World champions rally in final game to clinch series
White Sox defeat Giants four games to two at Polo Grounds as Red Faber wins two and a third and Perritt holds the late threat. Attendance totals reach 33 000 plus for the final and 186 654 for the six game series with receipts and player shares listed.
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National Commission
Shire
Commission
White Sox
Polo Grounds
N. Y
Red Faber
Cascade
Coogan's
Giants
Sox
Heine Zimmerman
Eddie Collins
Eddie
Dave Robertson
Jackson
Robertson
Felsch
Benton
Collins
Heine
Gandil
Schalk
Faber
Baber
Hariden
Withojt
Weaver
Perritt
H. Arba
Regi
Jini E. Colting
Wine Jackson
Lech
Dme Weaver
Bar Bohalk
Cleotte
Russell
Whyte
Danforth Any
Williams
Riaberg
Danforth
Creotte
Rf Williema
Burna
Herzog
An Kauff
Zimmerm
Cher
Rortpon
Holke
McCasty
Riden
Jonderson
Ody Treau
Nton
Benholt
Asco Ita
Por Parritt
October 24 Liberty Loan Day Proclaimed by President
President Wilson proclaims October 24 as Liberty day urging nationwide unity for the second Liberty loan. All federal employees receive a half holiday as communities are urged to hold patriotic meetings to pledge financial support, under treasury secretary guidance and federal reserve bank committees.
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Washington
United States
Woodrow Willson
United States of America
Secretary of the Treasury
Federal Reserve Banks
Seven Die When Auto Hit By Michigan Central Train
Detroit residents Joseph J. Pohl and six relatives and friends perished when an automobile carrying seven people was struck by a Michigan Central passenger train at Gartsig crossing, twelve miles north of Detroit. The party had left the city for a country outing and all seven occupants died instantly.
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Detroit
Mich
Joseph J. Pohl
Michigan Central
Gartsig Crossing
George Harvey
Pohl
Mary Pohl
Thomas Pohl
Childhen
University of Michigan Fires German Professor Karl Eggert
Regents accuse Karl Eggert of violent pro German and un American conduct condemn his classroom behavior and suspend him after a lengthy inquiry in Ann Arbor.
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Regents
University of Michigan
Karl Eggert
Ann Arbor
Mich
President Wilson Issues Far-Reaching Trading with the Enemy Rules
The regulations place sweeping control over U S intercourse with Germany and allies under two leaders. They authorize licensing, censorship, and enforcement across trade, finance, and information flows, creating a broad framework for wartime economic war powers and enforcement.
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Washington
Wilson
United States
E. N. Hurley
Chicago
Vance MecCormick
Harrisburg
Germany
Secretary of the Treasury
Secretaries of War and the Navy
Postmaster General
War Trade Board
Federal Trade Commission
West
Secretary of State
Secretary of Commerce
Attorney General
Americans Die on Ship in German Submarine Attack
The sinking of a steamship torpedoed without warning by a German submarine left 23 dead, including two Americans Harvey Johnson and James Fringer. Frank Donoghue was wounded, and two English crewmen were killed. The Champagne sunk and Begonia overdue were reported.
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London
Champagne
Charles Gordon
Philadelphia
Harvey Johnson
James Fringer
Frank Donoghue
Few Draft Appeals Favored On Industrial Exemption
Washington report says only one in twenty draft exemption appeals on industrial grounds has been decided in the applicant’s favor. About 8,000 appeals have been received with few resolved. Crowder officers inspect documentary evidence while recommendations are reviewed before reaching the president.
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Washington
Wilson
Moarshal
Brother slain during sorghum mill feud in Ackerman
In Ackerman Mississippi on October 18 Emmett Porter shot dead his brother Herbert Porter during a quarrel over a sorghum mill. Porter has been arrested.
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Ackerman
Miss
Emmett Porter
Herbert Porter
Kaiser’s Minister of Marine Resigns
Vice Admiral Eduard von Capelle resigns as German minister of the navy per the Frankfurter Zeitung. He cited a navy plot to paralyze fleet efficiency and force peace, linking socialists to the plot while noting prior inactivity and insubordination among several fleet units.
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Amsterdam
von Capelle
Frankfurter Zeitung
Eduard von Capelle
Ministry of Marine
Admiral von Tirpitz
Reichstag
Germany
Russia
Grand Fleet
Nation Eyes War Time Rail Takeover
Washington reports a conference committee on national preparedness warned the war could force government ownership of American railroads. They cited inadequate ship tonnage and strained transportation, noting crops moving slowly and only a small portion of the army deployed. They urged concerted federal action to prevent transportation bottlenecks and ensure a swift war effort.
