Woman shoots at slayer in court. Dorsett widow seeks justice
In Kansas City in the Jackson county criminal court room, Anna Dorsett fired at William David Jones, the defendant in the murder case of Detective Arthur N. Dorsett. Her sister also attempted to shoot as officers disarmed both women. Jones had been on trial for the detective's killing. the jury convicted him of murder and sentenced him to 50 years. Dorsett and fellow officer John Clifford were wounded when Jones killed Arthur N. Dorsett on August 3 during a theft probe.
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Kansas City, Mo
Arthur N. Dorsett
Anna Dorsett
Jackson County Criminal Court Room
William David Jones
Jones
State Penitentiary
Dorsett
John Clifford
Clifford
Kansas City
Lay coal embargo on Atlantic ships
Washington reports a final move to cut supplies to Germany by denying coal to neutral ships carrying South American cargoes bound for European neutrals unless their bunkers are inspected in American ports. The exports control board acts under allied approval and seeks neutrals' resource data before a final policy.
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Washington
Germany
South America
Exports Administrative Board
Exports Board
Mentrala
Reprisal Raids By English Air Army Reported
London reports British aerial operations over Belgium included bombings of St Denis Westrem the Zeebrugge lock gates the Bruges docks and a Thour out railway junction with all machines returning safely. Frankfurt on Main notes enemy airmen over the city at 1030 PM Tuesday dropping 113 bombs in five minutes causing five injuries but minor material damage amid gunfire.
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London
St. Denis Westrem
Zeebrugge
Bruges
Thourout
Belgium
Frankfort
Amsterdam
Frankfort-on-Main
Twenty Thousand Planes For U S Air Service In France
Secretary Baker announced that twenty thousand airplanes for American forces in France are under construction under the 640 million aviation bill passed by Congress last July. Motors are being produced and training aircraft, gun gear, cameras, and other equipment will be ready as planes arrive in Europe. Twenty four flying schools are authorized and Americans are training in allied countries.
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Washington
America
France
Congress
Baker
Peller
United States
Europe
House investigates Heflin charges in German money inquiry
Washington October five five representatives appointed to probe statements by Heflin of Alabama on German money influencing Congress. Committee status uncertain. no power to compel witnesses. may report no action this late in session. Members Barnhart Longworth Venable Dewali Walsh and others named. Stephens introduced the resolution.
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Washington
House
Heflin
Alabama
Congress
Clark
Stephens
Mississippi
Barnhart
Indiana
Venable
Dewali
Pennsylvania
Longworth
Ohio
Walsh
Massachusetts
Engraving Bureau Head Quits Service
Det G Joseph FE Ralph director of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing resigns to become president of Intuguo bank note company. Frank E Fergson expected to take charge. Ralph to remain until appointment. The bureau has faced multiple committee investigations stemming from Rankin charges about overworking women employees.
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Joseph E. Ralph
New Bank Note Corporation
Washington
Joseph FE. Ralph
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
United States Intuguo Company
Ralph
Roosevelt
Frank E. Fergson
Ralgh
Secreary Croaby
Jeanette Rankin
Montena
McAdoo
Marshall Urges All to Take Liberty Loan Bonds
Vice President Marshall in a Liberty Loan statement calls every American to prove genuine faith in the republic by taking war bonds. He stresses personal sacrifice in supporting the government and the war effort as citizens show belief in democracy.
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Wasittiington
Marshall
Liberty Loan
America
Belleville Judge Bars Defense Plea in Coppedge Case
In Belleville Illinois on October 5 defense lawyers for 13 Negro suspects in the Coppedge murder case argued their strategy while Circuit Judge Crow limited evidence. The judge barred showing whites wrongdoing or a white mob conspiracy as justification and allowed alibi and anti conspiracy arguments. Witnesses testified about weapons seized but some testimony was excluded for not matching disclosed witness lists.
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Belleville
Ill
Coppedge
East St. Louis
Urg
Crow
Woolley
A. J. Stocker
Haeffner
Congress probes Heflin charges amid looming deadline
Five congressmen appointed to investigate Heflin charges may miss delivering a report by Saturday as the committee holds a gloomy meeting. General Pershing and General Bliss receive promotions in a soldiers and sailors insurance bill passed by the Senate 71 to 0. Emmett J. Scott named special wartime assistant to aid ten million Negroes. Scott long served as Booker T. Washington's secretary for 18 years. Soldiers and sailors civil rights bill passes the House unanimously and moves to the Senate in December.
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Heflin
Pershing
Bliss
Senate
Emmett J. Scott
War Department
Scott
Booker T. Washington
House
Mechanic Workers Detail Urged for Army Service
Washington Oct 5 Representative Madden urged President Wilson to detail skilled mechanics from the national army to war industries without discharging them from military service. He cited hundreds of employers with war contracts hindered by labor shortages. The President promised to ask Secretary Baker to investigate after labor commission reports from the west.
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Washington
National Army
Wilson
Madden
Hlinsis
Baker
Labor Commission
West
Five Minor Parties Fail to Get Together in Chicago
On October 5 the five minor political groups trying to form a third party failed to complete their labors. The adopted platform committed delegates to hostility to censorship during wartime and, after adoption, some delegates felt the new party opposed parts of the government's war platform.
