Wilson Brief Stop in Chicago During Eastward Trip
President Wilson made a brief Chicago stop en route from Omaha to Long Branch to address a delegation. He conferred with Governor Dunne and Senator Walsh on Midwestern politics, then greeted crowds and spoke with train crews. In Malta Illinois a political debate unfolded among women as he rode. He planned October 12 in Indianapolis and October 19 arrival in Clinton Iowa before continuing home.
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Chicago
Illl
Wilson
Omaha
Neb
Long Branch
N. J
Dunne
Illinois
Walsh
Democratic
Middle West
Mr. Wilson
Indianapolis
Clinton
Iowa
Mississippi River
Plattsburg Camp Closes as Training Season Ends
Army officers at Plattsburg closed the seasonal training camp with Major General Leonard Wood leaving to Gov ernor's Island. He praised the students for their extreme seriousness and perfect order and predicted 25 000 to 30 000 men would train there next year.
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Plattsburg
N. Y
Leonard Wood
Department of the East
Governor’s Island
Race clash leaves two dead near Nihill Montana
In a race war near Nihill on the Great Northern railroad in Meagher County seven negroes reportedly shot three white men, killing two. Sheriff’s deputies dispatched to Mossmain to meet a freight train believed carrying the assailants.
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Billings
Mont
Nihill
Great Northern
Meagher County
Mossmain
Rio Grande Raiders Steal Farmer's buggy Near San Benito
Four or five Mexicans stole a mule and buggy from farmer Long eight miles from San Benito. Col Bullard's detachment pursued toward the Rio Grande but the trail was lost. A Ranger near San Benito was fired on, and armed guards tightened along the railroad from Brownsville to Harlingen.
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Brownsville
Tex
San Benito
Long
R. L. Bullard
Bullard
Fourth South Pdariet
Wales
Rio Grande
F Troop
Third Cavalry
E. C. McGuire
San Pedro Ranch
Here
McGuire
Rio Grande Valley
Harlingen
Pershing to Remain Until Border Safe
Four border control plans were proposed by the Mexican American commission with talks focusing on Pershing's withdrawal from Chihuahua. Americans insist Mexico's internal decrees and protection of foreigners be part of any border accord while Mexicans reluctantly accept the U.S. stance.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Cold Spell Postponed Amid Gulf Storm Developments
The northwest cold spell appears delayed as a Gulf of Mexico storm area forms. Forecasts say fair conditions Friday night and Saturday with no definite move toward colder weather. Major Allen Buell offers no firm forecast. A small temperature drop occurred in San Antonio Thursday evening, but the gulf storm complicates outlook.
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Northwest
Gulf of Mexico
Allen Buell
San Antonio
Gulf
Corporal Leopold L. Lovell Killed in Laredo
Corporal Leopold L. Lovell of Company K Second Maine infantry was shot and killed at 10 PM while walking from a store in Laredo Texas. The shooter is unknown and a Navy investigation is ongoing. Lovell hailed from Farmington Maine and his body will be shipped there.
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Laredo
Tex
Leopold L. Lovell
Second Maine Infantry
Lovell
Farmington
Weather Report for San Antonio and Vicinity
The forecast indicates clear weather tonight and Saturday with fair skies. Temperatures remain mild with no precipitation expected.
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San Antonio
Weather for Travelers From The Light Across Cities
Forecasts for St Louis Chicago Milwaukee Kansas City New York and Washington show clear to cloudy conditions with mild winds. Temperatures range from the low 50s to mid 80s and include Saturday expectations and daily high and low figures.
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ST. Louis
Chicago
Milwaukee
Kansas City
New York
Washington
Army to build large motor shop network at Fort Sam Houston
Fort Sam Houston will host new large machine shops near the wireless station to overhaul about 2500 trucks for the eastern border district from Brownsville to Del Rio. An El Paso plant will serve the western district. Captain Hegeman leads the project with enlisted drivers replacing civilians as part of Soldierize plan.
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Army
Fort Sam Houston
Brownsville
del Rio
el Paso
H. L. Rogers
Southern Department
Rogers
Laredo
San Antonio
Hegeman
Harry A. Hegeman
Kansas
Eagle Pass
Camp Wilson
Allied Warships Seen Near Manila In Philippines
Allied warships believed British are active in Philippine territorial waters. Vessels are halted and inspected for nationality of passengers and cargo with no interference to mail or cargo. A large British cruiser entered Manila Bay but left without interference from American ships amid neutrality talks.
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Manila
P. IL
Philippines
Manila Bay
Governor General
Three Steamers Sunk Off London Amid War Narrowing
London reports three steamships sunk including the British Isle of Hastings of 1575 tons, the Greek Samos with 1246 tons, and the Norwegian Cedric of 128 tons. The vessels carried mixed flags and were sunk in a naval action announced today.
