Hughes Claims Invisible Government Opposes Farm Interests
Nebraska coverage notes Charles E Hughes accusing the Wilson administration of ignoring agricultural concerns amid Adamson law debates. He cites a Texas Farmers Union telegram urging no freight-rate increases and arbitration representation for farmers, urging a farmer chaired arbitration panel.
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Hastings
Charles E. Hughes
H. N. Pope
Texas Farmers’ Union
Wilson
Brotherhoods
Hughes
New York
Hughes rested in Lincoln before Nebraska campaign swing
Republican nominee Charles E Hughes spent Sunday in Lincoln with a quiet day and no callers. He left Lincoln at 7 30 a m for a second day of campaigning in Nebraska with brief stops en route to Omaha where he will speak tonight. He plans to proceed to South Dakota and Iowa tomorrow.
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Lincoln
Neb
Charles E. Hughes
Nebraska
M. Hughes
Omaha
South Dakota
Owa
Hughes Victory Forecast From Western Republican Head
Alvin T. Hert, manager of the Western Republican national headquarters, states that Hughes will win the presidency. He cites changing public understanding of Hughes views and recent Midwest tours as proof, noting strong receptions and favorable student reports regarding Hughes.
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Chicago
Alvin T. Hert
Republican
Charles’ E. Hughes
United States
Hughes
Middle West
Wilson guides volunteers for labor vote in New Jersey
At Shadow Lawn Long Branch New Jersey President Wilson held a conference with Wilson volunteers led by Amos Pinchot to plan speaking points for labor voters in New York. A telegraph notice announced the death of Col Edward T Brown of Atlanta Georgia, a close friend and golfing companion. The president is expected to speak later this week.
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James W. Gerard
Germany
Thomas McCarthy
United States
New York
Gerard
Senator Hughes
New Jersey
Ollie James
Kentucky
Middle West
Wilson
St. Louis
Chicago
Mrs. Wilson
Shadow Lawn
PN Ee
Robert 8. Lovett
Union Pacific Railroad
Long Branch
N. J
Wilson Volunteers
Amog Pinchot
Edward T. Brown
Atlanta
Wilson and Hughes debated in city sign display
Senator James H. Lewis cabled support to Wilson from Springfield while Indianapolis hosts a seven night electric sign duel. George Ade and Meredith Nicholson present alternating pro Wilson and pro Hughes messages, with suffrage argument to follow.
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Indianapolis
George Ade
Meredith Nicholson
Indiana
Woodrow Wilson
Nicholson
Wife
Ade
Charles E. Hughes
Hughes Women Campaign Special Crosses Into California
The Hughes women campaign special, greeted by cheering crowds in Oregon towns, arrived in Ashland Oregon for an hour of speeches from a park platform. On detrainment, supporters and railroad workers bearing Wilson banners cheered the president at the depot.
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Ashland
Ore
Oregon
Hughes Women's Campaign
California
Railroads Meet Arkansas Panel on Tariff Rates
Attorneys for the Chicago Rock Island and St Louis Iron Mountain lines confer with the Arkansas Railroad Commission to avert litigation over standard freight distance tariffs. The roads filed suit to enjoin the tariffs on lumber logs bolts and rough rice, seeking ICC authority, with possible U S Supreme Court finality if no accord is reached.
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Little Rock
Ark
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific
S&t
Als
Iron Mountain & Southern
Arkansas Railroad Commission
United States District Court
Interstate Commerce Commission
Arkansas
Memphis
Tenn
United States Supreme Court
San Antonio Tonight Unsettled Warmer, Colder Tuesday
For San Antonio and vicinity the forecast calls for unsettled conditions and cooler temperatures tonight, followed by a Tuesday with clearer skies and still cooler weather.
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San Antonio
Weather forecast for tourists across major cities
The Light presents a regional forecast with St. Louis at 68 degrees and cloudy with a southerly wind, Chicago 46 partly cloudy, Milwaukee 44 cloudy, Kansas City 64 cloudy with a chance of rain, New York 64 cloudy, and Washington 55 cloudy with possible rain.
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ST. Louis
Chicago
Milwaukee
Kansas City
New York
Washington
Pershing Has Not Moved 10 Namiquipa In Mexican Expedition Report
Field headquarters received word from Colonia Juarez guards that Manuel Gutierrez killed three of four Villa soldiers who robbed the Taylor brothers. Loot was being returned. A pass found on a slain robber tied Alonzo Taylor to American lines. Rumor of Fifth Cavalry occupying Namiquipa denied. Refugees report hunger in the south.
