Hughes Defends No Invisible Government Claim at Rally
In Omaha Charles E. Hughes rejects fears of an invisible government if elected president. He faults the Adamson law, denounces surrender to force, and argues for government through two houses, not three, citing New York tenure as governor and criticizing Wilson administration for policy and anti trust claims.
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Omaha
Neb
Charles E. Hughes
United States
New York
Hughes
Wilson
Contempt Case Dismissed Against State Livestock Board
Judge Baldwin in Chicago circuit court dismissed contempt proceedings against members of the state board of livestock commissioners for sending lumpy jaw cattle to Peerles Packing company in disregard of an injunction. The injunction had been obtained by the national livestock commission.
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Chicago
State Board of Livestock Commissioners
Peerles» Packing Company
Baldwin
National Livestock Commission
Convention News Reports From Labor Federation
Reports of the Federation of Labor convention will be found on pages 3, 4 and 6 for detailed coverage. The notices direct readers to the designated pages for full proceedings and outcomes.
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Federation of Labor Convention
Coast Guard Rescues Derrick Scow Crew at Lake Michigan
In Manistee Michigan on October 17 a coast guard crew rescued P. T. Dailey and eight workmen after their derrick scow broke from moorings and drifted into Lake Michigan nine men were stranded about eight miles from shore while the Aurora tow vessel maneuvered to clear the channel before the search.
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Manistee
Mich
Coast Guard
P. T. Dailey
Lake Michigan
Dailey
Aurora
Graduates Take Medical Quiz In Nationwide Exam
Washington October 17 The national board of medical examiners began examinations of medical graduates to standardize licensure through additional certification. Ten candidates participate as the board, formed last year, aims to have certificates accepted by state boards as proof of qualification. The board includes the surgeons general of the army, navy and public health service, plus service and state examining board representatives.
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Washington
National Board of Medical Examiners
Surgeons General
Army, Navy and Public Health Service
Federation of State Medical Examining Boards
East Prussia Crop Increase From 1915 Production
East Prussia reports soil under cultivation for corn at 539000 hectares, up 73000 hectares from 1915, yielding 759000 tons after a gain of 227000 tons. The provincial president says surplus will feed 2,500,000 more people this year. Recovery follows farms destroyed or damaged by Russians.
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Berlin
Sayville
Koenigsburg
East Prussia
Oversea
Helfferich Scored In Berlin Meeting
A Berlin meeting of the Independent Committee for German Peace urged immediate unrestricted submarine warfare. Speaker Count Von Reventlow named Dr Karl Aelfferich as an undesirable and called Helfferich more dangerous than the chancellor Bethmann-Hollweg.
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Berlin
London
Independent Committee For German Peace
Tageblatt
Count von Reventlow
Tages Zeitung
Karl Aelfferich
Helfferich
Dr. von Bethmann-Hollweg
Dunne ties Lewden to Chicago gambling graft in campaign speech
Governor E F Dunne lashed out at Republican candidate Frank O Lewden in Monmouth saying Chicago gambling and graft under the current city administration illustrate a broader program to control state and city government. He warned that Lewden’s election would advance that agenda before continuing to Galesburg for another address.
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Monmoutits
E. F. Dunne
Frank O. Lewden
Chicago
Wage increase granted to shopmen across six crafts
In Kansas City on October 17, shopmen from 17 western railroads secured a wage raise of three cents per hour and pressed for an eight-hour day. The conference agreed to present the ultimatum outlining their demands to the railroads employing the craftsmen.
