Chinese Government Takes Charge of Railroads in Restless City
Hankow reports terror as German marines clash with pillaging mobs after rebels captured the city. In Peking, traffic to Tianjin halted as troops are moved by rail. foreigners seek to leave amid rumors. U S officers observe maneuvers, with 100 Marines en route from Manila to reinforce the legation. British Marines landing.
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Hankow
Peking
Tien “Tain
Wiliam Beach
Manila
United States
James Reeves
China
William Peck
Great Britain
Government Seeks Funds for China War via Four Power Loan
Tokio Oct 17 Funds are lacking for the Chinese Imperial government to carry on the war begun by the revolutionists. The government aims to negotiate a four power loan for two and a half million taels for three months. American and French bankers are said to have consented, but German and English bankers are withholding.
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Tokio
Japan
Recruits for Chinese revolutionists arrive in Prisco
October 17 reports show Chinese national assembly officers in the Chinese Masonic Temple Prisco accepting recruits. They expect to sail for China with Sun Yat Sen, seen as head of the republic movement. Cable dispatches note discontent among imperial troops and possible rebel alignment.
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Prisco
San Francisco
Calif
Chinese National Assembly
China
Sun Yat Sen
Republic Movement
Decisive Chinese revolution battle near Hankow
Private cables to the Chinese Free Press report a major confrontation planned in the Wu Chang area between Hankow and Mekin as government troops advance from Peking. Rebels around Wu Chang are to be reinforced by 60,000 men, with half sent north immediately to meet the government forces.
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San Franccisco
Hankow
Mekin
Chinese Free Press
Wu Chang
Peking
Troops Sent to Sicily Search Earthquake Victims
Troops were dispatched to Sicily to search for earthquake victims as communication remained uncertain. Reports indicate heavy loss of life.
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Sicily
Rome
Railroad strike rumor stirs unions in Los Angeles
Officials of the striking federation of shopmen accuse Hirri man lines officials of circulating orders urging subordinates to pressure various crafts unions to sow dissension as a tactic in the two week old industrial battle. Railroad leaders deny concern and say they are replacing strikers with steady hires. Joel Hanscom and William Hanscom left for Portland to inspect the automobile field for a potential car purchase.
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Los Angeles
Calif
Hirriman Railroad Linea
Joel Hanscom
William Hanscom
Portland
Three jurors accepted in McNamara case venire
Los Angeles Oct 17 jurors were accepted in the McNamara case as the defense seeks to fill two seats. John Roberts a retired businessman and Robert Bain a federal veteran were accepted subject to peremptory challenges. H C Quackenbush a retired expressman was passed after denying intent to convict on circumstantial evidence alone.
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Los Angeles
Calif
Nelson
Bordwell
McNimara
Nelaon
John Roberts
Quackenbush
Vyenireman
McNamara Brothers
Times
Robbed in Surry forest lured for cheap orchard sale
Fred Rainieri of Tacoma was led into Surry forest where he was robbed of $15 and his clothing, forced to wander naked for hours before signaling for help. He was told he would inspect orchard land offered for cheap purchase and later dressed for the trip to a police station.
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San Francisco
Surry Forest
Fred Rainieri
Tacoma
Raunich
Wireless Record Broken in Daylight Transmission
Vallejo Cal Oct 17 The Mare Island wireless station and the Unalaska station about 2000 miles apart completed a daylight wireless transmission breaking the Pacific coast record. The Mare Island station recently rebuilt with a new wireless set and mast elevated to 60 feet enabling the achievement.
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Vallejo
Cal
Mare
Unalaska
Pacific Coast
Mare Leland
Aviator Rodgers Heads for Fort Worth Crossing Texas Line
Rodgers begins the transcontinental flight from McAlester Oklahoma aiming for Fort Worth Texas 190 miles away. He climbs to altitude this morning to reach the halfway point of the journey.
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Texas
McAlester
Okla
Rodgers
Forth Worth
Night Riders Threaten Death To Stop Tramway Use
Warning nailed to a tree on Jeff Brown’s Slaughter Creek farm in Morgan County declares death for workers if tramway use continues. Feud over timber rights has already claimed four lives last month and sparked a panicked mob attack near Slaughter Creek. A law and order league and ranger patrol are planned to enforce the law in the feud district.
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Jackson
Jeff Brown
Slaughter Creek
Morkan
Put & Stos
Pleasant to Slayer of Son Shakes Hand in Court
William H Bracken of Indianola Iowa, father of William Bracken Jr slain by Livingston Nichols, shocked the courtroom by shaking Nichols hand and saying he bears no grudge. Nichols, who shot Bracken after a knife threat, claimed self defense. Nichols reportedly in advanced tuberculosis.
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Iowa
St. Joseph
William H. Bracken
Indianola
William Bracken, Jr
Livingston Nichols
Nichols
Bill
Bracken
Nichlas
Dynamite Not For President taft assassination claim debated
Taft would have passed a Southern Pacific bridge when dynamite was found under the structure near Santa Barbara on October 17. A Mexican bridge watchman says he fired at the placer and fled. Labor leaders allege a plot to discredit striking shopmen. Sheriff Stewart says no deliberate attempt to blow Taft's train may have occurred, but damage to the railroad remains possible.
