Alaunia Sunk in English Channel With War Cargo
The Cunard steamer Alaunia, 13 400 tons, struck a mine in the English Channel between Falmouth and London and sank. Captain H M Benison and most of the crew were saved, with 243 passengers aboard from New York October 7. 185 in cabin and 58 steerage. The ship carried 176000 bushels of wheat and other wartime cargo but no U S explosives. a 4.7 inch naval rifle was mounted on the stern. About twenty Americans were aboard, including seven from Brooklyn.
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English Channel
Falmouth
Lts
New York
Alaunia
Cunard Line
London
Charles P. Sumner
Cunard Company
H. M. Benison
Aleunia
Customs House
Alaumia
Newport
England
Cunard
United States
Greenock
Marconi
Freed but Not Silenced in Bloomington Sermon Plan
Rev. James Pearson was released after nearly a month in jail for holding a meeting and blocking a street in Bloomington Indiana. He declared, I am out, but I am not going to quit and will preach on the streets or die in the Bloomington Jail. He planned to return to Mio lwfield with a chorus of singers by automobile.
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Bloomington
James Pearson
Miolowfield
Refuses to Revise Registration in Huntington Precincts
Huntington Indiana October 20 County Auditor Ovid Byiston rejects a petition from Heber Harter and Joseph Haas to insert their names in two Huntington precinct registrations filed through an attorney. The action follows the filing period and aims to adjust voter rolls.
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Huntington
Ind
Ovid Byiston
Heber Harter
Joseph Haas
John Barrett Back From Europe With Warning
John Barrett returns from Europe bearing a warning to the United States. He cautions on security and policy implications, urging lawmakers to heed his observations. Barrett meets with officials to discuss potential risks and recommended responses.
Paper and pictures over wheat in consumer economy
A New York expert notes that households eat more paper and pictures than wheat as paper and printing costs rise. He argues package food stocks may suffer unless firms cut paper use and lithography costs, since the actual contents are small relative to packaging expenses.
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New York
Wall Street
Train strikes car. Montpelier woman dead
At a street crossing in Montpelier Indiana a Lake Erie and Western freight train hit an automobile. Mrs Henry Saunders of Monroe was killed and Lewis Griswold was badly injured and expected to die. Also injured were Henry Saunders Miss Laure Klauser and Cleo Saunders nine. The watchman at the crossing was blamed for the accident.
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Montpelier
Ind
Lake Erie & Western
Henry Saunders
Monroe
Lewis Griswold
Laure Klauser
Cleo Saunders
Henry Saunders Roe
William Thaw Alive After Norman Prince Funeral
An American aviator, William Thaw, attended the funeral of Sergeant Norman Prince. A dispatch had earlier reported Thaw killed, but the Paris dispatch confirms he is alive and unharmed.
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Norman Prince
Paris
William Thaw
New Haven
Dozen Men Entombed After Mine Explosion
In Parrackville near Fairmont West Virginia an explosion of coal dust trapped at least twelve workers in Jamison Coal and Coke Co mine No 7. Rescue teams worked to reach them as conditions hindered efforts.
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Fairmont
W. Va
Jamison Coal and Coke Company
Parrackville
Here
Teutons Driven From Roumania In New Offensive
Bucharest reports say Romanian forces barred a Teuton advance through Guemes Pass reaching Agas near the frontier. Detachments claimed twelve enemy cannon and limbers destroyed, 600 prisoners captured plus 300 Austro Germans seized. Further advances reported in Transylvania and Bran defile. Paris notes Serbian capture of Brod signaling possible fall of Monastir.
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Guemes Pass
Agas
Bucharest
Uzul
Lampris
Trotus
Sojioasa
von Falkenhayn
Wzel
Predeal
Brandefile
Paris
Brod
Monastir
Cerna
Preska Lakes
Wilson Calls Women Fellow Citizens in Chicago Address
In Chicago at the Auditorium President Wilson opened with the greeting fellow citizens to a lively audience. After the speech he and Mrs. Wilson were driven along Michigan Avenue where mounted police couldn’t keep up as women from the Hughes camp clashed with the pro Wilson crowd. Banners urging women to vote against Wilson were torn and discarded by the Wilson supporters.
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Chicago
Wilson
Hughes Camp
Farrington Voted To Face Trial By Mine Workers
Springfield Oct 20 The United Mine Workers of Illinois voted 129154 to 11592 to call a special convention to try resident Frank Farrington on charges that he accepted 1000 dollars from Frank Smith of Dwight to aid his bid for the Republican nomination for governor. The result surprised Farrington allies who expected defeat.
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Springfield
United Mine Workers of Ilinois
Frank Farrington
Frank Smith
Dwight
Woman Admitted to Bar in Rughville First for City
In Rughville Indiana on October date Mrs Renlah Staples became the first woman admitted to the bar in the city. She will practice locally. Mrs Stevens has served as deputy county clerk for the past four years.
