Jersey Defeats Woman Suffrage in State Vote
Heavy turnout across New Jersey for a three amend ment special election produced a 12,514 defeat margin for woman suffrage with 47,124 against and 34,610 for. President Wilson cast the first presidential ballot in favor of woman suffrage at Princeton before returning to Washington.
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Jersey City
N. J
New Jersey
E. F. Feickert
New Jersey Woman's State Suffrage Association
Elizabeth
Plainfield
Trenton
Newark
Washington
Willson
Princeton
United States
Premier Asquith Stricken with Illness Halts Cabinet Row
London reports Premier Asquith ill and in bed after gastro intestinal catarrh. In his absence David Lloyd George refused to fully explain Sir Edward Carson’s cabinet resignation. Recruiting controversy quiets for now as Derby’s new conscription plan gets a cautious welcome from most supporters.
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London
Asquith
David Liloyd-George
House of Commons
Edward Carson
Lord Derby
Downing Street
Third National Conference On Marketing and Farm Credits
Chicago hosts the third national meeting on marketing and farm credits from November 29 to December 2. The call comes from the general Committee of the National Credits and the National Council of Farmers' Cooperative Associations. Delegates from agricultural, educational and banking sectors nationwide will seek legislation to ease financing for farming, standardize farm products, and promote agricultural organization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
National Council of Farmers’ Co-operative Associations
United States
Organization of Agriculture
Dunne Grants 30 Day Reprieve In Moore Hanging Case
Governor Dunne halts the planned execution at Murphysboro by granting Elston Moore a 30 day reprieve after a telegram from Jackson County Sheriff James White. The case centers on the murder of Clara Dalton and the sheriff’s insistence on inviting as many persons as he pleased to the hanging.
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Llinois
Springfield
Ill
Dunne
Elston Moore
Murphysboro
Clara Dalton
James White
Jackson County
Howell Sanatorium
Board of Control
Ferris
Genesee County
Wayne County
Wayne
Eloise
Jackson
Kent
Six Men Hijack Two Trains On West Shore Route
Six armed men robbed two freight trains and tried to rob an American Express train on the West Shore railroad at the tunnel entrance between Conyers and Haverstraw in New York.
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New York
West Shore
Conyers and Haverstraw
N. Y
Convicts Escape In Fog From Joliet Prison
In Joliet Illinois two convicts escaped the Joliet penitentiary by sealing a fence in dense fog and slipping to freedom on the far side. The escapees are Murry Hul bert and Edward Fitzgerald both of Chicago.
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Joliet, Ill
Joliet Penitentiary
Liberty
Murry Hulbert
Edward Fitzgerald
Chicago
Navy and Army Expansion Plans Across Five Years
Washington reports Secretary Daniels' naval program totaling 500 million dollars over five years with a first year near 100 million, six rookies including two dreadnoughts three battle cruisers plus submarines and destroyers. Garrison outlines a continental army of 400 000 with six years service and a 150 000 regular army, supported by a National Guard complemented by medical and auxiliary forces.
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Washington
Daniels
Wilson
Garrison
Continental United States
National Guard
Continental Army
Michigan Mayor Ousted in Munising Recall Vote
Munising Michigan voters recall Mayor Thomas G. Sullivan after a bitter campaign. Dr. G A Trueman elected to succeed him by a 98 vote plurality. five arrests for illegal voting marked the election.
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Munising
Mich
Thomas G. Sullivan
Commission
G. A. Trueman
Sullivan
Michigan
Banker Fuller Returns Home From Chicago in Auto
J Bradley Fuller of Winslow IL banker who vanished September 13 and left his bank in receivership reappears in Winslow. He says he intends to reimburse the bank's patrons for every dollar lost.
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J. B. Fuller
Winslow
Chicago
Freeport
J. Bradley Fuller
Three Killed in Wreck on Kansas City Southern Trains
Kansas City Missouri October 21 three switchmen were killed and three seriously injured in a collision between two Kansas City Southern switch engines. A mistake in their orders caused the crash.
