Mayor warns labor leaders as general strike looms in New York
Mayor Mitchel told labor leaders he will use full civil and military powers to prevent disorders if a general strike is called to aid subway and surface line workers who quit. The Interborough and surface unions clash over arbitration and contracts, with a deadlock and warnings of a nationwide sympathy strike.
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New York
Miteel
Hugh Frayne
Conference Committee of
Oscar Strauss
Public Service Commission
Interborough Rapid Transit Company
New York Railway Company
Mitchel
Citizens’ Committee
Ernest Bohm
Central Federated Union
Soldiers March in Review in El Paso at Fort Bliss
National guardsmen and regulars totaling 26,000 paraded in dust-stained khaki through El Paso, passing a reviewing stand at Fort Bliss. Military officials said this was the first infantry division parade at full war strength in the United States and that more troops were present than in any prior event except the 1865 Washington grand review.
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el Paso
Texas
Fort Bliss
United States
Washington
Carnegie Yacht Crew Corrects Indian Ocean Charts
The non magnetic yacht Carnegie carrying eastern scientists arrived in San Francisco after a world research cruise from Lyttleton New Zealand. They corrected numerous ocean charts finding the Indian ocean readings off by sixteen degrees or more.
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San Francisco
Carnegie
Lyttleton
New Zealand
Indian Ocean
Guardsmen Allowed to Transfer After Border Stay Request
Nine members of the Second New York Infantry asked to stay on border duty after orders to return home. General Funston announced that guardsmen who wished to stay could transfer to other regiments, releasing those who wanted to go home.
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San Antonio
Texas
Second New York Infantry
Funston
Robbers Flee After Bank Job Ends in Florida Race
Four bank robbers who took 6000 during a daylight hold up of the State Bank of Homestead fled by motor boat from Rock Harbor and abandoned the craft near Tavanie r Creek before vanishing into the Everglades, pursued by a sheriff's posse.
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Miami
Fla
Fon du Lac Pioneer Killed by Freight Train
Daniel Kempf age 2 of Fon du Lac County died instantly after being struck by a freight train while en route to attend the funeral of his lifelong friend Nicholas Entringer in St Cloud.
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Fon du Lac
Wis
Nicholas Entringer
St Cloud
Daniel Kempf
Fon du Lac County
Five Count Indictment for Mrs Gilligan in Windsor Poisoning
Hartford attorney reports Mrs Amy Gilligan charged with first degree murder on five counts for alleged poisoning at an elderly home in Windsor. Grand jury returned the indictment reflecting the serious crimes against inmates in her care.
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Hartford
Conn
Amy E. Alphere Gilligan
Windsor
German Aviator Boelke Posts Twenty-Eightth Aerial Victory
Berlin reports Captain Boelke, Germanys famed aviator, shot down two Entente aircraft on Wednesday, raising his wartime total to twenty eight. The feat underscores his status as Germanys leading air ace.
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Berlin
Boelke
Germany
Americans tally war relief gifts from major societies
The Carnegie Endowment reports America's gifts to 60 principal war relief groups total nearly 28.9 million by year’s end. Belgium relief tops, with about 10.97 million. Red Cross contributions exceed 3 million, and American Jewish relief leads among specific funders with four million to Jews plus allied support.
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Washington
America
Carnegie Endowment For International Peace
Commission For
Belgium
Bel- 1
Oew
France
England
Russia
Berbia
Red Cross
Central Committee For the Relief of Jews
People's Relief Committee
Cost of Living to Rise Sharply This Winter
A Chicago report warns that this winter's cost of living will hit unprecedented levels affecting all classes. Wholesalers say fall and winter deliveries will be only one third normal, with canned fruit up 30 percent and vegetables about 20 percent higher. Paper bags rise to 1.55 from 95 cents, and cotton goods and woolens surge 25 to 85 percent. Women's shoes may double, collars jump to 15 cents, and laundries increase to 3 cents per item. Cigar prices run 4 to 5 dollars per thousand for dealers.
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Chicago
Col·lars
Cigar Solbers
Russians Capture Officials in Berlin Sweep
Overseas News Agency reports Russian forces seized a brigade of officials intended to govern Bulgarian cities seized earlier. The captured officials are seen cleaning streets of the occupied areas as their remit was to administer those cities.
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Berlin
Sofa
Mania
Awaiting Official Account on Chihuahua Attack
New London Conn report says the Mexican American joint commission will not enter peace maintenance talks until an official account of the attack on Chihuahua by Villa forces is received by its members.
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New London
Conn
Chihuahua
Villa
Three More Chicago Banks Close
Chicago closes three more private banks amid depositor alarm after several failures and a state attorney investigation.
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Chicago
British envoy Elliott gains broad Greek support
Sir F E H Elliott, the British ambassador to Greece, is credited with diplomacy that wins wide Greek backing for the Allied cause. His efforts reportedly secure local assistance and bolster cooperation across ministries toward war aims.
