Italian advance nears Trieste in Carso offensive
Rome reports Cadorna pushes on after fresh gains south of Gorizia. Italians allegedly reach within about twelve miles of Trieste with 8,000 Austrians taken and thousands more prisoners. Austrian losses acknowledged. still, forces hold positions on the plateau as air and naval actions continue along the Adriatic.
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London
Carso
Gorizia
Cadorna
Triests
Rome
Adriatic
Monfalcone
Rowe
Duino
Venicy Trieste
Agnavizza
Cavrso
Agena- Vizza
Austria
Austrian War Office
Olivicia
I Plateau
Seterico Bay
Brazzi
Cervignano
San Giorzo di Nogaro
Pieris, Grado
Adria Works
Montalcone
Snake Climbs Into Auto Near Hartford City
Blackford county reports a five foot blue racer crawled across a road as Fred Cheney stopped his car to kill it. The snake slid under the vehicle and climbed into the hood, where Cheney found and killed it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartford City
Blackforda County
Fred Cheney
Cheney
Carlstrom Sets New American Nonstop Flight Record
Carlstrom lands at Governor's Island after a Chicago to New York nonstop flight. He averages over 110 miles per hour, with 137 mph on the final leg. Aero Club officials deem it the fastest official aeroplane time on record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Navy
Victor Carlstrom
Governor’s Island
Chicago
Carlstromay
The
Aero Club of America
Widow Gets Wilson Estate Admitted to Probate
Marion Indiana November 4 The will of J Wood Wilson a wealthy banker manufacturer and capitalist who died here ten days ago was admitted to probate One third of the estate goes to the widow Lillian Pampell Wilson and she is to have the income of the remaining two thirds during her life At her death the two thirds is to descend to the legal heirs of J Wood Wilson in equal shares
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion, Ind
J. Wood Wilson
Lillian Pampell Wilson
Unsecured $50 Million Loan To Czar Arranged
A syndicate of National City bank J P Morgan Guaranty Trust Kidder Peabody and Lee Higginson concluded an unsecured loan of $50,000,000 to the Russian government. The five year loan bears 14 percent interest with a public offering to follow at a premium. Proceeds will fund Russian government supplies in the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United States
National City Bank
J. P. Morgan and Company
Guaranty Trust Company
Kidder, Peabody and Company
Lee Higginson and Company
Both Sides See Victory in 1916 Election Forecasts
Democratic chair Vance C. McCormick projected Wilson over 300 electoral votes and states including New York, Ohio, Wisconsin, Illinois, and Michigan as safe for Wilson. Republican chair William R. Willcox forecast Hughes winning the presidency with 208-plus electoral votes and large New York, Illinois, Indiana, New Jersey, Connecticut, Ohio, Michigan, and Wisconsin support.
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New York
Vance C. McCormick
Democratic National Committee
Wilson
Ohio
Wisconsin
Illinois
Michigan
William R. Willcox
Republican National Committee
Hughes
Indiana
New Jersey
Connecticut
Railroads seek to vacate grain car order in Illinois
Representatives of Illinois railroads argued before the state public utilities commission to vacate the pro rata distribution order for grain cars. James L. Coleman of the Santa Fe led the argument claiming lack of jurisdiction and citing the railroad and warehouse act. Farmers' Grain Dealers' associations opposed the motion to vacate the order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Ill
State Public Utilities Commission
James L. Coleman
Santa Fe Railroad
Railroad and Warehouse Act
Farmers’ Grain Dealers’ Association
Tinois Grain Dealers’ Association
Chicago Train Derailment Mutiny Causes Fatal Wreck
Police and railroad detectives hunt for the switch thrower in Mo line yards derailing the Southwest Limited from Chicago to Kansas City. One life lost Fireman Leo J. Miller killed and Engineer Fay Skuse near death after leg amputation. Others injured include conductor J B Deill Maywood Illinois express messenger A A Guy Chicago and flagman W B Grady Elgin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Motine
Ill
Chicago, Milwaukee
J. B. Deill
Maywood
A. A. Guy
Express Messenger
Chicago
W. B. Grady
Elgin
Elderly Mrs Haskell to Vote in Lee County Election
In Lee Center Illinois Abigail Haskell aged ninety six the oldest woman in Lee county has registered and will vote in the November election. She has lived in Lee county for sixty years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee Center
Ill
Abigail Haskell
Lee County
Haskell
Former Wilmington College Head Dies at 67
Richmond Ind date Nov 4 former head of Wilmington College Yes 7 Unthank aged sixty seven for twenty years president of Wilmington college is dead at his home there memorial services will be held at the Wilmington college.
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Wilmington
Richmond
Ind
Wilmington College
Lack of Coal Forces Closure of Marion Plant
The Wester Boytle Co. of Simsies shuts down its Marion Indiana plant due to high production costs and coal scarcity, with production halted indefinitely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion
Ind
Wester Boytle Co
Simsies
Bankers discuss gold standard threat and possible $1B loan
A Chicago dinner gathers twelve bankers and two from New York amid reports that England France and Russia may demand a $1 billion loan or gold shipment to abolish the gold standard. The talks warn of import gold threats and a potential global shift to a bimetallic standard, with bankers skeptical of an imminent unsecured loan of that size.
