Pro German Plot to Defeat New Liberty Loan
Washington reports detail a coordinated pro German campaign aimed at undermining the second Liberty Loan. Officials say propaganda, bank pressure, hostile editorials, and restricted postings spread from Minnesota to Texas and even into the capital. Subscriptions reached 26.4 million with many at the $10,000 maximum. efforts continue to block posters and advertising.
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Washington
United States
Acc
Treasury Department
Liberty Loan
Minnesota
Texas
Treasury
National
Herbert M. Lord
War Department
War Risk Insurance
Col. Lord
New National Army
Felows
Army
Wisconsin
North
South Dakota
Montana
Missouri
Oklahoma
The
Wilson Letter Moderates Picket Image on New York Vote
President Wilson wrote to Carrie Chapman Catt expressing hope voters in New York would ignore Washington pickets. He said their actions are a small fraction and should not prejudice the woman suffrage cause, urging New York to lead by example.
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York
Wilson
Carrie Chapman Catt
National Woman Suffrage Association
Washington
New York
Woodrow Wilson
Three White Men Held For Murder In East St Louis Riots
Testimony in Belleville court ties three white men Harry Robinson John Dow and Charles Hanna to the East St Louis race riot killings. A witness says Hanna killed her husband and Don dragged their 14 year old son. A mob attack left white merchant William Keyser dead by a stray bullet as prosecutors seek mob participation.
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Belleville
Harry Robinson
John Dow
Charles Hanna
East St. Louis
Hanna
Don
Marty Robinson
Max Sonzinsky
Sonzinsky
William Keyser
Keyser
Lena Cook
Alton
St. Louis
Scientists Cross Labrador Safe Crossing by Expedition
Pittsburgh Oct 18 The Labrador peninsula has been crossed from south to north for the first time by a scientific exploring party led by Dr W J Holland director of the Carnegie museum The crossing went from the Bay of Seven Islands to Ungava with Carl Marshall W E C Todd and O J Murie aboard aided by local Indians The expedition funded by Carnegie National Geographic and Alfred Marshall reported safe arrival from St Johns N F
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Pittsburgh
Labrador
W. J. Holland
Carnegie Museum
St. Johns
N. F
Bay of Seven Islands
Gulf of St. Lawrence
Ungava
Davis’ Strait
Carnegie
Chicago Attorney Stricken From Court Records
Federal Judge Wade ordered expunging the name C. Mulks a Chicago attorney with the Wallace League of Humanity from the records of the U S district court southern division of Iowa. Mulks relations with the Wallace meeting caused the action.
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Davenport
Iowa
Wade
C. Mulks
Chicago
Wallace League of Humanity
United States District Court of the Southern Division
Mulks
Wallace
Liberty Loan Speeding Up Thresholds Lifted
Washington Oct 18 Better news from the liberty loan campaign with subscriptions likely exceeding 1 250 000 000 and possibly reaching 1 500 000 000 half the country minimum quota may be met Treasury officials say hopes extend toward 5 000 000 000 and a 3 000 000 000 minimum seems certain with current speeding up rates
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Washington
Liberty Loan
Treasury
American war entry seen as weak by German view
Weser Zeitung reports Major Hoff of the German general staff doubting the U.S. army's ability to reach Europe soon. He cites limited prewar forces, slow mobilization, transport bottlenecks, and U-boat losses, predicting only air power could matter while ground troops face an easy German task.
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Amsterdam
Weser Zeitung
Bremen
Hoff
United States
Europe
Germany
England
France
Coffee Soup And Bread Is Prison Fare
Washington dispatch reports Minister Morris in Stockholm relayed news of Walet Charles Smith of Norwalk Connecticut who escaped a German internment camp at Kiel and said American prisoners in Germany would starve without Red Cross and Y M C A food. He was a horseman aboard the British steamer Esmeralda captured by the Moewe and taken to Germany just before U S break with Germany. no details of the escape. Smith stated the daily ration was a slice of black bread and coffee for breakfast and a pint and a half of warm soup for dinner and supper.
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Washington
Morris
Stockholm
State Department
Walet Charles Smith
Norwalk
Conn
Kiel
Germany
Red Cross
Moewe
Yaqui Indians on Warpath in Mexico
Tucson woman learns hundreds of Yaqui Indians have risen at Bicam along the Yaqui river after ordering Mexican families from town. Five days of fighting followed as the state government mobilizes troops for a Yaqui campaign. A past ammunition explosion near Torre s killed and wounded many.
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Tucson
Ariz
Julian Johnson
Hermosillo
Bicam
Torres
Complete Iowa Returns Place Wets Ahead 887
Des Moines reports a razor thin wet lead in Iowa's constitutional prohibition vote with 214,634 to 213,747. Officials warn the margin will require a full count and possible recount, likely about ten days to finalize. Soldier votes totaling around 7,000 may not alter the outcome.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Mineola
Deming
LaFollette Quiz Postponed to November 26
Washington, Oct. 18. Hearings into the accuracy of Senator LaFollette's St Paul speech will be postponed until November 26. Chairman Pomeren e announced the change as the committee plans to call witnesses including former Secretary Bryan to address the Lusitania allegation. Bryan has not replied to a letter seeking a statement. LaFollette will have cross examination and a chance to speak.
