Panama canal slide blocks waterway at Culebra Cut
A serious landslide on the east side of the Panama Canal north of Gold Hill at Culebra Cut halted traffic. Col Goethals says the waterway may be navigable in a few days after preliminary survey shows a 1350 foot slide. dredges at Cristobal and Cucaracha are working to clear debris as ships wait.
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Ohlo
Panama Canal
Gold Hill
Culebra
Mit
Col Goethals
Cotal
Chinese gunman Gow found dead in Seattle hotel
Chinese gunman Ching Gow, linked to the Lum Kang killing in the Tape smuggling case, was found dead in a Seattle boarding house hotel. Authorities tied Gow to the Lum Kang murder after Lum Kang identified Gow as his killer before dying, and investigators surfaced a bribery arrest involving Harry Norman, a former deputy sheriff, in the broader government witness scandal.
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Seattle
Washet
Ching Gow
United States
Kongda
Frank Tape
Oriental Quarter
Harry Norman
Sherif
Norman
Sax “Sormansk
King Cow
Ching Cow
Lum Kang
Thomas Mo Fisher
Lum Kone
Mir Fisher
Taft to Attend Red Cross Benefit at National Theater
Charles T Tittmann in charge of entertainment leads a Sunday benefit at the National Theater with Miss Mabel Headman organizing the executive committee of the American Vatepal Red Cross. Distinguished Washington residents and President and Mrs Taft are listed as guests. Proceeds fund European war relief. program features include singers Anton Kaspar and John Howie, with Ms Althous among performers, and proceeds to the Red Cross during the week of October 17 to 24.
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Red Cross
National Theater
Charles T Tittmann
Mabel Headman
Taft
Matchintock
Richar Townsend
Tittmann Basso
Alue Burbage
Miran Whitney Jr
Washington
Pripal Cit Ee
Anton Kaspar ‘Giinist
John Howie
Althous
Commande Arthouse
Los Nsn
Whitney
eRmann
Kaspar
Bowrett
George Wilson
Founds
McEehaunh
American Red Cross
Thomas Reynolds
Muicann
National Theatrical Producempany
Pair Accused of Murder in Iowa Robbery Case
Ruth Matut lough 20 a snake charmer and Clarence Metormick 22 were charged Wednesday in Ottumwa Iowa with the murder of wealthy Melott of Elel mek Iowa. Police say both confessed and that Motive was robbery totaling $23. McCormick claimed he shot Melott to fund marriage to the woman who promised a divorce.
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Chicago
Ja-Mirs
Ruth Matutlough
Metormick
Lancaster
Elelmek
Iowa
Mellott
Counts Fairs
McCormick
McCornick
Woo Muullaigh
Mellett
Dutch Kill 12 Germans in Frontline Clash
The Daily News reports German soldiers entered Holand near Roordendal Theater on Friday. An officer refused internment prompting a clash in which about a dozen Germans were killed or wounded.
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Kaiser
London
The
Daily News
Holand
Roorendial
Theoter
Former Society Leader and Heiress Ules Divorced
A New York and Newport social set hears of a divorce filing in March, accusing nondisupport. The Adams marriage, begun September 5, has long been rumored separated after money losses in 191% and social entanglements. Mrs Adams, tied to Miss Sophia E Blatchford and Miss Potter, faces papers served as her husband contemplates action. Blatchford left a $16,000 estate on Catherine Street to Mrs Adams and her brothers Philip and Francis Potter.
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New York
Iains
Idime Ig
Newark
Newport
Mcas Ns
Tere
Edward T Potter
Adamses
Adams
Hide
Sophia E. Blatchford
Miss Potter
Miss Blatchford
Catherima Street
Philip and
Francis Potter
Roo
Newton Adams
Rue Potter
Frank H Portee
Sophia Blatchford
Alice
Their Married Life ELEN Hurries Home After Lost Pocketbook
ELEN rushes to join Warren at home after a lengthy shopping trip and late subway ride. She discovers her purse is missing and later learns it was stolen, worsening a day already full of small disappointments. Warren questions her, offering terse comfort as Nora’s injury looms over their evening.
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Helen
Warren
Gruff
Elen
Newt
Wenifred
FLEE FROM CALAIS AND REFUGEE DISPATCHES
Reports from Lowestoft describe mayoral aid to refugees with food and clothing amid overcrowded towns. Belgium wounded and Dutch refugees flood into Britain as repatriation plans begin. German authorities coordinate with Antwerp to manage returns and guarantee safe entry during troop movements. The U S president appoints Marshall W Bradburn as drugs examiner in New Orleans district and John V Weaver as migration commissioner.
