Gompers Given A Rousing Ovation At AFL Convention
Denver, Nov 9. Amid rumors of opposition to Samuel Gompers the AFL president received a lengthy ovation as the twenty eighth annual convention opened. Gompers defended nonpartisan labor principles and emphasized that the federation seeks equal rights for workers and unorganized labor.
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Roosevelt Snubs Gompers Over Labor Legislation Dinner
President Roosevelt issued invitations for a White House dinner on Tuesday November 17 to discuss labor legislation. Guests include national labor organizers judges and executive officials, but AFL leaders Samuel Gompers and others are not included.
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Leikauf Packing Wins First Blood in Mandamus Fight
Judge O Rourke overruled City Attorney Colerick on mandamus to compel the city health board to license Leikauf Packing. Judge Hench will review new pleadings as hearings are pushed to resolve the long dispute amid the Stout murder trial and ongoing meat and milk inspection ordinance challenges.
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Taggart hints at Senate bid amid Indiana race talk
Former Democratic National Chairman Thomas Taggart declines to commit to a Senate run as Indiana candidates intensify. John E. Lamb B F Shively L Ert Slack and John W Kern are active contenders with Lamb Shively Lamb and Slack pursuing the race amid joint ballot dynamics.
Taggart delays decision on Indiana Senate bid
IndianapolisNovember 9 Thomas Taggart refused to declare his candidacy for the United States senatorship saying he will wait until entries are made and state officer elections are settled. He traveled from French Lick to study election returns and gauge trouble in county counts. Kern says he has seen Taggart once since the election and has not spoken to him about the race.
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War College Opens with Key Address by Secretary Root
Washington report notes formal opening of the War College marked by an address from Secretary Root known as the Father of the institute. Attendance was limited to the president and cabinet, with diplomats and top military officials present to hear Root celebrate the college’s progress and its future impact on national military efficiency. General W. W. Witherspoon presided as principal speaker, the college having operated for years and occupying new quarters since June 1907.
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College of Military Education Opens Under Army Control
The 21st College, funded at £203, was laid by President Roosevelt with grand military and masonic ceremonies. It finished in 1907 and opened today after a fall graduation in the building. Operated by the army general staff, it directs military education in army and civil schools, supplementing West Point and service schools.
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Detective Fails To Find Stolen Silverware In City
Glenn Johnston a detective on the Nickel Plate searched Richard Loebard at 445 Holman Street for silverware and table linen from a railroad dining car but found nothing. Loebard serves 240 days in the Bridewell at Chicago for robbing a dining car cash drawer confessing after arrest for robbing coworkers. He was married, formerly worked in Fort Wayne, and had been a chef at hotels and restaurants. He married exactly two years before his Chicago commitment.
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City and contractor May Reach Settlement Over Street Surfacing
City officials expect a settlement with Metropolitan Engineering and Construction over street paving done this season. A cash deposit will cover surfacing costs and be kept until it is determined the asphalt holds up. If satisfactory, improvement bonds will be disposed of and property owners protected.
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Pierce Indicted for Perjury Courts Surrender to Sheriff
H Clay Pierce chairman of Waters-Pierce Oil and attorney H C Priest arrived in Austin to surrender on a perjury indictment connected to state ouster hearings against the oil firm. A $20 000 appearance bond, signed by Texas citizens with substantial wealth, secures Pierce until the January term. A separate note reports a barn fire at Milford Clark of Auburn destroying property and animals.
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