Roosevelt Urges Honesty as Core National Virtue
Kansas City September coverage shows Colonel Roosevelt speaking in drizzle to about thirty thousand at the Progressive reception. He denounces dishonest officials and advocates equal action against corrupt rich and poor, urging vigilance in public life and calling for broad anti corruption laws. He criticizes both corporate bribery and petty blackmail, stressing honesty beyond party lines.
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Kansas City
Roosevelt
Kansas
Huron Park
Hadley
Brown
Third
Kansas National Guard
Baltimore
Commercial Club
Omaha
New York
Missouri
California
Illinois
ROOT MAY UPSET POLITICIANS Scheme
New York Senator Root travels from South Hampton to New York as politicians plot to oust Secretary Ballinger by pushing for a censure through the Investigating committee. They need Root to abstain from voting, while Crane pressures McCall to oppose a whitewash report, though Root holds transcribed testimony and arguments.
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New York
South Hampton
Senator Root
Ballinger
Root
Crane
Congresseman McCall
Masschusette
McCall
Laborers Imprisoned After Fifth Avenue Parade
Four hundred cloak makers including 74 men and 101 women were jailed for disorderly conduct after a September march on Fifth Avenue. Police halted the procession near the Knickerbocker Club. prisoners were taken to jail, fined three dollars each, and could not pay. Several are described as weak from two days without food, with six hours confinement prior to arraignment in a small room.
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New York
Fifth Avenue
Knickerbocker Club
Joll
Arbuckle Brothers Charged With Controlling Coffee Supply
Cincinnati report says Arbuckle Brothers, tied to a Gasser company merchant, are accused of colluding with the Brazilian government to seize world coffee supply. They allegedly ordered brokers to buy all available beans as prices rise and have bought heavily in New York. The item ends with an unrelated blessing note.
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Cincinnati
Arbuckle Brothers
Gasser Company
Arbuckles
New York
Roosevelt probes posts claims in political fund charges
Roosevelt replies to the New York Evening Post editorial charging him with obtaining corporate money for his campaign. He calls the article mendacious and defends honest politics, insisting no money was bought or received improperly. The Post counters, accusing Roosevelt of hypocrisy while noting its efforts to curb corporate influence.
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Bristow
Post Office Department
Wynne
Post Office
Firnstow
Kenew
New York
Chicago
Indian Territory
New York Post
New York Evening Post
Roosevelt
Post
Old Guard
White House
Harriman
Roosevelt Outlook
New Laws for Old York Sweep Labor Act Enacted
Albany Sept 1 Several statutes of great importance took effect today including sweeping employers liability and compulsory compensation for injuries regardless of fault. The new probation act expands youthful and adult probation, allowing probation until eighteen and up to five years for felonies, with fines and restitution. Aimed at protecting immigrants, a new private banking law shuts down fake banks preying on newcomers, and laws place telecoms under the Public Service Commission with broader powers over gas and electric companies.
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Perkins
Albany
N. Y
Sept. L
New York
Agnew-Perkins
Public Service Commission
Commission
Wainwright Commission
New York City
Wild Horse Race to Headline Pendleton Round-Up
Moorhouse reports the wild horse race as the feature event of Pendleton Round-Up. Fifteen to twenty untamed horses are saddled and ridden on a half mile track amid uproarious laughter as cowboys wrestle to control the bucking mounts. Organizers plan up to 20 entries to boost the big celebration.
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Wild Horse Rage
Pendleton
Mark Moorhouse
Frenton
Cheyenne
Moorhouse
Explosion wrecks Seattle building at Third and James
Seattle reports a midnight dynamiting at the Lyons office building under construction on Third and James. Windows shattered across nearby offices. several people injured. A telegraph lineman was arrested as a suspect after investigators found a large quantity of nitroglycerine exploded in the elevator shaft. The six story structure, costing about a quarter million dollars, was badly damaged. Police suspect disgruntled workers.
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Seattle
Lyons
Third and James Streets
Smith Subscribes to Statement No 1 for Senator C J Smith
Dr C J Smith seeks re election to the Oregon state senate from the Twentieth District with a formal candidacy statement filed in Umatilla County. He endorses direct primary, initiative and referendum, and urges open river, good roads, and public schools while pledging loyal service and backing the most voted U S Senate candidate.
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C. J. Smith
Frank Saling
Smith
Umatilla County
Democratic Party
Umatilla
Oregon
United States
Mark Hayfield Visits Friends on Spokane Route
Mark Hayfield a University of Washington student stopped here yesterday to visit friends while en route to his home in Spokane from Hot Lake The brief stop underscores a routine leg of his travel with Spokane as final destination.
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Mark Hayfield
University of Washington
Spokane
Hot Lake
Wheat Prices and Farmers Sell Large Wheat Volumes in County
Wheat trading in the region shows most farmers have sold substantial portions of their crops at 75 to 80 cents per bushel with 76 cents for current club price. In Umatilla county half the season's 2.6 million bushels have left growers for exporters and mills, with many local buyers reporting figures and names of farmers and holdings anchored in Pendleton area.
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Umatilla County
Pendleton
Earl Tullock
L. Bentley
FS. Curl
Marion Jack
Juduu
Willian Caldwell
George Peringer
W. W. Harrah
Hugh Bell
Ben Ogle
William Duff
Grant Eyhart
John Crow
F. H. Hydeman
Thomas Thompson
Storie & Ritner
Charles Hamilton
C Connor
L. L. Rogers
Frank Hyde
William Blakely
Sam Thompson
John Adams
D. Isaminger
Cc. F. Rggers
D. A. Osbourne
L. Bergevin
L. EK
Penland
Joe Slewers
James Furnish
W. H. Dale
Dr. Scott
Hans Paul
W. H. Jones
Ernest Temple
Sim Kilgore
E. J
Robert Kirkpatrick
BH. R. Nell
Dave Nelson
H. Pinkerton
Wyrick Brothers
King George shoots friend during Balmoral hunting incident
London reports indicate King George possibly fired the fatal shot that broke up a hunting party near Balmoral castle. Lord Kilmarnock sustained injuries to face and limbs but is expected to recover. the event is being kept quiet and the King appeared greatly agitated upon returning to the palace.
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London
George
Balmoral Castle
Kilmarnock
Abdul Hamid Disappears and Wife Sent to Prison
Constantinople September 1 The disappearance of former Sultan Abdul Hamid and the transfer of his twelve wives from his villa to the prison at Salonika today causes much agitation among Young Turks who fear misfortune for the deposed sultan and possible revolt by the people. The transfer is believed to be due to continued plotting to rescue Abdul which has kept the country in turmoil.
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Constantinople
Abdul Hamid
Salonika
Sultain
Abdu
Chicago High Schools Offer Two Year Course This Month
For the first time in Chicago public schools a two years course will be offered in city high schools starting this month. The aim is to curb dropout rates by reducing the curriculum length. Officials note less than one percent of Chicago school children now graduate high school due to financial inability to spare time for a four year course.
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Chicago
Sept. L
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