Fort William Riots In Martial Law As Strikers Attack Grain Elevators
Fort William Ont. under martial law after a week long strike by dock workers mainly Greeks Hungarians and Italians. Police from Winnipeg clashed with rioters at noon injuring two dozen. three fatally including Chief Ball. militia called, Colonel Steele in command. permanent force to arrive. Strikers threaten to burn the Canadian Pacific mammoth grain elevators.
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Mammoth
Fort Wiliam
Ont
Fort William
Canadian Pacific
Winnipeg
Ball
George Dickinson
Taylor
John Lana
Carpenter
Canadian Pacific Force
Bail
Peltier
Canadian Pacific Railroad
Steele
Canada
Dulles
Fred
Pavie
Shota
Bank House
Atrikers
Arapahoe Adrift Off Cape Hatteras
The Clyde line steamship Arapahoe remains adrift off Hatteras lightship but in safe condition as exchanges with Iroquois and Rio Grande continue. Several steamers head to assist, weather is fine, stern bearings will need replacement, and the vessel is expected to reach port later today.
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Beaufort
N.C
Clyde Line
Hatteras
Arapahoe
Diamond Rhoats
Rio Grande
Iroquois
Hoodoo Trails Taft in Golf Feud at Beverly Links
Beverly August 12 President Taft struggles on the golf course. He has not won this week and contemplates calling Watter Travis to pull him out of a hole. John Hays Hammond beat him in a Myopia match by one up while a local woman seeks a pardon for a brother, prompting speculation.
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Maas
Taft
Wolf
Watter
Travis
John Hays Hammond
Carpenter
Department of Justice
Washington
Hollinger
John Farson
Chicago
Ballinger
Interior Department
Farson
George A. Pardee
California
John Wilson
United States
Pardee
Dr. Pardee
Idaho
Power Company
Washington Power Company
Balinger
Perlor
Aqdo
Rea
Dsaay
Priva
Interprine Neuta
Reelain
Thepe
Dairies
Young Girl Killed by Lightning in Inverness Home
In Inverness near Troy Alabama a bolt of lightning struck the Pritchett residence as the family rested inside. Alma Pritchett died from the bolt while others escaped unharmed though shaken. The incident occurred late yesterday and the girl’s death was reported today.
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Troy
Ala
Pritchett
Inverness
Mise
Alma Pritchett
Iowa Senator A B Cumming as 1912 Republican standard bearer
Hailed by thousands as leader of the progressive faction in the senate, Senator A B Cumming of Iowa is tipped for the 1912 Republican nomination. In Chicago he signaled openness to the presidency while pledging tariff reduction and urging state and national conventions to back tariff pledges. He voiced confidence in President Taft to carry out party pledges.
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Senate
A. B. Cumming
Iowa
Chicago
Taft
Wu Ting Fang recalled from Washington amid new Chinese envoy
The Chinese minister to the United States, Dr. Wu Ting Fang, is recalled for reassignment. Chang Yin Tang will succeed him, bringing a veteran diplomat with experience in India England and Tibet. Wu, famed for wit and vegetarian advocacy, has served a second term since 1908 and is now returning from Washington to await new duties.
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Washington
Wu Ting Fang
United States
Chang Yin Tang
India
England
Thibet
Peru
Hda
China
Yuan
Shai-Kai
Tactal
Shanghai
Conger
Legation
Pekin
State Department
Yuan Shai- Kai
Felin
Zane
Daring robber loots a bank in Farmers and Merchants case
A farmer clad bandit entered the Farmers and Merchants bank in Franklin County and, after asking to change bills, held the cashier at gunpoint. He secured about $2,500 in currency, rifled the cash drawer, and fled through an alley. one suspect has been arrested.
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Jacksonville
Franklin
Farmers and Merchants’ Bank
Woman of Louisville Ends Life in Kentucky Home
In Louisville Kentucky Mrs May Spindle 80 wife of T W Spindle a prominent local lawyer shot herself in a bedroom at her home. Police report she acted from brooding over ill health of herself and her daughter. Daughter of J M Long of Charlestown Indiana.
McLendon Refuses Suspension at Georgia Railroad Hearing
Geosten McLendon the suspended Tauroec commissioner enters the Georgia railroad commission office with a notice of presence, declaring his removal illegal. He stays through hearings, meets with Rate Expert Montgomery, and plans to attend daily. The salary dispute versus State Treasurer Brown looms, with mandamus or quo warranto options considered.
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Geosten McLendon
Tauroec
Railroad Commission of Georgia
Capitol
Hillyer, Hill, Candler
Stevena
Candlers
Thomson & Hirsch
Mr. McLendon
Commission
Campbell Wallace
McLendon
Brown
Hart
Tne
Classmates to Appear in Support of Mitchell Hearing
Judge Candler along with former Georgia justices and officials will appear for W H Mitchell of Thomas county at a Georgia prison commission hearing on August 30 seeking commutation of a one year sentence. Friends say he is innocent and a conspiracy affected the case. a respite to August 31 was granted to allow the hearing.
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John 3. Candler
Supreme Court of Georgia
HH. Warner Hill
Lawton
Mitchell
Misa Lucille Linton
Thomasville
Candler
Bil
Thomas County
Tariff session costs tally to six hundred thousand
Washington August 12 an extraordinary session rounded out its tariff revision at an estimated total cost to the American people of about 600000. House expense nears 154008 the Senate 47000 with payrolls for both sides and special staff estimated around 150000.
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Washington
Congress
House
Senate
Alonso J Church Dies in Newark
Newark New Jersey August 12 Alonso J Church former librarian of the United States Senate died at his son's home in Newark this evening aged 81 The incomplete obituary notes he was a pendante of the era and references his service to the Senate library
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Newark
N. J
Alonso J., Church
United States Senate
Alleged Tooling by Higher Up Financiers in Stock Scheme
New York August 12: Gerald Persch note broker is charged with larceny of 116000 in copper stocks tied to a 50000 loan from M. M. Joyce for Heinze. W L Clark arrested for larceny of 10000. bail set at 12000 and 50000 respectively. Persch rearrested on 44000 larceny. counsel claims he was a tool for men higher up in a wider conspiracy to sell hypothecated stock.
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New York
Gerald Persch
Windsor Trust Company
M. M. Joyce
F. Augustus Heinze
W. L. Clark
Joyce
Persch
Joyce Hupnesed
Windsor
Unt i
Clark
Nott
Heinze
Three Greeks Die in Virginia Mine Shooting Incident
In Dante, Virginia last night three Greek timbermen were killed and two wounded after a dispute over delayed wages. Greek workers, upset by withheld pay, reportedly hid tools. when an American worker, William Trent, tried to enter a cabin to recover a weapon, gunfire ensued, fatally wounding three and wounding two others.
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Bristol
Tenn
Dante
William Trent
Weather Prophecy Forecast for Georgia-Loral
Partly cloudy forecast noted with possible rain shower on Friday and potential Saturday. Light to moderate variable winds expected, with no major weather events anticipated.
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Georgia
Thaw Denied Liberty As Court Denounces Delusions
Harry K. Thaw’s bid for freedom collapsed when Justice Isaac N. Mills dismissed his habeas corpus effort. The 7000 word ruling declares Thaw still insane and a danger to public safety, sending him back to Matteawan. Thaw and family reacted with stunned calm as court action moved to the next formal step.
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Judge Mills
Thaw
Stanford White
White Plains
iHarry K. Thaw
Supreme Court
Isaac N. Mills
Matteawan
Milled
Mount Vernon
Mills
Jerome
Asane
Justice Bill
Ezra P. Prentice
Marschauser
Court House
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