Senate Approves Indies Purchase Treaty
The Senate approved the Danish West Indies purchase for 25 million dollars with debate in executive session and a brief adjournment. Denmark’s Parliament must ratify. the lower house already has approved, boosting hopes for final acceptance. State Department notified Denmark of ratification by the Senate.
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Roosevelt to expand role in Hughes campaign speeches
Roosevelt has been asked by Republican headquarters to take a more active part in the Hughes campaign and has consented to add a considerable number of speeches beyond those already arranged.
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New York
Theodore Roosevelt
Republican National
Hughes
President Remits McMahon Fine in Mail Fraud Case
Washington dispatch reports President Wilson remitted a $2000 fine against C. M. McMahon of Philadelphia. McMahon and associates were convicted in 1913 for conspiring to use the mails to defraud in the International Lumber Company scheme.
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McMahon
Washington, D. C
Wilson
C. M. McMahon
Philadelphia
International Lumber Company
Congress Ends War Session With Record Spending
Congress adjourned the Sixty fourth session after authorizing defense and preparedness measures at unprecedented cost and expanding revenue laws. Major actions included doubling income tax, new inheritance and excise taxes, and a $50 million ship operation program. Four treaties were ratified and several key appointments approved amid war tensions and domestic bills.
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Kansas Troops Set a Record on Motor Trip
Two Kansas regiments—First and Second Kansas Infantry—completed a pioneering motor march from Eagle Pass to Castroville Fort Sam Houston with about 2000 men. Generals Funston and Hogers witnessed the convoy as they trained in rapid field camps, aided by Illinois troops’ shelters, while officers Metcalf and Hoisington led units with seasoned service in the Philippines.
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Philippines
Aguinaldo
Metcalf
Kansas
P. M. Hoisington
Seventh
Illinois Infantry
Austin
Eagle Pass
Regi
Vastroville
Kansas Infantry
LaPryor
San Antonio
Fort Sam Houston
Harry A. Hegman
White man visits blond Esquimaux in Arctic mystery
The Rev H Girling of Emmanuel College reports he reached Coronation Bluff Arctic dwellers on October 10 1915 and stayed with them, claiming he is the first white man to dwell among the tribe of blond Esquimaux described by Harry V Radford as found in the Arctic.
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Saskatoon
Sask
Goa
Car Shortage Feared Threatens Houston Shipping
Texas warns of a looming car shortage as heavy autumn freight and the cotton rush strain supply. O C Castle of Southern Pacific urges immediate shipper cooperation for prompt car releases. Houston Chamber traffic bureau to issue a bulletin. Louisiana to hold a hearing on raising demurrage to two dollars a day to push releases.
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Tex
Texas
O. Co. Castle
Southern Pacific Lines
Chamber of Commerce Traffic Bureau of Houston
Louisiana
State Railroad Commission
Fort Worth pipeline blast claims another possible victim
Fort Worth Texas reports three dead from Thursday midnight pipeline explosion. Doctors fear a fourth death as J. M. McKinnon deteriorates after a sudden night change. Last night the victims included Willis Brown and two others.
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Fort Worth
Tex
J. M. McKinnon
Willis Brown
Vitalitas Promises Quick Health Boost In Tea Or Water
Morning tonic claims Vitalitas in hot water or cold water before meals aids indigestion sour stomach biliousness rheumatism constipation and general debility. Describes Vitalitas as a heavy liquid extract from an earth substance rich in life giving chemicals and sold by druggists.
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Vitalitas
Explosion traps workers in creek bed mystery surrounds cause
Dan Jacobs of Newar died yesterday at noon. Grand Prairie and A. B. Frazier of Greenville are named in connection to the incident. There is still much mystery as to the cause of the explosion that trapped workers in the creek bed.
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Grand Prairie
A. B. Frazier
Greenville
Dan Jacobs
Newar
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