Bold bandits rob express car near Bliss Oklahoma
A Santa Fe passenger train 405 was halted north of Bliss Oklahoma by six armed men. Express clerk Perry Norman was shot and killed as the safe was blown open. Bandits fled by automobile before dawn, with ranchers and deputies converging on a ravine rumored to hold the robbers.
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Perry
Bliss
Ponca
Ponca City
Norman
101
Oklahoma City
Perry Norman
Express
Long Pornee
101 Ranch
Treasury
Robbers Lose Money In Oklahoma Express Heist
Robbers failed to secure any money from the express safe on a train at Arkansas City. Express messenger Perry Norman, a Newton Kansas man, was killed after hesitating to leave his car when ordered by the bandits. No other injuries were reported.
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Muskogee, Okla
Arkansas City
Perry Norman
Newton
Kan
Norman
San Antonio Warned of Cold Snap and Frost
The San Antonio weather bureau urged residents to put up stoves and stock wood as a real cold front, tied to a tropical hurricane moving inland. A blizzardlike cold spread from the Northwest across the Rocky Mountain region, with frost possible in the Texas Panhandle by Thursday morning. Major Allen Buell advised preparations for the first real cold of the season.
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San Antonio
Alabama
Rocky Mountain District
Rocky Mountains
Dakotas
Nebraska
Kansas
Northwest
Texas Panhandle
Allen Buell
Snow and cold sweep Kansas and nearby regions
Snow general in central western and northwestern Kansas with rain in the east. Five inches reported in Colorado and indications of a wider cold wave. Freezing weather expected tonight. Snow also reported in North Dakota and South Dakota’s first heavy snowfall of the season.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Colorado
North Dakota
Aberdeen
S. D
South Dakota
Bowdle
Mobridge
Cold Wave Predicted for Dallas by Tomorrow Morning
Dallas, Oct. 19. The local weather bureau forecasts a sharp cold wave as the mercury is expected to fall to 36 or 40 degrees by tomorrow morning. At 12:15 p m the temperature stood at 49 degrees with a stiff north wind.
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Dallas
Tex
Thaw Alive in Paris Despite Front Reports
At Lieutenant William Thaw's Paris home word circulated that he is alive and well. He returned from the front tonight to attend the funeral of Sergeant Norman Prince of the Franco-American aviation corps scheduled for tomorrow. A New Haven dispatch had reported his death yesterday.
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Paris
William Thaw
Franco-American Aviation Corps
Leutenant
Norman Prince
New Haven
Thaw
Standard Oil plant in Bayonne reopens after strike violence
Bayonne, Oct 19 The Standard Oil Company reopened its Bayonne plant today and several hundred men returned to work under police guard. The workers were employees forced out when the plant closed after violence by strikers. Indications pointed to a quick settlement of the controversy.
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Bayonne
N. J
Standard Oil Company
Weather forecast for tourists across major cities
The Light reports St Louis 50 with northwest wind and cloudy Friday with 48 to 52 degrees. Chicago 52 with northeast wind and possible snow or rain. Milwaukee 50 with southeast wind and possible snow. Kansas City 44 with north wind and high 60. New York 52 with southeast wind and likely rain. Washington 0 with east wind and rain Friday, temperatures range 46 to 60.
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ST. Louis
Chicago
Milwaukee
Kansas City
New York
Washington
Bank Robbery at Centralia Leaves Five Victims Ventured
Three bandits robbed the First National Bank of Centralia Oklahoma, forcing four officials and two customers to lie down, looting about $6000 from the cash drawer and vault. They locked the six inside the vault and escaped in a waiting car with a fourth accomplice. Police pursued twelve miles before losing the trail.
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Centralia
Okla
First National Bank of Centralia
Healy Faces Possible Warrant Over Municipal Court Chief
Chicago, Oct 19. Chief of Police Healy may learn in a day or two if Chief Justice Olson will issue a warrant for criminal conspiracy and malfeasance in office. States Attorney Hoyne planned to finish the hearing on the warrant application today. Two police captains were to provide sensational testimony. The evidence was expected to substantiate charges of interference in police duties and to reveal testimony on the slot machine campaign.
