World Series Party Wrecked Near Dono van Crossing
Nine injured in a Pennsylvania limited wreck near New Galilee as baseball officials and fans ride to the New York World Series opener. John Tener and Garry Herrmann were among those bruised. Ban Johnson remained behind. Cicotte to start game two for the White Sox against the Giants at the Polo Grounds.
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Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania Limited
National Commission
Baseball
New York
New Galileo
Donovan’s Crossing
John K. Tener
National League
Garry Hermann
Ban Johnson
Ban B. Johnson
Cicotte
Clarence Rowland
White Sox
Eddie Cicotte
Chicago
Giants
Velo Grounds
Clarence
No Peace With Germany Now Says Wilson
President Wilson declared that Americans must not pursue early peace with Germany, urging victory to defend democracy. He endorsed a new patriotic education plan uniting religious, business, labor and fraternal groups to explain war causes and aims and pledged national unity beyond party lines.
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Washington
Germany
United States
Wilson
White House
America
Allied Air Raids Hit German Towns Including Rastatt and Baden-Baden
A Berlin sourced dispatch reports raids Tuesday night on German towns. An airman dropped bombs near Portmund Feurbach and Stuttgart area causing minor damage and casualties. Five injured in Frankfort on Main. Other attacks targeted Rastapp and Baden-Baden with material damage. Lorraine saw numerous assaults with limited success due to defense.
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Amsterdam
Berlin
Poinstefel
Feurbach
Stuttgart
Frankfort-on-Main
Lorraine
Rastapp
Baden-Baden
Tueringen
Appointed Member of Commerce Commission
Clyde B. Aitchison named one of three new members of the interstate commerce commission after serving as Oregon state railroad commissioner and solicitor for the valuation committee of the National Association of Railway Commissioners in Washington. The piece notes Republican affiliation and cites German bombing rhetoric and hospital targets as barbaric acts affecting morale.
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Clyde B. Aitchison
Interstate Commerce Commission
Oregon
National Association of Railway Commissioners
Washington
Record corn crop despite loss yet to be absorbed
Washington reports the 87,000,000 bushel decline in September still leaves the national corn harvest at 8,210,795,000 bushels, a record. Farm statistics also note oats at a new peak and other crops near bumper levels with varied gains and losses.
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Washington
Oct. C
Department of Agriculture
Macrors
Ohio
Indiaha
Navy Vessel Fires On Italian Sub In War Zone
Washington Oct 9 Vice Admiral Sims reports an American patrol vessel fired on an Italian submarine in night patrol in European waters killing one officer and one enlisted man. Secretary Daniels sent Italy a message of deepest regret and sympathy noting the patrols cooperate with Italian forces in the war effort. The navy says the incident followed failure of recognition signals and an ongoing submarine threat prompting an investigation.
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Washington
Sims
Navy Department
Secretary of the Navy
Daniels
Ministry of Marine
Navy
Italy
Ner
Tosephus Daniels
Repulse of German Attacks Across Fronts
British and French forces repelled German assaults on multiple sectors. British storms near Menin Ypres failed to advance while French actions on the Aisne Champligne fronts held firm after heavy artillery duels.
Berlin crisis prompts Reichstag war aims debate
London reports say Germany may define war aims as Haig's Western Front victories boost liberal forces. Berlin's fall session opened September 27 with Michaelis delaying a full declaration. A pan German faction grows, pressuring conservatives to cede power amid censorship.
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London
Berlin
Germany
Reichstag
Haig
Amsterdam
Michaelis
Kelfferich
Germans in Baltic raid sighted near Bornholm and routes toward Helsingfors
A Morning Post dispatch reports German naval movements observed on Bornholm and east of Sweden with speculation of a planned operation against Helsingfors and Pegrad. The plan reportedly involves a fleet with mine-sweepers and sea and air forces assembling for the attack.
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London
Bornholm
Sweden
Helsingfors
Pegrad
Orning Post
Ee Pagolm
Presidents Signed Generals for Pershing and Bliss
President Wilson signs commissions elevating John J. Pershing to General of the Armies and Henry H. Bliss to General and chief of staff. Both hold equal rank though Bliss leads the entire army. The wartime act raises pay by 20000 annually and confirms high command while Pershing directs American forces in France.
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Charles G. Dawes
Central Trust Company of Chicago
Seventeenth Railroad Engineers
Pershing
Dawes
Paris
Washington
Wil
Manker H. Bliss
Army
Gene John J. Mérlean
Ma.Pershing
France
General Bliss
Congress
General Pershing
Five Rushford Teachers Injured in Auto Plunge
Rushford Minnesota October 9 five Rushford public school teachers were injured when the car they were riding in lost control and plunged 80 feet from a bridge over the Root River. Miss M Denton was seriously injured along with Miss Agnes Johnson Miss Anna Martin and Palmer Anderson.
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Rushford, Minn
Rushford
Root River
M. Denton
Agnes Johnson
Anna Martin
Palmer Anderson
Three Die in Draft Battle Near San Antonio
A two day manhunt by Live Oak county officials ends with Deputy Sheriff William James and two Lose brothers killed. Serapio Lose, the father, is fatally wounded as Mexican Loso family members are pursued for failure to report for service in the National Army.
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San Antonio
Tex
George West
Live Oak County
Saye
Loso
National Armay
William James
Serapio
Artillery Duel Intensifies on Western Front
Haig reports increased German artillery fire with no German infantry movement except for a raiding party near Hollebeke driven off. British bombardment drives German positions from hot areas as fronts retreat north of Verdun. Germans struggle to counter with Hurricane fire term emerging.
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London
Dct
Blanders
Haig
Gerwin
Hollebeke
Nort
Verdun
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National Commison
New Galilee
John K. Tenner
Kaiser
U. S
League of National Unity
Lafayette
Rochambeau
Free Nations
Rastapf
Commerce Commission
Anter
U. 5
Rome
Polygon Woods
Grum
Polygon
Preutel
Cemageg
H Waly
Aisné
Champhgne
Belgium
Vauxhaillon
Chemin Rt Dames
Hothoulst Wood
Menin-Ypres
Big Guns
Western Front
Baltic
Russia
Island of
Ndsident
Bliss-New
Hutt
Mackin
Texas
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