Taft Proclamation Sets Panama Canal Toll Rates
Government workers who labored on Labor Day will not be paid. Treasurer Lee McClung resigns and Carmi A. Thompson is named to succeed him. Taft designates the secretary to fill the post. The president issues a proclamation stating Panama Canal toll rates. Oscar W. Underwood signals Democrats will consider tariff revision openly in the next Congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee McClung
United States
Taft
Carmi A. Thompson
Panama Canal
Oscar W. Underwood
Nobel Prize for Literature Awarded to Hauptmann
Gerhart Hauptmann, a German poet novelist and dramatist. He resides in Berlin. Virginia Senator Martin joined the Lincoln Memorial Commission to fill the Mississippi Senate Money vacancy. James McCrea resigns as President of the Pennsylvania Railroad. Samuel Rea elected. Gustav H Schwab dies of heart disease at a sanitarium in Litchfield Connecticut.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerhart Hauptmann
Berlin
Senator Martin
Virginia
Lincoln Memorial Commission
Senator Money
Mississippi
James McCrea
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Samuel Rea
Sporting John J. Evers Might Lead Cubs in Prospect
The Chicago Cubs owners indicate John J. Evers could become president. Charley Brickley declines vaudeville, reportedly offered 500 dollars weekly. Miller Huggins seeks John Kling’s release from the Boston Nationals as Cardinals manager. Morey of Dartmouth has seventeen touchdowns this season, six more than the Yale team.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John J. Evers
Chicago Cubs
Chicago
Charley Brickley
Harvard
Miller Huggins
St. Louis Cardinals
John Kling
Boston Nationals
Morey
Dartmouth
Fale
Notable Early 20th Century Headlines Sweep Florida and Nearby States
A series of incidents include General French Neils lynched in Ocala after killing a white man and his daughter in McIntosh Florida. Boston merchant Arthur Cumings linked to a stenographer found dead in a hotel bathtub. New York banker Vincent Aator claims a $65 million fortune while at Astor Estate offices. Railroads pay over $6.7 million in profits as dividends. Wells Fargo office in Lake Charles robbed of $50,000 after safe explosion. Sloane and Winner injure each other in a rabbit chase. Senator Bailey postpones resignation for one last speech. Wilson to call an extra Congress session by April 15. Mrs. Wylla Hulett, inland waters pilot, seeks license after husband barred for color blindness. Delanco boy Amos Pestridge, 10, dies from football injuries. California Paper and Board Mills Antioch burned by careless worker. fire damages plant and stock. Italian merchant Joe Mannan dies from stab wounds in York. Ohio Attorney General notes bribery risk in Jefferson County comparably serious to Adams County disenfranchisement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vincent Aator
Astor
New York
Well-Fargo Express
Lake Charles
Sloane
Pastor Winner
Butler, N. J
J. W. Bailey
Texas
Congress
Wilson
Wylla A. Hulett
St. Louis
Mary
Amos Pestridge
Delanco
N. J
California Paper and Board Mills
Antioch
Cal
Joe Mannan
York
Hogan
Ohio
Jefferson County
Various 1900s News Items Highlight Political and Crime Events
Notable figures include Mrs. Russell Sage donating $8000 to the Red Cross Balkan fund and Mrs. Frank Shuler of Buffalo rising as a federation president candidate. Figures like A J Drexel Jr paid $70000 for NYSE seat. Willard Bullard dies. 4000 buffalo coats prepared for Alaska soldiers. Judge Carpenter rebuffs bribe in Johnson case. an angora cat dies at Pittsburgh aquarium. suffragists in Crawford County celebrate and burn hats. Indianaapolis duties, Jack Johnson released on bond. Marion plant burned for $75000. Philadelphia baseball clubs on market. Sherman will filed. Oklahoma bank robbed. Sowers of Columbus found dead. Grand Trunk railroad expansions. Fort Logan quarantines. Wilson plans tariff stance. Osage oil lease dispute. McNamara confession details in L A Times blast case.