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Kansas City, Mo
Kansas City Southern
Eighth German Spy Shot Reported by War Office
London October 21 The British war office announced that a German spy has been shot and another sentenced to five years penal servitude This is the eighth spy to be executed since the war began
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London
British War Office
Carson Quits British Cabinet Amid Balkan War Row
London Oct 20 Sir Edward Carson attorney general resigns from the coalition cabinet amid his fight for conscription. The move risks forcing a reshuffle under Premier Asquith. Gen Ian Hamilton is relieved of command in the Mediterranean and replaced by Gen C C Monro as criticism of the Dardanelles campaign grows. Casualties surpass 99,000 and debates over Saloniki and Dardanelles plans intensify.
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London
Edward Carson
Carson
England
Asquith
Ian Hamilton
Mediterranean
C. C. Monro
Dardanelles
Saloniki
Serbia
Allies Take Bulgarian City Strumnitza in Serbian Front
London reports allied forces repulsed Bulgarian lines and advancing toward King Ferdinand's troops. Strumnitza, 30 miles north of Salonika, captured by French troops as enos landing and railroad seizure aid allied push in European Turkey. Serbs abandon Doiran. Germans seize Zeljenik. German dispatch notes retreat in Macva and advances south of Belgrade toward Cvet lograd and Vrem.
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Strumnitza
Serbia
Enos
London
Ferdinand
Athens
Saloniki
Roumania
Passarowitz
Miaijenovac
Bozevac
Submarine sinks German ships in Baltic action
A lone British submarine E-19 near Paxe sank a German destroyer and two torpedo boats, repelled by a German flotilla that fled after another torpedo boat was sunk. The submarine was attacked by a German cruiser and two destroyers but persisted, sinking one destroyer with a torpedo explosion and causing significant losses for Germany.
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London
Baltic
Sweden
Copenhagen
Paxe
British Submarines Sink Five German Transports in Baltic
London dispatch reports British submarines sunk five German transports carrying troops in the Baltic Sea. An official Petrograd statement says only one transport was run ashore and the others were destroyed at sea amid ongoing Baltic naval operations.
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Baltic Sea
London
Baltic
Petrograd
Yeggs Make Rich Haul In Evansville Heist
Evansville Indiana October 20 robbers entered the federal building and cracked the revenue collector's safe stealing nearly sixteen thousand dollars in war tax stamps from the internal revenue department office.
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Yeggs
Evansville
Ind
Internal Revenue Department
Federal
Revenue Collector
Bible study course eyed for Iowa high schools
Des Moines October 20 The educational council of the Iowa State Teachers association will ask the convention meeting in November to approve a Bible study course for Iowa high schools.
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Bible
Iowa
Des Moines
Educational Council of the
Iowa State Teachers’ Association
Train Plunges Into Creek. Sixteen Die
Manhattan Kansas October 19 Ten bodies recovered from Union Pacific motor train No 579 wrecked when it plunged into Fancy creek near Randolph Kansas on Saturday. More than fifty injured many teachers en route to Riley County teachers convention. Identified dead include Dr Lewis Atwood Topeka Mrs Stella Chapman Manhattan Albert Cyrene Randolph Mary Giles Manhattan Alma Jellin Randolph Ethel Retzer Stockdale S O Retzer Stockdale Theodore Smith Tecumseh Neb Carl Stoneberg Randolph.
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Manhattan
Kan
Union Pacific
Fancy Creek
Randolph
Riley County
Lewis Atwood
Topeka
Stella Chapman
Albert Cyrene
Mary Giles
Alma Jellin
Ethel Retzer
Stockdale
S. O. Retzer
Theodore Smith
Tecumseh
Neb
Carl Stoneberg
Perry
Death of Sir Lionel Carden diplomat and ambassador
Sir Lionel Carden long connected with British diplomacy and ambassador to Mexico died at his London home. Born in 1851 in Ireland, he rose to prominence during Huerta’s rule in Mexico. He later served as minister to Brazil before being forced to leave Mexico City by Pancho Villa.
