Taft urges U S health bureau to oversee hygiene
President Taft proposed creating a separate federal department to lead national hygiene research and public health efforts. He cited Cuba and other territories as expanding sanitation needs and warned that profit from disease loss underscores the need for preventive medicine and government-funded health programs.
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Washington
Hochs
Taft
International Hygiene Congress
Cuba
Porto Rico
Philippines
Panama
Panama Canal
May Prosecute Cox Washington
Department of Justice officials declined to say whether information about the failure of the Second National Bank of Cincinnati could lead to prosecution of George B. Cox. Cox, a major stockholder in Ford and Johnson Furniture, faced ties to loans blamed for the bank’s downfall though he held no officer role at the bank. He did serve as an officer in a trust company that collapsed concurrently.
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Washington
Department of Justice
Cincinnati
George B. Cox
Cox
Ford and Johnson Furniture Company
MD National
Second National
Jealous woman blinds man in Cleveland case
In Cleveland on September 23 Ludwir Lotkofski 27 treasurer of the Polish National Benefit Association was blinded when his fiancée Johanna Deboski 40 a widow dashed a pint of poison from a bottle into his face after he refused to marry her. Doctors said he may lose sight in both eyes.
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Cleveland
Ludwir Lotkofski
Polish National Benefit Association
Johanna Deboski
Crowds Prepare for Annual Fair
Crowds gather as preparations ramp up for the annual fair with vendors, rides, and entertainment slated across the grounds this weekend. Organizers urge early arrival to enjoy attractions, exhibits, and food stalls.
Taxi Robbers Escape With $1000 In New York Heist
Two youths dressed casually emerged from a taxi and robbed John Popper a provision merchant of over $1,000 in cash and checks in broad daylight in New York. A nearby officer fired several shots but no one was hit as the fleeing cab sped away.
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New York
John Popper
Former official forgery charge in Peoria indictment
Peoria, Sept 23. N C Dougherty former superintendent of schools was indicted by the grand jury on forgery charges. Bail set at 12000. Dougherty previously served as president of the National Educational Association.
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Peoria, Ill
N. C. Dougherty
Dougherty
National Educational Association
French Chinaware Makers Protest U S Duties at Limoges
French chinaware manufacturers convened in Limoges on September 23 to protest anew American duties on china ware with Ambassador Jusserand in attendance marking a diplomatic note on the trade friction between France and the United States.
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Limoges
France
Jusserand
Urges Reopening of Oil Firm Suit Before Supreme Court
Samuel Untermyer asks President Taft to report the Standard Oil case to the Supreme Court and arraign officers for alleged dissolution decree violations. He declined to say whether White House action is assured, noting a short White House meeting and a planned resume of hearings in New York in November.
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Washington
Taft
Standard Oil
Supreme Court
Samuel Untermyer
New York
Waters-Pierce Oil Company
Trust
Untermyer
Oil Trust
White House
Money Trust
Protests Challenge Martial Law in West Virginia Suit
In Charleston on September 23, a federal suit in the southern district of West Virginia challenges Governor Glasscock's authority to declare martial law. The Baldwin-Felts detectives, used as mine guards and now imprisoned, are central to the case which argues a state of war did not exist and that the military commission was improper.
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Charleston
W. Va
Glasscock
Baldwin-Felts Detective Agency
Federal
Southern District
West Virginia
Baldwin- Felts
Rebel Agent Held in El Paso for Neutrality Violation
Juan Pedro Didapp, a Washington agent of the Zapita revolution in Mexico, is jailed in El Paso accused of violating U S neutrality laws. Secret service agents arrested him during a soda shop visit and reportedly found evidence linking the Vasquez Gomez revolutionary movement to the case.
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EL Paso
Tex
Juan Pedro Didapp
Washington
Mexico
Secret Service
Vasquez Gomez
VINDICATE IMPRISONED WOMAN IN PAROLE CASE
Huntington Ind Sept 23 Mrs John Epps aged 61 who served 23 years for murdering her husband may be pardoned after a death bed confession by Henry Epps brother of the slain man who has died. He allegedly admitted killing his brother and vindicated the imprisoned woman.
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Huntington
Ind
John Epps
Henry Epps
Birth Rate Decline Forecast By Purity League Expert
Philadelphia, September 23. Dr. J Aspinwall McCraigh head of the educational department for the National Christian League for the Promotion of Purity warned that if the birth rate continues to decrease for 150 years at the present pace, practically no more children will be born.
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Philadelphia
J. Aspinwall McCraigh
National Christian League For the Promotion of Purity
Woman commits suicide in jail to avoid testifying against husband
In Denver on September 23 Pearl Nakayama a 418 year old Spanish woman held on charges of white slavery swallowed poison to end her life rather than testify against her Japanese husband Nakayama accused of forcing his wife into a life of sin.
