260000 Men to Quit Work in Sympathetic Strike
Two hundred sixty thousand organized laborers will quit work tomorrow in sympathy with the striking street car men. Governor Whitman is to confer with state lawmakers from Manhattan and the Bronx to consider a special legislative session to handle the situation. Elevated trains were attacked with bricks and stones. three people injured, two arrests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
N. Y
Hugh Frayne
American Federation of Labor
Whitman
Manhittan
Bronx
American Taken From Dutch Ship Prins Hendrik
Washington reports confirm seizure of the Dutch steamer Prins Hendrik by German warships. American Isadore Polak, a naturalized citizen removed from the vessel, is being held as authorities investigate the charge amid concerns over mail aboard.
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Washington
Prins Hendrik
Isadore Polak
Germany
Canada to Intensify Recruitment for Entente Armies
Ottawa Sept 26 Canada plans stronger recruiting methods to raise the Dominion's contribution to the Entente armies to a half million promised by Great Britain. The shift ends the casual system and expands district officer powers with Sir Thomas Taft as director general. A national service board will boost enlistments, assign service value, issue badges to discharged or exempt personnel, and manage labor stock by district while enabling greater use of women in employment.
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Ottawa
Ont
Canada
Great Britain
Thomas Taft
Robert Borden
National Service Board
Anyerson
Infants Plague Cases Decline in New York
New York reports a drop in infantile paralysis cases over the past two days. Federal health service surgeons may depart New York by October 1 if the rate continues. Government researchers will stay at least a month more. Dr. Chase Banks says no anticipated recrudescence. City schools opened with 10 to 15 percent of children kept home by cautious parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Federal Health Service
Chase Banks
Wilson Casts A Vote In New Jersey Primaries
Long Branch New Jersey Sept 26 President Wilson left for Princeton to vote in the New Jersey primaries and return later for a political conference Trenton Sept 26 Republican and Democratic primaries were held statewide for U S senator governor twelve congressmen and state legislators with several close contests indicating heated races across the slate.
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Long Branch
N.J
Wilson
Princeton
N. J
New Jersey
Trenton
United States
Gonzales Leads Inspection Trip to Casas Grandes Front
General Francisco Gonzales, commander of Carranza forces in northern Chihuahua, left Juarez with about 600 troops for an inspection tour of Casas Grandes and allied Mexican garrisons along the line of communications with the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
el Paro
Texas
Francisco Gonzales
Carranza
Chihuahua
Juarez
Casas Grandes
Gaia
Third judge named in rate hearing in Broux Falls
In Broux Falls on June 26 Judge Thomas C. Munger of Lincoln Federal district court was named as the third judge to sit at the rate hearing next Saturday. The other judges are Judge John E. Carland of the eighth circuit in Washington and Judge M Eliott of the South Dakota district court. The express companies seek to enjoin state authorities from enforcing a South Dakota supreme court action aimed at blocking Interstate Commerce Commission rate orders.
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Broux Falls
Thomas C. Munger
Linco
Federal District’ Court
Express Companies
South Dakota
John E. Carland
Eighth Circuit Court
Washington, D.C
M. Eliott
South Dakota District Court
Supreme Court of
South Dkota
Reward for arrest offered in Goodhope township attack
St Paul Minn Sept 26 Governor Burnquist issued a proclamation offering a 250 dollar reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the man who attacked and shot Olea Dahl a rural school teacher of Goodhope township last Wednesday.
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St. Paul, Minn
Burnquist
Olea Dahl
Goodhope Township
Garfield to Study Situation in West for Women's Vote
Chicago Sept 26 James R Garfield of Ohio heads the Western Republican women's vote bureau traveling west to gauge political mood and how women will vote on national issues in November. He will cover Wyoming North Dakota Washington Oregon California Arizona New Mexico Utah Colorado and Nebraska before returning. Harold L Ickes received a letter from Henry J Allen stating 95 percent of Bull Moose will back Hughes and Fairbanks in that state. Western headquarters hear Minnesota Republicans and Progressives working in harmony, via E L Thornton and I A Canwell, Bull Moose veterans.
