Torpedo Tests and Ship Sinking Reported in Atlantic Actions
The transport Finland was torpedoed while returning to the United States but sailed to port under its own power with limited damage and unclear casualties. Separately, the British steamship East Wales, 4321 tons, was torpedoed off Queenstown on October 14 with 51 aboard. four killed and four wounded as submarines shelled lifeboats and destroyed steering gear before the ship sank.
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Finland
United States
Navy Department
Daniels
Navy
Army Transport Service
New York
International Mercantile Marine Company
Red Star
Philadelphia
Atlantic
East Wales
Queenstown
George W Finnegan
Baltimore
England
Southampton
The
Canned Goods Prices to Fall Under Food Administration Rules
The food administration announced an immediate price drop on canned vegetables once wholesale dealers enter the license system. Dealers charging excessive profits risk license forfeiture. retailers will also face controls. The drive aims to curb price gouging as over 8.5 million American women pledge to conserve food. Michigan leads signups, with New York City and New Jersey also contributing large totals. The Norwegian government handed its sugar stock to the administration for distribution. The War Trade Board restricts corn exports without licenses. New York City gains authority to buy and sell food and fuel in bulk to supply retailers.
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Washington
The
Food Administration
Michigan
California
New Jersey
New York City
U. S
War Trade Board
New York
John Mitchell
Dodge brothers win suit against Ford over dividends
In Detroit on November 1 Judge George Hosmer ruled in favor of John F. Dodge and Horace E. Dodge in a suit against Ford Motor Company and Henry Ford. The court required Ford to disburse accumulated dividends to the stockholders rather than reinvesting the funds in the business.
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Detroit
Mich
Ford Motor Company
Henry Ford
John F. Dodge
Horace E. Dodge
Ford
Dodge Brothers
George §. Hosmer
Circuit Court
Iowa Schoolteacher Irene Conrad Dies in Iowa City
Irene Conrad a Cedar Rapids public school teacher who vanished with Paul Meade six weeks earlier and was found near death in a Chicago apartment died at University Hospital Iowa City from brain tumor and paralysis. Her brother discussed Meade’s prosecution for enticing his sister from home with Chicago police.
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Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Irene Conrad
Paul Meade
Chicago
University Hospital
Iowa City
Meade
Chile Stands Neutral Despite Sympathy for Brazil
Dispatches from Santiago report Chile will remain neutral despite bonds of sympathy with Brazil. The Nov 1 message notes Chilean policy and regional tensions shaping its stance in the current crisis.
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Chile
Buenos Aires
Santiago
Brazil
Beersheba Taken by British Forces in Palestine
Beersheba, the southernmost town of significance in Palestine, has fallen to British forces, official reports say. The city, once a Roman market town with a large garrison, now hosts a new settlement southwest of the old site with about 2,000 inhabitants and a post and telegraph office.
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Beersheba
Palestine
Dan
Nebrew
Maine
California
Abraham
Isaac
Esau
Elijah
Jezebel
Birelseba
Von Hertling Accepts Post as German Chancellor
Berlin dispatches say Emperor William welcomed Count Georg von Hertling who then accepted the imperial chancellorship and premier of Prussia. Dr Karl Helfferich and Herr von Waldow resigned. Friedrich von Payer may be appointed vice chancellor. Vice Admiral von Capelle’s resignation as navy minister reportedly not accepted.
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Amsterdam
Berlin
Cologne
William
Georg von Hertling
von Hertling
Prussia
Karl Helfferich
Herr von Waldow
German Food Regulation Board
Friedrich von Payer
Reichstag
von Capelle
Treasury Advances $435 Million to Britain in 1917 Loans
Washington reports a credit of 435 million dollars to Great Britain by the treasury covering British expenditures in the United States through January 1, 1918. This increases total loans to Great Britain to 1.86 billion and total loans to the allies rise accordingly.
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Washington
Great Britain
Treasury
Alfonso Names Maura Chief
Madrid reports King Alfonso asked Antonio Maura former premier to form a cabinet Maura a leader of the conservative party is tasked with forming the new government
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Alfonso
Maura
Madrid
Antonio Maura
Senor Maura
Conservative
Omaha May Go Without Cake
Omaha bakers warn they may stop baking cakes unless the sugar supply improves in a few days. Local industry sources cite shortages affecting production and消费.
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Omaha
Omaha, Neb
Retreat in Russia expands as front lines shift
Petrograd reports another withdrawal of German troops on the northern Russian front while Russian torpedo boats sink a Turkish torpedo boat and destroy two Turkish steamers and a naval battery in Inada Bay near the Bosporus. The provisional government imposes strict measures on two recalcitrant provinces Finland and Ukrainia.
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Petrograd
War Office
Inada Bay
Black Sea
Bosporus
Finland
Ukrainia
Ship Building Warned By Labor Shortage
Atlantic coast steel ship builders in conference with government officials warned that a labor shortage threatens the national shipping construction program. They said naval and merchant tonnage production will be seriously impeded unless 800,000 workers can be drawn from other industries.
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Washington
Atlantic Coast Steel Ship Builders
Lonely Girl Leaps to Death in Michigan Trust Building
Grand Rapids authorities report Ethel Peters a stenographer leaped from the ninth floor of the Michigan Trust company building. The Dayton Ohio native had lived in Grand Rapids about two years and friends say loneliness led her to threaten suicide.
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Ethel Peters
Grand Rapids, Mich
Michigan Trust Company
G. M. Peters
Dayton
Notice to Army Slackers
Provost Marshal General Crowder notified all governors of amendments to the selective service regulations, ensuring immediate army duty for those convicted of failing to register.
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Crowder
Washington
London Air Raid Reports Three Raiders Reach City Heart
About thirty German airplanes took part in a night raid on London. Three aircraft penetrated to the heart of London causing eight deaths and twenty one injuries. Clouds hindered decisive engagements as groups were dispersed along the Thames estuary and Kent and Essex coasts.
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London
Lord French
Thames
Home Defense Forces
Kent
Essex
Hertling declines post as German chancellor
Berlin dispatches report Count Georg von Hertling refused the German chancellorship due to lack of Reichstag support. Other versions claim he demanded Doctor Michaelis be dropped, sought time to confer with party leaders, or avoided provoking new strife with Socialists opposed to him.
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Amsterdam
Georg von Hertling
Berlin
Michaelis
Count von Hertling
Allied troops reach Italy in renewed push on Tagliamento
English and French expeditionary forces are rushed to bolster Cadorna’s line on the Tagliamento as German and Austro German troops press along the Italian front. Reports say 30,000 German soldiers and two generals were killed at the Bainsizza plateau while 180,000 prisoners and 1,500 guns have been taken in the wider advance.
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Washington
Navy
Cadorna
Tagliamento
Mackensen
Carmic Alps
von Krobatin
Italy
Wash Neton
Bainsizza
Paris
Berlin
German War Office
Teuton Fourteenth Army
Dignano
Codrolpo
Lower
Taglamento
Woman Roosevelt for Dead in White House Ejection Fire
Mrs. Minor Hull Morris, once at the center of a White House ejection during Roosevelt's first term, was burned to death in the rooming house where she lived. Reports say she was found wrapped in flames with unclear cause of the fire.
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Minor Morris
Washington
Minor Hull Morris
White House
Roosevelt
Elgin Butter Board Closes at Hoover's Request
The Elgin Board of Trade, long the Middle West butter price setter, is closed for the war duration by Hoover's request. Hoover said market conditions would not govern butter prices during the war.
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Hoover
Chicago
Herbert S. Hoover
Elgin Board of Trade
Middle West
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