Washington Educator Wounded at Liege in War Reports
Professor Schoenthal of a Washington military school, wounded at Liege, describes Belgian troops fighting like demons and Germans suffering losses as the war unfolds around Cologne. He recounts fierce frontline fighting, with many Americans involved and a corporal's wartime duties amid mobilization.
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Bertin
German Advances Near Ypres and Verdun Fronts
German communique reports progress west of Ypres with at least 600 prisoners and some British guns captured near the Yser. Near Verdun and Toul minor fighting, about 1000 prisoners taken, while Russians in the northeast remain indecisive. Berlin notes heavy winter, severe storms, and flooded trenches complicating operations.
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Grand Duke Warns Zare Not to Accept German Peace Overtures
Petrograd whispers say Germany sought peace with Russia. The German emperor allegedly sent no personal letter to the dowager empress urging peace. The dowager forwarded it to Emperor Nicholas, who sent it to Grand Duke Nicholas. A French duke warned that compliance would provoke mutiny and a revolution in all the Russian forces.
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London
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Germany
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Turkish fleet sinks Russian mine layer and torpedo boat
Telegram from Berlin indicates the Turkish fleet on the Black Sea destroyed the Russian destroyer Kubanets and a coast guard ship, while sinking a mine layer and torpedo boat. Three Russian officers were saved and imprisoned as the battle continued with no reported Turkish losses.
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Praunkfurter
Black Sea
Haukett-Millet
Kubanets
Fhe Mautenet I Millet
Berlin
Turkey
Men and Women of Warring Nations Attend New York Dinner
A diverse crowd at a New York dinner included soldiers and civilians from eight nations. Musicians in the orchestra were said to be from Russia Persia and Turkey while a Japanese valet assisted guests with coats.
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Russium
Tempest at hotel recalls English front air actions
Marine Tempest, young and fresh, recalls Britain’s wartime air efforts from a hotel room. She notes 42 British planes left the Tinglish coast and 41 arrived safely at the front, with machines returning scarred by bullets after all-day scouting missions.
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Kniékkerbecker Toda
Deir Eagland
Tinglish
Washington surgeons to go to service
The American Red Cross plans to send two units, each with three surgeons and six nurses, to Service. The party sails November 17 and includes Surg Regus Batit, So 2-Mthan Flagg, Hodge, Donnelly, Magruder, Lane, and others from Rochester, Tenn, Maryland, and Washington with Morton and King among the listed members.
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Minn
H Hodge
Government plan aids stock exchange finance
London November government announces a plan to support stock exchange activity and prevent depreciation by easing forced realization. It will back 60 per cent of securities lenders hold against existing loans with Bank of England support. Advances won't be pressed for until four years after peace ends. A stock exchange committee will set rules to broaden benefits.
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Kaiser’s twisted neck linked to European war theory
New York doctor addressing the New Jersey Osteopathic Society in Newark argues Kaiser Wilhelm’s twisted neck and related lesions may have shaped brain development and influenced history. He cites historic figures with spinal misalignments and suggests osteopathic factors could affect genius and events regional to Europe.
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Sov
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Iran
Philadelphia College of Osteopaths
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Osteopathic Society
Newark
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Wellington
Alexander
Perlelee
Archimedes
German War News and Wireless Station Rumor
Reports describe a secret wireless station used by Germany to relay troop movements in France. Gen Cherlish cites German precision aiding front-line control while German forces resume offensives with stubborn but likely costly resistance.
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Noy
Pierre Thering
Charfis
Lassigny
Dixmude
Chertils
Aisne
Rheims
Rockefeller Foundation mobilizes ship for Belgium aid
The Rockefeller Foundation reports a urgent plan to send 4000 tons of food to Belgium aboard the Massapequa, chartered and loaded with flour rice beans bacon and more. The effort, supported by American and Belgian committees, aims to reach seven to eight months of relief, with shipments arranged via Rotterdam and formal approvals from British and French diplomats.
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H Hoover
American Relief Committee
London
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Belgium
New York Harbor
Relef Committee
Robert W DeForeat
Page
Belgrans
Rotterdam
Commission of Relief
Hoover
Cecil Spring Rice
Juley Tuser
Frenc
Turkish Squadron Overtakes Breslau Offends Jerusalem Command
London May 1 A Hassian steamer report from Constantinople says a Turkish squadron led by the former German cruiser Breslau overtook the Jerusalem off the Gulf coast before Turkish ships bombarded Russian ports. The Breslau crew were in normal uniforms before leaving. The Jerusalem, halted by two ships near shore, received six hours of orders by wireless but ignored them.
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London
Jerusalem
Golesea
Constantinoy le
Breslau
Hosphoris
Jerusilen
Hell
Restores coal land to U S after DoJ action
The Department of Justice announced with American Smelting and Refining that title to several thousand acres of coal lands in Colorado seized via dummy arrangements will be restored to the government. In addition to restoring the land the Smelting company will pay the United States rents per ton for all coal previously extracted from these fields.
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Department of Justice
American Smelting and Refining Company
United States
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