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Mexico
Columbus
N. M
J. J. Pershing
Colonia Juarez
Manuel Gutierrez
Pearson
Villa
Taylor Brothers
Alonzo Taylor
Gutierrez
Casas Grandes
Francisco Gonzales
Madera
Juarez
Carranza
Carlos Cortinas
Fifth Cavalry
Namiquipa
New York Faces Coal Shortage This Winter
New York ed dealers warn of a coal shortage this winter as bins deplete and shipments lag. Labor strikes at mines and scarce railroad cars hinder supply, with foreign trade and wartime freight blamed. Prices range from 7 to 7.75 a ton, possibly rising to 8 before Thanksgiving and to 9 by Christmas amid cold weather.
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New York
W. Frank Persons
Charity Organization Society
Lufbery Honored for Five Aerial Kills in War Progress
Sergt Raoul Lufbery of New Haven Connecticut the first American to be named in a communique for downing five hostile aeroplanes is noted as an American who felt French. He trained under Marc Pourpe in Saigon and joined the American flying corps after enlisting. He achieved five credited German aircraft after July 30.
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Paris
Raoul Lufbery
New Haven
Conn
Lufbery
Bourges
Saigon
Marc Pourpe
Pourpe
American Flying Corps
German forces claim downed air forces in September total
German military authorities report seventy four enemy planes shot down in September, with twenty one French and fifty three British aircraft. The count comes from an Overseas News Agency statement transmitted via wireless to Sayville.
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Berlin
Sayville
Russians Capture Turkish War Transport Rodusto
Petrograd reports the Russian submarine Tulen engaged near the Bosphorus on October 12 and captured the 6000 ton Turkish armored transport Rodusto commanded by German officers. The vessel was taken to Sevastopol for seizure and internment.
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Petrograd
London
Tulen
Bosphorus
Rodusto
Sebastopol
Roumanians Pressed Near Augaru on Front
Teutonic forces press Roumanians along the Transylvanian front with a stand at Rucaru near Kronstadt. In Somme France, Entente troops renew the drive north of the river while British advances test German fortifications near Schwaben and Stuff redoubts. Macedomian fronts see renewed Entente action south of Monastir with Bulgarians repelling westward attacks. London notes Roumanian frontier holds sway with limited gains. relief is awaited for the second army.
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Kronstadt
Torzburger Pass
Rucaru
Bucharest
Roumanian Plain
Canpulung
Somme
France
Chainez
Paris
Sailly- Saillisel
Bapaume Road
Stuff
Macedonia
Monastir
Sofia
Monastir-Florina
Cerna
Struma
Demir-Hissar
Bursuk
London
the Times
Roumania
Citoz Pass
Ground retaken near Gueudecourt in German counteraction
British forces attacked northeast of Gueudecourt near Bapaumé and penetrated the German first line. The ground was later recaptured after a German counter attack, according to an official German army statement issued today.
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Berlin
London
Gueudecourt
Bapaumé
Loss of Two Romanian Divisions Honors the Transylvanian Retreat
The Overseas News Agency reports the Romanian second army was driven back in Transylvania with about two divisions lost and the first army nearly annihilated after an Austro German attack at Hermannstadt. The retreat turned panicked as leaders lost direction and trains and carts carried troops to safety. Transylvania now largely free of Romanian forces except near the border.
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Berlin
Sayville
Transylvania
Hermannstadt
Torzburger
Expulsion of Roumanians Ends Reign of Terror in Transylvania
The population of Transylvania and the better Roumanian element feel liberated as Roumanians are expelled after a brief period of perceived terror. The report frames the event as deliverance from a nightmare and notes the ethnic shift in control.
Teutons Push Offensive Near Dorna Watra Front
Petrograd reports heavy Teuton forces advancing south of Dorna Watra in the southern Carpathians near the Roumanian Transylvanian Bukowina boundary. In Galicia east and south of Lemberg, heavy fighting continues with no clear gains. Russian forces reportedly took about twelve hundred prisoners.
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Petrograd
London
Dorna Watra
Carpathians
Bukowina
War Office
Galicia
Lemberg
Kormoze
Kirlilaba
Carranza Family Reported to Leave Mexico City
Washington dispatch reports Secretary Lansing denying flight of General Carranza’s family from Mexico City. He cites State Department info that they may go to Saltillo or Queretaro by October 22. Atlantic City note adds Cabrera presenting Arredondo assurance of Mexico's active campaign against ill, before Mexican American joint commission.
