White Sox win World Series in six games
The White Sox clinch the title at Polo Grounds, defeating the Giants four games to two. Red Faber earns two wins and drives in two runs as Gandil drives in key RBIs. attendance reaches 33,969 for the final game and 186,654 for the series with totals over $425,000 in receipts.
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Sox
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Eddie
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Benton
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Heine
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Schalk
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Aber
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Weaver
Nemo Leibold
Benny Kauff
Perritt
Chicago
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Liebold
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Ess
Ewes
McMullin
Collis
L’aber
Cicotte
Ate
Tumsell
Danforth
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Risberg
A.B. B.av. Flay
Yor Burns
Cas
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Cates
Zimmerman
Fiaicher
Pee
Eas Il
Wilhoit
Cmemen
McCarty
Giants Wees Ie
Miss Squier Engaged to Gen Joseph E Kuhn at Camp Meade
Miss Helen H Squier of Washington announces her engagement to Maj Gen Joseph E Kuhn now commanding Camp Meade Maryland The general recently finished a term as president of the Army War College and is viewed as a likely successor to General Bliss who retires next December General Bliss is chief of staff in the meantime
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Washington
Joseph E. Kuhn
Camp Meade
General Kuhn
Army War College
Moe
General Bliss
War Urged On All Germany Allies By Senator King
Senator King urged President Wilson to declare war on all of Germanys allies Austria Hungary Bulgaria and Turkey with the goal of a strong moral effect on the world and allies. He called for a complete understanding with Japan before the Ishii mission departs and proposed sending 500000 Japanese troops to aid the allies.
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United States
Germany
Austria-Hungary
Bulgaria
Turkey
Wilson
White House
King
Utah
Japan
Viscount Ishii
World Series Box Score Urges Umpire Vigilance
The national commission issues instructions to umpires to curb rough tactics and foul language seen in Saturday's Chicago contest. The directive aims to enforce fair play and maintain order in the series.
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National Commission
Chicago
Orthodox council bars clergy from provisional parliament
In Petrograd on October 16 the Moscow meeting of the orthodox council decided not to permit clergy to participate in the provisional parliament.
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Petrograd
Orthodox Council
Moscow
Three Killed by Blast at Gibbstown Powder Plant
An explosion in the nitro starch dryhouse at the Du Pont Powder works in Gibbstown New Jersey killed two workers instantly and left a third missing and likely dead. A fourth worker was seriously injured. The isolated one story building was destroyed and the firm reported no foul play. The blast was felt 20 miles away in Philadelphia with shattered windows in surrounding towns. Gibbstown lies 18 miles below Camden on the Delaware River amid munitions factories fueling wartime anxiety.
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du Pont Powder Works
Gibbstown
N. J
Siigil
du Pont Company
New Jersey
Camden
Delaware River
du Ponts
Delaware
British Cruiser Sinks. Five Hundred US Ships Seized
London reports the Champagne sunk and the Begonia overdue and presumed lost. Survivors include Charles Gordon of Philadelphia and James Fringer among twenty three dead. In Washington, about 500 American coastwise ships of 2500 tons plus were commandeered with Great Lakes vessels unaffected.
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U. S
London
Champagne
Begonia
Charles Gordon
Philadelphia
Harvey Johnson
Washington
Great Lakes
Arrest on Brooklyn warship as bomb found aboard
A man believed to be German, working on a U S naval vessel in a Brooklyn dry dock, was arrested after investigators found a six inch bomb with a fuse and cap. German writing on two papers was also recovered. The ship had been seized when the United States entered the war.
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New York
United States
Brooklyn
Food for Serb Captives Shipment Approved
Washington reports the American Red Cross and Serbian government will ship 5000 bags of flour to Austrian prison camps for Serbian soldiers held by the Central Powers. The Serbian minister has deposited 500000 dollars to fund relief, as hunger and need for living essentials rise among captured troops.
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American Red Cross
Washington
Red Cross
Only One in Twenty Draft Appeals Favorable
Washington officials report that about 8,000 industrial exemption appeals have been filed with the provost marshal but only a small portion have been decided. General Crowder’s officers review documentary evidence and forward recommendations to the president for final decision.
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Washington
Wilson
Crowder
Suspect bombs in blaze threaten waterfront area
New York reports a waterfront fire on Sunday amid two prior blazes, with suspected incendiary origin. Loss around 500000 dollars as Charles Williams stores in Brooklyn burn. Incendiary bombs blamed for Saturday fires that ruined 800000 bushels of grain, valued at 2 million dollars, stored for troops. Also tied to a fire at the British American chemical plant in College Point with 150000 loss.
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New York
Charles Williams
Brooklyn
France
College Point
S. 1
Joffre in France Greets Pershing’s Men at Headquarters
Marshal Joffre reviewed American troops near the U S camp in France on October 16. He greeted Pershing’s men, dined with Pershing, and spoke with many officers and soldiers. Earlier, he lunched with American officers and toured decorated villages. Two American expeditionary forces deaths were reported by General Pershing: Charles F. Hammond Jr and Raynor B. Nye, both from Massachusetts.
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Marshal Joffre
Pershing
Marne
Jean Fabry
America
Joffre
General Pershing
Washington
Charles F. Hammond, Jr
Dorchester
Mass
Field Artillery
Raynor B. Nye
Whitman
Medical Department
Germans land on Oesel island under Gulf of Riga threat
German troops have landed on Oesel island at the Gulf of Riga and taken Arensburg after shelling Russian fortifications. Naval units and torpedo boats pressed Russian forces back as German advances push toward the east coast and Moon Island.
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Arensburg
Russian War Office
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Isslands
Ceral
Esthopia
Gulf of Fineland
Berlin
German War Office
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Daga
Teutons
Oeesel
Moon Island
Austria Yields to Poles in Polish Galicia Demands
Dr von Seydler the Austrian premier informed Polish leader Daszinski that Vienna will meet Polish demands on Galicia including restoration of civil administration. The concession secures a majority for the budget in the Reichsrat.
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Zurich
von Seydler
Vienna
Daszinski
Galicia
Reichsrat
British Raids Inflict Losses on Germans in Belgium
London reports successful raids against German positions with large losses inflicted. No additional infantry engagements occurred on the front of the British attack in Belgium.
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London
Belgium
Dickinson Dies Veteran Michigan Democrat at 71
Don M. Dickinson former postmaster general under Cleveland and a leading Michigan Democrat died at his Trenton home at age seventy one. He was a prominent figure in Michigan statehood and party politics.
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Detroit
Mich
Don M. Dickinson
Cleveland
Michigan
Trenton
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