Illinois Republicans at Taft era convention rally behind tariff reform
Springfield reports Speaker Joseph Cannon attended the Illinois Republican state convention where a platform aligned with Taft era policies was approved. The crowd greeted Cannon with applause as Gov Deneen praised him while senators Cullom and Cannon were named in the platform, endorsing the Payne tariff, a permanent tariff commission, and other reform measures in state law.
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Springfield
Joseph G Cannon
Congress
Taft
Cannon
Lorimer
Cullom
Gov Déneen
Chicago
Senate
Tlinois
Revenue Commission
Taft praised in reform plank endorsing fairness and tariff study
The document urges direct democracy measures including initiative and referendum and direct senatorial elections. It lauds President Taft for enforcing laws on sugar frauds, restraining freight-rate hikes, supporting antitrust policy, and conserving natural resources. It calls for a permanent tariff commission to study costs and schedules revisions to avoid economic unrest. It denounces graft in the last legislature and disclaims party responsibility for the bipartisan House majority.
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Taft
Congress
Browne Faces Rebuffs at Illinois Democratic Convention
Lee O'Neill Browne, Illinois Democratic minority leader, was twice denied recognition at the Illinois Democratic State convention in East St. Louis. The platform was revised to condemn bribe taking and support direct election of U.S. senators, while denouncing trusts and endorsing antitrust enforcement. Representative Rainey chaired the event with Champ Clark as lead speaker.
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East St. Louie
Ill
Lee O'Neill Browne
Illinois
United States
Lorimer
Resolutions Committee
Roger C. Sullivan
Browne
Hen. O. Browne
L. O. Browne
Henry T. Rainey
Democratic Party
Representative Rainey
Champ Clark
Austrian Ambassador Narrowly Escapes Taxi Crash
Baron Hengel muller, Austrian ambassador to the United States, had a narrow escape on his way to meet Col. Theodore Roosevelt at Roosevelt's editorial offices. A taxi he rode in became jammed between two trolley cars on Fourth Avenue. the taxi was wrecked but the ambassador was unharmed.
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New York
Baron Hengelmuller
United States
Col
Theodore Roosevelt
Fourth Avenue
Heated Final Debate on Lee Statue at Grand Army Encampment
Atlantic City September 23 After over three hours of debate the Grand Army of the Republic indefinitely postponed action on placing the Robert E Lee statue in the Capitols statuary hall Virginia was urged to act within its rights and a pension bill for widows was endorsed while a daily pension for Civil War veterans was rejected The encampment voted to admit revenue cutter service members and denied earlier requests for post meetings while Virginia Hot Springs service details were noted.
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N. J
Grand Army of the Republic
Robert H. Lee
Statuary Hall
Capitol
Washington
Congress
McCumber
Grand Army
Virginia
Grand Army Organization
Committee On Resolutions
Cnight
Department of Indiana
Lee
National Capitol
W. H. Ketchum
Indiana
Torrance
Minnesota
Ketchum
van Sant
Burdett
Tanner
Griffith
Revenue-Cutter Service
G A R appoints officers and sets statehouse base
Metalled the newly elected officers at the encampment. Commander in chief John E. Gilman of Boston announced appointments including Adjutant General Ephraim B. Stillings Post 113 Massachusetts Quartermaster General Cole D R Stowitz Post 9 New York Assistant Quartermaster General J Henry Holcomb Post 61 Pennsylvania Senior Aid and Chief of Staff William M. Olin Post 26 Massachusetts. Headquarters for the next year will be at the Statehouse Boston.
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John E. Gilman
Boston
Ephriam
B. Stillings
Massachusetts
Cole D. R. Stowitz
New York
J. Henry Holcomb
Pennsylvania
Wiliam M. Olin
Statehouse
Cook sighted in Munich hotel as Mr Coleman with family
New York reports Dr. Frederick A. Cook, the vanished explorer, seen in a Munich hotel under the name Mr Coleman with his wife and children. Michael M. Ryan of Bridgeport identified him, noting Cook said he had visited Oberammergau and loved Tyrolean Alps peace, intending to stay longer.
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New York
Frederick A. Cook
Munich
Coleman
Michael M. Ryan
Bridgeport
Dr. Cook
Tyrolean
Alps
Turks Attack Christians in Elbassan Turkiye
A violent outbreak against Albanians in Elbassan western Turkey targets progress in education and religious tolerance. The Didra bey, allied with Americans, was beaten and jailed for 100 years, his home burned. A progressive editor was exiled for life, and a missionary family faces temporary evacuation as mobs beat many, some nearly to death.
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Elbassan
Turkey
James J. Barton
American Board of Commissioners For Foreign Missions
Didra
C. T. Erickson
American Board
Mondstier
Banker Slain in Buggy Near Muncie
Norman Black a wealthy banker was found shot in his horse and buggy after he took the rig from a stable. An hour later the horse returned alone and Black died two hours later. Authorities say evidence points to murder rather than self harm as the cause.
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Washington Post
Muncie
Ind
Norman Black
Black
Avery Stable
Army Captain Is Missing From Fort Snelling
John J. O Connell senior captain of the Twenty eighth Infantry at Fort Snelling has been missing for about two weeks. War Department notified and Northwestern police asked to search. He was known for a volatile temper and potential court martial for violent language toward a superior. He had about 600 dollars on last seen. His wife lives in Buffalo New York. Born in Ohio, academy graduate 1888, previously served in Twenty first Infantry and promoted to captain in 1901. Baltimore and Return travel today and tomorrow via Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.
