Party Heads Start Fight in Chicago Campaign
Chicago leaders of Republican Democratic and Progressive parties prepare for the November vote. Permanent Republican headquarters open at Auditorium hotel with David W Mulvan e as director. Progressive HQ to open at La Salle hotel. Democratic HQ location to be announced. Missouri Iowa Michigan Illinois politicians listed. Mrs Catherine Waugh McCulloch backs Miss Addams in suffrage support. Senator Funk plans statewide speaking tour by automobile for governor bid.
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Chicago
Auditorium Hotel
David W. Mulvane
Kansas
la Salle
Hotel la Salle
Charles D. Hilles
Republican Campaign Executive Committee
Senator Dixon
New York
McCombs
Democratic Committee
Mulvane
James B. Reynolds
Walter H. Wilson
John C. Eversman
John T. Adams
Iowa
Charles B. Warren
Michigan
Roy O. West
Linois
Thomas K. Niedringhaus
Missouri
T. A. Marlow
Montana
Miss Jane Addams
McCulloch
Miss Addams
Catharine Waugh McCulloch
Illinois
Progressive Party
Campaign Funds Amid 1908 Inquiry Named Chairman Lloyd
Washington Aug. 13 Representative James T. Lloyd of Missouri, chairman of the Democratic congressional committees in 1908, testified to the senate campaign fund investigating committee that he had no absolute record of receipts and expenditures that year but believed receipts were about 27,600 dollars and expenditures about 100 dollars less.
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Washington
James T. Lloyd
Missouri
Senate Campaign Fund
Display of Big Roll Disrupts Dubuque Store Scene
A well dressed stranger in Dubuque Illinois or Dubuque Iowa created a stir by displaying a roll claimed to be worth 1900 dollars on a department floor. He boasted of showing a million dollars’ worth of fun on Broadway. He refused to give his name and claimed he was from Chicago. The store manager intervened, stopping the performance and clearing the crowd as the disturbance ended.
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Dubuque, Ta
East Dubuque
Death Valley
Scottie
New York
Broadway
Jane
Chicago
Durbin Narrowly Loses First Ballot for Republican Nomination
Indianapolis Aug 13. Former Governor Winfield T Durbin defeated Mayor Samuel Lewis Shank after a late alignment shift. Durbin came within 28 votes of the nomination on the first ballot and the nomination was later made unanimous.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Winfield T. Durbin
Samuel Lewis Shank
Shank
Durbin
Campaign fund totals and donor details emerge at hearing
The report notes expenditures near $100 less than $600, with campaign literature sales at $7,000. Charles A. Keane of New York contributed $1,800 for speeches, Champ Clark and Francis Burton Harrison gave $200 each, others donated $25 or more. Senator Jones of Arkansas channeled $3,500 through the committee. Lloyd remains uncertain about source origins. Former Governor Odell of New York is expected to testify tomorrow regarding the 1908 Harriman contribution.
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Charles A. Keane
New York
Champ Clark
Francis Burton Harrison
House
Jones
Arkansas
Lloyd
Odell
Nework
Harriman
Dirty dog insults and threats at Detroit council clerk case
In Detroit on August 16, Fidward Schreiter the deposed clerk of common council committees appears in police court with 18 aldermen for a rearraignment on bribery tied to the Wabash street closing deal. Accused officials unleash insults while Schreiter faces hostile remarks from Aldermen Skrzycki and O’Brien and police court officials move him to a private office as the scene grows tense.
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Detroit
Mich
Fidward Schreiter
Common Councils
Schrejter
Schrefter
Skrzycki
Schreiter
O’brien
O'Brien
Schrelter
Hugh Shepherd
Cehvester
Former Iowa Girl Killed on Mount Rainier Peak
Miss Halen Hunt a Seattle school teacher, fell to her death from Pinnacle Peak on Mount Rainier while returning from a climb. Her body, found in a gulch five hundred feet below, suffered multiple fractures. Hunt came to Seattle from Tama, Iowa, joining a party of climbers yesterday.