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Chicaso
Chicaco
Middle West
New York
Chicrago Club
United States
Henry Davison
J. P. Morgan & Co
England
France
Russia
Charles H. Sabin
Guaranty Trust Company of
York
Woman killed by car at Five Points farm gate
Mrs. S T. Richardson, 64, was killed at Five Points farm four miles north of Williamsport Ind when an automobile driven by James Dysert struck a road gate she had just opened for her husband and team. She died within minutes from head bruises and a broken left arm.
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Williamsport
Ind
S T. Richardson
Five Points Farm
Here
James Dysert
Man commits suicide before Halloween dance in Kokomo
In Kokomo Indiana Clay Hamilton a 33 year old employee of Kokomo Steel and Wire company dressed for a Halloween dance then shot himself in the head with a twenty two caliber rifle dying within minutes Police report no other persons involved and the act occurred prior to the planned event
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kokomo
Ind
Navy
Clay Hamilton
Kokomo Steel and Wire Company
Local Man Falls Ninety Feet in Elector Alley
Champaign Illinois reports Jack Mc Enore fell ninety feet from a local elevator shaft and is alive with an even chance for recovery.
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Champaign
Jack McEnore
Prominent farmer killed. two brothers arrested in Pana
In Pana Illinois Charles Excerman aged 27 and Frita Egrermean 21 coal miners were arrested on warrants charging them with the murder of John H H Low a prominent farmer who died from gunshot wounds on his farm north of Pana. The widow Marie Low swore out the warrant. The men deny the shooting.
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Pana
Ili
Charles Excerman
Frita Egrermean
Puna
John HH. Low
Mra
Marie Low
Low
Prussia Names Von Stein War Minister under Kaiser
Lieutenant General von Stein appointed war minister by Kaiser Wilhelm. Once quartermaster general at war start, he gained fame for laconic bulletins proclaiming rapid German victories. He later commanded the Fourteenth Army Corps on the western front.
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von Stein
Prussia
Kaiser Wilhelm
Fourteenth Army Corps
West Front
Germans Drive Near Bucharest and Meuse Fronts Expand
Reports from Bucharest and Berlin detail Austro German forces advancing near Transylvania and Predeal with more than 350 Romanian captives. Paris says French troops take Fort Vaux and push toward the village on the Meuse with no German counterattacks.
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Berlin
Bucharest
Amsterdam
Vaux
Paris
Transylvania
Table Gutzi
War Office
Pusa
Mount Sirius
Tan Rumia
Jiul
Predeal
Rothenthurm Pass
Meuse
Fort Vaux
Plot to Dynamite Subway Sparks Arrests
Six men, several of them strikers, were arrested in New York on charges of bringing dynamite into the city and planning to blow up stations on the Interborough Rapid Transit subway. A confession ties the Oct 24 blast at One Hundred and Tenth Street station to a planned attack on Fifty-ninth Street and Broadway and City Hall stations.
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New York
Interborough Rapilo Transit Company
One
Hundred and Tenth Street
Fifty-ninth Street
Broad Way
City Hall
Woman Attacked by Stray Deer Near Jeffersonville
Mrs. Marion Martin was frightened as a large deer attacked her near Charles Town. The animal strayed from a reservation north of Henryville, about ten miles away, according to initial reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeffersonville
Ind
Marion Martin
Charlestown
Henryville
Auto Over Bank Driver In Fatal-Plus Crash
Champaign November 4 Frank Brown of Camargo is in a hospital with a fractured skull after his automobile went over an embankment. The injuries are described as probably fatal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Champaign
Frank Brown
Camargo
Boys Burn Lumber Yard Fire Damages Marley Wertz Yard
Evansville Inn November 4 boys playing on a lot started a fire that spread to the Marley and Wertz lumber yards causing an estimated loss of two hundred thousand dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evansville
Inn
Marley & Wertz
Danced Despite a Protest in Bluffton Halloween Show
In Bluffton Indiana on November 4 a municipal Halloween program proceeded with street dancing despite protests from ministers of theatry who argued the event inviting dancing could expose the community to dissolute characters. Few participants joined the dance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluffton
Ind
Hearings Set in Two Murder Cases in Lafayette Ind
In Lafayette Indiana two murder cases were set for trial by Judge Caldwell. Perry Brock is charged with the murder of Edward Monson a colored boy and will stand trial December 1. Troshier and Charles Harris will be tried November 22.
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Latayette
Ind
Jjrige Caldwell
Eclicult
Peary Brock
Edward Monson
Troshier
Charles Harris
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Snake
Carlstrom Hangs UP
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U.S
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Wilcox
J. L. Coleman
L. J. Miller
F. D. Skuse
Woodrow
Chcago Daily Tribune
Gonterense
Morgan
Lateral
Rec. Ee
U. S
Mr. Divison
Mr. Sabin
New
Davison
Sabin
Tale
Britain
General von Stein
Prussian
American Press Association
Roumania
Teutons Qusted
New Point
von Mackensen
Constanza
Frankfurt
Germany
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