Roosevelt Speech Defends Trust Regulation In Vermont Rally
In St Johnsbury Vermont Roosevelt calls for strong national regulation of industry and keeping the anti trust law on the books. He asserts trusts should be dissolved for bad conduct and praises Progressive aims while criticizing Penrose Archbold and party rivals. He credits women suffrage influence based on aid from suffrage supporters.
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St. Johnsbury
Roosevelt
Vermont
Penrose
Archbold
Interstate Commerce Commission
Oi Trust
Progressive Party
Wickersham
Standard Oil and Tobacco Trusts
Stanley Committee
Department of Justice
House of Representatives
Withen
Woman Suffrage Leader Reflects on Social Reform Links
The speaker credits reformers like Jacob Riis and Judge Lindsay for shaping views on child labor, charity work, and the pivotal role of women. He explains how contact with female activists and suffrage advocates influenced his belief in equal voting rights while preserving home life.
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Jacob Riis
Ben Lindsay
Colorad
Judge de Lacey
Washington
Charles Stelzle
Father Curran
Homer Folks
Paul Kellogg
Mannis
Raymond Robbins
Weyland McCarthy
Kingsbury
Miss Riddams
Miss Keller
Mrs. Kelly
Injunction One of Most Sweeping in History
Frank P. Murphy, sitting as special judge in Boone County, granted Webb Coal Company a preliminary injunction to bar President Thomas Cairnes and all UMWA officials from entering the company property or urging miners to join the union. The order, issued without notice, bars union officials from striking or advising miners to stay away.
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Charleston
W. Va
Circuit Court
Boone County
Frank P. Murphy
Webb Coal Company
Thomas Cairnes
United Mine Workers of America
Miners’ Union
Gunmen Ready to Turn State Evidence in Rosenthal Case
New York reports that Whitey Lewis and Dago Frank Cirofici, indicted gunmen in the Rosenthal case, are prepared to testify for the state if they receive light sentences. A lawyer visiting them at the Tombs reportedly offered to use influence with District Attorney Whitman. Becker lawyer McIntyre condemned the press coverage as disgraceful.
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New York
Whitey” Lewis
Frank Cirofici
Rosenthal
Whitman
John F. McIntyre
Becker
Millionaire Banker Solomon Luna Dies in Sheep Dip Vat
Albuquerque August 30 Solomon Luna a wealthy banker and sheep owner and former Republican national committeeman who declined a U S senate bid died after an attack of heart failure caused him to fall into a vat of sheep dip at Horse Springs Socorro county Friends here doubt the death was accidental citing threatening letters and an investigation will be demanded Santa Fe August 30.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Solomon , Luna
Republian National
United States
Horse Springs
Socorro County
New Mexico
Santa, Fe. N. M
Solomon Luna
Luna
Eld
Cuban Officials Apologize for Assault on American in Havana
In Washington and Havana officials including the Cuban president offered apologies for the attack by journalist Maza on Hugh Gibson the American chargé d affaires. The state department decided the case should proceed through normal channels.
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Washington, D. C
Maza
Hugh Gibson
Havana
State Department
Two Hundred Shots Exchanged In Pitched Battle
Hostilities flare again as striking miners clash with Baldwin guards on Cabin Creek with two hundred shots fired. Detective Hines and miner Hodge injured. Captain Ira L. Barbour leads Company I to Dry Branch. Major Jenks cannot serve on the governor's mining inquiry commission.
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Charleston
W. Va
Cabin Creek
Hines
Hodge
Sheltering Arms
Hansford
Baldwin
Company I
Second Infantry
Ira L. Barbour
Paim Creek Junction
Dry Branch
Isaac C. Jenks
United States Army
Glasscock
War Department
Balloon tragedy at county fair ends in boy’s death
Chester Betts aged fourteen fell two thousand feet after being caught by balloon guy ropes at a Flint county fair. Spectators misidentified him as a dummy until the balloonist tried to rescue him. He crashed against a barn roof and died despite efforts.
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Flint, Mich
Chester Betts
Bert Betts
Flint
MERE TOOL IN HANDS OF CUBAN PLOTTERS
Cuban minister Senor Martin Rivera says Enrique Maza was a mere tool used by Cuban plotters opposed to the United States. Rivera notes the Ha vana attack on Hugh Gibson was unjustified and he has cabled Cuba demanding punishment for the assailant.
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Washington
Enrique Maza
Hugh Gibson
Havana
Senor
Martin Rivera
Maza
United States
Cuba
Detectives Seek Hillsville Fugitives Sidna Allen and Wesley Edwards
W G Baldwin head of the Baldwin Felte detectives reports a Silver Bow Montana police chief received a tip that two men matching the Hillsville fugitives Sidna Allen and Wesley Edwards were seen in his area. The letter mentions a Hatfield family near who may be sheltering them as authorities pursue leads.
