World News in Miniature Tonight on War Fronts
A compact wartime bulletin reports British French gains near Ypres at Houthurstwood and Poelcapelle. It notes 4000 Camp Upton recruits headed to Camp Wadsworth by November 1 and British air raids on Bruges.
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Ypres
Houthurstwood
Poelcapelle
National Army
Camp Upton
N. Y
Camp Wadsworth
Spartanburg
S. C
Bruges
America
Nyangao
German West Africa
Russia
Petrograd
Moscow
Pola
Riga Gulf
Oesel Island
War Office
Washington Reports Improve Coal Situation and War Measures
Washington Doctor Garfield reports improving coal supply and falling prices with encouragement from the miners union president. Crowder reforms draft allocation, War Trade Board imposes strict export curbs, and Antilles submarine loss tallies 167 survivors. Hoover forecasts lower food prices through grower retailer cooperation amid hoarding concerns. McAdoo campaigns against Liberty Loan opposition. grocers pledge cooperation with the administration.
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Doctor Garfield
Miners’ Union
New War Trade Board
Crowder
Antilles
Army
Navy
Herbert C. Hoover
McAdoo
National Retail Grocers’ Association
The
Food Administration
German American War Actions Report
Government agents seize enemy property nationwide under the trading with the enemy act. Survivors of the Antilles report the crew died at sea after a submarine attack. Sixty French artillerymen arrive to train American gunners. The War Department overrules seniority for promotions. Princeton camp reports no rampant vice. Authorities revoke entry permits for enemy aliens and intern workers from a Jersey City shipyard. A U boat torpedoed an American destroyer in European waters, with one death and five wounded.
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United States
Antilles
Atlantic
War Department
Princeton
Jersey City
Germany
United States Navy
Draft Law Debate and War Time Events Report
General Secretary Daniels calls to crush social evil as a threat to U S military effectiveness. Senator Hastings of Wisconsin is accidentally killed by his brother during a hunting trip. The federal circuit court of appeals upholds the selective draft law as constitutional. New draft call classifications are issued. The Western Wisconsin Teachers Association denounces Senator La Follette. President Wilson supports aircraft development before touring Europe.
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Daniels
United States
Senator Hasting
Wisconsin
Federal Circuit Court of Appeals
Western Wisconsin Teachers’ Association
la Foliette
Wilson
Europe
Sugar price cap urged as fair limit in New York market
An expert of the food administration says nine and a quarter cents a pound for sugar is the limit retail dealers may charge while refiners and wholesalers keep prices down for big profits. Baker will name Boston a five port network for army depots. Hoover says a ten cent loaf is wasteful. The Borden milk strike in New York is settled. Savannah Sugar Refining at Fort Wentworth shut due to raw sugar shortage.
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New York
Food Administration
Baker
Boston
Hoover
Borden
Savannah Sugar Refining Corporation
Fort Wentworth
Chicago Butter and Egg Board
Howamd E. Sullivan
Second
New York Field Artillery
Camp Wadsworth
Spartansburg
Fitzsimmons Dies After Illness in Chicago Theater
Sporting Robert Fitzsimmons former heavyweight champion dies of pneumonia in Chicago after five days illness while appearing in vaudeville. The Kansas City baseball club sale announced by George Tebeau with local investors among buyers. Benny Leonard defeats Jack Britton in a fast ten round bout at the Harlem Sporting Club. August Belmont defeats Omar Khayyam in 2 02 for a mile and a quarter at Laurel with $10,000 donated to the Red Cross.
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Robert
Bob) Fitzsimmons
Chicago
Kansas City American Association Baseball Club
George Tebeau
Benny Leonard
Jack Britton
Harlem Sporting Club
New York
Britton
August Belmont
Hourless
Wilfrid Viau
Omar Khayyam
Laurel
Senator Husting Killed by Brother in Wisconsin Hunting Accident
United States Senator Paul Oscar Husting of Wisconsin died from shotgun wounds accidentally inflicted by his brother Gustave during a duck hunting trip at Rush Lake. Husting, born 1866 in Fond du Lac, served in the Wisconsin Senate before his 1915 U.S. Senate election and was a staunch wartime supporter. He died at a Mayville home with three brothers and three physicians present. Governor Philipp may name a temporary successor until a new election.
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Milwaukee
Wis
United States
Paul O. Husting
Wisconsin
Rush Lake
Gustave
Gustave Hasting
C. A. Blackburn
Husting
IB. A
Peter Husting
Wiconsin
Philipp
Mayville
Congress
Paul Oscar Husting
Senate
J. Follette
Senator Hasting
Yond du Lac
University of Wisconsin
Dodge County
Wisconsin Senate
United States Senate
Caproni flight sets world record from Newport News to Mineola
Lieut Emilio Resniati piloting a Caproni carried eight passengers from Newport News Virginia to Mineola New York in four hours and fifteen minutes setting a new world record. The flight averaged seventy two miles per hour with a cruising altitude around four thousand five hundred feet. Passengers included Captain Carlo Pappi head of the Italian Flying Commission in America Captain A W Hill Lieut W Pollack and Lieut James Fricson official photographer US Signal Corps. They endured severe cold despite heavy clothing.
