Plotters Nabbed by Federal Agents in War Conspiracy Sweep
A nationwide indictment charges 166 Industrial Workers of the World leaders with conspiring to hinder the government during the war. William D. Haywood, IWW secretary, among the first taken into custody after city raids. Federal prosecutors say cases fall under criminal code and espionage acts.
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Union News Service
Chicago
United States District Court
Industrial Workers of the World
Federal
Marshal’s
Department of Justice
William D. Haywood
National Organization of the {. W. W
United States
Hurricane sweeps Isle of Pines with many perishing
The West Indian hurricane struck the Isle of Pines causing sunk steamer losses, razed houses, and crop damage. Batabano reports may be many dead though no definite casualty figures arrived. Elsewhere along the gulf coast from Mississippi to Florida winds reached 100 mph but life losses were limited and communications returned.
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Havana
Isle of Pines
Batabano
Governor Seizes Coal to Meet Dayton Shortage
Gov James M Cox and state officials secure a modified Great Lakes shipment order from the Federal Fuel Administrator Garfield. The move allows commandeering coal to aid Dayton and directs use of available coal to households hospitals and schools facing shortages.
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Columbus
James M. Cox
Great Lakes
Washington
Harry A. Garfield
Cox
Garfield
Dayton
Japanese Sink U-Boat Off Spanish Coast
Tokyo dispatch reports Japanese destroyers engaged U boats off the coast of Spain and sent one to the bottom in a naval action. Vancouver’s Canadian News notes the Tokyo report and cites the Tokyo cable.
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Vancouver
B. C
The
Canadian News
Tokyo
Spain
Japan May Get Steel Export License Consideration
Washington. Vance McCormick chairman of the Export Administrative Board reviewed Japan’s request for a license to export steel plates. The decision process remains under study with potential regulatory implications.
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Japan
Washington
Vance McCormick
Export Administrative Board
Agreement Reached on Big War Tax Bill
Congress conferees finalize a war tax bill enlarging federal revenue to about 2.7 billion dollars plus 1.333 billion from existing law. The measure, described as the largest in U.S. history, moves toward printer and final passage with added taxes between 250 and 300 million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
House
Heflin Targets Slush Fund Probe Names Five Lawmakers
In Washington Representative Thos Heflin charged a von Bernstorff slush fund scandal touching Congress naming five lawmakers including Senator La Follette and Representatives Britten Mason Norton Baer. He urged a full congressional investigation as Norton and Fordney push resolutions to probe the fund and its ties to pro German activities.
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Washington
Thos, Heflin
Alabama
von Bernstorff
House of Representatives
la Follette
Wisconsin
Fred A. Britten
Chicago
William B. Mason
Patrick PD. Norton
North Dakota
John M. Baer
Heflin
House Rules Committee
Norton
Fordney
Michigan
von Bernstorff Fund
Congress
American Wins Medal for Verdun Rescue
Raymond R. Croke of Denver California attached to the American Ambulance Service receives the French war cross for rescuing wounded under heavy fire during the Verdun offensive.
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Paris
Raymond R. Croke
Denver
Cal
Verdun
Congress Readies Adjournment Amid Senate Pressure
Washington reports renewed agitation for adjournment as Senators discuss possible dates. Some leaders expect October 6 as feasible, with a broader belief Congress could depart by October 12.
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Congress
Washington
Uncle Sam 10 Take Over Merchantmen
The Shipping Board says every American merchant vessel above 2500 tons will be requisitioned by Oct 15 for ocean service. Most ships will return to private operation unless needed for government use. Rates set per dead weight ton will affect freight costs. chartering led by Welding Ring of New York. Passenger liners categorized into Class A and B by passenger capacity and speed.
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Washington
Shipping Board
Army
Navy
United States
Chartering Commission
Welding Ring
New York
Kaiser Has New Proposal On Belgium Evacuation
A German official note released via Berne through wireless press states Germany may evacuate Belgium under conditions that allow free economic development, notably in Antwerp. The proposal responds to Pope Benedict XV’s peace initiative, delivered as a verbal communication by Foreign Secretary Kuhlmann to the Papal Nuncio in Munich.
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London
Germany
Belgium
Berne
Antwerp
Vatican
Benedict
Kuehlmann
Munich
Navy Yard Men To Return From Strike
Norfolk Navy Yard workers begin returning to duty after 3,700 employees voted to resume work following a telephone agreement with Navy Department officials to enter arbitration.
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Navy Yard
Norfolk
Norfolk Navy Yard
Navy Department
Seven Die in German Raids Across London Districts
Official reports confirm seven people killed and 26 injured in multiple London districts during two German air raids.
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London
Argentina votes to break with Germany amid fury and calls for war
In Buenos Aires the Senate backs a break with Germany and the House approves the move. President Irigoyen, a pacifist by doctrine, faces a nation demanding vengeance and war, while a small “willful group” gains little influence. Senate 23 to 1. House 53 to 18.
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Buenos Aires
House of Representatives
Senate
Germany
Senor Irigoyen
House
U S Will Control Trade by 1919 Overseas Tonnage Goal
United States aims to command about one third of world overseas merchant tonnage by 1919. The Shipping Board and Emergency Fleet Corporation plan 14,501,344 dead weight tons with 458 ships in foreign trade, 2,871,359 tons, 117 seized ships, 700,285 tons, 400 steel ships, 2,800,000 tons, 636 ships contracted for 3,129,700 tons, and 5,000,000 tons in new tonnage requested from Congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
United States Shipping Board and
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Shipping Board
Congress
Communication Is Severed in Buenos Aires Telegraph Link
New York reports Buenos Aires, capital of Argentina, was cut off from telegraphic communication with the outside world. The interruption was confirmed by a flash from the Valparaiso manager of the Commercial and South American Telegraph Company. No cause was stated for the disruption.
