Serbia 15 doomed Teutons crush Kingdom Defenders
Balkan crisis deepens as Serbian army faces annihilation risk near collapse. Reports say Nish isolated with no word for days, Danube ports captured, Prisrend near border, and Vicegrad heights fallen. British and French reinforcements move toward Serbia to aid counterattack along Vardar and Krivolak corridors.
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London
Lord Lansdowne
House of Lords
Nish
Serbia
Berlin
Danube
Pirot
Bertin
Vicegrad
Uskup
Bulger
Prisrend
Edward Grey
House of Commons
Britain
Cyprus
Greece
Bulgaria
Balkans
The
Times
Bucharest
Orsova
Turkey
Cekup
England
France
Vardar
Gleygeli
Erivolak
Saloniki
Seloniki
Berbia
Elied
Krivolak
Vranye
Cskup
Kumanova
Ristevatz
Charlton guilty of murder on honeymoon
Porter Charl ton of New York son of a U S judge was found guilty of murdering his actress wife during their 1919 honeymoon in Porto Rico. The court sentenced him to six years and eight months in prison, with credit for time already served in Porto Rico and the United States.
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Come
Italy
Porter Charlton
New York
Charlton
United States Court
Porto Rico
United States
British transport Marquette sunk by submarine in Aegean
The War Office in London says the British transport Marquette was torpedoed by a submarine in the Aegean Sea. Ninety nine people aboard are unaccounted for. Also reported: Cleveland fire department squadron killed in interurban collision en route to a fire. Russia orders urgent food measures after extraordinary meeting.
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London
War Office
Aegean Sea
Cleveland
Cleveland, O
Cleveland Fire Department
Russia
Russian Council of Minfetere
Alexi Khvoatof
Bomb Plot Foiled In United States Conspiracy Case
Robert Fay confessed to coming from Germany to disrupt war supplies to the Allies by timing bombs on ship rudders and propellers. Charged with conspiracy, Fay and four others possessed clockwork devices, bomb components, and maps of New York harbor as federal authorities prepared hearings set for November 4.
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New York
Uie
Atlantic
United States
Robert Fay
Sixteenth
Saxony Infantry
Secret Service
William J. Flyon
Houghton
Fay
Pay
America
von Papen
K. Boy-Ed
Walter L. Scholz
Weebhawken
Hudson
Scholz
Pan! Daeche
Jersey City
Herbert Kienzle
Max Breitarg
New York Harbor
Tvo
Train Hits Auto Killing Seven at Fraser Crossing
Mount Clemens Michigan Oct 26 A Grand Trunk passenger train struck an automobile driven by William Stoldt Avon township killing a mother seven children and a sister instantly and fatally injuring another man in the party Names listed include Mrs Rachel Stoldt Minnie Engle Pearl Stoldt Esther Stolde Hazel Stoldt Mabel Stoldt Martha Stoldt and the injured man William Stoldt The cause of the crash is not known and is described as conjecture.
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Mount Clemens
Rich
Fraser Crossing
Grand Trunk Railroad
Grand Trunk
William Stoldt
Avon Township
Rachel Stoldt
William Steldt
Minnie Engle
Romeo
Romeo, Sister of Mrs. Stoldt
Pearl Stoldt
Esther Stolde
Hazel Stoldt
Mabel Stoldt
Martha Stoldt
French Dealers Rally Against Ford Auto Pact
Paris reports French dealers in automobiles, angered by Henry Ford's opposition to the Anglo French loan in the United States, instructed members to end relations with the Ford Motor Company and urged customers to refrain from purchasing Ford vehicles.
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Paris
Henry Ford
United States
Ford Automobile
Ford
Berlin defends act in Cavell case telegram
Berlin responds to foreign press on Edith Cavell's execution, stating that Belgian helpers aided enlistment of Belgians for hostile armies and that the governor general issued warnings with severe penalties. It notes Cavell as principal agent, cites German wartime actions, and rebuts claims of merciful treatment for war treason.
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Amsterdam
London
Berlin
Brussels
Miss Cavell
Edith Cavell
Belgium
France
Margarete Schmidt
Nancy
Bourges
Optisle Mass
Lord Kitchener
German peace terms outlined in Imparcial report
Madrid dispatch cites Imparcial stating Prince Camporeale, Italian senator and brother in law of Prince von Buelow, says Von Buelow will submit to the king of Spain and President Wilson a plan showing the lines on which Germany is willing to discuss peace.
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Prince von Buelow
Wilson
King Alfonso
Madrid
Imparcial
Prince Campor Éale
Prince von Buslow
Italy
von Buelow
Spain
Germany
Bulgars Lose Many Troops In Balkan Campaign
Amsterdam dispatch reports 3,520 Bulgarian wounded reaching Philippopolis from Serbia. Bulgarian losses exceed 6,000 before their last week capture of an objective.
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Amsterdam
Ndvices
Serbia
Philippopolis
Norwegian freighter Ydun abandoned after collision off Wales
The Norwegian freighter Ydun of 200 tons collided with a British ship near Tuscar and was abandoned in sinking condition. The Ydun Bank later reported.
