03 Oct 1916
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Newspaper
Elko Independent
Location
Elko, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1916
Page
1
A lively crowd gathered for a political rally praising Wilson Phea Lnabegveaidenit and speakers including Peters and Sanders. The event featured strong support for the Republican ticket with emphasis on grace, ability, and straightforward appeals as voters head toward the upcoming election.
In Georgetown Kentucky a seven year old boy is tied to a misdemeanor of touching a moccasin five feet four inches long in a front yard. The event occurred amid confusion as the ruler and street rival described by Thomason and Hattlestake.
The piece attacks rival Republicans including William Hoover and Roosevelt era figures, arguing for progressivism's primacy. It rails against party bosses and calls for reform while asserting the party’s earlier platform.
The Nichi Nichin Shimbun reports Premier Okuma resigns with his cabinet. Viscount Kato expected to succeed, paving a bolder policy in diplomacy with Washington over Japanese citizenship rights in America.
A Reno man, Holesworth son of George Be Holesworth, was killed when a Verdi stagecoach auto driven by T. Baker skidded off a road near Gum in Reno. The vehicle rolled 50 feet down a slope, pinning Holesworth beneath the hub and killing him instantly. Five others, including driver Toker, were thrown from the car. the remaining four suffered only minor injuries and were able to continue working.
A letter discusses the alliance between business privilege and political influence, arguing Roosevelt’s 1918 views clash with today’s progressives. It contrasts the GOP’s standpat leaders with the Democratic shift under Wilson, noting the party’s adoption of progressive planks and growth of progressive influence.
A German submarine torpedoed three Norwegian steamships in the Arctic Ocean on October 3. The vessels Sinsen Rave and Rolf Jarl were sunk but crews were saved. Steamship traffic on the Northern Norway route has halted. Norwegian vessels valued at about $9,000,000 have been sunk since August.
Denver judge Ben Lindsey denounces Charles Hughes and the Republican campaign in Colorado he calls reactionary and asks Progressives to back Wilson. He claims 90 percent of Colorado Progressives did not return to the GOP and predicts Wilson will carry Colorado with support from independents and Progressives.
Viscount James Bryce urges immediate world peace alliance at Congregational Union in Birmingham. He lauds Wilson and Hughes for liberty and humanity, denounces hatred of Germans, and sparks applause and debate across London as war supporters mobilize.
The first two games of the world series will be played in Boston on October 7 and 9. Games three and four move to Brooklyn and Philadelphia on October 10 and 11, with the fifth back in Boston and the sixth in Brooklyn or Philadelphia. A coin toss decides the seventh game location.
Boston dispatch says three swift aeroplanes hunted for Lawrence Sperry and Capt. Leo A. Dewey after they disappeared on the last leg from Amityville. The aviators are reported safe, with a boat towing the aeroplane and no gasoline shortage cited.
Report notes no reconciliation expected between Roosevelt and Taft at the Hughes reception in New York City. The scene features J. Roosevelt allegedly provoking laughs from Taft with jokes about "Teddy" as the crowd anticipates a strained evening.
The Independent exhausted its edition after the Ruby mountains tragedy report of Professor Thomas death. Many applications for copies prompted extra prints and proofs from yesterday's issue.
Albany reports show the metropolitan car men’s strike expanding to Troy Cohoes Waterville Green Island Waterford Albany Rensselaer and other capital district cities with all street cars idled in sympathy with New York City action. Violence reported in Gotham as strike widens.
District Attorney reveals a vast gambling trust with branches in major cities and profits running into thousands daily. Monte Tennes is named as the mastermind, with private leased wires for bet transmission and possible federal prosecutions. The report also notes a health tip about outdoor exercise and mouth breathing in children.
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