Roosevelt rallies crowds in Pittsburg Kan and beyond
Col Roosevelt spoke to a large public square crowd in Pittsburg Kansas where observers climbed trees and threshing machines to hear him. He defended recall of judicial decisions and said the people should run the game, not sit on bleachers.
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Col. Roosevelt
Campbell
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Pittsburg
Emporia
Arcadia
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Liberal
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Ashgrove
Springfield
Aurora
Monett
Joplin
Roosevelt
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Tennessee
Louisiana
Alabama
Georgia
North Carolina
New York
Middle West
T. R. Self
Eugene V. Debs
Crawford County
Debs
Chicago
People’s Own
Marines Arrive to Aid Isolated Americans in Nicaragua
Washington dispatch reports from Rear Admiral Southerland that Major Butler and a marine force have reached an isolated American position in Nicaragua on September 23, aiding stranded civilians and securing the area.
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Washington
Nicaragua
Navy Department
Southerland
Butler
Rejected Advances Tied to Sickles Relics
New York report states Mrs. Sickles pawned her jewelry to satisfy a creditor as war relics of General Sickles faced sale to satisfy a judgment. Her attempt to contact the general for a reconversion was reportedly rebuffed.
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New York
Sickles
Arrests Certain if Race Course Betting is Tried
Baltimore paragraph states that book making and betting at Havre de Grace race track will trigger arrests by Harford County Agricultural Breeding association officers and others involved, with State Attorney General Poe backing the plan and Baltimore police to aid if officials do not act. Granada sends Red Cross supplies to French college citizens and pupils isolated for nearly fifty days.
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Baltimore
Havre de Grace
Harford County Agricultural Breeding Association
Poe
Granada
Red Cross
Grain Burned on Chickasaw Farm
Ben Litterer, a Nashua area farmer six miles west of town, lost about 500 bushels of oats and 200 bushels of rye in a Saturday afternoon fire sparked by a threshing engine. Four grain stacks burned and two stack sections were ruined. the separator was saved after a chain was attached to pull the machine from the straw. The threshing engine belonged to a farmers cooperative formed that fall. losses are partly covered by insurance.
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Nashua
Ben Litterer
Litterer
Fr Insurance
Judge to Hear Graft Case Against Clinton County Official
A petition was filed in the supreme court seeking the appointment of a judge to hear ouster proceedings against Frank Kearney, Clinton county supervisor member. He is accused of misconduct in office including awarding bridge contracts and charging railroad repairs to the county for a private quarry. The case is led by Attorney General Cosson and Assistant Attorney General Sampson.
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Des Moines
Supreme Court
Frank Kearney
Clinton County Board of Supervisors
Kearney
Cosson
Sampson
Car Situation Gets Warmer in Duluth Street Strike
Duluth Minnesota September 23 a erratic street car service left riders wandering as cars moved between Woodland and east end suburbs and then toward Park Point. Conductor jokes about routes to Superior surfaced while reports of intoxicated crews were verified in one case.
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Duluth
Minn
Woodland
East End
Park Point
Superior
F. M. Enloe Civil War Veteran Dies in New Hartford
New Hartford Indiana reports the death of F. M. Enloe a Civil War veteran aged 76. He died at 4 PM yesterday and funeral services are planned for Tuesday afternoon.
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New Hartford
F. M. Enroe
Taft discusses grave Nicaragua situation with aides
President Taft, while traveling from Baltimore to Washington, conferred with Huntington Wilson acting secretary of state W. T. Doyle head of the Latin American bureau and J. R. Clark Jr solicitor of the state department. They reviewed the gravity of Nicaragua's situation and latest reports.
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Washington
Taft
Baltimore
Huntington Wilson
W. T
Doyle
J. R. Clark, Jr
State Department
Nicaragua
Lost murder transcript puzzles McCaskill case
Police search for a 912 page transcript of evidence in the J. T. McCaskill murder case after both the original and duplicate copies vanish following a borrowing by defense and prosecution lawyers. The duplicate later reappears. the original is never found despite extensive checks, with a stenographer joking about sitting on it before it is restored.
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Supreme Court
J. T. McCaskill
Henry Phillips
Court House
Pettit
Commercial Bank
Large Irish League convention opens in Philadelphia
Hundreds of Irish American delegates arrive for a major United Irish League of America convention in Witherspoon hall Philadelphia to press home rule in Ireland. War H K Redmond leads the event as a key speaker discusses Ireland’s fight for self rule and near victory.
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Philadelphia
United Irish League of America
Witherspoon Hall
Ireland
H. K. Redmond
Mr. Redmond
John B. Redmond
Weds Father's Fiancée in Elopement Shock
Richard Lewis aged 18 eloped with Mrs Hazell Champlin 45 a former housekeeper at the Lewis home south of Sterling Tl. The elder Lewis planned a double wedding with his son and the bride but says he would welcome her as a daughter in law. The couple bought tickets to Des Moines Iowa where the marriage was expected. Champlin has two sons 16 and 19.
