Detachment Fires On Crossing Bandits At Rio Grande
A Sixth Cavalry detachment near Brownsville shot and killed two men crossing the Rio Grande at San Pedros ranch after they attempted an illicit ferry. The bodies were swept away. Sheriff holds two bandit suspects arrested nearby. Mayor Brown calls a border meeting to discuss calming raids and seeks federal cooperation with Carranza government. The 28th Infantry to reinforce border patrols.
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Brownsville
Texas
Sixth Cavalry
Rio Grande
San Pedros Ranch
T. R. Vannatta
Lieut. van Natta
Albert Brown
Brown
Rio Grande Valley
U. S
Mortis. Sheppard
John N. Garner
Garner
Washington
Carranza
Dalas
Ojo de Agua
Los Indios
Cavell’s Death Recited In Allied Reports From Brussels
The British foreign office released Rev H S T Gahan’s report on Edith Cavell’s final hours at St Gilles prison. American minister Brand Whitlock noted he asked Berlin’s War Ministry to allow delivering Cavell’s body to the nursing school she led. A German chaplain said she faced death bravely, spoke of faith, and received Holy Communion before burial.
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London
Foreign Office
H. S. T. Gahan
Brussels
Edith Cavell
Brand Whitlock
Belgium
Walter Hines Page
Ministry of War
Berlin
Gahan
St. Gilles
Edith, Cavell
Mr. Whitlock
Baron von der’ Lancken
Faider
Court’ of Appeals
School For Nurses
Former Gov Eugene N Foss faces criminal libel charge
Oct 22 probable cause found against ex-Gov Eugene N Foss in a criminal libel case filed by labor leader B Dennis D Driscoll. Foss held to grand jury on $100 bond. Driscoll, secretary of the Trades Union Liberty League, alleges Foss claimed during a campaign speech that as governor he sought to be prison commissioner and would call a strike in progress in Foss controlled factories.
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Lboston
Eugene N. Foss
Dennis D. Driscoll
Foss
Driscoll
Trades Union Liberty League
Promisea
Evansville Warehouse Fire Causes Big Loss
A large warehouse in Evansville was gutted by fire today causing about 110000 dollars in damage. The blaze destruction and cause are under investigation with no determination yet.
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Evansville
Ind
Mohonk Lake Conference Urges Indian Reform Platform
At Lake Mohonk on October 22 the closing session adopted a platform criticizing the government Indian service while praising efforts to curb intoxicants on reservations. It calls defining Indian status, safeguarding tribal funds and lands, and fixing water rights, with emphasis on better living standards and addressing Philippine and Porto Rican affairs. It also urges full American citizenship for Porto Rico and study of mass living conditions to ease congestion and hunger risks among the lower classes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mohonk Lake
N. Y
Indian Service
Lake Mohonk
Sells
Philippine Islands
Yager
Porto Rico
Marauders ignite hop ranch fires across river in California
Sacramento reports Marauders, linked to arson across two states, set four fires at a hop ranch opposite Sacramento. Damage estimated at 35000. Firefighters found damaged telephone wires and inoperative pumps. The hop kilns and picking plant were destroyed as authorities accuse Industrial Workers of the World of sparking the fires to free two imprisoned members from San Quentin.
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Sacramento
Cal
American River
Horst Brothers
Baron von Horst
England
Industrial Workers of the World
San ‘Quentin Prison
Wheatland
National Council of Congregational Churches meets in New Haven
Delegates focus on laymen reports and section meetings. The church building society adopts a new constitution, with Dr. Lucien C. Warner re elected president and Allen B. Mead among vice presidents. Fifteen trustees chosen from across the country. Tomorrow afternoon set aside for recreation and a laymen dinner at Memorial Hall Yale.
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New. Haven
National Council
Congregational
Church Building Society
Lucien C. Warner
New York
C. H. Richards
C. R. Baker
Allen B. Mead
Ilinois
M. L. Burton
Philp S. Moxom
Massachusetts
Cadman
O. L. Davie
Chicago
H. P. Dewey
Minnesota
Memorial Hall
Yale
Arredondo to report on border talks with Carranza
Eliseo Arredondo, honored by the United States and Latin American republics for the Carranza government, leaves for the Mexican border to present communications from Secretary Lansing and Latin American diplomats. He will report on negotiations and discuss border raids by Mexican bands with Gen Carranza while US military measures and a broader inquiry are underway. President Wilson, Attorney General Gregory, and Secretary Garrison are coordinating agents and troop movements from Galveston to Harlingen as part of the effort.
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Washington
Eliseo Arredondo
United States
Carranza
Mexico
Lansing
Arredondo
Wilson
Gregory
Department of Justice
Garrison
Twenty-eighth Infantry
Galveston
Harlingen
Eclipse sighted near Bermuda amid German crew escape theories
Philadelphia reports sea sighting of the auxiliary yawl Eclipse claimed to have carried six German officers interned at Kronprinz Wilhelm near Norfolk. Italian Labor sighted an overturned vessel matching its description 33.20N 64.23W. theories suggest capsized or abandoned boat after rescue. Navy lists 785 missing from two cruisers, incl one officer, two doctors, six warrant officers.
