World War News and Allied Actions Report
The steamer Angelike carrying volunteers to Saloniki was torpedoed at Flères. Austro German forces halted in Bukovina Transylvania Roumania front. Captain Boelke, famed German aviator, killed in air clash after claiming his fortieth kill. British assaults on the Somme repelled. some trench advances reported. Berlin passes a new war credit bill of 3 billion marks. German destroyers raid failed. two sunk, one British destroyer missing. Romanian resistance slow after Constanza fall. Tsirsorva reached by Von Mackensen in Dobrudja. Czernovoda bridge blown by Romanians. Various judicial, domestic, and economic items follow in brief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boelke
Berlin
Reuter
London
Amsterdam
Admiralty
Reichstag
Count von Boerdern
Imperial Treasury
Germany
Bucharest
von Valkenhayn
Transylvania
Dobrudja
Petrograd
von Madhkensen
Danube
Czernovoda
Europe
Man Held on Manslaughter Charge After Slaying Man Mistaken for Deer
Richard Martin of Grant Valley Beltrami County Minnesota is held on manslaughter charges after domestic slaying of Eugene Preston whom he mistook for a deer. The event is reported amid maritime notes of the French line steamer Chiengo arriving at Sayal Azores with a fire in No 8 hold while racing to port to save 200 passengers and 200 crew.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene Preston
Richard Martin
Grant Valley
Beltrami County
Minnesota
Sayal
Azores Islands
Lipsyds
London
Four men arrested in Nogales for neutrality violation
Four men from the Nogales hardware company were arrested in Nogales Aviz for violating U S neutrality laws. Luis Cabrera, head of the Mexican American commission, denied a Washington news bureau statement attacking U S officials over border propaganda. The U S military tightens border security along Texas as Baker warns of a planned bandit raid before the election, with Gen Funston and Gen Pershing on alert.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nogales
Aviz
United States
Llan
Nogales Hardware Coommpauy
Luis Cabrera
Baker
Washington
War Department
Mexico
Funston
Pershing
Marina Torpedoed. 34 Survivors Landed at Crookhaven
British admiralty announced the Ocean liner Marina was torpedoed and broke in two. Only 34 of 104 crew were rescued at Crookhaven Ireland, with reports of drowning as lifeboats were lowered. The Rowanmore was also torpedoed. seven Americans aboard including five Filipinos survived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Admiralty
Marina
Crookhaven
Frost
Ireland
Lloyds
Glasgow
Newport News
Navy
United States Shipping Company
Donaldson Line
Asbury Park
N. J
Wilson
State Department
United States
Germany
Harvey Bank Robbery Suspects Bound Over by Court
George Stankel was caught in the act attempting to rob the Bank of Harvey. Accomplices William J. Steed and Frank Finer were captured five hours later. All three were bound over to the grand jury by Justice Daniel Curran with bonds of 10 000 each. They remain jailed until bail is posted. Stankel claimed he did not intend to rob, despite dropping over 50,000 in marked money. Steed and Finer denied involvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
George Stankel
Harvey
William J. Steed
West Sixty-third Street
Frank Finer
South Halsted Street
Justice of the Peace
Daniel Curran
Stankel
George M. Burnett
Filipino girls aid enlighten Pacific population through nursing work
Miss Margaret Suman told delegates at a Woman's Baptist Foreign Mission Society luncheon about Socoro a 20 year old native nurse from Panay who exemplifies how orphans and other deprived children at Capiz are trained in industrial nursing domestic science and more. Socoro later married a young electrical engineer involved in sanitation work. Miss Suman plans to return to the Philippines next June.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Socoro
Panay
Philippines
Pacific Ocean
Margaret Suman
Woman’s Baptist Foreign Mission Society
Morrison Hotel
Miss Suman
Capiz
Suman
Wilson Receives Jap Envoy at Shadow Lawn
