Seize man with big knife trying to reach Wilson
In Pittsburgh on Oct 20 a workman-like man leaped onto President Wilson s running board and was knocked off by Secret Service. Arrested by local detectives after chasing the car for a block. The man named Richard Cullen 22 machinist said he was dissatisfied with Wilson s conduct of the European war. He carried a five inch blade knife a bottle of liquid and several wood chisels. He is held for observation.
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Pittsburgh
Wilson
Secret Service New
Richard Cullen
Lawlessness in Grecian Capital
Telegraphic dispatches from Reuters report extreme turmoil in Athens on Wednesday night. Reservists and revolutionists clash as Greek authorities struggle to maintain order with French and Greek troops present. Officers and troops shift loyalties, with sources claiming Janina joined the revolutionists though official confirmation pending.
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London
Athens
Reuters
Krups
Contro
Maz du Ermore
Athens Gerrinon
National Movement
Siloniki
Soneunee
Adda Dessage
Janina
Eupheus
Serbian forces capture village in Macedonian front
Paris reports the Serbian army captured the village of Vetyecelo on the western Macedonian front and routed Bulgarians. Sofia cites heavy fighting in the Cerna bend as the allied advance in southern Serbia is halted by Central Powers after a brief Serbian success.
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Paris
War Office
Priion
Vetyecelo
Berlin
Sayville
Orm
Serbia
British Routed By German Counter Attacks
Berlin reports German forces retook most trenches between Eaucourt l Abbe and Lebucourt after British capture on October 15. British detachments north of Courcelette and east of Le Sars failed to advance in a renewed Somme push. Several British tanks were destroyed by German artillery, according to the official army headquarters statement.
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Berlin
Sayville
Octao
Eaucourt L'Abfaye
Lebarque
Courcelette
le Sarn
Somme
Kaiser Visits Front as War Headlines Span Europe
Kaiser William toured the Champagne front this week, per the Cologne Gazette. He praised Allied losses and lauded General von Eben with the Pour le Merite, while appearing in high spirits and confident about the war’s outcome.
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Amsterdam
Holland
London
William
Ruwranians Turn Upon Foes In Oituz Valley
The war office announced that the Braamanians have taken the offensive in the Oltue valley in Romania. Austro-German forces have invaded Russia, and the Russians report advances to the frontier. Other fronts also show renewed attacks.
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Oituz Valley
Eharest
Ort
London
Oltue
Draueh
Rusonia
War Office
Wi‘acks
Gasoline Pumps Cheat Motorists with Short Measures
An investigation by the Federal Bureau of Standards finds widespread short measures in gasoline sales. About 80 percent of tested pumps show under measurement for various reasons, with some pumps faulty or susceptible to manipulation by dealers.
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Washington
Get
Federal Bureau of Standards
Bureau
Tim
Abbor
Army Aerial Branch To Be Developed With Balloons
Army aviation officers push expansion of air service including balloons and other craft. Maj. Chandler to lead new aviation division overseeing balloons and hydrogen plants. Balloon school planned at Fort Omaha or Akron. Army advertises 200 new aircraft and funds to outfit two extra squadrons, each with 16 planes and 25 motor trucks, under Maj. Foulois.
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Charles D. F. Chandler
Signal Corps
New Yorks
Congress
Fort Omaha
Neb
Akron
Ohio
Army
Squier
Army Signal Corps
Regular Army
San Antonio
Tex
Recta Army Flying Service
Benjamin D. Foulois
German Press Sees Entente Fear Over U Boat War
Berlin reports that German newspapers view Entente fears as proof of impact from German submarine operations near American waters. The Over Seas News Agency notes U-53's patrol beyond 40 miles from the coast and British cruisers near the three mile limit, questioning who is at war at the U.S. gates.
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Berlin
Sayville
Entente
United States
Families of Bremen Crew Lose Hope Over Ocean Ship Loss
London reports via Amsterdam exchange that Bremen, the German Ocean navigation company vessel, is believed lost after a submarine Bremen sent ge nows. Widespread anxiety grips Bremen families, many residents there, as other Atlantic voyages may be canceled and crews hard to recruit.
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London
Dia
Amsterdam
Bremen
German Ocean Navigation Company
Mremen
Atlantic
Polish Legion Mutineers in Prison Report
A dispatch from Switzerland to Wirelegs press indicates Germany and Austria-Hungary enlisted 18,000 Poles into six brigades. Mutinies began in October and followers were imprisoned in the Pires Litovek barrels, with many sent to the interior of Austria.
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London
Terns
Switzerland
Germany
Anelria-Munbury
Aus
Two Crews Saved After Liner Aluna Loss
Reports from New York state that only two of the crew of the liner Aluna were lost with the ship. The Cunard line announced that all but two crew members were saved, as investigations continued into the incident near the channel. Further messages confirmed that the passengers were not involved and that the ship‘s fate remains under inquiry.
