Taft Warns on Mexico Action Without Congress
President Taft will not act against Mexico without full congress deliberation and may call a special session if intervention becomes necessary. General Leonard Wood is ordered to dispatch two additional cavalry regiments to the Texas border amid reports of intolerable conditions for Americans in southern Mexico.
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Congress
Mexico
Beverly
Mass
Taft
Friends
Leonard Wond
United States Army
Texas
Madero
Washington
Million Dwindles to Zero in Newark Millionaire Case
Newark widow Bertha C. Feick reports executor assets at 808,997.78 and liabilities at 916,507.74 after the death of Charles A. Feick in a Sept 3 accident. The deficit stands at 107,509.96 with about 300 creditor claims, many from widows and orphans. Feick held funds in his own name, making accounts hard to trace.
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Newark
N. J
Shoenthal
Bertha C. Feleck
Charles A. Feick
Felck
Demand Food Price Cut by Mass Meetings in Germany
Monster meetings across Germany protest high food costs and urge the government to ease living costs before winter. Socialists plan to demand lower import duties on foods when the Reichstag returns in November and seek permission to import meat, currently restricted. Berlin reopens municipal fish market sold at cost to the poor.
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Berlin
Germany
Reichstag
Washington officials grapple with gender bias in海 steamship postings
Navigation bureau officers learned a Woman wireless operator was discharged from the steamer Mariposa during a transpacific voyage because the government opposed employing women. The Commission argues the new regulations treat men and women seeking such posts identically.
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Washington
Navigation Bureau
Chamberlain
Thore
Taft Electors Named for Nevada on Republic Ballot
Espt 9 Names of Taft electors will go on the Republican ballot this fall. Colonel Maxon, Republican national committeeman for Nevada, filed the petition with the secretary of state and received a receipt after the regular Republican convention. If the nomination of presidential electors had been officially settled a second convention was called. 204 electors nominated.
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Carson
Ney
Taft
Colornel Maxon
Fox
Nevada
Secretary of State
Hyde Trial Date Set for January in Swope Case
Kaneanr City reports Attorney for Tr. B. Clarke Hyde and county prosecutor agreed to postpone the third trial for the murder of Colonel Thomas H. Swope from September to January term. Judge Porterfield fixed January 6 as the trial date.
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Hyde
Kanéanr City
Tr. B. Clarke Hyde
Ves
Tir. Hyde
Thomas H. Swope
Porterfield
Millionaire and Wife Die in Maine Home Tragedy
Portage Lake Maine September 9 The body of Daniel G Emery millionaire and his wife were found shot in their bedroom The coroner believes Mrs Emery was carried from her husband’s room and killed then he shot himself The couple had recent troubles
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Portage Lake
Daniel G. Emery
Hle
Alfalfa Seed Could Top Kansas Wheat as New Profit Crop
In Kansas a new alfalfa seed crop is described as a potential money maker surpassing wheat. Henry M. Masche of Saffordville harvested 175 acres with a hefty seed yield and expects about 4000 dollars, plus two prior hay crops averaging 15 dollars per acre. The state board of agriculture reports many similar seed fields across 100 to 400 acres, predicting state wide alfalfa seed value near 1 million dollars this year.
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Topeka
Kansas Wheat King
Monkeh
Golconda
Kansas
Henry M. Masche
Saffordville
Masche
State Board of Agriculture
Race Trouble Overshadows Cummings Arrests in Georgia
In Cummings Georgia a mob attacked Grant Smith a black preacher after two Black suspects were charged with assaulting a white woman. White residents threatened to dynamite the town and a detachment of infantry arrived from Gainesville by orders of Governor Brown to restore order.
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Cummings
Grant Smith
Court House
Gainesville
Brown
Crop optimism drives western trade surge
Bradstreet's notes a steady trade advance with every prospect pleasing. Cumulative strength marks the day as better crops push yields beyond expectations, especially corn and cotton, signaling improving farm progress and positive market influences across the western region.
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Bradstreet
Aston
West
Roosevelt Electors Remain on Kansas Ballot
In Topeka Sept. Roosevelt presidential electors will stay on the Republican ticket after Judge Sunhorn of the U S Court of Appeals denied an injunction. Taft supporters failed to remove eight Roosevelt electors from the general election ballot in November.
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Topeka
Sept
Roosevelt
Kansas
Sunhorn
United States Court of Appeal
Taft
Mexican border clash reported near Lene ranch
Douglas and Avis were captured amid a skirmish with United States troops on the Lene ranch about fifty miles from Meaglie. Thirteen American soldiers engaged twenty five rebels, killing one and wounding another, while holding back the rest.
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Douglas
Avis
Bowndary
Lene Ranch
Accordias
Cnd
Famine and Sickness Reports Reach State Department
Dispatches about famine sickness brigand and heir from the rebel lands after Nitaross travel via couriers to the petabde world are being sent to the state department and referred to the American Red Cross for attention.
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Washington
Boot
State Department
Mysterious cattle disease hits Western Konkas herds
Reports from Topela warn of cattle dying in large numbers. The illness, believed linked to a mystery disease, has spread across several counties. J M Mercer state livestock envoy notes alarming reports.
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Afoot
Floggings Cease As Prison Control Faces Warden Crisis
Jackson Mich Sept 9 Publicity over penitentiary flogging halted plans as the warden and the board of prison control face upheaval. Mutiny forced militia guard action with forty plus men under confinement and leg irons while a discharged convict claims the warden is to blame and may be killed if he does not resign.
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Jackson, Mich
Strte
Ion
Thia Coaster
Mack Celia
Roosevelt Excites Montana Crowd With Anti Trust Talk
In Helena on Sept 3 Colonel Roosevelt addressed voters amid a sharp rebuke of Wilson and Taft policies. He argued the Democrats offer no real plan to curb trusts while Wall Street favors the administration. Roosevelt recalled his ranch days and received a warm western welcome in Miles City.
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Helena
Mont
Woodrow Wilson
Roosevelt
Montana
Wall Street
Rooecvelt
Mr. Wilson
Taft
Jie
Maltese Cross
Medora
N. C
Mi'es City
Democratic fund raises 12 000 in Wilson Marshall drive
Twelve thousand donors have contributed to the Wilson and Marshall campaign, bringing the total to $175000 at the Democratic national headquarters. W G McAdoo calls this a new political standard as donors of $100 or more are publicized. Treasurer Roila Wells says funds are encouraging but still inadequate to run the campaign. Major donors include Henry Morgenthau Jr and Enoch Poor.
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Wilson
Marshall Campilan
de Satie
Democratic National
W. G. McAdoo
Democratic National Committee
Germantown
Meare Coldman
New York
Enoch
Taft Discusses Politics with Republican Leaders
Beverly Mississippi September 9 Taft met with Republican figures including Hilles and Sheldon to review the national scene. He consulted Charles F Broa er and J H Roraback on Connecticut affairs and heard about Rhode Island and New England party activities from local chairs. The president issued a formal statement praising conservative business support for his reelection.
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Beverly
Miss
Tult
Progressive Oscar S Straus for governor nominated
Diverse items report political moves and tragedies across cities. Oscar S Straus is named for governor by New York Progressives, while Arthur MacArthur dies at a Wisconson veterans reunion and other incidents include a Jackson prison riot claim and wreck fatalities.
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New York
Progressive Convention
Syracuse
News York Progressives
Oscar
Straus
Arthur MacArthur
Wiscorein
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