Rescues Pet as Gas Silence Fills Tenement
Frightened girl Mildred Dunn, 11, and her 9-year-old brother Percy escape after finding their father unconscious with a gas tube and jet open. The incident unfolds as residents worry and a mother is absent, while government spending in peace time looms for the next fiscal year.
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Mildred Dunn
Broadway
Everett
Percy
Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
United States
Wilson
Tragic Lynn gas tragedy claims Dunn family victim
After an all day visit, a mother helps two children find Walter A Dunn dead from gas asphyxiation in a Lynn tenement. Dunn, 3 years with New England Telephone as a foreman, had shown strange behavior before his death. The daughter rescued a semi conscious cat and alerted authorities.
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Lynn
Walter A. Dunn
New England Telephone Company
Centre School
Mildred
Sweden protests British submarine actions in Baltic
Sweden's government orders its London envoy to protest British submarine violations of Swedish neutrality in the Baltic. A Stockholm dispatch to Reuters says two German steamers were sunk in Swedish waters, with the Germania grounding near shore after pursuit and papers seized from the ship.
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London
Baltic
Stockholm
Reuter
Aftonbladet
Government budget outlook cites defence rise and revenue gaps
The text forecasts a total outlay near 1.24 billion dollars with a 150 million defense increase and added costs from the European war. It notes possible revenue bills to extend the emergency tax and maintain sugar duty, yielding a projected deficit of 35 million. State Department needs about 1.3 million more, with emergency funds largely spent.
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State Department
Congress
McAdoo
State
War
Navy
Boston Girl Is Secretary at W C T U Union Meet
Delegates at the Women's Christian Temperance Union convention in Seattle focused on campaign work for women suffrage and prohibition. Miss Mary Frances Anderson of Boston was elected general secretary of the Young People’s branch, and Rev. Mary Kuhl of Chicago was named superintendent of the department promoting use of unfermented wine in communion.
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Seattle
Wash
Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Mary Frances Anderson
Boston
Young Peoples
Mary Kuhl
Chicago
Reprisals Urged After German Air Raids in London
London crowds endorse retaliatory bombing policy after German air raids. A mass meeting at Cannon Street Hotel in the financial district advocates bombing sleeping towns in reply to German assaults.
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London
Cannon Street Hotel
Financial District
Naval clash in Baltic near Porkala reports sunk cruiser
Aftonbladet frontier correspondent says a naval fight occurred near Porkala in the Gulf of Finland. One cruiser was sunk and another heavily damaged. A Zeppelin raid hit the Finnish coast, causing fires.
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Stockholm
London
Aftonbladet
Porkala
Gulf of Finland
Emperor Francis Joseph Failing, Says Idea Nazionale
The Idea Nazionale reports from trusted sources that Emperor Francis Joseph’s condition is worsening. It says his mind weakens, he is often in low spirits and weeping spells, as Baron Burian’s response to a Vienna reporter is noted with sorrow.
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Rome
Paris
Idea Nazionale
Francis Joseph
Baron Burian
Vienna
Neue Freie Presse
Injured Residents List From South Boston And Roxbury
A compiled roster lists Mary Healey a 17 year old with a leg laceration and Rose Gloucester a 33 year old with a injured right hand facial abrasions and shock treated at Relief Hospital. Also named are Annie Paint Mary Moran Mrs Healey Irene Golden Hannah Mayer Nellie Kearney Anna Duff Ella Mahoney Mary McDonough and others at various South Boston Roxbury locations.
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Mary Healey
L Street
South Boston
Rose Gloucester
N Street
Annie M. Paint
Yale Street
Mary A. Moran
Fourth Street
Healey
East Third Street
Irene Golden
Dorchester Avenue
Hannah Mayer
Burrill Street
Roxbury
Nellie Kearney
West Third Street
Anna T. Duff
Ward Street
Ella G. Mahoney
B Street
Mary McDonough
Ninth Street
Electric car crashes into trolley on Washington Street
A Geneva avenue electric car, heavily laden, struck the rear of a southbound Dorchester street trolley near Kneeland and Washington streets, tearing off a side and injuring several women and girls aboard. The crash occurred shortly before 6 p.m. as bystanders gathered amid wreckage and cries.
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Geneva Avenue Electric
Dorchester Street
Boston
Kneeland
Washington Streets
Kneeland Street
Washington Street
Geneva Avenue
Wreck Disaster Sparks Fearful Escape in Crowd
Women and girls screamed in pain and fear as they fled the wreckage, with others hurled into a struggle amid the chaos. The report continues on page 16 Four.
