Sulzer Nominee Seeks Vindication Against Murphy Offer
William Sulzer, impeached governor, was nominated for the New York assembly by the Sixth district Progressives. He says Charles F Murphy offered money to pay his debts, and he refused to be controlled by Tammany. Sulzer plans to push reforms in Albany and then pursue speakership and governor aims.
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Charles F. Murphy
Tammany Lerder
New York
William Sulzer
Sulzer
Progressive Party
Theodore Douglas Robinson
Francis W . Bird
Bird
Steindler
Albany
Assembly
Hfelong
Murphy
New York Mail
Crown Prince Apologizes for Private Note on Brunswick Throne
Berlin Oct 2 The German crown prince issued a letter to the chancellor denying opposition to his father over the Brunswick throne and lamenting the public airing of a private note. He said the chancellor’s reply clarified the situation for him.
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Berlin
Ernest August of Cumberland
Brunswick
Squeals on Poker Games Stir Asheville Firing
Special to The Washington Post from Asheville North Carolina reports that M F Clark who has lived in the city two years has crusaded against gambling after a poker game dispute in a leading hotel. He has exposed about 50 prominent local men who have already paid fines and more await their turn as his campaign unfolds.
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Asheville
Washington Post
N. C
M. F. Clark
Missionary bishops elected at Episcopal General Convention
The general convention elected five missionary bishops including F B Howden of Georgetown and W B Capers of Spokane. A pension plan for clergymen was proposed with a maximum of $2000 yearly and minimum $300. The session will extend into next week due to pending legislation. Dr Howden is rector of St John’s Georgetown.
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New York
Tre
Protestant Episcopal Church
House of Bishops
North Dakota
Hugh Burleson
New York City
Spokane
W. B. Capers
Columbia
Milo H. Gates
Chapel of the Intercession
Howden
St. John's Church
Georgetown
Colmore
Jean
Holy Trinity
Habana
Porto Rico
Hayti
Santo Domingo
House of Deputies
Monell Sayre
Sewanee Alumni Association
University of the South Ml
St. John’s
Frederick B. Howden
St. John's Episcopal Church
Emmanuel Church
Cumberland
Beaste Spilcher sues over ad using her photo
Baltimore city court hears Miss Beaste Spilcher demand sixty thousand dollars from a brewing company for illegal use of her image in an advertisement. She claims humiliation from circulated circulars and papers showing her photo with a beer bottle. The caption implies she endorsed beer drinking, which she denies.
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Baltimore
Brewing Company
Washinegton Post
Beaste Spilcher
Ita
Miss Spucker
Heir to Millionaire Job Sought in St Louis
Special to The Washington 1 voc St. Louis Ma Oct 0 Mayor Kjell faces a tough task after receiving a letter from Noble Warrington claiming to seek the role of son and heir to a wealthy couple or millionaire He asked for a lookup of records on millionaires who have applied for adoption deeds and heir status The note presents an unusual bid for fortune and prompts official scrutiny of possible adoption records and wealth connections.
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Washington
St. Louis
Kjell
Noble Warrington
Kiel
Wilson Seeks Swift Action on Currency Bill Amid Amendments
President Wilson signals willingness to accept substantial amendments to the administration currency bill as McAdoo and Senator Owen confer. Republican and Democratic members urge changes to the Federal Reserve structure while aiming for a report in early November and possible passage before the end of the session. Secretary McAdoo and Owen press for swift action as Mann predicts further delay and adjournment considerations loom.
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Wilson
Messare
Senate
Congress
McAdoo
Treasury Department
Owen
Senate Banking and Currency Committee
Underwood
Representative Mann
House
Mann
Currency Bill Prospects Mix In Senate and House
President hopes for passage of the currency measure in November but uncertainty remains. House and Senate leaders weigh recess and timing while the Senate banking committee pivots between optimism and caution. Victor Moravetz defends the bill and urges revisions to the Federal reserve framework amid broad proposed changes. Senator Stone denies press claims of pressuring certain colleagues as hearings wind down.
