Bakers of three states appeal to president for wheat embargo
The Tristate Master Bakers' Association representing Ohio Indiana and Michigan sent a request to President Wilson urging an embargo on wheat exports. They argue domestic bread prices rise with wheat costs and export taxes burden American consumers, citing Agriculture data and a $25 000 000 monthly European import cost. The Cincinnati driven appeal was endorsed by association officers and sent to the White House.
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Cincinnati
Wilson
Tristate Master Bakers’ Association
Ohio
Indiana
Michigan
Europe
United States
Association
Department of Agriculture
White House
Woodrow Wilson
Washington, D.C
Tristate Master Bakers’ Association of
Tragedy Mystery Deepens Over New York Man’s Killer
The wounded companion of J. C. Graveur, a New York social worker and garage owner, remains unidentified in a Philadelphia hospital after Graveur was shot by his former sweetheart Mrs. Margaret McAndrews Belzer, who then killed herself. Chicago businessman Joseph C. Le Duc is suspected as the partner’s husband. Police traced tentative links to Mrs Le Duc of Chicago and Atlantic City spending with Graveur. A telegram in Le Duc’s name sought updates on the wounded woman and promised to travel to Philadelphia.
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The
Commercial Tribune
Philadelphia
J. C. Graveur
New York
Harry Belzer
Lake Any
Tan Pote
Joseph C. le Duc
Chicago
Hobart Mann
Brooklyn
Frances Apman
Harry V. Fancy
German Sub Bremen Arrives at New London
Berlin papers celebrate the Bremen submarine's docking in New London Conn. Captain Schwartzkopff, long with North German Lloyd, appears in sketches and is praised for heroism in the 1900 Hoboken fire. Previous coast reports had not yet shown the ship, making the arrival news likely from earlier rumors.
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Bremen
New London
Conn
Schwartzkopff
Lloyd Steamship Company
Hoboken
Atlantic
Flour may hit $10 a barrel if wheat keeps rising
Minneapolis millers say flour could retail at ten dollars a barrel soon if wheat costs continue to climb. Today a wheat price drop halted another rise, but first patent barrel quotations stayed firm at 8.80 dollars per barrel in carload lots, about three dollars higher than a year ago.
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Minneapolis
Beaumont Home Fire Destroys Quebec Shelter
A fire tore through the Beaumont Home for Children and Aged Persons in Lausen Quebec destroying the facility and causing about 60 000 in damage. All 200 residents were safely rescued.
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Quebec
Beaumont
Lausen
Bakers Appeal to Wilson in 1916 Wheat Export Petition
The Tristate Master Bakers Association of Ohio Indiana and Michigan appeals to President Woodrow Wilson to restrict wheat exports. They argue high bread costs stem from export demand and cite 1912 census data showing 2 percent producers versus 98 percent consumers. They claim exports shift a $25 million monthly burden to Americans.
Happy Solution Found for Rapid Transit Hitch
The Rapid Transit Commission approved a compromise to appoint two members, Chris Schott and E W Edwards, to join Councilman Mullen on a conference committee drafting revisions to the street railway franchise on fares and transfers. Leaders noted pledges from Hopkins and Cornette, while Procter opposed Schott. A special meeting may be called before next Wednesday as the commission prepares for further action.
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Mullen
Chris Schott
E. W. Edwards
Schott
Edwards
E. H. Cornette
William Cooper Procter
Commissioner Schott
Business Men’s Club
Hopkins
Colonel Procter
Cornette
Street Railway Committee of Council
Weather forecast and readings across states and regions
Ohio and nearby states expect showers and thunderstorms and cooler temperatures on Thursday and Friday. Tennessee, Kentucky, Indiana, and West Virginia show similar cooling trends with variable cloudiness. A broad pressure pattern brings rains to the upper lake region and Mississippi Valley while the Atlantic coast remains high pressure. Temperatures run above seasonal norms east of the Mississippi and in the West Gulf. plains stay cooler. Observations list station temperatures highs and precipitation, with Cincinnati noting a September 27, 1916 record and daily readings for humidity wind and sky conditions.
