Epidemic Mortality Surges in Major Cities
Washington reports peak influenza deaths with the Census Bureau showing death rates rising two to sevenfold in large cities. Philadelphia and Boston rank high, New York and Chicago also see tripled rates, while Wall River Massachusetts hits 100.4 per 1000, indicating widespread impact.
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Washington
United States Census Bureau
Wall River
Mass
Philadelphia
Lowell
Kings
Boston
New York
Chicago
Congressman John A. Sterling Killed in Illinois Car Crash
October 19 reports list Congressman John A. Sterling of Bloomington killed in a south Pontiac automobile crash. W. W. Whitmore and his wife were injured, with Whitmore badly hurt and his wife lightly injured. Anna Lange, also from Bloomington, was seriously hurt. the car overturned near the poor farm. The injured and Sterling's body were taken to Pontiac.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
John A. Sterling
Bloomington
W. W. Whitmore
Pontiac
Whitmore
Anna Lange
Frank L. Smith
Republican State Central Committee
Sterling
Towns Saved From Fires In Minnesota Counties
Federal Dam Aitkin Crosby and Ironton on the MS and S railroad are reported safe as fires threaten nearby towns. Fifty fires are reported across St Louis county. Iron ton and Crosby suspend all business. McGrath fires under control while McGregor Palisade and Libby areas burn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duluth, Minn
Federal Dam
Aitkin
Crosby and
Ironton
Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie
St. Louis County
Crosby
McGrath
McGregor
Palisade
Libby
Lifting Ban on Shipping News on Pacific Coast
Washington reports the censorship ban on shipping movements has been lifted save for war vessels transports and munitions carriers. Navy no longer asks newspapers to withhold publishing ship movements at Pacific ports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Pacific Coast
Navy
Pacific
New York Life Adds 24 Million For Fourth Liberty Loan
The New York Life Insurance company announces an additional subscription of 24 million dollars to the fourth Liberty loan, bringing its total to 90 million dollars. The Southern Pacific railroad also adds 2,000,060 dollars in new funding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Life
Southern Pacific
New York
New York Life Insurance Company
Liberty
Southern Pacific Railroad
Munitions Blast in Lyons Causes Major Material Damage
A fire at a Lyons munition factory on October 19 caused significant material damage and was followed by a second, more violent explosion at midnight when the magazines blew up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyons
Bordeaux Votes Memorial Fund for America Statue
Bordeaux officials approve a $20,000 subscription toward a fund to erect a memorial statue honoring America at the mouth of the Garonne river. The action was taken by the municipal council on October 19.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bordeaux
U. S
America
Garonne River
Port Philip Sunk After Collision With U.S. War Vessel
The British freight steamship Port Philip was sunk in a collision with a United States war vessel off Swinburne Island in the lower bay. All 50 crew members were saved.
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New York
Port Philip
Swinburne Island
Envoy Denies Arrest Report From Bowmen Capital
Washington dispatch reports American Minister Vopicka at Jussy denied a rumor of his arrest stating he had heard the report and found it untrue. He sent the cablegram to the state department.
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Washington
Vopicka
Jussy
Bowmeantan
State Department
Military deficiency bill plans massive U S army build up
The House considers a 6.85 billion dollar military deficiency bill to fund an enlarged war program for nine months. It envisions about 5 million troops, 80 divisions in France, 18 at home by July 1, and total year authorizations reaching 36 billion dollars.
