Twelve U S sailors lost in Michigan picket boat tragedy
Washington reports twelve crewmen of the U S Michigan picket boat perished when their craft foundered off home waters. Three bodies recovered. navy lists ten missing. Names and addresses of the lost sailors are released, with Coxswain Edmund Tamillo among the recovered body.
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U. S
Washington
Navy Department
Theavy Department
U. S. Michigan
Mil
Joseph J. Schultz
Herman Schultz
Lafaylette St
Port Wayne
Ind
Joseph H. Hendrickson
Seaman
C. Hendrickson
Jessop Place
York
Penna
Roscoe Scott
Frank C. Scott
Denver
Cole
Stanley
Wing
Sarah Wing
Twentyfourth Street
Detroit
Mich
Austin Atwood
George Atwood
Warren Street
Sandusky
Arthur A. Floyd
James C. Flow
Matthews
Mecklenberg County
N.C
Andrew F. Meister
Anna K. Lose
Columbia Street
Wilkesbarre
Walter H. Fischer
Henry J. Fischer
Courtland Street
Chicago
Clarence L. Jones
Aura F. Jones
Central Street
Bucksport
Maine
Edmund L. Tamillo
Tessie Temille
North Central Park
James P. Young
Margaret Young
Atlantic Avenue
Brooklyn
N. Y
George M. Hidmarch, JR
National Naval Volunteers
McAdoo Unable to Keep Engagement With Suffrage Meet
Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo missed a New York suffrage rally due to throat trouble from active Liberty Loan work. He sent a note from White Sulphur Springs expressing strong interest in the suffrage cause at Tuesday's election.
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New York
McAdoo
California Leads With Pledge Cards
Washington reports that one family in four has signed food pledge cards as part of a national dye campaign. Incomplete returns show nearly 5.5 million signatures, with California leading at 281,178 cards followed by New Jersey and Michigan in the top ranks.
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Washington
Food Administration
California
New Jersey
Michian
Indiana
War Moves in Europe Fronts Hold. Italy Front Analyzed
Gen Cadorna maintains north and south lines along the Tagliamento river with Austro German attempts at crossing blocked. The new Italian front offers a shorter easier-to-defend line though a northern flank thrust remains a risk. German withdrawal from Aisne followed by Laon retreat produced enfilading positions. American prisoners reportedly captured after Rhine Marne canal recon, not yet confirmed by Washington. British naval action destroys German carrier and patrol craft in Cattegat. Marie cruiser also reported sunk with casualties.
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Tagliamento
Cadorna
Italy
Trentino
Teutonic
Aisne
Laon
Berlin
Rhine Marne Canal
Lunesville
Washington
Cattegat
Copenhagen
Marie
Ship carpenter nabbed with time bomb
A Lithuanian ship carpenter, Mathews Valinkestoe, was found with a timed explosive aboard an American transport, where he worked. He gave conflicting accounts of how the bomb came to him and was arrested for arraignment on Monday.
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New York
Mathews Valinkestoe
Launch Drive Today For War Camp Fund
Nationwide drive begins today through the week to raise 3,750,7880 dollars for the war camp community service. Ministers will preach on morale and fighting spirit of the army and proper community service for soldiers. Local committees in cities and towns will raise their quotas from the total.
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Washington
United States
Red Cross to Send Commission to Italy for Relief
Washington says the American Red Cross will send a commission to Italy with permanent headquarters to alleviate suffering among Italian soldiers and civilians. The move follows a cable to Ambassador Page in Rome describing relief efforts and steps planned by the commission.
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Italy
Washington
Page
Rome
Red Cross
Italy's Cavalry Did Heroic Defense on Front
Italian cavalry earned praise for bold maneuvers and charges under heavy machine gun fire as they covered retreats and supported reconstitution of the army. Doctors at Udine hospital stayed with wounded, while Duke of Acosta aided the Third Army’s steady repositioning behind the Tagliamento river amid massed German forces.
