Roosevelt Tour Moves Through Arizona and West
Colonel Roosevelt travels from Denver toward Nebraska with a stop in Arizona for speeches in Phoenix Tucson and other cities. He advocates woman suffrage and plans a rapid schedule through New Mexico Oklahoma and Arkansas before reaching North Carolina and New York. His doctor monitors his throat as the campaign intensifies.
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Winslow
Ariz
New Mexico
Progressive Party
Colorado
Roosevelt
Arizona
Albuquerque
Lamy
Santa Fe
Colonel Roosevelt
Olonel Roosevelt
Denver
New York
Nebraska
Hastings
Lincoln
Omaha
Kansas
Topeka
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Memphis
New Orleans
Montgomery
Birmingham
Atlanta
North Carolina
Baltimore
Roosevelt Faction Breaks With Fifth District GOP
In Greensboro North Carolina Roosevelt supporters left the Fifth district Republican congressional convention. They formed a second convention denouncing federal postmasters and voted to sever ties with the Republican Party. A general mass convention to nominate a progressive candidate for Congress was called.
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Greensboro
N. C
Roosevelt
Congress
Plan for Hari Kari Shocked Grand Junction Leaders Arrested
In Grand Junction two leaders confessed to organizing a secret meeting where fifty Japanese drew lots to determine who would commit suicide by hari kari for the late Japanese emperor. Police intervened after a room door was broken down. Authorities warned local druggists not to sell poison to Japanese.
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Grand Junction
Colo
Harikari
She Insists On Divorce In Houston Action
After hearing evidence in the divorce action by Mrs. Gertrude Holmes against C. B. Holmes, Judge Masterson intimated he would deny the decree. Mrs. Holmes filed a non-suit and a fresh suit for separation. This marks the third such action. She says she will continue the fight until a favorable decree is entered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Tex
Gertrude Holmes
C. B. Holmes
Socialist Elected Mayor in Fair Hope Alabama
In Fair Hope Baldwin County Alabama the first and oldest single tax colony in the United States J S Johnson a socialist won the mayoral election over incumbent Dr H S Greene and J M Pilcher both single taxers.
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Mobile
Ala
Fairhope
United States
Baldwin County
J. 5. Johnson
H. S. Greene
J. M. Pilcher
Steamers to Carry Wireless Equipment For Safety
The German Maritime Vocational Association adopted rules to improve sea safety after the Titanic disaster. Passenger steamers with 75 or more aboard and freight freighters with a crew of sixty must have wireless equipment with a 100 mile radius. Oarsmen must be assigned to lifeboats. bulkhead and cargo storage rules were amended. The group criticizes Britain’s safety plan as too rigid for global use.
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Bremen
German Maritine Vocational Association
Atlantic
Pacific
Association
British Board of Trade
British Board
Roosevelt to Address Committee Hearing in Washington
Colonel Roosevelt will arrive in Washington at 2 30 pm on Tuesday October 1 and will be heard that afternoon by the Senate campaign expenditures committee regarding a alleged 100000 contribution from Standard Oil to his 1904 campaign. Frank J Hogan DC progressive leader reports the telegraph. Committee sessions are expected to be held at the Capitol after his arrival.
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Tucson
Roosevelt
Arizona
Phoenix
Arizona Progressive Committee
Progressive Party
People of
Congress
Washington
D. C
Frank J. Hogan
District of Columbia
Clapp
Senate Campaign Expenditures Committee
Standard Oil Company
Capitol
Somebody Has Been Fooling Texas Boys
Postmaster General Hitchcock faced a flood of mail from Texas towns, each bundle containing 1000 cancelled stamps with a note asking him to send a bicycle in return for the stamps. The letters imply a prank or scheme aimed at Hitchock's mailroom.
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Hitchcock
Washington, D. C
Texas
San Antonio Area Hosts Night and Thursday Fair
For San Antonio and vicinity the notice announces a night and Thursday fair with activities and events planned.
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San Antonio
Weather summary for travelers across major cities
Observations at 8 am show temperatures ranging from 48 to 70 degrees across St Louis Chicago Milwaukee St Paul Kansas City New York Boston and Washington with clouds varying winds from northwest to southwest. Rain or showers expected in New York and Washington tonight or Thursday and Thursday is forecast fair in many cities with cool mornings.
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ST. Louis
Chicago
Milwaukee
Wis
ST. Paul
Minn
Kansas City
New York
Boston
Mass
Washington
Unfounded claim on AP wire carried by other papers
The statement denies that any day leased wire of the Associated Press into San Antonio is carried in whole or in part by any newspaper other than the San Antonio Light. It emphasizes there is no basis for such an assertion.
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Associated Press
San Antonio
Habeas corpus sought in Texas vs Sneed murder case
In Amarillo the Forty seventh district court heard a habeas corpus motion for J Beal Sneed indicted in the killing of Al G Boyce. Hearing set for next Monday at 2. Bail talks collapsed. up to twenty witnesses expected, with seven teen already requisitioned. Sneed remains calm as details and possible accomplice rumors are pursued.
