Taft Gets Enthusiastic Chicago Welcome on Busy Day
President Taft arrives in Chicago and spends a packed day meeting 150000 school children who wave flags as he reviews the crowd. He then lunches with the Commercial Club, tours the Art Institute, attends a New York vs Chicago game, and plans a keynote speech at Orchestra Hall before leaving by private car for Milwaukee.
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Chicago
Taft
Milwaukee
Aystes
Commercial Club
Art Institute
New York
Congress Hotel
Orchestra Hall
West
American Bankers’ Association
Government to Study Pellagra Disease in Weekly Bulletin
Washington reports Surgeon General Wyman will publish a weekly bulletin on pellagra. The effort follows requests from state health boards amid southern concerns about spread and causes. The plan includes state and territorial data to aid in understanding prevalence and transmission.
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Washington
Wyman
The
Public Health and Marine Hospital Service
State Boards of Health
South
S Wyman
Tennessee State ‘Board of Health
Disease Contagion Debate Among Italian Medical Authorities
Dr. Wyman and C. H. Lavinder argue that the disease in Italy has long existed and is non contagious. Lavinder, former assistant surgeon of the public health and marine hospital service, is dedicating his time to studying the illness.
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Ion
Italy
Wyman
C. H. Lavinder
Public Health and Marine Hospital Service
Diaz celebrated eightieth birthday in Mexico
General Porfirio Diaz, Mexico's president, marked his eightieth birthday on Wednesday. Other items note weather warnings for Key West and southern Florida, leadership change in the Fraternal Order of Eagles, and various global and national happenings from finance to naval plans.
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Porfirio Diaz
Mexico
Overlooked Orders Cause Fatal Wreck Near Pegram
A head on collision between a passenger train and a fast freight on the Nashville Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway near Pegram Station Tennessee killed six train crew members and burned their bodies, with several others injured. The wreck was attributed to overlooked orders. Traveling engineer William Mogan involved had long served as private engineer to former N C & L S L president J W Thomas.
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Key West
Florida
New Orleans
New York Shipbuilding Company
Arkansas
William Cramp Sons & Co
Wyoming
Wight
Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis
Pegram Station
Tenn
Edward Majoribanks
Tweedmouth
Admiralty
Campbell-Bannerman
Council
London
United States District Court
Detroit
Ann Arbor
Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Railroad
Nashville, Tenn
Wil Mogan
Nashville
Joe Gower
Jease Tarkington
Walter Reach
Sam Whited
Freman
I. B. Walt
W. B. Stalcap
Martin
L. F. Bailey
Ellis Martin
William Mogan
J. W. Thomas
Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Denver
Trials Continued In Night Riding Indictments In Obion County
In Union City Tennessee on September 16 an arrangement between Attorney General J C Caldwell and defense counsel postpones trial of about 100 men indicted in Obion County for night riding to a special court opening on the second Monday in November. The pact allows as many jailed defendants as can post a 25000 bond each. Among those held are eight men whose death sentences for the alleged murder of Captain Quentin Ranken were recently overturned by the state supreme court.
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Union City
Tenn
Obion
Quentin Ranken
Supreme Court
James Stewart Sentenced for Assault in Kentucky
Bowing Green Kentucky September 16 James Stewart a black man arrested a month ago for criminal assault on a white woman in this county was removed to Louisville for safety after a mob threat. He pleaded guilty and was sent to Eddyville penitentiary with a twelve year sentence.
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Bowing Green
Halley's Comet Seen Brightening At Lick Observatory
San Jose reports Halley's comet located by Heber D. Curtis and photographed at Lick Observatory with Crossley reflecting telescope. Officials note the comet is visible only with the most powerful instruments and will grow rapidly brighter as it approaches.
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San Jose
Cal
Halley
Heber
D. Curtis
Lick Observatory
A J
Governor Johnson Undergoes Major Mayo Operation
Governor John A. Johnson was operated on for a deep seated intestinal abscess at St. Marys hospital Rochester Minn by Dr William Mayo and Dr Charles Mayo. The surgery lasted two hours fifty three minutes and left the governor in serious condition with hopes for a speedy recovery expressed by doctors and Mrs Johnson.
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Rochester, Minn
John A. Johnson
St. Mary’s Hospital
William J. Mayo
Charles Mayo
William Mayo
Mr. Johnson
C. F. McNevin
Taft Exonerates Ballinger In Alaska Coal Lands Case
President Taft issues a statement exonerating Interior Secretary Ballinger regarding charges against L R Graves over Alaska Cunningham coal lands. The President notes Gravis’s case had only shreds of suspicion and grants Ballinger authority to dismiss Gravis for unjustly impugning a superior. He also reviews water power trust cases to counter claims of anti conservation stance.
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Washington
Taft
Interior Department
L. R. Graves
General Land Office
Cunningham Coal Lands
Alaska
Ballinger
Glavis
Gravis
Water Power Trust
Secretary of the Interior
National Conservation Association Formed with Eliot as President
Walter L. Fisher of Chicago announces the completion of the National Conservation Association. Former President Charles W. Eliot of Harvard is named president. The move centers on national conservation efforts and aligns with the Conservation League of America.
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Chicago
Walter L. Fisher
Conservation League of America
National Conservation Association
Chas. W. Eliot
Harvard
Brigands Maes in Force on Persian Frontier
A dispatch from Tiflis reports about 1,000 Persian brigands massed on the frontier near St. Petersburg on September 16, posing a menace to Russian authorities and security along the border.
