Chicago Steamer Chicago Arrives Safe At Fayal After Fire
The French liner Chicago with a fire in No 3 hold raced to Fayal Azores to save 265 passengers and about 200 crew. London reports arrival at Fayal with no word on passenger list or exact damage. The 1908 built 10502 ton liner sails between Bordeaux and New York and serves steerage heavily.
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Fayal
Azores
London
Chicago
Azores Islands
Lloyd’s
New York
Chicaso
Pordeaux
French Line
Rochamteau
Lafayette
France
Maurice Kozminski
Compagnie General Trans-Atlantique French Line
Street Riot Over Politics in Kansas City
At Kansas City Union Station Republicans attacked cars carrying Wilson women and tried to block them from following the Hughes special arriving at 4. Wilson supporters fought off Republicans with police ending brief scuffles. Several men were bruised as crowds waved banners and flags.
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Wilson
Hughes
Kansas City
Union Station
One Dead and 22 Hurt in Illinois Traction Wreck
E A Kantor of New York was killed and twenty two people burned or injured after a coach of the Illinois traction system plunged 100 feet down an embankment near a trestle north of Edwardsville. The car, bound for Springfield to St. Louis, left the tracks after rails were loosened and spikes pulled from sixty ties.
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Edwardsville
Til
E. A. Kantor
New York
Illinois Traction System
Here
Springfield
St. Louis
Negro Kills Brazil Man in Saloon Shooting
In Brazil Indiana on October 28 Patrick Murphy a 35 year old man was shot and killed by Charles Phillips 25 a colored man in the saloon owned by Mrs Mollie Hart sister of the victim Phillips claimed self defense after saying he had been attacked and fired three times in the incident Phillips is in custody awaiting further action by local authorities
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Negro
Brazil
Ind
Patrick Murphy
Charles Phillips
Mollie Hart
Murph
Phillips
Murphy
Mooresville Woman Celebrates 103rd Birthday
In Mooresville Indiana on October 28 Mrs Julia Shester tarymen who lives with her son Charles celebrated her 103rd birthday with four children Charles Alfred Mrs Bloxour of Pratt Texas and Mrs Williams present for the family milestone.
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Mooresville
Ind
Julia Shester
Charles
Alfred
Bloxour
Pratt, Tex
Williams
Lt Colonel Vanderbilt Guard Officer Fights for Voting Rights
Lt Col Vanderbilt leads efforts to secure voting rights for fellow guardsmen. He advocates reform, urging bloc participation and legal protections to ensure all comrades can exercise their ballot. The campaign highlights military civic duty and constitutional access.
New York Guard On Leave Seeks Ballot Access
Lieutenant Colonel Cornelius Van derbilt petitioned New York courts to secure ballot access for himself and other guardsmen while on duty. The move comes as soldiers on leave from border duty pursue voting rights amid ongoing tensions.
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Cornelius Vanderbilt
New York
Big Blow at Norway Proclaimed by Berlin
Christiania reports Norway has suffered shipping losses totaling 268000 tons gross register due to the war. Insurance coverage stands at 102000000 Kronen, with 149 lives lost. Two Norwegian steamers, Aile-Jarl and Profit, were captured by German warships and towed to Swinemunde and Cuxhaven. Germany signals reprisal by barring Dutch use of German iron for repairing Norwegian vessels, unless compliance resumes. A Danish ship London was reportedly set on fire in the North Sea by a German submarine.
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Christiania
Ritzau
Aile-Jarl
Swinemunde
Cuxhaven
Amsterdam
Norway
Nieuwe Rotterdamsche Courant
Germany
London
North Sea
Rowanmore
Troevds Shipping Agency
Glasgow
Johnston Line
Baltimore
Liverpool
Washington
Huntsfall
Severn
Lloyd's
State Department
Tlondon
1500 Miners Strike in Clinton Field Illinois Mines
In Terre Haute Indiana on October 28 fifteen hundred miners at three Clinton field mines went on strike after operators refused to check out the special assessment for a strike at Vandalia company mines when paying workers. Vandalia mines with 3000 men had returned to work after a settled strike but the assessment was levied by the United Mine Workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terre Haute
Ind
Clinton Field
Miami Coal Company
Chicago
Vandalia Company
Vandalia
United Mine Workers
Anglian Arrives Armed Here With War Material
The Leyland Line steamship Anglian arrived in Boston armed for the first time since beginning port trips. A four inch gun firing a sixty five pound shell was mounted aft and the crew included two ex British navy gunners. The ship brought 2600 cases of cartridges made in the United States for the British government that reportedly failed to meet war office requirements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Mass
Leyland Line
Anglian
War Office
Three Killed in Hammond Railroad Collision
Chicago dispatch reports three Indiana Harbor railroad workers killed in a Belt Line train collision at Hammond. The caboose was destroyed, and victims identified as Frank Wilson yard master William Kohlpainter conductor and G W McDonald switch man.