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Chicago
Senate Passes Soldiers and Sailors Insurance Bill
The senate approved the soldiers' and sailors' insurance bill by 71 to 0, keeping the $10,000 maximum insurance and adding a provision to promote Major Generals Pershing and Bliss to general and award lieutenant generalships to senior army leaders. The House is expected to accept the measure. the bill includes a $176,000,000 appropriation and temporary rank elevations only. Secretary Baker had urged swift passage before Congress adjourns.
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Washington
Pershing
France
Bliss
Senate
House
Baker
Congress
Mutiny at DC prison as militant suffragists clash with guards
Washington reports mutinous conduct charged against eighteen suffragists of the woman's party jailed for demonstrations before the White House. The incident includes a fight with guards and Negro prisoners, the removal of Mrs. Margaret Johns for medical care, and conflicting accounts from Miss Alice Paul about treatment and confinement.
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Washington
Woman's Party
District of Columbia
White House
Board of Charities
Jonzo Tweedale
Margaret Johns
Washington Asylum
John
Alice Paul
Springfield Man Wounded in French Hospital
Private William Thomas Page of Detroit a member of the 173rd Highlanders Canadian forces lies in a French hospital with a gunshot wound to the right arm. He was employed in the auditing department of the Michigan Central railroad at Detroit until enlisting in March 1916.
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Springfield
William Thomas Page
Detroit
Mich
173Rd Highlanders
Thomas H.H. Page
Page
Michigan Central Railroad
Emmett J. Scott Named Negro Secretary at War Dept
Washington October 4 Emmett J Scott for eighteen years confidential secretary to Booker T Washington will represent the interests of ten million Negroes at the war department as a special assistant announced by Secretary Baker on Thursday.
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Washington
War Department
Emmett J. Scott
Booker T. Washington
Baker
Two German Raiders Prey On American Shipping in Pacific
News released from Washington details two German raiders from the Seeadler roaming the South Seas for seven months. They captured and burned American schooners A. B. Johnson Manila and Slade, seized French schooner Lutece at Mopeha Island, and left 27 white and 17 native sailors stranded while pursuing further targets. The report traces the raiders’ movements from Mopeha to Tutuila, noting damaged ships and the crews' perilous condition.
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Mopeha Island
South Pacific
South Seas
Navy Department
Tutuila
U.S
Seeadler
A. B. Johnson
Manila
Slade
South Atlantic Ocean
Smith
Mopeha
Tahiti
Society Islands
Navy
C. Slade
Hador Smith
Society Group
Mapeha
North Sea
Cruiser Drake Sunk Off Irish Coast by Torpedo
The British cruiser Drake, 14 100 tons, built 1901 at Pembroke, speed 23 knots, flagship of the fifth cruiser squadron, was torpedoed Tuesday off the north coast of Ireland and sank after reaching a harbor. One officer and 15 men died. the remainder were saved. The ship, with a 900 man crew, had visited U S and Canadian ports and served in the Hudson Fulton celebration in New York in 1909.
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London
Admiralty
Ireland
Pembroke
United States
New York
Red Cross nurses parade through Manhattan in New York
A 40,000 strong Red Cross nurses parade along Sixth Avenue New York to honor American nurses. The procession spans two hours with units in blue gray and serge uniforms and includes hospital detachments, stretcher bearers, and ambulances led by Henry P. Davison.
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New York
Fifth Avenue
America
Red Cross
American Red Cross
France
Henry P. Davison
Red Cross War Council
Civil Rights Bill Passed by House Unanimously
Washington reports the soldiers and sailors civil rights bill cleared the House with unanimous support on Thursday. It is unlikely to be addressed by the Senate before the December session begins.
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Washington
House
Senate
Crowded Housing Hinders War Work
Washington reports crowded living conditions hampering wartime production in industrial centers. Phillip Hiss, New York architect and chair of the defense council housing subcommittee, cites urgent need for government financed or private housing to enable expansion of key war industries. Proposals include a government housing committee and urging manufacturers and local capitalists to fund workmen’s homes. plant officials and welfare workers to be consulted today.
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Washington
National Defense Council
Advisory
Phillip Hiss
New York
Iiss
Chambers of Commerce
Navy Yard Wage 10 Percent Increase Reached
Agreement on navy yard wage scales reached by Assistant Secretary Roosevelt and union presidents. New schedule effective November 1 for one year, averaging substantially over ten percent. In skilled metal and wood trades higher ratings gain forty cents or more per day. ratings reduced from five to three. A committee will adjust minor locality or special trades questions. Details by yard not yet worked out.
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Washington
Navy Yard
Roosevelt
International Trades Unions
Department
British drive at Lille sector yields thousands of German prisoners
London reports say the British breakthrough east of Ypres in Flanders wins all targets. More than 3,000 German troops are captured and the main ridge near Ypres falls to British forces. Berlin counters with claims of limited gains and fierce fighting continues along the Meuse and around Zonnebeke. Washington observers note signs of German strain and possible strategic withdrawal as winter approaches.
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Ypres
Flanders
Field Marshal
Haig
Berlin
Planders
Germany
Postcapelle
Gheluveit
Zonnebeke
Becelaere
Cation
Impor
Marshal Hare
Tower Hamlets
Langemarck
Meuse
Verdun
Jacobstadt
Riga
Dvinsk
Petrograd
Washington
Teutons
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