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Chicago
Healy
Olson
Hoyne
Plan Gasoline Suit Plays In San Francisco
The United States government will begin a suit to dissolve an alleged oil company price fixing cartel in San Francisco under anti trust laws. United States District Attorney John W. Preston discussed the action with Will H. Perry of the federal trade commission in Seattle. Standard Oil Company of California and the Shell Company are named among expected defendants as gasoline prices rose from 12 to 19 cents in the past year.
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San Francisco
Cal
The
Chronicle Today
United States
John W. Preston
Seattle
Will H. Perry
Federal Trade Commission
Standard Oil Company of
California
Shell Company
Valuable 16th Century Mosetena Vocabulary Found at Northwestern
A manuscript of 85 folio sheets containing about 2500 Mosetena and Spanish words, written in the 1500s by Italian monk Benigno Bibotbetti, is now in Northwestern University archives. The Mose tena Indians lived in Bolivia during Pizarro’s era. The library purchased the Bolivian collection two years ago, after a New York philologist flagged the manuscripts.
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Chicago
Benigno Bibotbetti
Northwestern University
Bolivia
Pizarro
New York
Northwestern
Guardsmen Face Snow in Kansas Camp
Guardsmen of the First Infantry Regiment, Kansas National Guard, endure cold October weather at Fort Riley after returning from a border deployment. Snow begins to fall with a high northwest wind as they huddle around tent stoves seeking warmth and fuel.
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Fort Riley
Kan
Kansas National Guard
Kansas
Texas
Police aid to Amoy from Japan accepted
Japan agreed to dispatch police to Amoy to assist Chinese authorities in keeping order. Officers will stay on the premises of the Japanese consulate until their help is needed. Amoy has seen months of rebel activity and rioting.
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Amoy
Japan
Power rate deal boosts San Antonio factories under new contract
A Houston contract between Vice President W B Tuttle of the San Antonio Gas & Electric Co and International & Great Northern railroad officials fixes a reduced power rate of about half a cent per kilowatt hour for factories in South San Antonio. The plan requires a new high capacity transmission line, starts in 30 days, and expands the power radius three miles below the city. The deal, based on a demand rate, makes power cheaper for industrial use while light rates remain unchanged.
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South San Antonio
Houston
W. B. Tuttle
San Antonio Gas & Electric Company
International & Great Northern Railroad
Light
Tuttle
Palestine
Texas Light & Power Company
Mr. Tuttle
Steeaiy
Mine Explosion Entombs Miners at Barracksville Jamison Mine
An explosion in Jamison Coal No 7 at Barracksville near Fairmont, W V left the shaft damaged and entombed a number of miners. Officials later estimated no more than 20 men were inside and believed all were killed. Superintendent Bierkower led volunteers into the 300 foot shaft, but no word by 2 PM.
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Fairmont
W. Va
Jamison Coal & Coke Company
Barracksville
Bierkower
Desperate fighting on Somme front and Volhynia offensives
On the Somme front desperate fighting continued from dawn to noon as Allied attempts to pierce the Le Sars Morval line faltered under German fire. German troops pressed an offensive in Volhynia capturing Russian trenches on the Stokhod west bank, while Russian attacks near Bubnow suffered heavy losses. The Transylvanian campaign report notes Teutonic forces active near the mountain passes to Romania.
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Berlin
London
Somme
War Office
le Sars-Morval
Volhynia
Stokhod
Bubnow
Roumania
Allied War Horses Quarantined Shipment Stopped
CHICAGO Oct 19 Shipment of 4000 horses purchased by the allies was halted by a quarantine at the Calumet shipyards after 600 animals showed contagious sore mouth disease.
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Chicago
Calumet
U-Boat Raids Provoke Atlantic War Alarm
German submarines target eastern Nantucket routes threatening British grain and bacon supplies as the Krieg Zeitung reports Britain may arm all merchantmen prompting a sharper German submarine campaign. Russian observers warn the United States would see renewed submarine warfare as a possible break in diplomatic ties with Germany.
