Villa bandits threaten U S lines in Mexican crackdown
Columbus New Mexico report says Villa and his band near Namiquipa demand immediate U S troop evacuation and Mexican forces confront. A clash at Babicora left Villa troops defeated, four prisoners taken, as Carranza forces pursue bandsmen toward Namiquipa with orders to pursue.
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Namiquipa
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United States Army
Valle
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Babicora
Casas Grandes
Namaquipa
Francisco Gonzales
Phoebe Hearst
Ay Cane
Juarez
Maximo Marquez
Babricora
Carranza
Romania Captures Mount Kerekharas on Transylvania Front
Rumanians announce the capture of Mount Kerekharas south of Bicaz in Transylvania as fighting continues in the Oituz valley. Reports from Petrograd say the Russo-Kumanian army in Dobrudja is under reduced pressure while Berlin notes Entente forces split near Tchernavoda.
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Transylvania
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Dobradja
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Hughes Enters Homestretch of Campaign Tour
Charles E. Hughes opened the homestretch of his campaign in Hartford addressing workers and students. He urged disciplined unity to meet postwar Europe and defend peace, arguing a vote for him favors strong national security and friendship abroad. En route he was greeted by crowds in New Haven and Meriden.
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Charles E. Hughes
Munsi
Thies
Europe
United States
Hughes
Hartford
New Haven
Mert
Yale
Bad Check Ring Sought in City After Jail Sentence
Roblez held at county jail charged with forging Gerald Jones name to a 25 dollar check passed to Leslie Prention at Tucsonia. Jewelers pleaded guilty and drew 13 to 39 months in state penitentiary. Sheriff seeks two more suspects after passing worthless papers on two Tucson banks.
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Gerald Jones
Leslie Prention
Tucsonia
Mine Sweeper Genista Sunk by Kaiser's Torpedo Mine
London report says the British mine sweeper Genista was torpedoed and sunk. All officers and 73 crew perished, 12 survived. The loss adds to wartime casualties announced by the Admiralty amid ongoing naval operations.
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London
Britissh Admiralty
Russians Capture Bijar Town in Persia
Petrograd reports that Russian detachments seized Bijar northwest of Hamadan after a stubborn battle. The war office notes prisoners were taken and two cannon captured.
Bridge Over Danube River Damaged by Explosive Blast
A wireless Rome dispatch reports from Bucharest that after Russians and Romanians evacuated Tchernavoda the bridge over the Danube at that point was blown up by Romanian forces.
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Rome
Bucharest
Tchernavoda
Danube
Turkish Forces Penetrate British Trenches Near Sheikh Saad
Turkish officials report a surprise Sunday attack near Sheikh Saad on the Tigris front. Turkish troops penetrated British trenches and returned with arms and materiel captured, according to a wartime communiqué issued in London.
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London
Sheikh Saad
Tierie River
Kuth-El-Amers
Tigris
Badlands of U S Now in the East Move
Ira Landrith the Prohibition vice presidential nominee told New York crowds that the dry movement has shifted the nation’s frontier spirit eastward. He cited liquor barrels rolled from the West to cities across Pennsylvania Ohio Illinois New York New Jersey and other states.
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Ira Landrith
New York
Pennsylvania
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Dodge Cities
Buttes
Ohio
Iinois
New Jersey
Woman Campaigners in Council Bluffs
Council Bluffs Iowa October 26 a women campaign program ran from noon to 230 pm for the Hughes supporters. Their special train will stop at Atlantic on the way to Des Moines for tonight’s meetings. A large reception committee of ladies will escort the campaigners to gatherings during their stay.
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Iowa
Enly
Hughes Women
Atlantic
Des Moines
Baker on duty after long tour
Washington October 26 Secretary Baker was at the war department for a few hours after a two weeks campaign tour. He then left for Martinsburg West Virginia to deliver a political address that night.
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Washington
Baker
War Department
Martinsburg
W. Va
San Jose editor Charles Washburn Williams dies at 80
Charles Washburn Williams longtime California journalist and founder of the San Jose Evening News died at his San Jose home after years of illness. He is survived by his wife a son Tenney Williams of Tucson and a daughter Mrs enamel of Humphrey. A funeral is planned in San Jose Saturday.
