Roosevelt Defends Action Before Large Kansas Audiences
Ex president Theodore Roosevelt, amid sharp clashes with Governor Woodrow Wilson, lambasted Wilson over his attacks on the progressive platform. Roosevelt, addressing two big Topeka crowds, argued that trusts were not properly controlled and accused Wilson of misstatements while defending his anti trust stance and enforcement record. He also attacked Wilson’s critique of the platform and praised his own trust policy.
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Topeka
Kan
Woodrow Wilson
Middle West
Roosevelt
Democratic Canidate
Ananias Club
Wilson
Progressive Party
Detroit
Colorado
Commission
Archbold
Standard Oil Company
Abyssinia
Standard Oil Company Trust
Supreme Court
Columbus
Trainmen Get Increase In Midland Valley Settlement
In Muskogee Oklahoma on September 21 1914 President EB G Ingersoll signed an agreement ending a potential strike by 500 trainmen across four operating crafts. The deal grants a ten percent wage increase with five percent effective immediately and five percent after one year plus improved working conditions.
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Muskogee
Okla
Midland Valley Railhroad
EB. G. Ingersoll
American Mine Superintendent Fights Mexican Strikers in Durango
J D Underwood superintendent of the Tominil Mining Co in Durango recounts nearly a month under threat from Mexican workers demanding higher wages. He and companions defended themselves with rifles and dynamite, seeking aid from American and British authorities, and later faced delayed U S. relief until Mexican officials intervened.
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J. B. Underwood
Ed L. Shera
Tomini, Mining Company
Durango
Mexico
Tominil Mining Company
San Antonio
Republic
State Department
Mr. Underwood
United States
Texas
Underwood
Colquitt
Wilson
Mexico City
Madero
Sinaloa
Judge Dwyer resigns to join firm with C M Chambers
Judge Edward Dwyer of the thirty seventh district court announced his resignation to take effect October 1. He will partner with criminal attorney C M Chambers, who helped bring Rangers to curb gambling and Sunday law violations. Anderson will be appointed to fill the term’s remainder.
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Edward Dwyer
Thirty-seventh District Court
O. B. Colquitt
Co. M. Chambers
William 8. Anderson
Dwyer
Mr. Chambers
Clint G. Brown
Lanham
S. W. T. Lanham
Colquitt
Mr. Anderson
Anderson
Criminal Court
J. C. Baker
Chambers
Bexar County
T. M. Campbell
Rangers
Callaghan
J. F. Carl
Wilson Marshall Club call issued to Democrats in San Antonio
A call issued to all Democrats of San Antonio and Bexar County to meet and form a Wilson Marshall Club for promoting the November campaign. The meeting is set for Tuesday at 4 30 PM in Marshall Hicks's offices, signed by a long list of local party figures including W P Lobban J O Kercheville Nelson Lytle and Judge W S Fly.
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San Antonio
Bexar County
Wilson-Marshall Club
Marshall Hicks
W. P. Lobban
J. O. Kercheville
Nelson Lytle
W. S. Fly
J. H. Haile
W. J. Spillman
A. A
Texans Wed in Alamo Aligned With Lone Star Legend
Dr. R. R. Davis and Miss Flossie Skelton traveled from Oklahoma to San Antonio to marry in the Alamo chapel. The ceremony with Rev. R. Y. Barber united the Victoria physician and the Inez native in the "cradle of Texas liberty" with Mrs. Eager as a witness. The couple plans a San Antonio honeymoon and long residence in Victoria.
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Crockett
Bowie
Texas
Liberty
R. R. Davis
Flossie Skelton
Oklahoma
San Antonio
Alamo
R. Y. Barber
St. John's Episcopal Church
Dr. Davis
Victoria
Marlow
Okla
Davis
Inez
Tex
Beachy defies death with mile-high plunge at Grant Park
Lincoln Beachy soared 4000 feet into storm clouds above Grant Park then dove toward the ground in a near mile drop, landing safely near the grandstand. J Ramon Montero in a Bleriot set a 40 minute flight record. eleven aviators participated in the program.
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Chicago
Lincoln Beachy
Grant Park
Beachy
J. Ramon Montero
State Not Liable For Jury Fees In State Suits
The Texas attorney general's department ruled that the state is not liable to pay jury fees in cases brought by the state when pursuing such suits against contractors for alleged eight hour law violations. Assistant District Attorney Murphy had asked where the jury fee would come from for these state cases.
