10 000 Huns Taken in Flanders and Menin Captured
Allied forces in Belgium report capturing more than 10,000 German troops and over 100 guns. Menin fell to British forces as the Courtrai railway line reached by French and British units. Heavy rain slowed movements but did not halt the advance.
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Menin
Courtrai
Belgium
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Associated Press
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Avidhoeh
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Iserhem
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Lendelede
Teanders
Germany
Haig reports advances across Haute Deule and gains near Haubourdin
London reports Haig says forces crossed the Haute Deule Canal on both sides of Pont a-Verdin and captured Estevelles Mourchin and Bauvin with progress near Haubourdin. Front south of the Lys shows no further report while Belgian French actions advance and prisoners rise to seven thousand with eighty taken.
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Wedse
Moe
Haig
Lille
Haute Deule Canal
Wight
Comines
London
Ponta-Verdin
Estevelles
Mourchin
Bauvin
Haubourdin
River Lys
Turkey Must Deal With Gen Allenby
A dispatch from Constantinople describes pressure on Talaat Pasha as the British general Allenby faces steps toward Turkish surrender. The military club draft urged dissolution of the chamber, resignations, liberal government, demobilization, and peace on any terms, with the sultan asked to respond.
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Brita
Turkee
Allenby
Communder
G& Palestine
Syri Faris
Constantinople
Linver Pasha
Talaat Vasha
Talaat Pasha
Walter Hines Page Improves After Illness
Walter Hines Page former Ambassador to Great Britain who returned home last week is steadily improving from heart disease. Physicians say he needs complete rest and visitors have been barred from the home in New York on October 15.
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New York
Walter Hines Page
Great Britain
Breach in Kriemhilde Line Is Widened
Americans push deeper in Verdun area as they widen the breach in the Kreimhilde line despite heavy German shelling and gas attacks. Second Army reports progress near Hill 286 and Hill 288 with encirclement tactics and gains north of Verdun.
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Kriemhilde
Verdun
Kreimhilde
Hill 288
Lantheville Woods
Hill 286
Louis
Vpreas
Robert L. Bullard
Romagne
Force Until the End War Message Warns Against False Peace
The piece argues for total war until victory, denying any abrupt German collapse. It cites Reichstag debates and German propaganda as masking true strength, notes British naval views, and warns against optimism from neutral sources while US officials stress unwavering wartime effort.
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United States
Germany
Wilson
German Submarine Threat and U-Boat Build Up Report
Reports describe German admiralty constructing dummy transports and other craft to mask submarine activity. U-boat commanders focus on massed attacks and new faster submarines concentrate on large vessels. Secretary Daniels is expected to seek a large appropriation to boost destroyers and anti-U-boat forces before Congress this week.
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Baltic
United States
Europe
Germany
Daniels
Congress
Archbishop Mundelein warns U S against hasty peace
Chicago October 15 Archbishop Mundelein of Chicago warned the national Catholic war council not to be lulled into inaction by the cry that peace is near He urged caution lest any country endure again the travail suffered by Belgium France and Serbia He placed trust in God and in President Wilson.
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Chicago
Mundelein
National Catholic War Council
Belgium
France
Serbia
Wilson
German Leader Warns Of American Push To Longuyon
The article reports Gen Von der Marwitz warning that American forces aim to push toward Longuyon and cut the Longuyon Sedan line to disrupt German access to Briery basin steel, with emphasis on resisting the Verdun front and delaying a general advance.
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Longuyon Sedan
Briery Basin
Verdun
von der Marwitz
Fifth Army
IL Ig
Verdun Front
Cambrai
Belgians Flee to Dutch Border in Refugee Influx
Messages to Chairman Hoover report a quarter million Belgians rushing toward the Dutch frontier to escape German advances. The relief commission has arranged food clothing and shelter upon arrival and has shipped 180000 tons of food aid to Rotterdam to avert shortages if crops and dairy stock are seized.