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Des. Moines
Democrats Sure to Win Says Clark in Missouri Speech
Sedalia Missouri September 23 Champ Clark speaker of the national House of Representatives opened the Democratic state campaign in central Missouri saying signs of the times show the Democratic party cannot lose this year except for gross carelessness or unwise overconfidence.
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Sedalia
Champ Clark
House of Representatives
Missouri
New York Police Captain Reith Testifies on Graft Claim
Police Captain John T. Reith told the aldermanic committee that as a lieutenant he learned a $10,000 bribe could secure a captaincy under a former commissioner. He declined to pay, was not promoted then, but was later made a captain by the current commissioner.
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New York
John T. Reith
Aldermanic Investigating Committee
Reith
International hygiene congress opens in Washington
About 3 000 delegates from 33 countries gather in Washington for the fifteenth International Congress of Hygiene and Demography with President Taft in attendance. Dr Max Ruhner outlines the Congress aims while a week of lectures, discussions and exhibits follows at Memorial Continental Hall.
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Washington
Taft
kKome
International Congress of Hygiene and Demography
United States
Continental Hall
Daughters of the American Revolution
Max Ruhner
Emperor Frederick William University
Berlin
Reopen Oil Gas Report Stirring Government Watch
New York reports show Waters-Pierce and Standard Oil litigation drawing government scrutiny. Kenneth Adams testify that Standard Oil of New Jersey assigned stations outside its territory and questioned refinery stock reports. Untermeyer meets Taft amid money trust queries, while West Virginia mining guards face federal court actions.
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Standard OI Company
New Jersey
Waters—Pierce Standard Oil
Kenneth Adams
New Jersey Company
S&s. M. Fordyte
St. Louis
Watera-Pierce Company
Standard Oil
Adams
Samuel Untermayer
Waters- Pierre
Standard Oil Company
Washington
Standard Off Company
Untermeyer
Standard Off
Money Trust
Government probes Standard Oil amid court contempt reports
Contempt of court proceedings are reported as pending while Attorney General Wickersham reviews stenographic testimony and reports personal attention to the case. Officials say the government is investigating specific complaints against Standard Oil but deny any plan to reopen the big trust case.
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Wickersham
Standard Oil Company
Big Trust
1500 School Boys Riot Over Principal Transfers
New York on September 28 police reserves were called to quell a riot by 1500 public school pupils protesting transfers of their principals. Two schools were involved as windows were smashed and janitors doused with vegetables while the march blocked nonparticipants from entering schools.
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New York
Catholic Charities Conference Opens with Charity Talks
The national conference of Catholic Charities begins its biennial session in Washington with sections to discuss charitable work and organization. Delegates are to be received this afternoon and meetings of the St. Vincent de Paul society and the Christ Child society are planned. The evening program features a discussion on The City and Its Poor.
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Washington
National Conference of Catholic Charities
Taft
White House
St. Vincent de Paul Society
Christ Child Society
Boston Welcomes Delegates to Fifth International Congress
Boston opens to eight hundred business leaders and 3,000 mile tour from Boston to Folsom as sixteen language interpreters assist arrivals. Delegates receive badges, portfolios with programs, and favors including taxi coupons. Official parchment credentials laid in a copper case, with a reception planned by the Boston Chamber of Commerce.
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Boston
Fifth International Congress of Chambers of Commerce
Sonus
Boston Chamber of Commerce
Drowned on Dink River After Collision Near Arthangel
Paris dispatch reports 115 people drowned on the northern Dvina river near Arthangel after steamers Obnezka and another vessel collided. Obnezka carried 150 passengers and sank within minutes. only thirty-five aboard were saved by tugs.
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Paris
France
Dvina
Arthangel
St. Petersburg
Information
Obnezka
Obneska
Inquiry Into Sam Schepps Conspiracy Witness
Inquiry into conversations that Sam Schepps had with Hot Springs residents during his stay here was to resume today before Special Commissioner Huff, with Douglas Hotchkiss, a local newspaper editor, on the stand.
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Hot Springs
Ark
Sam Schepps
Schepps
Huff
Douglas Hotchkiss
Jumped for Picture Films, Aeronaut Killed in Berlin
In Berlin a man named Buettner died after leaping from the 245 foot Column of Victory in the Tiergarten. He aimed to jump with a parachute for a moving picture firm, but the parachute failed and he died on impact. Police say the death resulted from his own actions. Buettner had recently attempted suicide over a love affair.
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Berlin
Buettner
Tiergarten
Tanitor Finds Lost Package of 55000 Dollars in Bank Rear
A janitor at the bank in Pensacola Florida found a package containing 55000 dollars from an express shipment to the Louisville and Nashville pay car at Flamenton Alabama. The money had been mysteriously extracted from the shipment earlier.
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Pensacola
Fla
Louisville & Nashville
Flameton
Ala
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