Big Battle Looms Between Franco-Serbians and Bulgarians
Reported from Parla on October 28 and London on October 29 describe Austro German forces advancing on a broad front in Serbia and Bulgarian troops pushing east and northeast of Nish. French and Serbian operations are said to threaten a breakthrough toward Strumitsa, with Greek neutrality and wider Balkan maneuvers shaping the crisis.
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Bulgaria
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Greece denies hostile intent amid reports from abroad
London dispatch prints the Greek legation denial of rumors about Greece plotting aggression. The statement rejects alleged acts tied to a former governor, a king, and Entente ministers, underscoring Greece's stance to avoid confrontation and preserve regional security.
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Oresce
Newa
Greece
Bophoulis
Mecedonia
Ferdinand
Constantine
Greek Minister Denies Rumors Aimed at Greece
A Greek minister issued telegraphic instructions from Premier Zalmis to publicly refute circulating rumors. The statements condemn efforts to undermine public opinion and provoke hostility between the Entente powers and Greece while Allied troops remain at Saloniki.
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Zalmis
Athens
Greece
Serbia Needs More Medical Aid for War Wounded
New York dispatch reports Serbia lacks sufficient physicians surgeons and nurses to treat wounded as fishing resumes. Dr Richard P Strong head of the American Red Cross sanitary commission warns relapsing fever and typhus epidemics in Alaska threaten prompt action and cites an estimated 180000 deaths from disease amid the Serbia typhus crisis.
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Herbia
Richard P. Strong
Amer Ean Ned Crote
Serbia
Btrong
Tlaskan
Turkish envoy cites entente failures at Salonika as warning
Hakki Parbe Turkish ambassador to Germany told Merlin News that the entente Powers suffered a fiasco at Salonika and warned that a major operation with 60 000 to 125 000 troops could be extended to Syria. He said Turkey is ready to deploy forces and transport ammunition to Constanza via the Danube if needed. He added Egypt may face a new expedition depending on the war’s duration.
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Serbia
Bulgaria
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Hakki Parbe
Germany
Merlin
Salonit
Syria
Turkey
Constans
Egypt
First oil burning battleship Nevada ready at anchor
New York February 22 The new superdreadnought Nevada the first oil burning battleship of the United States Navy lies at anchor off Tompkinsville ready for her potent maneuver off the Maine coast The Nevada recently completed at Quincy Mass has been over hauled at the New York navy yard and the tents are expected to continue for about a week.
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Nevada
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Quincy
Mass
New York Navy Yard
Japan Not for Separate Peace Agreement
London reports Japan has joined the anti separate peace accord. A note dated October 10 urged adherence to Britain France and Nuasis terms signed September 5 last year, with Japan denying any separate peace. Count Inouye says Tokyo authorizes full adherence to the declaration, Italy having joined upon entering the war last May.
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Japan
Britain
France
Nuasis
Count Inouye
Horrified Crowd Sees Death Duel on Bridge Arch
Cleveland Oct 2 a horrified crowd watched a fatal struggle high on a new bridge arch over the Cuyahoga as Frank Wright maintenance foreman died after being struck by an iron bar wielded by two fellow workers. Wright’s wife witnessed the attack as police arrested Jack Travolce. The incident followed a violent struggle on the arch with the two attackers nearly toppling into the river.
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Hird
Cuyahoga Hyer
Frank Wright
Wright
Jack Travolce
Wres
Peking
M. Krupenski
John Newell Jordan
River
Obata
Lujassallant
War News From the Serbian Front and Constantinople
Reports from Athens via Havas New Agency describe shifting operations on the Serbian frontline with Bulgarian forces defensive near Nish and Tetip as Serbian troops advance. Bulgarian women protest the war in Nurges Zagora, while anti German sentiment grows in Constantinople.
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Lower
Timok
Serbian Forces Driven Back in Frontline Push
Territorial report from Terlia dated Oct 29 via London states Serbian forces repelled Teutonic advances on Serbia’s western border near Visegrad Borola, with Austro-German and Hungarian actions noted elsewhere on the front. Official German army HQ confirms the Serbian withdrawal and shifting front lines near Driavka south of Visegrad.
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London
Serbia
Visegrad
Borola
Ambiguous Military Front Report Claims Army Weakness
Fragmentary text describes heavy fighting near Bynasnar with over 1300 prisoners taken. It mentions a general Iyad and an army pursuit, claiming enemy weaknesses on the front lines and a push forward by our forces. Names and places are garbled.
