Remarkable Escapes in London Air Raid Wreckage
An Associated Press survey of last night’s London air raid finds limited property damage but multiple dramatic escapes. A workman’s cottage was demolished by an aerial torpedo, a mother and two children were burned, and several residents narrowly avoided injury as others helped them flee to safety.
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London
Associated Press
SBN
Perce
Wreenea
Georis
Tish Market
Houts
Wersons
Recall Prosecutor Threatens San Francisco Recall
A writ of mandate from the state supreme court orders Z H Zemanksy registrar of voters to hold a recall election against San Francisco District Attorney Charles M Fickert. The recall stems from his prosecution of Thomas J Mooney and others over the July 1916 bomb case.
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San Francisco
Calif
Z. H. Zemansky
Registrar of Voters
Charles M. Fickert
State Supreme Court
Fickert
Thomas J. Mooney
Dallas Ends Liquor Sale After Dry Election
Dallas Texas reports the last day for 200 saloons and several wholesale liquor houses to operate after the September 10 dry vote. The move affects about 200,000 residents in Dallas County.
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Dallas
Tex
Dallas County
Shipyard Strike Ends in Portland as Unions Return to Work
The Portland district shipyards strike is officially declared off with a majority of unions voting to resume work. The Federal Labor Adjustment Board departs tonight for San Francisco.
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Portland
Ore
Federal Labor Adjustment Board
San Francisco
Soldiers Enthusiastic to Meet Enemy in Frontline Training
Soldiers push to train near the fighting front with active discipline and clean exercise. Army editors report 3 camp model drills showing enthusiasm and readiness amid near front lines.
Natives Admire Americans At Training Camps In France
Laurence Jerrod reports on American expeditionary forces near the front in France. He notes their energetic prep, French and British instructors, and a growing Franco American camaraderie. Villages adopt American goods and sanitation, with heat for whiskey restricted.
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France
Calais
Death Toll From Zeppelins Across London Tops Twenty Seven
London reports twenty seven deaths from last night's air raid with seven killed instantly by bombs in the shipping district and thirteen by a torpedo that struck three houses in a residential area. Eight members of a single family perished including a mother and infant. An eastern county warns seven Zeppelins hovered for hours dropping fifty bombs, some incendiary. No further casualties are recorded.
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V Morning Journal Special
London
Americans and French officers learn from each other in wartime training
An observer notes how American and French officers quickly grasp field work and teach each other across language barriers. British sergeant instructors train American cadets with intense discipline while American troops imitate crisp French phrasing in battle descriptions.
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Eham
Cummy Roches
Mobilization of German Army Now Positively Dated
Newark New Jersey October 20 decisive evidence that Germany mobilized its forces before the date it admitted was found in the effects of Christopher Schmurrer a Leipsic graduate. A German government card directing him to report for military duty July 1 1914 was found. Germany admits troops on Belgian soil in early August but claims mobilization began late July.
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Morning Journal
Newark
WN. J
Germany
Department of Justice
Christopher Schmurrer
University of Leipsic
Schmurrer
Russia
Two Governors Visit Camp Cody In New Mexico
Governors Lindsey of New Mexico and Lindsey of New Mexico inspected Camp Cody the national guard cantonment at Deming. They checked on troop welfare and visited the Carranza order patrol at Columbus as part of their visit.
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NING
Deming
N. M
Camp Cody
National Guard
Je, KB. Lindsey
New Mexico
J. W. FE. Lindsey
Columbus
Germany Agent Hid 10000 Loan From Herman Ridder
New details emerge in the Bolo Pasha investigation published by official authorization. The report states Herman Ridder was unaware of a 10 000 loan linked to German agents. Additional facts are presented enhancing the inquiry’s scope and connections.
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Herman Ridder
Germany
Bolo Pasha
German American Editor Gets Money Connected to Bolo Pasha Case
Testimony shows Adolph Pavenstedt loaned $20,000 to Herman Ridder with $15,000 from Dr. Bernhardt Dernburg and $5,000 from Pavenstedt. Amsinek & Co handled funds for Bolo Pasha via the Staats Zeitung editor. Tests reveal Dernburg’s involvement concealed from Ridder family and others.
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Morming Journal
New York
Perley Morse
Merton Fr. Lewis
Paul Bolo Pasha
Adolph Pavenstedt
G. Amsinek & Co
Herman Kidder
New York Staats Zeitung
Ravenstedt
Bolo
Count von Kernstorff
United States
Amsinck & Co
Ridder
Bernhardt Dernburg
Dernburg
Pavenstedt
Amsinek & Co
Ridberg
Hearst
Morse
Staats Zeitung
Deutsches Journal
W. R. Hearst
American Truth Society
Jeremiah O'Leary
B. H W. Ridder
Bernard H. Ridder
Herman Ridder
Sugar Shortage Blamed on Consumers and Sweets Makers
The Food Administration blamed the sugar shortage north of Savannah and east of Pittsburgh on consumers and confectionery manufacturers. It urged households to economize and noted beet sugar from the west would soon aid supply, though shortages may persist until December as Louisiana and Cuban stocks arrive.
