Impeachment Trial Votes On Governor Sulzer Break Informally
Albany Oct 16 The impeachment court adjourned to 3 pm to begin the final vote on Sulzer's guilt or innocence. Informal secret session this morning showed a 43 to 14 vote to remove him from office. A disqualification from holding future office failed with no votes in favor. Articles of impeachment include falsifying campaign receipts, misused funds, perjury, witness bribery, suppressing evidence, and influence over securities prices.
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Albany
N. Y
William Sulzer
Frawley Committee
Sulzer
Legislative Investigating Committee
Frederick L. Colwell
New York Stock Exchange
Edgar M. Cullen
James F. Duhamel
Independence League
James A. Emerson
Seth G. Heacock
John W. McKnight
Thomas H. O'Keefe
Abraham J. Palmer
William Peckham
John Seely
John D. Stivers
Ralph W. Thomas
G. H. Wende
Eer G. Wepies
Massachusetts to fund trip of perjury suspect and child
Rev John Fills and his 5 year old daughter Alga will be brought from Tokio to Boston at state expense after the governor's council voted to finance a special messenger. Fails was arrested in Japan after his photo appeared in a moving picture show. his wife had pursued him since February 22 when he left with their child. Return cost is estimated at 4000 dollars.
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Boston
Mass
John Fills
Alga
Tokio
Japan
Massachusetts
Ellis
Mania for Divorce In Pittsburgh Court
In divorce court Charles Wagner testified he sued his wife Wilhelmina Wagner to stop her suing him. Wagner said she had sued him thirteen times since their 1910 marriage. The wife, contesting, claimed she recalled eight suits.
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Pittsburg
Charles Wee
Wilhelmina Wagner
Wagner
University of Vermont Bans Ragtime Dances
The student council at the University of Vermont voted to ban the tango and all ragtime dances, a decision reached by a representative body handling college discipline matters for the faculty.
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Burlington
University of Vermont
Across U.S. Weather Snapshots for Friday Readings
Observations at 8 am report temperatures from 40s to mid 60s across major cities. Winds mostly north to northeast with varying conditions including rain, clouds, and clear skies.
Many Nationalities Represented in Hemfield Public Schools
In Greensburg Pa October 16 24 nationalities are represented among Hemfield township public school pupils Principal J L Speigel reports The student body includes Americans Irish Polish Slavic Lithuanians Austrians French Swedes English Italians Germans Bohemians Scotch Canadians Russians Hungarians Jews Germans Welsh Dutch Greek Spanish and others totaling 1934 Americans and 1934 pupils numbered overall.
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Greensburg
Hemfield Township
Westmoreland County
Ap Today
J. L. Speigel
Seven Sailors Die as Highland Light Barge Toll Rises
The northeast gale battering the Massachusetts coast for three days sunk two more barges, the Oakland and the J. B. Thomas, leaving seven sailors dead by noon. The Oakland crew perished attempting to reach shore, and five vessels had been lost in the storm which began Monday.
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Highland Light
Mags
Massachusetts
Oakland
J.B. Thomas
Pamet River
Seven Candidates for Governor In Massachusetts Race
The gubernatorial field for the November 4 election in Massachusetts grows to seven with Governor Foss running as an independent. The candidates are Charles S. Bird Progressive Alfred H. Evans Prohibition Eugene N Foss Independent Augustus P Gardner Republican Arthur E Reimer Socialist Labor David I Walsh Democrat and George Wrenn Socialist.
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Boston
Mass
Lst
Foss
Charles 8. Bird
Alfred H. Evans
Eugene N. Foss
Augustus P. Gardner
Arthur E. Reimer
David I. Walsh
George Wrenn
Tipping Officially Abolished at Portland Station
In Portland Oregon on October 16 tipping was officially abolished with an order directing porters to refuse tips and passengers urged not to offer them. The Northern Pacific Terminal Company also voted a substantial wage reduction for porters while officials said the anti tipping policy would be enforced rigidly.
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Portland
Ore
Portland Union Railroad
Northern Pacific Terminal Company
Rebels resume war operations in Puerta Plata
In Puerta Plata rebels reject a peace treaty and resume hostilities. The government advises foreigners to evacuate the city as the Dominican Republic reports renewed fighting.
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San Domingo
Dominican Republic
Puerta Plata
Champions There Is Always a Champion in Every Endeavor
Light want ads emerge as the champion result in Southwest Texas business and sport circles, signaling strong impact across communities and markets.
