Objects in House Speech to Gift for Miss Wilson
Indiana Representative Finny H Gray surprised colleagues by refusing to contribute to a congressional wedding gift fund for Miss Jessi Woodrow Wilson daughter of the president He offered a resolution to extend best wishes to Mrs Wilson in place of a gift This unexpected stand drew astonishment from members during the session on the second page of the report
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Finny H. Gray
Indiana
Jessi Woodrow Wilson
Mann
Movement For the Gift
Silver Gift Planned for Miss Jessie Wilson Wedding
Montclair New Jersey Oct 2 The House of Representatives plans a handsome useful wedding gift for Miss Jessie Wilson daughter of Woodrow Wilson with about 2000 in contributions expected to fund a life service silver set The committee notes the gift should aid the bride in her home and will be chosen by married members of Congress Dr Wilfred Grenfell arrived in New York to serve as best man and has long known the betrothed family.
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White House
Congress
Woodrow Wilson
Daugher
Mise Genevieve
Clark
Orange
New York
Reading
Madison
Dolly Madison
John B. Henderson
Sour
Inna
Taft
Suce Roosevelt
Longworth
Miss Wilson
Mragworth
Montclair
N. J
House of Representatives
Desaie Wilson
Edw. W. Townsend
Dr. Grenfell
Wilfred T. Grenfell
Newfoundland and Labrador
Jessie Wilson
Wilson
Francs B. Sayre
Grenfell
Wr Sayre
Missionie
Labrador
Mission Fund
Road Credit Hurt Says Untermyer At Supreme Court
Samuel Untermyer for Kansas City Southern attacked ICC uniform accounting rules for railroads as an attempt to interfere with railroad management. He argued charging abandoned track value to current expenses cuts dividends and harms credit. Government reps defended depreciation and related items.
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Commerce Commission
Untermyer
Interstate Commerce Commission
Supreme Court
Samuel Untermyer
Kansas City Southern
Commission
Freight rate advance halted until spring
The Interstate Commerce Commission suspended lumber rate increases from Oregon Washington Railway lines to Eastern destinations yesterday until February 28. The commission will consider the overall question of lumber rate increases from North Pacific points to the East via Western gateways.
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Oregon-Washington Railway and Navigation Company
Nes
la Plummer
Idaho
Interstate Commerce Commission
North Pacific
Commission
State rights upheld Clare is for cooperation
The Interstate Commerce Commission chairman denied any move to broaden federal power over intrastate roads. A substitute from Commissioner Eshleman of California declared no legislation by Congress is needed to enlarge the ICC’s jurisdiction over purely intrastate commerce. The vote was unanimous after a heated debate on States’ rights versus federal authority.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
National Association of Railway Commissioners
Eshleman
California
Finn
Kentucky
Thorne
Iowa
Supreme Court
Clark
Maltbie
Record Radium Purchase Tops World Trade in Britain
A London institute completed what is described as the largest radium purchase in its country and one of the world's top trades. The $300,000 deal represents a major transfer of radium, reflecting significant demand and market activity in the field.
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London Institute
Washington Post
London
Beine Aero
Werkla Jupenly
Fusion fight grips Madison Square Garden in New York
Thousands packed Madison Square Garden to hear John Purroy Mitchel and allied speakers in a fusion bid against Tammany Hall led by Charles Murphy. McCall and Hennessy leveled charges as Whitman hotly pursued the so called little black book while Murphy predicted Mitchel’s defeat and Gaynor allies press to keep the anti Tammany spirit alive.
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Murphy
Whitman
Hennessy
McCall
New York
John Purroy Mitchel
Madison Square Garden
Seth Low
Oscar &. Straus
Turkey
Tammany, Hall
Edward E. McCall
Charles I. Murphy
Albany
McCabe
Charles Evans Hughes
Republican Party
Robert ‘la Follette
Republcan
Wisconsin
Woodrow Wilson
New Jersey
Edwarad E. McCall
John A. Hennessy
Gov. Sulzer
Sulzer
Charles F. Murphy
Tammany
Anthony N. Brady
Stephen J. Stilwell
Sinz Sing
John Doo
Charles P Murphy
Edward
Gaynor
Mitchel
Mitchel. the Anti- Tammany Cause Favored By Mr. Gaynor
Malone Voices Own View in New York Campaign
White House does not disavow Dudley Field Malone speaking for his own views in support of John Purroy Mitchel in New York. The administration allows his participation as a New Yorker, while signaling it does not back Mitchel’s election. Roosevelt barred Boston navy yard workers from Massachusetts campaigning.
