Roosevelt's Indianapolis Speech Signals Progressive Path
Washington dispatch reports Col Theodore Roosevelt has completed a forceful progressive speech for Indianapolis and plans to push Beveridge's radical Indiana agenda. Postmaster General Hitchcock prepares a long western tour to follow Roosevelt and study its impact, with visits likely to Ohio Indiana Illinois Michigan Minnesota and beyond.
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Minnesota
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Kansas
Hitchcock's Western Mission to Shape 1908 Campaign
Hitchcock sails to survey postwar conditions in the west, extending to September 10 before returning to Washington. Taft and cabinet members except Dickinson will convene then for a pivotal advisers meeting. Hitchcock will report findings and influence the administration's campaign in western states.
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Taft
Dickinson
Philippines
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Roosevelt to Air With Harmon in New York Aviation Tie
Boston August 17 Colonel Roosevelt may fly with Clifford Harmon during the aviation tie at the Country Life in America building Cornerstone ceremony in Garden City Long Island Friday. Harmon expects Roosevelt to accept but a definite decision is not expected until Friday morning.
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United Press
History gives spage to new plane records
History adds to the page with reports of record flight distances as high winds aided pilots. The article notes that those who pushed their limits covered well over a thousand miles each, marking a milestone in early aviation progress.
Moissant and Meehan Make Record Flight to London
John Moissant, a young Spanish aviator, flew from Calais to Tilmanstone near Dover in a Bleriot monoplane with mechanic Albert as passenger. He then pressed toward London, covering about 60 miles more, despite cold forcing an early landing. The London Daily Mail prize for a Paris to London flight looms as a likely reward.
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Paris
Wires Catch French Flyer in Versailles Crash
Gerau mechanician for Santes Dumont escapes with slight injury after monoplane motor failures over Versailles cause a crash into telephone wires. Machine wrecked. Event dated August 17 in Versailles.
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Santes Dumont
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Plagiarist New Title of Earl
New York reports the Earl of Yarmouth also known as Eric Hope plans to sue American author Molly Elliott Seawell over alleged piracy of her book Papa Bouchard. Seawell says he sought permission to dramatize it, was refused, then produced The Pigeon House with success claiming the work is hers from start to finish.
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New York
Mob Attempt to Lynch Man Blunted by Deputies in West Virginia
A mob in Hinton West Virginia tried to lynch James Dawson accused of killing Mrs Lottie Ailess and fatally wounding her husband near Quinnimont. Deputies beat them back and state militia arrived to guard the jail. Two more companies are stationed at Wayne awaiting orders.
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Glass
Wayne
Hereford Cattle Break Loose in Rushville Cornfield Chase
Eighteen Hereford cattle being loaded into a car broke away and charged down a rail line before spending the night in J. C. Clore’s cornfield. The incident occurred Tuesday night in Rushville Indiana.
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Rushville
Ind
Light Brigade
J. C. Clore
French tobacco sales fall despite price rise in July
Paris reports show a 180000 decrease in July tobacco sales for 1910 versus 1909 as the government monopoly imposes higher prices. The postal department, however, records about 500000 more in July receipts over 1909, despite a reduced mail volume across classes.
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Paris
France
Harrison Elected Monon President
Fairfax Harrison, longtime associate of the Southern railway system, was elected president of the Chicago Indianapolis and Louisville railway Monon route at a New York directors meeting. He succeeds Ira G. Rawn who died at Winnetka on June 20 from a self inflicted gun wound. Salary set at 25000 dollars annually.
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Chicago, Indianapolis & Louisville Railway Company
Monon
New York
Fairfax Harrison
The
Southern Railway
Ira G. Rawn
Winnetka
Seven Hurt When Street Car Jumps Track in Fog
Seven persons were seriously injured and a score more hurt when a street car jumped the track on a sharp curve at Ninety-fifth street and Michigan avenue in dense fog Wednesday morning. Four girls were badly injured.
