Beveridge Sees Prosperity Challenge Across Indiana Fairs
Albert J. Beveridge campaigns for Indiana governor amid displays of prosperity at Fulton county fair Rochester reports show farmers swayed toward Progressivism but deterred by current boom conditions. Observers note wealthy, well‑dressed crowds, autos, abundant goods, and thriving markets, with no solid argument to oppose the present administration.
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Albert J. Beveridge
Indiana
Rochester
Fulton County
Fair Ground
Beveridge
Cleveland
Lake Manitou
Farm Crops In Politics In Two Parties Plan
bumper Indiana crops link to national prosperity under Taft. Republicans credit broad gains in grain, grass crops, and farm wealth to the administration, while Democrats face the market reality. Nation sees record farm yields, rising steel and metal output, and brisk commerce with railcar and labor shortages as the backdrop for political debate.
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Indiana
Taft
Roosevelt Trail Scramble Gathers Indiana Campaign Fervor
The Republican State Central Committee in Indianapolis mobilizes for a Roosevelt arrival with plans to counter his third term bid. J Adam Bede and John M Harlan, following Teddy, may tour Indiana to speak at multiple venues. The bureau requests their national support to boost Republican messaging statewide.
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Republican State Central Committee
Indianapolis
Roosevelt
Indiana
Republican Committee
Hoosier Land
J. Adam Bede
John M. Harlan
United States
Republican Speakers Bureau
National Committee
Bede
Harlan
Republican Central Committee
Teddy
Wilson and the trusts in a circles of logic
The Indianapolis Sun mocks Woodrow Wilson's talk on trusts. It claims he muddles aims by promising to regulate trusts by restoring competition, likening his logic to chasing a tail. It questions how watered stock would be handled and criticizes his practical plans.
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Indianapolis Sun
Bull Moose
Woodrow Wilson
Princeton
New Jersey
Wilson
Prof. Wilson
New Jersey Edicotmaster
Record Bellef Statement by Indiana GOP Candidate Durbin
Republican candidate Winfield T. Durbin rejects claims that Indiana Republicans serve corporations. He cites passing the two cent fare, county local option, anti-cigarette laws, and a railway commission law, along with increased carrier valuations, as proof the party acted independently of corporate control.
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Republican Party
Indiana
Winfield T. Durbin
Political charms fail to halt rising prosperity
In spite of Democratic efforts prosperity climbs with a double header and push engine. Given half a chance it may break records again. They paved the third-term path with roses in Oregon but Idaho shows a harsher, thorny trail.
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Oregon
Idaho
Mob Clash in Lawrence as Textile Strike Roars
A 5 000 strong textile workers march in Lawrence led by Carlo Presca of the I W W clash with police. Shots fire, officers stabbed and head crushed in a brutal melee. Authorities weigh sending state troops as the strike looms large.
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Carlo Presca
Industrial Workers of the World
Presca
Thomas McCarlie
Ludwig
Pregca
McCarHe
Foss
Road Congress Opens in Atlantic City
Atlantic City opens the American road congress, running September 30 to October 5, with a strong push for comprehensive highway building. Delegates, led by Logan Walter Page of the United States office of public roads, express enthusiasm to give the public roads cause its greatest boost yet.
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Atlantic City
Logan’ Walter Page
United States Office of Public Roads
Change of venue in Wilbarger County murder case
Amarillo Tex Sept 30 John Beal Sneed will be tried on murder charge in Wilbarger county The change of venue was granted by Judge J N Browning The case against Beach B Epling charged jointly with Sneed was sent to Wilbarger county The move was granted due to publicity and local citizen partisanship hindering jury impartiality
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Amarillo
Tex
John Beal Sneed
al G. Boyce, Jr
Wilbarger County
Texas
J. N. Browning
Beach B. Epling
Sneed
Boyce
Divorce Requested in Chase Case in New York
Alvin Untermyer, referee, filed in the in the securtment court a report recommending dismissal of the divorce action brought by Hal Chase the baseball player against Mrs. Nellie H. Chase and granting Mrs. Chase a divorce with custody of their three year old son and alimony of 100 dollars per month.
Peacemaker Shot to Death in South Dakota
Aberdeen reporter details the killing of Charles Gorton a local peacemaker. Ole Knutson faces first degree murder charges after a bullet aimed at another man struck Gorton in Britton South Dakota.
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Aberdeen
Charles Gorton
Britton
S. D
Ole Knutson
Aeroplane Falls Claim Two Army Aviators
Washington reports two more U S army aviation deaths as Lieut L C Rockwell and Corporal F S Scott crash near College Park Md during a test flight for a military aviator license. Scott died at the wreck. Rockwell died after hospital aid. Rockwell is the fourth army officer to die in aviation accidents.
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Washington
United States Army
L. C. Rockwell
F. §. Scott
Signal Corps
College Park
Scott
Rockwell
Corporal Scott
Hempstead
John L. Longstaff
Pierre Chavellier
Chavellier
Ife
Magnussen suit ends with $25,000 verdict in kidnapping case
In Tacoma Washington on September 30 a suit against leading churchmen and Academy of Visitation sisters over the alleged kidnapping of Marjorie Rie jran concluded with a jury awarding Mrs. Lizzie Magnussen 25,000 dollars in damages after she sought 40,000.
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Tacoma
Wesh
Sisters
The
Academy of Visitation
Lizzie Magnussen
Marjorie Riejran
American in London Shotes Four in Street Turmoil
A man calling himself Titus and claiming US citizenship shot and seriously wounded four people in London’s West End after a dispute with a hotel barmaid on Tottenham Court Road. He fired at two bystanders who intervened and at a third man, then was subdued by a passerby and arrested.