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London
Ner
Isle of Hastings
Samos
Cedric
Italian girl linked to New Jersey payroll holdup
Millie de Marco, 19, allegedly headed a robbery gang that ambushed A. J. Rider’s car at Atston New Jersey, wounding Rider and his daughter, killing Rider’s brother. Police say she and three Italian accomplices admitted involvement after hours of interrogation. Victims in hospital were reported hopeful for recovery.
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Philadelphia
Millie de Marco
A. J. Rider
New Jersey Cranberry Growers’ Association
Atston
N. J
Hammonton
Henry D. Rider
Howell
Mich
Tate
Detective Bureau
Rider
Giuseppe Russo
de Marco
Frank Vessela
Frank Ladona
Elsie Smathers
James N. Rigby
Jefferson Hospital
Irish Home Rule Sure Says Redmond in Waterford
John Redmond tells constituents in Waterford that home rule for Ireland is safe despite the Easter uprising and its aftermath. He denounces conscription as hostile to Ireland, arguing it would provoke widespread resistance and harm Ireland’s political future. He notes recruiting continues, with six thousand new recruits since Easter Sunday.
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Waterford
Ireland
John Redmond
Sailings Halted Between London and Rotterdam
Owing to North Sea traffic risks one Batavir Line has suspended its regular sailings between London and Rotterdam. The Batavir fleet ranges from 1000 to 6000 tons. Several Dutch steamers have recently been sunk by submarines in the North Sea.
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London
Batavir Line
Rotterdam
North Sea
Cattle Zone Established Near Border to Stop Theft
The Treasury Department fixed a twenty kilometer wide zone south of the border where cattle cannot pass without a permit. The order reorganizes police to patrol the area and aims to halt shipment of stolen cattle to the United States. Cattle may only be shipped through designated custom houses.
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Mexico City
Treasury Department
United States
Held for Alleged Wife Murder in New Hampshire
Frederick L. Small a former Boston stock broker was held for the grand jury on a murder charge in connection with the death of his wife Florence A. Small after a District Court hearing in Mountain View New Hampshire dated October 6.
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Mountain View
N. H
Frederick L. Small
Boston
Grand
Florence A. Small
District Court
Second Illinois at Home Returns from Border Service
The Second regiment of infantry of the Illinois national guard has arrived back at its home station in Chicago after several months away serving on the Mexican border with the federal forces.
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Second
Illinois
Chicago
Illinois National Guard
Berlin impasse over submarine policy endures
Berlin reports show Chancellor von Bethmann-Hollweg remains firm as allies and opponents clash over resuming unrestricted submarine warfare. Key figures von Jagow and Admiral von Capelle support the chancellor. Karl Helfferich backs economic arguments. Reichstag opposition offers little new.
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Berlin
London
von Bethmann-Hollweg
Reichstag
Ways and Means
Herr von Jagow
Admiral von Capelle
Navy
Field Marshal von Hindenburg
Navy Department
Karl Helfferich
Peter Spahn
Spahn
Fraud charges target Union Furniture firm in Toledo
Reinhold Merchel and Ernest W. Toadvine face arraignment in Toledo federal court for mail fraud. They allegedly ran Union Furniture Company with Texas links and recruited women into 35 member clubs paying 50 cents weekly for weekly drawings that never occurred. Thirty-two Texas witnesses have been brought to testify.
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Toledo
Ohio
Reinhold Merchel
Ernest W. Toadvine
United States District Court
Union Furniture Company
Texas
Funston Reports Border Inspection In Texas Town
General Funston is in Laredo with the fifteenth provisional division under Brig. Gen. William A. Mann. He left Thursday night with Capt. Hugh A. Drum to inspect state troops and will return to headquarters Saturday morning after completing a two day border tour. It is his second border trip in ten days, after visiting Brownsville and the Texas guard camp at Corpus Christi.
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Funston
Laredo
Fifteenth Provisional Division
William A. Mann
Hugh A. Drum
Brownsville
Texas Guard
Corpus Christi
Bakers Mark Loaf Weights In New York Market
Nearly 300 bakers in New York began marking the weight on every loaf sold under a state law. The weights and measures commissioner issued the ruling and will enforce it, ending prior leniency for violators.
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New York
Street Car Service Extended After Strike
Street car service in Springfield Missouri was extended to three lines today after a one day interruption caused by a strike of union motormen and conductors.
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Springfield
New French Loan Is Rapidly Subscribed
Reports from Paris and the provinces indicate the second great war loan is already highly successful. Rain kept many away in the morning, but long lines formed in the afternoon at subscription sites. Banks report many buyers paid in gold. Finance ministry officials overseeing the issue are upbeat.
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Paris
Provinces
Ministry of Finance
Plot to kill Shonts and Hedley leads to arrests
New York police said two striking subway guards, Oscar Wallace and John J. Sheeran, were arrested on charges of stoning an elevated train as part of a broader alleged conspiracy to kill Theodore P. Shonts of the Interborough Rapid Transit Company and Frank Hedley of the New York Railways Company. Detectives had evidence ten days earlier of planned assassinations and warned the officials, who were allowed to carry pistols. The pair were held for questioning, with outcomes not disclosed to avoid hindering the investigation.
