Barr Brundage Race For Attorney General Tightens
Latest returns show Richard J. Barr of Joliet ahead of Edward J. Brundage of Chicago for the Republican attorney general nomination with Brundage leading in Cook County but Barr gaining downstate. Downstate results suggest Barr will win the state with about 47,500 outside Cook County and Kostner leads Jennings in the Democratic race for Congress.
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Chicago
Richard J. Barr
Joliet
Edward J. Brundage
Barr
Brundage
Cook County
Barratt O'Hara
Huttmann
Cook
Kostner
Ilinois
Joseph O. Kostner
Everett Jennings
William E. Mason
B. M. Chiperfield
Canton
Henry W. Huttman
Edward F. Dunne
Frank O. Lowden
Jennings
Jenning
Chiperfield
Mason
Downstate
Bach
Huttman
O.hara
Hamburg Food Riots Women Raid Shops
A London exchange dispatch reports serious Hamburg food riots on Monday with crowds of women raiding shops closed due to meat and vegetable shortages. Police were injured, and 37 women were arrested as crowds shouted at the town hall, down with the junkers and the people’s torturers.
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London
Amsterdam
Hamburg
Winners in the State Primary Governor Race
The article lists state primary winners for key offices including governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state, auditor, treasurer, attorney general, and others. Names such as Len Small, Richard J. Barr, Medill McCormick, William Mason, Henry Huttman, L. G. Stevenson, James Brady, Arthur Charles, Patrick Lucey, William Williams, and Joseph Kostner appear as victors or candidates in the uncontested or contested races.
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Weecaearn
Corigreasman
Len Small
Richard J. Barr
Medill: McCormick
William E.mason
Henry W. Huttman
James J. Brady
Arthur W. Charles
Patrick J. Lucey
William E. Williams
Joseph O. Kostner
Stolen Money in Chicago Banks From Westminster Robbery
U S secret service reports that about 130000 of the 711000 Canadian funds stolen from the Westminster branch of the Bank of Montreal in 1912 lie in Chicago safety boxes. Agent Drautzberger noted boxes held by known officers, with Toronto vaults containing remaining funds. Michael Flannigan, questioned, released. Mirrel B Shertall of Chicago arrested in Toronto for attempting to pry a safety box.
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Chicago
Westminster
Bank of Montral
Drautzberger
United States Secret Service
Michael Flannigan
Secret Service
Eceme
Toronto
Mirrael
Shertall
Respite Granted in Bambrick Death Row Case
Albany dispatch reports Gov. Whitman granted a respite to Bambrick until October 2 in the 1915 murder of Patrolman George Capping. The delay followed a Sing Sing witness account by Frank Meehan claiming Bambrick did not kill the patrolman. Meehan reportedly broke down during electric chair preparations and told deputies.
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Albany
N. Y
Whitman
Thomas Bambrick
Sing Sing
George Capping
New York
Frank Meehan
Allied Offensive in Greece Halted in Macedonia
Sept. 15 report from Sofia states the new allied offensive in Macedonia is completely halted. British forces advancing near Seres were repulsed with heavy losses and forced to retreat. French and Italian attacks were easily repulsed while Serbian forces on the Bulgarian right wing retreated to their previous positions after limited gains. Southeastern Romania operations under Field Marshal Mackensen progress satisfactorily.
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Berlin
Macedonia
Sofia
Seres
Roumania
Mackensen
Carpathians
Smotrec
Ludova
Kapul
Vienna
Lake Ostrove
Paris
Doiran
Mucnkovo
Kavala
Aviator Hero Receives 2500 Dollar Purse at Baltic Exchange
Lieutenant Robinson, 21, famed for downing a Zeppelin in the London raid, was publicly honored at the Baltic Exchange. A crowd raised $2,500 from shipping men, and Robinson, shy and briefly speaking, thanked them with a six word line: Tanks, I merely did my duty.
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London
Leutenant Robinson
Baltic Exchange
Robinson
Redmen Raise Chiefs at Wildwood Meeting
The great council of the Improved Order of Red Men elevated their newly elected and appointed chiefs at the final session in Wildwood New Jersey on September 15. Joseph Farrar of Philadelphia, past great incognus, led the ceremonies. The age limit for Daughters of Pocahontas was cut from 18 to 16 years.
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Wildwood
N. J
Theaereat Council of the
United States
Joseph Farrar
Philadelphia
Daughters of Pocahontas
German Lieutenant Fahrbussh Killed in Action
Amsterdam via London September 15 A German lieutenant Fahrbussh renowned for recent exploits in the ur has been killed in action according to the Vossische Zeitung.
