Commoner Critics Roosevelt Speech On Centralization Plan
William J Bryan opinion in this weeks Commoner argues Roosevelt aims to federalize railroads and interstate commerce. He says the president favors railroads over states and urges Democrats to unite against centralization while noting Taft’s Columbus remarks and broader reform questions. A Shanghai telegraph reports cholera outbreaks among Europeans and Asians with precautionary measures in Shanghai. The National League game sees Chicago defeat Kosten 4 to 3.
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Aid for Acclaimed Nomination of Bryan Echoed by Conservatives
In Chiage Aug 26 reports say freethinkers debate nominating William Jennings Bryan by acclamation at next year’s convention. The idea surfaced in conferences and correspondence, with Thomas Taggart and Roger Sullivan linked to the plan as possible advocates.
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Chicago
Thomas Taggart
Taggart
Roger Bullivan
Illinois
National Committee
Spring Gun Kills His Daughter's Sweetheart
Hen Jamin Conner, a Trenton merchant and bank director, was sentenced in Memphis to one year in the penitentiary for involuntary manslaughter after a gun tied to a burglar alarm discharged when Frank Dixon entered the scene. The defense argued the trigger was sprung by Dixon during a confrontation with the defendant's daughter.
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Tenn
Russians Threatened by Japanese in Tokyo
In Yokohama August 26 officials seek protection for Russians amid a heated press campaign accusing suspected spies after the daylight murder in Tokyo of Mareda by Imamura. Imamura claims motive of self defense amid alleged spying links and police surveillance of the Russians involved. Several Russian teachers linked to Mareda face threats as urban fear mounts. From Philadelphia on August 26 a record balloon mail flight carried six aboard the largest balloon in America after a successful first ascent.
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M. Basketzeff
Foreign Office
Tokio
Matede
Imamura
Mareda
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Philadelphia
America
Mexican revolutionary leaders arraigned in Los Angeles
Three Mexican exiles Ricar do Flores Magon Antonio Villareal and Librado Rivera were arraigned before Police Magistrate Fredrickson in Los Angeles on fugitives from justice charges The men held on ten thousand dollar bail each while Villareal is remanded Their arrest followed a police operation at 111 East Pico Street After confrontations detectives transported them toward extradition to Mexico with possible charges including conspiracy against a friendly nation and homicide associated with a duel The case involves political exile activity linked to the Regeneracion newspaper and the Mexican revolutionary movement still under investigation by U S and Mexican authorities
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Cal
Ricardo Flores Magon
Antonio Villareal
Librado Rivera
Fredrickson
Magon
Rivera
Villareal
Creel
University of San Luis Potosi
Talamantes
Thomas Furlong
St. Louis
Furlong
Los Anggeles
East Pico Street
Mexico
el Paso
River
Diag
Two Parties of Federal Officers in Skirmish
Washington D C Aug 26 Commissioner Capers of the internal revenue bureau received a telegram from Internal Revenue Collector Carrier at Greensboro NC. Deputy Collector Hendryx with a Raleigh NC posse and Deputy Collector Henry with a Durham NC posse met at a moonshine still. Jack took the other for moonshiners and fired. Deputy Marshal Gordon was mortally wounded and Deputy Collector Henry and two possemen were seriously wounded.
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Capers
Internal Revenue Bureau
Internal Revenue
Greensboro
North Carolina
Hendryx
Raleigh
N. C
Henry
Durham
Jack
Marshal Gordon
Girl slain by tramp near Gary Indiana
An unidentified seven year old girl was killed near Gary Indiana after being attacked by a tramp. Workmen found her and the child named the attacker before dying. A posse is hunting the fiend as authorities investigate the case.
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Gary
Ind
Passenger Train Jumps Track In Philadelphia
A Pottville accommodation train on the Philadelphia and Reading road derailed after its forward track jumped a switch near the Schuylkill bridge. The train slid eighty yards, tearing up the roadbed, and passengers were thrown from their seats but none were injured.
