Roosevelt to name Parker and Sherman in Senate inquiry
Oyster Bay August 27 Col Roosevelt plans to place the names of Alton B Parker and James Sherman before the senate committee investigating campaign contributions. He will include letters from 1904 and discuss Harriman Standard Oil ties, asserting they are pertinent to the inquiry and should be on the record. He also references Knox and Hearst statements and the difficulty of tracing all relevant correspondence.
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Oyster Bay
Col. Roosevelt
Alton B. Parker
James 8. Sherman
United States
Senate
Clapp
Judge Parker
Jim Sherman
Roosevelt
Standard Oil Company
Sherman
E. H. Harriman
Republican Campaign Fund
Philander C. Knox
George B. Cortelyou
Standard Oil
William Randolph Hearst
London
Hearst
Taft Hurries Away to Golf at Myopia Hunt Club
Beverly Mass August 27 President Taft arrived by automobile from Boston at 8 25 am moved quickly to prepare for his belated vacation and headed to the Myopia Hunt club for golf with Mrs Taft. He planned a long motor ride later and kept executive offices open in Beverly for several weeks while on his trip.
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Beverly
Mass
Taft
Boston
Myopia Hunt Club
Ington
Detroit Primaries Report Mixed Fights for Municipal Posts
Detroit voters face a light overall primary with thin contests for major offices. Mayor Wm B Thompson seeks re election against Justice E Jodefries while Republicans and Progressives field multiple candidates for many city posts amid Burns investigative efforts to curb illegal voting. Statewide races show Smith unopposed for Senate, Ferris seeks Dem nomination for governor with Musselman in the mix. Joslyn and Lucking contest for party lines in Detroit.
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Detroit
Mich
Michigan
William Alden Smith
United States
Theodore M. Joslyn
Adrian
Alfred Lucking
George P. Hummer
Wm. B. Thompson
Justice E. Jodeffries
New Orleans Votes on Commission Form Government
New Orleans voters will decide in a special election tomorrow if the city adopts a commission form with initiative and referendum. The measure requires 30 percent petition signatures to start legislation, bids for contracts over 3500 dollars, and bans dual officeholding. A mayor and four commissioners would form the commission council with full legislative and executive power.
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New Orleans
Commission Council
Steamer Tionesta Still Grounded in Mackinac Straits
The Anchor Line steamer Tionesta en route from Buffalo to Duluth remains hard aground in the Straits of Mackinac. About 200 passengers, most uninjured, are being moved to Mackinac Island as crews assess the wreck with release before night doubtful. The ship lies with its bottom trapped on the tin shoals.
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Mackinac Island
Mich
Tionesta
Buffalo
Duluth
Straits of
Mackinac
Son slays his father in Vineland quarrel
Edward R. Garton was stabbed to death by his son Henry during a quarrel at their Vineland home. The elder Garton allegedly chased his wife and daughter from the house when the son intervened and stabbed him with a potato paring knife. Henry Garton was arrested.
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Vineland
N. J
Edward R. Garton
Henry
Garton
Egg hatches in ice chest in Indiana home
Canneraville Indiana August 27 a joke turns real when a leg horn chicken hatches from an egg kept beside a 25 pound block of ice in Mrs E W Williams home on Indiana avenue. An hour after the eggs were placed in the ice chest a faint beeping was heard and a fuzzy head appeared from a hole in an egg proving the chick hatched.
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Canneraville
Ind
E. W. Williams
Indiana Avenue
Becker Secures Further Delay in Murder Case
New York August 27. J F McIntyre counsel for Police Lieutenant Charles Becker indicted for the murder of Herman Rosenthal obtained a delay until September 3 by serving a writ staying proceedings. The writ was served on Assistant District Attorney Rubin and Judge Mulqueen before whom Becker was to be arraigned. Supreme Court Justice Amend issued the writ. Becker was arraigned last Tuesday for pleading but adjourned until today. McIntyre says more time is needed to file motions.
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New York
Jéhm F. McIntyre
Charles Becker
Herman Rosenthal
Rubin
Mulqueen
Court of General Sessions
Becker
Supreme Court
Amend
McIntyre
Panic Over Grand Jury Real Estate Ties In New York
New York, Aug. 27. Members of an extraordinary grand jury set to probe police graft face scrutiny of real estate holdings by District Attorney Whitman. One panelist, a fifty member business man, is part owner of a hotel used for disorderly purposes. Waldo plans to publish a list of gambling and disorderly house owners, prompting panic among those named. Beckers defense seeks venue change amid heated public opinion.
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New York
Whitman
Waldo
Shad
Die Fet
Becker
Herman Rosenthal
A E Carroll 18 Gone From Life
Albert E. Carroll superintendent of the Indiana school for feeble minded youth died at 6 o clock Tuesday evening from pneumonia after weeks of illness. He had served in the post for years and his death leaves the institution to mourn a longtime administrator.
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Albert E. Carroll
Indiana School For
Albert E. Carrolli
Indiana
Fort Wayne Leader Carroll Obituary's Community Pillar Dies
Mr Carroll aged 42, a Fort Wayne resident since 1893, long served as superintendent of the state institution after starting as a book keeper. Born Vernon Indiana, he was a respected citizen and family man survived by his widow and six children. He was an Odd Fellow Knight Templar and a 32nd degree Scottish Rite Mason. Funeral plans announced for Friday.
