Weather Report and Astronomical Notes
Partly cloudy with possible showers tonight and Sunday. Max last 24 hours 80, min 65, precip 0, wind 3 mph. Temperatures 66 at 7 am, 74 at 7 pm, humidity 94. Mississippi region near Dubuque to Muscatine shows nearly stationary stages. Astronomical events include sun set 6 25, rise 5 25, moon sets 6 58 pm, new moon in Leo, Mercury visible at 1 33 am, Moon in conjunction with Mars.
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Mississippi
Dubuque
Muscatine
J. M. Sherier
Leo
Mercury
Mars
Roosevelt endorses tariff commission during Sioux City stop
In Iowa Roosevelt publicly backs Taft tariff commission and praises negotiations with foreign powers. He cites Dolliver Hubbard and Martin as supporters, notes the need to expand protections to aid workers, and criticizes mere preferences. He speaks at Mizzou park amid a large crowd and ends with remarks during a long tour route.
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Sioux City
Iowa
Roosevelt
Dolliver
Hubbard
Taft
Mizzou Park
Senate
Martin
South Dakota
Friends of the
Commission
Congress
Canada
Philippines
Barnes
Smith
William Barnes, Jr
Albany
Barnes, Jr
Supreme Court
Omaha
Onawa
Neb
Sioux Falls
Omaha Club
Interurban Cars Clash Injuring Two In Danville
Fifteen people were injured when two interurban cars collided on a steep grade in Danville Illinois. Two women, Mrs A F Vogle of Urbana and Mrs John Bryan of Danville, were fatally injured. Other victims suffered broken arms legs and internal injuries.
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Danville
Ill
A. F. Vogle
Urbana
John Bryan
Gladys Kerens Weds In London Match To Diplomat Line
London date of Sept 3 reports Miss Gladys Kerens of St. Louis youngest daughter of Richard Kerens American ambassador at Vienna and George Hamilton Colket of Philadelphia son of the late George H Colbet were married in the city today.
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London
Gladys Kerrens
St. Louis
Richard Kerens
Vienna
George Hamilton Colket
Philadelphia
George H. Colbet
Driver killed and paymaster robbed in Hudson ambush
Hudson New York September 3 ambush robbers attacked Paymaster Dent Fowler of the Atlas Brick company this afternoon shot and killed his driver a negro and beat Fowler who may die and escaped with fifteen thousand dollars in cash
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Hudson, N. Y
Dent Fowler
Atlas Brick Company
Megro
Fowler
Boys Start Fire Threatens Mount Palomar Forests
In San Diego on September 3 boys constructing brush fires to chase rattlesnakes ignited a blaze that now endangers the Pine forests of Mount Palomar. Hundreds of acres have burned at the mountain base as about one hundred men and boys work to save the woods.
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San Diego
Cal
Mount Palomar
California
Lightning Kills Four Men Sleeping in Tent in North Dakota
In Lamoure North Dakota on September 3 four thrashing crew members while sleeping in a tent were struck by lightning and killed. Fred Osborn Murray Ellis both residents near Lamoure Peter Nelson of Fooston Minn and Edward Peterson residence unknown died. Four others survived with only shocks as the others escaped. First Heat to Archdale Readville Mass September 3 in the Massachusetts 2 14 trot ten thousand dollars the first heat won by Dudie Archdale in 2 06 4.
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Lamoure
N. D
Fred Osborn
Murray Ellis
Peter Nelson
Fosston
Minn
Edward Peterson
Archdale
Readville
Mass
Massachusetts
Dudie Archdale
Sadie Mac
Trip by Hobble Skirt May Kill Teen Girl
New York reports Marion Stone in critical condition at Lincoln hospital after a fall from stairs in hobble skirt. She suffered a concussion of the brain and may not recover. The brief also records city population figures for Alton and Philadelphia with changes from prior counts.
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New York
Marion Stone
Lincoln Hospital
Miss Stone
Uprising Leader Mandac Captured as Outlaw Force Wanes
Manila Sept 3 Simeon Mandac former Ilocos Norte governor led an uprising in Nueva Vizcaya but was captured by constabulary after locals seized him. Merely 500 original outlaws dwindled to 200 with few arms. Mandac fled to a host's home where a man was killed. natives aided in the pursuit. Mandac faces harsher penalties after jumping bail on a prior murder conviction.
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Manila
Nueva Viscaya
Simeon Mandac
Ilocos Norte
Mandac
Post Files Suit to End Closed Shop at St Louis Firm
C W Post of Battle Creek filed a federal suit against the American Federation of Labor and Buck's Stove and Range alleging a tentative closed shop deal would bar St. Louis store profits. He seeks 750000 damages under the Sherman act, citing parallels with the Danbury hatters case where 250000 was awarded for boycott losses.
