Alabama approves educational amendment by large majority
In Alabama the general election returns show the educational amendment endorsed by about 15 000 votes with late totals raising the statewide majority to around 15 950. Feagin announces adoption as counties ready to levy up to three mills for public schools after a second ratification election.
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Montgomery
Ala
Aoe
Fortynine
William F. Feagin
State Pee of Education
Alabama
Education amendment tally shows Alabama counties vote split
Lawrence county led against the amendment with a 1,000 majority while Blount and Cullman counties voted heavily against. Jefferson and Mobile counties supported the measure with large majorities and Montgomery and others favored it, totaling a statewide majority of 15,000 per Superintendent Feagin.
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Education Department
Lawrence County
Blount
John F. Kelton
Cullman County
Jefferson County
Mentgomery County
Mobile County
Feagin
Four Alabama Amendments Remain Doubtful After Early Returns
Returns from Montgomery through yesterday suggested all amendments were adopted except possibly the biennial legislative sessions amendment. No official count was kept as returns were incomplete. Voters favored the Montgomery salary amendment and the savings depositors’ parity amendment when a bank fails, while the Selma school amendment showed little movement.
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Montgomery
Ala
Selma
Embargo Debate Opens on Car Movements in Rail Freight
Louisville November 8 Representatives from industrial plants and public services testified as the Interstate Commerce Commission opened a formal inquiry into how freight cars are exchanged and returned by railroads nationwide. D F Hurd of the Cleveland chamber warned many plants would halt operations unless embargoes on cars moving to foreign lines are lifted by Southern coal roads. The embargo stems from Northern and Eastern lines’ refusal to return empty cars, say Southern officials.
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Louisville
Interstate Commerce
D. F. Hurd
Chamber of Commerce of
Cleveland
Northwest
Victory Speech Echoes for Children’s Generations
A speaker extols a splendid victory achieved for the children of this and future generations, framing the win as a lasting gift to youth and a milestone for ongoing progress. No additional details are provided in the fragment.
Bandits Close On Ojinaga Prompting Exodus From Presidio
A report says 150 bandits claiming Villa followers are at la Mula Pass south of Ojinaga, prompting Mexican families to flee to Presidio. Carranza garrison readies defenses as officers move families across the border in anticipation of fighting.
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Presidio
Tex
Francisco Villa
la Mula Pass
Ouinaga
Chihuahua
Ojinaga
Carranza
Additional Mexican Troops Join Villa Pursuit in Chihuahua
General Obregon ordered another division from Coahuila to reinforce the northward advance against Villa bandits in Chihuahua. Reports from Torreon say conditions are quiet as a foreign observer confirms Dr. Fisher's execution and Villa troop activity near Parral. Carranza denies Chihuahua City evacuation reports.
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Villa
Santa Rosalia
Fisher
Carranza
la General
Parral
Trevino
Chihuahua City
American cattle thief Albert Harold freed after Juarez arrest
Albert Harold, the American arrested near Guadalupe, southeast of Juarez, on cattle theft charges and sentenced to be shot, has been liberated by Mexican military authorities. He is reported on his way to the border. Eleven cowboys arrested with him were released in Juarez. Harold had been a Villa officer at one time.
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EL Paso
Tex
Albert Harold
Guadalupe
Juarez
Chihuahua City
Harold
Villa
Villa bandits clash with Carranza troops near Dorado
Unconfirmed reports of fighting between Villa bandits and reorganized Carranza troops at Dorado Chi huahua between Parral and Jimenez on Friday and Saturday have been received by U S government agents and Carranza officials.
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EL Paso
Tex
Villa
Carranza
Dorado
Chihuahua
Parral
Jimenez
United States
Stocks Open Strong as New Records Spark Trading Surge
In New York on election day the stock market showed a broad active tone with some new high records. Advances ran 1 to 2 points as Steel opened with 20 000 shares and later dipped. overall turnover and attendance were the largest in months with West and Southwest buying driving momentum. Declines of 1 to 3 points appeared then a further rise reduced losses, estimated around 300 000 shares.
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New York
Steel
Commission
Cordona fails to find Villa bands after three-day hunt
Cordona commanding 800 cavalry returned to Sauza station north of Chihuahua City after a three day search for Villa forces with no sightings. A Villa deserter noted bands were deserting as quickly as they were pressed. Trevino anticipated rapid development of the campaign after news of Marquia joining Arrieta and Maycotte at Escalon.
