Taft Opens Olive Branch To Progressive Republicans
President Taft plans to extend patronage to progressive insurgents in a move to inaugurate a new regime in Republican politics. Secretary Ballinger’s resignation is expected. Cannon will no longer be upheld. Beveridge has had favorable treatment, while Bristow and La Follette faced limits on nominations. Indiana’s place is listed.
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Beverly
Ballinger
Cannon
Taft
la Follette
Bristow
Beveridge
George W. Cromer
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Larsen to Brave Rapids in Boat
Buff alo resident Captain Klaus IP. Larsen prepares for a perilous attempt to navigate Niagara Rapids in a fully cabined launch built for the trip. Eight horsepower engine, eight hundred inches long, planned at eight miles per hour. He will reach the falls Tuesday for current observations as the sole survivor from twelve entrants.
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Niagara
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Election Board Moves To Preserve All Ballots
The state board of election commissioners met Monday afternoon and adjusted the election law to conform with the latest legislature amendment. It now requires all voted ballots to be preserved for reference, and, for the first time, both voted and unvoted ballots will be kept. The board includes Gov Marshall as chairman, Charles Reemler as Republican member, and M. M. Bavhelder as Democratic member.
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State Board of Election Commissioners
Gov.Marshall
Charles Reemler
M. M. Bavhelder
Farewell Service Held in Old Church in Bloomington
A farewell service at College Avenue Methodist Church marked the building’s closure after thirty years of use. The church was locked for sale and a new $105,000 church will be dedicated later this week.
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College Avenue Methodist Church
Billheimer Revokes Insurance Licenses After Rebating Guilty Verdict
Frank H. Mathews and W. E. Shaffer, South Bend insurance agents, had their licenses revoked Monday by State Auditor Billheimer after Mathews and Shaffer were found guilty of rebating to policy holders.
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W. E. Shaffer
South Bend
Billheimer
Taft Refuses Pardons In Edward Boyle Case
New York on September 12 reports President Taft has refused to pardon Edward Boyle, with brief notes that John Coyle and Thomas Kence, among others, were convicted of participation in the case.
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New York
Edward Boyle
John Coyle
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Thomas Kence
Augar
300 CamorristS Get Revenge in Death of Sleuth
Three hundred Camorra members are under arrest for conspiring in the plot that killed Lieut. Petrosino, head of New York’s detective bureau. They will face trial at Viterbo near Rome. Enrico Alfano is named as the planner, with Donadio noted as a key aide.
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Petrosino
New York Detective Bureau
Viterbo
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New York
Palermo
Gategno Donadio
Alfano
Noto
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Capezzuti
Graft Scandal Ties Petrosino Case to New York Mafia
A sweeping graft probe describes how Alfano tipped Camorra killer Petrosino to a Palermo visit. Petrosino’s warnings and pursuit led to Alfano’s arrest and the detective’s death in a chain that implicates Camorra leadership as trials loom in Viterbo. The piece also notes a New York graft inquiry naming Bedell, Agnew, Kiesel, and Bruce, plus a Wisconsin arms inspector drowned and related injuries.
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M. Linn Bruce
Bedell
Railroad Committee of the Assembly
Wall Street
Gasoline Car Route Puts Findlay-Marlon Project Forward
In Findlay Ohio in September 1942 reports indicate a plan to route gasoline cars along a new Findlay Marlon corridor. The project aims to streamline fuel vehicle traffic and improve efficiency in the region. Officials expect quicker transport and greater capacity once implemented.
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Findlay
Girl killed as auto overturns in Marin county
San Francisco dispatch reports Florence Pardee daughter of former California governor George C Pardee was instantly killed Sunday when the automobile she rode in with friends overturned on the Corte Madera road Marin county. The other riders escaped with minor injuries.
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San Francisco
Mias
Florence Pardee
George C. Pardee
California
Corte Madera
Marin County
Fatal Wisconsin auto plunge at Neshonoc bridge
La Crosse Wisconsin September 12 A party traveling by automobile slipped on a muddy road and plunged over an embankment into the La Crosse River near Neshonoc bridge Salem Sunday afternoon. Mrs.
Tires Burst Cause Fatal Car Crash in Nahant
In Nahant Massachusetts on a Sunday crash killed Albert E. Hanna 38 of Lowell and Mrs Fannie Reed wife of Charles I Reed a manufacturer. Herman Stegeman was slightly injured while Charles J Reed and his son Dana 14 escaped unharmed. The rear tires burst causing the driver Hanna to lose control and the car to strike an electric light pole.
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Albert E. Hanna
Lowell
Fannie Reed
Charles I. Reed
Herman Stegeman
Charles J. Reed
Dana
Hanna
Pirates Loot Russian Ship Near Harbin Harbor
In Harbin Manchuria two Russian sailors were killed and more than twenty wounded when brigands posing as passengers boarded a Russian steamship twenty miles from Harbin port. The attackers bound crew and passengers and looted the vessel. Two Russian women were aboard. A nearby sailboat hunter raised the alarm and a Russian militia unit was dispatched.
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Manchuria
Dynamite Under Roosevelt Stand At Ohio Capital
Police find about twelve pounds of explosives under a Roosevelt platform in Columbus. A five pound can of giant powder seven pounds of loose powder dynamite sticks and nitroglycerin bottles were in a worn valise with a miner's pick. Mayor Marshall and others doubt the stand was the target during the address. No one connected to the case has been identified as owning the materials.
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Roosevelt
W. H. Anson
Goodale Park
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George S. Marshall
Hocking
John E. Sater
United States District Court
Washington Gladden
George S. Marshal
Roosevelt Returns to Secluded Family Life at Home
At home cards resume at the Roosevelt mansion in Oyster Bay as Theodore Roosevelt, weary but resolute, arrives with family days after a long train journey from Pittsburgh. He spends Sunday in privacy, funneling into family life and Monday tackling a backlog of correspondence after a 5,500 mile travel stint and over 100 speeches since departing August 23.
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Sagamore Hill
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Roosevelt Griscom forces near control of state convention
Revised estimates show Roosevelt Griscom and Barnes factions close to securing a majority of the 508 votes needed at the Republican state convention in Saratoga on Sept 27. If convention were called Tuesday, old guard likely would hold only a fraction of the 907 delegates Barnes claims.
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Roosevelt- Griscom
Saratoga
Roosevelt-Griscom
Sherman Barnes
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Barnes
Indiana State Fair Opens With Large Opening Crowd
The Indiana State Fair opens to a big crowd this year with extensive machinery displays and aerial maneuvers expected to attract throngs to the grounds. Organizers anticipate high attendance as visitors explore racing cards and related exhibits.
Indianapolis Military Band Concert at Coliseum
Daylong program features a Indianapolis-based military band at 9 A M with a second 2 PM concert by Weber's band. A draft horse and livestock show runs from 9 AM with cattle swine and poultry entries. Trotting and pacing races scheduled 1:30 PM and 2:15 2:22 pace 2:19 trot 2:09 pace.
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Coliseum
Berkshire
Poland
Grand Stand
Weber
Fifty-seventh Indiana fair opens amid crowd and exhibits
The Fifty-seventh Indiana state fair opened with large attendance and full exhibits on Monday. Machinery shows exceed prior years with 500 pieces from over 200 exhibitors. Ohio livestock and horses arrived. events included races offering 4600 in purses and a varied program with vaudeville acts and early aero exhibitions amid crowded poultry and swine displays.
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G. l L. Bumbaugh
Russell Shaw
West Thirtieth Street
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Frederick
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