White House releases transcript of Wilson peace session remarks
The White House makes public a stenographic transcript of President Wilson at the eighth plenary session of the peace conference. Spencer claims Wilson promised aid to Serbia and Roumania if attacked. Wilson says the charge is false. Tumulty released the transcript to personal stenographer Swein. official comment says the letter speaks for itself.
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Washington
White House
Wilson
Spencer
Missouri
Serbia
Roumania
Reed
Bratinano
United States
Czecho Slovakia
U. S
Tumulty
Charles Swein
No Difference in Substance Between Reports Cited
St Louis reports echo President Wilson’s claim that Roumania and Serbia were promised military aid. The article contrasts the president’s public remarks with the official session report, asserting no substantive difference between them.
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St. Louis
Wilson
Roumania
Serbia
Grain dealers link slumps to world conditions
Minneapolis reports that recent grain price declines reflect global factors. P K Goodrich, president of the Grain Dealers National Association, says supply and demand govern markets. Over 1500 dealers from the United States and Canada attend a three day convention addressing marketing and unrest.
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Minneapolis
United States
P. KE. Goodrich
Grain Dealers National Association
Canada
Goodrich
B. E. Clement
Texas Grain Dealers Association
Alleged Robber Captured After Georgetown Bank Heist
Tom O Leary a 39 year old man claimed to confess to robbing the Georgetown Minnesota bank and shooting cashier Peter Stennes. Stennes was hospitalized with a head wound but improving. O Leary was brought to Clay county authorities after farmer Ted Hanson detained him following a possible escape attempt.
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Moorhead
Minn
Tom O'Leary
Georgetown
Peter Stennes
Clay County
Stennes
al Fargo
O'Leary
McDonald
Ted Hanson
Hanson
O’leary
Boston
O’ Leary
ATTEMPT TO COMBAT FIRES IN MINNESOTA
Adjutant General Rhinow prepared to call out additional guardsmen to fight forest fires. He heads to Pine county as east winds fan flames from Wisconsin into Minnesota. Forester Cox rode through the threatened district and guardsmen were rushed to St. Louis county to defend the area.
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St. Paul
Rhinow
Pine County
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Cox
St. Louis County
Coughlin Boy Smothered in Kidnapping Case
Blakely Coughlin, a missing Norristown infant, was accidentally smothered and buried near Egg Harbor New Jersey. August Pasqualle confessed to the kidnapping and killing at the Norristown jail, detailing entering the Coughlin home and hiding the child under his coat before discovering the death. Captain Gerhardt was sent to search the burial site.
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Coughlin
Harrisburg
Blakely Coughlin
Norristown
Egg Harbor
N. J
August Pasqualle
J. Adams
Pasqlle
Pasquelle
Pasqualle
Adams
Captain Gerhardt
Girls Pluck Saves Boy From Lynching in Carlton County
Miss Ella McKinnon sister of Sheriff Harry McKinnon of Carlton county answered a telephone report of a mob plan to lynch Leonard Smith a 17 year old accused youth. She drove to his home placed him in her auto and covered him with blankets before passing the mob and taking him to Duluth where he is jailed.
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Duluth
Minn
Ella McKinnon
Harry McKinnon
Carlton County
Leonard Smith
Carlton
Smith
Battle to halt forest fires near Kelsey Minnesota
Action by troops to stop fires near Kelsey between Duluth and Virginia. Fires threaten 19 miles west of Kelsey with danger easing as a shift in the wind blows back over areas already burned. Processes extend toward Carlton and Cloquet, sites previously hit by fires.
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Duluth
Minn
Kelsey
Here
Virginia
Carlton
Cloquet
Douglas
Burnett
Wisconsin
Carpentier Ready for Bout in New Jersey Park
Georgius Carpentier declared himself ready for his American debut as he and challenger Battling Levinsky trained Sunday. The bout is set for tomorrow at a ball park in Jersey City with both fighters sharpening for the big night.
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Carpentier
New York
Georgius Carpentier
Levinsky
Ball Park
Jersey City
Whisky runner killed in federal agents gun battle
Hurley Wis John Thapusio was instantly killed by federal agents in a running battle with alleged booze runners early Sunday. Thapusio was said to have been operating an auto carrying liquor. Four shots were exchanged during the confrontation.
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Hurley
Wis
John Thapusio
Thapusio
British miners vote on wage plan amid stalled talks
British coal miners started voting on accepting or rejecting wage offers from colliery owners. The decision will be announced on Tuesday. Terrance MacSwiney entered his 60th day of fasting with his mind alert and steadfast in his hunger strike until death, according to relatives.
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London
Terrance MacSwiney
Harding Back on Porch After Southwestern Trip
Senator Harding returned to his front porch in Marion Ohio after a 20 hour breathing spell from a lengthy southwestern tour. He plans to press on to other southern states and a final decision on his speaking itinerary is expected at a party managers conference this week.
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Harding
Marion
Soviet reply to Curzon note on Baltic submarine sighting
London dispatch reports the Russian government returned a noncommittal note after Lord Curzon warned that the British fleet would attack Soviet submarines said to be in the Baltic. Foreign Minister Tchatcherin said the Soviet representative in London would receive instructions.
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London
Lord Curzon
Baltic Sea
Tchatcherin
Japanese protest cites Chinese laxness over border bandits
Tokyo charges Chinese government laxness for cooperation between Koreans and Chinese bandits on the Manchurian border. Japan says it will make formal representations to Beijing immediately.
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Laxness
Tokio
Japan
Japanese Foreign Office Today
Price Inflation Declared Over At Grainmen Convention
At Minneapolis on October 12 a Kansas City official told grainmen across the United States and Canada that price inflation is finished and a return to normal industrial conditions has begun. He argued Europe’s wealth after Civil War and postwar bankruptcy here led to readjustment and that politicians are exploiting farmers. Esch of Wisconsin planned to discuss the railroad act. Harry A Wheeler of Chicago would speak as the convention’s main evening speaker.
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Minneapolis
F. R. Warwick
Kansas City
United States
Canada
Europe
America
Esch
Wisconsin
Harry A. Wheeler
Chicago
U. S. Hence of Commerce
Nations Bread Price Rise If Farmers Get Three Dollar Wheat
Washington reports farmers seek 3 a bushel for wheat based on Department data. A hit to producer prices could push bread costs well beyond current levels as more farm grain moves to market. Consumers have paid farmers over 813 million dollars so far this year with about 445 million bushels left to sell.
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Washington
Agricultural Department
Confession Doubted by Parents in Baby Smothering Case
Norristown Pennsylvania October 12 George Coughlin father of Baby Blakely Coughlin questions the confession of August J Pasquelle who claimed to have accidentally smothered the infant and buried it near Egg Harbor New Jersey He and police dug near Pasquelle s shack while the family suspects the confession is false hoping the child remains alive State police stand by the confession as authentic.
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Norristown
George Coughlin
Blakely Coughlin
August J. Pasquelle
Egg Harbor
New Jersey
Pasquelle
Coughlin
Beautiful Lettish girl killer seen by French prisoners
French prisoners arriving report a Lettish beauty with raven hair and black eyes as the executioner of Bolsheviks. She uses a revolver to shoot victims in the back of the head, replacing the former axe man of earlier eras.
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Paris
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