Fatal Clovis Duel Ends Fire and Assault At Saloon
A series of fires at the Cashin store owned by John Childers and Lilly leads to a deadly street duel in Clovis New Mexico. John Childers is killed after exchanging six shots with Gus Von Elem. Von Elem is wounded and later may be released. Local firemen battled blazes and a manhunt follows amid lynching threats.
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Childers
van Miem
Cashin
Lilly
Louis Lilly
Wee
Bhelden
Dagey
Eli Bar
White House
Yor Klem
von Elem
Elem
Skeldon
Clovis
Texas Gunman Childers Linked to Von Elem Incident
Childers, fifty, son of Judge Childers and Texico mayor, with six gun notches, faced murder indictments in Dalhart, Texas, pending in court. Relatives live in Texas and Oklahoma. his actions helped bring attention to Chil ders and Von Elem.
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Childers
von Elem
Judge Childers
Texico
Texas
Oklahoma
Dalhart
Engines Demolished In Rock Island Wreck Injures Seven
A head on collision between two Rock Island freight trains near Beatrice Neb one mile east of Rockford Neb last night injured seven people none fatally. Three engines were demolished and officials cite order miscommunication as the cause.
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Lincoln
Rock Island
Rockford
Neb
Here
Beatrice
Taft Plans Western Trip and Census Supervisor Row
President Taft alters travel plans to visit Phoenix and Prescott during a western tour. He discusses census supervisor appointments with Postmaster General Hitchcock while Col Cecil Lyon presses for Republican control of Texas slots.
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Taft
Nagel
Department of Commerce and Labor
Cecil Lyon
Texas
Boston
Beverly
Lyon
Colonel Lyon
Arizona
Phoenix
Prescott
Los Angeles
Grand Canyon
New Mexico
Flaso
Dickinson
Charles P. Taft
Cincinnati
Essex Country Club
Chevy Chase
Washington
Teday
Independent Sues American Tobacco Co Over Trust
Norfolk Va August 14 The Ware Kramer Tobacco Company sues the American Tobacco Company in the United States circuit court at Raleigh North Carolina seeking 1000000 dollars alleging the tobaccos trust uses influence in Congress and tariffs to ruin independent manufacturers led by Independent Tobacco Company and its supporters.
Balloon disaster ends ill fated California ascent
Oakland August 14 The balloon City of Oakland failed in Livermore valley after striking a fifty mile breeze on its first Pacific coast time attempt. Aeronaut Captain Van Tassell received a minor injury while Professor Van Der Naillen, president of the Oakland Aero club, escaped unharmed.
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Oakland
Cal
Livermore Valley
Capain van Tassell
van der Naillen
Oakland Aero Club
Great Northern Earnings Drop in Fiscal Year Ending 1909
St Paul August 14 1909 The Great Northern railroad shows a decline in gross earnings for the last fiscal year ending June 30 1909 from freight and passenger traffic. The decrease totals more than one million dollars.
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Great Northern
St. Paul
Great Northern Railroad
Northwestern
Two Boys Plotted Bank Robberies In Early Trial
Joe Willets and Fred Carr were brought to trial after a confessed plan to rob multiple banks. The youths claimed the Santa Clara robbery was an experiment as Sheriff Langford and Riverside authorities questioned them about their identities and crimes.
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Joe Willets
Fred Carr
Sony Vale
Langford
Arthur Langford
First National Bank
Goukland
Santa Clara Rowbery
Fire hits Fort Worth business district causes big loss
Fort Worth Texas August 14 Fire in the business district today caused an estimated loss of 20000 dollars. Fire crews battled the blaze through the day with damage concentrated in several storefronts and offices.
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Fort Worth
Texas
Fire devastates Cam bita mine in Hidalgo state
Mexico City reports a large number of miners killed in a fire at the Cam bit a mine at Rial del Monte Hidalgo with many bodies recovered.
