Capitol Dining Room Rename Sparks House Clash
Speaker Champ Clark declined to designate a new private dining room in the Capitol for special use. He asked that the space be reserved for committee news and special occasions, prompting a rearrangement of the senate offices and the removal of Senator Nelson of Minnesota as committee chairman.
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Associated Press
Ashington
Amp Clark
Senate
Ste Nelson
Minnesota
Cenient
Ocas
Senator Nelson's Offices Become Dining Rooms for Senators
Public lands story notes offices of Senator Nelson repurposed as dining spaces for senators only, expanding exclusive use. This change reallocates workspace and raises questions about access and policy on shared government facilities.
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Senator Nelson
Mormon Conference Speaker Defends Church Amid Articles
Apostle Reed Smoot tells the eighty second annual conference that recent magazine pieces aim to boost negative views of the church. He says investigations show favorable conclusions among thoughtful people after careful fact sifting. The piece notes theater, music and entertainment at local venues.
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Reed Smoot
Mormon Church
Fair prepares as gates close for Colquitt visit
Visitors barred from International fair grounds until Governor Colquitt enters the grounds for a noon Friday pageant. Officials cite crowding and ongoing setup as reason for restricting access amid large exhibits and nightly performances. A and M College prepares a 160 acre dairy exhibit with germinating seeds under electric lights. Free attractions rehearse for the Last Days of Pompeii spectacle with over 300 cast members and outdoor stage lights to be readied. Local merchants begin extensive decorating led by KE Horwitz. The fair office relocates to the grounds for the exposition period.
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Williamson
A. & M. College
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Flying Dunbars
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Holman Brothers
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Hot Springs
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Washer Bros
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A. B. Frank & Co
Halff Bros
Due
President Taft to speak at Lincoln statue unveiling
President Taft will deliver the dedicatory address at the Lincoln statue unveiling in Frankfort on November 8. He will speak to at least twenty ex slaves freed by the war president, once belonging to donor J. B. Speed’s family. Henry Watterson and Gov. Augustus Willson are also scheduled to speak.
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Associated Press
Frankfort
Taft
Abraham Lincoln
Kentucky
J. B. Speed
Louisville
Henry Watterson
Augustus BE. Willson
Head of Ad Club Re elected San Antonio Advertisers Leader
The head of the San Antonio Advertisers' Association was re elected as president. In planning entertainment for National Advertisers' Association members visiting here, he faces an important task to perform.
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San Antonio Advertisers’ Association
National Advertisers’ Association
Thanksgiving Proclamation Sets November Thirtieth Day
President Taft proclaims November 30 as a day of thanksgiving and prayer. The document lauds national prosperity, harvests, peace, and unity, urging citizens to attend worship and give thanks for blessings and enduring prosperity. Issued in Chicago on October 30, 1911, signed by Pp. C. Knox as Secretary of State.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Art Today
United States
Universal Brotherhood of Nations
Wm. H. Taft
United States of America
Pp. C. Knox
Woman chops peach tree to catch thief
Mrs. John Dutoid of Alton Illinois felled a peach tree to trap a boy who ate the fruit perched on a high branch. The boy refused orders, climbed down as the tree toppled, and escaped safely while neighbors watched. Seagull eggs becoming a Pacific coast staple noted.
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John Dutoid
Pacific Coast
Black Hand Bank Strike Triggers Citywide Depositors Protest
Twenty five angry depositors of Providenzia Italian bank stormed its Kensington avenue branch in Chicago on October 30 seeking loot before police intervened. Authorities say the bank closures will curb Black Hand activity after letters warned savers for two years. Depositors accuse the bank of sending funds and steamship tickets to Italy that never reached kin or were used.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Providenzia
Kensington Avenue
Italy
Judge L W Moore Dies in La Grange After Illness
Special to the Light Judge L W Moore, longtime Twenty second district court judge, died in La Grange at 2 30 PM after weeks of illness. He leaves a widow and children including Mrs W H Thomas and three Moore sons. Born in Alabama 1838 5 he moved to Mississippi then Texas in 1857 where he practiced law and served as a civil war captain. He helped draft the Texas constitution and later served eight years as district judge before a 1901 appointment to the Twenty second district court, where he remained until death.
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L. W. Moore
Texas
Twenty-second District Court
A. B. Storey
San Antonio
W. H. Thomas
Lytle
Lottie Moore
Walton Moore
LaGrange
Clay Moore
Matagorda County
Wright Moore
California
Alabama
Mississippi
Moore
Anna Dunn Wright
Bastrop
Flournoy
Congress
Sayers
Teichmueller
California Women Indifferent 10 Ballot
California women show indifference to voting, urging home delivery of registration books. Suffragists organize a house to house canvass to ensure December 5 city elections registration. Watts town will swear in the first woman jury on November 2, with Justice Cassidy’s court trying A A King. A French inventor uses a modified microphone to locate underground water springs up to fifty feet deep.
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Watts
California
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A. A. King
The
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