Funeral of Clarke 10th Held Tuesday
James P. Clarke United States senator from Mississippi born in Yazoo City died after apoplexy. Funeral arranged for Tuesday at his Little Rock residence with burial at Oakland cemetery attended by senators and the Arkansas delegation.
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Little Rock
Ark
United States
James P. Clarke
Forney Hutchison
First Methodist Church
Oakland Cemetery
Joe T. Robinson
Arkansas
Senate of the United States
House
House of Representatives
Joseph E. Ransdell
Louisiana
Vardaman
Mississippi
John Sharp Williams
Senator Clarke
Yazoo City
Miss
Clarke
University of Virginia
Helena
State Senate
Senate
Sallie Moore
Senators to Funeral for Arkansas Senator Clarke
Washington dispatch reports that 25 senators were designated to attend the funeral in Little Rock for Senator Clarke of Arkansas president pro tempore of the Senate. Clarke was noted for independence and opposition to the ship purchase bill, and he voted against the eight hour rail labor measure.
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Washington, D. C
Congressional Committee
Little Rock
Senator Clarke
Arkansas
Senate
Robinson
Gallinger
Lodge
Nelson
Overmag
Stone
Brandegee
Smith
Michigan
Borah
Bankhead
Fletcher
South Carolina
Oliver
Bryan
Kern
Williams
O'Gorman
Kenyon
Ransdell
Saulsbury
Shields
Vardaman
Sherman
Hardwick
Curtis
Senator Frye
Maine
Clarke
Washington
Marshall
Hughes
Clarke’s Philippine independence amendment gains Senate support
Clarke, Arkansas senator, revised and backed a Philippine bill amendment to grant absolute independence in four years. Endorsed by the administration and adopted by the Senate, the House rejected it. Clarke chaired the commerce committee and was the ranking Democrat on foreign relations and military affairs.
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Clarke
Arkansas
Senate
House
Commerce
Double funeral for San Antonio mother and daughter found dead
Mrs. Mary Anna Paska 80 died at a San Antonio hospital early Monday. Her daughter Mrs. Emma Wittman 47 was found hanging in a corn crib at the family home south of the city. Mrs. Paska mother to Agnes Wagner and Joseph Faska. Wittman survived by husband Victor and five children. Funeral set for 3:30 Tuesday at Ludwig parlor with interment in Hermann Sons cemetery.
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Mary Anna Paska
San Antonio
Emma Wittman
Corpus Christi Road
Faska
Joseph Faska
Idaho
Party to Enjoy Park As San Antonio Women Hit Brackenridge
Eighteen holes of golf followed by a dip at Lambert beach and a large pre dinner spread will mark a Brackenridge park outing by about fifteen San Antonio women led by Mrs. W. B. Russ. They will start Tuesday morning with a 9 o'clock golf contest arranged with manager Eddleman. Mrs. Russ will present prizes for top scores.
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Lambert Beach
San Antonio
W. B. Russ
Brackenridge Park
Eddleman
Municipal Links
Rioters Attack Yonkers Strike Run On Subway Line
Yonkers Railroad Company workers on strike attempted a surface car run to the Van Cortlandt Park terminus. One car reached the subway after a mob beat the motorman and conductor and smashed windows with bricks. Twenty arrests reported. several injured but not seriously.
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New York
Arredondo Sees Carranza in Mexico City Interview
Eliseo Arredondo Mexican ambassador designate to the United States arrived from the United States and held an interview with General Carranza. The subject of the discussion was not announced.
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Arredondo
Carranza
Mexico City
Eliseo Arredondo
United States
Weather Forecast for San Antonio Tonight and Tuesday
The bulletin notes clear skies tonight for San Antonio and surrounding areas. Tuesday brings partly cloudy conditions with variable sun exposure and mild temperatures.
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San Antonio
Vicinity
Weather forecast for major cities shows cooling winds
The Light provides tourist weather: St Louis 50 clear with 18 mile southerly wind and possible rain, 59 low. Chicago 54 clear 14 mile south wind and possible rain, 62 low. Milwaukee 506 partly cloudy 12 mile south wind and possible rain, 48 low. Kansas City 54 clear 14 mile south wind and possible rain, 4 low. New York 54 clear 6 mile northeast wind and Tuesday fair, 50 low. Washington 44 clear 6 mile north wind and Tuesday fair, a low.
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ST. Louis
Chicago
Milwaukee
Nsas City
New York
Washington
Main Body of Dimsion Will Arrive Monday
The main body of the Twelfth provisional division reaches Camp Wilson Monday after noon, completing a return march from Austin in two days less time than the going trip. General Greene's command comes from Comal, about nineteen miles away, with a reinforced Wisconsin brigade arriving Tuesday.
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Twelfth Provisional Division
Camp Wilson
Austin
Greene
Comal
Wisconsin
New Braunfels
Luexalla
Wetmore
Hunter
L. T. Richardson
Wisconsin Infantry
Wisconsin Ambulance Company
Wisconsin Field Hospital
Reserve Signal Company
Sixteenth Cavalry
Southern Department
San Antonio
Funston Tours Corpus Christi Texas Infantry Camp
General Funston spent the day in Corpus Christi inspecting the Second and Third Texas infantry in camp. He plans to depart for San Antonio Monday night, traveling with Captain Fitzhugh Lee and Brigadier General James Parker. He shortened his Browneville district schedule to visit the camps and initially planned to march to Ringgold before turning back at McAllen.
