Roumanians in Critical Fight Across Front
Reports from Berlin and Bucharest describe ongoing battles northeast and northwest of Campolung as Von Falkenhayn and Mackensen pursue Romanian and Russian forces. Romanian positions fall near Rothenthurm Pass and Clabucetul Bafru while Bucharest touts gains in Prahove valley and Jiul Valley as prisoners and machine guns are captured. Sharp actions persist near Tanube as rear guards slow retreat toward Russia.
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London
Campolung
von Falkenhayn
Perlin
Rothenthurm
Teutons
Bucharest
Prahove
Clabucetul Bafru
Azuga
Dragoslavele
Bucharest War Office
Jiul
Dobrodja
Mackensen
Himmaniani
Tanube
Constanza
Russia
Watchman Risks Life at Crossing in Indiana
Warsaw Indiana October 31 James Patton a Big Four railroad crossing watchman saved lives by pulling away a fallen crossing gate from the track risking his own life to avert a wreck at the crossing in Warsaw.
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Watchman
Warsaw
Ind
James Patton
Death Claims 93-Year-Old Lafayette Resident
Adam Ruppel aged ninety three, longtime Lafayette resident for sixty six years, has died in Lafayette. In the same city Richard Haley, aged seventy five, is reported dead.
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Lafayette
Ind
Adam Ruppel
Richard Haley
Chicago Markets Live Stock and Grain Report
Chicago live stock receipts hogs 59 000 with light to heavy demand and prices ranging from 8 80 to 10 00. cattle 27 000 with steers 10 75 to 11 25 and cows 6 10 to 11 00. Chicago cash grain wheat No 2 red 1 83 1 88, corn No 2 white 1 10 and No 2 yellow 1 19 1 16, oats No 2 white 0 54 0 64. East Buffalo East Buffalo New York livestock market reports cattle 200 cars steady hogs 100 cars steady top lambs 10 35 11 00 veals 11 50.
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Chicago
Ecus
East Buffalo
Dunning and Stevens
Livestock Commission T
N. Y
General Felix Diaz Reported Alliance With Villa and Zapata
General Felix Diaz is reported to align with Emiliano Zapata and Panfilo Villa in a Mexican political realignment. The move signals potential shifts in leadership and regional influence amid ongoing revolutionary tensions and calls for reform.
Hindenburg Urges Wipe Out France in War Message
Berlin dispatch reports Field Marshal von Hindenburg on his first war visit amid cheers. He dined with the Kaiser and Kaiserin. his remarks via Overseas News Agency claim French tenacity but assert French extermination of lives by their methods and blame the British for France's fate. He predicts Britain will not alter strategic results.
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Berlin
Field Marshal
von Hinderburg
Germany
Hindenburg
Kaiser
Bellevue Palace
Kaiserin
France
Daly File Sparks Fight For Chicago State Attorney
A statement from State's Attorney Hoyne accuses William A. Cunnea rival for state’s attorney of embezzling $1,102.62 from the widows and orphans fund of the Ancient Order of Hibernians while state secretary. Cunnea denies the charge saying funds were used for salary and printing. The claim cites 1902 Hibernian convention records.
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Chicago
Hoyne
Thomas H
Honest Tom”) Daly
Cottage Grove Avenue
William A. Cunnea
Office of
Public Prosecutor
Widows’ and Orphans’ Fund
Ancient
Order of Hibernians
Cunnea
Eugene Quirk
Kewanee
Cunnen
Many Hurt in Oxygen Explosion in Rome
In Rome on October 30 a massive oxygen factory explosion left forty people seriously or moderately injured. The blast caused extensive damage and sent rescuers scrambling to assist the wounded.
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Rome
Merchants End Discount Practice in Freeport Ill
Freeport Illinois merchants have ended the practice of giving discounts to clergy dressmakers and clerks from other stores. The move aims to standardize pricing and treat all customers equally across the local business community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freeport
Ill
Americans aboard Marina torpedoed voyage end
Washington reports American consul Wes ley Frost said the British steamer Marina from Glasgow was sunk by a submarine without warning on Oct 26. Only 34 of 104 crew are known rescued, landed at Crookhaven. Frost seeks affidavits. Marina is a merchant liner, not a British transport. Names and addresses of Americans aboard are listed.
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London
Wesley Frost
Queenstown
Marina
Glasgow
Crookhaven
Ireland
Lloyd’s
Frost
Newport News
Rowanmore
Mr. Frost
United States Shipping Company
Donaldson Line
TWO SKELETONS UNCOVERED IN WAUKEE SANITARIUM SITE
Waukesha Wisconsin October 30 authorities probe a murder mystery after workers at the Stillreck sanitarium excavation unearthed two skeletons buried less than ten years ago. One skeleton is a boy about six and the other a young man around twenty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waukesha
Wis
Stillreck Sanitarium
Nationwide probe into food prices in Chicago
Chicago October 31 ten of the largest wholesale grocers were summoned to answer before US District Attorney Charles Clyne regarding their role in recent food price increases. The conference included key DOJ officials and focused on letters urging retailers to raise prices amid a wave of food industry prosperity. A nationwide inquiry under Hinton Clabaugh has been conducted across many states with aims to curb consumer prices.
