Outlaw Rogers slain after jungle pursuit in Congo region
Captain Fox led troops through jungles swamps and rivers to trap James Ward Bowers an American elephant poacher and ivory trader known as Rogers. In Belgian Congo territory Rogers was shot dead after a final confrontation in a hut with a companion witness and a doctor present.
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Captain Fox
Outlaw
Congo Region
Morning Journal
London
Central
Africa
James Ward Bowers
Rogers
Pritigh Colonial Office
C. V. Fox
Mongella
Congo
Soudan
Colonial Office
Trackrose
Bax
Henry M. Stanley
Dr. Livingstone
Moxa
Frederick D. Funston
Aguinaldo
Philippines
Kiven
Fox
Koacers
Nile
Belgian Congo
Unganda
Captain Box
Pox
Trowers
New Mexico fights for battleship name in Congress
The house and senate committee back an appropriation for a large battleship. The secretary of the navy would name it The New Mexico or The Arizona, the two states without a battleship name. New Mexico urged to press Senators Catron and Fall and Reps Fergusson and Curry to defeat a Constitution naming, urging wires from commercial bodies to push the cause.
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House
Senate Conference Committee
Tillman
Secretary of the Navy
New Mexico
Arizona
Constitution
Becauae
Senate
Restir
Fergusson
Curry
Catron
Fall
Rogers' Former Wife Lives in Oakland California
Mrs. A H Warden of Oakland is described as the former wife of James Wood Rogers the elephant poacher who was hunted to death by British troops in Africa. She learns of his death from London and will receive articles of souvenir value found in his effects. Rogers, a California resident, was a soldier of fortune who joined the Klondike rush in the 1890s and later disappeared. After years of waiting for news, Mrs Rogers married W H Wardon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oakland
Cal
A. H. Warden
James Wood Rogers
Africa
London
California
Klondike
Denver Investors Pledge Funds for Northwestern and Pacific
Denver leaders and note holders reach an agreement with Newman Ertz and associates to acquire control of the Denver Northwestern and Pacific railroad. Local investors will provide between 1 and 2 million dollars to revitalize and reorganize the property. The plan envisions extending the road to Salt Lake City after reorganization.
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Denver
Northwestern
Pacific
Salt Lake City
Morning Journal
Newman Eric
New York
Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railroad
Newman Ertz
Henry J. Arnold
German Picnic Address by Wilson Aids Campaign Debates
Governor Woodrow Wilson speaks from an improvised balcony at a German American festival in Hoboken New Jersey. Thousands listen as crowds cheer and debate whether Taft or Wilson best represents the people’s choice for the upcoming election.
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Toving
Platt Deutscher Volkfest Verein
Yaark
Taft
Wilson
Tatt
Baltimore
United States
Taft Prepares Second Veto Against Commerce Court Bill
Washington expects President Taft to veto the legislative executive and judicial bill for a second time. The measure abolishes the commerce court but lacks provisions Taft had sought limiting civil service tenure to seven years. Taft has signaled he will remain in Washington this summer to back the issue.
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United States
Inter- State Commerce Committee
Underwood
Adamson
House
Washington
Taft
White House
Commerce Court
Jack Cannon Wins Missouri Valley Tennis Championship
Kansas City Aug 19 Jack Cannon of the Kansas City Athletic Club won the Missouri Valley tennis Championship singles defeating Herbert Jones in straight sets 6 1 6 1 6 in a clean victory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Jack Cannon
Kansas City Athletic Club
Herbert Jones
Dougherty Tries to Seize Schepps in New York City
Sam Schepps, key witness in the Rosenthal murder case, arrives in New York with District Attorney Whitman amid police attempts to seize him from custody. Whitman warns of immediate arrest for officers opposing Schepps transfer. Commissioner Waldo plans a shake up of precinct lieutenants over gambling and disorderly districts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morning Journal
New York
Sam Schepps
Whitman
Wet Springs
Ark
Scepps
Rosenthal
West Side
Schepps
Jack Rose
Charles Becker
Albany
Mr. Whitman
Thomas
Rubin
Hot Springs
Dougherty
Shepps
One Hundred and Twenty-fifth Street
New
Becker
Rose
Waldo
Burns vows to bring higher-up figures in Rosenthal case to justice
Denver August 19 detective William J Burns en route to Pueblo for Colorado Bankers meeting said the men higher up in the Regenthal case will be punished though he would not discuss his ties. He praised Judge Whitrad leading the Rosenthal murder inquiry and asserted Darrow’s Los Angeles acquittal was unjust and merits retrial and conviction.
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Denver
William J. Burns
Pueblo
Colorado Bankers* Association
Regenthal
New York City
Burns
Whitrad
Rosenthal
Clarence S. Darrow
Los Angeles
Darrow
Ships try to move stranded steamer at Cape San Lazaro
San Francisco reports the US cruiser Denver attempted in vain to dislodge the freighter Pheades from rocks off Cape San Lazaro near Magdalena Bay. The Washtenaw and Portland stood by the wreck with cruisers and the Faleades owners sent the Wrecker Greenwood to aid tonight.
