World Is Better Says President to Sunday Audience
The president tells a Sunday audience that the world is better and delivers a sermon while helping lay the cornerstone of a Universalist church. He attends Unitarian services and speaks to Catholic children. He spends the Portland day in religious exercises and travels toward California with rest planned in Yosemite Valley.
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World IS Better
Universalist Church
Portland
California
Yosemite Valley
Taft Sermon Emphasizes Religion and Morality for Uplift
The speaker argues that true religion and morality are the cornerstone of civilization and that loyalty to church aligns with loyalty to country. He asserts optimism about moral progress over the past fifty years and links faithful church membership to civic responsibilities.
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God
Man
Taft Attends Corner Stone Laying in East Portland
President Taft spent a religious day in Portland with visits to the First Universalist church for a cornerstone ceremony, St Marys Academy, and a Catholic school. He praised church cooperation across denominations and stressed loyalty to God and country while greeting crowds along a crowded Hust Portland march. His train then departed for Sacramento, Cal.
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Taft
Mormon Tabernacle
Salt Lake City
First Universalist
East Portland
Southern Pacific Railway
Sacramento
Cal
First Unitarian Church
W. G. Eliot, Jr
Hust Portland
James D. Corby
United States
Washington
Pittsburg
Helena
Mont
Liberal Church
Philippines
Rome
America
St. Mary's Academy
Christie
Washington Pan Busy Winter
Washington reports the federal government to resume full activity under department heads. Key figures Secretary Meyer Secretary Wilson Attorney General Wickersham and Secretary Nagel return by Tuesday with Knox arriving late October to discuss the Hankow railway loan and China Japan treaties. MacVeagh in Dublin NH prepares annual treasury report. Wickersham to join U S Tobacco antitrust case in U S Supreme Court Oct 1.
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Meyer
Wilson
Wickersham
Nagel
Knox
United States
China
Japan
MacVeagh
Dublin
N. H
Treasury
Congress
American Tobacco Company
Supreme Court of the United States
Cannibal Eskimo Story From Arctic Ice Disaster
An Eskimo, driven to starvation, killed and ate his child, a report from St John s Newfoundland via the Hudson Bay steamer Adventure. The man fled as neighbors attacked, struck down several assailants, and vanished into the ice wilderness. his fate remains unknown.
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N. F
Hudson Bay Company
Adventure
Para
Baffinland
Mounted Police
Hudson Fulton celebration moves up the Hudson
The Hudson Fulton celebration continues as the Itall oon and the Clermont voyage northward from New York to Kingston Catskill Hudson Albany and Troy. Special religious services were held in Yonkers Poughkeepsie Kingston Catskill and Hudson as pastors drew lessons from the event.
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New York
Colorado Homesteaders To Lose Their Locations
Montrose Colorado October 3 1931 government seeks to regain control of over 10000 acres in the Uncompahgre valley A special agent has filed formal contests against 140 individuals alleging failure to conform with homestead laws Many nonresidents may relinquish rights without contest Land to be reopened for entry with date to be fixed later
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Montrose
Colo
Curtiss Flies From Governor's Island in Treacherous Wind
On October 3 Glenn H Curtiss attempted a flight from Governor's Island New York harbor in a gusty unsettled wind. The aeroplane lurched and tilted during ascent then glided down safely after a brief aerial struggle with the wind. Spectators numbered around a hundred observed the descent and Curtiss vented caution about the wind velocity. Curtiss planned to stay for another day to attempt a calmer flight if conditions improve.
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New York
Glenn H
Curtiss
Governor's Island
New York Harbor
Wilbur Wright
Leeviator
Two Die In Pittsburg Street Car Crash
James Duffy aged 25 and Martin O Rourke 35 were killed in a Pittsburg street car collision tonight. Eight other passengers were seriously injured with three probably fatally hurt in the same accident.