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Chicago
United States
Charles 7. Clyne
Clyne
Josephb. Fleming
Hinton G Clabauch
Bureau of Investigation
Department of Justice
Federal
Hinton G. Clabaugh
Iowa
Nebraska
Ohio
Michigan
Illinois
Indiana
Kentucky
New York
Washington
Jealous Youth Ends Life in Valparaiso Tragedy
In Valparaiso Indiana Lloyd Schroeder twenty five shot himself after a quarrel with a fiancée who he believed flirted with another man. The incident occurred as he walked home from a dance with the woman he planned to wed.
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Valparaiso
Ind
Lloyd Schroeder
Schroeder
Roumanian Queen threatened as life reportedly at risk
Berlin report via Overseas News Agency notes Field Marshal von Hindenburg condemns attempts on Queen Marie of Roumania. Dispatch from Bukarest cites decree charging Babosh and Thor with conspiracy to assassinate Roumanian leaders, allegedly organized by Austro-Hungarian authorities with Budapest police and Austrian staff aiding.
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Berlin
Roumania
Babosh
Thor
Bratiano
M. Costinesco
M. Filipescu
Budapest
Noted Resort Owner Sim Caro Dies in Milwaukee
Sim Caro famed North country guide and owner of a well known Lac Du Flambeau forest summer resort died in Milwaukee hospital after a month long illness. For twenty years he ran a family resort in the Flam beau region and was known as Uncle Sim to hundreds of Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Milwaukee visitors who summered with him.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Sim Caro
Wisconsin Forest
Lac du Flambeau
Flambeau
Sim
Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Speaker Refutes Cleveland Indians Manager Claim
Tris Speaker denies any offer to manage the Cleveland Indians and says he does not want the job. Jim Dunn, owner of the Indians, plans to announce his managerial choice on Wednesday.
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Cleveland
Cleveland Indians
Tris Speaker
Texas
Jimmy Dunn
Indians
Faded note threats self destruction found in river
A faded suicide note supposedly signed by Charles Krauger was found in a bottle floating in the Mississippi near Savanna Illinois. The aging yellowed paper stated a determination to end it all though no date was given.
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Savanna
Ill
Charles Krauger
Mississippi River
Mexican Chiefs Bage Carranza for Constitutional Presidency
Washington reports a cable from Mexico City claiming Generals Obregon Gonzales Hill and Hay announce support for Carranza as Mexico’s constitutional president. The document, tied to the Queretaro convention, appears to be a nomination speech aiming to influence U S policy and the American Mexican commission.
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Washington
Alarvo Obregon
Pablo Gonzales
Benjamin Hill
Eduardo Hay
Carranza
Mexico
Mexico City
Queretaro
United States
Frisco Arredondo
FE Paso
Chihuahua
Santa Ysabel
Ojinaga
Arcardio Armandiz
Arrecondo
Arredondo
State Department
Louis Cabrera
Ciabrera
Lansing
George L. Edmonds
Cabrera
Woman Mission Union adopts sleuths to curb flirting
In Bigin Ul October, the Women’s Mission Union names committees of sleuths to patrol the business district and Aurora Elgin and Chicago railroad waiting station to stop what they call girl mashers. They blame unsophisticated boys and say the girls do the flirting.
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Bigin
Womans’ Mission Union
Aurora
Elgin
Man Loses Foot Under Train In Marion Injury
William Berry a mechanic at Western Drop Forge in Marion was dragged by shunted cars and lost his foot. His companion Rufus Taylor a Lorane port machinist helped but could not save the limb. The accident occurred in October.
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Marion
Ind
William Berry
Western Drop Forge Company
Rufus Taylor
Loraneport
James G Jeffers Elected Grand High Priest in Illinois
James G Jeffers of Arcola was elected grand high priest of the Most Excellent Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons of Illinois at the sixty seventh annual convention in Chicago.
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Masons
Chicago
James G. Jeffers of
Arcola
Royal Arch Masons of
Ilinois
U S Probes Car Shortage Nationwide Inquiry
Washington Oct 30 The interstate commerce commission opened a nation wide probe into the car shortage asking carriers to provide full information on the condition of their lines and supply.
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U. S
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
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Little Nation
Szurduk Pass
War Office
Dobrudja
von Mackensen
Felix Diaz
Alliance
Villa and Zapata
American Press Association
Anericans
F. H. Smith
Philadelphia
J. H. Clarke
J. H. Robbins
Richmond
William Cullen
S. A. Devlin
George Rogers
Norfolk
Andrew Kraig
Springfield
T. H. Hamlin
Edgar Miller
Charles Porky
Baltimore
T. T. Vence
Sheridan
Wya
H. B. Sinclair
J. Arnold
J. A. Arnolds
Andrew G Robinson
James F. Poley
James Bridge
Salem
Mass
George W. Wheeler
Lancaster
T. KE. Engle
J. J. Harrison
Charles Hines
Walter
T. Blamley
John H. Olson
Boston
Upperville
Edgar Scheerer
J. Hancock
J. C. R. Brown
Washington, D. C
H. B. Bennett
G. M. House
Thomas J. Brannigan
Charleston
S. C
Jack Davis
Roanoke
Robert Harris
Robert Barton
Miss Eva Booth
Salvation Army
Mas Eva Booth
Tlattsdale
Vetton Army
Syracuse
James R. Day
Syracuse University
von Hindenburg
Las du Flambeau Chain
Bage Garranza
Obregon, Gonzales
Tion
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