Parker Pleads for Wilson in New York Speech
John M. Parker Progressive vice presidential candidate urged re election of Woodrow Wilson at a New York reception. He blamed Roosevelt and Perkins for division and praised Wilsons progressive legislation including the Regional Bank while urging Progressives to vote the Progressive ticket where state organization exists.
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New York
Wilson
John M. Parker
National Progressive Party
Theodore Roosevelt
G. W. Perkins
Mr. Parker
Woodrow Wilson
Progressive Party
United States
Submarine Pursuit Reported Near Danish Liner Hellig Olav
The White Star freighter Bovic sighted an eastward bound submarine about 200 miles east of New York while pursuing the Danish passenger ship Hellig Olav. The submarine's nationality was not identified. The Bovic accelerated and moved west as the Danish liner tried to escape. Hellig Olav had left for Copenhagen with 75 passengers aboard.
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Ocean
Bovie
Helig Olav
Bovk
New York
Copenhagen
Movement to Eradicate Bedbugs in Households
Washington D C Oct 14 The Farmers Bulletin 754 Bedbugs from the U S Department of Agriculture offers practical guidance on eradicating bedbugs. C L Marlatt outlines habits important to control and simple household measures including fumigation and insecticides in cracks and crevices as well as cautions on iodine use and safety. The bulletin will be provided free while supplies last.
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Washington, D. C
U. S. Department of Agriculture
C. L. Marlatt
Bureau of Entomology
Honges
War News Roundup October 14 1915 Balkan Front Western Front
Bulgaria declared war on Serbia and German bombardment hit French positions in the west. British forces recaptured Nohenzollern Redoubt and two other trenches near La Bassée. Austro German troops arrived at Pozarevac Serbia ten miles south of the frontier and advanced south of Belgrade.
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Bulgaria
Serbia
Nohenzollern
la Bassee
Pozarevac
Belgrade
NEED FOR TROOPS. ERIGTS LONG BRANCH MEXICAN BORDER
President Wilson in a letter to New York Governor Whitman dated October 9 declares the emergency that led to sending militia to the Mexican border still exists. He notes conditions in Northern Mexico are improving and in the near future more may be done to relieve the embassment under which organized military regiments have suffered.
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Long Branch
Wilson
Whitman
New York
Mexico
Carolina Meets Harvard Today
Cambridge Massachusetts October 14 The Harvard football coach plans to use many substitutes at the start against the University of North Carolina. Injuries and illness narrow the regular lineup and give new players a chance. North Carolina is coached by Tommy Campbell, a former Harvard star, and the teams are expected to mirror Harvard style.
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Cambridge
Mass
Harvard
University of North Carolina
North Carolina
Tommy Campbell
Ants Annihilate Bees In Oakland Hive Battle
In Fruitvale Oakland Dr J H Callen cleans out two hives after ants overwhelmed bees in a grim encounter. The bees defended trenches at hive entrances but were routed as ant troops attacked in solid formations. Ants withdrew after victory, leaving the hives empty.
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Oakland
Cal
J. H. Callen
Fruitvale Avenue
Verdun
Medal for Heroism Presented to Criswell After 40 Years
Grand Junction Col Oct 14 Forty years after his daring rescue at the Battle of the Little Bighorn Sergeant Benjamin C Criswell of General Custers command received the U S medal for valor. Congress awarded the medal in 1878 but he only recently applied and Washington authorities forwarded the trophy.
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Grand Junction
Col
Benjamin C. Criswell
Custer
Little Big Horn River
Montana
Congress
Washington
Criswell
Whetstone and axe found embedded in 115-year-old tree
In Sandusky Ohio on October 14 a whetstone and an axe said to be over a century old were found lodged in a tree trunk. Edward Smith, who was cutting the tree, believes the hollow interior sheltered the tools and that the tree eventually grew around them.
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Sandusky
Edward Smith
Weather outlook for southeastern states next week
The forecast calls for below normal temperatures in the southeast during the week starting tomorrow. A tropical disturbance in the Western Caribbean may move north toward the east Gulf and Florida Peninsula. The latter part of the week is expected to be fair.
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Washington
South
Weather Bureau
Caribbean Sea
East Gulf
Florida Peninsular
Col F B Arendell Died Suddenly In Raleigh
Col F B Arendell prominent politician and former newspaper man died suddenly yesterday morning at his Raleigh home after a paralysis stroke following several days illness. He was 61, leaves a wife and five children, and the funeral is today.
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Raleigh, N. C
F. B. Arendell
Arendell
Raleigh
Aycock
Colonel Arendell
Governor Aycock
Marriage of Scholar-Cowell Attends Fayetteville Bolton Return
Mrs. Edward Monaghan of Fayetteville and Mrs. St. K. Allen of Bolton, here for the Scholar-Cowell wedding, returned home today.
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Edward Monaghan
Fayetteville
St. K. Allen
Bolton
Cowell
Massive Allied Forces Devastated in Somme Region
A British and French division totaling about one million men has been practically annihilated in the Somme area, according to Overseas News Agency critic. Russian losses from June 1 to October 2 are reported near one million men based on Swiss-sourced figures provided by the agency.
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Berlin
Sayville
Somme
Cotton Consumption and Stocks Reported for September
The census bureau announces that U S cotton consumed in September totaled 529 227 bales, counting round bales as half bales and excluding linters. On hand at month end were 1 328 332 bales in commercial establishments and 2 610 911 bales in public storage and compresses. Active spindles in September reached 32 333 995, up from 31 300 388 a year earlier.
