Dahoan Wounded by Garranzista in Mexican Shootout
Captain Wilson of the Idaho National Guard medical corps was shot in the left thigh in Nogales while checking baggage after arriving from Idaho. Eyewitnesses allege the shooting was deliberate. Mexican accounts blame a fleeing prisoner and say the guard fired at him, not at Wilson. Captain Wilson is a leading physician in Twin Falls, Idaho.
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Nogales, Arte
Wilson
Second Infantry
Idaho National Guard
Mystery Deaths In Lancaster Claimed Three Women
Neighbors report Sunday activity at the home of Agnew and Alice Smetters two maiden sisters aged 48 and 60 and visitor Miss Mary Stretton aged 30. All three were found sitting erect in rocking chairs with no signs of violence or gas leaks. Coroner takes charge as mystery remains unsolved.
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Lancaster
Agnew
Alice Smetters
Womn
Mary Stretton
Strike Riots in Yonkers Shatter Transit System
Sunday rioting erupted in Yonkers as railroad workers on strike stopped Yonkers surface cars from entering the subway network. Police, numbering 200, contained the unrest after 20 arrests, with multiple injuries and shattered windows on a car. Texas banker Boone convicted on one count of falsifying a bank condition report linked to the defunct American National Bank failure in Fort Smith.
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New York
Texas
Fort Smith
Ark
T. W. M. Boone
American Na‘tal Bank
Two Italian Vessels Sunk and Consul Reports Naval Losses
Washington reports to the state department from Barcelona that the Italian steamer Bon Bork and the Italian steamer Nitolo were sunk with no American aboard. In San Diego Captain John Rowsby drowned when his schooner Saveraina ran aground on the rocks at Fonts Toros Point, thirty miles south of Ensenada, last Friday night.
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Washington
Barcelona
Spain
Holurday
State Department
Bon Bork
Nitolo
San Diego
Cal
John Rows
Saveraina
Fonts Tors Point
Ensenada
Lower California
Widowed Sisters Suffocated in New York Fire
Two slaters Mrs Sarah Wender aged 10 and Mrs Coroling Cutherbeck aged 68 in town suffocated by smoke from a fire in a three story building. Slight damage reported. Also notes Denver death of Thomas Henry Anderson, a District of Columbia Supreme Court judge.
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New York
Slaters
Sarah Wender
Oroling Cutherbeck
Anderson
Denver
Thomas Henry Anderson
The
Supreme Court of the District of Columbia
Sun At & Local
Colorado
Greece Decides to Aid the Allies in War Entry
Greece pledges entry into World War I on the side of the Allies. King Constantine reportedly yields to pro entente pressure after cabinet talks. Reports say Greece will declare war on Bulgaria and Venizelos gains army support on Crete, with several battleships and destroyers reportedly joining the Allied fleet.
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London
Greece
Athens
Constantine
Wasali
William
Bulgaria
Venizelos
Canea
Crete
Paara
Spetsai
Hydra
al- Med
Bomb Plotter Captured in New York Escape Case
Federal agents trapped William Knoblock, who fled Atlanta prison on August 29 with convicted bomb plotter Lieutenant Robert Fay, during a nationwide search culminating in an arrest in New York.
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New York
Federal Secret Service
William Knoblock
Federal Penitentiary At
Atlant
Robert Fay
Villa Crippled At Border After Bullet Wound
El Paso reports Villa is badly crippled by a bullet wound to his right leg and limps severely even with assistance. A foreign businessman newly arrived at the border described the scene and noted Villa’s altered condition.
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Villa
el Paso
Mayer Fined for Violating Motor Boat Laws in Chicago
Chicago federal authorities fined Mayer William Hale Thompson $600 for motor boat law violations. The fine is unpaid. Also noted, Shackleton party member Bir Shackleton arrived in Mingland from Punt Arenas after rescue from Elephant Island.
