Theodore Roosevelt critique echoed in Kansas City talk
John Hrisben Walker, former Cosmopolitan editor, warned against a supreme demagogue who could bend public opinion and become a dictator. He described a hypothetical skilled political juggler who manipulates fears and passions, aiding special interests and threatening the republic.
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Kansas City
Theodore Roosevelt
John Hrisben Walker
Cosmopolitan
Knife and Fork Club
Walker
Ananias Club
Kansas
Iowa
New York
Jesus Christ
Mr. Walker
Hermann
Crippen Goes on Trial in Infamous Murder Case
London reports Dr. Crippen placed on trial for the murder of Cora Bell Crippen. The defendant pleads not guilty as the famed case opens under Lord Chief Justice Alverstone. Leneve, the doctor's alleged aide, was absent. her own trial to follow if Crippen is convicted.
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Crippen
Associated Press
London
England
Corabell Crippen
Tle
New Bailey
Alvestone
Leneve
Sooner Football Dominates Central State Normal in Openers
Oklahoma University overwhelmed Central State Normal 11 to 0 in a one sided game. The Sooners showed top form with strong line play, fast backfield runs, and repeated passing. They prepare to meet Missouri on the 28th at Joplin for a major western showdown.
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Norman
Okla
Booner
Oklahoma
Missouri
Joplin
Tigers
Parker Denies Roosevelt 5 Charge of Alliance
Olean New York October 18 Judge Alton B Parker opened his democratic state campaign denying Roosevelt’s charge of alliance between Tammany Hall and Wall Street He argued the charge implies connections with financiers and urged penalties for corporate campaign contributions He cited letters from Roosevelt Bryan and Harriman claiming solicited funds and noted Harriman helped secure 260000 before election day suggesting a large impact on votes in New York City and statewide.
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Alton B. Parker
Roosevelt
Tam Imany Hall
Wall Street
Parker
William J. Bryan
Howard H. Harriman
Harriman
Republican National Committee
Republican State Committee
New York
Grand Jury Closes After Two Weeks of Sessions
Civil business remains in district court as land attachment suit James C Lane versus Mose Gibson et al is heard. The grand jury submitted its report this morning and adjourned after about fifty five indictments were returned. They were in session two weeks and one day with a four day recess.
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District Court
James C. Lane
Mose Gibson
Bristow Women Raid Store for Booze After Jim Crow Joint Backlash
In Bristow Oklahoma county, a group of about fifteen women armed with hatchets raided George Carmen’s store early yesterday, seizing beer and whisky. The raid follows Sheriff Stein’s prior raid on a Jim Crow establishment run by Rod Richards of Tulsa, which led to bonds and closures amid ongoing county resistance to a resubmission bill.
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Sapulpa
Okla
Cel
Imifteen Anciety Wom
Bristaw
George Carmen
Bristow
Rod” Richards
Tulsa
Millionaire Farmer Hankin Reported Dying At 85
Associated Press reports Missouri financier and philanthropist David Hankin, noted as the owner of the largest farm in the world, is dying in a St. Joseph hospital from a stroke. The 85 year old, prominent banker and rancher, suffered a paralytic attack.
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Associated Press
St. Joseph
David Hankin
Missouri
Tankie
Florida Faces Worst Disaster In Many Years
The Florida peninsula south of Tampa and St. Augustine is cut off as winds reach ninety miles per hour. St. Augustine floods, Tampa reports widespread damage and fear for troops at Egmont Key. The storm disrupts rail lines, telecommunications and shipping, with dire outlook for orange groves and residents from Sarasota to the Keys. The Cuban catastrophe follows, with Havana and western provinces hit by a second hurricane causing millions in losses and mass displacement.
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Island
Cuba
Ivy Associated Press
Jacksonville
Fla
Tampa
St. Augustine
Florida
Here
Florida Keys
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Egmont
Sarsota
Pverglades
Havana
Matanzas
Pinar del Rio
Oriente
Camaguey
Santa Clara
J. Linn
Exposition at Joplin closes with electrical parade
Joplin Missouri ends the first Ozark Interstate exposition with a grand electrical parade that drew about 60 000 spectators. The parade moved from Twentieth and Main to downtown streets then to Electric Park for a masquerade ball and crowning of Miss Verda Bush as carnival queen.
