Wisconsin primary tests La Follette bid for Senate
Milwaukee report surveys a pivotal Wisconsin primary with La Follette seeking re election and pledging to leave the seat if defeated. Opponents include Samuel Cook for the GOP and Burt Williams Democrat while insurgent Lewis and McGovern shape the governor race amid a strong socialist showing and broad voter turnout.
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Samuel Cook
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Milwaukee
Wis
United States
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Wisconsin
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LaFollette
Samuel A. Cook
Neenah
Burt Williams
Ashland
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Lewis
Racine
Francis McGovern
Senator la Follette
Adolph Schmitz
Congress
Victor Berger
United States Congress
Tafollette
E. T. Fairfield
B. McGovern
William Lewis
Lewie
Roosevelt Views on Conservation and Federal Control
Theodore Roosevelt argues for federal oversight of national resources amid interstate land grabs and water power concerns. He features opposition to state control, highlights the need to shield the public from predatory corporations, and notes the national conservation movement's progress and ongoing education efforts. The message supports federal legislation to ensure wise use and long term stewardship.
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Congress
Arnywale
Oregon Delegation Backs Federal Conservation Move
The Oregon delegation adopted a resolution dissenting from criticism of the federal administration and supporting federal conservation. The action followed Theodore Roosevelt’s speech favoring St. The California delegation urged Governor Hay of Washington to call a special conservation congress. Hay leads the state rights contingent, and the move aims to crystallize states rights sentiment.
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Oregon
Theodore Roosevelt
California
Hay
Washington
Roosevelt shifts to open fight for federal control of resources
In St Paul Roosevelt arrives amid a heated debate within the national conservation congress over water power sites. He vows a more aggressive stance against state control, arguing for federal management. He criticizes special interests and cites the 1908 governors meeting and the Sundry Civil Service act amendment that halted commissions.
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Sept
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Taft
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Portland to Attend Fair on Portland Day
Secretary Thomas Fitz Gerald reports a letter from C C Chapman of the Portland Commercial Association inviting a strong Portland presence at the district fair. Officials plan Portland Day with a special excursion train and expect many business leaders and residents to visit to see the Round-Up and enjoy the fair.
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District Fair Association
C. Chapman
Portand
Legislature to Aid Frisco at 1915 Exposition
In a special session the California Legislature considers a constitutional amendment to authorize a five million dollar state bond to support the Panama Exposition in San Francisco. A companion charter amendment would permit the city to bond similarly for the fair.
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Sacramento
Sept
San Francisoo
San Francisco
Senator Root Refuses To Discuss Plans In New York
Senator Root arrived from The Hague where he represented the United States in the Newfoundland fisheries cases and denied plans to meet President Taft in Beverly. He would likely proceed to St Paul for the Ballinger investigation committee meeting.
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Hague
Beverly
Taft
Ti Ie
St. Paul
Ballinger
Moissant Completes Paris to London Aerial Trip
Spanish American aviator John Moissant arrived at Crystal Palace gardens this afternoon finishing his Paris to London flight. He was forced to descend at Seven Oaks and then completed the final leg to reach London.
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John Moissant
Crystal Palace Gardens
Paris
Seven Oaks
Victoria Vase Match Opens at St. Andrews in Edinburgh
The Scottish golf classic Queen Victoria Jubilee Vase began today in Edinburgh with top United Kingdom players contesting for the cherished trophy on the Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St. Andrews links.
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Edinburgh
United Kingdom
St. Andrew's
Panama-Pacific Day Observed At California State Fair
Panama-Pacific Day was celebrated today at the California state fair in Sacramento with the participation of the 1915 exposition promoters and fair management providing features.
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Sacramento
Cal
San Francisco
Conflicting Reports On Katherine Elkins and Duke Romance
London reports clash over Miss Katherine Elkins and the Duke d Abruzzi marriage prospects. A Paris dispatch claimed a February wedding while others deny any agreement. Dowry rumors, church entry prep, and royal objections surface amid unsettled negotiations.
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London
Katherine Elkins
Duke d'Abruzzi
Paria
Paris
Marguerite
Duchess Costa
Elkin
Homan Catholic Church
Monsignor Boccarin
Taft greeted by 2000 at Northwestern station
President Taft arrived from Milwaukee to Chicago and was met by about two thousand wellwishers at Northwestern station at 5:30. He rode an automobile through city parks to the Congress hotel and then departed by train for Beverly, leaving at 11.
