Bryan Heads for New York City Stops Across Northeast
In Trenton on October 23 Bryan spoke briefy to a large crowd denouncing Roosevelt over labor issues and Gompers. In Philadelphia crowds cheered as Mrs Bryan appeared. in Wilmington a long procession to the American embassy drew sailors and officials, while Komura hosted a dinner where Sperry pledged lasting friendship between the United States and Japan.
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Trenton
N. J
Bryan
New Jersey
Roosevelt
Gompers
Philadelphia
West Philadelphia
Mrs. Bryan
Leas
Sperry
Admiral Sperry
Komura
O’brien
John Brown
United States
Japan
Republic
Tokyo Farewell Fleet Leaves for Yokohama Amid Celebrations
The American battleship fleet began departing for Yokohama to bid final farewells. Admiral Sperry and staff led a large farewell spectacle while Tokyo witnessed a torchlit crowd of about 16,000 in a historic welcome to the visiting American forces.
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Tokio
Japan
Yokohama
Admiral Sperry
Russia
London
New York
Taft’s 16 speeches mark strenuous day in Brazil
Taft began a long day of campaigning in Brazil Indiana at 7 am delivering 16 speeches en route to Indianapolis. A large crowd greeted him at the station as he stressed coal and agricultural interests and urged restoring investor confidence for prosperity.
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Brazil
Ind
Taft
Indianapolis
Nebraska Blue Laws Stand Against Sunday Transactions
Lincoln Neb October 23 supreme court upheld Nebraska blue laws forbidding almost all Sunday business. The ruling sustained the district court denial of habeas corpus for John Ryan an Omaha cigar dealer and Jacob Caldwell an Omaha barber, arrest affirmed and law statewide.
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Lincoln
Neb
Supreme Court
Nebraska
District Court
Douglas County
John Ryan
Omaha
Jacob Caldwell
Water shipments from Alton to inland towns by train
Alton Illinois reports a 50 day drought forcing daily five car trains loaded with water to inland blighted districts. Officials warn Mississippi flow drop could cut supplies further. Also Porto Rico and Hawaii discussed at Lake Mohonk conference.
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Mississippi
Alton
Ill
Illinois
Alton Water Company
Porto Rico
Lake Mohonk
Hawaii
Conference of Friends of Indian
Martial Law Initiated in Tennessee After Rankin Lynching
Memphis circuits convene to probe Captain Rankin's murder tied to night riders raid. Reelfoot lake area under martial law as state troops search for band members. Governor Paterson on scene directing inquiry. Two arrests reported, John Cochran released after questioning and Burton, wanted in Lake County, detained.
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Memphis
Jones
Captain Rankin
Reelfoot Lake
Union City
Tenn
Night Rider
Rankin
John Cochran
Burton
Lake
Official Family Sent Out to Work
Washington reports that after today’s cabinet meeting every member of the president's official family will tour states with doubtful outcomes to bolster the campaign in favor of Tall Sugar Comes Up Rapidly. New York notes refinery sugar prices rising 10 cents per hundred.
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Washington
Tall
New York
Straus Speech Cancelled by Voice Failing in Chicago
Oscar S. Straus Roosevelt administration official arrived in Chicago to deliver a campaign appeal for the Republican ticket but left after a vocal collapse. He had addressed audiences in St. Louis and other western cities before speaking to about 6,000 people here, then departed without the planned address.
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Chicago
Oscar S. Straus
Roosevelt
St. Louis
National Republican
Boulevard Hall
Mr. Straus
Boulevad
Garfield Bonevard
Hal Sieg
Taft Relies on Cox Power in Cincinnati Area
Chicago dispatch notes Taft depends on George B. Cox, Cincinnati boss, to deliver southern Ohio votes. It recalls Taft’s past sharp critique of Cox, details Cox’s machine and its control over Hamilton County politics, and cites alleged graft suppression and patronage use benefiting the Cox operation. Continued on page nine.
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Chicago
William H. Taft
George B. Cox
Cincinnati
Cox
Mr. Taft
Ohio
Taft
Boss Cox
Akron
Hamilton County
Lwara
Hamilton
Herrick
Republican State Committee of
Georgia
Purveyor of Cleveland letter under arrest in Chicago
Earl Brandenburg, alleged author of the Cleveland letter favoring Taft over Bryan, was arrested in Dayton by a New York detective on forgery and grand larceny charges. He claims innocence and says he anticipated an indictment, calling himself the Captain Dreyfus of the campaign.
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Dayton
Ohio
Earl Broughton Brandenburg
Cleveland
Taft
Bryan
New York City
Brandenburg
United States
Jerome
New York
Joseph Williams
Quizzing Now for Bank Directors Washington Oct 23
Controller of the Currency Murray orders national bank examiners to force directors to answer a formal list of 25 questions aimed at exposing the directors relations to bank executive conduct.
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Washington
Murray Today
Floods Sweep Southwest Break October Rainfall Records
A southwest rainstorm ends a 48 day drought by shattering October records. Lawrence Kansas measured 5.60 inches in one day and Kansas City logged 4.38 inches in 24 hours, flooding streams, washing out bridges, and damaging corn and cotton.
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Kansas City
Lawrence
Kan
Kansas
Oklahoma
Illinois Federation Elects Woman's Clubs Leader
East St. Louis October 23 The Federation of Woman's Clubs elected Mrs. Frances D. Everett of Highland Park as president and Mrs. Finis R. Ernest of East St. Louis as secretary. Also named General Federation State Secretary Mrs. Katherine Story Westfall of Chicago.
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Woman’s Clubs
Everett
East St. Louis
Federation of Woman's Clubs
Frances D. Everett
Highland Park
Finis R. Ernest
General Federation
Katherine Story Westfall
Chicago
National Woman's Christian Temperance Union meets in Denver
The 23rd annual convention of the National Woman's Christian Temperance Union opened in Denver Colorado on October 23 and will run through next Wednesday night. Mrs Lillian M N Stevens delivered an address praising progress in the temperance cause over the past year.
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Denver
Colo
National Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Lillian M. N. Stevens
Temperance Carse
Y M C A Meeting Opens With Fors Address
Delegations from 28 associations attend the 36th annual Illinois YMCA state convention in Springfield. Congressman George Edmund Fors of Chicago delivers the keynote address on The Nation's Tomorrow during the opening session.
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Pressman Foss
Springfield
Illinois Young Men's Christian Association
George Edmund Fors
Chicago
One Riot Cause Removed by Rope
Springfield Illinois October 23 Joe James an 18 year old Negro murderer confessed his guilt and was hanged in jail this morning. James killed C A Ballard a railroad engineer on July 3 the crime helped trigger the fatal race riot in the city. Hang Five According to Law. New Orleans Louisiana October 23 today is hangmans day in Louisiana with five Negroes executed for murder totaling seven deaths in the cases.
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Springfield
Joe James
James
C. A. Ballard
New Orleans
Louisiana
Gas Main Break Cuts Off Power in Muskogee
A gas main rupture in Muskogee Oklahoma halts heating and lights, disrupting breakfast and laundry as a street crew works to control the leak. A driver involved is reported at the scene.
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Muskogee
Okla
Arieangas
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Straus
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