America Faces Labor Push in Union Label Shoe Trade
A report outlines how a push for union label shoes aims to move every laborer in the United States to buy only union-made goods. It notes a drop in shoe shipments, rising polish sales, and shifts in leather and hogskin use amid a broader industry reliance on machinery and a dominant shoe machine trust.
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United States
Boston
Europe
Asia
West Indies
South America
Shoe Machine Trust
Horg
Taft Praises US MC A Dedication Work At St Paul Event
Taft lauds the Y M C A in St Paul dedication speech while exchanging courtesies with Bryan in Minneapolis. Taft's address to Fowler Church follows a earlier Y M C A program noted for its impact on moral guidance and charitable giving.
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Taft
MC. Alin
President Roosevelt responds to Bryan on trust prosecutions
A detailed 1908 letter from President Theodore Roosevelt rebuts William Jennings Bryan's charge that the administration is not sincere or effective in curbing trusts. Roosevelt compares records of antitrust actions under his term with those of the prior Democratic administration, citing numerous indictments and cases against major corporations and railroads.
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Chicago & Alton
Chicago
Burlington & Quincy
New York Central
Rock Island & Pacific
Massive Hyde Park Protest Over Licensing Bill
About 300000 gathered in Hyde Park for a licensing bill demonstration, the largest yet though less fervent than suffragette rallies. Six thousand from outside districts rode 200 special trains, with 100 bands and ninety speakers at central points. The crowd approved a resolution condemning the bill.
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Hyde Park Corner
Marble Arch
Power Probing Morocco Clash In Tangier incident
In Tangier M Regnault and German Charge Von Wangenheim conduct a joint probe into the Casablanca clash during the arrest of Foreign Legion deserters. Paris notes Germans have urged desertion, while King Alfonso of Spain met President Fallieres and Clemenceau before leaving for Munich with Queen Victoria.
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M. Regnault
Morocco
Herr von Wangenheim
Casablanca
Foreign Legion
Paris
Temps’ G
Alfonso
Spain
Fallieres
Clemenceau
Pichon
Victoria
Munich
Railroads to join conference with U S Geological Survey
Washington Sept 27 Director George Otis Smith of the United States Geological Survey invites railroad officers to a conference on a cooperation plan. The plan aims to gather river flow data to help rails save thousands yearly and provide government aid. Agreement on time and place to follow.
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Washington
George Otis Smith
United States Geological Survey
Haskell Calls Roosevelt Crook and Liar in Oklahoma Speech
Guthrie Oklahoma September 27 Governor Haskell charged Theodore Roosevelt as a crook and liar saying he would publish a new chapter on the former president until election day He defended his resignation insisting it was voluntary and pledged to remain in the campaign He said lawsuits would be filed against accusers and noted invitations to speak in Ohio and Chicago in the near term.
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Mr. Bryan
Quentin Roosevelt
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Taft
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Fowler M. E
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Ohio
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Okla
Theodore
Haskell
Chicago
Bryan
Roosevelt
Haskel
W. R. Finley
Democratic State Committee of
J. D. Reynolds
Ohio State Committee
Feudist Thomas Cockrill Killed in Railroad Yards
The body of Thomas Cockrill a noted Breathitt County feudist was identified after being run over by a train in the Kentucky and Indiana Railroad yards in Louisville Kentucky. He had been linked to feud clashes and was a brother of former Jackson marshal Jim Cockrill who was assassinated. He had killed a prominent Hargis faction member.
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Louisville
Kentucky & Indiana
Thomas Cockrill
Breathitt County
Cockrill
Jim Cockrill
Jackson
Tragedy at Camp Jessman Ends in Deaths
In Manila on September 28 a Lewisburg unit officer and a private died after a double tragedy at Camp Jessman. Lieutenant Edward J. Bloom of the Fourth Infantry was shot by Private Suttles of Company K. Suttles then killed himself. Bloom died Sunday night after succumbing to his wounds. An official military inquiry is underway.
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Haskell
Democratic
Union Station
National Guard
Manila
Camp Jessman
Edward J. Bloom
Fourth Infantry
Suttles
Bloom
Twenty Sailors Drown As Loch Finlas Founders Off Tasmania
The British ship Loch Finlas of 2062 tons from Port Pirie bound for Callao wrecked near Foster Island off northeast Tasmania during a gale. Twenty of the crew of twenty four drowned. four men were rescued clinging to an upturned boat after the vessel sank. The second mate reportedly went insane and leaped overboard, and Captain Dean commanded the ship.
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Launceton
Tasmania
Loch Finlas
Port Pirie
South Australia
Callao
Foster Island
Dean
Atlantic Fleet Near Mindanao Reported by Wireless Stations
Sept 28 Mindanao wireless stations at Malabanga and Zamboanga reported communication with the Atlantic battleship fleet but could not determine its exact location due to indistinct signals and static. Malabanga serves as the link between Zamboanga and Manila, hindering contact since noon Sunday.
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Malabanga
Mindanao
Zamboanga
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