Spain Faces Sea Traffic Safety Debate in Senate
In Madrid on October 12 the Senate heard Senor Domine urge guarantees for sea traffic safety. Premier Count Romarones refused to discuss international policy citing neutrality, urging Mediterranean ship owners to resume traffic to prevent losses from goods piled at Levant ports. Domine insisted national interests require protecting the mercantile marine even if sacrifices are needed.
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Paris
Senate
Senor Domine
Romanones
Spain
Levant
Absent-Minded Professor Lapses Prompt Laughs at U Chicago
University of Chicago students laughed as Professor Percy H. Boynton admitted he could not recall a textbook title he wrote. He joked that the work would be known as Boynton's book, provoking smiles as the class left.
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Chicago
Ill
University of Chicago
Percy H. Boynton
Boynton
German Charity Bazaar Charms Record Crowd At Beethoven Hall
Rain could not dampen attendance as 3000 plus patrons thronged Beethoven Hall for the German Texas Bazaar open ing. Low rail fares drew visitors from Boerne Fredericksburg Seguin Castroville New Braunfels and nearby towns amid a lavish display of booths costumes and festive entertainment culminating in a strong fund total and plans for continued festivities.
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Boerne
Fredericksburg
Seguin
Castroville
New Braunfels
Punch Board
Dorothy Pagenstecher
Carrie Richter
Mildred Gates
John M. Steinfeldt
Smith
San Antonio
Cafe
Constantinople
Council of Jewish Women
Golden Book
German Ladies’ Aid Society
An Antonio
J. W. Holt
Adolph Wagner
Carley Bee
C. A. Goeth
E. A. Wilson
M. G. Hewitt
Arthur Seeligson
Emil Frank
August Briam
Thomas Franklin
Max Baetz
S. P. Skinner
Henry Torrey
F. L. Hillyer
E. Engel
F. T. Smith
Vander Stratten
L. G. Gutzeit
George V. Vaughan
Miss Lottie Engel
Arthur Claassen
Ruth Bingaman
Zelima Jungbecker
Eugene Staffel
Frederick Abbott
Tennessee
Udo Haarmann
Fritzi Weimar
Fritz Weimar
Alma Tatsch
Alex
Jacob G. Hornberger
Alex Bauer
Edna Schelb
Gilbert Schramm
Gussia Rowley
Eliza Groos
Tony Schramm
Lena Briam
Ferdinand Herff
Kate Schenk
E. Gutzeit
Women Save $5 By At-Home Dry Cleaning Method
An inexpensive home dry cleaning method uses two ounces of salvite in two gallons of gasoline to clean coats suits hats and delicate fabrics. Rub until clean and bright with no shrinking fading or pressing needed. Do this outdoors away from flames and with windows open for safety.
Minnesota Youth Ends Life Over Comic Strip Mockery
Charles Marila, 25, unmarried Shenango mine worker at Chisholm, commits suicide by a dynamite blast, believing Sunday newspaper funnies ridiculed him and persecuted him for his resemblance to a comic character. He placed dynamite beneath himself and ignited it, ending his life.
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Chisholm
Minn
Charles Marila
Shenango Mine
French Agent Admits Gun Purchases in Neutrality Probe
Lawrence Dodge, claiming to be a French government purchasing agent, admits involvement in buying ten machine guns for Fred Dato, brother-in-law of Colonel Esteban Cantu, governor of Lower California, as authorities announce. He is released on his own recognizance and has a subpoena to appear before the federal grand jury tomorrow.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Lawrence Dodge
United States
Fred Dato
Esteban Cantu
Lower
California
Dodge
Prison Experts End Session in Buffalo Congress
The annual Congress of the American Prison Association ended in Buffalo. Next year's meeting will be in New Orleans. D. C. Peyton, superintendent of the state reformatory at Jeffersonville Indiana, was elected president and Joseph P. Byers of Philadelphia was re‑elected general secretary.
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Buffalo
N. Y
The
American Prison Association
New Orleans
D. C. Peyton
State Reformatory
Jeffersonville
Ind
Joseph P. Byers
Philadelphia
Bloor to Rejoin Company at Texas Border
Col. A. W. Bloor commander of the Second Texas Infantry leaves Austin to rejoin his regiment at the border after a home visit.
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Austin
Tex
A. W. Bloor
Second Texas Infantry
New York Vote Seen Key to Wilson Victory in 1916
Reports from coast to coast say the Democratic lead grows thanks to the solid South with 136 electoral votes and potential gains in New York. Republicans warn of Indiana Illinois Ohio and Michigan as swing states while Democrats tout New York City and reform support as crucial to reaching 266 needed votes.
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Woodrow Wilson
Charles Evans Hughes
Mason and Dixon Line
Republican Party
United States
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South
Hughes
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Michigan
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Missouri
West Virginia
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New York City
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Tammany Hall
Democratic State Committee
Tammany
Upstate
Henry Ford
The
Dakotas
Railway men promoted in Missouri and Arkansas rearrangements
W E Brooks becomes eastern division superintendent for Missouri Pacific with Jefferson City HQ, succeeding J A Shepherd who moves to New Orleans as president and GM of Trans Mississippi Terminal. C B Wildman succeeds Brooks at Iron Mountain central Arkansas, W C Morse moves to Van Buren Arkansas, and D O Oullet heads Memphis division with Wynne HQ. E Phenneger to replace Oullet. Appointments effective October 16.
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ST. Louis
W. E. Brooks
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Jefferson City
J. A. Shepherd
Kansas City
Trans- Mississippi Terminal Company
New Orleans
C. B. Wildman
Arkansas
Iron Mountain
Mr. Brooks
W. C. Morse
Memphis
Wynne, Ark
van Buren
Ark
Wildman
D. O. Oullet
Morse. E. Phenneger
Missouri Pacific
Cornell, Kan
Oullet
Anuric touted as cure for rheumatism and uric acid
Claims trace uric acid to rheumatism since Scheele discovery in 1775 and promotes Anuric from Dr. Pierce as a harmless premeal remedy. Advert suggests it removes uric acid to relieve pains, headaches, backache, stomach distress, swollen feet, and gout and offers a 10 cent trial package.
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Scheele
Pierce
The
Invalids’ Hotel and Surgical Institute of
Buffalo
N. Y
Dr. Pierce
Lind Defends Adamson Bill in Sioux City Speech
John Lind former Minnesota governor and former special envoy to Mexico defended the Adamson bill and Wilson administration policy. He said the eight hour claim means workers must work more than eight hours for higher wages and labeled the measure a real eight hour law, while comparing current Mexican policy to Ulysses S. Grant era approaches.
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Sioux City
John Lind
Minnesota
Wilson
Mexico
U.S. Grant
General Macord Retires After Reaching 64
Brigadier General Montgomery Meigs Macord president of the Army War College is relieved from active service at age 64. He served in Washington since April 23, 1914 and graduated from West Point in 1874. His career includes the Spanish American War in Puerto Rico and service in the Philippines. He became a brigadier general in 1910.
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D. C
Montgomery Meigs Macord
Army War College
Macomb
Military Academy
Porto Rico
Philippines
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