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Sineage’s
Mayer
Chicago
Mayer William Haley Thompson
St Aald
Bheckiston
Bantiago
Chile
Shackleton
Sae Ss
Mingland
Punts Arenas
Elephant Island
Italy coerced by Britain on war with Germany and Italy
Berlin reports Premier Bethmann Hollweg described Italy’s shift to war after Vienna and Rome confronted economic fears. He asserted Italy capitulated to British pressure, with English coal and money driving the decision and blame placed on anglais coercion.
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Berlin
von Bethmann-Holweg
Rome
Italy
Austria Hungary
Germany
England
Balkans
Bremen Submarine Sighting Hopes Persist in New London
For weeks New London CT officials and Eastern Forwarding Company crews have sought the German merchant submarine Bremen. Tugboat searches and multiple sightings have yet to yield definite information on the Bremen's harbor status.
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New London
Conn
Bremen
Eastern Forwarding Company
Nurse Trapped by Telephone in Blackmail Arrest
Miss Margaret Gorey, a trained nurse, was arrested Thursday in the offices of Dr. O A Hood, a prominent physician, on a blackmail charge. The Hamilton grand jury reported indictments after police say they used a telephone device to coerce a confession from Gorey.
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Chiciath
Margaret Gorey
O. A Ll. Hood
Hamilton Grand Jury
Wilaan Departed From Mexico City Under Deportation Order
Burton Wilken, an American citizen and leader of the foreign citizens' committee and the American club in Mexico City, was imprisoned on charges of pernicious activity by Mexican government officials and ordered to leave the country.
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Wilaan
Mexico
Washington
Burton = Wilken
Foreign Citizens’ Committee
American Club
Mexico City
Malco
den Thehood
Price of Bread Hikes in Denver After Monday
Denver bread prices are set to rise by up to per cent following a Master Bakers' convention that ran from Wednesday night to Thursday. In related violent news, two Black men were lynched in Moseville, Tennessee, amid investigations into the murder of Dud Burne near Gordensburg on Saturday.
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Denver
Antoclution
Mosbville
Tean
Dud Burne
Gordensburg
Villa Bandits Move North Skirmish Near San Andres
Reports from field headquarters in Mexico say Villa and about 200 men are moving north toward the American expedition. They crossed the San Andres railroad and skirmished with Carranza troops as Garza and Ramos pursue. Carranza authorities order hor ses to be conscripted for the pursuit.
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el Paso
Texas
Mexico
Villa
San Andres
Carranza
Namiquipt
Garza
Ramos
Santa Clara Canyon
Chihuahua
Ginty five Killed in Bucharest and Idaho Youth Killed
Five people died in Bucharest when bombs dropped from a German air squadron wounded many. In Idaho, C. J. Beatty, son of Mr and Mrs W T Beatty of Weiser, Idaho, a second lieutenant in the Waray Flying Corps was killed in action in September.
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Ginty
Bucharest
Gixty Persine
Bucherest
Bumbe
Teutons
Oven
Idaho
Aption
Weiser
C. J. Beatty
Mra
W.T. Beatty
Leutenant
Wayal Flying Corps
Hirtieh
Thirteen Killed In Grossing Crash At Forest Ave
Detroit street car crowd of over ninety was struck by a switch engine pushing two freight cars. Panic stricken passengers leaped from doors and windows as the car slid along the freight cars. Thirteen died and more than twenty five were injured, many fatally, with victims crushed by moving wheels.
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Detroit
Forest Avenue
Dequinder Street
Senator James P. Clarke Dies After Stroke in Arkansas
United States Senator James P. Clarke died at his Little Rock home Sunday after a Friday apoplexy. Born August 18, 1854 in Yazoo City Mississippi, he rose from Arkansas legislator to state senator to governor and U.S. Senator. He served as president pro tempore of the Senate in 1914 and 1915, with re elections through 1915.
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United States
J. P. Clarke
Arkansas
Senate
Little Rock
Ark
James P. Clarke
United States Senate
Senator Clarke
Yazoo City
Miss
University of Virginia
Helena
Clarke
State Senate
Plumbers Convicted in Sherman Anti-Trust Case
Four hours after retiring for deliberation the Salt Lake City jury found out of town plumbers guilty of conspiring to restrain trade under the Sherman act. They were recommended for extreme mercy. maximum penalties include imprisonment and fines. Also reported, a fire aboard the American Line steamer Philadelphia in the cargo hold left the vessel far offshore. passengers remained unaware of danger until docking.
