Speed Devils Compete At Long Island Motor Park Way
By Associated Press on October 10 Herbert Lyttle drove an Italian car 254.6 miles in 219 minutes at the Motor Parkway sweep stakes for stock cars over 4000 dollars, setting a speed record at 64.25 mph and proving the new speedway’s potential. Spectators were few. Sharp and Bourque chased in a close Garden City sweepstakes race. Lamond suffered a fractured leg after a crash in Miller’s car, the only serious accident.
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Taft Plans Southern Speeches While Emphasizing Union Ties
Cincinnati dated report says Taft announced in Highland Kentucky he will travel to Kentucky Tennessee North Carolina Virginia and Maryland to speak for the party he believes will grant those states influence in the nation. He told the Taft Sherman club at the Linton hotel that the trip aims to show southern people they are part of the union and deserve energy and enterprise driven political support.
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Control of Banks in Western Districts Announced
Washington Oct 10 Comp troller of the Currency Murray announced a plan to form eleven national bank examiner districts. A district chairman will preside quarterly and coordinate with other districts. Examiners report on overextended credits large loans and doubtful paper. Western boundaries listed Fort Worth Texas Denver and San Francisco with respective states and examiner in charge.
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Texas
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New Mexico
Arizona
Sailors Perish After Five Days Adrift
Six men believed dead and two saved after drifting five days on wreckage when the British schooner Sirocco ran aground on a West Indies reef. Survivors Mate Joseph Laing and Cook G Roberts were brought to Newport News by the Tiverton. They endured extreme thirst hunger and exhaustion.
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Sirocco
Piaces
West Indies
Joseph Laing
Cook G. Roberts
Tiverton
Negro Hanged for Assaulting a White Girl in Pueblo
James Lynn, colored, was executed last night at the penitentiary for the murder of Sarah Jar. The assailant also wounded the girl’s mother. He claimed innocence. The report places the event in Canyon City and Pueblo with a note on a disputed motive.
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Hearst Charges Bribery Ties Highlighted at UC Berkeley
William R. Hearst addressed about 3000 in the Greek theater at the University of California Berkeley this afternoon revealing correspondence between John Archbold Senator McLaurin and others. He claimed McLaurin was not the sole recipient of money from Standard Oil and that payments were made via certificates of deposits leaving no trace. Thomas Hilgon, presidential candidate of the Independence party, spoke briefly.
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Berkeley
William R. Hearst
University of California
John Archbold
Senator McLaurin
Hearst
McLaurin
Standard Oil
Thomas Hilgon
Independence Party
Trans-Mississippi Congress Adopts Broad West Policies
San Francisco report on the Trans-Mississippi Commercial Congress adjournment after endorsing policies to grow western resources. Delegates backed maritime, harbor, river projects, forest rights, tariff revision, sugar protection, and women’s suffrage while opposing the parcels post measure. President Walsh of Denver installed with other officers.
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Transmississippi
Thomas Walsh
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Pacific
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Speculators Cautious as Market Slumps Over Sunday News
New York reports a dull stock market with bonds heavy as traders refrain from risky bets amid uncertain events in southwestern Europe. In St Petersburg a socialist Douma member, M. Gerasimoff, is arrested for attempts to incite a street car strike. Meanwhile Emperor Nicholas elects a commission to study Russia’s railroad service and address systemic evils.
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New York
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Chicago Wins First Game of World Series
Chicago defeated Detroit 10 to 6 at Bennett Park as rain affected play. Cubs used three pitchers to Detroit’s two, with Brown pitching steady late. Attendance was 10,182. gross receipts were 16,472 with distributions to the National Commission, team owners, and players.
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National Commission
Labor Unions Plan Aggressive Drive Against Speaker Cannon
The Chicago federation of labor outlines a final offensive to defeat Speaker Joseph G. Cannon. Nearly fifty labor speakers will campaign in Danville Kankakee and nearby areas over the last weeks of the race. Two AFL organizers and officers from the Chicago Typographical union join efforts to target Cannon's district.
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Kankakee
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House of Representatives
Edwin N. Nicholas
John Harding
Chicago Typographical Union
Death of Louis Ungrisch from Fort Lee auto crash
Louis Ungrisch who was hurt in the Fort Lee automobile crash that killed Charles Weisbecker and injured Mrs Weisbecker and Mrs Ungrisch died today. The two widows remain in serious condition.
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Englewood
Louis Ungrisch
Fort Lee
Charles Weisbecker
Highwayman Intercepts Missoula Stage In Hunger-Driven Robbery
In Missoula Montana a lone highwayman armed with a .22 rifle and masked with a red bandana robbed the Missoula Banner stage two miles east of the city. He bound twelve passengers and stole between five and twenty five dollars before vanishing at dusk. He apologized afterward, claiming hunger motivated the crime.
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Missoula
Mont
Missoula-Banner
Watterson Delivers First Political Address Since 1892
Louisville reports Henry Watterson presided over a Democratic rally at the Masonic theater. It was his first political speech since 1892 and likely his only platform utterance of the current campaign. Former Senator William Lindsay and Congressman Shirley also spoke.
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Erson
Louisville
Henry Watterson
Watterson
United States
William Lindsay
Shirley
Seven Killed by an Explosion in Richford Grain Elevator
Richford Vermont October 10 seven persons were believed dead after a grain elevator explosion on Wednesday night Time keeper W C Bonney perished in the blast and at least six laborers were not yet accounted for The ruins smouldered and inspection was impossible while remaining grain burned out
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Richford
W. C. Bonney
Hinself
Bryan Makes Vocal Record at Missouri Harmony Tour
In St Joseph Missouri William J Bryan ended his Missouri tour with twenty six speeches in a single day. The crowd welcomed him as a unifying force for the state and national tickets while he attacked trusts and President Roosevelt over restraint of trade. A Glasgow panic incident briefly interrupted a speech as the crowd feared an approaching train.
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Associated Press
ST. Joseph
William J. Bryan
Harmony
Missouri Democracy
Bryan
Missouri
Roosevelt
United States
Law Department
Taft
Glascow
Boy Shot in Chauffeurs Strike Dies in New York
Robert Qualley, a 14-year-old schoolboy, died today from injuries suffered last night when he was shot during a clash between striking and non-union chauffeurs in front of his home in New York.
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New York
Robert Qualley
Col Stewart Retired From Active Service at Fort Grant
Washington Oct 10 Col William P F Stewart who had been stationed at Fort Grant Arizona has been retired from active service after a report examined his case The retirement comes amid discussion of his long garrison tenure and related military reassessment The Metal Market section notes copper and leather prices but provides no further on Stewart's status
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