Night Riders Threats Prompt Tennessee Troop Deployments
Tennessee Governor Patterson faces threats as National Guard companies from E and L depart Memphis for Samburg to protect him. Ed Powell is detained near Ward's hotel. former Rep. Pierce provides legal counsel to suspects. A telecom line cut by Night Riders spurs a governors conference on suppressing night riding after the election. Dr. Parkhurst resigns as head of the Crime Prevention Society due to age and workload.
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Nashville
Tenn
National Guard
State of Tennessee
E. B. Horton
Memphis
Reelfoot Lake
Obion
Samburg
Ed Powell
Ward
Powell
Rice A. Pierce
Ninth District
Pierce
Col. W. C. Tatum
Camp Nemo
Field Telephone Corps
Tennessee
Missouri
Misissippi
Alabama
Arkansas
Illinois
Ohio
Indiana
Kentucky
Patterson
Parkhurst
New York
Charles H. Parkhurst
Madison Avenue
Presbyterian
Society For the Prevention of Crime
Parkhurst Society
Frank Lugar
Society
Europe
Indiana forest fires burn record timber losses
Indiana officials report forest fires this year destroyed at least one million dollars in timber, surpassing sums from the prior decade. W. H. Freeman cites Kankakee region and southern knobs as hardest hit while blaming road supervisors for lax enforcement of fire laws.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
W. H. Freeman
State Board of Forestry
Kankakee
Freeman
Philippine Storm Kills 300 in Cagayan Valley
Reports from Manila indicate the October 12 storm in the Cagayan valley was the worst on record. Official death tolls are not yet available due to widespread communication outages, but 300 fatalities seem likely.
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Manila
Cable
Cagayan Valley
Prefers Wise to Foot Ball at Yale Ends Career Change
Charles H. Shank, Yale end, telegraphs he will not report for secret practice. He says he will not need Yale coaching, as he will obtain opportunities elsewhere. He eloped with a young woman in Crawfordsville, Ind., on September 15 and plans to quit football and his college course to enter business at home.
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New Haven
Conn
Charles H. Shank
Yale
Crawfordsville
Ind
Vanderbilt Car Cup Race Ends Abruptly After Crowd Tragedy
George Robertson wins the fourth Vanderbilt automobile cup on Long Island with a Locomobile setting a new American long distance record. Herbert Lytle finishes second in an Isotta. A spectator is injured when racing cars overrun the course as officials halt the event after the finish.
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Motor Parkway
N. Y
George Robertson
Long Island
Herbert Lytle
W. K. Vanderbilt, Jr
Mercedes
W. C. Luttgen
Locomobile
James Florida
Florida
David S. Schuli
Ruler's Daughters Lead Montenegro War Demonstration
In Cettinje Montenegro the capital's women led by Princesses Zenia and Vera marched through streets with Montenegrin flags. A large crowd of women from all classes chanted war songs urging the men to defend the nation's sacred rights amid Austria Hungary annexations.
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Cettinje
Montenegro
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Austria- Hungary
Zenia
Vera
Nicholas
Mine Workers Enjoined Over Hudson Mine Trouble
Terre Haute Ind. special trouble between W D Van Horn district miners head and T L Lewis national head leads to injunction filing in Superior Court. District officials including Curry Fox Moore Rollins Rammage O Loughlin sue national officers and board members. Judge Cox granted a temporary restraining order. hearing set for November 9.
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Terre Haute
Ind
W. D. van Horn
District Miners’ Organization
T. L. Lewis
Hudson
Superior Court
Hamill and
Hickey
D. N. Curry
Charles Fox
Harry Moore
W. P. Rollins
Frank Rammage
Joseph S. N. O’loughlin
Cox
Nine Filipino laborers killed by Moro marauders in Mindanao
In a desperate six hour fight at the Shepherd plantation near Iligan Mindanao nine Filipino laborers and their native superintendent were killed by Moro marauders. Four other natives were wounded as attackers burned the plantation stores before being driven off.
