Pere Marquette Ferry Sinks on Lake Michigan
Ludington Michigan September disaster claims 29 lives with 62 aboard when Pere Marquette No 18 sank halfway across Lake Michigan. Captain Kilty and crew attempted to lighten ship, lower lifeboats, and reach shore but pumps failed and vessel capsized. 35 survivors mainly crew were saved as wreck killed Captain Kilty purser S F Sezepanek and two Ferry 17 crew. Loss exceeds half a million dollars.
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Russell
Hfe
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Ludington
S. F. Sezepanek
Chicago
the Steamship Company
Lake Michigan Marine
Milwaukee
Sheboygan
Wisconsin
No. 18
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Weather Summary and Event Item From Dockyard Scene
Fair and warmer tonight and Sunday with a 7 am temperature of 46. High 66, low 46 in last 12 hours. Wind light, humidity 90 at 7 am, 48 at 7 pm. No precipitation. Mississippi trend rising below Dubuque to Muscatine. Astronomical events: sun sets 6 14, rises 5 32, moon sets 9 40 pm. Sun declination 4 degrees 56 minutes north. A distant ship scene shows the battleship bow rising and sinking after a distress signal.
Blame Examiners for Bank Failures
Washington reports Controller of the Currency Murray faulted bank examiners for hidden deficiencies in recent failures and said a personal investigation will be conducted in every district to uncover actual conditions.
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Murray
Washington
Caled Home Iowa Student in Personal Crisis Dies by Suicide
Cecil R Hess, 24, son of O G Hess of Oskaloosa Iowa, a former wealthy farmer, shot himself in a Denver hotel room. Hess, a second year student at Gross Medical College, had come from Drake University in Des Moines where he was known as an amateur wrestler. Present was Mrs Della Denny a dancing teacher whom he told of deep trouble after receiving a telegram ordering his return to Iowa.
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Cecil R Hess
O. G. Hess
Oskaloosa
Iowa
Hess
Gross Medical College
Drake University
Des Moines
Della Denny
Bryan backs Roosevelt action to elevate society and politics
In Little Rock on September 10 W J Bryan praised Theodore Roosevelt for refusing to sit with Senator Lorimer in Chicago. Bryan said the former president's action would elevate society and politics to a marked degree.
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Roosevelt
Little Rock
Ark
W. J. Bryan
Lorimer
Chicago
Keeps the County Seat Pekin, Ill. Stalls Off Removal
The petition to move the county seat from Pekin to East Peoria was dismissed by Judge Rice in Pekin. It lacked 28 names of the required two-fifths of last election voters. The petition listed 3,780 names, and 606 voters signed a counter-petition withdrawing their names.
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Pekin
Ill
East Peoria
Tazewell County
Rice
Galesburg
Patten Endows Hospital With 500000 Endowment Fund
George W. Patten announces a 500000 gift to Evanston Hospital, to establish the Agnes and Louise Patten endowment fund in memory of his mother Agnes Patten and in honor of his sister-in-law Louise Patten, widow of James A. Patten.
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Evanston Institution
Chicago
Ill
Evanston, Ill
George W. Patten
James A. Patten
Agnes ,and
Louise Patten
Agnes Patten
Democratic Panel Adjourns To Reconvene In December
Democratic members of the congressional committee probing the Ballinger Pinchot controversy adjourned yesterday and plan to meet again in Washington on December 3 after it was announced that Chairman Nelson would call a special session.
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Minneapolis
Congressional Committee
Washington
Hiss Roosevelt Stir At Insurgent Republican Meeting
In Chicago at Garrick theatre on September 10, over 3,000 insurgent Republicans jeered Theodore Roosevelt at a meeting. Hoots hisses and catcalls grew into a five minute roar as speakers denounced the former president. The crowd’s hostility signaled strong disapproval of Roosevelt among anti-state county ticket supporters.