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Tennessee
Kentucky
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West Virginia
Mississippi Valley
Great Lakes
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Upper Lake
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Rocky Mountain Region
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Ennessee
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Erie
Ontario
Cincinnatians Picked for TB Conference Delegates
Governor Willis announces Cincinnati delegates to the Mississippi Valley Conference on Tuberculosis meeting in Louisville from October 4 to 6. Named are Dr. H. K. Dunham Louis Levi W. T. Jack Courtenay Dinwiddie Sol H. Freiberg Miss Mary G. Fraser and Dr. Samuel Inglauer.
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Columbus
Willis
Louisville
Obstetricians and Gynecologists End 29th Convention
The American Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists completed its twenty ninth annual convention in Newark New Jersey. Newark was chosen as the meeting site for next year and Dr John W Keefe of Providence RI was elected president.
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Indianapolis
Ind
American Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
Newark
N. J
John W. Keefe
Providence
R. L
Girl and the Turtle Exhibit Banned by Chicago Official
Chicago censor moves remove The Girl and the Turtle from the Michigan Avenue artists’ guild display. Arthur Burrage Farwell, head of the Law and Order League, calls the piece more indecent than September Morn and deems it a threat to public morals. Bolton Brown painted the new work, featuring a nude girl and a nude turtle.
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Chicago
Arthur Burrage Farwell
Chicago Law
Order League
Artists’ Guild
Michigan Avenue
Bolton Brown
New York
Farwell
Turtle
Nuée
Herrick angrily rejects war contracts canard in reply
Special Dispatch to The Commercial Tribune reports Colonel Myron T. Herrick, Republican Senate candidate, denying allegations of involvement in war contracts while ambassador to France. He attacks the anonymous letter to McAdoo, says he never engaged in war business, and calls for publication of the letter writer’s name.
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the Commercial Tribune
Cleveland
Myron T. Herrick
Democratic State Committee
Charles E. Hughes
France
Hughes
Paris
Mr. Hughes
Wrtten
Treasury
McAdoo
Ohio
Europe
British steamer Antinous battles German sub off Algiers
Captain Fishwick reports a desperate clash with a German submarine as the British steamer Antinous, halted from Gibraltar to New York, fought at close range with two small guns and shrugged off torpedoes as shells damaged the bridge bunkers and boilers. The ship departed for New York.
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Newport News
Algiers
Catain Fishwick
Antinous
Gibraltar
New York
Cadiz Blaze Destroys Twelve Homes in Cadiz Area
Anderson Indiana Sept 27 Fire swept Cadiz near here destroying twelve houses and barns. Fire-fighting equipment was sent from Anderson and damages were estimated at forty thousand dollars.
Robbers Hold Up Express Train West of Detroit
Michigan Central Passenger Train No. 14 from Chicago to Detroit was stopped near Dearborn by a gang of robbers who detached mail and baggage cars and moved them two miles down the track. They ransacked the cars and escaped after extinguishing the locomotive fire. booty to be tallied by postal authorities. Police and deputies rushed to the scene from Detroit.
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Detroit
Michigan Central
Chicago
Dearborn
Here
Women urged for seat on Cincinnati Park Board
Cincinnati women push to place a woman on the Park Commissioners as Irwin Krohn’s term ends December 10 1916. Mrs Charles Dittmar led meetings arguing playground oversight should be represented by women and that legal changes or amendments may be sought. The Mayor said he has not received an official request and will respond after formal consideration.
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Puchta
Board of Park Commissioners
Cincinnati
Park Board
Charles Dittmar
Hulbert Park
Mothers’ Club
War department to supply troops for winter warfare
Paris reports Under Secretary of State for Subsistence Joseph Thierry says a further winter campaign is likely. La Liberte notes the War Department has arranged full supplies with garments blankets and other essentials being sent to the front at eighty car loads daily since September 15.
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Paris
la Liberte
Joseph Thierry
War Department
Greece to enter war with the Allies confirms cabinet pact
The Greek Council of Ministers in agreement with King Constantine decides to join the Entente. Queen Sophia pressed for neutrality but Greece will back the Allies, amid a protracted royal council and the threat of a cabinet resignation. Crete reports 4,000 troops joining rebels on Canea. Hydre reportedly joins the allied fleet.
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London
Council of Greek Ministers
Constantine
Reuter
Athens
Sophia
Greece
Kalogeropoulos
Crete
Canea
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