Train Jumped Track Near Kingman Injures Four
Four men were lost when Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe train No. 8 left the rails on a curve just east of Kingman Arizona. The engine tender and baggage car rolled down a small embankment.
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Kingman, Ariz
Atchison, Topeka, & Santa Fe
Railway Crisis Passes in London Wage Accord
The railway strike issue in London ends in a compromise after workers win a wage rise linked to doubling the war bonus. The settlement resolves demands for 10 shillings extra per week, with trains continuing to run as talks concluded.
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London
Flood Disaster Leaves Millions Homeless Across Eight Chinese Districts
Washington reports nearly 1,000,000 people made homeless by one of the worst floods in fifty years. The disaster affects eight northern Anhui districts and ten large cities with up to 1,000,000 residents in the flood area. Crops and property ruined, thousands destitute, and aid appeals expected from foreign nations.
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Washington
China
State Department
Anhul
Appalling Price Paid for Gains in Somme Battle
Overseas News Agency estimates British and French losses in the Somme battle around 600000 men as the war continues.
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Berlin
Somme
Overseas News Agency
Thief Seeks 60000 Loot From New Jersey Home
Police search for a burglar who broke into the home of Mrs Edward F Young in Oakhurst Long Branch and stole valuables valued at sixty thousand dollars from her residence.
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Long Branch
N. J
Mra
Edward F
Young
Oakhurst
Bandits Rob Bank. Two Killed in Florida Ambush
Four bandits robbed the State Bank of Homestead Miami Florida on Friday. They were ambushed by a pursuing posse in the Everglades south of Miami, killing two men and wounding two others. The posse continued pursuit.
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Miami
Fla
State Bank of
Homestead
Here
Mexican plan outlined to create national banks replacing suspended Mexico City lenders
Luis Cabrera described to the Mexican American commission a forthcoming Mexican national banking system to supersede the suspended Bank of London and Mexico City. A monetary commission will oversee government banks and seek Mexican-backed support while two banks face suspension for issuing notes beyond reserves and refusing exchange sales. Carranza currency depreciation prompted the move.
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Mexico City
New London
Conn
Bank of London
Mexico
Luis Cabrera
Cabrera
Carranza
General von Bernhardt Receives East Front Command
General von Bernhardt, renowned German writer on war, has been given a command on the east front at his own request.
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von Bernhardt
East Front
Former Minister to China Calhoun Dies in Chicago at 68
Chicago obituary notes William J. Calhoun former minister to China died Tuesday night at his home. The 68 year old had been in poor health for months and suffered paralysis in his final period. He served as a diplomat representing United States interests abroad.
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China
Chicago
William J. Calhoun
Mr. Calhoun
Washington reports record low death rate in 2016
Preliminary vital statistics released by the census bureau show the national death rate at 19.5 per thousand in 2016, the lowest in U.S. history. The data reflect ongoing public health trends and differ by state and region.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Allies Make Gains in Verdun Sector and Other Fronts
French troops captured two trenches and prisoners in Verdun as 90 000 German troops under Field Marshal von Hindenburg attacked near Bouchavesnes on the Somme. Ground gained by Germans near Courcelette was lost amid heavy fighting as Mackensen’s forces were checked in Dobrudja. Bulgarians retreating toward Monastir. Crete allegedly proclaims a provisional government while Stokhod battles see Russian counterattacks repelled.
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Verdun
Paris
von Hindenburg
Bouchavesnes
Somme
la Liberte
Rupprecht
Bavaria
Courcelette
von Mackensen
Dobrudja
Constanza
Rumania
Bucharest
Monastir
Sofia
Crete
Stokhod
Kovel-Povno
Volhynia
New Greek Premier Affirms Neutrality Not Germanophile
Londin M Kalogeropoulos, new Greek prime minister, says the government will pursue benevolent neutrality toward the en tente and rejects claims he is Germanophile while admitting admiration for Germany per a Reuters dispatch from Athens.
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Teutons
Londin
M. Kalogeropoulos
Reuter
Athens
Germany
Knockout Drops Artists Arrested in Ogden Saloon
Frank Davis aged 23 and G Read aged 27 were arrested Thursday evening in Ogden Utah on open charges while police investigate a stranger who collapsed after drinking one glass of beer with them in a saloon.
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Ogden
Utah
Frank Davis
G. Read
Missing Man Sought After Attack on Bemidji Teacher
In Round Lake vicinity near Bemidji Minnesota a posse hunts woods for an unidentified man who assaulted and shot Olga Dahl a 19 year old district school teacher after tying her to a tree near the school. Miss Dahl may die.
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Bemidja
Minn
Round Lake School
Olga Dahl
Miss Dahl
Pho
Bank Officials Plead Guilty to Falsifying Reports
Fort Smith Arkansas. P A Ball paymaster and A B Dowd assistant cashier of the defunct American National Bank pleaded guilty in federal court to falsifying reports to the comptroller of the currency about the bank's condition.
