Dix Heads Ticket Platform Pledges Reform
New York Democratic convention adjourned after nominating a ticket headed by Dix with a reform platform. It condemns attacks on the U S Supreme Court, advocates home rule for cities, state-wide primaries, personal voter registration, and a downward tariff revision to cut living costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rochester
N. Y
New York
Edward Lazansky
Kings
William Schmer
Thomas Carmody
Yates
John J. Kennedy
Erie
John A. Bensel
Court of Appeals
Irving C. Vann
Onondaga
Frederick Collings
Chemung
Supreme Court of the United States
Republican Party
Democratic Party
United States
Stimson
Saratoga
Henry L. Stimson
Edward Schoeneck
Samuel 8. Koenig
James Thompson
Valley Falls
Thomas F. Fennell
Elmira
Edward R. O’malley
Buffalo
Frank M. Williams
Madison
Irving G. Vann
Syracuse
Taft
Hughes
Mrs Ricker Names Party for New Hampshire Nomination
Mrs Marilla Ricker, candidate for governor of New Hampshire, has left for the state to campaign. A petition with 1000 names secures her nomination under the Equal Rights Republican Party, since she cannot run as a regular Republican.
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New Hampshire
Equal Rights Republicans
San Jose
Cal
Marilla Ricker
Ricker
Equal Rights Republican Party
Sister of abolitionist John Brown dies at Bendon
Mrs. Martha Davis aged seventy eight, the sole surviving sister of John Brown, the abolitionist, died at Bendon Traverse City area.
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John Brown
Traverse City
Mich
Martha Davis
Bendon
Wisconsin Republicans Praise La Follette Platform
Wisconsin Republicans adopt a radical progressive platform praising Robert M La Follette for leading the state and nation. It condemns the Payne Aldrich tariff and calls for a non partisan tariff commission to determine domestic and foreign production costs with regular congressional reporting.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
Robert U. la Follette
United States Senate
Republican Party
Tariff Board
Congress
Breaks Air Record Wins $10,000 Cash Prize
Walter Brookins piloted a Wright biplane from Chicago to Springfield Illinois covering 186 miles in five hours forty nine minutes at an average 82.7 mph to win a $10,000 prize. He flew with two stops, was greeted by Gov. Deneen and Mayor Schnepp, and drew crowds of thousands along the route. The craft carried Wilbur Wright and Roy Knabenshue aboard the Daylight Special train as Brookins refueled at Gilman Mt. Pulaski and near the state fair grounds, finishing ahead while spectators cheered for half an hour.
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Springfield
Ill
Walter Brookins
Chicago
Brookins
Fair Grounds
Gov
Deneen
Charles 8S. Deneen
John 9. Schnepp
Washington Park
Park Row
Illinois Central
Wilbur Wright
Roy Knabenshue
Wright Brothers
Aero Club of Illinois
Gilman
Wright
Knabenshue
Brooking
Mt. Pulaski
State Fair Grounds
Pulaski
Pledge to Raise $100,000 for Irish Home Rule
At Buffalo convention 855 delegates of the United Irish League of America pledge $100,000 to be raised within two years to support Ireland's home rule effort. The pledge backs the Irish Parliamentary Party and its leader John E. Redmond, and calls for national organizers to aid the drive.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Ireland
United Irish League of America
Committee On Ways and Means
Irish Parliamentary Party
John E. Redmond
Warrant Issued in Kingsland Disaster Manslaughter Case
Bluffton Indiana September 30 Coroner Thomas swore a warrant charging involuntary manslaughter against Del Wilson conductor of the Wabash Valley interurban car in the Kingsland crash of September 21 in which forty one lives were lost. A warrant also will be issued for motorman B F Corkwell.
Biplane Beaten by Auto in Hudson River Race
Ralph De Palma drives his Fiat Cyclone to defeat Eugene Ely in a Curtiss biplane at the Hudson River Driving Park. De Palma completes three laps to Ely’s two, before 10 000 spectators, with times 1 53 54 and 66 seconds.
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Ralph de Palma
Eugene Ely
Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Hudson River
de Palma
Ely
Napier Named to Treasury Post in Sudden Resignation
Washington reports W T Vernon the negro register of the treasury will resign to President Taft soon. It has been customary to appoint a black man to this post, and the appointment will go to J C Napier of Nashville Tennessee.