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Denver
Col
Pearl Nakayama
Nakayama
Grosscup backs Roosevelt for president in surprise move
Chicago September 23 Judge Peter S Grosscup recently retired from the United States circuit court announced his support for Colonel Roosevelt for president.
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Chicago
Peter S. Grosscup
United States Circuit Court
Roosevelt
Hilles in Michigan for Taft endorsement bid
Detroit Sept 28 Charles D Hilles chairman of the Republican National Committee arrived in Detroit to gauge Michigan politics and secure the endorsement of President Taft at the state Republican convention tomorrow.
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Detroit
Charles D. Hilles
Republican National Committee
Michigan
Taft
Rebels Rise in Samsun Seaborne Rebellion
Sanos in rebellion reports fighting beginning today between Turkish troops and rebels on the Island of Samsun. Rebels seek to join Greece, eroding local authority and heightening regional tension amid the conflict.
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Smyrna
Samos
Greece
La Crosse Day Celebrated at Interstate Fair Grounds
The Tribune will publish at noon tomorrow to allow its employer to join the city at the interstate fair grounds for La Crosse day celebration.
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Fair Association
la Crosse
the Tribune
Interstate Fair Grounds
la Crosse Day
Leg offered to save life in Gary transplant story
Eth el Smith, burned when a spark ignited her clothing on a motorcycle ride, accepts a medical offer from William Rugg, a crippled newsboy, to graft skin from his leg to save her life. Doctors warn the operation risks death, but Rugg volunteers, saying his leg is useless and he would rather die than see her die.
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Gary
Ind
Ethel Smith
William Rugg
Miss Smith
Rugg
Funeral flowers stir churchmen on last rites debate
Danbury clergy spar over bans on funeral flowers as Rev Dr Walter J Shanley cites poverty forcing debts for blossoms. Other ministers across the nation fault extravagance yet urge moderation and preserve expressions of sympathy with flowers under limits set by dioceses and churches.
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F. M. O’brien
Holy Name Cathedral
Shanley
C. F. Reisner
Father Shanley
Detroit
Mich
T. W. Young
The
North Baptist Church
Indianapolis
Ind
Albert Hurlstone
Robert Park M. E
Cleveland
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Danbury
St. Paul
Washington
James Montgomery
Metropolitan Methodist Church
President approves garb policy for government school teachers
The president approves Secretary Fisher’s reversal of a July order prohibiting religious garb in government schools. Teachers already in civil service may keep their distinctive dress, but future policy will favor nonsectarian teaching while denominations may conduct religious instruction outside school hours. The reversal follows a prior suspension for a full hearing.
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Taft
Interior
Fisher
R. S. Valentine
Indian Affairs
Civil Service
Unsettled Weather Ahead for Midwest and Plains
The forecast calls for unsettled conditions across La Crosse area tonight and Tuesday with showers and a modest rise tonight followed by cooler conditions on Tuesday. Rain is expected late tonight into Tuesday for Wisconsin Minnesota and Iowa with warmer tonight and cooler Tuesday. Snow in Alberta and rain in Montana North Dakota and western Minnesota accompany a plains storm bringing unsettled weather and a slight temperature rise tonight then a drop by Tuesday night.
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Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
Gulf and Plain States
North Atlantic States
Canadian Northwest
Alberta
Montana
North Dakota
Atlantic States
Plains States
Delegates death inquest opened in Baltimore
An inquest is being held today on Charles H. Bates of Urbana Ohio delegate to the International Cigarmakers convention who was found dead probably drugged early yesterday Bates had money according to friends but none was found on the body
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la Crosse
Lincoln Beachey
Chicago
Beachey
Baltimore
Chas. H. Bates
Urbana
Ohio
International Cigarmakers’ Convention
Bates
Federals Escape Ambush in La Rosita Pass
Rebels in La Rosita Pass ambushed federal troops in northern Mexico. About 100 federals narrowly escaped extermination with ten killed, including Major Milaril, according to dispatches received today.
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Mexico City
la Rosita Pass
Mexico
Milaril
Try Fish Swindler On Trial In Chicago Court
Nathan Fisher faced a federal trial before Judge Carpenter on a charge of using the mails to defraud. Operating as the Great Lakes Fish company in Chicago, he advertised paying top prices for fish and mailed fraudulent payments to fishermen who delivered large lots.
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Chicago
Carpenter
Nathan Fisher
United States Mail
Fisher
Great Lakes Fish Company
Child burned in Yom Kippur candle accident
In Racine Wisconsin on September 23 a two year old daughter of Nathan Silver toppled candles during her parents observance of Yom Kippur. She sustained severe burns to the abdomen arms and legs and doctors fear only skin grafting can save her life.
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Racine, Wis
Nathan
Cigar Makers Strike in Manila Over Registration Law
Nearly 2,000 cigar makers walked out today in Manila with twelve thousand more to join Wednesday, halting all factories. The strike centers on opposition to the compulsory registration law.
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Manila
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