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Bynasnar Ener Peel
Nagra
Prisphera
Iyad Letra
Sufferings of War Trigger Diseases, Crile Warns
New York October reports Dr. W. Crile of Cleveland told the New York Academy of Medicine that war stresses create a kinetic drive of fear anger and exertion harming the nervous system and organs. He cited mental strain and electric-like currents affecting the brain heart and kidneys, with photographic evidence supporting his claims.
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New York
Bante Diorasea
Ophron
St. George
Cytis
Mitchell Day Celebrations Mark Anniversary of 1909 Strike
Hazelton Ta Ott 29. This day honors the fifteenth anniversary of the termination of the 1909 coal strike in Mennayhvania. John Athebell, then national president of the United Line Workers of America, led the event. Proclamations limited participation to engineers and certain workers. The 1990 strike led to a 10 percent wage increase and other concessions.
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Mennayhvania
Bik
John Athebell
United Line Workers of America
ssle_wepia Apu
Eskimos Kill Four Men at Hudson Bay
Captain Lockhart reports four men murdered north of Chesterfield Inlet Hudson Bay by inland Eskimos. Two Catholic priests and two prospectors were killed and the expedition crew fear further attacks as constables search for the assailants.
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Tho Pas
Manitoba
Chesterfield Inner
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Nelle
Lockhart
Hedford
Biteet
Sanitation in England praised by medical authority
London March 29 Sir James Cripton-Kawne reports to Banntery Inspectors' association on England's sanitation and healthful British army status. He notes a larger army in the field and a lower disease percentage than in peacetime, highlighting unprecedented wartime health features.
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London
England
James Cripton-Kawne
Banntery Inspectors’ Association
Wald
Demand of Chicago Switchmen Denied
Chicago October 29 eighteen railroads involved in a demand for higher fire per hour wages were referred to committees representing both sides. A conference will seek a compromise. Chauffeurs and truck drivers plan to meet Sunday to consider strike after wage demands were declined and aligned with the teamsters' action.
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Chicago
Riot in Bucharest disrupts government policy protests
Parla dispatch reports a violent demonstration in Bucharest on the day, with factions trying to reach the palace but blocked by troops. Leaders sought an audience with officials as disturbances unfolded, with sparse wire notes from Amsterdam and Berlin cataloging the event.
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Germans Sunk by Australians Near Sandy Hook
Roanoke Va Oct 29 railroad dispatches from Termuda say that on Oct 20 officers aboard the Australian cruiser Sydney boated the Henry or Harmodan about fifty miles from Sandy Hook New Jersey on her last trip from New York to Bermuda. They report sinking on Oct 19 the Porte yacht Kelipas with all aboard. Intermed German cruiser Wilhelm von Indispensable was also reportedly sunk. Passengers on the Harmodan say Sydney officers boarded, explained they had come ashore to aid escapees, and that Helmutt Fillpee was sunk the day prior with all hands.
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Niners Strike at Park City in Utah mine walkout
Park City Utah October 29 Operations at the Silver King Coalition mine are suspended as about 239 miners quit work leaving only watchmen on duty. The strike stems from discontent with a proposed hospital and accident fund. Company officers led by former Senator Thomas Kearns deny the strike.
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Silver King Coalition
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Manerer
Woman Sent 10 Auburn Prison in Fraud Scheme
Zarah Emma Johnson, elderly, posed as widow of Henry M Flagler to steal about $5,200 from Frank J Mahoney by selling him a telephone generator and borrowing from relatives. Judge Mulqueen sentenced her to three to five years in Auburn prison. Mahoney testified he paid the money believing she was Flagler and would appoint him as pirate secretary at $70,000 a year with a $100,000 bonus upon materializing.
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Zarah Emma Johnson
Henry M. Flagler
Blancherd Ol
Frank J. Mahoney
Judes
Maxim Consults Witt Secretary Over Torpedo Replays Device
Washington October 22 Hudann Mualta of the advisory board of the Navy meets Secretary Dan Feta to discuss a device for data on torpedo drops from aircraft. Details were not released and Maximould will raise the issue with ordinance experts for a test plan.
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Young Lady Found Dying in Hotel in Chicano
The condition of Miau Mary Shinn of Cedar Rapide la was critical after being found near death in a hotel room. A hospital report notes she had registered under an assumed name and had a history of using drone to relieve severe headaches, as stated by an aunt.
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