Hughes Attacks Misleading Charge On Eight Hour Law
Democratic headquarters in Chicago releases a statement by Senator William J. Stone of Missouri rebutting claims linked to the eight hour law for railroad operatives. He accuses Hughes and Morgan allies of pressuring public policy and defends the president against alleged threats, insisting the crisis was industrial and not a government quarrel. Stone condemns anti administration tactics and appeals to labor voters.
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George W. Perkins
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Ith
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J. Pierpont Morgan
Justice Hughes
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Prince
Wall Street
America
Republic
Morgan
Perkins
Roosevelt
Republicans focus on one congressional item in rail policy
The speaker noted Republicans ignore much of the program, concentrating on a single item passed by Congress. McCormick promised to show how the president will limit a repeat of the recent railroad crisis and said additional Wilson appearances would be arranged later. He plans to return next Tuesday for another meeting with the president.
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McCormick
Wilson
Railroad brotherhoods donate 65 dollars for campaign fund
Members of four railroad brotherhoods in Temple Texas contributed 65 dollars to the Democratic national campaign fund, the announcement said.
San Antonio campaign aims to raise 5000 for city advertising
A Ten Thousand Club luncheon at the Gunter Hotel launched a ten day drive to raise the remaining 5000 for San Antonio advertising this winter. More than 50 local business and professional leaders pledged volunteer effort while speakers urged timely promotion likening the city to a national advertising effort and noting tourist and real estate benefits. Attendees included L J Hart Charles Fowler J K Berretta Judge Claude Birkhead Albert Kronkosky J N Brown and W W Collier.
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Gunter Hotel
J. H. Kirkpatrick
Colorado
L. J. Hart
Charles Fowler
J. K. Berretta
Claude Birkhead
Albert Kronkosky
J. N. Brown
W. W. Collier
State to File Answer in Federal Court on Freight Rates Case
Assist ant Attorney General Luther Nickels for the Texas Railroad Commission will file in the Federal Court in Austin today or tomorrow the state's answer to the injunction suit by Texas railroads filed in Atlanta against the commission to block cancellation of recent advanced freight rates. The injunction is set for Fort Worth before Judge Taree and associates next November. Judge W D Williams, the third member, is due back from California today.
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Atlanta
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W. D
Weather Outlook for San Antonio Tonight and Thursday
Tonight and Thursday fair skies dominate the San Antonio area with mild temperatures and light winds. No significant precipitation is expected as clear conditions continue.
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Weather forecast highlights for six cities
The Light reports St Louis and Chicago with temperatures in the upper fifties to mid sixties and light to moderate northwest southwest winds. Expect Thursday fair skies, warming in New York and Washington with record lows near mid forties to fifties and highs in the sixties.
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Chicago
Milwaukee
Kansas City
New York
Washington
President and McCormick Plan Wage Eight Hour Law Program
President Wilson and Vance McCormick announced a campaign program to offset Republican charges regarding the eight hour railroad law. They pledged to push a complete program in Congress to meet a threatened railroad employee strike. The plan aims to gain public support and bolster the president’s stance before the Hughes criticism.
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Long Branch
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Wilson
Vance McCormick
Charles E. Hughes
Congress
Mexican American border talks fail to reach adoption plan
New London September reports ongoing Mexican American joint commission discussions over border control plans with no immediate adoption. Luis Cabrera outlined a Mexican national banking system to replace suspended banks in Mexico City, citing currency depreciation and a forthcoming monetary commission to supervise government banks.
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Conn
Bank of London
Mexico
Mexico City
Luis Cabrera
Cabrera
Institutoins
Commission
Carranza
Money Trust of
United States
Monetary Commission
William Phillips
Washington
Polk
Five Die in Explosion at Mount Union Plant
Five men were killed and another injured when the air dry house at the Mount Union plant of Aetna Explosives Company exploded early today. The blast shattered the building and was felt for miles. officials said the cause will probably never be known.
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Mount Union
Aetna Explosives Company
Senator Pittman buys Lanai Island in Hawaii
The Island of Lanai in the Hawaiian Group has been purchased by United States Senator Key Pittman of Nevada and wealthy Nevada cattlemen. The deal involve s more than $1,000,000, according to H. I. Lorentzen who arrived from Honolulu and said he negotiated the sale. He planned to move cattle to Lanai after securing the deal.
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Lanai
United States
Key Pittman
Nevada
H. I. Lorentzen
Honolulu
Lorentzen
Paper From Sugar Cane Stalks Factory Planned
New Iberia Louisiana September 20 announcement that a factory will be built to manufacture paper from sugar cane stalks, the bagasse left after juice extraction. Previously considered worthless, the stalks were burned.
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New Iberia
El Paso Debunks Reports Of Chihuahua City Capture
Reports from El Paso claim of Chihuahua City capture by Villa were declared false by General Gonzalez at Juarez and Consul Garcia. Earlier rumors said rebels attacked the city, occupying the municipal and federal palaces the penitentiary and two hills, but officials denied the claim.
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Tex
Chihuahua City
Villa
Francisco Gonzales
Juarez
Garcia
Iran
Calder Leads in New York Republican Senate Primary
Returns from yesterday’s primary show William M. Calder ahead of Robert Bacon for the U S Senate nomination with Calder at 125,948 to 117,995 in Greater New York and a 33 426 margin. Statewide totals favor Calder 71,104 to 96,575 outside Greater New York. Whitman leads progressively for governor as others lag, with McCombs and Conway leading in the Democrat race for U S Senate.
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William M. Calder
Robert Bacon
Calder
United States
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Greater
Bacon
Whitman
Urer Hauer
Sertuary Walweed Ser
Bennett
McCombs
Conway
Seabury
Strike Looms Over New York Street Railway Workers
Labor leaders warned of a general strike that could involve 700 000 workers. Rioting disrupted surface cars and elevated and subway lines as bottles and bricks were hurled at trains. Police reported arrests and injuries amid ongoing attacks on transit services.
