Protests and Plans Mark Trans Mississippi Congress Meeting
Iowa rep protests Sunday post office closures under the new law while the Trans Misssissippi Commercial Congress discusses Panama Pacific funding. Delegates push for $5.006 million for Panama Pacific and $1 million for the 1915 San Diego expedition, amid debates on harbor and waterway improvements in Texas and wider national support.
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Moraieg Journal
Peedal
Salt Lake Cite
Aue
James W. Hrady
Idaho
Wichita, Kanes
Trans-Mississippi Commercial Congress
Wes
Congress
San Francisco
San Diego
California
United States
Pryors
Texas
Uue
Iowa
J. I. Galbreath
Amerio Mining Congress
P. BE. Quinn
Galbreath
Interior Department
Clark Plans Extended Speaking Tour Across West
Chicago Aug 29 A long speaking trip for Speaker Clark is planned by Democratic headquarters. The tour will extend to the Pacific coast with probable stops in Oregon Washington and other northwest states.
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Chicago
Clark
Democratic
Pacific Coast
Oregon
Washington
Northwest
Two Officials Die in Gas Explosion at Friveo Mine
Trinidad Colo. Four miles southwest of Trinidad, at 4 p m today, Superintendent William Tweeddale and Pit Boss Alfred Reuben were killed by a gas explosion in the Friveo mine of the Rocky Mountain Fuel Company on a inspection tour. The blast occurred fifteen hundred feet from the entrance. Forty miners nearby had lamps extinguished but were uninjured. mine damage is described as not heavy.
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Trinidad
Colo. Ave
William Tweeddale
Alfred Reuben
Friveo
Rocky Mountain Fuel Company
Milwaukees ABA closes with recalls blamed and reforms urged
In Milwaukee on August 29 the American Bar Association condemned recall of judges and decisions while stressing faster court procedures. Committees will study expediting trials as Frank W Kellogg of St Paul was elected president and John H Voorhees of South Dakota named director.
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Milwaukee
Wis
American Bar Association
Plains
Frank W Kellogg
St. Paul
John H. Voorhees
South Dakota
Roosevelt 10 WIM in Iowa Claim of His Managers
Des Moines reports show Roosevelt backers planning a state ticket at the convention in September while progressives resist a third ticket. Key Iowa figures oppose a Bull Moose slate. leaders fear splits and predict Roosevelt may carry Iowa.
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Roosevelt
Des Moines
Franke
Iowa
Kenyon
C. A. Rawson
Taft
H. W. Byers
Cummins
Byers
James A. Smith
Osage
G. Holden
Ames
Chassell
le Mars
Congress
Ope
Frank Woods
Judge Green
Judge Prouty
Goode
Judge Scott
Sioux City
Roosevelt State Central Committee
Towa
Blease Widens Lead in South Carolina Primary
Complete returns show Governor Blease with 69,457 votes to Ira B. Jones 65,972. Duncan trails with 2,024, yielding a clear Blease majority in the Democratic State primary.
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Blease
South Carolina
Charleston, & C
Ira B. Jones
Duncan
Hay Pauncefote Treaty Violation Sparks British Protest
Washington sees no immediate statement from state department on Panama tolls dispute. Britain demands arbitration if studies confirm violation, citing Hay Pauncefote treaties and The Hague tribunal as basis. Officials warn diplomacy will require lengthy argument before any arbitration.
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Morning Journal
Washington
State Department
United States
Panama Canal
Panama
America
Great Britain
Hay - Pauncefote
Campaly
Hague Tribunal
Parcels Post Law Jo Effective On January 1
Washington announces the parcels post system will begin general operation January 1 1913. Postmaster General Hitchcock says postal express extends over more than a million miles of rural delivery and star routes and across all private express transportation systems.
