Roosevelt’s Condition Improves as Doctors Hopeful
Chicago reports say Roosevelt is improving with general health good and pain eased after ten hours of sleep. He woke at 9 20 a m asked for Governor Johnson and may sit up briefly. Doctors test for infection as bullet may stay in place for life, later removal possible. Milwaukee notes John Schrank admits will involving the bullet and revolver to the New York historical society.
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Medill McCormick Attacks Hilles In Campaign Hearing
Washington witnesses clash over campaign finance and figures as Medill McCormick denounces Hilles and supports Roosevelt. He cites $28,000 in progressive subscriptions while denying family ties to a harvest trust. The committee bars the remarks and politics push on.
Wilson to wait till T. R.s well
Governor Woodrow Wilson, the Democratic presidential nominee, said he will cancel most campaign engagements until Colonel Roosevelt is active again, except for a Madison Square Garden speech on October 31. He plans Delaware, West Virginia, and Pennsylvania stops this week and may end his campaign if Roosevelt cannot resume. A threat to shoot Roosevelt led to heavy police at the Washington opera house. an Italian worker allegedly warned that Wilson would be shot tomorrow.
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Opera House
Big Run of Salmon Rushes Cannerymen
Aberdeen Washington reports a harbor-wide rush as cannery fleets operate at full capacity due to a week-long salmon run. Indications point to a season that may match or surpass records, with silversides also entering the fishery and some workers earning as much as 75 dollars daily from nets and traps. The Quintault river also sees strong salmon activity, though the main run is not yet here.
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Idaho Senator Weldon Heyburn Dies at 60
United States Senator Weldon Brinton Heyburn of Idaho died in Washington after a lingering illness at age 60. He served nine years in the Senate and was noted for strong convictions and bitter clashes with southern leaders over civil rights and the Lee statue debate. Burial will be in Birmingham Pennsylvania, his old home. He opposed Roosevelt’s policies and frequently argued over western development and party unity.
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United States
Weldon Brinton Heyburn
Idaho
Aingering
Senate
Hayburn
Birmingham
Penn
Heyburn
Robert E. Lee
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Roosevelt
West
Johnson eludes reception, heads to Roosevelt campaign
Culcagea Oct 18 Gouvernor Johnson slips past progressives, hides at Blackstone Hotel, and presses toward Colonel Roosevelt. Johnson reaches Mercy hospital at 11 30 and says Roosevelt will be elected after meeting in hospital. Roosevelt expected to leave hospital Tuesday and join campaign soon.
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Newsboy’s life saved girl by graft sacrifice
Gary Indiana October 18 William Kugh a crippled newsboy offered his withered leg for a skin graft to Miss Ethel Smith, a girl he did not know. He died this morning from the sacrifice as Miss Smith, burned in a motorcycle blast, recovered. A bouquet from Miss Smith rested nearby and Gary citizens plan an elaborate funeral.
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Tire Destroys Candy Factory in Los Angeles
A fire started in a box factory and spread to the Bishop candy factory in Los Angeles this morning causing $200,000 in damage and destroying both buildings. Local firefighters battled the blaze as the flames swept through the facilities.
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Becker ready to testify in gambling squad case
Becker told reporters he would explain everything if his attorneys allow him to testify and said he could prove Rose was his stool pigeon. He claimed he used inside info as head of the gambling squad and asked to be removed to avoid gamblers exploiting him. Former DA Jerome May set to testify for Becker, while DA Whitman frowns. McIntyre says 30 defense witnesses will be called. Eyewitness Thomas Coupe, who fled to England, will be in court.
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Thomas Coupe
England
Danker
Bryan denounces assault on Roosevelt as political shield
Indianapolis and Fort Wayne dispatches report William J. Bryan urging that the Milwaukee assault on Colonel Roosevelt not be used by his supporters to shield policies from criticism. He accuses Roosevelt and Beveridge backers of evading debate while attacking Democrats, and condemns violence as unsuitable in campaigning.
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Denver society figure dies by suicide from hotel window
Denver authorities report Lester Bridaham a prominent society man leaped from the seventh story of the Colorado building this morning. Financial reverses are suspected as the motive. Bridaham had just returned from a six week stay in Seattle two weeks ago.
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Seattle
Jealous Lover Murders Girl in Condon Oregon
Miss Vergie Hart of The Dalles was shot and killed on a Condon street by Bob Morgan of Oak Grove. A bystander, Crane, was wounded by a stray bullet. Morgan, a Kentucky native, fled. posse pursuit ongoing as crowds swarm the scene. Hart had moved from Kentucky with her parents. Morgan had pursued her for some time but she rebuffed him. Local sheriff's office has no trace of Morgan and no clue to his whereabouts.
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Vergie Hart
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Misa Hart
Kentucky
Dalles
Morgan
Oregon
Miss Hart
Abduction Charge Against Pugilist Jack Johnson Arrested
Chicago dated Oct 18 reports heavyweight champion Jack Johnson was arrested and bailed for 800 after Mrs F Cameron Falconer filed a warrant charging him with abducting her daughter Lucille Cameron 19 and enticing her from home. Johnson denied improper relations to police.
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Turkish ship blown up near Varna harbor attempt
A large Turkish ship is reported blown up at Varna entrance after hitting a mine while attempting to shell a Bulgarian fort. Separate dispatch says Turkish volunteers crossed the Balkan frontier near Mustapha Pasa and defeated Bulgarian forces, though details are unconfirmed.
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Vienna
Mustapha Pasan
London
Varna
Senator Explains Reputed Collapse During Speech
Madison report summarizes La Follette's account of a Philadelphia banquet February 21 where his speech reportedly indicated a mental and physical collapse that spurred Roosevelt's candidacy. He admits overlong remarks yet says he pushed to finish, then rushed home exhausted and visited a hospital next morning for his daughter's operation. He claims rivals used rumors of his health to undermine his campaign.
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Philadelphia
Roosevelt
Laying Feed Pipe From Thorn Hollow Springs
A water commission project runs an 18 inch vitrified clay feed pipe from Thorn Hollow springs to a proposed intake below the springs. The crew expects completion within three weeks, enabling more accurate flow measurement. If needed, Shaplish springs above Thorn Hollow can supply any shortage.
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Eight socialists arrested on indictment over scurrilous Roosevelt circulars
Portland dated dispatch reports eight socialists arrested on grand jury indictment for issuing scurrilous circulars attacking Col. Roosevelt. Longworth was arraigned at 2 o clock this afternoon before Judge Morrow.
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Col. Roosevelt
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Morrow
Dr Smith to Leave Pendleton for Portland Practice
Dr Smith plans to relocate to Portland after selling his Pendleton residence and medical practice to Dr F E Boyden of Heppner. He will spend winter in the east and London for postgraduate work, leaving Pendleton after November 1. He may return to practice in Portland by April or May and has been a longtime Pendleton physician and civic leader.
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