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Lieut
Resnati
Newport News
Mineola
N. Y
Emilio Resniati
Caproni
Carlo Pappi
America
Aptain A. W. Hill
U.S. Artillery
Mr. W. Pollack
James Fricson
United States Signal Corps
War Totals and Global Movements Across Fronts
Armies total 38,000,000 bearing arms in global conflict with 27,500,000 for the Allies and 10,600,000 for the Central Powers. Zeppelin 149 downed by French aviators. American marines helped capture crew. Petrograd delegates publish a peace plan including neutralizing the Panama Canal and restoring German colonies. Hard coal trades at $65 a ton in Paris as Bulgaria seeks peace with the Allies while signaling loyalty to Germany.
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Russian Council of Soldiers and Workmen’s
Petrograd
Panama Canal
Paris
Bulgaria
Germany
British Premier Sees No Enduring Peace Yet
Lloyd George said no terms exist for lasting peace and called the coming inter allied conference with America the most important yet. A French worker with a shotgun captured a Zeppelin crew of nineteen after it was driven down in France. German landings on Verden peninsula and submarines seen in the Gulf of Finland are reported as Russian defenses evacuate Hepsal. The Russian fleet escaped the Gulf of Riga trap, while Zeppelins over France are said to be knocked down, signaling air superiority.
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Lloyd George
America
Esthenian
Moon Sound
Gulf of Riga
Germans Trap Russian Fleet in Baltic As Moon Island Falls
German dreadnoughts chased and shelled the Russian fleet in Moon Sound after sinking the Slava off Oesel. Moon Island surrendered, opening the Baltic coast to Kronstadt and Petrograd. About 19 000 Russians were captured on Oesel as German fleets pressed from the south and north.
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London
Moon Sound
Gulf of Rigs
Oesel Island
Moon Island
Baltic
Kronstadt
Petrograd
Kassar Bay
Pickets Send to Occoquan for Quiet Protests at White House
Four more White House pickets including Alice Paul are sent to Occoquan Workhouse. Miss Paul and Dr. Caroline Spencer receive six months plus thirty days on two counts for obstructing traffic at the White House gates. Gladys Greiner and Gertrude Crocker get thirty days as first offenders. Additional thirty day terms apply to four suffragists already serving six months.
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White House
Occoquan
Washington
Alice Paul
Miss Paul
Caroline Spencer
Colorado Springs
Gladys Greiner
Baltimore
Gertrude Crocker
Kinstlel
Germans Slay Prisoners in Escape Boats
Petrograd reports Esthenian escapees from Qoesel and Moon islands claim German forces load Russian prisoners into boats with no food, then fire and sink them at sea. The report notes immediate machine gun fire and total disappearance of the vessels.
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Boute
Petrograd
Qoesel
Moon Islands
Record Peanut Crop Urges Careful Harvest
The agricultural department warns the largest peanut crop in the nation will be harvested soon. With peanut oil widely used in cooking, officials stress careful handling to preserve quality despite abundance.
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Agricultural Department
Wahington
Department of Agriculture
Campaign in New Jersey War Time Narrows to Few Office Seeks
Nearly 100 candidates vie for five Newark commission seats as war priorities absorb voters. The piece notes scant campaigning, with emphasis on real governance over party machines, highlighting Newark and Camden counties, the Liberty Loan drive, and the move toward commission government to curb political manipulation.
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Commission
Trenton
New Jersey
Camden County
Legislative
Newark
Pearson Commission
Newark Board of Trade
United States
Citizens’ Movement
Newark enters new commission era with crowded race
About 100 candidates have filed for the five Newark commissioner seats in a November 31 special election under the new commission form. Initial calm contrasts with emerging alliances forming to group candidates, signaling organized blocs to influence the vote.
War era notes hit New Jersey in 1918 briefings
Newark calls for twelve thousand workers for Emergency Fleet Corporation. Trenton reports car shortages and storage holding of potato shipments. Efforts to recruit more women police jump in wartime Newark and Trenton. Sayreville powder plant incident leaves one dead. Trenton lauds agriculture bureau for easing food transport despite car shortages. New Brunswick reports fatality from Sayreville incident. The Y M C A and churches provide sleeping space for Camp Dix soldiers.
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Newark
United States Emergency Fleet Corporation
Trenton
State Department
Hannah F. Long
New Brunswick
Affaren Rejal
Sayreville
Anto Miller, Jr
Bureau of Markets
State Department of Agriculture
Court of Errors and Appeals
Trenton and
Mercer County Traction Corporation
Board of Public Utility Commissioners
M. E
First Presbyterian Church
Paulsboro
South Jersey
Millville
State Department of Health
Maurice River
Gloucester
Treasure and Trinket Club
The
Red Cross
Camden
Camden Lodge of Moose
Bridgeton
Deerfield
William H. Moore
Cumberland County
Moore
Greenwich Piers
H. C. Hitchner
Salem County
Gibbstown
Gloucester County
Gittsinger & Erasure
Wilmington
Vineland
Keighley
Clarksboro
Princeton
Princeton College
Irvington
Samuel K. Doolittle
Sullivan County
N. Y
Union College
Drew Theological Wminary
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New York City
J. Ross Stevenson
Presbyterian Synod of
N. J
Fritz Kuhn
George von Seebeck
la Follette
Alexis Carrel
Clinical College In
Clinical Congress of Surgeons of
North America
Jersey
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