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Pottaville
Reading Road
Schuylkill Bridge
Marines Rampage in Pekin Street Riot
In Pekin, Aug 26 American marines guarding the legation fought with European and French forces. A French marine wounded a Yank. later fifty marines looted a French resort, wrecked interiors, and set it ablaze. Twenty eight courts martial followed. many held at Cavite prison.
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Pekin
Persia
Legation
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Cavite
Adolfo Vigil Crushed in Buckman Mill Death Tragedy
In Santa Fe New Mexico August 26 a young native boy Adolfo Vigil about eighteen from Ran Iidefonae near Kapanola was ground to pulp after being drawn into a planer at Buckman sawmill twenty five miles from Santa Fe. Rescue came too late and the gruesome accident shocked the area.
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N. M
Adolfo Vigil
Ran Iidefonae
Kapanola
Buckman
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Rescue at Sea Aboard Athena and Nearby Vessels
Corfu reports Hussar towed Mavourheen to assist the American steam yacht Athena but could not refloat her. Zakinthos salvage ship and Prince Aziz Push Cubana assist, with sixty injured aboard Athena to be transferred to an Italian steamer. In Washington the comptroller calls for national bank statements as of August 2.
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Mavourheen
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Apot
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Comptroller of the Currency
Secretary Reet Recovery Nearing Two Weeks
New York Aug 26 Secretary Reet at Muldoon farm near White Plains is progressing well and is expected to return to work as the strongest man in Roosevelt's cabinet within two weeks. Canton Ohio Aug 26 Citizens' committee confirms the McKinley monument dedication set for September 30 with the president likely to attend after marble damage delayed completion.
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New York
Reet
Muldoon
White Plains
William Mulbdoon
Roosevelt
McKinley
Canton
Ohio
Citizens’ Committee
Cardinal Gibbons on wealth and faith in America
In Southampton August 26 James Cardinal Gibbons warned that wealth is spreading faster than religion. He said rich men often neglect spiritual welfare while the church looks to the poor for true religious vitality. He also argued corporate growth harms competition and hinders young workers from pursuing their talents.
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Peace Delegates Named for Munich Congress
Boston August 26 announcement lists delegates to the American Peace Society for the Universal Peace Congress in Munich next month. Named are Dr. Benjamin F. Trueblead and Rev. James L. Tyron of Boston. Miss Lyra P. Trueblood. Mr. and Mrs. Edwin D. Mead. Miss Anna B. Eckstein. Daniel G. Crandon of Boston. Rev. Bradley Gilman of Canton Massachusetts. Mrs. Harriet M. Lothrop of Concord. Miss Alice Jones of New York. Rev. Dr. Sylvester F. Seevil ex-president Wooster University. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Shippen of Seattle.
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American Peace Society
Munich
Benjamin F. Trueblead
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Lyra PD
Trueblood
Edwin D. Mead
Anna B. Eckstein
Daniel G Crandon
Baoston
Bradley Gilman
Canton
Mars
Harriet M. Lothrop
Concord
Mass
Alice Jones
New York City
Sylvester F. Seevil
Wooster University
Ohio
Joseph Shippen
Seattle, Wash
Wellman Ascends Today
Tromsoe Norway August 26 telegram from Spitzbergen dated August 25 reports Walter Wellman ascends today with the Wellman balloon inflated early in August and a trial trip made about a week ago yielding satisfaction.
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Tromsoe
Norway
Spitzbergen
Walter Wellman
Taft Busy Showing Them in Missouri
Secretary of War Taft plans three speeches in Joplin Webb City and Carthage Missouri as crowds greet him. He arrives with a committee, discusses trusts and state law, then heads to Springfield after his Missouri tour. Fire in Boston kills five including Mrs Cooper and three children. the boarder Charlies Rogers is arrested after a lamp overturned during a quarrel.
