National American Woman Suffrage Assn Adopts Nonpartisan Declaration
Atlantic City Sept 10 The National American Woman Suffrage association closes its convention with a declaration of principles pledging nonpartisanship. It notes most significant gain is that every party now includes woman suffrage in its platform and a presidential candidate has voiced support. Delegates question claims about earlier endorsements by Adams Lincoln or Roosevelt. Recommendations urge federal amendment, state suffrage laws, and comprehensive corrupt practices acts.
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Atlantic City
N. J
National American Woman Suffrage Association
United States
John Quincey Adams
Abraham Lincoln
Theodore Roosevelt
Congress
Herbert Parsons
New York
National Woman American Suffrage Association
Parsons
Anna Howard Shaw
Raymond Robins
Chicago
Japan presses demands on China over Manchuria and Mongolia
Chinese government circles report Japan seeks control over police powers in south Manchuria and inner Mongolia as conditions at Keng-Chia Tun. Tokyo also covertly suggests Japanese military advisers and instructors in Chinese schools. Chinese press warns conceding would erode sovereignty. China, dependent on Japanese money, might need external financial support to resist.
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Peking
Ling
Manchuria
Inner Mongolia
Keng-Chia Tun
Mongolia
Japan
China
President Wilson Opens Vacation in New Jersey
President Wilson began his vacation at Shadow Lawn Long Branch with Mrs Wilson arriving from Atlantic City after a 100 mile oceanfront ride. He planned to focus on campaign work, visiting his home and daughter. McAdoo and McCormick were set for early week campaign conferences.
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Long Branch
N. J
Wilson
Democratic National Committee
Rotary McAdoo
Hughes Defeated In Illinois German Alliance Vote
The Hughes faction led by Emil Prill of Chicago failed in Bloomington to endorse a presidential candidate at the Illinois Branch of the German American Alliance. Conservatives under J B Gummerman of Bloomington blocked the resolution and a slogan to beat Wilson was adopted. Aurora was chosen as the next meeting city. Officers elected include Charles V Christman Chicago president and a slate of vice presidents, secretary Otto F Weschumann Chicago, and treasurer Ferdinand Walther Chicago.
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Bloomington
Tit
Hughes
Emil Prill
Chicago
Illinois
Charles V. Christman
O. J. Roskoten
Peoria
Jacob Schmidt
Pekin
Paul Brauns
Peru
Forth
Paul B. Vogel
Belleville
Charles E. Hess
Aurora
Henry Koshler
Rock Island
Jolin B. Gummerman
G. H. Hinsterer
Nankekee
Otto F. Weschumann
Ferdinand Walther
Sudden Death of W E Rippey at 58 in Los Angeles
In Los Angeles on September 10 W E Rippey aged 58 collapsed near Fifty fifth street and Nor mandale avenue while returning home after installing a furnace system in a downtown cafe. He lived at 1416 West Fifty sixth street and left a widow son and daughter. He also leaves a sister Mrs Thomas Raferty and two brothers in Missouri. Funeral services set for Monday afternoon with burial in Los Angeles.
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Los Angeles
Fifty-fifth Street
Normandale Avenue
W. E. Rippey
Rippey
West Fifty:sixth Street
David Rippey
Barry
Marrier
Ife
Thomas Raferty
Lawanda Park
California
Missouri
Danger to Foreign Trade Pointed Out
New York report by the national foreign trade council chaired by James A Farrell warns European belligerents forming economic alliances threaten U S foreign trade. It says tariff, navigation, or financial policy shifts by either group could hurt United States prosperity and may artificially restrain American trade below world equity.
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New York
United States
National Foreign Trade Council
James A. Farrell
United States Steel Corporation
Mexican Troops to Enter the Campaign
Mexican forces prepare for a vigorous offensive against Villa and his bandits in the Santa Clara canyon. Gen Ja cinto Trevino announces 15 artillery pieces sent from Monterrey and Gen Cavazos leads pursuit from Guerrero. Villa general Julio Avina, captured in Durango, faces court martial in Durango.
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Chihuahua City
Mexico
Villa
Santa Clara Canyon
Jacinto Trevino
Monterey
Cavazos
Guerrero
Julio Avina
Durango
Ortean
Ppeals to Negroes for Race Elevation
S Jones of Oklahoma City addressed a large Negro audience at the national Baptist convention in Kansas City in its 36th annual session. He urged elevating the negro race through noble labor and education for work. Today's program includes morning Sunday school rallies and a night address by Dr BE H McDaniel of Chicago.
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Kansas City
Jones
Oklahoma City
National Baptist Convention
Convention Hall
BE. H. McDaniel
Chicago
Arcanum Rate Infense
Saratoga Sept. 10 the supreme council of the Royal Arcanum authorized a rate increase. The new schedule provides a graded rise in nearly all insurance classes offered by the order.
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Arcanum
Saratoga
Supreme Council of the Royal Arcanum
Aviator Injured in 500 Foot Fall in Chicago
CHICAGO September 16 aviator William Christanson was probably fatally injured Saturday when his aircraft crashed from 500 feet in the air.
