Wilson Warns Workingmen Against Progressive Party
Buffalo NY Governor Wilson attacked Roosevelts Progressive platform at Braun's Park Labor Day rally denouncing plans for a federal commission to regulate and legalize monopolies while urging defense of free competition and warning against government control over wages and industry.
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Wilson
Progressive Party
Buffalo
N. Y
Roosevelt
Braun's Park
Coner
Mr. Roosevelt
Met
Consolidated Industries
Congress
Gary
Perkins
Federal Commission
Norfolk Thespians Strike Over Pay Raise
Norfolk theaters including the Academy of Music and the Granby faced a strike by stage bands after failing to secure about a twenty percent pay increase. General Manager Otto Wells filled the roles, and performances were not interrupted. The Colonial Theater may strike next Monday when its new contract begins.
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Norfolk
Wales
Academy of Music
Granby
Victoria
Orpheum
Portsmouth
Otto Wells
Wells Theaters
Colonial Theater
Keith Vaudeville
Wells Salid
Iabor
Engineer Killed in Wisconsin Railroad Wreck
A disastrous wreck on the Chicago St Paul Minneapolis and Omaha Railroad at Camp Douglas Wisconsin follows a washout near Hustler. The engineer and two passengers were killed and the fireman fatally injured. Several passengers sustained injuries, some serious.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Camp Douglas
Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha
Hustler
Cuban Reporter Must Be Punished
Washington dispatch states Charge dAffaires Hugh Gibson in Havana reported the reporter who assaulted him on Tuesday night was arrested twice and released twice. The State Department notified the Cuban legation it demands adequate punishment for the Cuban reporter.
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Washington, D. C
Hugh Gibson
Havana
State Department
Greenwich Foreman Arrested for Cruelty to Horse
Mrs. C W Church of Greenwich accused Michael Bischelle, estate foreman, of beating a nearly dead horse after he refused to sell or kill it. Sheriff arrested him. Judge Barnes fined him five dollars plus costs totaling 21.60. Church paid and had the horse sold to her, ending with the animal's death by Dr Vail.
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Greenwich
Conn
Michael Bischelle
C. W. Church
California
King Street
Rye
Bischelle
Uncle Joe Enters High Kicking Bout at Moorhead
In Moorhead Minnesota Uncle Joe Cannon accepts a challenge from J. B. Blanchard, a 90 year old resident, to a high kicking contest. Cannon, 77, replies that Blanchard should first earn a reputation before challenging him. The meet date remains unset.
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Uncle Joe
Cannon
Mr. Blanchard
Joe
Private White Shot by Fellow Soldier at Portsmouth
Private White of Battery C First Battalion Virginia Field Artillery was accidentally shot in the head this morning while encamped outside Portsmouth. He was struck by a fellow artilleryman who fired to frighten intruders from the picket line. the ball pierced a tent and entered White's skull. He is now at the King's Daughters Hospital.
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Portsmouth
White
Virginia Field Artillery
King’s Daughters Hospital
Bourne urges defense of initiative and referendum in states
Senator Jonathan Bourne Jr of the National Progressive Republican League warns popular government advocates to guard against emasculation of initiative and referendum. He lists three expedients to defeat it and urges submitting amendments in practical form with majority voting rights preserved. He cites campaigns for state legislature elections and criticizes candidates who oppose the initiative in its proven form.
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Washington, D. C
Jonathan Bourne, Jr
National Progressive Republican League
Friends of Popular Government
Indiana Governor Candidate Stump Speaks in Maine
Democratic presidential hopeful from Indiana begins earnest campaign with stump speeches in Maine as part of nationwide party effort.
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Indiana
Hsion-ya San Woodrow Wilson
Maine
Tables Turned on Crooked Officials in New York
Special report cites underworld sources claiming police officials and others involved in protection rackets are paying heavy tolls to avoid disaster from District Attorney Whitman. Becker murder trial dates, venue concerns, and coordinating raids with bank-deposit spikes link to a wider graft investigation involving eight witnesses.
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New York
Police Department
Themeaclves
Whitman
Charlies A. Schecker
Herman Koosenthal
Becker
We. Whitman
John S. McIntyre
Hecker
New York County
Waldo
Craft
Manchester
Nowenthal
Embrey Revealed as Democratic House Candidate in Spotsylvania
SPOTSYLVANIA VA Special The candidacy of W S Embrey S Jr of Fredericksburg for the Democratic nomination to the House of Delegates from Spotsylvania and Fredericksburg district to succeed G C Coleman who has served two years has been announced Embrey is young but well known across the district as fit for the position.