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Chicago
James R. Garfield
Ohio
Western Republican
West
Wyoming
North Dakota
Washington
Oregon
California
Arizona
New Mexico
Utah
Colorado
Nebraska
Harold L. Ickes
Henry J. Allen
Kanaas
Bull Moose
Hughes
Fairbanks
Minnesota
E. L. Thornton
I. A. Canweil
Minnesota Supreme Court
Federal Parole Board Meeting in Leavenworth
The Federal Parole Board opened sessions in Leavenworth Kansas on September 24 with a hundred applications. Among those considered is Mor n Darnell of Kenosha a former preacher who is serving a long term for a Grand Forks bank robbery dating back to 1916 involving a large sum.
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Leavenworth
Kas
Federal Parole Board
Darnell
Kenosha
Admits Being Trapped by Blackmailers in Chicago
Edward West, vice president of a New York and Chicago coffee concern, says he was duped by the Mannac blackmail gang into a fake arrest and a hotel trap. He identified himself as A R Westley and lost 15000 dollars under a bogus federal warrant. The woman with him was Buda Godman, a gang member, now watched at a local hotel.
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Chicago
Til
Edward FR. West
New York
A. R. Westley
York
Alice Williams
International
Mann Ac
Buda Godman
West
Godman
St Paul Janitor Arrested in Cottage Assault Case
Walter Patterson, a janitor in St Paul, was arrested in connection with the deadly assault on Miss Anna May Liden at the Angus Apartments cottage last night. The injured girl lay unconscious and may die.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul, Minn
Walter Patterson
Anna May Liden
Congregationalists Elect Beard Today in Hankinson
R E B Beard of Fargo elected moderator of the North Dakota Congregational conference at the opening session in Hankinson Jamestown doctor H Phillip named assistant moderator registrar reports 1269 member increase during the year
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hankinson
N. D
R. E B. Beard
Fargo
North Dakota Congregational Conference
H. Phillip
Jamestown
Many Officers Do Brave Deeds in London Gazette
London reports in the London Gazette listing officers for valor. Second Lieutenant Hendrik Schalk Bezuidenhout of the Royal Field Artillery bore the roof of a blown dugout, saving seven wounded men. Corporal Booth of the Lincolnshire Regiment survived three shell blasts, once being hurled fifty yards and another thirty five feet to a trench top, with no injuries.
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London
London Gazette
Hendrik Schalk Bezuidenhout
Royal Field Artillery
Booth
Lincolnshire Regiment
Bankers Conclude Social Outings At Association Meet
Kansan City September 26 The American Bankers association gathering features golf motor trips and receptions at Convention Hall as thousands of bankers attend the annual convention Officers say it will be one of the largest ever with business sessions starting today Preparatory meetings of committees the executive council and the new state bank section pave the way for this morning’s Federal Reserve check clearings discussion expected to be hot.
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Kansan City
Convention Hall
American Bankers’ Association
Meings
Ex Tire Council
New State Bank
Federal Reserve
Villa Not Present At Hidalgo Day Fight In Chihuahua
Official Washington dispatches report Villa was not in Chihuahua City during Hidalgo day combat. No arms or ammunition were captured, no Carranza deserters. Secretary Lansing says Arredondo’s statements are reliable and authentic.
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Washington
State Department
Villa
Chihuahua City
Carranza
Lansing
Dlspatches
Eliseo Arredondo
Department
Dutch Teamer Had Struck Contaband
Berlin reports an Oversear Net aventy notice declaring the seizure Sunday of the Bull or Batavier II by a German submarine. The vessel, bringing contraband to London, arrived at Zeebrugge with 38 passengers including four Russians who had escaped from a prison camp.
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Berlin
Rej
Zeebrugge
London
Pennsylvania Guards Prepare Four Day Practice March
Major General Charles M. Clement leads 11 700 Pennsylvania National Guard troops from camp near El Paso for a four day march to Anthony New Mexico and Newman New Mexico with nightly camps. The route covers about nineteen to twenty miles each leg. Mrs James W Gerard the American ambassador wife suffered a mild nervous shock in a car taxi collision but returned home without a doctor.
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el Paso
Texas
Charles M. Clement
Pennsylvania National Guard
Anthony
N. M
Pasa
Newman
Berlin
Sayuille
James W. Gerard
Shopping on autoped as strike waves through New York
Amid the great traction strike in New York the single passenger autoped becomes common in city streets. A young woman continues her shopping tour on an autoped, inspecting stores despite the strike. Many workers now ride autoped to their jobs, illustrating the surge in this transport during the labor disruption.
