Army in Mexico Withdrawn From Vera Cruz
President Wilson ordered U S forces to depart Vera Cruz once Mexican authorities take charge. The move follows Fuller and Carranza talks signaling a shift to stabilize Mexico under Carranza. American assets including National Railways face constitutionalist control, risking bonds held in the U S as 4,000 regulars and 3,200 Marines leave port.
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Washington
Wilson
United States
Vera Cruz
Paul Fuller
New York
John Lind
Mexico
Gen
Carranza
Mexico City
State Department
National Railways
27 Perish In Frisco Wreck Near Lebanon Missouri
In a cloudburst two miles west of Lebanon Missouri a St Louis and San Francisco westbound passenger train plunged into a swollen gully. Twenty seven people drowned, eighteen injured. The wreck occurred on a 12 foot embankment swept away by flood water. Fireman J H Stockstill was killed. engineer uninjured. The locomotive and several cars toppled into the torrent as passengers slept in the chair car and smoking car.
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St. Louis
San Francisco
Lebanon
Ozark Hil
J. H. Stockstill
Peace Meeting for Chicago At Auditorium October 4
A monster mass meeting will be held at the Auditorium Sunday afternoon October 4 under the auspices of the Chicago Peace Society to pray for cessation of the war in Europe. Bishop Fallows will preside and all denominations will participate. Speaker Champ Clark has been invited.
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Chicago
Chicago Peace Society
Europe
Wilson
Fallows
Reformed Episcopal Church
Champ Clark
Irish Home Rule Suspensory Bills Passed by Parliament
King George attached his signature to the Irish Home Rule and Welsh Church Disestablishment suspensory measures, with both Houses prorogued to Oct 27. The royal speech announced war but framed it as a just, necessary struggle, and cheers greeted the bills amid dramatic gallery singing and political exchanges.
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London
George
Westminster Palace
House of Lords
Viscount Haldane
House of Commons
John H. Whitely
Lords and Gentlemen
Europe
Will Crooks
Mr. Crooks
Ireland
John Redmond
England
Desperadoes End After Cave Surrender Standoff
In Johannesburg a gang led by Jackson, linked to General de la Rey’s killing, hid in a East Rand cave as police surrounded it. Jackson’s wife entered to collect surrender, was shot by Jackson, and the leader with two others killed themselves.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
Federal aid in gold pool proposed after bank conference
After an all day meeting between the Federal Reserve Board and bankers a plan to raise a 100 million dollar gold fund was nearly approved to meet American obligations to Europe. This would add to the 80 million raised by New York bankers to cover New York City obligations across the Atlantic. About 25 million may be sought immediately with confidence it will cover demands.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Bankers
Eurgpe
New York
Train bandit pleads guilty to murder in New Haven hold up
Charles Steward Parnell of Brooklyn pleaded guilty to murder in the second degree for a July 25 railroad hold up near New York. He shot three passengers on an New York New Haven & Hartford express train from Boston, and received a sentence of not less than 20 years in prison.
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New Haven
New York
Charles Steward Parnell
Brooklyn
New Haven & Hartford
Boston
New York City
Parnell
Airship Patrols Paris During German Bombardment
A French military dirigible hovered above Paris to locate German airships that repeatedly crossed the city dropping bombs. Parisians watched the sky cruiser as crowds gathered in the ruined Paris and Londain cathedral area and treated air raids as amusement due to repeated sightings.
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Paris
Played Her Part in History Queen Carolina Maria of Naples
Carolina Maria, queen of Naples, who held a prominent role in European politics, died in Vienna about a century ago. Daughter of Empress Maria Theresa, she married Ferdinand at sixteen and steered his mind toward opposition to Bonaparte, leading to their expulsion from Naples in 1806. Her daughter married Francis I, emperor of Austria.
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Carolina Maria
Naples
Vienna
Maria Theresa of
Austria
Ferdinand
the Two Sicilies
Bonaparte
Francis I
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Desperadoes
France
Great Britain
Ostend
Namur
Havre
British Flying Corps
John French
Flying Corps
Louvain’s
Louvain
Bright
J. J. Gelsa
Doan's
Foster-Milburn CO
Buffalo
Elie
Carter
W.N. UU
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