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W. 5. Embrey
Spotsylvania
W. S. Embrey, S Jr
Fredericksburg
House of Delegates
Spotsylvania County
GC. R. Coleman
Embrey
Sinking of Criccieth Castle Claims Many Lives
London report states six lives were lost in the wreck of the British steam ship Criccieth Castle near the Falkland Islands with seven more feared dead. Mail advices to Lloyds indicate the fate of seven others remains in doubt.
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Criccieth Castle
London
Falkland Islands
Lloyd’s
Vermont Balloting Opens With Heavy Early Vote
Vermont voters begin the state election in Montpelier with polls open from 7 AM to 5 PM. Five candidates vie for Governor, including Fletcher, Howes, Prazer Metazar, Smith, and Sutter, as Republicans Democrats Progressives and Prohibitionists forecast outcomes and a possible Legislative selection of the next governor.
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Montlier
Vermont
Allen M. Fletcher
HL. Flowe
Mey
Race program of Virginia State Fair details
The Virginia State Fair official race program lists events from October 7 to 12 in Richmond. It covers purses, weights, and conditions for trots and paces, from two-year-olds to seniors, including the Valley Steeplechase and the Virginia State Fair steeplechase, with entries to be sold at auction and penalties for non-winners and weight allowances.
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Richmond
National Steeplechase and Hunt Association
Canadian Hunt Association
Mailens
agces—Purae
Richmond Steeplechase Auction Sale and Races Details
The program outlines auctions and purses for a meeting featuring multiple races across days including October 10th and 11th. Notable entries specify the winner in auctions at $900 and $500, with weights and allowances for three and four year olds, non-winners, and those entering to be sold. It lists purses from $60 to $600, race distances, and conditions for the King Corn Steeplechase and Richmond events.
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Commonweal Club
H Mantheap Steeston
Wealth
Upsard
Oeath
National
Richmond
Jess
Aneton
Flagship Lands 750 Marines at Corinto
The cruiser California flagship of the Pacific fleet arrived at Corinto today. She carried 750 marines from Panama City who were landed at once. A large force began inland with a second convoy of provisions and ammunition for Americans at Matagalpa and other interior points.
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Washington, D. C
California
Corinto
Navy Department
Panama City
Matagalpa
Captain Mayo Sworn In As Norfolk Mayor
Captain W. R. Mayo was formally installed as Norfolk Mayor following James T. Riddick’s 12 years in office. The ceremony was minimal with few attendees and no new appointments reported. Governor Wilson’s farmers remark sparked commentary in Newport News Press.
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Captain Mayo
Norfolk
W. RB. Mayo
James T. Riddick Reres
Wilson
Newport News Press
Two youths accuse officer in Broad Street incident
Patton and Grundy tell of being approached by Officer Jennings after a pistol shot near the Memorial Hospital. They allege the officer struck Grundy and kicked his hat as onlookers testified, while Jennings claims the suspect escaped and that a pistol was fired. Justice Crutchfield ordered a full hearing with witnesses.
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Sinton
Jenni
Offic
Young Patton
James D. Patton
West Franklin Street
Pan
Carter Grundy
Arven Gruny
Broad Street
Brent
Young Paton
Grundy
Patton
Jennings
Justice John
Crutchficki
Mayo Street
Tile
Fiver
Miners Rebel as Paint Creek Clash Escalates in West Virginia
In Charleston West Virginia special dispatches report miners and tube guards exchanging fire at Paint Creek. Ten miners wounded, militia redeployed as five thousand armed workers threaten a decimating strike. Militia seizes ammunition machine guns rifles clubs and wire seized rail lines cut.
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Charleston
W. VA
Paint Creek
Wxlay
Iurve
Coal Company
Cabin Creek
Chesapeake and Ohio
Stay of Execution in Sabens Murder Case
Justice Stafford of the District of Columbia Supreme Court granted a stay of execution for Sabens, a former soldier sentenced to hang for the murder of his sweetheart Ada Haynes. Sabens has appealed to the District Court of Appeals.
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Sabens
Washington, D. C
Sosete
Stafford
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Suday
Ada Haynes
District Court Appeals
Parasol Gone as Train Heads Cityward with Gossip
In a summer resort scene a train moves toward the city as a first summer girl asks if any heart was left behind and another quips about leaving her best parasol. Washington Herald notes a light, social tone amid travel chatter.
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Washington Herald
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Joseph Willams
Lloyd Motor Company
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J. J. Traylor
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Foreman
Battery C
GOV
Thomas R. Marshall
Pat Bolls
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