Roadstrum Absence Triggers East Coast Search
Victor N. Roadstrum a Department of Justice special agent vanished after leaving this city on Thursday. Police in Washington Baltimore Philadelphia and New York were alerted to locate him. He was later found to be in New York attending to business, causing concern among friends who reported his disappearance.
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Victor N. Roadstrum
Department of Justice
New York
Washington
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Roadstrom
Busines
Boston
Washburn
Massachusetts
Worcester
W. Murray Crane
Pittsfield
Dalton
Gov. Hughes
Albany
Crane
Hughes
Supreme Court
New Stocks and Bonds Commission
Commission
Roosevelt Praises Taft Tariff Work In Four-State Swing
Former President Roosevelt publicly endorses parts of the Taft tariff policy focused on commission regulation and international negotiations. He cites the tariff commission concept, calls for broader powers, and lauds the Payne Aldrich law’s safeguards while criticizing the method of tariff making. He visits Iowa South Dakota Minnesota and North Dakota delivering speeches on protection and workingmens interests amid a large Sioux Falls rally.
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N. Dak
Roosevelt
Taft
Vrey
Sharam Ant Bec
Omaha
Iowa
Minnesota
South Dakota
Sioux City
Col. Roosevelt
Plana
Col
Dolliver
Hubbard
Martin
Tariff Commission
Senate
Commission
Congress
Executive
Dominion of
Canada
Philippines
Sioux Falls Col
Montreal
Baltimore
Ohio
Bandits Slay Two In Paymaster Robbery Ambush
Masked robbers hid in a forest lane and killed paymaster Dent Fowler and his driver George Ragsdale, taking about $6,000 in pay envelopes. Fowler, a Yale graduate and Atlas Brick Company assistant treasurer, died after describing the attack as rescuers swarmed the scene. Hundreds searched the Hudson area for the slayers.
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Kent Fowler
Yale
Newburgh
N. Y
George Ragsdale
Hudson, N
Dent Fowler
Atlas Brick, Company
George Ragsdaly
Fowler
Fowler O
Ald
Everett Law
N.Y
Ely Pera
del Cesta
Trenien
Howe
Bart
Towler Iit
Tie
Eithile
Ragsdale
Weoowler
Nowhneshy
Norte
Ltndson
Mr. Fowler
Mr. Collins
Hudson Hospital
Luke Vanetten
Collins
A Butet
Reaesdale
Newburyl
Newbureh
Oxford
Fludson
Worth House
Traffe
Mty Head
George
Sheriff Lane
Hudson
van 1Otten
Morane breaks world altitude record by airship flight
Deauville France September 3 Lean Morane the French aviator raised his world altitude record to 471 feet before the engine failure sent the monoplane into a steep descent. He landed a mile and a quarter from the field dazed but unharmed after the breathless plunge, attributing the rapid fall to nausea and ear pressure from the wind and velocity.
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Deauville
France
Lean Morane
Havre
Morane
Pleers
Marina
Tie
Dawes Sees West Economy Stronger Than East
Charles G. Dawes, former comptroller of the currency and head of Central Trust in Illinois, arrived in New York and said the West shows stronger business improvement while the East remains cautiously optimistic. He cited crop reports and currency adequacy as factors stabilizing overall business.
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Washington Post
New York
Charles G. Dawes
McKisley
Central Trust Company
Ilinois
Mr. Dawes
Vermont election signals 1910 Republican mood in Mead-Watson race
Montpelier Vermont September 3 Leading Republicans say local discontent in the Mead Watson contest bears on national politics next Tuesday as about 70 000 voters choose governor and other officers. Vermont’s long Republican span may hint at national sentiment while insiders note Mead’s challenge and the tally for Foster and Plumley.
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Mead-Watson
Montpelier
Vermont
United States
Carroll S. Page
John ‘A. Mead
Rutland
Charles Watson
St. Albans
Dr. Mead
David J. Foster
Frank Plumley
Penrose in forest fires near Penrose camp details
Senator Boles Penrose of Pennsylvania and brothers Dr C B Penrose and Spencer Penrose were trapped by Montare forest fires during a hunting trip. They escaped after days cut off from outside contact by using back firing. Several men reportedly killed near the Penrose camp as the fires raged. Spencer Penrose returned from Montana with the latest update.
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Colorado Springs
Boles Penrose
Pennsylvania
Penrose
Philadelphia
Spencer Penrose
Montare
Montana
Griscom Fined for Speeding in Bridgeport Court
Lloyd C. Griscom, chairman of the New York county Republican committee, was fined $15 in Bridgeport city court after arraignment on speeding charges. Policeman Difford Gorgan testified Griscom’s car reached about 36 mph while chased through Bridgeport. Griscom appealed to the court of common pleas, arguing no danger to lives or property.
