Plot to Kill Dr Cook in India Bared
Testimony in Chicago court ties Dr Frederick A Cook Arctic explorer and 19 sailors to a revolutionary plot in India aimed at embarrassing Britain during wartime. Hindu priest Sukumar Chatterji said George Paul Boehm planned to kill Cook and crew, with impostor captains, to spark native revolt as German forces attacked. He noted bribes of 700 dollars to travel to Siam to aid the effort.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Frederick A. Cook
India
Great Britain
Sukumar Chatterji
Landis
Gustav Jacobsen
Chatterji
Manila
George Paul Boehm
Boehm
Captain Cook
Himalaya
Chatterj
Rim Ql
Chandra
Siam
Plotters Against Liberty Loan Run Down by U S
The government moves to punish pro German workers behind an anti Liberty Loan drive in over a dozen states. McAdoo authorized banks to report intimidation attempts and threaten prosecutions under espionage laws. A record subscription day shows $1.758 billion raised. the drive aims to beat a $1.5 billion district quota by Oct 27 with $100 million daily.
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Liberty Loan
U.S
Washington
DP. C
Jake Ity
McAdoo
Foan
Department of Justice
Liberty dean subscript ions pass half billion mark
New York subhead shows Liberty dean subscriptions reach over 534 million after 2 PM on Oct 18. Large bets include Trust companies and J P Morgan & Co adding substantial sums to the total, with smaller adds pushing the day’s total toward 75 million and beyond.
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New York
Liberty
Trust Company
International Nickel Company
Bankre’ Trust Company
I Guaranty Tithe & Trust Company
J. P. Morgan & Company
Fitzsimmons Near Death in Chicago Hospital
Former heavyweight champion Robert Fitzsimmons was rushed to a Chicago hospital on October 18 with a serious illness believed by physicians to be pneumonia bordering.
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Chicago
Robert Fitsimmons
Osborne Named Head of Democratic Committee
John E. Osborne of Rawlins Wyoming was named chairman with R H Elder of Coeur d Alene Idaho as vice chairman and John T Barnett of Denver as secretary at the first conference of the Democratic national regional sub committee for Zone 7 covering six Rocky Mountain states. The Denver meeting also discussed Americanism as a campaign slogan and the need for patriotism in electing leaders. Mrs Jamieson and W R Hollister arrived to organize the zone committee.
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Denver
John E. Osborne
Rawlins
Wyo
R. H. Elder
Coeur d'Alene
Idaho
John T. Barnett
Rocky Mountain States
Brown Hotel
Cenfer
Colorado
W. D. Jamieson
National Committee
Cheyenne
George Baas
Woman's Bureau
United States
Iowa
Democratic National Committee
Congress
Indian Rebellion Near Sonora Met With 800 Cavalry Reinforcements
Telegrams report 800 Yqui Indians settled at Yqui settlement in Sonora were reinforced by 800 cavalry from Simploa. Leaders Luis Matos and Ignacio Moris allegedly planned an attack if the Indians attempted to flee. They had been at Viulan to receive government rations when they rebelled, driving locals from the town and looting.
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Sonora
Vican
Simploa
Luis Matos
Ignacio Moris
Vilan
Calles
Forty German Austrian Divisions Reinforce Italian Front
Washington Oct 18 The Italian general staff reports forty divisions of German and Austrian troops have been detached from the Russian front to reinforce the Austrian army facing Italy. The development signals a shift in Allied and Axis manpower as the Italian crisis deepens.
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Washington, D. C
German Navy Drives Russians Into Moon Sound After Battle
German warships encircle about twenty Russian vessels in Moon sound, forcing the flotilla to seek refuge. The battle off Oesel Island leaves the Slava sunk and other units badly damaged as German dreadnoughts dominate. Mutinies spread in the Adriatic among Austrian and German sailors over harsh treatment and food, prompting base relocations.
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Moon Sound
Gulf of Finland
Gulf of Riga
Oesel Island
Moon Island
Sound
Adriatic
Ostend
Hae
Pola
Austria
Hoover says living costs to fall in U S
Food Administrator Hoover declares the corner has been turned on high food prices subject to farmer and retailer cooperation. He notes retail prices lag wholesale reductions and cites regulation on wheat and flour distribution in effect since mid September.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Qet
Hoover
Strike of Coal Miners Nearing Settlement
Illinois coal strike affecting 35,000 miners, 150+ mines closed and output down 500000 tons daily, may end by Saturday per Col J W Jefferson, with Frank Farrington calling pit committee meetings in Springfield to push progress as talks continue in Kansas City.
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Springfield
Illinois
Col. J. W. Jefferson
Central
Iinois Coal Operators’ Association
Frank Farrington
Ilinois United Mine Workers of America
Kansas City
Southwest Field
Southwest Coal Operators’ Association
United Mine Workers of America
Ten Belgians Guilty in Plot to Aid Kaiser
Ten Belgians pleaded guilty in New York federal court to complicity in a conspiracy that allegedly supplied Germany with contraband goods worth 825000 weekly via Belgian relief ships to Holland and clandestine Dutch border shipments. They faced deportation to Belgium for treason if acquitted and were to be sentenced later.
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Associated Press
New York
Germany
Holland
Federal Prowcutor
Boiler explosion destroys UP locomotive near Laramie
Three men died when Union Pacific locomotive 2205 exploded on a curve at Allen, sixty-one miles west of Laramie. Engineer Edward H. Cummings, fireman David C. Kendall, and brakeman Alfred E. Waddell were killed. Waddell died after being admitted to a caboose hospital. Traffic halted as wrecking crews worked to clear lines and a federal boiler inspector planned review.
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Union Pacific
Allen
Laramie
Edward H. Cummings
David C. Kendall
Alfred E. Waddell
Cheyenne
Mother
Kendall
Sheldon
Cummings
Waddell
Carbon County
Bogart
Rock River
Crewa
Rawlins
Santa Fe
Denver
E. H. Morgan
Morgan
Liberty Bonds Drive Surges in Cheyenne County
Report from Cheyenne headquarters shows 750,000 in liberty bonds purchased yesterday with 150,000 in a single day. Eight days remain in the drive, and if the daily pace continues the county may reach 1,950,000, near the 2,000,000 goal, boosting war effort and morale.
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Liberty
Cheyenne
Ty Dack A. Dirktol
Laramie County
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