Eighteen Indicted in Lusitania Bomb Plot Case
Federal grand jury indicts Captain Franz von Papen and seventeen others for plans to plant bombs on the Lusitania and other ships in 1915. Nine TNT devices, dubbed cigars, were placed on the vessel before its final voyage. Bail set for several defendants. arrests followed a rush of evidence and alleged conspirator confessions linking meetings at a Brooklyn labor lyceum.
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New York
Franz von Papen
Washington
Europe
United States
James W. Osborne
Grand Glory
Lusitania
Martin Iisen
Ilsen
Karl Schimmel
Doctor Schimmel
Liverpool
Count von Bernstorff
Walter C. Scheele
Brooklyn
Mexico
Carl Schmidt
Friederich der Grosse
Otto Walpert
von Kleit
Eno Bode
Ernest Beebe
Fred Waebade
George Pradele
Wilhelm Baradis
Wilhelm Klein
Hugene Reister
Kard Schimmel
Joseph Zeffert
Peter the Jew
Walter Uhde
Bonford Boniface
Captain von Steinberg
Fritz von Rentelen
Tombs
Zeffert
Reister
Boniface
Uhde
Two Homers by Kauff Spark Giants Rally to 5–0 Win
At Polo Grounds on October 12, Giants batter Benny Kauff homered twice off Ed Faber as New York pounded Urban Faber and Dave Danforth. The 5–0 victory tied the World Series at two games apiece, with Kauff earning a $50 Liberty Bond for the first homer and Herzog on base for the second.
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Danforth
Burns
Herzog
Kauff
Benny
Faber
Schupp
Polo Grounds
Rowland
White Sox
Giants
Eddie Cicotte
Urban Faber
Jenny Kauff
Dave
Felsch
Happy Felsch
Clara Kimball Young
Rariden
Dave Danforth
Risberg
St. Louis Wins Ninth International Balloon Race
Bernard von Hoffman and his fourteen year old brother Albert won the Oklahoma fair association event in Muskogee with the balloon St. Louis. They landed at Ripple, Mississippi, about 400 miles away after the other four balloons failed to travel far. Officials cited heavy gas and unfavorable air currents as factors in the short flight.
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Muskogee
Okla
Bernard von Hoffman
Baloon St. Louis
Albert
Aid
Oklahoma Fair Association
Vone Hoffman Brothers
Ripple
Miss
Lake steamer Radam likely a total loss after grounding
Reports from South Bay Manotuin Island indicate the steamer Radam owned by the Montreal Transit Company, loaded with grain, went ashore and probably broke in two. No casualties reported.
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Montreal Transit Company
Port Huron
Mich
South Bay
Manitoulin Island
Radam
Allies Repel Attacks On Edge Of Houtholst Forest
Field Marshal Haig reported a heavy rain turning Flanders plains to mud as British and French forces dug in after a spectacular assault east and north of Ypres. British progress included positions about 2000 yards from the landing point, while French gains near Papegoet farm and Braesbank were noted.
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London
Flanders Plains
Field Marshal
Haig
Passchendaele
France
Belgium
Flanders
Ypres
Houtholst Forest
Poelcapelle-Houtholst
Paris
Papegoet Farm
War Office
Braesbank
Ypres-Staden
Celtic Wood
Broodseinde
Ypres Boulers
World Series Box Score Risberg for Faber in Eighth
Box score details from a World Series game list Risberg pinch hitting for Faber in the eighth with a two base hit by Collins and a three base hit by Zimmerman. Kauff hit two home runs, Herzog produced a sacrifice, and a double play occurred Herzog to Fletcher to Holke. Pitchers Faber and Schupp, strikeouts listed for multiple players, wild pitch by Faber, and a hit by pitch to Holke. Umpires Rigler Evans O Loughlin Klem. Score by innings shows late scoring burst for a 8 to 7 result.
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Risberg
Faber
Collins
Zimmerman
Kauff
Herzog
Fletcher
Holke
Schalk
Gandil
Schupp
E. Collins
Weaver
J. Collins
McMullin
Felsch
Burns
British Lose 14 Vessels in Week and Total Toll
The British admiralty reports 14 merchant ships over 1600 tons sunk by mine or submarine in the past week. Two vessels under 1600 tons and three fishing vessels were also lost, bringing the total sunk to 996 since the weekly report system began.