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Tacoma
Wash
Halen Hunt
Seattle
Pinnacle Peak
Mount Ranier
Miss Hunt
Misa Ifunt
Tama
Iowa
Sloops Hage In Lake Michigan Championship Race
In a Chicago August championship run along an 18 mile course the Canadian contender Patricia edged ahead of the Chicago yacht Michicago as light southwest winds favored the Patricia. After two races the series stands with both yachts each having a win.
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Chicago
Michicaga
Patricia
Great Lakes
Michicago
Wool Bill Again Compromise Schedule Before House Today
Washington August 13. An attempt to pass the compromise wool bill over Taft veto began in the house today with two hours of debate arranged by Majority Leader Underwood. Representative Hull of Tennessee opened as the first speaker.
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Washington
Taft
House
Underwood
Representative Hull
Tennessee
Yeggm en At Log er Today Robbers Escape With $1000
Logan Ta August 18 Reports from a village east of Logan say yegemen cracked the bank safe and escaped with more than $1,000. Citizens woke to an explosion and fired on fleeing robbers, but shots were ineffective. A posse formed at daylight found no trace of the safeblowers. The exact amount remained unknown at 4 pm.
Massenet Dies At 70 Noted Composer Of Manon
Paria August 13 Julien Emile Frederic Massenet renowned composer dies at home after long cancer battle at age 70. Known for Le Cid Manon and Thaïs, rose to prominence with Don César de Bazan in 1872. A grand officer of the Legion of Honor and member of the French Institute.
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Paria
Julien Emile Frederic Massenet
Massenet
Manon
Don Cesar de Taran
Legion of Honor
After Rosenthal Murder New York Vows Clean Sweep
The Rosenthal killing spurs a broad housecleaning as authorities target pretend gambling dens and disorderly rooms to trap police officials alleged to take tribute for immunity. John D. Rockefeller Jr. has funded much of this investigation effort.
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John JD. Rockefeller, JR
New York
Herman Rosenthal
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Davenport School Board Drops Physiology Texts Affirms Exaggeration
Davenport Iowa August 18 The Davenport school board has discarded physiology textbooks used in public schools for years claiming that the evil effects of alcohol and tobacco are exaggerated. A new textbook was adopted to replace it.
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Davenport, Ta
Davenport
Rockhill May Go to China as Adviser to Republic
Washington reports unofficial talks between President Yuan Shikai and Mr. Rockhill, the American ambassador to Turkey, about appointing him adviser to the new Chinese republic. Rockhill’s candidacy draws on his China experience and explorations, though resignation is not yet expected. If he declines, a European statesman may be named.
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Washington
Yuan Shi Kan
Rockhill
Turkey
Peking
Thibet
Robbed of 54 000 in Des Moines circus crowd pickpocket
D C Harper of De Soto, a cattle man, was robbed in Des Moines after a circus crowd surrounded the Chicago Western train. A purse containing four drafts for 4000 and other papers was taken from his hip pocket while he was en route to Kansas City. Police report details and timing from Aug 18.
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Des Moines
D. C
Harper
de Soto
Kansas City
Bandits Fire On Police. Officer Shot In Wisconsin Attack
In Milwaukee area, Patrolman Charles Korn, 80, was shot twice while trying to arrest four Italians near West Allis. A large posse hunted the suspects as details emerged of an earlier fatal shooting of a Waukesha saloon keeper. A second man, Alexander Watzlavik, 38, saloon proprietor near Waukesha, was shot at during a holdup attempt by the same group.
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Milwaukea
Wis
Charles Korn
Went Allis
Waukesha
Chicago 1& Northwestern
Korn
Kern
West Allis
Itrians
New Butler
Alexander Watzlavik
Prohibitive Post Office Bill Defeated in Senate
In Washington on Ag 13 the attempt to amend the post office appropriation bill to ban postal workers from joining outside secret organizations failed 31 to 20 after a sharp debate on potential government strikes. La Follette claimed mail rifling amid his inquiry into postal service, while officials called the charges absurd. Two amendments were adopted allowing removal of members in outside organizations tied to strikes and protecting petitioning rights.