Protest Over Bay State Street Railway Fare Increase
The protest movement against a Bay State street railway fare rise grows with Wakefield Merchants Association and Linden Improvement Association notifying the Public Service Commission. Tonight at 8 an Eastern Massachusetts meeting of Malden Melrose Everett Medford Chelsea and Saugus officials will coordinate a joint protest plan.
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Bay State Street
Wakefield Merchants’ Association
Linden Improvement Association
Public Service Commission
Malden
Melrose
Everett
Medford
Chelsea
Saugus
East Dedham Association to Debate Transit Fare Increase
Malden mayor W M Blakeley presides as notice goes out for the East Dedham Business and Improvement Association meeting on October 25. Members include Dedham leaders and top town officials. A committee seeks figures from the Public Service Commission on Hyde Park division earnings.
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Malden
W. M. Blakeley
Municipal Officers’ Association
East Dedham
Hyde Park
Dedham
London Meeting Demands Reprisals Against Zeppelin Raids
Lord Willoughby de Broke and William Joynson-Hicks urged government reprisal for Zeppelin raids. They called for targeting German towns with aerial bombardment to halt attacks on London and other areas. The Globe endorsed the plan to strike at the enemy to end the raids.
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Lord Willoughby de Broke
Wiliam Joynson-Hicks
Europe
Mr. Joynson-Hicks
Germany
England
Cologne
Coburg
London
South Boston Citizens Protest Building Conditions
At a South Boston Citizens Association meeting, residents criticized the municipal building for broken shower baths, persistent steam in the library, reading-unfriendly heat, and unsanitary toilet rooms. The group instructed the secretary to protest to the superintendent of public buildings and the park and recreation department and to inform Mayor Curley if conditions are not quickly remedied.
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South Boston
Park and Recreation Department
Curley
U. S. Hunts Escaped Germans
Missing since Sunday six warrant officers from the interned German cruiser Kronprinz Wilhelm are being sought by United States warships at sea and up Chesapeake Bay.
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Norfolk
Kronprinz Wilhelm
United States
Chesapeake Bay
Missing sailors flee to sea aboard Eclipse yacht
Rear Admiral Beatty reported to the Navy Department that two sailors from the Kronprinz Wilhelm vanished after 16 hours liberty. They left Wilhelm last Sunday and were due back Monday. They recently bought the yacht Eclipse, a 48 ton auxiliary craft, and were said to have gone to sea without government permission.
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Beatty
Norfolk Navy Yard
Navy Department
Thierfelder
Kronprinz Wilhelm
Eclipse
United States Navy
France to Issue 3 Billion Franc Loan at 5 Percent
A Paris source cited by a London financier reports that France will issue an international loan of 3 billion francs at 5 percent. The goal is to match roughly the gold privately held in France, with government seeking about half of that gold for the moment.
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London
Paris
M. Ribot
France
British Gas Bombardment Precedes Trench Attack
British forces unleash gas shells against entrenched positions as heavy bombardment continues. Warships provide coastal support and shelling to soften defenses before an assault.
Gallipoli Army May Be Taken to Serbia
London rumors say Dardanelles operations may be abandoned for now and troops moved to the Serbian front. Authorities did not confirm the report, but prominence suggests sending a sizable force could aid the allies by backing the Serbians against the German invasion.
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Gallipoli
Serbia
London
Dardanelles
British Warfront Advances Between La Bassee and Arras
London reports Sir John French launching a renewed offensive between La Bassee and Arras after a heavy bombardment. British troops, advancing under smoke and gas, captured several trench complexes totaling thousands of yards before the advance paused.
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London
Sir John French
la Bassee
Arras
Moon Phases and Astronomical Notes for Year
Sun and moon changes listed for rest of year including last quarter Oct 80 new Nov 7 and full Nov 21. Day length declines since June 22 by 4h 9m with Saturn as morning star and Venus Jupiter as evening stars. Also notes anniversaries: Napoleon at St Helena 100 years ago and Hawke sinking with 350 lives.
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Mircus
Saturn
Venus
Jupiter
Napoleon
St. Helena
Plymouth
Hawke
New England Weather Forecast Report
Washington dispatch quotes October 14 forecast for New England. Showers and cooler conditions are expected Friday with unsettled weather. Saturday looks partly cloudy and cooler with variable winds.
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Washington
New England
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George H. Poor
A. S. Nelson
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