In The Public Eye John Worth Kern
John Worth Kern, chosen by the Democratic convention at Denver as Henry A. Harmon’s running mate, is deemed Indiana’s Democratic leader. A veteran organizer and lawyer, Kern's political career spans Kokomo city attorney, Indiana supreme court reporter, two state senate terms, and Indianapolis city attorney, amid enduring factional battles and Voorhees era shifts. He studied at the University of Michigan and built a noted reputation in Indiana.
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John Worth Kern
Denver
Hrgan
Indiana Democracy
Kern
Democratic Party
Kokomo
Indiana Supreme Court
State Senate
Indianapolis
Indiana
United States
Voorhees
Wabash
Senate
Kernhan
Michigan
University of Michigan
Hammond Nominator of Johnson Remains Minnesota Congressman
Winfield Scott Hammond of Minnesota's Second District continues as the official Johnson nominator and serves in the U S House. A Massachusetts born Dartmouth graduate, Hammond moved west in 1884, taught school, then practiced law, winning a hard fought seat by defeating James T. McCleary in a staunchly Republican district.
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Winfield Scott Hammond
Gov
Johnson
Congress
Minnesota
Hammond
Hammond Nroge
Bourke Cochran
St. James
Minn
Win Hammond
St. Peter
St. Paul
Congressman Hammond
Dartmouth
James T. McCleary
Levin Irving Handy The Delaware Democrat at Denver
Levin Irving Handy of Delaware rose to prominence at the Denver convention after years away from the spotlight. A politician, orator, journalist, lecturer, and teacher, Handy once led Delaware's congressional delegation and chaired the state Democratic Committee. He helped place Judge George Gray's name before the convention as a presidential candidate.
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Levin Irving Handy
Delaware
Denver
George Gray
Handy
Senate
Maryland
Wilmington
Lyceum
Democratic State Central Committee
Judge Gray
Ita
Col James M Guffey A Pennsylvanian Bryan backer faces party purge
Col James M Guffey a veteran Pennsylvania Democrat who backed Bryan at the Denver convention and later opposed a Bryan delegation faces a political setback in his home state. Known as a wealth influence and longtime party financier he remains a formidable if contested figure in state politics as the Bryan faction presses its lines.
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James M. Guffey
Pennsylvania
Denver
Bryan
Guffey
William F. Marrity
Harrity
Col. Guffey
Proposal for a National Department of Health and its Bureaus
A plan advocates a United States national department of health led by a cabinet secretary. It outlines bureaus for infant hygiene education sanitation pure food drug registration public relief and more. Five economic reasons include reducing deaths extending productive years lowering illness costs and cutting crime related expenses.
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United States
National Bureau of Registration of Physicians and Surgeons
National Bureau of Registration of Drugs
National Bureau of Registration
National Bureau of Organic Diseases
National Bureau of Quarantine
National Bureau of Health Information
National Bureau of Immigration
National Bureau of Labor Conditions
National Bureau of Research
Department of Health
Newholme
Higgins
New Humanism in Education and World Understanding
Discussion of a new humanism in education and international understanding. Emphasizes learning about living people and cultures to build democracy, world unity, and peaceful global standards. Highlights the humane aim of understanding one another across nations.
America's Musical Future Bright
A discussion on developing American music careers notes scarce intermediate venues between schools and opera. The speaker cites Paris as a model where first prize winners gain immediate engagements and urges stock companies to nurture young artists in the United States. Foreign experience is valued for artist growth.
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Paris
Conservatoire
Opera
Opera Comique
America
School of Music
Brave engineer hero saves train before fatal wreck
Train No. 3 California Limited ran off the rails near Wakarusa Kansas after an open switch. Engineer Henry Rossiter stayed in the cab and applied brakes, saving many lives but losing his own life as his body was crushed in the crash. Passengers were injured and two hundred feet of track torn up.
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Topeka
Kan
Santa Fe
California Lmited
Wakartsa
Here
Henry Rossiter
Rossiter
Gompers Denies Labor Vote Commitment
Samuel Gompers, AFL president, denies saying he would deliver labor votes to any party. He defends organized labor’s right to choose its support and vows to continue fighting for labor principles despite personal attacks.
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Washington
Ramuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Organized Labor
Bilch
Les
Heat wave claims five more lives in Chicago
Chicago reports eleven deaths from the heat wave over prior days with over sixty prostrations. By midnight Thursday four additional bathers were added to the tally and fifteen prostrations total, several in critical condition. Maximum temperature reached 89 degrees.
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Chicago
Lion subdues during French exhibition fright
In Paris a lion at an electrical exhibition in Marseilles injured a bone and wandered onto a theater stage. A ballet rehearsal sparked panic among ladies but three women grabbed their shoes and halted the beast until the lion tamer arrived, who was greeted by the animal with evident joy.
