President Shows Taft Labor's Friend In Letter
Roosevelt replies to P H Grace of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen detailing Taft's labor record. He cites opposition to injunctive abuses and support for peaceful picketing, citing the Iron Moulders case where Taft recommended proper counsel and a higher court review leading to a favorable ruling for unions. The letter underscores Taft as a strong ally for wage workers and labor rights.
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Washington
P. H. Grace
Brotherhood of Railroad
Mr. Taft
Roosevelt
Grace
Taft
White House
Iron Moulders’ Union
United States
Milwall
Allis-Chalmers Company
Milwaukee
United Sates
Allis-Chalmers
Iron Moulders’ Journal
J. P. Fry
Fry
Union
F. N. Judisor
St. Louis
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Review of Reviews
Judson
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Rubin
James M. Beck
National Manufacturers’ Association
Chicago
Worst Storm in Years Strands Herders as 20000 Sheep Die
Santa Fe New Mexico reports the blizzard in the Cumbers Mountain Range, Rio Arriba County, has raged for three days with snow five to ten feet deep. Twenty thousand sheep perished and six herders are missing, believed frozen to death amid the storm.
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Santa Fe
N. M
Cumbers Mountain
Rio Arriba
Here
Many Herders Believed Lost in Canadian Snowstorm
Medicine Hat Saskatchewan reports the first trains since Monday's blizzard arrived from the East. Herders from the region near the US border recount harrowing losses. William Mitchell arrived after riding since Wednesday from a ranch sixty miles south. Donald Cameron and two others were left guiding sheep to safety. Cameron died after sixty hours without food or rest. Three thousand sheep were driven into Many Island Lake. only three hundred saved.
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Medicine Hat
Saskatchewan
United States
William Mitchell
Here
Donald Cameron
Cameron
Riot at 101 Ranch Show Leaves Two Dead
New Orleans reports Lon Seeley world champion steer thrower and Gulfport officer P L Varnado were killed in a Gulfport riot during a Wild West Show. The violence followed an attempted arrest tied to alleged robberies connected with the show. The shooting occurred while the show was in progress.
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the Tribune
New Orleans
Lon” Seeley
P. L. Varnado
Gulfport
Miss
Vornado
WANTED PIRATE'S TROVE IN SOUTHERN LA
Abbeville La October 25 An uneducated hunter Choate was arrested after allegedly duping bankers and other businessmen in Southern Louisiana with tales of a buried treasure linked to Jean Lafitte. He claimed a Cypress marsh mound hid the loot and a four mile canal was dug. Victims report losses surpassing fifty thousand dollars.
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Tribune
Abbeville
Louisiana
Jean Lafitte
Joseph Elias Choate
Choate
Lawyer Frothingham Found Dead in Rye Beach Woods
Nathaniel L. Frothingham a Boston attorney and club member was found dead of heart disease in the Rye Beach woods near his summer home. He had been out gunning on Saturday and was missing until a search found him upright in the trees with his dog guarding the scene. the dog later allowed access after a Frothingham servant arrived.
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Portsmouth
N. H
Nathaniel L. Frothingham
Boston
Rye Beach
Frothingham
Frothingham Cottege
Major E M Robinson dies by own action in Mobile
Major Edward Murphy Robinson thirty five year old politician and possible Alabama governor candidate shot himself at home during dinner. He left after soup and killed himself in the library. He was married to P D Barker's daughter and is survived by his wife and one child.
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Tribune
Mobile
Edward Murphy Robinson
Alabama
Robinson
P. D. Barker
Woman hurled from car near Atlantic Van Sielen avenues
Mrs. Mary Traupelli, wife of a Richmond Hill resident, was thrown from a car after the chauffeur swerved to avoid a woman and child at Atlantic and Van Sielen avenues. She was aided by Dr. Francis G. Miller at a drug store and later taken home after the near-miss incident involving a pillar of the Long Island elevated railroad.
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Mary Traupelli
Richmond Hill
Atlantic
van Sielen Avenues
Deserted Yale Gridiron Star Chooses Marriage
Charles H. Schank, once a top Yale football prospect, eloped with a Crawfordsville Indiana woman on September 15. He informed coaches of the secret marriage and his departure from Yale and football, saying he would return home to Indiana, where his father has taken him into business.