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Texas
The Light newspaper presented as people’s paper for real estate trade
The Light positions itself as the people's paper meeting local needs including selling and renting real estate. It emphasizes serving readers with property listings and market information to help buy sell or rent homes and land.
Light Herald Claims Largest Paid Home Circulation
The Light asserts it has the territory’s largest paid home circulation and doubles any San Antonio rival in local paid distribution.
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the Light
San Antonio
Commission Orders New Stations Built
The Texas rail road commission set timelines for new stations at Munger and Texarkana, ordered a connecting track at Garland, granted egg packing rules, and prescribed refund sharing for lumber inbound at Waco. It also fixed rates for watermelon shipments, required crate returns for sheep and goats, and gave Fort Smith and Rio Grande 90 days to plan Granbury station and six months to complete it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
Railroad Commission Today
Trinity & Brazos Valley
Munger
Santa Fe
Katy
Garland
Texarkana
Fort Smith & Rio Grande
Granbury
Leper Seeks Aid in St Louis Dispensary Case
A man, using the name John Rouch then E R Grable, begged food and treatment at St Louis city dispensary to shield his wife and son. Claiming leprosy and origin in Jackson Tennessee, he says he escaped several isolation placements and contracted the disease in the Philippines in 1898.
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ST. Louis
John Rouch
E. R. Grable
Ogden
Utah
Rouch
Jackson
Tenn
Tah
Kouch
Philippines
Maas Arrives at Laredo Amid Crowd Control
General Joaquin Maas and a ten officer staff arrived by special train in Laredo late at night after Piedras Negras evacuation. Colonel Brewer at Fort McIntosh kept men at the station to prevent disturbances as Maas and his party moved to a private coach and then to Nuevo Laredo via sidetrack, avoiding the crowd.
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General Maas
Nuevo Laredo
Armour Credits Public for Meat Price Curbs
Armour & Company president Charles W. Armour says curtailing veal consumption by the public can reduce meat prices once cattle supply returns to normal. He adds tariff relief may help if South American beef supply stays steady.
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Kansas City, Mo
Charles W. Armour
Missouri Corporation of Armour & Company, Packers
Armour
South America
Van Dyke Presents Credentials in The Hague
Henry Van Dyke United States minister to the Netherlands today presented his credentials to Queen Wilhelmina at Het Loo palace. He conveyed President Wilsons compliments and recalled Hollands heritage of religious liberty education and federal unity as a basis for world peace through international justice.
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the Hague
Henry van Dyke
United States
Netherlands
Wilhelmina
Het Loo
Wilson
van Dyke
Holland
America
Club Case Under Advisement in Texas Charter Fight
The social club case of the State of Texas against the Galveston Houston Recreation Club has been taken under advisement before Judge C A Wilcox. The club, previously decided by default, chose to contest the attorney general’s power to forfeit its charter and shut it down.
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Austin
Tex
State of Texas
Galveston-Houston Recreation Club
C. A. Wilcox
Twenty-sixth District Court
The San Antonio Light Leased Wire Day Service
The San Antonio Light features the Leased Wire Day report from the Associated Press, noted as the largest and most reliable general news service in the world. The service contributes about 20 600 words daily, complemented by the paper's own extensive special news service.
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San Antonio
Associated Press
The
Light
Mayor Proposes Police Officers School in San Antonio
Mayor Brown urges a police officers school to teach criminal law essentials and city ordinances. He envisions short lectures by experienced lawyers, two police shifts for talks, and quizzes to gauge effectiveness, plus improved traffic handling with possibly a visiting expert.
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San Antonio
Brown
Lancaster
Police
Women Chagrined As Houston Charter Vote Fails
The Houston Women’s Political Union laments the defeat of a proposed charter amendment to elect an school board and appoint women to it. The measure to raise city commissioners’ salaries failed, while mayoral pay rose to 7500 after April 1915. Amendments passed include initiative referendum recall civil service and free school books.
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Houston
Tex
Houston Women’s
White House Wedding Invites Focus of Society Leaders
Washington Oct 16 Society leaders in the capital await Mrs Woodrow Wilsons return to the White House today The expected list of guests for Miss Jessie Wilsons upcoming wedding next month centers on Mrs Wilson as the chief arbiter Only a small circle of intimates is likely to be invited due to the quiet nature of the event and the Wilson families many connections The absence of outsiders heightens anxieties among prominent society figures.