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Carroll
Fort Wayne
Vernon
Ind
Adianspolis
Alexander Johnson
Templar
Lawful Debate on Negro Lawyers Admission
Milwaukee August 27 The American Bar Association opened its twenty fifth annual meeting with a heated discussion on whether negro lawyers should be admitted as members The executive committee had seated three negro nominees suggesting the race issue should be voted on by the full body Attorney General Wickersham opposed removing seated negroes and said he would fight any move to unsettle them He noted the question was not about admitting negro lawyers generally and southern members argued the action risked setting a precedent Convicted on Page 2 Column 2.
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Milwaukee
Wis
American Bar Association
Wim. H. Lewis
United States
George W. Wickersham
Mr. Lewis
Wickersham
Ernest T. Florence
Edgar H. Farrer
New Orleans
George Whitdtuck
John Hinkley
Baltimore
Butler K. Wilson
Boston
Night and day swapped by puzzled man in Rochester case
In Rochester New York on August 27, Michael McLaughlin aged fifty claims night is day and day is night, a condition puzzling physicians. He was picked up by a policeman on the street last night near a corner where a heated discussion occurred.
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Rochester
Michael McLaughlin
Army post to be enlarged at Fort Benjamin Harrison
Indianapolis aug 27 plans to extend Fort Benjamin Harrison to house more than one regiment are to be discussed in a conference with secretary of war stimson Brig gen crozier Maj lassiter Col glenn and city business leaders secretary stimson will review the twenty third regiment and tonight officers and their wives host a reception for him the party will depart tomorrow to inspect fort d a russell wyoming
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Indianapolis
Fort Benjamin Harrison
Stimson
Wm. Crozier
Wm. Lassiter
General Army Staff
Col. Glenn
Twenty -Third Infantry
Twenty-third Regiment
Fort
D. A. Russell
Wyoming
Widow Inherits Fortune From California Brother
Indianapolis August 27 Mrs Irvin Robbins a widow of 12 West North Street was informed she stood to inherit a large fortune in stocks and bonds from M N Cobb a brother who died recently in Los Angeles California A letter from Harry Chamberlin former Indianapolis police reporter asked that Mrs Cassandra Robbins be found Within twenty minutes Captain Crane learned the sought woman was Mrs Irvin Robbins of 12 West North Street.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Irvin Robbins
West North Street
M. N. Cobb
Los Angeles
Cal
Harry Chamberlin
Cassandra Robbins
Crane
Hagerman
Eyes Scalded in Explosion At Farm Boiler
William Rhodes of near Monroeville suffered severe burns when the boiler of a thrashing engine exploded at A. C. Gladieux farm in Jefferson township. He was in serious condition at St. Joseph's hospital, with the upper body burned. He was taken by auto to Monroeville before hospitalization. Doctors fear possible loss of an eye or both, but expect possible recovery though condition remains serious for days.
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William Rhodes
Monroeville
A. C. Gladieux
Jefferson Township
Rhodes
St. Joseph's Hospital
Love Affrays Mix in Youthful Romance Case
Paul Bauman, 19, of 346 Lasselle Street, reportedly attempted to swallow carbolic and Mon day evening but was prevented when the poison was seized. Neighbors say he planned elopement with a young woman while an earlier sweetheart lingered. The Bauman father, newly arrived from Avilla, sought counsel for his son against the act of ending his life.
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Paul Bauman
Lasselle Street
Bauman
Avilla
Democrats Decried For Inefficiency By Mann After Session
Washington, Aug. 27. Republican Leader James R. Mann condemned the recently adjourned Democratic House as inefficient disorganized and unprogressive. He said the session passed few laws mostly local in character and that many measures were remnants from prior congresses or tainted by extraneous spending. He cited the Panama Canal bill as their only notable action and criticized rule changes as a farce while accusing Democrats of extravagance and misplaced appropriations.
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Washington
James R. Mann
Congress
House
Senate
Taft
Mann
Children’s Bureau
Panama Canal
Professor and Doctor Wed In Milwaukee Romance
Prof Carl F. Huth of Chicago University ancient history marries Dr Lucia C. Hoyer of Milwaukee in Milwaukee Wis August 27. Childhood sweethearts their wedding follows studies in medicine and history with a abroad honeymoon for research in German libraries and medical work. Huth is known in Fort Wayne and Concordia college ties persist.
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Carl F. Huth
Chicago
Lucia C. Hoyer
Milwaukee
Wis
Ancient History Department
Chicago University
Prof. Huth
Concordia College
Dr. Hoyer
Baltimore
Columbia University
Professor Huth
Fort Wayne
St. Louis
Mr. Huth
HURRIES TO DYING MOTHER UNAWARE OF WIFE'S DEATH
Sidney Wakefield a prominent Oklahoma Texas businessman hurries to Chicago to aid his dying mother unaware his wife has died in Beaumont Texas. He had left Tulsa after a telegram urged speed and his Chicago address is unknown.
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Tulsa
Okla
Sidney Wakefield
Oklahoma
Texas
Chicago
Beaumont
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A. E. Carroll
Gone
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