Hughes Calls Wilson Plan Farcical on Anti Dumping
Charles E Hughes attacked President Wilson’s postwar trade stance in Rochester calling the anti dumping provision of the revenue bill farcical and useless to protect American workers. He argued a small export share could still threaten prosperity and urged clearer policy to defend industry and jobs.
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Rochester
N. Y
Charles E. Hughes
Wilson
Cincinnati
Hughes
Mr. Hughes
United States
Slughes
Europe
America
Dodge Largest Campaign Donor Tops Democratic Fund
New York Oct 28 Cleveland H Dodge a Princeton graduate with Wilson in 79 heads the list of Democratic campaign fund contributors reporting receipts of 1 006 283 through Oct 24 Dodge gave 50 000 plus 29 0 0 0 since then total 79 0 0 0 41 862 contributors with 261 840 from under 100 and 744 430 from over 100 names include Wilon Woodrow and many Chicago St Louis and California donors plan notes filed with House clerk and the Republican tally also due today
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New York
Cleveland H. Dodge
Princeton
Wilson
Democratic Campaign Fund
House of Representatives
Wilbur W. Marsh
Democratic National Committee
Dodge
Thomas DD
Jones
Chicago
David Lb. Jones
C. E. Davis
Breckinidge Lung
St. Louis
David R. Francis
M. N. Coolidge
Fitchburg
L. Duheney
Los Angeles
Jacob H
T. Lo Chadbourne, Jr
Ro Crane
Roger Sullivan
Edward DD. Linger
Chris
Willam AL Tilden
WLC
Neblack
Chica
SLU
Marcus Javabowssy
Chivega
Koos. Peatwiy
Soldier Shot by Vik Gohirade Springfield Camp Lincoln Tragedy
A Chicago report states a colored Illinois infantry soldier named Fred Tohneon was shot and killed Friday night at Camp Lincoln during a muster event. The incident followed street brawls and the regimental crowd was moved to trains for Chicago as Metropolis Peoria and Danville companies departed for home later that afternoon. In a separate item, five creditors filed a bankruptcy petition against New City Savings Bank on Friday, alleging $1,260 in claims. deposits were about $10,000 and the bank’s operators vanished after a run.
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Springfield
Aed
Chicaca
Hlinois Infantry
Camp Lincoln
Ros
Chicaen
Metronotis
Peoria
Danville
Aqusp
Chicago
New City Savings Bank
Southwest Side
Federal District Court
Stanley Mareinkiercr
Anton Bierzynski
George Lukso
War Widows Fund Ambassador Gerard Handles Money
An American relief appeal to aid German widows and orphans, issued in New York on October 28, is endorsed by James W. Gerard, U.S. ambassador to Germany. Gerard will oversee funds, distributed through U.S. consuls where needed, to improve German welfare and foster friendlier U.S. Germany relations.
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Gerard
New York
Germany
American Relief Committee
James W. Gerard
United States
United
United States Department
America
Declare Villa Gets U. S. Arms
Atlantic City October 28 reports that arms and ammunition were smuggled into Mexico from the United States. Mexican and American commissioners discussed U S involvement and the fight against bandits. A broad international quarantine proposal was floated to allow U S officials to work with Mexican agents in disease control. The session closed with a pledge that a general border peace agreement is under way and that troop withdrawal is anticipated upon signing.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Mexico
United States
Villa
Joint Commission
Carranza Ready to Run for President
MENICO CITY October 28 Gen Venustiano Carranza formally announced his candidacy for the presidency in response to a manifesto from a new constitutionalist liberal party inviting him to run and pledging loyalty. Carranza said if the people elect him he will enforce laws under the constitution. Generals Gonzales and Obregon took the oath of loyalty to Carranza.
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Menico City
Venustano Carranza
Constitutionalist
Liberal Party
Carranza
Gonzales
Obregon
Fellows Admitted at American College of Surgeons Convocation
Philadelphia October 28 two hundred and twenty eight surgeons from across the country China Train the Philippine Islands and the Panama Canal Zone were admitted as fellows of the American College of Surgeons at its fifth annual convocation held with the Central Congress of Surgeons of North America Dr Ernest Lewis of New Orleans received the honorary degree At the business meeting Chicago was chosen as the permanent home of the organization and Dr George W Crile of Cleveland was elected president
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Philadelphita
China
Train
Philippine Islande
Panama Canal Zone
American College of Surgeons
North America
Ernest Lewis
New Orleans
Chicago
George W. Crile
Cleveland
Winter Quarters Planned for Border Army Troops
In San Antonio Texas on October 28 the War Department announced more than a million dollars for winter quarters for border troops. Southern Department HQ was told to begin immediately. Contingents will receive permanent barracks for regulars on border duty and tents will be framed and floored for National Guard troops.
