Strikers and Police Hold Bayonne Standstill After Raid
In Bayonne New Jersey on Friday night a clash between Standard Oil strikers and police ended with a patrolman shot in the leg and two prisoners wounded. Special police and firemen conducted a raid. searchlights lit the oil yard as rain and cold wind drove the crowd home. Authorities announced plans for another raid on homes suspected of hiding liquor and said the strike was broken with workers urged to return to work.
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Ayonne
N. J
Standard Oil
Bayonne
Submarine Sightings Spawn Naval Search off New England
An unidentified submarine was sighted about 200 miles east of New York as munition ships move along the coast after last Sunday's Nantucket raid. Navy destroyers from Newport and Maine bases scoured Bar Harbor to Rockland, while Admiral Mayo ordered a coastwide search for hidden submarine bases or wireless stations to preserve neutrality.
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Boston
New England
Booic
Europe
Nantucket
Bovice
Manchester
New York
Atlantic Fleet
United States Navy
Bar Harbor
Paulding
Newport Naval Base
Rockland
McDougal Fanning
Warrington
Maine
Teutonic
Mayo
Washington
Atlantic
Newport
Admiral Mayo
Navy Department
Daniels
Adiral
Navy
Dutch Government Hears From Berlin on Submarine Orders
The Hague reports Berlin says German commanders were instructed to sink neutral steamers only when destruction followed German prize law. It doubts Bloomersdijk’s sinking violated German law and says if proven otherwise, Germany will grant indemnity for vessel and cargo without a prize court.
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The
Hague
London
Legation
Bloomersdijk
Germany
Three Indicted on Conspiracy Charge in California
Fred Dale, brother-in-law of Cal Estaban Cantu, governor of Lower California, and three others were indicted by a federal grand jury on conspiracy to violate U S neutrality laws. They allegedly planned shipping ten machine guns to Mexico for Col. Cantu.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Fred Dale
Deneen to Enter Campaign Speech in Ostawa
Chicago report states former Governor Charles S. Deneen will deliver the opening campaign address in support of the Republican ticket at Ostawa Illinois on Thursday evening October.
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Deneen
Chicago
Charles S. Deneen
Ostawa
Sullivan Spurs Party Workers in Illinois Rally
Roger C Sullivan of Chicago addressed hundreds of Democratic workers in Springfield urging unity and claiming at least 60 percent of the state women’s vote would back Wilson and Dunne. He praised the Wilson administration, noting 1.6 million more workers and $1.83 billion more in wages than during Taft era, and criticized Hughes as lacking clear promises or an issue.
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Springfield
Ill
Wilson
Dunne
Roger C Sullivan
Chicago
Minois
Sullivan
Taft
Judge Hughes
Ga lesburg Doctors Honor William Harvey Centenary
Galesburg Oct 14 200s event honors Dr William Harvey discoverer of blood circulation system as 200 physicians from central west attend. The Knox County Medical Society hosts visiting doctors with speakers Frederick G Novy Bertram W Sippy and George W Crile. A dinner was held Friday night.
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Galesburg
Wiliam Harvey
West
Eliseo Arredondo Returns to Capital
Eliseo Arredondo Mexican ambassador designate returned to Washington Friday after conferences with Gen. Carranza in Mexico City. He declined to discuss his visit to the capital or conditions in Mexico and a report that an illegalista faction threatened a serious uprising.
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Washington
Eliseo Arredondo
Genn. Carranza
Mexico City
Mexico
E Legalista
Potatoes Substituted for Flour in Bread Advice
Washington reports that baking specialists of the agriculture department recommend greater use of potatoes in bread making. Experiments show bread with boiled and mashed potatoes is as nutritious as standard bread and stays fresh longer. The department sees potential savings where potatoes are cheap amid high wheat flour prices.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Cyclone Ravages Virgin Islands With Devastation Reported
The cyclone struck the West Indies early in the week. Tortola Anegada and St John suffered severe damage. Many residents are homeless with food shortages and numerous deaths reported.
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West Indies
ST. Thomas
D. W
Virgin Islands
Tortola
Anegada
St. John
Salaries Spark Debate at Episcopal Mission Convention
In St Louis on October 14, bishops and delegates discussed church finances and missions. Bishop Arthur Hall questioned the 39,500 annual pay for the church board of missions president, urging salary considerations to avoid hindering field workers. A Brooklyn preacher urged workers to reengage working-class Americans amid calls for a new industrial environment and better support for wage earners’ families. The debate touched pensions, superannuation at 68, and sympathy for England’s church. C. William W. Skiddy was named treasurer by the house of deputies with bishops’ concurrence.
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ST. Louis
Arthur C. A. Hall
Vermont
Protestant Episcopal General Convention
Bishop Hall
Church Board of Missions
Arthur &. Lloyd
Board of Missions
Hall
America
J. Howard Mellish
Brooklyn
Social Service Forum
Mellish
Christendom
Pond du Lac
Wis
Church Pension Fund
Protestant Episcopal Church
United States
Church of England
House of Deputies
H. McKim
Washington
William W. Skiddy
New York
House of Bishops
Peace Chances for Peace and Arbitration in Germany
Dr David, socialist leader, told the Reichstag via wireless from Sayville that peace now is unlikely as foes demand pure victory before any settlement. He argued submarine warfare delays peace, urged legal arbitration to settle disputes, and welcomed the chancellor's support for arbitration as a path to peace on earth.