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Senate Finance Committee
Stone
Underwood
Senate
Mann
House
Senate Banking and Currency Committee
Representative Mann
Senator Stone
Victor Moravetz
New York
National Bank of Commerce
Federal Reserve
O'Gorman
Reed
Hitchcock
Bankers Address Owen on Currency Reform and Reserve Banks
Senator Owen addressed bankers at the Wizards club on a three hour discussion of the currency bill. He defended the plan to mobilize elasticity of currency and the role of reserve banks in rediscounting and buying paper and bonds. The meeting covered transfer of funds between reserve banks and the impact on merchants and the cost of new clearing methods.
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Grant
Owen
Bankers’ Association
Wizerd
John F. Shafroth
Terest
Federal Reserve Bank
Reserve Bank
Bell
Europe
America
Evans
Mr Owen
J. Henry
Lawmaker moves to curb bad checks and bank liability
A measure aimed at making bad check writing a misdemeanor with penalties up to 506 dollars or imprisonment was discussed. A committee of Bell, Galliher, and Watson was formed to draft a uniform bank collateral note for all banks. Another committee was authorized to tackle bank responsibility amid the new income tax and report at a special meeting after Treasury explanations are issued.
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Bell
W. T. Galliher
George O. Watson
Treasury Department
Chicago Wife Granted Divorce Over Cruel Bedtime Conduct
Pearl B Smith testified before Judge Tease Baldwin that Bert Smith pulled blankets off, squeezed her tightly and forced her to cry out during winter nights, taking the bed clothes and repeatedly disturbing her. The judge ruled the treatment cruel and granted a decree.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Washington Post
Pearl B. Smith
Baldwin Todsey
Bert
Berlin Firm Offers Embassy Erection on Long Lease
Washington Post reports a Berlin real estate syndicate proposed building any desired embassy residence for Ambassador Gerard. It would fund US plans with American architects and designers, contingent on a ten to twenty year lease guarantee by the United States government to secure a suitable Berlin location for American diplomatic dignity.
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Berlin
Washington Post
Gerard
United States
Dagger Incident at Cornell Ends Student’s Stay
Cornell University student Lawrence Morehouse, son of a Utica lawyer, confronted Professor Martin W. Sampson with a grim question during a tense exchange. After shaking hands and declaring peace, Morehouse collapsed and died. He had returned home from overwork pursuing Rhodes scholarship and was then sent back, but the incident led officials to pull him from campus for safety.
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Cornell
Ithaca
Martin W- Samponit
Cornell University
Lawrence Morehouse
Utica
Sampson
Prdialiy
Is Folks Morehouse
Aged Generals Challenge to Duel in Paris
Paris, Oct. 20. Gen. Bosc aged 72 challenged Gen. Florentin aged 77 to fight after a legal dispute over wearing a Society of National Merit button and Legion of Honor insignia. Seconds met to decide if combat is needed.
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Bosc
Florentin
Paris
Georges Florentin
Legion of Honor
Society of National Merit
Society of National Merit, Founded By Gen. Bose
Demand for Prohibitive Tariff On US Goods
In St Peterspurg on Oct 0 a Russian paper demands the government impose a prohibitive tariff on all American imports in reprisal for U S tariff rules. Novoe Vremya accuses America of sacrificing its old allies France and Russia to Jewish magnates and betraying the people.
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St. Peterspurg
de Noyee Vremya
Russia
The
Novoe Vremya
America
France
Refuse Even Bets on McCall in Tight Mayor Race
In New York on October 2, Democratic supporters pressed for even money on McCall for mayor while Mitchel backers limited wagers to small amounts. Outside the regular ticket a $1,000 bet claimed Sutro would not secure 100 good votes, and $1,500 against 50,000 plurality for Mitchel in New York County was reported. Roosevelt to land at Rio aboard Van Dyck. weather delays port entry, Roose velts party to go ashore tomorrow morning.