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Joplin
Acrete
Verda Bush
Exposition
Strike Called For Friday By Resociated Press
All sheet metal workers coppersmiths pipemen blacksmiths and boilermakers employed by the Missouri Pacific and Iron Mountain railroads will be ordered on strike tomorrow morning officials of three International unions announced in St Louis on October 20.
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St. Louis
Missouri Pacific and
Iron Mountain Railroad
Investigation of John Abernathy Affairs in Guthrie Oklahoma
J P Fishman a Justice Department inspector arrived from Washington to probe U S Marshal John R Abernathy western Oklahoma district and his failure to pay court ordered alimony after a year since divorce. Purviance, the former wife’s father, notified the department.
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Guthrie
Okla
J. PF. Fishman
Department of Justice
Washington
John R. Abernathy
United States
Western District of
Oklahoma
Roosevelt
Fishman
Abernathy
J. A. Purviance
Department For Justice of Abernathy
General Strike Postponed by Machinists Union
The proposed general strike of the mechanical unions on Missouri Pacific and Iron Mountain railways, slated for tomorrow, has been postponed to Thursday. The president of the machinists union said a definite settlement would be reached by then, according to a telegram from General Manager Sullivan.
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Associated Press _Bt
Louis
Missouri Pacific and
Iron Mountain Railways
Machinists’ Union
Sullivan
Appointments Announced for Oklahoma Conference Clergy Placements
Tulsa dispatch lists the full slate of church appointments announced by Bishop Jungle 18, naming mission superintendents and circuit supplies across Tulsa District and East Oklahoma Mission. Notable names include J. A. Dixon Oklahoma Conference Epworth Church, C. R. Robinson Tulsa District, W. E. Uncapher Northwest Kansas Conference, J. W. Baker Tulsa First Church, M. N. Powers Muskogee District, and M. M. Alden Arkansas Conference.
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Okla
Jungle
C. R. Robinson
Bartlesville
First
J. A Dixon
Oklahoma
Epworth
R. N. Mer
Boynton
Broken Arrow
H. C. Fagin
Catoosa
R. K. Wilson
Collinsville
M. C. Hickman
Copan
Hargrave
Dewey
George Q. Fenn
Francis
Thomas Pingry
Jenks
B. A. Myles
Kelleyville
E. M. Peacock
Welfer
Ochelafa
Ramona
M. O Swan
Okemah
A. J. Arnot
A. M. Fields
Okmulgee
George Gable
Owasso
L. W. Wells
Porter
Coweta
Sapulpa
Alabama
Senepah
W. J. Grant
McAlester
C. P. McGaha
Miami
C. E. Parsons
Use of wood pulp has increased
Washington October 18. In 1909 the United States operated 253 wood pulp mills, up from 251 in 1908. Pulp wood consumption rose to 4,002,000 cords from 3,347,000, a near 19 percent gain. Spruce usage declined while balsam and white fir emerged as important new pulp sources, with white fir shown for the first time in 1909.
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Washington, D. C
United States
Durand
William M. Stuart
J. E. Whelchel
Forest Service
Department of Agriculture
Census Bureau
Uno
Damage reports from storm sweep hit St Augustine and Havana
In St Augustine Florida October 19 the storm abated slightly. no word from the southern peninsula for two days. The Frolic steamer was dashed to pieces. millions of dollars in property damaged and no lives lost. Havana Cuba October 19 relief trains head to Pinar Del Rio as the province floods. most towns severely damaged, houses gone, tobacco barns destroyed and crops ruined with losses in the millions. Consolacion sees twelve drownings.
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Associated Press
St. Augustine
Fla
Havana
Cuba
Pinar del Rio
Believes Daughter Was Murdered In Coalgate
Robert Dunlop of Coalgate said he is convinced the headless body found in a local stream is his missing daughter. The 27 year old vanished September 27 with a man who is being sought. Authorities are conducting the search for the man.
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Coalgate
Okla
Robert Dunlop
Here
Wellman and HS Grow Rescued by Steamer Trent
A wireless dispatch from Cap Dowd aboard the steamer Trent reports the airship Wellman and crew member HS Grow rescued this morning after the craft was abandoned. The steamer picked them up about 150 miles off the North Carolina coast as reports from Atlantic coast wireless stations chase the whereabouts of the airship America and Walter Wellman. Weather off Nova Scotia described as fair with northeast wind.
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New York
Cap Dowd
Trent
Wellman
America
North Carolina
Boston
Mass
All America
Walter Wellman
Atlantic Coast
Nova Scotia
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Resociated Press
John Abernathy
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