Nation Confronts Severe Fuel Shortage Amid 24 Hour Demand
Washington reports fuel supply disruptions as factories run nonstop and rail traffic peaks. Coal car shortages threaten domestic and industrial use while mines limit output to rail capacity. Ohio officials probe car shortages. Cleveland acts to curb prices. municipal coal sales begin in Conneaut.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
United States Geological Survey
Columbus
State Public Utilities Commission
Ohio
Conneaut
Youngstown
Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company
Cleveland
Chamber of Commerce
Locher
The Chicago is launched in Milwaukee
The Chicago, the largest gas driven vessel on the Great Lakes, a capacious cruising yacht, was launched at the Great Lakes Boat Building Corporation yards for the United States Engineering department. Sixty seven feet long with quarters for officials, it will operate under Colonel C S Riche of Chicago with a 100 horsepower engine.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Great Lakes
Great Lakes Boat Building Corporation
United States Engineering Department
Chicago
C. S. Riche
St Louis Hosts Ad Club World Convention 1917
The executive committee has set June 3 through 7 for the Advertising Clubs of the World convention to be held in St. Louis. Delegates from member clubs will attend the event announcing plans and program details.
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St. Louis
The
Advertising Clubs of the World
Russian Attacks in Volhynia Halted by German Fire
Berlin reports massed Russian infantry assaults in Volhynia were stopped after unusually heavy artillery preparation. The German war office issued the update on October 31.
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Berlin
Volhynia
War Office
William Hughes Conscription Plan In Australia Defeated
Australian political scene pivots as William Hughes faces defeat over his conscription policy. Debates escalate as opposition parties claim victory, setting the stage for shifting government plans and potential constitutional repercussions.
Morons Attempt To Wreck Two Trains In Illinois
Bloodhounds traced three inmates of Lincoln State School and Colony for Feeble Mated in Lincoln to a planned train wreck between Peoria and Springfield. The boys confessed to placing spikes and stones on the rails to crush the cars. They were put on probation.
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Springfield
Ill
Illinois Traction System
Peoria
Lincoln State School
Lincoln
Tablet to Cap Kitchell Pana Ill Dedication Thing
Fifteen hundred people attended the dedication of a Grand Army and Woman's Relief Corps monument and memorial tablet in Kitchell Park Pana in memory of Captain John W Kitchell a former member of those orders He was Central Illinois greatest philanthropist He gave to Pana Kitchell Park valued at 50000 the Pana Rosemond Robert Little Brick paved road about four miles costing 75900 the Illinois Agricultural experiment station coal under six thousand acres and did many deeds of public benefit He died two years ago W H Calhoun of Decatur department commander of Illinois Grand Army delivered the address.
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Pana
Ill
Grand Army and Woman's Relief Corps
Kitchell Park
John W. Kitchell
Kitchell
Central Illinois
Pana-Rosemond Robert Little
Illinois Agricultural Experiment Station
W.H . Calhoun
Decatur
Ilinois Grand Army
Postmaster Arrested in Gilberts Shortage Case
Elgin Illinois reports Eugene F. Carroll postmaster at Gilberts faced arrest on charges of a money order shortage totaling 188.50 and 17.88 in stamp funds. Farmers trusted him for Chicago supplies, delivering money without receipts before goods failed to arrive. Post office inspectors investigated the case.
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Elgin
Ill
Eugene F. Carroll
Gilberts
Chicago
Carroll
Post Office
Farmer Hangs Himself In Barn Death at Franklin County
Daniel Franklin Nolen a farmer from Franklin county Benton Illinois hanged himself with a trace chain in his barn. He had a brother who used the same method about a year earlier and the incident is believed to have influenced his action.
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Benton, Ill
Daniel Franklin Nolen
Franklin County
Nolen
Tragic Train Death Of 19 Year Old Man
Alex Josephs aged nineteen died after attempting to board a moving Monon train at Rensselaer. He rode between the tender and engine to accompany a football team to Hammond, Maryland Navy. As the train stopped he tried to disembark and was crushed between the baggage car and tender.
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Hammond
Navy
Alex Josephs
Rensselaer
Romania Wins as Scandinavia Seeks Submarine Deal
From Bucharest to Petrograd and Berlin, reports recount Romanian forces repulsing Austro German attacks in Bratocea Mount Rosca and Prahova while Russians push in Volhynia. Allied gains come near Presba as Sweden Denmark seek to avert a rupture with Germany over submarines.
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Roumania
Scandinavia
Bucharest
von Falkenhayn
War Office
Bratocea
Mount Rosca
Jiul
Tulghes
Bicaz
Predelus
Prahova
Dragoslavele
Orsova
Washington
Sweden
Denmark
Norway
Germany
Harve
Wagner's Brother Dies in Canonsburg
Charles Wagner brother of John Honus Wagner died at his Canonsburg home after a brief pneumonia illness. He was the eldest of the three Wagner brothers Charles John H and Albert. Hans Wagner rushed by automobile from Carnegie to Canonsburg about twelve miles but Charles died before his arrival.