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Amsterdam
London
Volks Zeitung
Cologne
Atlantic
Nantucket Island
England
Russia
Petrograd
The
Novoe Vremya
United States
Germany
Norwegian Steamer Sunk By German Submarines
London dispatch reports the Norwegian steamship Sten sunk by a German submarine with no prior examination. Sixteen crew members were rescued and landed at Christiansand. The Swedish bark Greta Vrem was set afire by a submarine, with eighteen men landed at Friedrickshaven.
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London
Sten
Reuter
Copenhagen
Christiansand
Greta Vrem
Friedrickshaven
Villa Outlaws Quarrel Among Bandit Leaders
Deserters from Villa's forces report dissension in the bandit ranks at Chihuahua City. They say Villa quarreled with Salazar, and Salazar and Uribe drew revolvers in a dispute. Deserters claim they were forced into service under threat of death. Colonel Cardona takes command at Santa Ysabel as supplies head for a campaign against Villa.
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Chihuahua City
Mex
Villa
Salazar
Uribe
Cardona
Ramors
Cusihuiriachic
Santa
Cunard Liner Alaunia Sunk By Mine In English Channel
The Cunard liner Alaunia was sunk by a mine between Falmouth and London in the English Channel. She sailed October 7 with passengers, all of whom likely landed at Falmouth. Captain Benison and some crew were saved, with others missing. The ship was en route to London when the mine struck this morning.
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New York
Cunard
Alaunia
English Channel
Falmouth
London
Cunard Line
Benison
British Steamer Kennett Sinks and Ships Reported Lost
Dispatches from Washington report the British steamer Kennett sunk by a German submarine and the captain's body recovered. The Norwegian ship Damia is also said sunk, and the Swedish steamer Norma reported disabled south of Drogden Light vessel as a German net trap ensnares her propeller.
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Kennett
Washington, D. C
State Department
Damia
Norma
Drogden
Delegates Sail to Urge Sale of Indies to U S
Delegates from the Danish West Indies sail from San Juan Porto Rico to New York to press the sale of the islands to the United States, after a week's delay in port.
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San Juan
Porto Rico
Danish West Indies
Copenhagen
United States
New York
Yale Registration Increasing
New Haven Conn Oct 19 Yale announces total student registration at 3305 up from 3260 last year. Increases are noted in law medicine religion and fine arts faculties and officers total 609 with Yale College numbering 1509 and Sheffield Scientific School 993.
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Yale
New Haven
Conn
Yale College
Sheffield Scientific School
War Will Last Another Year Says British Front Leaders
The British front reports a consensus that the war will endure at least another year. German prisoners echo the view with notes on attrition and a final western front decision. Officials say the spring offensive aims to crush Romanian defenses and sustain long resistance.
Adaire's Horse El Paso Thoroughbred Mare
The saddle mare of Lieutenant Henry Adair of the Tenth Cavalry, killed at Carrizal, Chihuahua, on June 21, has been located in Juarez and delivered to U S army officers. Captured by a Mexican soldier earlier, the horse had ridden with Carranza forces and is now to be sent to Adair's Portland relatives.
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EL Pasor
Tex
Henry Adair
Tenth
United States Cavalry
Carrizal
Chihuahua
Juarez
United States Army
Carranza Cavalry
Gonzales
Bell
Peacreees Adair
Portland
Stanford Peace Leader Plans Europe Tour Next Spring
David Starr Jordan chancellor of Stanford University and peace advocate announces a trans continental peace speaking tour. He will carry his peace campaign to the battlefields of Europe in the early spring, outlining plans for a continental tour starting next spring.
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Stanford University,al
David Starr Jordan
Stanford University
Europe
Dr. Jordan
Germans Concede Bremen 1 Lost After Sea Voyage
Washington Oct 19 German officials conceded the loss of the submarine merchantman Bremen. Diplomats in position to know its movements stated the ship was one month overdue and they had no information on its fate. They only know it left Bremerhaven for America and should have reached an American port by mid last month. no accurate news is expected before the war ends.
