Initiative and Referendum Rights in Supreme Court Case
Washington November 2 The right of states to legislate by initiative and referendum will be tested in the Supreme Court this week. Oregon cases on a state law and Portland ordinance bond issue are before the court on a writ of error to Oregon. Missouri and several other states file briefs supporting the initiative and referendum.
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Supreme Court
Oregon
Portland
Supreme Court of Oregon
Missouri
George Fred Williams
Boston
California
Arkansas
Colorado
South Dakota
Nebraska
M. Spillsbury
Oscar Sutro
San Francisco
Pacific States Telephone and Telegraph Company
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Bandits Rob a Train at Night West of Memphis
Six men robbed Rock Island passenger train No. 43 between Ridge Junction and Hurlbert Arkansas after wrecking the express car in a bid to blow the safe with nitroglycerine. No cash was taken from the express. several registered mail packages were seized. Little Rock marshal with bloodhounds raced to the scene as the train resumed westward after delay.
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Memphis
Tenn
Rock Island
Ridge Junction
Hurlbert
Ark
Little Rock
Bank Robber Outwitted in Vera Hold Up
An unidentified man robbed the State Bank at Vera Oklahoma of 1600 dollars. He forced the cashier and a depositor to walk half a mile into the country where his horse waited. When he tried to mount the two men overpowered him.
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Bartlesville
Okla
State Bank
Vera
Actor Kyrie Bellew Stricken. Salt Lake City Engagement Cancelled
Kyrie Bellew, the actor, is seriously ill in Salt Lake City. Local engagement has been cancelled after prominent physicians were called in for consultation and pronounced his condition grave.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Kyrie Bellew
Laborites Gain in England Municipal Elections
Election returns show Labor and Socialist gains in major provincial cities including Bradford Liverpool Leeds South Shields and Manchester as of early November.
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England
London
Bradford
Liverpool
Leeds
South Shields
Manchester
McKenna Declares Knockout Boxing Illegal in Britain
London November 2 Home Secretary Reginald McKenna announces that any boxing match decided by a knockout shall be illegal in Great Britain. The remark sets a sweeping ban affecting promoters referees and fighters nationwide.
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London
Reginald McKenna
Britain
Prominent Actor Kyrle Bellew Injured in Salt Lake City Incident
Star Kyrle Bellew sustains injuries in an unspecified danger event in Salt Lake City. Early reports indicate medical attention was sought, with local authorities investigating the circumstances surrounding the incident.
Hines Denies Story In Stephenson Election Inquiry
Edward Hines Chicago lumberman testified before the senatorial investigative committee that he did nothing wrong in Senator Stephenson’s election. He denied rumors of a Washington payoff and a dispute with Robert J. Shields over payments, calling the allegations absolutely untrue. State Senator Husting had recounted the dispute to the committee via Wirt H. Cook.
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Chicago
Stephenson
Milwaukee, Wis
Edward Hines
Isaac Stephenson
Mr. Hines
Robert J. Shields
Shields
Hines
Paul ©. Husting
Wirt H. Cook
Burke Continues Story in Lorimer Inquiry Hearing
Edmund Burke Sangamon county state’s attorney returns to the bribery trial narrative before the Lorimer investigating committee in Chicago on November 2. He outlines new details about Illinois legislature members facing charges.
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Burke
Chicago
Redmund Burke
Sangamon County
Ilinois
Lorimer
Wisconsin population up 2,333,860 in census count
The census director reports Wisconsin's 1910 population as 2,333,860, up from 2,069,042 in 1900. The gain of 264,818 marks a 12.8 percent rise over the decade, while continental U.S. growth was 21 percent.
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Washington
Wisconsin
United States
Kansas Showman murders suspect sought after attack
Mount Pleasant Iowa November 2 police hunt Charles Marzyek an ex convict linked to the Showman murders in Kansas after a brutal beating on Mrs Jordan wife of a mechanic. She lies unconscious in hospital and investigators pursue clues.
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Mount Pleasant
Dr Knabe murder mystery link to self slaying claim
Indianapolis reports former deputy coroner Dr. Dodds questions suggest Dr. Knabe killed herself. He describes her as arrogant and ruthless, noting her career attempts failed and predicting a violent self-inflicted death, possibly slashing her throat.
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Indianapolis
W. T
Dodds
Knabe
Board of Health
Medical College
Dr Knabe
Wisconsin’s oldest lake captain dies at eighty four
Racine Wisconsin November 2 Captain Lawrence Easson the state s longest serving lake captain died at his home aged eighty four years His service record marks him as a veteran mariner in Wisconsin waters.
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Racine, Wis
Lawrence Easson
Wisconsin
Mrs Stevens Re-Elected WCTU President at Milwaukee Convention
Mrs Lilian M N Stevens of Portland Maine was re-elected to the presidency of the National Woman's Christian Temperance Union. Officers named include Vice President at large Miss Anna A Gordon Evanston Illinois and corresponding secretary Mrs Frances P Parks Evanston Illinois.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Lillian M. N. Stevens
Portland
National Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Anna A. Gordon
Evanston
Ill
Frances P. Parks
Elizabeth P. Anderson
Valley City
N. D
Sarah Hoge
Lincoln
Elizabeth P. Hutchinson
Grape Juice Noted For Strong Nourishing Value
Grape juice ranked beside milk as a highly nourishing drink and said to support life under severe physical and mental exertion. It is recommended in early typhoid and blood poisoning and can be homemade by pressing Concord grapes, heating to 150 degrees, sealing, and cooling. Benzoate of soda once used to prevent fermentation.