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Paris
France
Marseilles
Will Give Lumber Trust a Run for Their Money
Attorney General Jackson in Shawnee county district court filed ouster quo warranto and injunction suits against the Yellow Pine association of St Louis. Missouri Texas and Oklahoma AGs are said to pursue similar actions to break up what is described as an illegal lumber price fixing combine aiming to force unreasonable rates.
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Topeka
Kan
Jackson
District Court of
Shawnee County
Quo Warranto
Yellow Pine Association of
St. Louis
Missouri
Texan
Oklahoma
Spanish Consul Reports Threats by Municipal Candidate Villa
The Spanish consul in Manila writes Governor General Smith detailing Simon Villa a municipal board candidate who denounces Spaniards and vows to kill them if another insurrection occurs The governor general is considering the matter while Villa continues giving intemperate speeches.
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Manila
Smith
Simon Villa
Villa
Fourteen Workmen Escape at Gunnlson Irrigation Tunnel
Nontrose Colorado four dozen workers near Gunnlson tunnel faced a flash flood when a cloudburst flooded the power house and streets. The men fled via an old shaft as water rushed into the tunnel while dynamos and fans were extinguished.
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Nontrose
Colo
Gunnlson
Wea
Troops Ordered to Navajo Reservation
Denver report states General Earl D Thomas instructed six troops of cavalry to the Navajo reservation. War Department ordered the move Saturday due to fear of Ute rebels and white encroachment on water holes and grazing lands. Troops to depart from Fort Whipple Apache and Wingate.
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Denver
Earl D Thomas
Department of the Colorado
War Department
Whipple
Apache
Wingate
Cloudburst in Canyon Claims Two Lives
Reno reports a Verdi canyon cloudburst Sunday between 3 and 4 PM swept through Verdi Mill area. Miss Etta Tixley, 24, on the lumber office porch was carried away by ten foot flood waters. Luke Smith is said to have died but not confirmed. Spanish Canyon near Steamboat Sp also saw floods with several people escaping after a struggle.
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Reno
Nev
Verdi
Etta Tixley
John Tixley
Verdi Mill & Lumber Company
Miss Tixley
Luke Smith
Spanish Canyon
Roosevelt Overrules West Point Dismissals
Oyster Bay Roosevelt and Secretary Wright decide eight West Point cadets dismissed for chasing are reinstated and punished under academy disciplinary methods. Wright says the president and he view dismissal as too severe and praise the cadets for confessing their offenses.
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Oyster Bay
Roosevelt
Wright
United States Military Academy
West Point
Abducted Chicago Girl Freed After Return Home
Veronica Cassidy, 12, who vanished July 30 prompting widespread police activity, was found safe in Chicago after being taken by F. J. Blair to Cincinnati and later told to return home. She described being placed on a train and staying in a rooming house in Ohio before Blair sent her back to Chicago.
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Chicago
Veronica Cassidy
Cincinant
F. J. Blair
Blair
Ohio City
Desert Tragedy Near Yuma Claims Spaulding
F D Spaulding age 45 an automobile maker from San Francisco died after a desert trip with T P Mc Cauley also of San Francisco. They left Yuma against advice heading to mines near Gila Bend. Mc Cauley was overcome but revived. Spaulding died five hours later at Blaiskell.
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Yuma, Ariz
F. D. Spaulding
San Francisco
T. P. McCauley
Gila Bend
McCauley
Yuma
Spaulding
Blaiskell
Jealous Lover Shoots His Rival and Sweetheart
In La Crosse Wisconsin John Newburg 24 shot Ara bella Miller 18 and Will Helder 24 at Waterloo ridge near West Salem after jealousy over a country dance. Miss Miller was hit in the wrist cheek arm and abdomen while Helder was wounded in the wrist. Helder escaped with Miller after a struggle and pursuit.
Prophet Henry Adams Predicts Prosperity Driven by Railroads
Professor Henry Adams, longtime statistician for the Interstate Commerce Commission, forecasts a decade of prosperity in the United States. His close work with railroads and economics lends weight to his view of improving industrial and financial conditions under prudent governance.
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Washington
United States
Henry ©. Adams
Interstate Commerce Commission
Adams
Admiral Cappa Returns After Pearl Harbor Tour
Rear Admiral W L Cappa chief of the naval bureau of construction and repairs sailed to Hawaii aboard the battleship Kan fan of the Allan fleet and returned Sunday on the Sibea He witnessed target practice and battle maneuvers and inspected Pearl Harbor Mare Island and Bremerton before reporting to the secretary of the navy in Washington.
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San Francisco
W. L. Cappa
Naval Bureau of Construction and Repairs
Hawaii
Sibe'a
Pearl Harbor
Capps
Mare Island
Bremerton
Washington
Secretary of the Navy
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Yale University
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United States Commissioner of Education
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Gompers
Lumber Trust
Navajo Reservation
Honolulu
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