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O'Connell
Walter Howe
Department of Dakota
O’connell
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Ohio
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Twenty-eighth Infantry
Switzerland
Mamie
Wire
Fetter
New York
Edward
Teddy
P. S
Lake Como
Chariton
State Department
Divorce Suit Nearing Trial Suspected in Reno
Special to The Washington Post Reno Nev Sept Mary Fuller wife of William Fuller a wealthy New York lawyer filed for divorce after returning with her father George R Sheldon banker and Republican committee head she claims desertion Fuller denies the charges and seeks alimony rules state alimony ends on remarriage or joint lives of spouses court to rule.
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Washington
Reno
Fuller
Old Guard Hopeful Roosevelt Confident at Saratoga
In Saratoga on Sept. 23 the old guard rallied at United States Hotel as Woodruff and Barnes conferred on delegate strategy. Roosevelt boosted the platform talks and predicted progress, while Senator Brackett warned of swapping bosses as a grim outcome.
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Old Guard
Timothy L. Woodruff
State Committee
United States Hotel
Sherman
Theodore Roosevelt
Mr. Woodruff
Aiemets
William Barnes, Jr
Albany
Woodruff
Barnes
Republican’ Party
Brackett
Missing four year old girl seen with strange man
Four year old Fannie Roszinsky disappeared from in front of her home on F Street Northeast after being seen with a white man. Police traced the pair to Fifteenth and H Streets before the trail was lost. detectives and residents hunted last night, with no clue by early morning.
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Frank Roszinsky
F Street
Fteenth
H Streets
Ninth Precinct
Fannie Roszinsky
Rouzinsky
Lieut. Falvey
Seversl
Fannie
Twelfth Street
Twelfth
H Street
Fifteenth
Hartley
Mosquitoes Poison Herd In Waterbury Case
In Waterbury Connecticut a herd of cattle was poisoned by mosquitoes infected with material from a dead dog used by physicians in hospital experiments. The dog’s carcass, left in a remote place, led to the spread of the disease. Owner M E Welton says the herd is ruined and he will sue those responsible.
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Washington
Waterbury
Conn
M. E. Welton
Dead as she predicted death on fortieth day
In Toledo Mrs. L. E. Sackett of Tiffin died on the fortieth day of a fast she began after predicting she would die then Postmortem showed internal organs had fused into a solid mass during inactivity The case astonished observers and was noted in a Washington Post special dispatch Also a serialized excursion offer lists fares from Union Station for trips to Harpers Ferry Martinsburg Berkley Springs and Cumberland on game day
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Toledo
Ohio
L. E. Sackett
Tiffin
Baltim
Onleah H
Zor
Union Station
Harpers Ferry
Martinsburg
Berkley Springs
Cumberland
Taft Talked to Bad Boys
A compact note lists today’s page one focus on Taft’s conversations amid party headlines. Other items include reports on political alignments and civic issues shaping Illinois and national discourse.
Quake Felt in Arizona Reported from Winslow and Williams
Private dispatches from Winslow Arizona report a severe earthquake in the state with no details. Messages from Williams near the Grand Canyon say the shock was felt there as well with no injuries or damage.
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Arig
Winslow
Ariz
Williams
Grand Canyon
Extradition Letters On Porter Charlton Murder Case
Capt Henry Harrigan Scott, brother of Mrs Mary Scott Castle Charlton, arrives with letters from Porter Charlton. The letters, not dated, may be submitted to Secretary Knox to argue Charlton was sane and planned the murder of his wife at Moltrasio on Lake Como. A remarkable postscript letters to Scott describe a cottage life with Mamie, and the couple’s delay in sending announcements amid the murder aftermath.
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Washington Post
New York
Henry Harrigan Scott
Mary Scott-Castle-Charlton
Porter Charlton
Moltrasio
Italy
Lake Como
New London
Fuchs
Knox
Justice Blair
Jersey City
Young Charlton
Charlton
Capt
Scott
Fort Morgan
Ala
Wreck Kills Sixteen After Cloudburst Washes Tracks
A westbound Rock Island passenger train from Kansas City to Denver plunges into a washed-out gap after a cloudburst. Sixteen people die, thirteen injured, most in the smoking car and day coach. Engineer Pickenbaugh dies after staying at his post to save others as repairs restore traffic.
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Clayton
Kans
Rock Island
Denver
Kan- Baa City
F. Pickenbaugh
A. V. Huffman
J. W. Usher
William Mills
Herman Mueller
Smith Centers
Fullerton
Nebr
Lear
Division
Norton
Colby
Goorland
Kang
Phillipsburg
Topeka
Pullman
KanSug
Colorado
Kidnapping Plot Foiled At San Francisco Hotel Manx
Beatrice Turnbull age 18 heir to Lucky Baldwin’s fortune was escorted from San Francisco to Chicago after a staged abduction attempt. Her mother Mrs. Lilian Ashley Turnbull notified police at the Manx hotel. A man named J W Nash from Los Angeles claimed near rooms 304 and 305 while investigators watched all night.
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San Francisco
Beatrice Ae ’ Bull
Baldwin
Manx
Lilian Ashley Turnbull
Chicago
J. W. Nash
Los Angeles
Turnbull
Life-Saver Seeks Bride Heir to Protestant Catholic Rift
John A Howland, life savers from Spring Lake New Jersey, travels to Washington to reclaim his bride Helen O Brien an heiress taken from him by her Catholic relatives. Howland plans to convert to Catholicism and rejoin his wife who reportedly remains unwilling. He is connected to Mrs Roge Cartan O Brien widow of a wealthy baker. Train offer to Baltimore via Pennsylvania Railroad advertised.
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Washington Post
St. Louis
John A. Hewland
Ufe-saver
Spring Lake
N. J
Helen O'Brien
Howland
Roge Cartan O’brien
Presbyterian Church
O'Briens
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