Gulf Hurricane Strikes Gulf Coast With Widespread Damage
The hurricane moved inland after hitting Louisiana and Mississippi coastlines around midnight. New Orleans reports one death and extensive damage with downed wires and damaged bridges. trains halted and shelters filled as residents sought safety. The storm, near forty-eight miles per hour winds, caused near total disruption along the gulf with warnings issued from Texas to Louisiana.
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Washington
Gulf of Mexico
Weather Bureau
Gulf Coast
Mississippi River
Louisiana
Coast Guard
Shipping Board
New Orleans
Mississippi
Louisiana Coast Line
Here
Mobile
Alabama
Chef Mentour
Rigolets
John McFaul
Saint Charles
Carrollton
Esplanade
Grand Tle
Burrwood
San Antonio
Tex
Texas
Allen Buell
Buell
Corpus Christi
Galveston
Texas Gulf Coast
Gulf
Cholera Wave Sweeps Western China
A letter to the American Baptist foreign mission society from Dr. Joseph Taylor reports a severe cholera epidemic in western China around Chentu. People die in streets and coffin supply runs out as carpenters work nonstop. graves are dug in trenches amid ongoing provincial conflict.
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New York
China
American Baptist Foreign Mission Society
Joseph Taylor
Chentu
Clothing prices set to tumble after convention
Chicago reports retail clothiers' association predicts prices will fall about 3 percent next spring. Fred Veiland of Topeka Kansas notes public resistance to high prices and growing warehouse stock will force lower selling prices to avoid heavy losses.
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Chicago
Retail Clothiers’ Association
Fred Veiland
Topeka
Kansas
Dezers
Meigs County Hag Not PoE to Count Again
Secretary of State Smith ruled the Meigs county board of election acted without authority in recounting August primary votes and certifying George R. Beahrs as Republican nominee for sheriff. The canvass showed Wilbur A. Reeves won by one vote. recount gave Beahrs a 20 vote plurality. Reeves filed a complaint alleging malfeasance and urging a return to the original results.
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Columbus
Meigs County
Smith
Boys of '61 Again Pass By in Review
In Indianapolis on September 22 the veterans of the Grand Army of the Republic marched past their commander at the encampment’s close. The thinning ranks forced some to be assisted by accompanying autos as many veterans could not complete the march.
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Indianapolis
Grand Army of the Republic
I. W. W. Members Attend Rochester Machinists Convention
I. W. W. members appear at the Rochester machinists convention as officials vow to eject disruptive attendees. Secretary treasurer E. S. Davison warns outsiders face expulsion and possible force with police backing if needed.
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Rochester
N. Y
E. 8. Davison
Prohibition Officer Hadley Killed in California Auto Crash
Lorin A. Hadley, a federal prohibition enforcement officer for California and a leading Democrat, died when the car he rode in veered into a ditch near Lodi while en route to Sacramento to oversee the Democratic state convention.
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Lodi
Cal
Lorin A. Hadley
California
Hadley
Sacramento
Probers Seem Without Definite Glue After Wall Street Bomb
The grand jury nears completion of its inquiry into last week's Wall Street blast amid little new evidence. Sweepings from Wall and Broad streets and broken weights with white residue undergo chemical testing. A hoax bomb warning to the Brooklyn post office prompts extra precautions from internal revenue collector B. M. Gardner.
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New York
Wall Street
Alfred J. Talley
Wall
Broad Streets
Brooklyn
T.N.T
B. M. Gardner
Internal Revenue
Resigns as Governor of Soldiers' Home
Dayton news reports Colonel W. J. White resigns as governor of the national military home effective immediately. White has held the post since 1912 and will be succeeded by Colonel S. E. Bury, then governor of the northwest branch at Milwaukee.
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Soldiers’ Home
Dayton
W. J. White
National Military Home
S. E. Bury
Northwest Branch
Milwaukee
Toledo Man Forfeits $21,000 Bond in Bank Robbery Case
Charles O'Malley of Toledo forfeited a $21,000 bond after failing to appear for charges of attempting to rob the Illinois Pawners Society Bank. He had been arrested following a pistol battle with pawn shop proprietor Paul Korsha.
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Chicago
Charles O'Malley
Toledo
Ohio
Illinois Pawners Society Bank
O'Malley
Paul Korsha
New York Assembly Expels Five Socialists in 90 45 Vote
Albany Sept 22 The New York Assembly expels three socialists Chas Solomon Louis Walman and August Claessens and seats Samuel DeWitt and Samuel Orr by 90 to 45 and 87 to 48 respectively. DeWitt and Orr resign in their seats declaring they will not remain in such an un American body. The action ends the matter with no appeal and ousted members are expected to run again.
