Revolt in Turkestan Alarmed by Hallan Drive Success
Western New Comparison News Service reports alarms over Turkish unrest as German efforts shift troops to Italy. At Mesopotamia ten killed and thirty-nine wounded in a sixth raid. British forces claim nearly 10,000 prisoners. Berlin reacts to Baghdad railroad advance as French aviators bomb Stuttgart and other German cities. Vatican delivers Germany and Austria replies to the pope’s peace proposal to London.
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London
Mesopotis
Hamadia
Washington
Battritt Plateau
Germany
Fraies
Galicik
Hukowina
Gon Cadorna
Rome
Pope
England
Vatican
Astria
Vattean
Clifton Mines Face Shutdown Overstrike Continues
Clifton Arizona Oct 8 Three operating companies in the Clifton Morenci Metcalf district plan a complete mine shutdown after a strike that began again when not all workers could be rehired. Workers had been on salaries since July 1 and a September 22 declaration pledged acceptance of a fringe agreement, but pickets remain and workers are not all returning. Explosion Plot Discovered in Regina Saskatchewan.
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Clifton
Ariz
Clifton Morench Metcalf
Arizona
Phoenix
Senate Adopts 2.5 Billion War Tax Measure
The Senate adopted the conference report on the great war tax bill after the House, approving over 92.5 billion dollars in new taxes. Engrossed and signed by the Vice President and Speaker, it will go to President Wilson for immediate signature. Mexico protests drafts of Mexican citizens for the national army, with Bonillas delivering formal representations to the State Department. Troops to begin intensive training for California and Utah National Guards.
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Senate
Washington
Congress
House
Vicw
Marshall
Clark
Wilson
Mexico
Ignacio Bonillas
State Department
Indictment Targets I W W Leaders Across Nation
Federal grand jury indicts 1661 I W W leaders and agitators, with raids by Navy Relief Society volunteers in eight cars capturing 35 men in Chicago. Similar actions occur in 20 plus cities. About 100 questioned at federal building. Officials say the case aims to crush seditious activity tied to war disruption, treason, and drafts evasion. German money linked to the movement through letters and canceled checks.
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Chicago
Federal Grand Jury
W. W
United States
Navy Relief Society
Federal
National
1. W. We
Washington
Department of Justice
LW. W
Coal price controls set by Washington administrator
Federal orders cap run of mine and retail coal prices across states. Maximums listed include Colorado at 2.75 for Trinidad district lignite 2.45 in northern fields and other regional figures such as Colorado 3.00 for certain districts and Missouri Iowa listings. Retail markups limited to 20 percent over 1915 margins, with a cap to not exceed July 1917 margins.
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Washington
Jarfield
Merce
King Counties
Lafayette
Ray
Clay
Walesenburg
Carlon City
Routt
Garfield
Gunnison
Durango
Mesa
Pitkin Montesume
Delta
Montrose
Tio Blanca
Colorado
Trinidad
Ilatrict
E Paan
Osage County
Kansas
Wyoming
Demand Expulsion Efforts From New York Senators
Petitions from several states including Wisconsin and North Dakota urge expulsion of Lafollette Grenna and Stone from the Senate. Wadsworth and Marshall present telegrams and communications supporting the move and opposing Lafollette Pollette. Federal grand jury indicts I W W members for numerous crimes in a sedition campaign. Shafroth secures Senate passage to relieve famine with small denomination national bank bills. Walter Fricke is arrested in New York for allegedly attempting to wreck Powhatan ship machinery.
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LaFollette
Washington
New York
Senate
Wisconsin
Grenna
North Dakota
Stone
Missouri
Wadeworth
Senate Privilges and Elections Committee
Wadsworth
Marshall
Lee Pollette
1. W
Chicago
Federal Grand Jury
Shafroth
Walter Fricke
Seven Year Term For Draft Conspiracy In San Francisco
Daniel O Connell a San Francisco attorney was sentenced to seven years in McNeil Island federal penitentiary Washington in the United States District Court for conspiring to obstruct the selective draft law.
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San Francisco
Daniel O'Connell
McNeil's
Island Federal
Washington
United States
War Tax Bill Agreed Upon Final Agreement
The Senate and House reached a final agreement on the war tax bill totaling 2.7 billion dollars. The accord covers funding measures and revenue provisions for wartime priorities as lawmakers finalize the measure.
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Washington
Senate
House
Taxes to hit profits and travel in wartime bill
A Senate debate on a $2,700,000,000 war profits tax measures broad levies on cosmetics postal cards tickets amusements and travel. The plan targets war profiteers and expands income surtaxes with exemptions lowered and rates up to 50 percent. Separate dispatches note German peace terms, deportation food controls, sugar price drops, and a marriage of an American widow to a European duke.
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Washington
House
Todig
Senate
Haley
Uncle Sam
Cooper
Wisconsin
Green
Iowa
Kitchin
Treasury
Japan Defends China Independence in Monroe Doctrine Talk
Viscount Ishii, head of the Japanese mission, outlines Japan’s hands off policy toward China at a New York dinner. He vows not to seek Chinese territory, pledges to defend China’s integrity, and references the 1908 Root-Takahira agreement to assure mutual respect in the Pacific. He asks whether others share the view that there is no Pacific Ocean dispute.
