Russian Baltic Fleet Bottled Up After Battle By Germans
Contingents of about twenty Russian warships are trapped in Moon Sound between Moon Island and the Estonian coast as German dreadnoughts block exits to the Gulf of Riga and the Gulf of Finland. Russians sustain losses while attempting to force the blockade, with the Slava sinking after heavy damage.
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Baltic
Mermns
Moon Sound
Gulf of Finland
Riga
Oesel Island
Moon Island
Esethonia
Sound
Kassar Bay
Gulf of Riga
Adriatic
Ostend
Pola
Austria
Belgium
Verdan Peer See Zonvaux
Wauelerleete Platen
Rae
Outrages Hearing Details Rioting Effects on Workers
Congressional inquiry in East St. Louis reveals a soldier shot at a Negro crowd during May race riots. Testimony by Charles Roger of a chemical firm and Frank Hunter of Swift & Co. notes widespread terror, labor disruption, and government order delays. Meal and bean price figures accompany broader food regulation statements by Hoover outlining price and supply trends and anticipated relief for farmers and consumers.
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East St. Louis
Ill
Congressional Committee
Charles Roger
Roger
Frank A. Lowden
Frank A. Hunter
Swift & Co
Philip W. Coyle
St. Louis, Mo
Chamber of Commerce
St. Louis
Coyle
Moliman
Fast Bi
Lwais
Lost U S Soldiers Reunited With Forces in England
Forty nine American soldiers long presumed missing in Britain after being placed in a British camp without officers or funds have rejoined U S forces. An American college student in a Y M C A hut identified them, ending five weeks of detachment during which many fell ill from German measles and letters and tobacco were hard to obtain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
American Young Men's Christian Association
England
Secretary Lane Aborts Carnegie Hall Speech En Route
Franklin K. Lane secretary of the interior announced on a train en route to New York that he became ill and must return to Washington, forcing cancellation of his Carnegie Hall address for the Liberty loan committee.
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Lane
New York
Franklin K. Lane
Secretary of the Interior
Carnegie Hall
Liberty Loan Committee
Washington
Weather Forecast for New Mexico Briefing
The report from Denver lists Friday and Saturday as generally fair with rising temperatures. Local readings show a maximum of 74 degrees, a minimum of 34, a 40 degree range, and 67 degrees at 6 p.m. A south wind and clear skies are noted.
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Denver
Colo
New Mexico
Potato and sugar price trends emerge from loading point report
The report notes higher retail potato prices versus July while wholesale prices fall. Loading point prices range 1.50 to 2.80 per hundred pounds with harvest up 59 percent. Beet sugar is controlled to prevent retail jumps, and substitutes like cocoanut oil are being sought to steady costs amid 1918 harvest pressures.
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Toledo
Buffalo
Minneapolis
Department of Agriculture
United States
Chicago
Food Administration
Yaqui Indians Surrounding Vi can by Sonora Forces
Sonora state troops have 890 Yaqui Indians and families surrounded at Vi can on the Yaqui river. Gen Calles says the uprising is unjustified and will be met with force as 800 cavalry and Fourth division troops move in from northwest Sonora. Leaders named as Luis Matos and Ignacio Moris.
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Morving Journal Special
Douglas
Ariz
Sonora
Vican
Yaqui
P. Elias Calles
Calles
Sinaloo
Arnulfo Gomez
Luis Matos
Ignacio Moris
Government moves to curb pro German attempts to block Liberty Loan
Washington reports indicate a coordinated effort in more than a dozen states to deter Liberty Loan subscriptions. Secretary McAdoo urged banks to report threats to withdraw deposits, pledging stern action against disloyal actors. official notices show strong loan progress with estimates reaching up to 1.75 billion dollars nationwide.
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Morning Journal Special
Washington
Salt Lake City
McAdoo
Department of Justice
Secretary of the Treasury
Treasury
City of Albuquerque Fined by Germans Sends Bond Drive Call
A wartime civic notice claims Albuquerque faced a fine by Germans, with the mayor and local business leaders as hostages framed as a rally to boost Liberty bond sales. It cites Bernalillo county's $742,000 quota and urges installment purchases.
