Desperate fighting along front in Belgium and France
Desperate combat rages across the western front with German efforts along the North Sea coast and at Lille Arras Meuse and St Mihiel repulsed by Belgian and French forces. Berlin and Paris reports clash over gains while Russia Austria and Japan announce moves and troop shifts amid a widening war picture.
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Plans to Abandon Warsaw Announced
Berlin reports Prussia will order Warsaw’s civil authorities to abandon the city and seek refuge in Petrograd if German troops approach within thirty miles. The German Gazette notes a bill for a $375 million loan to cover wartime deficits and aid East Prussia residents, plus credits for agriculture and potato-drying machinery.
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London
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Warsaw
Petrostad
Petrograd
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East Prussia
Submarines Attack Warships Off Ostend Coast
British warships moved to Ostend and other points to cooperate against German forces. Five German submarines reportedly launched an attack as a scout destroyer division engaged them. Twelve torpedoes were fired but all missed.
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London
Ostend
Daily Mail
British Steamer Glitera Reported Sunk Off Norwegian Coast
A Reuters dispatch from Stavenger Norway states the British steamer Glitera of Leith was sunk today twelve miles off the Norwegian coast by a German submarine. The steamer’s name does not appear in available maritime registers.
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Reuter Telegram Company
Stavenger
Norway
Glitera
Leith Wis
Chicago Detectives Relieved From Duty
Mayor Harrison temporarily transfers Captain John Halpin and Lieutenant John Tobin from the Chicago detective bureau to outlying stations to aid an inquiry into alleged improper relations between detectives and criminals. State’s Attorney Hoyne seized bureau records, including prisoner notes and secret files, during a raid.
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Moraking Journal
Chicago
Qet 20
John Halpin
Detective Bureau
John AH. Tobin
Jharrison
Harrison
Maclay Hoyne
Dissolution Sought of Steel Trust by U S Government
The Department of Justice seeks the dissolution of a major steel trust. Attorney Jacob M. Dickinson presents the case against what is described as the greatest corporation ever organized, highlighting alleged antitrust violations and calls for structural remedy.
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U.S
Jacob M. Dickinson
Department of Justice
Quaint Carnegie Letter Reveals Profits Policy in Suit
In the U S Steel antitrust case, Dickinson cites a Skibo Castle letter by Andrew Carnegie as warning against excessive profits. The note to Illinois Steel shows the pool context and states it would be wicked to seek higher than present prices, marking policy tension within the steel trust.
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J. 4. Moore
John W. Gates
John D. Rockefeller
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United States
Tennessee Coal and Iron and Railroad Company
Roosevelt
Dickerson
Tennessee
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Washington
Scotland
Isa
Carnegie
Illinois Steel and Lether
Illinois Company
Carmmexie Company
Methods of paying dividends criticized during rail rate hearing
At the Interstate Commerce Commission hearing in Washington on October 26, shipper counsel and witnesses argued against a 5 percent freight-rate rise. Bankers and railroad executives debated whether maintaining high dividends harmed credit, with questions on how stockholders should share profits from property improvements and capital needs amid war-time money markets.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
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EK. Willard
Baltimore & Ohio
Frederick W. Straus
New York
W. & K. Seligman
Ite
Straus
Willard
McCord
Carman on Trial for Her Life in Long New York Case
In Mineola New York October 20 the prosecution nears completion of its case against Florence Conklin Carman charged with murdering Louise Bailey at the physician Dr Carman's office. Key witnesses include Celia Coleman and Frank Farrell as the defense argues motive jealousy and hidden eavesdropping devices.
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Get
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Supreme Court
Louise Bailey
Lewis J. Smith
Carman
Elizabeth Valance
Canadian Secret Service
Celia Coleman
Frank Farrell
Erand
Smith
Farrel
Railroad Probe Probes President Willard of B O Supreme
An Interstate Commerce Commission member interrogates President Willard of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad about business practices affecting multiple sectors. The session aims to clarify rates and corporate conduct amid broad railway industry scrutiny.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Willard
B, & O, Company
War’s Effect on Railroad Securities Stirred Debate
A commission heard that foreign rail line securities define American security abroad and their decline could pull down U S securities and move gold to Europe. The speaker urged assurances for foreign investors that returns stay strong and values are protected.
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Europe
Priest Kills Man in War Discussion in Suburban Illinois
Father J J Mullen pastor of Holy Rosary church stabbed and killed Hillsdale station agent Thomas W Patterson after a quarrel over the European war He then boarded a stalled Illinois Central train and was overpowered before being jailed at Hillside Scimini says the priest had visited several suburbs with a friend before the attack The incident follows a period of tension as the Senate ratified peace treaties with Ecuador and Greece while considering others from the Dominican and Panama republics.
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J. J. Mulden
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Thomas W. Patterson
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Patterson
Sinois Central Railroad
Hillside
Father Mullien
Felix Seomini
Smoini
Father Mullen
Scamini
Rome
Texas land baron George H. Sierman dies in Baltimore hospital
Baltimore marked the death of George H. Sierman a prominent landowner with vast prairie holdings in southwest Texas. He traveled to the city for an operation and died at a local hospital today after arriving a few days ago for treatment.
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George H. Sierman
Praire
Texas
Simplified Court Procedure Urged by Nation’s Leaders
The American Bar Association session in Washington focused on speeding trials and reducing delays. President Wilson urged humane justice, Taft pressed for uniform decisions and less stenography tied delays, Justice McReynolds urged courts to align with public opinion to restore public confidence.
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Taft
McReynolds
Supreme Court
Bar Association
Elihu Root
United States
Justice McReynolds
Day in Congress: executive sessions and bills discussed
The House met at 11 a.m. to consider peace treaties with Panama and the Dominican Republic in executive session, then adjourned at 1 35 p.m. A noon Rules Committee report urged immediate action on the Leverton Warehouse and Glass bills, with a banking note authority, and Ways and Means reported the War Revenue bill with a recommendation to oppose and send to conference. District of Columbia and cotton relief issues were debated, a $1 million plus private property claim settlement was adopted, a quorum shortage halted cotton loan action, and the session adjourned at 6 30 p.m. until noon Wednesday.
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