Washington passess Clapp bill and other world notes
The senate passed the Clapp campaign contribution bill restricting cross state political money. Wilson officials deny contact with Carranza though unofficial talks are acknowledged. Four Filipinos join the Philippine commission. Mapa and Palma named to key posts. A crackdown on citizenship issues for Southern China YMCA leader noted. Far reaching crime and accident reports include train wreck near Biscoe and mass alien deportations at Ellis Island.
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Senate
Washington
Congress
Wilson
Garrison
Philippine Commission
Victorino Mapa
Jaime C. de Veyra
Vicente Tlustre
Vicente Singson
Mapa
Rafael Palma
Convention Delegates Debate Berth Reservations Abolition
Delegates at the American Passenger and Ticket Agents annual convention in Philadelphia discussed ending the free reservation of sleeping car berths. They also considered dining car charges tariff standardization and one way ticket expiration limits. Two more barges sank and four more lives were lost as the northeast gale plagues the Massachusetts coast with winds around 60 mph for three days. the wrecks were the Oakland and J. B. Thomas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Massachusetts
Oakland
J. B. Thomas
Huerta Resigns as Mexican Leader Prompting Warship Guard Talks
A wireless dispatch reports President Huerta resigning in favor of General Blanquet. Diplomats from Great Britain, France, Spain, Cuba, Guatemala, and Norway at Mexico City conference urge sending warships to Mexico to provide legation guards if needed. Huerta, Mexico's dictator, challenges President Wilson who said he would not recognize any October 26 elections.
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4& Wireless Dispatch
Huerta
General Blanquet
Great Britain
France
Spain
Cuba
Guatemala
Norway
Mexico City
Mexico
Wilson
British and German Leaders Shuffled in Historic Announcements
Sir Rufus Isaacs becomes lord chief justice succeeding Baron Alverstone who resigns. Sir J A Simon named attorney general and Stanley Owen Buckmaster solicitor general. Alverstone elevated to viscount. In Leipzig region a German battle monument is dedicated on the Battle of Nations anniversary. Europe protests the Underwood tariff clause. Zeppelin L 2 disaster in Johannisthal kills 28. Copper strikes halt Mines de Riotinto. Syria denied entry at Puerto Plata. city faces threat. Toledo mayor Brand Whitlock tipped as Belgian minister nominee. Puerto Plata peace talks fail. foreigners flee harbor. Victor Stoeffier sets sustained-flight record driving 1 376 miles in 24 hours from Johannisthal.
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Rufus Isaacs
London
Baron Alverstone
J. A. Simon
Stanley Owen Buckmaster
Joliet
Klint
Duquoin
Vergennes
Fred S. Rude
Murphysboro
J. B. Wisely
Friends
Charlie Allard
Wisely
Allard
Springfield
Jacob R. Creighton
Fairfield
Third Appellate Court
Supreme Court
Edgar L. Eldredge
Ottawa
Creighton
Second Circuit
Eldredge
Thirteenth Circuit
Stead
Bloomington
Illinois
Germany
William
Unter den Linden
Berlin
Harry J. White
William F. Phillips
Phillips
Bruce H. Mounts
William L. Mounts
Caronville
Waverly
Alex Crawford
A. B. Crawford
Hilleboro
Philadelphia Doctors Report Boxer Harry Lewis Set to Recover
Physicians at a Philadelphia hospital say middleweight Harry Lewis, injured in a Monday night bout with Joe Borrell, is expected to make a full recovery. Meanwhile Sylvia Pankhurst faces police during a suffragette clash in east London as she is halted before entering Poplar town hall. Sir George Orby Wombwell, last survivor of the Light Brigade’s Balaclava charge, dies in London at eighty.
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Philadelphia
Harry Lewis
Joe Borrell
Sylvia Pankhurst
East End
London
Poplar Town Hall
George Orby Wombwell
Balaclava
Eighteenth Annual Foundrymen's Meet Concludes in Chicago
Illinois brief highlights from the Eighteenth Annual convention of the American Foundrymen's Association ending at the La Salle hotel Chicago. Officers elected include Alfred E. Howell Nashville as president and R A Ball Granite City as first vice president.
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American Foundrymen’s Association
Chicago
Nashville
Tenn
Hotel la Salle
Congress Hotel
Alfred E. Howell
R. A. Ball
Granite City
Itl
Illinois briefs highlight accidents and official actions
Coal miner Tony Pannezzo killed by an Illinois Central train in Duquoin while collecting coal. Governor Dunne appoints HE A Mitchell to Dunning State Hospital visitors board. Escapes at the Illinois state reformatory noted in Pontiac. Multiple Western and Central Illinois items cover deaths, arrests, registrations, and a state efficiency commission mission to Minnesota and Wisconsin.
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Duquoin
Tony Pannezzo
Illinois Central
Springfield
Dunne
HE. A. Mitchell
Chillicothe
Dunning State Hospital
Chicago
Pontiac
F Mundy
Henry Lodel
Illinois State Reformatory
Vandalia
Harry J. White
Macon
Decatur
Kentucky
Fulton
Robert Bagsby
Champaign
Harry White
Mount Vernon
Pearl Huser
Salem
Decature-T. A
Mattoon
Bloomington
Louis G. Ribble
Cairo
W Cc. T. U
Belleville
Henry J. Fink
Philty
Chester
Ilinois Efficiency Commission
St. Paul
Madison
American Farmers Lead in Painting Bright Colors
American farmers are said to use more paint on their buildings than any other farmers. On average Americans repaint every two years while in France, Holland and other European countries painting occurs about every five years. Americans favor brighter colors than other nations.
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France
Holland
A Clergyman's Testimony on Dodds Kidney Pills
Rev. Edmund Heslop of Wigton Pennsylvania suffered dropsy for a year with swollen limbs dizziness and fatigue. After using six boxes his swelling disappeared and he felt well again. He credits Dodds Kidney Pills and notes ongoing faith in the remedy. Advertising copy promises household hints national anthem music and recipes sent free.
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Edmund Heslop
Wigton
B. Heslop
Dodds
Dodds Medicine Co
Buffalo
N.Y
Astonishing revelation stuns Chicago about Lee double life
The London Chronicle notes how a wealthy publisher in Chicago could pass as white despite African ancestry. It explains how American racial tests hinge on perceived bloodlines and even small traces can reveal itself in generations.
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Chicago
Mr. Lee
America
London Chronicle
Golden Key of Brick and Sumerian Tablets
Professor Stephen H Langdon of Oxford comes to study Sumerian Babylonian clay tablets in the University of Pennsylvania museum. The fragments, unearthed near Nippur and Baghdad area, are valued as vital keys to ancient commerce science arts and possibly language.
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Stephen H. Langdon
Oxford
Museum
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Nippur
Bagdad
Philadelphia Press
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Boston
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Frances 8. Dixon
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Japan
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Count Zeppelin
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Mines de Riotinto
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Toledo
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Victor Stoeffier
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Charles Watts
Franklin
Grand Lodge of Negro Masons of Illinois
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W. E. Brown
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