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Street Railway
Decree Changes Mexico City Election Date and Assembly Time
A decree by General Carranza Changes the delegate election date to October 22 from October 15 The constitutional assembly will convene at Queetaro November 20 with the first formal session December 10 The law sets proportional representation at one deputy or senator per 70 000 population based on the 1910 census The ballot will not be secret.
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Mexico City
Carranza
Queetaro
Carpenters Rally U S Labor Stratagems At Fort Worth
At the International Carpenters and Joinery convention in Fort Worth resolutions criticize the U S government for hiring non union carpenters in the Panama canal zone and paying below union scales. They deplore labor conditions in Porto Rico and seek a 300 dollar contribution to aid union carpenters on the island. The resolutions were sent to committees. The New York insurgents admission contest continues before a special committee with a report due likely Monday.
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Fort Worth
Tex
International Carpenters and Joinery
United States
Panama Canal Zone
Porto Rico
New York
Brotherhood
Nile Flood Forces Call for Able Bodied Men
Severe floods in Aroa and along the Nile prompt Cairo authorities to enforce the 1887 decree allowing the government to requisition able bodied men for flood protection duties. The situation spreads from Cairo to London as waters rise.
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Nile
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London
Villa Threatens Carranza Line In Chihuahua Action
General Bell reports Villa forces attacked Chihuahua on Saturday and may cut the Carranza line to the border. Funston confirms the capture of key points and the escape of prisoners, with Trevino reportedly wounded. Field officers warn Carranza troops face a dangerous situation if the line is severed.
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New London
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Villa not captured Chihuahua denied by officials
Consul Garcia in El Paso reports an El Paso extra claiming Villa seized Chihuahua. He wires Consul Beltran that Jacinto Trevino, the Constitutionalist commander there, says no Villistas attack occurred.
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Jacinto Trevino
Trevino
Villistas
Bandits Escape in Boat After Florida Bank Raid
Four bandits who robbed Homestead Bank of 6000 dollars last Friday and left a posse dead on Saturday eluded pursuit as they fled toward Largo Key by boat. Sheriff Hardein reports continued chase in two motorboats while others head south by rail motor car. Governor Tramwell posts 1500 dollar rewards for each robber.
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Million Homeless In China Floods Reported
Nearly a million people in China are homeless after one of the worst floods in fifty years. Reports to the State Department today say an appeal for foreign aid will be made.
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Washington, D. C
China
State Department
Berlin Reports Half Million Losses in Somme Battle
The Overseas News Agency estimates British and French losses in the battle of the Somme at about 500000 men. After eleven weeks of hard fighting, Britain advanced while French and Belgian territories fell to German control totaling about 50000 square kilometres. Conservative figures put British deaths at 350000 by Sept 15, with French losses raising the total near half a million.
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Sayville
Somme
Overseas
Americans Not Thrifty at St Louis Convention
J Lieneberger Davis of the St Louis Union Trust Company told a convention of the National Association of Life Underwriters that the United States ranks last in thrift with only 99 savings accounts per 1000 people. He contrasted this with higher figures in Australia, England, Germany, France, Belgium, Switzerland and Japan, noting Germany’s deposits are nearly equal to the U S despite a smaller population.
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Fur Sale Opens in St Louis Sets World Market Lead
More than 250 fur buyers from around the world converge on St. Louis for a $2,000,000 five day fur sale. Nearly 2,000,000 skins to be offered with a large Saturday lot of 1,666,265 Australian opossum muskrat and skunk pelts. Silver fox pelts bring high prices and last March a pair sold for 2650 dollars.
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United States
London
Postmaster Race Draws Twenty One Applicants in Elgin
Congressman Buchanan visits Elgin to interview all applicants for the postmaster position. Twenty one candidates, including one woman, seek the role in the district.
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Congressman Buchanan
Elgin
Tex
Buchanan
Ten Deaths From Epidemic Report In New York
New York health bulletin shows eighteen new infantile paralysis cases in the last 24 hours ending 10 a m today a decline of seventeen from yesterday with ten deaths matching yesterday's toll. The Department of Health updates the ongoing epidemic figures for the region.
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Department of Health
Men’s Fall Hat Day Promotes New Felt Styles
September 23 designated as Men’s Fall Hat Day with a push to discard burnt straw hats. Leading men’s stores will feature special displays of new felt styles next Saturday, urging early selection.
Greece Demands Return of Kavala Prisoners From Germany
Greek government reportedly sent an ultimatum to Germany and Bulgaria demanding the immediate return of soldiers captured at Kavala, with a Wednesday night deadline. Reports differ over how many were transported to Germany versus Saloniki or Thasos, stirring pro allied and bitter reactions in Athens.
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Greece seeks Greek troop release from Kavala in ultimatum to Berlin
A Greek government note to Germany demands the removal of Greek troops from Kavala and their release. A dispatch from Athens reports a conference between Premier Kalogeropoulos and the foreign minister with King Constantine leaning toward departing from neutrality to ease Entente distrust of the new cabinet.
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Entente
Allies Have Not Recognized New Premier In Greece
Athens dispatches say German Austrian Bulgarian and Turkish ministers met the new foreign minister while Entente diplomats await instructions and avoid relations. Eastern front battles continue as German and Ottoman forces push in Dobrudja and Galicia as Russians and Romanians resist in the Carpathians and Transylvania. Turks hold positions after 48 hour clash in Galicia and Serbians press west toward Florina as Sofia disputes claims of success. Somme quiet with reports of a German attack near Hill 76.
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