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Pittsburg
James Duffy
Martin O'Rourke
Right to drink argued as liberty by Dr Hexamer
Cincinnati October 3 Dr C J Hexamer president of the National German alliance says the right to drink wine and beer is a human liberty. He criticizes prohibition zeal and endorses local option as a safeguard against fanaticism. Gov Judson Hannon welcomes delegates.
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Cincinnati
C. J. Hexamer
National German Alliance
Judson Hannon
Barrill Refuses to Confirm Mt McKinley Ascent
Seattle October 3 Edward Barrill Cook's guide to the alleged Mt McKinley ascent arrived to meet Walter Miller. He declined to commit himself about the trip. He refused to answer whether he and Dr Cook reached the summit. He said there is nothing he can talk about just now.
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The
Standard
Seattle
Wash
Edward Barrill
Cook
Mr. McKinley
Walter Miller
Barrill
Dr. Cook
Mt. McKinley
Strike of Copper Company Settled in Salt Lake City
The 200 Greek laborers at the Utah Copper mine reached a settlement tonight while details remain private. Sheriff Emory arrested two strikers Ed Kordonodovis and Michael Kordusuntas for revolver threats and inciting the protest by signaling a strike with a tap of the hat.
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Salt Lake City
Utah Copper Company
Emory
Ed Kordonodovis
Michael Kordusuntas
Kordusuntas
Wright Held on Concealed Weapons Charge in Taft Photo Incident
Arthur Wright, arrested for attempting to photograph President Taft at the Portland hotel, remains in custody. He is to be arraigned tomorrow on a concealed weapons charge as police report no serious charges yet and no further information to justify harsher detention.
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Portland
Arthur Wright
Taft
Nine Lives Lost in Northwestern Mine Explosion
A gas explosion at the Northwestern Improvement Company's mine in Northwest kills nine workers. Rescue teams recover bodies as investigators probe gas buildup and ignition causes. Officials declare a safety review and vow compensation for families.
Nine dead in Roslyn mine explosion on Sunday
An explosion in mine No. 4 of the Northwestern Improvement company at Roslyn Washington on Sunday killed nine men and fatally injured three others. A shaft fire lit the sky, with flames nearly 100 feet high, while townspeople evacuated. Firefighters aided by Cle Elum crews contained the blaze as rescue teams prepared to search the mine. The disaster halted water pumps and threatened further explosions as authorities assessed causes and impact on state coal output. Roslyn lies 100 miles east of Seattle.
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Roslyn
Wash
Northwestern Improvement Company
Otis Newhouse
John X. Jones
Faber H. Jones
Cleelum
J. F. Menzies
Seattle
Cook Defends Polar Feats At Washington Lecture
Dr. Frederick A. Cook arrived to cheers as police kept crowds in check at the capital station. He agreed to have Copenhagen waive prior record reviews and said tribunals would announce their decisions simultaneously. Dr. Wiley questioned Cook on pemmican as Guthrie criticized the Sunday lecture and money making.
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Frederick A. Cook
New York
University of Copenhagen
American Geographical Society
Cook
South Pole
Dr. Cook
North Pole
Explorer
Pole
National Press Club
Harvey W. Wiley
Government
Dr. Wiley
Wiley
C. E. Guthrie
Camline Methodist Episcopal Church
Drowning in Lake Gardner as brothers pose for photo
In Amesbury Massachusetts on October 3 Joseph Manahan 34 and his brother Frederick 17 fell from a canoe during a photo session and drowned before the spectator Miss Bella Bailey.
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Amesbury
Mass
Joseph Manahan
Frederick
Lake Gardner
Bella Bailey
American balloonist in big international race abroad
Zurich Oct 3 A sunny autumn day opened the Gordon Bennett cup international balloon race drawing more than 200000 spectators as 17 balloons launched toward likely routes to Russia. Edward Mix of Columbus Ohio entered America II and predicted a long distance test of endurance and pilot skill amid a strong southwest wind. Zeppelin NL's Count Zeppelin could not attend.
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Zurich
Switzerland
Russia
Rying
Count Zeppelin
Zeppelin NL
Edward Mix
Columbus
Ohio
United States
Petard
Russa
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