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Morateg Journal
Washington
Frank H. Hitchcock
Post Office Department
Postal Express
More Evidence of Lumber Trust Found
Seattle Aug 29 Further evidence in the government anti trust suit against retail lumber associations shows pressure on lumber manufacturers and wholesalers who violated the codes by selling to mail order houses poachers or consumers. Louis Schwager of Schwager and Nettleton testified about correspondence with large customers and the association secretary over sales to unethical dealers in North Dakota. He said manufacturers avoid offending the retailer upon whom they depend for trade explaining the rule of good fellowship.
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Seattle
James Palmer
Louis Schwager
Schwager & Nettleton
Association
North Dakota
Schwager
Iberals Demand Surrender of El Tigre Mines
Forty American men and nine women with seventy federal soldiers oppose three hundred rebels in a clash over the El Tigre mines as demands for surrender rise.
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Iberals
EL Tigre
Rebels Demand Surrender of El Tigre Mine Camp
A force of 400 rebels demanded the surrender of El Tigre mining camp, sixty five miles southeast of Douglas, where Fort American men and nine American women are defended by about seventy federal soldiers. Efforts to seek federal aid from Agua Prieta were refused.
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Doughes
el Tigre
Here
America
Rafael Campa
Campa
Edaet
I. KR. Budrow
California
Mexico
H. C. Beauchamp
Transvaal Tege
Agua Prieta
Douglas
Rebels threaten two Americans in Sonora border area
The Mexican government orders federal troops to a point between Hermosillo and Nogales to protect Frank Bo Curtis and Arthur Cunningham who are beset by rebels seeking revenge. U.S. war department reports bad conditions in Sonora and Chihuahua. American border patrol strengthened. General Steever may request more cavalry. Troops from Fort Riley and Fort D.A. Russell prepare to move to Arizona and southern California at Steever’s signal.
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Washington
Aus
Hermosillo
Nogales
Sonora
Frank Bo Curtis
Arthur Cunningham
el Oro
War Department
Chihuahua
Steever
Ft. Riley
Kan
D. A. Russell
Wyo
Arizona
California
Montana Democrats Nominate Governors and Senators
At Great Falls the Montana Democratic state convention nominated Sam R. Stewart for governor and T Walsh for U S senator with no opposition to Walsh. Stewart led 250 votes to George 88 and Whiteside 12. A woman suffrage plank passed 229 to 219. In Denver Frank Mahony, five, died after leaping from a fourth story hospital window. cause linked to brain disease.
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Great Falls
Mont
Sam R. Stewart
Virginia City
T of Walsh
Helena
United States
Walsh
Stewart
W. B. George
Billimes
Fred Whiteside
Kalisipei
Denver
Mahony
Hospital Heretic
Mahoney
Bloomfield
Remains of Booth Lid 10 Rest Mourned by Thousands
Will of Salvation Army leader leaves all funds of organization in trust for prosecuting work of Army. Thousands mourn the death as tributes pour in to the late leader whose legacy shapes charitable and legal actions nationwide.
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Booth
Salvation Army
Army
Salvation Army Founder General Booth Buried in London
General William Booth's funeral draws tens of thousands as Bramwell Booth reads the service. The will places army assets in trust for the Salvation Army and gifts modest private property to his sons and daughters. Eva Booth appears amid grieving family and supporters.
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London
Salvation Army
William Hoath
Abney Park
Victoria
Edward VII
Bramwell Booth
Stoke-Newington
Hackney
General Booth
Paol
Opon
Bramwell
Henry Reed
Hicsehildren
Catherine
Marian
Herbert
Eva
Jucy
Many marksmen compete at Seagirt shooting meet
Five matches were decided at the Seagirt rifle range Seagirt New Jersey August day. Sergeant Perry S Schofield of Massachusetts won the Nevada trophy match. The field and staff of the Third Infantry New Jersey National Guard won the cavalry team match. Shooting conditions were excellent.