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Chicago
Theodore Roosevelt
Garrick Theatre
Roosevelt
Roosevelt in Ohio tour defends new nationalism stance
President Roosevelt toured Ohio with a quiet schedule ending in Columbus. In Cincinnati he spoke at the Ohio Valley Exposition defending new nationalism, praising Taft’s appointment of officials, and urging government power to curb monopolies for the common man. He argued regulation protects individuals from monopoly harms.
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Cncinnati
Cincinnati
Exposition Grounds
Pittsburg
East
Oyster Bay
Ohio
Ballinger resists as party split over Chicago meeting
Reported Democratic members conclude Richard A. Ballinger should resign as Interior secretary for unfaithful stewardship, while Republican insurgents back the charge. An independent Kansas Republican, Madison, also urges Ballinger’s removal amid calls to sustain Pinchot’s charges.
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Chicago
Madlison
Ballinger
Richard A. Ballinger
Interior
Madison
Kansas
Gifford Pinchot
Tafts Tariff Promises Revisited By Tav Washington
President Taft urged Republicans to back schedule by schedule tariff revisions aimed at equalizing labor costs of production at home and abroad with fair profits for American makers. The piece questions if the first pledge was kept, citing cotton and woolen production costs and a proposed 26 percent equalization rate versus the 35 percent cotton tariff in effect.
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TAV
Washington
Taft
Congress
Aldrich
No Right to Put Forts on Canal
Philippe Bunau-Varilla, Panama treaty negotiator in 1903, declares in Paris via cable that the United States was not granted the right to fortify the canal. He says the fortifications were only temporary measures to protect the waterway from malefactors, filibusters, insurgents, neighboring country aggression, and accidents.
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New York
Philippe Bunau-Varilla
Paris
United States
Varilla
Great Crowd Attends Open Air Eucharistic Mass
Seventy five thousand people gathered in Montreal for the first open air ceremony of the Eucharistic congress. Archbishop Farley of New York celebrated mass at an altar near Mount Royal, with Archbishop O Connell of Boston delivering the sermon.
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Montreal
Farley
New York
Mount Royal
O'Connell
Boston
Three Weeks to Repair Mines Resume Work in Spring Valley
Spring Valley Illinois September 10 After a 23 weeks suspension and strike the mines in the Spring Valley coal district began preparation to resume work Three weeks will be needed for repair work and the mines are planned to restart operations soon.
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Spring Valley
Ill
Spring Valley Coal District
Burlington Cuts Payroll in Retrenchment Policy
Omaha dispatch reports the Burlington railroad reducing the operating department to the minimum and laying off thousands of workers and clerks across the system west of the Missouri river. General Manager Holdridge defends the move as a typical seasonal action, noting the order's inevitability at this time of year.
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Omaha
Burlington Railroad
Holdridge
Burlington System
Missouri River
Mulliken Will Oppose Cannon If Elected for Congress
Addison E. Mulliken, Republican nominee for Congress in Maryland's Fourth District, announced he will vote against Speaker Cannon’s reelection if elected. Mulliken, who won the Republican primary with the party organization backing, defeated an insurgent rival.
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Maryland
Baltimore
Addison E. Mulliken
Congress
Speaker Cannon
Mulliken
Balloonists land near Tangier Oklahoma after long voyage
Topeka Kansas dispatch reports E. B. Cole and H. E. Honeywell launched a balloon in Tangier area. They traveled about 375 miles from Topeka, landing 20 miles north of Tangier at 10 a.m. yesterday. The long distance report came by telephone late last night confirming the landing.
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Topeka
Kan
Cole
H. E. Honeywell
Tangier
Okla
Lorimer Resigns from Hamilton Club as Browne Is Acquitted
Chicago dispatch reports Senator Lorimer resigning from the Hamilton club amid civic uproar after Ottawa’s Lee O Neil Browne is acquitted on bribery charges linked to Lorimer's U S Senate election. Browne celebrates with lawyers. Wayman condemns the verdict. Roosevelt Lorimer incident noted.
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Lee O'Neil Browne
Ottawa
Ill
William Lorimer
United States Senate
Wayman
Illinois
Browne
Roosevelt
Senator Lorimer
Hamilton Club
Roosevelt-Lorimer
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