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the Tribune
New Haven
Charles H. Schank
Yale
Middle West
Crawfordsville
Ind
Schank
Indiana
Burned effigy of Bryan ignites partisan display
A Democratic meeting in Milroy Pennsylvania ended with an effigy of W J Bryan hanged from a telephone pole and burned. Onlookers delivered mock speeches urging the Nebraskan to answer campaign issues, as flames consumed the figure.
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Tribune
Milroy
Penn
W. J. Bryan
The
Nebraskan
Servia Calls Out First Reserves in War Mobilization
A Belgrade dispatch to The Daily Mail says Servia has called up all first reserves and ordered khaki for troops, with 300 Maxim guns and 400 military automobiles. King Peter told the Turkish minister that an alliance with Montenegro is likely but does not affect SerbTurkish friendship.
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London
Daily Mail
Belgrade
Peter
Servia
Montenegro
Turkey
Berlin conference yields no definite result yet
St. Petersburg reports no formal announcement from the Foreign Office on M Zwolsky’s talks with Prince von Bislow in Berlin. Negotiations likely continue, with hopes for an international congress but delayed until Iswolsky returns and a fuller program is issued.
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St. Petersburg
Foreign Office
Berlin
M. Zwolsky
Prince von Bislow
Germany
M. Iswolsky
Novoe Vremya
Austria
Russia
Khomyakoff
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Austria-Hungary
Dardanelles
Turkey
Servian
Servia
Belgrade
Real estate broker shot at in Hackensack home
Clarence F. James, broker of 10 Wall Street Manhattan, alleges an attempted killing at his Hackensack area residence around 3 AM. A pistol shot through an open bedroom window marked his hand. bullet buried in the wall. No clear intruder signs. A nurse girl nearby recalls noise. roof access questioned. James’s revolver missing. ladder seen but unused. The couple has lived in Allendale about 18 months.
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The
Tribune
Hackensack
N. 17
Clarence F. James
No. 10
Wall Street
Manhattan
Allendale
Koester
Annie Ripley
Paterson
Vogler
Mr. James
Mrs. James
Hear Sankey's Voice In Old Hymns At Brooklyn Service
Ira D. Sankey's vocal rendition of The Ninety and Nine and other hymns echoed at Simpson M E Church Brooklyn during a special praise service. Organist Albert Reeves Norton helped preserve the hymns on phonograph records. The audience sang Simply Trusting Faith Is the Victory When the Mists Have Rolled Away and Hiding in Thee. The benediction featured Sankey's voice softly singing There'll Be No Dark Valley When Jesus Comes.
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Ira D. Sankey
Simpson Methodist Episcopal Church
Clermont
Willoughby Avenues
Brooklyn
Albert Reeves Norton
Sankey
Mr. Sankey
Evangelist
Jesus
Sixty Await Jury Action at Reelfoot
Union City Tenn October 25 The Union County grand jury will meet tomorrow and is expected to indict in the Rankin murder at Walnut Log. Fifty one prisoners are in custody with guard on duty at the camp and sixty detained in total. Notable arrests include attorney J F Carpenter and Tip Burton. The governor cancels campaign dates to focus on the Reelfoot Lake crisis as martial law approaches the district. Bloodless hope for a state wide conference of Southern governors is urged to curb Night Rider activity.
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Tribune
Union City
Tenn
Union County Grand Jury
Quentin Rankin
Walnut Log
State Guard
Obion
Patterson
Nashville
Reelfoot Lake
William Brewer
Samburg
J. F. Carpenter
Carpenter
Rankin
Taylor
W. Pratt
J. Sam Short
Tip” Burton
Tiptonville
Grand Jury
Hume R. Field
1St Tennessee
Frazier Guards
Forest Rifles
Memphis
Reelfoot Lake District
State National Guard
Tatum
Noel
Mississippi
Pindall
Arkansas
Willson
Kentucky
Balked at China Breach Suit Ends Not Guilty
Miss Jennie Hershay of Hurley sues Allen Axford of Castlewood for breach of promise, claiming he refused missionary work in China after engagement. A Watertown jury today returned a verdict of not guilty, the case arising from their Dakota Wesleyan University romance begun four years ago and marriage plans in 1907.
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Watertown
S. D
Jennie Hershay
Hurley
Allen Axford
Castlewood
China
Bowdoin President Attacks Maine Corporation Laws
Brunswick October afternoon service at Kings Chapel features Bowdoin College President William De Witt Hyde condemning Maine corporation laws. He says the public seeks favors and that the laws favor thieves, corrupting revenue from many states. Mention of travel ad follows.
