America Must Be Unit in Campaign Speech
President Wilson urged unity in New York state and warned against using foreign relations for partisan gain. He stressed a nonpartisan aim to bind a diverse nation, oppose class hatred, and defend America’s core ideals amid the campaign. He spoke in Buffalo with aides and later planned events in New York City.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Wilson
New York State
United States
Margaret Wilson
Helen Woodrow Bones
Tumulty
Cary T. Grayson
White House
New York
Madison Square Garden
Cooper Union
McKinley
America
Ickes Denies Wilson Backing by Progressives
Harold L. Ickes, Progressive national committeeman from Illinois, says after canvassing the western Progressives that if Hughes holds the Republican vote he will win next Tuesday. He argues Wilson needs the Progressive vote and that Democratic managers admit most Progressives favor Hughes, noting campaigns push supporters through middle western states.
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Progressive National
Hughes
Hicago
Harold L. Ickes
Illinois
Western Republican Campaign Committee
Wilson
Middle Western
Hughes Speaks in Indiana on Tariff and Labor
Charles E Hughes wrapped his Midwest campaign in Terre Haute with a speech praising the Republican party and predicting victory. He attacked the Underwood tariff and Adamson law, warned of soup houses if protection failed, and urged action based on the tariff and policy he endorses. He also addressed coal company workers in Linton and Brazil and discussed wage questions under the Adamson bill.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Charles E. Hughes
Middle West
New York
Hughes
Indiana
United Republican Party
Republican Party
Linton
Brazil
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Pennsylvania Lines
Brotherhood
Tam
Armament dispute frames Marina sinking in submarine policy
The Marina sinking escalates tensions as Germany and the United States clash over whether the armed merchant ship violated neutrality. Washington awaits Germany’s version while Lansing stresses no policy change, and scrutiny focuses on the ship’s 4.5 inch gun and its status as a merchant vessel in admiralty service.
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Ashington
Germany
United States
State Department
Great Britain
Marina
Rowanmore
Count von Bernstorff
Lansing
Department
Sussex
London
American State Department
Armed Steamers Sink German Submarines in English Channel
Berlin reports three German submarines that returned home sank 21 ships totaling 18 500 tons in the English Channel. Vessels sunk include the French bark Condor 760 tons the Cannebierre 2450 tons loaded with coloring wood and the three masted French schooner 521 tons with 400 tons of fish. The agency notes the submarine attacked seven times by armed steamers and shelled by others when conducting searches. Crews escaped in small boats each time.
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Berlin
Sayville
English Channel
Mediterranean
Australian wheat for coast market ships to California
Balfour Guthrie Co announces shipment of large Australian cereal exports to California to capitalize on high US wheat prices. Officials say this is the first time wheat has been shipped from Australia to California amid unusually heavy crops Down Under.
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San Francisco
United States
Balfour, Guthrie & Co
Australia
California
German plan to send French captives to Germany
Berlin reports the German government will deport about two hundred French men and women from occupied districts to Germany in retaliation for alleged French failure to honor a prisoner release agreement. The announcement cites an official Overseas News agency statement.
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Berlin
Sayville
Germany
Doughnuts Reduced as Cost of Living Rises in Chicago
CHICAGO on November 2 reports cafeterias in the downtown area stopped giving three doughnuts for five cents and began offering only two per purchase amid rising living costs. The move reflects locally escalating prices and tighter budgets.
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Chicago
Submarine Mail Service Planned Between U S and Germany
Interest in the Deutschland voyage centers on a proposed submarine mail service between the United States and Germany. The post office department would accept a German embassy proposal allowing the submarine to carry up to 300 pounds of first class mail at regular trans Atlantic rates. Embassy officials show clear interest, aiming to provide the first uncensored mail service from this side to Germany since the war began.
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Washington
New London
United States
Germany
Post Office Department
Coal Miners Obey Walkout Orders In Oklahoma
In M Ales ter Oklahoma about seven thousand miners are affected as United Mine Workers report a universal walkout in all Oklahoma Coal Operators Association controlled mines. The strike follows failure to agree on the biennial wage contract.
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M'Alester
Okla
Oklahoma
United Mine Workers of America
Oklahoma Coal Operators’ Association
Edina Hosts Large Political Rally With Key Orators
In Edina Missouri on November 2 a major political rally drew about 600 attendees at St Josephs hall. Senator W J Stone addressed the Democrats with John C McKinley nearby while Republican speakers Charles D Morris James H Zapf and supporters spoke at the courthouse. E A Krethoff and Guy A Thompson joined as escorts with music by the Edina Ladies band and the Newark band providing a midday performance.