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White House
Mitchel
Wilson
Dudley Field Malone
John Purroy Mitchel
New York
Malone
Navy
Roosevelt Yeater
Day
Boston
Boston Navy Yard
Massachusetts
York
Bets on Mitchel Report At Curb In New York
New York Oct 3 bets on Mitchel were reported at the curb with odds showing 2 1 2 to 1 against him. Curb managers said if Tammany sent down 10000 dollars the bets would be covered at those posts. McCall supporters offered 1 to 3 while one stake of 1800 to 500 appeared and many small wagers circulated at prevailing odds.
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Mitchel
New York
Tammany
Wall Street
Fred Schwed
Curb
Fred Schumm
Stone Street
McCall
Mitchell
Jewels Worth 350000 Stolen From Rhinelander Home
New York reports burglars entered T. J. Oakley Rhinelander's residence at 36 West Fifty second Street and stole jewelry and diamonds valued around 350000. The burglary occurred in the last 48 hours while the Rhinelanders slept, and police are perplexed by the entry method and lack of suspects.
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T. J. C. Rhinelander
New York
T. J. Oakley Rhinelander
West Wifty-second Street
Rhinelander
Body Petrified in Grave After Nine Years
Baltimore tale reports Patrick Dugan, who died aged 54, found petrified in a grave after nine years. Four men lifted the 600 pound corpse from St. Vincent's Cemetery and later lowered it into Holy Redeemer Cemetery with casket fittings still shining. The time gray skin and clothing covered the body gave a shocking sight as laborers gasped at the sight of the motionless form.
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Baltimore
Patrick Dugan
St. Vincent’s Cemetery
Holy Redeemer Cemetery
Dugan
Suicu
Outsider bets win big in Cambridgeshire handicap
In London on October 3 Mrs. Clayton, wife of Mas. Clayton, placed a sovereign on Fizyama at 50 to 1, then backed Cantilevor at 33 to 1 in the Cambridgeshire handicap. Cantilevor won, earning Mrs. Clayton £1,600 ($8,250) as Fizyama finished an early outsider.
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Washington Post
London
Newmarket
Clayton
Mas
Fizyama
Cantilevor
Polite thief nets $1000 in Bronx jewelry heist
A Chesterfieldian burglar wearing a large yellow chrysanthemum rang the Bronx apartment of Marks Redfield and left with about $1000 in jewelry after asking two women where the third floor resident would be. He bowed and departed, seen at least a dozen times using the same method.
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Washington Post
New York
Marks Redfield
Bronx
Century-old will probate sparks caveat in Philadelphia
A caveat against probate of John G. Watmough’s will, valued over 1 million, alleges unsound mind and undue influence. The estate left $160,000 to a nurse, other servants 200 to 3000 each, and the residue to Ferdinand Keller and wife, art collectors. James H. Watmough, a retired U. S. Navy pay director, and Dr. William Onmough Grier filed the challenge with seven legal heirs cited.
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Philadelphia
John G. Watmough
Thald
Mra. Watmough
Ferdinand Keller
William On Mough Grier
Washington, D. C
James H. Watmough
Ten Years Marooned Eskimos Rescued by Hudson Bay Steamer
Winnipeg report says a group of about ten Eskimos, marooned for ten years on a remote island in the mouth of Hudson Bay, were rescued by a Hudson Bay steamer. They were stranded after drift ice carried them ashore, island feared due to magnetic disturbances. They subsisted on fish and seal meat. several children were born and some died during captivity.
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Hudson Bay
Winnipeg
Manitobe
Hudsons Bay
Imeager
Forth
Hog Tries To Eat Baby In River Falls Incident
A six month old child, left at home with mother away fetching water, was grabbed by a hog in River Falls. The hog bit the baby's ear before a passerby rescued the infant. No serious injuries reported.
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Hog
Baby
Washington
John Reynolds
River Falls
Here
Big French Military Loan Proposed by Deputies
Paris cabinet council at Rambouillet announced by Minister of Finance M. Dumant that the chamber will consider a loan proposal next Tuesday. The plan calls for 1,300,000,000 francs to fund nonrecurring military costs.
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Washington Post
London
Times’ Paris
Rambouillet
M. Dumant
Chamber
Huerta Leads Vote as Americans Flee in Mexico City
Gen Victoriano Huerta and Gen Aurelio Blanquet appear to win in official returns prompting suspense in Washington. Americans prepare to evacuate, packing belongings as storage and caretaking concerns rise. President Wilson awaits a clarified report on the October 2 elections and possible U S response.