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Fort Smith
Ark
P. A. Ball
Dowd
American National Bank
August sunk ships tally by Berlin central powers
An official admiralty report from Berlin states that during August the central powers destroyed 126 hostile merchant ships and 35 neutral vessels carrying contraband of war to the enemy.
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Berlin
Danish Steamer J. N. Madvig Sunk in Baltic
A Copenhagen dispatch reports the Danish steamer J. N. Madvig of 1 764 tons gross was sunk. The crew were saved.
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London
Lloyd’s
Copenhagen
J. N. Madvig
Mob takes Bert Dudley from jail in fatal assault case
In Clathe Kansas Bert Dudley accused in a grave case involving Henry Muller an elderly German man and his wife was seized from Johnson County Jail by masked men. Dudley died in the ensuing incident tied to a telephone pole.
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Clathe
Kan
Bert Dudley
Henry Muller
Johnson County
Chinese minister names bankers for alleged loan regroup
Pekin Chen Tao, Chinese minister of finance, has formalized a group of bankers for a purported one million dollar restructuring loan. The loan is said to be secured by the salt monopoly surplug.
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Pekin
Chen China-Tao
Villa's 600 Attacking Band Is Repulsed At Chihuahua
A Chihuahua dispatch reports Francisco Villa led six hundred bandits into Chihuahua City on September 16. Constitutionalists repelled the attack. captured raiders were executed. General Trevino was wounded in the arm while scouts had warned Villa of Independence Eve celebrations in the city.
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Juarez
Chihuahua
Chihuahua City
Francisco Villa
Trevino
Villa
Seth Low Dies Former New York Mayor and Columbia President
Seth Low, former mayor of New York and former president of Columbia University, died Sunday at Brownbrook Farm Bedford Hills New York at age 66 after months of illness. Born January 18 1830 in Brooklyn he rose from merchant circles to political prominence and was first elected mayor in 1858 and re-elected in 1863.
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New York
Seth Low
Columbia University
Brownbrook Farm
Bedford Hills
N. Y
Brooklyn
Village swept away in Bohemia by dam burst
London reports massive destruction in Gablonz Bohemia after a dam failure in the valley at Welsendesse. Deszendorf Tiefenbach Tannwald Schumburg Schwarow Großhammer and Haratz are listed as inundated with many lives lost.
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London
Gablonz
Bohemia
Welssendesse
Reuter’s
Amsterdam
Deszendorf
Tiefenbach
Tannwald
Schumburg
Schwarow
Grosshammer
Haratz
Arms Plant to Reopen in Rock Island September 25
The Rock Island arsenal small arms plant will reopen September 25 after a 1912 shutdown. Congress approved an appropriation to enable the government to resume operations and hire workers.
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Rock Island, Ill
Rock Island Arsenal
Congress
Rioting in Chemnitz Surges Over Somme Losses
Central News dispatch from The Hague reports serious rioting in Chemnitz Saturday afternoon after news of heavy German losses at the Somme. The unrest led to deaths and extensive property damage as crowds clashed with authorities and shops were looted.
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London
Chemnitz
Election date moved for Mexico City delegates
A decree by General Carranza shifts the Mexico City election of delegates to a constitutional assembly from October 17 to October 22. Delegates will convene at Queretary on November 29.
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Mexico City
Carranza
Thely
Queretary
Accused Blackmailer Surrenders in Chicago Raid
William C. Woolward, accused by authorities as leader of an international blackmail ring, surrendered to the U.S. district attorney after a raid on a fashionable Chicago apartment hotel. Local police and federal investigators had pursued the group across multiple jurisdictions. The surrender follows a months long investigation into extortion schemes and alleged threats tied to the gang.
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Chicago
William C. Woolward
Department
United Pay States
Willam Bryan Address Draws Large Utah Crowd
In Salt Lake City Jennings state Bryan spoke to an immense gathering Tuesday night. The hall was packed and about 2,000 people were unable to gain admittance to the event.
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Jennings State
Salt Lake City
Willam Bryan
Infantile Paralysis Subside in France Says Health Director
Paris report says infantile paralysis is subsiding in France according to Brisac Director of Public Health at the Academy of Medicine. The bulletin notes a decline in cases and improved recovery outlook across regions.
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Paris
Brisac
Academy of Medicine
Rance
Bulger Receives Another Pardon Reprieve
Denver reports the state Board of pardons granting a further reprieve of thirty days to James Bulger, awaiting execution for the killing of Lloyd F Nicodemus. The extension covers the week beginning November 12.
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Bulger
Denver
State Board of Pardons
Air Ty
James
Lloyd F Nicodemus
Woman Named for Congress Axtell and Progressive
Airtight phrasing shows a woman linked to Congress and the Progressive era, with mention of her possible role as a legislature member. The article traces her name, political alignment, and potential service in a state or national body, highlighting historical context.
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Congress Axtell
Progressive
Wne
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