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New York
Cunard Line
Chanoel
Valmouth
Four Sing Sing convicts escape back in custody
Four Bing Sing convicts who fled yesterday in an automobile truck were recaptured. Warden Calvin Derrick placed responsibility on the Mutual Welfare league for the escape. Lutz, a murder convict and league executive committee member, and Thomas Hylind, life term for murder, were caught near Crawford. William Tammany, serving 18 years for robbery, was seized near Pocantico Hills on Rockefeller estate. Marquis Curtis, a life term convict, was arrested on Rockefeller property after being shot during surrender attempt. William Anson and Alfred Steinhauer remain at large.
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Bing Sing
Calvin Derrick
Mutual Welfare League
Rank Lutz
League
Thomas Hylind
Brawford
Willian Tammany
Pocantivo Hills
John Dr. Rockefeller
Marquis Curtis
Mr. Rockefeller
William Anson
Alfred Steinhauer
Embargo on Food Exports Sought by Labor Union
Philadelphia actions by the International Ladies Garment Workers Union call for a congressionally declared embargo on all food exports to Europe to curb high food costs. The group also backed an eight hour work day and ordered an advocacy campaign by the executive committee.
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Congress
Europe
International Ladies Garment Workers’ Union
Bayonne Strikers to Receive Wage Raise
Bayonne N J Oct 20 The Standard Old and other plants hit by the strike that caused rioting and three deaths resumed operations today. About 12 000 idle workers returned to work with promises of better conditions and partial wage increases, according to federal consultants who arrived from Washington to help.
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Ard
Washington
Man Says He Bought Stolen Bonds in Amelia Bank Sweep
Alonzo J. Whiteman, identified as a former Minnesota state senator who helped Grover Cleveland’s nomination, was arrested in Amelia Ohio while attempting to dispose of several thousand dollars in bonds. He claimed he purchased them unknowingly and sought to recover his payment after learning they were stolen.
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Amelia State Bank
Amelia
Ohio
Alonzo J. Whiteman
Whiteman
Minnesota
Grover Cleveland
New York
Southwest in Grip of Storm Hurls Record Cold
Kansas City dispatch reports a sweeping October storm across Missouri Kansas Oklahoma Arkansas and northern Texas. Temperatures plunged to 20s in Kansas 24 at St Joseph Missouri 28 at Oklahoma City and near 10 in northern Louisiana with widespread snow flurries noted.
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Southwest
Missouri
Kansas
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Texans
Concordia
Okhoma Clin
Louisiana
Chicago union to send funds to New York striking workers
The Chicago Surface and Mounted Railway Employes' union announced it will today send 1,600 dollars to aid New York streetcar workers amid a strike. A 14 dollar monthly assessment on about 15,000 Cook County street railway employees was approved, to be paid as long as needed.
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Omielle
Chicago Surface & Mounted Railway
New York
Corea
Cook County
Russia to Restrict Her List of Imports
Washington reports a decree to temporarily ban many imports, including key U S export items. The British Board of Trade bulletin lists fresh vegetables and fruit, preserved foods, tobacco, beverages, cheese, fish, leather goods, copper products, fabrics, lace, clothing, hats, and numerous other goods as restricted under the measure set to take effect immediately.
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Washington
Ruseia
Department of Com
Hritieh Bord
Ruxvia
James
Seven Cent Loaf Debate Sees Bakers Demand Action
Chicago bakers led by Master Bakers association president B H Duhlheimer push for an embargo on wheat exports after wheat rose to 17 14 cents a bushel. They hope to brief Congress and President Wilson to ease the domestic shortage and prevent bread costs from rising.
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Chicago
B. H. Dahlheimer
Master Bakers’ Association of Chicago
Board of Trade
Duhlheimer
Wilson
Dahlheimer
Thin City
Mrs Ernest Altman and Milltown Bride Eloped Across Counties
The Rev Ernest Altman pastor of Fourth Baptist Church escorted the bride Miss Majors of Milltown for a romantic elopement across three counties in Georgia. Parents reportedly refused consent and the couple faced opposition before wedlock.
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Ernest Yl
Fourth Baptist Church
Mins Nts Majors
Milltown
Awa
Thar
Montana will send woman to Congress
A prominent Montana politician predicts Miss Jeanette Rankin will win one of the two at large congressional seats on the Republican ticket. He notes her primary victory over seven men and her statewide campaign, which overshadows the presidential contest in Montana.
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Washington, D
Congress
House of Representatives
Montins
Jeanette Rankin
Republicas
Norwegian Farmers of Wisconsin Endorse Wilson for President
Otto Omstad, superintendent of public utilities under Governor McGovern, announces support for Woodrow Wilson. In a telegram to the Hughes Alliance of Wisconsin, Omstad says he cannot back Hughes King. He notes Norwegian farmers’ sentiment is overwhelmingly for Wilson.
Golf play to open as weather permits
Reopening of the women's golf tournament at the Country Club will be announced two days before play begins. The governing committee met at Mrs Abbott Thorndyke's home with chairperson stating three contests will revive play: a driving contest an approaching and putting contest and a handicap match open to all women regardless of club affiliation or residence.
