World events brief with varied global incidents
A condensed digest reports clashes at Bush Terminal docks in Brooklyn injuring workers, Gary Indiana rail mill resumes with 60 women pickets, $100000 Liberty bonds stolen, Consul Jenkins freed after ransom, and a Louisville judge ruling the wartime prohibition law unconstitutional. Also noted are drownings near Green Bay, a jail shooting in Humboldt, thefts in Baltimore, banks seeking Berlin branches, King Albert visiting Roosevelt’s grave, whisky theft in St. Louis, and other international items including emigration trains, war dog honors, and a Spanish general lockout.
Foreign Sir Joseph Lawrence Dies in London
Obituary notes the sudden death of Sir Joseph Lawrence chairman of International Linotype Ltd and director of Mergen thaler Linotype in New York. Contemporaneous items report Allied naval aviation activity in the Adriatic and troop movements, plus political speculation on Nancy Langhorne Aster seeking a British seat in Plymouth. The report also notes the death of Field Marshal Gottlieb Haeseler at age eighty four from heart disease.
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Joseph Lawrence
International Linotype Company Ltd
Mergenthaler Linotype Company of
New York
London
Nancy Langhorne
Virginia
Viscountess Aster
Plymouth
Gottflieb Haeseler
Germany
Berlin
Lokal Anseiger
Taeseler
Local Politician and Journalist H J Dunlap Mourned
Hiram J. Dunlap, 78, longtime figure in Illinois politics and journalism and a former U S consular service member, died at his home in Kankakee Illinois. He was active in public life and known across the state for his political and journalistic work.
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Hiram J. Dunlap
United States
Consular Service
Ilinois
Kankakee, I
Washington Veto Battle Overrules Amid Miner Strike Threats
President and cabinet oppose the planned November 1 coal miners strike calling it a crime against the government. The House overrode the veto of the prohibition enforcement bill 176 to 55, amid urgent war of words about enforcing the law and protecting national interests.
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United States
Washington
House
Darely Two Hoys
Eg T
City of Muskegon Sinks on Lake Michigan. 15 Die
The Crosby steamer City of Muskegon strikes the Muskegon south pier in a gale, sinking within minutes. Nine crew and six passengers die, including two engineers and a waitress, many others escape in nightclothes. The vessel, built in 1881, ran Milwaukee to Grand Haven before serving the Graham & Morton line.
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Muskegon, Mich
City of
Muskegon
Milwaukee
Lake Michigan
Edward Miller
Lynch
John
de Witt
Arthur
Hough
Alfred
Billings
Mont
Hopkins
Jessie
Johnson
Agnes
Grant Johnson
Armstetter
Manistee
Reese
Harry
Karowitz
Samuel
Koski
Joseph
Reckeltz
Lecus
Herman
Montague
Leeus
Zimmerman
Oliver
Slim
City of Muskegon
Lakes
Grand Haven
Grand Trunk Railway
Holland, Mich
Chicago
Graham & Morton Line
Reds Get Four Year Terms
Carl Piavio and Gust Alonen Finnish editors of a radical magazine were convicted of criminal anarchy in New York. They received not less than four years and not more than eight years in prison. Justice Weeks ordered deportation after serving the sentence.
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New York
Carl Piavio
Gust Alonen
Justice Weeks
Secretary Daniels Orders No Alien Discharges Yet
Boston October 30. No U S citizens will be removed from shipyard work due to lack of funds or work for naval construction until all aliens have been discharged. The policy comes from an order to the first navy district headquarters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
United States
Daniels
Navy
Oklahoma Official Resigns Treasury Post for Oil Firm
Washington reports Houston B. Tebee of Oklahoma resigns as register of the treasury to join a large oil company in New York. The move shifts a senior federal role as Tebee prepares for a new corporate position.
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National City Bank
Guarantee Trust Company of
New York
Berlin
Gerrmany
Houston B. Tebee
Oklahoma
Washington
Register of the Treasury
Cattail Flour Shows Food Value as Substitute in Baking
Laboratory tests published in Scientific Monthly report cattail flour from swamp rhizomes contains protein similar to rice and corn flours with less fat than wheat flour. It can substitute 10 to 20 percent in wheat flour and even up to 100 percent in biscuits. puddings made with it have a pleasant flavor. An acre of cattail rhizomes yields about 5 500 pounds of flour after processing.
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Plant Chemical Laboratory
Washington
Scientific Monthly
P. W. Claassen
United States
Forgetful Philadelphia Mother Outsmarts Doctor
A Philadelphia mother, confident in her cleverness, avoids forgetting her son’s medicine. When asked if she gave it on schedule, she explains she simply told Tom the exact times and used his cries as reminders. Her husband wonders how she thought of it.
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Philadelphia
Tom
Appalling Accident Record During World War I
The National Safety council's general manager W. Price notes that about 126000 people were killed in accidents in the 19 months of American participation in the war and over 2 million were seriously injured, losing time or maimed. He adds that yearly accident casualties exceed American military casualties.
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America
Germany
W. Price
National Safety Council
Clockmaker as sycophant and timeserver remark
A terse dialogue notes a clockmaker who is called a sycophant. The reply responds that he must be a timeserver by nature. The exchange hints at wage dependence and social role expectations.
Mitey Fast. First Boarder
A playful exchange between two speakers about speed and cheese conveys a brisk, humorous vibe. The brief clash questions velocity whilekeeping the banter light and quick. The snippet highlights a quirky, fast paced interaction with a snack twist.
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Bush Terminal
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Gary
Indiana Steel Works
Kidder, Peabody & Co
William O. Jenkins
Puebla
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Mexico City
Walter Evans
Federal
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Congress
Hiram Cornell
Jerome Murphy
Jack Reef
Greenbay
Eagle Bluff
Wis
Henry Booth
Humboldt, Tenn
Eleanor
Cohen
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Albert
Theodore Roosevelt
Oyster Bay
N. Y
Roosevelt
St. Louis
Lowden
Springfield
Wilson
Berne
Prague
Warsaw
Taris
House of Commons
House of Lords
Cox
Ohio
Charles E. Poorman
Canton
Erebus
Kronstadt
Kraspala-Gorka
Helsingfors
Congress of
Barcelonia
Spain
Paris
Karl Seitz
Austrian Republic
Vienna
Lettish Press Bureau
Copenhagen
American Relief Administration
Riga
J. Orbison
International Labor Congress
Buenos Aires
Adriatic
Foote
Fiume
Spalato
Senate
Army Air Service
League of Nations
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Portugal
Azores
Lisbon
Navy Department
Southwest
Michigan
REDS
Radical Magazine
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Navy Yards
Register OF Treasury Out
Mars
Plifton Gehs Co
Cincinnati
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Postum Cereal CO
Battle Creek
Mich
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