Roosevelts Wisconsin tour blasts La Follette over war stance
Col Roosevelt visits Racine and delivers two rallies at the League of Wisconsin Municipalities and Brotherhood hall condemning Senator La Follette for purportedly condoning the Lusitania sinking. He brands La Follette among “Huns within our gates” and compares him to Robespierre, while praising Wisconsin’s war effort and anti German language press rules.
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Racine
Wis
Col. Roosevelt
LaFollette
America
League of Wisconsin
Brotherhood Hall
National Security League
Chicago
Senate
Philipp
Wisconsin
Liberty Loan
Col
Roosevelt
la Follette
St. Paul
Lusitania
Queenstown
United States
Germany
Fragmentary Quote on Peace Ships and Brutal Monarchy
A historical passage fragment condemns wealthy sponsors who fund peace ships aimed at serving the interests of a brutal monarchy. The remark emphasizes the perceived cynicism of using humanitarian gestures to advance autocratic power and enduring oppression.
Jacksonville Man Marries By Mail
Manuel E. Camacho a Portuguese citizen of Jacksonville has a license to marry Miss Maraldo Nascimento Rodriguez of Funchal Madeira Portugal. The ceremony will be by mail under a Portuguese law and the license will be recorded at Funchal. If Camacho falls in war service his wife in Funchal will receive his property. The couple, separated as children eight years ago, renewed their romance.
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Jacksonville, II
Manuel E. Camacho
Jacksonville
Maraldo Nascimento Rodriguez
Funchal
Madeira
Portugal
Rodriguez
Camacho
Swedish election results in doubt in riksdag split
Stockholm September 28 Liberals hold 62 seats and conservatives 58 but two Agrarian parties may lift conservatives to a majority with twelve seats. About half a million voted for and a million against a democratic constitutional revision ending oral voting and granting women the franchise. A key outcome is a left majority in joint committees of the riksdag.
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Stockholm
Riksdag
Tiksdag
Milkmen's Records Point to Conspiracy in Milk Pricing
Chicago Sept 28 Records of the Winds Milk Producers association seized in a raid by detectives from the state's attorney office suggest price fixing in retail milk. State's Attorney Hoyne says the raid, at the request of Assistant Attorney General James M Wilkerson and Walter Drew of Wisconsin, aimed to determine law violations, not fairness of prices. Milk delivered to distributors rose from $2.12 to $3.42 per hundred pounds since February meeting.
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Chicago
Winds Milk Producers’ Association
Hoyne
James M. Wilkerson
Illinois
Walter Drew
Wisconsin
Wall Collapse at Columbia Theater Kills Two
Springfield Q Sept 28 two workmen were crushed to death three believed trapped and fifteen others hospitalized after the north wall and roof of the Columbia theater collapsed during ongoing repairs at the theater in Springfield.
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Springfield
Tuling
City Hospital
Columbia Theater
German munition works destroyed by fire near Constance
London dispatch from Geneva reports a large German munition factory at Immishofen near Constance Baden was destroyed by fire Wednesday night. No further details on casualties or cause were provided.
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London
Immishofen
Constance
Baden
Geneva
Arrest German Spies in Petrograd Arrests
Petrograd dispatch reports the arrest of 17 agents from a major German military espionage organization. All those arrested are of Swedish nationality, with the arrests announced in the evening papers.
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Petrograd
Heflin Presses German Money Inquiry in Rules Session
Washington September 28. Rules Committee hears charges linked to German influence and supports a resolution for a full inquiry. Representative Heflin of Alabama urges investigation into whether German money influenced Congress while naming possible targets and demanding a roll call if expelled. He cites Von Bernstorff funds and probes mailings related to exempting Germans from service.
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Washington
House
Congress
Rules Committee
Lansing
Bernstorff
Berlin
Heflin
Alabama
LaFollette
Britton
Mason
Ilinois
Baer
North Dakota
Norton
United States
Representative Baer
League
Questioning La Follette Campaign Support Moves
Rep Doolittle of Kansas pushes for scrutiny of the La Follette campaign claiming government support from trusted officials nationwide. He cited an inquiry resolution, amended to pass, and said the state department likely favors an investigation.
