Train wreck in tunnel leaves Brooklyn with many dead
Ninety bodies were recovered after an interurban train derailed in a Brooklyn tunnel during the evening rush. Officials pressed a homicide inquiry as investigators questioned motorman Lewis and workers removed mangled corpses. Dozens were injured as rescue crews used stretchers and ambulances.
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Or York
Ton Beach
Brooklyn
Yee
T. Ss. Williams
Brook Rapid Transit Co
Harry J. Lewis
Lewis
Vic
Ebbets Baseball Field
Hylan
Enright
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Loss of Galiano Steamer in Pacific Disaster
Ottawa reports the entire crew of the naval patrol steamer Galiano perished when the vessel foundered off the Queen Charlotte Islands on October 30. The Galliano carried 60 men.
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Ottawa
Naval Service Department
Queen Charlotte Islands
179 Victims of Sophia Found
Juneau reports 179 bodies recovered from the Princea Sophia wreck in Lynn Canal with 21 still unidentified. Officials fear many of the 336 crew may never be recovered as search efforts continue. Thousands of ducks near the wreck are dying from crude oil on their wings.
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Juneau
Princeas Sophia
Lynn Canal
Count Andrassy Quits Office as Austria Minister
Zurich reports Count Jules Andrassy the Austro Hungarian foreign minister has resigned. Socialists seized the Austrian government with Adler named foreign minister. Emperor Karl urged ministers to offer no resistance as the old regime collapses, resignations expected.
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Zurich
Jules Andrassy
Adler
Karl
Vienna
Italy and Austria Delegates Arrive in Switzerland
Austrian and Italian delegates reach Geneva for armistice talks. Vienna dispatches report Czechoslovak and Yugoslav delegates met to discuss terms they would offer Austria. Czech foreign minister Benes with a joint delegation heads to Paris to present conclusions at the inter allied conference. Serbian Premier Pasitch may join later talks.
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Geneva
Switzerland
Vienna
Czacho-Slovak
Jugoslav
M. Beney
Paria
Pasitch
McAdoo Won’t Cut Off Smoking Cars
Chicago November 2 1918 William G McAdoo who runs smoking cars says they will not be taken off American controlled railroads He believes influenza can be contracted in a parlor car as quickly as in a smoker He is a friend of the smoking car noting passengers wish for comfort Suburban and L train smokers were discarded during the influenza epidemic
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Chicago
Wm. G. McAdoo
Allied Instructors Leave Camp Lewis
Practically all members of the French and British military missions stationed at Camp Lewis for two months depart today for Washington for further assignments. Maj. Dorien Smith, senior officer, is to six weeks at Camp Kearny California to instruct officers.
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Camp Lewis
Washington
Maj
Dorrien Smith
Camp Kearny
Cal
Urge Families to Worship on Sunday
Congregational churches call on family heads to hold home worship on Sundays while churches stay closed through the flu ban. A program of prayers and hymns has been prepared and shared with Congregational families. The father should conduct the service as urged by pastors.
Porters and salesman charged over opium case in Seattle
Two Great Northern train porters, Alexander Thomas and Will Holmes, along with traveling salesman Guy Beckham, are bound over to the grand jury on $4,500 bail after being charged with violating the Harrison drug act by attempting to ship $3,000 worth of opium quinine and cocaine into Seattle. A dentist and chaplain ratio is noted for soldiers.
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Seattle
Great Northern
Guy Beckham
Grand Jury
Alexander Thomas
Will Holmes
Seattle fights influenza as city tightens rules and plans
Public health officials report 469 new influenza cases on Friday with 14 deaths and further fatalities that day. Seattle imposes funeral restrictions, bans nonmedical shops downtown, and wages a stay at home effort while officials praise McBride and announce essential war work exemptions.
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Bille
Public Health Service
Washington, D. C
Hilue
Health Department
McBride
Hanson
Ole Hanson
Thomas Mulquepny
Columbia St
Seattle General Hospital
Stephen Knapp
46Th Ave
P. Sthino
KR F. D. No
Providence Hospital
Johnson
Old Court
House
Marie Johnson
29Th Ave
Henry G. Brice
48Th St
Minnie Tucker
20Th Ave
Elsie Nehamer
14Th Ave
EB. Waynes Lester
Flora Sampson
Wilbur Truva
11Th Ave
Christians Hold Easter Service at Jerusalem Tomb
Greeks Armenians and Copts gathered around Christ's tomb in Jerusalem and observed a holy fire on Oriental Kastér. The annual celebration was held without soldiers for the first time, under the British military governor who had previously supplied armed guards.
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Jerusalem
Oriental Kastér
U S Controls News Print Paper After December 1
The war industries board will control the national news print paper supply after December 1 and will allocate it to publishers, said M Baruch, board chairman.
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Washington
War Industries Board
War Debt Tops Twenty Trillion as October Expenditures Grow
The United States national debt up to date stands at 20,543,741,000 dollars. October spending reached 1,647,821,000 dollars, rising by 9,400,109 over September as war costs accumulate.
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Washington
America
Czechs Fly U S Flag Over Prague in Demonstration
Rioters in Budapest faced machine guns and bayonets as two days of street clashes ended. The Czechs’ national council seized Prague administration while the South Slav council took over Budapest military authority. In Prague a crowd replaced the Austrian flag with the Serbian colors and the American flag as they cried Long live Wilson.
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Washington
Budapest
State Department
France Secures $200 Million Loan From U S
France was granted a loan of 200 million dollars by the United States yesterday. America's loan to France now totals 2.365 billion dollars, with allied loans reaching 7.733 billion dollars.
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America
France
Canadians Gain Control of Valenciennes in Fast Allied Advance
Canadian forces broke through to encircle Valenciennes amid heavy bombardment. The Ebanelle River area was littered with German dead as Allied units including Ohio and Pacific coast troops pressed from Nellekennshner toward Audenarde. Civilians sheltered in houses as Germans burned facilities during their retreat.
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Ebanelle
Ohio
Pacific Coast
Audenarde
Nellekeneshner
Jampelwhoek
Spitaalsbosachen Wood
Lys
Scheldt
Audenirde
Deynze
Maj
Garrison
Lodi
Cal
Austrian War Office Reports Venetia Evacuation Progress
Vienna via London—Nov. 2. The evacuation of Venetia is continuing. On the southeastern front the army reports reaching the north bank of the Danube.
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Vienna
London
Venetia
Front
Austrian War Office
Balkans
Danube
British and Canadians capture Valenciennes area
British and Canadian troops, advancing south of Valenciennes, seize Aulnay and Marenches and reach the southern outskirts of Valenciennes. About 2,000 to 3,000 prisoners are taken, with October totals of 49,000 prisoners and 925 guns, plus thousands of machine guns mortars and other war materiel.
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Valenciennes
Aulnay
Marenches
Marshal Haig
France
Urge Cleanup to Help Prevent Fire
Gov Ernest Lister and state leaders urge fire prevention across Seattle and state communities. Citizens are asked to clear trash from homes, lots, attics, cellars, and vacant properties on Fire Prevention Day November 2. Officials warn two thirds of fire losses are avoidable with care and common sense.
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Ernest Lister
Wilwon
United States
Ole Hanson
Bringhurst
Seattle
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