Aviators Plan Liberty Bond Campaign by Air Drops
Liberty loan managers plan aerial campaign sending 45 aviators to bombard cities and training camps coast to coast with red white and blue bombs carrying leaflets urging purchase of liberty bonds. Flights depart from multiple fields to major cities with messages to mayors and officials as War Department coordinates.
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Washington
Oet
Tewure
War Department
Department
Strachat
Experts to Help House Form European Data Team
Washington Oct 11 Col E M House discussed with President Wilson Secretary Lansing and other officials a systematic collection of economy historical political and other information on European conditions for use in future peace negotiations. An announcement is expected on organizing a staff of experts and the classification of work with Walter Lippmann among the assistants mapping a preliminary plan for data collection.
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Washington
Col E. M. House
Ident Wilson
Lansing
Col. House
Walter Lippman
Balet
Col House
Allies Fight Mud on Western Front Amid Muddy Advances
Allied forces on the Western Front push through difficult mud near Ypres, with British and French troops holding gains despite heavy ground conditions. British lines advance about 500 yards east of the Poelcappelle Houlthost highway as German counterattacks test the new positions. Officials note some infantry reach beyond the established line, while mud erodes recent gains and threatens momentum.
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Associated Press
France
Hwelgium
Flinders Bog
Ypres
Hlais
Houtholst Forest
Poelcappelle-Houlhost Highway
Socialists charge Prussia with political warfare in Reichstag debate
In Copenhagen on October 11 a censored Reichstag report shows socialist speakers detailing military orders linked to the enlightenment campaign, opposing the army politics ban. They cited post July 19 peace resolution timing, a war ministry conference on strike prevention, and radical socialist pressure as a menace to war effort. Henrich Dove reported soldiers desire a swift end to the war.
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Copenhagen
von Stein
War Ministry
Henrich Dove
Reichstag
Damaged submarine sighted near Little Belt in Europe
COPENHAGEN reports a large submarine seen Wednesday in the Little Belt south ward badly damaged from a fierce engagement. The vessel shows damage to both port and starboard quarters and the stern. Inquiries note Brownie Loeffler writing to Frank Dang from somewhere in Europe. he serves on the U S S Marietta.
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Copenhagen
Little Belt
Banks urged to enlist deposits for liberty loan drive
Comptroller Williams proposed a nationwide postcard or letter canvass to every depositor in national banks urging liberty bond purchases. He cited 46 million bank accounts representing about 15 million potential buyers, with total deposits and income supporting broad participation.
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Washington
Liberty Loan
Williams
Liberty Bonds
Purchaer
Mutual Savings
United States
Three men charged in 1916 New York harbor plot
On October 11 in New York three men were arrested by the bomb squad for conspiring to blow up ships in New York harbor in 1916. The detainees include Eugene Riesterk a restaurant owner Joseph Zeffer a printer and Walter Uhde a lithographer. The case implicates Karl Schimmel Franz Von Rintelen Otto Wolpert Semnberg Walter Aschene and others in a plan that allegedly caused $5 million in ship and cargo destruction.
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New York
New York Harbor
Eugene Riesterk
Joseph Zeffer
Walter Uhde
Uhde
Tunney
Karl Schimmel
Buenos Aires
Rotterdam
Franz von Rintelen
Otto Wolpert
Atlas Line
Semnberg
von Papen
Walter Aschene
Jews in Jerusalem Starve Refugees Say
Eighty three American Jews stranded in Palestine due to the war arrived in New York on Wednesday after relief groups secured state department aid. Refugees report Jerusalem Jews are starving as prices have surged and cash has depreciated. They claim only 21,000 of 61,000 Jews in Jerusalem at the war’s start remain alive.
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New York
Palestine
State Department
Jerusalem
America
Reverend Hillis Tells of Belgian Horrors in Rally
Buffalo, Oct 11 Rev Newell Dwight Hillis of Brooklyn spoke at a liberty loan bond rally recounting his France trip. He described German “efficient” policy as deliberate frightfulness and said militarism degraded German soldiers and debauched their scholars.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Newell Dwight Hillis
Brooklyn
France
State railways in Germany lack fuel
London Oct 11 The German state railways face no great fuel shortage but plan drastic traffic reduction. They propose heavy excess fares on express trains to deter nonessential travel and have cut several fast trains from the winter timetable. The Württemberg railway will impose high excess charges for traffic on Saturday afternoons and Sundays.