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Lowestoft
Holland
Englind
Ilao
Koeweser
Poniueton
Vestentas
Marshall W. Bradburn
New Orleans
John Vweomayo
Mississippi
Death of Mme Bartholdi Widow of Statue Sculptor
Mme Bartholdi widow of Auguste Bartholdi the sculptor who made the statue of liberty presented to the United States by the French government died at her Paris residence on Monday October 15.
Old-Time Gangster Squeals On Hired Assassin
New York report details Murray Hennessy naming Thomas Barrett as the shooter hired to kill him for a long-standing gangster feud. Hennessy, dying in Polyh clinic Hospital after an ambush outside Popper's saloon, provided an antemortem statement describing Barrett and a second suspect and noting a gun under Barrett’s coat. Barrett was arraigned in Coroner Feinberg's court, held without bail, with witnesses including George Gordon named as involved. Hennessy’s past as Moses Applebaum and his return to a half-clean life are recounted alongside a long chain of feuds and debts.
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Washington
New York
Thomas Barrett
West Thirty-eighth Street
Feinberg
Murray Hennessy
Hennessy
Polyclinic
Harrett
Popper
Tal Seventh Avenue
Martin J Regan
Barrett
George Gordon
Fifth Avenue
Pittsburgh
Thomas Lawrence
Barrett Barrett
Lower East Side
Moses Applebaum
Catherine Street
8Irl
Brooklyn
Scotch
Thomas Hennessy
Thomas
Wete
Regan
Opper
Alaska coal lands opened to competitive leases await president signature
Legislation revived by President and Secretary Lane to open vast Alaska coal resources to competitive bid leases awaits only the President's signature. The bill passed the House with little opposition after an eight year struggle to unlock coal lands once tied up by pending claims. Secretary Lane called it the end of the eight year fight and emphasized prevention of monopoly while expanding coal sales.
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Alaska Coal Land Leasing Bil
Lane
Alaska
Paris Soldier Receives Five-Year Public Works Sentence
Louis Dutherin a 25 year old French Territorial Infantry soldier was sentenced to five years labor on public works for refusing a lieutenant's order to wash his feet in a stream while his company complied amid a march on an August day.
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Paris
Louis Dutherin
Territorial Infantry
Leutenant
Hold up by gunmen at Long Island hotel
Special to the Washington Post reports six gunmen robbed two men at Philipp Hafner's hotel near Belmont Park on Long Island at noon. They took 115 dollars, rifled pockets of two men for 30 and 5, then fled in a license-lacking car toward Jamaica. Descriptions broadcast within 15 minutes failed to locate them.
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Washington Post
New York
Philipp Hafner
Belmont Park
Long Island
Jamaica
Disciples Laud President At General Convention
Atlanta October 15 delegates at the general convention of the Disciples of Christ adopted resolutions condemning the European war and praising the President for efforts to restore peace in Mexico and for maintaining U S neutrality. The delegates approved the committee report on time and set next year’s convention in Los Angeles from July 20 to 28.
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Atlanta
Mexico
United States
General Convention
The
Disciples of Christ
Committee On
Los Angeles
Giant garfish killed with pistol in Mississippi
Special to The Washington Post Clarkdale Mississippi October 16 A garfish weighing 187 pounds and measuring 9 feet was brought to Clarkdale by Sam Antone The fish was caught in the Sunflower River old bed near the city and fought so violently a pistol was driven into its head before it could be removed Also in the catch were two hard shell turtles weighing 66 and 70 pounds two shovel bill catfish at 16 pounds and about 275 pounds of small fish
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Washington Post
Clarkadale
Miss
Sam Antone
Sunflower River
Kroonland Sails for Greece Aboard American Flag
The Red Star liner Kroonland departed for Greek ports under the American flag marking its first voyage since registry change. Maritime authorities note the flag’s first appearance on a passenger vessel in Greek waters. About 1,100 passengers were aboard.
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U. S
New York
Red Star
Hner Kroonland
Kroonland
A Chant of Hate Against England English Verse Rendered
A translated violent poem in barber Barbara Henderson’s English verse portrays German hatred of England. It envisions a unified national vow to hate and wage endless conflict by land and sea, with lines urging iron will and collective vengeance against England.
