War Traitors Seen Against Liberty at Chicago Rally
Elihu Root defined treason to America amid a National Security League rally in Chicago. Samuel Gompers pledged to fight until world terrorism is overthrown and urged no mercy for antiwar voices. Gompers said many speakers and writers opposing the war serve Germany and threaten US safety.
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Western Union
News Service
Chicago
America
Elihu Root
Yabor
Samuel Gompers
National Security League
Germany
United States
Bill
Grant
Lee
Gompers
Uruguayan Marines Seize German Ships in Montevideo Harbor
Uruguayan marines boarded eight interned German steamers in Montevideo after plans to sink them were learned. Crews were brought ashore as authorities took control, with demonstrations against Germany continuing and the Bahia crew resisting before arrest. Ships named include Weinga nd, Salatis, Thuringia, Porzburg, Mera, Sylvia, Polynesia and Bahia.
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Montevideo
Uruguay
Germany
Weingaand
Salatis
Thuringia
Porzburg
Mera
Sylvia
Polynesia
Bahia
Lead-Capped Nails Shipment Held By Customs
A Brooklyn pier incident led to customs halting a New York consignment of 300 cases of wire nails bound for Sweden after one case was damaged by a truck. The nails were found to be covered with lead caps sufficient for rifle bullets and the shipping license oddly listed only nails, not lead.
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New York
Sweden
Brooklyn
Onion Growers Call for One Cent Onion Price This Winter
In Toledo Ohio the National Onion Growers Association urged dry onions not to exceed one cent per pound this winter while noting the harvest will be the heaviest in U S history. Shipping car shortages push prices to 2 to 3 cents, far below last winter's record 13 cents wholesale.
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Toledo
National
Onion Growers’ Association
State of Siege Declared in Portugal and Madrid
A telegram from Lisbon reports Portugal in a state of siege after a general strike. Lisbon closes all establishments and several people including soldiers are wounded by bomb explosions.
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Portugal
Madrid
Lisbon
Troop Train Fired Upon Near Mingo Junction
Four soldiers were wounded when a troop train on the Pennsylvania railroad was fired upon at Mingo Junction Ohio. The train continued to Pittsburgh with the wounded on board while railroad officials withheld troop identity and destination details due to military regulations. The attack occurred as the train moved at speed through the station.
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Steubenville
Pennsylvania Railroad
Mingo Junction
Pittsburg
Martial law in Russia as Kerensky claims control
Petrograd reports all Russia under martial law with Kerensky naming himself Commander in Chief. Rebel forces led by Korniloff mass near the capital while loyalists hold, amid food shortages and conflicting strategic reports. A decree names Korniloff Denikine Lokomsky Markoff and Kisliakoff as rebels in the southwest and associated officials.
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Courts of Justice
Korniloff
Denikine
Lokomsky
Markoff
Southwestern Front
M. Kisliakoff
Liberty motor deemed greatest war achievement
Washington announced the Liberty airplane engine passed a naval test and is hailed as a complete and gratifying success. Secretary Baker credited American industry with uniting top minds and secrets to produce the motor intended to propel thousands of U S airplanes over Germany, calling it possibly the war’s greatest single achievement.
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Washington
United States
France
Baker
Germany
America to Aid Russia with Transport Repairs
The American government will provide immediate help to Russia by sending locomotives and cars to Vladivostok carried aboard Japanese ships. American railway inspectors will work along the trans Siberian railway to restore movement of freight blocked by Russia's transportation breakdown.
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Washington
Russia
Vladivostok
Pacific
trans-Siberian
Trying To Settle Miners Strike In Kentucky And Tennessee
Negotiations between striking coal miners and operators in Kentucky and Tennessee failed. United Mine Workers officials announced plans to continue the fight. An estimated 12 000 to 17 000 miners have been idle for weeks seeking an 8 hour day higher wages and union recognition.