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Austin
Tex
Attorney General's Department
Crawford
Starling
Charles Murphy
Houston
Murphy
Weather Outlook for East and West Texas
East Texas fair Sunday with showers on the east coast Sunday night, Monday turning fair. West Texas forecast for Sunday and Monday: fair conditions.
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Washington
East Texas
West Texas
Weather summaries for tourist readers across major cities
Observations at 8 p m report temperatures and conditions for St Louis Chicago Milwaukee St Paul Kansas City New York Boston and Washington. Wind directions vary from south southwest to northeast with expectations of Sunday fair or rain and high and low temperatures noted for yesterday.
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ST. Louis
Chicago
Milwaukee
ST. Paul
Kansas City
New York
Boston
Washington
San Antonio Light Is Sole Carrier Of AP Wire
The statement claiming any other newspaper carries AP wire into San Antonio is unfounded and lacks factual basis. The San Antonio Light is the only paper carrying the AP wire in this area.
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Associated Press
San Antonio
Basta
Critics blast prenuptial agreement in Pasadena wedding
Leading clubwomen condemn the prenuptial agreement of Carleton D. Washbourne and Miss Helriz Chandler, saying the Pasadena ceremony was not a wedding. They denounce the clause that neither would be responsible for children and share household costs as potentially inequitable.
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Carleton D. Washbourne
Helriz Chandler
Pasadena
Cal
Cornelia D. Bey
Paris Spends Large Sums On Foreign Monarchs
Paris officials report that over two years the city spent more than $900,000 on royal visits and monarchs. Foreign monarch stays totaled $748,000 with figures for Czar of Russia and other kings, plus costs for napkins and towels, floral decor, and presidential visits abroad totaling $186,000.
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Paris
France
Czar
Russia
King
Italy
Spain
Portugal
Denmark
Norway
Sweden
Madrid
London
Rome
Wilson Addresses Two Ante Smith Meetings in New Jersey
Fatigued yet vigorous Governor Wilson concluded a 3000 mile, seven day tour delivering 25 speeches and addressing about 100000 people. He accepted invitations to oppose James Smith Jr. for U.S. Senate and spoke at Jersey City High School to 3000, then at St Marys Hall Hoboken to a large audience.
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Sea Girt
N. J
Wilson
James Smith Jr
United States
New Jersey
Jersey City
Hoboken
St. Mary's Hall
Former President Says He Will Return If People Demand
A former president declares he would come back into politics if the public requests his return, signaling a possible attempt to boost support by appealing to popular demand. The statement frames a potential comeback contingent on popular pressure.
Diaz would return if Mexican people demand, letter shows
Secret petition in Mexico City circulates promising Porfirio Diaz will come back to aid in restoring order if the people insist. Teofilo Garcia has a letter from Diaz at Biarritz stating he will respond to such a demand, fueling pro Diaz demonstrations and政府 concerns over action.
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Mexico City
Porfirio Diaz
Mexico
Guadalajara
Puebla
Oaxaca
San Luis Potosi
Guanajuato
Monterey
Teofilo Garcia
Diaz
Biarritz
France
Vera Cruz
Garcia
Demand for Nichols release shocks Tampico
In Mexico City on September 21 American Ambassador Henry Lane Wilson announced a direct demand to Tamaulipas Governor Mattias Groda for W. C. Nichols release from Tampico jail. Wilson said Washington would use any means, up to landing Marines, to secure Nichols release after a Mexican confessed to killing Vasquez Ceballos, a bandit. Nichols, a Tampico fruit grower, has been jailed six months in a vermin-infested cell with no trial amid the confession of another man.
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Mexico City
Henry Lane Wilson
Mexico
Mattias Groda
Tamaulipas
Tampico
W. C. Nichols
Washington
Nichols
Des Moines
Tampico Harbor
Vasquez Ceballos
Ceballos
Rebels Move Toward Juarez Amid Orozco Mystery
Border patrols along the Chihuahua eastern border report rebels advancing toward Juarez near Bosque Bonita opposite Sierra Blanca. Reports place Orozco and about nine hundred rebels moving toward Eagle Pass while Juarez remains unsettled and Huerta forces maneuver in the region.
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EL Paso
Tex
Chihuahua
E. Z. Steever
Bosque Bonita
Sierra Blanca
Juarez
Pascual Orozco
Orozco
Eagle Paso
Texas
Ojinaga
Douglas
Ariz
Sonora
Victoriano Huerta Anderal Joaquin Tellez
Hera
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Kansas Capital
Tominis
J.D. Underwood
UCR
Algno
C. M. Chambers
W. S. Anderson
Sweetheart
W. Washbourne
Nichol
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