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St. Louis
C. W. Post
Battle Creek
Mich
United States
American Federation of Labor and
Buck’s Stove and Range Company
Death halts Browne trial as judge's wife dies
Mrs. George Kersten, wife of the Browne trial judge, died at her Twin Lakes Wisconsin summer home. The trial arguments, begun Thursday, were postponed and may not resume until after the funeral.
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Kersten
Browne
Chicago
George Kersten
Twin Lakes
Wis
End of New York Garment Workers Strike Sets Restart
The nine week garment workers strike ends in New York. Seventy thousand cloak makers will return to work as landlords grant grace. payroll losses run into millions nationally with $10 million in wages and about $100 million across manufacturers and retailers. The settlement bans contract work at home.
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New York
East Side
Tennants
Lome
Republicans Not Sincere in Demand for New Wool Tariff
Special correspondence notes that President Taft’s hints of further tariff revision come too late, with insurgent Republicans and Democrats alike accusing the GOP of bluff. Clark proposed a united wool schedule cut to spur action, but Taft and party leaders did not respond, leaving the issue unresolved before elections.
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The
Argus
Washington
Taft
Champ Clark
Clark
Mr. Clark
President Taft
House
Senate
Congress
Secretly Secluded Heiress in Hirsch Death Inquiry
Chicago reports that Mrs Jeannette Pelletier, possibly Sol Hirsch's widow or companion, is kept in seclusion by the Hirsch relatives. New York authorities consider her the key witness in Hirsch's death by his own hand, while the family denies any marriage and seeks to shield her from claims on the estate.
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Chicago
Solomon J. Hirsch
Knickerbocker
New York
Jeannette Pelletier
Hirsch
Sol Hirsch
Hirsh
Miss Pelletier
Sol Hirsh
Bol Hirsh
Hinsdale
Joseph Schmalz
Lawrence P. Conover
Lincoln Street
Schmalz
Mrs. Hirsh
Preferential union shop adopted to curb sweat shops
A mutual conciliation breakthrough replaces the closed shop with a preferential union shop. Louis D. Brandeis is credited. Union standards govern conditions, hours, and wages while workers are prioritized, yet employers may choose among skilled union men. Sub contracting within shops ends. nine hour days five days a week and five hours on Saturday. piece work price set by a joint committee. overtime paid at double rate.
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Louis D. Brandeis
Boston
Glavis
Pinchot-Balliniger
Roosevelt plan to fortify Panama canal angers London
The Westminster Gazette denounces Roosevelt's demand to fortify the Panama Canal as a direct rejection of the 1901 American British agreement guaranteeing canal neutralization. It allows US military control via diplomacy, not by breaking the treaty.
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London
Roosevelt
United States
Panama Canal
Omaha
Westminster Gazette
The
Gazette
Theatre Wrecked By Night Bomb At Grand Opera House
Burlington Iowa Sept 3 special a dynamite bomb partially wrecked the Grand opera house at 1 am targeting the stage where Miss Nobody From Starland opened the season. Police suspect religious fanatics aimed to deter Sunday performances and efforts to locate the perpetrators continue.
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Burlington
Iowa
Grand Opera House
Starland
Taft Goes to St Paul for National Conservation Congress
President Taft embarks on a 9000 mile trip to St Paul to deliver a defining conservation address. He plans no stops en route or on return and will attend the state fair Monday afternoon before heading back to Beverly.
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Beverly
Masa
Sept
Taft
National Conservation Congress
St. Paul
St. Pan
Italians Riot Over Fig Ban Near Bari
A riot near Bari, 3h miles west of Parleyette, followed a city ordinance prohibiting eating figs amid a cholera scare. A mob of 2,000 attacked the sanitary office, beat workers, and carbineers dispersed the crowd, wounding 23 people.
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Parleyette
Aly
Bari
Here
Rescued Crew of Burning British Steamer West Point
Sixteen members of the crew of the British steamer West Point, which burned and foundered, were rescued at sea by the steamer Devonian. The loss of the steamer and the rescue were reported here by wire today.
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West Point
Boston
Mass
Edmunds Wins Five Mile Stock Car Race at Indianapolis
At Indianapolis Motor Speedway on September 3 the five mile stock car race for displacements from 161 to 230 cubic inches was won by Edmunds driving a Cole in 5 minutes 55 seconds. Other events included Hearns in a Benz taking the 10 mile free for all in 7.03 and multiple class wins by Emmons Marmon Aitken DePalma Widox in various makes with times ranging from 4.05 to 4.40.
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Coele
Indianapolis Speedway
Motor Speedway
Indianapolis
Ind
Edmunds
Cole
Hearns
Benz
Emmons
Herreshoff
Haeroun
Marmon
Aitken
DePalma
Fiat
Cara
Widox
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Tariff Commission
Gladys Kerens
G. H. Colket
New York Brick Company
Alton
Upper Alton
Federation of Labor and
Buck's Store Company
Danbury Hat Concern
Ald
Payne
Atlantic
Pacific
Great Lakes
Gulf
DOVER
T.R
Will
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