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Amarillo
Tex
State of Texas
J. Beal Sneed
al G. Boyce
Forty-seventh District Court
Sneed
D. W. O’dell
Cleburne
W. A. Hanger
Cooper, Merrill and Lumpkin
Henry S. Bishop
Grand Jury
Burwell
Sneed Allegedly Found Letters From Al Boyce At Dowell Claim
The record states that while the Sneeds resided at Sneed’s house he found letters written to his wife by Al Boyce. Mr Dowell is cited as authority for the assertion that the letters were recovered and that Sneed had them photographed by a photographer.
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Sneeds
Sneed
al Boyce
Dowell
Hail and Wind Storm Causes Major Property Damage in Ellis County
A hail and wind storm in eastern Ellis County, Texas, caused several hundred thousand dollars in damage to crops and buildings. Ferris and Willmer suffered severe losses including stripped cotton fields, downed houses, gins and church. Three miles northeast of Ferris hail buried three feet. In Kentucky, a cyclone near Adairville destroyed tobacco barns and a residence, killing Moses Fisher.
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Waxahachie
Tex
Ellis County
Ferris
Willmer
India
Christian Church
Maloney Lumber Company
Star Brick Company
Braden to challenge Harris appointment as clerk in mandamus suit
The legality of Mayor Jones appointing H. Harris as clerk of the corporation court without discharge of the incumbent Braden will be tested in a mandamus suit filed by Joe Braden. Judge Buckley ruled Harris a de facto officer, delaying resolution of Braden's claim.
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Jones
Joe Braden
Corporation Court
C. M. Chambers
H. Harris
Fries
Braden
Attorney Chambers
Buckley
Chambers
Harris
Eldridge
Mr. Harris
Hungarian Minister Attacked in Chamber at Parliament Opening
In Budapest on September 18 the Hungarian chamber of deputies saw riotous scenes again as government deputies entered. An opposition member shouted scoundrel at Commerce Minister Boothy who confronted him and was struck. Boothy collapsed and was rescued as police arrived. The house then adjourned while ministerialists continued business.
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Budapest
Hungary
Chamber of Deputies
Boothy
Stephen Tisza
Photographs Made in Dallas Tied to Sneed Boyce Tragedy
Dallas reporters learned photographs were made of an envelope addressed to Mrs Lena Sneed and a letter presumed to be in that envelope. The envelope photographer, George Weatherington, recalled the address at 4523 Reiger Avenue and noted the hurried shot of the letter. J B Sneed and family stayed five weeks at W B Dowell’s home in July and August before leaving with the wife and children.
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Dallas
Tex
Elm Street
Lena Sneed
Reiger Avenue
Weatherington
Harper
Hamily
J. B. Sneed
W. B. Dowell
Farmers Victimized In Name Of Good Roads
A man posing as the authorized collector for the Bexar County Highway league solicits farmers for a publicity fund. He pockets the money, while J. W. Warren, president of the league, denounces the fraud, saying newspapers have never asked for publicity funds or authorized collections.
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Bexar County Highway League
J. W. Warren
Texas
Warren
Wilson Attacks Plan To Regulate Trusts In Minnesota
Governor Woodrow Wilson denounced the progressive proposal to regulate trusts during a Minneapolis stop. He argued the plan would shield United States Steel from competition and shift market control to labor. The speech drew applause from Commercial Club members and University of Minnesota students before his St Paul address.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Woodrow Wilson
United States Steel Corporation
Elbert Gary
George W. Perkins
Stanley
Steel Corporation
Progressive Party
Minneapolis Commercial Club
University of Minnesota
St. Paul
Enormous Crowds at Count Nogi Funeral in Tokio
In Tokio on September 18 the double funeral of General Count Maresuke Nogi and Countess Nogi drew upwards of 50 000 people. The procession left Akashi at 3 o clock with high ranking pallbearers and a guard of honor from infantry. Representatives of foreign envoys ambassies and ministers attended the ritual at Aoyama cemetery as hundreds of wreaths arrived worldwide.
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Tokio
Maresuke Nogi
Japan
Countess Nogi
Aoyama
Nogi
Akashi
Jump From 22 Story Masonic Temple Ends In Death
In Chicago on September 18 C R Rasmussen an insurance solicitor aged 22 climbed to the roof of the Masonic temple and leaped off despite nets. His body fell to the roof of a adjacent building fourteen stories down shattering plaster in the other structure. No motive was apparent.
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Young Insurance
Masonic Temple
Chicago
Til
C. R. Rasmussen
Rasmussen
Trouble Over Telephone in Houston Home
In Houston on September 18 H J Stuart clashed with his wife over installing a telephone. The wife favored it, he opposed. When he was away the line was installed and on his return he smashed it. Judge Kirlicks fined him 22 dollars 75 cents which he has not paid preferring jail. He claims the talk machine will not go in while his wife insists it will.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Tex
H. J. Stuart
Kirlicks
Republican National Committee Declares Vacant Seats
The Republican National Committee accepted resignations from Minnesota Oklahoma and Ohio and declared vacant seats held by Roosevelt supporters from New Jersey West Virginia and North Carolina. William Edwards of West Virginia had his seat vacant for disloyalty. Franklin Murphy was elected to New Jersey, RK. C. Duncan to North Carolina, and J. A. Harris to Oklahoma.