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Seagirt
No J
Perrys. Schofield
Massachusetts
Third Infantry
New Jersey National Guard
Utah Democrats Nominate Ticket at State Convention
Salt Lake City voters hear a large Democratic gathering nominate J. F. Tofton for governor and T. D. Johnson and Matham as Thomas for Congress. The platform backs initiative referendum recall and popular US Senate election, plus nonpartisan judiciary direct primaries and education reforms.
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Salt Lake
Wilton
Salt Lake City
J. F. Tofton
Beaver City
T. D. Johnson
Ogden
Mathamas Thomas
Congress
United States
Mysterious Death Shocks Seattle Sculptor Louis Potter
Seattle reports the death of Louis Potter a 39 year old New York sculptor after ten days of treatment in an obscure Sixth Avenue hotel by a Chinese physician for a lifelong skin ailment. An autopsy failed to reveal a cause and a chemical analysis will be done. Potter traveled with a woman described as his wife who could not be contacted further.
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Potter
Seattle
Percy
Whysic
Sixth Avenue
New York
Potter, Noted Sculptor, Dies at Age Thirty Nine
Louis Potter a sculptor of international fame died near New York at age not quite 39. He gained fame with a bust of Mark Twain made from photographs. His notable works include Earth Hound and Indian figures from American and Alaskan tribes. He was born in Troy, New York, studied both in the United States and abroad, and was said not to be married.
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Louis Potter
New York
Mark Twain
Mr. Potter
Troy
N. Y
One Cow Produces 1.147 Pounds of Butter
Riverside Sadie de Kel Burke becomes first cow to average over 160 pounds of milk daily for six months in Yolo County. In six months she produced 18,275 pounds of milk, and in a year 25,065.9 pounds with 10.18 pounds of butter fat, equivalent to 1,187.73 pounds of butter at 80 percent.
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Journal
Woodland
Cal
State University
Davis
Aralia de Kol
California
Yolo County
River Side
Sadie de Kol Burke
Aralia de Kel
Riverside Sadie de Kel Burke
Fire Devastates Malstone Business District in Fergus County
A Montana blaze swept through Malstone in Fergus County destroying the business section. The fire consumed two general stores two hotels the post office and several other buildings leaving the town without core commerce facilities.
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Montana
Helena
Businss
Malstone
Fergus County
Insurrecto Forces Active Near Juarez and El Paso
Mexican rebels mounted incursions along the Texas border with three attacks on American territory near El Paso and Sierra Blanca. General Steever requests more troops as 1,500 miles of border require patrols. 400 rebels reported near Fabian Texas and raids on T O ranch. Troops pursued rebels to the line in a running fight. thirty seven horses seized.
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el Paso
Tex
United States
Homer
Washington
FE. Z. Steever
Department of Texas
Ninth
Thirteenth Cavalry
Steever
Department of Te
Cain
New Mexico
Texas
Fabian
Guadalupe
T. O
Nelson-Morris
Sierra Blanca
Hachita
N. M
Third Cavalry
Federal Commander Entertains Steever in Juarez
Juarez Mexico Aug 29 General E Z Steever US Army commanding the department of Texas crossed the border and was entertained by Joaquin Tellett commander of Mexican troops as a band played ragtime The two nations set aside war rumors and enjoyed a quiet scene below Juarez where rebels burned railway bridges a work train guarded by 300 infantry repairs the line and rebels are reported to have left it.
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Juarez
Mexico
Pascual Orozco
E. Z Steever
U.S. A
Department of Texas
Joaquin Tellet
Americans Roaylly Welcomed by Enemies
A Californian flying legion visiting Vancouver British Columbia for better US Canada ties and Panama Pacific Expo draft a warm welcome. The delegation arrived by steamer and was met by the mayor and business leaders, feasting in a hall with both nations banners. A banquet followed aboard the Californian with British and American anthems. A Canadian-led movement opposed Panama canal legislation in Congress.
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Vancouver
Bod
California
British Columbia
Pacific Coast
San Francisco
Congress
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