Nation's new army totals 431 180 in cantonments
Washington Oct 12 The number of men in America's new national army at or ordered to cantonments totals 431 180. Secretary Baker said clothing shipments to camps keep pace with arrivals. By Oct 2 nearly thirteen million articles of apparel and sleeping gear had been sent, all material manufactured domestically.
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Washington
America
Baker
National Guard
Council of National Defense
Liberty Aviation
Camp Funston
Kansas
Camp Custer
Michigan
Camp Grant
Ilinois
Camp Dodge
Towa
Eight Thousand Go to Arkansas Camp
EIGHT THOUSAND NATIONAL ARMY men from this cantonment will be sent to Camp Pike near Little Rock Arkansas to fill a division with surplus men from seven middle western camps. An order supersedes a prior directive sending 9,000 to Camp Cody Deming NM and reallocates 3,000 from Iowa Minnesota North Dakota to Deming and 1 060 from Hawaii to the training camp near Houston Texas.
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Camp Dodge
National Army
Camp Pike
Little Rock
Ark
War Department
Middle Western
Camp Cody
Deming
N. M
Iowa
Minnesota
North Dakota
Hainois
Government
Houston
Texas
Shell holes used by German troops in Flanders
With the French Army in Flanders on October 12 the Germans formed front line nests of shell holes as a new defense. Troops in the holes deserted when officers were absent, while officers sheltered in rear pill boxes. Prisoners described fatigue and very small company strengths, some boys of 18, and better food at the front than inland.
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Flanders
Uruguayan Minister Leaves
Amsterdam dispatch says the Uruguayan chargé d'affaires in Berlin notified the German foreign office that relations between Uruguay and Germany have been severed.
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Amsterdam
Urguayan
Berlin
German Foreign Office
Uruguay
Germany
Reichstag Debate on War Aims Sparks Belgium Question
In Amsterdam on October 12 Reichstag figures sparred over war aims. Deputy Conrad Hausmann warned Dr. Von Kuehlemann’s claim that only Alsace Lorraine blocks peace implies Belgium should be abandoned. Stressemann supported limited arms cuts but doubted practicability of disarmament. Westarp urged a clear stance to the pope, while Ledebour lamented revolutions undermining Germany’s case amid Luxburg affair considerations.
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Amsterdam
Reichstag
Conrad Hausman
von Kuehlemann
Alsase-Lorraine
Belgium
Gustav Stressemann
Count von Westarp
Germany
George Ledebour
von Luxburg
Buenos Aires
Resignation reshapes Illinois railroad committee chair
In Springfield on October 12 Louia D P D Hirsheimer of Pittsfield resigned as four year chairman of the railroad committee of the state board of equalization after a reported warm session. William H Malone of Park Ridge was named railroad committee chairman and H G Henry of Camp Point joined the committee. Hirsheimer moved to a panel assessing corporate capital stock. Henry swapped out to accommodate him. Officials cited a big row but offered no reasons.
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Springfield
Ill
Louia
Hirsheimer
Pittsfield
State Board of Equalization
William H. Malone
Park Ridge
H. G. Henry
Camp Point
Railroad
Henry
Helmer
Paul Haffer Indicted for Draft Registration Failure
Tacoma man Paul Haffer, after four months in jail for libeling the name of George Washington, was indicted by a federal grand jury for failure to register under the selective draft. The libel conviction came under an obsolete statute.
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Tacoma
Wash
Paul Haffer
George Washington
Haffer
Bakers Convicted in Bread Price Fix Conspiracy
In Los Angeles on October 12 nine baking firms and nine individual firm members were found guilty by a jury of conspiring to fix bread prices in violation of state antiprice laws.
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Los Angeles
Coal Shortage Acknowledged Amid Record Production
The Geological Survey confirms a general coal shortage due to unprecedented demand from manufacturing and transport. Output is up over 1916 by about ten percent and over 1915 by 25 percent, with weekly production peaking at 1,900,000 tons in July 1917. The Fuel Administration orders pro rata coal distribution on the Pennsylvania railroad system to allocate supplies to domestic users and essential industries.
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Ashington
Geological Survey
Fuel Administration
Pennsylvania
Hoover Plans to Standardize Baking Industry Roles
The administration seeks to control and distribute baking provisions, with depots to be established so retailers can operate under voluntary agreements. Aimed at standardizing loaf size and price, the plan contemplates measures starting Nov. 1 to stabilize bread supply across the market.
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Washington
Hoover
Baking Inc
La Follette speech inquiry clarified by letter and transcript
Washington reports that Senator La Follette submitted a letter outlining his position and an approved transcript of his address to the senate investigating committee. He denies saying the U S had no cause for war, calls press reports false, and seeks to examine witnesses and present his testimony. Other stenographic versions and Lusitania records are on file. The committee may pause hearings for Bryan to respond. hearings will not be held.
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Washington
LaFollette
League
St. Paul
Senate Investigating Committee
United States
Bryan
Lusitania
Minnesota Public Safety Commission
State Department
Congressional Library
Pomerene
Michaelis-Face in German Press Sparks Political Storm
Amsterdam dispatch reports Vorwaerts attacking Chancellor Michaelis over navy revolt hints and deputy involvement. It accuses him and Admiral von Capelle of failing defense and calls for Michaelis to resign, saying Germany cannot win its war under current leadership. The piece notes mixed reactions from conservatives and Parliament.
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Amsterdam
Vorwaerts
Michaelis
Michaelis-Von Capelle
Admiral von Capelle
Dr. Michaelis
Holveshei
Elis
Neumann
Bethmann-Hollweg
Vicstag
Hollweg
von Bethmann
Germany
Snow falls in Dubuque as first flakes cover ground
In Dubuque on October 12 the season's first snow began at 6 pm and by 9 pm over three quarters of an inch lay on the ground with no let up anticipated. Separately, a Rome dispatch reports Italians captured an Austrian torpedo boat destroyer in the Adriatic. the Austrian crew surrendered without firing.
