Labor World backs Taft in race with Bryan
Pittsburg dispatch notes the Labor World advocates Taft citing protectionist policy and economic gains. It quotes impressive export growth and a favorable balance of trade under Taft, contrasts Bryan's tariff stance, and reports internal AFL tensions over Gompers’s political role and potential leadership changes.
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Cleveland
George Washington
Theodore Roosevelt
Bryan
Europe
Taft
Washington
Roosevelt
Crete Union With Greece Announces Dramatic Demonstration
A decree in CANBA Crete proclaims Crete’s union with Greece. Celebrations erupt as 100000 gather at a military review and 10000 march to consulates, lowering Crete’s flag and raising the Greek banner amid orderly cheers.
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Canba
Island of
Crete
Greece
Lesy
Bryan Is Busy in Chicago Now
In Chicago William J. Bryan addressed the Business Men's National Bryan and Kern association for over an hour in the Auditorium. With Nathan Strauss absent, Edward Goltra of St. Louis presided as vice president. A second item reports a mob in El Paso hanging Ben Price, a Black man, from a tree after accusing him of assaulting his daughter.
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Associated Press
Chicago
William J. Bryan
Business Men's National
Bryan and Kern Association
Nathan Strauss
New York
Edward Goltra
St. Louis
EL Paso
Texas
Ben Price
Granfloram
Train wreck kills two crewmen on Great Northern line
Two men were killed and one injured when a Great Northern passenger train crashed at Marlas River on the Shelby line in northern Montana. The engine rolled into a ditch after striking a soft roadbed stretch at high speed. baggage and smoking cars followed. The dead are identified as train crew members.
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Associated Prees
Butth
Mont
Great Northern
Marlas
Shelby
Balkan troubles affect the market
Political complications in the Balkan peninsula cast a shadow over securities in New York trading. European issues felt the impact while the U.S. market showed mixed effects. bonds remained firm amid the cautious mood.
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Associated Press
New York
Balkan Peninsula
Europe
Silver Service Presented to Cruiser Colorado
In San Francisco on October 7, the USS Colorado hosted a notable ceremony at anchor in the bay. Colorado’s crew accepted a silver service worth $10,000 donated by the people of Colorado, with Attorney General W H Dickson delivering the presentation speech and Captain E B Underwood receiving the gift.
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Colorado
San Francisco
United States
San Francisco Bay
W. H. Dickson
E. B. Underwood
Volunteer Fre Department to Meet at Fire House
Volunteers are called to a meeting tonight at the fire house at 8 o'clock. Full attendance is requested as business of importance to the welfare of the organization will be discussed.
Butte Miners Endorse $100000 Strike Benefit Fund
In a special election Local No. 1 of the Western Federation of Miners endorsed raising a $100,000 strike benefit fund proposed at a recent convention. Two days remain to register. A Louisville liquor dealer, Major W. H. Thomas, aged 83, died. he served in the Confederate army.
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Associated Press
Butte
Mont
Butte Miners’ Union
Western Federation of Miners
Louisville
W. H. Thomas
Lee
Kirby Smith
Hisgen Address Thrills Goldfield Crowd Without Hearst
Thomas L. Hisgen, Independence party presidential candidate, spoke to about two thousand residents in the Hippodrome with W R Hearst unable to attend due to his son's illness. Gessner Williams of Los Angeles joined on stage, criticizing Democratic and Republican platforms and their candidates. The pair planned a morning train departure for Tonopah for an 8 30 address.
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Goldfield
Thomas L. Hisgen
Independence Party
W. R. Hearst
Hisgen
Hon
Gessner Willames
Los Angeles
Williams
North
Tonopah
Unborn Generations Cited In Waste Debate At Congress
In San Francisco delegates of the Transmississippi Commercial congress heard speakers denounce waste of forests lands waters and minerals in the west. They urged conservation and remedial legislation to secure future prosperity. Dr R J Mapes returned from a two weeks business trip to California.
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Associated Press
San Francisco
West
Transmississipp
R. J. Mapes
California
Long Anticipated Meeting of Bryan and Taft in Chicago Banquet
In Chicago on Oct 7 the presidential rivals William J. Bryan and William H. Taft met at the Chicago Association of Commerce banquet. The hall was packed as Taft arrived late and both leaders exchanged a brief cordial greeting before an animated discussion with President Hall.
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Chicago
William J. Bryan
William H. Taft
United States
Chicago Association of Commerce
Taft
Bryan
President Hall
TWO MEN INTERRED ALIVE IN BROOKLYN SEWER
Two men J Jartinen and Robert Kayhao Russian Finns were buried alive eighty feet underground when sewer timbers caved in between East Sixth and Huet Seventh streets in Brooklyn. A third man Frank Matsen was pinned neck and head under timbers but conscious as rescuers dig a “mine” to free him. The other two victims lie about 200 feet farther in the tunnel. In New York General Louis Fitzgerald died at 71 at Garry Son on the Hudson after a long career in Civil War service and railroad finance.
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Portland
Ore
J. Jartinen
Robert Kayhao
Brooklyn
East Sixth
Huet
Frank Matsen
New York
Louis Fitzgerald
Garry Son-On-the-Hudson
Fitzgerald
Hughes declares Bryan cannot carry own county at rally
Hastings Neb Oct 7 After speaking in fourteen towns near his home Governor Charles Hughes declares Bryan is weakest in repudiating Bryant and reaffirms Republican policies for next month.
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Hastings
Neb
Charles Hughes
Dedl
Bryan
Bryant
Metal Market Snapshot From New York Trading Floor
The Metal Marked in New York reports lead steady at 1.40 and 4.46, copper quiet at 13 8-3 and 12 5-8, and silver at 51 7-8 on October 7 with no notable price changes.
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New York
Taft Talks on Big Waterway Convention Hears Taft and Notables
Chicago hosts the Lakes to the Gulf Deep Waterway convention with speakers including William H. Taft Secretary Saunders and President Kavanaugh. Taft outlines sealing the canal and waterway vision while Governor Deneen and Judge Fallows attend. Bryan and Pinchot are slated for later addresses.
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Sy Associated Press
Chicago
Central States
Great Lakes
Gulf of Mexico
Gulf Deep Waterway Association
William H. Taft
Saunders
Association
Kavanaugh
Deneen
Minnots
Chicago Drainage Canal
Washington
Panama Canal
Republican Party
Samuel Fallows
William Kavanaugh
William Saunders
Taft
William J. Bryan
Gifford Pinchot
United States Forestry Department
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Leading Labor Journal
Pittsburg
The
Labor World
Bryans
Gompers
Hayes
American Federation of Labor
Samuel Gompers
John Mitchell
American Federation of Labor Executive Council
T. L. Lewis
W. D. Ryan
United Mine Workers
D. J. Keofs
International Typographical Union
Boston
James M. Lynch
Printers
Nogales
Aris
Tubec
Amer
Ican
Taft and
BIG Strike Fund
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