Roosevelt Battles Old Guard For State Convention Chair
Roosevelt wins temporary chair over Sherman at New York Republican state convention in Syracuse and Saratoga amid charged debate. Unofficial count shows Roosevelt 556 votes to Sherman 455 with four undecided as Barnes predicts floor defeat for Sherman.
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Syracuse
N. Y
Theodore Roosevelt
James
Sherman
Roosevelt
Taft
Congress
William Howard Taft
La Follette in Full Control Sparking Wisconsin Conventions
Madison September 27. Democratic and Republican state conventions opened with speeches and platform drafting. Democrats criticized tariff and trusts urging income tax and public campaign funding. Republicans backed La Follette’s progressive stance and discussed corruption acts and state control of resources. Planks set for resolutions committee, with sessions recessing until 3 PM and 2 PM respectively.
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Madison
Wis
Ballinger
la Follette
Congress
Owen
Joseph E. Davies
Hazelwood
Resolutions Committee
Cholera Panic in Naples Forces Immigration Clampdown
Reports from Naples describe deadly cholera outbreaks spilling into the streets. Police struggle to keep order as authorities report about 32 new cases and 26 deaths in the city. Immigrants arriving from America were barred from landing and escorted away by soldiers, with most cases in squalid quarters.
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Rome
Naples
America
Boston
Fraternals Reach Accord on Insurance Rates
Fraternal insurers avert widespread disruption by agreeing to accept solvency safeguards and stop admitting members at inadequate rates. The move, led by Associated Fraternities of America, affects about 8 million policies nationwide, with Modern Woodmen of America now backing the proposed bill and state insurance officials weighing further action at the national convention.
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Mobile
America
Atlantic City
United States
National Convention of Insurance Commissioners
Woodmen of America
Illinois
Roosevelt Hurls Defi at Bosses
Saratoga September 27 Roosevelt denounces the state committee action on Sherman as temporary presiding officer and accuses Griscom Krulewitch Kracke Wanamaker and Henkel of trickery. He says the fight is against corruption and unclean bosses who have controlled the party and harmed public life.
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Saratoga
Republican State Committee
Sherman
Roosevelt
State Committee
Griscom
Krulewitch
Kracke
Wanamaker
Henkel
Convention
Republican Party
Central Credit Bureau to Record Bank Borrowings
Washington plans central credit bureau to track all borrowings by corporations firms and individuals from national banks to curb excessive credit in home cities and prevent borrowing elsewhere from repeating the pattern.
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Washington
Milwaukee Council Refuses to Accept Rucker Resignation
Milwaukee common council refused to accept Health Commissioner Dr. William Colby Rucker’s resignation after sensational charges by Catherine Heiserf. The charges were dismissed in court Saturday. Mayor Seidel discussed leave with Surgeon General Wyman and the action is seen as paving Rucker’s return as head of the health department.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Common Council of
William Colby Rucker
Rucker
Catherine Heiserf
Seidel
Wyman
Washington
Civil service extension for assistant postmasters
Washington Sept 27 President Taft will issue an order extending the civil service to include all assistant postmasters He will also urge Congress to place second and third class postmasters under civil service Ira G Rawn former president of the Monon shot to death in his home is named in Blue Island car repair case hearing in Chicago Noyes says repairs to bills of Blue Island Car Equipment Co were approved while Rawn was VP of Illinois Central Mayor may be suspended in Columbus petitions filed for suspension over car strike handling Fatal stabbing at Danville body found with stab wound and suspect arrested
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Taft
Civil Service
Congress
Rawn
Chicago
Ira G. Rawn
The
Monon
Illinois Central Car Repair
Noyes
Blue Island Car & Equipment Company
Illinois Central Railroad
Columbus
Ohio
Harmon
Marshall
Danville
Charles Pordolo
William Niccum
Political Days at Fair Set Democrats Thursday Republicans
Springfield Ill Sept 27 Wednesday will be democratic and Thursday republican day at the Illinois state fair. The state board of agriculture designates days for politicians and will consider a political program for each day as nominees and candidates attend to discuss the campaign. Agreement is Denied. Sheffield England Sept 27 The Telegraph prints the text of an agreement between the Chinese government and an American financiers group for the Chinchow Aigun railway construction.
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Springfield
Ill
State Board of Agriculture
Board of Agriculture
Sheffield
England
The
Telegraph
Chinchow- Aigun
Workmen Flee Quakes Near Flagstaff Volcano Base
Seven members of a construction crew arrived in Flagstaff reporting they fled their work near the extinct volcano base in the Coconino forest after a sequence of 52 earthquakes. Foreman C. MacNichols described last week’s shocks as violent with thunderous underground rumblings that forced the men to break camp in a panic.
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Flagstaff
Ariz
Conconino Forest
Arizona
C. MacNichols
Brookins Flies Above Chicago in 2000 Foot Flight
Chicago September 27 Walter Brookins reached an altitude of about 2000 feet in an aeroplane flight landing safely without an accident.
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Chicago
Walter Brookins
Lorimer bribery hearings move to bar hearsay evidence
Chicago hearings on Senator Lorimer’s bribery case hear argument over admissibility of White’s conversations with lawmakers. The committee bars hearsay testimony and may move to allow witnesses like Holstianw and Gov Deneen to testify. Prosecutors promise to show a jackpot of payments to buy votes and urge broad admission of related testimony.
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Holstlaw
Holstianw
Uka
United States
Representative White
Austrian
Browne
White
Hanecy
Lorimer
Joseph C. Clark
Vandalia
Michael Link
Paynter
Rerner
Deneen
Attorney Haneey
Mayor Gaynor Declines Governor Nomination Push
New York September 27 Mayor Gaynor released his first formal statement stating he is not a candidate for the Democratic nomination for governor. He refuses to pledge his future, wishes to serve as mayor, and urges a progressive nominee who will modernize state and city government.
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Gaynor
New York
Dix
St. James, L. 1
John A. Dix
Democratic State Committee
Mack
Gover
City of
Police graft charge shocks Cincinnati saloon scene
James Mulligan, investigator in Cincinnati, testified under oath that a saloon keeper paid Inspector James Casey for police protection. Mulligan said other saloon owners also paid tribute, though they would only testify to a grand jury.
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Cincinnati
James Casey
Police Department
James Mulligan
Mulligan
Chavez the Alpine Flier Dies in Italy Crash
Milan Italy Sept 27 A Domodossola message reports Chavez the Peruvian aviator who crossed the Alps died this afternoon from injuries suffered in the crash of his airplane.
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Milan
Italy
Domodossola
Chavez
Alps
Die at the Same Hour Telegrams Tell of Demise of Brothers
In Aurora Newfoundland two telegrams arrived at 4 pm reporting the deaths of brothers. Captain C H Smith, an Aurora millionaire, died at 3 30 pm, and his brother David died at 3 30 pm in Watson. Separate telegrams traced the losses a world apart. An insurance agent L H Fritzell was found dead in a St Louis hotel. a bottle of carbolic acid lay nearby.
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Brothers Cross
Aurora
David Smith
Watson
C.H. Smith
David
St. Louis
L. H. Fritzell
Springfield
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