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New York
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Commercial and South American Telegraph Company
Valparaiso
United States
Nations seek mutual Canada US draft residency pact
Ottawa reports that Canada and the United States are negotiating an agreement to stop men from avoiding compulsory military service by living across the border. The plan mirrors a similar arrangement recently adopted by allied European nations.
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Ottawa
Ont
Canada
United States
Europe
Weather Bureau Warns West Indian Hurricane Approaches Gulf Coast
The Weather Bureau reports that the Jamaica hurricane, which caused great property damage, moved into the Gulf of Mexico via eastern Cuba and is moving north-northwest toward the American gulf coast. Hurricane warnings issued from Mobile Alabama to Apalachicola Florida, with storm advisories along the Florida gulf coast to Key West.
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Weather Bureau
Washington
Jamaica
Gulf of Mexico
Cuba
American Gulf Coast
Gulf Coast
Mobile
Ala
Apalachicola
Fla
Gulf
Florida
Key West
Price of Coal Set to Dealers
Federal Fuel Administrator H A Garfield issues a order under presidential authority to cap dealer margins at retail coal sales. The price of Pennsylvania anthracite pea coal at the mine falls 60 cents per ton and margins may not exceed the 1917 July level. The rule applies immediately to Trans Mississippi and Southern coal fields.
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Pennsylvania
Union News Service
Washington
H. A. Garfield
Miners Clash Ends in Double Fatalities Near Ages Creek
Louisville miners Grant and Luther Shipman were killed in a gun battle with a sheriff's posse led by Judge John A. Ward while warrants were served after a grand jury indictment. Over 80 shots exchanged. the second Shipman brother died at Harlan hospital. Two more arrests linked to the Wilson-Berger ambush.
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Louisville
Grant
Luther Shipman
Ages Creek
John A. Ward
Shipman
Prother
Harlan Hospital
Wilson-Berger
Belgium Mills Stripped Kept From Warfront
Official dispatches confirm reports that German forces are stripping Belgian and Northern French textile mills pulling machinery to Germany. Reports cite Roubaix Tourcoing and near Courtrai with orders requiring mills to supply inventories. Speculation suggests possible evacuation of a large Belgium sector as mills face destruction or removal.
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Belgium
Washington
France
Germany
Roubaix
Tourcoing
Courtrai
Flanders
Open letter calls governors to curb antiwar senators
The American Defense Society Executive Committee urges governors to remove senators Stone Reed La Follette Gore Gronna Vardaman and Hardwick, accusing their seditious remarks and votes of aiding Germany. The letter asks governors to rally public sentiment by appealing to families of frontline servicemen.
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New York
American Defense Society
United States
Germany
Stone
Reed
la Follette
Gore
Gronna
Vardaman
Hardwick
Thrilling Reports of Naval Actions Against U Boats
London reports new official naval action details against German submarines. A torpedo gunboat spotted a periscope 600 yards away and maneuvered to pass over the submerged submarine after the periscope moved 60 yards. The statements emphasize how the U-boat menace is being met.
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London
Admiralty
Italians Capture High Ground in Isonzo Sector
Italian War Office reports a powerful drive south of Podlaca and southeast of Madoni in the Isonzo sector. The operation yielded 1,409 prisoners and pushed positions toward the southeastern edge of the Bainsizza Plateau.
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London
Podlaca
Madoni
Isonzo
Italian War Office
Bainsizza
Leaders of J. W. W. Held on Federal Bail in I W W Case
Chicago authorities hold William D. Haywood and other I W W leaders on federal indictment. Bail for Haywood is set as high as 26000 dollars.
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Chicago
William D. Haywood
Industrial Workers of the World
Haywood
Price of Turkey Going Up in Columbus Market
The turkey price rise reaches 56 or 60 cents per pound, a record high in Columbus. With young chickens at 40 cents a pound, the elevated market level is unsurprising.
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Columbus
With the Fingers Says Corns Lift Out Without Pain
An advertisement claims corns and calluses can be lifted with the fingers using a few drops of freezone. A Cincinnati authority says the new compound dries instantly, avoids irritation, and leaves no soreness or infection risk. A druggist can obtain freezone from wholesale houses.
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Cincinnati
Trimming Costs Stir Playful Gibe Over Hat Price
In a witty exchange, Halefeller laments a $30 hat trim while Mrs. Hal Rockefeller counters that men pay more for trims in a poker game, highlighting social satire and banter about fashion and gambling.
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Halefeller
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Ad Claim
An old advertisement promises $100 for an incurable catarrh case. It describes Hall’s Catarrh Medicine as a taken internally remedy working through the blood on mucous surfaces. The copy notes forty years of sale and offers testimonials free, listing F. J. Cheney & Co. of Toledo, Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
Hal
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Prisoner Demands German Officer’s Sword Alternate Armament
In a wartime exchange, Tommy Atkins takes a German officer prisoner and asks for a sword. The officer declines saying he has no sword and offers instead his vitriol spray flame projector or gas cylinder as substitutes.
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Tommy Atkins
Unaccountable Declines and Abhors You Exchange
The excerpt shows a dialog where one speaker declares his refusal and strong disapproval, while another character, J Fuller Gloom, questions any loan involvement, noting he does not recall lending money. The passage emphasizes confusion and relational tension.
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J. Fuller
The Joy of Misery in Witty Exchange
Brief quips explore misery and company with sharp dialogue about shared woes and larger troubles. The exchange highlights humor in adversity and the social pull of sympathetic listeners.
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