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Washington
Conference Committee On National Preparedness
America
East St. Louis Rioters Guilty in Race Case
In Belleville Illinois on October 1, a circuit court jury found the first white defendants Her bert Wood and Leo Keane guilty on race riot charges linked to July events. The jury deliberated about two hours. Ten black defendants were previously convicted with sentences up to fourteen years, while two other white defendants received similar terms.
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Belleville
East St. Louis
Herbert Wood
Leo Keane
Scott
Audoin Fleet Routs Germans Across Baltic Island
German forces land on Oesel island at the Gulf of Riga head and seize Arensburg, pushing east and south. Panic in Petrograd grows as rumors trigger ticket office surges while authorities deny immediate evacuation threats. German naval actions shell batteries and advance toward Moon Island as Russians retreat to the mole.
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Peru
Oesel Island
Gulf of Riga
Arensburg
Eland
Ceral Pentinsula
Petrograd
Riga
Berlin
Dexel
German War Office
Svord
Oesel
Teutons
Moon Island
Joffre Reviews U S Troops in France
Marshal Joffre discussed with General Pershing during a visit to Pershing's headquarters near the American camp in France. He greeted troops and dined with Pershing and his staff before returning to meet the general. Two American expeditionary forces soldiers died of disease, Hammond from Dorchester, Nye from Whitman, in October.
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France
Marshal Joffre
Pershing
Marne
Joffre
General Pershing
Washington
Charles F. Hammond, Jr
Dorchester
Maes
Field Artillery
Raynor B. Nye
Whitman
Mass
Piersol Found Guilty in Baby Kidnapping Case
Claude Piergel was convicted by a jury of kidnapping Baby Lloyd Keet and sentenced to 85 years in prison. The 14 month old boy was taken from his bed on May 31 as his mother and father attended a dance, sparking a nationwide search. The infant’s body was later recovered from a well near an abandoned house outside Springfield.
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Lloyd Keet
Springfield
Claude Piergel
J. Holland Keet
Wallace sentenced to 20 years for espionage act violation
Davenport Oct 12 Daniel J Wallace organizer and president of the League of Humanity a pacifist group was sentenced to 20 years in prison by Federal Judge M J Wade after a jury conviction for espionage act violations The judge denied a motion for a new trial and Wallace had been found guilty by the jury several days earlier
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Davenport
Daniel J. Wallace
The
League of Humanity
M. J. Wade
Pew
Wallace
Adree
Various World News Bits From A Turbulent Week
Brief records from the era report a divorce suit ending in suicide in Aurora Illinois a Turkish attack near Erzingan and Russian defense a suspected bomb on a US battleship in New York the hanging of Villistas along the Mexican railroad bodies seen between Torreon and Chihuahua Austro Hungarian attacks on Isonzo front repelled by Italy policy banning wives from France pending war office acts a Nevada rail robbery an explosion at Du Pont Gibbstown fatal to two workers a bleacher collapse injuring students a Nassau grand jury indicting Mrs De Saulles for murder a Chicago shooting in an insurance office and steps to curb private cables announcing American troops in France.
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Lillian Stiles
Herbert Crane
Chicago
Aurora
Erzingan
Armenia
Petrograd War Office
New York
Juarez
Mex
Torreon
Chihuahua
Chiapovano
Isonzo
Rome War Office
War Department
Washington
France
Deep Creek
Salt Lake
Goldhill
Nev
Charles Barberg
Salt Lake City
du Pont Powder Works
Gibbstown
N. J
Lee J. Lyons
Marquette Academy
Milwaukee
Marquette
Nassau County Grand Jury
Hempstead
L. L
Kianea de Saulies
John Longer de Saulles
A. B. Collingbourne
Western Thread Company
Catherine L. Rose
War and Navy Departments
Iowa Voters End Liquor Sale with Dry Amendment
Iowa voters approved a constitutional amendment to prohibit liquor manufacture and sale, effective immediately, with an estimated 30 000 to 35 000 majority. Partial returns show wet and dry results in several cities and counties including Dubuque Waterloo Cedar Rapids Center Point and Black Hawk with large dry margins in many areas.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Dubuque
Waterloo
Cedar Rapids
Waubeek
Center Point
Denver
Black Hawk County
Tawa
Supreme Court Recess Set After October Decisions
Washington reports the Supreme Court will recess after issuing decisions on October 22 and resume on November 5.
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Supreme Court
Washington
The
Markets show mixed commodity prices across corn wheat and livestock
The Chicago markets report lists assorted prices for corn wheat flour butter and cattle hogs and lambs with ranges for grades and brands. Traders monitor shifts in futures and spot values amid varied quality grades.
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Chicago
Neconda
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Kaiser
Marine
Admiral Capelle
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