Southern industrial congress to be held in Washington
J A Betjeman of Albany announces a southern industrial congress set for December 6 to 8 in Washington with plans for a comprehensive display of southern resources and conditions. The committee from eleven states will prepare a detailed program with input from state officials editors and leading business leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
J. A. Betjeman
Albany
Chattanooga
Tenn
Washington
D. C
G. G. Dawe
Montgomery
Ala
H. Z. Shannon
Nashville
Walter G. Cooper
Atlanta
Mr. Betjeman
Congress
Betjeman
Roosevelt to Recommend Army Increase to 100000 Men
President Roosevelt will urge Congress to raise the army from 60000 to at least 100000. He cites the need to garrison insular posts and Pearl Harbor with 2000 troops and to deter potential Japanese influence amid growing tensions in the Hawaiian islands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Roosevelt
Congress
America
Pearl Harbor
Hawaiian Islands
Japan
United States
Islands
Black Hand System Studied in Italy by New York Officials
New York officials led by Kings County District Attorney Clarke and assistant Francis L. Carrao studied Italy's black hand network with Italian government aid. The pair returned home after a secret Italian itinerary amid threats of a mass Brooklyn gathering protesting Carrao and his criticism of Italian judiciary corruption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Italy
New York
New York City
Clarke
Kings County
Francis L. Carrao
Brooklyn
Carrao
Fatal Freight Wreck near Scotland Siding
On the Southern railway at Scotland siding in Macon Georgia an extra freight engine jumped the track and rolled down a steep embankment. Fireman Tom Turner was killed by scalding under wreckage. Engineer T C Benett and Conductor J J Rhodes were severely injured and Rhodes was taken to Macon hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Macon
Tom Turner
T. C. Benett
J. J. Rhodes
Southern Railway
Scotland
Rhodes
Prohibition nominee Watkins hailed in Ada speech
A large Ada Ohio audience heard Professor Aaron S. Watkins formally nominated by the national prohibition party for vice president. In accepting he declared the saloon doomed in the United States and urged unity among reform movements.
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Brown
Ohio Northern University
Ada
Ohio
Aaron S. Watkins
National Prohibition Party
Watkins
United States
Galesburg
Ill
William Jennings Bryan
Mr. Bryan
Labor Day across cities salutes Bryan and unions
In Birmingham Atlanta and Chicago Labor Day crowds swelled. Marion Illinois hosted John Mitchell speaking to about two thousand while Atlanta showed massive organized worker processions. Chicago saw a Bryan day tribute as unions cheered the Democratic candidate. Savannah staged a long parade with floats, unions, police and fire detachments and athletic events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Alan
Germania Park
Atlanta
Atlantic
Post Office
Congressional District Teachers’ Institute
Marion
Ill
John Mitchell
United Mine Workers of America
Mitchell
Chicago
William J. Bryan
Bryan
City
Auditorium Hotel
Savannah
Tyhee
Federal employees warned against campaigning recall
The Civil Service Commission issued a statement by President John R. Black warning federal employees against resigning to pursue political campaigns with hopes of reinstatement. The letter notes certificates remain discretionary and no reinstatement will be granted if the employee resigned to run or engage in prohibited political activity and then fails.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
D. C
Civil Service Commission
John R. Black
Roosevelt to end Sagamore Hill vacation on Sept 22
President Roosevelt plans to cut short his Sagamore Hill vacation and return to Washington on September 22. The brief rest ends earlier than usual as he aims to be in closer touch with the campaign and political schedule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagamore Hill
Roosevelt
Republican State Organization
Hughes
New York
Oyster Bay
N. Y
Washington
Big Railroad Strike Feared in England
Nottingham reports the trades union congress of 1,750,000 workers predicts the greatest railroad strike in English history. The congress foresees a contest over proposed changes in working conditions likely to be resisted by railroad companies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nottingham
England
Trades Union Congress
Admiral Sperry Reports Fireman Killed in Australia
Admiral Sperry cables the navy department that Arthur J. Decker a fireman on the battleship New Jersey was killed in Melbourne Australia in a street car accident in Melbourne.
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Washington, D. C
Admiral Sperry
Navy Department
Arthur J. Decker
New Jersey
Melbourne
Australia
Fire Destroys Rawhide Nevada Town
A devastating blaze in Rawhide Nevada starting in Dr Gardner office swept through the town fanned by a gale and caused over 1 000 000 in property loss. More than 3 000 people were made homeless and 20 or more injured as 500 miners and volunteers fought the flames despite inflammable buildings and a dynamite cache exploding. Relief pours in with 5 000 raised and aid trains from Reno and San Francisco.
