Americans Die As Marina Sinks Off Ireland
Six Americans were killed when the British steamer Marina sank after torpedoing off Ireland. Sixty one Americans were saved, with 28 survivors to Dublin and 34 more expected to Cork, amid reports two U- boats attacked the ship and left survivors to endure more than 30 hours afloat. Names of the deceased include Brown, Thomas, Middleton, and Robertson. Miller and Davis were injured.
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London
England
Marina
Frost
Queenstown
Brown
Thomas
Middleton
Robertson
Miller
Davis
Dublin
Cork
Skibbereen
U S Seeks Details From Germany On Sinking Ships
Washington reports that the United States has asked Germany to furnish information concerning the sinking by German submarines of the British steamers Marina and Rawanmore. The request was forwarded via the American embassy in Berlin.
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U. S
Germany
Washington, D. C
Haseen
United States
Marina
Rawanmore
Berlin
Deutschland Arrives at New London Harbor
The German cruiser Deutschland has reached New London Connecticut. Capt Koenig announced the ship departed Bremen on October 10 and completed the voyage with no special incidents. The crew totaled twenty five men and the vessel docked at the hast forwarding co after passing the outer harbor gate.
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Deutschland
New London
Conn
Koenig
Bremen
Hast‘orwarding Co
Deutschland Brings Large Cargo of Chemicals to Dock
A German liner Deutschland arrived at the dock of the North German Lloyd with a sizable cargo of chemicals. Hinsch, a forwarding company official, accompanied by Dr. R. Back the health officer and other officials, met the submersible on arrival. The usual quarantine was waived.
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Caries
Harles I’. Hinsch
Apany
R. Back
Esate Néere
Wilehad
U Boat Sinks Greek Steamer Germania
A German submarine torpedoed the Greek steamer Germania L644 with the crew saved. Lloyds reports the sinking and rescue status.
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London
Lloyds
Drydock contract awarded to New York firm
Washington Navy Department awards the drydock construction for dreadnoughts at Norfolk Naval Station to George Leary Construction Co of New York City for 2 412 504 dollars.
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Washington, D. C
Navy Department
Norfolk, Va
Naval Station
George Leary Construction Co
New York City
Father Killed, Son Held in Winston Shooting
Langsdale family tragedy in Winston where chair Bryan Langsdale shot his father Hewit H Langsdale of the Winston utilities commission in his office. officials say the shooting was accidental and Bryan Langsdale is jailed.
New Japanese Envoy Presents Credentials to Wilson
The new Japanese envoy, Ambassador Sato, visited Shadow Lawn and Asbury Park to call on President Wilson and present his credentials, signaling the start of his diplomatic mission to the United States.
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Wilson
Shadow Lawn
Asbury Park
Abassador Sato
United States
Americans Lost In U Boat Attacks Spark International Tension
United States officials awaited full details after reports that the Marina and Rowanmore, British steamers partly manned by Americans, were sunk by a German submarine near Cape Clear. Secretary Lansing cautioned that information was preliminary and inspected for potential neutral rights violations. The Marina crew included both British and American members, with 70 of 104 reported missing.
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Washington, D. C
Marina
Rowanmore
State Department
Germany
Lansing
Frost
Queenstown
Sussex
Cape Clear
Wilson Asks Full Details From State Dept
Long Branch New Jersey President Wilson on learning the sinking of the British steamer Marina with possible American losses ordered immediate delivery of all details as they come to Washington The president will make no statement until full details are received by the state department at Washington.
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Wilson
Long Branch
New Jersey
Marina
State Department
Washington
British Steamer Marina Torpedoed Twice Off Ocean Path
The American embassy in London received word from Consul Wesley Frost at Queenstown that the British steamer Marina was torpedoed without warning, then split in two. Several men reportedly drowned as lifeboats were lowered. Frost was ordered to gather all information on Americans aboard. A separate report to Frost notes the Rowanmore, sunk Oct 26, with seven Americans on board, including five Filipinos. affidavits allege submarines shelled lifeboats after evacuation, with no fatalities.
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London
England
Wesley Frost
Queenstown
Marina
Frost
Cousin
Deutschland Lost II Report in Wartime Transatlantic Move
Paris reports the Berlin Nation al Zeitung claims the Deutschland began a second trans Atlantic voyage under the Weser name at end of August but did not reach America. U 53 searches in vain for the Deutschland.