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Manila
Cable
Iligan
Mindanao
Honors Harrison statue unveiled in Indianapolis ceremony
A large crowd gathered in University Park to witness the unveiling of the Benjamin Harrison statue. Elizabeth Harrison, the president’s youngest daughter, drew the cord as flags dropped, followed by a benediction, a poem by James Whitcomb Riley, and the national anthem.
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Indianapolis
University Park
Benjamin Harrison
Indiana
Gen. Harrison
Francis H. Gavish
St. John’s Catholic Church
Elizabeth Harrison
Miss Harrison
Fairbanks
Edward B. Birge
America
James Whitcomb Riley
Federal Building
Hanly
Bookwalter
John W. Noble
St. Louis
John L. Griffiths
Liverpool
Father Gavish
M. L. Haines
Chicago liquor dealers ban Christmas presents to customers
The Cook County Liquor Dealers' Protective Association issued an edict prohibiting Christmas presents by its members to customers. The notice, signed by President Fred Rohde and Secretary J. Kissane, imposes a 50 dollar fine for violations and aims to curb festive saloon celebrations blamed for temperance agitation. The move targets endangering home life during Christmas and New Year celebrations.
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Chicago
Cook County Liquor Dealers’ Protective Association
Cook County L. D. P. A
Fred Rohde
Association
J. Kissane
Death Bed Pipe Request After Fatal Fall
Milwaukee special reports Haedke, 44, broke his neck in a fall at his farmhouse. He lived twenty eight hours and, while paralyzed, remained conscious most of the time. Shortly before death he asked for a pipe and tobacco to take one last smoke.
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Milwaukee
Herman Haedke
Here
Haedke
Coal Famine Predicted for Northwest This Winter
Chicago railroad managers warn of another coal famine in the Northwest due to unpreparedness for winter. They say fuel supplies are below normal and railroads urged coal dealers to stock up now rather than wait. Circulars were sent nationwide to prompt early purchases.
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Chicago, Ill
Chicago
Northwest
Consul General McFarland Kills Self on Train
Silas C. McFarland of Iowa, consul-general at large for Europe, shot himself aboard a Hamburg to Berlin train. He died almost instantly. body removed at Ludwigslust. His widow, in Berlin, has not yet been informed.
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Berlin
Silas C. McFarland
Iowa
Hamburg
Ludwigslust
Night rider confession ties Rankin killing to Reelfoot Lake region
Ted Burton a self confessed night rider told Sheriff Haines and local officials of widespread outrages around Reelfoot Lake culminating in the death of Capt. Rankin near Walnut Log. He named forty night riders and implicated prominent local figures including James F. Carpenter and others. many suspects held at Camp Nemo.
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Tiptonville
Tenn
Ted” Burton
Reelfoot Lake
Quinten Rankin
Trenton
Rankin
Camp Nemo
Samburg
Haines
Harris
Reelfoot Lake District
Cleveland Donelson
Burton
Capt
Walnut Log
Tom
Garret Johnson
William Watson
Lake Band
Night Rider
Lake
Justice of the Peace
R. Z. Taylor
West Tennessee Land Company
Carpenter
Land Company
Night Riders
Killing Birds Does Damage
William Dutch er, president of the National Association of Audubon Societies, warned at the association’s annual meeting in New York’s American Museum of Natural History that Americans destroy insect eating birds and cause annual crop losses of 800 million dollars. He urged a state by state fund to combat commercial bird killers.
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New York
William Dutcher
National Association of Audubon Societies
Association
American Museum of Natural History
Sugar Barrels Serve as Ballot Boxes in Fremont County
Sugar barrels will be used for ballot boxes in Sandusky County for the coming election. The board of elections purchased forty barrels with hinged tops and slots, then distributed them to precincts due to the large ballots.
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Fremont, O
Sandusky County
Board of Elections
Engagement of Count of Turin To Princess Patricia Predicted
A dispatch from Rome to Paris reports the engagement of the Count of Turin to Princess Patricia daughter of the Duke of Connaught will be announced soon.
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Paris
Petit Journal
Rome
Turin
Patricia
Duke of Connaught
Rush to New Gold Field Near El Paso
El Paso residents join a rush to Sylvanite New Mexico where a barren prairie last week has become a town of about 700. Sylvanite lies roughly 20 miles from El Paso as crowds move toward the gold fields.
