Roosevelt to Meet Union Leaders Over Miller Case
Washington dispatch reports President Roosevelt may face union leadership over the Miller dismissal amid AFL divisions. Mitchell leads a pro peace faction while another group supports local unions and criticizes the president. A White House luncheon is planned to seek possible postponement of a final decision.
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Washington
Roosevelt
American Federation of Labor
Executive Council
The
American Federation
Miller
Mr. Mitchell
White House
John Mitchell
RECORD FOR LONG RIDE
Trooper Davis of the Eighth United States cavalry completed a 39 day 20 mile test ride from Oklahoma to West Point with relay mounts every 30 miles. He weighed 127 pounds at start and 118 pounds on arrival. Davis signaled from the Hudson bank near Garrison to report, then continued to Newburgh and on to West Point.
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Newburgh
Av. A
Davis
Eighth
United States Cavalry
West Point
Oklahoma
Hudson
Garrison
Yours
Staf
Standard Oil Eyes Bonanza Oil Fields in Wyoming
In Wyoming’s Bonanza fields north of Cheyenne, Standard Oil plans spring operations after a positive expert report. G T Gatley of Ales and Guthrie, sent by Rockefellers, found the fields rich with the world’s finest oil. many assessors prep before January 2, with rigs heading to Bonanza to begin work at once.
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Cheyenne
Wego
Standard Oil Company
Bonansa
Wyoming
G. Tt. Gatley
Ales & Guthrie
Bonanza
Rockereders
Pittsbun
ROUTED MOONSHINERS BY SALVATION ARMY MISTAKEN FOR REVENUE OFFICERS
In Prestonsburg Kentucky on September 24 Colonel Koltz and Salvation Army cavalrymen, misidentified as revenue officers, encountered moonshiners at a hidden still. After a guide explained, the group surrounded a cabin and conducted services while moonshiners watched, mistaking the Salvationists for lawmen.
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Salvation Army
Prestonsburg
Koltz
Onyck
Salvationists
Venezuelan Press Attacks Foreign Umpires During Independence Day
Steamer Maracaibo reports Caracas papers clash with foreign and mixed tribunals as Mexican officials face threats over a ball hosted for independence day. El Combate and El Nationalista denounce Umpires, while overseas ties and unpaid salaries fuel tensions.
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Willemstad
Curacaa
Maracaibo
Venezuela
Caracas
Belgium
Mexico
Castro
Senor Otero
Senor Duret
Senor Guzman
Mexican Tribunal
United States
el Combate
Carcas
Chicago Centenary Plans Include Fire Scene Reenactment
Chicago centennial committee reports the six day celebration details, with an October 1 banquet for mayors at the Auditorium and a Daughters of the American Revolution reception in period gowns. A dramatic burning reenactment will engulf downtown with 100 tons of inflammable material, recreating the 1871 fire.
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Chicago
Protection issue in two countries risks tariff war
Washington reports that both the United States and United Kingdom may enter major political battles over tariff policy. Analysts foresee a possible tariff war as Chamberlain shifts from a limited colonial preference to broad protection for British industry.
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Washington
United States
England
United Kingdom
Great Britain
Chamberlain
Germany
Democrats to Question Roosevelt Over Special-Train Trip
Senate Democrats plan a resolution when Congress convenes to demand details on President Roosevelt’s Pacific coast trip. The measure cites press charges that railroads bore all costs for the sixty six day journey and asks who funded prior travels.
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Washington
Senate
Congress
Roosevelt
Pacific Coast
Texan Aims for 50 Day Stopless Atlantic Voyage
A Texan steamer, the Texan, sails from Puget Sound aiming to become the longest stopless voyage, 50 days to the Atlantic coast. It loads 4100 tons of coal and carries sugar salmon and general freight for the Delaware Breakwater voyage toward Magellan straits with no port calls unless an accident occurs. A Russian officer in Irkutsk shoots a Jew who refused to light his cigarette after an insult.
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Texan
Delaware Airwater Direct
Morrison
Puget Sound
Atlantic Coast
San Francisco
Atlantic
Biraks
Magellan
Delaware
London
St. Petersburg
Daily Mail
Irkutsk
Invasion Threat Noted Over Nicaragua Concession
Reports from New Orleans on September 23 describe advice of an expected invasion of Nicaragua by troops from Spanish Honduras to enforce Honduras claim that Nicaragua granted rights on territory to a Pittsburgh syndicate, based on a concession.
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Honduras
Nicaragua
New Orleans
Pittsburg
Puerto Cortez
Bogus Transfers Plague Boston Street Railway System
Boston detectives disclose a wide fraud on the Boston and Northern Street Railway as bogus transfer checks were sold to conductors. Over twenty conductors are implicated, with about 8,000 counterfeit transfers circulating weekly since last November and potential losses near 100000 dollars. Two employees, Herbert E. Shawman and Herbert Morris, were arrested. investigators believe many conductors engaged in the scheme over three years and suspect wider spread to other cities.