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Udine
Duke of Acosta
Tagliamento
Germany
Carloads of Vegetables Held as They Rot in Rail Yards
Police report hundreds of carloads of potatoes cabbage onions and sugar beets found in Chicago railroad yards frozen decayed and marked hold. Detectives say cars sat on track up to three weeks with no fire while some had stoves in use. Hoover Wheeler and the justice department have been notified of the loss and alleged market manipulation.
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Chicago
Hoover
Harry A. Wheeler
Illinois
Department of Justice
Bloomington hears Wheelership in wartime rally
State Food Administrator Harry A. Wheeler urged food conservation to about 2,000 central Illinois residents. He warned of a possible meat famine as hogs are short and cattle supply trims, and called on everyone to sign Hoover pledge cards. He pressed sacrifices at home and pledged that true sacrifice means giving what is required, not surplus.
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Bloomington
Food Administration
Harry A. Wheeler
Central
Ilinois
Peoria Men Survive Finland Torpedo Fight at Sea
Paris reports two score American field service members returning from enlistments aboard the transport Finland were torpedoed by a German submarine. Ambulance corps members were saved including Peoria natives Normand S. Johnson and E. J. Bloom. Only witness was Daniel Prescott who saw a periscope before the explosion and helped in rescue efforts as the ship limped into port.
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Paris
Finland
Ambulance Corps
Normand S. Johnson
E. J. Bloom
Peoria
Daniel Prescott
Ambulance Service
Prescott
Man who found Armour body killed in New Mexico
Antonio Sandoval Griego who discovered Clyde Armour’s body was shot and killed at Glorietta. Luciano Armijo, the alleged shooter who later tried to kill himself, is confined in a sanitarium with a flesh wound. Elbert W. Blancett remains jailed in the penitentiary awaiting his appeal.
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Santa FE
N. M
Antonio Sandoval Griego
Clyde D. Armour
Sioux City
Towa
Glorietta
Luciano Armijo
Griego
Armijo
Armour
Elbert W. Blancett
Sweeping injunction blocks officers in Peoria and Madison counties
A sweeping injunction issued by Circuit Judge Green bars all law officers in Peoria and Madison counties from serving any writs arising from habeas corpus proceedings in Madison County in the case brought by Frank P Walters and wife of Alton to gain possession of their four year old granddaughter Selma Jane Johndrow.
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Peoria
Ill
Madison
Gustav Kaufman
Madison County
Frank P Walters
Alton
Selma Jane Johndrow
Green
German Retreat Broadens Front After Chemin Des Dames Action
German crown prince forces withdraw after French victory along a fifteen mile front in France. German troops suffer heavy losses and rejoin rear areas while French artillery and enfilading fire from Malmaison positions widen the gap. Germans retreat to the north side of the Ailette valley as French detachments press the pursuit.
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Associated Press
France
Chemin- Des-Dames
Chemins-Des Dames
Malmaison
Ailette
McAdoo Heads Port War Board To Aid Allies
New York November fourth the port war board formed with William G. McAdoo as chairman to coordinate harbors for transporting war materiel. Attendees included Secretary Baker Ed Hurley Navy and Treasury reps Governors Edge and Willcox named vice chairman. Willcox urged full use of New York Port with no wasted pier space or delays to move eighty percent of supplies.
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McAdoo
Port War Board
New York
William G. McAdoo
the Treasury
New Jersey
Baker
Edwin N. Hurley
United States Shipping Board
Navy
Treasury Departments
Department of Commerce
Gov
Edge
New York-New Jersey
Cummins Predicts Three Year War Costing 80 Billion
Senator Albert B. Cummins of Iowa told a San Francisco audience that the war would last three years and cost the United States about 80 billion dollars. He was joined by Congressman John Esch of Wisconsin and Thetus Sims of Tennessee urging full support for overseas forces.
