Garrison Plan Seeks 665000 U.S. Military Force Next Year
The administration outlines a defense program for Congress with $400 million in annual army navy spending. It would expand the regular army to 140000, create a continental army of 400000, and add 125000 militia for a total force of 665000 in time of need.
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Union News Service
Washington
Congress
Navy
Garrison
War Department
Continental Army
United States
Villa Lieutenant Drowned in Juarez Forcing Lake
Official announce ment confirms General Rodolfo Fierro died by drowning while fording a lake near Villa Ahumada. The Villa army deputy was blamed for killings of William Benton and Anton Bauch two years ago amid a career marked by numerous murders. It remains unclear if the drowning was an accident.
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Tex
Rodolfo Fierro
Villa
William Benton
Anton Bauch
Juarez
Fierro
Villa Ahumada
England Needs 3,000,000 More Men By Spring
Brigadier General Sir Eric Swayne, director of recruiting in northern command, told a Hull audience that Britain must raise 3 million more men by spring. He estimated Germany could have 9 to 10 million men aged 18 to 45, arguing Germany would concede if Britain mobilized enough forces.
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London
Great Britain
Eric Swayne
Northern Command
Hull
Swayne
Germany
To Organize Citizens Army Plan Aims Training Aid
Washington moves to form a citizen army of 800000 in six years. Employers across the nation including corporations manufacturers and professionals will be asked to contribute by permitting two months of military training for their workers during each of three years without serious financial losses.
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Washington
United States
Citizens’ Army
Murder at John Heelan ranch shocks Valentine Nebraska
Nell Heelan knelt in prayer when murdered at the John Heelan ranch by a tramp named William Cryderman. He then shot Anna Layport and set the house on fire before fleeing. Cryderman, aged 18, was captured later.
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Valentine
Nell Heelan
John Heelan
Here
William Cryderman
Anna Layport
Historic Pageant in Washington to Promote National Defense
A grand historic pageant will be staged in the national capital this fall to arouse interest in national defense. The event will be directed by the women's section of the Navy League.
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Washington
National
Woman's
Navy League
Washburn Falls to Nebraska 47–0 in Lincoln
Lincoln, Neb Washburn University was defeated by the Cornhuskers at home in Lincoln Saturday with a 47 to 0 score. Nebraska dominated the game as Washburn failed to cross the opponents goal line. The result leaves the Washburn team with a tough setback in their schedule.
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Lincoln
Neb
Washburn University
The
Cornhuskers
Nebraska students pledge with Billy Sunday in Lincoln
About 1095 University of Nebraska students and faculty gathered at St Paul church in Lincoln on Friday to renew Christian vows and join in a closing rally with evangelist Billy Sunday. The crowd packed the church as hundreds stood in the rear, while a hundred trail hitters stayed behind unable to shake Sunday’s hand before he hurried to catch his train to Omaha.
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Lincoln
Neb
University of
Italy Sends 150000 to Balkans Amid Carranza Recognition Plan
The Italian army will deploy 150000 troops to the Balkans while Carranza is named the choice for recognition. Secretary Lansing will convene a pan American conference this week to discuss how to extend recognition to the de facto government. Brazilian and Chilean ambassadors have not yet replied to the formal reports on recognition. A conference will be scheduled as soon as formal word arrives.
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Union News Service
Washington
Lansing
Carranza
Prohibition Campaign and Suffragists Elect Officers
National W C T U prepares for a dry battle as state suffragists elect officers. Western Newspaper Union News Service Washington reports that the largest government expenditure estimates in peacetime will be sent to the treasury secretary for next year. President Wilson and his cabinet will review them next week, with an expected rise near 1.24 billion dollars due to new wartime tasks for the State Department and other branches.
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Union News Service
Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
United States
Times of Peace
Wilson
State Department
Streets of Paris Will Be Rechristened
Randolph Kas reports ten bodies recovered from a half submerged Union Pacific motor train that plunged through a bridge into Fancy creek. With sixty five aboard only four escaped, many believed drowned. several recovered bodies show clear trauma as the bridge abutment weakened by heavy rain caused the crash. Washington notes a national defense program may spend upward of a billion dollars in six years, with President Wilson to outline it in New York on November 4 before addressing the Manhattan Club. plans call for doubling the navy and quadrupling trained land forces.