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Paris
France
Berlin National Zeitung
Weser
America
France Debates Compulsory Agricultural Service
A movement in France seeks compulsory agr cultural service to curb postwar cost of living and bring under cultivation rural lands not previously used. The plan aims to mobilize farm labor and expand agricultural output as a response to economic strain.
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Paris
France
Rails at 55 a Ton For 60 000 Tons To France
Baltimore Maryland Bethlehem Steel Co received an order from the French States Railway for 60 000 tons of rails at 55 dollars per ton. The contract details focus on the quantity price and origin of the agreement. The item highlights the steel firm supplying rails to a foreign railway administrator.
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Baltimore
French States Railway
Bethlehem Steel Co
Former Governor John Little Dies in Arkansas
Former Arkansas governor and ex-congressman John Sebastian Little, aged 65, has died in Little Rock. The prominent figure led the state in earlier years and was a noted political leader in Arkansas.
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Little Rock, Ark
John Sebastian Little
Arkansas
London Soldier Barkeep Genius Praised at Front
A private at the front is praised by his regiment for safeguarding life leadership says a paper. Before being called up he mixed drinks at a famed Piccadilly cafe, earning recognition as a skilled barkeep even amid war.
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London
England
Picadilly
Trench anxious for trade with rich France
American Industrial Commission members who visited France report French business interests are eager to expand trade with the United States New York Oct 30 They were organized to reciprocate a visit by French interests and heard leaders including David Lloyd George emphasize postwar commercial ties Germany to be engaged after peace and Americans urged to seize opportunities in England and France.
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New York
France
United States
American Industrial Commission
Philadelphia
American Manufacturers’ Export Association
American Commission
Douglas
Belfort
David Lloyd George
Paris
England
Germany
Butler
American Pig Iron Association
America
Football Player Is Killed in High School Scrimmage
New York reports Wilber Gettys son of Rev W W Gettys was instantly killed in a high school game in Ansley Nebraska. He was thrown during a scrimmage and fell on his head breaking his neck.
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New York, N. Y
Ansley
Neb
Wilber Gettys
Rev
W. W. Gettys
Fire in Liner Hold Extinguished in Fayal
Firefighters extinguished a blaze in the hold of the French liner Chicago at Fayal Azore Island. The vessel itself sustained no damage and remained afloat.
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Fayal
Azore Island
Chicago
Russian plan to replace gold medals with cheaper metals
In Petrograd the Russian minister of finance proposed replacing gold and silver medals and decorations with less valuable metals. In 1915 gold and silver valued at over $2,504,000 were used for such purposes.
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Petrograd
Unance
Child Dies After Fall Into Boiling Apple Butter Kettle
A 38 year old child of Mr and Mrs A Collins fell into a kettle of boiling apple butter being made by the mother in Newport Arkansas and died.
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Newport
Arkansas
A. Collins
Farmer killed by horse kick in Illinois
William Ostermeir a wealthy farmer of South Fork township Pana Illinois was kicked in the abdomen by a horse and killed the tragedy was reported from the rural scene nearby.
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Pana
Wiliam Ostermeir
South Fork Township
Wilson Commutes Army Dismissal Sentence
President Wilson reduces the court martial punishment of Capt. John B. H. Waring medical corps in Hawaii from dismissal to a loss of 25 numbers, altering the disciplinary outcome of the case.
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Wilson
Washington
Hawaii
John B. H. Waring
Medical Corps
United Kingdom Coal Output in Half Year Figures
The Board of Trade reports UK coal production for the half year ending June 30 1916 at 28,135,000 tons. For 1915 production was 127,620,000 tons and 139,994,000 tons for the previous year. The figures illustrate wartime mining output levels.
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United Kingdom
London
Eng
Board of Trade
Rumania Tightens as German Forces Advance Fronts
London reports German troops push into Dobrudja region with von Mackensen and von Falkenhayn closing on Transylvania. Cuimpulung reached, 20 miles inside Romania. Petrograd says 11 outpost steamers and 2-3 torpedo boats sunk or damaged. In the English Channel the German torpedo flotilla returned to base with no losses.
