New York Throng Fills Streets for Equal Suffrage Parade
About half a million people gathered as 33 000 men and women marched with banners and bands in the suffrage parade through New York streets.
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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1915
Page
7
Facts and Features of the Greatest Suffrage Parade Ever Recorded
A historic march drew 25 000 women and 8 060 men along a three mile Fifth Avenue route. Representatives from all states and 26 foreign countries joined in four hours and thirty minutes of marching with thirty bands and banners worth 3000 dollars. Notable banners urged voting rights and gender equality as men chanted support for woman suffrage on the next election day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fifth Avenue
New York Suffrage Parade Draws 500000 Spectators
A four and a half hour massive suffrage rally through Manhattan drew 25 000 women and 8 000 men in 33 000 marchers on Fifth Avenue with 30 bands. Dr Anna Howard Shaw led on foot. a rainbow of banners and a human flag highlighted the event and 3 000 banners carried the message for votes for women ahead of the November 2 election.
Border towns face renewed missile danger amid Villa Carranza moves
Washington reports massing Villa and Carranza troops along the border threatening American towns. Officials fear a major battle near Agua Prieta and Naco with guns and cannons capable of striking across the line. Rail and mining activity have halted as Villa advances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Villa
Carranza
Calles
Agua Prieta
Douglas
Ariz
War Department
Villista
Arizona
Naco
State Department
Sonora
Urvalejo
Cananea
Carranzista
Scott
Bavispe
Carranza Forces Granted Corridor Through Texas for Troop Movement
An authoritative source says the United States allows the Carranza government to move 4000 to 5000 troops via Texas. Armored trains will run from Laredo and Eagle Pass to Agua Prieta carrying arms and baggage, bringing Mexican troops within about 100 miles of the border. Only one previous foreign troop transit had been permitted in this manner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carranza
Texas
Houston
United States
Laredo
Eagle Pass
Agua Priesta
Mexico
Agua Prieta
el Paso
Arizona
Voorhees Millionaire Shot Dead in Hyde Park
Chicago report says Frank R. Voorhees head of the Voorhees brokerage firm was shot in front of his Hyde Park mansion by supposed hold up men. A diamond stud he wore was missing. He died an hour later at Mercy Hospital without regaining consciousness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Frank R. Voorhees
Hyde Park
Voorhese
Mercy Hospital
President and Mrs Wilson Tour Emmitsburg Visit
President Wilson and Mrs Norman Galt visited Emmitsburg Maryland in a sunny sociable day. They stained in Maryland made foods from the state including chicken Maryland pie and Maryland apple pie. Sterling Galt hosted a private luncheon with Miss Margaret Wilson and Aunt Harriet Motter present. The party returned to Washington at 3 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Emmitsburg
President Wilson
Norman Galt
Sterling Galt
Maryland
Harper’s Ferry
Margaret Wilson
White House
Mrs. Galt
Maryland Hills
Frederick
Ford Day at Fair Promises Close Contests
Ford Day at the Gulf Coast Fair, set for Friday October 29, features L. G. Adams as local car dealer hosting a contest for participants. Prizes include Kant Slip Kelly-Springfield tires for best records, E. W. shock absorbers, and a Kiaxonet horn, judging by age, mirage run, upkeep cost, appearance, and condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gulf Coast Fair Association
L. G. Adams
Adams
E. W
Every Little Movement in Beth Steel With Big Fortunes Made
Wall Street brokers watched Bethlehem Steel stock swing as fortunes shifted. Samuel Untermeyer gained 616000 on 80000 shares of common while Charles Schwab’s stake rose 684000 with 38000 preferred shares up 8 points. Two small investors earned nearly 1.5 million each: G D Daetz rose from 11230000 to 12600000 on 21000 shares and Ernest F Heinken added 31400000 more on 20000 shares.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Wall Street
Bethlehem Steel
Beth Steel
Samuel Untermeyer
Stock Exchange
Hig
Charles M. Schwab