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New York
Far East
Viscount Ishii
United States
China
Japan
Yoshishito
Viscount Ishi
Aeek
Pacific Ocean
Eithu Root
Takahira
New Liberty Bond Issue Apportioned by Districts
Treasury reports allocate the second Liberty Bond issue across districts. Kansas City area including Colorado assigned 120 million minimum for defense with about 200 million expected. New York Boston Cleveland and Chicago receive larger shares. Officials aim for around 5.1 billion in subscriptions with 3 million minimum per district and 5 billion expected total.
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Colorado i
Washington
Treasury
Federal Reserve
New York
Boston
Cleveland
Chicago
Kansas City Reserve
Colorado
N. York
Atlanta
Entente terms in focus as air raids sweep London
London reports a major German air attack with four groups, some bombarding London and coast towns. A two and a half hour barrage ensued as defenses fired. Haig and Cadorna report enemy losses, with manpower advances and prisoners captured elsewhere.
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London
Ypres-Menin Road
Haig
Cadorna
Bainsista
Verdun
Paris War Office
Riga
Prospecting for gold in an airplane by Mrs Dyas
New York report outlines Prescott Arizona stock broker Frances X Dyas planning to prospect for gold from an airplane. She is noted as the first Arizona woman licensed as a stock broker and aims to persuade investors in several propositions after witnessing her first airplane.
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New York
Frances X. Dyas
Airplane plans to probe Bradshaw range for gold ore
Mrs. Dyas speaks of using an airplane to access the Bradshaw range, a 60 mile desert rich in gold ore, previously unreachable due to its inaccessibility. Indians reportedly brought ore that assays at $1,000 per ton. supplies are hard to carry across the sandy desert, but the speaker remains confident in feasibility.
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Bradshaw
Double Bigamy Tale Ties Siblings in Court
In Rome Georgia two sisters filed divorce suits against brothers who were their husbands. The double weddings occurred in 1908 and four years later the brothers married the sisters in Colorado without divorces. A two year bigamy sentence followed and wives No 1 sought divorces.
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Rome
J. H. Teems
M. B. Teems
Colorado
Chicago scholars study crime of cat thefts at university
University of Chicago researchers detail felinus pestiferous cats as the latest studied species. Peter Kerrigan supplied cats to four boys hired at 15 cents each, who reportedly caught many including an angora belonging to Edwin Kirkbride. Kerrigan was fined 10 dollars plus costs after confessing he did not expect theft.
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Chicago
University of Chicago
Peter Kerrigan
Morrow
Edwin Kirkbride
Kerrigan
Trapped Children Found Dead In Closet After Search
In Clinton Wisconsin a daylong search by more than 100 residents from surrounding towns ended when Alfred Yandry’s two children were found in a cupboard of a deserted house near his home. Willie Vandry, five, was dead and Beatrice, three, slept on a shelf above the body. A crack in the door provided air and a spring lock trapped them.
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Clinton
Wis
Alfred Yandry
Willie Vandry
Beatrice
Pensions Questioned in Moslem Soldier Widow Case
Paris reports military authorities confront a knotty pension issue for a fallen Moslem soldier with multiple wives. The widow’s share must be settled, with the total pension amount remaining equal to that granted to a monogamous widow.
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Paris
France
Africa
Late market quotations and commodity prices compiled
The notice lists prices across grains, dairy, meats, vegetables, hides, and metals with entries from Denver, Chicago, New York, and Kansas City. It includes cattle, sheep, and hogs quotes, butter and cheese figures, produce prices, and cotton futures with dates and price points.
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Turkestan
Kaiser
Austria
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Herlin
Polygon Wood
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Bagdad
Frank
From the Main
Stuttgart
Treves
Coblenz
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Sask
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Telegraaf
Austria-Hungary
Duke of
Oporto
Philip van Valkenburg
Nippon
Cheyenne
Dwyer, Chugwater
Glenda
Wyo
J. M. McDonald
Casper
State Bank Examiner
Turk
Petrograd
Turkey
Djemal Pasha
Syria
Committee of
Mexico City
Vera Cruz
Italy
Isonzo
Ypres
Teuton
Petain
Podoca
Madoni
Meuse
Aisne
War Office
Dunkirk
Temps
Geneva
Benedict
Solond
Ings
Timberlake
Hawaii
Colorado Springs
Agensia Volta
McComb
War Department
M. M. McComb
Western Department
San Francis
Camp Kearney
First
Colorado Infantry
Signal Corps
Hanson
Charles A. Hanson
Cornwall
William Henry Dunn
Conece Ont
Denver Markets
Denver
Riad Nod Fete
Uae
Coli
Hooper
Weny
Bella S
Shearlinwa
Lewes
Uiscellanes Markets
Boulder
Elgin
Kansas City
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Dakota
Bow
Tork
Poe
F.C.B. Deave
Braska
Booth Park
Gunninon Valley
Uys
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