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Dubuque, In
Washington
Rome
Adriatic
Penalty sought in East St. Louis race riot murder case
In Belleville on October 12, circuit court began arguments for Herbert F. Wood and Leon Keane charged with the murder of Scott Clark during the East St. Louis riots. Special Assistant Attorney General James A. Farmer urged heavy sentences but not the death penalty, assailing defense witness Adamson. Judge Silas Cook contended state evidence was unreliable and noted many witnesses were soldiers seeking convictions to justify arrests.
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Belleville
Ill
Herbert F. Wood
Leon Keane
Scott Clark
East St. Louis
James A. Farmer
Detective Coppedge
Wood
Keane
Adamson
Silas Cook
War Report Describes Static Fronts Amid Rain Delays
In Flanders and Verdun fronts the fighting is limited to heavy shelling and trench warfare as rain worsens ground conditions. British and French troops avoid major assaults while German artillery disturbs Allied lines near Passchendaele and in the Meuse sector. In Romania Russians bombard Teutonic positions near Braila and Galatz. Germans strike Danubian town with shells. On Riga front Germans push back Russians near the Pskati highway. Emperor William visits King Ferdinand in Sofia amid naval mutiny turmoil.
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Flanders
Teutons
Draeibank
Passchendaele
France
Meuse
Verdun
Rumania
Rumanian
Braila
Danubian
Galatz
Riga
Pskati High Road
Wilhelmshaven
William
Ferdinand of
Bulgaria
Sofia
Wilkinson Urges River for War Traffic
President Thomas Wilkinson of Burlington Iowa urges using the Mississippi River to ease war transportation in his opening address to the Upper Mississippi River Improvement association convention in Winona Minnesota. He states railroads are overtaxed and the river is America's great water highway to be used to its greatest capacity to help win the war.
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Winona
Minn
Thomas Wilkinson
Burlington
The
Upper Mississippi River Improvement Association
Mississippi River
America
Huge plot to poison airmen uncovered at Princeton
Princeton, N J Oct 12 military authorities are said to be investigating an alleged plot to poison several hundred students at the government aeronautical school. Samuel O Livingoog, a student, is said to have been arrested after a large quantity of poison crystals was found in his room. Officials would not discuss the case.
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Princeton
N. J
Government Aeronautical
Samuel O. Livingoog
Aviation School
U S Credit in Danger Warns Treasury Chief McAdoo
In San Francisco on October 12 W G McAdoo urged renewed support for the liberty loan warning that failure of bond issues would undermine national credit and jeopardize property and life. He said government bonds are the safest investment and oversubscription signals unity against autocracy to Germany.
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AN Francisco
W. G. McAdoo
the Treasury
Germany
United States
Wilson approves new steel prices
Washington October 12 President Wilson approved a wartime agreement between the War Industries Board and steel manufacturers setting maximum prices for steel products about one third below market. Bases include Pittsburgh and Youngstown Ohio with prices for blooms billets slabs sheet bars and pig iron fixed. Immediate effect applies to private and government contracts, with revisions planned January 1.
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Washington
War Industries Board
Steel Manufacturers
Wilson
Pittsburgh
Youngstown
Federal Trade Commission
Draft Resisters Put On Trial In Davenport
Six men faced trial on charges of conspiring to obstruct the registration act before Federal Judge Martin Wade in Davenport. Defendants include Walter Matthey Fred Henry Fred Vollmer Earl C Willis Charles Wise and Albert H Miller. Dr John Wallace Cooper testified Vollmer aided the League of Humanity whose president was Daniel H Wallace. Wallace was later sentenced to 20 years for treasonable talk. R R Englehardt, also indicted under the Sherman act, testified Vollmer threatened him over discharging a pro German worker.
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Davenport
Martin Wade
Walter Matthey
Fred Henry
Fred Vollmer
Earl C. Willis
Socialist Party
Tri-City
Charles Wise
Albert H. Miller
John Wallace Cooper
Fort Sheridan
Vollmer
League of Humanity
Daniel H. Wallace
Stow Cables to Holland Amid Dutch Sand Metal Transit Ban
AMSTERDAM Oct 12 Great Britain halted all commercial cable communication with the Netherlands until the Dutch government imposes an absolute restriction on transit of sand gravel and scrap metals through Holland from Germany.
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Stow
Holland
Amsterdam
Great Britain
Netherlands
Germany
Belgium
German bill backs rebuilt merchant fleet
Amsterdam Oct 12 German reichstag adopted a bill to rebuild the German merchant fleet. Socialists voted against the measure.
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Amsterdam
Reichstag
Berlin
Less Than 7 Percent Subscribed to Second Liberty Loan
Washington Oct 12 The government reports less than 7 percent of the 5 billion second liberty loan is pledged with only 25,465,000 subscribed by Wednesday night. New York leads with 228,027,000 and Philadelphia 13,553,000 while Minneapolis reports no figures. The treasury warns of heavy work remaining as fourteen days of campaign are left.
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Washington
Treasury
United States
Minneapolis
Treasury Department
Federal Reserve
Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Cleveland
Richmond
Atlanta
Chicago
St. Louis
Kansas City
Dallas
San Francisco
Federal Reserve Banks
Liberty Loan Committees
Secretary of the Treasury
Reserve Bank of New York
Federal Bank
Cincage
New England
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut
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Val Zad
J. Cann
Boss
William Robably
Socalist
Dubuque
Wilkinson
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