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Fahrbussh
Amsterdam
London
Fahrbnsch
Vossiche Zeitung
I W W Raid at Oldforge Arrests 318 in Riot Case
A Sept 15 raid by Sheriff Ben Phillips and state troopers seized 318 I W W members in Old forge for riot after a two week effort to disrupt Jermyn mine strikes. detainees were moved by car ice wagon coal wagon and dray to Lackawanna County Jail amid ongoing labor tensions.
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Scranton
Industrial Workers of the World
Oldforge
Ben. S. Phillips
Lieut. Price
Lackawanna County
Jermyn Company
United Mine Workers
I.W. W
Illinois Golf Team Defeated by Cornell at Oakmont
The annual intercollegiate golf championship began at Oakmont Club. Yale beat Pennsylvania, Cornell edged Illinois five to four, and Harvard eliminated Williams. Illinois, the pre-tournament favorites, were upset by Cornell in the opening round.
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Pittsburgh
Oakmont Club
Oakmont
Yale
Pennsylvania
Cornell
Illinois
Harvard
Williams College
L Illinois
Indictments for Smuggling Jewelry in Mail Plot
Federal investigators in New York brought indictments against Hans Edward Thompson and Frederick Uffelman on charges of smuggling jewelry worth 25000 into the United States on July 11. Uffelman was said to have worked aboard a steamship operating between New York and Scandinavian ports.
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New York
Germany
Hans Edward Thompson
Frederick Uffelman
United States
Uffelman
Paper Shipments Abroad Condemned at Convention
Resolutions condemning large shipments of paper abroad and endorsing a three year educational campaign costing about 1,000,000 were adopted by the United Typothecae and Franklin Clubs of America at their 13th annual convention. The meeting also backed a national standardization plan and a sound apprenticeship system.
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Atlantic City
N. J
United Typothecae and
Franklin Clubs of America
Col Butler's Slayer Faces Indictment in Alpine
Harry J. Spannell, brought from El Paso, faces two indictments for the murder of his wife and Army Major M. C. Butler while in an automobile July 20. A change of venue motion, likely to be granted, will be argued in court Thursday. Spannell spoke on the train, saying he did not mean to kill, and asked that his young daughter understand the tragedy.
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Alpine
Texas
Harry J. Spannell
el Paso
M. C. Butler
Spannell
Major Butler
Alaska Packers Bark Star of Erie Off Point Pedro
San Francisco dispatch reports the Alaska Packers bark Star of Erie with salmon aboard was in breakers off Point Pedro twenty five miles south of the Golden Gate on Thursday night. More than two hundred cannery workers returning to the port are believed to be aboard.
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San Francisco
Alaska Packers Bark Star of Erie
Point Pedro
Gilden Gate
Porch Campaign Plans For Wilson In New Jersey
President Wilson and key aides discussed campaign strategy in Long Branch on September 15. Plans for a porch campaign from Shadow Lawn include speeches to delegations and letters to amplify acceptance speech points, with a focus on prosperity and industrial preparedness. The Mayflower yacht stays offshore to allow quick travel to New London to visit his sister Annie Howe.
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Yerch
Plante
Shadow Lawn
Charles E. Hughes
Congress
Sandy Hook
New London
Annie Howe
Bliss to testify on border plans before commission
General Taske H Bliss, assistant chief of staff, will appear before the American Mexican commission in New London to explain US military views on border operations. The panel discussed a joint border constabulary of former soldiers from both nations under shared control, with unresolved details. The commission will adjourn for Mexican Independence Day.
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New London
Conn
Taske
H. Bliss
United States Army
Bliss
Joint Commission
Business Men Take Interest in Strike
New York observers report on September 15 as business and professional leaders offer to cooperate with city officials to settle a transit strike disrupting transport in Manhattan the Bronx and parts of Westchester. Union leaders rally 8 000 carmen while 70 000 allied unionists threaten additional action unless settlement occurs. Mayor Mitchel and the public service commission confer with chamber and merchants groups seeking an end to the walkout.
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New York
Manhattan
Bronx
Westchester County
James P. Holland
State Federation of Labor
Carmen
Union Square
Mitchel
Public Service Commission
Chamber of Commerce
The
Merchants’ Association
Mrs Howe Fails To Gain This Evening
Mrs Annie Howe sister of President Wilson who is gravely ill in New London Connecticut has failed steadily the physician Dr H M Lee announced at nine o clock Thursday night
Fire on Michie Aboard Off Coos Bay After No. 3 Hold Blaze
Chief Steward Tansden recalls how fire discovered about 3 o'clock aboard the Michie 30 miles off Coos Bay forced seven lifeboats to launch. Women and children prioritized, passengers evacuated without panic as decks heated and smoke filled the ship. The bar dredge Michie arrived to take on passengers and light baggage was transferred aboard.
