Finland Torpedo Attack Reports No Life Loss On Return
The transport Finland was torpedoed while returning from foreign waters but made port under its own steam. Officials say damage was slight and no casualties are confirmed. the ship had been escorted and carries 12 806 gross tons with 257 crew, built in Philadelphia in 1902. Meanwhile German submarines sank the British steamer East Wales off Queenstown on October 14, with 4 dead and 4 wounded among 51 aboard.
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Dodge brothers win suit against Ford on dividend disbursement
Detroit Nov 1 The suit by John F. Dodge and Horace E. Dodge against Ford Motor Company and Henry Ford to force dividend payments to stockholders was decided in favor of the Dodge brothers. Judge George S. Hosmer announced the ruling in circuit court.
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Horace E. Dodge
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George S. Hosmer
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Iowa Teacher Irene Conrad Dies in Iowa City
Irene Conrad public school teacher who vanished from Cedar Rapids with Paul Meade an efficiency expert and was found nearly dead in Chicago died at University hospital Iowa City from brain tumor and paralysis. Her brother conferred with Chicago police on Meade case charging enticement.
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Cedar Rapids
Irene Conrad
Paul Meade
Chicago
University Hospital
Iowa City
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Chile Stands Neutral Amid Brazil Sympathy
Dispatches from Santiago say that despite strong sympathy with Brazil, Chile will remain neutral. The report notes Chilean policymakers aim to avoid entanglements while supporting regional stability and trade relations.
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Buenos Aires
Santiago
Brazil
Beersheba Taken by British forces in Palestine
Beersheba, the southern end of Palestine, has fallen to British control according to official reports. Once a notable market town with a large garrison, Beersheba now hosts a fledgling town named Birelseba about southwest of the ancient site, with a population around 2,000 and growing trade.
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California
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Isaac
Esau
Talijah
Jezebel
Birelseba
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Balosizza
Cadorna
Ndivines
Paris
Hertling Accepts Post as German Chancellor and Prussian Premier
Berlin dispatches report Emperor William has appointed Count Georg von Hertling as imperial chancellor and Prussian premier. Karl Helfferich will be interior minister and vice chancellor, with von Waldow resigning from the food regulation board. Friedrich von Payer to become vice chancellor. von Capelle’s navy resignation not yet accepted.
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Herr von Waldow
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Friedrich von Payer
Reichstag
von Capelle
Britain Receives $435 Million Treasury Credit
Washington announces a treasury credit of 435 million dollars to Great Britain to cover its expenditures in the United States through January 1, 1918. The move brings total loans to Britain to 1.86 billion dollars and to the Allies to 38.5664 billion dollars.
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Great Britain
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Alfonso Names Maura Chief
King Alfonso asks Antonio Maura, former premier and Conservative leader, to form a cabinet in Madrid as of November 2.
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Madrid
Antonio Maura
Senor Maura
Conservative
Omaha May Go Without Cake
Omaha bakers warn they may stop baking cakes if the sugar shortage does not improve in a few days. Local officials reported the impact of the sugar situation on bakery operations in Omaha Nebraska.
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Omaha, Neb
Canned Goods Cheaper as License System Expands
The Food Administration plans immediate price cuts on canned vegetables with a wholesale license system. Dealers overcharging will face license forfeiture. retailers face controls as licenses are issued. Nearly 3.5 million American women join the pledge, with Michigan leading in signed cards. The Norwegian government hands its sugar stock to the agency for distribution. Export of corn restricted. licenses required before shipments to overseas buyers.
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New York City Granted Authority to Buy and Sell Food
John Mitchell state food commissioner granted permission to New York city authorities to buy and sell food and fuel. The materials will be immediately bought in trains and lots and sold to retail dealers.
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New York City
New York
John Mitchell
Retreat in Russia sinks Turkish vessels in Black Sea clash
Russian torpedo boats destroyed a Turkish torpedo boat and two steamers at Inada bay near the Bosporus during a Black Sea battle. The Russian war office reported this action as part of ongoing northern front withdrawals and intensified government repression in Finland and Ukraine amid autonomy movements.
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Ukrainia
Shipbuilders warn labor shortage threatens U S ship program
Washington naval officials and Atlantic coast steel ship builders warned that the national shipping construction program faces a serious menace from a labor shortage. They said production of naval and merchant tonnage could be seriously impeded unless 200,000 workers are drawn from other industries.
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Nav
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London Air Raid Reports Three Luftwaffe Reach City Center
London officials say about thirty German planes attacked in seven groups last night. Three reached central London with bombs, causing eight deaths and twenty one injuries though overall damage was slight. Lord French noted clouds hindered engagements and seven raiders were sighted offshore.
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Essex
Allied troops reach Italy as German forces press drive
English and French rush to bolster Cadorna on the Tagliamento front as Austro German forces push through the Italian lines. Berlin reports 180000 prisoners, 1500 guns taken, and bridgeheads at the Tagliamento secured with thousands captured.
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Lonely girl leaps to death in Michigan Trust building
Ethel Peters a stenographer leaped from the ninth floor of the Michigan Trust company building in Land Rapids Michigan. She was the daughter of G M Peters of Dayton Ohio and had lived in the city about two years. Friends say she threatened suicide over loneliness.
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Michigan Trust Company
G. M. Peters
Dayton
Notice to Army Slackers Impending Service
Provost Marshal General Crowder informed all governors of amendments to selective service rules ensuring immediate army duty for those convicted of failing to register.
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Washington
Hertling declines post chancellorship amid Reichstag doubts
Amsterdam reports Count Georg von Hertling has refused the German chancellorship due to lack of majority support in the Reichstag. Alternate accounts suggest demands to remove Doctor Michaelis, requests for party leader conferrals, or a delay to consult colleagues. The prevailing view ties his decision to Socialist opposition and fear of new Reichstag strife.
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Georg von Hertling
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Count von Hertling
Woman Roosevelt for Dead
Mrs. Minor Hall Morris who sparked a national uproar with a forcible ejection from the White House during President Roosevelt's first term died in a rooming house fire. She was found wrapped in flames and the cause remains unknown.
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Washington
Minor Hall Morris
White House
Roosevelt
Elgin Butter Board Closed During War
Chicago November 2 The Elgin Board of Trade once used to set butter prices in the Midwest has been closed for the duration of the war by order of 1600d Administrator Herbert Hoover Hoover said market conditions would not govern butter prices during the war The move ends the board's long run as the price setting agency for butter in the region.
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War Trade Board
Chicago
Herbert S. Hoover
Elgin Board of Trade
Middle West
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