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el Paso
Tex
Sylvanite
N. M
Defends Husband Love In Court Martial Contempt
Ada Gorman Magness arrives in Washington with Young Charles Magness under guard as he heads to Philadelphia for court martial on desertion charges. She claims their marriage is real, denounces press reports as false, and vows to fight for him despite public scrutiny while recounting her late father and her devotion to her husband.
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Washington, D. C
Charlie
Gorman
Ada Gorman Magness
The
Dolphin
Washington
Navy Department
Charles Magness
Louisville
Philadelphia
Tillie Magness
Magness
Baltimore
Maryland
Navy
Georgianna Kappler
Prince Henry Guides Zeppelin Flight Over Friedrichshafen
Prince Henry of Prussia spent several hours in the air Tuesday as the guest of Count Zeppelin. He sat at the steering wheel for long stretches, commanding the craft and directing a series of complex maneuvers in the remodeled airship.
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Friedrichshafen
Prince Henry of
Prussia
Count Zeppelin
Kentucky Inheritance Tax Valid Court Of Appeals Ruling
Frankfort Kentucky Special: The Court of Appeals unanimously upholds the 1906 act creating the inheritance tax. It states the law is constitutional and valid. Tax triggers $5 per $100 on all devises over $500 when there is no surviving spouse or lineal heirs.
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Kentucky
Frankfort
Court of Appeals
Korean Insurrection Suppressed Says Tokio Cable
Tokio dispatch reports the Korean insurrection is practically ended with insurgents dwindling to a disorderly element while troops remain on active duty.
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Korea
Mean Treatment Drives 11 Year Old to Gas Tragedy
In Chicago Elsie Lenhardt 11 ended her life at home after leaving a note saying everyone was mean to her. She turned on the gas in her room and was later found dead.
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Chicago
Elsie Lenhardt
Prints Billion of Money in New Fiscal Year Output
The Bureau of Engraving and Printing circulated 1,297,263,420 dollars in new money during the last fiscal year per the annual report of Director Ralph.
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Washington, Special
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Ralph
Well Known Pastor Resigns From Trinity Parish
Dr. Cyrus Townsend Brady resigns as rector of Trinity Parish Toledo to take a post at St. George Episcopal Church in Kansas City. He cites state incorporation as changing the rector’s position and cites principled disagreement with local law. He notes his decision is painful and is effective January 15.
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Toledo
Cyrus Townsend Brady
Trinity Parish
Kansas City
St. George Episcopal Church
Brady
Ohio
President Roosevelt Celebrates Fifty on Quiet Birthday
President Roosevelt marks his fiftieth birthday with typical duties and a quiet White House day. A Hungarian Republican Club delegation, family flowers and gifts, and many congratulatory messages accompany a parlor visit and a khaki riding excursion.King Edward and New York Governor Hughes send greetings along with Archbishop Ireland and Whitelaw Reid noting a strong first half century.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Hungarian Republican Club
New York
White House
Edward
Great Britain
Hughes
Catskill
N. Y
Ireland
St. Paul, Minn
England
Whitelaw Reid
Gorman's Daughter Seeks Navy Deserter Release
Mrs Ada Gorman Magness daughter of the late Senator Gorman of Maryland arrives in Philadelphia to aid her husband Charles J Magness facing desertion charges in the navy. She plans to campaign for his immediate release and says the trial is likely next month.
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Gorman
Philadelphia
Ada Gorman Magness
Senator Gorman
Maryland
Charles J. Magness
Navy
Washington
Cleveland Letter Forgery Spark Leads to Arrest
Broughton Brandenburg was arrested in Dayton on forgery and grand larceny charges while boarding a train to New York. A telegram from New York police advised local officers to hold Brandenburg. He allegedly sold the New York Times a letter claimed to be written by Grover Cleveland predicting Taft’s election, declared a forgery.
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Cleveland
Dayton
New York City
Broughton Brandenburg
Brandenburg
New York Times
Grover Cleveland
Taft
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