Guard Units to Front as Reserve for Pershing Forces
The War Department plans to use skeletonized New England national guard regiments as a reserve in France for General Pershing. Officers would keep rank when absorbed into Pershing's depot units, while governors sought manning from Ayer cantonment but were told it would disrupt the national army.
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Union News Service
Washington
National Guard
War Department
France
Pershing
Baker
Bliss
New England
McCall
Massachusetts
Milliken
Maine
Keyes
New Hampshire
Graham
Vermont
Holcombe
Connecticut
New England National Army
Ayer
Mass
National Army
Steamer Escapes U Boat After Bitter Fight
An American steamer escaped a German submarine off a French seaport after a four hour battle in which seven crew members were wounded two seriously. An American torpedo boat paddled to the scene and saved the vessel from sinking as the sub fired a near miss just yards from the stern before the call for help arrived.
Canadian Plant Wrecked by Explosions at Vaudreuil
Tremendous blasts ripped through the Canada Explosives Company plant at Vaudreuil with multi colored flames lighting the sky. Fire sparked in a shell filling building and a heavy wind carried flames across the works. Two men were slightly injured and damage was put at 1.6 million dollars. The plant employs 1,500.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montreal
Canada Explosives Company
Vaudreuil
Hitachi Maru Believed Lost After Mine Strike
The Japanese steamship Hitachi Maru, 6556 tons gross, sailing from Yokohama to Liverpool on August 29 and last heard from at Colombo on September 24, is missing near Delagoa Bay. It is suspected she struck a mine with all aboard presumed lost. Nippon Yusen Kaisha manager Mr. Onai was among the passengers.
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Tokyo
Delagoa Bay
Portuguese East Africa
Onai
London
Nippon Yusen Kaisha
Yokohama
Liverpool
Colombo
Ceylon
Deserter shoots village marshal during arrest attempt in Prescott Wis
Private W Mozet of Company L Thirty six Infantry allegedly shot and killed Charles Garland village marshal when Garland attempted to arrest him on desertion charges in Prescott Wisconsin.
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Prescott
Wis
W. Mozet
Thirty-sixth Infantry
Charles Garland
Garland
Brazilian Ship Sunk Near Rio De Janeiro Mine Day
The Brazilian steamship Macau, once a German vessel, was torpedoed in the Bay of Biscay. Twenty four men were rescued and the captain taken prisoner.
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Rio Janeiro
Brazil
Macau
Biscay
Food Supplies of America Reviewed Fight Can Be Won From This Side
Washington. Food Administrator Hoover urges boosting U S and Canadian production to feed the Allies from the Atlantic coast. He stresses pork and wheat as critical, warning that continued exports could shift German pressure to the Atlantic seaboard and that fat production and hog numbers are vital to wartime needs. He cites an allies deficit of 196 million bushels of wheat with 677.7 million needed in imports and an overall export surplus of 770 million but says shipping limits force the burden on the U S and Canada.
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Washington
Hoover
United States
Canada
American Atlantic Seaboard
Mr. Hoover
France
Atlantic Seaboard
Labels delay goods shipments to army and dealers
Washington reports a conference between the Food Administration and label manufacturers over delays in filling orders due to missing labels. Both sides found no ground for serious delay and manufacturers will appoint a committee to cooperate with the Food Administration amid transport difficulties.
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Washington
Army
Navy
Food Administration
Zepplins Astonished by Report of American Troops
Official dispatches say German airship crews returned from a raid on England were unaware of any American expeditionary force landing in France. Prisoners claimed they knew nothing of the American troops.
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Washington
France
England
State Department
Italian Cabinet Resigns After Confidence Vote Loss
Washington report states the Italian Cabinet resigned en bloc after failing to win a confidence vote in the Socialistic House of Deputies. Officials attribute the defeat to misdistribution of coal and food supplies and the resulting suffering, tied to foreign and war policy debates.
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Washington
House of Deputies
Woman's suffrage invalid by Indiana Supreme Court ruling
In Indianapolis the Indiana Supreme Court ruled 3 to 1 that the last Legislature had no authority to confer limited suffrage on women. Chief Justice Spencer wrote the opinion with Justices Myers and Lairy concurring. Justice Harvey dissented. The only surprise was the votes of Justice Lairy and Justice Harvey.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Supreme Court
Spencer
Myers
Lairy
Justice Harvey
Harvey
Larry
Justice Larry
Shipping Board to charter 250 American ships to Italy
The Shipping Board agreed to charter about 250 commandeered American ships of 100000 dead-weight tons to Italy to relieve its shipping shortage for vital supplies. Chairman Hurley announced the action, noting Britain cannot continue to supply France and Italy due to rising British shipping needs.
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Washington
Shipping Board
Italy
Hurley
Great Britain
France
Hundreds starving in Polish and Lithuanian cities
A cablegram from the American Legation in Copenhagen reports hundreds starving to death in Warsaw and other Polish and Lithuanian cities. The Provisional Executive Committee for General Zionist Affairs said it would present the crisis to President Wilson.
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U. S
Copenhagen
Warsaw
New York
State Department
Poland
Lithuania
Provisional Executive Committee For
General Zionist Affairs
Wilgon
New York Potatoes Drop to Three Cents a Pound
The Food Aid Committee announced a large potato release in New York city. Over 300 carloads will hit the market at three cents a pound, versus four to six cents previously, enabling retailers to net about $1.50 per barrel.
