German Lines Pierced as Allied Drive Caps 20,000 Prisoners
A大战front report states Allied forces shattered German lines in Champagne and on the coast from Zeebrugge to Nieuport. More than 20,000 German troops were taken prisoner, with French gains north of Arras and near Souchez, and British advances along Loos and Hulluch. British ships and French batteries bombarded coastal positions as ground was won along a 15 mile front. Eight guns and several machine guns were captured.
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Champagne
Lille
Berlin
Rheims
la Bassee Canal
London
Loos
Hullech
Lens
Perthes
Argonne Forest
Berl War Office
Souchez
Arragids
Zeebrugge
Nieuport
Perthas Heausejour
Suippes
Champigne
Marne
Verdun
Garmara
Tlabyrlith
Corminy
Bissee Canal
John French
la Tissee
Gerhiina
Chant
Geerman
Deus Foil
Tensshule
Hulluch
la Bassec
France
Mishal Frencherman
Menin Road
Ypres
Refugee horror tales from Armenian near Bitlis and Musch
Armenian refugees describe atrocities by Turkish forces on the Transcaucasian front. They tell of mass drownings at Van, abductions for forced conversion, and old men stripped of clothing and left to die. Survivors rode at night and sheltered by day in rugged mountains while others starved.
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Roebers
Safhastiass
Sprerial Cabie
Washington Post
London
Bitlis
Musch
Transcaucasian
Tunts
Armenian National Bureau
Tiflis
Van
Robbera
Prop Publishing Co
Leening
Balkans Tense as Bulgaria Mobilizes Amid Entente Talks
London dispatch reports Bulgaria mobilizes for national interests while denying aggression toward Greece or Roumania. Greek Premier Venizelos and King Constantine seek harmony as talks with Entente powers continue. Serbia may face Austro-German pressure, Greek forces on alert, and Sofia signals cautious diplomacy.
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Constantine
Venizelos
Serbia
Entente
Asaure
London
Balkans
Bulgaria
Sofia
M Radoslave
Berlin Tagesblatt
Greece
Roumania
Macedonia
M .Venizelos
Secretary Stowers admits theft from bishop in New York
George C Stowers, claiming to be amanuensis to Bishop Nelson of Atlanta, turned himself in after confessing to stealing about 15 000 dollars from the Episcopal diocese while employed as secretary for ten years. He said he spent the money on wine and clothes to sustain a social position and admitted transferring funds during the bishop's Maine vacation. The Atlanta bishop questioned the charge, suggesting Stowers may be deluded while noting his own checks and balances showed no missing funds.
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George C. Stowers
Bishmp Nelson
Episcopal
New York
Washington Post
Georze © Stowers
Atlanta
C K Nelson
Atanta
Episcopal Church
Maine
Sinerde
Wheer
Lieul Fogarty
Stowerga
C K Kelson
Episcopal Diocese of
George C Stowers
Nelson
Stowers
Burn Sixty Mexicans Derailed Passenger Train
Eighty passengers on a Southern Pacific Mexican train were derailed near Torres Sonora and many were burned when a hay car was set alight by a band of Yaqui insurgents. Only about twenty escaped or were accounted for, with no Americans reported among the victims. The attack involved deserters from Mexican factional armies and occurred on the Campo Verde to Torres route near Guaymas.
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Sonora
San Diego
Cal
Southern Pacific
Torres
Hermoaille
Guaymes
Campo Verde
Tra
Guaymas
Campa Verde
Forty Three Ships Held Up in Panama Canal Slide
Panama dispatch reports forty three vessels trapped in the canal after a landslide last week. Officials fear the backlog will persist for several days as the deepest drafts await clearance before passage resumes.
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Panama
Canal
German Prisoners in US War Notes and Baltic Tensions
Fragmented clipping reports capture of 1-29,000 Germans, Balkan armistice timing, Allied loan agreement, and American wounded. Mention of G A. R hosts a city invasion note, Dvinsk siege, and tribute to a fallen hero. Also references Vienna protests, arms stop at Mexican border, a theft case, and social notices.
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Balkana
Dvinsk
Austria
Dumba
Vienna
Miss Wilson
Holland
Russian proposes 2 percent war tax on high incomes
Petrograd reports the government plans a general wartime levy of 2 percent on all individuals with incomes over 500 rubles. A six month moratorium is granted for residents of Vilna Grodno Kovno Courland Livonia and Minsk provinces.
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Petrograd
London
Vilna
Groano Kovno
Courland
Livonia
Minsk
Tragedy at Cort Theater as Heiress Shot by Suitor
Pearl Palmer, a singer in Victor Herbert operas, was fatally wounded in her New York rooms after a quarrel with Herbert Heckler, son of a wealthy Chicago merchant. Heckler shot Palmer three times and then killed himself. their engagement had been public for two years. Palmer survived initial treatment but remained gravely wounded.
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Chicago
Lord Reading
England
Basil B Blackett
Mumber
Henry Babington Smith
Ernest Mallet
Bank of France
New York
Edward Holden
Grea
Britain
Octave Homberg
Foreign Office
New York Central
Apnomaito
Lincoln
Fords Theater
Johnson
Wilson
Pennsylvania Avenue
Washington Post
Pearl Palmer
Victor Herbert
Pat
Hight
Cort Theater
Herbert Tackler
Heckler
Miss Palmer
Princess Pat
Philadelphia
Hss Palmer
Hechler
Ecloch
W W Houston
Mr Houston
Germans Escape French Fort By Rope From Conflent
German officers confined in the French fort at Vilefranche de Conflent escaped last night using ropes made of bedding sheets. They are being pursued toward the Spanish frontier as a manhunt continues through the region.
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Perpignan
France
Vilefranche de Conflent
Germans in furious attacks on Dvinsk and Galicia
London dispatch reports fierce fighting on the Russian front with German assaults aimed at Dvinsk and efforts to reach Riga. Austro German forces push in Galicia while Russian counteractions contends to deny recent German advances. Prisoners claim Von Eichhorn among those in disfavor as German commands shift under pressure.
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Galicia
Vilna
von Eichhorn
Dubno Rovno
Lutsk
Czar
London
Dvinsk
Volhymia
Kiel
Nilnma
Petrograd
Peuter
Teegram Company
Ger van Ich -Horns
1Hnsk
London Delirious Over Western Front Victory Reports
London erupts in joy as British and French forces report decisive gains in the western theater. Dispatches claim capture of the Tarle chateau and Soucley Cemetery, with trenches advanced near Tavernit and a breakthrough from champagne. Crowds throng streets awaiting official details and impending strategic implications.
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Sprig
Washington
London
Chateau
Tarle
Soucley
Te Tabrrnit
Aleo
Champagne
Storm Rages Across Italy Floods Reach Vatican City
A great storm sweeps Italy causing floods and landslides with the Vatican flooded. Firemen and gendarmes avert worse damage. Train disruptions noted with Niagara Falls and Baltimore & Ohio services from Washington, and modern coaches and parlor cars advertised for routes and excursions.
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Rome
Sia
Hals
Vatican
Niagara
Baltimore & Ohio
Washington
Philadelphia
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