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Albany
N. Y
New York State
Chas Solomon
Louis Walman
August Claessens
Samuel DeWitt
Samuel Orr
DeWitt
Orr
Socialist Party
Government’s Esch Cummins payments to railroads reach 238 million
Washington reports about 238 million has been paid by the government to railroads under the Esch Cummins guarantee clause. Payments will continue toward a total near 600 million as officials assess the due amount. The clause guarantees a standard return based on the pre war average and applies to six months of private operation ending September 10. Railroads are auditing September income before filing claims with the Interstate Commerce Commission.
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Washington
Examiner Burnside
Interstate Commerce Commission
Commission
Treasury
Mayor Is Not Only "Martyr"
Cork dispatch reports eleven Irish hunger strikers in jail in Cork reaching day forty four of their fast with little change in condition. Authorities say care has prolonged their lives using oil stoves and hot water bottles to maintain temperature while prisoners remain extremely weak and able to whisper.
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Cork
Heating Plant At Athens Postoffice Progresses For Winter
At the Athens postoffice the new heating plant from a North Carolina firm is rapidly advancing and should be ready before cold weather. Postmaster E R Lash says a report on rural route examination results will be released soon. Four temporary carriers are working. an inside worker is needed and duties are hindered pending examination.
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Athens
North Carolina
E. R. Lash
Debris Belief Holds Four Men Buried in Coal Train Wreck
Four men are believed buried beneath 26 coal cars after a Chesapeake and Ohio westbound wreck near New Richmond Kentucky twenty miles from Cincinnati. Charles W. Moore, 49, injured with dislocated shoulder and leg fracture, is hospital bound in Dayton Kentucky. Moore says two men rode on ahead and two joined at Foster. no trace of the others has been found. The train carried 93 coal cars and an arch collapsed on one car.
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Cincinnati
Chesapeake and Ohio
New Richmond
Kentucky
Charles W. Moore
Speers Hospital
Dayton
Foster
Harding to cap campaign with Ohio swing and tours
Senator Harding rests ahead of a demanding schedule starting tomorrow with a dentist delegation speech and ending next Thursday night in Marion after a tour through Maryland West Virginia and Kentucky. Cox aims to close with a Toledo address the same night Harding speaks in Cleveland.
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Raymond Clapper
United Press
Marion
Harding
Maryland
West Virginia
Kentucky
Cox
Ohio
Cleveland
Toledo
Anthrax Alerts Hit Midwestern States Over Brushes
Health officials warned across Illinois Indiana Michigan Wisconsin Iowa Missouri Oklahoma Arkansas Texas Colorado Ohio Florida Kentucky Vermont and Virginia that anthrax was found in a shipment of shaving brushes from a New York firm. City authorities increased precautions after five recent anthrax deaths in the city.
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Chicago
Illinois
Indiana
Michigan
Wisconsin
Iowa
Missouri
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Texas
Colorado
Ohio
Florida
Kentucky
Vermont
Virginia
New York
Detectives Receive A Far Off Lead On Suspect
Wilmington officer Sergeant of Detectives Benson got a letter from Yonkers New York dated November 17 1917 urging the arrest of a man expected in Wilmington the next day.
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Wilmington
Del
Benson
Yonkers
N. Y
Cox charges of Wall Street support in 1920 campaign
Washington reports William Boyce Thompson, Republican Ways and Means chair, testifies before the senate expenditures committee that Cox seeks a large corruption fund for 1920. Democrats push for $1,000,000 for their drive while naming contributors totaling $128,000.
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Washington
Bunk
End Bull
Cox
William Boyce Thompson
Republican
Ways and Means Committee
Senate Expenditures Investigating Committee
Wall Street
Thompson
Reed
James W. Gerard
Democratic Finance Committee
MacSwiney Reports Improvement in Health
A Sinn Fein bulletin from London notes Lord Mayor MacSwiney slept well overnight and his condition is better than yesterday. He appeared somewhat refreshed according to the update.
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London
Sinn Fein
MacSwiney
Oldest Connecticut woman registrant votes at 85
In Hartford on September 22 Connecticut's oldest woman registrant, Miss Minnie Davis aged 85, according to official records today, cast her vote.
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Hartford
Conn
Connecticut
Minnie
Davis
Connecticut suffrage ratification carried to Colby by Flanagan
Miss Catherine Flanagan of Hartford is chosen by Connecticut suffragists to deliver the state's official certificate of ratification to Secretary of State Colby. She is a national organizer for the National Woman's Party.
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Catherine Flanagan
Hartford
Conn
Colby
National Woman's Party
Democrats debate campaign fund and major donors
Washington reports James W. Gerard, head of the Democratic finance committee, testifying to the senate expenditures committee. He says a million dollars is acceptable, two million excessive, and three million would be refused. He cites major donors including Baruch, Alexander, Doheny, Willard, and Roosevelt, and notes Roosevelt’s $10,000 in expenses and Cox’s $100,000 train cost.
