Amazonian rebel wife leads dawn raid on Juarez police
Juarez, Aug 18 Special Leased Wire The wife of Col Lagree Alanis allegedly led a dawn raid riding a fast charger with ten rebel soldiers. She disarmed the provisional police chief and six officers, then moved through stores to secure provisions before riding out with her followers. A 40-strong civilian vigilance guard now patrols the streets.
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Lagree Alanis
Palomas
Orogeo
Senora Alanis
Strong Rebel Force Heads for Colonists in Mexico
Word from El Paso reports rebels advancing toward Mormon colonists in Morelos and two Sonora settlements. About 900 residents across three colonies may evacuate as 700 rebels approach from Nacogari, two days march away, while refugees from Casas Grandes seek US entry.
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el Paso
Tex
Mexico
Naring Colonia Morelos
Douglas
Ariz
Morelos
Sonora
Chihuahua
Nacogari
Atsach
Casas Grandes
United States
Siege at Tominil Mine Camp Near Mazatlan Continues
Reports from Mazatlan on August 18 describe rebels attacking the Tominil Mining Company camp, eighty miles inland. The siege persists with forty federal troops sent to aid foreigners, including ten Englishmen and one American physician. one employee’s wife remains in the camp.
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Mazatlan
Mexico
Tominil Mining Company
Thts Point
Tominil
Emeployes
Reds and Blues in deadly conflict near San Francisco
Advance guards of the Red invading and Blue defending armies in the Pacific coast way game pressed toward each other, within ten miles. Col. W. H. C. Bowen would take the aggressive tomorrow morning to hold off the Reds unless told otherwise. Col. Cornelius Gardner’s Blues trailed twenty miles behind as the main battle region shifted toward Coyote and predicted decisive action as maneuvers edge toward Wednesday.
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San Francisco
Pacific Coast
W. H. C. Bowen
Cornelius Gardner
Red Army
Coyote
Government Wants Hat Inspectors
Washington announces examinations for hat inspectors in the army quartermaster department. Applicants must identify a soldier’s hat material and quality, among other details. Tests set for August 21 in Boston New York Philadelphia and Chicago. Hat salesmen are ineligible.
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Uncle Sam
Quartermaster's Department of the Army
Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Chicago
Mild Temperature Weather Outlook
Washington Aug 18 The coming week will bring moderately high temperatures in the southern states and the middle west with near or below average readings in the north and west of the Rockies. Precipitation will be light and local in the south, generally above normal in the north, with the next disturbance crossing the northwest Tuesday and spreading across the middle west Thursday and the eastern states Friday or Saturday.
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Middle West
Weather Bureau
Ttochy Mountains
Eros
Emperor Franz Joseph Celebrates 82nd Birthday at Ischl
Vienna reports wide enthusiasm as Emperor Franz Joseph turns 82. The sovereign, in good health, rests at Ischl a popular spa town in Upper Austria and has received numerous congratulations from loyal subjects and officials alike.
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Vienna
Francia
Joseph
Ischel
Upper Austria
Darrow Not Likely to Be Tried Again
Morning Journal reports uncertainty over a second indictment against Clarence S. Darrow after a not guilty verdict on influence involving juror George N. Lockwood. DA Fredericks intends to pursue the Bain indictment, though trial date discussions face possible delays before Judge Hutton. Industry cost and swift verdict fuel belief no further trial will occur.
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Morning Journal
Los Angeles
Clarence
Darrow
George N. Lockwood
McNamara
Fredericks
Robert F. Lain
Bain
Hutton
Darrow May Open Office in San Jose
Clarence Darrow plans to open a local office in San Jose California. He has purchased a home in Los Gatos and will reside there while maintaining offices in San Jose. The move was announced tonight by a partner-to-be.
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San Jose
Cal
Clarence Ss. Darrow
Los Gatos
Body found on train tracks near Garden City Kan
Morning Journal reports a mangled unidentified man's body found between Hartland and Sutton near Garden City Kansas after a Santa Fe train arrived. A scalp with a bullet wound was found, suggesting murder and body disposal on the track to hide the crime. Police think assailants and victim were part of an extra gang repairing washouts in the area.
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Morning Journal
la Junta
Colo
Santa Fe
Hartland
Sutton
Garden City
Kan
$20 000 Prize For Paris To Berlin Flight
Edmund Audemars, a Swiss aviator, began a flight from Issy near Paris aiming for Berlin. A group of sportsmen have posted a $20,000 prize for the first aeroplane to cover the longest distance in a single day, with the Paris to Berlin route cited.
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Paris
Edmund Audemars
United States
Issy
Berlin
Roosevelt Elated by West Reception in Providence Boston
Governor Wilson’s speech sparks smiles as he discusses the Progressive Party. Roosevelt shows elation at receptions in Providence and Boston, highlighting party alignments and public reception across the cities.
