Roosevelt Backed as Taft Administration Sees Progress
Saratoga reports the Republican keynote endorsement of President Taft and his tariff policy. The platform praises Taft's leadership and calls for ongoing inquiry into official corruption. The committee adopted the platform by a 22 to 15 vote, highlighting progress in Taft's first 18 months and promising continued duty and reform.
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Ny United Vrees
Toga
N. Y
Roosevelt
Committee On
Ike
Taft
Aviator Brookins Seeks Chicago to Springfield Flight
September 28 report of aviator Brookins attempting a nonstop 170 mile Chicago to Springfield trip. A $10,000 prize, special train with gasoline lubricants and parts will accompany him along the Himela Central line. Brookins plans to carry 180 pounds of fuel and two gallons of oil and stay aloft the entire journey.
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Brookins
Chicago
Springfield
Chicago Record Herald
Himela Central
Hropkins
East Football Season Opens Across Major Colleges
East coast teams begin the gridiron season with games across many campuses including Wesleyan Harvard Cornell Hobart Penn State Dickinson Amherst Norwich and Maryland. A separate federal case indicts Bee Bremerton for opium smuggling.
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New York
Wesleyan
Harvard
Cornell
Hobart
Pennsy
Dickinson
Curtisie
Amherst
Norwich
Bloomberg
Legad
Maryland
Married at Dreamland Wedding Ends With Rice Pour
Mike Fisher halted the Dreamland dance to let Rev. Frank Herthum of the Georgetown Union Christian Church marry Miss Cora Lyn Pierce and Laird A. Wray. He tossed about 26 pounds of rice on the couple before they departed in a taxtead and the celebration resumed.
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Mike Fisher
Dreamland
Frank Herthum
Georgetown Union Christian Church
Mias Coralyn Piere
Laird A. Wray
Mike
Indictment Against Tacoma Man for Voucher Fraud
John Studebaker of Tacoma has been indicted by federal grand jury for fraudulently cashing a government voucher totaling $111.05. The case outlines alleged deceptive acts aimed at securing federal funds improperl y. The matter proceeds through the U S Attorney's office with potential penalties upon conviction.
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Tacoma
John Studebaker
Crand Jeary
Masons heed hush over top American grand commander
General Samuel C. Lawrence, former most puissant grand commander of the thirty third and last degree Masons, resigns under a veil of mystery. Horton Smith of Toledo, Ohio, succeeds him in the lifetime office as the nation’s highest Mason.
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Samuel C. Lawrence
United States
Horton Smith
Toledo
Ohio
Hearst Won’t Run As a Republican
New York dispatch reports William Randolph Hearst stating he would not accept any Republican nomination. The Evening Journal quotes Hearst replying from Paris that he is an independent leaguer and would help the league, not seek minor or major party offices.
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New York
The
Evening Journal Today
Nam R. Hearst
New York World
Journal
Paris
William R. Hearst
Des Moines Petition for Town Status Rejected
The board of county commissioners rejected a Dew Moines group’s petition to incorporate as a town after a large remonstrance from residents, filling the courthouse with opponents who stood firm yesterday against incorporation in Dew Moines and Zenita.
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Dew Moines
Board of County Commissioners
Zenita
Fresh Air System Installed in Library
Public library readers will enjoy purer air as a new ventilating system is funded and installed after earlier complaints about air quality. The board of trustees awarded the contract to improve ventilation amid budget constraints in the past. Brig. Gen. W. W. Robinson, a former U S quartermaster and Seattle Chamber of Commerce leader, will make Seattle his permanent home and spoke at a chamber gathering yesterday.
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Board of Trustees
W. W. Robinson
United States Quartermaster's Department
Seattle Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Seattle
Pueblo irrigation congress highlights state water rights clash
At the national irrigation congress in Pueblo Colorado debate centers on state control of water resources and opposition to Roosevelt policies led by Gifford Pinchot and Frederick H Newell. Colorado figures Shafroth Adams and Kibbey champion state sovereignty while Malinger misses the event due to being engaged elsewhere.
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Newell
Congress
Roosevelt
Ty United Press
Pueblo
Colo
Weat
National Irrigation Congress
Frank H. Short
Freano
Cal
Short
Joseph H. Kibbey
Arizona
Judge Hutton
California
Gifford Pinchot
Frederick H. Newell
Shafroth
Colorado
Adame
Jos. H. Kibbey
Artona
Pinchot
Suite
Rio Grande
Mallinger
Man Misses Train After Alarm Confusion
Thomas James, a jewelry store clerk in Washington New Jersey, attempted to sleep in the shop before a trip. He set multiple alarm clocks to wake him, but the clocks ranged in time and he ignored the real alarm, causing him to miss his train.
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Washington, N. J
Thos
James
Thomas
White Thomas
Alaska Bishop on Seattle Visit After Yukon Mission Tour
Bishop O T Rowe of the Protestant Episcopal Diocese of Alaska stays in Seattle with his family at 800 34th Ave. He completed a 4000 mile tour of Alaska missions in a gasoline launch built for the purpose visiting settlements on the Yukon and tributaries. He will depart for Cincinnati to attend the general convention.
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Alaska
O. T. Rowe
Protestant Episcopal Diocese of
Seattle
Yukon
Cincinnati
Woman Sues Banker Over Missing $15,000 Notes
Elmira Noyen filed a complaint against Hubert D. Smith vice president of Nome Bank and Trust Co in Nome Alaska claiming he withheld her $15,000 and failed to deliver either the notes or funds.
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Elmira Noyen
Hubert D. Smith
Nome Bank & Trust Co
Nome
Alaska
Smith
Cockerill Named to Washington Law Faculty
Orville P. Cockerill was elected a member of the University of Washington law faculty. He is a graduate of Ohio State University and was an assistant in his alma mater's moot court. The board of regents also added Edward N. Stone as recorder R K Noelker as graduate assistant in German and Levi A. Lovegren as graduate assistant in chemistry. Edward Meath of Pierce County was elected president of the State Association of County Treasurers.
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Orville P. Cockeril
University of Washington
Cockerill
Ohio
State University
Board of Regents
Edward N. Stone
R. K. Noelker
Levi A. Lovegren
North Yakima
Edward Meath
Pierce County
State Association of County Treasurers
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