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Washington, D. C
Woodrow Wilson
White House
Wilson
French Claim Rebate Under 1882 Treaty Cited
Paris reports the Central Association of French Ship Owners instructing trade bodies that the 1882 Franco American trade pact grants equal rights to French and American ships. Ambassador Jusserand urges U S entry under protest for rebates, advising French exporters to seek 6 percent duty rebates, arguing parity with American ships under the new tariff.
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Paris
Central Association of French Ship Owners
France
Jusserand
Washington
United States
Baylor students donate skin to aid gravely ill peer
Five Baylor University students volunteered skin grafts for J. B. Anderson who has suffered a carbuncle eight inches square. Only Otis Rainer and J. B. Derrick were accepted by doctors after evaluation. Operations proceeded and Anderson began to recover.
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Waco, Tex
Baylor University
J. BE. Anderson
Otis Rainer
J. B. Derrick
Anderson
Looney to Appeal Texas Court Decision in State House Quarters Case
Attorney General Looney says the Court of Civil Appeals ruling against Dr A B Conley in the Daughters of the Confederacy dispute is not final. He will seek a Supreme Court writ of error to review the case over the effort to remove the Daughters from quarters in the state house.
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Austin
Tex
Court of Civil Appeals
A. B. Conley
Fnds
Daughters of the Confederacy
Looney
Supreme Court
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
State House
President Woodrow Wilson Visits Mobile for October 27 Events
The central committee of the Mobile Chamber of Commerce announced that President Wilson will arrive in Mobile on the morning of October 27 for a presidential breakfast. He will review harbor shipping aboard the revenue cutter Winona until 10, then deliver a public address before departing at 12 40.
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Mobile
Ala
Central Committee
The
Chamber of Commerce
Woodrow Wilson
United States Revenue
Winona
Fire on Dutch steamer Jan Van Nassau reaches four days
The Royal Dutch West Indian mail steamer Jan Van Nassau reported a coal bunker fire on the October 4 voyage from Amsterdam. The blaze spread to cargo in the forehold and burned for four days until St Michaels. About 800 tons of cargo and all coal in the forward bunkers were lost. One passenger remained aboard.
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New York
Jan van Nassau
Eastern Star to Elect Officers in Dallas Session
Election of officers was the principal business scheduled today for the final session of the Grand Chapter of Texas Order of the Eastern Star. The meeting, which has then largely attended, will close tonight with an organ recital to meet next year in Galveston.
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Eastern Star
Dallas
Tex
Grand Chapter of Texas
Order of the Eastern Star
Galveston
Jealousy Motive Outlined in Eaton Murder Case
Plymouth mass court hears that the murder charge against Mrs. Jennie May Eaton hinges on circumstantial evidence with jealousy as the motive. Assistant District Attorney Katzmann says the case could yield a first degree verdict if poison was used, while insanity could demand acquittal. Dr. Osgood described his visit after Admiral Eaton’s death and relatives prepare to testify.
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Plymouth
Mass
Jennie May Eaton
Joseph G. Eaton
Fred G. Katzmann
Gilmore T. Osgood
Eaton House
Dorothy Ainsworth
Eaton
Barker
June Keyes
F. A. Katamann
Commonwealth
Katzmann
Slav Girl Stranded in Unionville Hopes Home
A 17 year old Slav girl with light hair and blue eyes, unable to speak English, arrived in Unionville Michigan. She carried a note for Gab Maniak at P O Box 26 Unionville North America and says her name is Marta Cencek. She intends to reach an uncle she has never met. officials believe she was misdirected by New York immigration authorities to the wrong Unionville.
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Unionville
Mich
Gab Maniak
P. O
North America
Marta Cencek
New York
Goodyear Wins International James Gordon Bennett Cup
Paris reports the American balloon Goodyear captured first place in the Bennett cup race. The last competitor, the Frankfurt from Austria, landed at Sougeal near Saint Malo. An American balloon piloted by Capt. H E B Honeywell took second, Italy's entry finished third.
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Paris
Goodyear
Frankfurt
Austria
Sougeal
Saint Malo
H. EB. Honeywell
Italy
Signor Pastine
Page Invites Italy to Hampton Roads Panama Fleet Celebration
Thomas Nelson Page the American ambassador to Italy presented an official invitation to the Italian government to join a great international fleet of warships at Hampton Roads for the Panama canal opening celebration. Italy is believed to send a top squadron, though final decisions are not yet made.
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Rome
Thomas Nelson Page
Italy
Hampton Roads
Panama Canal
Four Observe Golden Wedding
East Orange New Jersey residents Mr. and Mrs. James Milliken and Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Laird of Kansas City celebrated a golden wedding anniversary together last night via long distance messages. The couples were married fifty years ago yesterday, marking half a century of marriage despite the continents between them.