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Washington, D. C
Carranza
Mexico City
Lansing
State Department
Saltillo
Queretaro
Atlantic City
N. J
Luis Cabrera
Joint Commission
Arredondo
Illa
French Liner Lafayette Arrives in New York Bay
The Lafayette from Bordeaux docked in New York carrying passengers including Mr. and Mrs. William Vanderbilt John Barret Enrico Carus Frank A Munsey and S McClur?. Officers said a wireless warning about submarines near Nantucket prompted a new course toward the coast and the ship reached a southern approach path with no suspicious craft sighted.
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New York
Lafayette
Bordeaux
William ._ Vanderbilt
John Barret
Enrico Carus
Frank A. "Munsey
S. So McClur
Nantucket
Humane Society Meet Opens Forty-First Annual ACA
Mayor George Puchta and William B. Melish welcomed delegates from over twenty states at the start of the fortieth annual American Humane Association meeting in Cincinnati. The four day convention opened with Dr. William C. Stillman of Albany delivering the president's address. John D. Lindsay of New York spoke on enforcing laws to aid needy mothers.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
George Puchta
William B. Melish
Chamber of Commerce
American Humane Association
William C. Stillman
Albany
N. Y
John D. Lindsay
New York Society For the Prevention of
Tragedy Near Shreveport Claims Mother and Wounds Father
Mrs Bertie Johnson was instantly killed and her husband W F Johnson a traveling salesman of Shreveport was perhaps fatally injured when their car skidded and overturned about 18 miles west of Shreveport on a Sunday morning. Their 14 year old daughter Leta was slightly injured while a 12 year old son escaped unharmed. The family had been returning to Shreveport from Longview Texas to attend Sunday school.
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Shreveport
Bertie Johnson
W. F. Johnson
Leta
Sunnday
Police Captains Set to Testify in Healy Case Hearing
Chicago Oct 16 Ten police captains were ready to testify in the hearing on charges brought by State's Attorney Maclay Hoyne against Chief of Police Healy before Chief Justice Olson. A minister Rev Myron BE Adams of All Night Church East Congress Street would precede with evidence on conditions in the old vice district. The state's attorney seeks a warrant for arrest of the chief on charges of conspiracy and malfeasance in office.
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Chicago
Maclay Hoyne
Healy
Olson
Myron BE. Adams
East Congress Street
Old Vice District
British Earl Rothes Injured at Front in October News
London reports Lieutenant Colonel the Earl of Rothes was wounded at the front. His condition is not believed serious. Earl Rothes, born 1877, heir to Scottish representation, succeeded to the title in 1893 after his grandmother's death.
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Scotland
London
Earl of Rothes
Martin Leslie
Export Lumber Co Formed to Boost U S Douglas Fir Exports
An export sales company is formed by western lumbermen to exploit Douglas fir and western hemlock in world markets. Representing about 80 percent of U S Douglas fir, the firm aims to standardize grades, improve export conditioning, and propel American lumber in competition with European exporters. Officers include AW H. Talbot and Charles E. Hill. The plan seeks to mimic Webb Act aims without violating antitrust laws and follows recent federal and Western meetings in San Francisco.
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Washington, D. C
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
Bureau
Europe
Ameican Lumber
San Francisco
AW. H. Talbot
A. A. Baxter
Charles E. Hill
Federa Trade Commission
Pacific Coast
Missouri Safety Law Upheld By Supreme Court
The Supreme Court refused to review a lower court ruling that upheld a Missouri law requiring safety guards on dangerous machinery. The decision affirmed damages of $9600 awarded to Fred W. Hagen for injuries while employed at Atlas Portland Cement Company’s Missouri mill, denying the employee’s assumption of risk defense.
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Washington, D. C
Missouri
Supreme Court
Atlas- Portland Cement Company
Fred W. Hagen
Hagen
Hemp papers tested as quality book stock from hemp fibers
A report from hemp specialists at the Department of Agriculture states that hemp hard stock can yield satisfactory quality book paper. Commercial tests with a paper manufacturer show the soda process can convert hemp waste stalks into usable paper stock, similar to wood pulp processing.
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Washington, D. C
Department of Agriculture
Norman Prince Dies in Beverly After Wounds in France
Norman Prince American aviator dies at Beverly after being wounded in France. Cablegram to his mother from his uncle Dr. Morton Prince in Paris reports the death with no further details. Prince, Harvard graduate, left Chicago law practice to serve in French aviation corps and attained sergeant major rank. He was recently decorated for distinguished service.
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Beverly
Mass
Norman Prince
France
Morton Prince
Paris
Prince
Harvard University
Chicago
Frick Buys Rembrandt Painting for 250000 in New York
Henry C. Frick purchased Rembrandt's "An Old Woman Reflecting Over the Lecture" for $250,000 in New York. It marks his fourth Rembrandt in the collection and raises his art-spending last year to about $2.3 million.
