Voter mood across states challenges campaigns in 1914
In New York and across the country voters show listlessness as campaigns focus on gubernatorial and senatorial contests. Democrats gain from wartime unity while Republicans pin hopes on jobs and economic issues, with Sharp divides over Prohibition and church issues influencing races in Ohio Indiana Vermont and New Hampshire.
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New York
Congress
Ohio
Illinois
Wisconsin
Indiana
South Dakota
New Hampshire
Maine
Vermont
City police commissioner defends department and finances
The Cumberland police chief responds to a mayoral attack in the Evening Times and defends the department’s finances. He argues the police fund holds about $9,083.64 for the rest of the year unless city construction costs are charged improperly, and cites past overdrafts by Mayor Koon to push for fair treatment.
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Police and Fire
Hummelshime
Messrs. Hummelshime
Eichelberger
Evening Times
Times
Cumberland
Fire
Koon
the Times
Egypt
Bride Declines Harriman Nephew in Dramatic Scene
Alma Muller Wupperman, married to Frank D. Wupperman, declares she will not live with him in a public scene witnessed by her parents and her husband. The couple wed in Hoboken last March. She, aged eighteen, accuses him of abducting her from school and vows to separate. Both she and her mother are prominent suffragettes.
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Monticello, N
Rudolph Muller
Frank D. Wupperman
Alma Muller Wupperman
Ronhenach
Hat
Wupperman
Hastings-on-Hudson
Muller
Hoboken
Heavy vote expected in Western Maryland contest
Indications point to a large turnout with strong interest in the Congress race. At Frostburg mines are idle but workers vote. Lewis backers claim heavy support while Zihlman challengers draw young supporters. By 1 pm over half precincts reported ballots cast as polls run 1 a m to 6 p m.
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Congress
Maryland
Frostburg
Lewis
Allegany County
Zihman
Zihlman
Missing Word Contest draws 1000 answers in four days
The Cumberland Press reports over a thousand responses to its Missing Word Contest four days after launch. Participants hail from Cumberland Allegany county and from towns across Maryland Pennsylvania and the Virginias. The paper touts wide readership and urges subscriptions to access the latest news and the contest.
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Cumberland Press
Cumberland
Allegany County
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Virginias
Friends
The
Mt Vesuvius Eruption Depopulates Ten Miles Around
Naples reports Mt Vesuvius remains highly active with villages within ten miles deserted. Observers say more than 8,000 people sleep outdoors nightly as lava streams descend the mountain and ash falls reach distant shores.
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Naples
Mt. Vesuvius
Veteran who served under Siegel dies at 98 in Missouri
Bernard Doll of Williams Road reports the death of his father Martin Doll at Perryville Missouri on October 29 at age 98 from old age. He served in the Union army under General Franz Siegel and was a Germany native who lived in New Orleans before settling in Missouri. He leaves six sons and two daughters, all but Bernard living near Perryville. Funeral held that Saturday.
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Bernard Doll
Williams Road
Martin Doll
Perryville
Germany
New Orleans
Franz Siegel
Missouri
Mr. Doll
Barnard Doll
Accidental Gun Discharge Kills Woman in Confluence
Mrs. E. O. Roderic, 55, was accidentally killed in her Confluence home while helping her son Winfield Roderic clean a double barreled shotgun before a hunting trip. The tragedy occurred yesterday as they prepared for a hunting outing.
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Confluence
E. O. Roderic
Winfield Roderic
New York Committee Forms for Belgian Relief Aid
The New York relief drive will place funds with the supply committee in New York City to buy and ship food to Belgium as soon as full steamer cargoes can be funded. Chairman Robert W. Deforest says the supply committee includes Deforest and Thomas F. Ryan. Supplies go to Rotterdam then via the American London committee. Deforest adds that all American contributions are needed for relief work.
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New York
Belgium
New York City
Robert W. Deforest
Belgian Relief Fund
Deforest
Thomas F. Ryan
Rotterdan
American London Committee
Yo Committee
America
Brussels War Indemnity Sized At 45 Million Francs
Berlin settles the Brussels war indemnity at 45 million francs to be paid in weekly installments of 2.5 million francs after Brussels fell to German forces on August 20. A London dispatch claimed a 40 million dollar city levy and a 90 million dollar Bra bant province levy, though not confirmed. A later telegram stated Brussels had paid 4 million of the 40 million demanded.
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Amsterdam
London
Berlin
Brussels
Antwerp
Brabant
Brusse
Deportation Ordered for Luis Hernandez Anarchist Threats
Secretary Wilson of the labor department ordered the deportation of Luis Hernandez, arrested in San Antonio for threats against John R. Silliman, the Saltillo consul, and other Americans. He may proceed to Cuba at his own expense. if Cuba refuses him entry he will be sent back to Mexico. Hernandez is charged as an anarchist.
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Washington
Luis Hernandez
San Antonio
Tex
John R. Silliman
Saltillo
Mex
Wilson
Department of Labor
Hernandez
Cuba
Mexico
Atlantic City Man Sentenced Five Years in Immoral Transport Case
Harry Karlheim of Atlantic City received a five year state prison term in Trenton on a two count indictment for aiding the transport of two women from Altoona Pennsylvania to Atlantic City for immoral purposes. He received two years six months for each count.
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Trenton
N. J
Harry Karlheim
Atlantic City
United States
Altoona
Karlheim
State of War Reported Between Russia and Turkey
Official dispatches say Russia refuses to accept Turkey’s explanation of a Black Sea raid and declares a state of war exists, with Turkish subjects ordered to leave Russia within a week. Troops clash near Trebizond and Kars, while London reports Minerva bombards Turkish forts. Paris notes Allied gains on the Yser and Dixmude. Martial law spreads in Egypt with arrests and deportations.
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Petrograd
Russia
Turkey
Black Sea
Constantinople
Foreign Ministry
War Office
Kars
Trebizond
Trans-Caucasia
Germany
Sazenoff
Porte
London
Minerva
Armour Declares Fresh Meat Prices Won’t Rise Under Quarantine
Chicago November 3 J Ogden Armour says there will be no price increase for fresh meat despite the Union Stock Yards quarantine. He notes the federal action restricts live animal shipments and implies a de facto monopoly, while independent packers face reduced supply and higher freight costs. Receipts at the yards ran about half average with 23 000 hogs 4 500 cattle and 10 000 sheep.
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Chicago
Messrs
Armour
Big Fellows
U S Aid Sought in Locating Archbishop of Lemberg
Washington dispatches report the church asked the state department to learn the fate of Archbishop Galig of Lemberg who is said to be held prisoner in Rusat. An Austrian sect's archbishop prompted U S inquiry via the American embassy in Petrograd and the state department sought details from the German Soviet embassy in Riga. officials had no information.
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Washington
Lemberg
Galig
Rusat
State Department
Petrograd
Scherbatskey
Lansing
Cash Reserve Reported for Cad 30g Capital Stock
About 1.5 million in gold was paid today into the district regional reserve fund on account of capital stock for Cad 30g. The payment increases the gold reserve as part of Cad 30g’s capital structure.
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Dixmude
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