Villa Obregon to Meet as Mexico Sues for Settlement
Mexican leaders eyed a summit at Aguas Calientes to settle the Villa Carranza dispute. Villa said no settlement while Carranza is provisional president, with Obregon as Carranza’s top general and potential candidate. Carranza and Obregon discuss elections amid 1916 political jockeying. Villa gains Madero family backing for his stance.
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Villa
Carranza
el Paso
Francisco Villa
Alvaro Obregon
Aguas Calientes
Mexico
Venustiano Carranza
Torreon
Obregon
Convention of Generals
Mexico City
Porfirio Diaz
Diaz Lombardo
Miguel Silva
Felipe Angelez
Antonio Villareal
Sonora
Zacatecas
Madero
American firms protest seizure of gold bars in Mexico City
Representatives from Guanajuato Consolidated Mining & Milling and Cinco Mines, both American, told Brazilian legation officials that their companies owned 80 bars confiscated by constitutionalists at a railway station. They claimed permission to export and taxes paid, attributing the seizure to a mix up between military and financial authorities. The remaining bars reportedly belong to the German South American Bank, El Ora Mining & Railway, and Compania Minera la Blanca y Anexas.
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Mexico City
Guanajuato Consolidated Mining & Milling Company
Cinco Mines Company
Legation
el Ora Mining & Railway Company
Compania Minera la Blanca Y Anexas
Huerta Arms Contracts Under Review In Mexico
In Monterey on October 1 reports say the Huerta government is revising contracts for arms and ammunition. The contracts reportedly total 51 million dollars amid alleged irregularities already disclosed.
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Monterey
Mex
Huerta
No Changes In Battle Line Across World Fronts
A roundup notes no major shifts on the Western Front though France reports gains near Leicheprey and stubborn fighting around the Somme. Russia claims advances into Hungary via Dukla and Sanok while establishing a Russian government at Lemberg. Italy reports mines and sinkings near Ancona and Venice. Romania, Belgium, Roumania, and Japan military actions append the global wartime picture with various protests, fort bombardments, and landings.
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France
Woevre
Leicheprey
St. Mihiel
Pont-Au-Mousson
Aisne
Tracy-Le-Mont
Forest of L'Aigle
Rheims
Meuse
Lorraine
Vosges
Russia
Tarnow
Galicia
Hungary
Dukla
Sanok
Uzsoks
Petrograd
Hungarian
Budapest
Lemberg
Silesian
Cracowo
Warts
Italy
Ancona
Rome
Venice
Comacchio
Vienna
Adriatic
Belgium
Waelhem
Antwerp
Roumania
Charles
Japan
War Office
Tokio
Sea One Harbor
Tsing Tao
World Series 1914 Details Set in Philadelphia
National baseball commission met at the Bellevue Stratford to arrange the world series. Connie Mack selected Philadelphia as host after Garry Hermann failed the coin toss. The first game is scheduled for Shibe Park on Friday October 9 with the second game the following day in Philadelphia.
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Philadelphia
National Baseball Commission
Bellevue Stratford Hotel
Athletics
Boston
Gaffney
Garry Hermann
Connie Mack
Shibe Park
Child recalls police safety lesson in burglary promise
A quoted exchange shows a child recalling a police officer comforting her and joking about being taught how to hold a burglar. The anecdote highlights perceived police presence and family safety talk with a maternal reaction.
Russians Press Toward Budapest Across War Front
Russian war office reports Rennekampf reoccupies Augustowo after severe fighting in Russian Poland as German forces retreat from Suwalki. Troops push from Grodno to the Niemen, with Tarnow still contested and Austrians yielding as Russians advance toward Budapest aided by Servians and Dukla pass success.
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London
Russian War Office
Rennekampf
Augustowo
Russian Poland
von Hindenburg
Suwalki
Grodno
Drussenisi
Niemen
East Prussia
Galicia
Tarnow
Cracow
St. Petersburg
Hungary
Dukla Pass
Budapest
Austria
Servia
Serlin
Drina
Belgrade
Russia
Usok
Carpathians
Petrograd
Wadsworth Leading Calder by 46,338 Votes Outside NYC
Early returns show Wadsworth ahead of Calder outside New York City by 46,338 with 145 districts missing. Calder held a NYC lead of 35,745 as 42 districts still hear results, and Davenport appears set to win NYC with a 656 city majority.
