Trials of Interest to Labor INDIANAPOLIS TRIAL TOMORROW
Indianapolis Sept 30 United States District Attorney Miller says the government is ready to begin tomorrow the trial of fifty one present and former labor union officials on a conspiracy charge for carrying dynamite and nitroglycerin on passenger trains From Indianapolis to Los Angeles the material was used in the Llewellyn works explosion The chief witness Ornie McManigal is in a cell nearby while defense and prosecution prepare with many attorneys and a crowded court room
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Tndianapolis
Ind
United States
Chas. W. Miller
Indiana
International Association of Bridge and Structural Tran Workers
Frank M. Ryan
Herbert 8. Hocking
Wm. N. Harding
John W. Kern
A. B. Anderson
Federal Building
McManigal
Ornie E. McManigal
San Quentin
Iron Workers
Pacific Coast
Trial Looms in Lawrence Murder Case with Mass Juror Pool
Lawrence Mass September 30. The Essex county courthouse opened for the trial of Joseph J Etter Arturo Giovannitti and Joseph Caruso linked to the January Lawrence textile strike murder of Anna Lopizzo. A 350 member juror panel was summoned as defense seeks discharge of the entire venire amid questions of illegal drawing.
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Lawrence
Hiot Ing
Industrial Workers of the World
Joseph J. Etter
Arturo G. Giovanotti
Salem
Masa
Essex County
Arthur Giovannitti
Joseph Caruso
Anna Lopizzo
Caruso
Mass
Arturo Giovannitti
Deaths Probed Over Dead Line Shootings in Augusta
Investigation began into the killing of three citizens by state militia amid the Augusta street railway strike. The victims, described as business men, allegedly crossed a militia dead line near the power plant. Captains Jowitt and Henderson and all guarding the line face military court hearings likely this week as negotiations fail. The city remained quiet and militia numbers were reduced to forty.
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Augusta
Augusta Street Railway
Jowitt
Henderson
Togtther
Hand Mangled in Sorghum Mill Near Nashua
Ralph Birdsall, a Wisconsin immigrant working at the Al Jenners farm north of Nashua, lost three fingers of his left hand when caught in a sorghum mill cog wheel. He was transported to Nashua for surgical treatment after the injury.
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Fresex
Mill Streets
Cara
Nashua
Ralph Birdsall
Wisconsin
al Jenners Farm
Fteo
Another family slain by axman in Illinois abortive coverup
Chicago reports the axman blamed for multiple westward killings invaded Illinois again. Victims Charles Pfanschmidt wife Blanche and Miss Emma Kaempen near Payson Adams county were slain in their sleep and the farmhouse set ablaze to conceal evidence. Ax wounds noted on Kaempen and Pfanschmidt as ruins burned, similar to earlier cases. Prior murders blamed on the axman included the Waynes near Colorado Springs Burnham family near Villisca Moore-Krieger Stillinger visitors Dawson at Monmouth Showman near Ellsworth.
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Chicago
Ilinois
Charles Pfanschmidt
Blanche
Emma Kaempen
Payson
Adams County
Planschmidt
Kaempen
FourYearOld Scalded After Boiler Accident At Home
Irvin Weineck aged four suffered severe burns after sitting on a hot boiler lid and falling into boiling water in his home at 915 Riehl Street. His mother Mrs. Fred Weineck briefly left the room. the child was rescued by his father and later reported improved, though initial grave fears had eased.
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Irvin Weineck
Fred Weineck
Riehl Street
Irvin
IWW Leaders Disclaim Responsibility Amid Quarry Strike
Workers were intercepted by pickets and stalled for a time as IWW leaders disclaimed responsibility for disturbances. They await the arrival of William D. Haywood, scheduled to speak at a mass meeting at 2 p.m. Fifty state police plus local officers protected the scene. In Quincy Mass thirty granite quarries closed due to a strike protesting the imprisonment of Ettor and Giovannitti. A large quarrymen’s march led the district with patrol wagons following.
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Industrial Workers of the World
Wmn
D. Haywood
Chicago
Quincy
Mass
Ettor
Giovannitti
Poller
Bulgarian Army Mobilized Amid Turkish Threats
Sofia, Sept 30. The Bulgarian government proclaimed mobilization in response to alarming reports of Turkish troop concentration near Adrianople and along the frontier, signaling heightened regional tensions and potential conflict involvement.