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Union News Service
Randolph
Kas
Union Pacific
Here
Fancy Creek
Washington
Wilson
New York
Manhattan Club
Italian Army to Balkans Mobilizes 150000 Troops
Paris reports Italy plans to send 150000 men to the Balkans with strict secrecy on landing point. The move aims for decisive impact on the Balkan campaign and indicates government guarded disclosure.
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Paris
Iitaly
Balkans
The
Excelsior
Paris Plans Boycott on Germanic Street Names
The Paris movement to rename streets of Germanic origin continues despite the disappearance of Berlin and Germany. Patriots demand replacing Wagner Gluck Beethoven and Mozart with names of war heroes. The municipal council refers every proposal to a committee with Ernest Gay as secretary for careful deliberation.
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Paris
Berlin
Germany
Wagner
Gluck
Beethoven
Mozart
Ernest Gay
Bulgaria Declares War on Serbia in World War I
A Paris dispatch reports Bulgaria has declared war on Serbia, becoming the twelfth nation to join the belligerents allied with Germany Austria and Turkey after lengthy diplomatic exchanges. Bulgaria chose Germany and its allies, swayed by what it deemed a higher bid.
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London
Bulgaria
Serbia
Paris
Germany
Austria
Turkey
Suffragists Elect Officers in Nebraska Union
Mrs. W. E. Barkley Jr. of Lincoln was chosen president of the Nebraska Equal Suffrage Association at the convention closing. The executive board now includes a vice president for each congressional district, with Anna Kovanda Table Rock as first vice president and E. L. Burke Omaha as second vice president. Other officers include M. Bruegger Columbus recording secretary Ida Robbins Lincoln corresponding secretary E S Rood Omaha treasurer and W. E. Hardy Lincoln first auditor Lydia Pope Silver Creek second auditor.
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Columbus
Neb
W. E. Barkley, Jr
Lincoln
Nebraska Equal Suffrage Association
Anna Kovanda
Table Rock
E. L. Burke
Omaha
M. Bruegger
Ida Robbins
E. S. Rood
W. E. Hardy
Lydia Pope
Silver Creek
Rural Credits Legislation to be Discussed in Washington
Plans for rural credits legislation to be included in the next session's program will be discussed at a November 9 meeting of the joint Senate and House committee. Representative Carter Glass, chair, has sent out the call and already discussed the question with President Wilson.
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Washington
Congress
Joint Committee
Senate
House
Carter Glass
Wilson
Women Temperance Union adopts 15 resolutions on prohibition campaign
The National Convention of the Women’s Christian Temperance Union in Seattle adopts fifteen recommendations for the upcoming constitutional prohibition drive. They call for December 2 as a day of prayer, special church services, a December 12 mass meeting in Washington, and local union actions with speakers arguing for prohibition and linking women’s suffrage to liquor restrictions.
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Seattle
Wash
National Convention of Women's Christian Temperance Union
Sixty-Fourth Congress
Washington
Japanese Munitions for Russia Reported From London Source
Cyrus Robinson a London mining engineer who arrived in New York from Liverpool says Russia has received munitions of war from Japan at an average rate of twenty trainloads daily for over three months.
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New York
Russia
Japan
Cyrus Robinson
London
California
Liverpool
Guatemala Revolt Rumors Reach New Orleans
Advices to the Guatemalan Junta report revolution has broken out in Guatemala with fighting ongoing in San Marcos Huentelango and Peten states amid rising unrest.
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New Orleans
Guatemala
San Marcos
Huentenango
Peten
Guatemalan
Junta of Revolutionary Committee
Zeppelin Raid Over London Reported Again
Zeppelin airships raided London dropping bombs. Eight people are reported killed and about thirty four injured. Material damage is described as small.