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Santa Barbara
Calif
Southern Pacific
Taft
el Qapitan
Gaviots
Stewart
Taft Starts Eastward After Pacific Coast Stop
President Taft said he was satisfied with his reception on the Pacific coast and began the final leg of his journey toward the east. He arose late and declared he felt as fine as a fiddle. He went by auto to Long Beach to board his special train for Butte, Montana, expecting forty five hours on the train with only a twenty minute stop at Ogden, Utah.
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Los Angeles
Calif
Pacific Coast
Taft
Long Beach
Butte
Mont
Ogden
Utah
La Follette Men Set to Invade Convention
Chicago Oct 17 Senator La Follette will be the choice for president by the Republican Progressive League with the league taking a definite stand today and preparations underway to push their campaign to the Republican National Convention.
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LA Follette
Chicago
Republican Progressive League
Gold Production Falls in 1910 United States Output
Washington reports 1910 gold production dropped by 33.4 million dollars while silver rose by 1.3 million dollars in calendar year figures released by the mint bureau and the geological survey.
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Washington
United States
Mint Bureau
Realggical Survey
Family of Five Slain in Ellsworth Showman Home
Ellsworth Kane October 17 The Showman family William 33 a chauffeur his wife and three children were found slain in their bed. An axe battered all faces. the baby’s head was severed. The crime occurred Sunday night but was not found until 6 pm yesterday. Victims identified as William Showman Mrs Showman Lester 5 Fern 4 Beaton 1. Two young girls aged under five.
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Ellsworth
Kane
William Showman
Showman
Late Justice Harlan Laid At Rest In Washington
Washington October 17 The last respects were paid to the late Justice Harlan of the United States Supreme Court by government officials. Private services were held at the Presbyterian Church and he was interred at Rock Creek Cemetery with Supreme Court colleagues acting as pallbearers.
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Washington, D. C
Justice Harlan
United States Supreme Court
Presbyterian Church
Rock Creek Cemetery
Supreme Bench
Five men found dead from suffocation at Occidental hotel
Five men were found dead in their rooms at the Occidental hotel on Dundas Street West in Toronto. All suffocated by gas from a partially opened gas heater and a loose connection, with four bodies in one room and a fifth in an adjoining chamber.
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Toronto
Ont
Occidental Hotel
Dundas Street
Cholera Riots in Segni Near Rome
Rioters in Segni, 20 miles from Rome, clashed with authorities over cholera control measures. They sacked the city hall burned public buildings and raided the hospital, displaying dying cholera victims as they protested.
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Segni
Rome
Italy to Withdraw Fleet From Tripoli to Seize Aegean Isles
Rome dispatches report Aly withdraws part of her fleet from Tripoli to occupy several is lands in the Grecian Archipelago. Turkey is expected to issue an edict expelling all Italians from the Ottoman empire.
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Aly
London
Rome
Tripoli
Grecian
Turkey
Ottoman Empire
Judge Bean sustains demurrer in Caldwell v Byers suit
Judge Bean sustains the demurrer to William Caldwell’s complaint against Byers Milling Company in a case tied to Umatilla River water rights. The ruling cites incomplete allegations on ditch size, water needs, and land area, delaying merit review while The United States eyes potential intervention to clarify Indian water rights and government involvement. The suit stems from 1897 land leases and 1856 treaty rights with the Umatila Indians amid broader eastern Oregon water-control actions.
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United States
ER 3
Bean
William Caldwell
Byers Milling Company
J. A. Fee
Caldwell
W. Bailey
Portland Journal
Stte
Stite Board of Water Control
Pendleton
Umatilla
Oregon
Indiang
Byers
Tia
John McCourt
Merkle and Fletcher Star in Grueling Polo Grounds Classic
Philadelphia Athletics beat the New York Giants 3 to 2 in eleven innings to take a 2 games to 1 lead in the world series. Harry Davis homered in the ninth and drove in the decisive runs as Col lings and Baker collected key hits in a late rally. Matthe wson started for New York, Becker homered for Philadelphia in the eleventh, and both Merkle and Fletcher misplayed balls in decisive moments.
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Polo Grounds
New York
Philadelphia American Athletics
New York National Giants
Harry Davis
Veternan
Athletics
Gothamites
Mathewson
Philadelphians
Collings
Baker
Merkle
Fletcher
Becker
Herzog
Philadelphia
Coombs
Lapp
Brennan
Connoly
Dineen
Klemm
Doyle
Davis
Snodgrass
Lord
Oldring
Collins
Lago
Hermog
Murphy
Moerkle
Barry
Meyers
Davis Meyers
Murray
Davie
Hercog
Collinge
Colling
Mexican Civil War Near Says Reyes in Exile
San Antonio Texas October 17 Civil war again expected to erupt in Mexico according to rumors from the country General Reyes says the Madero revolt was forced and the election not by law his followers did not participate and he hints that a revolution is near without pledging to lead it all sides dispute the legality of the vote and the new presidency in Mexico City.
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San Antonio
Texas
Mexico
Franhhin Madero
Eatiti
Diag
United Press
Choneral Reyes
Madero
General Reyes
Three Hurt In Wreck East Of El Paso
Southern Pacific train No 10 wrecked tonight forty miles east of El Paso Texas at 045 pp. Three persons are reported badly injured.
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el Paso
Texas
Southern Pacific
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Pride
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Devore
Pivis
Seehaewes
Sislela Wrens
Reyes
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