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Chicago
William Christianson
Surface car strike spreads to Second Avenue Third Avenue lines
A New York strike spreading from subway and elevated lines to surface cars on the Second and Third Avenue systems threatens to halt most surface traffic in Manhattan and the Bronx. A strike breaker was shot, several arrests made, and union leaders expect Samuel Gompers to arrive to discuss a citywide traction walkout and possible 24 hour delaying action across AFL trades in New York.
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New York
Subway
New York Railways Company
Second Avenue Railway Company
Third Avenue Company
Manhattan
Bronx
Michael Giannini Nix
Interborough Rapid Transit Company
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Hughes closes Maine campaign in Rockland
Charles E. Hughes wrapped up his Maine tour in Rockland after Bangor visits, delivering brief speeches in several towns. He attacked the administration and denounced the shipping bill as harmful to Maine and the nation, urging protection for American shipping and urging rate corrections without harming American enterprise.
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Rockland
Charles E. Hughes
Maine
Bangor
Vernon attacks Wilson over suffrage stance during campaign
Miss Mabel Vernon national secretary of the Woman's Party travels to Nevada to campaign against President Wilson and Democratic congressional candidates, charging the president with failing to act for women's suffrage. She cites his Atlantic City speech and says voters should judge him by deeds in Washington, not promises.
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Salt Lake
Mabel Vernon
Woman’s Party
Nevada
Wilson
Congress
National Suffrage Association
Atlantic City
Vernon
Woman's Party
Washington
Allied Gains Conceded On Somme Front By German Officers
German officers acknowledge Anglo-French successes in the Somme offensive but say they do not alter the war's outcome. The article describes the massive artillery barrage before the next Allied attack, intense shelling hindering communications, and British airmen supporting operations with observation and attacks on German positions.
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France
Berlin
London
Associated Press
Somme
Termain
Refuse to Change Guard Camp Title San Antonio
San Antonio Texas Sept Camp Wilson the tented city shelters thousands of national guardsmen stationed here will remain Camp Wilson Gen Funston said Saturday He explained the war department ruled to that effect Postmaster George Armistad named the mobilization site after the president A week ago Gen Funston announced camps could only be named after dead persons and the designation would be Camp Cecil A Lyon Armistad protested to the post office department against the change which would disrupt mail deliveries The protest was carried to the war department which upheld the postmaster.
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San Antonio
Texas
Camp Wilson
Funston
War Department
Cecil A. Lyon
Texas National Guard
Armistad
Post Office Department
Japan demands threaten open door policy in China
Washington reports that Japan seeks to station military advisers in south Manchuria and inner Mongolia and instructors in Chinese schools. Officials view these demands as a new policy that could undermine the open door and Chinese integrity, potentially converting large Chinese territory into a Japanese protectorate under the most favored nations clause and other treaties.
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Washington
Japan
China
Manchuria
Inner Mongolia
America
President Wilson's Sister Ill in New London Hotel
Mrs Annie W Howe sister of President Woodrow Wilson is gravely ill in a New London Connecticut hotel telegram to Joseph R Wilson says she has long declined in health and spent the summer in New England her home is Philadelphia the Wilson family is reported.
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Baltimore
Annie W. Howe
Woodrow Wilson
New London
Conn
Joseph R. Wilson
Bryan Defends Wilson in New Mexico Stop
W. J. Bryan reviewed Democratic records under President Wilson before a large Albuquerque crowd on the way to Tucson. He criticized Charles E. Hughes’s stance on the income tax while governor of New York and said he would enter active campaigning on September 25.
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Bryan
Wilson
Albuquerque
N.M
W. J. Bryan
Tucson
Ariz
Charles BE. Hughes
New York
King Ferdinand Confers With German Emperor in East Front HQ
Berlin dispatch reports King Ferdinand of Bulgaria accompanied by the crown prince and Bulgarian cabinet chief have lived at the main eastern front headquarters to confer with the German emperor. The official statement confirms ongoing high level talks amid World War I developments.
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Kaizer
Berlin
London
Ferdinand
Bulgaria
Definite plan for U S Mexico border peace outlined
American members of the joint commission on relations with Mexico wrestle with a practical border peace plan. Major General Tasker Bliss will aid as expert adviser, with sessions expected to continue through next week to finalize a concrete approach for each section of the line.
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New London
Conn
Joint Commission
United States
Mexico
Lane
Judge Gray
Tasker M. Bliss
Army
Carranza
Washington
Mexico City
State Campaign in Maine Closes With Packed Rallies
In Maine on September 10 a final 24 hours of campaigning drew crowds to 100 meetings. National figures like Charles E Hughes and Theodore Burton spoke in Rockland Augusta Madison Boothbay Harbor and more while Democratic leaders including Franklin D Roosevelt and Bainbridge Colby also campaigned. Each side claimed victory margins with Democrats ahead by 3000 and Republicans by 15000 in unofficial tallies.
