Antilles Sunk by German Sub. 70 Out of 217 Lost
Western Newspaper Union News Service reports the American troop transport Antilles was torpedoed and sunk off an Atlantic port on Oct. 17 while returning from France. Seventy sailors and soldiers perished. sixteen army enlisted men and forty seven crewmen remain missing pending muster roll checks in France. Officers aboard were saved.
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Washington
Antilles
France
Navy Department
Army
Navy
Daniels
Move Slavic Capital to Moscow in World War Update
London reports the Russian capital ordered moved to Moscow as German forces engage in Moon Sound battles. Petrograd cites ninety German warships, with landings on Dago island and torpedo boat losses in minefields. Evacuations near Reval begin while British French artillery pound German positions in Belgium. German airships raid northeast England but are driven off. Financial notes cover Liberty Loan fundraising, McAdoo’s Denver speeches and subs totaling over 4.4 million. Bulgarian peace overtures surface as talks with Entente emerge, while ex King Constantine of Greece nears death. A proclamation marks Liberty Day on Oct 24.
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London
England
Moscow
Petrograd
Moon Sound
Dago Island
Reval
Gulf of Finland
Belgium
Menin Road
Zonnebeke
Shipyard Men Agree on 20 Percent Pay Increase
Western Newspaper Union News Service reports concessions by employers and strikers lead to an agreement for Portland shipyards to resume work on open shop terms. About 7,000 or more strikers are to return with no discrimination against union members, wages remaining at current levels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western
Union News Service
Portland
Ore
Federal Adjustment Board
Mints Run 24-Hour Basis to Meet Silver Demand
Washington reports a feverish demand for silver coins as mints nationwide shift to around-the-clock production. Officials say this is unprecedented in the nation’s history as coin supply is stretched to meet circulation needs.
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Basle
Washington
Strike Closes Forty Coal Mines in Illinois
Central and southern Illinois suffer a mass mine shutdown with 12 000 to 15 000 miners out of work after a Tuesday strike. The report notes Springfield and Newark Ohio stories of bank robbery, New Mexico bean crop estimates, and milk price conspiracy indictments.
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Springfield
Illinois
New Mexico
State Council of Defense
Onion
Secretary von Kuhlmann tipped as next German chancellor
United States may attend wartime conference in Paris as talks whirl. Berlin signals hints of military backing for Chancellor Michaelis while Berlin's foreign affairs calm. Germany aims for Balkan peace, Romania and Serbia focus, signs suggest internal shifts. Neutral nations warned of harsher war burdens after recent London conference outcomes.
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Washington
United States
Germany
Paris
Lansing
Amsterdam
Tyd
Berlin
von Kuehlmann
George Michaelis
Marine von Capelle
Michaelis
Vienna
Lloyd George
Asquith
Ribot
Czernin
Europe
London
White Sox Crowned 1917 World Baseball Champions
Polo Grounds New York Oct 16 The Chicago White Sox defeated the New York Giants 4 to 2 to clinch the 1917 world championship after also beating New York 8 to 6 in a later game. Earlier Chicago won games in their home park. Three killed in Union Pacific boiler explosion near Laramie injures none. Telegraph supervisor Hammil named Chicago superintendent. Illinois coal miners go on strike.
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Polo Grounds
New York
Chicago White Sox
New York Giants
Giants
Sox
Chicago
Cheyenne
Union Pacific
Laramie
Edward H. Cummings
David C. Kendall
Alfred E. Waddell
Japan to Build Thirty Submarine Boats Next Year
Tokyo announces that Japan will construct thirty submarine boats next year. The plan signals a major naval expansion and aligns with broader pacific defense goals.
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Japan
Tokyo
Germans Take French Women From Lille to Work for Them
Germans remove French women and young girls from Lille Roubaix Tourcoing Croix and nearby areas to employ them. Only women without children and young girls are chosen for labor assignments.
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Amsterdam
Lille
Roubaix
Tourcing
Croix
Ford Buys $6,000,000 Liberty Loan Bonds
Henry Ford contributed $6,000,000 and the Ford Motor Company made a similar contribution to the Liberty Loan drive in Detroit. The notable pledge underscores industrial backing for the war finance effort and highlights leadership from the Ford enterprise in funding national defense initiatives.
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Ford
Detroit
Henry Ford
Ford Motor Company
Marshall to Tour Colorado Speaking on War Aims
Vice President Thomas R. Marshall will begin a nationwide speaking tour in Colorado on October 29 to explain why America entered the war and what is needed to win. He will visit Ault Grand Junction Kemmerer Boise Aberdeen Tacoma Seattle Walla Walla Pomeroy Lewiston Moscow Spokane Lewiston Butte and other cities through November 22.
