Basis of Cotton Aid Adoo Sends Out Notice
Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo appeals to clearing house associations in the Northern states to cooperate with a $135 million emergency cotton relief fund. Class A and B certificates will back emergency currency under the Aldrich Vreeland act, with New York banks pledging $40 million and cotton belt banks likely to provide $35 million. The plan seeks rapid subscriptions and uses the certificates as currency backing.
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Cotton Belt
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Treasury
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Federal Reserve Board
Federal Reserve District
Federal Reserve System
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Whitman by 75 000 First Sea Lord Quits Bets Unmet
Republican leaders push Whitman for governor as odds on Glynn and Gerard hold. Bets placed on Whitman include a 4000 even wager via Wall Street and other offers, with the tally showing Whitman favored to win by about 75 000. Notes on Glynn backers and general market activity across New York betting rooms and brokers.
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First Sea Lord
Washington Post
New York
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Waldorf
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Jay O'Brien
Broadway
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the Waldorf
Gottfried Walbaum
Wall Street
Fred Schumm
Whitn
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11 Spies in Red Cross Shot by French Troops
A Daily Telegraph account describes 11 German officers found among 46 captured by cavalry at Amiens wearing Red Cross uniforms. After medical tests exposed them as spies, a court martial ordered execution at dawn. The 37 others were sent to Geneva for possible exchange. Franciscan-style banquet preceded the grim verdict.
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Use Motor to Rob on Poverty Gap Street
A car on Twenty ninth Street in Poverty Gap waited an hour as four highwaymen leaped aboard with revolvers and sped east to Tenth Avenue. Denton and Stapleton were injured and treated at the French Hospital. victims offered only vague descriptions of the assailants.
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Poverty Gap
Twentythird Street
Tenth Avenue
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Stapleton
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Kaiser Tells Poles of Holy War Vision
Petrograd reports the Gazeta Czestochowska prints Kaiser's Polish proclamation claiming a Virgin Mary vision ordered him to save Poland and unite it with Germany. He says Poles should meet his soldiers as saviors and warns that those against him will perish, with God and the Virgin on his side.
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Gazeta Czestochowska
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Russia
Poland
Germany
God
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All German Corps in Full Retreat In Poland
Russian embassy reports from Petrograd say on October 28 Austro German corps on the left bank of the Vistula are in full retreat. Strykoff Ekow and Novomiasto are taken, Radom seized by cavalry, and thousands of prisoners guns machine guns trains and cars captured. No changes in Galicia. East Prussia front German corps still attacking near Bakalotjewo with heavy enemy losses.
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Petrograd
Tilica
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Radom
Galicia
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Bakalotjewo
German Force of 1000 Annihilated After Surrender
In the Argonne north of Chalade wood a Württemberg regiment of 1000 men moved two by two through a rocky pass toward a French camp. A French forester alerted comrades, rocks and machine guns blocked the path, the Germans raised a white flag, then fired on a French party. Ten French were killed before the attackers were wiped out.
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Britain Moves Toward Neutral Consignees for Copper Cargo
British Ambassador Sir Cecil Spring-Rice outlined negotiations with all neutral nations to act as consignees for conditional contraband shipments. Britain may release five copper laden ships detained at Gibraltar while Italy imposes an embargo on copper exports to belligerents. Sweden or Greece embargo status unclear.
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German Reports Claim Rebounds on Eastern Front
An official German army report says enemy attacks in the northeast are repulsed and asserts Allied offensives in the region have failed while noting Russians suffered casualties and equipment losses. Separate dispatches describe German efforts to force British ships to sea and airship bombings near war fronts with prisoners and guns claimed by Austria.
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Russians unleash reserves in Prussia campaign says Daily Mail
London reports Petrograd correspondent says Germans are astonished by fresh Russian troops and tactics. The article notes Russia’s plan to keep large reserves, rotate regiments, and prevent long front lines, asserting the emperor’s army of 5,000,906 men is impacting the campaign.
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France Declines Participation in War Loan
A Morgan firm source says France would not join the current loan, noting no official notice of the State Department’s stance on financing belligerents. It marks the first war loan placed in the United States since hostilities began.
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United States
Captain Dean Found Guilty and Reduced in Rank
Captain Warren Dean of the Fifteenth United States Cavalry was found guilty of carelessness in his accounts by a court martial in El Paso Texas. He receives a reduction of ten files in rank and awaits action by Secretary Garrison on his return to Washington next week. Dean had served at Fort Myer for 15 years and was popular for organizing horse shows and charitable events.
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Served in Jail for Friend in Wilmington Case
Special to The Washington Chronicle reports Hugh F. Baveeney an 85 year old former Wilmington fire chief, confessed to serving a six year sentence for a murder he did not commit to shield a deceased Wilmington businessman friend. He recalled an excursion with Fame fire company to Sea Breeze forty two years ago when a man died after a blackjack blow. The judge froze proceedings to consider whether the citizenship could be saved.
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Crown Prince Reported Wounded at Verdun
A report from Rome via London dated October 30 says the German crown prince has been wounded while leading an attack on Verdun. The claim cites battlefield activity and names Verdun as the site of action. Confirmation was not provided in the dispatch.
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German 42 centimeter gun explodes in France killing 250
Paris dispatch from Madrid, credited to the Imparcial, claims a German 42 centimeter cannon on the right wing in France exploded due to an excessive powder charge. The blast allegedly blew to pieces the gunners and 250 men.
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Madrid
Imparcial
France
Predicts trade boom from first page Gary
The speaker argues that success in war hinges on commercial power and that a peace grounded in mutual financial interests could avert further conflict. He stresses preserving national integrity and geography and advocates worldwide arbitration to resolve disputes among nations.
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Germany testing two new giant submarines
A Copenhagen dispatch to the London Daily Mail reports from Hamburg that two large German submarines are on trial trips at the Elbe mouth. They are said to be four times the size of existing submarines and able to stay at sea for 44 days without replenishment.
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Elbe
London Urges Spy Crusade After Nashlight Arrest
London newspapers press for tougher government action to root out spies after a Nashlight apparatus suspect is captured on the north shore of the Firth of Forth. The October 29 report notes widespread public demand for stronger measures.
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Firth of Forth
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