Army War Game Near Harriman Aideon Boston Battle
Morning Journal reports a red army under Brigadier General Tasker Bliss closes on Boston in a war-game with blue commanded by Brigadier General William Pew Jr. Red advances threaten the blue left. Pew must concentrate by morning or face defeat. Civilians not involved.
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Eby Morning Journal
Boston
Army of the Red
Tasker H. Bliss
Army of the Blue
William A. Pew, Jr
Pew
Hiliss
Blue
Grierson
Reds
Tenth United States Cavalry
Bridgeman
New York
Harriman Plans Cherbourg Sail After Europe Visit
Van derbilt holdings absorbtion rumors shake markets as Harriman returns home from Europe. Harriman plans to sail from Cherbourg tomorrow aboard the Kaiser Wilhelm II, following a visit with James Stillman and reports of improved health.
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Morning Journal
Paria
H. Harriman
James Stillman
Historic Lincoln County Seat Fight Decides In Favor of Carrizozo
In Lincoln County New Mexico ten of fifteen precincts report a rough 400 vote majority in favor of moving the county seat from Lincoln to Carrizozo. The election was bitterly contested with orderly conduct. full returns expected to reduce the margin.
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Lincoln
Carrizozo
Lincoln County
Lineuls
Carrigaga
Fishermen Drown In Alaska Gale Near Inimak Pass
Aboard the Harriet G of Anacortes six fishermen Jamies McDonald John Petersen Sigvald Martinson Peter Whalen Olaf Peterson and Edward McGrath perished May 15 in a bay off Inimak pass Alaska. They were ashore after a fair day when a gale struck and swamped their light boats. two were saved by a lighthouse tender. The Fortuna delivered the report.
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Troon
Jamies McDonald
Flest
John Petersen
Sigvald Martinson
Peter Whalen
Olaf Peterson
Rdward MetGrath
Harriet G
Anacortes
Inimak Pass
Alaska
Fortuna
Harriman Homecoming Amid Wall Street Rumors
Reports from Wall Street link Harriman to a potential purchase of control in the New York Central lines as his homecoming nears. Officials deny any confirmed departure plans from Cherbourg or statements about an ocean to ocean route, while Union Pacific stock fluctuates before recovering on confirmation of his return.
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New York
H. Harriman
Wall Street
New York Central
Union Pacific
Cherbourg
Vanderbilt
Harriman
Harriman Leaves Munich for Paris Amid Health Reports
Reported by secretary Mr Price Harriman planned to sail Cunard to New York at month end after traveling by automobile from Galesburg to Munich He appeared in good health and spirits at Hotel Teging while taking limited local rides Workers at Melds and drying plants across the river experience strikes by 2400 white workers and Asian workers.
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Munich
Aus
H. Harriman
Paris
Price
Cunard
New York
Harriman
Ralesburg
Dbatriots
Forest Fire Rages in Castle Mountains West of Laggan
Aug. 17 Alberta government firefighters left yesterday to combat a large forest blaze in the Castle mountains 16 miles west near Laggan The fire covers a ten mile stretch along the valley and the area is veiled in smoke with the Hawkhead district affected by the flames
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Loanff
Alberta
Castle Mountains
Laggan
Pereugh Remains in Tombs as Vulgar Thief Accusation Sours
Young note broker Pereugh, indicted for grand larceny in New York, failed to reveal any higher conspiracies to District Attorney Jerome. He is accused of stealing $100000 worth of mining stock from the Windsor Trust, placed there in good faith by M. Joyce, and remains held at the Tombs.
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Man
Jerome
Morning Journal
New York
Avi
Joonald Te Perech
F. Auguste Heinze
Dombes
Perech
Mr. Detome
Pereh
Windsor Trust Company
Ms. Joyce
Court Keeps $50,000 Bail in Heinze Case
Acting for Mr Heinze as collateral for a $50,000 loan Persch faces further indictments. The court refused to reduce bail and Persch entered no plea. Wind sor Trust Co is said to be untrustworthy with release of securities due to a curb brokerage employer Leonard J Fields. Persch appeared with firm accounts and personal ledgers at the district attorney's office.
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Heinze
Persch
Donday
Jerome
Windsor Trust Company
Porsche
Leonard J. Fields
Curb
Heinze Securities
San Francisco Primary Totals Show Mixed Nominations
Early returns from San Francisco indicate Mayvor Crocker, William M. Leland, and Charles Fickert lead on their respective tickets for mayor and district attorney. Heney appears on some ballots as an independent option, while many ballots show split votes across minor offices and supervisors.