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Boston Street Railway Company
Boston
Boston & Northern Street Railway Company
Herbert E. Shawman
Central Square
Herbert Morris
Lynn
Miss Bryan's Romance Engages Williams Leavitt Story
Lincoln Neb Sept 23 William Homer Leavitt artist from Newport R I won Ruth Bryan daughter of W J Bryan through a May meeting in Lincoln He came to paint Bryan portrait for St Louis expo The wedding set for Oct 3 at Fairview Will be attended by close friends The bride to be 18 the day before marriage and of age to decide The Bryans oppose nothing and praise Leavitt Leavitt 32 born Newport married at 22 to a Newport woman who died a year later A child from that marriage died later His mother is in modest means
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William H. Leavitt
Lincoln, Neb
William Homer Leavitt
Newport
R. I
Ruth Bryan
W. J. Bryan
Leavitt
Lincoln
Miss Bryan
Captain Hobson
Fairview
Mr. Leavitt
Mr. Bryan
Geavitt
Western Baseball Turmoil Ends Family Harmony for Omaha
The Western league suspends operations creating hostilities among owners. Omaha owner William Rourke blames rival magnates for losses while Tom Burns and D C Packard profited on home grounds. Transportation bills stalled as Van Brunt of St Joe helped end the season. Rourke questions the league’s five year term and weighs joining the American Association for Omaha. Attendance peaked at 140000 in a prior first class league season.
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Omaha
Neb
Western Eagle
William Rourke
Tom Burns
D. C. Packard
Transportation Bills
van Brunt
St. Joe
Milwaukee
Rourke
Packers
Hugh Duffy
Burns
American Association
Tebeau
Kansas City
Train Collision Kills Woman and Injures Daughter En Route to Church
A Rock Island passenger train in Denver on September 23 collided with a handcar carrying five people. Mrs. James L. Roberts, 50, was killed and her daughter Susie, 22, severely injured while the three sons escaped unhurt. The mother and daughter were unable to jump clear as the train struck the handcar. The train halted and passengers aided the survivors and mourners at the scene.
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Denver
Colo
Rock Island
James L. Roberts
Susie
Underwood Dead Former Northern Pacific Builder
Colonel J. M. Underwood a railroad constructor and former Minnesota legislator died in Portland at 61. Born in Saco Maine he served as a lieutenant in the Maine artillery during the Civil War and laid Northern Pacific track through Sioux country with U S troops as guards. He once took Sitting Bull prisoner to protect his forces.
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Northern Pacific
Portland
Ore
J. M. Underwood
Minnesota
Colonel Underwood
Saco
Maine Artillery
Underwood
Sioux Country
United States
Sitting Bull
Radical victory in Servia elections. ministry to resign
Belgrade reports sweeping skupshtina results with extreme radicals winning sixty five seats. Party leaders were elected and the ministry will resign at an extraordinary session on September 27.
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Servia
Belgrade
Skupshtina
President Roosevelt Delivers Antietam Dedication Address
On Sept 19 at Sharpsburg Maryland the Antietam monument was dedicated with Governor Murphy and nearly 1,000 New Jersey Civil War veterans in attendance. President Roosevelt praised New Jersey troops and the Grand Army of the Republic and urged citizens to uphold honesty, courage, and common sense in public life. The rainstorm did not dampen the ceremony as the president accepted the monument and greeted veterans.
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Roosevelt
Miller
Government
Roosevelt Will Wisner
Sharpsburg
Antietam
New Jersey
United States
Murphy
Jersey City
North
Secret Service
Chambersburg
Hagerstown
Cumberland Valley Railroad
Norfolk and Western
Kear and Dryden
Jersey
Grand Army of the Republic
Abraham Lincoln
Grand Army
Kean and Dryden
Sharpsburg Station
Dunkard Church
Lee
Potomac
Lincoln
Henry W. Slocum
New York
Uble
Hbert
Ely
Grant
Far Er
Washington Oirst
Union
Poison squad to start on salicylic acid diet
Dr. Wiley’s poison eaters will return to the desk in the fall and begin a new test with salicylic acid under agricultural department supervision. The selection of participants is still pending though some former volunteers may abstain due to marriage. The program aims to continue for months with other poisons to follow if successful.
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Uncle Sam
Texas Paper Repeats Rockefeller Salted Beaumont Wells Claims
The Bert Worth Telegram repeats charges that Beaumont oil wells were salted by agents of a Standard Oil dummy concern. It alleges wells were purchased cheaply, capped, then allowed to flow again when desired. It cites Professor Hill and George Hutchins as sources and notes Beaumont detectives were pursuing leads.
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Texas
Rockefeller
Beaumont
Dallas
Tex
Bert Worth Telegram
Standard of Company
Telegram
Standard OS Company
Professor Hill
Washington, D. C
Primie
George. Hutchins
Fort Worth
St. Louis
Hutchins
The Biggest Merger Rumor Circles Rail Lines
Chicago reports a revived rumor that if the Northern Securities case is sustained a Southern Securities company may form. It would allegedly include Rock Island Railway, Southern Pacific, and Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe lines. Officials doubt Harriman would split Southern Pacific from his system.
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Rock Island
Southern Pacific
Atchison
Chicago
Northern Securities Company
United States Supreme Court
Southern Securities Company
Lopeka
Santa Fe
Hobson A Candidate For Congress In Sixth District
A close friend of Captain Richmond P. Hobson announces Hobson will run for Congress in Alabama’s Sixth District against John H. Bankhead. After a successful lecture tour through Green and Tuscaloosa counties, Hobson’s supporters claim strong personal popularity and expect a winning race.
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Birmingham
Ala
Richmond P. Hobson
Greensboro
Hobson
Sixth
John H. Bankhead
Green
Tuscaloosa
Congress
Lipton Undergoes Appendicitis in Chicago
Sir Thomas Lipton, hospitalized at the Auditorium Annex, is described as doing well after undergoing appendicitis treatment. Doctors reported a quiet night and favorable progress in Chicago on September 18.
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Thomas Lipton
Chicago
Auditorium
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