Hughes Denounces Adamson Law as a Surrender in Illinois
In Springfield Charles E. Hughes denounces the Adamson law as surrender to force, challenging claims it was emergency legislation and urging arbitration over guaranteed wage increases. He cites Grover Cleveland and criticizes expedited action without inquiry, warning of rising costs to the public and urging principled labor dispute resolution.
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Springfield
Ill
Charles E. Hughes
Arsenal
Adamson
Hughes
Wilson
Congress
Grover Cleveland
Ace Ates
Underwood
Stand
Cleveland
Mr. Hughes
Labor
Leader of gang surrenders amid Chicago blackmail case
William C. Woodward, accused by Justice Department officials as the gang leader in an international blackmail operation, surrendered to the U S district attorney after learning the Chicago agent had gone to Washington. He posted $2,500 bond and will face charges.
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Chicago
William C. Woodward
Department of Justice
United States
Woodward
Washington
Helen Evers
Edward Donohue
Henry Russell
James Christian
Frances Chapman
George Bland
Regina Klipper
Philadelphia
New York
Canada
Three Named for U of I Trustees at State Convention
Peoria Sept. 20 The Republican state convention opened with Congressman Wm. B. McKinley presiding. Three candidates for university trustees were renominated Wm L Abbott Otis W Holt and Mary F Busey. The convention authorized the central committee to fill vacancies. Frank L Smith pledged support to the ticket. Frank O Lowden urged unity and predicted a large November victory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peoria
Wm. B. McKinley
Wm. L. Abbott
Chicago
Otis W. Holt
Geneseo
Mary F. Busey
Urbana
State Central Committee
Edward C. Curtis
Frank L. Smith
Dwight, II
Morton D. Hull
Frank O. Lowden
Ilinois
British motor car owner has no gas
In London on September 20 American motorists envy British limits as private car owners face gas shortages. Torpedoed oil tankers and halted American shipments reduce supply. Government rationing assigns 60 percent to commercial cars, 50 percent to taxis, 25 percent to private owners, and two gallons monthly for motorcycles, threatening private motoring until after the war.
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London
United States
England
Slacker Guardsmen Sent to Guardhouse in San Antonio
In San Antonio Texas on September 20 a report from Gen Funston states 174 guardsmen who left last Saturday for the march to Austin have returned to Camp Wilson and were placed in the guardhouse. They will be driven by motor truck to Hunter to rejoin their units and forced to complete the 83 mile march to Austin with possible further punishment to follow.
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San Antonio
Texas
Austin
Camp Wilson
Funston
Hunter
Riots during Gar Strike Prompt Cars Ordered to Barns
In Manhattan the most serious riots of the transit strike broke out as strikers and sympathizers attacked cross town surface lines. Cars at two barns were stormed, police were outnumbered, and many motormen and conductors were beaten. Police said surface cars were sent to barns for the night. A citizens committee failed to settle the dispute, with a Friday sympathy walkout feared, pending a labor leaders appeal.
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New York
Manhattan
Forty-second Street
Broadway
Citizens’ Committee
Carmen
Whitman Seabury contest tight as returns come in
New York early results show Gov. Charles S. Whitman leading Judge Samuel Seabury for the Republican gubernatorial nomination with 3,924 to 2,769 votes from 1,521 districts. Calder leads Bacon in the U S Senate race, 109,551 to 108,364 with 4,124 districts reported.
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New York
Charles S. Whitman
Samuel Seabury
William M. Calder
Robert Bacon
William F. McCombs
Thomas F. Conway
Senate
Gov. Whitman
William M. Bennett
Calder
Bacon
United States
No Caterpillars For American Army Use
Washington reports the war department has taken no steps to provide Caterpillar tractors for use by the American army. The twenty seven Caterpillar motors ordered are for ordinary purposes such as towing big guns, not for battlefield tractors as used by Britain in France.
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Washington
France
War Department
Department
Cunard Petition Is Allowed by Court
New York Sept 20 A Cunard Steamship Line petition led to a court appointing a commission to take proofs of the company's interest in the Lusitania wreck. An injunction stayed further suits for damages totaling 5,883,479 dollars until liability is finally determined.
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New York
Cunard Steamship Company, Limited
Federal District Court
Call on Greek Minister in Athens prompts entente wait
London dispatch reports that the German Austrian Bulgarian and Turkish ministers have called on Greece's new foreign minister. Entente diplomats, awaiting instructions, have not yet established relations with the new cabinet.
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London
Athens
Bohemian Flood Wipes Out Towns In Bohemia Valley
Wireless report from Berlin says a dam break unleashed a 12 foot high wave down the Weis sen desse valley. Hundreds are feared dead with towns like Tannewald Deszendorf Tiefenbach Schwaro Grosshammer and Haratz inundated. Rescue efforts report 250 bodies recovered by Tuesday noon.
