Teutons Capture Goritz as Italians Retreat
Berlin reports Austro-German forces broke through to the plains of northern Italy capturing Goritz and Cividale on the Isonzo. Italian prisoners exceed 80,000 with 600 guns seized as Italian units surrendered or retreated without fighting on the Julian front. Rome condemns cowardice while others claim strong resistance elsewhere.
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Italy
Cividale
War Office
Goritz
Isonzo
London
Teutons
Amsterdam
Vienna
Rome
Julian
Wilson extends coal wage boost to bituminous mines
President Wilson authorized a general advance of 45 cents per ton for bituminous coal to help operators meet higher wage demands. The measure, effective 7:00 a.m. October 29, follows a Fuel Administrator Garfield letter noting higher prices are needed to cover miners’ pay increases after talks with producers and miners' representatives.
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Washington
United States
Wilson
Garfield
Mntons
Allies Make Gains In Belgium And Flanders Fronts
Paris reports French progress in Belgium with gains on the left near the Laighem peninsula, more prisoners, and a successful trench penetration south of Forgesbrook. British and Belgian forces claim improved positions near the Ypres Roulers railway and a raid north of Dixmude with prisoners and a machine gun. Berlin counters with limited gains for the Entente near Ypres and repulsed French attacks on the Aisne front.
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Paris
Belgium
War Office
Laighem
Aisne
Hurtebise
Champagne
Maisons
Forgesbrook
Meuse
London
Flanders
Mercken Peninsula
Wyfhuysen
Dixmude
Ypres- Roulers
Ypres-Roulers
Mercken
Vyfhuysen
Berlin
Ypres
Houtholst Wood
Russians Fire On Soldiers Fraternizing With Germans
Petrograd reports that Russian troops who fraternized with German forces were fired upon by Russian artillery. Several groups in the Illoukst region were dispersed. similar incidents occurred near Kravo and Larovo southeast of Baranovichi. Baltic operations are quiet with Riga coast conditions unchanged.
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Riga
Petrograd
Illoukst
Kravo
Larovo
Baranovichi
Baltic Sea
Gulf of Finland
Diplomatic figure calls U S naval program bluff
A Vienna dispatch reports Doctor Dumba former Austro-Hungarian ambassador to the United States tells the Reichsrat that the United States naval buildup is largely bluff.
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Dumba
United States
Amsterdam
Vienna
Octor Dumba
Reichsrat
Liberty Loan Over 5 Billion Subscriptions Ahead
Washington reports the second Liberty loan as an overwhelming success with unofficial totals surpassing the 5 billion dollar target. New York and Chicago districts oversubscribed, with estimates suggesting 8 to 10 million subscribers nationwide and final figures due in days.
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New York
Chicago
Washington
Free People of America
Telephone
Telegraph
Messenger
Treasury
Federal Reserve
Federal Reserve District
Iliness
Indiana
Michigan
Wisconsin
Towa
French's Son Wounded in Action In London Report
London dispatch reports British officers wounded include Major Edward G. Prench son of Viscount French commander of the home forces the Earl of Dunmore and Captain Arthur J. P. Howard second son of Baroness Strathcona in action on October 29.
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French
London
Edward G. Prench
Viscount French
Home Forces
Earl of Dunmore
Arthur J. P. Howard
Strathcona
Milk Prices Cut to 12 Cents a Quart by Kee & Chapell
Kee and Chapell Dairy, Chicago's largest wholesale and third largest retailer, orders 11 branches to pay 8 dollars per 100 pounds for milk starting November 1 for five months. The firm will drop retail milk to 12 cents a quart on that date. Vice president S B Chapel says Chicago district farmers can profit at 8 dollars per 100 pounds with a 7 percent return based on 200 dollars per acre.
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Chicago
Kee & Chapell Dairy Company
Kee & Chapell
S. 8. Chapel
Kee & Chapell Company
General John Biddle Promoted Assistant Chief of Staff
Secretary Baker announced Maj. Gen. John Biddle former president of the Army War College as assistant chief of staff to succeed Gen. Tasker Bliss when he retires December 31. Biddle will direct tactics of American armies as they deploy to a battlefront in France. He is 58, a Michigan native and West Point graduate.
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Washington
Baker
John Biddle
Army War College
Tasker H. Bliss
Biddle
America
France
General Biddle
Michigan
West Point
Hoover reveals plot to destroy cattle in stockyards
National Food Administrator Hoover warns of a nationwide German conspiracy to ruin stockyards. Illinois state actions include guarding yards, fortifying packing plants, and mobilizing home guards with stepped fire protection and employee identification.
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Chicago
Hoover
Harry A. Wheeler
Wheeler
Lowden
Eleventh Infantry
Illnois
Washington
Chieng
Atm
Kansas City
Brooklyn
Herbert Ploover
College Football Scores From Major Matches
Scores show Chicago at Northwestern 0 to 27 loss, Wisconsin 20 to 0 over Iowa, Michigan 20 to 0 over Nebraska, Cornell 20 to 0 over Bucknell, Harvard Freshmen 58 to 7 over Worcester Academy, Navy 89 to 0 over Haverford, Army 21 over Villanova 7.
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Northwestern
Miinois
Purdue
Wisconsin
Iowa
Michigan
Nebraska
de Pauw
St. Louis University
Marquette
Haskell
Kansas
Ames
Grinnell
Coe
Missouri
Timke
University of Detroit
Michigan Agricultural
Harvard
Camp Devens
Cornell
Bucknell
Princeton
Camp Dix
Exeter
Willams
Columbia
New York University
Union
Amherst
Wesleyan
Yale
Pennsylvania
Army
Villa Nova
Worcester Academy
Navy
Haverford
Germans Bomb Dunkirk and Paris October War Bulletin
Dunkirk was attacked by German air squadrons. Twenty bombs fell causing injuries and casualties among civilians. The French war office reported the strike and confirmed damage and fatalities.
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Dunkirk
Paris
War Office
U S Batteries Pound Germans in France
American batteries on the front continued a fierce night duel with German guns as infantry in first line trenches exchanged volleys. Pershing's forces, learning trench life, prepare for the first step over the top while a first official statement confirms unit training in a quiet sector with veteran French battalions.
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France
Pershing
No Man's Land
Helen Cudahy Ends Life Aboard liner While Bound for Red Cross Work
Miss Helen Cudahy, 26, eldest daughter of Milwaukee brewer Patrick Cudahy and niece of Edward A. Cudahy of Chicago, leaped to death from a liner October 10 en route to Red Cross service in France. Cable reports from Paris say submarine danger and suspected mental derangement led to the act.
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Chicago
Helen Cudahy
Patrick Cudahy
Wilionaire Milwaukee Packer
Edward A. Cudahy
Chicasko
Insid- Atlantic
Miss Cudahy
Red Cross
France
Paris
Itta
Michael
Princeton Erases Bernstorff's Name After State Dept Revelations
Princeton New Jersey October 27 1917 Bernstorff is struck from the university rolls as a doctor of laws in light of state department disclosures about German diplomatic operations in the United States.
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Princeton
Bernstorff
N. J
State Department
United States
Princeton University
Farmers Urge Suffrage and Prohibition at Congress
Springfield Mo Oct 27 The farmers national congress closed a four day session by passing resolutions urging national suffrage and prohibition and pledging support to the government in the conduct of the war.
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Springfield
Farmers’ National Congress
Governor's Wife Killed in Auto Crash
The wife of Governor John G. Townsend Jr. of Delaware and the governor were severely injured in an automobile accident in Philadelphia on October 20.
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John G. Townsend, Jr
Delaware
Philadelphia
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