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Nashville
Treasury
W. T. Vernon
Washington
Negro Register of the Treasury
Taft
Goo J, C. Napier
Fenn
San Francisco Car Crash Kills Architect James Fisher
City Architect James L. Fisher was killed instantly when the automobile he rode in skidded into a sandbank and overturned in San Francisco. L. F. Standling was fatally injured and three other men suffered minor injuries.
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San Francisco
James L. Fisher
L. F. Standling
Auto ambulance for insane at Belle Vue Hospital
The first automobile ambulance designed for exclusive transport of insane patients is to be put in service shortly at Belle Vue Hospital in New York.
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New York
Bellevue Hospital
Rawn Named Chief Plotter in Illinois Central Car Scheme
Chicago reports Ira G. Rawn president of the Monon railroad was accused by Henry C. Ostermann of masterminding a car repair swindle that cost nearly 2 million dollars. Ostermann testified that Rawn aided in financing and structuring the scheme and held stock in the Ostermann Manufacturing company.
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Chicago
Ira G. Rawn
Monon Railroad
Winnetka
Henry C. Ostermann
Illinois Central Railroad
Ostermann
Ostermann Manufacturing Company
John S. Taylor
Rawn
Taylor
Frank B. Harriman
Baker
Mining Brokers Raided in New York Landmark Firm
Federal agents arrested B H Scheftels and others at B H Scheftels & Co curb brokers in Broad Street. The department of justice alleges promotion of mining stock of questionable value and bucket shop activity with fictitious statements and mispriced trades across Chicago Milwaukee Detroit Boston Philadelphia and Providence offices.
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New York
B. H. Scheftels & Co
Broad Street
B. H. Scheffels
Department of Justice
Washington
Chicago
Milwaukee
Detroit
Boston
Philadelphia
Providence
Bureau of Investigation
Scheffela & Co
Doctor Held a Murderer In San Francisco Case
Dr. Robert Thompson alias Grant faced murder charges for the death of Ryvan Swan a young school teacher and graphographer. The nurse Marie Messerschmidt testified as chief witness in the case.
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San Francisco
Cal
Robert Thompson
Grant
Ryvan Swan
Marie Messerschmidt
Lorimer Vote Bribe Allegations Reach Senate Hearing
Testimony links Senator Lorimer to a patronage offer in exchange for a vote. Henry A. Sheppard says Lorimer promised a Jerseyville postmaster position if he supported him. Lee Browne and Browne’s associate paid $1,000 to Representative Michael Link, who admitted truthfulness issues before the grand jury. Beckemeyer confirms receiving $1,000 claimed as Lorimer money for his vote, without a formal promise.
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Friend
Link
Browne
Chicago
Senator Lorimer
Senate
Henry A. Sheppard
Jerseyville
Austrian
Lorimer
Lee O’neil Browne
Michael S. Link
Mitchell
Southern
St. Louis
Wayman
Robert E. Wilson
Frazier
Grand Jury
H. J. C. Beckemeyer
Carlyle, Ill
Illinois
Forty Sixth General Assembly
Beckemeyer
Frazer
Bomb Near Palmer Home Leads to Arrest in Chicago
Fred C. Wahlenmeyer, 26, placed a bomb beside Mrs. Potter Palmer's residence and cut his coat to simulate a struggle. He was arrested after asking for an audience with Mrs. Palmer. He initially claimed another man planted the bomb but later confessed to placing it himself and harming his clothes to support the tale. his sister says he is mentally ill.
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Chicago
Wahlenmeyer
Twenty Eighth Aviator Killed in Germany
Aviator Plochman died from injuries after his biplane collapsed at 160 feet in Muelhausen Germany. He did not regain consciousness and is counted as the year's twenty eighth fatality.
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Muelhausen
Germany
Plochman
Love’s Crime Novelized In Whimsical Theft Of Kisses
The piece Playfully frames George as a manly thief of kisses from Maude who receives the stolen tokens. Both accept their sentence to endure it together and remain loyal, facing a string of small offenses as their shared time proceeds.
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George
Maude
Puck
The Weeds Return to a Birthday Bargain
Harker laments election bets as he wins ten boxes of rank cigars. He sells them to a corner tobacconist for one dollar. His wife, seeing a window display marked A Bargain Two Dollars, buys the entire lot as a birthday present.
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Harker
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