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America
Union News Service
Denver
Thomas R. Marshall
Colorado
Arizona
Mark Thistlewaite
Washington
Ault
Colo
Grand Junction
Kemmerer
Wyo
Boise
Idaho
Aberdeen
Wash
Tacoma
Seattle
Walla Walla
Pomeroy
Lewiston
Moscow
Spokane
Mont
Butte
Mutiny and naval battles spark amid WWI action
Reports from Petrograd Copenhagen and Washington recount a Russian battle in the Gulf of Riga sinking of the Slava, German captures on Oesel island, mutinies by German sailors at Ostend, and clashes between Austrian and German crews. A Japanese crew sighted a British destroyer sinking a German submarine.
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Petrograd
Gulf of Riga
War Office
Berlin
Oesel
Kassar Bay
Oesel Island
Washington
Pola
Austria
French Premier Painleve Imp president Alsace Claim
Berlin correspondent reports an exchange with Emperor William during a Balkans trip. The emperor, after hearing Painleve’s first speech as French premier, quips that Painleve wants Alsace Lorraine and adds he must come and take it. Also notes global war costs and KC stockyards fire losses including cattle and hogs.
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Alsace
Kaleser
London
Berlin
Lokal Anzeiger
William
Balkans
Prof. Painleve
M. Painleve
Alsace-Lorraine
Wilson Sends Message to Leader in Petrograd
American ambassador David R. Francis met Mme Catherine Breshkovskaya in Petrograd to deliver a telegram from President Wilson dated October 12 expressing confidence in Russia’s intelligence. Separately, 1298 black cavalry troops at Fort Huachuca subscribed 130,450 to the second Liberty Loan.
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Wilson
Petrograd
David R. Francis
Mme
Catherine Breshkovskaya
Russia
Negro Regiment
Biabee
Aziz
Negro Cavalry
Fort Huachuca
Silver and gold exports from Mexico reach $1 461 798 in May to July
Mexico City reports that in May June and July this year silver and gold valued at 1,461,798.85 were exported from Mexico. In Washington First Lieut. A. Graham medical officer reserve corps attached to British forces was severely wounded in the thigh by a gunshot. Gen. Pershing advised the War Department without giving details.
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Mexico City
Mexico
Washington
A. Graham
Pershing
War Department
First Guizzard Reported at Butte on Snowy Morning
Monte-Butte residents report season's first bussard on a Wednesday with a light snow. At 9 AM the temperature stood at 36 degrees as cold air settled over the city.
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Butte
Monte
Liberty bonds purchases by soldiers and employees
Washington reports Liberty bond sales by American soldiers and army civilians exceed 32 million dollars. National Army camps subscribed 10.6 million and National Guard camps 9.2 million. Average per soldier in the National Army is 24.62 dollars while guardsmen average 33.30. Overall average per capita across all thirty one camps is 20.97.
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Washington
Army
National Army
National Guard
Denver
Torado
Nebraska Upland
Colo
Neb
Gunnison Valley
Idve Poultry
F.C.B. Denver
Eetewwentawe
Brollers
Seeewene
Neuers
Young
TVOE
Milan
Hutter
Eenenennes Pearle
Late market items show mixed commodity prices and livestock quotes
The market listing records fluctuating prices across metals, hides, tungstens, copper, lead, and silver, with quotations for butter, potatoes, and poultry. It notes cattle categories including native and western steers, stockers, feeders, and calves, alongside regional price ranges and freight highlights.
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U. S
Union News Bervice
Atlantic
Liberty Loan
Secretary of the Treasury
William G. McAdoo
Liberty Loan Army
Copenhagen
Ferdinand
Bulgaria
Sofia
Bularia
Black
Greene
Redd
Greensburg
Ind
Herbert Greene
Della Redd
Henry Black
Greece
Zurich
Matio
Constantine
Gunter
Dearer
William G. M’adoo
Canada
Ottawa
Ont
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
Order of Railway Conductors
Brotherhoods
Brooklyn
Kenton
Villa
Juarez
Torreon
Chihuahua
Yoggs
Ohio Bank
Newark
Ohio
Harry Pearce
Granville Bank
Gregory Potter
Wigin
Lebostation
Canapir Say
U. 6
Council OF the Nations
von Kuhlmann
Western Newspaper Union News Service
Fremdenblatt
Hamburg
Romania
Serbia
Frederick H. Hammil
Chicago & Northwestern Railroad
Union Pacific Railroad
Hilnols
St. Louis
Ilinois
Marshall
Norwegian Foreign Office
Barbro
Bay of Biscay
Ostend
Belgisch Dagblad
Bruges
Pacific
Riga Gulf
National Bank of
Great Britain
K. C
Kansas City
George R. Colett
Stockyards Company
Orn Newspaper
ETE
Duluth
Minn
Otato
Pete Tal
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