Great Convention Opens At Memphis
Memphis on October 4th hosts the second annual Lakes to Gulf waterways convention. Thousands gather to honor President Roosevelt as governors, senators, engineers and dignitaries attend the event while talks focus on the deep waterway linking the Great Lakes and the Gulf and on national river and forestry policy.
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Memphis
Tenn
Roosevelt
Auditorium Rink
Louisiana
United States
Mississippi
Kavanaugh
St. Louis
Cooley
Lyman E. Cooley
Chicago
Lake and Gulf
Seaboard
Great Lakes
Patterson
Tennessee
James H. Malone
Gulf
Panama Canal
Getlemen
Washington
Mississippi River
Mestane
Roosevelt Likely to Call for Address at Memphis Convention
On the steamer Alton, en route to Memphis for a waterways convention, governors from several states announced that President Roosevelt will probably be called to deliver an address. The plan indicates imminent presidential involvement in the event.
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Memphis
Tenn
Alton
Memphis Waterways Convention
Roosevelt
Isaac
Senator Beveridge and Bride Reach Home in Indianapolis
Senator Albert J. Beveridge and his Chicago bride Catherine Eddy return to their Washington Boulevard home in Indianapolis after two months in Europe where they wed. Beveridge says he feels strong and well after a vacation in the mountains. He will stay in Indianapolis for the six weeks before Congress opens.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Albert J. Beveridge
Washington Boulevard
Europe
Catherine Eddy
Chicago
Beveridge
Old Love Song Turns To Dieage In A Theater
Chicago readers learn of J. B. Schall a 55 year old banjo maker who died during a theater performance at the Olympic. While Lamont and Millman played on stage Schall collapsed and died after acknowledging the crowd. He left two grown sons in New York.
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Chicago
Olympic Theater
Sweet Alice
Ben Bolt
J. B. Schall
South Water Street
Lamont and Millman
Schall
E. S. Bartlett
Bartlett
New York
Fairbanks Sets Record Travel Mileage as VP
Indianapolis Oct 7 Vice President Fairbanks will return to Washington to resume duties as congress opens after traveling 25 000 miles since March. A new record for travel in the vice president office. He has been repeatedly urged to speak and has declined hundreds of invitations due to physical exhaustion.
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Washington
Indianapolis
Ind
Fairbanks
Congress
Platt Denies Marriage to Mae Wood in Divorce Claim
United States Senator Platt formally denies ever marrying Mae C Wood who sues him for divorce claiming a 1901 marriage. He says she only claimed marriage in 1966 and sought money through breach of promise, with letters from O Flaherty and Fulton threatening court action in 1965 and 1966.
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New York
United States
Platt
Mae C. Wood
O’flaherty and Fulton
Richmond
Miss Wood
O'Flaherty
Fulton
Double murder near Noblesville shocks Indiana farm area
Noblesville Indiana October 4 James Hensley foreman at National Automobile Works Indianapolis shot and killed Walter McClintock and his son Enoch at the McClintock farm five miles northeast of Noblesville. Hensley wounded himself in the exchange and was taken to jail. He claimed self defense after a confrontation in the barn yard sparked by past disputes over Miss Mary McClintock.
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Noblesville
Ind
James Hensley
National Automobile Works
Indianapolis
Walter McClintock
Enoch
McClintock
Hensley
Mary McClintock
Enoch McClintock
Cora McClintock
Mary
Fiead
Hamilton County
Marion County
Miss Mary
See No Likelihood is War with WPAN
London observers deem war unlikely between United States and Japan despite American press debate over a Pacific battleship project. Diplomats say Tokyo seeks to avoid conflict and caution against inflaming public opinion.
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London
United States
Japan
Pacific
Roosevelt
Taft
Stock Exchange
Far East Tensions Stir US Japan Relations
Paris reports Secretary Taft’s Asia tour and President Roosevelt’s speeches heighten interest in US Japan relations. French papers note potential danger elements but see no acute crisis. Bourse sentiment remains heavy, influenced by New York and global market trends.
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Paris
Taft
Japan
Far East
Roosevelt
United States
New York
German views on American battleship fleet to the Pacific
Berlin officials describe the dispatch of the U.S. battleship fleet to the Pacific as nonaggressive and unlikely to provoke war with Japan. They believe both powers prefer diplomatic settlement and note that tensions have eased recently, with Vancouver attacks possibly nudging Japan toward terms with the United States.
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Berlin
Pacific Ocean
Japan
United States
Vancouver
Great Britain
Possible Toledo and Ohio Central line to Fort Wayne discussed
St Marys Ohio October 7 The Toledo and Ohio Central may extend from St Marys to Fort Wayne. Local interest would form an organization to secure right of way along a level route passing Neptune Mercer Rockford Wiltshire Decatur to Fort Wayne. The line would connect with Chicago and other cities, benefiting towns along the route. The T O C Co earned about five million dollars last year and may pursue such an outlet.
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Great
Smail
St. Mary’s Ohio
Toledo and Ohio Central
St. Mary’s
Fort Wayne
St. Mary’s River
Neptune
Mercer
Rockford
Wiltshire
Decatur
G. R
L. P
Ft. W
Wabash
Chicago
T. and O. C
Moffett Faces Grand Jury Over Standard Oil Claims
Chicago reports that a federal grand jury reviewed James A. Moffett’s testimony accusing broader rate practices by oil firms. The panel found the pamphlet statements largely unfounded and that Moffett lacked direct knowledge of shipments beyond Standard Oil tied to Whitby, Pullman, Hegewisch, and South Chicago.
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Chicago
James A. Moffett
Standard Oil Company of
Indiana
Moffett
Moritz Rosenthal
Standard Oil Company
United States
Rosenthal
Interstate Commerce Commission
Grand Jury
Hollands
Jesults
Tarbell Brother Details Oil Competition Crushed
W. W. Tarbell treasurer of Pure Oil and United States Pipe Line testified in the government suit to dissolve Standard Oil. He described the troubles his firms faced competing with the oil combine in a New York hearing dated October 4.
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Tarbell
Standard
United States
Seaboard
Ida Tarbell
Standard Oil Company
Wesley H. Tilford
The
Mr. Kellogg
Anglo American Company
James McDonald
McDonald
Mr. Tilford
Manhattan Oil Company
Ohio
Tilford
United States Pipe Line
Marcus Hook
Hatcock
Erie Railroad
Wilkesbarre
Pennsylvania and
National Transit
Tidewater
Independent Pipe Inc
Barcus. Hook
International Oil Company
Union Refining Company
Syramage Company
Pure Oil Company
Producers Oil Company, Limited
Producers Refining Oil Company, Limited
United States Pipe Line Company
Philadelphia
Ida Tarball
New York
W. W. Tarbeil
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Germany
Royal Commission of Railways
Jeader
William Ewart Gladstone
Senator Beveridge
Diage
Banjo Maker
MAE Fc Wood
Senator Platt
Sweetheart
Ohio City
Cromwell
Federal Grand Jury
Pritchard Strong
F. M. Smith & CO
True Temper
Ft. Madison Line
Thetr Faia
Iffer, & Son
Columbia St
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