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Morning Journal Special
San Francisco
Partia
William Crocker
Business Men's Committee
Republican Party
Thomas Ih Leland
Union
Charles Bickert
Crocker
Mausey
Fickert
Democratic
Union Labor
Heney
Huc Hor
Strikers Lose Last Card as Railroad Walkout Fails
The strike movement falters as a mail railroad ballot fails to show a majority joining the effort. Lack of public sympathy and leadership incapacity hinder the labor cause while printers, Sandviken, Munfors, and Bofors works resume activity. Banking and stock markets see little disruption.
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Euike
Sandviken
Tay r ie Tay r ie LIVELY TIMES PROMISED AT COMMERCIAL CONGRESS
The article reports a heated session at the Commercial Congress predicting renewed battles over railroad rates to Transmississippi points. Galveston and Denver reportedly align in the effort, signaling a regional push for price relief and policy changes.
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Galveston
Denver
Feud Over Rail Rates Dominates Denver Gathering
Delegates at the Transmississippi congress expect heated debate on rail and ocean rate revisions between New York and Denver. Colonel Pryor says Galveston and Denver will lead with a resolution to curb rate disparities, tying transport costs to western land irrigation and urban housing issues. Prominent speakers include Thomas Walsh and John Barrett, with 2,000 more delegates anticipated as the session opens its real work tomorrow.
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Denver
Pinchot
Ballinger
Transmississippi Congress
Congress
Ike Pryor
San Antonio
Tex
Galveston
New York
Colonel Pryor
Texas
Piveston
Yail
Col Pryer
Thomas F. Walsh
Colorado
John Barrett
Bureau of American Republics
Walsh
Parrett
Laverne Wo Noves
Fedigo
Prote Hient
National Business League of America
Ramuel Honworth Smith
American Life Convention
Taft
Thomas Love
Austin
Posoluthane
Conservation congress to hear Ballinger Pinchot dispute
Als 17 western irrigation men scheduled to address the first national conservation congress to be held there August 2 have written to the executive board of the Washington conservation association and under whose auspices the congress will be held they desire to reopen the Ballinger Pinchot controversy started at the irrigation congress in Spokane last week.
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Heatile
Wallah
National Conservation Congress
Washington Conservation
Spokane
Yoakum Deprecates Expense of Armed Force
Shawnee Oklahoma August 17 H F Yoakum chairman of the Rock Island executive committee in an address before the Farmers union of Oklahoma deprecated the growing expense which the United States government is incurring in maintaining armed forces and other duties.
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Shawnee
Okla
H. F. Yoakum
Rock Island
Farmers’ Union of
Oklaahoma
United States
Palmer and the Railroad and the Army and Navy
A speaker praised military defense by grain and cotton fields of the Mississippi valley and the west over war ships. Yoakum spoke on The Palmer and the Railroad and urged good roads to bring carrier and producer closer together.
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Mississippi Valley
West
Mr. Yoakum
Palmer
Railroad
Desert Storm Damages Santa Fe and Sunset
A desert storm yesterday caused damage to the Southern Pacific and Santa Fe railroads. Washouts disrupted SP operations between Indio and Yuma near the Salton Sea and near Imperial Junction to Yuma, while Santa Fe trains were delayed by washouts near Barstow Needles and Goff.
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Los Angeles
Desert
Southern Pacific
Santa Fe
Southern Pacific Marine
Indio
Yuma
Salton Sea
Imperial Junction
Barstow
Needles
Goff
Life Savers End Long Rescue After Shipwreck
New York dispatch reports the Life Savers saved the captain and seven crew from the Artington, a Boston schooner, ashore on Long Island. Madden Pierson rode a raft then drifted five miles south after being swept to sea. Onlookers at Nassau Hotel Long Beach cheered as the rescue unfolded.
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Long Island
Artington
Boston
Long Isend
Madden Pierson
Nasseau
Long Beach
Ira Small
Bloodless political riots erupt in Mexican town
Mexico City reports anti administration rioting in Morelia last night as Corraliste supporters tried to hold a meeting. Reyes followers drove them from the hall and turned the gathering into a Reyes demonstration with about ten thousand participants, including many women, shouting Viva Reyes and Down with Corral from nearby balconies. No curfew or fatalities reported.
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Mexico City
Morelia
Corraliste
Reyes
Viva Reyes
Corral
Pirate raid on Puget Sound nets $10000 salmon loot
A group of forty armed Fraser River fishermen in eight gasoline boats raided the Pacific American Fisheries traps near Pole Roberts on Puget Sound. They held the trap watchman at gunpoint and seized sockeye salmon worth about $10,000, crossing the boundary with their haul. The Pacific American Fisheries company asked Port Townsend to send the revenue cutter Peary and posted a $1,000 reward for pirate identification.