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Cordona
Villa
Chihuahua City
Sauza
Marquia
Arrieta
Maycotte
Escalon
Trevino
Three Named About Trial For Juror Bribe Charge
Oliver W. Bourke Albert C. Frost and Burt D. Wing faced trial before Judge Geiger in Chicago for conspiring to bribe juror Bourke from the Alaska land fraud case of 1913. Frost and Wing were linked to the same conspiracy and fraud effort.
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Chicago
Oliver W. Rourke
Albert C. Frost
Burt D. Wing
Geiger
United States District Court
Alaska
K. M. Landis
Bourke
Frost
Government of Land
Wing
Statewide Prohibition Defeated in Missouri Vote
Amid heavy urban turnout in St. Louis and Kansas City the statewide prohibition measure failed more than three to one. Missouri totals show 173 785 against against a 49 56 for, with St Louis city voting 140 900 against and 13 272 for.
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ST. Louis
Missouri
Kansas City
Clothing from fatal shooting shown in Trabue case
The trial of Charles C. Trabue featured the blood stained clothing of Harry S. Stokes and of Trabue as exhibits. Defense counsel wore Stokes coat for demonstration while undertaker W. G. Jones described torn areas and blood marks. Officers showed the garments in court along with testimonies from T. T. Gurley and detective George Carter.
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Nashville
Tenn
Harry
Stokes
Charles C. Trabue
Trabue
W. G. Jones
Stoken
Criminal Court
T. T. Gurley
George Carter
Joe Chatman Held on Perjury Charge
Joe Chatman was bound over to the city court from the inferior criminal court on perjury charges after testimony showed he lied about his whereabouts in New Orleans during a gaming case. He remained jailed in default of a $300 bond. other docket items included vagrancy and gaming cases with small fines.
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Joe Chatman
Inferior Criminal Court
Chatman
New Orleans
Arthur
Marechau
Viola Alexander
James Taylor
Frank Hunter
Squire Harris
New Members Joined Cawthon Orchestra
Miss Helen Buhlert joins as first violinist for the Cawthon hotel orchestra after leading Buhlert's in Cleveland Ohio. Miss Ann McConnell of Cleveland enlarges the lineup adding cello drums and traps to the ensemble.
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Cawthon
Helen Buhlert
Buhlert
Cleveland
Ohio
Cawthon Hotel
Ann McConnell
Russians Drive Mackensen Back in the Dobrudja
Russian forces pressed their Dobrudja offensive driving back Austro German detachments under Field Marshal Mackensen and advanced southward, the Russian war office announced from Petrograd.
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Mackensen
Dobrudja
Russian Forces Repulsed In Transylvania Front Actions
Berlin reports Russian troops invading Hungary on the northern Transylvania front were repulsed yesterday in the Georgiy mountains. Romanian forces near Rothen Thurm pass repelled advances. Austro German troops captured hill positions. In Dobrudja Mackensen’s army advanced but then retired.
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Berlin
Sayville
Hungary
Transylvania
Georgiy Mountains
War Office
Rumania
Rothen Thurm
Dobrudja
Cova von Mackensen
German Attack on Somme Repulsed at Sailly Saillisel
Paris dispatch reports a German assault on Sailly Saillisel on the Somme front last night was repulsed after a brief hand to hand clash. Intense artillery activity occurred through the night.
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Somme
Paris
Sailly Saillisel
War Office
German Front Halted by Artillery on Somme
German artillery yesterday defeated several Allied attempts to advance on the Somme front and the war office announced the pause in Allied pressure on French and British lines.
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Berlin
Sayville
Somme
War Office
Mobile Newsroom Buzz as Election Returns Pour In
Mobile residents stay glued to election coverage as The Item reports nonstop phone requests and visitor inquiries. Journalists field AP bulletins and Florida Alabama Mississippi calls while voters crunch estimates and betting on early results grows uncertain.
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Mobile
Item Office
Associated Press
Florida
Alabama
Mississippi
New Hampshire
Oregon Appears Definite Hughes Victory in State
Returns covering about 93 percent of Oregon’s vote show Hughes leading by 6 272 votes with Hughes 105 898 and Wilson 99 626. All Republican state office nominees were elected and the three Republican representatives were reelected.
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Portland
Ore
Oregon
Hughes
Wilson
Cotton growers urged to save all good seed
The U S department of agriculture urges cotton growers to save their best seed for next spring to cover planting needs and potential replanting. It advises pricing quality seed appropriately, avoiding contamination, and delaying ginning for high quality seed to ensure purity.
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Washington, D. C
South
United States Department of Agriculture
Houto
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Greene
Hale
Lowndes
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Petrograd
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Gluck
Zimbalist
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