Archbold Illness Delays Senate Campaign Inquiry
John D. Archbold sick aboard the Majestic delays interviews with the Senate committee on campaign expenditures. Former Rep Joseph C Sibley is in a sanitarium and unlikely to testify. the panel asks for names relating to tobacco trust campaign contributions and questions for A Mitchell Palmer.
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Sibley
Tobacco Trust
Southampton
England
John D. Archbold
Standard Oil Company
United States
Majestic
Archbold
New Forest
Washington
Joseph C. Sibley
Pennsylvania
Senate
William R. Hearst
Clapp
Retail Dealers’ Association
A. Mitchell Palmer
David Jayne Hill
Fiermany
Wrangell Volcano Erupts Again In Alaska
Valdez reports Mount Wrangell erupting with large volumes of smoke and lava. Prosser of the signal corps notes ongoing activity. Sulphurous fumes at Kotsina glacier drive prospectors from the area.
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Seattle
Wash
Valdez
Alaska
Mount Wrangell
Prosser
Signal Corps
Kotsina
Kotsina Glacier
Fifteen Moros Killed in Manila Pursuit
A detachment of constabulary pursued Moros who had slain a Filipino. A hand to hand encounter followed resulting in fifteen Moros killed. Lieutenant Preuss and four constables were wounded.
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Manila
Constabulary
Preuss
W. Morgan Shuster
Persia
Miners Seek Peace at Utah Copper Conference Talks
Leaders of 4,500 Bingham copper miners on strike for higher wages push for a conference with PD. Jackling, general manager of Utah Copper, says talks have shown little encouragement but will continue efforts to secure an amicable adjustment, placing responsibility on others if talks fail.
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Bingham
Utah
Bingham Copper
Jackling
Utah Copper Company
Rail strike halts Catalonia traffic and trains
Sept 26 dispatches report a Spanish Catalonia rail strike with all stations under military control. Workers walked out at midnight causing widespread damage and halting international trains beyond the French border.
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Perpignan
France
Trafic
Catalonia
Marcelona
Bas
Taft Attends Anniversary Parade in Altoona
President Taft and Governor Tener attended the Loyal War Governors anniversary in Altoona Pennsylvania. A parade of Civil War veterans National Guardsmen and school children proceeded despite rain. Luncheon followed at a hotel with guests including Senator Penrose and congressmen. Taft later spoke in a large tent about campaign issues and tariff reform.
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Altoona
Taft
Tener
Pennsylvania
United States
Penrose
Congress
Goverors
New York
Evening World
Tariff Board
Wireless inventor Marconi hurt in auto crash near Borghetto
Rome dispatch reports Guglielmo Marconi, pioneer of wireless telegraphy, badly injured in an automobile accident near Borghetto. His condition worsened with rising temperature and infection in wounds, but doctors say recovery is likely. The king sent a telegram to Borghetto seeking updates.
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Guglielmo Marconi
Rome
Rborgheto
Vorgheto
Defense to Get Show in Detroit Graft Trial
Detroit prosecutors rested their case against 17 aldermen and former clerk Edward R. Schretter who are charged with conspiring to defraud the city. The defense is expected to summon Mayor Thompson and prominent citizens to testify about the graft probe that culminated with the officials’ arrest.
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Detroit
Mich
Edward R. Schretter
Thompson
Carter, Syracuse museum director, fatally struck by auto
Syracuse artist and critic Fernando A. Carter, director of the Syracuse Museum of Fine Arts, was hit by a automobile and in critical condition with little hope for recovery. The incident occurred in Syracuse on September 26.
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Syracuse
N. Y
Fernando A. Carter
Syracuse Museum of Fine Arts
America
Marines in Nicaragua Battle Report Raises Death Toll
Washington officials anxiously awaited confirmation of a report that twenty five marines guarding Leon Nicaragua were killed in a battle with revolutionists in which forty rebels died. Mapagua Granada and Managua were cited as linked sites as Rear Admiral Southerland moves toward Granada. Bluejackets protected steamers on Lake Managua.
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Washington
State
Navy Departments
Leon
Nicaragua
Mapagua
San Juan del Sur
Managua
Granada
Southerland
Lake Managua
United States
Clerk Confesses Bank Theft in Pensacola
William H. Bell a twenty year old bank clerk confessed to robbing the First National Bank of an express payroll package worth 55000 dollars and replacing it with a dummy to hide the theft. He said fear of his brother being suspected prompted the confession. The incident occurred as the Louisville and Nashville payroll was being prepared for shipment.
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Pensacola
Fla
William H. Bell
First National Bank
Louisville & Nashville
Bell
Labor Heads Win Point in Limiting Trial Evidence
Salem Mass September 26 labor leaders Joseph J Ettor and Arturo Giovannitti awaiting trial for alleged accessories to the murder of Anna Loplazo during January Lawrence labor troubles won a preliminary fight for freedom. Judge Quinn ordered the government to submit by next Friday an exhibit detailing what the defendants did or said between January 12 and January 26, 1920.
