World War News From Various Theaters
Reports from Basel claim forty three Germans died from poisonous gas bombs at a factory in Dorl nach Alsace after French air raids. Berlin announces Bulgarian forces capture Nish and 3 850 Serbians with guns. Kitchener meets French leaders in Paris but is missing from London on public duty. Ramazan sunk and V Indien torpedoed with 103 survivors. Bulgarians defeat French at Saloniki. Hindenburg pushes Russians from Mikulischki. Greek parliament rejects confidence in Premier Zaimis. cabinet resigns.
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Dornach
Alsace
Basel
Nish
Serbia
Boyadijieff
Berlin
Mediterranean
London
Greece
Alexander Zaimis
Supreme Court upholds Webb Kenyon Act in prohibition era ruling
High court in Topeka rules Webb Kenyon and Ma Hin acts constitutional and not an interstate commerce delegation. Decision makes liquor shipment recipients in prohibition Kansas a public matter. President Wilson outlines defense program and appeals for national support at New York event. Fort Bertholdt open lands to North Dakota Minnesota settlers with first pick won by Charles R. Porter. News notes include ship explosion in New York, fire at Raleigh plant, and labor parade in Chicago.
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Topeka
Kan
Webb-Kenyon
Ma‘hin
Kansas
Wilson
Manhattan Club
New York
Fort Bertholdt Reservation
North Dakota
Minnesota
Minot
N. D
Charles R. Porter
Anoka
Minn
America
Mr. Wilson
Minor Baseball Leagues Official Will Not Seek Re election
Sporting M. H. Sexton of Rock Island Illinois leaves for San Francisco to attend the National Association of Minor Baseball Leagues annual meeting from November 9 to 11 and says he will not run again for his post.
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M. H. Sexton
Rock Island, Ol
San Francisco
National Association of Minor Baseball Leagues
Irish Nine Hundred Barred from Cunard Passage
Crowds protest as nine hundred Irishmen blocked from sailing the Saxonia from Liverpool to New York. Many argue able-bodied men should not evade military service liability.
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Liverpool
New York
Cunard Line
Saxonia
President Wilson Calls for Expanded Defense and Training Plan
President Wilson urges a national defense overhaul featuring 400000 citizen soldiers trained over three years in annual contingents, with National Guard modernization, and a strengthened navy. He argues America must be ready for independent action without aggression and rebukes alien sympathies.
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Congress
United States
Philippines
Hawaii
Porto Rico
Regular
National Guard
United States Denounces British Blockade as Illegal
The United States issues a formal note to Great Britain condemning the Allied blockade as ineffective illegal and indefensible. Ambassador Page delivers the message insisting U S relations follow established international law and neutral rights with an impartial stance.
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Great Britain
United States
Germany
State Department
Washington
Page
London Foreign Office
Lansing
U. S
Europe
Hypocrisy and self‑neglect in virtue claims
Johnson argues hypocrisy is unjust when one advocates virtuous conduct for others while neglecting to practice it oneself. He compares urging virtue to recommending a voyage without having the courage or industry to undertake it.
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Johnsox
Kant on Enthusiasm and Virtue’s Steady Mind
The quote argues that enthusiasm ties to the senses, while virtue rests on serenity and firm resolve to follow laws. True moral health lies in disciplined action. enthusiasm, though bright, is feverish and exhausting despite sensible representations of goodness.
Noblesville to Dismiss Entire Police Force
In Noblesville Indiana after a dry vote the mass meeting at First Christian Church demanded action. Two thousand taxpayers attended and unanimously supported a resolution to dismiss the entire police force with Mayor Loehr agreeing.
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Noblesville
Ind
First Christian Church
Loehr
Confessed Highwayman Buck Weaver Captured in Indianapolis
Buck Weaver, alias Art Houser, a Colorado highwayman wanted in Wichita for robbery and in Canon City for prison escape, was arrested after a street gunfight with Indianapolis detectives on Meridian Street near Monument Place. He confessed to the officers and refused extradition. A Pennsylvania Avenue holdup linked to Weaver was also reported by victims Mr and Mrs W H Moore.
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Indianapolis
Buck Weaver
Art Houser
Colorado
Meridian Street
Monument Place
Weaver
Wichita
Kan
Canon City
Colo
Quigley
W. H. Moore
Pennsylvania Street
Jailed on Grand Jury Charge in La Fayette
John Nichols age 21 and Harry Miller 23 are jailed in La Fayette on grand larceny charges for stealing Ernest Halstead’s automobile on October 15. Arrested in Detroit by Crawfordsville officer Ver non Shields, the car was sold to a Detroit business man and identified by Halstead. Police say the duo, both garage workers, have been linked to several local auto thefts in recent months.
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la Fayette
John Nichols
Harry Miller
Ernest Halstead
Detroit
Vernon Shields
Crawfordsville Police Department
Halstead
Nichols
Miller
Ten Injured As Jitneys Crash In Fort Wayne
Ten people were injured five seriously when two loaded jitney buses collided in Fort Wayne. Among the injured were Charlotte Doenges Fred Bickness William Firke Sophie Huesner and Mary Huesner, all taken to hospitals with expected recoveries as jitneys operated during the street railway strike.
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Fort Wayne
Charlotte Doenges
Fred Bickness
William Firke
Sophie
Mary Huesner
Riggs resigns from Philippine commission post
Gen Clinton L Riggs of Baltimore a member of the Philippine commission and secretary of commerce and police announces his resignation his action accepted by the president Riggs says he could not submit his views to the administration as expressed by the governor general
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Quits Philippine Board
Baltimore
Clinton L. Riggs
Philippine Commission
Secretary of Commerce and Police
General Riggs
Strange Hog Disease Threatens Indiana Hogs
County agents monitor farms along St. Joseph Laporte border after vets suspect a typhoid like disease in Thomas Jackson's herd of 200 Poland China hogs near South Bend. The illness risks exterminating hogs in northern Indiana.
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South Bend
St. Joseph
Laporte
Thomas Jackson
Indiana
Bryan to Head Winona Assembly
Warsaw reports Winona assembly reorganized after debt relief and an auction sale. About $700,000 in property was distributed to creditors of the bankrupt concern. William J. Bryan has promised to lead the new organization.
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Bryan
Winona Assembly
Warsaw
William J. Bryan
Murder House Fire Tied to Fouts Killing
Incendiaries set a fire at the Knox area house where nineteen year old Oris Fouts was shot. William Hook is indicted for first degree murder with a son held as an accessory. Hook’s attorneys seek a change of venue. trial likely in Pulaski County.
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Knox
Oris Fouts
William Hook
Hook
Pulaski County
Mother of Congressman Morrison Dies in Frankfort
Mrs. Nancy A Morrison eighty three died at her home in Frankfort of paralysis. Born in Clinton county she lived here most of her life. Congressman Morrison was at her bedside.
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Gaither Drewery
Spencer County
Kentucky
Frankfort
Nancy A. Morrison
Martin A. Morrison
Autoist Charged With Manslaughter in Indy Crash
Indianapolis reports Fred C. Morgan a contractor was arrested on a manslaughter charge after his car struck eight year old Mildred Holtke and she died at a local hospital. Morgan posted $5,000 bond.
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Indianapolis
Fred. C. Morgan
Mildred Holtke
Morgan
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