Business Leaders Seek Aid of Unions Amid Citywide Riots
A 75 member Citizens Committee appealed to labor leaders to halt a general sympathy strike amid 11 000 railway workers on strike. Rioting grows as 2 000 police guard the L lines. Cars attacked from rooftops, windows broken, injuries reported as negotiations aim to avert Monday action.
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Interborough Rapid Transit Company
New York Railways Company
Citizens Committee
Crosstown
Central Park
West
Fay Sixth
Third Avenue
L” Inias
Poli
Dim battle reports clash as World War fronts shift
Conflicting notices describe fighting across the Balkans and Western Front. German and allied thrusts in Dobrudja and the Florina district face stiff resistance, while French and British offensives pause for weather. Crete reportedly faces a provisional government amid Greek turmoil.
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Florina
von Mackensen
Dobrudja
Constanza
Russia
Bucharest
von Mackeéfisen
Sofia
Macedonia
Monastir
Vardar
Struma
Somme
Paris
Ieport
Verdun
Meuse
Petrograd
Volhynia
Kevel
Carpathians
Panther Mountain
Crete
Venizelos
Submarine row to renew in Reichstag over Tirpitz fallout
Renewed debate in the Reichstag over the submarine program and the Tirpitz controversy seems certain after recent letters reveal a rift between Chancellor von Bethmann Hollweg and the Admiralty. The letters accuse Tirpitz of misleading the Reichstag about submarine numbers and campaign prospects.
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Berlin
London
Reichstag
Admiral von Tirpitz
von Bothmann Hollweg
Admiralty
von Tirpitz
Hughes Calls for Protection of Americans and Tariff
Charles Evans Hughes spoke in Lafayette Indiana on September 21 outlining a policy to defend American rights worldwide and to supply motive power for progress. He urged a protective tariff to meet European competition after the war and safeguard American lives property and commerce.
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Indiana
Lafayette
Ind
Charles Evans Hughes
United States
Mob Hangs Suspected Killer From Tele p hone Pole
In Yathe Kansas a mob hanged Bert Dudley charged with murder of Hen Mull er and his wife from Johnson county. The mob seized him near Olathe after overrunning guards at the jail. three guards were wounded and a bystander injured.
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Yathe
Kan
Bert Dudley
Hen Y Muller
Johnson County
Stillwell
Muller
Heritt Carrell
Dullow
Iol
Horst
Ous
Death by Own Action Claims Lumberton Man
In Lumberton on September 21, Mr. R. L. N. Stephens, about 57, died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, a 38 caliber pistol causing a rear skull entry. He formerly worked as a store salesman and left due to health. Survived by wife, children Rexford Stephens and Mrs. J. H. Hartley, and brother J. O. Stephens of Linnoton.
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Limberton
R. L. N. Stephens
Lumberton
North Carolina Methodists Back $150000 Endowment for Greensboro College
Greensboro, Sept 21. Educational boards of Eastern and Western conferences back an endowment fund of 150000 dollars for Greensboro College for Women to improve college buildings. Alumni association raising another endowment for the English chair reports over three fifths subscribed and will cooperate in the fund drive.
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Greensboro
Educational Boards of
North Carolina Methodists
Greensboro College For Women
Alumae Association
Democratic campaign opens strong in Duplin County
Cameron Morrison of Charlotte spoke in Kenansville and Warsaw praising the Democratic record in North Carolina and Woodrow Wilson while criticizing the Republicans led by Marion Butler. The audience filled the court room and opera house, applauding Morrison’s arguments and urging Democratic action.
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Warsaw
Duplin County
Cameron Morrison
Charlotte
North Carolina
Kenansville
Morrison
Mr. Morrison
Marion Butler
Woodrow Wilson
Duplin
Bryan Pleads for President Wilson in Wyoming Tour
William Jennings Bryan began a second day tour of Wyoming in support of President Wilson and the Democratic ticket. He urged re election of Wilson, saying he kept the United States out of war, and attacked Republican tactics on women’s suffrage votes. He warned Democratic women to beware of Republican trickery.
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Rock Springs
Wyo
William Jennings Bryan
Wyoming
Wilson
Bryan
United States
Thirty Four Fraternity Initiates Held at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill reports thirty four new members initiated into diverse fraternal chapters with visitors from across the States and other colleges attending. Dr Charles Holmes Herty, head of chemistry, has a widely read article in Manufacturer's Record on The Role of Chemistry in the Industrial Development of the South, with two Carolina professors contributing pieces on the chemist's value to manufacturers and home raw material utilization.
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Chas. Holmes Herty
University Department of Chemistry
South
Carolina
Francis P. Venable
Joseph Hyde Pratt
Tobacco firm may move plant to Durham
Reports from Durham say the American Tobacco Company plans to move a New York factory to this city due to wage demands by 8 000 cigarette workers. Another New York plant may shift to Richmond Virginia. If moved, Durham’s population could rise by several thousand as packing begins and shipments head to Richmond and Durham.
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New York
Richmond
Durham
Buffetin
Dover High School Opens With Largest Enrollment in New Bern
New Bern reports Dover High School opened with record enrollment and a strong term outlook. Prof. McLean, the superintendent, spent vacation preparing for the term. faculty hosted a public reception with speeches and pledge of community support. Local rail yards see 40 to 50 Pullman cars for troop trains from Camp Glenn as A C L Southern and Seaboard prepare services. Cotton picking season underway with labor shortages as many workers move North.
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New Bern
Dover High School
McLean
Dover
Southern
Seaboard
Camp Glenn
Norfolk Southern Railway
Southern Railway Company
Raleigh
Greek revolt reported on Crete proclaims provisional government
A dispatch from Athens reports a revolutionary movement on Crete establishing a provisional government. Rebels seize key locations as news filters through Paris via London. The claim notes a formal rebuke and calls for stability across the Aegean region.
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Paris
London
Crete
Athens
American Red Cross weighs response to Chinese flood crisis
Washington officials report a million Chinese homeless and thousands destitute after the Hwai river floods Anhui province. Autumn crops were destroyed and a Red Cross appeal for funds to send aid is under consideration as a major reclamation plan remains blocked by the war.
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Washington
State Department
Hwai
Anhui
China
Naning
Red Cross
Troopers Allowed to Transfer Amid Regimental Reassignments
San Antonio Texas Sept 21 Major General Funston announced that 300 members of the Second New York Infantry may remain on border duty by transferring to other regiments while three Pennsylvania regiments will be released as North Carolina units arrive.
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San Antonio
Texas
Second
New York Infantry
Funston
Pennsylvania
North Carolina
Durham booster trip planned to promote tobacco market
At a joint Rotary Club Chamber of Commerce and Tobacco Board meeting in Durham a booster trip was approved to tour Durham and nearby counties. Autos will stop 15 minutes at several sites to distribute literature promoting Durham as a high price tobacco market. A scout trip outlined the route and speeches for the main Saturday tour.
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Durham
Rotary
Chamber of Commerce
Tobacco Board of Trade and Merchants Association
Durham County
Federal drive on blackmail ring to begin in New York
Federal agents start prosecution against alleged blackmailers of Mrs. Klipper of Philadelphia. Case to be moved to New York for trial, expected to begin in about a month. Other defendants in the ring also likely to face trial.
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Washington
Department of Justice
Department
Klipper
Philadelphia
New York
Advertising as a Tool of Influence in Wilmington
The piece argues advertising is ancient and universal, a means to warning and guiding behavior. It claims nature itself provides cues and that advertising should influence minds, offering assistance and service to local advertisers in Wilmington.
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Providence
Wilmington
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