Roosevelt Presses Federal Worker Compensation Plan
Roosevelt lauded a federal workingmen compensation act in Kansas City Kansas. He argued wages won't fall with government controls and urged burden sharing across industries. He urged family benefits, not lawyer profits, and backed broad national power to regulate corporations and labor standards.
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Roosevelt
Kansas
Kaw River
Missouri
Union Station
Southwest
Federal Bureau of Corporations
The
Interstate Commerce Commission
Commission
Weather roundup for tonight and Friday details
Partly cloudy with likely showers tonight and Friday and little temperature change. Reported 7 am temperature 58, high 74, low 57 in 12 hours, wind 6 mph, precipitation 0.10. Humidity 60 at 7 pm, 81 at 7 am. Forecast covers the Mississippi region from Dubuque to Muscatine. J M Sherier local forecaster.
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Mississippi
Dubuque
Muscatine
J. M. Sherier
Needham Says He Will Not Back Cannon for Speaker
Fresno Cal Sept 4 Congressman J C Needham announces that if reelected he will not vote for Cannon as speaker. He says no personal feelings but believes a party change in the speakership is best for the Republicans.
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Needham
California
Fresno
Cal
J. C. Needham
Cannon
Republican Party
Smith Endorsed for President by Democratic State Convention
Atlanta notes the Democratic state convention endorses Hoke Smith for U S president in 1912 and, in a separate move, nominates him for governor, ratifying the recent primary outcome.
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Atlanta
Hoke Smith
United States
Men in office blamed for Newark lynching report
Newark Ohio September 1 grand jury pins responsibility for the July 8 lynching of detective Carl Ethrington on the then mayor, sheriff, and chief of police, all of whom have since left their posts. Twenty-five indictments accuse rioters of murder in the first degree, 21 for rioting, 10 for assault, and 2 for perjury.
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Newark
Ohio
Carl Ethrington
Coal operators sue union in first of kind case
Attorneys for coal operators file suit against striking miners in the Irwin Westmoreland fields charging conspiracy in preaching sedition against state laws. The action mirrors prior suits brought against hatters and marks a new ground in labor conflict in Pittsburg Pennsylvania on September 1.
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Pittsburg
Irwin-Westmoreland Fields
Tucker Drowned in Fox River While Campaigning
The body of Frank T. Tucker assistant attorney general of Wisconsin and Republican attorney general candidate was pulled from the Fox River in Oshkosh. Police believe he fell into the river during the night while trying to reach a train. Friends say his health worsened after the stamp envelope story emerged.
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Wis
Frank T. Tucker
Wisconsin
Fox River
Madison
Tucker
Osh- Kosh
Olmsted
Cannon
Aldrich
House
Senate
Ballinger
Uprising Reported in Nueva Vizcaya Province
In Manila on September 1 a reported uprising in Nueva Vizcaya mobilizes constabulary to the scene as a battle is anticipated. Rebels led by a fugitive from justice occupy a town of about 6,000 people.
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Manilla
Nueva Vizcaya
Illinois coal strike nears settlement as talks resume
Chicago reports brightening prospects for an early settlement between miners and operators. Negotiations begin in the Fisher building with 30,000 workers already back under Peoria agreements, while about 45,000 remain on strike amid wage and differential disputes.
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Chicago
Illinois
Fisher Building
J. B. Williams
Streator Opera House
Kaiserhof Hotel
Umons
Walker
Duncan MacDonald
Grace Lawrence
Peoria
Franklin
Williamson
Long Wall
Nation declares new suits first of their kind in United States
The report notes suits against hatters as a precedent and references a New York case where hat manufacturers sued the Hatters' union for damages and were awarded 250,000. In Michigan, a warrant is issued for E C Vermillion, cashier of the Farmers' and Merchants' bank, who vanished last Saturday on embezzlement charges with no amount specified.
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United States
Western Pennsylvania
New York
Hatters’ Union
Mount Pleasant
Mich
E. C. Vermillion
Farmers’ and Merchants’ Bank
State Department used to carry campaign literature
A fragment notes that material from the state department had been used to transport campaign literature about the state. The line suggests misuse of state resources for political messaging. The readable portion highlights state involvement and campaign activity without clear names or dates.
