Allied Army Driving the Enemy Back in World War I Front
Reports say Allied forces launched a wide front attack east and northeast of Ypres with British and French units advancing despite stormy weather and mud. Crown Prince Rupprecht’s lines were reportedly pushed back as French troops pressed from the north toward the Moushe forest and beyond.
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Rupprecht
Earth
Paris
Sie Trant
Moushelt Forest
Ae Press
War Offices
British and French Drive Recaptures Near Ypres Front
British forces report a wide front assault east and northeast of Ypres with French troops attacking south of the Houtholst forest between Draibank and Weinden drette. Weather remains stormy as both sides push amid heavy artillery and ongoing fighting across Belgium and the Aisne and Meuse fronts.
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St. Paris
Houtholst
Draibank
Weinden Drevt
Aisne
Pantheon
Champagne
Tahure
Meuse
Verdun
Chaume Wood
New York Bans Cotton Seed Oil Speculation
The board of managers of the New York Produce Exchange, urged by the Washington food administration, forbids speculative trading in cotton seed oil for any delivery. Only limited hedging is allowed, with future trades restricted to current and next two months and daily price moves capped.
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Associated Press
New York
New York Produce Exchange
Board of Managers
The
Exchange
Food Administration
Washington
Hettys
Piersol Kidnap Plot Told In Opening Trial
Marshfield Mo Oct 9 prosecutor Paul N O Day in the Claude J Piersol trial said Piersol admitted to police and to O Day that his German agent story was lies He related a series of sightings in Greene and Christian counties with armed men and cars near the Keet home and said Piersol and Cletus Adams delivered a package to the Keet residence on the day of the abduction The state aims to prove a letter tying Piersol to the Lloyd Keet kidnapping and to show prior schemes involving German and British government references The article also notes postponement of the third World Series game and a cold rain delaying play in New York
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Associated Press
Marshfield
Paul N. O'Day
Claude J. Piersol
Keet
Springfield
Piersol
Samuel Allender
St. Louis
Mr. O'Day
Promeourt
O’day
Taylor B. Adams
Greene
Christian
Yday
Cletus Adams
W. R. Wolfe
Cletus
Kansas City
Pierco
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Lloyd Kept
Lloyd
New York Giants
Chicago White
Weather Bureau
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Brush Stadium
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Further Loans to Britain and France
Washington reports additional loans of 40,090 to Great Britain and 40,090 to France were approved today by the government. The Allied total loaned to date rises to 2,013,400,000.
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Britain
France
Associated Press
Washington
Great Britain
Drayt Opponeats Placed on Trial in Grand Rapids
Grand Rapids Mich Oct 9 12 Socialist party officials and prominent locals including two clergymen were to be tried in U S District Court on charges of conspiring to defeat the purposes of the selective draft law. Defendants include Rev Daniel Roy Freeman and Rev Klaas Osterhuis Unitarian pastors Miss Viva L Flaherity writer and social worker Charles G Taylor former member.
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Charles G. Taylor
Peace Offer Report Advances From Berlin
Berlin reports Germany and Austria Hungary plan a fresh peace proposal to the Allies. The plan would back territorial aggrandizement and a Belgian surrender with no indemnity, financed by monetary payments from both sides.
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Associated Press
Amterdam
Germany
Austria-Hungary
Deutsche
Tages Zeitung
Berlin
Belgium
Prizes and Pace in The Dispatch Voting Contest
Candidates rally for five weeks left in the Dispatch contest with prizes including a Briscoe Ford Touring Car 775 dollars in gold and various gifts. Subscribers boosting votes receive 140,000 extra votes for every 15 dollars in new or renewed subscriptions. Continuous campaigning urged across Wilmington and surrounding territory.
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Briscoe Automobile
Columbia Grafonola
J. W. H. Fuchs’ Department Store
Wilmington
Supreme Court to Review Case Against News Agencies
Washington reports the Associated Press against International News Service over pirated AP material. Circuit Court of Appeals decision leaves no direct right of appeal to the Supreme Court, but both sides seek certiorari to obtain a high court ruling. The AP wishes a definitive ruling to curb widespread litigation.
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Ask
Associated Press
Washington
International News Service
Hearst Service
New York
Associated Press News
Circuit Court of Appeals
Supreme Court
United States
Rate Increase Suspension Moves to February
Washington October 9 The Interstate Commerce Commission suspended a proposed rate increase of 64 10 cents per hundred pounds on grain and grain products from Louisville and East St. Louis to Florida points until February 8 next.
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Washington
Oouisville
East St. Louis
Florida
Interstate Commerce Commission
Initial Dividend Recommended by Tobacco Products Corp
New York Oct 9 The executive committee of the Tobacco Products Corporation today recommended an initial dividend of 1.50 a share on common stock payable November 15.
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New York
The
Tobacco Products Corporation Today
Crowd at Polo Ground Gates Mixed With Hope for Pitchers
Fans gathered at the Polo Grounds last night as confidence grows that McGraw will choose a pitcher. Possible opponents Cicotte Russell or Father May are noted as potential challengers to Benton or Sallee and to McGraw's plan.
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Polo Ground
Benton
Sallee
McGraw
Cicotte
Russell
Father
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