Dunn Defeats Clarke in Iowa Governor Race by Narrow Margin
Early returns indicate E G Dunn of Mason City leads Geo W Clarke for Iowa governor by about 4,000 votes though several counties are still uncounted. New Jersey shows a light presidential vote with Wilson under Bryan and Taft Roosevelt totals down from four years ago.
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Des Moines
Associated Press
E. G. Dunn
Mason City
Nad
Geo. W. Clarke
Poweshiek
Benton
Harrison
Dickinson
Calhoun
Marion
Pottawattamle
Clarke
Dunn
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Delaware County
Taft
Wilson
Roosevelt
Stevens
Benton County
Ottumwa
Davis County
Congress
Kirkpatrick
Good
James W. Good
C. Huber
New Jersey
Newark
N. Y
Bryan
Deneen
Frank H. Funk
California
Roosevelt Leads Iowa And Midwest Returns In Election
Roosevelt holds a temporary statewide lead of about 500 in Iowa as results show him carrying Los Angeles area and narrowing the presidential race. Illinois and Minnesota returns favor Roosevelt and Debs shows statewide totals with Cook County contributing a large share. Knute Nelson leads for U.S. senator in Minnesota with a Republican ticket sweeping the state legislature.
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Roosevelt
Los Angeles
Congress
William Kent
St. Paul
Minnesota
Theodore Roosevelt
Woodrow Wilson
United States
Knute Nelson
James Hanrahan
Colonel Adopts Policy of Silence After Shooting
Colonel Roosevel t travels from Oyster Bay to New York and visits his editorial office for the first time since being shot. He says he adopts a policy of silence with no further comment on the election and reports feeling fine as he recalls the bullet in his chest.
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New York
Col. Roosevelt
Oyster Bay
Lynchings Strike North Dakota as Mob Hangs Man
Geo. Baker, jailed in Steele, North Dakota, was taken from his cell and lynched by a mob for the murder of his wife and her father Thomas Glass. It is North Dakota’s first lynching in ten years.
Train Bandits Loot Express Near Birmingham
Bandits stop a southbound Toursville and Nashville express at Blount Springs in the early hours, entering the mail car and seizing registered pouches before fleeing north of Birmingham. Police and posses pursue the robbers as loot estimated at about 540000 with 40000 reported.
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Birmingham
Ala
Nashville
Blount Springs
Second ward election board works 54 hours straight
The election board in the first precinct of the Second ward labored 54 hours without rest to total the return. They finished their count at 2 oclock yesterday morning and submitted the results to the county auditor at 11 oclock. Eight hundred twenty seven ballots were checked in this precinct.
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Jeounty
Defenge Talk At Ettor Trial Emerges In Mass Crowd
Salem witnesses describe defense speeches in the Ettor Giovannitti and Caruso murder trial. Mill workers from Lawrence testify Ettor and Giovannitti urged restraint and warned against violence while police and soldiers were present.
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Salem
Mass
Court House
Cour
Lawrence
Ettor
Giovannitt
Caruso
Anna Lopiazzo
Sabato Gauge
Giovannitti
Rence Rommeon
Canal Streat
Seaman Killed in Nicaragua Buried in California
The body of J. Roy Morgan, the first American seaman killed in the Nicaragua revolt, was buried with military ceremony at Inglewood Cemetery near Los Angeles. He was a turret captain aboard an American war vessel and son of Mrs. Sarah M. Morgan of Moneta, a Los Angeles suburb.
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Los Angeles
Cal
J. Roy Morgan
Nicaragua
Inglewood
Morgan
Sarah M
Moneta
Steamer Royal George Stranded Off Orleans Island
The steamer Royal George with about 500 aboard stranded on the Isle of Orleans in the St Lawrence River. Squally weather delays rescue as passengers remain onboard awaiting relief. ship rests 64 yards from yesterday. Canadian Northern officials say baggage will be sent to passengers.
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Quebec
Isle of Orleans
Lawrgyco
Royal George
Canadian Northern Railroad
Black Hawk County Political Roster Listing
A compact list shows candidates and officials for Black Hawk County with names such as Roosevelt, Yonn, Pickett, Grout, Kernbrook, Rainbow, Bentley, Petail, Plummer, Hoxie, Myers, Wistner and others. It includes roles from governor to sheriff and coroner with associated numerical figures.
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Roosevelt
Yonn
Pickett
Grout
Kernbrook
Rainbow
Bentley
Petail
Plummer
Hoxie
Myers
Wistner
Jack Johnson Indicted for Mann Act Trafficking
Federal grand jury charges the Black athlete Jack Johnson with four counts of violating the Mann Act by bringing Belle Schreiber, a white woman, from Pittsburgh to Chicago for immoral purposes. Johnson sobbed and pleaded for bail as agents captured him. bond set at 30000 after his mother signed.
