German U-53 Arrives in Newport Harbor Amid Peace Rumors
The U-53 submarine visited Newport Rhode Island docking at 2:30 pm and departing at 5:17 pm. It carried mail for Count von Bernstorff and a code message for the German ambassador while fueling speculation of a possible peace proposal from Berlin.
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Bremen
Newport, R. I
Newport
Deomagreve
Count von Bernstorff
Berlin
Germany
Charles M. Sabin
Guaranty Trust Company
New York
Gerard
Washington
Rose
Margaret Fahnestock
Narragansett Bay
New London
Stonington
Hill
Troop Movement Sets Army Record at Camp Wilson
An experiment in military railroading at Camp Wilson Fort Sam Houston saw the Eighth infantry entrain for Springfield Troop A Wisconsin Cavalry for Milwaukee while four Virginia batteries detrained. Platforms allowed rapid loading and the event marked a U S army record for entraining a regiment. General Funston declined comment on orders countermanding two troops from the First Illinois Cavalry.
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San Antonio
Tex
Camp Wilson
Fort Sam Houston
Rodgers
Eighth Negro Infantry
Springfield
Wisconsin Cavalry
Milwaukee
Virginia
United States Army
Illinois
Wisconsin
Maryland
New Hampshire
Fred K. Funston
Ilinois Cavalry
Brownsville
Fort
Juarez
Robles
Gonzales
Carranza
Salazar
Watson May Head the Bull Moose Ticket in Georgia
Atlanta dispatch reports Thomas F. Watson of Georgia may lead the Bull Moose ticket if Theodore Roosevelt declines the presidential nomination. Georgia Bull Moosers press Watson to head the ticket with Parker as potential running mate, noting Watson’s prior Populist vice presidential placement.
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Atlanta
Theodore Roosevelt
Thomas F. Watson
Georgia
Roosevelt
Wat
Parker
Bull Moose
Watson
W. J. Bryan
Georgia Bull Moosers
Mr. Watson
Bankhead Highway Named for Senator Amid Plans
Birmingham Alabama October 7 promoters name the proposed Memphis to Atlanta road Bankhead Highway in honor of Alabama's senior U S senator. Col T S Plowman of Talladega is president of the association and U S highway scouts will inspect the route soon.
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Birmingham
Ala
Bankhead
Memphis
Atlanta
Alabama
United States
T.S. Plowman
Talladega
United States Highway Scouts
Yaquis Raid Northwestern Sonora Destroy Property
Yaqui Indians raid into Northwestern Sonora in large numbers burning the De Plata Mining Company mill buildings and destroying American-owned property. A courier reporting to E. B. Holt of Cerro de Plata Mining Company says the attack occurred Friday night fifty miles southwest of Nogales.
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Nogales
Ariz
Sonora
E. B. Holt
Cerro de Plata Mining Company
de Plata Company
Cotton Planters Agree Not to Sell Under 20 Cents
Memphis October 7 The first action by Southern cotton planters aims to keep 1917 cotton prices above 20 cents a pound. Presidents of Farmers' Unions in cotton growing states sign a pledge to advise members not to sell below 20 cents and to reduce acreage after meeting with National Farmers' Union president C A Barrett.
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Memphis
Southern
Farmers’ Unions
C. A. Barrett
National Farmers’ Union
Ward Liner Antilla Afire At Sea
A wireless S O S from the Ward Line steamer Antilla off the Virginia capes reports the ship on fire with passengers and crew taking to small boats. The Somerset, Onondaga, Apache, and more than twenty ships race to the scene as heavy seas hinder rescue.
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Newport News
S. O
Antilla
Aged 94 iswed to fifth wife in Colorado wedding
General Charles A. Gordon aged 94 married his fifth wife Mrs. Margaret B E Dixon aged 78 in Colorado Springs. His only child, a 73 year old son, attended the ceremony. The son has fifteen married children. All Gordon’s wives have been widows.
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Colorado Springs
Charles A. Gordon
Margaret BE. Dixon
Prominent Attorney Dies In Auto Crash
Edward Watts a leading Montgomery lawyer was killed when the car he rode in turned turtle down a fifteen foot embankment six miles from town He died in a local hospital four hours after the accident Edward T Burch the other occupant escaped unharmed
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Montgomery
Ala
Edward Watts
Printing firm rep killed in Chattanooga hotel boiler blast
Lane W. McQuiddy of Nashville was killed instantly when a boiler exploded in a Chattanooga hotel. He was seated in the writing room and buried beneath a demolished wall. The incident occurred October 7.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Lane W. McQuiddy
Nashville
McQuiddy
Striking Threat Eases as Chattanooga Transit Officials Reach Accord
Chattanooga patch notes say local streetcar motormen and conductors cancel a second strike threat after reaching an agreement with the traction company officials in Chattanooga Tennessee.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Retreet Car
Rumanians Reported Invasion of Bulgaria
A wireless despatch from Rome reports a new Rumanian invasion of Bulgaria with few details. The message says the forces sent against the invaders failed to stem their advances.
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London
Bulgaria
Rome
BULL MOOGER HITS BOTH OLD PARTIES
John M. Parker former Democrat and now Progressive vice presidential candidate opened his Cleveland campaign denouncing the Adamson eight hour law as dangerous and the methods of party campaigns as a menace to labor He called the parties battered hulks and attacked Progressive leaders who rejoined the Republicans He urged a protective tariff arbitration of labor notes and charged Wilson era credit for the Federal Reserve Act to the Progressives without conceding credit to others.
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Cleveland
John M. Parker
City Club
Parker
Progressive Party
Democratic Party Rallies Independents Against Republicans
President Wilson in Shadow Lawn New Jersey appeals to 2500 independents urging Progressive support. He casts the Republican party as fractured and ununified, predicting a future divorce of its diverse factions even if it wins the election.
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Shadow Lawn
N.J
Wilson
Republican Party
Roosevelt
Adullum
United States Senate
New York
Great Council Upon International Affairs
Washington
Europe
Monastir Drive Eding Forward
London reports the Allied drive on Monastir in southern Serbia is gaining ground. Forces approach from the south within six miles and from the east within sixteen miles, with gains in the Velaboda valley as the Serbian advance continues northwest from Kaima koalan.
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London
Monastir
Serbia
Macedonian Front
Lake Presada
Entente
Velaboda
Kaimakoalan
Democratic regime uncovered frauds total over fifty million
A Commissioner of Internal Revenue report states under the Wilson administration revenue agents uncovered frauds and tax evasion exceeding 50 million dollars. Of this, 22,509,575.47 was assessed and collected in the three years to June 30, 1916. Income tax 5,006,696.32 recovered. oleomargarine frauds 27,000,000 exposed. a whiskey conspiracy had deprived the government of 20,000,000 in taxes.
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Washington
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
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Hans Rose
Margart Fahnestock
Newport Society
Gen. Robles
Tom Watson
Georgian
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Delorechis
Lansing
Department
Kaiser
Polk
Charles H Sabin
von Bernstorff
Somme
Alberthx Bapaume
Bouchavesnes
Lesers
Gueudecourt
Les Boeufs
Morval
Sailly-Sallises
Bapaume-Peronne
Sailly
St. Pierre-Vaast
Picardy
Sallisel
Paris
Peronne
Bapaume
Bankhead Highway
Car
Bull Mooger
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