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Albuquerque
Commercial Club
Bernalillo County
Prosecution Wraps Direct Evidence in St Louis Mob Killings
The Belleville News reports the prosecution finished direct evidence in the July 2 East St. Louis race riot murder trial of Charles Hanna John Dow and Harry Robinson. Witnesses say Dow and Hanna boasted of killing negroes and all three are identified as mob members blamed for the slaughter of negroes. The state argues mob membership makes them guilty of the crimes.
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Morning Journal
L&aseo
Belleville
Charles Hanna
John Dow
Harry Robinson
William Keyser
East St. Louis
Don
Hanna
Ten Belgians Plead Guilty in Pro German Conspiracy
Ten Belgians pleaded guilty in federal court to complicity in a conspiracy that allowed Germany to receive about 25 000 dollars worth of contraband goods weekly. The goods were said to go to Holland on Belgian relief ships and be secretly shipped by the Dutch across the border. Arrests were made August 16. They face sentencing later and fear deportation to Belgium for treason if acquitted.
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Morning Journal
Gpecial
New York
Germany
Holland
Belgium
Terason
Strikes at col mines believed near settlement
Washington officials report optimism that coal miners in Ohio Indiana Illinois and Pennsylvania may settle their strike within days. President White plans to stay in Indianapolis to urge a return to work while Garfield backs a patriotism appeal to avert coal shortages.
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DY Morning Journal
Washington
Garfield
John P. White
United Mine Workers
Ohio
Illinois
Indiana
Pennsylvania
White
Indianapolis
Fuel Administration
Wilson
Middle West
The
American Miners to Dig French Canal
Washington Oct 18 Officials study forming mining regiments from national army volunteers to work in France. Informal talks with the French high commission aim to address labor problems as about fifteen thousand miners may volunteer for service.
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Morning Journal Special
Washington
National Army
France
Baker
French High Commission
Conscientious objectors convicted of draft obstruction
New York report says Louis C. Vraina and Ralph E. Cheney, members of a conscientious objectors society, were convicted of conspiring to induce others to evade the selective draft act. They face up to two years in prison and fines of $10,000. Cheney is the son of Professor Edward Cheney of the University of Pennsylvania. Fraina is identified as a Russian.
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New York
Louis C. Vraina
Ralph EK
Cheney
Edward Cheney
University of Pennsylvania
Fraina
Calumet and Arizona Mining Board Subscribes 1.9 Million
The Calumet and Arizona Mining Co announces a subscription of 1.9 million to the second Liberty Loan. The Tucson Cornelia and Gila Bend railroad adds 100 thousand, with three quarters of the Calumet and Arizona sum credited to Cochise county and one quarter to Pima county.
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Morning Journal BrpeCial
Bisbee
Ariz
Calumet and Arizona Mining Company
Arizona
Liberty
Tucson, Cornelia
Iowa Recount Ordered On Prohibition Ballots
Des Moines Iowa October 18 Attorney General H M Havner ordered a recount of ballots from Monday special elections on the constitutional prohibition question. Official returns show the nets leading by about 1000 with total votes around 430000.
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Bs Morning Journal
Des Moines
H. M. Havner
Creation of federal industrial reserve urged by hardware leaders
In Atlantic City on October 18 the American Hardware Manufacturers Association adopted resolutions urging a federal industrial reserve. The plan would use draft power similar to the selective service to conscript men exempted from militia service for industrial, physical or dependent reasons, and would cover virtually the entire industry of the United States and parts of Canada.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Federal
American Hardware Manufacturers’ Association of the
United States
Canada
Pilot Raoul Lufbury Downs His Thirteenth Enemy Plane
Paris October 18 Lieutenant Raoul Lufbury of Wallingford Connecticut in the Franco American flying corps has brought down his thirteenth enemy aircraft. His record includes several victories and recent French army citations calling him an incomparable pilot.
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Paris
Raoul Lufbury
Wallingford
Conn
Franco-American Flying Corps
Herald
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