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Atarnst
Lissauler
Barbara Henderson
Two Buxton Sons Shot by Young Turk in Bucharest
In Bucharest Noel Buxton and his brother Charles Buxton sons of Sir Thomas Powell Buxton were shot by a young Turk named Pachel Hassan as they traveled to attend a funeral with a Bulgarian premier’s son. One was wounded in the lungs. the other lightly. The assassin, arriving from Salonica, was arrested and hid a passport. Neither wound is considered dangerous.
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Thomas P. Buxton
Young Turk
Bucharest
London
Reuter Telegram Company
Noel Buxton
North Norfolk
Charles Borden Buxton
Thomas Powell Buxton
South Australia
Bulgaria
Pachel Hassan
Buxtons
Tomobile
M Guechom
Roumania
Pachel
Salonica
Constantinople
Sit Im
U S Red Cross Unit Entertained by Dowager Empress
In Petrograd the Dowager Empress hosted a half hour reception for an American Red Cross unit. She sent royal automobiles to pick up surgeons and nurses, who were greeted by a contrast of formal attire and their workwear. The Empress praised the Americans for their service to Russia and offered further assistance.
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U. S. Red Cross Unit
Petrograd
London
Red Cross Corps
Royal Palace
Empes
Russia
Troops From Prussia to Be Sent To Swell Firing Line in France
London report from a Times correspondent states Germans shift mass troops from the eastern to the western front for an assault on Paris due to stalled Russian progress. The move may have begun, with ordinary train traffic delayed 48 hours and reports of widespread sickness among German troops.
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France
London
Asaya
Copenhagen
The
Times
Paris
Austrian Dreadnought Destroyed by Fire at Trieste Arsenal
A fire at the Trieste Arsenal in Austria-Hungary gutted a dreadnought under construction and damaged six torpedo boat destroyers. The blaze allegedly soaked workshop woodwork with petrol. several workmen were arrested as officials assess the extensive damage at the Adriatic seaport arsenal.
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Trieste
London
Austria-Hungary
Adriatic Sea
Rome
Prussia to Seek $2.5 Billion War Credit at Diet Session
Berlin dispatch says the Prussian government will ask the diet for a war credit exceeding 2.5 billion dollars to fund railways and highways, aimed at easing unemployment. A joint leaders’ meeting backed the government program, with the diet session described as a wartime gathering lasting only a few days.
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Amsterdam
London
Telestaff
Berlin
Diet
Ban on Greek letter girls reshaping sorority entry rules
New York October 15 People say that any American high school girl who belongs to a Greek letter sorority and does not resign by November 15 will be barred from joining such sororities upon college entry Resolution adopted by the thirteenth congress of the National Pan Hellenic Society represents 70000 college sorority women The congress plans to meet next year in San Francisco. Spartanburg SC October 15 A colored physician F W O Bexton received the congressional nomination at the Fourth district Republican convention here.
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New York
National Pan Hellenic Society
San Francisco
Spartanbore
Bexton
Turkey Faces Demobilization Over Money Shortage
A Rome dispatch via Central News from London reports that Turkey told Germany it must demobilize the Ottoman Army due to a lack of funds. The telegram from Constantinople is published here.
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Germany
London
Rome
Constantinople
Turkey
Rockville Farmer George Thomas Barnaley Dies at 70
George Thomas Barnaley a well known farmer from the Cines district in Rockville county died yesterday at his Oakdale home aged 70 after a long illness. He is survived by his wife Miss Willard of Hathora Pa and six children. Funeral services will be held at 11 a clock tomorrow morning from the family residence.
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Rockville
George Thomas Barnaley
Oakdale
Miss Willard
Hathora Pa
Fam Aly
John Brown’s Harper’s Ferry raid remembered in 57th anniversary
A fragmentary historical account recalls John Brown leading a mixed group to seize the Harpers Ferry Arsenal on October 16 1859 and his capture and execution after a failed insurrection. It notes Brown’s age, motives, and the public reaction across Virginia and Maryland.
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John Brown
Harper’s Ferry
United States
Harpers Ferry
Virginia
Maryland
Kansas
Brown
Washington
Favors Philippine pensions discussed at Mohonk Lake conference
Maj Gen Leonard Wood and Rep John Fitzgerald joined W Cameron Forbes at the Lake Mohonk conference on the Indian and dependent peoples to debate the Philippine question. Wood urged a fixed tenure for American officials in the Philippines with a retirement after twenty years as island conditions were examined by Maj JI Hunt and Lieut Col D Wilcox among Manila business figures.