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Brunswick
Kings Chapel
William de Witt Hyde
Bowdoin College
Maine
Oklahoma
Nevada
Leiter family arrives in disguise with wife in New York
Joseph Leiter son of Levi Leiter and his bride Juliet Williams landed in New York aboard the Amerika under the name Herr Arthur Adlum with family and servants. Leiter avoided London reporters by using a fictitious travel name and stated he has nothing to say for publication while denying a water wagon promise before marriage.
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Joseph Leiter
Levi Leiter
Washington
Juliet Williams
London
New York
Arthur Adlum
Leiter
A Democratic mite from Springfield Massachusetts
Colonel John L. Rice Democratic candidate for Congress in the 24 Massachusetts District received a request from New York headquarters to contribute to the Republican National Committee. He sent 30 cents and asked it be treated as charity. Treasurer Sheldon sent a receipt and thanks for the subscription.
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Tribune
Springfield
Mass
John L. Rice
Congress
Massachusetts
New York
Republican National Committee
Rice
Sheldon
Dr Parkhurst resigns from crime prevention society after 17 years
The Rev. Dr. Charles H. Parkhurst resigns as president of the Society for the Prevention of Crime after seventeen years. He said no dissent occurred among directors, with a formal announcement planned at a Gotham Hotel dinner and a successor to be elected at the next board meeting.
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Charles H. Parkhurst
Society For the Prevention of Crime
Society
Parkhurst
Frank Lugar
Frank Moss
Gotham
Dr. Parkhurst
Madison Square Presbyterian Church
Howard Crosby
Window Washer Protests With Socialist Vocation
Mrs G Van Dusen Cooke of Cambridge a Radcliffe student and Daughter of the Revolution has become a window washer at ten cents a window. In a letter to Senator Lodge she explains she is penniless and jobless due to a wealth gap, grateful for her socialist stance after teaching vocal culture for twelve years and finding oversupply in California as well.
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the Tribune
Boston
California
Metcalf Orders Marine Discharged for Sentry Incident
Secretary Metcalf approves the discharge of Marine Lee S. Conant after a charge of firing on an intruder at Charlestown Navy Yard. Conant, a one month recruit, halted Captain Henry B. Wilson of the cruiser Chester who approached without a countersign. Wilson is recovering.
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the Tribune
Boston
Metcalf
Navy Department
Navy Yard
Lee S. Conant
Conant
Charlestown Navy Yard
Henry B. Wilson
Chester
Washington
Wilson
Taft Saved Indiana on Three Day Tour
Taft saved Indiana according to Republican managers reports from counties on his three day tour. He spoke to about 420 000 people with many conversions to the party. Labor support is described as improved and farmers in the speech areas are said to have been won over to the ticket.
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Tribune
Indianapolis
W. H. Taft
Indiana
Taft
Congress
Benguet
Mr. Bryan
Benguet Road
Manila
Brian
Manila & Dagupan
Philippine Commission
Philippines
Negros
Oklahoma for Taft forecast from Guthrie rally
Guthrie Oklahoma October 25 Joseph H Norris Republican state chairman forecast Oklahoma for Taft after touring Kansas with Senator Beveridge. He said Democratic Bryan claims in Kansas are laughable and predicted Bryan’s defeat in Oklahoma. Norris cited political turmoil and investor alarm, urging a business administration and stable progress.
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Tribune
Guthrie
Okla
Joseph H. Norris
Oklahoma
Taft
Kansas
United States
Beveridge
Norris
William H. Taft
Bryan
Taft Returns West Aid with Hughes Effort in New York
Taft arrives in New York after a 19 hour run from Gary Indiana and plans a packed schedule in Brooklyn and New Haven. He pledges full backing for Governor Hughes and Taft's western trip impact, citing Indiana and Ohio as safely Republican and aiming for a strong Empire State showing.
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William H. Taft
New York
Henry W. Taft
New Haven
Brooklyn
Taft
Gary
Ind
Chicago
Indiana
Ohio
Wyoming
Pennsylvania
Hughes
Hemenway
Empire State
Willard F. Green
Manila
Dagupan
Bryan
South Norwood
Republican Club
Linton Hotel
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E. M. Robinson
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