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New York
Theodore P. Shonts
Interborough Rapid Transit Company
Frank Hedley
New York Railways Company
Shonts
Hedley
Traction
Oscar Wallace
John J. Sheeran
Hearing Postponed Over Railroad Commissioner Nomination
A hearing in Fort Worth on an injunction to block the Democratic state executive committee from certifying a candidate for railroad commissioner was postponed due to a time misunderstanding. Judge Swayne set a new hearing time and an agreed statement of facts was filed. Secretary of State John G. McKay was enjoined but not represented. committee members who backed Hurdleston stayed in the city awaiting the ruling.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Democratic State Executive Committee
Williams
Swayne
C. E. Gilmore
Wills Point
War Department seeks 800 American aviators addresses
Lieutenant Colonel George Squier, commanding officer of the aviation section, appeals through a New York magazine to obtain the addresses of about 800 American heavier-than-air fliers. The department aims to compile a nationwide aviator record and has forwarded known names to publishers to solicit responses.
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New York
George ©. Squier
Signal Corps
War Department
Colonel Squier
Much Property Burned
Rudolph W. Schimmel of Minneapolis told the Fire Underwriters Association of the Northwest in Chicago that arson costs U S property owners about 200 million dollars annually. He blamed public attitude and weak laws for making conviction of incendiaries difficult.
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Chicago
United States
Rudolph W. Schimmel
Minneapolis
Berlin Plans Price Controls On Spoiled Fats
Berlin authorities move to fix maximum prices for spoiled butter and other fats after finding large quantities fit for human use have spoiled or been sold at inflated prices beyond those for unspoiled fats. The plan follows the discovery of widespread spoilage and misuse in the fat market.
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Berlin
London
Uruguay Leader Abandons Policies to Suit People
Dr Feliciano Viera president of Uruguay says the government chief should be subservient to the will of the people. He has abandoned several policies after declaring they were not favored by Uruguayans.
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Feliciano Viera
Uruguay
Viera
South American Republic
Roumanians Deny Losses After Danube Raid
A Rome wireless dispatch says Romanian forces crossed the Danube in a raid, destroyed Bulgarian depots with army provisions, and recrossed the river with no losses. Bulgarian reports claim heavy Romanian casualties and a retreat after fierce fire from Rustchuk and Turtukai.
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London
Danube
Rome
Rustchuk
Turtukai
Babbling Brook Water Main Leak Hits Lake Forest
In Lake Forest Illinois two years ago a babbling brook appeared on property boosting value for residents. A water company leak now drains 2,000,000 gallons monthly. The manager says fixing the hole will end the brook and stop costs of 400 dollars monthly.
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Chicago
Lake Forrest
Ill
Lake Forest
Truce Proposed for Five Years to Safeguard Engineering
London October 6 Sir Charles Wakefield the lord mayor urged a five year industrial truce to secure Britain's interests during a mechanical progress era after the war. He told a Mansion House gathering that the nation and empire must protect the engineering sector as it underpins the fighting power of the alliance. Government representatives backed the proposal.
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London
Britain
Charles Wakefield
Mansion House
248 Toadstool Poisonings Reported in Germany in 1915
In Breslau on October 6, authorities report 248 cases of toadstool poisoning across Germany for 1915. The rise is linked to poor harvests and many unskilled people trying the food source. Of those poisoned, 85 died, 52 of them children.
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Germany
Breslau
Britton Forge Bulgarians to Quit Nevolyen Front
British forces report Nevolyen evacuated by Bulgarians as they press on the eastern Struma front. Serbian advances near Monastir threaten the Serbian border, while Mackensen holds ground in Dobrudja. British gains on the Somme and Loos sectors are noted with gas discharges and trench raids.
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London
Struma
Nevolyen
Monastir
Paris War Office
Mesdjidji
Kenali
Gradeshnitsa
Brussiloff
Lemberg
Petrograd
Brzezany
Volhynia
Galicia
Armenia
Nicholas
Trebizond
Karshut
Black Sea
Mackensen
Sofia
von Mackensen
Dobrudja
Danube
Rahovo
Somme
Pozieres-Bapaume
Eaucourt L’abbaye
Ancre
Loos
Armentieres
Arras
Elswhere
Verdun
Shenet
Copenhagen
Exchange Telegraph Company
Berlin
Lokal Anzeiger
Karayluca
Zubilno
Russian advances in Galicia near Brzezany south of Lemberg
Russian troops push toward Lemberg in Galicia capturing Austro German positions south of Brzezany and southeast of Lvov. The war office notes continued counter attacks as part of the campaign.
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Petrograd
London
Lemberg
War Office
Brzezany
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General Wood
Montana
Pershing
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New Jersey
Redmond
England
Batavir
von Jagow
von Capelle
von Bethmann
Funston IN
Traction Company
Purling
Britton
Russian War Office
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