Prosperity and Satan in Taft Speech at Dunsmuir
Taft warns prosperity can invite evil when people are comfortable and urges Congress to enact laws to preserve equal opportunity and curb monopolies. He cites Roosevelt era policies and stresses responsibility to uphold progress amid a shifting economy. The remarks precede a cross state tour with topics on railroads and regulatory reform.
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Bid 5 Million for Mantua Palace in Italy
Venice dispatch reports Mir Dorgan offered 5 000 000 to buy the Reggia at Mantua once Corte Reale, a famed royal residence. The government refused, fearing foreign sale of antiques and loss of national heritage. the structure cannot leave Italy.
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Washington Post
Venice
Italy
Reggia
Mantua
Engineer Struck by Stone in Cab on Philadelphia Express
A stone weighing 2 4 stones struck Engineer William Cooper in the cab as the Philadelphia express ran at full speed. The fireman found Cooper bleeding and his legs on the floor after a fall from the throttle side. The fireman drove the train to Redway then switched to another engineer to finish to Philadelphia.
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William Cooper Aeaseless
Philadelphia Express
Cooper
Redway
Philadelpna
Norwegian expedition survivors reach Tromsoe from Spitzbergen
Seven members of a Norwegian expedition believed dead have arrived at Tromsø aboard an coal steamer from Spitzbergen. They endured extreme hardships crossing the ice from King Charles Land to Spitzbergen and lived mainly on raw blubber.
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Tromsoe
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Crane Recalled For Further Instructions From Washington
Charles R Crane, newly appointed minister to China, was recalled from San Francisco after farewell dinners. He planned to sail October 20 on the Mongolia, then switch to the Korea. Officials said he would return to Washington for further instructions, with Secretary Knox reportedly involved. The recall appears tied to broader U.S. policy questions on Hankow Railroad and Sino Japanese treaties.
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Washington Post
Charles R Crane
China
Mongolia
Washington
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Steamship Company
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Japan
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Korea
State Department
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Knox
United States
Five Lost From Sailboat in Minas Basin
In Wolfville Nova Scotia on October 4 seven people drowned when a sailboat capsized in Minas Basin. The Martin family and Stivers family suffered losses. Robert Martin aged 80, Mrs Rover Martin, Percy Martin, Hattie Martin 16, Gertrude Stivers 3 died. Robert Stivers and wife clung to the overturned craft for four hours until rescued. Mrs Stivers expected to recover.
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Ives
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Rover
Martin
Percy Martin
Hattie Martin
Gertrude Stivers
Robert Stivers
Mhs Stivers
Wright's Hudson flight earns cheers from ships and crowd
Wilbur Wright flies 2 miles along the Hudson during the Hudson Fulton celebration, remaining aloft minutes. Sailors aboard warships cheer as he maneuvers near Governors Island and Old Castle William, then returns over the river, escorted by applause from U S and foreign sailors before landing gently on the bay. Authorities praise the feat though weather and motor troubles threaten the later attempt.
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Hudson
Governors
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Ohn
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Manhattan Island
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France
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Grants Tomb
No Hope For Man In Well At Shaft Collapse New York
Rescue efforts to reach John Coffen a young farmer buried 60 feet underground after a shaft collapse near Central Sallo have slowed. Relays toil to sink a second shaft while officials fear suffocation or drowning as sand and water rise. Officials estimate three to four days before potential access with air chamber chances deemed slim.
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John Coffen
Sallo
Witch Coffan
Gonstoble Schwartz
Coffen
Coffen Les
Speeding Cop Halts General Wood in Manila Patrol
New York reports an incident where a civilian policeman stopped a speeding car carrying Maj Gen Leonard Wood US Army near a Manila hospital. Wood, who was en route with a man already injured, refused to press charges, saluting the officer before departing after recording the vehicle number.
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Department of the Test
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Mindanao
Gen Wood
Yale Law Alum Defeats Teallgx Leader for Mayor Post
Former Yale law class of 92 member James B Martin loses the mayoral race to Frank J Rice, a former conductor and current real estate dealer. Rice wins by 1 600 votes, 9 927 to 9 263, in the October election.
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New Hayggi
James B Martin
Gember
Elans
Yale Law Fefool
Frank J Rice
Trofiay
Condustox
Rice
Iyfbs
Martin
Beo
Voters Enroll 190003 in Greater New York First Day
New York Oct 4 1908 Dr Charles Parkhurst urged support for Republican mayoral candidate Owen Bingham from Calvary Methodist Church. Bingham a Republican ally of McClellan spoke against Tammany and the Renert administration while avoiding mention of McClellan himself. On first day five boroughs show total registration of 190003 versus 229899 last year and 206014 four years ago, signaling voter apathy concerns.
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New York
Charles
Parkhurst
Owen Baonard
Theodore A Bingham
McClellan
Bernards
Bingham
Calvais Methodist Church
Tammany
Renert
Tos
Gaynor
McCiellan
Brangayer
Hearst
Manhattan
Whitlaw Reid Honored With LL D at Manchester University
Colonel Whitlaw Reid, the American ambassador to Great Britain, received an honorary LL D from the University of Manchester at a ceremony presided by Viscount Morley, the chancellor. Reid attended the university’s opening of a chemical laboratory as suffragettes interrupted Morley’s speech with frequent protests.