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Bridgeport
Conn
Lloyd C. Griscom
New York County Republican Committee
Carl" Foster
Court of Common Pleas
Difford Gorgan
Ovation to Cardinal Congress Opens in Halifax
Montreal and Halifax report subways of rain and cheers as Cardinal Vanutelli arrives aboard the Lady Grey to open the eucharistic congress in Montreal and Dublin. The reception is marked by vast crowds, a cathedral peal, and welcome from civic and church leaders amid wet weather. Cardinal Logue and other Anglican prelates attend as Halifax prepares a ten day universal church celebration with All Saints Cathedral dedicated.
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Montreal
Quebec
Cardinal Vannutelli
Euchariatic Congress
Monda
Lady Grey
Cathedral of
Notre Dame
Dominion
Guerin
Canada
Mgr. Bruchesi
Cardinal Logue
Ireland
Armagh
St. Patrick's Church
Halifax
N. S
All Saints
Samuel Printchard Matheson
All Canada
Winnipeg
Manitoba
Charles Hamilton
Ottawa
Ingram
London
Archibald Ean Campbell
Glasgow
And
Galloway
Scotland
Taylor Smith
India
James H. Darlington
Harrisburg
Harding
Washington
Peace Near in Bilbao
Madrid reports the strike situation in Bilbao and Saragossa causes little anxiety with no disturbances of consequence. Workers are said ready to resume, while Barcelona labor federations meet to consider supporting a Monday strike in solidarity with comrades. Anarchists push for action but success appears unlikely.
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Washington Post
Madrid
Bilbao
Saragossa
Barcelona
Mondey
Celebration ends in death after jail release
Edwardsville Illinois reports the death of J. A. Rifner aged 50 during a public celebration. Rejoicing led to intoxication and he wandered into factory yards. A narrow water rivulet from a steam line pooled overnight and drowned him.
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Edwardsville
J. A. Rifner
Rifner
Taft appoints Yale Hadley as stock and bond chief
President Taft announced the appointment of Dr. Arthur Hadley of Yale University as chairman and four other men to a new stock and bond commission to study bringing railroad securities under Interstate Commerce Commission supervision. The panel aims for a thorough inquiry starting now, with a report possible after the next congressional short session.
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Springfield
Mass
Taft
New Stock and Bond Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission
Boston
St. Paul
National Conservation Congress
Arthur T. Hadley
Yale University
Frederick N. Judson
St. Louis
Frederick Strauss
New York
Walter L., Fisher
Chicago
H. B. Meyer
Madison
Wis
Messrs. Judson and Strauss
Messrs
Fisher and Moyer
Hadley
Congress
Europe
Commission
Washington
Tyniers Witt
Hughes
Plague Fears Grow as World Reports Flooded Outbreaks
Reports from St. Petersburg and Italy describe cholera and plague deaths across Russia and Europe. Seventeen pulmonary plague cases and eighteen deaths in Odessa amid a broader campaign against rats and civic efforts to curb the epidemic.
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St. Petersburg
Pazhevalsk
Odessa
Italy
Russia
Sanitary Bureau
Voronezh
Siberia
Donetx
Prof
Upata
Ito
Pyzhevalsk
Rome
Molfetta
Barletta
Trani
Margherita Savoia
Trinitopoli
San Ferinandino
Tong gunmen shoot two in Chinatown violence in San Francisco
San Francisco reports a tong war flare in Chinatown as Yee Mee of the Hop Sing tong is shot in Ross alley near Jackson street amid a police raid on Sierra Club gambling rooms. Haw Jeung of the Suey Sing tong is later shot at a Washington street restaurant and Ah Foon, a Hop Sing gunman, is jailed.
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San Francisco
Chinatown
Yee Mee
Ross Alley
Jackson Street
Sierra Club
Grand Jury
Haw Jeung
Suey Sing Tong
Washington Street
Ah Foon
Hobble skirt causes serious injury to young actress
New York reports Marion Stone, a teenage actress, is in critical condition at Lincoln Hospital after a fall from a dressing room staircase while wearing a hobble skirt. She suffered a concussion and recovery is doubtful.
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New York
Marion Stone
Lincoln Hospital
Miss Stone
Heiress Helen O'Brien Elopes With Lifesaver Jack at Spring Lake
Miss Helen O'Brien of St Louis, heir to 1 million, reportedly elopes with John Howland, Spring Lake lifesaver known as Livesaver Jack. Her mother Mrs Rosie O'Brien seeks annulment while the couple wed Aug 26 in Avon and tensions rise as the bride is hidden at the summer home.
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Jack” Howland
Washington Post
Asbury Park
N. J
West
Helen O'Brien
St. Louia
Spring Lake
Avon
Audenreid Cottage
Summmer
O'Briens
Miss O'Brien
Lack
Helen
St. Louis
Howland
Miss O’brien
Philadelphia
akiPih
N. L. Montgomery
Avon Baptist Church
Thomas H. Taylor
Montgomery
O’brien
Queer Taxation Proposals From Paris Budget Talk
Special to The Washington Fest reports French ministers debating novel taxes for the payments needed in the new pensions scheme for working men. Suggestions include taxes on bachelors and old maids over 39, first class railway tickets, private home bathrooms, original paintings, plays and books after their run, marriage portions, and a rare proposal to tax goldfish.
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Paris
Mara
Finance Department
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