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Washington
Kentucky
Tennessee
United Mine Workers of America
Enlarged war bill totals seven billion in appropriations
Washington reports showing first year war costs exceed three years of Allies. House Appropriations Chair Fitzgerald opens debate on a revised urgent deficits bill totaling 7,755,526,000 with 3,775,979,370 in appropriations and 1,839,475,000 in contracts. Additional estimates push total near 7.76 billion.
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Washington
United States
Fitzgerald
House Appropriation Committee
Congress
Wheat not to be seized by government say Hoover
Washington reports that the government is considering seizing wheat on farms to keep flour mills running but Hoover denies the plan He says mills are working full time though some are hampered by grain shortages Farmers in some regions are busy planting and have not delivered wheat to markets
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Washington
Herbert Hoover
Hoover
Deported men arrested near Douglas Arizona
Thirty three men from the Columbus New Mexico camp of deportees arrived in Douglas en route to Bisbee on Sheriff Wheeler’s request. Deputy Sheriff detained them, bringing the known total of arrests to seventy eight.
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Douglas
Ariz
Columbus
N. M
Bisbee
Wheeler
Collision of Airplanes Kills Two at North Island
San Diego Calif. two student aviators Edward M Walsh Jr and Theodore B Lyman died when their planes collided about 500 feet above the ground over North Island Military Aviation School. Both were Californians.
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San Diego
Cal
Edward M. Walsh, Jr
Theodore B. Lyman
North Island Military Aviation School
Malady Closes Schools in Colton Near Watertown
Eleven cases of infantile paralysis diagnosed in Colton cause school closures and bans on church attendance. No deaths reported. Public health officials urge precautions as the outbreak is contained locally.
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Watertown
N. Y
Colton
Anti German Disorders Rampage Through Buenos Aires
In downtown Buenos Aires thousands join anti German demonstrations. Fires break out across Calle 25 de Mayo destroying German business blocks and the German Club. Police and fire crews battle blazes as crowds attack officers while authorities guard Count Luxburg amid heightened security.
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Buenos Aires
Calle 25 de Mayo
la Union
Count Luxburg
Pass War Risk Insurance Approved by House
The war risk insurance bill with a 176 million dollar appropriation to cover soldiers families injuries and comprehensive protection passed the House. Only five of 324 members were recorded present as no votes while Adamson Rayburn and Madden led a stormy clash over rules and amendments.
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Washington
House
Platt
New York
Hersey
Maine
Adamson
Rayburn
Madden
Ilinois
Senate
Sweden Used as Ally to Germany Warned by State Dept
The State Department exposed a Swedish diplomat in Mexico City aiding Germany and sharing messages via Berlin. Through March 1916 he supplied extensive services, and German Minister von Eckhardt recommended the Kaiser grant Folke Cronholm an imperial decoration, to be kept secret until after the war.
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Washington
Argentina
Germany
State Department
Mexico
Mexico City
Berlin
Herr von Eckhardt
Herr Folke Cronholm
Bandits Defeat Carranza Column Near Villa Garcia
Reports say a band of raiders defeated about 100 Carranza soldiers acting as a train escort near Villa Garcia. Only a few hundred troops reportedly escaped after the encounter.
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Laredo
Tex
Carranza
Villa Garcia
To Buy Wooden Huts in France Order Placed
American military authorities in France have placed through the Swiss Contracting Association an order for 1,000,000 francs worth of wooden huts to house troops.
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Berne
France
Kerensky Declares Russia a Republic Amid Crisis
Premier Kerensky proclaims Russia a republic in a formal announcement hailed as triumph over a plot to incite strife. The government approves drastic measures targeting property owners to stabilize the nation.
Kerensky Proclaims Russian Republic After Korniloff Rebellion
Petrograd reports Premier Kerensky declares a republican government to end external indefiniteness of state organization. He notes Korniloff's rebellion was quelled and cites Moscow State Conference approval of republican ideas as support for proclaiming the Russian republic. Signed by Kerensky and Justice Minister Yaroudni.