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Food Administration
Bf Morning Journal
Washington
Savannah
Pittsburgh
The
Hoover
California
Colorado
Utah
Michigan
Russian Army Faces Mutinous Rumors At Front
Petrograd reports General Tcheremissoff condemns agitation in the northern army as rumors spread of a mass desertion. The Kiev acquittal of eighty mutinous grenadiers amid Tarnopol fighting shows disciplinary trouble and possible jury pressure by Maximalists.
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OY Morning Journal
Petrograd
Tcheremissoff
Kiev
Tarnopol
Maximalista
Hearst Endorsement Linked to Deutsches Journal Check
Details of a $50 check used to reserve space in the Deutsches Journal twenty fifth anniversary edition are explained by V H Polachek publisher. The check’s endorsement matches the standard Hearst newspaper practice.
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Department of Justice
Post Office
Pavenstedt
Dernburg
V. H. Polachek
Deutsches Journal
Hearst
Inland Waterways to Relieve Railroads
Secretary Redfield quoted President Wilson saying the shipping board may be funded from the national defense fund to build fleets of barges on the Mississippi. The plan aims to revive inland waterways to ease railroad traffic and support war efforts during the era.
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Morning Journal
OPEC
St. Louis, Mo
Secretary of Commerce
Redfield
Wilson
St. Paul
Shipping Board
Mississippi
National Defense Fund
Congress
Ife
Germans Lose Zeppelins in French Air Defenses
London reports eleven Zeppelins approached France on October 20 but were rapidly attacked by French anti aircraft batteries and airmen. Three or four were shot down or forced to land, with another damaged, while no bombs landed in France. The Kaiser's air fleet faces heavy losses and is nearly wiped out by Allied fire.
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Kaiser
Channel
Haig
Petain
London
France
St. Clement
Laneville
Vergeannes
Department of
Cote D'Or
Lamarche
Haute Marne
Gap
Hlautes- Alpes
Weather forecast for New Mexico from Denver bureau
Denver October 20 weather bulletin reports Sunday fair and warmer in New Mexico with Monday fair but unsettled in the northeast portion as indicated by the morning journal special leased wire.
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Morning Journal
Wits
Denver
Colo
New Mexico
Local Weather Summary for 24 Hours to 6 PM Yesterday
A brief local weather summary reports the maximum 76 degrees and minimum 34 with a 42 degree range. The 6 PM temperature was 56 with an east wind and clear skies.
Government Aims to Recruit Aviation Observers
The signal corps central department orders rapid enlistment of men as aerial observers. Hundreds to go to France after a six week aviation course at the University of Texas, then Fort Sill Oklahoma. Eligible ages 25 to 35, enrollments to be made in Chicago.
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Movving Journal Special
Chicago
Joseph C. Morrow
Signal Corps
Central Department of
Army
France
University of Texas
Army School
Fort Sill
Okla
Shipping tie up of New York averted
Through submission of questions to a committee to be nominated by the federal government, representatives of boat owners announced that the threatened shipping tie up of the port of New York on November 1 will be averted. Richmond B. Stevens, chairman of the adjustment commission of the federal shipping board, made the announcement.
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Morning Journal
New York
Richmoond B. Stevens
Adjustment Commission
Federal Shipping Board
Train Hits Auto. Five People Die Near Temple Texas
Five persons were killed and another seriously injured when a Missouri Kansas and Texas train struck an automobile at Little River near Temple Texas late this afternoon. The incident occurred in mid October and involved local residents as victims.
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Temple
Tex
Missouri, Kansas &Texas
Lit
Here
Colorado appoints coal administrator for state
Denver and governor Gunter select W J Galligan president of the City Bank and Trust, former state treasurer, to represent Colorado on the national coal board per requests from President Wilson and Federal Coal Administrator Garfield.
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Denver
Colo
W. J. Galligan
The
City Bank and Trust Company
Gunter
Colorado
Wilson
Garfield
German raiders sink British destroyers amid North Sea clash
German ships raid merchant convoys in the North Sea sinking two British destroyers and nine merchantmen while Zeppelin airships suffer losses over France and England. The Russian fleet traps and mines near Moon Sound threaten escape as German operations press Riga and Dago Island amid continuing western artillery duels.
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Germany
North Sea
England
Berlin
Riga
Moon Sound
Dago Island
Bertin
Flanders
Aisne
Eleven Zeppelins in Raiding Squadron
Reuters telegraphed that eleven Zeppelins formed a raiding squadron over France during October M4 with their presence noted by a London correspondent.
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London
Reuter
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Horizon
Verdun
Leipsic University
Lusitania
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International Typesetting Machine Company
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