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Mitchel
Washington Post
New York
Mr McCall
Wall Street
Sutro
Fred Schumm
New York County
Roosevelt
Rio
Rio Janeiro
Oct
van Dyck
Col Theodore Roosevelt
Wheleas
Col Roosselt
Poisoned Admiral Eaton debated in Plymouth trial
Plymouth Mass October 20 Rear Admiral Joseph G Eaton died from poison with at least one dose within six to eight hours before death Harvard professors testified the poison could have been self administered and that the admiral was unconscious during the critical period Mrs Eaton on trial for her life faces questions about alleged wishes for his death and possible involvement witnesses described arsenic in the body and multiple doses while the defense argued toxins or intoxicants may have been involved and a letter from Mrs Eaton to a chemist cited threats of danger
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Harvard
Plymouth
Mass
Joseph G. Eaton
Jénnie May Eaton
Eaton
W. F. Whitney
William Balch
Harvard Medical School
Goverment
Albert Barger
L.whitney
Barker
Aiken
Polzone
Postona
Wiliam Balch
Admiral Eaton
Annie Driscoll
Rockland
Eatons
Eaton Home
Driscoll
M Cates
Candidate for Assembly Storms Coast and Money
Coast Storm brings ruin as elections loom. Night work on money bank issues raises questions about Senator Owen. Eaton died from poison. Dr Howden, a bishop, and Mrs Pankhurst freed, isolated. Universal transfers oppose. Prince discusses seas. English WCTU members visit city. Bryan on the Bible. British stance on US affairs debated. In Mexico. Ritual murder trial attracts theatergoers. Financial news and editorial notes follow.
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Bukter
Owen
Eaton
Howden
Pankhurst
Prince
WCTU
Bryan
Mexico
i—Society
News of
French airmen die in Epinal crash during test flight
In Epinal France Lieut Gar nier and Sapper Jenrot of the Epinal military aeroplane depot died when their monoplane capsized after engine failure as they returned from Buc dropping from 80 feet. Aviator Dautroche also perished when his biplane overturned and fell into the Moselle after the engine detached.
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Epinal
France
Garnier
Sapper Jenrot
Buc
Dautroche
Moselle
Rautroche
Wreck and Rain Hit Virginia Maryland Coast
A severe southwest gale battered the Virginia coast and swept into Maryland. A government barge loaded with ammunition ashore near Bush Bluff Lightship, vessels damaged, and repairs needed. Across nine Eastern Shore counties floodwaters driven towns, leaving hundreds homeless and isolating communities. Oyster fleets suffer along Crisfield and Bay tributaries as small boats wreck and vessels press against docks and oyster houses. Widespread outages of telegraph and telephone lines compound isolation. Fire incidents strike Easton area harming Opera House and Metropolitan Life offices.
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Maryland
Norfolk
Virginia Coast
Bush Bluff
United States
New Jersey
Chamberlin
Tuga
Centerville
Virginia
Chesapeake Bay
Womain
Easton
Oxford
Metropoltan Life Insurance Company
Crisfield
Servia Yields to Austria as Albanian Frontier Reinforced
Belgrade reports on October 20 that Serbia ordered its troops to withdraw behind the Albanian frontier established by the London peace conference after the first Balkan War. Austrian pressure and recent frontier firming prompted the move to preserve peace and reposition forces.
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Albania
Fronter
Belgrade
Sérvia
London
Pankhurst landed in New York amid release from Ellis Island
English suffragette leader Emmeline Pankhurst arrived in Manhattan after a government intervention freed her from detention at Ellis Island. President Wilson and Secretary Wilson allowed her release on personal recognizance to pursue a lecture tour and sail for Europe on November 2, while Caminetti issued a formal statement citing doubts over moral turpitude in her English conviction.
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Caminetti
Europe
New York
Emmeline Pankhurst
Manhattan Island
Eftits Island
Wilson
Labor
Anthony Caminetti
Reginald McKenna
England
Pankhurst
Elis Island
Board of Special Inquiry
America
United States
Ellis Island
Special Inquiry Board
Department of Labor
Cammetti
Mra Pankhurst
Ncte
Tle Midler
Danknurat
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Radhiye
Crown Prince
DR. Howden
Episcopal Convention
St. John’s Church
Diocese of
New Mexico
Pension Platt
Ases
Million
Bill
Wilson, M.adoo
Nebraska
Sederva Sede Hrhreethon Fae
Secretary of Agriculture
Peneral Reserve Board
Senate Committee
Federal Reserve Board
Secretary of the Treasury
Y Wilson
White House
Capitol
Senate Committee On Banking and ‘Currency
Vnnerwood
Great Frederick
Fair Haltimore
Ohio
Shafroth
Sanl
Samuel Jo Henrys
Chealrman
St. Petersburg
Admiral
Ton
Austria
Mrs. Belmont
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