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Washington
LaFollette
St. Paul
Chaiman Pomerene
Bryan
Wisconsin
Pomerene
Lusitania
Government Agents Make Two Arrests
Kansas City detectives and federal agents detained two suspects connected to a $750,000 fire that damaged the Kansas City stockyards. One former yard employee was captured in Kansas City and another in Oklahoma City. The local arrestee allegedly named two more people tied to the blaze. Livestock losses included 7,700 cattle and 3,200 hogs. carcases were sold to a fertilizer factory.
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Kansas City
Oklahoma City
Fuel Chief Warns All Coal Men
Drastic government measures will be used to end the midwest coal miners strike and protect fuel production during wartime. Fuel Administrator Garfield warned operators and miners that output must not fall and that price-strike pressures will delay decisions on coal prices. John P. White of the United Mine Workers supported hopes for a return to work as districts report idle mines in Illinois Indiana Ohio and Pennsylvania.
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Washington
Middle West
Garfield
Dr. Garfield
John P. White
United Mine Workers of America
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Pennsylvania
Congress
White
Springfield
Peoria
Franklin
Williamson
Belleville
Bergholz
Fiel
Fuel Administration
Pittsburg
Kansas
Alexander Howat
John Wilkinson
D. A. Frampton
Missouri Miners
Southwest
Kansas City
Howat
Joliet
Federation of Labor
Gov. Lowden
Thevernor
First U S Warship Hit By Submarine In War Zone
Washington report says an American destroyer on patrol was torpedoed by a U-boat Tuesday. Gunner's Mate O K Ingram was killed and five crewmen wounded. the ship reached port despite severe damage. None of the wounded are seriously hurt. Sixteen American lives lost thus far include an officer and 16 men from various duties.
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Washington
O. K. Ingram
Sims
Herman H. Pankratz
St. Louis
William E. Merritt
Seaman
New York City
Frank W. Kruse
Toledo
Patrick Rutledge
William Leimer
Dundas
Minn
U. S
Navy
America
Clarence C. Thomas
Vacuum
Ingram
France
Socialists to Oppose Credit Admiralty Says
A German socialist newspaper reports socialists will vote against the 10 billion mark war credit due before the Reichstag in December unless Chancellor Michaelis resigns. Admiral Von Capelle’s Reichstag speech and Pan German propaganda provoke unity in opposition. Vorwaerts declares the chancellor must go and socialists will oppose him relentlessly.
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Credit Admiralty
Amsterdam
British Admiralty
Wireless Press
Reichstag
Michaelis
Admiral von Capelle
Socialist Party
Vorwaerts
Berlin
American officer severely wounded on front line
Washington Oct 18 First Lieut A Graham of the medical corps attached to British forces has been severely wounded in the thighs by gunshot Gen Pershing reports to the war department no details given. If shot at the front he may be the first American Expeditionary Forces wounded on the firing line. One American officer killed and several enlisted medical department men wounded in a hospital bombing behind the front were also attached to British forces.
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Washington
A. Graham
Reserve Corps
Pershing
War Department
Graham
William J. Graham
Paterson
N. J
Medical Department
War Moves in Europe Darkens the Battle Front
The report notes a German submarine damaged an American destroyer with a torpedo in the war zone last Wednesday, with one gunner’s mate killed and five wounded. Germans hold Oesel near the Gulf of Riga as naval actions continue and Pernau port is bombed. German moves suggest a Baltic naval demonstration while British and German bombing campaigns hit Bruges, Nancy, Dunkirk, and nearby targets.
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United States
Oesel
Gulf of Riga
Petrograd
Pernau
Gulf
Riga
Oesel Island
Berlin
Baltic
Malo
Sweden
Belgium
Germany
Chicago Boosts Her Loan Totals
Eleven million dollars of liberty loans were subscribed for Wednesday in the seventh federal reserve district reports. Major subscriptions included 1,000,600 by Pullman. 1,000,000 each by Union Trust Illinois Central ahead and Lee Higginson. 5,000,000 by Merchants' Loan and Trust. The German Press club of Chicago invested all surplus in bonds. Blackwatch parade postponed due to weather.
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Chicago
Seventh Federal Reserve District
Pullman Company
Union Trust Company
Illinois Central Ahead
Lee-Higginson Company
Merchants’ Loan and Trust Company
German Press Club of
Blackwatch
Lberty
Prison term begins for confidence game in Chicago case
JOLIET IL Oct 18 J Marion Miller a Chicago attorney and his sister Miss Lucinda Miller were convicted in Chicago for fleecing sentimental Tommy Foulkes of Iowa out of a farm and several thousand dollars and began serving a sentence ranging from one to fourteen years in the state penitentiary.
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Joliet, Ill
J. Marion Miller
Chicago
Lucinda Miller
Tommy” Foulkes
Iowa
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