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Washington
House
Appropriations Committee
Army
Navy
France
Sherley
March
Ife
Germany
United States
Lens Mines Await Years to Restore After Destructive War
Paris reports that 10 000 Lens houses were razed and coal extraction will be impossible for 18 months to two years. The Lens mines need five years to regain normal output after German destruction. a chamber of deputies mines committee inspected the area finding every house destroyed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Lens
Committee On Mines of the
Chamber of Deputies
Questionnaires soon for 18 and aged 37 to 45
Washington reports local boards rapidly classifying men in the new draft registration. Questionnaires will be sent to youths of eighteen and men between thirty seven and forty five. Influenza conditions lead the general staff to continue the indefinite suspension of October draft calls, though the next call may be unusually large.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Margaret Eyre Stirling Baldwin Dies in Baltimore
Mrs. Margaret Eyre Stirling Baldwin, who posed as Columbia for the fourth Liberty Loan with James Montgomery Flagg, died in Baltimore on October 19 from pneumonia after a prior influenza attack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Margaret Eyre Stirling Baldwin
Columbia
James
Montgomery Flagg
Ohio Miners Pledge 700 000 Tons For Week
Eastern Ohio labor leaders and operators in Cleveland pledge to meet General Pershing's demand for 700000 tons of coal weekly from the district, asserting no failure to supply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Cleveland
General Pershing
Eight Ships for U. S. in Week Delivered to Shipping Board
Washington reports the Shipping Board received eight ships totaling 42,350 deadweight tons for the week ended October 12. Five ships were steel and three were wood in the delivery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Washington
Shipping Board
Russian Consul Aids Liberty Bond Sales in Seattle
The Russian consulate in Seattle established office hours daily to receive Liberty bond subscriptions through the fourth campaign, aiding bond sales and supporting the war effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Wash
U-Boat Menace Urges U S Drive On Destroyers
Sir Eric Geddes, British first lord of the admiralty, warned that the U-boat threat is greater than ever and urged the United States to speed production of destroyers and anti submarine craft. He spoke at a Pilgrim Society dinner in New York after discussions with Secretary Daniels and Admiral Benson and said unity of view exists on accelerating naval output. He stressed the need for utmost Allied naval effort to defeat the submarine peril and warned the menace could reappear as a weak front if not met now.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Eric Geddey
The
Pilgrim Society
Sht Hric
Ludovic Duff
Daniels
Benson
Sir Erie
Grip Deaths From Spanish Flu Fall in 30 Cities
In the week ending October 12 there were 6122 deaths from Spanish influenza in 30 cities, down from 19 in September as the disease rose in New England. Pneumonia deaths totaled 4400. figures exclude army camps. Army camps report marked improvement and officers believe the peak among soldiers has passed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
New England
Bureau of the Census
Draft registrations reach nearly 13 million in September
Final returns from all states show 12,966,594 men registered for military service on September 12, 187,836 above the 12,778,758 expert estimate from General Crowder’s census projections.
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General Crowder
Washington
Demand Kaiser Abdication Echoes From Munich Meeting
The first public demand for the abdication of the kaiser and crown prince is voiced at a German socialist convention in Munich Bavaria on October 16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Munich
Crown Prince
Zurich
Bavaria
France breaks diplomatic ties with Finland
Paris announces France has broken off semiofficial diplomatic relations with Finland after the Finnish diet toppled the republic with a coup and invited a German prince to the throne. A consular agent at Helsingfors will handle French interests.
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Paris
France
Finland
Helsingfors
Garros, French Flyer, Dead in Berlin Action
Amsterdam reports Lieut Roland G Garros the noted French aviator was shot down and killed October 4 after going missing on October 7 over German lines during a flight.
Stamp Tax Aimed at Bank Checks Passes Senate Committee
Washington reports a two cent stamp tax on all bank checks was approved by the senate finance committee as part of amendments to the war revenue bill now revising the house draft. The action signals increased taxation on financial transactions amid wartime revenue measures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Duchess Marlborough Elected to London County Council
The duchess of Marlborough formerly Miss Consuelo Vanderbilt was chosen to represent West Southwark on the London county council. The election marks a notable political step for the New York born aristocrat in a working class London district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duchess In County Council
London
the Duchess of Marlborough
Consuelo Vanderbilt
New York
London County Council
West Southwark
Navy Man Missing Another Lost Reported
Navy reports Paul L. Marvell of Wareham Massachusetts quartermaster is missing from the U S Seneca and John T Mathers of Washington electrician is reported lost from the steamship Luke City.
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Washington
Paul L. Marvell
Wareham
Mass
U.S
Seneca
John T., Mathers
Luke City
Bonus telegraphers sought for France service in 1918
The signal corps calls for 750 bonus Morse telegraph operators aged eighteen to fifty five for overseas duty in France. One hundred fifty are to be sent immediately, with about 80 more monthly until June 30 1919. Qualified men with minor disqualifications may be accepted for overseas service.