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von Mackensen
Dobrudja
von Falkenhayn
London
Eng
Transylvania
Cuimpulung
Petro- Grad
The
Chronicle
Berlin
Two German Destroyers Sunk and Channel Raid Quashed
London reports two German torpedo-boat destroyers were sunk while attempting to raid the English Channel transport service. One British torpedo-boat destroyer Flirt is missing and Nubian disabled. Nine Flirt crewmen saved. In Dobruja, von Mackensen’s forces reach a line from Hirsova to Casapheul, nearing the Constanza Tchernavoda line.
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London
Chanel Transport Service
Admiralty
Dobrudja
von Mackensen
Hirsova
Danube
Casapheul
Black Sea
Constanza-Tchernavoda
Russians Admit Defeat in Do brudja Retreat
Russians and Rumanians abandon resistance to German Bulgarian Turkish forces and pull back to a defined line north of the Tchernevoda Constanza railway, with positions around Hirsova Caspakelli, marking a retreat northward.
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Petrograd
Dobrudja
Hirsova
Caspakelli
Tchernevoda-Constanza
Austro German Forces Repulsed on Romanian Front
Austro German troops rebuffed attacks along the Romanian Transylvanian frontier including Tulghes and Bicase regions and the Trotus valley. Romanian forces pressed advances in the Uzul Valley as fighting continued along the frontier.
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Bucharest
Tulghes
Bicase
Trotus
Uzul
Gas Company Grants 10 Percent Wage Increase
Chicago based Peoples' Gaslight and Coke Co raises wages by ten percent for 3,700 employees earning under 200 dollars monthly. The hike adds about 350 thousand dollars to a payroll of 3.7 million.
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Chicago
Peoples’ Gaslight & Coke Co
Three Trainmen Killed in Gibson Indiana Yard Crash
In Gibson Indiana three trainmen died when the caboose carrying Frank Wilson yardmaster William Kohl conductor and G W Mc Donald switchman was struck and demolished by an engine from another train in the yard accident details are reported as a fatal collision in the yard setting with the listed victims named.
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Gibson
Ind
Frank Wilson
William Kohl
G. W. McDonald
Panama Canal Toll Revenue in Early Operation
Washington report shows tolls totaling 7,411,682 dollars in the first two years of canal operation. The waterway closed for repairs about half a year, while 2,097 ships passed through the canal during that period.
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Panama Canal
Washington, D. C
Canal
Germans to Capture Skippers Commanders as Prisoners
Zurich wireless dispatch reports a German naval authority states captains of merchant ships captured from France Russia Britain and Italy will be treated as prisoners of war for allegedly receiving instructions to carry out espionage.
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London
Zurich
Oils Stolen From Pfaltz & Bauer Cargo in Baltimore Heist
The loss, valued at five to ten thousand dollars, involved oils and chemicals from the Deutschland cargo. Police say the theft came to light after the arrest of two year old Joseph Connolly on burglary charges.
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Deutschland
New York
Baltimore
Pfaltz & Bauer
Joseph Connolly
Burelary
Paul and Malta voyage lesson notes on Acts 27 28
The fragment outlines Paul’s shipwreck on Malta and his stay of three months from late November to late February 59, with emphasis on safe ashore actions and the crew's rescue. It highlights Malta under Roman then British rule, the barbarians warmth, Paul’s leadership, and the viper incident as divine protection and a test of faith.
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Malta
Paul
Caesarea
Luke
Nemesis
Christ
Rome
Boston Conductor Becomes Sexton After Job Loss
A veteran Boston car conductor, out of work, takes a church sexton post. While presenting the collection box, he curiously drops two cigars on a pillar. He warns a parishioner in a solemn tone to smoke only in the three rear seats.
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Boston
Sexton
Jones
Had a Rest Coming From a Munition Job
An Irish worker in a munition factory grows tired of constant supervision by the manager. After an hour of staring he challenges the manager who confirms the practice. The Irishman quips that if watching him is all the job entails, he will be idle tomorrow.
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A. B. Richards Medicine Co
Sherman, Tex
Perilous Game at Crimson Gulch Sparks Gun Threats
In a fragment from Crimson Gulch a debate over bridge whist turns tense as Brondie Bob notes that losing at bridge whist exposes players to gun violence and possible justifiable homicide, contrasting with poker where losers keep quiet about their hand.
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Crimson Gulch
Brondie Bob
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Moody Bible Institute
Western Newspaper Union
Melita
Jehovah
Donn
Missouri
Doan
Kidn Doan
Us Foster-Milburn CO
Buffalo
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