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Sofia
Bulgaria
Adrianople
Colquitt withdraws troops march permission
Governor Colquitt reverses course in Austin withdrawing permission for Mexican federal troops to move from Marathon Texas toward another border point over Texas soil. He said he does not wish to take the risk.
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Colquitt
Austin
Tex
Marathon
Texas
Roosevelt Fund Hearings Open in Senate Probe
Ormedy McHarg, Roosevelts campaign organizer, testifies on preconvention activity and 1908 taft contests as the Senate campaign contributions inquiry begins. Cornelius Bliss Jr says his father kept donor names confidential. letters from Roosevelt and Taft released in records.
Dix Renomination Fight at Democratic State Convention
Syracuse reports the anti-Dix faction seeks a single candidate while delegates gather for the state convention. Charles Murphy of Tammany backs Dix, claiming control of about 400 of 440 votes, while Bryan’s reinforcement plan appears abandoned due to scheduling. Geo M Palmer arrives with a brief progressive platform draft.
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Syracuse
No Y
John A. Dix
Chas. M Murphy
Tammany
Teckel
Murphy
Dix
Bryan
Wm. J. Bryan
Nebraska
Geo. M. Palmer
Witness in Bliss money inquiry questions destroyed papers
A witness could not recall any oil money or a $100,000 Standard Oil contribution and said he destroyed many of his father’s papers after death. Senatorial cross examination did not shake him. Wm. H. Libby of New York testified, MecHare’s testimony was postponed, and J. C. Cannon of the Fourth National Bank was to be summoned to audit accounts of Cornelius N. Bliss.
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Washington
Senate
Col
Theodore Roosevelt
Pierpont Morgan
Col. Roosevelt
Ormedy McHarg
Contest T
Wallireet
Harriman
Roosevelt F Fund
Bliss, Sr
Cornelius N. Bliss, Jr
Republican Campaign Committee
Roosevelt
Standard Oil
Bliss
Clapp
Oliver
Paynter
Pomerene
Sesson
Republican Committee
John D. Archbold
Standard Ol Company
Elder Bliss
Mr. Bliss
Harry S. New
Lanother
Wm. H. Taft
Taft
Bigs
Republican National Committee
Elias
Standard Oil Company
Wm. H. Libby
New York
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Standard On
MecHare
Det
J. C. Cannon
Fourth National Bank of New York
Cornelius N. Bliss
Missouri electors sign pledge to back Taft or third candidate
In St Louis Missouri eighteen Republican presidential electors sign a pledge to vote for Taft if Missouri can provide the electoral votes. If not they may join with others to support a third candidate. John J Lahir says he signed hoping Governor Hadley would endorse Taft. Louis P Alue confirms signing under similar conditions.
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St. Louis
Missouri
Taft
John J. Lahir
Hadley
Temperature report with dated readings
A weather note lists temperatures for September 30 with marked times from 1 pm to 4 pm and cites yesterday’s maximum at 59 degrees. It also recalls last year’s minimum of 45 degrees and maximum of 54.
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Buchanan Optical Co. Syndicate Nock
Sra
Man Wanted as Slayer Caught in Kansas City
A suspect in the Selen Mehmet murder near Dunkerton is arrested in Kansas City. Gus Bekirs, 21, 6 feet 1 inch, 200 pounds, longtime construction worker, faced strong police pursuit as investigators tied him to the crime and to a stranger defense of motive. Intersecting clues from footprints, a money belt, and an alarming past record aided Waterloo and Missouri authorities in confirming the capture.
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Gus Bekirs
Selen Mehmet
Dunkerton
Kansas City
Shorif F. M. Shores
Waterloo
Bekka
Missouri
Black Hawk County
Bekirs
Gamaly Mehmet
Bekie
Kansan
Selon Mehmet
Great Western
F. M. Shores
H. O’blenns
W. P. Hoxie
B. H. McCoy
Hantzi Eme
Mehmet
Hint
Eme
Shores
Chicago
James Salmon
Gus Bakers
Willan Rogers
Bakers
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Fred H. Moore
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