Maine Republicans score sweeping win in state and federal races
Maine voters backed a Republican slate led by Milliken for governor with about 13 000 plurality and returned two U S senators and four congressmen while Democrats ceded control of the state house. Early tallies show strong Republican gains in county offices and a shift of Progressives back to the GOP.
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Portland
Maine
U. S
Congress
House of Representatives
United States
Washington
Daniel J. McGillicuddy
Wallace P. White, Jr
Milliken
Curtis
Haines
Gardner
Fernald
Hale
Johnson
Sills
U.S
Charles F. Johnson
Frederick Hale
Senate
George Fernald
Kenneth C. M. Sills
Bowdoin College
A.B. Goodall
A. A. Stevens
John A. Peters
John E. Banker
Ira G. Hersey
Leonard A. Pierce
Hortse
Gray
Daniel J. MecGillicuddy
White
W. H. White
Db. J. McGillicuddy
McGillicuddy
W. H. White, Jr
L. A. Stevens
D. J. McGillicuddy
Rive
John E. Bunker
L. A. Pierce
Benson Attacks Wilson in Iowa Address
Socialistic candidate Allan L. Benson condemned President Wilson over the railroad controversy, calling it a political maneuver. He accused Hughes of waging a tactic to defeat eight hour laws and predicted two million Socialist votes this year with past totals contrasting Prohibitionists. He planned campaigns through Rock Island Des Moines Ottumwa and St Louis before aiding Debs in Indiana.
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Dubuque
Iowa
Allan L. Benson
Wilsom
Benson
Wilson
Charles E. Hughes
Socialista
Rock Island
Des Moines
Ottumwa
St Louis
St. Louis
Indiana
Eugene V. Debs
Congress
Retain Commission Form Vote In Bloomington
Bloominton and Canton voters approved keeping the commission form of government with a 1 048 to 841 tally in a Monday tally. The result confirms continued use of the current city government structure.
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Bloomington
Canton
Nit
Labor Leaders Hear Sympathetic Strike Call In New York
In New York City the car strike worsened with surface transit halted across Manhattan and the Bronx and parts of Westchester. Labor leaders discussed a sympathetic strike that could mobilize about 70,000 tradesmen and up to 750,000 workers citywide, including longshoremen and power house staff. Disorder rose as strikers blocked tracks with cobblestones and injured riders amid police investigations and rising violence.
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New York
Manhattan
Bronx
Yonkers
Westchester County
Interborough Rapid Transit
Hugh Frayne
American Federation of Labor
Frayne
Woods
Public Service Commission
Theodore P. Shantz
Interborough Rapid Transit Company
Hughes Campaigns in Syracuse After Maine Victory
Charles E. Hughes spoke to large crowds in Syracuse at the state fair grounds and a dinner of the Syracuse Allied clubs. He urged pride in American enterprise abroad and emphasized patriotism, protecting citizens abroad, and supporting lawful American commerce as the path to progress. He took Maine election returns at the dinner and planned to travel to Plattsburgh the next day.
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Syracuse
Charles E. Hughes
State Fair Grounds
Sthetlands
United States
Hughes
Maine
Plattsburehk
Redy Found in Garage in Taylorville Ill
Olle K. Michenheimer aged 51 a pioneer of Christian county was found dead in the garage at his home here on Monday. Death was apparently from natural causes.
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Redy
Taylorville
Ill
Olle K. Michenheimer
Christian County
Wilson Called 10 Sister's Bedside in New London
President Wilson traveled from Long Branch to New London to be at the bedside of his sister Mrs. Annie E. Howe. A late bulletin said her condition was unchanged and she was resting comfortably. The president stayed at the hotel then boarded the Mayflower yacht and planned to stay aboard today. Local relatives joined Mrs. Wilson at the visit as crowds surrounded the private car at the New Haven arrival.
