Defense program outlines trillion-dollar navy and army build
Washington October 18. A nine nation defense program could cost over a billion dollars in six years and will be presented by President Wilson on November 4. Navy plans include new ships and doubled output for six years and an army expansion to about 4.2 million trained personnel with fortified coast defenses. Contracts for twenty-two fighting craft, twenty-two thousand ton super-dreadnaughts, and improved ammunition and munitions are approved or planned as part of an overall expansion.
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EFE
Washington
Wilson
New York
Manhattan Club
Navy
Quad
War and Navy Departments
Neesle
Continental Army
War Departments
Atlantic
Pacific
Acion
Department
War
Navy Department
Wag
War Department
Chesapeake Bay
San Francisco
Schley
Mradlding
Boata
Jneh
England Names New Commander at Dardanelles
Major General Charles Carmichael Monro is appointed to command the Dardanelles expedition succeeding General Sir Ian Hamilton who returns to England to report. The war office notes ongoing difficulties with Gallipoli operations and reports of high casualties with limited gains.
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Morning Journal
London
Charles Carmichael Monro
Dardanelles
Ian Hamilton
England
War Office
Gallipoli
Constantinople
Viscount Milner
Gallipeli
Lord Lansdowne
Lord Witchener
Greners
South Africa
Willam R. Birdwood
Weather Overview for New Mexico
The Weather Weather Porpoise reports fair skies in New Mexico on Tuesday and Wednesday with warmer conditions in the north on Tuesday and further warming on Wednesday.
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Washington
New Mexico
Local Weather Report Summary
For twenty four hours ending this morning the maximum temperature was 45 degrees and the minimum 2 degrees. The range was 48 degrees with a 6 PM reading of 82 degrees. Winds were south and west and skies were clear.
Dardanelles Command Changes Amid War Front Shifts
Major General Sir Ian Hamilton is relieved of command in the Dardanelles and returns to report to the war office. He will be replaced by Monro, while allied operations at Gallipoli face criticism and slow progress.
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Ian Hamilton
Dardanelles
War Office
Gallipeli
Charles Carmichael Monro
British War Office
England
Constantinople
Edward Carson
Bast
Ed Ward
Asquith
Serbia
Aegean Sea
Strumites
Bulgaria
Berlin
Vienna
Multaria
Egri Palanka
Uskup-Nish
Saloniki
von Hindenburg
Dvyinsk
Risa
Doberde
Ban on Racing in Carranza Domain Sparks San Francisco Row
San Francisco news reports Mexican Foreign Affairs directs consul Ramon de Negri to warn San Franciscans backing a Tia Juana race track that General Carranza forbids racing and gambling. A. B. Spreckels and Alvaro Madero are named as investors while Col. Matabun Canto allegedly issued the concession without legal authority.
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San Francisco
Mexican Department of Foreign Affairs
Ramon P. de Negri
Tia Juana
Lower
California
A. B. Spreckels
Consul de Negri
de Negri
Col
Matabun Canto
Canto
War Trade Dept Plans Licenses for Wool Exports
The War Trade Department will consider applications to export wool to the United States and East India from the Liverpool wool sale up to ten thousand bales. Licenses will exclude black gray or brown wool yellow pieces low and medium white blanket wool and grinned wool used for military purposes.
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London
War Trade Department
United States
East India
Liverpool
Carson Leaves Cabinet Over Policy Disagreement
Ulsterite Attorney General resigns after clash over government stance on compulsory service. He decries policy by the administration and departs cabinet duties amid rising tensions.
Resignation of Sir Edward Carson Over Balkan Policy
Sir Edward Carson resigns as attorney general amid disputes within the government over conscription and Near East policy. He opposed Balkan affairs and the Dardanelles handling, signaling broader Cabinet tensions and anticipated strong debate in Parliament on military strategy.
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Edward Carson
Ireland
Ulster
Dublin University
Ulsterites
Ulster Volunteere
Sir Eadward
Geners
Sir Edward
Ney
Board of Trades
Lusitania
Prive
Germany
Iwo
London
Balkan
Dardanelles
Bir Maward Carvon
Near East
Edward
House of Ootmnmons
Memers
Bulgarians Menaced as Allies Capture Strumitza Port
Bulgarian forces face sharp resistance as Austro Hungarian and Serbian lines clash. Allies seize Strumitza and occupy Enos Port, key strategic points in the theater.