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Silver Bow County
Montana
Roanoke
W. G. Baldwin
Baldwin-Felte Detectives
Silver Bow
Mon
Sidna Allen
Wesley Edwards
Hillsville
West Virginia
Train Crash Kills Engineer In Pittsburg Yard
In Pittsburg Pennsylvania on August 30 engineer Coughenour was killed and two Pennsylvanian trainmen were injured when Pennsylvania Railroad train 807 collided with a work train in the yards. Many passengers were bruised.
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Pittsburg
Coughenour
Pennsylvania Railroad
West Virginia Weather Forecast Weekend Outlook
West Virginia expects a fair day Saturday with warmer temperatures followed by generally fair conditions Sunday. No precipitation is expected and temperatures rise modestly across the state.
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West Virginia
Vermont Election Winds Move Toward Governor Race
Vermont faces state elections next Tuesday with five candidates for governor from Republicans Democrats Progressives Prohibitionists and Socialists. Allen M. Fletcher heads the GOP ticket, Harlan B. Howe leads the Democrats, Rev. Fraser Metzger for Progressives, C. S. Smith allied with Prohibitionists and Grangers, while tariff reform and state policy themes drive the campaigns.
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Montpelier
Vermont
Congress
Taft
National Organization
Roosevelt
Green Mountain
Chicago
Thomas H. Brown
Rutland
Democratic National Committee
Wilson
Marshall
National
Metzzer
Allen M. Fletcher
Harlan B. Howe
St. Johnsbury
Fraser Metzged
C. 8. Smith
Smith
Turco Italian War Seen Ending Only via Peace Congress
Geneva reports that diplomacy favors a formal international peace conference to end the Turco Italian war. Unofficial Italian and Turkish talks have stalled for weeks, prompting belief that a European congress may be convened to force a settlement.
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Geneva
Switzerland
Woolen Co. President Arrested in Lawrence Dynamite Plot
William M. Wood, president of the American Woolen Company, was arrested on an indictment charging conspiracy to distribute dynamite during the Lawrence textile strike. He surrendered, posted $5,000 bail, and will be arraigned Tuesday. The company controls 33 plants, with capitalization of $75,000,000 and 35,000 operatives, including 15,000 in Lawrence.
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William M. Wood
American Woolen Company
Lawrence Strike
Boston
Wm. M. Wood
American Woolen Co
Lawrence
Wood
New England
New York
English Labor Leader J Keir Hardie Arrives for Debs Tour
J Keir Hardie member of parliament and noted English labor leader has arrived in New York to campaign for the Debs socialist ticket. He plans a six week speaking tour with a brief trip to Guelph Ontario for the Dominion Trades and Labor Congress convention.
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Debs
New York
J. Keir Hardie
Organized Labor
England
Socialist
Eugene V. Debs
Hardie
Guelph
Ont
Dominion Trades and Labor Congress
Estate of Michael Kelly Leaves $200000 to Kind Friends
Michael Kelly died in a hovel in New York on August 30 leaving an estate valued at $200000 to be divided among those who had shown him kindness. The will specifies no other heirs and names no organizations.
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New York
Michael Kelly
Old Parties Feeding People On Buncombe
Plymouth New Hampshire August 30 Eugene Chaffin Prohibition candidate criticizes Roosevelt and old parties for blaming liquor makers and distributing high cost of living rhetoric. He accuses them of feeding the public with irrelevant buncombe and argues for better treatment of voters' intelligence.
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Plymouth
N. H
Roosevelt
Eugene Chaffin
Progressive party to name electors under hot election guidance
Former governor William M. Q. Dawson announced a state executive committee meeting in Charleston at the Kanawha hotel for September 3. The panel will decide whether to endorse Republican electors or name a new set and address other pre election issues per state law.
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Charleston
W. Va
Wm. M. Q. Dawson
Progressive Party
Kanawha Hotel
Taft Roosevelt Contest Moves to Supreme Court
The clash between Taft and Roosevelt factions over Kansas presidential electors goes to the Supreme Court. The court may rule once it convenes October 14 after transferring the Kansas record from state courts on an August 6 order by Justices Vandevanter and Putney. The Le Mans court decision favored Taft.
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Washington
Taft
Roosevelt
Kansas
Supreme Court
Vandevanter and Putney
le Mans
Ohio Suffragists Demonstration in Columbus
A Columbus suffrage parade for the centennial celebration drew crowds nearly matching New York’s May turnout. The event aimed to influence visiting dignitaries and the large audience gathered for the centennial festivities.