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Chicago
Indiana Harbor Railroad
iIl
Hammond
Caboose
Frank Wilson
William Kohlpainter
G. W. McDonald
Roumania Wins on West Front in Moldavia and Dobrogea
Russo Romanian forces report gains on Moldavian front with the capture of the Translovenian village of Balan and Piatrarotkul heights and continued Jiul river combat. Both sides clash along the Tulghes, Bicaz, Trotus, and Dobrogea fronts as German and allied troops press attacks while Romanian and Russian forces withdraw toward safer lines north of the Constanta railroad corridor.
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Bucharest
War Office
Tulghes
Bicaz
Trotus
Uzul
Dragoslavele
Jiul
Petrograd Petrograd
Moldavia
Villase
Balan
Piatrarotkul
Russian War Department
Dobrogea
Hirsova
Casapkelli
Tchernavoda-Constanta
Berlin
von Mackensen
Tehernavoda
Lutsk
Volhynia
Kiselin
Transylvania
Predeal
Cammulung
Roumeania
Kronstad
Shara
Earlham College Named Richest Quaker School in U S
Richmond Indiana October 28 Earlham college is rated the wealthiest Quaker college in the United States in a report released by the educational committee of the Five Years Meeting of Friends. The college proper ty is valued at 939700 Guilford College in North Carolina is ranked second with property valued at 26600
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Richmond
Ind
Earlham College
United States
The
Five Years Meeting of Friends
Guilfford College
North Carolina
South Bend Widow First to Get Federal Compensation
South Bend, Ind at Oct 27 Mrs John Porter whose husband was killed by falling from a New York Central mail car is the first South Bend woman to receive federal compensation. She will get 45 dollars monthly while widowed and her thirteen year old son will receive 20 dollars monthly until he is twenty one.
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South Bend
Ind
John Porter
New York Central Railroad
Candidate's Sen Dies on Border in Angola
Angola Ind Oct 27 Louis W airfield a Republican candidate for congress in the Twelfth district was summoned to the Mexican border after news of his son’s serious illness and death. The father returns to the city with the body of his son who died in Mexico.
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Sen
Angola
Ind
Louis W.airfield
Congress
Thomas
Angelam
Minister Confesses Cupid Role in Millikin Romance
In Decatur Illinois Rev Dr A P Cobb a minister at a Christian church admitted he acted as matchmaker for Miss Marguerite Potter a Millikin graduate and Dr Howard Bradford Boone a Chandlerville surgeon who married in Decatur Cobb said he knew Boone for years owns 3500 acres and a 10900 home and that Boone asked him to find a wife after Springfield August convention Cobb arranged a correspondence leading to a mutual romance and marriage
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Decatur, I
A. P. Cobb
Millikin University
Cupid
Marguerite Potter
Millikin
Howard Bradford Boone
Chandlerville
Decatur
Dro-Boone
Uniofl
Springfield
Cobb
Miss Potter
James Millikin University
East Peoria loan association seeks $10000 shortage
Peoria Illinois October 28 The East Peoria Loan and Homestead association once secretary for twelve years Charles J Farrington former postmaster demanded his sureties cover a $10000 shortage found shortly before his death Farrington aged fifty five allegedly promised a cash settlement on the day he died
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Peoria, Hil
East
Y. M. A. Sought at Elwood Indiana Meeting Planned
A public meeting at the Methodist church in Elwood October 28 aims to start a Y M C A movement in the city. If organized the church basement will be used for club and reading rooms as long as needed.