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Pittsburgh
Charles Wagner
John
Honus) Wagner
Canonsburg
Wagner Brothers
Charles
John H
Albert
Hans Wagner
Carnegie
Illinois reports 250000 auto licenses in ten months
Springfield Nov 1 Approximately 250000 automobile licenses have been issued by the secretary of state since January 1. The total for 1915 in twelve months was 230168, about 20000 fewer than the ten month total this year.
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Springfield
Fire accident burns man while starting coal oil blaze
Louis Carpenter, 35, of Columbus Indiana, tried to start a fire with coal oil when the can exploded. His trousers caught fire and he ran to a fire alarm box to summon help, then went back inside and smothered the flames with bedclothes. His legs and feet were severely burned.
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Columbus
Ind
Louis Carpenter
Carpenter
Von Bernstorff German Envoy Reassures United States
German envoy Prince Karl von Bernstorff seeks to ease US fears over U boats during wartime diplomacy. He stresses limited submarine warfare aims and pledges to observe international law while urging restraint amid rising tensions.
Venizelos Refused Allied Recognition Reported
London reports from Paris and Athens that the entente allies will not recognize the Venizelos movement and urge Parliament to demand reconsideration. The Morning Post cites fears of punishment for Venizelos supporters and argues the Venizelist party should not be betrayed to enemies.
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London
Morning Post
Paris
Athens
Venizelos
Post
Parliament
Allerether
Silies
Pioneer Pattern Maker Dead in New Albany
Edmund Kuhn aged 76, longtime pattern maker in a stove foundry, died in New Albany Indiana after fifty years of service. Weather: fair and warmer.
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New Albany
Ind
Edmund Kuhn
Willard Loses Title Spark Amid Law Enforcement Action
El Paso report states Jess Willard heavyweight champion lost his first bout since title win as authorities seized two cars and a goat claimed as his property. John Wyatt of First National Bank holds assets for 1800 dollars advanced during Willard training for Havana bout with Jack Johnson. Circus claims Big Jess had a cold.
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el Paso
Tex
Jess Willard
Willard
John Wyatt
First National Bank
Jess
Havana
Jack Johnson
Big Je&s
Willard Fighter Connected to Two Autos in Texas
Renowned boxer Jess Willard was reportedly involved in a Texas incident where two automobiles were attached to him. Police and witnesses provide limited details while investigators review the scene for potential charges or injuries.
Greek Royalists Clash with Venizelos Forces at Saloniki
In the first clash between Greek royalist troops and revolutionary forces backing the Venizelos government several soldiers were wounded. A battalion of revolutionary troops moving toward Saloniki was attacked by royalist forces at Guida.
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Saloniki
Venizelos
Guida
Injunction Bars Minister From St Pauls Lutheran Church
Terre Haute set in Oct 31 injunction bars Rev John Fredericks pastor and presiding elder from further church duties after trustees charged he soured on the congregation and attacked members from the pulpit. Fredericks denied the charges saying they stem from opposition to Lutheran constitution. he plans to leave the city to devote time to presiding elder duties and will not fight the case. Reinhart recently came to succeed him. Fredericks, also an attorney, defended himself in court.
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Terre Haute
Ind
John Fredericks
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Immanuel Synod
Evangelical Lutheran Church
Superior Court
Fredericks
J. P. Reinhart
Taylor
Tex
Reinhart
Limousine Gifted To Sunday Campaign Trip
Detroit November 1 Billy Sunday returned from a dry campaigning journey to find a limousine from a major automobile maker already waiting. He was nonetheless presented with the luxury car the same day in recognition of his campaign efforts.
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Detroit
Billy
Piint
U S Officials Seek Facts on Marina and Rowamore Sinking
Secretary of State Lansing orders inquiry through the American charge d affaires in Berlin into the sinking of the Marina and Rowanmore. He awaits sworn survivor testimony and notes no American lives lost in Rowanmore while the Marina losses may be higher. Six Americans reported lost on the Marina with fifty-one saved.
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Lansing
Marina
Rowanmore
Washington
Berlin
Rowsamore
State Department
Frost
Queenstown
Wilson
Shadow Lawn
England
Germany
United States
Fairness and Justice
Marina Returne
London
Press Association
Thomas
Jon Brown
Robertson
Middleton
Miller
Nevis
Burglars Take Poor Fund From Three Stores
FRA NKEPORT IND Nov 1 Burglars pilfered about thirty dollars intended for the poor raised by a bazar. The Ladies Aid Society of Mulberry reported the loss after burglars entered three stores during the night taking twenty dollars from Leo's Mercantile and other miscellaneous cash.
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Frankeport
Ind
Ladies’ Aid Seciuty of
Mulberry
Leos Merchanta
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