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San Francisco
United States
Denver
Pheades
Cape San Lazaro
Magdalena Bay
Washtenaw
Portland
Faleades
Greenwood
Balloonists Drift Out Over Pacific From Venice Pier
Five men ascended in the balloon California from a Venice California pier for an eastward flight. Pilot Edward Uncer and four companions appear to be drifting far over the Pacific after a near collision with a bath house and ballast jettisoned to stabilize the craft. The balloon veered north then west as it approached the Malibu mountains along the coast.
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Venice
Cal
California
Pacific Ocean
Edward Uncer
Malibu Mountains
Ocean
Roosevelt lauds Wickersham trust suits and platform
Oyster Bay Aug 19 Colonel Roosevelt praised the trust suits led by Attorney General Wickersham and urged similar outcomes against major trusts. He contrasted this with Taft administration claims and backed the progressive plan for an interstate industrial commission to regulate corporations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oyster Bay
N. Yu
Wickersham
Standard Oil
American Tobacco
Roosevelt
Taft
Industrial Commission
Roosevelt Electors Win In Kansas By Large Margin
In Kansas the Republican primary gave Roosevelt electors a plurality of 34 600 over Taft electors. Governor Stubbe won the Republican US senator nomination, while Charles R Curtis secured the nomination with a 9 210 popular margin against Stubbs. Democratic hopeful Hugh Farrelly led among Democrats for senator but W H Thomas won the nomination in multiple districts.
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Roosevelt
Kansas
Topeka
Kan
Taft
W. BR. Stubbe
United States
Charles R. Curtis
Curtis
Stubbs
Hugh Farrelly
Chanute
W. H. Thomas
Government Tries to Obstruct Irrigation Case Began
Trial opened in Denver federal court over the Henrylyn Irrigation Company plan to tunnel to water 100000 acres near Denver. The government argues the Grand river headwaters lie in Pike National Forest and belong to the government. Henrylyn asserts prior water rights and clear title. Judge Metall previously ruled for Henrylyn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morning Journal
Denver
Henrylyn Irrigation Company
Robert KE. Lewis
Federal District Court
Ernest Knebel
United States Attorney General
Washington, D. C
Rocky Mountains
Grand River
Pike National Forest
Belomas
Agricultural Bureau of the United States
Charles F. Metall
Henry Lyon Company
Thirteenth International Photo Engravers’ Union Opens in Denver
The International Photo Engravers’ Union begins its thirteenth annual convention in Denver on August 19 with Matthew Wolf as international president presiding. Engravers will stay in session most of the week.
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Photo Engravers In
Denver
International Photo Engravers’ Union
Matthew Wolf
Horses at Hachita Needed on Farms
Settlers at Morelos San Jose and Oaxaca face rebel threats and indecision about future plans as horses needed by farms near Hachita. Local unrest and security concerns influence the agricultural community’s decisions and resource requests.
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Hachita
Army trains approach Juarez amid rebel threats
Juarez reports that four trains carrying about 4000 infantry and artillery have reached near Guaman en route from the southwest. Bridges remain to be rebuilt for rapid movement. Federal cavalry leads, with a rebel band of about 100 nearby suspected to plan dynamite harassment of the approach.
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Juarez
Mexico
Guaman
Federalsa
Mormon colonists seek arms and horses for return to Mexico
El Paso reporting that Mormon colonists in Mexico petition the Mexican government via Consul Liorente to carry arms on return and to import 1,000 horses from Casas Grandes. Refugees and settlers in Morelos San Jose and mixed colonies near Sonora face flight options as 700 rebels advance. A W Irving urges staying if possible with border refuge limits. About 1,000 Mormons remain near the border and at Hachita camp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morning Journal
el Paso
Tex
Mexico
Liorente
Casas Grandes
Hachita
New Mexico
Morelos
San Jose
Sonora
Indecisive Federal Occupation Near Juarez and Rebel Movements
No federal occupation news. Arrival of troops remains indefinite as rebels affect railway access. Reports place General Orozco post-evacuation and rebels near Palomas and Douglas with fragments drifting toward Sonora for a potential campaign.
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Juarez
Mex
Orozco
Palomas
Douglas
Ariz
Sonora
Rebels defeated in attack on Moctezuma
About 450 rebels were repelled in an assault on Moctezuma southwest of Douglas Arizona. The town garrison of 100 men had been reinforced by regulars and volunteers. Federal troops from Naco arrived too late to take part. Many locals and foreigners prepared to leave the district as rebels seized nearby towns.
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Moctezuma Douglas
Ariz
Moctezuma
Nacozari
el Tigre
Naconari
Gumpas
Rebela
Effort to Save Denver From Floods
Denver authorities move to prevent flood repeats after Cherry Creek surge. City engineers must file condemnation suits against Plute river property owners to widen the channel riprap banks and improve water flow. Plan includes rebuilding twenty bridges removing a private dam and tearing out a city sewer at an estimated cost near 1 million dollars.
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Denver
Cherry Creek
Board of Public Works
Plute River
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Tory
Nogere
Eab
Bove Angi Wilson
Hoboken
N. J
Woodrow Wilson
Acerca
House Commerce Committee
Tift
Panama
Congress
Canal
Supreme Court
Panama Canal
Supreme Court of the United States
Wickershams Trust
Bull Moose
Uncle Sam
Menico
Trouble Zone
Oaxaca
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