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Mexico City
Rial del Monte
Hidalgo
Bandits Try Hold Up Mine Payroll Near Trinidad
Morning Journal report details an attempted robbery as three men fired on deputies transporting $14 000 for the Victor American mine payroll from Trinidad to Gray Creek. Deputy Martins was killed. Leandron Martinez, an alleged gang member, was captured near the scene as the sheriff pursues the fugitives over the mountains.
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Morning Journal
Trinidad
Colo
Neun
S ix
Gray Creek
Martines
Leandron Martinez
Sheriff's Posse
Billy Kenater Barela
Martinez Sae
Man who forced boy to give up his horse pardoned after murder sentence
A man once sentenced to 46 years for murder was pardoned by Governor Buchtel. It is said Senator Barela helped secure the pardon, amid reports that the act followed an attempted robbery involving Martinex and a boy.
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Martinex
Buchtel
Barela
Aged Woman Survives Week Lost in Mojave Desert
Mrs. Ela McCormick eighty years old was found near the abandoned Knive Moore mine tunnel after a week wandering six miles off course in the Mojave Desert. She survived on groceries she had with her when she began her trek home.
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Mojave
San Bernardino
Cal
Ela McCormick
Knive Moore
Meeting Program for Taft Diaz Incomplete
Paso Aug 14 Mayor Sweeney received a letter from Acting Secretary Atlee saying arrangements for the Taft Diaz meeting were not yet complete but were under advisement and an official announcement would come soon.
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Paso
Sweeney
Atlee
Taft
Diaz
Divorce Granted Amid Allegations of Cruelty in Colorado
Mrs Carmen L Bernard wife of Sam B Bernard millionaire and former mining magnate of Colorado Springs won an absolute divorce in Pueblo district court. She wept as the judge heard her tale of cruelty and alleged affairs. Bernard did not appear and made no contest.
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Mrs. Bernard
Colorado Springs
L L. Bernard
Sam
Bernard
Sensational motion to quash indictments in Oklahoma case
The motion to quash indictments against Charis No Harkell and five others accused of defrauding government aid and the Creek Nation in the Muskogee area will be filed in federal court next Monday. Pliny J. Roper, attorney for Governor Haskell, says the petition will allege sensational charges against government attorneys and the grand jury.
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Charis No Harkell
Oklahoma
Muskoger
Haskell
Roper
Government Determined for Postponing Muskogee Indictments
Mott of Muskogee Oklahoma, attorney for the Creek Nation, denounces reports that the Justice Department might drop or quash indictments in the Muskogee town lot scandal. He says prosecutions will be pursued vigorously and that Attorney General Wickersham is personally involved.
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Washington
Haskell
Muskogee
M. l. Mott
Huskogee
Okla
Wickersham
Thief Steals Diamonds From El Paso Residence
Thieves entered a reservation house in El Paso and cut a screen window to reach a safe. They stole about $6,000 in diamonds from Tillie Howard who runs the place. Detectives are investigating with no clues yet.
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el Paso
Tom
Tillie Howard
Belated Boat Postpones Southeast Massachusetts War Game
A bloodless war game near Buzzard’s Bay was delayed eight hours after enemy transports failed to arrive. Brigadier General William Trew led the blue defense from Robin’s Pond east of Bridgewater with a twelve mile line, while Major General Leonard Weed set the rules and umpired from New Bedford.
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Blue
William Trew
Pew
Leonard Weed
Department of the East
Blue Army
Robin's Pond
Bridgewater
Extreme Test
Halifax
cCity
Durrard’s Bay
Boston
Army of Defense
New Bedford
Automobiles Add to Mortality in Chicago
Chicago reports fifty-one deaths and 1,108 injuries from automobile incidents in the first seven months of the year per the bureau of police records. In Moscow, an attempted robbery of Princess Spahovskaya failed when two intruders were stopped by servants. one robber was wounded and the other killed himself.
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Chicago
Bureau of Police Records
Moscow
Spahovsky
Daring Dash for Freedom Fails on Moving Train
William O'Brien attempted to jump from a moving Third Avenue elevated train to escape detectives during burglary arrest. He was held by the heel and dragged for nearly a block, suffering a fractured skull and not expected to recover. Skeleton keys and pawn tickets were found in the room.