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New York
Republican National Committee
Minnesota
Oklahoma
Ohio
New Jersey
West Virginia
North Carolina
Roosevelt
William Edwards
State Committee of
Franklin Murphy
Borden Whiting
RK. C. Duncan
Richmond Pearson
J. A. Harris
George C. Priestly
Utah Miners Strike Idle All Copper Mines
Bingham Utah September 18 All copper mines idle after miners vote for immediate strike affecting about 40 000 men. Strike pickets believed armed turned back workers as deputies sent by Salt Lake County sheriff were powerless to intervene.
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Bingham
Utah
Salt Lake County
Woman Sues Pullman Company In $20,000 Suit
Miss Minnie Gallagher of Moody near Waco files in Nineteenth district court alleging a porter insulted her aboard a train from Columbia Tennessee to Montgomery Alabama. She says the porter offered a dollar to kiss her and made other advances. She charges the conductor refused protection. An amendment raises damages to $20,000.
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Waco, Tex
Minnie Gallagher
Moody
Here
Nineteenth District Court
Pullman Company
Clumbia
Miss Gallagher
Mother Finds Lost Boy in New Orleans Rescue
A Natchez woman Mrs. Mary Reynolds traveled by skiff down the Mississippi to locate her son missing from his Natchez home for three months. With no railway fare she persisted ten days of search and found her boy in New Orleans yesterday, ending a tense ordeal of mother love.
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New Orleans
Mary Reynolds
Natchez
Miss
Mississippi River
Editor Sentenced to Six Months for Obscene Literature
Knoxville judge fines James M. Freeman editor of the Fair Deal fifty dollars and sends him to six months in jail for circulating obscene literature. Judge Nelson expressed regret at not giving more punishment. Freeman appealed and began serving the sentence.
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Knoxville
Tenn
James M. Freeman
Fair Deal
Criminal Court
Nelson
Freeman Jis
Still Going Up! City newspaper sets want ad record
Yesterday the paper ran 572 separate want ads, a new high. Ture Ligur will continue to print a large volume of want ads daily and Sunday, claiming the paper has by far the largest circulation and is San Antonio's best want ad medium.
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Tue
Ture Ligur
San Antonio
Rebel Forces Eye Nacoziari After El Tigre Action
Rebels led by Antonio Rojas and Salazar unite north of El Tigre and plan a renewed attempt to recapture the town. Reports say Rojas and Salazar have quarrelled, while American consul and Sanjines indicate rebel bands are active. If El Tigre falls, Nacozari is seen as the next objective point.
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Douglas
Ariz
Antonio Rojas
Salazar
el Tigre
Sanjines
Rojas
Tigre
Nacozari
Des Moines Cruiser to Cruise Tampico and Vera Cruz Route
The Des Moines, the U.S. cruiser, is expected to reach Tampico within a year and will patrol between Tampico, Vera Cruz and eastern ports. Commanders have been instructed to avoid involvement in revolu tionary quarrels and to maintain neutrality on the Mexican coast.
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Washington, D. C
Des Moines
Mexico
Tampico
United States Ips
Vera Cruz
Extermination Policy to Target Rebels in Sonora Campaign
Colonel Emilio Kosterlitzky, commander of Mexican rurales, says the Sonora campaign will use Diaz era methods against rebels led by Salazar and Rojas. He has free rein from the president and will deploy a strong rurales force, including veterans of the Diaz era, to eradicate rebels captured in combat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EL Paso
Tex
Sonora
Salazar
Rojas
Emilio Kosterlitzky
Mexico City
Kosterlitzky
Kosterlitaky
Rebels Captured in Texas Face Uncertain Treatment
Mexican rebels captured near Presidio Texas, likely Orozco staff and kin, may be held for U S authorities or released with guarantees not to fight Mexico. War Department doubts extradition will succeed, possible trial in the United States for neutrality breaches, with lenient prospects if rebellion collapses and amnesty appears.
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Texas
Mexico
Washington, D. C
United States
War Department
Orozco
Ne Presidio
Tex
Steever
Department of Justice
Caof
Rebels Attack Ajusco Near Mexico City
Zapatistas raided the village of Ajusco on the edge of the federal district eighteen miles from the capital. The rural guard of about thirty was killed or wounded as residents fled toward Tepito. Cadets from the Tl school were armed to defend the suburb but were driven off by federal reinforcements.
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Mexico City
Ajusco
Federal District
Zapati
Pam
Border Patrol Ample With More Cavalry General Says
El Paso reports that a U S general asserts ample cavalry will protect Texans from raids on the Texas border. He notes rebels near Ojinaga Juarez could threaten Texas if attempts are made across the line.
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EL Paso
Tex
United States
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Habeas Corpus
Adiarville
Red River
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Darden
Sharper
Wilson
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Cruiser
Mexican Gulf
Zapatistas
Border Patrol
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