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London
British Admiralty
Russian War Plans Outline for Allied Conference
Petrograd reports a new Russian declaration on participation in the forthcoming allies conference. It promises to base cooperation on revolutionary principles, defend the country, and reject conquest or imposition by others while reforming the army with capable officials devoted to the republic.
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Petrograd
Russia
Coal shortage admitted as demand soars in 1917
Washington reports a general coal shortage due to unprecedented demand from manufacturing and transport. Production rises 10 percent year over year, but shortages occur in Ohio and across towns blocked from supplies as coal moves to Northwest and Canada. Prices rise in Tennessee, Kentucky, and Virginia as fuel administration acts.
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Ohio
Washington
Geological Survey
Fuel Administration
Joseph McGhee
Canada
Northwest
Tennessee
Kentucky
Virginia
Handwriting Expert Links Ransom Letters in Kidnap Trial
Marshfield Mo Oct 12 G V R Meechim a St Louis handwriting expert testified that ransom letters to the baby's father and samples of Piersol s handwriting were all written by the same person He noted witnesses who allegedly plotted to hold men as hostages for foreign governments did not join the schemes and none of the witnesses backed the plot.
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Marshfield
G. V. R. Meechim
St. Louis
Claude J. Piersol
Lloyd Keet
Piersol
Taylor Adams
Kansas City
Sciemes
Cardinal Gibbons backs 19-21 draft plan in letter
Cardinal Gibbons endorses proposed legislation to include men aged nineteen to twenty one in the selective draft. In a letter to H. H. Sheets of the National Association for Universal Military Training, he says the measure will help them morally and physically and prepare them for work or potential war.
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Washington
Cardinal Gibbons
H. H. Sheets
National Association For Universal Military Training
Plot to Poison Aviators Arrest in New Jersey
Philadelphia Evening Ledger reports a nationwide plot to poison aviation students. Private Samuel Livingood from Jonesville Ohio was arrested at Governors Island after a Princeton Naval School conversation tipped off authorities. Two pounds of cyanide were found in his room and a court martial is planned next week.
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Philadelphia
Philadelphia Evening Ledger
Princeton
N. J
Samuel ©. Livingood
Jonesville
Livingood
Governors Island
Italian government refuses extradition in murder case
Rome reports the Italian government will not grant the extradition of Alfredo Ogechi who killed Ruth Orwger in New York after lengthy consideration.
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Cocchi
Rome
Alfredo Ogechi
Ruth Orw Ger
New York
Antidraft Chief Is Taken in Oklahoma
Arthur W. Nix, alleged chief of a south western Oklahoma draft resister group, was arrested in Chickasha by federal officials. He is held on a $10,000 bond for the federal grand jury. B Williams testified that Nix influenced him to join the I W W. Williams said Nix threatened him with a pistol during recruitment. Recruits were promised rifles and hundreds of rounds of ammunition for a $5 initiation fee.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Arthur W. Nix
Oklahoma
Chickasha
Federal Grand Jury
B. Williams
Nix
I. W. W. Williams
Thaw suit seeks 650000 in damages over 1916 hotel flogging
Philadelphia lawyers file a $650,000 damages suit against Harry K Thaw on behalf of Frederick Gump senior. The action concerns the 1916 Christmas Day flogging incident involving Frederick Gump Jr a Kansas City high school student in a New York hotel. Thaw was later declared insane after attempting suicide in an asylum.
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Philadelphia
Harry K. Thaw
Frederick Gump
Kansas City
Pittsburgh
New York
Thaw
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von Papen
William S. Ware
Quaker City
McGraw
Chicago White Sox
John Collins
Verzog
Aids Recreation Fund For
Joseph Lee
Boston
Playground and Recreation Association of America
War Camp Community Recreation Fund
von Hoffman
Mississippi
Chicago White
Piper
K. i
eMullin
Jackson
Neae
Pel Usaeken
Ganail
Ateher
Sheer
Kerensky
U.S
Dominion
Keet
Gibbons
Frederick Gump, Jr
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