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Chicago
Ninety-fifth Street
Michigan Avenue
Bookkeeper Ill, Attachment Issued for Backed Claims
Adolph Gabriel, a Glatz leather company bookkeeper in New York, has typhoid fever for two weeks at home. Upon his illness the firm’s officers examined his books and the supreme court issued an attachment for 36725 against him by Justice Gott.
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New York
Adolph
Gabriel
Glatz Leather Company
Tas
Tusticé Gott
Supreme Court
Pensions for Dogs Tabled by Alaskan Posts
Brig. Gen. Marion P. Maus commanding the Department of the Columbia says pensions for Alaska dogs will be recommended to the war department. Maus, returning from a tour of Alaskan posts, laments the present practice of turning old and disabled watchdogs out.
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War Department
Marion P. Maus
Department of the Columbia
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President Montt Dies in Bremen After Heart Failure
Bremen August 17 No word from Chile yet on Montt disposition after his death Tuesday night The doctors say heart failure made autopsy unnecessary Mrs Montt is prostrated under medical care Germany orders Bremen half staff and honors for Mrs Montt and her suite
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Chile
Derlin Montt
Wilhelm der Grasse
City Attorney Probes Track Elevation Bill Inquiries
City Attorney Merle N A Walker investigates railroad company bills tied to track elevation work. City Engineer Klausmann sent bills for advice, triggering a probe into old charges paid long ago. No definite percentage of city payment yet agreed.
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Klausmann
Walker
Niece Inherits Treasures From Wealthy Artist
Philadelphia reports Ed munud Darch Lewis a wealthy artist and collector buried Tuesday left his art collection valued at about £500,000 to his niece Mrs. Clifford Wheaton Vaughan of New York. The hoard includes a throne once used by Pope Pius IX and another once owned by Napoleon Bonaparte.
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Edmunud Darch Lewis
Clifford Wheaton Vaughan
New York
Pius IX
Napoleon Bonaparte
Prosser Trial Defense Seeks Emotional Insanity Proof
Vera Prosser’s defense plans expert testimony to show emotional insanity after she shot and killed her divorced husband Reese T. Prosser on a Great Northern train. Dr. D A Ghent of Seattle testified to alleged emotional illness as trial resumed in Mout. Aug. 27.
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Vera Prosser
Reese T. Prosser
Great Northern
Br. D. A. Ghent
Seattle
Payne Tariff And Patent Law Nourish Trust
In Hamp ton's magazine Judson Welliver exposes the shoe machinery trust led by Sidney W. Winslow. He argues the group wields tariff and patent office power to throttle competition, with 60 percent protection for shoe machinery and widespread patent tactics abroad to block rivals. The piece cites 32 patents held by the trust and notes close ties between the trust and patent activity.
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Hampton’s
Judson
Welliver
United States Patent Office
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Standard Oil
Beef Trust
Sidney W. Winslow
Frankfort
Germany
Biocester
England
Paris
France
Canada
Trust
Washington
Health Officials Face Capital Court Fight Over Soda Benzoate
Washington news describes a testy hearing in which Curtice Brothers and Williams Brothers sue Indiana health officers over benzoate of soda as a preservative. Dr. W B Bigelow and Dr. Harvey Wiley provide testimony while Judge Barnard issues an order to compel witnesses.
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Rochester
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Detroit
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W. B. Bigelow
Bureau of Chemistry
Harvey W.wiley
Agricultural Department
Rowland Evans
Indianapolis
United States
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Bingham
Barnard
Wiley
Chancery
Job Barnard
Supreme Court of the District of Columbia
Department of Agriculture
Eagan
Stanton C. Peele
Wiler
Washington
Dr. Wiley
Oliver Barnard
Department
Patent Office Credit Heist Stirring Washington Scandal
Lawyers and the shoe machinery division of the patent office faced sharp criticism for lavish dinners and entertainment used by trusts to gain favor. Charles A. Mason, a former examiner, was hired by the trust and now serves as its chief patent affairs expert, signaling a broader push for reform in the patent office.
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Patent Office
Washington
Shoe Machinery Division
Charles A. Mason
Trust
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