Seattle Sexes the State in Wilson Campaign Drive
Seattle becomes the political storm center as all camps launch final drives. Bets and rhetoric fill the streets as Woodrow Wilson supporters rally, with Brown & Hulen posting a $7500 Hughes bet and locals predicting Seattle will deliver a big Wilson vote while the state leans Hughes.
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Madame
Seattle
Wilson
Woodrow Wigon
Madison
Pike Streets
Metropolitan
Metropol
Tan
Joo
Lister
McBride
H. W. Patton
Hoquiam Washingtonian
Hughes
Brown & Hulen's
Brown & Hulen
New York
Sestile National Bank
Miles Poindexter
Roosevelt
Taft Roosevelt
Frances Axtell
Lynn Hadley
Shattie
Kitsap
George Cotterill
John F Miller
Cotter
Wives of Candidates for Governor Speak on Victory
Mrs. Ernest Lister and Mrs. Henry McBride, wives of the gubernatorial hopefuls, express confidence their husbands will win the November election. Both praise their spouses’ records, deny scandal, and cite honesty, while McBride’s wife criticizes liquor measures and supports the candidate’s campaign.
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Ernest Lister
Henry McBride
Frye
Mra. Lister
Lister
Governor's Mission
Queen Anne Hill
Governor
McBride
M-Bride
Mr. McBride
Wilson Wins Big Welcome in New York Campaign Swing
President Wilson received an unprecedented throng on a New York visit as crowds surged into Madison Square Garden and Cooper Union. A 30 minute ovation greeted him while police struggled to hold back the swelling mass. He spoke on progress and the needs of ordinary citizens during four events, with Mrs Wilson shopping for a gown beforehand.
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Robert J. Bender
New York
Wilson
Shadow Lawn
Madison Square Garden
Cooper Union
United States
Arrests Drop In 1916 Police Chief Reports
Statistics presented to Mayor Gill by Chief Beckingham show 11 000 arrests in ten months of 1916 down from 15 864 in the same period of 1915. Felonies are down about one third, yet police court fines for 1916 rise, with October fines at 8 778 versus 1 527 70 in 1915. Officers are ordered to arrest anyone under liquor influence and bring them to court.
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Gill
Beckingham
Train Wreck Near Rock Island Kills Fireman
The southwest limited fast Milwaukee train westbound wrecked at Moline after striking an open switch. Fireman Lac Miller of Chicago died from scalding as the engine baggage car and two coaches left the track and piled in a tangle.
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Rock Island
Ill
Moline
Lac Miller
Chicago
Educator condemns public schools and urges reform
John M. Francis, Columbus Ohio, superintendent, denounced the nation’s public school system at the Colorado State Teachers Association meeting in Denver. He urged abolishing the grade system, dividing schools by subject, and eliminating the three Rs as the core of modern education.
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Denver
John M. Francis
Columbus
Colorado
Colorado State Teachers’ Association
Francia
Francis
Shackleton Plans Polar Rescue Voyage From San Francisco
Captain Ernest Shackleton arrives in New Orleans en route to San Francisco to sail for Wellington and Dunedin with the Aurora to attempt a rescue of ten companions marooned in the Ross Sea. He aims to reach them by January and then return to England to enlist in the British army if war continues.
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United States Fruit Co
Paniamina
Shackleton
San Francisco
Wellington
N. Z
Dunedin
Aurora
Antarctic
Ross Sea
Sir Ernest
England
Rews
Dry law reduces state prisoners
W Cochran of the state board of control told state university students that the dry law cut prisoners by 99 at the state reformatory during the months in 1916 versus the same period in 1915. He attributed the drop to enforcement of prohibition.
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Abe State Reformatory
Trata
W . Cochran
State Board of Control
State University
Democratic National Committee Supplemental Report Totals Revealed
The Democratic National Committee announces additional contributions through November 1 totaling 204,446.50, raising overall receipts to 1,910,729.50. Disbursements since the first report reach 219.51 percent, with Cleveland Dodge contributing 29,000 and pushing his total to 108,000.
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Washington
Democratic National Committee
Cleveland Dodge
Princeton
Aviator Carlstrom sets American nonstop flight record
Victor Carlstrom completed a Chicago to New York nonstop flight in 2 hours 20 minutes covering 315 miles to Governor's Island. The total journey about 975 miles took 8 hours 37 minutes, with an average speed above 110 mph for the leg and 137 mph on the final stretch.
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Carlstrom
Governor's Island
Chicago
Hammondsport
N. Y
Aero Club of America
Erie
New
Chelm
Poland
Calstrom
Wood
Fastern Department
Army
Long Branch
Thompson
Wilson
Henry Woodhouse
Aero Club Board of Governors
New York Times
Washington
Baltimore
New York
Simms to Cover Canadian Front for Star Readers
New York reports William Philip Simms Paria bureau manager of United Press will depart for the Canadian war front next Tuesday. He is the sole newspaper man to receive credentials for access to the lines held by Canadian troops. Simms will send exclusive stories to United Press papers.
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New York
Wiliam Philip Simms
Paria
United Press
Simmen
Dominion
Simms
United Press London
United Press Service
Autograph joy ride ends in trio deaths in Midwest
Three killed and one injured in an early morning automobile crash during a joy ride in Minneapolis. Victims identified as Mabel Segstad 22 and Ida Segstad 18 of Minneapolis along with Fred Brandt 26 of St Paul. Passenger E. C. Nelson 24 of St Paul was hurt.
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Minneapolis
Mabel Segstad
Ida Segstad
Fred Brandt
St. Paul
E. C. Nelson
Enmity noted between Howell and Tanner over non partisan bill
The text accuses Secretary of State Howell and Attorney General Tanner of obstructing popular legislation by delaying a referendums bill, misprinting ballot titles, and distributing pamphlets with pro arguments at state expense while preventing opposing views. It urges voters to back Tadlock and McLean in opposition.
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Howell
Tanner
J. M. Tadlock
Henry Albers McLean
Record U S bank resources rise to new high
Washington reports show national bank resources reach 14 411 000 000 as of September 12, up 485 000 000 from June 30 and 2 144 000 000 above September 1915. Deposits shift with 218 000 000 fall in Chicago, 151 000 000 rise in branch cities, and 294 000 000 gain in country banks amid decentralization under the Federal Reserve Act.
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Washington
U. S
Comptroller of the Treasury
Chicago Central Reserve
Federal Reserve Act
T. R. Would Be Bride at Every Wedding Says Ole in Chicago
Ole Hanson of Seattle, a Progressive on the Wilson advisory committee, denounced Col. Roosevelt in Chicago saying if he wants war he should enlist in Canada and joked that Roosevelt would be the bride at every wedding and the corpse at every funeral. Hanson once ran for U S senator on the Washington Progressive ticket in 1914.
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T. R
Chicago
Col
Roosevelt
Canada
Ole Hanson
Seattle
Woodrow Wilson Advisory Committee
Illinois
Hanson
United States
Washington
Strong Luck Stranger Tale From School Yard Exchange
Two brief schoolyard vignettes show a boy barred from class after a skunk encounter and a companion's sly remark about luck. The exchange captures a moment of childish logic and humor in daily life.
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Skunk
Doctor Diagnoses Cases Over Phone With 500 Mile Span
Dr. Albert Abrams claims telediagnosis via telephone can diagnose patients 500 miles away. An electrode on a Los Angeles patient and another on a healthy man in San Francisco were used to tap reflexes and electric emanations to diagnose five cases.
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Albert Abrams
Los Angeles
Dr. Abrams
Abrams
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