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Beth
G. D. Daetz
Jersey City
Bethlehem Common
Ernest F. Heinken
State harbor board appointments slated for Monday
Governor Henderson will announce the ten members of the state harbor commission on Monday after delaying the decision. Rumored selections include Dr. A G Ward, Paul Danner, Thomas J O Connor, N B A M C Forcheimer, R V Taylor, George Gordon Crawford, and Frank Blair, with terms varying in length and no single interest dominating the board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Henderson
State Harbor Commission
Mobile
A. G. Ward
The
Revenue and Road Commission
Paul Danner
Mobile Coal Company
Thomas J. O'Connor
Bank of Mobile
M. C
Taylor
Mr. Danner
Forcheimer
O'Connor
Messrs. Crawford and
Blair
Conrey
Perdido Forms Gulf Coast Produce Exchange Branch
At Perdido in Baldwin County a Gulf Coast Produce Exchange meeting elected officers J. R. Vickers as president J. D. Long as vice president Dr J. M. Reed as secretary and Sim J. Thompson as director. The group planned to secure a large acreage of truck crops and outlined its purpose and methods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atmore
Ala
Gulf Coast Produce Exchange
Perdido
Baldwin County
W. ©. Bromley
J. R. Vickers
J. D. Long
Town Marshal Killed in Arcadia Over Fifty Cents
Arcadia Louisiana Oct 23 F Howell town marshal shot and killed at 1 pm by farmer F C McGarrity who is in custody They quarreled over fifty cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisiana
Arcadia
F. Howell
F. C. McGarrity
Posse surrounds Burke McClure after killings in West Virginia
In Huntington West Virginia a posse surrounded Burke McClure a 44 year old Man Logan County merchant accused of fatally shooting his wife Josephine McClure 26 and her cousin Gertrude Johnson 30 and wounding two others. The incident occurred as authorities pursued the suspect after a deadly attack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington
W. Va
Burke McClure
Man
Logan County
Josephine McClure
Gertrude Johnson
Christian
Four New Members Named to County Boards of Equalization
The Alabama state board of equalization announced four new county board members A D Thompson for Colbert county Geo W Morgen for Shelby county C J Hines for Conecuh county and Charles P Johnson for Perry county The appointments leave two more to be filled Lauderdale and Franklin counties Also named were J J Harrison of Tuscaloosa and S S Darden of Northport as Tuscaloosa county jury commission members and A G Tuck of Eutaw as Greene county registrar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
State Board of Equalization
County Boards of Equalization
A. D. Thompson
Sheffield
Colbert County
Geo. W. Morgen
Montevallo
Shelby County
C. J. Hines
Belleville
Conecuh
Charles P. Johnson
Uniontown
Ways to Destroy Weevil Enumerated by Wade
Montgomery Alabama October 23 Special Commissioner of Agriculture J A Wade issues remedies for boll weevil extermination. He urges destruction of cotton stalks after harvest and sowing of cover crops such as winter oats or rye on cultivatable lands. He also calls for burning hedges ditch banks stumps dead trees and fence corners in midwinter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
J. A. Wade
Wade
Villa reported headed for the United States wife in Los Angeles
Reports that General Villa was headed for the United States gained weight as his wife and their three month old baby were located in Los Angeles. She denied knowledge of claims that Villa has amassed hundreds of thousands of dollars for an easy life away from Mexico. In separate news, a Sofia court martial sentenced Stambulinsk the Bulgarian anti-military leader to life imprisonment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Gal
Villa
United States
Mexico
London
Sofia
Stambulinsk
Amsterdam
Forming American Overseas Trust Co
Formation of the American Overseas Corporation was discussed at a Commerce Department conference with Redfield. Vrooman Max May of Guaranty Trust and other financiers attended, pledging backing and government cooperation to forward American products to neutral countries using subsidiary agencies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
American Overseas Corporation
Commerce
Redfield
Vroomab
Max May