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Roosevelt
Providence
Boston
Wilson
Colonel
Mayor Gaynor Investigating Graft Claims in China
Report cites the Chief Executive insisting on the legality of funds gathering by Newsdealers. A high profile execution, General Chang Chen Wu, is described with severe brutality and treachery, highlighting a tense graft inquiry and official stance.
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Mayor Gaynor
China
Chang Chen Wu
Rough Rider Seeks Southern Speak for Roosevelts Tour
Colonel Roosevelt plans a Western tour and a southern swing, with stops in Mississippi Louisiana Alabama Georgia and North Carolina. He praised Rhode Island and Massachusetts receptions while deflecting questions on Taft and the three cornered race.
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Mississippi
Louisiana
Alabama
Georgia
North Carolina
Morning Journal
Oyster Bay
N. Y
Rhode Island
Massachusetts
Teoosevelt
Wilkesharre
Pennsylvania
Col. Roosevelt
Providence
Boston Commons
Wilson
Seavitt
Roosevelt
Progressive Party
Revere Beach
Mass
Taft
Memphis
Mispei
Prominent Republicans Join Progressives in Ohio Race
Walter F. Brown of Toledo and A. L. Garford of Elyria issued letters abandoning the Republican Party and pledging allegiance to the progressives after talks in Cleveland and Elyria. Brown is linked to the progressive state chairmanship while Garford resigns from the state committee.
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Cleveland
Elyrian
Walter F. Brown
Toledo
Ohio
State Committee
A. L. Garford
Elyria
Brown
Progressive Committee
Guarford
Progressive convention planned for North Dakota in Fargo
In Minot on August 18 a call was issued for a state convention of the Progressive Party to meet in Fargo on September 5 to nominate a full state ticket. Colonel Roosevelt is expected to attend the Fargo event on convention day.
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Minot
N. D
Progressive Perty
Fargo
Street Car Strike Likely in Chicago
Chicago Aug 18 Negotiations between street car companies and their employes over wage scales and working conditions were broken off. Tomorrow officials of the car men's union will ask Mayor Harrison to help settle the dispute. Elevated line workers will begin ballots on strike, while surface line workers earlier voted to strike if demands not met.
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Chicago
Harrison
No Word From Wrecked Steamer Phedas Near Magdalena Bay
San Diego August 18 reports Point Loma wireless station unable to pick up messages about the wreck of the steamer Phedas near Magdalena bay. Atmospheric conditions were poor all day and no new transmissions have been received since yesterday morning when Denver and Washtenaw were said to be rushing to the scene.
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Cal
Point Loma
Phedas
Magdalena Bay
Denver
Washtenaw
Bishop Guillermo Rojas Consecrated Bishop of Panama
Guillermo Rojas a Costa Rican native was consecrated bishop of Panama in Panama City. The ceremony was led by Bishop Stork of Costa Rica.
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Guillermo Rojas
Costa Rica
Stork
Rosenthal Case Deepens as Hayes to Confer With Whitman
New York August 18 The Rosenthal Case draws focus to a scheduled interview between District Attorney Whitman and Sam Schepps who is believed to hold key secrets about the murder and graft. Capt Cornelius G Hayes police inspector under charges for failing to enforce laws on disorderly houses may be invited to meet the DA. Hayes says he acted on orders from superiors. Mayor Gaynor claims a 1 4 million graft on protection to news dealers and has affidavits. aldermen may press for a special board meeting to probe the mayor’s charges.
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Sourpal
New York
Rosenthal
Whitman
Sam Schepps
Schepps
Cornelius G. Hayes
Hayes
Waldo
Gayner
Aldormant
Arizona towns rocked by heavy earthquake tremor
Special Dispatch to the Morning Journal Williams Arizona Aug 18 Williams and surrounding area felt a strong quake between 2 05 and 2 10 pm lasting about twenty seconds. Buildings were damaged doors swung windows broke and alarm spread. The shock was the heaviest in years but not reported west of Williams extending to Holbrook where it was severe.
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Morning Journal
Williams, Ariz
Williams and
Holbrook
Earthquake Shocks Felt in Winslow and Holbrook
A slight quake rattled Winslow Arizona at 2 05 p m and Holbrook thirty miles east with rumblings heard for miles. The Holbrook tremor lasted about twenty seconds and was widely reported.
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Holbrook
Winslow
Ariz
Shocks Registered at Georgetown University
Earth shocks were recorded by the seismograph at Georgetown University beginning at 4 25 p m lasting five and a half minutes The disturbance not believed to be severe likely occurred within the United States and was detected at a distance of about 1200 miles Aug 18 Washington.
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Georgetown University
Washington
United States
Army Officers to Train in Europe
The War Department extends a program to send a limited number of young cavalry and field artillery officers to Europe for training. Capt John S Fair will join a Prussian regiment, First Lieutenant E F Graham will attend a German riding school in Hanover, and if Italy agrees, First Lieutenant John C Montgomery will study at Tor di Quinte.
