Kaisers Guns On Antwerp Ostend Next Sieges Foretold
Dispatches report German bombardment targets on Antwerp Ostend forts with heavy siege plans. German reserves arrive Brussels for improvised fleet as fortifications loom and communication with Antwerp weakens. Burgomaster Max of Brussels arrested by German authorities.
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Ostend
London
Amsterdam
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Tsielt
Belgium
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Wavre
Catherine
Waelheim
Rotterdam
Brussels
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Aime
Max
Sheriff Faces Possible Indictment Probe Said to Return
A county grand jury visited the jail this morning and questioned inmates about their offenses. Reportedly the sheriff's office is under renewed investigation amid circulating rumors.
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Grand Jury
Sheriff's Office
Tahoma Rescue Report Reaches Washington
Washington DC reports all officers and crew aboard the Tahoma, wrecked on an Alaskan reef September 21, have been found safe and well. In Vandalia Alabama five hours after eating a hamburger sandwich Rose Williams 18 died from poisoning.
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Washington, D.C
Sovernment Today
Unalaska
Alaskan
Vandalia
Rose Williams
Levi Williams
Ia Ramsey
Vandalis
Wilson May Bring Peace
London officials express confidence that the United States will exert its good offices to end the war under conditions securing permanent peace in Europe. High officials say the United States will influence a peace after continental combatants are exhausted.
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London
Wilson
United States
Europe
Catholics Protest Mexico Policy Delegation to Washington
Baltimore reporters note the American Federation of Catholic Societies adopting a resolution opposing U S recognition of any Mexican government that bans religious liberty. They plan to send a delegation to Washington to present alleged Catholic rights abuses to the president.
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Baltimore
Convention of the American Federation of Catholic Societies
United States
Mexico
Washington
Subway Collision In New York Injures Twenty One
A subway crash and fire injure 21 people as two surface car crashes trigger a blaze on the last car of a seven car elevated train. Officials report two mortalities feared while traffic jams and smoke fill Lenox Avenue and thousands seek downtown transit by any means.
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New York
Lenox Avenue
Escaped man Mayhauer held in custody after flight
Sol Mayhauer, once sought by police, faced a police court trial for purse snatching on a Davenport ferry. After misdirecting officers with claims of friends he vanished from the Rock Island station, prompting Commissioner Hart to pledge his return. He was recaptured Saturday and identified as a well dressed traveling salesman from Lingenewee.
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Davenport
Hart
Rock Island
Lingewanee
Emden Sinks Four British Ships and a Collier
London reports the German cruiser Emden has sunk four British steamers and a collier while operating in the Bay of Bengal near Madras where she bombarded the fort. Berlin claims a North Sea engagement where British cruisers fired none and destroyers pursued the submarine until night. A French claim of a sunk warship at Cattaro is denied by Paris.
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Emden
Bay of Bengal
Madras
Berlin
Sayville
North Sea
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Poland
Lemberg
Cattero
Washington
Cattaro
Ulster Unionist Leader Proposes War End Repeal
Sir Edward Carson outlines Ulster program promising a provisional government after the war and repeal of Home Rule for Ulster. He calls on volunteers to block any act under the bill and urges wholehearted support for the empire during wartime.
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Irish Unionist Party
Belfast
Ireland
Edward Carson
Unioniist Council
Ulster
Peace Plea to Rulers Asked of Young Folks
A child petition campaign urged U S children to solicit peace from European and Asian rulers. The letter, approved by the General Federation of Women's Clubs, asks emperors and kings to call an armistice and refer disputes to The Hague.
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United States
Europe
Asia
General Federation of Women's Clubs
Austria
Germany
Japan
Russia
Belgium
Great Britain
Montenegro
France
Hague Tribunal
Japs Capture Four German Guns In Shantung Drive
Tokio reports Japanese forces drove the enemy toward Tsing Tau during Sept 27 operations with 50 Germans killed or captured and four machine guns taken. German losses unspecified while Japanese casualties were 150. Peking cor banners note Tsing Tau fully invested and Waldersee line evacuated as German defenses crumble.
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Tsing Tau
Peking
Kiao Chow
Waldersee
Tsina
Tsi Tau
Japanse
Yuan Shi Kai
China
Shantung Province
CP Rail to Hire 6000 Extra Men in Two Months
Canadian Pacific announced that its eastern and western operating departments will employ 6000 extra laborers within the next two months to relieve distress caused by the war in Europe.