Guaranty Trust Company of
New York
Commerce Department
Wedding Day Disappearance Solved by Death of Groom
Harvey J. Herman adopted son of George M. Griswold disappeared from New Haven on his wedding day. His body was found in a Philadelphia Hotel Jamison room as J. H. Husted of Trenton New Jersey. Cards bore the name Harvey Herman Jr. No motive was found. foster parents and fiancee Miss Edith Todd were informed by Philadelphia police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
New Haven
Conn
Harvey J. Herman
George M. Griswold
Jamison
Ile
J. H. Husted
Trenton
N. J
Harvey Herman, Jr
Edith T. A. Todd
Waterbury
German Civilians in France Suffer Internment Abuse
Berlin reports via Sayville wireless that the Koebenhaus newspaper says German and Austrian civilians held in France have endured a year and a half of mistreatment, with artists writers and young women treated worse than criminals and justice deemed senseless.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Sayville Wireless
France
Koebenhaus
Dutch Join Effort To Prevent Cavell Executions In Britain
London reports that the Dutch representative at Brussels joined American and Spanish ministers to protest German executions like Edith Cavell’s. Volunteers flocked to English recruiting offices amid calls for a national service and memorials. A plan to recover Cavell’s body and honor her legacy generates ongoing sympathy and fundraising in London newspapers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Edith Cavell
Brussels
Hague
Miss Cavell
Whitlock
Cavell
St. Paul's Cathedral
Asquith
British Isles
England
Chuch
St. Paul's
Westminster Abbey
Wainwright
Germans Press Serbia on multiple fronts as others stall
Paris reports German forces making gains in Serbia while Austrian lines collapse in Galicia. Allied powers bombarded the Bulgarian coast and push toward Saloniki as Roumania contemplates joining the Entente. Russia, Greece, and Romania move to shift the balance amid a 660 mile eastern front.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Germany
Serbia
von Gallwitz
von Koevesiy
von Hindenburg
Riga
Galicia
Belgrade
Gemendria
Dvina
Russia
Saloniki
Adriatic
Federal Council
Roumania
Greece
Cape Dame Ness
Gulf of Riga
Baranovichi
Petrograd
Ivanoff
Satoniki
aloniki-Nish
Ak Im
Bulgarian Black Sea
Dedenghateh
Dedeaghateh
Nish
Kraljevo
Scheldt
Rome
Three Killed Five Injured In Gin Explosion At Lovelady
In Lovelady Texas a cotton gin was demolished by a boiler explosion late today. Three people Clem Nelson Herman Tilles Amos Arnold were killed. Five injured include Frank Hutchins Tyler Cox Richard Crouch Cox's son Willard Willis and others. Fire followed but was extinguished. Windows in nearby homes were shattered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Texas
Lovelady
Clem Nelson
Herman Tilles
Amos Arnold
Frank Hutchins
Tyler Cox
Richard Crouch
Cox
Willard Willis
Weather Forecast for Gulf States
Washington weather bulletin forecasts fair Sunday and Monday for Alabama Mississippi and Louisiana with sunny conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Alabama
Mississippi
Louisiana
Lost items and rewards in local notices
Lost gold medal with name Miss Alice Bressingham from St Vincent's school gal vation class. Reward for return. Officer Bressingham Police Station 1. Lost Wednesday ban os watch pin. Strayed or stolen black hound dog with collar. Reward offered. G Wilkins Royal Mobile Alabama. Other classified ads on paper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Bressingham
St. Vincent's School
Bressingham
G. Wilkins
Royal Mobile
Ala
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American Woman Suffrage Association
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Jim Nugent
Jersey
Charlotte Woodward Pierce
Seneca Falls
Pennsylvania
Will Irwin
George Middleton
William M. Mackay
Allen McCurdy
Samuel Merwin
William Rose Benet
Wrytter Binner
Sinclair Lewis
Charles Morris
Elizabeth B. Grannis
National Purity League
Victoria
Winston, Churchill
Everett Colby
Emprores
Catherine Bement Davis
Commissioner of Correction
York
Liberal Arts
Eee Ag
F. R. Voorhees
Wilson
Emmitsburg, Md
Ford
State Harbor Body
COAST
Produce Exchange
W. C. Bromley
American Overseas Trust CO
ED. L. Keen
Teutonic
Armeis
Balkan
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