Garrison proposes continental army and expanded navy plan
Secretary Garrison outlines a defense program approved by the president calling for about 400 million dollars in next year’s military spending. It includes raising the regular army to 140000, creating a 400000 strong continental army, and a five year navy construction program with ten new dreadnoughts and dozens of ships. The plan envisions a citizen army model with six years service for the continental force and increased National Guard integration.
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Washington
Congress
Army
Navy
Garrison
War Department
United States
Daniels
General ‘Board of the Navy
General “Board
Continental
National Guard
Continental Army
Field Artillery
Coast Artillery
Engineer Corps
Aviation Corps
West Point Military Academy
Preparedness in a modern war urges defense over conquest
In Jacksonville Illinois at the Illinois Women's College Founders Day USS Sherman urged military preparedness for defense not conquest. He warned bare handed fighting is useless against mechanized warfare and cited Hammond Indiana factories producing shells and truck parts for the Russian frontier. He urged careful planning to improve the nation's history and protect smaller nations’ destinies.
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Jacksonville
Ill
Illinois Women’s College
Uss
Hammond
Ind
Chicago Woman Sues Over Lusitania Sinking Damages
Mrs. Sarah Lund of Chicago sues Cunard Steamship for 40000 in federal court claiming she was misled to sail on the Lusitania by safety device assurances. The suit alleges explosives in the hold due to a conspiracy between New York port official Dudley Field Malone and Captain W T Turner.
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Chicago
Sarah Lund
Cunard Steamship Company, Ltd
Frank S. Monnett
Bill of Fiee
Lund
Dudley Field Malone
New York
W.T. Turner
Pleads for Christian Armenians
A returned missionary from Turkey told Laymen's Missionary Movement delegates in Chicago that the Ottoman Empire faces war time extinction of Armenians. Rev. James P. McNaughton praised Armenian bravery, warned of systematic destruction, and urged aid to preserve a race and Christian heritage amid centuries of oppression.
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Chicago
Turkey
Ottoman Empire
Armenia
James P.mcnaughton
Orient
Ameri can food firms seek import deals with Ger man aid
Three American food concerns pressed Ambassador Gerard in Berlin London to secure U S imports for Russian occupied regions. They cited a new East Prussia Food Company offering vast contracts to feed civilians, but Gerard doubted any diplomatic path existed citing Rockefeller relief precedent.
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Berlin
London
Jas. W. Gerard
United States
East’ Prussia
Germany
Gerard
Rockefeller-relief Commission
Rockefeller Foundation
War Relief Commission
Poland
Russia
German Synod Jubilee Marks 75 Years of Work
In St Louis on October 15 the German Evangelical Synod of North America begins a jubilee celebration. The denomination, founded by six German missionary pastors at Gravoi s settlement near St Louis on October 35, 1840, now comprises 1351 congregations and church property valued at 15.9 million dollars. More than 400000 communicants are nationwide.
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German Synod
ST. Louis
German Evangelical Synod of
St.Louis
Pan American Summit to formalize Carranza recognition
Secretary Lansing plans a Pan American conference next week to arrange how recognition of Gen. Carranza will be extended to the de facto government. Chile and Brazil indicate in advance they back U S policy, with ambassadors awaiting formal word. Reports from Carranza aides deny Guatemalan revolt links. an arms embargo is poised to ease regional tensions.
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Washington
Sale
Lansing
Carranza
United States
Santiago
Rio de Janeiro
Chile
Brazil
Eliseo Atrendendo
Guatemala
Eliseo Artendendo
State Fair at Dallas Opens With Expanded Texas Exhibits
Dallas Texas October 15 on the eve of the thirtieth annual State fair exhibitors arrived and the fair grounds show a lively scene. A new Texas factory products department will join large displays in agriculture horticulture livestock and dairy. Governor Ferguson will deliver the address at the opening tomorrow as the fair runs sixteen days.
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Dallas
Texas
Fergison
Plans Details. Secret Service Probes European Link
United States secret service agents opened a probe into Max Lynar Loudon amid bigamy charges. They investigate confidential work in June and July for German and Austrian interests and a reported shipment of fortification plans to Berlin aboard a New York bound steamship. The ship was searched in Falmouth and Rotterdam. two messengers reportedly carried the plans, but were not found.
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New York
Max Lynar
Max Lynar Loudon
United States
Secret Service
Lynar
New York Harbor
Berlin
Rotterdam
Falmouth
Eng
Gernan
Secret ‘Service
Loudon
Norbert Fuller
Fuller
National Guard
Jury Selected for Rockefeller Monopolization Trial
New York on October 15 completed the panel for the New Haven Hartford directors William Rockefeller Lews Cass Ledyard and Edward D Robbins. The twelve jurors emerged after three days of screening from nearly 250 salesmen with Judge Hunt warning strict circumspection and ensuring jurors meet no one about the case.
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New York
William Rockefeller
Lews Cass
Ledyard
Edward. D Robbins
New York, New Haven
Hunt
New Transcontinental Service Opens Canada Line
A new Canadian transcontinental railway service was inaugurated today with the opening of the Edmonton to Vancouver link in the west and the Port Arthur to Daily in Ontario, connecting the eastern section with the middle west. An arrangement with the Minneapolis Duluth line links the system further.
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Winnipeg
Man
Canadian Northern
Edmonton
Alberta
Vancouver
Port Arthur
Riyl
Ontario
Middle West
Minneapolis
Duluth
Allied War Supply Committee Tightens U S Purchases
A London based international war supplies committee directs all allied purchases abroad and bans competitive bidding. Russia briefly defied the panel spending hundreds of millions before aligning with British led policy.
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America
New York
London
Russia
Great Britain
Montenegro
United States
International War Supplies Committee
France
Italy
British War Declares On Bulgaria Amid Balkan Front Tensions
London reports Great Britain has declared war on Bulgaria after Bulgaria allied with the Central Powers against Serbia. Across Europe fighting continues on main fronts with no decisive victories. Germany and Austria push into Serbia while entente forces reinforce Salonika. Submarine warfare and Baltic Sea activity draw British attention as 34 German trawlers are captured at Grimsby.
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London
Great Britain
Bulgaria
Serbia
Pozarevae
Semendria
Saioniki
Sarrail
Russia
Italy
Greece
Romania
Germany
Artois
Champagne
Vosges
Botth
Dvinsk
Ivanoff
Galicia
Balkan
England
Baltic
Hitish
North Sea
Gennan
Grimsby
Suffrage Parade to Draw 13000 Women in Boston Tonight
Boston crowds expect upward of 13000 women from across Massachusetts to march in a major suffrage demonstration tomorrow night. The parade will feature floats bands and delegations followed by a large mass meeting at Mechanics Hall.
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Boston
Mass
Massachusetts
Mechanics’ Hall
Death of Judge Fairall Ends Prolonged Trial Fallout
Former Judge Charles H. Fairall chief counsel for Matthew A. Schmidt in the Los Angeles Times dynamiting case died in a Los Angeles hospital. The long trial and its sensational connection to the 1910 bombing are noted, with cause of death listed as undetermined.
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Los Angeles
Charles H. Fairall
Matthew A. Schmidt
Los Angeles Times
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