President Shows Taft Labor's Friend in Letter Responds to Grace Inquiry
In Washington the President, replying to P H Grace of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, defends Taft's labor record and details actions to curb injunctive abuses. Roosevelt cites Taft’s defense of peaceful picketing, worker rights, and court rulings supporting unions.
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Parlor City
Binghamton
Chicago
Worst Storm in Years Hits New Mexico Sheep Loss
Santa Fe New Mexico report notes a blizzard in Rio Arriba County leaves about twenty thousand sheep dead on the Cumbers Mountain Range. The storm has raged for three days with snow five to ten feet deep. Six herders are missing and feared frozen to death.
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Many Herders Believed Lost After Saskatchewan Snowstorm
Medicine Hat Saskatchewan October 25 trains from the East brought reports of a severe snowstorm. Herders along the US border suffered, with Donald Cameron dying after being stranded with two others who survived. Three thousand sheep driven to Many Island Lake. only three hundred saved.
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Saskatchewan
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William Mitchell
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Riot at 101 Ranch Show Leaves Two Dead
New Orleans reports Lon Seeley world champion steer thrower and Gulfport police member P. L. Varnado were killed in a Gulfport riot after an arrest attempt tied to an alleged robbery connected with the 101 Ranch Wild West Show. The shooting occurred during the performance.
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New Orleans
Lon” Seeley
Gulfport
Wanted Pirate's Trove Hoax Traps Louisiana Victims
Joseph Elias Choate, an uneducated hunter, was arrested in Abbeville on a hoax claiming a buried Pirate Jean Lafitte treasure. He duped bankers and businessmen in Southern Louisiana, allegedly collecting over 50000 dollars as victims poured in. A long Cypress marsh mound and a four mile canal were part of his claimed treasure site.
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Lawyer Frothingham Dies in Woods Near Are Beach
Nathaniel L Frothingham Boston attorney and club member was found dead from heart disease in the woods at Are Beach Portsmouth N H his summer home. He had been out gunning Saturday and a search found him after several hours sitting upright with his dog guarding the scene until a cottage servant arrived.
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Boston
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Major E M Robinson Dies By His Own Hand
Major Edward Murphy Robinson thirty five, a noted Alabama politician and gubernatorial prospect, shot himself tonight at home during dinner. He left a note of unknown cause, excused himself after soup, then killed himself in the library. He was married to P D Barker's daughter and leaves a wife and child.
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Mobile
Edward Murphy Robinson
Alabama
Robinson
P. D. Barker
Woman Hurled From Automobile In Near Miss
Mrs. Mary Traupelli wife of a Richmond Hill resident was thrown from a car last night when a chauffeur swerved to avoid a woman and child at Atlantic and Van Sielen avenues. She was attended by Dr Francis G Miller and taken home after receiving treatment at a drug store. The car carrying two guests and the chauffeur was nearly in collision with a pillar of the Long Island elevated when the rear wheel struck and hurled Mrs Traupelli to the street.
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Richmond Hill
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van Sielen Avenues
Deserts gridiron for matrimony at Yale
Charles H. Schank, a top Yale football prospect, eloped with a Crawfordsville, Indiana, woman on September 15 and left college. He later told coaches he returned to Indiana, admitted his marriage, and wished to quit Yale and football. his father has now taken him into business.
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New Haven
Charles H. Schank
Yale
Middle West
Crawfordsville
Ind
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Indiana
Burned effigy of Bryan in Milroy Penn event
Following a Democratic meeting in Milroy Pennsylvania last night an effigy of William Jennings Bryan was hanged from a telephone pole and set on fire. As the flames rose, onlookers shouted mock speeches in response to campaign issues raised by the Nebraskan leader.
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Penn
W. J. Bryan
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Servia Calls Out First Reserves and Orders War Equipment
A Belgrade dispatch reported by The Daily Mail says Servia has called out all first reserves and ordered khaki for troops, three hundred Maxim machine guns, and four hundred military automobiles. It also notes King Peter informing the Turkish Minister of an alliance likely formed with Montenegro while preserving Turkey friendship.
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Turkey
CONFERRING IN BERLIN PROLONGS DELIBERATIONS ON CONGRESS
St Petersburg reports no definite results from talks between M Zwolsky and Prince von Bislow in Berlin with negotiations likely to continue after Iswolsky returns. Austria’s action sparks Russian concern while a Servian Crown Prince visit to St Petersburg sparks fears of destabilizing mob influence and possible diplomatic maneuvering.
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Germany
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Austria
Russia
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Bosnia and Herzegovina
Austria-Hungary
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Turkey
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Servia
Belgrade
Real estate broker shot in Hackensack home attack
Clarence F. James of Manhattan says an assailant fired through his bedroom window about 3 am while he slept. The bullet barely missed, leaving powder marks on his hand. the revolver was missing. A nurse girl nearby heard a thud, roof movement noted, and detectives found no entry marks or signs of burglary. The Jameses live in Allendale after eighteen months.
