Wilson predicts Democratic win and New York support
President Wilson addressed 5000 voters at Shadow Lawn and claimed likely re election, asserting New York will vote Democratic. He urged Progressive votes, warned against a Democratic president with a Republican Congress, and criticized Pennsylvania New Jersey politics.
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Asbury Park
N. J
Wilson
Pennsylvania
Shadow Lawn
New York State
New York
New Jersey
Congress
U. S
Europe
Vic C. McCormick
National Committee
A. Mitchell Palmer
Board of Guardians
Boy in Kansas City Escapes Disaster After Ice Pick Injury
Eleven year old Clyde Lefteyedge was impaled by an ice pick through the skull while skating on roller skates. He rode a half mile to General Hospital chatting with the doctor as Dr. J. C. Lynch removed the instrument and X rays were planned to monitor his condition.
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Kansas City
Clyde Lefteyedge
General Hospital
J. C. Lynch
San Antonio Golf Course Attracts National Attention
Interest in Brackenridge park’s new municipal course has spread to Chicago and New York with inquiries from tourists. Golf magazines have requested data and photos, and Secretary Carrington has sent a photographer to document the links for a potential booklet titled Winter Golf in San Antonio for council review.
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San Antonio
Brackenridge Park
Chicago
New York
Theorth
East
Chamber of Commerce
John B. Carrington
Hearing Announced On Peanut Product Transit Rates
The Texas Railroad Commission will meet on November 14 to consider an application by the Texas Industrial Traffic League to grant peanut products the same transit privileges as cotton seed products. The panel also orders 12 cents per 100 pounds on petroleum asphalt by Texarkana & Fort Smith Railway from Port Neches to Houston, with no changes at intermediate points.
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Austin
Tex
Railroad Commission
Texas Industrial Traffic League
Texas
Texarkana & Fort Smith Railway
Port Neches
Houston
Denied Registry Right for U S Senate Candidate Dickey
Walter S Dickey Republican candidate for United States senator was denied the right to register at the Fifteenth Precinct Fourth Ward after he failed to bring naturalization papers. He sent a brother with the papers but the election judge insisted on personal appearance. Dickey had gone to St Louis. if he does not return in time to register on Tuesday he cannot vote in the coming election.
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Kansas City
Walters
Dickey
United States
Fourth Ward
St. Louis
Weather Outlook for East Texas and West Texas
East Texas Sunday and Monday will be partly cloudy with unsettled conditions. North portions of West Texas may see showers as the weekend continues.
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Texas
Regional Weather Forecasts Across Major Cities
The Light forecasts: St Louis 58 partly cloudy with southeast wind and possible rain Sunday. Chicago 54 partly cloudy with southwest wind. Milwaukee 54 partly cloudy. Kansas City 68 with rain and southeasterly breeze. New York 59 clear with northwest wind. Boston 46 clear with northwest wind. Washington 48 clear with northwest wind and five day clear run.
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ST. Louis
Chicago
Milwaukee
Kansas City
New York
Boston
Washington
Hughes praises peace and rails against war in Nebraska
Charles E Hughes told Nebraska farmers he is a man of peace and attacked the Adamson Law policy, criticizing the Wilson administration and urging a careful tariff approach. He urged peaceful world relations and criticized wage bills, while Governor cited his peace commitment amid political attacks.
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Lincoln
Neb
Charles E. Hughes
Nebraska
Wymore
Marshall
Hughes
Fairbury
Mexico
Two Teens Killed as Auto Is Hit by Train at Columbus Crossing
In Columbus Ohio on October 14 Clara Edwards eighteen and Robert Steel eighteen were killed when their car was struck by a Big Four passenger train at the West Broad Street crossing. E E Edwards brother of Miss Edwards was seriously injured in the wreck.
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Columbus, CO
Clara Edwards
Robert Steel
E. E. Edwards
Miss Edwards
West Broad Street
Great American Dam and Irrigation Congress Leaders
A photograph shows the Elephant Butte Dam across the Rio Grande, the world’s largest masonry dam, central to the United States irrigation system. The dam, to be dedicated during the International Irrigation Congress in El Paso, will water 155,000 acres across Texas New Mexico and Old Mexico and hold enough water to cover Delaware two feet deep. The article lists several Irrigation Congress leaders who helped spur U S water development.