Viscount Aimine Sato designated ambassador to the United States was received by President Wilson at Shadow Lawn Nov. 1, with Third Assistant Secretary William Phillips and an escort. Wilson later met President Watson and the executive committee of the National Association of Commissioners of Agriculture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asbury Park
WN. J
Viscount Aimune Sato
mikaGo
United States
Wilson
Shadow Lawn
William Phillips
Watson
National Association of Commissioners of Agriculture
Plot to Kill Queen Marie Reported by Overseas News
An Overseas News Agency interview from Berlin reports Field Marshal von Hindenburg condemning attempts on life as activities that must be condemned. The dispatch notes this is the first U.S. contact with the Roumanian queen Marie case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Sayville
L. T
Foster given life term for killing wife and child
Edgar W. Foster, who killed Bertha Kubevicz and their child, received a life sentence in Joliet prison. Mrs. Foster, who lived with them and paid his defense with her waitress earnings, opposed the death penalty and denounced court officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Edgar W. Foster
Bertha Kubevicz
Joliet
Gas Employees Get Raise In Chicago
The People’s Gas Light and Coke Co announces a voluntary ten percent wage raise for 3,700 employees earning under $200 a month. The increase adds about $350,000 annually to an $8.7 million payroll and applies across all departments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
People’s Gas, Light and Coke Company
Illinois Soldiers Muster Out in Texas
Because of the freezing weather in Springfield and Illinois troops recently returned from Texas, the Seventh Illinois infantry will be mustered out in San Antonio. Members may go directly to their homes in Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
San Antonio
Tex
Springfield
Seventh Illinois Infantry Regiment
Chicago
Plague Closes Schools in Yorkville
Schools in Yorkville will remain closed for two weeks after the first reported case of infantile paralysis in Kenedy County. Local officials cite health concerns and preventive measures as the reason for extended closure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yorkville
Kenedail County
Help for Working Women Helps Regain Health
A Kentucky woman describes severe female weakness that left her unable to work until Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound restored her strength after three bottles. The letter urges others with female troubles to seek the remedy and contact the Pinkham Medicine Co. for confidential guidance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frankfort
Lydia E. Pinkham
James Conley
St. Clair St
Lydia BE. Pinkham Medicine Co
Lynn
Mass
Bicycle repair teaches patience and discipline
A father recounts buying his son a bicycle and the boy dismantling it. The father disciplines him by promising no car until the boy learns to reassemble the bicycle, turning a mistake into a lesson in responsibility.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Saloniki
Fleres
Athens
Bukowina
Roumania
Guedecourt
Les Boeufs
Somme
Count von Roedern
Ferdinand
Roumaani
Constanza
Budapest
Russia
M. Christecos
Greece
Zurich
von Mackensen
Tsirsorva
Czernavoda
Berlin War Office
Henry V. Borst
New York Supreme Court
Eleanor K. Davidson
Louis M. Ream
Ream
Koboli
Hugh McVey
Green Bay
Wis
Ate
San Francisco
Burnquist
Haskell
E. J. du Pont de Nemours Powder Company
Haskell, N. J
Department of Justice
United States District Attorney’s Office
James A. Patten
Mr. Patten
St. Louis
Burroughs Adding Machine Company
Detroit
Globe House Furnishing Company
Detroit, Mich
Aberdeen
Miss
F. E. Welee
F. Bloomfield
Charles Ingram
Mary Miller
J. A. Miller
Ingram
Northern Indiana Railroad
South Bend
Ind
Frank Brown
Olsenburg
Florence Elliott
Frank Elliott
New York
J. P. Morgan & Co
War Baker
Jacinto Trevino
Chihuahua
George Bell
Dot Piso
Rowanmore
Cherry
Aurora
Clifford Cherry
Kendall County
Charles Cherry
Ruth Meyers Cherry
Slusser
Oswego
Queen Marie
Mrs. Conley
Dean
Illinois
Picton
Dak
J. J. McGovern
S. First St
Ill
Doan
Yims Foster-Milburn CO
Buffalo
Carter
LIVON
Mills Lions
Jas Cation
Cutter’s
Barketey
Cal
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