Balkan Tensions and Balkan Wars News Digest
Reports from Europe and the Balkans on October 13 describe demands over decrees in Venezuela, Crown Prince George’s provocative speeches in Servia, Montenegrin crisis and possible redress, unconfirmed assassination rumors in Vienna, U S position on Bosnia, Servian war funds, and Ferdinand’s triumphant entry into Sofia.
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Caracas
Venezuela
Netherlands
de Reus
Crown Prince
George
Servia
Peter
Belgrade
Bosnia
Austria
America
Constantinople
Leishman
Porte
Berlin
Servian Assembly
Sofia
Ferdinand
Bulgaria
Taft in Labor Talks After Train Ditching Near Sterling
Taft's special train with his party was ditched near Sterling Ohio though no injuries occurred. tracks spread by rail collapse caused a slight delay. He spoke at Barberton and Wadsworth on tariff and labor conditions, defending his decisions and arguing fairness to labor with respect to injunctions.
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Cleveland
Taft
Sterling
Barberton
Wadsworth
Bryan
Belmont
Ohio
Brotherhood of Engineers
Brotherhood
St. Louis
Panama Canal
Tucker Arrested for Desertion in Decatur Illinois
Col. William F Tucker quartermaster general of the U S Army was arrested by Chicago police in Decatur on a desertion charge involving his wife daughter of the late General John A Logan He was ill and could not be removed from a Wabash train and agreed to return to Chicago from St Louis without requisition papers.
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Decatur, Ill
Wm. F. Tucker
U. S. Army
Chicago
John A. Logan
Tucker
St. Louis
Haskell Seeks Libel Suit Against Hearst Over Osage Lease
Oklahoma Governor William Haskell arrives in Kansas City to consult lawyers as he plans a libel suit against William Randolph Hearst. He backs Roosevelt with a signed statement on the Osage oil lands lease dispute and urges Congress to void the lease or ensure fair compensation to the Osage Nation.
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Kansas City
Haskell
Oklahoma
William Randolph Hearst
Associated Press
Roosevelt
Interior Department
Congress
Sailors' Hall Demolished by Chicago Fire
Fire in Chicago on South Water Street destroyed Sailors' Hall a sailors rendezvous and landmark. The blaze wiped out several thousand chickens and property valued at about 75000 dollars. The wholesale produce market fire left the building partly demolished.
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Chicago
South Water Street
Sailors’ Hall
Bryan Producers Candidate in Nebraska Campaign Speeches
Bryan pitched himself as the logical candidate for producers and wage earners on day one in Nebraska. He spoke in Blair and Tekamah then at the state university, attacking Hughes over tariffs and campaign finance publicity and accusing him of siding with railroads and trusts.
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Tekamah
Neb
Nebraska
Bryan
Blair
Lincoln
The
State University
W. J. Bryan
Hughes
Roosevelt
Taft
New York
Earthquake Shocks Utah University Instruments Record
Salt Lake City observed a severe earthquake shock at the University of Utah last night. No damage was reported.
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Salt Lake City
University of Utah
Parliament 1K state of siege in London protests
In London, unemployed workers and suffragists gathered at Westminster as police tried to disperse them. Hundreds were present while three women leaders of the suffrage movement were arrested and charged with inciting disorder.
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London
Parliament
Westminster
Balloonist Loses Craft in North Sea
Berlin reports Arnold of the St. Louis balloon in the Gordon Bennett race says the craft was lost in the North Sea last night. A second dispatch notes the St. Louis sank and the crew were rescued by a schooner.
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Berlin
Arnold
St. Louis
North Sea
Escape of Alphonse and Eva Dufour in White Slave case
Chicago report shows Alphonse and Eva Dufour, indicted leaders in the white slave traffic, fled to France after bail was reduced and paid. They were released when the $25,000 for both was posted, but no extradition treaty exists with France for this offense.
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Chicago
Ill
District Attorney’s Office
Alphonse
Eva Dufour
France
United States
World Series Game Four Weathers Cold After Noon Draw
Detroit and Chicago batteries Brown Kling Summers Schmidt. crowd larger than game one. Chicago blanked in first two innings. Schulte and Hofman drive in runs in the second as Detroit shows no score through four.
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Detroit
Mich
Brown
Summers
Kling
Schmidt
Chicago
Paris Bishops Barred From State Faculty Lectures
Paris reports that French bishops received a circular from Cardinal Meir Del Val, papal secretary of state, forbidding them to attend lectures at state faculties in the future.
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Paris
The
Figaro
France
Meir del Val
Ninth Inning Rally Caps Detroit Win
Chicago Winters pitched for Detroit as Brown was put out to O Leary. Sheckard flied to Schaefer Evans singled and stole second. Schulte walked. Chance singled scoring Evans. Schulte was retired at the plate. One run.
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Chicago
Shockard
Evers
Schulte
Chance
Steinfeldt
Hofman
Tinker
Detroit
Winters
Brown
O'Leary
Sheckard
Schaefer
Knights of Columbus Board Appropriates 100000 for Investment
The national board of directors meeting in New Haven approved a $100,000 transfer from the mortuary fund for investment. The fund total now stands at $2,356,032.
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New Haven
Conn
National Board of Directors
The
Knights of Columbus
Mortuary Fund
Muscatine Man Elected Great Sachem of Iowa Red Men
Town and city report that the great council of the Iowa Red Men met in Muscatine and unanimously elected officers including Great Sachem E G O’Brien from Muscatine Great Senior Sagamore W B Keffer from Des Moines Great Chief of Records F A Day from Des Moines Great Keeper of Wampum E R Campbell from Fort Dodge and Great Junior Sagamore Herman Rosch from Council Bluffs.
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Town City
The
Iowa Red Men
E. G. O’brien
Muscatine
Sagamore
W. B. Keffer
Des Moines
F. A. Day
E. R. Campbell
Fort Dodge
Herman Rosch
Council Bluffs
Debs Ill Causing Departure Of Red Special To New York
Eugene V. Debs the socialist presidential candidate was too ill to meet a sympathetic delegation in Newark. He said a severe cold afflicted him and the red special with Debs aboard left for New York that afternoon.
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Newark
N. J
Eugene V. Debs
Debs
New York
Democrats Report Smallest Fund for Congress in History
Chicago Oct 13 the Democratic congressional committee has about eight thousand dollars in campaign funds, the smallest amount ever for use in congressional elections.
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Chicago
Ill
Democratic Congressional Committee
Pilot Mound Merchant Dies by Carbolic Acid
Charles G. Bard, a Pilot Mound merchant, took carbolic acid to end his life yesterday amid financial troubles. The death was reported from this city with officials confirming the suicide as the cause.
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Pilot Mound
Bome
Charrles G. Bard
Boy Is Injured In Grammar School Football
In Iowa City on October 13 Ario Brown thirteen suffered a double fracture of the left arm during a grammar school football game.
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Iowa City
Iowa
Ario Brown
Kern Heads to New York for Campaign Tour
John W. Kern left Indianapolis for New York on October 13 to complete his final campaign tour outside Indiana.
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Indianapolis
Ind
John W. Kern
New York
Indiana
Weather Update for Iowa and Illinois
Iowa sees fair skies tonight with warmer conditions by Wednesday. East and central areas warm further on Wednesday. Illinois forecasts fair conditions tonight and Wednesday with rising temperatures. Sunrise 65:59, sunset 6:13, moonrise 7:33.
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Iowa
Illinois
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