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London
Lionel Carden
Mexico
Lionel
County Tipperary
Ireland
United States
Mexico City
Huerta
Brazil
Carranza
Taggart Case Dismissed in Indianapolis Inquiry
Indianapolis October 21 Thomas Taggart Democratic national committeeman for Indiana faced an election conspiracy charge that was dismissed by Special Judge W H Eichhorn on the prosecutor's motion. Indicted alongside Taggart and Mayor Joseph E Bell more than 100 others had their cases postponed to December 1. Bell was acquitted by a jury after a trial lasting over five weeks.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Thomas Taggart
Indiana
W. H. Eichhorn
A. J. Rucker
Taggart
Joseph E. Bell
Bell
Italians Repulse Attacks at Pregasina Height
Italian forces repelled Austrian efforts to retake Pregasina a key strategic position recently captured after a stubborn fight. The dispatch notes the action occurred in the vicinity of Paris with details received Tuesday.
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Paris
Pregasina
Tueglay
Eight German Ships Torpedoed in the Baltic
Copenhagen reports eight German steamers torpedoed in the Baltic by British submarines in the last few days. Reliable information received Tuesday night confirms the maritime losses and adds to wartime tensions across northern waters.
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Copenhagen
Baltic
Good Highways Plans Stir Michigan Ahead of Road Drive
Michigan backers push for modern routes as part of a state wide road movement. The East Michigan pike would connect Detroit to Mackinaw City, while the West Michigan pike links Toledo to Chicago along the Great Lakes shore. A Detroit based good roads committee plans educational campaigns and a pathfinding trip to Mackinaw City with officials Carton and Rogers to promote a state highway network.
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Lansing
Michigan
Detroit
Grand Haven
Toledo
Mackinaw City
Chicago
Good Roads Committee
A. G. Carton
Frank Rogers
WOLVERINE News Brevities
Michigan brief items from across the state report road work between Belding and Ionia all but completed. Albion links jail to court for a case against a man accused of abusing his young daughter. Sandusky flood death of former Albion resident Frank Van Blarcum is noted. Elk transfer to Michigan forest reserve is announced near West Branch. Local option petition issues face Menominee county supervisors.
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Belding
Ionia
Albion
Leroy Brown
Hillsdale
Frank van Blarcum
Sandusky
O. West Branch
United States
Menominee
Menominee County
Ann Arbor
Tuttle
D. J. & C. Railway
Cooper's Crossing
Chelsea
William Warfield
Pittsford
Hillsdale County
Board of Supervisors
A. A. Kalder
Camden
Carleton Andrews
Montgomery
Monroe
A. L. Tiffany
Lansing
Oates
Michigan
George Walters
Boston Township
Saranac
Adrian
Ralph Hires
Hires
Vena Drouger
East Lansing
Michigan Agricultural College
State Board of Agriculture
D. C. Heffner
Manasah Kempton
North Adams
Henry Fink
Cambria
B. H. Bump
Grand Rapids
Moseley
State Road Committee
Hilliker
Howell
Frank Cunzie
George Williams
Durand
Pere Marquette
Ludington
Leslie Adams
Frank Larzen
J. Jarvis
Shaw
Blisfield
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Gov. Dunne
Prince Joachim
Emperor William
Marie Augustine
Prince Edward of Anhalt
Berlin
OM Carson
Dar- Ganelles
Galicia
Stripa
Roumanian
Volhynian
Kansas
Sir Lionel Carden
Holm
State Board of Health
M. L. Holm
Houghton
Reed Chambers
Upper Peninsula
Cosmo Land Company
Prudential Film Corporation
Andrew H. Green, Jr
Simcoe Weingarden
W. H. Goodfellow
Wolverine News
Shiwassee County
Cora Haskins
Sessions
Federal District Court
John Lasky
John Shatney
Frank Fuell
Manistee
Portage Point
August Kriesele
Dowagiac
Port Huron
Harvey Tappan
Margaret Williams
Detroit House of Correction
Legislative Reference Department
Michigan State Library
George Clark
Patrick H. Kelley
Clark
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