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London
Titus
West End
Tottenham Court Road
U S Gunboat at Vera Cruz and Mexico Crises
Washington officials fear disturbances in eastern and central Mexico may force US Marines and sailors ashore at Vera Cruz. The Des Moines arrived with 60 marines and 175 sailors to guard the consulate and American property as Zapata forces regroup in Vera Cruz. In Juarez, rebels raided contractor William Orr, seizing payrolls and supplies worth about 36 000 dollars, with disputes over mistreatment.
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Washington
Vera Cruz
Mexico
State Department
Madero
Republic
Zapatistas
Orozco
U. S
Des Moines
Zapata
Juarez
Mex
William Orr
Mexican Northwestern Railway
Orr
Court Says Standard Oil Still Controls Oil Firms
In New York on September 30, Waters-Pierce Oil attorney W. Fordyce charged that both the spirit and letter of the Standard Oil of New Jersey decree are violated. He alleged subsidiaries are dominated by NJ stockholders, that the holding company still controls interstate and foreign firms, and that it used American Petroleum and Deutsche-Amerikanische-Petroleum Gesellschaft to shield Texas refineries from the decree. The loan ties among Archbold Folger were cited as evidence of coordinated control.
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New York
Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey
Department of Justice
Washington
W. Fordyce, Jr
Waters-Pierce Oil Company
Fordyce
Standard Oil Company of New Jersey
American Petroleum
Deutsche-Amerikanische-Petroleum Gesellschaft
Texas
United States
Messrs. Archbold
Folger
Magnolia Company
New York Company
Mr. Fordyce
Archbold
New Jersey Company
Widow-killing case ends with manslaughter verdict
The jury finds E. P. Hessenius a wealthy Cherokee County farmer guilty of manslaughter in the death of his wife. He claimed she fell from the porch roof while shaking rugs, but medical experts testified she was strangled. The verdict hinges on the conflicting accounts of cause of death.
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Cherokee
E. P. Hessenius
Here
Hessenius
Love Not Returned Ends in Suicide in San Francisco
San Francisco on September 30 reports the death by suicide of M. M. Steele, 35, son of Dr. H. A. Steele, a retired St. Louis physician. A note stated unrequited affection for a woman caused the act.
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San Francisco
M. M. Steele
H. A. Steele
St. Louis
World to guard health seeks global hygiene bureau
Washington reports resolutions from the fifteenth congress call for concentration and uniform compilation of international demographical and hygiene statistics. A permanent bureau at The Hague would serve future congresses with Moscow likely hosting the next gathering. Brazil and San Francisco compete for the privilege. A committee would standardize classification of colon bacilli and occupational disease reporting internationally.
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Washington
Hague
Moscow
Henry P. Walcott
Brazil
San Francisco
Liverpool Welcomes Home Rule Opponents in Massive Rally
Opposition leaders Sir Edward Carson Lord Londonderry and Lord Beresford arrived to cheers in Liverpool on September 30 as thousands marching through the city hailed them. Local committee speeches welcomed the trio who reaffirmed their unyielding stance against home rule and vowed to aid Ulster County in its resistance.
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Liverpool
Edward Carson
Lord Londonderry
Charles Beresford
Belfast
Ulster County
Koreans Found Guilty in Notorious Conspiracy Case
Seoul district court sentenced 106 Korean prisoners to a total of 636 years penal servitude. Baron Yun Chi Ho and five others were given ten years, eighteen got seven, forty six, and forty two received five years. All Christian pastors deacons church leaders or teachers named among the convicted.
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Seoul
Yun Chi Ho
No Public Sale for Tickets in Boston World Series
Boston announces no public sale of reserved seats for the world championship baseball series games. Treasurer McRoy of the Boston American League team says reserved seats will be allocated by mail applications.
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Boston
McRoy
Illini Faculty Bans Grapevine Twist and Texas Tommy
Champaign September 30 The grapevine twist the latest novelty was tabooed by University of Illinois faculty along with the Texas Tommy and other eccentric movements.
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Champaign
Ill
University of Illinois
Texas
Senators May Ask America to Intervene in Mexico
Smith of Michigan and Fall of New Mexico lead a U S Senate subcommittee report from Los Angeles detailing arms shipments to Mexico during the Madero and Orozco periods. It argues for U S intervention to protect American interests and cites 10 million rounds and 500 tons of dynamite moved across the border.
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Los Angeles
Cal
United States
Mexico
Smith
Washington
el Paso
Orozco
Mexico City
Madero
Senator Fall
Republic
Fred Ireland
Senator Smith
Southland
Oaxaca
Illinois Quake Shakes Whiteside County Area
Earthquake shocks were felt in Whiteside County and surrounding areas. Pictures were jolted from walls doors jarred open dishes scattered from shelves foundations loosened cement silos damaged as tremors lasted about five seconds east to west. Reports extend about fifteen miles with no clear explanation yet.
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Sterling
Whiteside
County
Insurgent Masaya Reports White Flag Lifted
A San Juan del Sur dispatch says Masaya insurgents raised a white flag on Saturday, leaving Leon as the government’s remaining stronghold. Separate accident news from Barstow reports six injuries after a Santa Fe freight crashes into a sleeping car of a main line train, with two passengers likely fatally hurt.
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San Juan del Sur
Nicaragua
Masaya
Leon
Barstow
Cal
Santa Fe
San Pedro, Los Angeles & Salt Lake Limited
Barstow Junction
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