Direct Election Era Begins in Senate Races Across States
The first general election under the seventeenth amendment will occur in November, with thirty-two states voting directly for Senators. Thirty-four seniors face election due to short term contests in Georgia and Kentucky, while twenty-four incumbents seek re election. Former Senators Curtis and Purcell appear among non candidates, and eleven current House members seek Senate seats, including Broussard. The shift aims to reward capable lawmakers, as many Senators have prior House service across a wide range of states.
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Kentucky
Georgia
Charles Curtis
Kansas
W. E. Purcell
North Dakota
Curtis
Senate
House
Purcell
House of Representatives
Robert F. Broussard
Broussard
Oscar W. Underwood
Alabama
J. R. Kindel
Colorado
Joseph R. Knowland
California
Thomas W. Hardwick
Maurice Connolly
Iowa
George A. Neely
Victor Murdock
Raymond B. Stevens
New Hampshire
A. Mitchell Palmer
Pennsylvania
Charles H. Burke
South Dakota
United States
Bankhead
Robinson
Arkansas
Shafroth
Brandegee
Connecticut
Lewis
Timois
Shively
Indiana
James
Ransdell
Louisiana
Burleigh
Maine
Lodge and
Weeks
Massachusets
Smith and Townsend
Michigan
Nelson
Minnesota
Williams
Mississippi
Stone
Missouri
Norris
Nebraska
Newlands
Nevada
Gallinger
Hughes
New Jersey
Catron
New Mexico
Smith
Arizona
Grenna
Burton
Ohio
Sheppard
Texas
Sutherland
Utah
Swanson
New York Exports Exceed Peace-Time Levels Amid War
The port of New York shipped exports valued at 15,139,618 dollars for Tuesday to Saturday last week, up from 14,594,185 the prior five days and 13,260,945 a year earlier. The rise reflects strong demand for cereals meat and especially American manufactured goods abroad. Despite war, the article argues this presents the largest industrial opportunity for American merchants, urging prudent energetic effort to seize it.
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New York
America
Europe
South America
United States
The Motor Outlook for European and American Car Exports
European nations have built an $84 million automobile export business amid war, with France $44 million, Germany $20 million, Britain $14 million, and Belgium $6.12 million in 1913. US exports totaled $39 million last year, about 7 percent of world car production. American manufacturers plan aggressive export campaigns to replace European losses, expecting domestic trade to rebound toward or beyond last year’s level.
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France
Germany
United Kingdom
Belgium
United States
National Automobile Chamber of Commerce
Harvard Professor Proposes Triple Alliance For Peace
Prof J Pease Norton of Harvard argues a three nation pact among United States Russia and China connected by an Alaska Bering Strait rail tunnel to unite continents. He says such a treaty would deter war, boost progress, and settle Far East issues, with approval found at Harvard.
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J. Pease Norton
Harvard Economics Department
Russia
China
United States
Behring Strait
America
Asia
Europe
Norton
American Academy of Government
Annals of
Academy
Department of Statistics
Bering Strait
Panama
Panama Canal
Bering Tunnels
Far East
Congress
Harvard
Yorktown Celebrates 133rd Anniversary Surrender
Nearly 5,000 people attended Yorktown’s Oct 20 anniversary of Lord Cornwallis’s surrender to George Washington. Dr Mitchell of Delaware College gave the principal address. Speakers included J Boyd Sears of Mathews county and V White of Norfolk, a Merrimac Monitor survivor from the Civil War era.
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Lord Cornwallis
George Washington
Yorktown
Mitchell
Delaware College
Delaware
Richmond
J. Boyd Sears
Mathews County
V. White
Norfolk
Hampton Roads
Military parade draws 900 artillerymen to Merrimac event
Rev William Jj Groves of Gloucester county presided as thousands rushed by auto steamer and launch to view a flawless day. A feature was a military parade with 900 artillerymen and the post band from Fort Monroe, drawing large crowds.
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William Jj. Groves
Gloucester County
Fort Monroe
Russia bans government sale of alcohol forever
A Petrograd dispatch reports Emperor Nicholas II confirmed a permanent prohibition on government sale of alcohol in Russia. The ruling followed the request by the Russian Union of Abstinence. The Novoe Vremya notes a September rise in bank deposits by 23 million roubles, about 11.5 million dollars, despite the war.
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Petrograd
Havas
Russia
Russian Union of Abstinence
Nicholas
Novoe Vremya
Meat Supply Shortage Raises Global Food Tensions
George L. McCarthy of New York told the ninth annual convention of the American Meat Packers Association in Chicago that the war in Europe threatens beef supply. The meeting, with 700 representatives from 500 packing and supply houses, will discuss lifting tuberculosis tax on cattle and removing taxes on oleomargarine while seeking government aid and farm incentives to boost stock.
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George L. McCarthy
New York
American Meat Packers’ Association
Association
Chicago
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Jones
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Goff
West Virginia
la Follette and Stephenson
Wisconsin
Clark
Wyoming
the Motor Outlook
Meat Supply
Babies For Adoption
Maternity
E. Leigh St
Richmond, Va
Opica
Schlee
Phila
The
Presbyterian of the South
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