Paper mill sale announced by Bangor financier
Nathaniel M. Jones of Bangor disclosed after returning from New York a deal arranging the sale of the largest pulp and paper mill in the Canadian maritime provinces for 2 million dollars to a syndicate of Maine and New York investors.
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Bangor
Nathaniel M. Jones
New York
Canadian Maritime Provinces
Maine
Port Arthur Man Killed While Hunting
Port Arthur Tex Oct 2 J M Clower 34 was accidentally killed when a loaded shotgun discharged into his heart as he tried to place it in an automobile. He is survived by his widow and three small children.
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Port Arthur
Tex
M. Clower
Hurdleston Named to Succeed Williams on Railroad Commission
Governor Ferguson appoints Charles H. Hurdleston of Palestine as member of the Texas railroad commission to fill the vacancy created by the death of W. D. Williams. Hurdleston, 44, has been general manager of the state’s railroad and long a railroad man since 1839, including a severe accident and legal judgment against the Katy.
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Austin
Tex
Ferguson
Charles H. Hurdleston
Palestine
State
State Railroad Commission
W. D. Williams
Hurdleston
Katy
Denison
State Railroad
American Mexican board in session in Atlantic City
The American Mexican joint commission resumed talks on border control in Atlantic City as Mexican mining interests push to show Mexico cannot resume operations under current conditions General Carranza's electoral decree was expected to be discussed and may bar Huerta affiliates from voting The panel also prepared to discuss the closure orders affecting the National Bank and the Bank of London and Mexico with the decree details still undisclosed
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Atlantic City
N. J
American Joint Commission
Mexico
Carranza
Washington
Huerta
National Bank
Bank of London
Death Brings Peace as Ruggles and Ex-Husband Plan Burial
After a five day vigil at the bedside of Mrs. Anna Erickson Ruggles who swallowed poison husband Glenn Ruggles and divorced spouse Eric Erickson today made joint burial plans. They stood by her side day and night since last Wednesday, shedding past enmity as they faced sorrow. The body will be buried in Sycamore Illinois, her birthplace.
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Chicago
Anna Erickson Ruggles
Glenn Ruggles
Eric Erickson
Sycamore, Ill
Makes His Last Slide
Chicago on October 2 Joseph Schultz a fifty year old aerial performer died during a slide for life before two paying spectators. He climbed a 100 foot tower tied a rope to his leg and slid into the lake when the rope slipped.
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Chicago
Joseph Schultz
Schultz
Warden Faces Arrest Warrant Over Prisoner Injury
Jefferson City Missouri October 2 A warrant for the arrest of D C McClung warden of the Missouri penitentiary was issued on complaint of Mrs Della Reeder of Kansas City The warrant charges felonious assault alleging her nephew James Underwood a prisoner was struck with a club and maimed Underwood suspected by officials of starting recent prison fires
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Jefferson City, Mo
D. C. McClung
Missouri Penitentiary
Della Reeder
Kansas City
Auto Meet Crash Injures Dozens In Chicago
A street car collision in Chicago early today sent more than twenty people bruised and cut by flying glass when a car crashed into the street car and buckled its front. Five occupants of the automobile were among the injured.
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Chicago
King George Directs Bombardment On Belgian Front
Britain’s king visited the Flanders front and directed an artillery bombardment of a German position. The scene shows King George observing and an officer plotting findings on a chart beside him.
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Britain
George
Flanders
British seize submarine tied to motion picture company
A wireless from H. H. Van Loan aboard the Monterey says British warships near the Bahamas seized a submarine owned by a motion picture concern en route from New York to Miami, believing it to be German. The sub was taken to Nassau. Van Loan was warned not to move her without permission and later cleared to depart on the Monterey.
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New York
H. H. van Loan
Nassau
Monterey
Bahama Islands
Miami
Fla
van Loan
Captain Wilson shot in Nogales incident near border
Captain H. W. Wilson of the Idaho National Guard medical corps was shot in the left thigh in Nogales. The bullet likely came from the Mexican side. a Carranza soldier was seen fleeing. Wilson's condition is not serious.
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Nogales
Arizona
H. W. Wilson
Second Infantry
Idaho National Guard Medical Corps
Southern Pacific
Carranza
Wilson
Record Telegram Slump Shows Stock Market Strain
A curb exchange member sent 12 000 telegrams as night letters to every part of the United States highlighting stock market activity. The order, filed with two major telegraph companies, is described as the largest telegram dispatch from New York City. Estimated cost runs into thousands of dollars.
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New York
Curb Exchange
United States
Train collision injures several in Folkston GA wreck
A rear-end crash between the Dixie Flyer bound for Chicago and the Southland bound for Cincinnati injured several people near Folkston Georgia on the Atlantic Coast Line. A medical train was dispatched from Waycross to the scene. The reports note the wreck details were not yet available. First Snow In Montana. Billings Montana reports an early season snow event lasting over two hours.