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Chicago
Jack Johnson
Kenegan M. Landis
Johnson
Edward Northrup
Federal Building
Harry Parkin
Landis
Belle Schrei‘ber
Pittsburgh
Fort Wayne
Schreiber
J. Johnson
Lucile Cameron
Cameron- Falconet
Minneapolis
West Virginia Goes Dry Election Result Tallies
From fourteen counties and partial returns in four more, statewide prohibition appears to carry by about 75,000 votes. Taft is reported as the unanimous choice in Austin Texas where Zapeta county cast 75 votes all for Taft electors. In North Carolina the GOP is deemed dead after failing to reach 50,000 votes. Everett Washington adopts single tax. Clara Reuther, 21, of Tacoma, is committed to a hospital after Roosevelt’s defeat. Clarksville Iowa reports Euphemia Gabby Newman dies at 30.
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Chicago
Illinois
Debs
Cook County
Prohibition
Progressive Party
Wilson
Virginia
Charleston
W. Va
Taft
Austin. Tex
Zapeta
Rio Grande
Texas
United States
Asheville
Republican Party
North Carolina
Gardr
Thomas Leitie
Fredell Mourns
Iou
Riverett
Wash
J. Everett
Moose Girl
Tacoma
Clara Reuther
Roosevelt
Trial date set for four men in Beaker case murder
About two hundred jurors report for the trial of Whiter Lewis Lefty Louia Gyp the God and Dago Frank indicted for murdering Herman Rosenathal at Charles Becker s bidding Jury selection proceeds for the four with remuses seeking separate trials dropped in favor of a joint trial It is hoped all four testify and the states chief witnesses include old Jack Rose Bridgie Webber and others pivotal in the Beuker case
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New York
Criminal Court
Whiter
Jack’ Rose
Moose Exhibit Breaks At National Museum
A large glass case housing a Moor group of moose and smaller animals in the national museum shattered during a routine warning. The display, valued among mounted exhibits, will be retired until a new case is secured. Officials deny any link to election returns. Several Roosevelt mounts are nearby.
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Washington
National Museum
Roosevelt
Turkish and Balkan War Turmoil Escalates in Nov. 8 Reports
Reports from Washington Vienna and Athens describe Russian silence. Greek Crown Prince Constantine pressing Saloniki. Turkish morale and calls to resist with massed forces. Turkish troops mass at Silivri as chaos and disease spread in Constantinople amid ongoing Balkan fighting.
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Athens
Constantine
Saloniki
Turkey
Europe
Greece
Salouski
Vardar
Republican club network expands nationwide
Washington Nevada reports Katrend dent Talt announced support for Republican principles as local and nationwide club branches form. A telegram from Kansas City notes Jackson County Republicans met last night and created a club.
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Washington
Nev
Kansas City
Jackson County
Aeroplane to Aid in Defense of West Coast
Los Angeles report states the war department plans a chain of aeroplane depots along the Pacific coast as an auxiliary to coast artillery. Lieutenant Augustus Norton, coast artillery, notes limited training for some officers and says use of aircraft for coast defense is being tested. Contracts for about twenty biplanes have been made and Norton heads to San Diego to select a site.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Pacific Coast
Cosat Artillery Corps
War Department
Augustus Norton
Coast Artillery Corps
Norton
Ben
Army
Navy
San Todego
Russia Retains Expired Soldiers To Brace For Balkan Tensions
In St Petersburg the government orders time expired soldiers to stay with their regiments through spring creating a near wartime footing. The move aims to avert Balkan complications, though it costs millions and keeps hundreds of thousands under active service rather than demobilizing.
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St. Petersburg
Balkan
German Petroleum Bill Advances in Federal Council
The German petroleum monopoly bill, aimed at ousting Standard Oil from Germany, reportedly passed the federal council with changes to keep disinterested control rather than transferring control to oil-producing banks. Party papers warn of strong opposition as it proceeds through the upper chamber.
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Berlin
Standard Oil Company
Germany
Federal Council
Cotton gin count tops list with 849,898 bales by Nov 1
Bureau reports total ginning of 849,898 bales to date with 35,811 round bales and 28,085 sea island. State totals show Alabama Georgia Texas and South Carolina leading production while inland sea island ginning lists Florida 11,065 and Georgia 16,248. Temperature notes include 58 at 2 3 4 o clock and prior day highs and lows.
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Washington
Ger- Sus Bureau
Sea Island
Athansan
Hatiorna
Georgia
Louisiana
Mississippi
Rely Carolina
Oklahoma
South Carolina
Tennester
Texas
Other States
Florida
Peace Talks Drama Delays and Balkan Peace Plans
Sofia reports insistence on direct talks with Balkan states to secure postwar stability and prevent renewed conflict. Mir notes Turkey’s defeat yet seeks salvage from powers, while Cologne dispatch claims Porte promises direct negotiations. Austria Hungary and Italy will not intervene unless demanded by belligerents.
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Sofia, Noy
Turkey
Mir
Egypt
Cologne
Germany
Sosa
Bulgaria
Saya
Porte
Berlin
Austria
Hungary
Ttaly
Balkan
Marquis di San Giuliano
Nuiniater
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Independence
Defenge
Black Hawk County
Clarksville
Oetre
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Clarence Newman
Nello Skinny Martin
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Bun Men
Ant
Talesmen
FAO
Tennessee
Montana
Vienna
Constantinople
Reichapest
Nazim Pasha
Koran
Yeni
Naropa
Osman
Silvri
Sea of Marmora
Tchalalja
Constan« Linople
Tart
West Coast
Russia
Bureau
Ras
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