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Salem
Mass
Joseph J. Ettor
Arturo Giovannitti
Anna Loplazo
Lawrence
Quinn
Superior Court
Milford unveils equestrian statue of Gen William Draper
In Milford Massachusetts on September 26 a tribute to Gen William F. Draper was paid as an imposing equestrian statue honoring the soldier and statesman was unveiled amidst ceremonies from the hometown.
ASK S EUROPE AID FRENCH TROOPS TO CRETE SAMOS
News from the time reports Turks firing on the Greek steamship Roumell at Vathy and a Greek consul aboard when the vessel was shot at. France orders the Twenty fourth Colonial Infantry to Crete and Samos amid rising tensions over annexation to Greece. Austria voices anxiety over Balkans with Emperor Francis Joseph proposing talks among powers to prevent violent actions. In Panama, hillside slips threaten the Culebra Cut, moving over a million cubic yards of earth.
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Athens
Vathy
Samos
Perpignan
France
M. Millerand
Crete
Greece
Vienna
Balkan
Austria
Francis Joseph
Hungaria
Turkey
Leopold von Berecthold
Foreign Affairs Committee
Row at Peace Meet Causes Turmoil Over Morocco Debate
At the International Peace congress in Geneva yesterday a stormy session erupted as Germany and France clashed over Morocco. Doctor Gobat faced protests from German delegates, urging a cautious stance amid European chauvinism. The debate moved to a committee to seek a neutral formula. The Tripoli issue sparked an even louder uproar, suspending remarks.
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Geneva
Switzerland
International Peace Congress
Morocco
Tripoli
Gobat
International Peace Bureau
Germany
Loeb Holds 23 Trunks Amid Duty Evasion Case
New York reporters reveal 23 trunk imports from Europe by Mrs Ambrose C Kingsland of New York and Lenox were forfeited for lack of declaration. Collector Lock states no criminal action will follow while a $5000 duty must be paid or civil suit will ensue. Kingsland is a niece by marriage of the late Mayor Ambrose Kingsland.
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New York
Europe
Ambrose C. Kingsland
Lenox
Rt Lock
Kingsland
Crusade Planned Against Immoral Plays in Canada
A national drive to ban immoral and suggestive stage productions will be formulated at the Methodist Church temperance and moral reform meeting in Toronto. Clergy and lay members from across the Dominion attend the assembly on Sept. 26.
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Toronto
Ont
Canada
Department of Temperance and Moral Reform
The
Methodist Church
Dominion
Denial of Revolution Rumors in Caribbean Colony
In New York on September 26 the three ex-presidents deny rumors of planned major revolutionary movements led by Castro in Venezuela Zelaya in Nicaragua and Diaz in Mexico, published in cables.
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New York
Castro
Venezuela
Zelaya
Nicaragua
Diaz
Mexico
Wood Inspects Fort Sheridan as Border Forces Harden
Major General Leon S. Wood arrives in Chicago to inspect Fort Sheridan and U S Army headquarters on a country wide tour. He says six cavalry regiments and more infantry and artillery are ready along the border to preserve neutrality and protect U S citizens. In Mexico City President Madero asks Congress for 20 million pesos to fund a war campaign and amnesty for Pascual Orozco followers as peace moves unfold.
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Chicago
Leonard Wood
United States Army
Fort Sheridan
Port Sheridan
Mexico
Wood
Madero
Mexico City
Water of War
Pascual Orozco
Chihuahua
Sonora
Coahuila
Wilson Wins in New Jersey Primary
Governor Wilson wins the New Jersey Democratic primary by about 20,000 votes, carrying most counties except Essex. Total Democratic votes were around 70,000 as returns from 511 of 1789 districts show William Hughes ahead of James Smith Jr. 17,030 to 11,751.
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Newark
N. J
Ernor Wilson
New Jersey
United States
James Smith, Jr
Wilson
Essex
Smith
William Hughes
Opening game of world series set for New York with Boston hosting tickets
The first game of the world baseball series will be played in New York on Tuesday October 8, with games alternating between New York and Boston until the series ends. Ban Johnson wins victory for the American league as Klem Rigler O Loughlin Evans are named umpires and Boston controls ticket sales in its city.
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New York
Boston
Ban Johnson
Klem
Rigler
O'Loughlin
Evans
Peruvian President Inaugurated in Lima
In Lima on September 26, Guillermoe Billinghurst was inaugurated as Peru’s president after an August election. He succeeds Augusto La guía and will serve a term through 1916.
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Lima
Peru
Guillermoe Billinghurst
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