Germans Drive Front, Take 1400 Prisoners in Champagne
Paris reports German troops massed along nearly five miles in the Champagne front last night and were checked with heavy losses. The assault extended from Hill No 195 to la Courtine, with capture of Butte de Tahure briefly held. German sources claim 1400 prisoners and trench gains northeast of Neuville and south of Souches. London says a six mile Champagne attack recaptured Butte de Tahure but failed elsewhere with severe German losses.
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Teutons
Pantie
Pine
Wapluiua
Talud UA Aleuyoer
Berlin
Wireleas
Sayville
Tahure
Champagnes
Neuville
Souches
Artois
Germandquarters
Orca
Eben Ee Trench
Ted
London
Champagne
Rolles
Butte de Tahure
le Monsnil
Three Leave Czar's Cabinet from Petrograd and London
Report from Petrograd and London on October 31 says Premier Jean Goremykin may be named chancellor of the empire with control of foreign straits, becoming the twelfth Russian to hold the post. Shoebko tipped as coadjutor. Nicholas reportedly accepted resignations of Sazanoff, Miroshien, and Kharitonoff. Khvostoff to become premier per Gamutte.
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Petrograd
London
Jean Goremykin
Russia
Reuter
Golovkin
Peter the Great
Gortchekoff
Boorse Gazette
M. Goremykin
M. N. N Shoebko
Vienna
Nicholas
Sergius Sazanoff
M.rivoshein
Andof M Kharitonoff
Alexai Khvostoff
Toffre Returns to France After London Visit
French Commander concludes visit with British officials in London and returns to France. Reports note that discussions covered broad policy outlines and key issues in the western theater. Kaiser's approval awarded to Bulgarian figures mentioned in Sofia dispatches.
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London
Joffre
France
Rythe
Funes
Motham Vie
Bulgaria
Cvesilo
Ferdinand Visoll
Orant
Russians Deny Victory in Baltic and Galicia Fronts
Berlin reports Russian forces driven back at Plakanen on the Missa north of Riga while Linsingen holds. Galicia shows renewed Russian attacks with limited success near Stripa. Berlin cites shell shortages from Baltic U-boat activity as a factor and notes ongoing Russian counter offensives in the Styr, with winter grinding battles and shifting fronts across Cur land and Galicia.
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Berlin
Galicia
Teutons
Petrograd
Baltic
U S Steamer Seized By British Warship In Halifax
A British prize crew seized the Dutch steamer Hambhorn and the Hocking, recently renamed from Danish and sailing from New York for Norfolk. The ships, convoyed by warships, were placed under admiralty court guard with armed guards aboard as motive unclear. The Hocking carried only two tons of coal and had sailed from New York for Norfolk. The Hambhorn, of 1,742 tons, was bound for the Caribbean.
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N. S
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New York
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Norfolk
Granland
Admirsalty Court
Fabre
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Hamborn
Carbarien
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Munson Steamship Line
Hooking
Thia Port
T. H. Graham & Co
Thia City
Allies Land Troops at Saloniki Increases
Paris reports an Athena dispatch via Havas stating the Allies continue landing forces at Saloniki while Bulgarians hold part of Veles on the Vardar. Serbian resistance is noted and Bulgarian losses are pegged at 25 000. French front activity is described as limited with Gen. Sarrail inspecting fortified positions along the line from Gevgel to Krivolsk.
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Paris
Havas
Saloniki
Veles
Vardar
Sarrail
Cbmmasdep-Invehtdt
Ag:hk
Frensch Fpreaw
Orlant
Ified Fom
Krivolsk
Demir Hapu
London
Reu
Fer
Athens
Koprulus Veles
Babuna
Monastir
Mitrovitss
Serbia
King George Makes Slow Progress After Fall
London reports King George remains weak but shows reduced pain after Wednesday fall. Official bulletin notes pain diminishing, pulse and temperature normal, with slow recovery underway as physicians monitor his condition. Authorities: Anthony Bowlby and Bertrand Dawson issued the update.
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London
George
Anthony Bowlby
Bertrand Dawson
Greece Rejects British Offer To Enter War Over Aegean Islands
Athens dispatch via Frankfurter Zeitung reports Premier Zaimis refused Britain’s offer of Cyprus the Dodecanese and South Albania to push Greece into the war. Sofia telegram says Saloniki authorities push to supervise mafia and telegraphs provoking Greek resentment as Greece seeks neutrality. The Dodecanese Islands lie in the Aegean Sea under Turkish suzerainty including Rhodes and Kos.
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Saloniki
Berlin
Sayville
Today
Athens
Frankfurter Zeitung
Great Britain
Graece
Cyprus
Dodekaneses Islands
Albania
Greece
Aegean
Zaimis
Cologne
Sofia
Salonki
Aegean Sea
Asia Minor
Scarpainto
Rhodes
Stninpalta
Neros
Nicaria Coa
Kalovmnos
Luowa Bette
Spoyideq
Hungary’s Tisza Rejects Aggressive War Aims
Count Tisza, Hungary’s prime minister, says Hungary seeks security guarantees and that the Central Powers fight for what America fought for against England. He defends Serbia’s bravery, foresees Serbia’s decline, and notes Hungary and England are far apart amid the war. A Athens dispatch adds Serbia’s pressure on Bulgaria and possible Austro-German junction.
