Hurricane Threat Looms Over Gulf Coast and South
A tropical disturbance off the Gulf of Mexico grows in intensity as it nears the coast. Hurricane warnings stretch from New Orleans to Apalachicola with gale signals inland across Alabama Georgia Florida and Mississippi. Officials fear a northeast turn with heavy rain from the eastern Gulf to New England.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
Middle Gulf Coast
New Orleans
Apalachicola
Fla
Caribbean Sea
Gulf of Mexico
Gulf Coast
Apalachics A
Fila
Alabama
Georgia
Florida
Mississippi
Gulf
Atlantic
New England
Norfolk
Savannah
Mobile
Bryan Campaign Swing Through Tennessee Aims For Wilson Re-Election
William Jennings Bryan arrived in Memphis for a Tennessee campaign day for the Democratic ticket. He joined Gov. T. C. Rye and candidates K. D. McKellar and Hubert Fisher. Bryan said he has spoken in twelve states and expects a powerful Southern move to help President Wilson seek re-election. The campaign train planned 10 to 12 stops before returning to Nashville.
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Memphis
Tenn
William Jennings Bryan
Tennessee
T. C. Rye
K. D. McKellar
United States Senate
Hubert Fisher
Congress
McKellar
Bryan
Union Station
Middle West
South
Wilson
Nashville
Rumanians Hold Line as Winter War Persists
Entente and Russian reports say Rumanians resist along the Transylvania border with German pressure easing. French claim repulsed German assaults on the Somme while British fronts make limited progress amid rain. Russian aid strengthens Romanian defense of passes.
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Entente
Transylvania
Somme
Volhynia
Carpathians
Beinner
Petrograd
Berlin
Bucharest
von Falkenhay
Paris
Winds reach 72 mph at Pensacola in morning report
In Pensacola, Fla., at 8:15 a.m. the wind clocked at 72 miles per hour from the north and northeast. The barometer stood at 29.40 with a tide two feet above normal. Fifteen minutes earlier the wind was easterly and the barometer 29.48.
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New Orleans
Pensacola
Fla
Weather Bureau
Tropical hurricane nears Pensacola center path eyed
A Mobile to New Orleans telegraph link failed after 9 o'clock as winds shift to 10 miles per hour. Pensacola and Mobile report 48 mile winds at 7 am suggesting the hurricane might land near Pensacola. Gulfport and Burrwood log 20 mile winds with high tides and Burrwood records 11.88 inches rainfall. New Orleans reports winds under 10 miles northwest at 8 am.
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Postal Telegraph Company
Mobile
Ala
New Orleans
Pensacola
Weather Bureau
Gulfport
Miss
Burrowd
Burrwood
Wind Gusts Batter Fort Morgan During Early Morning Gale
A southeast gale at Fort Morgan Alabama near Mobile Bay raged at 98 miles per hour at 6 45 this morning with gusts to 98 and an average near 90 miles per hour. The storm struck Morgan at 4 a m according to a radio message.
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Fort Morgan
Ala
Mobile Bay
Mor-gan
Severe storm moves northeast from Pensacola toward Mobile
A Pensacola to Journal telegraph at 9 10 AM reports wind at 71 miles an hour then 4 lull to 11. The storm center heads toward Pensacola as the last Mobile Montgomery telegraph line trips at 11 15. Telegraph advisories from Mobile say the storm is central to the east and moving northeast.
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Montgomery
Ala
Pensacola
Journal
Mobile
Wilson Ready for His Third Campaign Trip
In Long Branch on October 18 President Wilson outlined a third Midwest trip with three Chicago speeches and stops in New York Ohio Illinois and Indiana. He will work on the train before his October 28 Woodrow Wilson Day speech, with the message sent in advance to Wilson meetings nationwide.
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Long Branch
N. J
Wilson
Middle West
Chicago
New York
Ohio
Illinois
Indiana
Unofficial Gale Estimated at 90 to 100 mph
Reports put the storm wind speeds unofficially between ninety and one hundred miles per hour. Despite high tides, property damage was noted as slight compared with the July hurricane.
Tropical disturbance nears Mobile as wind reaches 72 mph
Mobile residents monitor weather as a tropical disturbance heads toward the area. By 8 am winds shifted to the southeast at 72 miles per hour with a barometer dropping. No shipping damage reported as mariners and waterfront property owners had taken precautions against wind and high water.
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Mobile
Ala
Another Aviator Killed in Action From Yale Prominent Aviator
William Thaw, a former Yale student and noted aviator in the French army, was killed in action, according to a report received by S. S. Walker of Yale's senior class. No further details were provided.
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New Haven
Conn
William Thaw
Yale
S. S. Walker
Bloodhounds Help Seek Suspect After Farmer Killing
In New Bern North Carolina on October 18 a large Jones county posse with bloodhounds searches Maysville for N H Collins a farmer charged with killing fellow farmer Abraham Collins amid a land dispute authorities report Abraham Collins was killed the day before this dispatch
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New Bern
N. C
Jones County
Maysville
N. H. Collins
Abraham Collins
Government blocks Lusitania note publication
Acting Secretary Polk announced the State Department will not release the February 16 German note on the Lusitania case. He said the note has not been accepted and should not be published or cause a disturbance at this time.