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Rawhide
Nevada
Nev
Balloon Avenue
Collins’ Hardware Store
Goldfield
Cripple Creek
Reno
San Francisco Mining Exchange
Trade Boom Across Multiple U S Industries in July Report
Washington says the July release from the Bureau of Statistics shows higher activity in livestock, grain, lumber, coal, iron, and building sectors. Livestock at seven interior markets reached 2 784 193 head, coal traffic on eastern routes rose to 9 961 996 tons, and bituminous coal shipments increased by 1 600 000 tons from June.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
United States
Bureau of Statistics
Department of Commerce and Labor
New York
Spectacular Leap Ends in Death at Hot Springs Hotel
A. S. Waters of Tampa Florida leaped fifty feet from a third floor window at the Pres ton Hotel in Hot Springs injuring himself fatally. He tore up currency and flushed it away before the fall and died half an hour later. Waters worked at the Tampa Box Factory as a lawyer and left to Hot Springs for his health. He lived with his mother in law and had a wife who died years ago. His body will be brought to Tampa for burial.
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Bryan Democrats
Baltimore
Bolt of the Sun
Bryan
Maryland
New York
Jacob
Coxey
Ohio
Washington
Thomas 8H. Watson
Jay W. Forrest
National Committee of the People's Party
St. Louis
Forrest
H. W. Chafin
Prohibition
Spokane
Wash
District of Columbia
New York State
Hughes
Eugene V. Debs
Kansas City
Des Moines
Debs
Omaha
Neb
Birmingham
Ala
Stirling
Taft
St. Paul
Minn
John A. Johnson
Minnesota
Denver
Central Federated Union
Central Organization of the Labor Unions of
New York City
American Federation of Labor
Independence League
Vermont
Texas
William Jennings Bryan
Presbyterian Church
Hot Springs
Ark
A. S
Tampa
Fla
New Preston Hotel
Water
Tampa Box Factory
Waters
President Roosevelt not shot in hunting near Sagamore Hill
Fresh accounts claimed an assassination attempt on President Roosevelt. Investigators found no directed act. hunting season is open on Long Island and daily shooting occurs in surrounding districts. The president rides routes each day and may meet hunters near Sagamore Hill, where a shooting club operates nearby.
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President
Oyster Bay
President Roosevelt
Long Island
Sagamore Hill
Cotton Growers Union Sets New Price Plan For 1908 09
President Barrett outlines plans to raise and fix cotton prices for 1908-09. Delegates debated 12 or 14 cent targets, adopting a flexible 30-day price term while withholding supplies to strengthen southern growers. Re-elected officers include Barrett as president and Montgomery as vice president with McCulloch as secretary and treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Worth
Texas
Cotton Producers of America
Barratt
Farmers' Union
South
Mos
Barrett
Charles S. Barrett
Georgia
J. K. Montgomery
Tennessee
R. H. McCulloch
Arkansas
W. A. Morris
Alabama
T. M. Jefferds
Oklahoma
I. N. McCollister
Louisiana
Narrow Escape on San Bernardino Precipice
Archie L. Banks of Philadelphia teetered over a cliff in the San Bernardino mountains when his horse slipped. William Rogers of New York saved him with a precise rope lasso, leaving Banks with only bruises and a severe shock. Also on the trip were James Archer of London, Robert Shea of New York, and Mr. Banks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. L. Banks
San Bernardino
Cal
Archie L. Banks
Philadelphia
William Rogers
New York
James Archer
London
Robert Shea
Mr. Banks
Banks
Rogers
Aged Woman and Daughter-In-Law Die in Lookout Mountain Fire
Mrs. Elizabeth Mc Neal aged 75 and her invalid daughter-in-law Mrs. Joe McNeal aged 50 perished in a fire that destroyed their home on Lookout Mountain eight miles north of Gadsden Alabama.
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Gadsden
Ala
Elizabeth McNeal
Joe McNeal
Lookout Mountain
Forest Fires Subdued in Minnesota and Wisconsin
Forest fires in Duluth and two Minnesota counties along with Douglas County Wisconsin raged for thirty six hours but are now under control. Martial law is in effect in burned districts and 14,000 people have been relieved by government action. A tent city provides shelter and damages are estimated at 4 million dollars with about a dozen reported dead.
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Duluth
Minn
Louis
Tasca
Carleton
Minnesota
Douglas County
Wisconsin
Johnson
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Southern Commercial Congress
Boards of Trade
Henry Wallison
Louisville Courier-Journal
Bishop Walters
Democratic National Committee On College Clubs
F. H. Weston
South Carolina
H. H. Wallace
Athens
M. T. Ormand
A. A. Murphree
Florida
Lake Lea
C. Irving Carey
Virginia
R. BE. L. Saner
Joshua W. Herring
J. W. Swartz
W. J. Bryan
Illinois
Farmers’ Union For Cotton
Union
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