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Great Britain
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Haskell Defies Court Over Bank Payments
Oklahoma City report notes Gov Haskell and State Bank Commissioner Young proceeding with payments to Columbia Bank despite a Guthrie Federal restraining order. Judge Catteral to hear whether the bank official acts are valid as transfer of control to original owners looms. Worden and the board discuss transfer, while a fraud hearing for Haskell and others is postponed to October 13.
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Guthrie
Young
N Haskell
Catteral
Oklahoma
Charieye Haskell
Gov Heskett
Columbia Bank and Trust Company
Courage Saves Master Nights 1 Spechtty 00 in Asheville
Deputy Sheriff EM Mitchell faced a bloodhound attack while tending the hounds in Asheville on October 4. A bulldog intervened, leaping into the melee, drawing the hounds away, allowing Mitchell to escape and protecting a nearby defender from harm.
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Asheville
Tis
EM Mitchell
Tuch
Tum
Bin
Muehetl
Supreme Court upholds award for seven years confinement
The Supreme Court affirmed a judgment awarding Mabel Wellington 150 for services during seven years at the House of the Good Shepherd in Defeat. The court ruled that detention without a court order was intolerable even when intended for the girls' best interests.
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Supreme Court
Mabel Wellington
House of the Good Shepherd
Military Guests Taxed At Hudson Fulton Ball
Invitations supposedly from the Albany Burgesses Corps to a Hudson Fulton tercentenary ball at the Metropolitan Opera House led to charges of concealment and gate fees. Attendees were asked to pay for hat checks and boutonnieres, with several officers finding their admittance cards required costly exchanges and some denied prior knowledge of the event.
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Washington Post
New York
Albany Burgesses Corps
Hudson Tulton
Fuidas
Metropolitan Opera House
Seymour M Kemp Centamard
James Ots Wood
Mvitatin
Yesponses
Kemp
Ghven
Miliary
Melilla Boone
August Belmont
Andrew Comnegle
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Dickerson
John Hays Hammond
John JH Tianan
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Nelson
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Levi Morton
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William
McAdoo
Ruy Fia
Peckham
Adraiteal
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Harles
M Sedway
George R. Sheldon
James Sherman
W Seward Webb
Dall
Ins
T Cem
Legation
Wagaington
Kings County Grand Jury Targets Race Track Gambling Conspiracy
New York October 4. Kings County grand jury hands up charges against Coney Island and Brooklyn Jockey Clubs as corporations for conspiracy in permitting betting at Sheepshead Bay and Gravesend tracks. Police officials and private detectives, including Inspector John J Enep, and bookmakers like John G Cavanaugh are indicted. Indictments hinge on illegal betting schemes and three-bookmaker systems used to evade Hart Agnew laws. Trial set for October 16.
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Associaton
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Thomas Hitchcock Jr
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Brooklyn Jockey Club
Gravesend
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Rehberger
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Pagea headlines mix of politics sports and society events
Page wide jumble of items including Congress criticism by ministers, tax and trade notes, New York racing indictments, political attacks, Cadet leadership plea, district board changes, balloon races, Virginia good roads rally, suffrage debate, Arctic exploration reception, Wanamaker wedding, Pittsburg game seats sold, turf results, women in golf, Doyle Brothers team status, Washington theater notes, pencil cotton crop fears and hearings in court.
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Hudson
Bingham
New York
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Colleses Parsons
Schrether
Greater District Board of Trade
Gen Bell
West
Baltorlat
Persbpa
Misa Wanamaker
Sun
Pittsburg
Doyle Brothers
Washington
Pollep Court
Catholic University urged as bulwark against secular teaching
Trenton Bishop James A McFaul renewed calls to parishioners and clergy to support Catholic institutions. He warned that some professors at secular universities teach there is no God and deny the Ten Commandments, urging Catholics to patronize and fund Catholic colleges to shield youth from harmful influences.
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Trenton Suffragan
Washington
Trenton
Cathelte University of America
James A McFaul
Ani
Mlar
Cathlic
Bible ethics debate spurs abstinence view leaders
In the Biblical World editorial from the University of Chicago press the unsigned editor in chief Prof Ernest DeWitt Burton questions using the Bible as a compendium of ethics. The piece argues the Bible’s moral lessons should not substitute for broader ethical training in churches and schools. Separately, Gov Glascock's secretary Hurt in Charleston suffers bicycle accident landing in bruises. A Warsaw military court convicts two Germans for espionage with four and two year sentences.
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Jesus
Biblical World
Lniverstry of Chicago
Edite Tn
Biblal Worlda
Ernest DeWitt Burton
Togderi
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Cannon Refused to Place Him on Commerce Committee
Herbert Parsons of the Republican county committee accuses upstate leaders of a deal with Tammany last year to manipulate election bills in Albany. He says he will pursue exposure in Washington and Albany, threatens to push stronger voting laws, and defends his stance as a fight for honest elections in New York City.
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Uncle Joe
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Courage
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Welbington
Dew York
Herbert Parsons
Republican County Committee
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More Moors in Spain's Path
The chronicle reports Moors advancing on Mount Guroga with no Spanish losses rumored. Moroccan coastal occupation talks persist as Libera cre ations join in opposition. Ramon Clemente, condemned for riot in July, was executed at Montjuich with troops present.
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Barcelona
Ramon Clemente
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