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Mexico City
Victoriano Huerta
Aure- Mano Blanquet
Washington
Huerta
Index to Today's Issue Highlights Mixed News
Mage 1 Fu Pak Wilson Weldee Present discusses fusion with State Thehts Areore 7 Wad 8 tee Auerta Lead in Yet TOW. Sampson Frets Hot to Dre. 2-Relies Presente ty Worste F Honse. Gen Allen Hit 1s uie Singean Uses nite Without Blood. Roof C Install withers 3-Penrose Wants Me conivaded. Wife Would End Platonmic Pact. 4-Sues to Sell Suiz Radical Pastofice Reforms Mrs. Eaton Acquitted New One-Bank Plan. 5-Society. 6-Editorial Comment. 8&3-Sporting Events. 10-Financial. J. J. Hill Warns of Unsafe Bonds. No Smugsled Dresses in Schooner. 11-Bunch Heirs Receive $1,000 a Day. 1é-Suit to Oust Newman Appealed. Indicted for Shots in Court.
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Mage
Fu Pak Wilson Weldee
Duke
Miss Takin
Cree Malone
Fusion Wit State
Sampson
Gen Allen
Singean
Penrose
Boston Man Breaks Window Over 42 Beans Charge
Boston on October 3 Joseph Mack demanded 15 cents for 42 baked beans in a plate. He smashed a $50 window with a cobblestone after being charged. A policeman arrested him and he was sentenced to two months in the house of correction.
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Boston
Joseph Mack
House of Correction
Set Miss Elkins Free to Marry Duke of Abruzzi
Washington cable from Rome reports Commander Lubelli among those learning Katherine Elkins wed Mr Hitt. The Duke of the Abruzzi, then in Naples, had hoped to be Albania’s king to wed Elkins, but a secret Italy Austria pact blocked Italian or Austrian royal rulers. He wrote Elkins releasing her from the promise.
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Lubelli
Albania
Duke of the
Chicago
Rome
Lubelii
Abruzzi
Katherine Elkins
Hitt
Naples
Lubellt
Miss Elkins
Italy
Austria
Miss Bikins
Ida Von Claussen Arrested for Blackmail Threats
Mrs Ida Von Claussen was arrested in New York on an indictment charging blackmail and threats of violence against Charles Strauss, president of the water board, after she allegedly wrote from Rome that she would shoot him. She earlier sued Roosevelt officials over a Sweden to King Oscar liaison and claimed a divorce aided by Strauss, who denies acting as her attorney.
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New York
Ida von Claussen
Roosevelt
United States
Sweden
Oscar
Charles Strauss
Board of Water Supply
Strauss
Rome
Italy
von Claussen
Europe
South Dakota
England
Queen Mother's Gift Barred At Sandringham Church
London reports Queen Alexandra gave two candlesticks to Sandringham Church but Queen Mary ordered their removal. The issue went to the Archbishop of Canterbury, a compromise wall was built, the candles removed while the candlesticks remained. Also, Senators Bacon and Smith urged President Wilson to reappoint Judson Clemente of that state as the Interstate Commerce Commission matter drew a noncommittal response.
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Washington Post
London
Queen Alexandra
Sandringham Church
Queen Mary
Clements
Bacon and Smith
Carma
Wilson
Judson Clemente
Man Overpowers Himself with Mercury Poisoning Attempt
James W. Sampson, a six foot four in height and about 225 pounds, tried to kill himself with bichloride of mercury tablets at his wife’s mother’s home. Neighbors restrained him and he was rushed to Casualty Hospital where doctors feared a slim chance of recovery. He fought the staff in the ambulance but eventually ingested more antidote and tablet portions before arrival, with mercury poisoning symptoms mounting.
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Painter
Wife
Casualty Hospital
James W. Sampson
W. L. Kelly
Sampson
North Carolina Avenue
Kelly
Dr. Kelly
Samp- Bon
Dr Kelly
Mercury
Woman Confesses to Mock Weddings and Forged Certificates
Maud Young Dan of Boston confessed arranging pretend marriages between white girls and Chinese men and forging marriage certificates. She admitted taking five young women from one New England county to another for fake ceremonies, and was sent to Sherburne woman's prison.
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Boston
Maud Young Dan
Sherburn
New England
Regent Ludwig to be King of Bavaria
A bill to end Prince Regent Ludwig’s regency and proclaim him King of Bavaria in place of Otto passed the Bavarian upper house after prior approval by the lower house. The article notes the party vote and references travel arrangements amid the political shift.
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Munich
Bavaria
Ludwig
Otto
Aries
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