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Doolittle
Kansas
Rules Committee
State Department
Prepared Food Men Back Hoover
Vast manufacturing and advertising interests pledged cooperation with the food administration. The war emergency committee of the American Specialty Manufacturers' association plans to enlist thousands of wholesalers and retailers and their traveling salesmen in conservation efforts. The group controls major outputs of package goods including cereals, breakfast foods, baking powders, flavors, soaps, corn products, canned soups, beverages, and grape juice sold in individual containers.
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Washington
Food Administration
American Specialty Manufacturers’ Association
The
British Raid Bombs German Airdrome. Gotha Losses Hit
An official Admiralty statement reports naval aircraft bombed the St Denis Westrem airdrome on Thursday. Bombs hit the sheds and fifteen Gotha aircraft in the airfield. direct hits observed on the aircraft. All British planes returned safely.
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London
Admiralty
St. Denis Westrem
Want Three Chaplains Demand In Army Regiments
A delegation of ministers and priests from all denominations urged President Wilson to push congress to pass a bill increasing army regiment chaplains from one to three. They argued the larger regiments require more spiritual support as the army expands. The President said he would consider the proposal.
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Washington
Wilson
Congress
Dragnd King
New York
Bankers Nominate Hinsch For Association Presidency
Charles A. Hinsch of Cincinnati was nominated for president of the American Bankers' Association to succeed P. W. Goebel. Robert J. Maddox of Atlanta, Georgia, was nominated for vice president.
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Hinsch
Atlantic City
N. J
Charles A. Hinsch
Cincinnati
American Bankers’ Association
P. W. Goebel
Kansas City
Robert J. Maddox
Atlanta, Ga
German Ranks Weak Onslaught Rebuffed By Anzacs
British front in France and Belgium reports a fresh German division moved up by motor, attacked Australian positions with a heavy barrage, but was driven back with many dead. Tuesday’s fighting north of the Menin road saw Anzacs counter attacking from the north to help recover ground. East of St Julien some German prisoners describe aging conscripts as the war’s 1919 class and a Saxon officer predicts an end next spring when American troops arrive.
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Associated Press
France
Belgium
Menin Road
St. Julien
Embargo Placed On Oil Cake and Related Goods
Washington Sept 28 The Export Administration Board imposed a virtual embargo on export of oil cake meat animal fats vegetable oils soap caustic soda and certain machinery. Licenses will be granted only for actual war purposes or when exports directly aid the war, with approvals required from the Food Administration when permitted.
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Washington
Exports Administrative Board
Food Administration
America
Mrs. George Durst Baby Born Wednesday Night
Mrs. George Durst of 2330 Spring street gave birth to a nine pound baby boy Wednesday night. This is their second child, the first being a girl. Other brief items note Wisherd's fish offerings, local arrivals, a sand blast at a roundhouse, and various local social updates.
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Wisherd
George Durst
Spring Street
W. L. Switzer
Quincy
Macon
Gem City Business College
John Schonarth
North Thirtysixth Street
Snyder
C. B. & Q Round House
Wisherd’s
R. L. Cloud
Plymouth
Arby Johnson
York Street
Mercantile
Malambri
S. H. O. Bernbrook
Waterloo
Iowa
J. B
W. J. Bernbrook
J. B. Corrigan
Kramer
Osterman
Grace Baumberger
Arcade
Seventeenth
Broadway
Tel
Quincy College of Music
O. H. Cady
North Fifth Street
Cady
Lloyd Bentley
Pittsfield
Tom Hill
Company FP
Camp Logan
Arthur Pfieffer
Russell Herle
Springfield
C. H. Herley
East Spring Street
Gary Strikers Stand Firm In Arbitration Stand
Gary Indiana September 28 1400 engineers firemen and switchmen struck Thursday and announced they would remain firm in their demand for higher wages with the strike to continue R M Irwin of the Elgin and Joliet railroad said he would meet with a workers committee and a settlement would likely be made without further loss of time
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Gary
Ind
R. M. Irwin
Elgin and Joliet
Coal wage talks reach deadlock in four states
Washington reports miners and operators locked in a dispute over a 25 percent wage increase in bituminous coal across Illinois Indiana Ohio and western Pennsylvania. Operators reject the miner proposal saying it would resemble a price-boost conspiracy and refuse wage talks until the government raises mine prices, with no guarantee such action will occur.
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Washington
Illinois
Indiana
Ohio
Pennsylvani
Fuel Administration
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