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New York
Second Zeppelin Raid Delivers 29 Deaths in Week
London reports the second Zeppelin raid in seven days causing twenty nine deaths. Official statements indicate six Zeppelins likely took part in last night’s assault.
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London
Noid
Road boosters on big tour to link Milwaukee and Chicago
More than 1,000 Sheridan Road improvement association members from Wisconsin led by Governor Phillip depart Milwaukee for the Illinois line south of Kenosha to unite with Illinois boosters led by Governor Dunne in a drive for a modern well paved highway connecting Milwaukee and Chicago.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Sheridan Road Improvement Association of
Wisconsin
Phillip
Linois State Line
Kenosha
Illinois
Dunne
Chicago
Cannibals Said To Have Killed Six In Pacific Incident
Sydney dispatch reports six killed in a cannibal attack linked to a Malekula Island village. Victims include a British trader R. J. Bridges and five children found with axes and knives. another child missing believed eaten. Foreign punitive expeditions failed to capture offenders, possibly emboldening tribes.
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Sydney
Australia
New Hebrides
R. J. Bridges
Malekula Island
Six Sailors Drowned As Roberval Founders In Lake Ontario
Six crew members of the Ottawa built steamer Roberval were drowned when the vessel foundered in Lake Ontario near Oswego New York. Survivors in a lifeboat reported a violent storm overwhelmed the ship which was loaded with lumber. Captain Peter Ely was seen attempting to save Miss Parent the cook before both vanished.
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Oswego
N. Y
Roberval
Ottawa
Lake Ontario
Peter Ely
Miss Parent
American Ambulance Worker Killed in Verdun Front Action
Paris Sept 26 Edward Joseph Kelley of Philadelphia a member of the American ambulance field service was killed and Roswell S Sanders of Newburyport Mass wounded while aiding the wounded Friday night on the Verdun front The Americans worked at Marre within 400 yards of the German lines Midnight shell fire felled Kelley who joined the ambulance service last August and was a member of the unit.
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Paris
Edward Joseph Kelley
Philadelphia
American Ambulance Field Service
Roswell S. Sanders
Newbury Port
Mass
Verdun
Marre
Kelley
Ambulance Service
Food Question Sparks Debate in Luxemburg Parliament
Reports from Luxemburg say a food supply question caused a violent parliamentary debate. Director General Weller blamed Britain’s refusal to permit victuals, despite US agents managing distribution under control, per the Overseas Agency.
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Bertin
Wirclem
Sayville
N.rt
Luxemburg
Overseas
Weller
British French Take Combles and Fregicourt on Somme Front
British and French forces reached Combles on the Somme after weeks of fighting, with British attacks from the north and French from the south penetrating the town and its cemetery. The Combined thrust drove toward Morval and Fregicourt as Germans abandon strong positions.
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London
Combles
Somme
Fregi
Court
Bapaume
Peronne
Morval
Fregicourt
Bapavale
Fear of branch banks endangering small lenders
Kansas City bankers at the American Bankers Association meeting warn that nationwide branch systems controlled by a few central institutions could wipe out thousands of independent banks in cities and countryside. Separately Pancho Villa’s forces move north toward the U S expeditionary line, crossing the Northwestern railroad near San Andres, 25 miles southwest of Chihuahua City amid skirmishes with Villaistas.
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Kansas City
American Bankers’ Association
United States
Mexico
Columbus
N. M
Pancho Villa
Villa
San Andres
Chihuahua City
Villaistas
Carran
Youth Confesses Guilty to Slaying Sweetheart
Kane county circuit court at Geneva heard 19 year old Paul Verholye plead guilty to the murder of his 16 year old child sweetheart Gwendolyn Holden who was slain in May. He confessed after being shown the body and taken to an undertaking establishment.
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Rock Inland
Archie McKay
Alvina Hurst
Aurors Iml
Paul Verholye
Kane County
Geneva
Gwendolyn Holden
Verholye
Hae
Jontes
Ken Poleon
Full Grown Eagle Shot in North Dakota
In Buxton North Dakota on September 24 Albert Dissmn and companions hunted near Twin Lakes when a full grown eagle was shot. The bird, described as a bald eagle with powerful vigor, was said to originate from the Turits Mountains of the Rockies. The species is nearly extinct in the United States and specimens are valuable.
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Buxton
N. D
Twin Lakes
Albert Dissmn
Turtis
Rockies
United States
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