Raiders Sink Twelve Vessels In Pacific Operations
Captain Hador Smith of the American schooner C Slade reports two German commerce raiders from the Seeadler group roving the South Seas after leaving Moneta Island. They sank at least twelve ships earlier, and one raider was abandoned after stranding on Mopeha Island.
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Pacific
Seeadler
A. B. Johnson
Manila
Slade
South Atlantic Ocean
Atlantic
Cape Horn
Society Group
French Islands
Mopeha
Smith
Tahiti
Society Islands
Tutullu
Pershing and Bliss Promoted to General Ranks
Washington announces that John J. Pershing will be made a full general and Tasker H. Bliss will receive the same rank. Army corps commanders in the field will become lieutenant generals and bureau heads in the staff corps will be appointed major generals.
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Washington
Pershing
Tasker TH. Bliss
General Staff
Building 20 000 Airplanes
Washington reports ongoing work on the 20 000 airplanes funded by Congress to push the war across the Hindenburg line. Hundreds of American aviation students are already in allied countries completing training.
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Washington
Congress
Hindenburg Line
Senate
House
Manu
Elbert H. Gary Predicts Prolonged Bloody War
Elbert H. Gary, chairman of United States Steel, says the United States is in a war that will last long and be bloody, signaling continued heavy conflict ahead.
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Elbert H. Gary
United States Steel Corporation
United States
Vandals Blow Up Water Mains in Fernie
Fernie British Columbia police report water supply cut off when dynamite shattered the Darcey Creek culvert early Thursday. Two residences were destroyed in the blast and disruption to the town's water service followed.
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Fernie
B. C
Darcey Creek
McAdoo Appeals to Farmers in Northwest
Secretary William G. McAdoo spoke at Sioux Falls urging farmers in the northwest to subscribe to the current Liberty loan issue. He pressed for broad farm support to finance the government bond drive.
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McAdoo
Sioux Falla, 8. D
Willam G. McAdoo
Liberty Loan Crusade Opens With Massive Fundraising Drive
The second Liberty Loan campaign began October 1 with a goal of 3 billion dollars in four weeks. Secretary McAdoo opened the drive in Cleveland and tours the nation until October 25. Banks, federal reserve regions, press, and diverse organizations join in a nationwide mobilization to enlist hundreds of thousands of participants and reach five billion in subscriptions.
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Treasury
McAdoo
Cleveland
Federal Reserve Banks
Chambers of Commerce
Boards of Trade
Manufacturers’ Associations
Score
Boy Scouts
Women’s Liberty Loan Committee
W. G. McAdoo
Germans Attack London in Strong Air Assault
London reports the largest air raid yet, four German groups attacking Monday night. Bombs fell on the southwestern district as defense guns belched and battle roared for two and a half hours. Several machines penetrated the barrage. bombs hit coastal towns and the city, with heavy shrapnel and deserted streets.
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London
Submarine Sinkings Reported Near French Coast
A large German submarine was sunk in a battle with a British freight steamship reported on arrival here Sunday. The clash occurred about 100 miles off the French coast in a North Atlantic scene of wartime peril.
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Athiatic
Tampering at Atlantic Port Averted Ship Machinery Failure
An Atlantic port detected an attempt to wreck the machinery of a U.S. transport during engine alterations. The plan was exposed as the engines were started, averting a possible disaster and prompting an investigation into suspects and motives.
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Atlantic
United States
French Bombard French Cities in Large Scale Retaliation
French aviators bombed four German cities on October 1 including Frankfurt Treves Koblenz and Stuttgart in the largest reprisal raid of the war. A 50 000 strong crowd gathered in Frankfurt for a peace demonstration as Britain faces renewed German air raids and domestic criticism of the government.
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London
Frankfort-on-the-Main
Frankfort
Trevez
Coblentz
Stuttgart
England
Evening Standard
Narrow escape after gas danger in Salt Lake City home
Mrs Annie Ross aged 28 with Isher J and her three children had a three hour struggle to escape asphyxiation in Salt Lake City. Mr Ross died after a faint while lighting the gas and ensuring his wife and children’s safety. authorities believe he fell unconscious first.
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Salt Lake City
Annie Ross
Isher J
Ross
Rioting in Germany London protests near Krupp works
Demonstrators demonstrated Saturday at Wisen near the Krupp works in Germany and London in response to Chancellor Michaelis refusing to state Germany's peace terms.
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London
Wisen
Krupp Works
Michaelis
Germany
Germans clamor for peace in Frankfurt march
A large demon stration in Frankfurt am Main drew crowds Sunday calling for peace without annexations. Clerical radical and socialist leaders sponsored the event.
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Copenhagen
Frankfort-on-the-Main
Billings Denied Rehearing In Murder Appeal
The district court of appeals denied Warren K. Billings a petition for a rehearing of his murder appeal arising from a bombing in San Francisco. The order came on Tuesday.
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San Francisco
Warren K. Billings
District Court of Appeals
War Revenue Bill Conferees Edge Toward Heavier Taxes
The joint conferees draft a war revenue bill raising about 2.7 billion dollars, up from 2.416 billion. Changes tighten excess profits tax, adjust definitions of invested capital and intangibles, expand postal and tobacco style levies, and set new standard income surtaxes and inheritance rates for a broad fiscal push to sustain the war effort.
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Washington
Senate
Slimons
Senate Finance Committee
House
War Revenue Bill Details From Senate House Conferees
The latest war revenue bill crafted by Senate and House conferees appears to impose heavy taxes. The measure outlines new levies aimed at funding war efforts and signals likely sizable collections, with early figures showing substantial revenue expectations.
Garfield fixes coal prices nationwide under new regulations
Washington reports Fuel Administrator Garfield發布 effective immediately rules to limit retail prices of bituminous and anthracite coal across the country. Retail dealers may raise prices only within a set gross margin over wholesale costs, with specifics tied to past margins and a 30 percent cap. Garfield designates 1915 as the normal coal year for reference.
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Garfield
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