italian Foreign Minister Di San Giuliano Dies
Rome reports Marquis Antonio Di San Giuliano died at 2 20 this afternoon after a long career as Italy's foreign minister and diplomat.
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Rome
Marquis Antonio di San Giuliano
Governor's Wife Aids Red Cross Bazaar at Olga Central Palace
Mrs Gly Mra, wife of the New York state governor, heads the Red Cross bazaar and universal market committee at Olga Central Palace New York. The event runs from October 22 to October 31 with mayor Noel and other prominent figures assisting.
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State of
New York
Olga Central Palace
Gly Mra
John
Noel
Glober
American Guilty of Wife's Murder Declared Insane
Charles Henry Weston formerly of Salem Massachusetts was found guilty today of killing his wife and was declared insane and sent to an asylum. His wife were found Sept 22 in her Richmond home with a throat wound and police said she named her husband. Weston suffered delusions of German invasion.
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Associated Press
London
Charles Henry Weston
Salem
Mass
Weston
Richmond
Westons
England
Mine disaster blamed on Mulga gas explosion verdict
The coroner's jury in Birmingham finds Woodward Tron Company at fault for the Mulga mines blast on October 3 that killed sixteen workers. They say a broken trap door disrupted the air circuit, allowing gas to accumulate until a naked lamp triggered the explosion. Recommendations accompany the verdict.
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Birmingham
Ala
Woodward Tron Company
Weekend Forecast For Several States
Forecasts show fair conditions tonight and Saturday across Alabama Mississippi and adjacent regions with little change in temperatures and steady sunny spells expected through the weekend.
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Mobile
Noel Buxton and Brother Shot in Bulgaria by Turk
London reports Noel Buxton MP and his brother Charles Roden Buxton were shot by a young Turk, Pache Hassan, while traveling by auto to a king of Bourmania funeral. One brother was wounded in the lungs. the assailant was arrested after arriving from Salonica.
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Noel Buxton
Young Turk
Bulgaria
London
Reuter Telegram Company
Bucharest
North Suffolk
Charles Roden Buxton
Thomas Powell Buxton
South Australia
Pache Hassan
Buxtons
M. Guedhoff
Bourmania
Pachel
Tbuxtons
Near East
London Balkan Commission
Macedonia
Balkans
Mr. Buxton
Texas
Allies Capture Hannescamps Southwest of Arras in Clash
An official dispatch from the French embassy reports the capture of Hannescamps southwest of Arras by the Allies. It also notes German advances from Audenarde toward Courtrai and contact with Allied troops near La Bassée, with a violent combat northwest of Lens to Vermelles yielding Allied gains.
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Washington
Hennescamps
Arras
Audenarde
Courtrai
Meroin-Armentiers-Givenchy
la Bassee
Lens
Vermelles
Hannescamps
Wolves Threaten Camp Life in Snowbound Montenegro
A Cettinje dispatch notes military camps must stay vigilant at night not only for enemy danger but also for wolves. With the first snowfall on mountain peaks, wolves descend to attack the living if they cannot find the dead, prompting heightened security measures.
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Rome
Cettinje
German Reinforcements Massed for West Front
Report from Copenhagen via Reuters notes 28 trains of German reinforcements arriving in one hour near Brendenburg. Estimates troop totals reach 300 000 to 400 000 as artillery and infantry bolster the western front. Ostend near capture eyed as German forces advance toward Belgian coast.
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London
West Front
Reuter
Copenhagen
Brendenburg
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Admiralty
el Hannespamps
France
Robert Bridges
Co. H. Sayle
Prcemy
Jemison
Southern
Burke
San Giuliano
Aids the Red Cross
Martin H. Glynn
Salonica
Constantinople
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