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Philadelphia
Kronprinz
Wilhelm
Norfolk
Bermuda
Thetalian Steamship Labor
Genoa
Monzali
Virginia
Washington
Navy Department
Crusade in Peoria Demands Sunday Closing of Saloons
Peoria Illinois October 22 The Ministers association today demanded that Mayor Woodruff close Peoria saloons on Sunday in accordance with state law. The mayor said he would submit a written reply within a week. There are 300 saloons in Peoria and they have ignored Sunday closing for over twenty years.
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Peoria
Ministérial ‘Association
Woodruff
Demand for steel urged as cure for depression
Cleveland October 22 A million dollar advertising campaign to stimulate demand for steel products and open new selling fields was urged by George H. Jones of Chicago before the American Iron and Steel Institute. Judge Elbert H. Gary of U S Steel spoke on publicity in business methods. Both urged cooperation among steel makers and greater openness to boost industry prospects amid postwar uncertainty.
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Cleveland
George H. Jones
Chicago
American Iron and Steel Institute
Elbert H. Gary
U. S. Steel Corporation
America
Gary
Turks Displaying Lack of Interest in Armenians Atrocities
Washington Oct 22 Confid ential advices say the German government claimed to have alleviated alleged atrocities upon Armenians in Turkey but Turkish officials showed lack of interest in such efforts. Representations were made through Ambassador Morgenthau at Constantinople long ago warning that continued prosecution of Armenians would affect American friendship. Dispatches have come from Morgenthau but no definite Ottoman reply has been announced.
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Washington
State Department
Turkey
United States
Morgenthau
Constantinople
Morganthau
Pioneering Illinois farmer A. P. Grout dies at 62
A. P. Grout, 62, prominent farmer stock raiser and banker from Winchester, Illinois, died at his home at 9 p.m. from apoplexy. Grout was a pioneer in alfalfa cultivation in Illinois and lectured nationwide on soil fertility. He served on the Farmers' State Institute board from Illinois Twentieth District and on the University of Illinois board of trustees.
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Jacksonville
Ill
A. P. Grout
Winchester
Grout
Finois
Twentieth Congressional District
Farmers’ State Institute
University of Illinois
Edison and Ford welcomed by Burbank in Santa Rosa garden
Eighteen hundred school children gathered in Luther Burbank's garden to greet Thomas A. Edison and Henry Ford as they arrived in Santa Rosa to visit the famous horticulturist. Burbank escorted the party through his experimental grounds and displayed many creations.
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Santa Rosa
Cal
Luther Burbank
Thomas A. Edison
Henry Ford
Detroit
Burbank
New Haven Directors Trial Details Conspiracy Evidence
New York Oct 22 official actions by New Haven directors in a case alleging a plan to control New England rail traffic were presented in minutes and letters read by Charles S. Mellen. William Rockefeller, Charles F. Brooker, George MacCullough Miller, and Chauncey Depew were named surviving directors.
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New York
New ‘York
New’ Haven
Hartford Road
New England
New Haven
Charles S. Mellen
William Rockefeller
Charles . F. Brooker
George’ MacCullough - Miller
Chauncey Depew
Rockefeller
Brooker
Mr. Mellen
New ‘Haven
Frank L.swacker
New England Steamship and Railroad Lines
Sound Lines
Sound Lines, Association
Board of Directors
New York and
Wilson’s Point
Conn
Mellen
Wilson's Point
J. P. Morgan
Housatonic
New York and Northern
New York Central
Spurns Cession of Cyprus and Other Concessions
London reports Greece has declined the Allies offer of Cyprus and other territorial and financial concessions in exchange for military support with Serbia. Greek hesitation, official doubt of Allied strength at Saloniki, and fear of Bulgarian and Austro German pressure shape the response as observers note potential shifts in alliance positions amid ongoing Balkan and Eastern Front actions.
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London
Cyprus
Serbia
Tf Ee Ye Theafi
Greece
Saloniki
Ntente
Kingrtosa
Romania
Entente Pudwers
Morava
Semenidria
Belgrade-Nish-Saloniki
Shabatz
Belgrade
Danube
Orsova
Zaitar
Pirot
Nish
Egri Palanka
Kohane
Véleze
V ‘Ardar
von Hindenberg
Riga
Styr
Galicia
Tarnopol
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Hato
Baron’ Lancken
Orison of St. Gilles
Congregationalists
Border
Germany
A .P. Grout
Edison
New Haven Road
Wiliam’ Rockefeller
Baranovichi
Artois
Champagne
Tyrol
Trentino
Tsonzo
Salerno
Colutan
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