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Elephant Butte
Rio Grande
el Paso
Texas
New Mexico
Old Mexico
Delaware
Irrigation Congress
United States
Americans urged to lead peace movement for end to European war
New York October 14 The American neutral conference committee calls for immediate U S action to mediate and end the war. The appeal notes millions harmed and urges nationwide protest and a $100000 fundraising drive to back peace mediation and guarantees against future conflict.
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New York
Hell
France
Germany
Amsterica
United States
London
America
Wilson Considers Refusal of British Ship Clearances
Washington Oct 14 President Wilson weighs denying clearance to British ships as a retaliation for British actions harming US commerce. Officials condemn London's statement by Lord Robert Cecil that the Anglo-American treaty could be void during the war, signaling a possible shift in maritime policy.
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Washington, D. C
United States
Wilson
London
Robert Cecil
Robert
England
Chinese boy kept in hotel room to learn English
A 20 year old Chinese man was found in a local hotel's room after being locked in for two weeks and fed a Chinese dictionary to learn English for questions in the North. A second Chinese man from Chicago, about 40, was arrested on smuggling charges. he claimed ignorance but later said he brought the boy to the hotel and had found him on the streets of San Antonio. Both suspects, an experienced restaurant worker and the younger man, are held pending investigations.
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North
U. S
Marshal Dibrell
E. W. Smith
United States
Chicago
Mexico
San Antonio
Chinaman
Mexican peace talks stall as Cabrera departs city
Senor Cabrera head of the Mexican peace commissioners leaves Atlantic City for Philadelphia delaying talks. He plans to confer with Ambassador Arredondo who just returned from Mexico City. American delegates mark time amid pressure from Wilson campaign managers for no action before election day.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Senor Cabrera
Philadelphia
Arredondo
Mexico City
Cabrera
Wilson
Mexico
Attorney General Looney To Washington For Hearing Postponement
The Interstate Commerce Commission declined Looney's request to move the hearing date from October 19 to October 23. Looney had asked for a brief delay and will depart Monday for Washington to attend the proceeding.
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Austin
Tex
Looney
Interstate Commerce Commission
Washington
Sicilian Sunk Sighting Report Sparks Confusion
Reports from Montreal claim the Allen liner Sicilian bound for Liverpool was sunk by a submarine. Line officials deny the reports stating the vessel is mid ocean and not in waters where submarines have been sighted.
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Montreal
Liverpool
Line
French Win Two Notable War Gains Near Somme
In heavy fighting south of the Somme the French captured a first line German trench east of Belloy-En-Santerre seized Guermont and a sugar factory northeast of Ablaincourt. Contest for Ablaincourt continues as both sides hold footholds while French attacks north of the river near Boucha vesnes succeed. Bombing raids on eight southern German towns kill nine and wound 26. eight of the downed planes were French and one British.
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London
Somme
Belloy-En- Santerre
Guermont
Ablaincourt
Teutons
Bouchavesnes
Berlin
Sayville
Germany
Italians Extend Lines on Sober Ridge at Carso Front
Rome dispatch says Italian troops have extended their lines southeast of Goriza on the Carso front and consolidated positions along the rest of the Carso after recent gains.
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Rome
Goriza
Sober Ridge
Soldier killed near Nogales in company brawl
Private George K. Shiflitt of the Second California Infantry, home in Salem California, was shot and killed near Nogales Arizona. His body was placed on a railroad track to hide the crime and was run over by a train. A coroner's inquest found a bullet wound. A soldier companion was arrested as authorities expected a confession.
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Nogales
Ariz
George K. Shiflitt
Second California Infantry
Salem
California
Shiflitt
Travers and Miss Tiffany wed after golf romance
Miss Dorris Tiffany of this city married Jerome Dunstan Travers of New York City in a First Presbyterian church ceremony following a Catholic rite. The bride has golf and tennis titles, and Travers is a four time national amateur champion who won the national open last year.
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Newburgh
WN. Y
Dorris Tiffany
First Presbyterian Church
Fred K. Emerson Stockwell
Jerome Dunstan Travers
New York City
Allied note rejects U S position on high seas mail searches
Britain and France officially rebuke U S contentions over neutral mails on the high seas and in allied ports. They claim the right to inspect and divert mails, while denying full inviolability of mail under international law. They say U S claims are unenforceable and defend their own procedures under wartime needs.
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Washington, D. C
France
Great Britain
State Department
Law of Nations
United States
High Seas
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Board of Control
Arthur Hooker
Richard F. Burges
American Neutral Conference
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