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Lille
Roubaix
Holland
Hoover
Commission For Relief
Belgium
Relief Commission
Rotterdam
Washington War Bond Drive Sees Mass Subscriptions
Tens of thousands in Washington line up at liberty bond windows to subscribe to the fourth liberty loan. Banks stay open late as small contributors join big subscribers, with corporations and firms adding substantial sums. Mrs McAdoo to sell bonds this afternoon at 1224 F Street. Douglas Fairbanks pledges to raise a million to match Baruch if an airplane is provided, signaling renewed effort in the bond drive.
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Wilson
McAdoo
Douglas Fairbanks
New York
Baruch
Liberty Bond
Washington
W. G. McAdoo
National Woman’s Liberty Loan Committee
District of Columbia Woman's Committee
F Street
Liberty
Bernard M. Baruch
War Industries Board
Washington Lo An
Barney Baruch
Asi
Bonds sales slump as nation nears deadline
Nationwide liberty loan results fell short with yesterday totaling 156 million, bringing the campaign total to 2.954 billion. Districts such as New York, Chicago and St. Louis posted meager gains while officials warn the effort must top 3 billion dollars, or about 700 million daily, with four days left.
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Germany
St. Luis
Minneapolis
Boston
Dallas
S. Francisce
Chicago
Richmond
Kansas City
Cleveland
New York
Atanta
Philadelphia
Federal Reserve
District Scouts Sell $195000 in Bonds by Hoover Jr
The District Boy Scouts sold liberty bonds totaling about 196 050 with Troop 1 leading at 236 bonds and 5 000 value. Troop 26 ranked second with 21 bonds totaling 27 600. Troop 40 Child held 28 bonds totaling 313 000. J A Marshall great grandson of Chief Justice Marshall sold 45 bonds worth 15 960 and Herbert Hoover Jr sold one bond for 25 000. Hoover denied selling to his father saying no.
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Hoover, Jr
Boy Scouts
Isaacans
Troop No. 1
J. A. Marshall
Marshall
Herbert Hoover, Jr
National Food Administrator
Young Hoover
Change in Berlin Cabinet Rumored Over German Crisis
London reports a possible turnover in the Berlin government with a paper in the Berlin National Zeitung noting a committee discussion about Prince Maximilian and Prince Alexander Hohenlohe. Rumors say Maximilian may retire, with candidates Solf or Schettermann named as possible successors amid Kaiser turmoil. Emperor William’s mood weighs on officials and observers.
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Washington Post
The
Public Ledger Co
London
Berlin
Associated Press
Holland
Berlin National Zeitung
Maximilian
Alexander Hohenlohe
Reichstag
National Zeitung Rottedam
Telegraph
Maximillian
W .N. Solf
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William
Wilson's Reply Ends Notes in Canada Dispute
Ottawa October 16 Sir George Foster acting premier says President Wilson's reply to German overtures is entirely satisfactory and disposes of protracted correspondence that could risk allies' advantages. The Ottawa dispatch notes relief at the decisive tone and reduced chance of further delay.
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Ottawa
Willson
George Foster
U-Boat Drive Predicted by German Gazette
Amsterdam reports the Rhenish Westphalia Gazette predicts a climactic winter for German submarine warfare. The article warns of an agonemic crisis of unprecedented dimensions in entente nations as U boat activity peaks this season.
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Amsterdam
Rhenish Westphalia
influenza deaths hit high in district and new hospital opens
The city reports 88 influenza deaths in 24 hours, a new epidemic high, with 1 488 new cases. A new federally funded hospital at Eighteenth and Virginia Ave opens, to serve war workers, with 600 bed capacity. Fifty soldiers from Camp Meigs assist, masks offered free at substations, and nurses and aides are recruited for the effort.
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Health Department
Washington
Fowler
Eters Reney Hospital
Eighteenth and
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Orlando Duecker
Nell B Turner
Sixth
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van Nese
Webster
Wilson Normal
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