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San Francisco
Albert B. Cummins
Iowa
United States
John Esch
Wisconsin
Thetus Sims
Tennessee
Senator Cummins
Eve Lavalliere Enters Carmelites After Paris Stage Career
Madame Eve Lavalliere longtime Paris theater figure at Des Varieties has left the stage selling her furnishings and dividing dresses furs and jewels among friends to enter the Carmelite order.
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Paris
Madamaiselle Eve Lavalliere
Theaters Des Varieties
Veil
Order of Carmelites
Oil Field Quiet Across Texas and Louisiana
Houston reports on Saturday night oil fields in Texas and Louisiana remained calm with detachments observing no violence or attempts at disruption. Soldiers reported peaceful conditions at multiple oil sites as dusk fell.
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Houston
Texas
Louisiana and
German cruiser Marie sunk near Kullen after brush fire
London Nov 4 German auxiliary cruiser Marie a 3000 ton vessel was sunk by British destroyers twelve miles from Kullen after opening fire. Of 81 crew 30 killed. seven wounded sailors rescued by Danish ship Dalgas and one by Trondhjem. Remaining crew believed rescued. captain Lauterbach wounded and later picked up.
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London
Marie
Kullen
Dalgas
Trondhjem
Copenhagen
Lauterbach
National Tidende
Cattegut
U of I Faculty in Looming Loyalty Probe by U S Officials
Champaign Ill Nov 4 With Justice Department chief Winton G Claybaugh taking part in the inquiry to determine loyalty at the University of Illinois several faculty members face questions by Justice agent W H Kerrick As the probe unfolds some accused professors and associates treat it as a joke while others deny further comment Mrs Mary Bussey trustee was in Chicago Saturday studying conditions connected with the inquiry
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Champaign
Ill
Winton G. Claybaugh
Department of Justice
University of Ilinois
United States
W. H. Kerrick
Prof. Cole
Champaign County Country Club
Mary Bussey
Board of Trustees
Kerrick
Chicago
Monument to mark Marne battlefield dedication planned
New York, Nov 4. Americans will place a monument on the Marne battlefield to mark where the French halted Germany’s advance on Paris. Sculptor Frederick MacMonnies has been selected to design the memorial and a committee of prominent men and women will oversee planning. Contributions will not be solicited until after the war ends.
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New York
Marne
Germany
Paris
Frederick MacMonnies
None But Patriots
Freeport Illinois November 4 The Freeport board of education decides that in distributing patronage of the board no person or faction will be considered except those whose words and actions show positive and unqualified patriotism.
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Freeport
Ill
Freeport Board of Education
Danish Sailors Witness Attack And Tell The Story
Danish sailors recount the destruction of German vessels in the Skagerrak by British destroyers. The Crocodile and five armed trawlers were sunk. 21 Crocodile survivors were rescued, with 20 more believed dead. A lone Crocodile survivor struggled to convey details.
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Copenhagen
Skagerrak
North Sea
Norway
Denmark
Scandinavian
I W W Trials in Chicago Move Forward
Chicago scene in the I W W prosecutions with Claude Porter arriving to assist Charles Clyne. About 100 indicted I W W members are jailed here, 25 held in other cities, and 166 indicted overall with many yet at large. Elizabeth Gurley Flynn and John Baldazi among those moved from New York. Anarchist Baldazi deemed too dangerous for bond. Cline expects about 30 days to finish evidence gathering before trials begin.
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Chicago
Claude R. Porter
Des Moines
Charles F. Clyne
Frank C. Dailey
Indianapolis
New York
Ats
Elizabeth Gurley Flynn
John Baldazi
Cline
German withdrawal from Chemin-des-Dames reported
Berlin reports the German retreat from the Chemin-Des-Dames plateau on the Aisne front was completed Thursday night and went undetected by the French through Friday noon. Fog and rain limited fighting, while in Flanders the enemy kept up heavy bombardment on Dixmunde and nearby towns. General headquarters adds no other front events of special importance.
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Berlin
London
Chemin-Des--Dames
Aisne
War Office
Flanders
Dixminde
Chemin-Des-Dames
General Headquarters
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