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East Orange
N. J
James Milliken
Andrew Laird
Kansas City
Queen Elizabeth battleship joins British fleet at Portsmouth
In Portsmouth on October 16, the Queen Elizabeth, a new oil powered battleship, was launched. With ten 15 inch guns and four to six inch secondary armament, the vessel uses oil instead of coal to save weight and space.
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Portsmouth
England
Royal Yards
Unsettled Texas Weather With Likely Showers
Showers have fallen in parts of Texas with cooler air expected tonight. Major Allen Buell notes unsettled conditions statewide as a cold high pressure system meets warm moist air from Northern Mexico, with rainfall reported in several towns including Abilene Amarillo and Quanah.
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Texas
San Antonio
Allen Buell
Weather Bureau
Northwest
Mexico
Abilene
Amarillo
Brownwood
Clarendon
del Rio
Dublin
Haskell
Henrietta
Pierce
Quanah
Snider
Spur
Weatherford
Emperor at Review Marks Leipzig Centenary Celebration
Vienna observes the centennial of the battle of the nations with a grand military review. Emperor Francis Joseph lays a large laurel wreath at the Schwezenberg monument as Austrian forces recall the 1813 victory over Napoleon and 94 000 total casualties.
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Vienna
Leipsic
Karl Philip von Schwezenberg
Napoleon
Francis Joseph
Schwezenberg
Secretary Redfield Plans Philadelphia Speech Tour
Secretary Redfield of the Department of Commerce leaves today for Philadelphia to speak on fire prevention. He will then embark on a two week tour addressing Chambers of Commerce and Boards of Trade about relations between his department and U S business.
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Washington, D. C
Redfield
Department of Commerce
Philadelphia
Chambers of Commerce and
Boards of Trade
Bombita to Do Final Bullfight in Madrid Arena
A farewell bullfight featuring Bombita is planned for next Sunday in Madrid. Seat prices have climbed to 500 pesetas, about 95 dollars, a record in bull fighting history.
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Madrid
America
England
Bombita
Episcopalian Deputies Choose St Louis for 1916 Convention
The House of Deputies in New York votes to hold the next general convention in St. Louis in 1916. Ratification by the House of Bishops is expected to endorse the decision.
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New York
House of Deputies
Protestant Episcopal Church
St. Louis
House of Bishops
Houston Minister Dies in San Benito Revival
Rev. George H. Lee pastor of Brooke Smith Baptist Church in Houston died suddenly in San Benito where he was leading a revival. Heart failure listed as the cause. he was among the city's most popular ministers.
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Houston
Tex
George H. Lee
Brooke Smith Baptist
San Benito
Collier Returns From Boston Trip
W. W. Collier, commissioner of insurance and banking, returns to Austin after a two week absence in the East. He attended the American Bankers Association annual convention in Boston.
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Collier
Boston
Austin
Tex
East
W. W. Collier
Insurance
Banking
American Bankers’ Association
France Considers Sending Warship to Mexico City
Paris reports a telegram from the French legation in Mexico City proposing a warship be sent to Mexico. Officials note the move would follow usual practice when a French colony requests aid, with vessels in American waters possible. Huerta allegedly obtained a 2.6 million dollar Paris loan aided by party chiefs. Archbishop Mora's Europe trip linked to the loan.
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Paris
Foreign Office
Mexico City
Mexico
Huerta
State Department rejects Carranza immunity claim
Washington October 16 The State Department says no formal request reached it from General Carranza for passage through the United States and notes General Maas received only informal permission not immunity from arrest. Director Long states no discrimination against Constitutionalists was intended.
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Washington,d. C
State Department
Sheppard
Wu Bh
Carranza
United States
Long
Maas
Warships Urged as Mexico Tensions Rise
At a Mexico City conference British French Spanish Cuban Guatemalan and Norwegian diplomats urged sending warships to Mexico to provide legation guards if needed They also pressed a temperate response to Washington The article notes resignations of four Supreme Court judges and ongoing Mexico US diplomatic strain with unclear next steps.
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Mexico City
Great Britain
France
Spain
Cuba
Guatemala
Norway
Mexico
Washington
Supreme Court
United States
Nelson O’shaughnessy
Foreign Office
Breene
China
Federico Gamboa
Calero
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Lier
Chicago
Milwaukee
ST. Paul
Commission
Railroads
Leper
Laredo
Mobile Chamber of Commerce
Europe
Jose Mora
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