British Navy Ready to Attack Russian Submarines on High Seas
London October 10 British foreign secretary Earl Curzon sent a note to Mikhail Tchitcherin on October 2 stating any Russian submarines encountered on the high seas will be attacked on sight by British naval forces. The note accompanies other correspondence between Britain and Soviet Russia amid tensions over Bolshevik actions in Persia and growing anti British propaganda.
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London
Associated Press
Earl Curzon
M. Tchitcherin
Great Britain
Soviet Russia
Black Sea
Baltic
M. Thitchern
Leonid Krassin
Charles Frederick Davison
M. Krassin
Krassin
Russia
Poland
Danzig
General Wrangel
Persia
Karl Curzon
Hood and 3 Shot as Wife Tries to Seize Revolver
Walter Woodward, 22, of 916 California avenue, was shot and seriously wounded yesterday afternoon about 2 30 while struggling for a revolver with his 18 year old bride of three weeks. He lies at St James hospital, with a bullet in his back near the left hip. doctors hold hopes for recovery. The wife told County Attorney Rotering that love and jealousy figures in the tale, noting she was formerly engaged to another man before meeting Woodward at Roundup.
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Walter Woodward
California Avenue
St. James Hospital
Woodward
Wambsganss Unassisted Triple Play Nets Historic Series Feat
Cleveland Indians beat Brooklyn Nationals 8 to 1 in game five of the world series at League Park. Wambsganss produced an unassisted triple play, Elmer Smith and Jim Bagby homered, two world records were set, and Cleveland advances confidence in winning the title as the Robins struggle to stop the Indians’ surge.
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Bill Wambsganss
Cleveland
Elmer Smith
Inds
International
Cleveland Americans
Brooklyn Nationals
Wambsganss
Jim Bagby
Brooklyn Robins
Sherrod Smith
Indians
Clevelanders
League Park
Concordia College
Cedar Rapids
Neal Ball
Cleveland Club
Boston Red Sox
Stahl
Wagner
McConnell
Cameron Cotton Press Firelevel Loss in Cameron Texas
Loss estimated at 1,000,000 dollars after a blaze destroyed 70,000 bales of cotton the compress and warehouses of the Cameron Cotton Press company. Officials and wearers at the plant suspected incendiary origin.
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Cameron
Texas
Cameron Cotton Press Company
Lithuanian and Russian Outlaw Army Takes Vilna
Vilna falls to Zeligowski with two divisions of Lithuanian and white Russian troops. General Sikorski reports Zeligowski resigns front command to let troops seize Vilna for self determination. Polish staff attachés unsure if authorities will oust the outlaw army. Poles notify Lithuania they are ready to negotiate at Orany on the wider dispute.
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Riga
Associated Press
Zeligouski
Vilna
Sikorski
Zeligowski
Lithuania
Orany
Tax Bill Surges as U S Revenue Tops 5.4 Billion
Washington reports the fiscal year ending June 30 saw federal tax receipts total 5.408 billion dollars, about 1.5 billion more than the prior year. Income and profits taxes supplied roughly three quarters of revenue, rising by 1.356 billion from the previous year. Multifaceted taxes added 1.450 billion, while liquor taxes fell by 343 million in the first year of prohibition, with distilled spirits yielding 97.9 million.
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Washington
Associated Press
America
Federal Treasury
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Revolt Against Lenine and Trotzky Spreading
Stockholm dispatch reports demoralization spreading as the soviet army dissolves under new peace terms. Bolshevist leaders Lenine and Trotzky dispatch peace emissaries to Finland and Poland amid armed resistance and depopulation of fighting will.
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Stockholm
Dagens Nyheter
Reval
Moscow
Nieman River
Seond
Lenine
Trotzky
Finland
Poland
Bolshevik resistance faces revolt in Siberia far east
General Anren Sternberg, chief lieutenant of anti Bolshevik Cossack leader Semenoff, is said to gather insurgents on the Kyaksma high road toward Verkhne Udinsk. A general revolt is under way in the Southern Baikal district as the Verkhne Udinsk government shifts its treasury to Miasova on Lake Baikal.
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Harbin
Manchuria
Associated Press
Andren Sternberg
Leutenant
Semenoff
Siberia
Kyaksma
Verkhne-Udinsk
Far Eastern
Baikal
Verkhne- Udinsk
Miasova
Lake Baikal
Cyclone Ravages Stevens Point With Widespread Damage
Cyclone swept Stevens Point Wisconsin causing extensive property damage totaling thousands of dollars. No fatalities or injuries were reported. The storm cut power, snapped poles, tore roofs from factories and homes, uprooted hundreds of shade trees, and left roads blocked by felled trees. Cars were lifted and carried briefly by the wind.
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Stevens Point
Wis
Wisconsin
Wild Rage to Save Injured Railroader
A Northern Pacific yard engine raced from Laurel to Billings at high speed carrying J. M. Story, a repair man trapped beneath a car. He suffered crushed legs and was rushed to a hospital where his condition was reported critical late tonight.
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Billings
Northern Pacific
Laurel
J. M. Story
Story
Train crashes into car. five killed near Glendora Cal
Five persons die when section two of the Santa Fe California limited collides with a car at a railroad crossing near Glendora California. Victims include William Clarke of Covina his wife and sister of Clarke S Williams of Dodge Center Minn and Effie M Allen of New York City daughter of the Clarkes.
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Glendora
Cal
Santa Fe California Limited
Here
William Clarke
Covina
E. M. Wallace
Clarke
S. Williams
Dodge Center
Minn
Effie M'Allen
New York City
Clarkes
Great Loss From Fire at Helena Neighborhood
Fire started in a negro tenement house in Helena Arkansas, October 10, later sweeping four blocks. It destroyed several business establishments, 40 to 50 tenements, and small wooden buildings. Property loss estimated around $650,000.
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Helena
Ark
President Wilson to respond to Spencer on aid to Romania and Serbia
Washington Oct 10 The White House will issue a stenographic report of President Wilsons address to the eighth plenary session of the peace conference The statement aims to rebut Senator Spencer of Missouri who alleged the president promised military aid to Romania and Serbia if world peace is disturbed
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Washington
White House
Wilson
Spencer
Missouri
Romania
Serbia
Auto and Street Car Collision Injures TV Men
Two men, C. Wagner and Joseph O'Donnell of 611 East Park Street, were seriously injured when their automobile collided with an Englewood street car on Arizona Street. Wagner suffered severe scalp wounds, a fractured forearm, and a broken rib. O'Donnell had a deep cheek wound and facial and scalp injuries. The crash occurred after the street car departed Main and Park at 10:50 PM, lights failing at the front, with passengers fleeing as the car crushed the auto and drew to a stop.
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C. Wagner
Joseph O'Donnell
East Park Street
Englewood
Arizona Street
Mike Misevich
City
Wagner
O'Donnell
Main
Park Streets
Severe quake hits Baguio cause damage in Luzon
An earthquake struck Manila reporting from Oct 10 damaged the Baguio observatory and water mains on a military reservation. A landslide occurred after high river water but no loss of life was reported.
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Manila
Baguio
Benguet Province
Luzon
Here
MacSwiney Trial Judge Attacked in Ambush
In Cork on October 10 a military patrol near Newcestown was ambushed. Three officers and 20 men on two lorries fought attackers for over an hour. Captain Richardson of the Bandon naval detachment was killed. Lieutenant Robertson gravely wounded. two soldiers injured. The assailants reportedly suffered no casualties. Major Percival led the lorries.
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Cork
Newcestown
Richardson
Bandon Military Barracks
Robertson
Fee
Bandon Barracks
Percival
MacSwiney
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