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Mra Abbott Thorndyke
Desertion Bureau Aims to Force Parental Support
New York October 20. To save the city 700000 a year spent on children deserted by parents the board of aldermen has begun steps to establish a desertion bureau. Its duty will be to locate delinquent parents and compel them to support their children.
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New York
Board of Aldermen
Birth Control Clinics Planned in Western Cities
New York reports Mrs. Margaret Sanger, after arrest and conviction in Portland for advocating birth control, announces clinics to spread information will open in San Francisco Cleveland and other western inland cities. Police seek a clinic advertised in East New York Brooklyn via multilingual flyers. The teaching of birth control is described as a vile demeanor under the law.
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Sanger
Portland
Ore
San Francisco
Cleveland
New York
Brooklyn
New Minister Arrives In United States
Dr Belalario Porras former Panama president and new minister to the United States reached New York today aboard the Sonta Clara from rhétorial and is bound for Washington to assume duties.
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New York
Belalario Porras
Panama
United States
Rhétorial
Sonta Clara
Washington
Frightful Ravoc Wrought by Guns on British Front
Canadian War Office report describes severe French battlefront ruins near Albert and Pozieres with fields trampled, towns obliterated, and trenches and wreckage everywhere. It asserts Allied artillery superiority and air dominance, noting five shells to one for Germans and widespread aerial activity.
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Ottawa
France
Albert
Desperate Fighting On East Front Reported By Berlin
German troops stormed key Russian positions on the east front along the Narayuvka in Galicia. They repulsed Bolshevik counterattacks and captured 14 officers and 2,060 men along with 11 machine guns, according to a German official statement released today.
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Berlin
Sayville
Narayuvka
Galicia
Rumanians Yield Front Wide Offensive
Bulgarian and German forces push along the entire front at Do Brudja, driving back the Romanian left wing according to the war office announcement dated October 20.
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Bucharest
Vila London
Dobrudja
War Office
Federal Ownership to Be Investigated
Washington, Oct. 40 government ownership of roads will be studied along with other questions by a joint congressional subcommittee. The panel will inquire whether government ownership is practicable and consistent with our theory of government. Railroads plan to resist the move.
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Washington, D. C
Congress
Anomalous Road Incident Between Two Drivers
A confusing dialogue describes a bus cart collision with BU Was, revealing fault and remorse. One speaker vows to avoid harming friends, while the other accepts blame and contemplates future caution. The text mixes surreal imagery about Styx and immortality with a car accident remorse note and awkward reflections on driving ethics.
Snow Covers Iron Range and Northern Minnesota
Snow in northern Minnesota blankets the Iron Range and North Woods from two to six inches. Snow began last night in Duluth and continued today as a brisk north wind drove a steady fall through yesterday. The storm disrupted travel but brought the first substantial accumulation in the region this season.
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Duluth
Minn
Minnesota
Ron Range
North Woods
Iron Range
Bakers Fail Across U S Due To Wheat and Flour Costs
Figures compiled by the National Association of Master Bakers show 146 bakers in the United States went out of business during June July and August due to higher wheat and flour costs. The data were released today through Wade channels in Columbus Ohio.
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Columbus
Ohio
United States
National Association of Master Hikers
Wade
Comptroller Williams Defends Federal Reserve's Farm Credit Impact
Comptroller Tad Otot Pote Skelton Williams addresses Farmers' National Congress, praising decentralization of currency and the federal reserve system. He asserts banks are stronger, more numerous, and offer farmer access to credit, while condemning excessive charges and the prior abuse of high interest rates. He notes no general collapse in rates where abuse was greatest and cites ongoing charter applications.
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Taedean Agena
Tad Otot Pote Skelton Willams
In Currency
Farmers’ National Congress
Wilson
Bani Om
Williams
Federal Reserve Law
Federal Reserve System
Federal Reserve
Twenke
Evers
Younes
Master Plumbers Reform To Meet Sherman Law
Washington October 20 The department of justice has been notified by the directors of the National Association of Master Plumbers that their plan of organization and by laws will be revised to satisfy government criticism and conform to the Sherman act as required by law.
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Washington, D. C
Department of Justice
Fire Marshal Comment Sparks City Debate
In Cedar Rapids Iowa on October 20, a heated exchange surfaced as MM Hoth criticized the state fire marshal while defending Ole Hoe who allowed access to a condemned building amid local control disputes led by Mayor Roth.
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Cedar Rapids
MM. Hoth
Ole. Hoe
Rey
Conn
Roth
Ames Fourth Ward Seeks Separation from City
A petition filed in Story equity court on October 20 asks for separation of Ames Fourth Ward from the city, naming 194 property owners as petitioners. The filing, amid other notes, appears in a mixed page of local items and technical curiosities.
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Ames
Fourth Ward
Story Equity Ele
Nevada
Wetlan
Tobher
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