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Washington, Ag
Post Office
Senate
LaFollatte
Department
la Follette
la Follette Oes
Root
Senator la Follette
American Federation of Labor
House
Reed
United States
Congress
Arrested for Beating Child in Police Court Trial
Mrs. Julia Veronin of Sixth and Jefferson streets faces disorderly conduct charges after beating her five year old son with a club. Humana Officer Ida Burkitt filed the complaint following neighbor reports and the case goes before the police court this afternoon.
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Humana
Ida Burkitt
Julia Veronin
Sixth and
Jefferson Streets
Temperature report from August 13 with missing data
Fragmentary weather note records a maximum temperature around 71 degrees and a follow up line shows 76 degrees at a later time. It compares to yesterday 71 maximum and a year ago 66 degrees.
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Buchanan Optical Co
Syndicate Block
A&m
P. m
Haitian Leader General Leconte Dies in Palace Explosion
Port au Prince reports General Cincinnatus Leconte, about fifty, president of Haiti, killed when the national palace exploded by powder. Formerly a lawyer, he fled exile in Jamaica after Nord Alexis fell, then launched a brief revolt against President Simon, overthrowing him in May of the previous year. Leconte was a mulatto.
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Port Au Prince
Cincinnatos Leconte
Hatti
Tha National
Nord Alexia
Leconte
Exila
Jamaica
Simon
Grandma Butts Dies at 92 in Gibertville Iowa
Mary Jane Duncan-Butts of Catarangas County New York born March 36 1820 died aged 92 at her Gilbertville home August 13. Funeral held at 3 pm with interment in Lynwood cemetery beside her husband Jo Wesley Butts. Survived by three children William Eliza and Lewis. Lewis cared for her after 19 years since his father’s death.
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Gibertville
Mary Jane Duncan-Butta
J. B. Gilbert
Lynwood Cemetery
Wincongin
Iowa
William of
Grandma Butts
Slag Bank Collapse Buries 26 at Dortmund Iron Works
Dortmund, Germany, Aug 12. Twenty six workmen were buried when a slag bank collapsed at an iron works in the suburbs. Eight bodies have been recovered and it is believed all the men perished.
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Dortmund
Germany
Five Italians Die In Fireworks Blast in Italyn Colony
In Anhborn XL Aug 12 a house cellar explosions killed five Italians preparing fireworks for a church feast. Fire Marshal Coneywear says prohibited explosives were used and investigators found a strange bomb among the ruins. The victims were killed instantly.
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Anhborn
Three Men Said To Head Graft System Paymaster
New York reports Sam Schepps blamed as paymaster in Rosenthal killing. Sandler, Schepps ally, rushes to Hot Springs warning not to talk or depart before his arrival. graft leaders described as a lawyer a hotel proprietor and a police official with two inspectors also named.
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New York
Bernard H. Sandler
Sam Schepps
Herman Rosenthal
Hot Springs
Schepps
Scheppa
Rubey
Southwest
Sandler
Rubin
Whitman
Rosenthal
Kenyon Seeks Broad Inquiry Into Interstate Commerce
Washington, Aug. 13. Senator Kenyon asked regulation today to probe the interstate commerce law. He seeks details on the ICC's rate making plan, required proof for challenge rates, burdens on the public seeking relief, carrier discrimination among localities and freight classes, the need for maximum and minimum rates for low grade freight, unaddressed evils, additional legislation, and the control of wharves and terminal railroads.
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Washington
Kenyon
Interstate Commerce Commission
Commission
Congress
Physician Dead, Lincoln Doctor Hansman Dies at 91
Washington dispatch reports Dr. Theodore Hansman, once a prominent physician in the capital and patient to Lincoln and Carl Schurz, died at age 91. His career spanned half a century of practice in the city.
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Washington
Theodore Hansman
Capital
Lincoln
Carl Schurz
Davenport Reports Single Diphtheria Case in 25 Years
Davenport Iowa reports only one contagious disease case for August the city has no new infections. July records the fewest cases in the city's history reflecting improved public health and disease control efforts.
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Davenport
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