British Repel German Attack East of Polygon Wood
British forces repulsed a German infantry assault east of Polygon Wood after a heavy barrage near the Passchendaele ridge. Prisoners were taken. a raid east of Monchy was also thwarted. Unofficial Baltic reports mention German ships near the Gulf of Finland heading toward Helsingfors and Petrograd.
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Polygon Wood
London
Stockholm
Baltic Sea
Gulf of Finland
Helsingfors
Finland
Petrograd
Flanders
Passchendaele-Gheluvelt Ridge
Ypres
War Office
Hollebeke
Broodseinde
Monchy
Associated Press
France
Belgium
Reutel
Jtsun
Baseball Magnates Wreck On Pennsy Train Near Beaver Falls
National Baseball commission members riding the Pennsylvania Limited from Chicago to New York were in a wreck near Beaver Falls. Four engine crew members were badly hurt and taken to a Rochester hospital while passengers, including the commission, were moved to Pittsburgh and resumed the trip east after the incident. An air force aviation school at Yale University has been planned and approved by the War Department.
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Pittsburgh
National Baseball Commission
Pennsylvania Limited
Chicago
New York
Beaver Falls
Here
Rochester
United
Commission
YALE
New Haven
Sarah Bernhardt to Be Fairy Godmother of Patriotic Children
Chicago reports the Children's Patriotic League forming to unite American children in aid of allied children during and after the war. Madame Sarah Bernhardt, in Chicago, has agreed to be the fairy godmother. Belgian and French coasts in several cities have sanctioned the plan.
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Sarah Bernhardt
Chicago
Children’s Patriotic League
Children of America
Borrowed Gun to Shoot Herself Ends Up Wounding Husband
Hannah Culpepper, 31, borrowed a revolver to kill herself but shot her husband Wade Culpepper five times during a 7 pm dispute at their Water loop home. Wade, a minister, is hospitalized with multiple gunshot wounds while Hannah awaits outcome in county jail. The couple had moved from Alabama six months ago amid jealousy over alleged letters to other women.
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Hannah Culpepper
Wade Culpepper
St. Francis Hospital
Shilliam Avenue
Culpepper
Waterloo
Alabama
Birmingham
Youngstown
Marrigge
Myrtle Barr
Cal Madison
Germany cannot win on the land says Gothien at Berlin meet
Amsterdam dispatch reports George Gothien a Progressive Reichstag member stating Germany cannot conquer on land despite a satisfactory military situation. He cites 7,000,000 tons sunk by submarines and notes no peace mood in England, doubts America can be forced to yield, and says allies seek peace through understanding while pan German annexation drives opposition. He warns long hours and food shortages push workers toward peace and possible strikes.
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Amsterdam
George Goth ‘Jen
Reichstag
Berlin
Germany
England
America
Herr Gothien
Herr Goathien
Piersol Trial Opens in Kidnaping Case
Marshfield Mo October The trial of Claude J Piersol 20 charged with kidnapping Lloyd Keet infant son of a Springfield banker was to open in the circuit court The case names a band four others linked to a plot against a Springfield jeweler nearly 200 witnesses have been called and a 75 man jury panel summoned The courtroom has been enlarged for the crowd Dick Carter a defendant in the plot will testify for the state
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Marshfield
Claude J. Piersol
Lloyd Keet
Springfield
Piersal
Keet
Altho
Piersol
Missouri
Dick Carter
Masonic Official Edward Lettchworth Dies in London
Sir Edward Lettchworth, grand secretary of English Freemasons, died in London at age 84. The veteran administrator served decades in the lodge ranks and was widely respected in Masonic circles. His death comes during a period of transition for the order in Britain.
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London
Edward ‘Letchworth
Free Masons
Route Booze From Iowa Forever Call to Citizenry
October week in Iowa centers on prohibition push ahead of October 15 election. Temperance workers tour towns urging turnout and pledge to uphold constitutional prohibition. Major General E H Plummer at Camp Dodge says prohibition safeguards soldier health and war effort. Secretary R B Patin backs amendment and cites liquor sale ban to soldiers. CONTINued on page twelve.
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Moines
Iowa
E. H. Plummer
Camp Dodge
United States
Plummer
Polk County Prohibitory Amendment Association
R. B. Patin
War Department
Patin
Hoover Plans 5 Cent War Bread Experiment In Philadelphia
Herbert Hoover as national food administrator will test a 5 cent war loaf in Philadelphia in cooperation with the Department of Agriculture. D R Jacobs says the loaf will save sugar lard and milk yet stay wholesome with standardized mixing and baking methods. If successful, the method and recipes will be adopted nationwide to lower costs for bakers and consumers.
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Philadelphia
Herbert A. Hoover
National Food Administrator
Department of Agriculture
Hoover
D. R. Jacobs
Bureau of Chemistry
Seeadler Crew-Run German Raider Boats Reported Near Fiji
London reports an Exchange Telegraph Dispatch from Melbourne says a whale boat with a crew of Germans from the raider Seeadler was captured near the Fiji islands. The craft carried a gun and machine guns, and the Germans admitted they were detailed from the Seeadler for raids. Two German sea raiders in the south Pacific were mentioned, with several merchant ships sunk. The Seeadler previously operated in the south Atlantic, sinking 11 merchantmen.
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London
Melbourne
Fiji Islands
South Pacific
Samoa
Navy Department
South Atlantic
Emporia Student Dies in Chicago Suicide Crisis
Alvin Crus Aynes, 21, a freshman at the University of Chicago and son of a Kansas hardware merchant, was found dead in Jackson Park with a razor in his hand. A note claimed drowning himself, but the methods suggest self harm. Cards show affiliations with Iowa and Illinois Commercial Men's associations and a Y M C A unit in Emporia. An exemption button was worn, no motive given.