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New London
Conn
Wilson
Annie E. Howe
White House
Long Branch
New York
New Haven
Howard Elliott
Mr. Elliott
Margaret Wilson
Maine
Jamer Cummings
Democratic National Committee
Howe
Joseph R. Wilson
Baltimore
Anne Cothran
Philadelphia
Yaqui Indians Seen on Hills of Nogales
Yaqui Indians were seen on hill tops overlooking Nogales on Monday, with bugle calls heard from the Mexican town and Americans ordered to cross the frontier into Arizona. Reports claimed shots were fired wounding a Mexican, a claim Mexican authorities denied while offering no reason for evacuations.
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Nogales
Ariz
Arizona
Lansing Secrecy Policy Weighs in on Mail Seizure Talks
Washington Sept 12 Secretary Lansing declared that censor materials should be used only for military purposes. The step is seen as shaping U S policy in ongoing negotiations with Great Britain over mail seizures. Lansing said Congress had recently examined related legislation. The British reply to the latest American note on mail seizures is anticipated here this week.
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Washington
Lansing
Great Britain
Congress
Quebec Bridge Span Collapses in Fatal Fall
The massive 5 100 ton center span of the Quebec bridge collapsed while being raised over the St Lawrence river. Ninety workers were on the span. eleven are dead or missing, four bodies recovered by nightfall. Spectators lined the riverbanks as boats filled the area, and the span sank into 200 feet of water after the failure of the lower rear support. The incident represents a second disaster of its kind since a prior collapse on August 23, 1907.
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Quebec
St. Lawrence
Quebec Bridge
Governor Dunne Seents Victory in Illinois Primary
Governor E F Dunne announces in Chicago that he will seek re nomination for governor after refraining from attacking other candidates and condemning smear tactics He says a Democratic county committee resolution was a mistake and a boomerang and that his renomination next Wednesday is assured
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Chicago
E. F. Dunne
Democratic County Central Committee
Reduction in Size of Five Cent Loaf Bread
Chicago bakers reduced the five cent loaf by one third instead of raising price. Officials said bakers bought large quantities of municipal half pound stamps for loaves, replacing the three quarter pound stamps. District Attorney Clyne investigates possible Sherman act violation and notes uncertainty on production costs.
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Chicago
United States
Clyne
Funston questions Villa scare in new dispatch
War department received from General Funston updates from General Pershing that reports of Villa movement north are not corroborated in El Paso guidance. Patriots at San Lorenzo and El Valle reached Santa Clara canyon but found no Villa activity while rumors of Villistas near Satevo yielded no action north of there.
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Washington
War Department
Funston
Villista
Pershing
Villa
el Paso
San Lorenzo
el Valle
Santa Clara Canyon
Chihuahua
Villistas
Satevo
Bread prices rise in Springfield bakers meeting
Springfield Ul bakers raised prices Monday advancing small loaves to five cents to retailers and six cents to consumers. Cakes and doughnuts climb to twelve cents a dozen from ten. The rise followed a meeting of the Master Bakers.
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Springfield
British Drive on Struma Front Advances in Macedonia
British troops push across the Struma near Lake Takinos and capture four villages after hard fighting. French, Serbian fronts report Bulgarian positions bombarded and withdrawals. Austrians retreating in Romania while Russia reports gains in Persian theatre.
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London
Struma
Lake Tahinos
War Office
Macedonia
Vienna
Nechori
Neochars
Lake
Tak
Vardar
Boiran
Maros
Toplitza
Hermannstadt
Helimsar
Gyergo
Dobrudja
Danubg
Brinton replies to Walker charge in Illinois race
Dixon Democrat William Brinton rebutted Illinois Federation of Labor president John H. Walker's claim that he is unfair to union labor. Brinton, a longtime agricultural implement maker, said he has had no labor disputes or union drives in twenty years and plans to finish his campaign in Peoria. He predicted he would win Cook County and 84 of the other 101 counties.
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Chicago
William 3. Brinton
Dixon, Ill
Springfield
John H. Walker
Illinois State Federation of Labor
Sr. Walker
Brinton
Peoria
Cook County
Ministers Endorse Candidates in Chicago Meeting
Chicago Methodist Ministers association endorsed candidates for state congressional and legislative offices at a Monday meeting. The action backed by the Home Anti-Union group aligns with church and civic electoral influence in Chicago.
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Chicago
Chicago Methodist Ministers’ Association
Hinoa Anti Leaguer
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