Fifteen Killed as Motor Train Plunges in Kansas Creek
Motor train No. 579 on Union Pacific fell to Fancy Creek near Randolph Kansas after a washout washed out an abutment. At least fifteen killed and about forty injured as two cars buried in water and mud. Motorman and passengers perished. four bodies recovered by noon.
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Union Pacific
Randolph
Kan
Kansas City
Union Pacific Railroad
Paney Creek
Manhattan
Marysville
Fancy Creek
Louis Atwood
Topeka
Adina K. Jellin
Garrison
Pan American Nations Move to Recognize Carranza
Pan American conference reports favorable replies from Argentina Bolivia Uruguay Guatemala Brazil and Chile on recognizing General Carranza. U S and other nations may present notes through Arredondo. meeting set for next Monday. Seizure of Navira Steamship property and Luis Martinez reported amid Mexico unrest.
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Washington, D. G
Carranza
Lansing
Argentina
Bolivia
Uruguay
Guatemala
Brazil
Chile
Mexico
United States
Mexico City
General Carranza
Arredondo
Cape San Lucas
California
San Diego
Cal
Guaymas
Mex
Navira Steamship Company
Luis Martinez
Lone submarine victor over four German warships in Baltic
London dispatches report British submarine 1-19 in the Baltic near Faxe sank a German torpedo boat, then torpedoed a destroyer. A German flotilla fled after further attacks as the submarine, bombarded by a cruiser and two destroyers, then vanished at sea.
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London
Baltic
Sweden
Copenhagen
Faxe
Militiamen Guard Charleston Ballot Counting
Charleston S C October 16 Militiamen guard the count as the city Democratic executive committee reconvenes to tally ballots from the municipal primary. A Friday shooting left one dead and four injured during the earlier counting attempt. Governor Manning ordered the troops to protect the committee today.
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Charleston
S.C
Manning
John T. Grate
French Repulse German Attacks in Lorraine
French forces repulsed several counter attacks in Lorraine against trenches held yesterday, according to an official statement from the French war office dated October 16.
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Lorraine
Paris
French War Office
Allied envoys preparing to leave Greece
A dispatch from Athens to the Cologne Gazette reports Russia and Italy preparing to depart Greece. The diplomats’ families are expected to sail today on a warship bound for Italy from the Grecian capital.
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Greece
Amsterdam
London
Athens
Cologne
Russia
Italy
Geeece
Sis
Divine wooed Madly The Married Says Divine
New York October 2 Lucille Covington sues Dr John Wesley Hill for two hundred thousand dollars for breach of promise. She alleges he cried about loving his wife and three children, offered letters as evidence, and admitted a second marriage after his first wife died.
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Atiss
Lucille
New York
Lucille Covington
John Wesley Hill
The
Peace Forum
Hawks Hope For Victory Over Northwestern
Iowa City Gat. 16 Confidence ran high in Iowa and Northwestern camps before the annual grid clash. Both squads in fine condition, few injuries. Murphy aims for win, Hawley coy. Northwestern lineup listed. Hawkeyes cautious about late lineup.
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Hawkeyes
Northwestern
Iowa City
Gat
Iowa
Murphy
Hawley
Hawkeye
Crane
Crocett
Steinbrenner
Stromberg
Thirh
Randolph
Norman
Underhill
Driscoll
Williams
Patterson
Towa—McKee
Barron
Bowlesby
Holmes
Grubb
Delivery problem contact numbers for late newspaper
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Hanging of Joe Deberry Draws Mobs at Murphysboro
Joe Deberry was hanged at 9 30 this morning for the murder of Mrs. J H Martin in Murphysboro Illinois. A crowd of outsiders filled the town and about 2000 inside the stockade witnessed the execution while 3000 more stood on the streets unable to enter. Mrs Martin the wife of attorney James H Martin was killed July 30 1915 after refusing Deberry fifty cents. Deberry confessed while in Harrisburg jail and pleaded guilty again in Murphysboro. The sheriff refused a plea from Mrs Martins son to spring the trap.
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Murphysboro
Joe Deberry
J. H. Martin
James H. Martin
Hilinois
Murton
Carmi
Harrisburg
Harrisboro
White
de Kerry
Deberts
Illinois National Guard
Court House
Deberry
Elea Unth Deberry
Martin
German Warship Captures Cotton Cargo
Stockholm via London Oct 16 The Norwegian steamship Tyr carrying cotton from Bergen to Copenhagen was captured today by a German warship in the Cattegrat arm of the North Sea between Sweden and Jutland.
