Pacifist Bigelow Kidnapped by White Robed Attackers
Herbert S. Bigelow, pacifist leader, was seized near Newport and whisked toward Florence Kentucky by men in white robes who whipped him with a snake whip. He described being taken to a schoolhouse tree and stripped, then released and directed toward Cincinnati. He was later found and taken to a Florence hospital.
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Cincinnati
Florence
Belgium
Bigelow
Lexington
Ky.) Pike
J. H. Grant
Foes of U S Jailed In Wartime Probe
Government agents in New York Ellis Island and Washington pursue enemy aliens amid false war reports. Among the detainees are Germans charged with spreading tales to soldiers and alleging submarine operations. Other widespread rumors blamed on German propaganda prompt official assurances of prompt casualty disclosures. In Peoria William Bowers faces $1000 bond for disloyal remarks about Liberty bonds as several others are summoned.
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New York
Ellis Island
National Army
United States
Washington
America
Peoria
William Bowers
Averyville
Federal Grand Jury
Clark retracts charge over New York ring delaying Liberty bonds
Speaker Clark said he withdrew his accusation that a ring of New York men or financiers hampered Second Liberty loan sales to push up interest. He cited recent bond sales in New York and admitted uncertainty about the exact wording of his original charge.
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New York Ring
Liberty
St. Louis
Champ Clark
House of Relatives
New York
War moves near as Baker predicts Italian crisis
Secretary of War Newton D. Baker says important developments loom in all war theaters and expresses confidence in the ultimate Allied win. He notes Austro German victories over Italy under King Charles and von Mackensen, acknowledging Italy faces a difficult moment but recalling a prior Austrian onslaught was halted in 1916.
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Washington
Newton D. Baker
Charles of Austria
von Mackensen
Italy
Six Escaped Germans Captured After Fort McPerson Breakout
Atlanta report says six of ten German prisoners who escaped from the Fort McPerson alien enemy detention camp Tuesday night were seized by justice department agents. Five were nabbed at Surrency, Georgia, and Johann Adelhart, a noncommissioned officer, was captured in Atlanta.
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Atlanta
Fort McPerson
Department of Justice
Surrency
Johann Adelhart
Whites command Negroes at Camp Zachary Taylor call
Several hundred white soldiers at Camp Zachary Taylor Louisville Kentucky respond to a volunteer call to serve as noncommissioned officers in a battalion of Negro soldiers to be formed for noncombatant labor behind the lines in France Volunteers come from units across Indiana Illinois Kentucky and other states
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Zachary Taylor
Louisville
New
National Army
France
Indiana
Clinote
Kentucky
Fire Raze Potash Plant in Utah, Losses Mount
A mysterious blaze destroyed the Mineral Products potash plant at Alunite near Marysville Utah. The fire began in the coal drier following an explosion, causing an estimated $250000 in damage and possibly one life. Two men were injured fighting the flames.
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East Lake City
Utah
The
Mineral Products Corporation
Alunite
Marysville
First German prisoner taken by American forces in France
The first German POW captured by American expeditionary forces died in a field hospital after being shot during an encounter near No Man’s Land. He was a mail carrier with letters found on him and claimed German troops did not know American troops were in France. American batteries continued shelling the German lines despite snow.
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France
No Man's Land
Allied Airmen Bomb German Targets in Belgium
Allied aerial raids on Belgian military sites continued Friday night and Saturday. Rail junctions at Lichterwelde Thourout Cottermarck were hit with direct hits and large explosions. Saturday raids hit Sparappelhoek Engel and Ostend Thourout line. Patrols reported two enemy planes driven down and British machines all returned safely.
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London
Belgium
Naval Air Service
Lichterwelde
Thourout
Cottermarck
Sparappelhoek
Engel
Ostend-Thourout
U S HITS PROFITEERS CRACKDOWN ON FOOD PRICES
Washington announces immediate controls on food profiteers and canned goods speculation. Administrator Moor will cut off supplies to dealers charging excessive profits, with licenses for canners starting November 1 and penalties up to 1000 fine and two years imprisonment.
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Washington
Moor
Food Administration
Hoover
The
United States
Indiana
Mr. Hoover
Sericultural Department
Gregory
Department of
Coal Cards For Chicago curb hoarding plan
Chicago begins coal rationing with a required form at dealers. Buyers must state last year usage, current stock, and estimated duration. Dealers verify and may refuse orders if fraud suspected. The fuel administration holds retailers and customers accountable for statements.
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Chicago
John B. Williams
Italians Hold Fast Against Austro German Drive in Northern Italy
Rome reports Austro German forces push toward the plains of northern Italy with Berne citing frontier closures and reinforcements. Italian war office says movements ordered by the general staff are carried out and Italian troops check the advance as front lines collapse northward.
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Berlin
Ital
Udine
Wippach
Adriatic
Cormons
Pliecken Pass
Toglilamens
Berne
Italy
Rome
War Office
Renine
Vitetorio Orlando
Francescca Nitti
United States
Orlando Moinetry
Swift Aids Spy Suspect In Pro-German Case
Louis F. Swift the nationaire packer went to Chicago to aid his son in law Count James Minette who was arrested on pro German activities. Reports say Minette’s arrest stems from seized papers of Fritz Kuhn and George von See wealthy Germans interned on Ellis Island. Secretary Daniels confirms Minette is the man linked to naval intelligence efforts and says evidence was turned over to the labor department.
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New York
Louis F. Swift
Nationaire
Bernstorff
Secret of Labor Chief summoned to avert Pacific Telegraph strike
Secretary of Labor Wilson was urged by Ga McNab and Senator James D. Phelan to come to San Francisco at once to avert a threatened strike by organized electrical workers and operators of the Pacific Telephony and Telegraph Company set for October 31.
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Wilson
San Francisco
Ga McNab
James D. Phelan
Pacific Telephony and ‘Telegraph Company
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