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London
Nebraska Tackle Leaves Game After Father’s Death Telegram
Edson Shaw of the Nebraska football team was sent to the sidelines Saturday afternoon to receive a telegram announcing the death of his father Alva O. Shaw, a Tecumseh banker, who died in a motor car wreck at Randolph, Kansas. He left for Tecumseh immediately after.
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Lincoln
Neb
Edson Shaw
Nebraska
Washburn
Alva O. Shaw
Tecumseh
Randolph
Kan
Nebraska plan targets constitutional convention by counties
Omaha framing group envisions a state wide county organization to push the initiative for a constitutional convention. The executive committee aims for a 1916 vote with a convention possible in October 1919 if ordered.
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Omaha
Neb
Nebraska
League Behind
Washington Nebraska banks cleared of usury findings
The comptroller of the currency reports investigations into national banks nationwide show that Washington and Nebraska banks are not of the usurious type. The findings indicate no excessive interest rates across the examined institutions.
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Washington
Nebraska
Austria Appeals for Jewelry Remelt to Coinage
The Austrian government calls on the public to surrender gold and silver jewelry plate and other items made of those metals to the mint for conversion into coins or bars as part of a wartime conversion drive.
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Austria
Zurich
Switserland
German potato crop breaks records in 60 million ton harvest
London reports a Berne dispatch stating Germany reaps a 60,000,000 ton potato harvest the largest in its history. The bumper crop prompts Germany to lift the export ban to Switzerland.
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London
Germany
Switzerland
Washington Daughters of the American Revolution celebrate silver jubilee
The twenty fifth anniversary of the founding of the Daughters of the American Revolution was celebrated here Monday with a silver jubilee. Regents and delegates from throughout the country were here.
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Washington
the Daughters of the American Revolution
Nebraska ex-congressman R D Sutherland dies in Kansas City
Kansas City Nebraska lawyer R D Sutherland died Monday after a long illness. He served as congressman from Nebraska's Fifth district. The body will be taken to Nelson for funeral services on Wednesday.
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Kansas City
R. D. Sutherland
Nelson, Neb
Nebarska
Italy to issue 25 million dollar war loan in U S
The Italian government plans placing one year notes totaling 25,000,000 dollars in the United States. It will be the first direct loan negotiated in the U S since the war began and the funds will finance war material and general supplies.
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New York
United States
Italy
Cornhusker Football Faces Notre Dame Test
Lincoln Nebraska. The 1915 Cornhusker team prepares for a real test next Saturday as Coach Harper leads 32 centimeter cannon from Notre Dame onto Nebraska field. Coach Jumbo Stiehm counters with 75 millimeter guns against the giants of South Bend. A grid iron fray seen as worthy foe in football prowess and size.
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Lincoln
Neb
Cornhusker
Harper
Notre Dame
Nebraska Field
Stiehm
Giants
South Bend
Ind
Nebraskans
Woman Refuses Operation and Credits Vegetable Compound
Louisville reader recounts avoiding surgery for a female trouble after taking Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She describes relief from fainting, bloating, and pain and credits renewed health to the remedy. The notice promotes sending letters to Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co. for confidential advice.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Louisville
L. E. Am
Lydia FE
Pinkham Medicine Co
Lynn
Mass
An Easy Way to Get Rid of Ugly Pimples
Bath face with resinol soap and hot water then apply resinol ointment. Leave ten minutes and rinse with soap and hot water finishing with cold splash. Repeat once or twice daily for quicker healing. Resinol products claim to soothe pores stop itching and heal pimples, blackheads, sores, burns, and chafing. sold by all druggists.
Father Defines What Superfluity Means
A witty exchange in the New York Sun about the phrase “Please deposit promptly” found on the back of a check, illustrating a humorous focus on banking etiquette and wording.
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New York Sun
Fine for Her Vegetarians Exchange
Dialog reveals a humorous exchange about dietary choices and a lost job for burning meat. Mary is told it is acceptable to be vegetarian, while the other speaker notes a prior job loss over cooking meat. The snippet captures a light domestic interaction.
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