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San Antonio
Texas
War Department
Southern Department
National Guard
Norwegian Steamer Lystand Torpedoed Near Coast
London reports the Norwegian steamer Lystand torpedoed and sunk. The crew were picked up by a submarine and later transferred to another Norwegian vessel near the Norwegian coast.
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London
Ritzau
British boats sunk in English Channel raid
Berlin reports a German torpedo squadron attacked in the Dover Straits between Folkestone and Calais. At least 11 outpost steamers and two to three destroyers were sunk or damaged, with the English post steamer Queen sunk south of Folkestone. German torpedo boats returned safely with no losses.
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Berlin
London
English Channel
Folkestone
Bolongne
Dover Straits
Straits of
Dover
Calais
Michelson
Queeen
Farna
Air Fight on Western Front. Five Planes Fell
Fifth aerial clash on the western front reported by the war office. Five machines fell, two of them ours, as large numbers of aircraft engaged on Thursday. In Romania, Von Mackensen and Von Falkenhayn push toward Dobrudija with ground gained near Hirsova. Bucharest notes Romanian withdrawals in the Jiul valley and Olina heights. Across the front, weather hampers Somme and Macedonian operations while Verdun repels another German attack. In the English channel, two German destroyers were sunk. one British torpedo boat destroyer is missing and another disabled.
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London
Western Front
War Office
Rumenia
Rumania
von Mackensen
von Falkenhayn
Dobrudija
Wirsova
Danube
Casapkeua
Black Sea
Constanza- Tchernavedo
Hirsova
Old Romania
Falkenhayn
Campulung
Predeal
Transylvania
Bucharest
Jiul
Viulean Pass
Uzul
Olina
Douatmoant
Verdun
Russia
Shar River
Pinsk
Goldovichy
Shar
English Channel
British War Office Report On Western Front Air Losses
Five aircraft were shot down in western front actions, two of them from the British army. Mackensen and Falkenhayn divisions push into Romania with forty miles advanced beyond the railway, as Falkenhayn’s forces move toward Campulung. Weather slows Somme and Macedonian operations while German attempts to retake Devamont are halted by French fire. Russians retreat to the eastern bank of the Shar following a German push. In the English Channel, British and German destroyer actions result in two German boats sunk and a British transport damaged.
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Western Front
British War Office
Mackensen
Falkenhayn
Romania
von Mackensen
von Falkenhayn
Campulung
Somme
Macedonian
Devaumont
Shar River
Cost of feeding a Chicago family rises 54 percent
Chicago figures show a 54 and a half percent rise in annual food costs for a family of nine, with a tailor and his relatives spending 19.40 this week versus 12.69 a year earlier. Grocers anticipate further increases as canned goods rise, and bread and milk prices also jump in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh reports.
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Chicago
Hear Rebuttal in Black Case in Galveston
In Galveston Texas on October 28 the state, despite defense objections, introduced a rebuttal witness in the John Cope land case. J A Morgan of Marshall testified he heard shots near the Marshall hotel on February 3 1915 and saw George Ryan with blood on his hands after the anti Catholic lecturer William Black was killed. Ryan said those who lectured had caused trouble and driven them to act.
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Galveston
Texas
John Copeland
J. A. Morgan
Marshall
George Ryan
William Black
Morgan
Third Texas Infantry
Corpus Christi
Marshall Post Office
Court House
Ryan
Black
George
Rogers
Copeland
Taft Attacks Free Trade Tariff in Cedar Rapids Speech
Former President Taft addressed a packed Cedar Rapids auditorium warning the Democratic party seeks power for unsound reasons. He flayed the free trade tariff and assailed administration wasteful expenditure and its claim of temporary prosperity, replying to Wilson on the Adamson law.
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Cedar Rapids
Taft
Democratic Party
Wilson
Arrested in Texas for Chicago murder
George Arndt a Texas militia member is in military custody at Maria Texas for the drowning death of Francis Bloom a Chicago girl two years earlier. A Captain Claude Adams message says Arndt confessed to pushing Bloom into the lake at Lincoln Park breakwater on July 4 1914.