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iAifield Haven
Wales
Tuscar
Airmen Raid Trieste and Amsterdam on Sunday
Italian aviators bombarded Trieste killing two inhabitants and wounding twelve. An official statement received from Vienna on Tuesday confirms the raid and casualties.
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Trieste
Amsterdam
Germany stops parcel post to America
Berlin Oct 28 German government announces suspension of parcel post service to America until further notice. No official reason provided for the disruption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Stopa Parcel Post
Berlin
America
Greece Won't Fight Over Cyprus Proposals For Aid
Grasco informed the entente powers that Greece cannot accept proposals in return for participation in the war. The plan included ceding Cyprus to Greece and other territorial and financial concessions for Greek military co operation with Serbia. The Greek reply to the foreign office was lengthy and not mass public.
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London
Grasca
Cyprus
Greece
Serbia
Foreign Office
Roumania
British squadron bombs Dedengatch port in Aegean Sea
London reports a British squadron bombarded the Bulgarian port of Dedengatch in the Aegean on Friday per a Reuters dispatch via Amsterdam. Also noted: M W Baylis elected sovereign grand commander of the supreme council of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite in Washington with a slate of officers. King George appeals to all Britons to share wartime responsibility as the war drags on with no end in sight.
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London
Dedengatch
Aegean Sea
Reuter
Sofie
Amsterdam
New York
M. W. Baylis
Washington, D. C
Supreme Council
Freemasonry
Josiah H. Long
Boston
Leutenant
Charles S. Webster
Worcester
Mass
Holden O. Hitt
Providence
M. W W. Morton
R. J
Walter Seymour
Newark
N. J
Georges
Buckingham Pelace
Tragic Sandusky Street Fire Claims Dozens of Girls
A Pittsburgh warehouse fire at Union Paper Box Co on Sandusky Street killed thirteen people, including twelve girls. Peter Vallon died attempting rescues, Mayor Armatrong mourned as bodies were recovered. Ten girls survived with serious injuries after leaping from upper floors.
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Pittsburgh
Union Paper Box
Sandusky Street
Peter Vallon
Joseph G. Armatrong
Allegheny General Hospital
Presseil Steel Car Wins Russian Freight Car Contract
October 28 in Pittsburgh reports Presseil Steel Car Company completed a 7,500 car freight car order for the Russian government and closed a new contract for an additional 4,500 cars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ress
Pittsburgh
Presseil Steel Car Company
Lady Paget Hardship in War Serbia Captured
London report states Lady Halph Paget, a BRCS leader in Serbia, has been made a prisoner by Bulgarian forces at Uskuh. The information, relayed to her mother, confirms her capture during the conflict and her role with the Red Cross mission.
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Lady Paget
London
Halph Paget
Red Crass
Serbia
Uskuh
Newphone Meter Invention Promises Big Savings
The International Telephone Co plans Des Moines production of a new meter to measure telephone calls, with 400 workers to be hired by year end. Inventor E. Hi Martin heads the firm, which holds patents. The device attaches inside the receiver and records conversation length, charging customers only for actual use. Proponents say 75 percent of traffic is wasteful and will be reduced.
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Webster City
International Telephone Company
Des Moines
C. H. Brown
YH. Martin
E. Hi
Martin
Many Times Married in Iowa Woman Arrested for Bigamy
Ethel Wirks Noble Bump Purdy Hughes, 32, has married five men. She wed George Dietrich on October 12 in Hampton. Four days later she was found in Jew Falls with Fred Noble. A certificate showed a 1911 marriage to Noble. Authorities arrested her for bigamy after confirming multiple marriages._reported confessing to five marriages. The list includes Bert Bump, Bert Purdy, and George Hughes.
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Mason City
Ethel Wirks-Noble-Bump- Purdy-Hughes
Hampton
George Dietrich
Jews Falls
Fred Noble
Ft Dodge
Noble
Fred Nobie
Bert Bump
Nevada
Bert Purdy
Eldora
George Hughes
Minneapolis
Elks Plan New Home in Waterloo
Waterloo Elks announce purchase of a large residence to be transformed into a lodge clubhouse with about 10 000 dollars in improvements. A 60 by 10 foot wing, 22 by 60 platform, and a full second floor of club rooms will be added, making it one of Iowa’s best Elks lodges.
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Elka Plan
Waterloo
Elks
Elks Lodge
Iowa
Hoof and Mouth Plague Reported in Muscatine County
Hoof and mouth disease flagged at the Melvin Brown farm near West Liberty Iowa with all stock infected. A strict quarantine is imposed and Deputy Veterinarian Tillie reports to the state department. Muscatine County expected to be quarantined and schools in the district closed.
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Iowa
Mélvin Brown
West Liberty
Tillie
State Department
Mutscatine County
Woman Awarded 17500 Damages in Auto Collision Case
Mrs Ella M Snyder won a damage verdict of 17500 against Sioux City Service Co from a U S district court jury for the death of her son Itao Snyder in an auto and street car collision on August 10. The suit sought 30000. The verdict names Young Sayner as civil engineer and Iowa University graduate.
