Liberty Day Proclaimed for Second Liberty Loan
President Wilson proclaims October 24 as Liberty Day urging nationwide meetings and half holidays for federal workers to boost the second Liberty loan. Officials call for mass patriotic pledges, with Treasury and Federal Reserve bodies directing events and pledges of support to fund war efforts.
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Washington
New York
Wilson
United States
Woodrow W Wilson
United States of America
Secretary of the Treasury
Federal Reserve Banks
America
District of Columbia
Lord
Woodrow Wilson
Robert Lansing
Mata Hari Executed After French Court Martial
Mata Hari the dancer turned spy was executed in France following a court martial conviction. Her career spanned Europe after being born in Java and gaining stage fame before espionage allegations led to her death.
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Paris
Mata Hari
Java
Europe
France
New York
New York Stock Exchange
Petrograd
Washington
Wilson
Germany
America
Brooklyn
Dow’s
Pacific Street
East River
New York Dock Company
Charles William
John and Jay Streets
Oakland Golf Club
Bayside
L. J
British American Chemical Co
Flushing Bay
Mrs Blanca de Saulles Indicted for First Degree Murder
Nassau county grand jury indicted Mrs Blanca de Saulles for murder in the first degree in the Aug 3 Meadowbrook New York killing of her husband John de Saulles a university football hero and real estate promoter arraignment set for tomorrow at Mineola relatives from Brazil visit her daily and will attend the trial in Roslyn.
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Blanca de Saulles
John de Saulles
Meadowbrook
N. Y
Nassau
Jaycox
Roslyn
Wilson enacts sweeping regulations to enforce trading with the enemy act
The administration imposes broad controls on U S trade with Germany and allies. The rules require licenses, custody of enemy property, censorship of mail and publications, and Treasury, State, and Commerce powers to regulate imports and exports.
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Washington
Wilson
United States
Germany
Secretary of the Treasury
Secretaries of War
Navy
Postmaster-General
War Trade Board
Committee On Public Information
Federal Trade Commission
Secretary of State
Secretary of Commerce
Attorney General
Mobilize Gold and Banks for Federal Reserve Membership
President Wilson urges banks and trust companies to join the Federal Reserve system to mobilize the nation’s banking resources for the war. He notes 8 000 non members and says nationwide participation is essential for meeting wartime burdens and fulfilling patriotic obligations.
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Federal Reserve
Washington
Wilson
Federal Reserve System
Shipping Board Seizes American Ships for War Tonnage
The United States Shipping Board requisitions all American ocean cargo and passenger vessels over 2500 tons to control freight rates and secure wartime tonnage. Some ships already serve the army and navy. others operate for owners under government direction. A separate statement warns railroads may soon come under government ownership as war demands strain transportation.
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Washington
United States Shipping Board
Shipping Board
Army
Navy
Conference Committee On National Preparedness
America
White Sox Win World Series Sixth Game Over Giants 4 2
Chicago defeats New York Giants 4 to 2 at the Polo Grounds to claim the 1917 World Series. Attendance 33,969. receipts 73,348. totals show national commissions of 7,334 and per club shares of 33,006. Winning players split 91,733. losing players 61,155. each winner receives 3,669.32. each loser 2,445.21.
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New York Giants
New York
Chicago White Sox
Polo Grounds
McGraw
Rube Benton
Clarence Rowland
Urban Faber
White Sox
National Commission
Giants
Oil price fix looming as war demands growth in exports
Washington reports price fixing on oil and oil products nears as steel copper and coal already fixed by government. Big oil producers eye the next move while two key factors raise worry about wartime demands and export needs.
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U. S
Washington
British Front Raids Take Prisoners Guns Kill Germans
British troops on the Arras front raid Monchy and Roeux capturing prisoners and guns and killing about 200 Germans while seven dugouts are destroyed. French mask gas reportedly wipes out German units. Italy repels Austrian assaults on the Julian front. Germany expands conscription to 47 year olds. German convoys land on Oesel Island with Baltic operations, while a Russian battery sinks torpedo boats and a cruiser runs aground. All shipping between Holland and England halted pending disputes resolution.
