Civil Service Warns Employees Against Political Activity
The civil service commission in Washington warns government workers nationwide not to resign to run for office or engage in political work with plans for reinstatement after elections. The rule prohibits reinstatement if resignation was to pursue politics. Secretary Straus backs Boston immigration actions denying entry based on polygamy beliefs or other grounds.
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Washington
Civil Service Commission
Army of Government
Uncle Sam
Commission
Straus
Boston
Smoot
Sutherland
Cutler
Utah
Naval Critics Rebuffed Over New Battleships Florida Utah
President Roosevelt approves plans for the battleships Florida and Utah after consulting Commander Sims and Lt. Commander Key whose criticisms were noted but not heeded. Utah to be built at a private yard, Florida at Brooklyn navy yard. Immigration from Japan shows a sharp decline in 1907 30,000 to 18,000 in 1908 with most new arrivals on the mainland easing net gains to 3,800 and only 15 percent laborers.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Florida
Utah
Sims
Albert L. Key
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Secretary of Commerce and Labor
Straus
Japan
Honolulu
United States
Bureau of Immigration
Parker Denies Run for New York Governor
Judge Alton B. Parker told reporters before leaving for New York that he has no desire to run for governor. He said he would never again hold public office and apologetically clarified his position to friends and the public.
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Washington
New York
Alton B. Parker
Roosevelt Orders Appeal
In Oyster Bay on September 12 the attorney general and the president discussed the Philadelphia Circuit Court ruling that the Hepburn Act commodities clause is unconstitutional and agreed the Justice Department should appeal. Bonaparte declined to reveal the president's remarks.
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Roosevelt
Oyster Bay
N. Y
Charles J. Bonaparte
Philadelphia
United States Circuit Court
Associated Press
Bonaparte
Department of Justice
Takahira Visits Deemed Informal Says Adee
Washington reports that Baron Takahira’s calls on President Roosevelt at Oyster Bay and on Secretary of State at Clinton were informal and have no bearing on Chinese American alliance or the Atlantic fleet in Asiatic waters. Adee emphasized no official discussion occurred.
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Takahira
Washington
Baron Takahira
Roosevelt
Oyster Bay
Clinton
Asiatic
Adee
Navy to favor want ads in recruiting drive
The navy department finds want advertisements effective for recruiting and will allocate most recruitment funds to that class of advertising rather than display ads.
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Washington
Navy Department
New Zealand woods tested as substitutes for American timber
New Zealand hardwoods joined U S Forest Service trials in Berkeley to compare with white oak. Seven species showed strong air dry strength of 8500 psi and bending strength of 13100 psi, signaling potential substitutes for timber shortfalls in furniture Cooperage and implements. Swinburne searches warn Aeon missing with family aboard. Navy directs Pacific fleet to locate the British steamer believed overdue after July voyage from San Francisco to Samoa.
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Washington
New Zealand
United States Forest Service
University of California
Berkeley
United States
Swinburne
Aceon
Navy Department
Charles Swinburne
Pacific Fleet
Honolulu
Aeon
Chaplain Bowers
Patrick
William K. Riddle
San Francisco
Samoa
Pacific Squadron
Hawaii
Nothing Doing for Kathleen
Kathleen Cronin the woman who claimed to be a long lost daughter of President Roosevelt was sent to St Elizabeths asylum from Washington after visiting the White House. She declared that the president would have the court officials punished and admitted a prior insanity trial in California.
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Kathleen
Washington
Kathleen M. Roosevelt Cronin
White House
St. Elizabeth's Asylum
Roosevelt
San Francisco
California
Wrights Studio Flight Breaks Public Flight Records
Orville Wright at Fort Meyer achieves two longest public aeroplane flights in U S history. He remains aloft over eleven minutes on the first flight and nearly eight minutes on the second, with the machine under perfect control, sometimes rising to 60 feet and making sharp turns before darkness ends the display.
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Washington
Fort Meyer
Orville Wright
Roosevelt cuts vacation ends September 22
President Roosevelt will end his Oak vacation on September 22 and depart Oyster Bay with his family for the White House in Washington to begin the winter and spring term. Oyster Bay will cease to be the summer capital of the United States.
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Oyster Bay
N. Y
Roosevelt
Sagamore Fill
White House
Washington
Benown
United States
Yellowstone park garrison to be doubled
The war department plans to double the security force at Yellowstone National Park. A recent highway robbery of real estate with 120 tigers underscores the need for tighter patrols and thorough supervision of park precincts.
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Double Park Guard
Washington
War Department
Yellowstone National Park
Real
Five Towns Safe as Minnesota Forest Fire Subsides
In Minnesota the Mesaba region battles a major forest fire with towns like Chisholm Snowball Hibbing Nashwauk Buhl Coleraine Mountain Iron saved as winds ease. Over $3,000,000 in mining timber and property destroyed, Duluth and Hibbing fire crews coordinate relief. Mesaba road runs trains to evacuate residents.
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St. Paul
Minn
Pioneer Press
Minnesota
Duluth
Chisholm
Mesaba
Hibbing
Nashwauk
Buhl
Coleraine
Mountain Iron
Capital Sees Opportunity in Constantinople Investment Rush
Foreign capitalists flood into Constantinople as Turkish investments appear safe with no blackmail in sight. Investors view the sultanate as the least developed, offering immense returns, while German interests struggle to maintain influence amid a postrevolution shift in prestige.
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Grand Marais
Minn
Constantinople
Europe
Germany
Berlin
Oil Bubble Punctured at Yucca Tank Sparks Rush
Seepage from a large crude oil tank erected at Yucca Arizona to replenish Santa Fe locomotives drew hundreds of curious people from distant points. Santa Fe experts traced the oil to the tank and analysis of fluid from a nearby water well confirmed the source. Desert crowds pressed in with vehicles while some men sacrificed property to reach the site first.
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San Bernardino
Cal
Yucca
Ariz
Santa Fe
Explosion Injures Seven In Los Angeles Plumbing Shop
An overnight gas explosion in a South Main street plumbing shop badly burned six firefighters and an 11 year old girl. Three firemen were blown from the room while two companies battled the blaze and checked the basement for flames. The injured were rushed to hospital.
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Los Angeles
Cal
South Main Street
Denver Hotel Belmont Fire Claims Two Lives In Denver
A blaze swept the Hotel Belmont in Denver Colorado injuring twelve others and leaving two unidentified men dead. The crowded hotel housed at least 109 guests when flames broke out forcing guests to leap from upper floors.
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Denver
Colo
Belmont
Hungarian Artist Finishes Mammoth Washington Painting
Gida Horvath, a Hungarian artist, has completed a colossal oil painting titled Washington at the Battle of Trenton in Proctor Vermont. The work measures 210 feet in length and 11 feet in height, claimed to be the largest single picture on any subject produced in the United States.
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Proctor
Gida Horvath
Washington
Battle of
Trenton
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