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Berlin
Sayville
Weissendesse
Bohemia
Tannwald
Tannewald
Deszendorf
Tiefenbach
Schwaro
Grosshammer
Haratz
Hirschburg
Silesia
Civilian Board Placed In Office At Navy Department
Washington Sept 20 a Navy civilian consulting board of 24 eminent scientists and engineers was placed on the rolls as officers of the United States government with Thomas A Edison as chairman. The board held ceremonies in Secretary Daniels office and began formal organization.
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Washington
Navy Civilian Consulting Board
Navy Department
Thomas A. Edison
Congress
United States
Daniels
Department
Naval Service
Mr. Edison
William L. Saunders
American Institute of Mining Engineers
Peter C. Hewitt
Inventors’ Guild
New York City
Thomas Robbins
Naval Laboratory
Howard E. Coffin
Detroit
Coffin
Dolphin
William J. Calhoun Dies in Chicago Home
William J. Calhoun former minister to China died at his Chicago residence on Tuesday at age 68 after months of illness including paralysis. He gained fame as a diplomat for his Cuba mission before the Spanish American War and as Roosevelt’s special commissioner to Venezuela.
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Chicago
William J. Calhoun
China
Mr. Calhoun
Cuba
Spain
Venezuela
Roosevelt
Missouri Guardsman Shot Near Laredo
LAREDO Texas Sept 20 Private W C Clyne of B Company Second Missouri regiment was shot and killed Monday night near Dolores after an altercation with a military guard. Lieut Zaum ordered Clyne's arrest and Clyne reportedly insulted the lieutenant before the guard opened fire. The guard's identity is withheld.
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Laredo
Texas
W. CC. Clyne
Missouri
Dolores
Zaum
Clyne
Wilson Won’t Do Campaign Tour in 1916
President Wilson announced he will not undertake a campaign tour but will deliver speeches on public questions to non partisan groups. He met with Democratic chairman Vance McCormick to review invitations and plans for addresses in Illinois Indiana Missouri and New York.
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Long Branch
N. J
Wilson
Vance McCormick
Democratic National Committee
McCormick
Illinois
Indiana
Missouri
New York
Pacific Coast
Charles E. Hughes
Middle West
Democratic Congress
Baltimore
National Grain Dealers’ Association
Congress
Tariff Commission
Shipping Board
New War Machine Is Tractor Adaptation
London reports ongoing contention over credit for early tank designs in World War I. An authority says the new war machine is an adaptation of the caterpillar tractor. The original inventor declines to be named for business reasons, noting plans for a tractor he believes will outperform tanks.
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London
Winston Spencer Churchill
The
Admiralty
Col. Swinton
Somme
Associated Press
England
Pershing Slated for Army Honors in Major General Move
Washington report states Brig. Gen. J. Pershing, leader of the punitive expedition in Mexico, is expected to be promoted to major general as a vacancy created by Maj. Gen. Mills death, with no replacement chosen yet for chief of the bureau of militia affairs.
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Pershing
Washington
J. Pershing
Mexico
Mato General Mills
Gen. Mills
Bureau of Militia Affairs
Nathanial W Tibbetts Dies in Illinois District 37
Nathanial W Tibbetts longtime representative of the Hone's general assembly from the 37th district died suddenly Tuesday from Bright's disease. He had begun travel to Peoria to attend the Republican state convention as a delegate from Terry county but was forced to return.
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Krewaneer
Nathanial W. Tibbetts
Hone
General Assembly
Bright
Peoria
Tienry
Threatened Monastir Army Base Across Fronts
British dispatches describe French and German commanders probing opposing lines near Monastir amid heavy Somme rain and renewed action along the Champagne and Verdun fronts. Russian forces defending Marseilles repelled assaults, while Bulgarian counterattacks stall Balkan pursuit as Monastir nears enemy lines. Teutonic gains reported along Stokhod and in Galicia accompany continued fighting in Macedonia and the Italian Carso.
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London
Great Somme Battle
Champagnea Front
Marseilles
French War Office
Verdun
Dead Man's Hill
Meuse
Somme
Balkans
Greece
Monastir
German War Office
Stokhod
Russia
Berlin
Zarecze
Vienna
Galicia
Narayuvka
Lemberg
Lodowa
Carpathians
Sofia
Transylvania
Dobrudja
Hatszex
Corstanza
Black Sea
Danube
Vilages
Macedonia
Florina
Lake Ostrove
Villa shoots down legalist agents
El Paso reports that two legalist agents came to Villa with a surrender scheme. One was killed on the spot. the other escaped back to the American side. Villa, enraged by the proposal, shot the offending agent. The plan aimed to lure Villa to the border for a guaranteed fair trial.
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EL Paso
Texas
Villa
German gains on Somme and Verdun fronts reported
Berlin reports continued German ground losses on the Somme front and in the Verdun sector. The war office says trenches were taken east of Ginehy and before Combles, indicating adjusted positions during the ongoing battles.
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Grouund
Somme
Berlin
London
Verdun
War Office
Ginehy
Combles
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William Woodward
King
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Gar
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Tanwald
Bureau
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Edison
Cone
Triest
Carso
Atlens
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