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New York
New York City
Wadsworth
Calder
Hill
Greater New York
Davenport
Sulzer
The Green Trick Thief Loots Bell Telephone Lockers
Philadelphia reports a locker theft at the Bell Telephone building on llth and Filbert streets. James Seidel of Wharton street near Ninth was arraigned in night court and held on 400 bail after detectives used chemically treated coins to trap him. The attacker had visited lockers daily since last week.
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Philadelphia
James Seidel
Wharton Street
Ninth
Pennock
Bell Telephone
Llth
Filbert Streets
Devine and
Frantz
Telephone Company
Seidel
Foreigner fatally stabs deputy sheriff during arrest
Deputy Sheriff William James died after being stabbed in Mineville Essex County while attempting to arrest Tony Gugac, a foreigner. Gugac fled. Banowski, a countryman, reportedly had tensions with Banowski's wife. James died three hours after the clash.
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Glens Falls
N. Y
William James
Mineville
Essex County
Tony Gugac
Gugac
Banowski
James
Gugnac
McAdoo Plans Withdrawing Government Deposits
Secretary McAdoo said he will withdraw three million dollars in government deposits from banks with excessive reserves and redeposit with sound banks that maintain lower reserve levels. This signals an ongoing campaign against high bank reserves and aims to shift funds to financially steadier institutions.
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Washington
McAdoo
Sulzer Campaign Seeks 6000 Signatures for Governor Bid
In New York on October 1 William Sulzer and his followers began gathering 6000 signatures to nominate Sulzer as the American party candidate for governor. The petition lists running mates and supporters including Charles Welch John Clements Homer Call Robert Butler Samuel Seabury Bainbridge Colby Edgar Cullen Clarence Pitts Gustavus Rogers John Hughes Alphonso Clearwater Oscar Straus John Mitchell Louis Marshall Seth Low Samuel Untermyer Jacob Schurman and John Oates. Vacancies committee named Bacon Bell Thomas and Platt.
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New York
William Sulzer
Sulzer
American Party
Charles E. Welch
John R. Clements
Charles Horowitz
Homer D. Call
Charles Kodsenick
Progressive
Robert A. Butler
Court of Appeals
Samuel Seabury
United States
Bainbridge Colby
Edgar M. Cullen
Clarence E. Pitts
Gustavus A. Rogers
John W. Hughes
Alphonso T. Clearwater
Oscar S. Straus
John Mitchell
Louis Marshall
William Berri
Seth Low
D. Vlady Herrick
Samuel Untermyer
Jacob G. Schurman
John T. Oates
Sulzerians
Alexander S. Bacon
Samuel Be'l Thomas
Chester C Platt
French uniforms used by Germans reported in raid
News from New York cites a British officer recounting German troops in French attire using disguise to approach a British detachment. A five hour melee ensued on a narrow road with heavy casualties and several named officers wounded or killed.
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New York
New York Sun
Curtain falls on Penrose as Pinchot presses reform
Gifford Pinchot told about 700 in Sheffield that defeating Boies Penrose is essential to national good government and that Pennsylvania must shed bossism. He toured Warren county by auto and rail, apologizing for missed Emporium meetings but rallying crowds from Kane to Spring Creek with supporters from Warren County.
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Belgian Commissariat
Haven
William II
Europe
America
Red Cross
Pennsylvania
United States
Boies Penrose
Gifford Pinchot
Sheffield
Auto Through
Warren County
Warren
Pinchot
Mr. Pinchot
Emporium
Renovo
Cameron County
Kane
Spring Creek
Senate
John G. Smith
E. D. Everts
George B. Munn
Columbus
Bear Lake
Bugs
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Yankee Mining Companies
Bermans
Licia
Warren Mail
Charles Morrocks Company
Windsor Clive
Hawarden
Dick Rowley
Rupert Keppel
Young
Penrose
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