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Chicago
George Arndt
Texas Mmiltia
Maria
Texas
Claude Adams
Infanstry
Fort Texas
Francis Bloom
Itt
Miss Bloom
Lincoln Park
Arndt
Plan Direct Cable to Buenos Aires
New York Oct 28 The Western Union Telegraph company announced plans to enter South America on a large scale. An engineering expedition will be sent next month to explore the region, with cooperation from the state department and the American International Corporation if approved. Possible continuation of the Havana cable directly to Buenos Aires is also under consideration.
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New York
Western Union Telegraph Company
South America
Department of State
American International Corporation
Havana
Buenos Aires
Papal letter warns against race antipathy in Episcopal convention
From St Louis on October 28 the final session of the triennial Episcopal convention read a pastoral letter urging Americans to oppose race antipathy and “unconsecrated prosperity.” The message by 108 bishops appeals for justice toward the Orient, notes Armenia, Poland and Belgium’s hurts, and calls for sanctifying wealth through charity while warning against moral decay amid war tensions.
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ST. Louis
Protestant Episcopal Church
America
Europe
Fire Aboard French Liner Chicago Near Azores
The French liner Chicago, en route from Bordeaux to New York with 265 passengers, was reported near Fayal Azores with a fire in No 3 hold. Lloyds confirmed arrivals and that efforts to extinguish the fire were underway as the ship reached Fayal.
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Chicago
Fayal
Lloyds
London
Azores Islands
Lloyd's
New York
Bordeaux
Azores
Keokuk Gas Plant Tragedy Claims Two Dead
Two men die and three firemen are overcome in a gas incident at the Keokuk Electric Company generating plant on Friday afternoon. Foreman Menroy Biermann and fireman George Renard suffocated while attempting to halt a leak, as three city firefighters tried to rescue them.
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Keokkuk
Towa
Keokuk Electric Company
Menroy Biermann
George Renard
Brermann
Renard
Fairbanks Urges Tariff at Campaign Address
Charles W Fairbanks Republican vice presidential nominee urged a protective tariff as urgent in a Friday night speech at an event in Pikeville. He criticized the administration for not keeping campaign promises and then departed for Louisville after the address.
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Pkinsville
Charles W Fairbanks
Poe's Workshop Razed After Court Order In Richmond
In Richmond Virginia an order entered Friday directs demolition of Edgar Allan Poe's old workshop now the Southern Literary Messenger building. The structure will be razed so it can be reconstructed on the grounds of Richmond College.
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Poe
Richmond
Edgar Mien Poe
Southern
Lterary Messenger
Frday
Richmond College
Hecklers Rip Signs From Cars In Kansas City
Women campaigners on the Hughes special train faced a stormy reception in Kansas City as a crowd clashed with their bodyguard of hundreds. Banners and pictures were torn from cars and several men were struck while a driver and a bystander were assaulted during the tense confrontation.
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Kansas City
Hughes
Wilson
Union Station
Quincy
Attempt to rob the Harvey Bank foiled
Oct 28 Harvey Illinois suburb bank heist ends with police capture. Assistant cashier August W Schmidt slipped out rear door and returned with an officer to stop an armed bandit about to flee with 3000 dollars. An accomplice in a outside autos mobile was arrested, naming himself William J Steed. robber claimed the name George Stunkel.
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Chicago
Harvey
Ill
August W. Schmidt
William J. Steed
George Stunkel
Hanly Declares Present Campaign Drab in Boston
In Boston on Oct 28 J Frank Hanly Prohibition nominee said neither Wilson nor Hughes offer real issues. He called the campaign drab and urged the liquor question as the sole consequential issue, condemning both parties for vacillation, vague records and unfocused platforms.
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Boston
Wilson
Hughes
J. Frank Hanly
Wilson to Address New York Visitors
Nine special trains will carry supporters from New York City to Long Branch New Jersey for New York day at Shadow Lawn where President Wilson will address visitors. Charles F Murphy to lead a Tammany Hall delegation as Democrats distribute a proclamation on Americanism nationwide.
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New York
Qeet
Long Branch
N. J
Shadow Lawn
Wilson
Greater New York
Charles F. Murphy
Tammany Hall
Sweden protests mine laying plans
The Swedish government directed its minister in Petrograd to protest Russia’s plan to lay mines in Swedish territorial waters. The move followed a Russian order to lay mines in sections of the Gulf of Bothnia, reported by the Overseas News agency.
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Berlin
Sayville
Petrograd
Save
Gulf of Bothnia
French Arrest Greek Leader Head of Royalist Reservists
ATHENS on October 2 French authorities arrested M Christaces described as head of more than 70 000 reservists and royalists across Greece. The incident underscores tensions in the region as authorities act against royalist networks.
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Athens
London
M. Christaces
Greece
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