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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 04, 1915
Page
1
Warren County voters backed every Republican ticket holder, with A C Mook and E M Lowe winning county commissioner posts, E D Stewart as county treasurer, and various other GOP candidates across the county. Voter turnout was slightly above 6 300 amid wintry weather as suffrage amendments proceed.
Philadelphia reports Thomas B. Smith likely to win mayoral race by 66 000 to 80 000 majority. Republicans swept local offices while woman suffrage failed statewide as upstate counties weighed in. Three superior court judges elected John B Head George B Orlady and J Henry Williams all on nonpartisan ballots.
Washington officials voiced disappointment over Tuesday elections with McCall's Massachusetts governorship victory and New Yorks rejection of equal suffrage shaping the mood. Kentucky's Augustus Stanley won while reform efforts faced blows. Democratic leaders fear a tough 1916 race though trace strength to Wilson amid a weaker party.
In Boston results Samuel W. McCall defeats Governor Walsh by about 12 000 as the Republican statewide ticket sweeps victory. Woman suffrage loses by about 100 000. recall of Mayor Curley fails. Progressives lose party strength. Kentucky early returns show Morrow leading Stainley by 1 208 with 11 of 119 counties reported.
New York Republican Chairman Koenig concedes the election of Alfred E. Smith and Judge Swann, Democratic candidates for sheriff and district attorney, respectively. He also states the constitution had been beaten in New York City.
Boston voters defeated the recall of Mayor Curly and the Progressive party loses its state standing and emblem.
Toronto reports William Marshall, a Toronto engineer, secured rights to manufacture the Marshall Weden machine gun in the United States. The deal led to Marshall earning 30 million dollars in commissions on 3,000,000 guns sold to French and Russian governments. Weden, the Dane inventor, helped fund and develop the weapon. Edison is quoted praising the gun as a marvel of wartime ingenuity.
S W McCall is chosen as Massachusetts governor by a large GOP majority. The result signals strong Republican support statewide and marks a decisive electoral win for the candidate.
Miss Grétchen Detchemendy of Carthrage Missouri sold one fourth interest in a zinc mine near Commerce Oklahoma for $15000. The buyer was J A Langston a 75 year old Springfield resident who befriended her during a Colorado resort stay. Detchemendy had started receiving $100 weekly dividends since last March and sold because zinc prices or ore deposits may decline.
Mrs Helen M Angle formerly of Bridgeport Connecticut remarried husband Frank W Angle by Rev G O Tamblyn of Olivet church. She had won a February 1911 divorce on desertion grounds and was briefly acquitted in Stamford in a case involving a friend Waldo Ballou who died after a staircase fall.
Parliamentary reply states the allied 5 percent loan funds will be spent entirely in the United States. Exchequer Secretary McKenna says there is no obligation to buy certain articles or from any specific firms in the United States.
Kensington Pennsylvania textile district faces unprecedented industrial boom as mills rush to fill millions of dollars worth of orders from across the United States. Plants report work for one to two years, and some manufacturers turn away foreign government orders due to domestic demand.
Columbus Ohio November 3 Returns from the state election indicate the statewide prohibition amendment was defeated though lead in big cities appears reduced. Prohibition was defeated last year by over 84000 votes. Cincinnati has elected a Republican mayor.
Eleven were shot on the American side as Villa's forces attacked the Carranza garrison at Agua Prieta Sonora. Douglas reports Villa withdrew after fierce assaults Monday, seeking more ammunition and reinforcements. Serjeant Walter Mayo and Private James Mitchell were wounded in a trench near the U.S. customs house. The town's fortifications largely remained intact despite heavy shelling.
Buffalo voters chose Arthur W. Kreinweder, Charles M. Heald, Charles B. Hill and John F. Maione as councilmen in the first charter election, with Kreinweder first. The city approved the new constitution by about 2,000 votes and rejected woman suffrage by roughly 8,556.
The Pennsylvania Railroad lines east of Pittsburgh earned a net $7,282,021 in September, the highest monthly net in company history, with gross earnings of $20,817,361, exceeded only twice. September 1913 gross profits rose about $1.5 million over the same month last year, as August and October showed stronger totals.
Plainfield New Jersey residents frustrated by thousands of tame squirrels roaming neighborhoods appeal to Mayor Calkins. The mayor offers only patience until November 10 hunting season. A game warden suggests suspending the city stream discharge ban but risks reckless shooting by youths.
State Insurance Superintendent Jess Phillips announced that the Grand lodge of the Ancient Order of United Workmen at Albany will pay policyholders and creditors about 27 percent of their claims, the oldest fraternal insurance corporation in the country.
Bridgeport voters approve the commission form of government. Mayor B. Wilson a Republican and lieutenant governor candidate headed the Republican ticket to victory alongside other nominees.
Lyons Nov 3 Norigen Gould Republican was elected congressman from the Thirty sixth district. He will succeed the late Congressman Payne of Auburn.
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad orders 30 locomotives of the heaviest type and increases steel hopper car orders by 2,000 to 4,000 total. The new equipment costs about 3 million dollars for delivery later.
The American Traffic Association in French Lick Indiana decided to revive advertising railroad arrival and departure times in newspapers as the best method to place time tables before the public.
Construction at additional open hearths valued at 2,250,000 will begin immediately at the Southworks of the Illinois Steel company, a United States Steel subsidiary. The plan calls for the new hearths to be in operation by next spring.
New York voting shows suffrage lost by about 200000 with New York City alone against by 92600. Elihu Root led the constitutional convention in the state and the barge canal proposal faces doubt despite bullish Buffalo and Rochester support. Three New York congressmen elected and the Assembly leans Republican with 95 Republicans 53 Democrats 1 Progressive 1 Socialist.
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