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Waycross
Southland
Atlantic Coast Line
Folkston
Chicago
Cincinnati
Montana
Billings
Mont
Japanese Ambassador Arrives in Seattle
Aimaro Sato recently appointed as Japanese ambassador to the United States arrived from Japan late last night.
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Seattle
Wash
Aimaro Sato
United States
Japan
Cotton Market Surges On Government Report Figures
New York on October 2 witnessed a sensational cotton market movement after government reports. The condition index 56.3 the lowest on record implied an 11 637 000 bale crop, triggering January contracts to rise to 1703 or 4.60 a bale above last week’s close. Census figures showed 4 062 991 bales gained before September 25, a new high.
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New York
Prices Jump on New Orleans Cotton Market Rush
Prices rose sharply on the New Orleans cotton market with an advance of 90 to 92 points or about $4.50 a bale from Saturday. Futures set new season highs as bullish government figures and strong returns boosted demand, with opening gains then erasing about 20 points by noon after rapid buying.
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New Orleans
Two Sisters Die From Smoke In Brooklyn Fire
In New York on October 2 two widowed sisters, Mrs. Sarah Veeder aged 70 and Mrs. Caroline Cuthberbeck aged 68, were suffocated by smoke from a fire that caused minor damage to their three story frame building in Brooklyn where they resided.
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New York
Sarah Veeder
Caroline Cutherbeck
Brooklyn
German Submarine Penetrates Arctic Waters
A German submarine entered the Arctic Ocean and torpedoed three Norwegian steamships the Sinsen the Ravn and the Rolf Jarl. Crews were saved and steamship traffic along northern Norwegian routes halted. Since August German attacks have sunk Norwegian boats valued at $9,000,000.
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Christiania
Norway
London
Arctic Ocean
Sinsen
Ravn
Rolf Jarl
Ford Supports Wilson in Shadow Lawn Conference
Henry Ford told President Wilson he supports his re election though a past Republican. Ford spent hours with Wilson and lunch with Postmaster General Burleson who says straw ballots and letters show a growing undercurrent for Wilson. The president sent condolences to the Clarke family on Senator Clarke of Arkansas death.
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Long Branch
N. J
Henry Ford
Wilson
Shadow Lawn
Ford
Jim
Burleson
Senator Clarke
Arkansas
Teague Killing Noted in Unreferenced Grand Jury
Freestone county grand jury, impaneled by District Judge A. M. Blackmon, took no action on the Teague shooting of State Insurance Commissioner John Patterson on August 28. T. R. Watson, Teague bank president, is twice indicted for Patterson's murder by a McLennan county grand jury. J. C. T. Flendrix named grand jury foreman.
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Waco
Tex
A. M. Blackmon
Freestone County
Teague
State
John 8. Patterson
T. R. Watson
Farmers’ and Merchants
State Bank of Teague
McLennan County
Patterson
J. C. T. Flendrix
Blackmon
Women speakers begin Hughes campaign tour from New York
About a hundred women from New York and other cities attended a breakfast in honor of twenty five women speakers who later boarded the campaign train for Hughes. The group paraded down Fifth Avenue in automobiles after the event.
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New York
Hughes
Fifth Avenue
Serbian Forces Take Principal Heights Near Monastir
Serbian troops secure the principal heights southeast of Monastir and advance over a mile north of the main peak. Kotchovi village captured as French push toward Bapaume on the Somme. British report repulsed German attack east of Eaucourt LAbbaye. Struma front gains held after Bulgarian counterattacks.
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Kaimakcalan
Monastir
Kotchovi
Somme
Bapaume
Pozieres
London
Paris
Bou+chavesnes
Peronne
Gappelin Besegh
England
Christiania
Arctic Ocean
Eaucourt L’abbaye
War Office
Struma
Kara Kakoibala
Kara Zakoizir
Russians Admit Gains Near Lemberg In New Drive
Vienna dispatch reports the Russian advance toward Lemberg is acknowledged. The war office notes fighting in the Carpathians is slackening. Russians gain some ground southwest of Brezezany and near Ziota Lipa to Potuory. Counterattacks north of Brody to Zlochoff regain much lost ground. Italian artillery pummels Carce plateau and Vippacco valley lines.
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Vienna
London
Lemberg
War Office
Carpathians
Brezezany
Ziota Lipa
Potuory
Boehm-Ermoth
Brody
Zlochoff
Carce
Vippacco
Serbians Advance as Bulgarians Fall Back Claims
Paris dispatch reports the Serbians making gains and the Bulgarian lines pushed back after the recent advance. French War Office confirms the momentum as fighting continues in the region with details continued on the next page.
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French War Office
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Wittman
Weather Forecast
Dimsion
Funston
Corpus
Texas
Joint Commission
Mrs. Ruggles
New Friends
Warden
Score
King
New York Stock Exchange
Arctic
Auto Maker
President
Freestone
Galicia
Bulletin
Athens
Prutsiloffs
Berlin
Iron
Galician
Brzezary
Brodys Zicchov
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