Hertling Touted As Possible German Chancellor
A Berlin dispatch reports Count George F von Hertling premier of Bavaria has arrived in Berlin and was received by Emperor William alongside Chancellor Michaelis. Zurich reports the Neuste Tageblatt claims Michaels resignation has been accepted by the Kaiser.
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Associated Press
Amsterdam
Berlin
George F. von Hertling
Bavaria
William
Michaelis
Zurich
Stuttgart
Neuste Tageblatt
Michaels
German chancellorship offered to Bavarian premier
Berlin newspapers report Count von Hertling has been asked for time to consider the post. London dispatch notes a Belgian effort to prevent a split among allies, with Bar on de Broqueville quoted regarding a recent German peace offer to Belgium.
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Amsterdam
Zeitung Am Mittag
Berlin
Count von Hertling
London
la Metropole
Baron de Broqueville
Diaz Foments Revolt Against Carranza Rule
KHL Paso Texas Oct 29 A copy of Felix Diaz’s manifesto announces a drive to reorganize the national army to overthrow the Carranza government and restore the 1857 constitution. The plan, dated September 3 1917 from Camp Huens Vista Vera Cruz, cites former federal forces and clerical leaders allied with Diaz.
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Associated Press
Khl Paso
Texas
Felix Diaz
Mexico
Camp Huens Vista
Carranciata Party
Diaz Federal
Vientifico
Guterniment
Three W
Steamer's Guns Drive Off Enemy Off Wales Coast
The steamer carrying U S Senators Kendr ick of Wyoming and Kenyon of Iowa and Representatives Rogers of Massachusetts and Parker of New York was attacked by a German submarine off the Welsh coast. Gunners aboard opened fire and the submarine submerged. Attending a dinner, the Lord High Chancellor confirmed the attack report.
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Associated Press
London
United States
John B. Kendrick
Wyoming
William & Kenyon
Iowa
John J. Rogers
Massachusetts
James
Parker
New York
Coast of
Wales
Atheneum Club
KR. B. Pinlay
House of Commons
Ian B. Malcolmn
Croydon
Balfour
Lomlon
Horace Plunkett
Lord Beresford
Eric Drummond
Col
John Buchan
I W W Records Seized by Raiders in Miami Arizona
Federal and local authorities raided the I W W headquarters in Miami Arizona seizing correspondence literature and records. The defense council office nearby was also raided as agents confiscated photographs of prominent anarchists. No arrests were reported.
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Miami
Ariz
I W. W
United States Department of Justice
United States Cavalry
Defense Council
Baker Says Big Events Nearing on Multiple Fronts
Secretary Baker reviews last week's WWI operations across Europe and the Middle East, noting Pershing’s US forces have joined the firing line in France. He cites ongoing actions in Italy, Macedonia, Romania, Mesopotamia and East Africa, with a German retreat anticipated on the western front. Italy faces pressure as Austro German forces press forward, while winter tokens aid Italian defense.
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Washington
D. C
Baker
France
War Department
Pershing
Macedonia
Romania
Mesopotamia
East Africa
Flanders
Aisne
Italy
British Repulse Airship Raiders
British defense forces report repulse of airship raiders over southeast England. Field Marshal Viscount Prevost says mostile airplanes failed to breach outer defenses in the night raid in a Home Forces communication.
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London
England
Viscount Prevch
Home Forces
Food Licensing to Curb Prices Across Nations
The food administration announced a licensing system to curb excessive prices on essential foods. Manufacturers wholesalers and other handlers must not sell to retailers who profit unreasonably or buy for speculation. Retailers remain exempt from licensing but are subject to the broader food control act. In Chicago officials said all packing plants will come under government control after November 1 under license.
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Washington, D. C
The
Food Administration
United States
Loover
of Foods
Hun
Chicago
Joseph P. Cotton
Meat Division
Charles McCarthy
University of Wisconsin
Hoover
Sammies Capture First German Prisoner Dies in Field Hospital
In France on October 29 the first German prisoner taken by American forces died in an American field hospital after being shot while fleeing in No Man's Land before American trenches. The prisoner, a mail carrier, had letters found on him.
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Associated Press
France
Gierman
No Man’s Land
Fiorman Tost Wis
Neurar Intervala
Captain of Sea Raider Is Made Captive
Count von Luckner commander of the German raider Seeadler was captured Sept 2 off Mak? island by Fijian constables aboard the steamer Atmara. Five German crew members were captured with him. The Seeadler wrecked on Mohetba island in the South Pacific months earlier and had sunk sixteen vessels in the Atlantic.
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Qet
Count von Luckner
Lee Adler
Miji Islancts
trans-Pacific
See Adlees
Ad- Jec
Mohetba Island
South Pacific
Pacific
Atlantic
Denver Man to Mediate Strike
Secretary of Labor Wilson announced tonight that Verner, head of Denver, will serve as federal mediator in the threatened strike of Pueblo railway workers. The mediation aims to avert disruption and reach a settlement under the wartime labor act.
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Clifton
Ariz
Wilson
Tat Verner
Demurt
al Mihon
Fete
Pye
Culc
Get
Kaiser Rushing Troops to South Front
In a Beene dispatch via Veolegraph sourced from Kemesiins Woods, reports say the Vustre Sivine frontier has fallen and the Cierny forces are reinforcing the Jatin war front as Kaiser concentrates troops to the south.
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Kaiser
Kemesiins Woods
Beene
Cadornas Troops Make Firm Stand Lose 100000 Men
Italian forces at the front contend with a massive Austro German offensive as Cadorna tries to hold lines near Udine amid advances from the mountains. Reports say Udine is threatened while French and British aid is pledged and the German drive widens.
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Cadorna
Great Britain
France
Frennc
Udine
Tagiiamento
Berlin
Halyore
Wippoeh
Germans Sentenced to Prison for Plotting Revolt in India
German aliens Gustave Jakolksen Albert Weide and George Pail Boehm were sentenced to three years imprisonment and fined $1,000 for conspiracy to foment a revolution in India. Others, including Ler ainda La Gupta Windu, received lighter terms for conspiracy, while two were sentenced to prison for actual carrying out the plot. Federal Judge Sandia called the defendants puppets of bigger men behind them. In Portland a separate case links cook William Dalfen to spy activities and possible pro German involvement.
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Chicago
Gustave Jackolsen
Albert Weide
George Pail Boehm
Loivenworth Penitenationy
India
Ainda la Gupta
Windu
Xeiven
Germina Aleo
Sears
Sandia
Cook Dell
Portland
Gre
William Dalfen
Cook Im
Italy's Parties Unite Amid Grievous Crisis
Reuters text from Rome notes Austro-German offensive reshaping Italian politics. The retiring cabinet likely stays with few changes under Prof. Orlando. Favorable sentiment for Signor Giolitti’s bloc signals coordinated moves and potential handling of food and clothing shortages amidst a tense national scene.
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Associated Press
Rome
Viterbo Orlando
Pratcesco Nim
Mitesim
Wall «Pfier
Orlando Nslitater
Wyoming Soldier Killed in East War Zone
A Wyoming soldier dies in the eastern theater described amid the ongoing conflict. The report notes his unit affiliation and the general danger faced by service members in that region. Further details on the incident are not clearly provided in the readable text.
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