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Montreal
Canadian Pacific Railroad
Exra
Europe
Weather forecast for Rock Island area
Fair tonight and Wednesday with little temperature change. At 7 a.m. the temperature was 55, yesterday reached 78, wind 2 mph, no precipitation, humidity 81 percent to 62 percent, stage of water 5.2 with a 0.1 drop in 24 hours. Astronomical notes list evening stars Mercury Jupiter Venus Mars and morning star Saturn Jupiter in conjunction with the moon at 12 38 p.m. 1 degree north.
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Davenport
Moline
J. M. Sherier
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Jupiter
Venus
Mars
Saturn
War updates from the Aisne to Kiao-Chow fronts
The 18 day battle on the Aisne continues with prospects of a decisive near-term result. Galicia is almost cleared of Austrians per Petrograd. Russians crossed the Carpathians into Ungwar district near Budapest. Japan tightens around Kiao-Chow. Chinese forces blew a bridge near Weissien. POW lists exchanged through the American ambassador as prep for actual prisoner transfers.
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Associated Press
Aisne
Galicia
Petrograd
Carpathian Mountains
Ung War District
Budapest
Kiao-Chow
Tayu Ho
Weissien
Shang Tung
London
Interest grows in aircraft here in war mobilization
Washington reports sensational use of aircraft in Europe stirs public attention as the War Department orders immediate action under the July act to boost aviation. Unmarried lieutenants under thirty may apply for dangerous service to receive a 50 percent salary increase. Additional orders to enlarge the aviation corps and acquire more aeroplanes are expected shortly.
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Washington
War Department
Akron Fatal Hatchet Murder of Miss Vinnie L Brecker
Akron Ohio September 29 Miss Vinnie L Brecker aged 30 was found slain in a rear room of a store by Mrs Elmer Brown. Death caused by a hatchet buried in her head by an unknown assailant while she was alone in the store.
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Akron
Vinnie L. Brecker
Miss Brecker
Thief Takes Bicycle From William Long
William Long of 619 Twenty third street reports his bicycle stolen from his home last night. Police are investigating but no arrests have been made.
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William Long
Twenty-third Street
Glynn Renominated in Early Primaries
Early returns in New York show Governor Glynn leading in the Democratic governor race by a wide margin. James W. Gerard leads in the Republican senatorial contest, with Whitman and Whitman’s GOP rivalries shaping the scene. Calder leads for the Republican Senate in the city, but Wadsworth is ahead upstate.
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Organization
United States
Martin H. Glynn
John A. Hennessy
James W. Gerard
Germany
Franklyn Roosevelt
Charles S. Whitman
New York County
Job Hedges
Harvey D. Hinman
Hedges
William Sulzer
Frederick M. Davenport
Davenport
Sulzer
Glynn
Whitman
Ambassador Gerard
Calder
Wadsworth
Tragic Elopement Ends in Double Fatality
In Omaha a May elopement ended with Emma Hicken shooting Bruno C. Hanson and then killing herself. Hanson, who left his wife and children in Chicago for Mrs. Hicken, had business in Buenos Aires before arriving in Omaha. Mrs. Hanson and the children remain in Milwaukee as Chicago reports note a Washington circular on party affiliations to civil service workers and post office inspectors.
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Chicago
Civil Service
Post Office
Washington
Hand to Hand Struggle Along Aisne Continues in War
Official reports describe hand to hand fighting along the Aisne as the battle sustained with no decisive result yet. German attacks were repulsed on the Somme left wing while Allied forces held positions and pushed back waves of assailants, with thousands killed or wounded in the fire swept zones.
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Somme
Argonne Forest
Meuse
London
the Aisne
Woevre
Berlin
New honors given woman in federal role
Washington reports Mrs An nette Abbott Adams of San Francisco named assistant United States attorney the first woman to hold the post Rep Baker California calls it a win for woman suffrage Adams, widowed daughter of pioneer Hiram F Abbott, is UC Berkeley graduate 1904 with a 1912 law degree and bar admission She has not held or run for office though led the Women s State Democratic club during the Wilson campaign
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Annette Abbott Adams
San Francisco
United States
Baker
California
Hiram F. Abbott
University of California
Abbott
Wilson
Women's State Democratic Club
Rivers Harbors Bill Moves in House Amid Senate Pact
The substitute rivers and harbors bill with a 20 million dollar appropriation aimed at permanent government projects under the secretary of war and chief of engineers was taken up in the House. The rivers and harbors committee reported favorably and passage in its present form seems likely. Reed resumed his attack on the Clayton trust conference agreement as Congress recessed for elections.
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Senate
House
Reed
Clayton Trust
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