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Moscow
Russia Proclaims Republic Amid Civil War Fears
Premier Kerensky clarifies title as Minister and President while Korniloff’s coup is quelled. Five ministers hold state affairs as cabinet forms and elections to the constituent assembly are postponed to November 12 with convening set for November 28. Petrograd Soldiers and Workers Deputies pass Maximalist resolutions calling for radical reforms and end to private property.
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Union News Service
Petrograd
Russia
Kerensky
Moscow
Korniloff
M. Kerensky
M. Terestchenko
Verkhovsky
Verdervski
M. Nikitin
Posts and Telegraphs
Nineteen Cities Chosen for Reconstruction Hospitals
Surgeon General Gorgas selected sites in Boston New York Philadelphia Baltimore Washington Buffalo Cincinnati Chicago St Paul Seattle San Francisco Los Angeles Denver Kansas City St Louis Memphis Richmond Atlanta New Orleans for reconstruction hospitals. The facilities will serve wounded soldiers returning to the firing line or to civilian roles, with Boston New York Washington and Chicago hospitals planned at 500 beds each and expandable to 1000.
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Washington
Gorgas
Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Buffalo
Cincinnati
Chicago
St. Paul
Seattle
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Denver
Kansas City
St. Louis
Memphis
Richmond
Atlanta
New Orleans
Woman Killed as Car Crash Injures Six in Chicago
A woman died and her husband two children her sister and another man were injured in a collision described as a crash between two automobiles. The vehicle carrying the victim and family was thrown against a tree and overturned. The other car crossed the street and hit the curbstone.
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Chicago
Ship Ashore Off Virginia Beach Reported Near Norfolk
An unidentified vessel is ashore near Virginia Beach with a rescue ship on standby. Searchlights sweep the wreck as a heavy gale pounds the coast.
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Virginia Beach
Norfolk
Germans Escape From Fort Oglethorpe Prison Camp
Three interned German sailors escaped during a violent hailstorm at the Ft. Oglethorpe Prison Camp in Chattanooga Tennessee. The fugitives are Gustav Hartwig who had escaped weeks earlier and was recaptured at Trenton Georgia, along with Paul Niemann and Carl Hentchell.
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Chattanooga, Tenn
Ft. Oglethorpe
Gustav Hartwig
Trenton
Paul Niemann
Carl Hentchell
Foreign priests barred from Mexico under new constitution
Mexico City reports that a clause in the new Mexican constitution requires foreign priests to either renounce their vocation or depart the country, forcing a mass exodus or conversion to lay status.
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Mexico City
Mexico
Soldier letters change as censor duties shrink
A Canadian major notes a new trench letter style with reduced censorship. Soldiers now write with more humor and realism, acknowledging home readers cannot grasp life at the front. One man says weekly letters are hard, fearing home worries add to pacifist and political grumbles. If your eyes smart or feel scalded, Roman Eye Balsam applied at night relieves them.
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Harry Light
Plebeian Actress Seeks Rest with Police Uncle in Village
A young London actress from modest origins asks her policeman uncle in a country village for a stay to recuperate. Her note ends with Please send a P C to say if I may come. A landlady reports a policeman arriving and the officer, revealing he is the one asked, offers room only if she helps feed the pig and clean the cells.
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London
P. C
Bernard’s Dinner Etiquette Sparks Gentle Lesson
At a dinner party Bernard refuses a child’s wish to play with his toys. A mother corrects him and urges good manners. Bernard concedes with a witty remark that he is a gentleman but the girl must be a lady.
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Bernard
Mother
Measles Delayed Burglar Report on Jenkins Street
Two burglars exchange boasts after a break in on Jenkins Street. One claims to have fled with loot but only learns of it a week later and mentions contracting measles.
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Jenkins Street
There is no place like home when a man is broke
A concise hometown note reflects on hardship and the pull of home for a man facing financial strain. It hints at personal resilience and the comfort of familiar surroundings amid economic difficulty.
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