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St. Petersburg
Tiflis
National League Scores From Four Cities
In Philadelphia Brooklyn and Philadelphia held steady as Batteries Scanlon Bergen McQuillan and Dooin propelled Brooklyn in a 2 to 0 game in Philadelphia. In Cincinnati Pittsburg produced a 7 to 1 victory behind Maddox Gibson Spade Rowan and Roth. Boston Washington saw Washington win 7 to 2 with Gray Street Karger Pape and Donohue contributing. In New York Philadelphia fell 2 to 7 with Morgan Livingston Brockett and Sweeney powering the Mets.
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Philadelphia
Brooklyn
Scanlon and
Bergen
McQuillan and Dooin
Cincinnati
R.h.le
Pittsburg
Maddox
Gibson
Spade, Rowan and Roth
Boston
R.H.E
Washington
Gray and Street
Karger
Pape and
Donohue
New York
R.h-E
Morgan and Livingston
Brockett and Sweeney
Battery line scores from multiple city matchups
Indianapolis hosts R.H.O. Minneapolis and R.H.LE Toledo clash lines show battery pairings Fiene and Block Glaze Stardt Howley Yingling Land Carter Frambies Gehring Leroy Spencer Carisch Linke James Nelson Jacobson Fohl Steele Carisch McGlynn Moran Vaughn Hughes Selby in second games Milwaukee at Louisville and Columbus games note numerous battery pairings for each team with varied scores and fouls listed across sections
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Indianapolis
R.H.O
Minneapolis
Glaze
Stardt, Howley
Toledo
R.h.le
Kansas City
Yingling
Land
Carter
Columbus
R.H.E. St. Paul
Gehring
Leroy
Spencer
Carisch
Linke
James
R.H.E. Columbus
Nelson
Jacobson
Fohl
Steele
Louisville
R.H.E. Milwaukee
McGlynn
Moran
Vaughn
Hughes
Kopleb
Milwaukee
Selby
McGlyan
Roosevelt to Press On to Sydney for Welcome
Sydney reports Commander Peary will continue toward Sydney aboard the Roosevelt arriving next week at the earliest. The vessel travels slowly at five knots and may be delayed by stormy weather while Sydney prepares to greet the explorer. Harry Whitney of New Haven is expected, carrying documents supporting Cook’s 1908 pole claim, with hundreds of telegrams awaiting him in Sydney, where his arrival is uncertain.
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Sydney
N. S
Roosevelt
Peary
Battle Harbor
Explorer
Harry Whitney
New Haven
Conn
Frederick A. Cook
North Pole
Peary Leave Records Show Nine Escapes to the Pole
The Navy released official orders for Robert E. Peary since 1881 detailing eight extended leaves tied to pole expeditions. Seven leaves carried full pay. one was without pay. A 1907 three year leave was granted to go abroad, but in 1908 the leave was revoked and he was reassigned to tidal observations and geodetic survey duties.
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Washington
Navy Department
Robert E. Peary
Peary
North Pole
Grantland
Greenland
Oast
Women Duel Ends in Death in Chicago Apartment
In Chicago on September 16, Mrs. Julius Tripp and Mrs. Jacob Silvers of New York died after a pistol and knife battle over household duties in the Tripp apartment. Both women were found fatally wounded, with Tripp dead on scene and Silvers dying later. A revolver and empty shells were found. no knife was recovered. Police consider the possibility of a third person and note the late afternoon alarm and lack of nearby witnesses.
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Chicago
Tripp
Julius Tripp
Jacob Silvers
New York
Silvers
Silvera
Portieres
Mrs. Silvers
Firebugs Infest Illinois Town Threaten Greenup
Mattoon Illinois Sept 16 The people of Greenup have bought bloodhounds to track down the incendiaries after several business blocks were burned recently The fire loss in Greenup has been between 15000 and 20000 dollars in the last few weeks
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Illinois
Mattoon
Greenup
Unidentified Girl Linked to Weber Mystery in Dover
Canal Dover Ohio September 16 an unidentified girl who met Miss Florence Weber found dead in the Tuscarawas river after leaving her uncle Samuel Weber’s home following a mysterious telephone message is sought by police. A witness says the caller was a woman and the Weber girl had been morose, with a rendezvous near Maple Grove cemetery on September 6.
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Canal Dover
Florence Weber
Tuscarawas River
Samuel Weber
Miss Weber
Catherine Keuerleber
R. J. Collier
Collier
Romig
Fish Dying by Thousands Near Canning Plant
Fish are dying by the thousands as effluent from a canning factory flows into Turkey Creek, a quarter mile west of the plant. Complaints to the fish commissioner have been ignored, and no action has been taken to stop the nuisance.
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Refi
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Turkey Creek
Italian murder case arrests Utica suspect Michele Rizzo
Hold on Suspicion Utica Sept 16 several developments in Sunday night Italian murder mystery culminated in the arrest of a man suspected of the murder The arrest was near the house where the two murdered children lived The man in custody is Michele Rizzo who is said to have boarded at the Procopio home
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Utica
N. Y
Michele Rizzo
Procopio
Four arrested in North Illinois street burglary ring
Indianapolis on September 16 saw Johno Blunk and his wife arrested for burglary and receiving stolen goods at their boarding house. Mrs. John Davis was also arrested after police sweats. The quartet admitted robbing six houses and revealed the hiding place of the stolen property.
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Indianapolis
Market Quotations From Indianapolis and Other Cities
Regional and city grain and livestock bids listed for Indianapolis Cincinnati Chicago New York and East Buffalo. Prices cover wheat corn oats hay cattle hogs sheep and lambs with receipts and noting fair clearance. market spreads show mixed ranges and regional variations.
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Indianapolis
Chicago
New York
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