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Washington
Signal Corps
France
War Department
Army
Washington, D. C
General Pershing
Snys
The
US Army registers 23 456 021 men in federal roll
Washington announces the total registered manpower in the United States is 23 456 021 with 12 966 594 aged 18 to 32 and 32 to 45. Illinois accounts for 852 181 registrations. Previous Illinois totals from 1917 1918 and 1918- September 12 registrations raise the state’s overall tally to 1 581 706. Crowder notes belated Texas news allowed a final total update.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
America
War Department
Illinois
Crowder
Texas
Roumania Weighs Return to War Over Transylvania
Roumania intends to re enter the war against Germany if President Wilson declares for recovery of Transylvania and other unreconciled provinces inhabited by Roumanians. The Allies pledge to supply arms and ammunition to the Roumanian army, stripped by Germany in the Bucharest peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roumania
Germany
Wilson
Transylvania
Alles
Bucharest
Germ too small to see. Spanish influenza identified
Paris reports Dr Charles Nicolle and Dr Levailly at the Pasteur Institute Tunis announce the influenza microbe is invisible to the microscope yet clearly identified. The germ reproduced the illness in a monkey and two humans, confirming its role in the Spanish flu.
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Paris
Charles Nicolle
Doctor Levailly
Pasteur Institute
Tunis
Doctor Nicolle
Massive Southern Moonshine Drug Raid Nets Ten Arrests
War on Moonshiners unfolds as revenue agents from Kentucky Georgia Alabama Virginia North Carolina South Carolina and Tennessee arrest ten illicit distillers in one of the Souths largest drives against illegal distilleries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lexington
South
Kentucky
Georgia
Alabama
Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Tennessee
Senate amendment allocates 10 million to fight influenza
Washington reports an amendment to the army appropriation bill provides ten million dollars to combat the current Spanish influenza outbreak. The measure was presented in the senate by Senator Lewis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Lewis
Miners Affected by Flu Hit Kentucky Coal Districts
Lexington Ky Oct 19 Several coal districts in Kentucky face stoppages and half production as influenza spreads. Mines in Ken tucky report workers out sick causing reduced output across the region.
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Lexington
Kentucky
Kansas Lawyer Killed in France
Maj. William J. Bland former Kansas City lawyer was killed in action in the St Mihiel salient on the French front September 12, according to a War Department telegram dated October 17.
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Kansas
France
Kansas City
William J. Bland
Kansans City
St. Mihiel
War Department
Doctor Mell Dies in Fredericksburg At 68
Dr Patrick Tues Mell of Atlanta Georgia who revised the weather signal system now used by the United States Weather Bureau died in Fredericksburg Virginia He was sixty eight years old.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fredericksburg
Patrick Tues Mell
Athinta
United States Weather Bureau
Iowas War Casualties and Local Homefront Measures
The week reports numerous Iowans killed in action or died of wounds, listing names and towns including Wartshorn Farragut Groover Council Bluffs Krell Winterset and others. The piece notes quarantines in Des Moines Churches and theaters, mask recommendations for streetcar workers, and a Bulgarian immigrant Chris Georgiev choosing deportation to avoid service. It also covers a chemical warfare service call, a fatal car crash near Rock Rapids, a ten year prison sentence for Dr. C Allen Snyder, bond for lawyer Witham, influenza deaths at Camp Pike, vaccine-like auto license immunity, a draft call for 3900 white men, and local Liberty Loan subscription efforts and enforcement actions on alleged enemy alien John Harms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles B. Wartshorn
Farragut
Alva G. Groover
Council Bluffs
Stanley M. Krell
Winterset
Vernice K. Watson
Thitaleton
Rennie KE
Menry
Villisea
Sanford A. ‘Severson
Kanawha
Fred L. Wild
Carbon
Arthur H. Berges
Bur Mngton
Laurence I. Cooper
Clarinda
Romeo Petty
August van Oyen
Airfield
Westie W. Darling
Shenandoah
Toouls Wells
Woodbine
Elmer Crowe
Laddsdale
Edward Haut
Davenport
Thugo D. Shultz
Hilmer W. Sielaff
Buckeye
Clyde B. Kilgour
Garland B. Teel
Columbus Junction
Paul Paulsen
Des Moines
Celly “Flu” Committee
Desene City Railway Co
Chris Georgeff
Waterloo
Georgelf
Lre
Bulgaria
Chemical Warfare Service
United States Army
Iowa Military Training Campa Association
Wisworth, Minn
Rock Rapids
Michael Nagel
Jack Donahue
Fred Hodson
Donahue
Hodson
Nagel
Lyons County
Iowa
C. Allen Snyder
Dubuque
Snyder
Grace Wolfe
Lansing
Witham
Adair County
Camp Pike
Jowane
George Tull
Burl Basher
Dever
Coert L.bunger
Selsburg
State House
Frank Lingenfelder
Rank M. Lingenfelder
Walter Lingenfelder
Charles ‘City
Linnell
Linzenfelders
Towa
Washington
Camp McClelland
Anniston
Ala
Fort McArthur
Cal
Delaware County
J. E. Burnstedt
Webster City
Bureau of Military Affairs
Hamilton County
John Harms
Independence Township
Warms
Germany
United States
Frank A. O'Connor
Mutinies Reported as Hun Armies Face Civilians
London reports a wave of unrest as German independent socialists protest Kaiser and Hindenburg, while Berlin hovers in long sessions. Official notes say no contact with Austrian leaders. Zurich dispatches note soldier outbreaks and censored entente statements.