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Tenney Williams
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San Jose
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Tenney Williame
Sen Jace
Mr. Willems
California
Southwest
San Jose Evening News
Fines Set for Players Thrown Out in Southern Association
Birmingham Asia Oct 26 A Southern Association rule imposes a 16 dollar fine on any player put out of a game by an umpire. President Robert H. Baugh announced the decision today.
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Asia
Southern Association
Robert H.baugh
Certificate Bares Falsity of Attack on McKenzie in 1907
The Bisbee Miners' Union issues a certificate reversing earlier actions and denying that Norman J. McKenzie scabbed at Bisbee during the 1907 strike. The document, signed by union organizers, asserts the falsity of opponents’ charges as MecKenzie runs for state mine inspector.
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Norman J. MecKenzie
Biebee
Bisbee Miners’ Union
Bisbee
Arizona
Norman J. McKenzie
Streetcars Resume in Yonkers Under Heavy Guard
Yonkers New York October 26 transit service resumed by the Yonkers Railway with four policemen on each car and a mayoral proclamation urging citizens to stay off the streets. The first trips were peaceful but riders stayed away amid fear of violence while police vehicles moved ahead and behind each car.
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Yonkers
N. Y
Lenton
Yonkers Railway
Opium Seized by Immigration Officers at Southern Pacific
Officers of the federal immigration service seized a handbag containing thirty cans of prepared opium at the Southern Pacific station yesterday afternoon. An arrest was made and others are expected to follow. The opium is valued at about $2000. Inspector Lowenthal, temporarily in charge of the Tucson office, said full details were not yet ready for publication.
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Federal Government
Southern Pacific
Lowenthal
Tucson
Injured Man Resists Arrest At Local Corner
Norman M. Page from the Local Tender rooming house was injured while resisting arrest by Officer Book at Congress and Church streets. He fell on the pavement striking his head, was taken to his room, and Dr. Wittmore found him unconscious with short confusion.
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Book
Congress
Church
Fusal
Bock
Dr. Wittmore
Page
Wilson's Plea to Owl Voters in Cincinnati
President Wilson urged spiritual readiness and four speeches plus a reception in Cincinnati. He spoke of using US strength to prevent war and noted neutral duties are difficult. officials watched the reception for Ohio's 24 electoral votes and a diverse foreign-born population.
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Wilson
Chamber of Commerce
United States
George Puchta
Menans
Ohio
Wilson Gaaieah
Europe
America
Mexican labor leader on auto journey to Tucson
L. G. De Lara, a Mexican labor leader from Los Angeles, arrived in Tucson with his wife for an automobile tour of the country. He will lecture in Spanish on Mexico's history and is expected to speak several times in the city. De Lara coauthored The Mexican People and Their Struggle for Freedom and has a history in early revolutionary movements and radical industrial unionism on the coast.
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L. G. de Lara
Los Angeles
Tucson
de Lara
Mexico
Edgcumb Pinchon
Carranza Troops Move to Surround Villa Near Santa Ysabel
Carranza forces under General Jacinto B. Treviño announce a campaign to envelop Villa troops around Santa Ysabel, 25 miles southwest of Chihuahua City. Treviño says ammunition supply is adequate and progress toward Villa’s defeat is expected from military headquarters.
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el Paso Junction
Carranza
Santa Ysabel
Jacinto B. Trevine
Here
Vino
Trevino
Chihuahua
Mexico City
Villa
Fire at St Elizabeth Hospital Claims Dozens in Farnham
In Farnham Quebec six adults and five children perished when St Elizabeth Hospital burned. Early today the ruins remained afire and 15 to 25 persons were reported missing while Grey Nuns managed hospital and a separate girls school.
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Farnham
Quebec
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Grey Nuns
Silver Service for Arizona Draws Big Crowd
The silver service for the state, displayed in Steinfelds department store, shows scenes from Arizona with marine designs. It cost 8000 dollars with a Droonte Latuette of a miner and pickax, funded by county boards.
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Silver
Arizona
Steinfelds
Boards of
S Supervisors
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