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New York
Food Aid Committee
Sugar Refineries to Resume Under New Apportionment Plan
The American Refiners' Committee said it has approved a plan with an International Sugar Committee to apportion all raw sugar offered in the market. The agreement aims to reactivate many idle refineries and normalize supply.
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New York
American Refiners’ Committee
Italian Aviator Sets US Record for Multi passenger Flight
Lieutenant Sylvia Resnati arrived at the Government aviation field in a Caproni biplane carrying eight passengers after a 825 mile flight from Hampton Virginia in four hours and eleven minutes. Officials of the Aero Club of America say the flight breaks all US records for machines carrying two or more passengers. In 1916 a pilot and two passengers flew from Newport News to Sheepshead Bay New York.
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Mineola
N. Y
Sylvia Resnati
Government Aviation
Caproni
Hampton
Aero Club of America
United States
Newport News
Sheepshead Bay
New York
Fifteen Thousand Italians Captured and Plateau Loss
German forces report progress on the Isonzo front with thirty thousand Italian prisoners and three hundred guns seized. Rome admits retreat from the Bainsizza Plateau and a halt to prevent further losses as Austrian troops press along a twenty mile front near Tolmino.
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London
German War Office
Isonzo
Italy
Rome War Office
Montemaggiore
Auzza
Bainsizza
Cadorna
Fintch
Tolmino
Teutons
von Mackensen
Dunajec
World Wheat Crop Down Slightly Across Nations
The International Institute of Agriculture reports a global wheat crop 1 per cent lower than last year at 1.775 billion bushels. Rye, barley, and rice also declined, while corn rose 23.7 per cent and oats 16.4 per cent.
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Rome
Washington
International Institute of Agriculture
Department of Agriculture
Institute
Esthenians report Russian prisoners fired on at sea
Telegram from Petrograd via semi official agency says Esthenian escapees from Oesel and Moon Islands recount Germans loading Russian prisoners into boats and then firing on them as soon as boats depart, after telling prisoners they have nothing to feed them.
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Petrograd
Oesel
Moon Islands
Coal Orders To Suspend One Day
The Fuel Administration announced a one day suspension of the priority shipment plan. The entire production of Ohio, Western Pennsylvania and Michigan coal mines will be devoted to domestic needs in Ohio and Michigan. The plan will be followed in other districts with efforts to secure adequate car supply.
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Washington
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Michigan
Fuel Administration
Americans urged to conserve food in wartime
President Wilson calls all American families to join the food conservation effort. He stresses saving national supplies will help control prices and support both soldiers and civilians, urging individual service and participation in the food administration program.
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Union News Service
Washington
Wilson
United States
Food Administration
Italians retreat as Austro German push gains in Italy
Berlin official reports 100000 Italian soldiers captured and more than 700 guns as Austro German forces storm through the Alps into the plains of northern Italy. Civile and Gorizia recaptured while Italian second army units surrender or withdraw. Paris and Rome confirm the left flank breach on the Julian front and broader Italian retreat. In Atlantic waters two Navy divers Rudolph Zugeher and Carl Henry Blinn die when a barge capsizes during a storm.
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France
Teuton
London
Berlin
Italy
Civiale
Gorizia
Julian
Rome
Atlantic
United States Navy
Rudolph Zugeher
Carl Henry Blinn
Michaels
German raw material shortage worsens under Allied blockade
A French Blockade Ministry report warns that Germany cannot obtain essential raw materials, halting exports and gravely affecting revictualing of the population.
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Paris
Germany
Governor Townsend's Wife Killed in Auto Crash
Delaware Governor John G. Townsend Jr. was lightly injured in an automobile accident that killed his wife. The crash occurred in Wilmington as details emerged on the tragedy and its impact on the state leadership.
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Delaware
Wilmington
Del
John G. Townsend, Jr
Allies Plan to Aid Italy Front Cooperation
The Cabinet met to determine allied cooperation on the Italian front with President Poincare presiding.
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Italy
Paris
Poincare
Artillery Fends Off Fraternizing Russians with Germans
Russian artillery fired on units that fraternized with German forces on multiple fronts. An official statement reports scores of soldiers in Ilourist, Krevo, and near Larovo southeast of Baranovichi were dispersed. The action followed reconnoitering on various fronts.
Maid’s Water Choice Sparks Domestic Lesson
Mrs Timson counsels careful water use as Thurza mixes rain butt water with well water for a kettle. She notes well water is for drinking while rain water suffices for washing up, revealing practical housekeeping amid trials.
Old Kilmer Swamp Root Kidney Medicine Ad
An old advertisement touts Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root as a physician's prescription that cures kidney liver and bladder diseases and rheumatism. It urges readers to buy a bottle or send ten cents for a sample from Kilmer Co. at Binghamton New York.
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Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton, N. Y
Car burying stunt ends in odd roadside exchange
A distressed motorist, whose wrecked car lay on its side in a plowed field, explains to a curious passerby that he has bought a new car and is burying the old one. The man asks for tools, prompting the unusual exchange.
What He's Going to Be in War Time
A polite elderly lady expresses pride and concern about relatives serving. She notes two nieces training as Red Cross nurses and a nephew at ft Sheridan pursuing Armenian studies, reflecting wartime patriotism and hopes for the family’s future roles.
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Red Cross
Ft. Sheridan
A Good Dinner Equals a Cry for a Woman, Says Study
A witty observation notes that a good dinner can have a mood-lifting effect on men similar to a good cry for women, implying parallels in emotional relief and satisfaction. The remark highlights gendered phrases about comfort and well being.
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