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Salt Lake City
Ocean Liner
New York
American Line
Philadelphia
Zeppelin Attacks More Difficult Ahead of England
Amsterdam dispatch cites a Frankfurter Zeitung military critic who says Zeppelin raids on England are now far harder than a year ago as British defenses have reached high levels of perfection and effectiveness.
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Amsterdan
Frankfurter Zeitung
England
Roosevelt Attacks Wilson Policy Amid Hughes Endorsement
Roosevelt challenged President Wilson's policy in a packed crowd in Battle Creek Michigan, urging support for Charles K Hughes as a wartime shift from trench to football field featured fresh from Verdun by the Twentieth Army Corps. Fairbanks drew large Salt Lake City audiences outlining Republican ticket aims. In China, the two year old dynastic effort to crown Yu Hua Kai endured a formal revival as the late Chang Taitai’s body lay in state.
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Roosevelt
Wilson
Battle Creek
Mich
Theodore Roosevelt
Charles K. Hughes
Neves
Twentieth Army Corps
Whh
Verdun
Association Sportive Francaisn
British Troops Press On North of Somme Front
British forces push toward the Peronne Bapaume road with gains north of Combles and around Lessouels and Le Trans, while heavy rain hampers operations north of the Somme. On other fronts, Austro Germs repulse Russians in Transylvania, and Entente troops hold against Bulgarian attacks in Macedonia.
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London
Beitieh
London Pays
Anglslench
Somme
Paris
Pregicourt
Morval
Sailly
Peroue Capaume
Europe
Transylvania
Hermannstadt
Vienna
Aller Sivkent
Beheing
Thie Eption
Korynitaa
Russia
Berlin
Leopold of Bavaria
Kusslane
Goduzischki
Petrograd
Gukaloy
Macedonia
Kalmakoulan
French
Broda
Germans Criticise Americans After Rockwell Death
Berlin papers publish strong criticisms of U S neutrality following the death of American aviator Kiffen Rockwell and reports of American figures on the Western Front. The editorials react to the Wilhelm Canal campaign and recent submarine actions, urging a clearer allied stance.
Poisoning Charge Tangles Sacramento Suspect in Aunt's Death
Harry M. Van Aletene of Sacramento is held pending investigation into the death of Mamie A. Van Abetene in Quincy. Emma Seheen of Chicago, a sister of the deceased, was arrested but soon released. Mrs Van Alstere reportedly died of poisoning.
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Quincy
Harry M. van Aletene
Sacramento
Cal
Mamie A. van Abetene
Emma 1
Seheen Dienst
Chiege
Sinter
Biter
van Alstere
Coal Miners to Quit in Washington Referendum Move
Workers from the United Mine Workers of America threaten a Saturday work stoppage across Washington as district conventions order a suspension to allow a members referendum on operators’ counterproposal for a 3 percent monthly wage rise.
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Seattle
Wasi
Washington
Amelia
Armed Forces Crosses Ling Washington General Punstea
A report states a band of armed Mexicans crossed into American territory Friday near Yalota Texas. They were repelled by a American force and withdrew across the border without sustaining casualties or taking hostages.
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Ling
Washington
Punstea
Priday
Yalota
Texas
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Dahoan
Yonkers
Richard F. Burges
Tex
International Irrigation Congress
Villa Bandits
Atchison, Topeka & Gants Fe Railway Company
Oakland
Rose Bordanaro
West Oakland
Alvina de Marre
Ington
War Department
Engineers
Signal Corps
Foot Field Artillery
Michigan
Changteatu
China
Yuua @ht Kai
Russi
Nowata
Oklin
James Gibson
Perry Pierce
Ieongelous
Ogden
Ogden, Logan & Inti Railway Company
At & Tridge
Ogden Canyon
Burlan
Venavide Seltune Printa
Baron Gurus
Attalia Ie
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