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Chicago
Alvin Crusaynes
Ema. Kan
University of Chicago
Jackson Park
Iowa State
Illinois Commercial Men's Association
Emporig
Delivery error notice for late newspaper
If the paper is not delivered at your home by 6 o'clock, please phone 3330 for a replacement. After 6 30 o'clock call telephone number 2 for assistance.
Giants and Sox head to New York for third World Series battle
The Chicago White Sox and New York Giants race to Polo Grounds for decisive games after two Chicago wins. Giants captain Eddie Collins and White Sox stars Buck Weaver and Sallee are praised for pitching and timely hitting as McCarty vows to return. Russell may start Tuesday if his arm holds, with Cicotte a likely option.
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New York
Chicako White Sox
New York Giants
Chicago
Local 14
Giants
White Sox
Polo Grounds
East
Detroit
Comiskey Field
Wcarty Hurf TN
Orasil
Lew McCarty
Nemo” Leibold
McCarty
Seibold
Eddie Collins
Buck Weaver
Reb
Russell
Chicago White Sox
Thara
Comiskey
Hall
McGraw
Schupp
Buck Werver
Jackson
Cilens
Jelsch
Ballee
Eddie Catlins
Chick” Gandif
Felsch
Sallee
Colling
Wddie Plank
Youch
Gandil
Saltee
Cicotte
Altho
Reb” Russell
Acm
Chicago Lane
Russell Chicago
Clarence Bonland
Ball Park
Rowland
Danforth
Cleottes
J ‘St
Faber
Urban Faber
Cascade
Weaver
Taird
Perritt
Submarine Escapes From Cadiz Refueling Spanished Port
A German submarine interned at Cadiz escaped, leaving guns torpedoes and munitions on land. Spain declared all belligerent submarines entering its waters to be interned and later disciplined officials including the commander and the arsenal’s chief adjuvant after a court martial.
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Cadiz
Alfonso
Washington, D. C
Madrid
Juan Riano
Naval Department of
SONS OF POLICE CAPTAIN ENTER WORLD SERIES GATES
Chicago October 3 Capt Michael J Gallery in command of the police detail at White Sox park during the world series learned that 87 youths claimed as his sons were admitted Sunday. Crowds saw boys approach gates whisper to staff and enter. headquarters verified the 87 as impostors and Gallery quipped he must phone Comiskey about a young divorce that beat the cop.
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Chicago
Michael J. Gallery
White Sox Park
Gallery
Comiskey
Committee Opens Investigation Of La Follette Talk
Washington moves to probe Senator Robert M. La Follette’s St Paul speech before the Nonpartisan League. The Privileges and Elections subcommittee plans brief, possibly closed hearings, aiming to finish within 10 days. Bryan’s denial of the Lusitania ammunition claim is noted.
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Washington, D. C
la Follette
Nonpartisan League
St. Paul
Senate
In Follette
Bryan
Pomerene
Lu’ Follette
Wilson
Lusitania
New York
la Pollette
Senate Privileges and Elections
Ohio
Robert M. la Follette
League
Senator la Follette
High Court to Hold Hearing on Draft Law
The U S Supreme Court advanced appeals challenging the constitutionality of the draft law and set December 10 for hearing arguments. The government moved to hear seven suits together, including Emma Goldman and Alexander Berkman who were fined and imprisoned for urging men of conscription age to avoid registering.
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Washington, D. C
Supreme Court
Emma Goldman
Alexander Berkman
13 Cent Milk May Cause Strike of Wagon Drivers
Chicago, Feb. 8. The jump to 15 cent milk in Chicago may bring a strike by Milk Wagon Drivers union members. Drivers plan a meeting next Thursday to decide action. State's Attorney Hoyne's claim that small distributors are coerced into price hikes finds support in a recent incident as Merkle Dairy declined to raise prices to 13 cents. One wagon was overturned, milk cans emptied, and harnesses slashed in a related event.
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Chicago
Hoyne
Merkle Dairy Company
Plan to Double U. S. Destroyer Fleet
Secretary Daniels reviewed contracts for extra destroyers already arranged with builders. Congress passed a 350 million pound appropriation to fund construction and plant upgrades. Navy will not publish exact totals, but the fleet in commission or under construction will more than double, surpassing all other powers including Britain.
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Washington, D. C
Daniels
Navy
United States
Great Britain
Small clothing dealers ruined by high prices
At the United National Clothiers association semi annual meeting in Chicago it was asserted that high material costs have driven many small retail clothiers from business while large retailers operate on minimal profits. The report notes widespread closures and sustained margins for big sellers.
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Chicago
United National Clothiers’ Association
Reichstag in upheaval over peage terms
Pan German agitation threatens to split Germany, as external pressure to state war aims grows. Reichstag debate this week may test Chancellor Michaelis and ministers Helfferich and Stein over pan German influence, peace with annexations, and indemnities.
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Germany
Reichstag
Michaalis
von Bethmann-Hollweg
Quay
New Fatherland Party
von Tirpitz
Baf
Copenhagen
Helfferich
Vossische Zeitung
Michaels
Helfferich- Vorwaerts
Michaelis
President Wilson Ponders Trip to New Orleans in February
President Wilson plans no vacation or speaking trip before Christmas and will stay in Washington directing war work. He has declined several invitations to speak but may visit New Orleans in February for the bicentennial celebration of the city’s foundation.
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Washington, D. C
Wilson
Washington
New Orleans
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