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Chicago
Northwestern
President Taft
Milwaukee
Congress Hotel
Beverly
Vermont Election Echoes Republican Strain and Apathy
Vermont voters receive early returns amid signs of weakened party strength and widespread apathy. Political observers note Vermont’s September election as a barometer for national GOP health, while New Hampshire faces GOP discontent between regular and insurgent candidates for governor.
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Green Mountain
Ole Nas
New Hampshire
Workmen's Insurance Congress Opens at The Hague
The International Congress on Workmen's Insurance meets in The Hague on September 6 with talks on extending serial insurance to include small trades people shopkeepers and farmers and providing widows orphans and unemployment coverage. The United States is represented by Dr. W H Tolman director of the American Museum of Safety and chairman of the international bank committee of social Insurance.
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Hague
International Congress On
Workmen's Insurance
United States
W. H. Tolman
American Museum of Safety
Internat Bank Committee of Social Insurance
Pool Match for Title in New York This Week
Jerome Keogh, the title holder, defends his world championship against former champion Tom Hueston over three evenings in New York. The match will be played to 609 points in 200 point blocks, beginning tonight.
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New York
Jerome Keogh
Tom Hueston
Round-Up Preparations Urged For Largest Northwest Crowd
Mark Moorhouse says Os city must mobilize to host record crowds for Cheyenne frontier celebration. Hotels should add cots, homes open, lodge halls ready. Commercial aspires to manage accommodations. Moorhouse urges fair pricing and civic support to keep the Round-up from being ruined by extortion.
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Mark Moorhouse
Os City
Moorhouse
Commercial Club
Crippen Hearing Opens at Bow Street Station
London in September the Crippen case begins with Dr Crippen facing a murder charge while Mme Le Neve stands charged as an accessory. Only lawyers and accredited press admitted as the case opens a famed Scotland Yard pursuit in its final phase.
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London
Crippen
Bow Street
Mme Leneve
Scotland
Trainmen in Texas Strike Halts Pacific Line Traffic
In Galveston on September 6 a strike by 1000 to 3000 Southern Pacific workers between New Orleans and Wichita Falls disrupts freight service. Members of the Brotherhood of Carmen across repair, inspection and checker roles halt many shops, with impact spreading to Gould lines in the northwest.
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Galveston
Southern Pacific
New Orleans
Wi Pash
Gould Lines
Northwest
Texan
Brotherhood of Carmen
Government cheers new Madrid labor stance amid Barcelona strike
Madrid unions vote 764 to 8 against a general strike and stay at work. Government hopes to curb spread and barcelona unrest prompts fresh troops led by Butcher Weyler to restore order. Weyler arrives with 200 troops to reorganize the garrison and crack down on malcontents as rural reinforcements arrive.
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Cabinet
Barcelona
Weyler
Centr
Mailriz
Madrid
Sone
California Republicans Meet in Convention
In San Francisco on September 6 the Republican state convention opened to adopt a four party platform and elect a new central committee. Insurgent Hiram W. Johnson won the gubernatorial nomination and the Johnson camp will shape the platform while opposing Southern Pacific influence. The regulars control the current committee and insurgent resolutions denouncing the Southern Pacific bureau were tabled.
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San Francisco
Lincoln-Roosevelt Republican League
State Central Committee
Hiram W. Johnson
California
Southern Pacific Railway
Payne-Aldrich
Southern Pacific Political Bureau
Michigan insurgents and regulars clash in primary fight
Detroit report notes heavy turnout as the first Michigan state primary unfolds. Progressives and regulars vie in five congressional districts, with strong contest in each race.
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Detroit
Michigan
Miss Addams Reaches Fifty In Chicago
Chicago dispatch notes Miss Jane Addams birthday on September 6 1860 at Cedarville Tl with greetings pouring into Hull House. The founder confesses to turning fifty and recalls decades of travel before starting social settlement work in Chicago twenty years ago.
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Miss Addams
Chicago
Hull House
Jane Addams
Cedarville
Methodists in Conference Open in Edgerton Wisconsin
Several hundred Methodist ministers and lay men including prominent speakers from across the United States and foreign countries gather in Edgerton Wisconsin for the conference opening tonight.
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Methodists
Edgerton
Wis
United States
Projectile jammed gun at Fort Monroe delays test
An attempt to fire a large gun at Fort Monroe, Newport News, failed to move a 12 inch projectile after a powder charge exploded in the muzzle. Eleven men died July 21 in a previous premature explosion. Gas must escape before the gun can be opened, risking another accident. A two day delay is likely.
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Port Monroe
Newport News
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Fort Monroa
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