Tener answers Johnson on McGraw incident
New York report states National League president J K Tener rebutted American League president B B Johnson about the McGraw affair. Tener calls Johnson’s criticisms a bombastic misstatement and defends how the NL handles the matter, noting McGraw did not impugn game integrity and disavows such intent.
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J. K. Tener
National League
B. B. Johnson
Milwaukee
McGraw
Johnson
John McGraw
Yor Giants
Brooklyn
Tener
Bamcombe
Orpheum Week Show Delivers Strong Clean Entertainment
The Orpheum offers a top tier half week bill with acts by Stone and Hughes, Walters and Walters, Master Paul with The Mystic Bird, Neil McKinley the raving nut, and The Four Kings on tight rope. The program keeps audiences engaged from start to finish and earns high recommendations.
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Stone
Hughes
Walters
Paul
Neil McKinley
McKinley
Four Kings
Memphis Leads Southern League In Attendance In 1916
Memphis finished sixth in the 1916 Southern league pennant race yet led the circuit in home attendance with 174493 fans. Nashville won the pennant with 111414 at home, while New Orleans, second in standings, drew 111387 paid admissions at home. Delafield Wisconsin St Johns Military and Shattuck School prep grid set for Nov 11 in a key midwest clash. St Johns seeks homecoming after last year’s 15 7 defeat.
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Nashville
New Orleans
Delafield
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St. Johns’ Military Academy
Shattuck Military School
Faribault
Amusements at Empire Hippodrome Weekly Schedule
The Empire Hippodrome presents a string of shows through Oct 30 with The Parish Players Eloors Lohengrin Chicago English Opera Co Uncle Tom's Cabin Neill O Briens Minstrels and more. Other venues include Orpheum Vaudeville Bijou vaudeville Belasco Dareys Redemption Tom Mix Family star Lina Cavalieri and others in a varied entertainment lineup.
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Eloors
Chicago English Opera Co
Neil O'Brien
Minstrels
Orpheum
Belasco
C. T. Darey
Dave Darcey
Quincy
Edwin F. Cobb
Tom Mix
Fritzi Brunette
Jack Pickford
Helen Gibson
Petrograd
Pauline Frederick
Lina Cavalieri
Savoy
Mrs
Vernon Castie
Mutual Weekly
Big Crowd in Boston Echoes Tariff Debate and Labor Fears
A large Boston crowd heard a vigorous defense of tariff protection as vital to American workers amid postwar competition. The speaker warned that prosperity tied to wartime demand will end and urged the Republican party to push sound tariff measures while condemning current administration policies. He argued against rail wage hikes harming most workers and urged fair, government-supervised business.
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Republican Party
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Republic
Wilson
Elliot
America
Rome
Great Britain
Inc
Mexican border crisis cited in imperial move
Reports describe a planned border raid to derail international commissions and influence upcoming elections in both the United States and Mexico. Gen Carranza ordered troop movements to prevent any attack, while Mexican families from multiple administrations flee to the United States, with exodus centered on San Antonio, Texas.
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Arredondo
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Mexico
Inter
State Department
Obregon
Trevino
Huerta
Madero
San Antonio
Tex
Wilson policy and Mexican unrest taint U S stance
A speaker accuses President Wilson of a non protective Mexico policy, linking it to murders of Americans in Mexico and on the coast. He argues for strict protection of citizens, criticizes wage policy and Adamson law, and recalls wartime economic strain and political pressures.
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Lusitania
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Germany
Great Britain
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Fruerza
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Adamson
Congress
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Ple
Tisan
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