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Ohio
Columbus
New York
Aup
Woman Suffrage Amendment Backed in Special Election Parade
A segment of the woman suffrage amendment campaign outlines a parade organized by Mee Stanton Blatch of New York, president of the Woman's Political Union, to be held ahead of next Tuesday's special election.
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Mee. Stanton Blatch
New York
The
Woman's Political Union
Largest Montana land sale opens in Granite county
The August 30 sale in Helena inaugurates Montana's biggest land sale, 4000 acres in Granite county offered at public auction with a 10 dollar minimum and a plan to auction 300000 acres across counties in coming weeks. Nutmeg Republicans caucus in Connecticut seek delegates for the state convention with Judge Silas A Robinson mentioned for governor.
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Montana
Helena
Mont
Granite County
Sen. Hartford
Conn
Connecticut
Silas A. Robinson
Middletown
State Supreme Court
Highway man confession ends manhunt at Highlands railroad
Chicago August 30. Roy Robs Station Agent. Mike Koshack, 14, surrendered claiming he robbed a Highlands Indiana railroad agent of 89 dollars. He told Chief McWeeny he acted out of conscience and said he was a bed man.
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Roy Robs
Chicago
Ill
Mike Koshack
Chief McWeeny
Highlands, Ind
George Washington’s Kin Dies in Richmond Hospital
George Washington a platter and collateral kinsman of General Washington and native of Westmoreland county where the first president was born, died in a Richmond hospital today of heart disease at age fifty eight.
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George Washington
Richmond
General Washington
Westmoreland County
Three Graves Brothers Tried in Lea Murder Case
A special session of the superior court began in Kentville Nova Scotia for the trial of the three Graves brothers charged with murdering H Kenneth Lea and assaulting Mrs Lea. The case unfolds with prosecutors detailing the alleged crime and defense contesting evidence.
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Kentville
N. S
Frauds alleged in South Carolina primary contests
Charges of fraud including ballot-box stuffing and twenty thousand illegal votes were raised as the state committee met in Columbia. The dispute pits Governor Blease against rivals Jones and Duncan with contests filed statewide and delegations seeking hearings before the senate committee.
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Columbia
S.C
Blease
Jones
Duncan
Senate
Governor Wilson Advocates Community Meetings at Monmouth Fair
Seagirt N J Aug 31 Governor Wilson urged neighborhood consultation and wider use of schoolhouses for public gatherings at the Monmouth county fair in Red Banks. He avoided comment on his talks with Jude Westcott Representative Hughes and State Senator G Ebbardt, all Wilson supporters and senatorial contenders, saying he is not bossing the job.
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Seagirt
N. J
Aus
Wilson
Monmouth County
Red Banks
Jude Westcott
Hughes
G. Ebbardt
Benjamin Lester Found Not Guilty in Cove Killing Case
In Tazewell Virginia the jury acquits Benjamin Lester after a third trial for the March 1911 Cove killings of Luther Lowe and Robert Laster. Henry Lester, his father, is also charged but at large. witnesses place Harry Lester near his home in the county west end.
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Tazewell
Benjamin Lester
Luther Lowe
Robert Laster
Cove
Henry Lester
Harry Lester
Man Drowns Saving Friend in Leaking Boat
Auburn New York August 30 John T Walts sacrificed his life leaping from a leaking boat to rescue his companion but Walts drowned.
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Auburn
N. Y
John T. Walts
Walts
Seidel Nominated for Socialist Vice President
Emil Seidel accepted formal nomination by the Socialist party for vice president. He urged collective ownership of trusts with government possession and local to national control, envisioning an industrial democracy where workers govern hours, education flourishes, poverty fades, and arts and science democratize. The speech framed a new republic of the workers.
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Chicago
Emil Seidel
Socialist Party
Jefferson
Lincoln
Trust Buster Retires as Texas AG Jewell Lightfoot
Attorney General Jewell P. Lightfoot, lauded as a trust buster, retires after eight years in Texas. He says he is poorer than when he began his term and will return to private practice in Austin.
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Trust Buster
Austin
Texas
Jewell P. Lightfoot
Trust Busters
Chicago U convocation honors Oberlin leader King
President Henry Churchill King of Oberlin College delivered the principal address at the University of Chicago eighty fourth convocation. The event conferred 210 degrees and tittles. King's talk focused on The Contribution of Modern Science to Ideal Interests.
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Chicago
Henry Churchill King
Oberlin College
Universty of
King
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