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Sioux City
Ella M. Snyder
Sioux City Service Company
United States District Court
Itao Snyder
Young Sayner
Iowa University
Octogenarian Ends Life in Clear Lake Home
Edward Knarr a 87 year old resident of Clear Lake died by self inflicted gunshot. Investigators found no clear cause for the act and described the scene as the home of the deceased with the double barrel shotgun as the weapon. The incident is under investigation awaiting further details.
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Clear Lake
Edward Knarr
Claim damages over rough handling of war horses
Oviatt & Gibson horse buyers sue an express company for 12000 dollars claiming rough treatment before the horses reached the battle fields caused delay and poor care. The shipment to Buffalo New York was for sale to buyers for European cavalry markets and the suit alleges mistreatment and a damaged car in transit.
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Shenandoah
Oviatt & Gibson
Express Company
Express
Buffalo
N. Y
Arrests Made In Murder Case In Madison County
Winterset sheriff Brock of Madison county reports the arrest of Frad Meyer, 23, and his mother Mrs Ida Meyer on a murder charge tied to the July death of Frad Meyer's wife from a head wound. An indictment was returned by the grand jury and the suspects were taken into custody on the Meyer farm near Van Meter. County officials cite jealousy as a possible motive while both Meyer and his mother deny the charges and claim no knowledge of the shooting.
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Winterset
Brock
Murdison County
Frad Meyer
Ida Meyer
Meyer
Young Meyer
Fifteen Iowa Breweries to Close Under Law Repeal
Fifteen Iowa breweries will go out of business January 1 as the mulet law is repealed. Remaining operations shift to other manufacturing lines. Locations include Heakek Burlington Davenport Dubuque Sioux City Iowa City Cedar Rapids Cilston. Total capital invested reported as 4236963 with 1512585 in products 1914 and annual wages of 490108. Average 321 wage earners, 276 earning 15 to 20 weekly, 66 earning 20 to 25, 19 over 25. Salaries for managers and officers are excluded.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Heakek
Burlington
Davenport
Dubuque
Sioux City
Iowa City
Cedar Rapids
Cilston
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Town Masons Honored by Des Moines Masons Thirty-Third Degree
In Washington DC the Senttish Alta Suprema council elected Iowa members to honorary thirty third degree membership. Des Moines nominees include George E. Hamilton and Earl C. Mills. others named are John R. Carter H K Hornung Stour City William C Ross Clinton Frank W Ellis Frank J Ken Cedar Rapids Philo Martin Waterloo George L Schoonaver Anamosa Simon Stein Muscatine Willard B Whiting Whiting.
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Des Moines
Senttish Alta Suprema Council
Washington, D. C
Iowa
George E. Hamilton
Earl C. Mills
John R. Carter
H. K. Hornung
Stour Cley
William ©. C. Ross
Burlington
Frank W. Ellis
Frank J. Ken
Clinton
James D. Gamble
Knoxville
Calvin G. Greene
R. Moore
Attorney Ends Life in Bedford Hotel Tragedy
Frank E. Chambers, 24, a law clerk in the office of Assistant County Attorney Frank Wilson, cut his throat with a razor then leaped from a third story window of the Garland hotel. He died an hour later. Friends say he believed he had failed in life after recent move to Nebraska to practice law.
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Bedford
Frank E. Chambers
Frank Wilson
Garland
Chambers
Nebraska
Family Reunion in Jail in Griswold County
A curious meeting occurred in the county jail as two brothers and a brother-in-law, all detained after a raid by Mayor Barnes, faced gambling and drunkenness charges. Kincaid of Griswold had been jailed previously on a gambling charge and will work out fines on the city streets.
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aAtlantic
Kincaid
Griswold
Barnes
Vets Hold Reunion In Marshalltown Iowa
Byron A. Besson of Des Moines was elected president of the Second Iowa Cavalry Veterans Association at its seventeenth biennial reunion in Marshalltown. Officers named include James Mille Perry Henry Smith Linden and G P Russell Bayard secretary Josiah Putty Perry chosen for the 1916 meeting. It was decided to meet annually hereafter.
Must Ship Liquor Into Iowa Des Moines
A United States district court judge in Chicago issued a permanent injunction restraining officials of the Chicago Rock Island & Pacific railway from forwarding and delivering consignments of liquor to Iowa points and to consignee events under written orders of the latter.
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Iowa
Des Moines
Carpenter
United States District Court
Chicago
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Company
Fronter
Club Sees 17 000 Members in Webster City
The Town Perloration of Women's clubs reports a membership exceeding 17 900 led by president Mrs Frances Whit ley of Webster City.
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Webster City
Frances Whitley
Fined for Neglecting Number in Des Moines Case
Des Moines, George Autin appeared before Police Judge Meyer for a third arraignment on auto mobile with no number. He was fined the maximum $59 plus costs but could not pay and was jailed. It marks the first time a man faced jail for violating the state automobile number law in Des Moines. Liquor was found in Autin’s vehicle on two occasions.
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Des Moines
George Autin
Meyer
Autin
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