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Berlin
Sayville
Reichstag
David
Germany
Sterling claims state by 100000
Chicago October 14 Fred E Sterling chairman of the Republican state committee denies Illinois is doubtful and predicts a landslide on November 7 He says conditions are improving and that Republicans and Progressives work in harmony The campaign train of Frank Lowden draws large enthusiastic crowds and he believes Hughes and Fairbanks will carry Illinois
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Chicago
Fred E. Sterling
Republican State Committee
Ilinois
Illinois
Sterling
Frank QC
Lowden
Hughes
Fairbanks
Witt Bros Receive 1190 Wyoming Sheep at Loraine
Witt Bros livestock dealers received 1,190 Wyoming sheep offered to farmers for feeding and breeding. Local stock men pronounced the lot extra good. The Bowen Korn Karnival and Adams County round-up drew many people. Rain this week boosted wheat prospects for a bumper crop in the farms and town.
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Loraine
Second Trip Contemplated by German Submarine Captain
Amsterdam dispatch via London reports Cart. Paul Koenig of the German submarine Deutschland says he is busy with preparations for a second voyage across the ocean. He replies to a telegram of congratulations from his native town on the voyage to the United States and back, indicating plans to sail again soon.
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Amsterdam
London
Hamburger Nacarjechten
Paul Koenig
Deutschland
United States
Release of 21 Swedish Vessels by Russia
London dispatch says the Russian government released 21 Swedish vessels held in Russian harbors. Copenhagen reports say negotiations between Russia and Sweden have been ongoing for two years.
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London
Copenhagen
Exchange Telegraph Company
Hughes tours Missouri urging tariff to curb war economy
Charles E. Hughes spoke in Joplin and Springfield painting current wartime prosperity as unsustainable. He argued protective tariffs shield labor from postwar downturn and denounced Adamson law while warning that European demand will fade after the war. He described prewar hardship and warned of looming layoffs and competition as foreign production resumes.
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Joplin
Charles E. Hughes
Missouri
Springheld
Alo
Hughes
Springfield
Convention Hall
Mr. Hughes
Europe
America
Greece to join entente as king ready to back war
Athens dispatches say entente ultimatum to Greece followed a royalist plot to fight with the Germans. King Constantine presided at crown council and urged joining the entente, seeking only guarantee of Greece’s integrity and essential army support. Navy crews to form an army corps. London reports warn Romania may fall, threatening Greece if war expands.
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London
Athens
Greece
Eliptherios Venizelos
Constantine
Trikala
Thessaly
Crown Council
Andrew
Bacon Aroused Responds To Wilson Letter In NY Senate Bid
Robert Bacon, a Republican primary candidate for U S senator from New York, released an open letter he wrote to President Wilson. He denies attacking the war policy, defends his oath, and says a decade of work has focused on better international relations and peaceful settlement of disputes.
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New York
Stout
Robert Bacon
United States
Wilson
Shadow Lawn
Europe
Practice hike ends in soaking rains in El Paso
Soaked by 24 hours of rain and cold wind 18,000 National Guardsmen of the Tenth provision division marched into El Paso at noon Friday after a 13 day hike of 50 miles to Las Chits New Mexico 48 miles north. Ohio Michigan Massachusetts Kentucky and South Carolina troops participated.
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EL Paso
Tex
Tenth Provisional Division
Las Chets
Ohio
Michigan
Massachusetts
Kentucky
South Carolina
Barr Loses Recount Contest in Illinois Attorney General Race
CHICAGO Oct. 14 Judge Baldwin sustains the demurrer of Edward J Brundage Republican nominee for attorney general of Illinois to the petition of Richard J Barr his closest primary opponent for recount of Cook county ballots. He rules the period before the election is too short to permit a recount.
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Barr
Chicago
Baldwin
Edward J. Brundage
Minois
Richard J. Barr
Cook County
Baltwin
Fronts Tangle Across Europe In World War I
Imperial forces press in Transylvania and Carso as Austro German troops push back Romanian invaders and claim gains. French and British lines hold with stubborn resistance along the Somme. Macedonia quiets, Volhynia Galicia sees reduced combat, and a German attack near the Shara River is repulsed with heavy losses.
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Carso Fromt
Gorga
Regina
Duberdu
Vienna
Novavas
Carso ;Lateau
Pasublu
Lrentine
Somme
Ancre
Comme
France
Gueudecourt
Saill
London
Guedencourt
Genermott
Abiamcourt
Macedonia
Struma
Sofia
Skochivir
Cema Nver
Volhynia
Galicia
Petrograd
Berlin
Pinsk
Russia
Shara
Chicago Police Chief in Court over Gambling Allegations
State's Attorney Tierney will prosecute Chief of Police Healey and several city officials in municipal court before Chief Justice Harry Olsen today. Detectives previously raided City Hall offices, alleging collusion with gamblers and saloonkeepers. Officials label the move a political tactic to defeat Hoyne, a Democratic candidate seeking re election as state's attorney.
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Chicago
Tierne
Healey
Harry Olsen
Healen
Hoyne
Woman Commands German Gunboat in Lake Constance Service
Geneva dispatches report a woman commissioned by Württemberg in the government as second in command of a small gunboat on Lake Constance used in government duty near the Zeppelin works. She holds the rank of Lieutenant and is required to wear a uniform of loose trousers and waiters.
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Geneva
Faris
Oet
b-Awern
Waurtturburg
Lake Constance
Zeppelin
Wheat Harvest Failure Reported in Reichstag
President Von Peatocki of the food regulation board admitted in the reichstag that Germany faces a disappointing wheat harvest. The Reinische Volks Zeitung cites a seed potato shortage left over from January as the key cause.
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Amsterdam
London
von Peatocki
Food Regulation Board
Reichstag
Germany
Reinische Volks Zeitung
Jan ® Sane
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