Rockefeller Declares Vote For Taft In Campaign Shuffle
Democratic National Chairman charges a quid pro quo between the GOP and Standard Oil after John D. Rockefeller announces support for Taft. He claims a $29,000,000 Standard Oil fine will be settled if Taft wins and accuses Hitchcock of taking money. Mack says GOP campaign fund funds coercion and bribery, with money sent to Indiana and Ohio.
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New York
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Mr. Taft
Standard Ol Company
Standard Oil Company
Bir. Rockefeller
Bryan
Oil Trust
Notman
Mack
Democratic National Committee
Joh D. Rockefeller
Republican National Committee
Standard Oil Interests
Standard Oi Company
Tati
Tafta
President Declares Rockefeller Statement a Trick
Washington October 31 The official statement says the Rockefeller claim is a trick and warns against any attempt to damage Taft in the current political climate. The message frames the issue as a deceptive tactic and emphasizes stability in the administration.
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Rockefeller
Taft
Washington
Rockefeller press stunt mocked by oil rivals
White Howe notes that at the White House press event the Rockefeller announcement via the Standard Oil press agent drew amusement and suspicion. He argues the move is a deliberate trick by Standard Oil against the administration, intended to harm Test. The tactic is described as obvious and likely to fail.
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White Howe
White Hauge
Mr. Rockefeller
Standard Olt Company
Standard Olt
Standard Ol1
Standard Oil
Republican Forecast Shows Taft Victory Chances
National Chairman Hitchcock releases an electoral map predicting 225 Republican votes, 88 over the 218 needed. He expects Taft in New York Ohio Indiana and lists Nebraska Montana Maryland Nevada as solid for Republicans with possible shifts in Kentucky and Missouri.
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Taft
New York
United States
Hitchcock
Ohio
Indiana
Nebraska
Montana
Maryland
Nevada
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Missouri
Sherman
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New Aeronautic Stunt Ford Balloon Car Return
A balloon with 110000 cubic feet of gas launched in Todianopolis Indiana carrying Carl G Fisher and G L Bumbaugh. The plan was to roll the balloon on landing and return by a twenty four horsepower four cylinder touring car weighing 1500 pounds. The craft landed near Southport seven miles from Indianapolis after two hours ten minutes. Bumbaugh and Fisher then drove the car back to Indianapolis.
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Ind
Carl G. Fisher
GL. Bumbaugh
Southport
Indianapolis
Bumbaugh
Fisher
Hugh Kelly Dies in New York Banker and Philanthropist
Hugh Kelly a banker sugar manufacturer and philanthropist died at his New York residence at age fifty. James Wilson secretary of agriculture is reportedly offered the presidency of Colorado Agricultural College at Fort Collins and may resign to accept. Reports from Tampico Mexico indicate over fifty lives lost in oil field gas explosions from a ground well caused by a recent fire.
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Hugh Kelly
New York
James Wilson
Aagriculture
Colorado Agricultural College
Fort Collins
Tampico
Mex
Society Man Apologizes After Ghastly Prank in Baltimore
Lt Grafton Lloyd Dulany, a social figure, admitted removing a crepe from J. M. Denton’s door and placing one on Mrs. Nelson Perin’s door. He spread a rumor that Miss Gladys Perin died in a New York motor accident, apologized to Mrs. Perin, and was reprimanded in police court.
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Baltimore
Grafton Lloyd Dulany
J. M. Denton
Charles Street
Nelson Perin
Gladys Perin
New York
Dulany
Merk
Editor Michael P Murphy Found Dead in Toledo
Michael P Murphy a longtime Toledo newspaper editor and former proprietor of the Sunday Courier Journal was found dead in bed. Officials say death was caused by chloroform taken to relieve toothache in an apparent self administered overdose.
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Toledo
Michael P Murphy
Sunday Courier Journal
Coal Train Smashes Loaded Trolley Car at Dorranceton Crossing
A coal train backing down struck a Wyoming Valley Traction street car at Hennett crossing in Dorranceton, injuring about thirty passengers, several seriously. Motorman misread a signal. gondola impact demolished the trolley car. Names of badly hurt include Martin Frederick, Charles Bach, John Breckenridge, Mrs William Kern, Thomas Sheridan, and Thomas Gregory.
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Lackawanna Relroad
Wyoming Valley Traction Company
Hennett Crossing
Dorranceton Borough
Wild
Lackawanna
Tom
Martin Frederick
Georgetown
Charles Bach
Kingston
John Breckenridge
Suzerne
William Kern
Swayernville
Thomas Sheridan
Pittston
Thomas Gregory
Wilkes-Barie
Crusade Arrests Target Cocaine Habit in Tenderloin Schools
Philadelphia police, in a campaign against cocaine use, arrested eleven men and three women suspected of drug use or supplying it in Tenderloin public schools. The drive follows a pattern of youth involvement, with twenty people arrested since Monday and 16 sent to the house of correction since January, including youths, and 23 indicted for trafficking.
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Philadelphia
House of Correction
Man dies after lifelong smoking tale at 85 birthday
John Totten Webber of New York, who began smoking at age three, died of pneumonia at 85. A birthday party for relatives revealed how a great uncle taught him to smoke, and he smoked his last cigar shortly before death.
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New York
John Totten Webber
Charges of Discrimination Filed Against Anthracite Railroads
A complaint to the Interstate Commerce Commission by Jay M. Balton of Cortland New York accuses the Delaware Lackawanna and Western Railroad and other anthracite carriers of favoritism toward certain coal dealers. The filing centers on a Cortland switch denial and alleges New York state wholesale coal pricing is restrained by railroad regulation to keep prices high and limit competition.
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Wahohington
Ort
Pennsylvania
Cortland
New York
James Kerr Dies After Operation Diminishes DNC Ties
James Kerr a Pennsylvania Democrat and longtime Democratic National Committeeman died after an operation for liver trouble at his summer home in New Rochelle New York. He had been ill for weeks and family, including sons Walter B Alert B James Jr and Chester M Yale junior, were at his bedside with Mrs Kerr.
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Philadelphia
James Kerr
Pennsylvania
New Rochelle
Mr. Kerr
Walter B
Alert B
James, Jr
Chester M
Yale
Kerr
Powder Plant Blows Up Near Shenandoah
A Dupont Powder plant mill in Ferndale near Shenandoah exploded killing Frank Houck of Ringtown and badly injuring Albert Klingerman of Beaver Valley and Samuel Baskerfield of Brandonville. Windows shattered for miles as cause remained unknown.
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Dupont Powder Company
Ferndale
Frank Houck
Ringtown
10 000 Mile Trip to Vote
Carl G Roach of Cedar Rapids Ia traveled 1000 miles to cast a ballot in New York before returning to Italy aboard the steamer Cretic. He planned to stay in Naples for holidays but joined the heated campaign and spent about 600 dollars, saying the trip was worth it.
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New York
Carl G. Roach
Cedar Rapida
Cretic
Italy
Naples
Bosch
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