Taft Defends Payne Tariff in Minnesota Speech
President Taft, amid Republican insurgent pressure in Winona, says the Payne tariff bill is the best the people have known and defends supporters who voted for it while criticizing those who voted against it. He argues reform must come within the party and notes wool schedules block changes. Continued on Page Two.
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Winona
Wis
White House
Taft
Congress
Tqtt
Payne
Payne Pi
Hils
Harriman Wife May Seek Official Appraisal of Wealth
New York report says Mrs. Edward Harriman will seek a formal appraisal of her late husband’s estate within two weeks. Wall Street pundits estimate the fortune near 100 million dollars, potentially making her the world’s richest woman.
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New York
Edward Beate
Frederick C. Penfield
Anne Weightman
Philadelphia
Weightman
Russell Sage
Sage
W. B. Leeds
Phoebe Hearst
Wm. K. Thaw
Morris K. Jussup
French Army Maneuvers Highlight Republique Dirigible
Montiucom France September 17 60 000 men engage in full army maneuvers with the Republique dirigible balloon aiding defense forces The airship maps enemy plans and warns of traps aiding the defense while an army experiments with mobile supply transport Major J T Mott American military attache observes the maneuvers.
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Montiucom
France
Army of Defense
Automobile Service
J. T. Mott
Average American laborer living better than Queen Elizabeth
Washington report quotes James William, secretary of agriculture, saying the average worker today eats three meals daily and can afford the best cuts. He notes farmers are debt free, have cash, and harvest big crops, but caution about investing in eastern securities. The farmer faces labor shortages and education challenges, yet improvements persist.
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Washington
Eilabeth
James William
Hha
Edgewood High pupil seriously burned by hazers
Maxwell Harrison a 14 year old freshman son of Rev Zacariah Harrison pastor of the Second Free Baptist church was left for dead after fellow upperclassmen dragged him into a furnace air shaft at Edgewood High School He crawled out burning and was hospitalized with a broken leg severe knee lacerations and burns doctors fear gangrene may develop while his condition remained critical hours after the incident.
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Edgewood High School
Maxwell Harrison
Zacariah Harrison
Second Free Baptist Church
Young Harrison
Hala
Timpelf
Harrison
Rhode Island
Murder theory gains support from medical experts
Washington reports contradicting Surgeon Raymond Spears and endorsing Dr. George Tulley Vaughan. Vaughan says autopsy on Lieut. James N. Sutton shows no close discharge wound and bullet hole clean with no powder burns or bruising, leaving death by self harm questioned two years after Sutton's Annapolis death.
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Washington
Raymond Spears
James N. Sutton
Marine Corps
Annapolis
George Tulley Vaughan
Gov Johnson At Death's Door in Rochester
A fragile health report from Rochester on September 17 indicates Governor Johnson, after a day of apparent improvement, is near death. Doctors say they do not think he will die tonight but his condition remains critical and further life-saving measures may be needed.
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Gov. Johnson
Death's
Rochester
Mine
Governor Johnson
Dr. Cherion
Johnson
Striking Pittsburg Steel Plant Ends After Citywide Walkout
At the Pisaed Steel Car plant in Pittsburg on September 17, a second strike by workers ended when 2,000 Americans leading a march clashed with 1,500 cantains and 600 Italians en route to the mill. As crowds gathered 1,000 Slavs Russians and Poles joined to enter the plant, but no violence occurred and the strike concluded without disorder.
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Pittsburg
Pisaed Steel Car Company
Mckelles Rocks
O'Donovan Bridge
State Hospital Officials Plan Purchases Visit to Omaha
Dr. C. H. Soldier, superintendent of the Wyoming state hospital for the insane, and William Schnitger of the state board of charities and reform will travel to Omaha on the first of next week to view proposed furniture additions for the Indian hospital in Wyoming.
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C. H. Soldier
Wyoming
Hospital For the Insane
Wiliam Sehnitger
State Board of Charites and Reform
Four Die as Three-Story Building Collapses in Chicago
In Chicago a three story stone building under construction at 229 Milwaukee Avenue collapsed. Four workers are dead, over a dozen injured, and four missing as walls and floors fell trapping laborers amid rubble. Rescue teams worked with picks and axes as echoes of cries filled the ruins.
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Chicago
Milwaukee Avenue
Threshing At Experiment Station Gathers Steam
Threshing began on small grain crops at the experiment farm south of the city. It is likely that Dr. Cooke will present home facts and figures for the public within a few days.
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Southepat
Cooke
Pinchot Receives Taft Message on Clemente Island
President Taft sent a wireless message to Gifford Pinchot chief forester of the United States from Los Angeles. Pinchot read it by moonlight at his Clemente Island camp and declined to comment on the Ballinger affair. He then drafted a reply to be sent back to the president. Meanwhile Glavis was removed from the Seattle division, ending the Interior Department controversy as Ballinger supporters welcomed the decision.
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Cal
Taft
Gifford Pinchot
Forester
United States
Los Angeles
San Clemente Island
Ballinger
Cornell
Pinchot
Clemente
Avalon
Pardes
California
Interior Ballinger
Spokane
Glavis
Washington
H. MM Glavis
General Lang
Feta
Mennval Land Office
Portland
Ore
Seattle
Interior
Gravis
Sochilled
Cunningham
Alagha
Glayin
Burlington survey advances east of Casper in line toward Shoshone
Burlington surveyors working from Shoshone toward Casper have built the grade north of Casper and between the town and the North Platte river. The project moves east of the area as crews continue the survey near the Platte.
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Burlington
Casper
Wyo
Shoshon
Orin Uetion
North Platte River
Peary Relaxes Dogmatic Stance on Cook Pole Claim
In a dramatic shift Commander Peary concedes Cook may have reached the North Pole via various routes but finds no evidence of Cook there and doubts his presence. Peary denies plans for an immediate South polar dash, hints at an international polar commission, and notes new sledges could ease Pole access in two years.
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Labrador
Peary
Broderick A. Cook
Cook
North Pole
Cork
Peargaley
Dr. Cook
George W. Melville
John Neves
International Polar
South Pole
Sidney
Can a Judge Influence a Jury by Improper Intonation
Denver report questions whether a judge can alter jury verdicts through vocal intonation during instructions. The appeal concerns Charles Bronwgh and Erbaugh linked to a 18 month federal sentence for mail fraud and a letter case.
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Colo
Marty O'Bryan
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Charles 0. Bronwgh
Lewis
Erbaugh
Lewis Mt
T Wan
Audge
Ty Vole
Hrnnagh
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Sutton
Vaughan
M'Kees Rocks
Chigago
ACCS
Experiment Station
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Giaris
Interior Department
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Iimself
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Lews
Kirbaugh
Court of Appeals
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Labaugh
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