Big Deficiency in Cantonments Forced Second Draft Order
Washington discusses expediting the second draft increment with potential December or January timing. A large deficiency appears in national army cantonments as 16 posts lack enough barracks and equipment. Separate divisions for Negro troops reduce available manpower, delaying mobilization and stretching aviation medical and service battalions.
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Washington
war department
national army
iha
Klaine
Barricaded Negro Killed After Shootout in Danville
Walter Clark, who murdered his wife and barricaded himself in a Danville home, shot and killed a policeman attempting arrest, wounded a deputy sheriff, then died when entitlements to escape failed. Thousands surrounded the house as shots rang out. dynamite and fire finally forced the suspect to surrender.
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Danville
Dea
Walter Clark
Boisseau
Ie hark
Tarr Wanoding
tos
corporation court
Charles G. Dawes Leader on Pershing's Staff
Chicago banker Charles G. Dawes serves as a lieutenant colonel on General Pershing's staff, contributing to wartime operations and strategic planning. Dawes' role underscores his continued influence in finance and national defense during the period.
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Chicago
Pershing
Admiral Mayo Returns From Allied Naval Conference in England
Washington reports Admiral H. T. Mayo and his staff returned from England after a naval conference with allied navies. The navy department authorized the statement, noting cordial British support and the aim to become intimate with every detail of plans for the future.
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Washington
Admiral Mayo
Atlantic fleet
England
navy department
Daniels
H. T. Mayo
United States navy
British admiralty
Well Again Elected President of Ohio Labor Group
Cincinnati October 13 John A Vat of Zanesville was unanimously reelected president of the Ohio Federation of Labor at the convention's closing session Judge Houck Robbed Mt Vernon Ohio October 13 burglars robbed the home of Appeals Judge Lewis B Houck jewelry valued over 1760 and the judge's winter overcoat were stolen Coal Sold to Needy Akron October 15 nine thousand tons of coal bought by the chamber of commerce at government prices and sold at five dollars a ton were moved in one hour Balloon Breaks Away Akron October 15 a new type belt balloon built for the government broke free drifting as far as the Ohio River and beyond Lawyer and Educator Upper Sandusky October 13 Gottbert Carey prominent attorney and former superintendent of public schools and mayor died at his home in Upper Sandusky Cleveland October 13 infantile paralysis outbreak causes kindergarten expansion at Lee Congregational Church Lakewood three children ill one death Accidental Deaths Wooster October 13 three people died in accidents Fred Buckett watchman crushed in elevator Altice Dowd eight killed by auto unidentified man found on railroad tracks Police Make Raid Marion October 13 several men arrested in a car robbery ring tied to grand jury Potters Walk Out Fast Liverpool October 13 ten thousand ware potters in US and Canada strike after recent closures
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Wooster
Fred Buckett
Altice Dowd
Miss Ilelen Perse Faces Kidnap Trial At Springfield
Ilelen Perse sister of Claude Biersol stands trial on a kidnaping charge at Springfield Missouri. Ilelen and her sister Alison are expected to be important witnesses for the defense in a sensational case involving prominent parties.
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Ilelen Perse
Claude Biersol
Local Banks Named in War Support Message
A readable ledger like list cites banks including Valley Nat Bank Fairfield Nat Bank Farmers and Citizens Bank Lancaster National Bank Farmers Merchants Bank and several town banks in Basil Bremen Carroll Millersport Pleasantville Pickerington Rushville Stoutsville Hocking Valley. The note frames citizens offering lives or money to the country and names multiple regional banks.
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Hocking. Valley
Nat’! Bank
Fairfield National Bank Farmers and Citizens Bank
Lancaster
National Bank
Bremen Bank Co
First National Bank Farmers & Merchants Bank
Millersport Bank Co
Pleasantville Bank
Pickerington Bank -Rushville Banking Co
Farmers and Citizens Bank
Potters strike after wage claim rejected
President Edward Menge of the National Brotherhood of Operative Potters led a walkout when operators refused a 25 percent wage increase. The action halted work as negotiations stalled and plant conditions remained unsettled.
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ting
Edward Menge
National Brotherhood of Operative Potters
Eastern Railroads Seek Increase in Freight Rates
Eastern trunk lines, meeting in New York, plan a new plea to the Interstate Commerce Commission for higher freight rates as passenger trainmen demand higher wages. The railroads aim to unite with Western and Southern lines in seeking about a 15 percent increase, though ICC previously approved roughly a 5 percent gross revenue uplift.
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New York
eastern trunk lines
interstate commerce commission
all road
Von Luxburg Interned at Martin Garcia Camp
Buenoa Ayres Oct 13 Count Von Luxburg former German minister to Argentina has arrived at the detention camp on Martin Garcia Island. The report notes his transfer amid naval and diplomatic activity surrounding the internment.