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Portland
Charles E. Hughes
Rockland
U.S
Wiliam E. Borah
Idaho
Augusta
U. S
Theodore Burton
Ohio
Madison
Medill McCormick
Chicago
Boothbay Harbor
Wiliam C. Redfield
Commerce
Gardiner
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Navy
East Port
John A. Westcott
New Jersey
President Wilson
Bainbridge Colby
Progressive Party
Davenport Bakers Raise Bread Price
At a Davenport meeting of 11 prominent bakers it was decided to raise bread to 10 cents and discontinue the five cent loaf. The old ten cent loaf will shrink to 27 ounces. The move follows a Chicago bakers convention decision against the five cent loaf and the local bakers formed a trade organization to stabilize the industry.
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Davenport
Chicago
Prohibition Orators Visit Wet Wisconsin Districts
In Wisconsin the coast to coast prohibition campaign train drew friendly receptions in wet districts. The delegation left Reedsburg on Saturday night for Minneapolis after two demonstrations. In Milwaukee a man on the speaker platform offered beer from a bucket during Dr Ira Landrith’s remarks.
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Reedsbuerg
Wis
Wisconsin
Minneapolis
Milwaukee
Ira Landrith
Great Bridge Across Dniester Blown Up During Russian Advance
London dispatch reports Austrians began blowing forts at Halicz and the great Dniester bridge was destroyed as Russians held the left bank and shelled retreating Austrian forces. Two railway trains wrecked and Russians occupy five Bulgarian towns.
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London
Halicz
Galicia
Petrograd Russky
Reuter
Dniester
British troops seize Ginchy north of Combles on Somme
British forces push along a 3.5 mile Somme front capturing Ginchy just north of Combles and advancing 300 yards east of High Wood and 600 yards of German trenches near Pozieres. French forces seize German trench sections east of Fleury in Verdun fighting on three fronts alongside Romanian operations driving Bulgarians from Bazardjik in Dobruja. Halicz falls appear imminent as Austrians blow forts and Russians push along the Dniester.
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Bucharest
London
Bazardjik
Dobric
Rumania
Russian War Office
Transylvania
Olah Toplitza
Fleury
Paris
Verdun
War Department
Berny
Somme
Ginchy
Leuze
High Wood
Leuze Wood
Combles
Highwood
Pozieres
Dobruja
Russians Press Near Hungarian Border in Carpathians
London reports Russian troops pushing through the Carpathians toward Hungary with engagements around Bukowina and Baranoff. Berlin notes retreats northwest of Kapul as Russians press near the border. Austro German and Turkish forces clash in Halicz area. Paris and Rome report various front developments including French and British actions at Belloy En Santerre and Berny Deniecourt, and Italian holds near the Trentina.
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London
Carpathian Heights
Bukowina
Hungary
Berlin
Kapul
Petrograd
Baranoff
Archduke Charles Francis
Halicz
Carpathians
Zlota Lipa
Dniester
Berha
Petrogead
Stanborn
Belloy-En-Santerre
Highwood
Bersa
Berny-Deniecourt
French War Office
Rumania
Lake Ostrovo
Trentina
Rome
Tofana
Italy
Halicz Campaign Fights Near Lemberg Reach New Phase
Russian forces press a 25 mile front from Halicz toward the Ziota Lipa as they push Austrian defenses back toward the Gnila Lipa and Natayuvka. Halicz fights to avoid capitulation, shielded by the Dniester Gorge while German and Austrian reinforcements bolster the approach to Lemberg.
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Petrograd
London
Halicz
Lemberg
Count von Bothmer
Zlota Lipa
Gnila Lipa
Brought Back From A Living Death In Amarill o
Charles Moore a forest worker was found alive in Amarillo after vanishing July fifth near Fraser Cal where he suffered a head injury and blanked out. He wandered to Amarillo using metal work skills and passed unnoticed until his sister Susie Moore, a post office clerk, recognized him and brought him back. He asked how he arrived and whether the fire had been put out.
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Amarillog
Texas
Charles Moore
U.S. Forestory
Moore
Fraser
Cal
Elis
Amarile
Susie Moore
Susie
Feared Enraged Countrymen Threaten Suspect
In Chicago on September 10 Felippe Saleto an Italy an talia broke down as a mob threatened lynching him and he told police he is the murderer of Chas Davareo. He said he would rather go to prison than face his countrymen.
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Chicago
Felippe Saleto
Talia
Chas. Davareo
Marrisgs Improvements in a Barnard Graduate’s Ceremony
Miss Pauline Cann, a Barnard College graduate, typed her own marriage contract with the document dictated to Nee France. The couple, singing Lohengrin, traveled by subway to City Hall for nuptials in New York on September 10.
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New York
Pauline, Cann
Barnards College
Nee France
Benefactions by Mrs Sage Mark 88th Birthday Gift
Lawrence L I Sept 10 Mr Russell Sage who has given 35000000 to charities celebrated her 88th birthday by giving away 40000 Syme case anise received 15000.
Wallop Ex-Pugilist Sues Sister-In-Law Over Punch
New York Sept 10 Charles Den, former boxer, sues his sister in law for punching him in the eye. The case centers on a supposed attack and ensuing legal action with the incident leading to a civil suit.
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New York
Charles
Den
Gage
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