Government moves to curb pro German workers in liberty loan drive
Washington reports officials launched probes under espionage and sedition laws as pro German workers in more than a dozen states disrupted the liberty loan. Treasury says subscriptions surged to a record daily total with official figures indicating between 1.4 and 1.75 billion dollars subscribed nationwide. The Boston New York Chicago Detroit Minneapolis St Louis Cleveland Pittsburgh and other districts reported totals approaching or exceeding hundreds of millions, with New York alone over 500 million and Boston around125 million.
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Washington
Salt Lake City
McAdoo
Department of Justice
Treasury
Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Cleveland
Richmond
Atlanta
Chicago
St. Louis
Minneapolis
Kansas City
Dallas
San Francisco
Detroit
St. Paul
Pittsburgh
Columbus
New England
Fitzsimmons Hospitalized in Critical Lobar Pneumonia
Robert Fitzsimmons former champion heavyweight boxer lies in a local Chicago hospital critically ill with lobar pneumonia. Mrs. Fitzsimmons stays by his bedside as he had appeared at a suburban theater until Wednesday when his condition worsened and he was moved to hospital. Doctors say there is little hope for recovery.
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Chicago
Robert _ Fitzsimmons
Million Dollar Liberty Loan Target Set at Camp Dodge
Camp Dodge in Iowa reports liberty loan totals reaching $675 050 by Thursday afternoon after pep meetings across regimental organizations. Subscriptions are rivaling to push past a million dollars before October 27, as the 88th division races to surpass the goal.
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Camp Dodge
Iowa
Secretary McAdoo Calls Banks to Report Intimidation
Secretary McAdoo urged bankers to report names and addresses of customers who threaten to withdraw deposits if banks subscribe to the liberty loan. He promised stern punishment for disloyal and traitorous acts and assured federal protection for banks aiding the war effort. The appeal followed reports of deposit withdrawals and intimidation in several regions.
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Ashington
McAdoo
Liberty Loan
Secretary of the Treasury
Washingon
United States
Treasury Department
Fies Lake City
Tuesay
Rioting Witnesses Describe Soldiers Shooting Negroes
Charles Roger testified before a congressional committee about a uniformed soldier firing into a Negro crowd during May race riots in East St. Louis. He recalled the soldier’s defiant remark and a Negro wounded as others watched. Frank A. Hunter of Swift & Co. said riots disrupted 40 percent of Black workers and delayed government orders.
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East ST. Louis
Congressional
Charles Roger
Roger
Pnd
Gov. Lownen
Swift
Frank A. Hunter
Swift & Co
South
St. Louis
Department of Justice
Canada Railroad Workers Strike Threat Grows
Representatives of 200000 organized railroad workers in the northeastern United States and Eastern Canada decided to recommend wage increases of not less than 20 percent. The group includes trainmen conductors baggage men brakemen and yardmen.
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Ottawa
United States
Canada
German Food Ration Falls Short of Health Needs
Washington reports recently released German weekly food ration figures show it is far below the amount required to maintain health and vigor and likely to cause serious permanent effects.
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Washington
The
Food Administration
Miners Plan Return From Strike Next Week
Illinois district 12 chief Frank Farrington announced gradual return to work with most expected back by Monday. nationwide coal strike in the southwestern district delayed pending talks, while Fuel Administrator Garfield and UMW President White hoped for quick settlement. Authorities warned against coal hoarding and considered action to ensure supply.