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San Francisco
AL Vir Rosthern
China
Von Luxburg
Buenoa Ayres
Count Von Luxburg
Argentina
Martin Garcia
British Offensive Stymied by Rain In Flanders Front
London Oct 1 British forces failed to complete their objectives in Flanders due to heavy rain turning the field into a quagmire. Despite gains along a six mile front and about 600 prisoners captured, advances near Passchentast and Poeleapelie were halted as German troops massed near the Ostend Lille railroad. Germans shelled with gas and artillery across France and Belgium while Russia and other theaters saw limited activity.
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France
Austra-itasian
Macedonia
London
Flanders
Haig
Hontholst wood
Ypres-Menin road
six mile
Poeleapelie
Passchentast
Ostend-Lille
Chemin-de-Dames
Champagne
Ypres
Refuse to Perform U Boat Duty in Germany
London reports via Holland indicate growing disinclination among German sailors to serve on submarines. Several sailors have reportedly been shot for refusing U-boat duty, with sanctions said to have occurred before the Wilhelmshaven mutiny.
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London
Holland
Wilhelmshaven
Whites Convicted in Alabama Race Riot Killing
Helteville Oct 1 Herbert Wood and Leo Keane were found guilty of murdering Scott Clark a black man injured in the recent East St Louis race riot They received 14 years imprisonment marking the first white men tried for involvement in the riot.
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Helteville
Herbert Wood
Leo Keane
Scott Clark
East St. Louis
Woort
Keane
Croxton Outlines Plan to Curb High Food Prices
Columbus October 13 Fred C Croxton state food administrator outlined the machinery to monitor prices under the government order requiring all dealers to report unfair price increases will not be tolerated A five member county committee will be appointed comprising the county seat mayor a wage earners representative from organized labor the county war food and crop commissioner a business man and a state defense council womens auxiliary member They will report weekly on prices food supply and hoarding The wholesale prices will be made public to show who profits Local committees may be formed in counties with large cities.
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Croxton
Columbus
Fred C. Croxton
women’s auxiliary
state defense council
Mennonites Seized At Camp Sherman
Seven Mennonite conscripts at Camp Sherman Chillicothe Ohio were imprisoned after refusing orders and labor. About 50 noncombatants have been in the hospital for two weeks as winter weather looms. Relatives visit under restricted privileges as selective draft nears its first winter push.
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Chillicothe
Camp Sherman
nipe
ihothe
Cincinnati
birean
Canadian cabinet formed under Sir Robert Borden
New Canadian cabinet named with Sir Robert Borden as premier and secretary of state. John Howard Hale, noted horticulturalist and peace advocate, dies in Glastowbury. Grand Duke Philipp Alexander of Württemberg dies in Stuttgart, grandfather of Grand Duke Albrecht, German army commander on the western front.
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Robert Borden
John Howard Hale
United States
Glastawbury
Conn
Philipp Alexander of
Wurttemhurs
Wurttembure
Stuttgart
Grand Duke
Albrecht
Johnson Coal Orders Put Ohio Dealers Under Federal Fuel Control
Ohio fuel administrator H H Johnson announced retail coal dealers will be licensed and subject to Washington orders to ship coal as needed by the state coal clearing house. Garfield said domestic needs must wait for navy and army demands, with penalties for price gouging and possible federal operation of local retail coal if necessary.
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Washington
Ohio
Garfield
Cleveland
H. H. Johnson
navy
umddr
Anniversary marks Jersey munition plant’s long steel role
New York October 12 a celebration marks 175 years of the Wharton Iron and Steel Company at Brides and its long steel making, including munitions for every American war. The plant supplied cannon balls during the Revolutionary War and awarded medals to veterans. Governor‑elect Fielder will speak, with Minister Stovall in attendance and other officials to discuss wartime shipping and Switzerland. Dr Otis A Glazebrook, long in Jerusalem, is aboard returning to America.
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Jersey
New York
Qet
Wharten Iron and Steel
ot wal
Newriv gan Meis
Fiddee
New Jersey
Stovall
Washinton
Oct
Pleasant A. Stavall
United States
vitverbund
America
Switzerland
Otis A. Glazebrook
ohefai
Jerusalem
ba fer
Ohio Regiments Lose Identity in Washington Reshuffle
War department reports from division headquarters outline a plan to submerge the First Second and Seventh Ohio regiments into a colored battalion. Consecration of units will occur as needed to implement the broader reorganization.
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Ohio
Washington, Dc
offerab rae
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ucrative
chamber of commerce
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Gettbert Carey
Carey
Lee Congregational church
Lakewood
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Elmer Letart
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Ira Reasoner
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impor
re Keet
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Baltimore
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Pleasantville
Pickerington
Rushville
Stoutsville
Farmers & Merchants Bank
Clear Creek Valley Bank Co
First National Bank
Bank of Basil Co
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