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Saint Tiara
Hungary
England
America
Serbia
Budapest
Lonedon
County Tisss
Europe
Danube
Count Tisza
Ares
Pvemier
Austria-Hungary
Germany
Wore
the Press Publishing Co
Fay Not an Army Officer German Denies Alleged Bomb Plotter
Berlin officials state that Robert Fay, under arrest in New York for conspiring to blow up ships aiding the Entente, was not and never was a German army officer. The military authorities had reviewed a special investigation and concluded there is no officer named Fay in the German forces.
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Berlin
London
Robert ‘Fay
New York
Fay
Tragic Bulgarian Prince and Love-Struck Girl Dies in Vienna
The report details Prince Leopold Coburg, 87, and Lottie Rybichka, 18, lovers who traveled from Vienna to secure a marriage opposed by her father a state official. After failed consent negotiations the girl shot the prince and then killed herself with a revolver amid a mist of vitriol and tragedy in Vienna.
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Rybichks
Shoota
Washington Post
London
Leopold Cobure
Ferdinand
Bulgaria
Lottie Rybichka
Vienna
Budapest
State Police
Panama Slide Forces Temporary Panama Railroad Shutdown
A small slide on the Panama Railroad north of Pedro Miguel halted traffic across the isthmus this afternoon. The canal tests were blocked by a heavy rain, but damage was limited and officials expect the road back in operation within 24 hours.
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Pedro Miguel
Isthmus
Continental Divide
Arca
British Earl's Son Killed In War Casualty List
London October 31 casualty list reveals Lieut the Hon. Evan Charteris heir of the Earl of Wemyss killed and Lieut. the Hon. Arthur Michael Bertie wounded. Names appear among the 41 casualties as the war continues to exact toll on nobility and officers.
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London
Evan Charteris
Earl of Wemyss
Arthur Michael Bertie
Hari of
Abingdon
Villa Invades Agua Prieta Amid Mexican Battle
Gen Villa with 18 000 men and heavy artillery begins firing on Agua Prieta across the border as 3000 U S troops in trenches and 2500 more along an 80 mile frontier brace for a clash. Carranza forces total about 6000. Villa vows to fight U S troops if interfered, while a Carranza spy flees under fire.
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Ariz
Ville
Agua Prieta
Carranza
Villa
Mnnay
Mexico
United States
al Pade
Juared
Agus
Prieta
Gallardo Ranch
Florencio Diaz
P. Elias Calles
Carransa
Brie
Thomas F. Davis
Bryan heading to Norway expected arrival mid November
Paris dispatch from Battle in Progress at Torres reports William J Bryan will reach Norway in mid November. The Havas Nova Agency in Geneva notes a dispatch to the Frankfort Gazette indicating a battle ongoing since 4 o'clock this morning at Torres Soners.
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Paris
Torres
Havas Nova
Geneva
Germans Capture 1,400 French Threats in Riga Report
The issue notes Teuton advances and Riga’s menace as Allied hopes ebb. Villa Opene big Mexican battle referenced. U.S. war relief donations and college grants listed among broader wartime items. Blanche Walsh dead. Mrs. Phoebe Hearst mentioned. British prosperity claim contrasts with continued conflict.
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Riga
Teutons
Villa
Buffrage
Phoebe Hearst
T—Society
Hang Alleged Slayer Seized and Hanged Near Columbia Miss
Jack Hughes a 30 year old from Washington parish Louisiana was seized from Columbia jail by masked men and hanged to a tree after being arrested in connection with the murder of Larue Holloway. A posse found the body after reports that Hughes shot Holloway in the back during a timber camp encounter. Hughes formerly lived in Isabel Louisiana and had moved to Columbia to work for a lumber firm.
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Louisiana
Larue Halloway
Columbia
Miss
Jack Hughes
Washington Parish
Hughes
Larue Holloway
Fortenberry
Ponses
Parsons
Holloway
Here
C. P Jones
Isabel
German Cruisers Reach Varna and Turkish Boats Reported
Paris reports from Bucharest that the German cruisers Goeben and Breslau plus two Turkish torpedo boats arrived at Varna. A Varna arsenal submarine arrived with them. Breslau and Goeben were turned over to Turkey as Midulla and Sultan Selim after the war outbreak.
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Goeben
Breslau
Varna
Paris
Havas
Bucharest
Turkey
Germany
Midulla
Sultan Selim
Copenhagen
Black Sea
Allied Fleets Trying to Take the Strain Off Serbs
Allied fleets press Bulgarian targets in the Aegean while Austro German forces tighten around Kragujevac and Pirat. Serbian defense lines along the Drina and near Nish face heavy pressure as Milanovac falls and more Serbs are captured. British and French reinforcements scarce. Russian relief rumors persist.
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Burger
Aegean Sea
Serbia
Germany
Belgian Heir Leopold Hurt by Zeppelin Raid in London
Special to The Washington Post reports Prince Leopold heir to Belgium’s throne, then at Eton, was briefly injured during the Zeppelin raid on London. He and another Belgian student were dining with a valet near the bomb blast. Leopold’s arm was cut but he and the companion remained safe after treatment, and they later attended a theater.
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London
Washington Post
New York
Eton
Bondon
Leopold
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