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Joliet, II
Frank Farrington
Illinois District 12
Illinois
Kansas City
Missouri
Kansas
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Springfield
Ilinois
Fuel Administration
Farrington
Joliet
Garfield
Washington
John P. White
United Mine Workers
Ohio
Indiana
Pennsylvania
White
Indianapolis
Mr. White
Wilson
Illinois Miners’ Organization
Middle West
The
Grand Rapids Jury Acquits Germer in Draft Conspiracy Case
Adolph Germer of Chicago and ten Grand Rapids residents were acquitted by a U S district court jury of conspiracy against the selective draft. The verdict found the socialist party leaders did not circulate literature to deter registration and there was no conspiracy. Twelve defendants included Rev. Daniel Roy Freeman and others tied to the local socialist group.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
Adolph Germer
Chicago
National Socialist Party
United States District Court
Germer
Socialist Party
Daniel Roy Freeman
Unitarian
Charles G. Taylor
Board of Education
Viva Flaherty
Martin Elsinga
Glenn G. Fleser
Glen H. Pangborn
Benjamin Blumenberg
Benjamin A. Faulkner
James W. Clements
Charles J Callaghan
Naval clash seals Russian fleet in Moon Sound
German forces bottle up about twenty Russian warships in Moon sound as the Slava sinks after a battle near Decesel island. Moon island falls under German fire and exit routes to the Gulf of Riga are blocked. Russian crews rescue many aboard the Slava while mutinous rumors surface amid the naval engagement.
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Moon Sound
Gulf of Finland
Gulf of Riga
Decesel Island
Moon Island
Esthenia
Gans
Kassar Bay
Mutiny and naval actions菊 Ostend clashes and Gulf of Riga fighting
Mutiny erupts among German sailors in Ostend as crew refuses to board submarines and a captain is cast into the sea. Thirty sailors are chained and sent to Bruges. In the Gulf of Riga a naval engagement sees German and Russian ships clash. Berlin reports the Russian battleship Slava sunk and German forces seize Moon Island.
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Ostend
Bruges
Gulf of Riga
Petrograd
Moon Island
Berlin
Disorder in German and Austrian Fleets Roils Adriatic
Fresh disaffection spreads through the German fleet with sailors at Ostend refusing submarine duty and an officer being thrown overboard. In the Adriatic Austrian seamen mutinied over food and mistreatment. A clash at Pola between German and Austrian sailors left deaths, prompting a shift of the German base further south.
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Adriatic
Ostend
Pola
Austria
Women Knit in Church as Pastor Preaches in Denver
On Sunday at the First Congregational church Rev. L B Longacre will preach while a roomful of church women knit sweaters for soldiers and sailors. The Red Cross auxiliary gained permission to knit during the service and turn out garments for the men serving.
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Denver
L. B. Longacre
First Congregational Church
the Red Cross
Lane Gives Up Bond Campaign in Deep Cold
Secretary of the Interior Lane, returning to Washington with a deep cold, cancelled plans to address a liberty loan rally in New York after delivering a Philadelphia speech. His voice deteriorated on the train near Trenton, ending the trip begun during a west tour.
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Washington
Lane
Trenton
N. J
Liberty Loan
New York
Philadelphia
West
Plot to assassinate Cook part of India revolt scheme
Hindu priest Chatterji testified in Judge Landis court that leaders planned wholesale murder and kidnapping to foment a revolt in India against Great Britain during wartime. The scheme involved Boehm posing as Captain Cook and others taking names of sailors to be killed.
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Chicago
Frederick A. Cook
India
Great Britain
Chatterji
Landis
Gustav Jacobsen
Boehm
Manila
George Paul Boehm
Captain Cook
Gupta
San Francisco
Missionary Printing Establishment in Kambove Serves Twelve Languages
In Kambove Africa a modern missionary printing house operates with a book store supplying works in twelve native languages.
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Kambove
Africa
Hoover says corner on high prices turned with farmer retailer help
Food Administrator Hoover stated that with cooperation from farmers and retailers the high price corner has been broken and most essential commodities should steadily decline through year end. He noted regulation progress in wholesale markets and outlined price trends for flour beans corn beef and potatoes alongside supply and distribution factors.
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Washington
Hoover
Food Administration
Jute Baga
Toledo
Buffalo
Minneapolis
Department of Agriculture
United States
Chicago
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Liberates
Herbert _ Hoover
Russ
Hal Cold
Arctic
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