Roosevelt Campaign 1908 Shows Frameup Claims in Senate Testimony
Lobbyist Mulhall testified before the senate lobby committee about his letters alleging White House pressure to back Taft and oppose Roosevelt. He cited meetings with Foraker and Beveridge, and detailed claims of a Beltline fight, injunction bills, and a maneuvre to influence Alabama and Michigan delegates.
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Washington
Martin M. Mulhall
National Association of Manufacturers
Senate Lobby Committee
Roosevelt
Mr. Taft
Fred C. Schwedtman
Manufacturers
Mulhall
James §. Sherman
Cannon
White House
Watson
Heaven and Earth
Taft
Wall Street
Mr. Foraker
Townsend
Michigan
Schwedtman
Carter
Hemenway
Beveridge
Indiana
Senate
Aldrich
Hmery
House
Watson-Cannon
Portsmouth
Wade Ems
van Cleave
Schwedtmann
Chicago
Seth Low Seeks End to Rail Wage Arbitration Quarrel
New York July 19 Seth Low president of the National Civic Federation continues efforts to resolve a deadlock in the wage arbitration between eastern railroads and trainmen and conductors. Low backs unions arguing railroads cannot inject grievances into the arbitration while railroad managers press for their own dispute to be heard. Trainmen leaders Lee and Garretson accuse the roads of bad faith and vow the roads’ stance risks driving workers from service. The unions cite earlier mediation meetings and say the roads gave no notice of demands before the federal body.
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New York
Seth Low
National Civic Federation
Low
Messrs
Lee and
Garretson
12 Injured as Two Trains Collide Near Cleveland
Big Four No. 1 struck Lake Shore & Michigan Southern No. 1 between Perry and Madison when the latter was held by a stalled freight. A dining car was splintered and a Pullman telescoped. Twelve injured, eight in the diner, were taken to Cleveland hospitals. none believed fatally hurt. Conductor R. W. Buchanan and seven dining car crew members among the injured.
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Cleveland
Lake Shore
Michigan Southern
Perry
Madison
Here
Parry
R. W. Buchanan
Ludlow
Largest municipal swimming pool opens in St Louis
About 10,000 swimmers entered the new pool at St Louis with as many spectators watching. Five boys were rescued by lifeguards after being pulled from the water. Dressing rooms were torn from their foundations in the rush for cooling. The park commissioner seeks more police and medical help.
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St. Louia
Ita
Ice Striker May Win City Ice Delivery Talks
Meveland O July 18 The City Ice Delivery company which employs most of the striking ice men in the city recognized the new ice men's union and agreed to a conference with union representatives. It was said prior to the conference that a compromise would be sought.
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Meveland,o
City Ice Delivery Company
Ice Men’s Union
Wilson Holds Mexico File Readiness as Ambassador Arrives
President Wilson orders a complete two year Mexico file from the State Department ahead of Ambassador Henry Lane Wilson’s arrival. Secretary Bryan returns with dispatches cautioning against hasty recognition while a bondholders conspiracy in Paris is alleged. Diaz’s possible trip to Japan fuels further speculation.
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Paris
Washington
Henry Lane Wilson
Mexico
Wilson
State Department
Madero
White House
Bryan
William Bayard Hale
Mexico City
Rio Grande
Huerta
United States
Ambassador Wilson
Felix Diaz
Yamamoto
Japan
Jingoes
Diaz
Man Cannot Remove Wife's Body to Sell Plot
Justice Philbin ruled that after remarriage a widower has no claim over his former wife's body. George B. Stone sought to move his wife from Woodlawn cemetery to a single grave to sell the plot. The deceased woman's sister opposed the removal.
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New York
Justice Philbin
George B. Stone
Woodlawn
Stone
Rail party haunts town as Mrs Richardson is paraded
In Bol o Illinois a mob of women tied the wounded Mrs John Richardson to a fence rail and rode her through the streets for an hour. She fainted from pain and was left half dressed and ordered to leave town. Her brother in law William Dunnell disappeared as authorities faced the incident.
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Waukegan
Ill
John Richardson
Bolo
Gray’s Lake
William Dunnell
Bol
Richardson
Train Runaway On Fast Track Ends In Medical Crisis
Hundreds aboard a Limited Northwestern train escaped disaster when Engineer Henry Deiner, unconscious at the throttle, collapsed from apoplexy on the downgrade through tunnel No 3. Fireman Jacob Neuman forced the brakes as the engine plummeted to a stop. Doctors cited apoplexy after a long illness.
Lake ship sinks after fog collision in Chicago harbor
A fog bound collision between the Sheboygan and Iowa frightens passengers as river tugs tow the damaged vessel to dock near North Water Street. The Iowa later sank at its dock while both steamers were owned by the Goodrich company.
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Chicago
Sheboygan
Iowa
Goodrich Company
North Water Street
Resignation of New Haven President Mellen Accepted
New York July 19 At a meeting of the directors of the New York New Haven Hartford railroad the resignation of President Charles Mellen was formally accepted. No successor is chosen yet a three member committee was appointed to act on the matter.