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Clarence F. James
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Wall Street
Manhattan
Allendale
Koester
Hear Sankey in Old Hymns at Brooklyn Church
Ira Sankey's voice echoed at Simpson Methodist Episcopal Church in Brooklyn during a special praise service. Albert Reeves Norton, longtime associate and organist, preserved hymns on phonograph records including The Ninety and Nine, Simply Trusting, Faith Is the Victory, When the Mists Have Rolled Away, and Hiding In Thee. Friends wept as familiar tunes filled the pews and the benediction ended with Sankey singing There'll Be No Dark Valley When Jesus Comes.
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Clermont
Willoughby Avenues
Brooklyn
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Bowdoin President attacks Maine corporation laws
At Kings Chapel Bowdoin College President William De Witt Hyde denounced Maine corporation laws calling the state’s business climate a disease akin to Oklahoma and Nevada. He warned the tax revenue model favors schemes that enable theft and promised scrutiny of corporate drafts.
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Kings Chapel
William de Witt Hyde
Bowdoin College
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Oklahoma
Nevada
Sixty Await Jury Action At Reelfoot
Union City Tenn Oct 25 The Union County grand jury will meet tomorrow and is expected to bring many indictments in the Rankin assassination at Walnut Log last Monday. Sixty people have been taken into custody by state guards and deputies. seventy five extra guards patrol the camp tonight to deter attacks. Arrests include attorney J F Carpenter and several prominent residents as the nation braces for martial law and a regional conference of Southern governors to curb Night Rider activity.
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Samburg
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Tiptonville
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Memphis
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Mississippi
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Arkansas
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Kentucky
Balked at China ends prom ise suit in Hurley pair
In Watertown on October 25 a jury found Allen Axford not liable in a breach of promise suit filed by Miss Jennie Hershay of Hurley. The case arose after Miss Hershay urged missionary work in China before marriage, a plan Axford refused. The pair met at Dakota Wesleyan University four years prior and became engaged in April 1997. The verdict drew cheers.
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Jennie Hershay
Hurley
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Allen Axford
Castlewood
China
Missionary Project
Miss Hershay
Leiter returns with bride under assumed name in New York
Joseph Leiter son of Levi Leiter and his bride Juliet Williams arrived in New York aboard the Amerika using the alias Arthur Acium with family. He avoided ship reporters and denied any pledge to go on the water wagon before marriage, saying the claim is false.
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Levi Leiter
Washington
Juliet Williams
London
New York
Arthur Acium
Leiter
Mr. Leiter
Democratic candidate sends 30 cent campaign gift joke
Springfield Mass October 25 Colonel John L Rice Democratic candidate for Congress in the 24 Massachusetts District received an erroneous request to donate to the Republican National Committee. He sent 30 cents noting it as charity. The Republican treasurer sent back a receipt and thanks for the subscription.
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Mass
John L. Rice
Congress
Massachusetts
New York
Republican National Committee
Rice
Sheldon
Parkhurst resigns after seventeen years as crime society head
Dr. Charles H. Parkhurst resigns as president of the Society for the Prevention of Crime after seventeen years in the post. The resignation was submitted weeks ago and will be formally announced at a Gotham Hotel dinner, with a successor to be elected at the next board meeting. Parkhurst will serve until then with the vice-president handling duties.
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Howard Crosby
Woman goes from Radcliffe to window washing for ten cents a window
Mrs. G Van Dusen Cooke of Cambridge, educated Radcliffe alumna and Daughter of the Revolution, sources her switch to socialism in an open letter to Senator Lodge. She says she cannot afford work as a teacher after twelve years of vocal culture and observes widespread unemployment among professionals.
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California
Metcalf frees marine for guarding intruder
Secretary Metcalf orders discharge from arrest of Marine Lee S. Conant a month’s recruit at Charlestown Navy Yard after he shot at an intruder believed to be Captain Henry B. Wilson commander of the new cruiser Chester Wilson recovering.
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Charlestown Navy Yard
Henry B. Wilson
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Taft Saved Indiana in Three Days Tour Claims
Taft saved the day in Indiana according to Republican managers who report a three day tour through all counties. About 420000 people were addressed and many conversions to the party were noted. Reports claim organized labor and farmers shifted toward Taft, strengthening support for governor and congressional candidates.
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W. H. Taft
Indiana
Taft
Congress
OKLAHOMA FOR TAFT FORECAST BY STATE CHAIRMAN
Guthrie Oklahoma October 23 Joseph H Norris Republican state chairman forecast Taft will win Oklahoma after touring Kansas and Oklahoma with Senator Beveridge He says Democratic Bryan claims in Kansas are laughable and that Oklahoma voters favor a business administration amid political upheaval Investors are alarmed and demand progress not uproar
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Joseph H. Norris
Oklahoma
Taft
Kansas
United States
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Norris
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Taft Arrives in New York Heads to Campaign in New York
President hopeful William H. Taft reached New York by the Taft special from Gary Indiana. He joined his brother Henry W. Taft for a stay before heading to New Haven and Brooklyn engagements. Taft aims a vigorous push in Western and New York states, backing Governor Hughes and stressing unity in the Republican ticket. He defended the Manila and Dagupan franchise questions and outlined Philippine railroad policy and 4 percent bond guarantees.
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