Roosevelt Draws 30000 in Rain at Kansas City Progressive Rally
Colonel Roosevelt is greeted by about 30 000 people in Kansas City amid heavy rain during a stop of his southern tour as national progressive leader. He praised honesty as essential to national success and attacked corruption in both big business and politics while urging fair treatment of corporations.
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Progressive candidate Frank Tucker drowns after bridge jump
In Oshkosh and LaCrosse Wisconsin on September 1 a suicide by Frank Tucker Progressive Republican candidate for attorney general followed accusations he used $12 worth of state envelopes for campaign pamphlets. He jumped from a bridge and drowned. body not recovered.
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Roosevelt Denies Corporations Backing Campaign Funds
Roosevelt denounces New York Evening Post accusations that he accepts corporate money. The Post defends old New York Republican leadership and alleges cooperation with Harriman. The Post and Roosevelt clash over campaign finance and influence in politics.
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New York Enacts sweeping labor and gambling laws
Albany N Y September 1 Several statutes from the last New York session take effect including a broad labor act requiring employer compensation for injuries regardless of fault and a gambling law targeting race track betting with officials made responsible. The package also tightens private banking to protect immigrants and places telecom firms under the Public Service Commission.
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Hamid’s Wives Transferred to Prison Amid Turmoil
In Constantinople on Sept 1 the disappearance of Former Sultan Abdul Hamid and the transfer of his twelve wives from the villa to the prison at Salonika causes unease among Young Turks. The move is believed to aim at thwarting plots to rescue the women, with the country unsettled by ongoing turmoil.
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Heinze Weds and Leaves for Montana in Private Car
A. Heinze and his bride departed New York for Butte in his private car after their wedding yesterday. One wedding present was the service of four summons and complaint in a $25,000 suit brought by Mrs. Lillian French asserting a loan.
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Ban on Orel Betting Spreads Through New York Races
New York moves to curb all race track betting under the Agnew-Perkins anti bookmaking law. Trustees risk liability for gambling at tracks and operators plan a legal challenge amid questions of ambiguity. Prospects of asset liquidation for metropolitan tracks rise with proposed sales to the public.
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Vera Fitch Reverses Suicide Attempt at Astor Hotel
In New York Vera Fitch, who tried to end her life at the Astor Hotel, told her mother she made a terrible mistake and now wishes to live. Surgeons said her chances of survival are uncertain.
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Italian government ships aid as riots sweep Bari and coast
Rome reports the government dispatches food and clothing following appeals from Bari and Adriatic towns. The chamber of deputies plans distress grants for relief as famine, earthquake damage, vine and olive crop failures, unemployment, and an ensuing cholera outbreak fuel unrest.
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Dynamite Attack Shatters Lyon Building in Seattle
At midnight an attempted dynamiting of Lyon's office building at Third and James streets caused shattered windows across nearby blocks and injuries to several pedestrians. A telegraph fipeman was arrested as a suspect after a quantity of nitro glycerine exploded in the elevator shaft. authorities suspect disgruntled workers. The six story structure suffered severe damage as the fire department responded.
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Primaries Stir With Nominations Across Parties
Early returns from Boise show the French progressive candidate sweeping the state, defeating Congressman Hamer. Brady appears renominated for governor by Republicans, Hawley by Democrats. Morrison leads McDougall for attorney general while C A Allen defeats incumbent Hastings.
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Four Indicted Men Plead Guilty as Grand Jury Reports
Grand jury returned four true bills this afternoon. Three defendants pleaded guilty and received prison sentences: Conners five years for burglary in a dwelling, Roy Thompson three years for the same charge, and William Edwards one year for issuing bad checks after a mountain chase. C W Smith was exonerated on a rape charge. rumors of more indictments follow this afternoon.
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State Officials Nominees Signal Prohibition Win
The secretary of state nomination remains doubtful while Brady supports prohibition. Grace Sheppard wins the state superintendent of schools nomination over incumbent Belle Chamberlain.
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Arbuckle Brothers accused in world coffee control bid
In Cincinnati a coffee merchant from the Gasser company accuses the Arbuckle Brothers of trying to monopolize the world coffee supply. They allegedly conspired with the Brazilian government as demand for South American brands grows. Coffee prices have risen about two cents per pound amid orders to brokers to buy up available stock. They also bought heavily in New York.
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Manitoba Flower and Fruit Show Opens in Winnipeg
Winnipeg hosts a flower and fruit show under the Winnipeg Horticultural Society in the Horse Show Amphitheatre. The display highlights Manitoba horticultural and floricultural products.
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Bank of Nova Scotia Increases Capital in Halifax
A spectral general meeting of the Bank of Nova Scotia shareholders authorized raising capital from 3 million to 5 million dollars. The move was approved today in Halifax Nova Scotia during the session observed by attending directors and officers.
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