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War Department
Europe
John 3S. Fair
Fourth Cavalry
The
War College
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Fifteenth Cavalry
Hanover
Germany
John C. Montgomery
Tenth Cavalry
Tor di Quinte
Executioner Dines With His Victim in China’s Turbulent Turn
London newspapers frame the Chang Chen Wu execution as a turning point for China’s new republic. Yuan Shikai seizes control amid uproar, while General Yuan Chi Kuei dines with the victim before a brutal multiple volley execution at the military court.
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New Republic
Morning Journal
Laomdion
Chang Chen Wu
Pekin
Daily Telegraph
Napoleon
Duc d'Enghien
Vincennes
Yuan Shai Kai
Li Yuen Tong
Yuan Chi Kuei
Chinese Reformer Sun Yat Sen Leaves for Pekin
Dr Sun Yat Sen former president of China leaves Shanghai for Pekin after warnings for his safety. General Tsuang Sing who led the southern republican army was to join but stayed behind. Recent executions of Tung Men Hui members tied to an alleged conspiracy, with two officers shot after drumhead trials and others returned to Hankow for execution.
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Shanghai
Sun Yat Sen
China
Tsuang Sing
Sun
Tung Men Hui
Yuan Shai Kai
Hankow
Albanians Revolt Against Turkish Authority
Morning Journal reports from London that Albanian insurgents control Uskup and march toward Saloniki with a 200-strong detachment seizing Keyprulu. Turkish cabinet vows resistance as chaos rises, while factions seek Abdul Hamid's return and a 7.5 million Ottoman loan. Belgrade dispatch confirms 12,000 at Uskup with 700 more nearby, Turkish authority collapses.
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London
Constantinople
Daily Telegraph
Uskup
Saloniki
Keyprulu
Albania
Abdul Hamid
Belgrade
Boston's Oldest Actor Nathaniel P. D. Jones Dies
Nathaniel P. D. Jones, Boston's oldest actor, died in Scituate at 74. A fifty two year stage veteran he appeared with Booth and other stars, later becoming a playwright and manager.
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Scituate
Mass
Nathaniel PD. Jones
Booth
Physician’s Death Spurs Senate Pledge Aid
Washington Aug 18 Senator Meyers of Montana introduced a bill to pay 5760 of two years salary to the widow of Dr T H McClintic who died here last week of Rocky Mountain spotted fever. McClintic with the public health and marine hospital service fought the disease in Bitter Root valley where no cases appeared this year until his death.
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Meyers
Montana
T. H. MetClintic
Rocky Mountain
McClintic
Public Health and Marine Hospital Service
Wilson to Attend Annual Baby Parade in Asbury Park
Governor Wilson finished a week of campaigning in Seagirt and will address the Platt Deutscher Wolfest Verein in Union Hill New Jersey then speak in Trenton at the Democratic League meeting. He will attend the Asbury Park baby parade on Wednesday with more speeches possible later in the week.
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Seagirt
N. J
Wilson
Platt Deutscher Wolfest Verein
Union Hil
Trenton
Democratic League
Asbury Park
Joseph FE. Davies
Wisconsin
Mr. Davies
Chicago
Senator O'Gorman
New York
Spring Lake
Middle West
Rich Youth Leaps to Death from Hotel Window
Daniel Shields Gunning a 23 year old New York author and grand nephew of Mrs. Leland Stanford killed himself in Boston by leaping from a fourth story hotel window while suffering an illness induced aberration. He had arrived with Daniel L. Lawton on a motoring trip and was left alone briefly before the fatal leap.
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Morning Journal
Boston
Daniel Shields Gunning
New York
Leland Stanford
Col
G. P. Lawton
Gunning
Gunner
Banks Asked to Receive Funds for Campaign Purposes
Chairman McAdoo urges all financial institutions to become agents for all political parties. The call targets banks to accept funds supporting campaigns, broadening participation across parties and ensuring financial channels for political activity.
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McAdoo
Wilson Endorses Novel Popular Subscription Plan
Democratic leader Woodrow Wilson backs a plan to fund presidential campaigns by popular subscriptions through banks and trust companies nationwide. McAdoo issued letters asking banks to receive and transmit subscriptions for the Democratic Republican and Progressive committees, with Wilson’s Seagirt letter praising the concept as a triumph for the people and a move to reduce influence by special interests.
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Morning Journal
New York
Democratic National Committee
McAdoo
United States
Woodrow Wilson
Democrate Party
Democratic pAatonal Committee
Republican
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Wilson
Seagirt
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American Bar to Pho on Status of Negro Attorneys
Morning Journal report from New York states the American Bar Association will decide next week in Milwaukee on whether colored attorneys may join. The executive committee disclosed a membership election for three Black men, later rescinded, and notes the matter will be raised at the annual meeting. Attorney General Wickersham supported the initial election of William Fr. Lewis, a Black man, and urged the committee to reinstate him.
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American Bar Association
Milwaukee
William Fr. Lewis
United States
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Wickersham
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