Germans Move Toward Dunkirk as Allies Hold Yser Line
London reports severe Dunkirk fighting with heavy cannonade heard since morning. British and French forces push back the German advance, retake Armentieres, and halt crossing attempts on the Yser. Paris says Allied troops gained ground in Dunkirk Calais area, with Germans driven back over 30 miles in the north.
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Yser
Armentieres
London
Teutons
Dunkirk
Calais
Paris
Big fight on at line policewoman shot
London dispatches report heavy action around Lille and northern France as German forces plan a retreat to new lines near Aix-la-Chapelle. Meanwhile Baltimore policewoman Elizabeth Faber, 35, and Patrolman George W. Popp were shot during a purse snatching chase on the Famedson avenue bridge. Faber remains precarious in hospital as the suspect is captured and identified.
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London
Bordeaux
The
Times
Joffre
Maimense
Altween
Nachmar
Metz
lx-la-Chappelle
Tatepers
France
Lille
Hazebrou
Elizabeth Faber
Baltimore
Ife
Arath
Franklin Square Hospital
George W. Popp
Wag
Tepp
Ino
Bal Recaser
Woulder
Marshal Carter
Austrians Claim Many Successes On Eastern Front
Vienna reports favorable progress in Galicia along the Dneister and San rivers with 15 000 prisoners captured. German forces advance near Lyck, while Petrograd cites failed Austrian crossings of the Sand River. Allied fleets and Montenegrins attack Cattaro as Servians sweep forward.
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Stary, Samber
Medyn
San
Dneister River
Wyszkow
Synewuckowysze
Stry River
Petrograd
River San
Vistula
Josefen
Cattaro
Austria
Dalmatia
East Prussia
Sand River
Przemysl
Carpathians
Galicia
Manchester
Mags
Konstantin Theodor Dumba
United States
Stary
Sambor
San River
Hungary
Penfield
Marla Teresa
French Halt German Assault at Saint Die With Heavy Losses
From the front lines near Saint Die and across Alsace Lorraine fierce fighting raged as German columns clashed with French Alpine regiments in the Vosges. Anxious efforts to reach Verdun Toul and Epinal continued while mountaineers disrupted rail links between Colmar and Muthausen, hindering German supply and evacuation. CONTINUED ON SECOND PAGE.
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Verdun
Toul
Epinal
Metz
France
Saint Die
Marthe
Alsace
Lorraine
Vosges
Colmar
Upper
Muthausen
Visits to the President and Carman Trial News
Louisv ille editor Jenny Watterson met with President Taft at the White House and rode with his secretary, part of a cordial end to an editor presidency dispute. Florence Carman nears trial in Mineola on a murder charge as 43 witnesses await tomorrow's proceedings. District Attorney Smith holds new evidence but offers no details.
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Jenny Watterson
Louisville Courier-Journal
White House
George Harvey
Harper's Weekly
Watterson
Mr. Harvey
Mr. Watterson
Willard
Jackson
Executive Mansion
New York
Taft
Washington Post
Mineola
L. 1
Louise Bailey
Florence Carman
Smith
Carman
Surrender of Tsingtao Indicated in Peking Dispatch
London date October 18. Peking correspondent reports a Berlin telegram stating the German chargé d affaires has received from Berlin a lengthy dispatch believed to sanction the capitulation of Tsingtau under certain conditions. The Tsingtau seat of government of Kiauchau is the subject.
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Tsingtao
Peking
London
Exchange Telegraph Company
Berlin
Tsingtau
Kiauchau
British capture American flag steamer Brindilla prize of war
Halifax and New York reports say the Brindilla, formerly the German Washington, was captured by the British auxiliary cruiser Caronia and taken to Halifax as a prize of war. The Standard Oil tanker is said to carry contraband of war in cargo and was to be examined by the admiralty court. Officers say the crew is mainly Norwegian and Swedish with some Germans.
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Halifax
Nova Scotia
Washington
New York
Alexandria
Egypt
Admiralty Court
Ambrose Channel
Carania
Brindilla
Caronta
Brindina
Petersen
Brinda
United States
Skindstla Ig
Biedermann Line
Hamburg
Standard Oil Company
New Jersey
Shipping Index
Liverpool
Alexandr
Riedermann Line
Stettin
Germany
Deutsch-Amerika Petroleum Company
Germans Plan Fresh Move to Smash Allied Lines
Berlin reports indicate a shift in northern France with a planned German offensive across extended front. Heavy mortars prepare assaults on Belfort fortress as Belgian and French positions face intensified bombardment. Antwerp siege ends. German forces gain flexibility for upcoming strike amid secrecy.
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Berlin
France
Antwerp
America
Germany
Taft Visits Press Club Attacks Brumm and Pins on Palmer
Former President Taft entertains National Press Club members in Washington critiquing Brumm’s bid and defending Palmer’s candidacy. He jokes about politics and notes the dangers and humor of public life while praising the stability of a dollar government. He later discusses newspaper defects and attends a Red Cross benefit concert as part of a broader political visit.
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Taft
National Press Club
Riggs Building
Presg Clu
United States
Philadelphia
A. Mitchell Palmer
Charles N. Brumm
Schuylkull
Palmer
United States Senate
Washington
Judge Brumm
Vance McCormick
Gifford Pinchot
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Saint Die Tsingtau
Daily Mail
Rotterdam
Furnes
West Flanders
Belgium
Kaiser
Aix-La-Chapelie
Prigium
Assai
Frederick
Antietam
Hagerstown
Heturn
Sunda
F Am
Ohio
Vienna
Amsterdam
Reuter
Podbusz
Stary and
San Fiver
Lyck
Warsaw
Alsace-Lorraine
Altkirche
Somme
Teuton
Switzerland
White
House
Case
Standard Oil CO
Hague
Vance
Rheims
Press Club
Brumm
T. R
All Souls’ Church
Red Cross
Baltimore & Ohio
Judge
Pennsylvania
Representative
Indorse Palmer
Hrumm
McCormick
Mr. Palmer
Nator
Wins Hot
Alm
Penrose
Falmer
Pnurd
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