Democrats Denounce Bathroom Tactics At Illinois Convention
At East St. Louis on Sept. 23 the Illinois Democratic platform attacks bathroom tactics and jackpot legislation. It endorses initiative and referendum to curb the jackpot system, favors direct senatorial election, and condemns bribery and trust influence while backing rail regulation and a revenue tariff. Champ Clark and Rainey spoke as Browne attended.
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East St. Louis
Ill
Democratic Party
United States
Republican Party
House
Congress
House of Representatives
Committee On Rules
Ufe
Weather and astronomical events report
Generally cloudy with showers tonight and Saturday. Cooler tonight. Temperature 63 at 7 a.m. Highest 82, low 62 in 24 hours. Wind 3 mph. Precipitation .55 inch. Humidity 95 percent. Mississippi near stationary from Dubuque to Muscatine. Autumn begins. sun sets 5 52, moonrise 8 38 p.m. eastern time. autumnal equinox signals days and nights equal worldwide.
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G A R Commander In Chief Election And Encampment Site
John E. Gilman of Boston elected commander in chief of the G A R at Atlantic City with 668 votes to 216 for McElroy. Rochester chosen for next encampment contingent on satisfactory railroad rates. other officers named include Charles Burrows, William James, John L. Smith and Rev Thomas Harwood.
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Rutherford
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Fla
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Spokane
Wash
Thomas Harwood
Albuquerque
N. M
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Los Angeles
Denver
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Colombia and Venezuela on Verge of War
Bogota September 23. Diplomatic rupture looms as Venezuela orders its legation to depart Bogota and seek instructions in Panama. The cause remains unclear.
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Venezuela
Bogota
Panama
Payne Defends Tariff Law At Congressional Convention
Lyons New York September 23 Representative Sereno E Payne chairman of the ways and means committee defended the tariff act bearing his name before the congressional convention renominating him He said the law signed by the president has cut duties and reversed a deficit turning 58 million dollars into a surplus of over 22 million in its first year and that no amount of argument can prove otherwise.
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Lyons
N. Y
Sereno E. Payne
Ways and Means Committee
House of Representatives
Lorimer Election Hearing Proceeds Amid Testimony
Chicago September 23. The senatorial committee investigating Senator Lorimer’s election decided to proceed with testimony now and not wait until after the November elections. Both sides may have attorneys present at sessions.
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Chicago
Lorimer
Deneen’s Nine-Foot Illinois Waterway Feasibility
United States army engineers report endorses Governor Deneen’s plan for a nine foot waterway funded by state water power revenue. The document, presented to the lakes-to-gulf commission, contrasts Lorimer’s fourteen foot proposal as impractical and unwise.
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Deneen
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Illinois
Lorimer
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Chicago to hear if 175000 in NEA securities remain
Chicago faces a hearing over whether 175000 in National Education Association securities lie in a safety vault at First Trust and Savings Bank as Nicholas Murray Butler weighs reelection to the NEA board. Suspicion persists that Newton C. Dougherty, jailed for embezzlement as Peoria schools superintendent, drained NEA funds during his tenure as treasurer.
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National Education Association
First Trust and Savings Bank
Nicholas Murray Butler
Columbia College
New York
Association
Newton C. Dougherty
Joliet
Peoria
Governor Deneen Seeks Party Unity at Illinois Convention
Springfield Sept 23 The Republican state convention met with Governor Deneen as temporary chairman. He urged defining party faith, defended tariff policy, and called for a science-based tariff commission. He denounced legislative corruption and urged unity to restore confidence in the General Assembly through party leadership and caucus discipline.
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Deneen
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Vermilion County
Sage
Ilinois
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Lawmakers Debate Tariffs and Lorimer Hearings in Illinois
A Chicago hearing on Lorimer unfolds with arguments over tariff effects on living costs and duties on luxuries like wines and liquors. The committee plans to seek state records, begin testimony Monday, and pursue a nine foot channel study to assess river and harbor costs and implications.
