Pershing With French Leaders During Aisne Front Assault
In France General Pershing accompanied General Franchet d Esperey as far as the second German line during the Aisne front attack. He entered French trenches amid shell fire and later observed the push toward Soissons with Petain and d Esperey. French success yields 8000 prisoners and captures of three regimental staffs.
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France
Pershing
Aisne
Franchet d’Esperey
General Pershing
Paris
Soissons
War Office
Verdun
Senator Husting Buried in Wisconsin After Fatal Hunting Accident
Funeral held in Mayville Wisconsin for United States Senator Husting accidentally shot by his brother Gustave during a hunting trip. Interment in Graceland cemetery with Blue Wing Hunting club pallbearers and honorary bearers including Senator La Follette and Wisconsin congressmen. Governor Philipp Lieutenant Governor Dithmar and state officers attended as town observed flags at half staff.
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Mayville
Wis
United States
Husting
Gustave
Graceland Cemetery
Blue Wing Hunting Club
la Follette
Wisconsin
Belle Lamoreaux
Frank B. Dunkley
Martin Lueck
Juneau
Philipp
Dithmar
Supreme Court Adjourns for Two Weeks
Washington October 23 The supreme court adjourned for two weeks and will issue decisions on cases already argued. The next decision day is set for November 7.
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Supreme Court
Washington
Navy stokers to speed liners through submarine zone
Washington reports that as an indirect result of the Antilles loss the navy will assign stokers to fireholds of transports to ensure maximum speed in submarine zones. Navy crews have proven they can push ships three to four knots faster than civilian crews.
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Washington
Antilles
Sugar price pact links 200 million pounds of raw sugar
Louisiana sugar growers and the American Sugar Refining Co. signed a contract for 200 million pounds of raw sugar at 6.5 cents per pound. The agreement, announced by the Food Administration, will yield a wholesale price of 8.85 cents with a planned reduction to 7.14 cents soon. Shipment of half the $13 million purchase is set to refineries in New York, Philadelphia, and Boston, with the first cargo departing New Orleans next week.
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Washington, DE 24
Louisiana Sugar Growers
American Sugar Refining Company
The
Food Administration
New York
Philadelphia
Boston
New Orleans
United States Bureau of Labor Statistics
United States Food Administration
Canadian Food Controller
Great Lakes
American Steamer Santa Elena Sunk Near Ferrol
Reports from Spain via La Nacion state the American steamer Santa Elena sank near Ferrol with 24 dead. The captain and one sailor survived. In separate dispatches Tokyo reports a Japanese liner bound from London to Capetown was attacked twice off Land's End by two German submarines on September 29. the ship returned fire and destroyed a submarine periscope.
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Buenos Aires
Santa Elena
Spain
la Nacion
Ferrol
Tokyo
London
Capetown
Land's End
Liberty Loan Surpasses Goals With Massive Chicago Subscriptions
Treasury officials report Liberty loan day pushed the second Liberty bond drive toward 8 billion dollars as storms delay reports. President Wilson subscribed 15000, Pershing's forces bought 1500000, and Chicago raised 50000000, helping national totals reach about 2.7 to 3.0 billion with uncounted subscriptions pending.
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Wilson
Pershing
Chicago
Liberty Loan
Districts trail Chicago in Liberty loan subscriptions
Washington reports October 25 shows other districts failing to match Chicago on Liberty day loan subscriptions. The latest official and unofficial tallies extend to early yesterday afternoon, detailing how the winded race stood across districts.
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Washington
Chicago
RUSS HIT KERENSKY Resolution Accuses Chief of Desire to Deliver Petrograd to Kaiser
The Petrograd council adopts a Trotsky drawn resolution urging quick peace with Germany and accusing Premier Kerensky of seeking to surrender Petrograd. It calls for power to the councils and armistice, while pledging to defend Petrograd if needed. The body plans a revolutionary general staff for defense. Kerensky appeals to delegates to work with the preliminary parliament.
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Petrograd
Kaiser
Kerensky
Seaman Merritt Injured On German Torpedoed Destroyer
William E. Merritt of New York City, a seaman on a U S destroyer in European waters, was injured when a German submarine torpedoed the vessel. One man was killed in the attack as Premier Kerensky urged rekindling army enthusiasm to win peace by Christmas. The premier noted demoralization in places yet praised a revived spirit in others and cited actions at Oesel and Dago Island. He blamed front breakages in Galicia on excesses seen at Kalusez and Tarnopol and recounted government measures including restoration of the death penalty. A national defense committee of 41 members was appointed by parliament.
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William E. Merritt
New York City
United States
Free Russia
Russia
Oesel
Dago Island
Kerensky
Galicia
Kalusez
Tarnopol
Kishinef
Romaneffs
Steal
Proclamation Warns Foreigners Over Sugar Region Strikes
President Menocal issues a proclamation warning all foreigners who investigate or encourage strikes in sugar producing regions that they will be deemed pernicious and expelled from Cuba.
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Havana
Menocal
Cuba
Seventy Trucks Lost in $350,000 Garage Fire
Fire destroyed the five story Adams Express garage in central Philadelphia. Seventy five motor trucks were consumed in the blaze with an estimated loss of 350000 dollars.
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Philadelphia
Adams Xpress Company
Tars Overcome in Parade Crash on Liberty Day Route
In Chicago on Liberty day parade route at La Salle and Washington streets two Great Lakes naval trainees Gasche and Menter lost control of a float formed as a U boat after inhaling gasoline fumes. The car skidded into a crowd injuring several and knocking down W F Hofer before Officer James O Connell halted the vehicle.
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Chicago
la Salle
Washington
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Gasche
C. Menter
Menter
la Sally Street
James O'Connell
W. F. Hofer
American Women Will Buy Liberty Bonds
American women pledge to support the war effort by purchasing Liberty Bonds. The argument frames women as mothers and citizens essential to financing the national war effort, linking suffrage, duty, and protection of sons and daughters to bond purchases during a time of global conflict.
Liberty Loan Drive Urges All Americans to Contribute
A wartime plea urges every American to subscribe to the new Liberty Loan to support troops in Europe. The message emphasizes sacrifice by mothers and families, calling on men and women of small means to buy bonds and overwhelm the Kaiser with financial support and resources.
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Europe
France
Uncle Sam
Bryan Urges Public Support for War Effort
William Jennings Bryan addressed the New York Advertising Club urging unwavering backing for the president and Congress and endorsing all government actions in the war effort.
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Congress
William Jennings Bryan
New York Advertising Club
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Farmers’ Loan & Trust Company
John D. Rockefeller
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Dallas
Council of Workmen
Seaman Merritt
Tars
Martha Kimball Wood
Women’s Liberty Loan Committee
Plato
Repu
Susan RB. Anth
Justinet
Belgium
Serbia
Ruth Law
Bryan
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