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Roeux
Flanders
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Oesel Island
Gulf of Riga
Dago Island
Oesel
Holland
England
German forces seize Arensberg and fight for Moon island
German troops occupy Arensberg the capital of Oesel and drive Russian defenders to Moon island after a fleet engagement. Berlin and Moscow trade claims over battles in Moon sund strait while the Baltic fleet pledges resistance. Petrograd sees panic with mass civilian exodus and ticket offices crowded as premiums rise.
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Arensberg
Oesel
Gulf of Riga
Moon Island
Russian Naval Office
Moonsund Strait
Berlin
Gulf of Finland
Baltic Sea
Baltic
Helsingfors
Sailors’ Organization
Council of Workmen's and Soldiers
Petrograd
British Extend Front Capture 500 Germans in Flanders
British forces renewed the push at dawn through mud and slime in Flanders. The operation achieved complete success as they advanced and seized 500 German troops.
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Flanders
London
Socialist Moves Alarm Italy Pressure for War Propaganda Crackdown
Rome reports conservative forces fear socialist anti war propaganda aims to erode military morale and power creating a Russia like danger. Officials demand severe measures against anti war propagandists to preserve national security.
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Russia
Draft to include men aged eighteen to forty
Washington reports that the administration will push amendments to the draft law at the next session. Representative Julius Kahn of California, ranking member of the House Military Committee and author of the present act, will introduce the changes to require service for men aged eighteen to forty.
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Wilson
Washington
Julius Kahn
California
House Military Committee
New Jersey Road Tax Law Endorsed by Gov Edge
Governor Edge voices official support for a state wide campaign urging economy under the road tax plan. Chief Justice Gummere refuses a writ of certiorari keeping the law intact, with funds to fund road construction led by Gen. George W. Goethals. The Newark News supports the law amid county by county mileage data showing north south divisions.
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Gummere
North Jersey
George W. Goethals
Panama Canal
New Jersey
South Jersey
Newark News
Essex County
Newark
Asbury Park
Jersey
Atlantic
Sevedecegeas Ae
Bergen
Burlington
Camden
Cape May
Cumberland
Gloucester
Hudson
Eave Hunterdon
Mercer
Middlesex
ASBO
Monmouth
Morris Thee Ocean
Passale
Salem
Sometsce
Viecevese
Sussex
Union Viecesene Warren
Ces Bay
Essex
Commission
Edge
New Jersey Committee On Public Safety
Birdmen Begin Work at Cape May Station
The navy aeroplane station and school at Cape May opened Monday as the department took possession after Congress appropriated 150000 dollars. Seventy five students arrived to begin instruction and four aeroplanes joined them. Army trucks delivered guns and flight hardware at the nearly complete 40 buildings and hangars occupying ten city blocks on the southern edge of Cape May arbor.
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Cape May
Navy
Congress
Cape May Arbor
New Jersey Boys Day planned at state preserve
Burlington County Y M C A and the state fish and game commission arrange the second annual New Jersey Boys Day at the state game and farm preserve near Forked River on Saturday October 27. Boys from across the state will be welcomed.
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Burlington County Y. M. C. A
State Fish and Game Commission
New Jersey
State
Forked River
Paulsboro
Camhawk Club
Billingsport
Henry Langley
Heislerville
Marshall
Pitman
Vineland High School
Woodstown
Parent-Teacher Association
H. C. Dixon
Salem County
Star Glass Company
Medford
Clayton-Glassboro Water Company
Glassboro
Woodbury
O Company I
Y.M.C.A
Swedesboro
Harry Sickler
Sicklerville
Camden County
Charles
Fort Oglethorpe
South Jersey
Harry Schull
Fortescue
the Bay Resort
Schull
Philadelphia
R. A Carleton
Vineland
State Laboratory
J. S. Halsey
Sanitary Milk Company
Millville
Gloucester
Edge
Gloucester County
Trenton
Camp Dix
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