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Frick
New York
Henry C. Frick
Rembrandt
Mr. Frick
Cold Weather Follows Rain in Texas Monday
A cold snap is expected to arrive Monday night as rain moves out, with unsettled conditions to persist until then. Thunderstorms drenched several Texas towns, including San Antonio with heavy early morning rain, and many cities logged additional totals through the day.
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Allen Buell
Weather Bureau
San Antonio
Brownwood
Corsicana
Dublin
Haskell
Henrietta
Hondo
Lampasas
Longview
Luling
Mexia
Paris
Sherman
Waco
Waxahachie
Weatherford
Austin
Kopperl
Fort Worth
Abilene
Tropical disturbance crosses Yucatan Peninsula
The tropical disturbance this morning crosses the north Yucatan Peninsula moving northwest. It remains of marked character and gulf shipping is advised to take precautions.
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Yucatan Peninsula
Washington, D. C
Weather Bureau
Gulf
Vessels Waiting In Port In New Orleans Wharf
A wireless update from a vessel near Cozumel Island reports a 29.77 inch barometer and a 24 mile per hour southeast wind as the hurricane center passes north of Cozumel. Several ships remain docked and eight or more steamers bound for Central America and Europe lie at the river mouth awaiting further word.
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New Orleans
Weather Bureau
Cozumel Island
Yucatan
Cozumel
Swan Island
Mob Lynchings in Paducah Burn Two Negro Men
In Paducah Kentucky on October 16 a mob of about six thousand men seized two Black men from the county jail and on the streets. One was accused of assaulting a white woman and the other of approving the act. They were identified at the woman’s home then hanged from a tree and finally burned on a brush pile, the bodies charred beyond recognition.
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Paducah
Plan to Break Strike at Bayonne Oil Plants
In Bayonne New Jersey on October 16 Tide Water Oil opened its doors inviting strikers back. About 11 000 workers in oil plants and other factories faced a crisis as 3000 skilled workers who say they were forced to strike planned to march back to the Standard Oil plant. A second meeting debated if the strike should be ended.
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Bayonne
N. J
Constable Hook
Tidewater Oil Company
Standard Il Company
Recognition of Venizelos by Entente Allies
The entente allies have formally recognized the provisional government of Greece in Crete, set up by former Premier Venizelos, marking a formal U.S. and Allied stance amid the Greek political crisis.
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Greece
Crete
London
Venizelos
Venizelos Denounces Monarchy at Greek Defense Banquet
At a banquet in Saloniki Greek leader Eleutherios Venizelos condemned King Constantine and the monarchy. He called for a democratic royal framework and a postwar national assembly to guard against future royalist violations, as supporters cried for Serbia and shouted anti monarchist slogans.
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London
Greek Committee of National Defense
Eliptherios Venizelos
Reuter
Saeloniki
M. Venizelos
Constantine
Serbia
Venizelos Party Draws 3000 Greeks in New York
In New York on October 16 more than 300 000 Greeks in the United States were invited to join the Venizelos party. A meeting of 3000 Greek natives approved the movement and set a goal to raise 500 000 monthly. A 4 000 fund supported the former Greek premier, and a 1 000 member committee was formed to push the cause.
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New York
United States
Venizelos
America
Greece
Constantine
Megadonia
Macedonia
Shoes Prices Rise At Least 50 Cents In Pittsburgh
Wholesale prices on men's and women's footwear have been advanced 50 to 75 cents a pair in the last three days and some lines withdrawn due to leather shortages. Letters from manufacturers show further increases of 37 to 60 cents on upper stock and 10 cents per pound on sole leather.
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Pittsburg
Pennsylvania Shoe Travelers’ Association
Musketry School Opens at Fort Sill
Fort Sill Oklahoma opened the United States Army School of Musketry with 133 non commissioned officers from across the nation under Colonel R M Blatchford. The class includes both regular army and national guard officers and will train in handling machine guns. The program will run until December 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Sill
Okla
United States
School of Musketry
United States Army
R. M. Blatchford
Regular Army
National Guard
Texas trunk lines seek hearing on injunction with US appeals court
Fort Worth Texas October 16 The temporary injunction won by Texas trunk lines against the Texas railroad commission to stop cancellation of previously granted freight rate increases is set for hearing before the United States Circuit Court of Appeals in Fort Worth on November 8.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Texas Trunk Lines
Texas Railroad Commission
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
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