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Strumitza
Enos
Severe fighting on fronts yields little positional change
Report from London Oct 18 notes heavy fighting on eastern and western fronts with few gains. Strumitea captured, strategical value cited. Serbians, Montenegrins resist Austro German and Hungarian advances. Naval cooperation expected in Aegean. Russian strike hasn't been disclosed. No side achieves major breakthrough.
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Strateste
Strumitea
Maoa
Dedenghateh
Dedesehateh
Clearman
Halkana
Aegean
Turkey
Riga
Dvinsk
Vermellet
Berlin
Souches
Champagne
Lorraine
Verger
Redmond Warns of Grave Crisis at Nationalist Rally
Dublin reports John Redmond warned at the nationalist convention that a grave political crisis could arise at any day. He said the coalition government’s position was precarious, threatened by internal and external dangers and a conspiracy among men ready to sacrifice national unity for their own aims. Ireland was not responsible for these dangers.
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Dublin
John E. Redmond
Ireland
Villa coins six million silver pesos for troops in Chihuahua City
El Paso dispatch reports General Villa's government in Chihuahua City minting six million silver pesos to pay soldiers and railroad workers. The Currency, dubbed pesos fuertes and tostones, contains 422 grains and 212 grains per half peso, with pay split between fiat and new coinage. Heavily armed forces grow as recruitment rises amid the minting operation.
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Morning Journal
el Paso
Tex
General Villa
Chihuahua City
Chihuahua
Villa
A& Mint
Tailroa Detoploves
Bandits Wreck Train Near Brownsville
A southbound passenger train of the St. Louis Brownsville and Mexico railroad was wrecked six and a half miles from Brownsville Texas. Reported killed were the engineer several passengers and three US soldiers. Four companies of infantry were sent to the scene with cavalry following. The bandits reportedly attacked passengers and set the train on fire after the assault.
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Brownesville
Tex
St. Louis, Brownsville & Mexico
Brownsville
United States
United States Infantry
Passenmere
Non
Olmite
Pascengere
Church refuses memorial plaque over Lusitania deaths
London reports Sir Philip Wilbraham chancellor of the Cheaster diocese refused to allow a Holvieke church memorial tablet for a Lusitania victim to bear the inscription naming Germans as murderers. He suggested a neutral wording instead.
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London
Philip Wilbraham
Cheater
Lusitania
Holvieke
Lusiantia
Nashua Strike Violence Ends in Wounded at Mill
An augmented guard patrolled the Nashua Manufacturing plant after a strike disturbance. One man was fatally shot, one woman bayoneted, and others clubbed. Militia from Manchester arrived to aid local troops already on duty amid wage dispute and shorter hogs.
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Worming Journal
Nashua
N, FL
Nashua Manufacturing Company
Manchester
Adam Raxaviteh
Amulltia
Alexandra Gbelaka
Battleships Sail from Hampton Roads for Southern Drill Grounds
Battleships Louisiana New York Minnesota and New Hampshire of the Atlantic fleet depart Hampton Roads for the southern drill grounds. Eight ships will spend two weeks practicing target work off the Virginia capes in a planned exercise.
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Newport News
Louisiana
New York
Minnesota
New Hampshire
Hampton Roads
Virginia Capes
United States Demands Security For American Vessels
The note to Germany dated October 12 rejects any right to destroy American ships carrying contraband without safety measures. It urges more life boat safety for passengers during conflicts and supports arbitration under The Hague framework while preferring a summary procedure for the treaty interpretation dispute.
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Washington
United States
Germany
William P. Frye
Lateing
Frye
Pring Bite Friedrich
Berlin
London
Pring Bitel Friedrich
Foreign Office
Pan-American moves to recognize Carranza in Mexico
The Pan American conference agreed to formally recognize Venustiano Carranza as chief executive of the de facto Mexican government. Secretary Lansing announced that seven nations will deliver letters of recognition, with arms embargo to follow and a reorganization of the American consular service in Mexico.
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OY Morlin
Washington
United States
Mexico
Venustiano Carranza
Lansing
Brazil
Chile
Artenting
Bolivia
Uruguay
Guatemala
Carranga
Eiiseo Arredondo
Carranza
Arredondo
Villa
General Carranza
Congress
Carranza Povernment
Mex
Carranza to Be Recognized as Mexico’s Chief Today
United States and Latin American nations move to formally recognize Venustiano Carranza as Mexico’s head, following counsel from a regional conference. The formal act marks a pivotal shift in Mexican leadership recognition.
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Carranza
Mexico
United States
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