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Washington, D. C
Bremen
Teutonic
Berlin
America
Breherhaven
Submarine officer honored by Kaiser
Berlin dispatch reports Lieutenant-Commander Arnauld de la Perriere of the U-35 receiving the Pour le Merite. He is credited with sinking 126 vessels totaling 270000 tons, including a French and an English cruiser, and transporting eleven armed merchantmen. The U-35’s Mediterranean actions included carrier transports and munition ships.
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Berlin
London
Pouru le Marie
Arnauld de la Perriere
Mediterranean
Cartagena
Spain
ASK COMMISSION TO SUSPEND RATES IN TEXAS SHIPMENTS
Texas shipping interests petitioned the Interstate Commerce Commission to suspend new Texas railroad rate increases set to take effect November 1. Shippers claim the proposed intra state hikes are discriminatory and unjust, affecting nearly all commodities. Attorney General B F Looney led state arguments, with Fort Worth Houston San Antonio Galveston and Waco chambers aided by tariff experts and the Texas Shippers Protective League represented by H H Cowan of Fort Worth.
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Washington, D. C
Texas
Interstate Commerce Commission
Shreveport
B. F. Looney
Chambers of Commerce of
Fort Worth
Houston
San Antonio
Galveston
Waco
Texas Shippers’ Protective League
8. H. Cowan
Deportation of Belgians Widens in Occupied Belgium
The Telegraaf reports Germans extend forced labor beyond Ghent to other Belgian areas. Von Sauderweig says able workers may be drafted even outside their villages to receive relief or respond to emergencies. Refusal to work could lead to three years imprisonment or a 10,000 mark fine.
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Amsterdam
London
Telegraaf
Ghent
Belgium
von Sauderweig
Fire destroys Virginia Smelting plant in Norfolk West Norfolk
Fire early today gutted the sintering plant conveyors bins and over half the chloriding buildings of the Virginia Smelting Company at West Norfolk Virginia. Loss figure not announced. Cause suspected defective wiring. fire briefly threatened the entire plant.
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Norfolk
Virginia Smelting Company
West Norfolk
Fred Wilson Dies After Football Injury in Minneapolis
Fred Wilson aged 26 died in Minneapolis after being kicked on the head during a football game a few days earlier and failing to regain consciousness.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Fred Wilson
Roumanians Push Back Invaders On Front
Roumanian troops reportedly drive Austro German forces back on the Transylvanian frontier with gains at Praedel and Brande tile. In the Trotus valley they claim 600 prisoners and twelve cannon, while another detachment from Goioasa takes 300 prisoners and several machine guns.
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Bucharest
Roumania
London
Transylvania
Praedel
Brandetile
Trotus
Goioasa
Trogtus
French Arrest Greeks in Athens Amid Tense Greece
French marines arrested fifteen demonstrators in Athens after a bayonet charge as Greek troops watched. The Greek cabinet protested while the British minister to Greece met King Constantine to discuss suspicions of Greece attacking forces under General Sarrail. Entente reports also note Serbian gains in the Cerna river area near Monastir and ongoing pressure on Peronne on the Somme.
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London
Athens
Exchange Telegraph Company
Greece
Constantine
Reuter
Sarrail
Larissa
Paris
Cerna
Monastir
Brod
Sofia
Vardar
Uskup
Peronne
Somme
Biaches
la Maisonette
Paris War Office
French Landing Marines in Athens Tense clashes arise
A detachment of French marines landed in Athens, demanding use of Parliament and University buildings as barracks. A marine patrol arrested seven youths, prompting a riot. Greek troops dispersed the crowd. Greek patrols were deployed to curb anti entente manifestations as tensions mount between Greece and the entente powers.
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Athens
London
Mount
Constantine
Comemand
Greece
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Lokal Anzeiger
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