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New York
Aus
Third Avenue
William O'Brien
Heela
O'Brien
Governor Cardenas Resigns as Coahuila Legislature Accepts Move
Mexico City Aug 14 The Coahuila state legislature accepted the resignation of Governor Miguel Cardenas. The body indicated it did not wish to oppose the inevitable leadership change and moved to formalize the transition.
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Mexico City
Coahuilla
Miguel Cardenas
Mexican leaders urge calm amid border tensions
Governor Car denas urged action for peace in Mexico while General Menuel Gongate denied any upcoming uprising in Coahuilla and Nuevo Leon, stating the state is quiet. The exchange reflects political activity across Mexican states and cautious security messages.
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Cardenas
Mexico
Coahuilla
Nuevo Leon
Menuel Gongate
Cesco
Russian Submarine Explosion Causes Casualties
A Russian submarine anchored on the Neva river suffered a severe engine room explosion killing two men and injuring about thirty to forty. A dozen machinists are trapped aboard. fears exist of gas suffocation. The hull is only slightly damaged and the vessel remains afloat. The blast occurred during engine tests and is blamed on machinists’ carelessness.
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St. Petersburg
Neva
Sixteen Governors to Sail in Taft Flotilla
St Louis announces sixteen governors have accepted invitations to join President Taft on a planned Mississippi River flotilla in October. George Curry of New Mexico and T M Campbell of Texas are listed among the participants.
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St. Louis
Taft
Mississippi River
Gulf Deep Waterwave Association
George Curry
New Mexico
T M. Campbell
Texne
Irrigation Congress Selects Its Officers
Spokane news reports Robert Singer elected chairman of the National Irrigation congress executive committee Arthur Hooker named permanent secretary and secretary of the committee with one member from each state delegation The convention also appoints Leinger Spokane W J Mee Washington D C Fred J Kishel Ogden Harper Cunningham Guthrie to serve on the board of governors with President Fowler and local Pueblo secretary.
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Spokane
Robert [Singer
National Irrigation Congress
Arthur Hooker
Congress
Mr. Leinger
Mpokane
W J. Meee
Washington, D. C
Inland Waterways Commission
Fred J. Kisehel
Ogden
Utah
Harper 8 Cunningham
Guthrie, Okio
Fowler
Pueblo
Board of Governors
Japan hit by severe quake shatters central districts
A major earthquake struck central Japan Saturday afternoon at around 4 o clock, disrupting rail and telegraph lines. Kyoto Osaka and Nagoya suffered heavy damage with reports of 21 deaths and 70 injuries. Mount Rokko near Lake Biwa was said to have partially collapsed.
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Itty Morning Journal
Yokio
Japan
At & O
Kyoto
Oke
Lake Iwea
Nagoya
Tokio
Bhiga
Ithuki
Biwa
Colorado Springs Wreck Kills Ten Injures Half Hundred
A head on crash between passenger trains on the Denver and Rio Grande near Colorado Springs leaves ten dead and about five hundred injured. Rescue teams rush through the wreckage as investigators begin to determine the cause.
Wreck crashes two trains near Husted injuring many
A head on collision of Denver & Rio Grande eastbound No 8 and westbound No 1 near Husted 15 miles north of Colorado Springs kills Fireman J A Gossage and injures over forty others. The engineer of No 8 is reported distressed and detained after the crash.
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Husted
Mte
No. S
Secur Lessig
Denver
James Hoseporka
Chicago
M. Laimein
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Jericho Springs
Hossaghi
Davidson
McPherson
Kan
Gi Frederick
St. Louis
Jet Prank
Atchison
M. Campbhen
Cele
Potts
John Kondetram
Victor
Ole
WE. Beeko
HH. McReary
Dallas
Texas
John Potts
Mmll Kauper
Chicago, Severely Ine Yored ii
Ko Whitsitt
Stephen Makeson
Rie
Axtell
Neb
Sllaghe
Arington Hotel
Portard
Gore
Frank Welsh
Center
Colo
Minar Jokirich
Virginia
Bowl
Ihitchworth
J. A. Gossage
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