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New Haven Railroad
New York
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Charles Mellen
Mellen
Mrs Fish to be Queen of Fairies at Newport Ball
Mrs Stuyvesant Fish will be queen of the fairies at a costume ball to be held at Crossways on August 1. The event aims to outdo local costume affairs, with more than 400 Mother Goose character costumes being made by New York costumers.
Insurance Man James Morrison Dies by Suicide in Beaumont Office
In Beaumont Texas on July 19 James Morrison fifty an Insurance man shot himself through the heart in his office leaving a widow and several children. The motive for the act is not known.
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Beaumont
Tex
James Morrison
Girl Drowned at Gary Beach
Ethel Horner sixteen year old drowned at the tin plate beach in Gary Indiana on July nineteenth. Ralph Ryan who attempted to rescue her was unconscious after being pulled from the water.
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Gary Beach
Gary
Ind
Ethel Horner
Tin Plate Beach
Ralph Ryan
Bulgarians Cut Off as Roumanians Reach Varna Front
Roumanians seize Varna cable station cutting Sofia’s ties to Sevastopol and outside world. Rail link Sofia Varna disrupted. Bulgaria warned of potential famine as Turkish forces near Kirk Kilis. Roumanians sink Danube ships and justify actions as forming a southern frontier to secure peace.
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Sofia
Bulgaria
Varna
Black Sea
Sebastopol
Servia
Roumania
Czar
Ferdinand
Charles of
Kirk-Kilisseh
Bucharest
Japanese Laborers Targeted by Mob in Colorado Construction Site
In Steamboat Springs a Denver Salt Lake railroad crew faced a mob of locals who tried to drive Japanese laborers from a grading camp. Sheriff Chivington arrested three ringleaders and guards were posted around bank cars to deter further threats. Officials insist Japanese workers remain due to white labor shortages.
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Steamboat Springs
Colo
Denver & Salt Lake
Denver
Chivington
Bryan Delivers Jap Reply On California Land Law
Secretary Bryan delivered the American reply to the last two Japanese notes on the California anti alien land law to Ambassador Chinda who immediately cabled it to Tokyo. As with the preceding note the contents were not published.
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Washington
California
Bryan
Chinda
Tokyo
Largest water power permit granted to Pacific Light and Power
Washington July 17 Secretary Houston signed the largest water power permit ever issued by the department of agriculture. It grants Pacific Light and Power Company of Los Angeles the rights to operate power plants in the Sierra National Forest. The project will transmit electric power 240 miles to Los Angeles with 160000 volts.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Houston
Pacific Light and Power Company of
Los Angeles
Sierra National Forest
Bulgars Massacre Turks and Romanians across Serbia region
Bulgarian forces retreat as Serb and allied units pursue. A 6000 strong Bulgarian brigade surrenders to Romanian troops north of Sofia. Destruction and killings sweep Seres and surrounding countryside in a graphic war expose.
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Union News Service
London
Turkey
Roumania
Belgrade
Nish
Servia
Bulgaria
Sofia
Seres
Nigrita
Lake Michigan undertow spares Eva Howe. two die trying
Eva Howe 18 escaped the deadly Lake Michigan undertow while her mother Mrs. Frank M. Howe and cousin Earl Strom perished after diving in to rescue the bathing girl. Mrs. Howe and Eva had been visiting the Stroms at Highland Park when the tragedy occurred on the beach.
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Chicago
Police Break Up IWW Meeting in Los Angeles
Police dispersed an Industrial Workers of the World meeting in Los Angeles. Three men were arrested and two injured during the disruption.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Industrial Workers of the World
Youth Shot in Quarrel Over Pool Game
In Evansville Indiana Leroy Hacker aged 16 was fatally shot during a quarrel over a pool game by Alvis Porter aged 15 who escaped. The incident occurred in the city as police investigate the shooting.
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Evansville
Ind
Leroy Hacker
Alvis Porter
Porter
Cincinnati Markets Grain And Livestock Prices Compilation
Market listings detail corn wheat oats rye and mixed varieties with prices per bushel or hundredweight, hay timothy clover values, and livestock quotes for poultry cattle calves hogs sheep and lambs. Cattle ranges cover shippers butcher steers cows and bulls with assorted grades and weights, reflecting a broad midwestern trading day.
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Bologna
General Chang Sun wins clash. rebels defeated in Peking
General Chang Sun leads a decisive victory over rebel forces in Peking. His troops seize four field guns and forty cases of ammunition while Lang Lu, a revolutionary leader, is killed. Lin Fu and his troops surrender Li Kuo Po as the city falls. Southern situation described as reassuring despite prior revolutionary rumors.
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Peking
Chang-Sun
Lang-Lu
Lin-Fu
Li-Kuo-Po
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Beveridge Hemenway
Coldwater
Miss
Alice O’gorman
Alice O'Gorman
O’gorman
National Capital
Seth
Northwestern Limited
Goodrich
Ramstown
Melle
John R. Connelly
Connelly
Kansas
Illinois
Colby Free Press
Charles
Colorado Gang
Cincinnati
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