Spies Cause Big Baltimore Fire at Five Piers
Fire on the Baltimore water front destroyed two piers and a British steamship with an estimated 5 million dollar loss. German agents are blamed. one man died, several missing, and explosive cargo burned as crews battled flames across five locations.
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Baltimore
Department of Justice
Michael J. Hand
Furniss- Withy Company, Ltd
Bromley
General Pershing
France
Pier 8
Pier 9
Army Officer Freed of Charge of Murder Acquittal in Piper case
Captain William J. Condon of the U S Reserve Medical Corps was acquitted in New Brunswick New Jersey of the murder of John V Piper whose body was found in shrubs fifteen miles from the city four months after his disappearance last winter. Piper had done odd jobs at the Condons and left to collect money owed for work on the home. Condon was arrested at the Medical Officers Reserve Corps camp at Fort Ogilthorpe Georgia shortly after the body was found.
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William J. Condon
U.S. Reserve Medical Corps
New Brunswick
N. J
John V. Piper
Piper
Condon
Doctor Condon
Medical Officers’ Reserve Corps
Fort Ogelthorpe
Swell in Natal Drowns 1000 Indian Natives
A Durban to Johannesburg dispatch reports four months of heavy rain ending in a storm that washed over the Springfield flats. The Umgeni river surged and submerged the area, drowning many people. Central News notes up to a thousand British Indian natives are believed dead.
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London
Natal
South Africa
Reuter
Durban
Umegenia
Springfield Flats
Central News
Johannesburg
Kerensky suspends death penalties at the front
Rabotechnya Gazeta quotes a Telegram from Premier Kerensky ordering a suspension of death sentences on the front until further orders. Ex-minister Protopopoff has been moved from the fortress to a hospital for ill health, amid a threatening mob outside.
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Petrograd
Rabotechnya Gazeta
Kerensky
Alexander D. Protopopoff
St. Peter and St. Paul
Spaniards' Cabinet Plan Falls as Toca Steps Back
Madrid reports Joaquin Sanchez Toca, former senate president, abandoned his bid to form a new Spanish cabinet after being charged in the task by King Alfonso. The setback ends the effort to assemble a governing group.
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Madrid
Joaquin Sanchez Toca
Senate
Alfonso
Canadians Break Through at Passchendaele Front
In mud and shellfire the Canadian units pushed toward Passchendaele, breaching Bavarian defenses along the Broodseinde Passchendaele ridge. Heavy counter-attacks were repulsed by artillery and machine guns as British efforts faltered elsewhere on the Flanders front.
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London
Ypres
Haig
Paris
Argonne
War Office
Aisne
Belgium
Rupprecht
Bavaria
Passchendaele
Canada
Meetcheele
Bellevue
Masselmarkt
Berlin
Flanders
Plans for War Saving Certificates at $4.10 Beginning Dec 1
Washington reports that war savings certificates will be issued at 4.10 each redeemable in five years for 5. The price will rise by one cent each month, reflecting the large 2 billion dollar issue maturing together. An elaborate system of cards and stamps will track government indebtedness.
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Washington
Frank A. Vanderlip
Treasury Department
Tozzi Sees Tagliamento Battle as War Turning Point
General Pasquale Tozzi head of the Italian mission in Washington declares the Tagliamento battle epochal and a turning point in the war. He and Italian officials urge rapid Allied aid with more ships and immediate supplies of food coal and steel. The Rome government and embassy echo the stance as America pledges help against the Teutonic invasion.
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Tozzi
Tagliamento
Washington
America
Italy
Pasquale Tozzi
Count Macchi di Cellere
State Department
Verdun
Carnie
Cadorna
Isonzo
Milk Price War Shifts to 12 Cents a Quart in Chicago
Chicago milk markets move to 12 cents per quart retail as Bowman Dairy and others cut wholesale to 3 dollars per hundredweight. Producers demand October level of 3.42, with counties in Illinois Indiana and Wisconsin resisting. Elgin butter board to be permanently closed per agreement with food administration.