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Elwood
Ind
Alleged Purse Snatcher Held in Anderson Case
John Mc Curdy aged nineteen was arrested in Anderson Indiana for snatching purses from three women in ten days. He confessed and was sentenced to the reformatory.
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Anderson
Ind
John McCurdy
To Extend Alton Way to Chicago
Carlinville on October 28 reports prayers are underway to extend the Alton road to Chicago. The project has strong support in Carlinville and towns along the route, with local officials backing the plan.
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Chicago
Carlinville
Captain Boy-Ed Accused of Sending U Boats to U S
Former Austrian German naval attache Captain Paul von Boy-Ed allegedly directed U boats to threaten U S shores prompting investigations and diplomatic protests. Officials assess messages and potential espionage links amid wartime tensions.
Auto Bandits Taken In Midst Of Holdup
Chicago, Oct. 28. A daring hold up of the Bank of Harvey at 1 45 o clock in the afternoon was foiled by August Waldschmidt assistant cashier 23 who ran nearly a block and returned with a policeman to capture the robber about to flee with 8000 to 9000 dollars The man with the money and one of two other men in a waiting car down the street were captured The bank robber gave the name George Stunckel age 20 lives on Sangamon street Chicago Waldschmidt slipped out a rear door while Burnett chief assistant cashier was covered with a revolver
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Chicago
Bank of Harvey
August Waldschmidt
George Stunckel
Sangamon Street
Waldschmidt
George M. Burnett
Rush Illinois coal to Ohio as famine widens
Feverish activity in central Illinois coal mines prompts mine owners to ship hundreds of cars to Toledo and other Ohio points to ease a coal famine in the Ohio field. East demand drives operators to haul mine run coal by team to railroad sidings, loading it by hand for higher profit than the local market.
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Springfield
Ilb
Coar
Ilinois
Toledo
Ohio
Indictment Issued in Lafayette Murder Case
Lafayette Ind Oct 28 An indictment charging Henry Brock with first degree murder was returned by the grand jury. Brock shot and killed Edward Mason a colored high school student last April. The murder trial opened recently but the prior indictment was quashed due to improper grand jury drawing.
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Lafayette
Ind
Henry Brock
Brock
Edward Mason
Woman Falls Dead on Track Near Elkhart
Mrs. Charles Payne sixty years old collapsed and died of heart disease while collecting for a magazine on the Big Four railroad tracks just outside Elkhart Indiana Cyrus Frame a farmer witnessed the sight but fled awaiting Deputy Sheriff Komton Bowlse who arrived by car to investigate
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Elkhart
Ind
Charles Payne
Cyrus Frame
Komton Bowlse
Channel raid ends with loss of two German destroyers
German flotilla attacked cross channel transport ships with ten destroyers. Two enemy destroyers were sunk and the rest driven off. British destroyer Flirt missing. Nubian disabled and grounded. One transport Queen sunk but crew saved. Rowanmore sunk. Huntsfall and Severn losses reported.
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Kaiser
London
Admiralty
Queen
T. M
Flirt
Richard P. Kellett
Rh. B
H. M
Nubian
Montague P Bernard
R. N
Constantine and Nichte Together in Greece Accord
Athens reports an understanding between King Constantine and entente powers from Boulogne talks. Greece pledges to obey Admiral Fournet, maintain order in Athens and Piraeus, guarantee constitutional liberties, and not oppose Venizelist recruiting now labeled anti Bulgarian. The Forward says the Boulogne conference opens wider understanding with Greece.
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Athens
Constantine
Great Britain
France
Boulogne
Greece
Admiral Fournet
Piraeus
Woman Dies of Wounds in Indiana Hotel Shooting
In Hammer, Indiana, on October 27, Mrs. Alama Smart, manager of a local hotel, died in a hospital from bullet wounds. Police say the injuries were inflicted by Frank Payton, a former minister who owned the hotel.
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Hammer
Ind
Alama Smart
Frank Payton
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Col. Vanderbilt
American Press Association
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Halan
Piatravokul
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Teutons
Petrograd
Decatur, III
Loan Association
Farrington Sureties
Mrs. Vincent Astor
Captain Boy
Gemmnan
Providence Journal
Auto Bandits
Buckeyedam
Vincent Actor
Staviabore
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