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London
Wurttemburg
Motor Club Aids Old Soldiers In Quincy Visit
The Quincy Motor club plans veteran rides today for the six regiments stationed in Quincy. Members will arrange cars to take soldiers to Sunset Park and South Park camping grounds, recalling a 56 year old reunion. A committee including Beatty Cox Beard Morest and Boyer will attend the Bloomington auto road boosters convention October 31 to promote the $60,000,000 Illinois highway bond issue.
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Quincy Motor Club
Quincy
Sunset Park
South Park
Thomas M. Beatty
Loren B. Cox
Harry L. Beard
L. A. Morest
L. L. Boyer
Bloomington
Illinois
Shortage of Labor Slashes Naval Stores Output
Chicago Oct 11 shortages of labor caused by the Great Migration of African Americans from the South to the North and poor early spring weather have reduced this year’s naval stores crop by about 16 percent, affecting naval oranges turpentine pitch tar and rosin.
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Chicago
Standardization urged for naval stores by industry group
The National Paint Oil and Varnish association adopted a committee report at its annual meeting on Wednesday. It noted the United States is the sole source for allied navies and merchant marine stores and called for federal legislation to standardize naval stores and remove adulteration. W H Crawford of Cincinnati, committee chair, stated that German propaganda aimed at pulling Negro workers from the south targeted naval stores as well as cotton.
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National Paint, Oil and Varnish Association
United States
W. H. Crawford
Cincinnati
Committee On
Naval Stores
South
Motion to Censure Government Defeated in Reichstag
Dispatch from Berlin reports the independent socialists failed to pass a motion censuring the government over military propaganda interpellation. Only the social democrats supported it as the Reichstag did not share the charge.
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Amsterdam
Berlin
Reichstag
Reichstag Midt
Count Von Luxburg Arrested in Argentina Detention
Count Von Luxburg, the German minister who was recently stripped of his passports, has been arrested in southern Buenos Aires province. He is being sent to Martin Garcia Island and held under military guard in a German detention camp until removal from the country is arranged.
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Buenos Aires
Count von Luxburg
Martin Garcia
Snyder's Taxi and Visitors in Carthage Lifestyle Beats
Mr and Mrs E J Hall guest of Mrs A L Hall at 1387 North Teith Street after a month in Carthage. Mr and Mrs Joseph Goeke of St Louis returned home after visiting nieces Mrs George Terwelp Mrs Charles Kaltenbach and Mrs Terwelp. The Romance of Silk film shown at Dukers with free admission on Thursday to Saturday. Joe Schucking ill. Milton Brieder now in Rice Colorado. Fred Ticken oversees Honey Creek township. Gilbert and Peters travel from Coatsburg for business. Presbyterian guild plans autumn supper Oct 19 with proceeds to Red Cross. Dr W D Stevenson hosted stag dinner with cards and music.
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Duker's
W. T. Duker
Joe Schucking
North Fourteenth Street
Milton Brieder
Quincy Gas and Electric Company
Rice
Colo
Fred Ticken
Honey Creek Township
HU. C. Gilbert
Fred Peters
Quincy
Coatsburg
Presbyterian Church Guild
Red Cross
Notable Guests Include Prominent Local Figures
Guests listed include Joseph C. Barlow, Willis A. Pfeiffer, Fred Scudder, Robert Switzer, Dr. T. D. Gardner, W. H. McMein, Charles Clarkson, C. W. Leffingwell, Henry L. Brant, Dr. Henry L. Whipple, Archer Rogers, and George M. Reeves.
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Joseph C. Barlow
Willis A. Pfeiffer
Fred Scudder
Robert Switzer
T. D. Gardner
W. H. McMein
Charles Clarkson
C. W. Leffingwell
Henry L. Brant
Henry L. Whipple
Archer Rogers
George M. Reeves
Bolo Pasha Linked to 1913 Turkish Loan Deal
An aviation captain and deputy, Maurice Dutriel, testified on Bolo Pasha's ties to a 1913 Turkish loan negotiations. Leon Daudet pressed for Senator Henry Berenger to testify for him as former Interior Minister Malvy’s alleged Germany links surfaced. Captain Bouchardon heard the senator’s testimony in the military court session.
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Paris
Maurice Dutriel
Chamber of Deputies
Bolo Pasha
Bolo
Leon Daudet
Malvy
Germany
Henry Berenger
Bouchardon
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Haig
Rev. Hillis
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Okee
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Bodkin
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