Destruction of Paris Not Aim of Zeppelins
Four downed in France were returning from England according to a log of a raider. London reports Friday night Zeppelin raid on England spurs calls for a new air ministry. Sunday Times notes Churchill may seek transfer to the air ministry once authority is obtained.
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France
England
IBW Morning Journal
London
Arucles
Sunday Times
Sunday Observer Today
Winston Spencer Churchill
Air Ministry
Zeppelins Raid France Then Fail to Reach Paris
Eight Zeppelins operated over France with four destroyed or forced down. Multiple airships were reported lost in fog and pursued by aviators. Prisoners were taken from three airships, while the raid yielded no damage to French cities. The episode sparked debate on air power versus airship threat and suggested Zeppelins may be waning.
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Paris
France
England
Lake Constance
Zaone
Sisteron
Basnes-Alps
Saint Clement
Dammartin
Montigny-le-Roi
Oldenburg
North Sea
London
War Office
Bourbonne-les-Bains
Ladangne
Bisteron
Gap
Montignyles-Roi
Eole
Besancon
Pontailler
Cote d'Or
Switzerland
Peace Demands of Russia Cover Global Problems Petition
A plebiscite under local civil authorities would end the Alsace Lorraine question by addressing Russia's peace demands and issues spanning from Panama to Persia, with provinces under local direction to resolve the wider regional concerns.
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Russia
Panama
Persia
Alsace-Lorraine
Neutralization and Territorial Restorations in Peace Program
Moon Petrograd dispatch outlines twelve articles by the central executive committee of the council of workmen and soldiers delegates. It advocates neutralizing the Panama Canal and restoring colonies to Germany alongside broad territorial rearrangements from Russia to Persia and Greece.
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Germany
Slav Council of Soldiers and Workmen
Moon
Jouphal
Petrograd
Council of Workmen's and Soldiers
M. Skobeleff
Panama
Persia
Panama Canal
Executive Committee
Russia
Poland
Ithuania
Lettish
Turish Armenia
Alsace- Lorraine
Belgium
Serbia
Montenegro
Adriatic
Bosnia
Herzegovina
Balkan
Romania
Dobrudja
Austria
Greece
Suez
Panama Canals
Sea Raiders Shell Ostend and Belgian Coast
The German war office reports Ostend, a German submarine base on the Belgian coast, was bombarded from the sea and damaged. In the Aisne region a nine mile front saw violent artillery bombardment with no infantry attacks. Anglo French reconnoitering parties on the Belgian battle front advanced after heavy artillery prep but were repulsed with heavy losses.
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Morring
Opecian
Sasto
Berlin
Ostend
North Sea
War Office
Vauxailles
Praye
Aisne
Hottest Mesopotamian Summer Records Set in 1916 Season
Bagdad reports the hottest season in Mesopotamia with 122.8 degrees in the shade in July and 122 at Basrah. August and September continued extreme heat, yet troops kept up morale and enjoyed sports such as a June football cup series in Samarah.
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Bagdad
Mesopotamia
Basrah
Orly
Jiune
Samarah
On Eve of Finish Quescriptions 10 Loan Total
A belief grows that the Treasury Department is making the sum appear less is a handicap to success amid ongoing finish Quescriptions 10 loan totals under two billion.
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Treasury Department
Liberty loan drive nears finish amid optimistic forecasts
Washington reports the goal of five billion dollars may barely be reached as subscriptions totaling about 1.973 billion fall short of the minimum. Officials defend figures as official and estimated returns, with campaigns in the final days warned against rural apathy and inflated hopes.
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Department
Federal Reserve Banks
Washington
Treasury Department
McAdoo
United States
Middle West
South
Momentum grows in seventh district liberty loan drive
Chicago reports total subscriptions of 179,435,000 in the seventh federal reserve district with about 6,500 banks contributing estimates of 225,000,000. Cook county accounts for 74,480,450 from 51,489 subs, outside Cook 23,342 readers bought 13,992,505, and Town 28,204 purchasers total 11,895,500. Bullard says the drive has gained tremendous momentum and will move swiftly for the remainder.
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Chicago
Liberty Loan
Seventh
Federal Reserve District
A. W. Bullard
Cook County
Ilinois
Negro troops arrive at Fort SamHouston for court martial
The sixty three members of the Twenty fourth Infantry charged with murder and mutiny after the Houston riots arrived from El Paso and are held at Fort Sam Houston cavalry guard house awaiting trial on November 1.
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San Antonio
Tex
Twentyfourth Infantry
Houston
el Paso
Cavalry Guard
Fort Sam Houston
Harvey, Al Defeats Bricklayers in National Soccer Round
Chicago Oct 21 Harvey Al defeats the Bricklayers 2 to 1 in the first round of the national soccer championship series.
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Bricklayers
Chicago
Quavi vors from U S transport sunk by torpedo
Neutral tone reports that many crew members of the Antilles were lost after the U S transport Quunk was torpedoed and attacked in the early hours, with the vessel taking hits and listing.