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Kansas City
Teachers Retired by Pension Board in Illinois
Springfield Ill Oct 17 the board of trustees of the Illinois state teachers pension and retirement fund retired 31 teachers on pensions this month each to receive 400 a year for life two were retired under the disability provision which allows resignation on disability though payments into the fund were short the pension law enacted July 1 1915 allows teachers age 50 with 25 years service to resign on a 100 a year pension contributors pay 1400 over 25 years through staged monthly deductions from their pay the fund balance stands at 240000 with 100000 invested 340 have been pensioned since the law took effect the list of retirees includes F D Bowditch Urbana Effie F E Bord Sandwich Anna Boyle Oakdale Nettie Brasher Paris Martha J Cain Godfrey Sue Clayton Decatur W J Empson Harrisburg W B Hollett Collison Mary Hooper Capron Mrs Elizabeth J Jordan Totus Ella K Keenan Venona Wom er H Kingsley Evanston Mary Jane Knott Marion Lilly Lanier Monticello Emily H Parker Stockton Myra Hooper Patch Galesburg Barbara A Redpath Rossville Katherine Sinnott Ottawa J E Underwood Warrensburg Mrs Hattie Porter Wilson Clinton Ida Miller Sullivan Emma Hunawalt Oak Park Hetta Norris Oak Park Matthew C Gillespie Dexter Elda Crabs Aledo Albert Gore Galatia Jennie Hamilton Hume Petersburg Visenta A Bocke Lena Mary Hi Longley Evanston Mattie A Merrill Pittsfield
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Springfield
Ill
Ilinois State Teachers’ Pension and Retirement Fund
Pension Law
F. D. Bowditch
Urbana
Effie FE Bord
Sandwich
Anna Boyle
Oakdale
Nettie Bra
Myra Hooper Patch
Galesburg
Barbara A. Redpath
Rossville
Katherine Sinnot
Ottawa
J. E. Underwood
Warrensburg
Hattie Porter Wilson
Clinton
Ida Miller
Sullivan
Emma Hunawalt
Rockford
Hetta Norris
Oak Park
Matthew C. Gillespie
Dexter
Elda Crabs
Aledo
Albert Gore
Galatia
Jennie Hamilton Hume
Petersburg
Visenta A. Bocke
Lena
Mary Hi. Longley
Evanston
Mattie A. Merrill
Pittsfield
Campaign to make Chicago dry in 1918 announced
Chicago plans to launch a 1918 dry campaign after a luncheon of the dry church federation pledged fifty thousand dollars. Dr. Philip W. Warren said 32 organizations unite to end saloons and the referendum would come in spring 1918. Bishop Thomas Nicholson was introduced as federation president. Richmond P. Hobson spoke.
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Chicago
Dry Church Federation
Philip W. Warren
Federation
Thomas Nicholson
Methodist Episcopal Church
Richmond P. Hobson
Alabama
Conspirator Dies in Bosnia Prison Above Ground
Nedjo Kerovic a conspirator in the 1914 Archduke assassination dies in a Bosnian military prison. Three co-conspirators were executed in February 1915, while Kerovic and Jakov Zilovic were sentenced to life, later commuted to twenty years. Gavrilo Princip received a twenty year term.
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Berlin
Sayville
Nedjo Kerovic
Archduke Ferdinand
Sarajevo
Bosnia
Jakov Zilovic
Gavrio Prinzip
Strike in Porto Rico by island railroad workers
SAN JUAN October 17 The engineers firemen conductors and shopmen of the American railroad the island s largest system and which nearly encircles Porto Rico went on strike Monday They demand a 25 per cent wage increase Only mail trains are running.
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Porto Rico
San Juan
Fidence
American
Rumanian Gains in Transylvania Front Reported
London reports from Oct 17 indicate Bucharest says Rumanian forces have occupied several positions along the Alt river held by Austro German troops. In other sectors Rumanians repelled attacks while Burzen valley saw a slight retreat. Farther east, hard fighting persists near Lutsk and across Galicia to the Carpathians as Austro German and Russian forces clash with no clear advantage. The British say in the Macedonian front allied troops reached Bursuk and attacked along the Cerna river. The provisional Greek government on Crete has gained formal recognition by the Entente.
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London
Vienna
Berlin
Transylvania
Alt River
Ferdinand
Bucharest
Burzen
Lutsk
Galicia
Carpathian Mountains
Volhynia
Petregrad
Tarnopol-Krasne
Lemberg
Stanislau
Carpathians
Somme
France
Genermont
Ablaincourt
Berny-En Santerre
Bursuk
Demir-Hissar
Cerna River
Nidje
Teutonic
Provisional Government
Greece
Crete
Burglar Scales Wall of Joliet Prison and Escapes
Ernest Olis a Bureau county burglar scaled the 80 foot east wall of the Joliet state penitentiary using braided twine rope and escaped. A guard James McDonald stationed twenty feet away failed to spot the convict. Olis from Indianapolis disappeared after the wall climb and remained at large until a later count found him missing.
Passenger Traffic Officers Push Economy Measure
Washington October 17 proposals to remove railway time tables from hotels and public places and to make ticket offices the sole distribution centers will be discussed at the American Association of Passenger Traffic Officers annual meeting. The executive committee urges this step to cut waste.
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Washington
American Association of Passenger Traffic Officers
Fire at Dunn ing state hospital barns endangers dormitories
Chicago dispatch reports that a fire at the state hospital for the insane at Dunn ing burned four barns and lit the sky on Monday night. Forty Irving Park police quelled panicked inmates as the blaze caused about 50000 dollars in damages.
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Chicago
State Hospital For the Insane
Dunning
Irving Park
Burlington Doctor and Former Mayor Dies on Street
Burlington Iowa resident Dr P C Naumann a prominent physician and twice mayor collapsed on a street in Burlington on Monday from apoplexy. The death was sudden and noted by local authorities and colleagues.
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Burlington
Iowa
P. C. Naumann
Dreams of Hill Aired in Court
In St Paul on October 17 officials from Great Northern Northern Pacific and Burlington railroads testified about their working relations and the failed 1901 merger dream of James J Hill. W P Kenney urged that control of Burlington provides an east market outlet. hearing to continue today.