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Washington
Lusitania
State Department
Polk
McAdoo to preside at Raleigh rural land bank meeting
Secretary W G McAdoo of the Treasury will preside at Raleigh New Mexico on Tuesday October 24 when the rural land bank location is discussed and boundaries determined. The Chamber of Commerce reports firm assurance of his participation and farmers are invited to learn bank benefits. Raleigh aims to raise about 2500 dollars with progress toward 2000 dollars. Railroading residents anticipate a bank and lawmakers think Raleigh leads among state rivals. Dibbell Mineral Company of Penland Mitchell county was chartered with 25000 capital and 20000 paid in by listed investors. The firm may engage in electric business lumbering real estate and related lines. Governor Craig schedules two campaign speeches this week in Sanford and Laurinburg and intends to visit many parts of the state within official limits.
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Raleigh
NM. C
W. G. McAdoo
United States Treasury
Chamber of Commerce
McAdoo
Dibbell Mineral Company
Penland
Mitchell County
A. W. Bitner
Burnsville
E. C. Poteat
Sebe Pitman
Fin Willis
A. C. Toms
General Electric
Woman in Army Uniform Faces Trial in Macon
In Atlanta on Oct 18 Lena Dawkins is charged with unlawful use of U S Army uniform. Her sweetheart Private Reuben Walter Lee Bone of the Second Squadron of Cavalry faces desertion charges. Bone left the mobilization camp in Macon and went to Atlanta with Dawkins, who wore the uniform and accompanied him before their arrest.
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Atlanta
United States Army
Lena Dawkins
Camp Harris
Macon
Reuben Walter Lee Bone
Cavary
Bone
Meredith College Reports Single Diphtheria Case
Meredith College in Raleigh isolates one diphtheria case after Miss Charlotte Ruegger shows mild symptoms. Exposures were only to four people. doctors advise precautions while two exposed teachers take preventive treatment.
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Raleigh
N. C
Meredith College
Charlotte Ruegger
Storm Warning Near Cape Henry to Charleston
An early 1960s storm warning from KX Washington reports a tropical system approaching the middle Gulf coast moving north. Expect strong northeast winds along the coast this afternoon and tonight from Cape Henry to Charleston. Observers in Wilmington note the northeast storm warning issued at 10:30 a.m.
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Washington, D. C
Wilmington
N. C
Cape Henry
Charleston
Middle Gulf Coast
United States Asked to Take Charge of Austrian Interests
Athens reports on October 17 that Washington was asked to permit the American legation to handle Austrian, Bulgarian and Turkish interests if Greece declares war or in any other conflict. Permission has been granted for Austria.
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Athens
London
Washington
Greece
Austria
Cotton prices surge in New Orleans on hurricane rumor
New Orleans October 18 prices jumped sharply at opening trading as rumors that a tropical hurricane struck near Mobile spurred activity. July futures climbed to 19.17 cents a pound, a record high, with basis at 4.50 dollars.
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New Orleans
Mobile
Basasis
Republican clash at Harlowe during Moore Whitehurst address
In Harlowe New Bern on October 18 Hon L I Moore and H P Whitehurst faced a violent reception as Hood a Goldsboro radical stirred protests. Moore spoke after Hood’s remarks and exchanged staph from the shoulder for about an hour as Democrats pressed their case amid stronger Republican mobilization.
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New Bern
N. C
L. I. Moore
H. P. Whitehurst
Harlowe
Goldsboro
Hood
Moore
Republican Party
First Voters Wilson Club Formed in Greensboro
An unusually large Greensboro crowd welcomed Judge Albert T. Stephenson as he addressed the first Voters Wilson Club in the Court House. The Guilford county group of 300 young men pledged to vote for Wilson this fall and elected officers led by a president with several vice presidents and a secretary.
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Greensboro
Ailbert T. Stephenson
Winston-Salem
Court House
Wilson Club
Wilson
Butler May Tackle Maxwell in North Carolina Race
Raleigh Oct 18 Major George Butler rumored to challenge A J Maxwell chief clerk of the corporation commission over state expense figures. Maxwell has drawn criticism for his budgeting, while Butler awaits a chance for a joint debate should Maxwell cross the district line.
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Raleigh
N. C
A. J. Maxwell
The
Corporation Commission
George Butler
Major Butler
Maxell
Maxwell
Bud Marion
Colonel Hicks
Senator Butler
Judge Elder Little
Butler
George
Frank Linney
Gaul
State Department studies submarine questions after U-53 raid
The State Department will not issue a full public statement on the U-53 raid but will provide information on request. Officials are studying the submarine question and may issue regulations similar to European nations. Investigations focus on what the U-53 learned in Newport and damages involving France and Spain are noted.
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Washington
United States
Viscount Grey
Germany
Pensacola
Fila
State Department
New England
Newport
Spain
France
Greek recruits bid for action in U S framed campaign
London reports the Greek provincial government opened negotiations with the United States to secure freedom of action in recruiting Greeks in America. Once officially recognized they will appoint representatives to conduct a recruitment drive.
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London
United States
Athens
America
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Meredith
Ingle
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Tee
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First Voters Wilson Club
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