Marshall Nominated for Vice President in Indianapolis
Vice President Thomas R. Marshall was notified Thursday night of his re nomination for vice president on the Democratic ticket and formally accepted. The event, the third notification in Indianapolis recently, drew prominent Democrats including National Chairman Vance McCormick. Martin H. Glynn delivered the speech of notification after introduction by Indiana gubernatorial candidate J A M Adair. A big parade preceded the ceremonies.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Thomas R. Marshall
J. Frank Hanly
Charles W. Fairbanks
Vance McCormick
United States
Martin H. Glynn
New York
J. A. M. Adair
Indiana
Charman
Russia Clatkis Big Air Battle Over Baltic Seaplane Station
A Reuters dispatch from Petrograd reports four Murometz type Russian aeroplanes bombarded a German seaplane station on Lake Angern in the Gulf of Riga. Seventeen German seaplanes were engaged. eight German machines were driven off and eight or more German aircraft were destroyed or damaged. Russian crews returned safely. Earlier a Murometz reportedly routed seven German seaplanes.
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London
Reuter
Petrograd
Murometz
Lake Angern
Gulf of Riga
Muremetz
Pennsylvania scores record in gunnery tests
Washington date Sept 15 the navy department announced a new world record in naval gunnery by the new super-dreadnought Pennsylvania credit for the feat goes to the battleship twelve 14 inch rifles main battery in four turrets discharging simultaneously registering five hits on a small target eleven miles away at that distance target not visible to gunners the Pennsylvania and Oklahoma are undergoing final tests fulfilling specifications satisfactorily.
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Washington
Pennsylvania
Navy Department
Oklahoma
French and British push near Combles in Somme fighting
Paris reports Le Priez farm captured and Combles near fall as British advance through Luzy wood and French wedge deeper east. German counterattacks fail to regain ground while bombardments continue along the Somme front. Reports differ on Balkan and Romanian fronts with mixed gains and losses.
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Paris
Somms
le Priez
Combles
War Office
Bouchavesnes
London
Somme
France
Luzen_ wood
LePriez Farm
Rancourt
Peronne-Bethune
Belloy-En-Santerre
Belgium
Teutonicales
Dobrujda
Rumania
Berlin
Sofia
Transylvania
Hermannstadt
Vienna War Office
Detectives Seek Private Banker in Chicago Bank Case
Sept. 15 county authorities searched for Michael Michniuk a private banker in Chicago s Russian quarter after his bank failed to open Detectives summoned by State s Attorney Hoyne seized the bank s books deposits reported at 20000 Miss Helen Depke a bank clerk was taken into custody
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Chicago
Michael Michniuk
Michniuk
Hoyne
Helen Depke
Italian Planes Raid Austrian Arsenal Near Trieste
An Italian squadron raided Austrian arsenals and aeroplane hangars near Trieste. Five tons of high explosives were dropped and large fires were observed, according to a war office statement issued in Rome via London.
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Rome
London
Trieste
War Office
Relief shipments to Syria accepted by Turkey
The Turkish government in a state department communication consented to relief supplies from the United States to famine sufferers in Syria. This reverses prior Turkish officials who had refused two urgent pleas for permission to make such shipments.
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Washington
State Department
United States
Syria
Department
Coast Boat in Flames All Saved
Marshfield Oregon Sept 13 the dredge Colonel P S Michie docked at North Bend with all passengers and crew of the steamer Congress safe aboard No life lost or injured Vessel Complete Loss. Marshfield Sept 15 fire Thursday night destroyed the Pacific Coast company liner Congress two miles off Coos Bay bar 253 passengers and about 170 crew saved with aid from dredge Michie gas schooner Tillamook and life saving crews Fire discovered about 3 pm flames enveloped the vessel as time wore on Captain N B Cousins and crew oversaw orderly transfer to rescue boats and vessels The Congress came to a stop off the Coos Bay bar at 4:30 pm and burned as rescuers worked From shore a weird scene as smoke obscured the burning liner and incoming boats disappeared into the haze The Michie departed at 7:15 pm leaving many saved and cared for near North Bend The Congress built in 1898 cost 1 250 000 and 7085 tons 424 feet long 54 feet beam She was a premier run between San Francisco and Seattle Survivors included Mrs Margaret Reig of St Louis Milan? The article notes survivors aboard the Congress and the salvage efforts.
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Marshfield
Ore
P. S. Michie
North Bend
Congress
Pacific Coast Company
Coos Bay Bar
Michie
Tillamook
N. BE. Cousins
Iin
Cousins
Coos Bay
Great Northern
A. A. Simpson
Yellowstone
Maragret Reig
St. Louis
Camden
N. J
San Francisco
Seattle
Kitan
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Hull
Lowden
Smith
Brinton
Dunne
Traynor
Greece
Sherif
Col. Butler
Wilson
Long Branch
General Bliss
Border Constabulary
Tansden
Marshall
Russia
Clatkis
Somme Front
Fresh Gains
Vesnes
Turkey
Oregon
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