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ST. Paul, Minn
Great Northern
Northern Pacific
Burlington
James J. Hill
United States Supreme Court
Ramsey
L. W. Hill
W. P. Kenney
Great Northwest
Hill
St. Paul
Chicago
St. Louis
Kenney
Inquiry Finds No Ground For Complaint In Skeffington Shooting
London report says the inquiry found no justification for the shooting of F Sheehy Skeffington during Ireland’s uprising. Captain Bowen Colthurst’s conduct described as remarkable and almost meaningless, with failure to reprimand effectively and no improved security for civilians. Sir John Simon chaired the commission noting officers did not fully realize the seriousness of the irregularity. The defense of insanity offered no palliation for Bowen Colthurst’s actions.
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London
F. Sheehy Skeffington
Ireland
Lieut
Morris
Skeffington
John Simon
Bowen-Colthurst
Warships collide in Messina channel
British and Italian warships collided in the Messina channel due to fog, shelling each other. One ship suffered heavy damage and a British armored cruiser was towed to Naples. Overseas agency item notes details unavailable.
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Berlin
Sayville
Messina
Italy
Sicily
Amsterdam
Naples
Long Trip With Prisoner
U. S. Marshal E. T. Erwin arrived in Canon City with Nellie Douglas, a federal prisoner from Alaska, after nearly two months of travel by dog sled steam ship and railroad. Douglas, sentenced to three years for robbery, was located in a remote Alaska region.
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Canon City
Colo
E. T. Erwin
Nellie Douglas
Alaska
Pension System for Clergy at Protestant Episcopal Convention
In St Louis on October 17 the Protestant Episcopal central convention debated marriage vow wording, prayers, and clergy conduct. A minority report urged removing obey from the marriage service and dropping Isaac and Rebecca as model pair. The majority proposed many changes. The pension plan for clergy is viewed as assured with a target of five million dollars. $6000 annual pension and auditing improvements were discussed. Final adjournment planned for October 25.
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ST. Louis
Jet Commission On Common Prayer
House of Deputies
Protestant Episcopal Central Convention
Commission On Prayer Book
General Convention
Isaac
Rebecca
Willam Lawrence
Massachusetts
Lawrence
Joint Commission On Business of
Daniels Tuttle
Awaiting Results of Carranza's Drive
Major General Tasker Bliss testified before the Mexican American joint commission in Atlantic City as discussions on border control continue. The Americans will pause further action to allow Carranza to demonstrate the effectiveness of his latest punitive expedition, amid new assurances from Ambassador Desig nate Arredondo relayed by Luis Cabrera. Cabrera announced an immediate intensive campaign against Villa.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Tasker H. Bliss
United States Army
Joint Commission
Carranza
Arredondo
Luis Cabrera
Defend Blue Sky Law of Three States in Supreme Court
Ohio Michigan and South Dakota blue sky laws to curb fraudulent securities were defended Monday before the Supreme Court. Attorneys General Turner Fellows and Caldwell argued the laws do not burden interstate commerce and should stand. Decisions could affect about 20 other states with similar statutes.
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Washington
Ohio
Michigan
South Dakota
Supreme Court
Turner
Fellows
Caldwell
South ‘Dakota
Progressives Unite Demands Amid Wilson Address
President Wilson urged independents to unite the progressive forces, stating the Democratic party is the only vehicle for genuine humane and just progressive legislation. He outlined opposition aims including removing the current comptroller of the currency, seizing banking control, and backing overseas financial ventures. Amos Pinchot and Rabbi Stephen Wise led the delegation in Long Branch, New Jersey, as they discussed their New York campaign support after a lengthy meeting at the president's summer residence.
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Long Branch
N. J
Wilson
Wilson Volunteers
Democratic Party
New York State
Amos Pinchot
Stephen S. Wise
New York
America
John Skelton Williams
United States
Mexico
Tegg
Vanderlip to Deliver Illinois Commencement Address
Frank A. Vanderlip president of National City Bank of New York has accepted President James invitation to speak at the University of Illinois commencement on June 18 1917. Vanderlip who attended the university graduated in 1888 will receive the honorary Master of Arts degree in 1905. He has served as reporter for the Chicago Tribune author assistant secretary of the treasury under McKinley and later financier and trustee of several foundations.
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Treasury
McKinley
The
New York Caniversity
Cérnegin Foundation
Fire at Thomas Company Elevator Causes Large Loss
A fire at the Thomas company elevator on Monday damaged the building and its contents. The blaze covered a loss estimated at $000, with about one hundred thousand bushels of wheat stored in the elevator.
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Ahomas
Boies
Thomas’ ‘Iting
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