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State Department
Cleveland Estate Put At 200000 In Official Report
New York on Sept 1 William Blau tax appraiser valued Grover Cleveland s estate at 200000 with 39 065 total assets including 10000 cash 50 shares New York Trust stock at 490 each and 50 shares Realty Associates at 115 each The net taxable estate stands at 32378 The report notes the entire Cleveland estate is worth about 200000 Also included is a note on Simeon Mandac former governor of Locos Norte a fugitive occupying Solano near Bayonbong with telegraph lines cut and followers uncertain reports say he is missing after a deadly third degree interrogation while governor and a homicide conviction with 14 year sentence awaits appeal
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New York
William Blau
Grover Cleveland
New York Trust Company
Realty Associates
Cleveland
Mandac
Solano
Bayonbong
Browne bribery trial ends as Wayman begins summing up
Chicago reports the last witness in the Browne bribery trial testifying while States' Attorney Wayman starts the prosecution's summing up. Detective Keeley, a Browne witness, is held on $10,000 bond for perjury. A second grand jury indictment against a defense witness charges George F. Gloss with perjury.
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Chicago
Browne
Wayman
Keeley
George F. Gloss
Brooklyn's Growth Big in Ten Years
The 1910 census shows Brooklyn New York with a population of 1,634,351, up 467,769 since 1900. Additional figures list Bloomfield New Jersey at 15,070, and North Yakima Washington at 14,082, up from 9,668 and 8,154 respectively.
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Brooklyn
N. Y
Census Bureau
Bloomfield
N. J
North Yakima
Wash
Olmsted Urged For Cannon's Place In Old Guard
Washington dispatch reports that if Speaker Cannon is deposed Marlin E. Olmsted of Pennsylvania is the likeliest successor favored by Cannon and party bosses. Olmsted, longtime ally and enforcer for the Cannon machine, would head investigations and defend privileges, with a record of opposing progressive reform.
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Cannon
OLD Guard
Tav
The
Argus
Washington
Uncle Joe
Joe
Marlin E. Olmsted
Pennsylvania
Speaker Cannon
Mr. Cannon
Cannon Organization
Bar Regrets Choate Charge Ground Denied
In Chattanooga on September 1 the American Bar Association session opened with routine business. Local bar resolutions deploring the Choate charges were adopted and applauded. A request to withdraw the petition and charges was refused. Edgar H. Farrar of New Orleans was elected president.
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Chattanooga
American Bar Association
Joseph H. Choate
Bar Association
Edgar H. Farrar
New Orleans
Core
Rock Island Valuations Not Uniform In Rate Inquiry
In Chicago on Sept 1 railroad rate hearings focused on higher operating costs and labor expenses. Rock Island official Melcher testified valuing the Rock Island line at 40,000 per mile while the carrier's own report placed a lower valuation. He described rising wage costs and operating expenses as key factors in the rate case. A Santa Fe attorney sought shipper associations to question profits, signaling possible probes into shipper earnings amid proposed rate increases.
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Chicago
Melcher
Rock Island
Interstate Commerce Commission
Santa Fe
F. J. Norton
O. Melcher
Rock Island Company
Rev Forsberg Arrives as New Zion Lutheran Pastor
Rev N J Forsberg of Calumet Michigan arrives to lead Zion Lutheran church. He will preach his first sermon Sunday morning and be formally introduced to members. A reception will be held Monday evening in the church chapel as the congregation meets the new pastor. The vacancy followed Rev E K Jonson's resignation a year ago.
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Zion
N. J. Forsberg
Calumet
Mich
Zion Lutheran Church
Forsberg
E. K. Jonson
Carpenter Coal Company Incorporation in Rock Island
The secretary of state issued a license to incorporate the Carpenter Coal company of Rock Island with capital stock of 10 000 to deal in coal. Incorporators are William H Carpenter William A Carpenter and Clara B Carpenter.
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Rock Island
Springfield
Carpenter Coal Company
William H. Carpenter
William A. Carpenter
Clara B. Carpenter
Rain Sweep Reaches Western Forest Fire District
Chief William L. Moore of the weather bureau reports rains in the last 24 hours across the forest fire region in the northwestern states. The disturbance over the Rocky Mountain region is moving slowly eastward, bringing showers to the area and easing fire dangers.
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Forest Fire District
Washington
Willia L. Moore
Weather Bureau
Rocky Mountain
Emperor reviews troops on Sedan anniversary
Berlin reports the emperor conducted an autumn review at Tempelhof field for garrisons from Berlin and Potsdam. Twenty thousand troops assembled to mark the 1870 Sedan anniversary as the German army of about 250,000, led by William, routed the French forces under Napoleon III.
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Sedan
Berlin
Tempelhof Field
Potsdam
Napoleon II
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