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U.S
Frange
Survivors Arrive From Sunk Transport Antilles
French port report details of the U S transport Antilles sinking after a German submarine torpedo struck at 6 45 on Wednesday. Survivors praise the captain and gun crew for remaining at their posts as the ship listed and sank, with many leaping into rough seas.
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United States
Antilles
Paris
Families of Victims To Receive Insurance Benefits
The treasury department announced automatic 25 dollar monthly insurance for all American servicemen who perished on the Antilles, torpedoed October 17. Benefits run twenty years, plus additional compensation to dependents. totals depend on survivor status and number of dependents. Approximately seventy perished. identity determinations will define the affected share.
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Washington
Antilles
Treasury Department
Big Mexican Loan to Be Completed Soon
El Paso reports that a $150,000,000 Mexican loan from New York bankers is near completion with U S guarantee. The move follows Mexico's friendly stance in the allied cause and comes after two months of consideration tied to Mexico's attitude toward the European war. Roberto Pesquiera has been in Mexico City in talks with the finance minister. An additional assurance said no halt to legitimate exports to Mexico, only to curb German firing.
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SY Morqning Journal
el Paso
Tex
United States
Mexico
Mexican House of Deputies
New York
Mexico City
Washington
Republic
Roberto Pesquiera
Finance
Alexander H. Bulloc
War Food Board
Coun
Weather Summary for New Mexico and Denver
Morning Journal reports weather in Denver Colorado and New Mexico with Monday fair skies, followed by a Tuesday unsettled and colder pattern impacting travel and daily activities.
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Morning Journal Special
Denver
Colo
New Mexico
Local Weather Summary for Last 24 Hours
Local report notes maximum 72 degrees minimum 27 with a 45 degree range. At 6 p m yesterday the temperature was 67 degrees with a southwest wind and clear skies.
Telegraph to Mexico City Signals Supply Efforts
A brief telegraph confirms continued efforts to obtain essential supplies. The message indicates shipments are being arranged and coordination with Mexican authorities continues to ensure delivery channels remain open.
Yaqui Indians Reported on War Path in Mexico
Juarez Mexico Oct 21 reports from the interior say Yaqui soldiers in the federal north are restless and may revolt joining their brothers on the Sonora war path. Gen Francisco Murguia heads to Chi huahua City after border trip while his brother reports a smaller pursuing band no reinforcements needed. A Mexican woman allegedly carried 6000 in gold from Inde Durango to Villa’s wife in San Antonio.
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Juarez
Mexico
Sonora
Escalon
Chihuahua City
Torreon
Francisco Murguia
Casas Grandes
Jose Carios Murguia
United States
Villa
San Antonio
Tex
Inde
Durango
Germans Advance Across Gulf of Riga After Naval Engagement
German war office reports Russian forces retired behind Moon sound last week and now sailing north. German troops occupy Schildau island between Moon and the Esthenia mainland and have landed on Dago island reaching the east coast, capturing several hundred Russians.
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OY Mogning Journal
WRG
Berlin
Wireless Press
Moon Sound
Gulf of Riga
German War Office
Schildau
Moon Island
Esthenia
Teutons
Yankee Officers Of Flotilla Take To Golf In British Waters
American flotilla officers in British waters embrace golf with enthusiasm. Many now devote themselves to the game, boosting local clubs to gain popularity and even paying for access. The nine hole links atop the cliffs are kept in fine order with caddies and a castle clubhouse dating to 1626. Americans plan additional play on an eighteen hole course nearby.
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Associated Press
States
Toll of Raiders Estimated at 150 Dead
London reports a North Sea raid sunk five Norwegian, one Danish, and three Swedish ships by two German raiders. The British admiralty lists 135 officers and men lost aboard destroyers Mary Rose and Strong Kow as they escorted merchant vessels when attacked.
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Morning Journal Special
London
North Sea
Mary Rose
Strong Kow
Ee Bow
What is a Liberty Bond and why buy it
The article explains Liberty Bonds as US government bonds to fund the war effort and defend liberty. It argues bonds are sound investments, repayable on demand, backed by vast national wealth, with interest covered by annual national income, and notes past bond success after Civil War.
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United States
America
Appomattox
Reading
Pennsylvania
Lehigh Navigation
Philadelphia
La Follette Denies Obstructing Liberty Bond Sale
Senator La Follette angrily denies libelous charges that he sought to block the liberty bond sale by circulating three pamphlets of his wartime debate remarks. He says the pamphlets, printed at his own expense, aimed to awaken public interest and spur tax reform on war profits and excess incomes.
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Washington
Senator la Follette
Senate
Congress
Senators Hear Tax Rise Appeal Tied to Bond Sale
A senate debate linked the refusal to impose wealth property taxes to the next bond sale. The reference aimed to persuade senators that higher taxes on wealth were necessary, urging support for increased tax rates on wealth.
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Congress
Senate
Milk Wagon Drivers Set to Return to Work
The milk wagon drivers at Korden Farm Products reached a settlement and will resume work Monday after a strike that began Friday. A joint committee will appoint an umpire if necessary to settle any remaining issue, with the company granting most of the workers' demands.
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Morming Joveml
New York
Korden Farm Products Exam
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