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Stockholm
London
Tyr
Bergen
Norway
Copenhagen
Denmark
Cattegrat
North Sea
Sweden
Jutland
Monster Navy 400000 Army Planned by U S
Washington D C Oct 16 Provisions for a military force of 665000 men and construction by 1920 of sixteen capital ships ten dreadnoughts and six battle cruisers are included in plans for national defense as approved by President Wilson which had virtually reached completion today This great military force would be provided for by the creation of a continental army of 700000 men an increase in the regular army of 100000 men and a wililia strength of 125000 men.
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Washington, D. C
Wilson
Britain Declares War on Bulgaria War Updates and Balkan Moves
Great Britain declares war on Bulgaria amid Bulgaria Serbia alignments. Field Marshal von Mackensen advances slowly against Serbia. Serbia moves capital to Mitrovitza near Montenegro. Russia and Italy prepare Balkan interventions. Bulgaria attacks near the Greek border to disrupt rail links.
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London
Great Britain
Bulgaria
Serbia
Greece
Altho
England
Roumania
Ielegram
Parla
Bucharest
von Mackensen
Serbdla
Nish
Peter
Balkan
Pisana
Boukova
Petrograd
Russia
Foreign Office
Milan
Paris
Mitravitaza
Secolo
Thyenarest
Italy
Paria
Balkans
Excelsior
Athens
Oat
Karda
Valandove
Saloniki
Hovdovo
Edison Favors Giant War Chest for United States
Chicago, Ork. 1 Thomas A Edison, chairman of the United States naval advisory board, visited Chicago briefly on his way to San Francisco. He urged a giant war chest and a machine driven future army, proposing a volunteer force with many trained officers ready within forty eight hours. He called America a machine nation and favored rapid officer training and integration with industry.
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Chicago
Ork
Thomas AL Edison
United States Naval Advisory Board
Wos
San Francisco
United States
Petential
America
Rear Admiral Little Faces Court Martial Start in Boston
Rear Admiral William N. Little, retired, was to stand trial by court martial in Boston beginning Oct. 18 on charges of neglect and coarse fees methods in his duties as inspector of vessels at Fore River Shipbuilding in Quincy Massachusetts related to the construction of submarine U S S K 23.
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Washington
William N. Little
Fore River Shipbuilding Company
Quincy
Mass
Boston
Two Personal Injury Suits Against Adad Plaintiff
Ambulance chasers alleged in Ramsey County Minnesota against attorney Chester L Nichols of Minneapolis and associate Zimling with Aimring Wanderio in local and St Paul suits. Chicago Great Western Railway opposes a Ramsey county action claiming illegal contract. Judge Mullan issued a temporary injunction blocking further prosecution in Ramsey County.
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Chester L. Nichols
Minneapolis
Appke
St. Paul
Chicago Great Western Railway Company
Aimring
Wanderioo
Mears & Lovejoy
Ramsey County
Minn
Nichols
Zimling
Mullan
Minnesota
Waterloo
Ahich
Liv
Nichole
Zuppke
Zimring
Tria
Black Hawk County
Mears & Tovejoy
Villa Death Claims and Fierro’s Fate Amid Mutiny
Reports from El Paso and Juarez say General Francisco Villa was arrested, tried, and killed by his own forces amid a desert mutiny near Casas Grandes, while General Rodolfo Fierro, Villa’s feared lieutenant, allegedly drowned during a river crossing. A separate Mexican account describes Fierro as audacious and brutal, with links to Villa’s harsh campaign and sensational incidents at Juarez.
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Douglas
Ariz
P. Elias Catles
Carrara
Agua Prieta
Villa
Casas Grandes
Sonora
el Paso
Tex
Francisco Villa
General Villa
Juarez
Rodolfo Fierro
Fierro
Cagar Grandes
General Fierro
Lampasas
Mex
Laredo
Monterey
Torreon
Zacatecas
William Benton
Benton
Tomas Urbing
Urbino
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Monster Navy
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Sorta
Zaltear and
Knaizevac
Vlasolince
T 'O Guergholi
Semandria
Danube
Belgrade
Edison
Little
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