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Edina
W. J. Stone
Dina
John C. McKinley
United States Senate
Charles D. Morris
St. Joseph
James H. Zapf
Stone
St. Joseph’s Hall
E. A. Krethoff
Kansas City
Guy A. Thompson
St. Louis
Edina Ladies
Court House
Newark
Earthquake Shocks Felt Across Northern New York
A lasting tremor Wednesday night disrupted Glens Falls and surrounding areas with a several second quake. Homes shook, dishes and pictures fell from shelves, but no serious damage was reported. Officials say the center appeared to be in the Glens Falls region and no injuries noted.
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New York
Glens Falls
N. Y
Somme Front Fighting Resumes As Allied Attacks Continue
In World War I era reporting, heavy combat resumes on the Somme with British and French forces attacking German lines near Courcelles and Les Boeufs Goudecourt. Allied gains occur east of Les Boeufs and in St. Pierre Vaast wood. German bombardments target positions between Lesars and Gueudecourt and around Schwaben redoubt. In Transylvania, Romanians press the Austro German line in the Jiul valley and reports claim two Romanian villages south of Rothenthurm pass. German forces reportedly penetrate Romanian positions and seize ten cannon in the Predeal pass sector.
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London
Somme
France
Courcelette
Les Boeufs-Gueudecourt
Les Boeufs
St. Pierre Vaast Wood
Sailly-Sailliel
Foch
Lesars
Gueudecourt
Schwaben
Transylvania
Jiul
Petrograd
Rothenthurm
Predeal Pass
Eggs Thrown at Women Speakers in Chicago Theater
In Chicago on November 2, women arriving on the Hughes trans continental train faced opposition during an afternoon gathering at a downtown theater. Jeers escalated to eggs hurled at them as they exited through an alley and into waiting cars. No injuries were reported and the speakers continued after the disruption. Their special train had departed Wednesday afternoon for Baltimore.
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Chicago
Baltimore
Death toll in Marina sinking rises to six
LONDON Nov 2 The Marina disaster toll increased to six as American consul Wesley Frost in Queenstown telegraphed the embassy with the name Blue, another American listed among the victims.
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Marina
London
Wesley Frost
Queenstown
Blue
Lindley Predicts Smashing Victory in Augusta Speech
Judge Cicero J. Lindley, addressing an enthusiastic Augusta audience, forecast a smashing Republican victory in the state and nation next Tuesday. He urged unity after touring 59 counties and predicted Hughes and the entire state ticket would win by strong majorities. J. M. Pace was announced to speak at a Republican mass meeting Monday night.
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Augusta
Cicero J. Lindley
Hughes
Lindley
J. M. Pace
Navy may seek congressional raise to fund 1917 scout cruisers
Washington reports the navy may need congressional authority to raise the cost limit for four 35 knot scout cruisers. Only Seattle Construction and Dry Dock bid within the 5 million cap to build one hull and machinery. Other bids varied. New York Shipbuilding could not meet the limit. private yards may handle 27 coast submarines and two 800 ton fleet submarines. Schneider & Co. offered three designs similar to European submersibles.
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Washington
Congress
Navy Department
Seattle Construction and Dry Dock Company
Union Iron Workers of
San Francisco
Fore River Company
Quincy
Mass
New York Shipbuilding Company
Schneider & Co
Paris
New York
Joint Board May Reject the Plan
Atlantic City news. American Mexican joint commission rejects moving conferences to Washington. Debates lead to last session before elections. Most commissioners plan to leave Friday and return Nov 9 for resumed talks. Move deemed unnecessary amid chance of early settlement. no discussion details released.
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Atlantic City
Washington
N. J
Suit to Compel Return of Cars
Twenty six coal companies sued in federal court to force 100 railroads to return coal cars to the rails of the Chicago and Eastern Illinois and Chicago Terre Haute and Southeastern railways. The bill says railroads use cars that come onto their lines and failing to return them limits mine operations, causing a Chicago coal shortage. The coal companies run 55 mines with a daily output of about 70 000 tons of bituminous coal.
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Chicago
Chicago and Eastern
Ilinois
Chicago, Terre Haute and Southeastern Railway
Bil
Deutschland's Submarine Brings 10 Million Cargo to New London
German commander Captain Paul Koenig reports the Deutschland carried dyestuffs drugs and possibly stocks bonds and precious stones on its voyage to America. He claims the Bremen is lost and Amerika nonexistent, notes heavy weather and British blockade challenges, and says the voyage was quiet overall with some perilous surface runs and a short collision in Bremen harbor.
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New London
Conn
Paul Koenig
Amerika
Koenig
Baltimore
Nantucket
Bremen
Sip
Scotland
Orkney Islands
Pair Channel
Germany
Thesmany
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