Stock Market Faces Week of Doubt Amid Rail Strike Threat
The Associated Press reports a tense week for stocks as a rail strike threat looms and keeps rails in check. Strong notes for Mercantile Marine, Inspiration Copper, and Kelly Springfield. United States Steel leads the industrials with a record high.
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Associated Press
New York
Sept
Weekly Financial Review
Mercantile Marines
Inspiration Copper
Kelly- Springfield Tire
United States Steel
Bakers urge ten cent loaf as economy measure
Memphis Tenn September 2 Associated Press S F McDonald president of the National Association of Master Bakers urges housewives to adopt the ten cent loaf rather than the five cent unit. He cites a Salt Lake City bakers convention resolution to abandon the five cent loaf and argues the higher unit benefits the public amid rising flour and labor costs.
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Associated Press
Memphis
Tenn
S. F McDonald
National Association of Master Bakers
Salt Lake City
McDonald
United States
Red Cross Expands Roles for Soldiers Entertainment
Washington dispatch reports a new Red Cross order directs local units to meet troop trains carrying guardsmen returning from the Mexican border and provide refreshments and entertainment. The move shows Red Cross activities go beyond nursing to morale support for soldiers.
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Associated Press
Washington
Red Cross
Mrs Campbell Praises Chamberlains Tablets For Son
Mrs Thomas Campbell of Kirkville New York reports her nineteen year old son frequently stayed bilious until her husband brought Chamberlains Tablets home. She began giving them and he improved immediately, began to eat heartily and progressed well. Ad shows availability everywhere.
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Thomas Campbell
Kirkville
N.Y
Adv
New Dime Designs Sealed For September Circulation
Philadelphia mint reports orders for redesigned dimes arriving daily. The coins won’t circulate before mid September, with ten million dimes planned in four months. Obverse features a Greek figure, reverse shows Roman lictor implements. Next two weeks will start work on new 25 cent pieces and October begins the half dollar redesign. The quarter displays a woman at a gate and an eagle on the reverse. The fifty cent piece shows Liberty with olive branches and a spread eagle on the reverse.
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Associated Press
Philadelphia
Adam M. Joyce
Joyce
Liberty
No Mail Deliveries on National Holidays Planned
Postmaster J Blocker Thornton reports future mail delivery will stop on national holidays. Washington notice lists New Year s Day Washington s Birthday Memorial Day Independence Day Labor Day Christmas and other presidentially declared days with compensatory time for employees who work.
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J. Blocker Thornton
Washington
United States
Hughes Faults Democrats Over Extravagance at Capitol
Charles E. Hughes spoke at the capitol grounds amid a shower, saying protection means more than business safety but defense of national peace and American rights. He charged the administration with extravagance, citing a senator’s remark on saving $20,000,000 from rivers and harbors and criticizing Philippine policy as a scandalous retreat from the islands.
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Associated Press
Topeka
Kan
Charles E. Hughes
Capito Grounds
Hughes
The
Philippines
Woman Dies After Norfolk Auto Wreck
Near Norfolk, Mrs Vernon Dawson died en route to a hospital after a crash that left attorney Jesse M. Denning and Mrs E R Evans seriously injured. A small daughter and two others sustained minor injuries as the car veered from Ocean View road and wrecked in a ditch.
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Associated Press
Norfolk
Vernon Dawson
Jesse M. Denning
E.R. Evans
Mrs. Dawson
Denning
Mrs. Evans
Southern college heads urge more for Negroes
In Asheville North Carolina the Southern University race commission issued an open letter to Southern college men urging expanded education for African Americans as the sole solution to the race question. The letter cites a drop in lynching over the past twenty years and names Prof. E C Branson of Chapel Hill as the new chairman for the coming year.
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Associated Press
Asheville
N. C
Southern University Race Commission
Southern College
South
E. C. Branson
Chapel Hill, N
Democrats Hear Wilson At Shadow Lawn Ceremony
Democrats from across the country gather at Shadow Lawn in Long Branch New Jersey for President Wilson's formal notification of renomination. The event features cabinet members senators and representatives with a plan for a 4 p m address and a review of his administration. The crowd fills the grounds around the summer White House with flags bunting and a large seating area.
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Long Branch
N. J
Wilson
Shadow Lawn
White House
James
Kentucky
St. Louis
Democratic National Committee
Congress
Washington
Hodgenville
Union
Abraham Lincoln
New Jersey
United States
Church Proposes to Shorten First Five of Ten Commandments
The Protestant Episcopal Church plans to revise and shorten the first five commandments. A commission of bishops clergy and laymen recommends changes to create a concise version for submission at the next general convention.
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Church
Associated Press
New York
Protestant Episcopal Church
National defense body formed in Macedonia
Paris dispatch reports a Macedonia based national defense committee formed by Lt Col Zimbrakakis Lt Col Mexares and M Argyropouleau ex prefect of Saloniki urging mobilization to drive the oppressor from Greek soil Volunteers are being recruited as large meetings form, amid stirred popular sentiment after Greek forts were abandoned in eastern Macedonia and Romania joined the war.
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Associated Press
Paris
Committee of National Defense
Macedonia
Zimbrakakis
Mexares
M. Argyropouleau
Saloniski
Havas
Saloniki
Greece
Romania
Kansas City Postmaster Sits Out Amid Irregularities
Postoffice inspectors prepare to hand over duties to IL J Talbot after the removal of William Firstenberger as postmaster amid government charges tied to a $1400 bank transaction and suspected irregularities at the Kansas City Kansas office.
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Associated Press
Kansas City
Postoffice
Kas
IL. J. Talbot
William Firstenberger
Postoffice Department
Firstenberger
Post Office
Cas Nsetenatae
Offic
Hospital ship So Lace sails to U S with Memphis dead
In Santo Domingo on September 2 the U S Navy hospital ship Solace carries seven Memphis crew members killed when the armored cruiser Memphis broke free in a harbor storm. A formal transfer to the Solace was marked by Dominican officials and Provisional President. Stores closed citywide at officials’ request.
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Associated Press
San Domingo
United States Navy
Solace
United States
Memphis
Cit Eee
Ruscanted
Strike Edict on 8 Hour Day At Railroads In 1916
Washington ordered a strike while the President sought to avert disaster. The plan requires railroads to adopt an 8 hour day for workers from September 11 1916 with pro rata overtime calculations and monthly records supervised by the Interstate Commerce Commission. The commission would report increased costs and may set a period for experience before any changes.
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Washington
The
United States
Ashe
Interstate Commerce Commission
Railroad executives seek arbitration on wage increase demands
Fifty railroad leaders warned the President that a wage hike of about one million dollars annually or 35 percent for freight train and yard crews would raise costs the railroads cannot bear. They urged calm arbitration and warned that eight hour day costs could push railroads toward bankruptcy, disrupting national commerce and public welfare.
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Commission
Board of Arbitration
Leon
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