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Rughville
Ind
Renlah Staples
Stevens
German diplomats say Bremen lost at sea
Washington officials report German diplomats believe the Bremen merchant submarine is lost after a month overdue. Berlin and Washington have little information on its fate, and no reliable data is expected until after the war. The disappearance will not end Germany's plan to send merchant submarines to the United States.
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Washington
Bremen
Teutonic
Berlin
Americas
Bremerhaven
Germany
United States
Congress Denounced For Catholic Denominational Aid
Springfield Ill Oct 29 Presbyterians attack federal aid totaling over 38 million to the Catholic church naming Cairo pastor Rev A M Eells as committee chair to investigate and file complaints in Washington He argues Protestant churches face discrimination and urges a constitutional amendment to bar denominational aid or share for Protestant groups The motion reflects wider synod opposition to government church funding
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Springfield
Ill
Congress
Illinois Synod of the Presbyterian Church
A. M. Eells
Presbyterian Church
Cairo
Washington
Eells
Fells
Syvod
Vanderbilts Back From France With Mrs Vanderbilts
W K Vanderbilt and Mrs Vanderbilt return from France marking a reentry into public life. The couple's movement draws attention as society circles note their absence during the war years and their subsequent debut into postwar engagements.
Sunday School Parole for Joyride Youth in Joliet
Lloyd McKibbon seventeen pleads guilty to operating an automobile without owner’s consent in Joliet Illinois. Judge George J Cowings sentences one year of Sunday school and imposes a pledge to abstain from intoxicants pool rooms and frequenting. Parole to Rev C A Neyman of Western Avenue Baptist church with conditions risk of ninety days jail and a $100 fine for violations.
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Rev
C. A. Neyman
Wastern Avenue Baptist Church
Quarantine Halted at Calumet Park Stock Yards
Hammond Indiana October reports a government quarantine on Calumet Park stock yards in West Hammond after a new infectious disease outbreak among horses. Shipment to allies stopped as about 350 to 400 of 4000 horses are affected. the disease is mouth disease but not hoof and mouth, alarming stock raisers.
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Hammond
Ind
Calumet Park
West Hammond
Suit filed to bar use of voting machines in Terre Haute election
A civil suit in Terre Haute seeks to prevent county officials and election inspectors from using voting machines in the November 7 election. The complaint, filed as a friendly action, cites unreliability and potential manipulation of machines and notes that voters may abstain if machines are employed. Named organizers from Democratic Republican Progressive and Socialistic central committees join the action.
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Terre Haute
Ind
George A. Moorehead
Clem J. Richards
Charles E. Ervin
Carl Mahling
Progressive
Socialistic
Covault 88 Dies After Fall At Hartford City Home
Philip Covault aged eighty eight died from injuries after falling down stairs at his Hartford City residence. He had lived in Hartford City for about 75 years.
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Hartford City
Ind
Philip Covault
Chicago man on trial for contempt in estate case in Ottumwa
William H. Utt of Chicago faces a contempt of court charge in Ottumwa before District Judge C. W. Vermillion over alleged mismanagement of his wife’s estate. Utt was indicted last spring for embezzling 150,000 dollars from the estate, but the trial has been postponed.
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Ottumwa
William H. Utt
Chicago
C. W. Vermillion
Utt
French Closing On Peronne In Strong Push From South
Paris reports General Foch forces press the Peronne drive for a second day, pushing along the Riaches La Maisonette front and taking 350 prisoners as Sailly Saillisel falls firm. British gains near Butte de Warlencourt boost the bottling of Peronne amid repulsed German counterattacks.
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Paris
Peronne
Foch
Riaches-La Maisonette
Sailly-Sallisel
Peronne-Bapaume
Butte de Warlencourt
Bapsame
Sailly Saillisel
Bapaume
Berlin
German War Office
Government limits women's finery amid cost of living drive
Rome announces a decree raising sugar price to 24 cents per pound and introducing a nationwide distribution system. The measure targets inflation and includes a proposed ban on women buying expensive garments and finery. Imports of furs and Oriental carpets are already prohibited as part of Italy's cost of living policy.
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Rome
Italy
Farmer Succumbs to Pneumonia in Peru Indiana
Samuel Myers a retired farmer of Washington township Peru Ind dies of pneumonia at home October 20 details indicate sudden illness and rural life context in the local dispatch.
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Peru
Ind
Samuel Myers
Washington Township
Pneumon
Chicago Markets Mixed Commodities and Live Stock Quotations
Chicago live stock receipts 24 000 with light shipping hogs at 10.00 10.10 and heavy packing 9.60 9.85 pigs 8.50 9.10. Cattle receipts 10 000 with steers 9.75 10.75 cows 6.15 6.60 and weavers prime 11 5%. Wheat No 2 red 1.69 corn No 2 white 0.96 oats No 2 white 0.4714 eggs firsts 30c, butter extras 33 34c.
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Chicago
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