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Alfred S. Austin
Chicago Tribune
Hancey
Lorimer
the Tribune
Illinois
Fire in Twine Plant Sparks Two-Day Blaze
Fire at the Deering Harvester twine plant in Chicago causes about 200000 dollars in damage. Two fire companies were knocked unconscious by smoke in the upper stories but rescued by colleagues. This blaze marks the second fire at the works within two days.
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Chicago
Deering Harvester Works
Taft Sees His Brother in Cincinnati During Visit
President Taft spends most of the day in Cincinnati visiting relatives and the Refuge home. He will motor to New Woodward High School and dine with sister in law Mrs Charles Anderson at her home in the evening.
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Ohio
Taft
Woodward High School
Urs
Charles Anderson
Cholera Cases Rise Across Russia in Latest Figures
Sanitary bureau reports 191 076 cholera cases and 88 716 deaths nationwide during the epidemic. Khabarovsk and Nikolaiyk in Primorskaya province are declared within the cholera zone. For the week to Sept 17 4 412 cases and 2 071 deaths. past six days 301 cases and 83 deaths in the city.
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Sanitary Bureau
K. Habarovsk
Amur
Primorskaya
Siberia
Nikolaiyk
No Plot to Kill Japanese Ruler in Tokyo Denied
Official denial issued in Tokyo after reports of a conspiracy against the emperor. In a separate item, Baltimore's 1930 census figure is listed as 558,485, up 49,528 from prior counts.
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Baltimore
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Methodists pick Peoria for 1911 conference site
Hale Memorial church at Peoria selected as the venue for the central Illinois conference of the Methodist Episcopal church in 1911 during the second day of the session in Pontiac. The First Church at remains part of the proceedings as the gathering continues.
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Kankakee
Central Illinois
Pontiac
Methodist Episcopal Church
Hale Memorial Church
Peoria
Aviator Chavez Flies Across Alps and Is Injured
George Chavez the Peruvian aviator crossed the Simpkson pass from Brig Switzerland to Domodossola Italy arriving at 2 19 this afternoon his monoplane destroyed and both legs and left thigh broken Weymann the American began a flight across the Alps to Milan from Birg Switzerland but landed after four minutes in Domodossola with injuries to the body and possible serious damage reported.
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Italy
George Chavez
Brig
Switzerland
Simplon Pass
Domedossol
Weymann
Alps
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Domedossola
Chavez
Autoist George Robertson Injured in Speedway Spill
Maeola New York Sept. 23 George Robertson autoist was thrown from his car while traveling at 70 miles an hour during a trial spin on the Long Island speedway. The vehicle left the track on a curve and overturned. Robertson and Reynolds of New York were hurled 30 feet from the wreckage and were unconscious when rescued. Reynolds suffered internal injuries and Robertson was badly hurt.
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Maeola
N. Y
George ‘Tson
Long Island Speedway
Robertson
Stephens Reynolds
New York
Reynolds
Big Gun Bursts During Target Practice Off Virginia
During target practice by the Atlantic fleet off the Virginia capes one of the 12 inch 50 ton guns on the battle ship Georgia burst on the first range shot. The muzzle and forward jacket were blown off but the crew escaped injury.
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Washington
Virginia Capes
Georgia
LYNCHING AROUSES ITALY IN FLORIDA CASE
Italian diplomats in the United States are probing the Tampa lynching of two Italian-born men. Italian charge d affaires Marchese Paoli di Montagnari said no official action will be taken until all facts are known.
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Tampa
Fla
Manchester
Mass
United States
Marchese Paoli di Montagnari
Eight killed in wreck on Rock Island road
Topeka, Kansas report states four trainmen and four passengers were killed in a wreck on the Rock Island road today. The names of the passengers were not learned.
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Rock Island
Topeka
Kan
Horton
Rock Island Road
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