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Russell Sage
Red Cross Balkan War Fund
Frank Shuler
Buffalo
State Federation of Women's Clubs
A. J. Drexel, Jr
New York Stock Exchange
Willard Austin Bullard
Harvard Trust Co
Boston
Alaska
Carpenter
United States District Court
Chicago
Jack Johnson
Pittsburgh
Crawford County
Kan
Clark
Indianaapolis
Ryan
Hockin
Miss’Maud Malone
New York
J. B. Malcolm Canning & Produce Co
Marion
N. Y
Philadelphia
Sherman
Utica
Ochelata
Okla
John KK. Sowers
Columbus
Ohio
Sowers Lumber Company
Dan Sowers
Ohio Poltician
Grand Trunk
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad
Ninth Recruit Company
United States Army
Fort Logan
Col
Joel H. Hinshaw
Denver
Woodrow Wilson
Congress
McManigal
Indianapolis
J. B. McNamara
Los Angeles Times
McNamara
Foreign News Wrap: Storms Wars and Assassination
Reports from 1854 era note a cold wave sweeping Russia and a fatal shooting in Madrid that killed Premier Jose Canalejas. Other items include a Bank of England fire, a sinking Mayflower wreck in Canada with nine dead, and a rail derailment in Siam. European powers discuss peace moves as the Marmora seizure and Home Rule debates unfold.
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Russia
Jose Canalejas
Spain
Pantheon
Imperial Bank of Germany
Berlin
Bank of England
Mayflower
Madgawaska
Canada
St. Lawrence
Quebec
Kram
Siam
Canalejas
Madrid
John Redmond
Nicaragua
Austria
Sea of Marmora
Constantinople
Asquith
House of Commons
Horrors of the Turko Bulgarian War Reported
Eyewitness accounts from Sofia describe the collapse of Turkey's campaign. Nazim Pasha proposed an armistice after cabinet pressure from Kiamil Pasha, with Russia pressing to limit Bulgarian advance on Constantinople. A frontline correspondent recalls brutal fighting at Adrianople and Kumanova, Turkish supply collapse, hunger, and mass surrender capabilities.
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Sofia
Bulgaria
Turkey
Nazim Pasha
Kamil Pasha
Constantinople
Nazim
Russia
Kiamil
Adrianople
Stamboul
Nahil Bey
Turkish Army Breaks Under Invaders Revealed
Berlin reports a letter from Captain Pergius, a War Corps officer, explaining the Turkish army collapse before the advancing invaders. The missive cites worn blank cartridges as a key factor in the rapid defeat and retreat of Turkish forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Pergius
Record of War Leading to Turkey's Collapse
A historical timeline recounts Montenegro declaring war on Turkey on October 8 and successive dates detailing Bulgarian, Serbian, and Greek offensives. Key events include battles around Adrianople, capture of forts and towns, and the Ottoman retreat toward the Tchatalja line with Saloniki falling to Greek forces by November 8.
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Uskub
Scutari
Eski-Babi
Adrianople
Lule Burgas
Bulgaria
Demotica
Ticheria
Constantinople
Tchatalia
Saloniki
Kartaltepe
Papaztepe
Tchatalja
Biyuk Tchekmedje
Sea of Marmora
Matin Blasts Arbitration Thesis Over Peace Talks
The Paris Matin dismisses peace rumors as a bluff and argues that real routes to peace do not lead to The Hague. It warns the arbitration idea is unsafe and doubts any conference at The Hague would be credible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Matin
Rome
Hague
New Jersey Week in Review Shares Local News Highlights
Chronicle of statewide snippets including fires, hospital plans, public works contracts, student elections, farming notes, robberies, drownings, and accidents. Highlights feature Ocean City garbage contract, Bridgeton hospital fundraiser, Jersey City grand jury move, and a 12 story hotel plan in Newark.
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Washington
Gustav H. Schwab
Litch Held, Conn
French Neils
McIntosh
Fla
Ocala
Arthur T. Cumings
Ferdinand OF
Karagijus
Kumanova
Huner
Commissariat
Montenegro
Tarabosch
Servia
Greece
Mustafa Pasha
Pris
Tina
Novi
Kirk-Kilisseh
Kumanovo
Montenegring
Sedan
Gettysburg
Widlderneas
Mukden
New Jersey
Goast
Océan City
The
Conservation” Company
Hampton
Bridgeton ‘Hospital Association
Moorestown
Barton's Landing
George Reeves
Chester Heaton
Ocean City
C. L. Bader
Adelaide Harris
Pitman
Glassboro High School
Burkett Warrington
Mickleton
Charles H. Gardner
Blackwood Inn
Blackwood
Jersey City
Walter L. McDermott
James J. Quill
Hudson County Grand Jury
New Court House
William Fleetwood
Burlington
State Board of Education
Lebanon Township School Board
Norman’ Powell
Maurice
Port Norris
Powell
Newark
Broad
Lafayette Streets
Louis
George Gelsinger
East Millville
Geisinger
Gloucester Board of Education
Wiliam Gardner
John Lanagan
Broadway
Middlesex Street
John Lenahan
John Powers
John ©. Kane
Old Bergen Road
Peter Griffin
Hopewell
Pennington
Bears Channel
Barnegat Bay
W.F. Simons
Simons
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