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London
British Foreign Office
Switzerland
Jlaval
Basel
Berlin
Unter den Tine
Cologne
Volksche
Zurich
Entente
Germany
Vield Marshal van Tindenburg
Genert Lidendorf
Cherawny
Amsterdam
Svi
Advvires
Germain
Wilson
Admiral von Scheer
Geran Lighseus
Ad U Hents
Xbme
Belgian relief to feed rescued Belgians with 20 million rations
Washington reported the Belgian relief commission will supply 20 million emergency rations to the Elyshin rescued population in Belgium. The rations come from the British army stoves and will be paid for by the relief commission, per chairman Therbert Thoyver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Belgian Relief Commission
Belgium
Therbert Thoyver
Relief Commission
Wilson Receives Czech Slovak Independence Edict
The Czech Slovaks national council presented to President Wilson their declaration of independence from Austria Hungary. Professor Masaryk, president of the Czecho Slavic mission council, signed as head of the new provisional government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Counci
Wilson
Austria-Hungary
Mnasaaryk
Turks Offer No Opposition in Syria to British Advance
London reports Turkish forces show no opposition to British troops moving toward Aleppo. A 12 000 strong Turkish force under Den Lituan vor Sanders is said to be concentrated at Aleppo while British troops push north of Troma, 100 miles south of Aleppo.
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London
Syria
Aleppo
den, Lituan Vor Sanders
Troma
Etu on Wane In Camps
Washington report shows a nation-wide survey indicating Spanish Influenza not yet finished in civilians. Army camps show a gradual decline in cases according to the statistics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Allies occupy Radish in northern Europe front
Allied forces have occupied the town of Radish in the Vologda province and pushed five miles south along the railway. Archangel area operations report advances by Allied troops amid a northern European theater.
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Archangel
Northern
Europeaun
Trussia
Oct
Radish
Vologda
All Brewing Must Cease After December 1
Washington announces a December 1 cutoff for brewing under a joint Food and Fuel Administration ruling. No new beer or "Kreuzen" to tone up old stock may be produced, effective soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Toover
Garfield
Indiana Over Top in Fourth Liberty Loan Drive
Indianapolis reports Indiana oversubscribed its $108.75 million Liberty Loan quota by about $150,000 with several million more expected. Officials note strong local support and ongoing fundraising efforts across the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Indianapolis
Iva Gets Treless Cooker and Smarter Household Quip
A fragment quotes a household exchange about a treless cooker and a smoke free husband. The ad claims Cole's Carball salva stops burn or cut pain, heals quickly without scars. Available at druggists for 2e and 600 by all druggists with free sample at The J W Cole Co Rockford IL Ady.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cole
J. W. Cole Co
Rockford, IL
Ady
Causes for increased burn injuries in region cited
The Portland Oregonian notes more burns are hit by Hehining in the region because there are more burns to be hit. It states there is no increase in lightning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland Oregonian
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Promises Cure for Catarrh
In an ad style notice Hall's Catarrh Medicine claims to build up the system cleanse the blood and reduce susceptibility to colds. It asserts treated acute catarrh can become chronic and offers testimonials and a $100 guarantee. W Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Misunderstanding over ranks in camp leaves lesson learned
A newly drafted Black soldier visits the orderly room seeking three day leave. He thanks the captain calling him sergeant. The captain corrects him explaining his captaincy not sergeantcy. The man explains he assumed a "neice man" title for such a good man, prompting the rank lesson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rom
Tie
Cap
Former sergeant survives field hospital quip after bust in France
A former sergeant, recently busted, is carried from a field hospital in France and grins as he recalls a court martini memory. He jokes that no one can take away his stripe, flashing a stubborn pride in service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Mwe
Her Way
Stella asks if saving money is happening while Bella explains daily she considers more things she does not buy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stella
Bella
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Coast Artillery
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Pershing
Doctor Mell
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State News
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Cologne Volks Zeitung
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