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Census Bureau
Art Museum Directors Meet in Detroit With New Association
Detroit will host the second meeting of the Association of Art Museum Directors next week. The group formed after a Chicago gathering in July aims to pool exhibitions, standardize insurance and express rates, and cut costs while broadening exhibition variety. Members include museums from New York Chicago Minneapolis Boston Cleveland Toledo and other cities.
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Art Museum Directors
Detroit
Mich
Association of Art Museum Directors
Chicago
New York
Minneapolis
Boston
Cleveland
Toledo
Girl To Run Electric Co. After Stanford Study
Miss Mary Wohlford twenty two year old Stanford University student and Escondito banker’s daughter announced she will take charge of her gas and electric corporation after one more year of study. She bought the utilities company for ten thousand dollars at public auction and will learn all about the plant and its products while continuing studies.
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Run Electric Co
Los Angeles
Mary Wohlford
Stanford University
Eecondito
Gas and Electric Corporation
Utilities Corporation
Escondito
Wohlford
Honeymoon ship Shinyo Maru sails from Yokohama to San Francisco
The Shinyo Maru of Toyo Kisen Kaisha carries eighty six newly married Japanese couples and twenty picture brides toward San Francisco. Aboard are 951 passengers in total with 211 first class 73 second class and 667 steerage, plus large cargoes of raw silk and tea.
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San Francisco
Japan Advertiser
East and West News
Toyo Kisen Kaisha
Yokohama Harbor
America
Japan
Shinyo
Newspaper Men Meeting in Durham Today
Representatives from North Carolina Association of Afternoon Newspapers gathered in Durham for the fall meeting and officer elections. Sessions included afternoon and evening programs with papers and talks on industry topics. The group discussed a unified newsprint procurement approach and the State Press Association planning a mid winter meeting at the State University.
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Durham
N. C
North Carolina Association of
State Press Association
State University
Ships Suffer From a Plague of Rats Across Atlantic Sea Lanes
New York reports a wartime freight push driving ships to limits. Rat infestations on several liners prompt Liverpool health officials to deploy rat catchers and search vessels after cargo discharge. In 1915 Liverpool trapped 10 656 rats on ships and quays.
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New York
Atlantic
Liverpool
Local boy patents shower alarm device
An 18 year old Minneapolis youth, Morton Grant, claims a shower alarm that wakes the maid and closes windows when rain begins. Wireless bell in the maid's room is activated by a paper diaphragm that turns from non conductor to conductor on contact with rain, triggering the bell.
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Minneapolis
Mineapolis
Morton Grant
W. B. Grant
Washington man solves crowded car problem idea
A Washington man suggests placing a phonograph in each car during rush hours to play The Star Spangled Banner to force people to stand up. The remark, cited by the Macon News, uses humor to comment on crowded commuting conditions.
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Washington
Macon
Heavy Fighting Around Somme After Fresh German Counter Attacks
Allied forces renewed heavy assaults in the Somme region of Northern France with Berlin claiming no gains. German counter attacks retook parts of Ablaince Court while Paris said French forces immediately retook ground. Fighting also reported north of the Somme with a claim of progress at Malassise Bridge. London reported nothing new from the Macedonian front.
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Somme
France
Berlin
Ablaince Court
Paris
Malassise Bridge
Struma River
Macedonia
London
War Office
Kington Will Have Convention In North Carolina
Gastonia Oct 14 The North Carolina United Daughters of the Confederacy adjourned after selecting Kinston as the 1917 convention city. The last day included forming a committee to locate Gettysburg troops spot to honor North Carolina's claims, supporting Sons of Veterans, and pushing prison reform. Mrs T W Thrash of Tarboro donated 400 for Fayetteville Confederate Women's Home annex.
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Gastonia
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Kinston
North Carolina
Gettysburg
Bethel
Appomatox
Sons of Veterans
T. W. Thrash
Tarbord
Fayetteville
Hurricane Warnings Sent For Gulf Shipping
Weather bureau issues hurricane warnings to ships in the Gulf of Mexico. The storm, linked to events in the Danish West Indies earlier in the week, moves toward the Yucatan channel in the path of maritime traffic.
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Washington
Gulf of Mexico
Weather Bureau
Danish West Indies
Yucatan Channel
Red Head League of America Formed in Indianapolis
Four hundred red heads from Indiana Ohio Kentucky Michigan and Illinois held the first annual reunion in Indianapolis and organized the Red Head League of America. The next reunion will be in August 1917 Leon Louise of Anderson Indiana was elected Supreme President. Membership requires only red hair.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Indiana
Ohio
Kentucky
Michigan
Illinois
Red Head League of America
Leon Louise
Anderson
League
Japan and Russiaprotest US railway concession in China
Peking Oct 14 Japan and Russia joined in a protest against railway construction concessions in China granted to American interests. The two nations object to American involvement in the project as tensions in the region rise.
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Peking
China
Japan
Russia
Heiress Louise Davis Flees Suitors After Guardian Issue
Fourteen year old Louise Davis heiress of a hundred thousand dollar estate has fled to avoid a crowd of would be suitors seeking to force a guardian appointment by the juvenile court.
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San Francisco
Louise Davis
Juvenile Court
Tropical disturbance nears Swans Island with hurricane force
Advisory storm warning from Washington reports a Caribbean disturbance near Swans Island with hurricane force, moving toward Yucatan channel or peninsula. All shipping urged to take precautions for safety. Frankenfield.
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Washington, D. C
Wilmington
N. C
Caribbean
Swans Island
Yucatan Channel
Peninsula
Frankenfield
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Frisco
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Struma
Kington
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