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Mohonk Lake
Leonard Wood
USA
Cameron Forbes
Philippines
John Fitzgerald
Brooklyn
Lake Mohonk
Wood
Maj JI Tt Hunt
Bureau of Insular Affairs
Col . D Wilcox
Us&s
A George H Fairchild
Manila
Moose Leader Kills Man in San Bernardino Street Fight
In San Bernardino California last night, Len Emerson, a local sportsman, was shot and killed by Howard Davis, secretary of the Progressive county central committee and editor of the Evening Index. Davis says Emerson attacked him during a street brawl at Progressive headquarters. Davis was arrested after seeking an office and displaying marks on his face. Emerson’s name had been used in political attacks against Republican leaders and a retraction had been demanded.
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Cal
Howard
Davis
County Central Committee
Evening Index
Len Emerson
Emerson
Progressive
Holland Bans Petroleum Exports Ban in Netherlands
Reuters report from Amsterdam says royal decree blocks petroleum exports. The notice notes government action and potential impact on trade. London dispatch cites royal BE ree authority and immediate effect across markets. The item appears among promotional lines for next Sunday’s Post with an October 18 date and ordering prompt.
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Holland
London
Reuter
Amsterdam
Netherlands
Royal BE Ree
Government bill alters foreign service pay grades and transfers
A Senate approved bill revises foreign posts salaries from 1200 to 3000 for secretaries of embassies and legations five classes of consuls general from 4500 to 12000 and nine classes of consuls from 4000 to 8000. It permits the President to transfer officials between State Department offices. Senator Stone denounced the measure as padding the diplomatic burden.
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Senate
State Department
Stone
Cholera grows in Austria raises military concerns
From Rome via Havas Agency dated October 15 Parla reports cholera cases multiplying rapidly in Galicia Transylvania and northern eastern Hungary. Officials fear the outbreak may hinder military operations and threaten regional stability.
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Havas
Rome Sans
Galiers
Tranquisvanti
North
East
Hunears
Austrians Suffer Defeat in Galicia
The report notes Russian forces defeat German and Austrian units south of Warsaw and near Przemysl in Galicia. It cites claims of Russian victories, heavy losses for Austro-German troops, and ongoing fighting around Lemberg and Przemysl. Civilians are being moved from vulnerable areas as fronts shift across East Prussia and Galicia.
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Warsaw
Przemysl
Galicia
Strs Samhur- Medska
Lemberg
East Prussia
Vermans
Berlin
Lyck
Iwildap
Sumalki
Austria
Belgium
Monfalcone
Cree Nony
Times Petrograd
Przemyvsi
Ustrn
von Hindenburg
Ludwig of
Bavaria
Czenstochowa
Danil
Petrograd
Messagera
Rusvan
Poland
Federal Reserve Bank Establishment Plans Discussed
The Federal Reserve Board in Washington issues a call for a bank stock conference on October 2 to finalize details of organizing the federal reserve banks. A nationwide opening date will be announced, with banks required to start business simultaneously. Initial payments amount to 1 percent of capital and surplus, and total contributions may reach 3 percent under law with half called at intervals.
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Federal Reserve Board
Washinton
Federal Reserve Bank
Federal Reserve
Reserve Board
Typhus Outbreak among German Lines Sparks French Vaccination
Typhus has broken out in German lines north of Solgasons, prompting French troops to take extreme precautions. Reports say the French ranks have already been vaccinated twice to prevent contagion as the outbreak grows.
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London
Solgasons
Commanders shift at Antwerp Fort revealed by Metz paper
The Metz paper reports Maj Gen von Bodenhausen, police president of Metz, has been appointed commander of the 116 fortress at Antwerp. The move follows a transfer from Metz to the fortifications in Antwerp, noting the interlinked police and military leadership roles.
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von Bodenhausen
Metz
Amsterdam
Londoni
Metzer Zeitung
Stn
Second Dutch War Credit Measure Passed by Netherlands First Chamber
The Hague Oct 15 by way of London. The first chamber today passed the measure providing for the second war credit of £900,000 for U S service without examination. Dr J C Monaghan of Bayonne N J to be admitted to the consular service without examination. Harpers Ferris West Virginia Mrs George Dittmeyer dies. survived by husband, two daughters, two sons.
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Hague
London
U S
J C Monaghan
Bayonne
Mannheim
Division of Consular Reports
Department of Commerce and Laser
Washington
Harpers Ferris Wo
George Dittmeyer
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Mme. Bartholdi
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Greece
England
New York Times
George Thomas Barnsley
Winge
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Gov Wise
Freer
Mohonk
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