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Martin Cooper
John Dwyer
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Cooper
Diplomatic Red Sox Cause of Law Suit
In The Hague on August 24 a peace conference tense moment arose when a delegate wearing red socks attracted notice. The dye ran from the washing, staining a foreign newspaper correspondent’s linen, prompting a $300 damages suit against the washerwoman, who in turn seeks recovery from the peace delegate.
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Hague
Tragedy at Saratoga Hotel Ends In Double Deaths
Charles H. Andrews of South Bend Indiana shot his wife at the Saratoga hotel in Chicago then killed himself. She died instantly while he later died en route to hospital. A letter to Elkhart, Indiana hinted the victim may not be Mrs. Andrews.
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Charles H. Andrews
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Ind
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Ethel
Cunard Slashes Hamburg to New York Steerage Rates
Hamburg August 26 The Cunard line agent announced a $2 50 drop in second class steerage fares from Hamburg to New York via Liverpool, moving ahead of German lines and signaling a decisive rate war among mercantile carriers.
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Cunard Line
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Liverpool
Four to Hang in One Warrant in Pennsylvania
Lancaster August 26 The death warrant for the execution of four Italians on October 3 marks the first time four persons are to be hanged on a single scaffold in Pennsylvania. The record notes several double hangings and rare triples, but the four-way sentence is unprecedented in state history.
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Pennsylvania
Santa Fe freight derails at Mojave grade crash
A heavy Santa Fe eastbound freight, under Conductor Tanner, ran away while descending to Mojave. It smashed into a Southern Pacific switch engine on the main line, derailed several cars, and halted traffic for five hours. The crew suffered serious shocks as they jumped clear before impact.
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Tanner
Mojave
Southern Pacific
Mistaken Minister for Moonshiner Shot in Tulsa
In Tulsa on August 26 1924 Reverend Sylvester Morris aged eighty four was fatally shot by Deputy U S Marshal D R Wilson who mistook him for a bootlegger during a darkness raid Morris was driving home from his farm when Wilson who had just arrested three bootleggers earlier in the vicinity fired after Morris failed to stop The deputy and companion deputy were nearby after their arrests
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Tulsa
Sylvester Morris
D R. Wilson
United States
Wilson
San Francisco Carmen Backing Could Erode Strikes
In San Francisco Olaf Tveltmee warns that the building trades council may withdraw its full support from the car men. A withdrawal would shift the financial burden to labor councils and end the large industrial strike, with current aid totals roughly 117 090 from the building trades and 34 000 from the labor council.
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Building Trades Council
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Carmen
Building Trades Unions
Telegraphers Strike Still Far From Final
President Small of the operators organization declared arbitration is out of the question as talks remain stalled while telegraphers in New York and other cities endure continued strike action.
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FINA
President Small
Operators
New York
Telegraphers Strike Heralds Looming Wire Paralysis
News from New York reports arbitration is off the table as telegraphers, led by President Small of the Commercial union, vow to remain out for two months. Western Union executives warn against reemployment of agitators while Postal Telegraph details a strict employment pledge for returning workers.
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Smal
Commercial Telegraphers’ Union
Small
American Federation of Labor
Everett Hall
East Fourth Street
Percy Thomas
Telegraphers’ Union
Charles F. Murphy
Defense” Fund
Superintendent Brooks
Western Union
United States
Postal Telegraph Cab Company
Kentucky Democrats Fight for Powers Trial Details
A petition campaign will circulate across Kentucky asking Governor Beckham to grant Caleb Powers a fair immediate trial or to pardon him for his alleged role in the Goebel assassination. Powers has sat in jail seven and a half years undergoing multiple trials and awaits a fourth. Beckham seeks the US Senate seat with the Powers case influencing voters.
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Kentucky
J. C. W. Beenham
Caleb Powers
William Goebel
Batt
Powers
Beckham
United States
New Instructions to Americans at the Hague
General Horace Porter said the American delegation received new instructions to present a special list of cases within the scope of the proposed obligatory arbitration scheme at The Hague on August 24.
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Horace Porter
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