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Washington
James W. Gerard
Democratic Finance Committee
Senate
Gerard
Kenyon
Tammany
Bernard M. Baruch
Belmont C. Alexander
Edward L. Doheny
Joseph E. Willard
Japan
Doheny
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Cox
Roosevelt
League Fails to End Polish Lithuanian Conflict
Washington reports that Poland and Lithuania resumed fighting after peace talks broke down despite League of Nations mediation. Poland demanded withdrawal of Lithuanian troops behind the peace boundary while Lithuania insisted on a different withdrawal point to favor Bolsheviks, and Poland refused.
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Washington
Poland
Lithuania
League of Nations
State Department
Dance Friday Night At Chauncey K P Hall
Community dance announced for Friday night at Chauncey Ohio Kansas Point Hall with good music and friendly crowds. Event highlights include lively tunes and social dancing opportunities for locals.
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K. of P. Hall
Chauncey
Price of Sugar Still Too High
Washington — Weatherly of the justice department warned sugar dealers against raising prices and urged housewives not to stockpile. He cited plentiful raw and refined sugar and noted prices at 15 to 18 cents per pound are above the target. Dr. Ethelbert Stewart, labor department economist, agreed current retail levels are excessive.
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Washington
Weatherly
Justice Department
Ethelbert Stewart
Labor Department
Conservatives Win Most Nominations In United Mine Workers
At Indianapolis on September 22 conservative forces within the United Mine Workers of America captured a majority of national officer nominations. John L. Lewis received 926 votes and Robert H. Harlin 484 for president, while William Green was re elected secretary treasurer. Radicals inside the organization were not opposed from outside in open contests.
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Indianapolis
United Mine Workers of America
National
John L. Lewis
International
Robert H. Harlin
Ton
William Green
Bss
Ope
Police Reprisals Reported in Dublin Killing
In Dublin on September 22 police reprisals followed attacks by Sinn Fein members. A group of armed men, identified as volunteers, invaded the Royal Exchange hotel, overpowered the night porter, and shot County Councillor Lynch in his room. The attackers were described as volunteers aided by constables.
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Dublin
Sinn Fenners
Lynch
Royal Exchange Hotel
Consta
Troop train for the West passes through Athens
A troop train of five sleeping cars and a baggage car passed through Athens around eleven this morning on the B&O Railroad heading west. The train, assembled at Fort Slocum New York, carries cars bound for San Francisco Monterey California El Paso Texas Fort Riley and Fort Sill Oklahoma respectively.
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Athens
Fort Slocum
N. Y
San Francisco
Monterey
California
el Paso
Texas
Fort Reilly
Fort Sill
Oklahoma
Legion Leader Calls for Noninvolvement in Labor Strife
Franklin D Olier national commander of the American Legion toured posts and praised the organization as an insurance policy for the nation. He said the Legion will stay out of labor disputes unless a direct challenge to government occurs or Legion members are attacked, as the convention opens in Cleveland next week.
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Cleveland
American Legion
Franklin D’olier
Legion
Veterans’ Convention
D‘olier
D'Olier
United States
D'Olter
Centralia
Comiskey Testifies Before Chicago Grand Jury
Chicago White Sox owner Charles A. Comiskey testified before the county grand jury probing alleged crooked baseball. He became the first witness to disclose what he knew about reports and rumors of gambling in the national game.
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Chicago
Charles A. Comiskey
Chicago White Sox
Frisco June Sets World Record for Three-Year-Old Pacers
Frisco June owned by Paul Kuhn of Terre Haute Indiana and driven by Will Fleming set a world record in the Rose Review Futurity for three year old pacing colts by winning the third heat in 2 03 1 4 at New World Record Columbus.
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Columbus
Frisco June
Paul Kuhn
Terre Haute
Ind
Will Fleming
Rose Review
Cox says labor bloc backs plan for league with reservations
The governor received a report that Eishu Root will urge Senator Har to push an international policy declaration backing the league of nations with reservations. Cox claimed a large labor vote backing him would counter Samuel Gompers' opposition to the Democratic nominees.
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Eishu Root
Har
League of Nations
Cox
Operetta Feee of Nations
Samuel Gompers’ Maroon
Democratic Nomines Workers
Coz
Cman
Must Go After Foreign Trade Campaign Speech
W A Julian Democratic candidate for United States citizenship says Kiwanis in Columbus urge a campaign to seize foreign trade opportunities. He warns that plants may shut down and labor may crowd the streets if educators do not explain foreign markets and business prospects. The article notes Argentina experiments with camels for farming in unsuitable regions.
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Columbus
W. A. Julian
United States Citution Kiwanians
Julian
Wilson Poised for First 1920 Campaign Speech
Washington reports President Wilson is set to publicly address the 1920 campaign, likely on the League of Nations. Indications include a $500 contribution to the Democratic fund and a new White House statement from J P Tumulty after the Cox conference.
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Washington
Wilson
League of Nations
Democratic
J. P. Tumulty
White House
Cox
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