Taft Reviews Atlantic Fleet and Attends WVU Inauguration
President Taft arrived in Jersey City and rode the Mayflower to review the Atlantic fleet in the Hudson, then spent the day aboard en route to Hot Springs. He had earlier attended the West Virginia University inaugural exercises in Morgantown and spoke at Fairmont and Grafton.
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New York
Taft
Jersey City
Hudson River
Hot Springs
Washington
Morgantown
W. Va
Hodges
University of West Virginia
Fairmont
Grafton
Congress
Chevy Chase
Pittsburg
Martin W. Littleton
Chamber of Commerce
United States Steel Corporation
Congressman Littleton
Fire destroys Wilson Theater and damages hotel in Magon City
Fire in Magon City Iowa consumed the Wilson Theater building causing about 60000 dollars in losses. The blaze spread to the adjacent Wilson Hotel causing about 10000 dollars in damage. Theater equipment was destroyed in the flames.
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Magon City
Wilson Theater
Wilson Hotel
Italians in Tripoli Charged With Wanton Shooting
A grand jury indicts individuals in Tripoli for the wanton shooting of captured Arabs. The charges detail alleged premeditated violence and violation of wartime conduct in the Libyan theater.
Blizzard Conditions Hit Northwest And Great Lakes
A first cold wave of the season brings near zero weather in Montana and North Dakota. Snow and blizzard conditions extend across Upper Lake Superior states, with Duluth and Calumet reporting new snow. Temperatures fall to zero in Bismarck as rail lines face snow blockages and frost threatens the Ohio valley and southern Atlantic states.
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Washington
Northwest
Montana
North Dakota
Weather Bureau
Gulf
South Atlantic States
Florida
Ohio Valley
Lake Region
North Atlantic States
Duluth
Minn
Calumet
Mich
Houghton, Mich
Summit
Couderay
Wis
Lake Superior
Kansas
Iowa
Nebraska
South Dakota
Mercury
Bismarck
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$20,000,000 For Grain Flows Through Minneapolis
Minneapolis shipped 20,487,110 bushels of grain in October, generating $20,000,000 in payments to farmers. Wheat growers received $13,000,000, corn $250,000, oats $350,000, barley $300,000, rye $400,000, and flax $2,400,000, with October money flow nearly 25 percent above any prior period.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Sultan Sends Greetings to Turkish Troops at Tripoli
Sultan orders imperial greetings to Turkish troops in Tripoli praising their heroism and pride in their successes. A dispatch from Tripoli dated Oct. 28 reports Arab volunteers reaching the coast on Oct. 26 and delivering a formidable assault, driving the enemy from entrenchments as they advance toward Tripoli.
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Constantinople
Tripoli
California to Make Pictures of Dynamite Case Evidence
The California authorities may photograph dynamite nitroglycerine grid clocks seized with John J. McNamara. The criminal court will hand books and records in the dynamite cases to the federal grand jury for US law violations. Iron workers seek to block and keep evidence from the government.
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Indianapolis
Criminal Court
Federal Grand Jury
United States
J Markey Rey
John J. McNamara
California
Criminal
Iron Workers
Circuit Court
Markey
Baker
Excuses Trim McNamara Murder Jury Panel
Ten veniremen of forty summoned for the McNamara murder trial remained after Judge Bordwell completed preliminary examination. The court deemed the others excused for valid reasons, given the trial’s likely long duration. Three veniremen continued from the preceding panel.
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Los Angeles
Cal
McNamara
Bordwell
Slaughter Claim Denied in Tripoli Arab Conduct
Rome reports an official denial of a mass Arab slaughter by Italian troops in Tripoli. The statement says unarmed Arabs were spared while armed suspects and murder convicts were shot, about 2200 others were exiled to the Italian islands and the oasis destroyed, and harmless women and children were sent into Tripoli. It also notes that the enemy harmed Italian wounded.
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Rome
Tripoli
Iralian
Oasis
Aviator Drops Grenades on Turkish Camp
Lieutenant Gavotti, an aviation officer, dropped four grenades on a Turkish camp at Oasis Avizara near Tripoli. One grenade exploded in the center causing panic as Turks fled to shelter while cattle stampeded amid the attack.
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Tripoli
Gavotti
Avizara
Turkish Losses Shrink in Last Week’s Fighting
Constantinople reports Turkish casualties last week at forty killed and one hundred wounded in fighting.
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Constantinople
Child Found Dead in Woods Near York
Body of 2 1/2 year old Charles Ely, son of Mr and Mrs Hiram Ely of Wild Cat, found in a wooded clump about a mile from home. Fifteen days passed since the kidnapping as searchers Harry Mundis William Hirt and Robert Arnold uncovered the scene while rabbit hunting. Authorities believe the child was abducted and held in seclusion before being hidden in the back woods.
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York
Charles Ely
Hiram Ely
Harry Mundis
William Hirt
Robert Arnold
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