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Chicago
Bowman Dairy Company
Kee & Chapell
Borden Farm Products Company
Boone
Winnebago
Melleury
Lrgin
Et¢In Milk Producers’ Association
Washington
Food Administration
Kigin Butter Board
Department of Agriculture Bureau of Meats
Borden Company
Ilinois
Indiana
Wisconsin
J.J. Putnam
Milk Producers’ Association
Chapell
Tie
Elgin Butter Board
United States
Childs
Elgin Board
Decisive fighting opens on the Venetian plains in Italy
Rome reports General Cadorna saved both Italian armies south of Tolmino as Austro German forces push toward the Tagliamento. The first clash on the Tagliamento river signals battles likely rivaling the Marne with Italians and Austro German troops exchanging engagements along hills and canals.
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Cadorna
Tolmino
Rome
War Office
London
Tagliamento
Udine
San Daniele
Marne
Italy
Zurich
Gorritz
Hallam
St. Daniele del Prufri
Ledra Canal
Italian War Office
TSO
Boots for Belgium's Army
Through the council for national defense a contract has been awarded for the supply of 15 000 pairs of boots to the Belgian army. Most rubber boot and shoe manufacturers will suspend 45 days the execution of private and foreign contracts to devote productive power to equipment of the American army.
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Washington
Council For National Defense
Detained Scandinavian Ships In Buenos Aires
Many Scandinavian ships remain docked in Buenos Aires as sailing is blocked by missing allied permits. Cargoes are alleged to be consigned to blacklisted firms and port authorities grapple with the restrictions.
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Buenos Aires
May conscript workmen in shipyards discussed
Washington reports an emergency fleet conference between Atlantic coast builders and leaders from the navy labor department AFL and emergency fleet to speed up ship construction. Officials warn a labor shortage may force drastic conscription unless relieved promptly.
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Washington
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Navy Department
Department of Labor
American Federation of Labor
Mutiny in German troops at Beverloo camp Belgium
Les Nouvelles reports a serious mutiny among German soldiers at Beverloo camp Belgium. Troops refused front duty, damaged rifles, some fired on officers wounding several. Mutineers were suppressed and removed on cattle trucks. The Brouchet frontier guard allegedly deserted October 15.
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Amsterdam
Les Nouvelles
Beverloo
Belgium
Brouchet
Pacifist Herbert Bigelow Beaten Near Divrence Ky
Herbert B Bigelow leader of the People's church in Cincinnati and a Socialist, was horsewhipped by men in Ku Klux attire near Divrence Kentucky on Sunday night. He suffers severe nervous shock and injuries. He is hospitalized and reported resting under opiates with serious condition.
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Cincinnati
Herbert
Bigelow
People’s Church of Cinccinnati
People's Council For Democracy and Terms of Peace
Dlvrence
Marines Ready to Go to France Next
Secretary of the Navy Daniels announced after inspecting the Marine Corps at Quantico that America’s first to fight are ready and would be the next unit to depart for France.
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Washington
America
German word for land battleship in war dispatches
Washington reports thirty five letters spell a German term meaning a machine for suppressing shooting trenches. The official dispatches translate the phrase as schutzen grabenvernichtung automobile, equated to the four letter English tank in use during the war.
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Washington
Schutzen Grabenvernichtung Automobile
Snowy Start Hopes for Sleighing in Minnesota
Snow covers southeast Minnesota with four to six inches of depth as Winona reports. Forecasters say sleighing may begin if temperatures drop below freezing, lifting winter hopes in the region.
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Winona
Minn
Minnesota
Capital Goes Dry in Washington Halloween Mourning
Washington marked Halloween under a dry regime as saloons closed at midnight ending a century of continuous operation. Schoemaker's hosted a final gathering of officials used to their daily nip, Gerstenberg's shifts to soft drinks, and several venues posted For rent signs. Hotels were crowded with dinners as liquor departed the capital.
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Washington
Schoemaker’s
Gerstenberg’s
Cathedral Glass Replaced in Cologne for Air Raid Safety
Amsterdam reports German newspapers say Cologne cathedral is replacing stained glass windows with plain glass as a precaution against air raids.
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Amsterdam
Cologne
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Board of Censors
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National Defense Council
Kaiser
Kentucky
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