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Ermen
American Fisheries Company
Pole Hoberts
Paget Sound
Pacific American Fisheries Company
Port Townsend
Peary
Siege Raised After Barcelona Rebellion Declared
At Barcelona on August 11 the state of siege declared during the revolt was lifted today. Officials announced the restoration of normal order as citizens resumed daily routines after tense days of martial rule.
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Seige
Barcrlona
Barcelona
Record Heat Bites Southwest as Widespread Banality Fades
Daily heat wave grips Kansas Oklahoma and Missouri with thermometers at McAlester 113 Ardmore 144 Vinita 110 Oklahoma City Guthrie Tulsa 106 while Dallas hits 108.5 and Memphis reports new records. Despite eight Kansas City deaths the corn crop remains safe due to recent rains. Cooling breezes begin fading the heat later in the evening.
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Oklahoma
Morning Journal
Kansas City
Southwest
Kansas
Missouri
McAlester
Ardmore
Vinita
Oklahoma City
Guthrie
Tulsa
Memphis
Tenn
Fort Worth Sizzles as Record Heat Breaks All
Fort Worth Texas reports the hottest day in history with bureau readings at 110 and street thermometers at 120. Heat causes intense suffering yet no prostrations. winds from prairies worsen conditions across the city.
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Port Worth
Texas
Fort Worth
Prohibition Message From Warden On Prison Downfalls
Warden Fellstrom of North Dakota told the American Prison Association that 95 of 100 convicts owe their downfall to drink. The Washington state reform school band from Centralia performed, cited as example of new treatment methods for wayward boys.
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Dakota Penitentiary
Washington State Reform School
Centralia
Congress of the American Prison Association
Fellstrom
North Dakota
Earthquakes Felt in Alps with No Reported Damage
Two minor earth shocks of short duration were recorded in the Alps near Milan. No damage or injuries were reported, and authorities noted no further seismic activity at this time.
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Milan
Aug
Alps
Tragic Murderer Casey Dies After Cyanide Suicide
In Goldfield Nevada Patrick Casey, jailed for killing Mrs Heslip and wounding Mrs Mann, took cyanide and died shortly after. A mob threatened to storm the county jail and lynch him, but he was spirited to Tonopah by armed guards. The district attorney convened a grand jury to proceed.
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Heslip
Patrick
Casey
Jalil
Attuck
Prank Mann
Callahan
Tonopah
Prisoner Casey Smuggled to Tonopah Jail to Avoid Lynching
Patrick Casey, charged with Mel Heslip's murder in Goldfield, was smuggled from Esmeralda County Prison to Nye County Jail in Tonopah to escape a lynching. Sheriffs Cullahan and Owens arranged a field rendezvous, but a breakdown delayed transport and Casey was moved under heavy guard to the county jail.
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Yonopah
Patrick Casey
Mel Heslip
Goldfield
Esmeralda
Cullahan
Esmeralda County
Owens
Nye County
Casey
Deerfield editor hanged in effigy over Taft Diaz plea
In Lakin Kansas last night citizens of Deerfield hanged Dr. C D Oakford editor of the Deerfield News in effigy for urging Americans to protest President Taft shaking hands with Diaz of Mexico.
Train Crew Blamed for Colorado Wreck Verdict
A coroner jury found criminal negligence by Denver Rio Grande crew Engineers Lessig Hollingsworth Fireman Wright Conductor Dakes and Brakeman Metthern in the Husted Colorado collision. The ruling cited a defective system for issuing train orders as contributing to the wreck and ordered arrests.
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Morning Journal
Colorado Springs
Colo
Aus
Denver & Rio Brance
Husted
Lessig and Hollingsworth
Wright
Dakes
Hrakeman Metthern
Denver
Reward Offered For Ost Mountain Climber On Tacoma
Aug 17 Tacoumae Washington a $300 reward from Joseph W Stevens of Trenton New Jersey advances search efforts for Joseph W Stevens and Tr Callaghan lost on Mount Tacoma. A party led by the Longmire brothers from the mountain foot heads to the summit to aid in the search. Callaghan, a nature student from Portland, ventured up Tacoma to gather data for a book.
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Tacoumae
Wash
Joseph W Stevens
Trenton
Callaghan
Mount Tacoma
Longmire Brothers
Callahan
Nature
Portland
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