Relief Effort Intensifies for Belgian Suffering Population
A dispatch from Rotterdam relays Hoover driven relief plans by the American commission for Belgian relief. Arrangements with the Dutch government enable river shipments into Belgium and the crossing of food supplies from the frontier. Winter hunger looms as Antwerp and Ghent report acute needs, with many towns ruined and cultivation reduced.
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London
American Commission For Belgian Relief
Belgium
Herbert Hoover
PF. Lucey
Rotterdam
England
Berlin
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Bru
Millard K. Shaler
Mr. van Dyke
Belsium
Holland
Antwerp
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Duffel
Taerre
Russians Victors Hope German Delay Helped Warsaw Defense
Russians claim a German error delayed a night attack, allowing Siberian and other reinforcements to fortify Warsaw. Gen von Morgen’s rapid advance with five German corps through swampy terrain from the southwest surprised German forces and disrupted plans to strike from the northwest or west.
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Warsaw
Benera
American consul returns from Jerusalem amid distress reports
United States vice consul Samuel Edelman arrived in New York aboard the Ancona from Genoa and Almerta. He said the city, depressed by war, received a large donation from Jacob H. Schiff for charitable uses, and noted widespread distress in Jerusalem and its environs due to the war’s effects.
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New York
Samuel Edelman
United States
Jerusalem
Ancona
Genoa
Almerta
Towa
Jacob H. Schiff
Edelman
Ships Reported Sunk Safe by Emden Skyline Trade Route Claim
Special from Boston reports four or five steamships sunk by the German cruiser Emden in the Teed Sea while en route from Calcutta to Boston. Advices say the Powhatan reached Calcutta yesterday. Kahinga called Colombo and left October 18, Yeddo left Colombo October 2, City of Corinth passed Perim on Monday.
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Emden
Calicutta
Powhatan
Calcutta
Kahinga
Colombo
Yeddo
Corinth
Perim
Canadian Minister at Front in France Visit
Ottawa reports Major General Ram Hughes, Canadian minister of militia, in England with the expeditionary force, now said to be at the French battle front. He plans to visit Belgium and France before sailing to New York next week.
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England
Battle Front
France
Gald
Belgium
New York
Thiaucourt
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Montfauucon
Varennes
Atane
Germans Cross Yser River in Night Attack Decimated Next Day
British and Belgian forces report grim fighting along the Yser amid heavy artillery and bayonet charges. German troops pressed a crossing at night but suffered catastrophic losses, with thousands killed or wounded and bodies, canal obstructions, and ruined villages piling up around Roulers and Dixmude.
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Daily Mail
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Antwerp
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Poe
Five Thousand Germans Cross Yser. Dixmude Falls Again
Report from the front describes about 5,000 German troops crossing the Yser toward Dixmude, with heavy casualties and many dead in the streets. A British observer notes seven onslaughts repelled near the Yser while German reinforcements continue and Belgian and French lines withdraw to a new stance.
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Ypres
Warning Americans in Turkey Amid German Propaganda
Washington and London report alarming German propaganda in Turkey, prompting warnings to English and American missionaries. German agents allegedly spread claims that the Kaiser has embraced Islam and calls Mohammedans to join a holy war against the cross, urging vigilance in isolated areas.
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Washington Post
London
Turkey
Constantinople
Germany
Burglary Ring Named as New Crime Trust Emerges
Special to The Washington Post from Chicago reports a new criminal group dubbed the burglar trust. The core figure is the fence who buys stolen goods for resale, paying burglars about one tenth of value. whispers say police officers’ homes are frequented by members, with five such organizations in Chicago. A junk dealer on the southwest side allegedly runs a corporation financing expeditions to other cities.
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Merriam Crime Committee
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Kaiser in Command of Austro German Armies
London reports from Berlin state Emperor William assumes leadership of the united German and Austrian forces under a new military accord. The Union of South Africa faces internal stability as Gen Beyers resigns, with Gen Botha maintaining broad public support. Maritz’s forces retreat after an Oct 24 engagement near Kakamas, leaving tents and stores behind. Maritz wounded but not dangerously. De Wet’s Boer War career recalled. Beyers resigns over British actions.
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the Times
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Austria
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Union of South Africa
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Maritz
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Kakamas
Adda
Col. Maritz
de Wet
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Cronje
Louis Botha
Gen
Vereeniging
Union Defense Force
Great Britain
New Rebellion Sparks Armed Defiance and Proclamation
Rebels disarm citizens aboard a stopped train as commandos seize arms. The union government issues a stern proclamation pledging firm action to restore order while urging loyal citizens to aid authorities. Gen de Wet and Gen Beyers linked to the affair face potential burgher support amid lingering South African War resentments.
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Germans Passt as British Subjects Raise Passport Abuse
Sir Eyre Spring-Rice, the British ambassador, filed a complaint at the State Department alleging many Germans posing as British subjects are obtaining passports to England via American diplomatic and consular agents. He reported aliens crossing the Channel with misrepresented passports, and Acting Secretary Lansing pledged heightened vigilance to prevent passport misuse.
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Germany
England
State Department
Eeil Spring-Rice
Lansing
Cables In Code Permitted Under New Censorship Rules
Ottawa reports a key censor change set to take effect November 1 allowing limited authorized codes in submarine cablegrams between the United Kingdom and other lands outside the European telegraph system. UK censors will decode coded messages. Canadian censors will forward unobjectionable coded cables without decoding while plain language telegrams continue to be handled as before.
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Ottawa
United Kingdom
Canadien
Belgian firms seek 236 million francs in claims
Reports from Antwerp say 50 firms will present to the British government compensation claims for destruction of goods after evacuation of the city. The total amount is about 236,146,000 francs, to be presented through Brand Whitlock, the American Minister to Belgium.
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Qet
Antwerp
Brand Whitlock
Belgium
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