Taft Divides Jobs Working On His Message
President Taft to divide southern appointments for the next census and pursue a policy of Republican favoritism in key southern states. Secretary Durand to discuss census appointments. MacVeagh and Hitchcock to visit Beverly for tariff and other duties. Taft spends a lazy Sunday at his cottage with Helen Taft and Archibald Butt.
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Mass
Taft
Congress
South
Virginia
South Carolina
Georgia
Alabama
Florida
Arkansas
Louisiana
Texas
Mississippi
West Virginia
North Carolina
Tennessee
Kentucky
Mispouri
MacVeagh
Franklin MacVeagh
Treasury
Dublin
N. H
Hitchcock
Antung- Mukden
Unitarian Church
Helen Taft
Capt
Archibald Butt
Rome
Ferrero
White House
Roosevelt
Mrs. Taft
Becomes Flaming Torch In Tenement Blaze
Cincinnati August 10 A man clad not fully clothes and badly burned staggered through the streets crying in pain after a tenement fire. Michael Hoff 30 died at City Hospital Edward Jacobs 45 fatally burned. They left a lamp burning and escaped by leaping through flames. Jacobs collapsed in the hallway.
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Cincinnati
Michael Hoff
City Hospital
Edward Jacobs
Jacobs
Corporation Lawyer William Farnsworth Dies in Harrisburg
Harrisburg August 10 William Farnsworth a prominent corporation lawyer and former state corporation clerk died suddenly at his home of heart disease. He practiced in this city and New York and was widely known in legal circles for his work in corporate affairs.
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Corporation
Harrisburg
William ©. Farnsworth
This City
New York City
State Corporation
Engineer Exonerated After Navy Yard Inquiry
Washington Aug 10 Civil Engineer A J Menonel U S N has been exonerated by the court of inquiry held in Boston into criticism of his Pensacola Florida Navy Yard administration. Outward lumber and timber exports from Pensacola last week totalled 18 100 000 feet the largest in two years.
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Washington
A. J. Menoenl
Boston
Pensacola
Fla
Navy Yard
China Agrees Under Pressure to Japan on Rail Gauge
Peking reports the foreign board and regent in talks with Prince Chuen as China virtually concedes to Japan's demand for standard gauge on the Antung Mukden railway. Britain backs Japan, raising Chinese fears of a new barrier across Manchuria amid pessimism in government circles.
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Peking
Chinese Foreign Board
Grand Council
Prince Chuen
Japan
Antung-Mukden
China
Liang Tun-Yen
Board of Foreign Affairs
Great Britain
Foreign Board
Manchuria
Europe
Winter Wheat Crop Yields and Conditions Reported
Washington August 10 figures show winter wheat at 432 920 000 bushels down from last year 487 908 000 with an average condition of 90 3 while corn stands at 84 4 and oats at 85 5. Spring wheat 91 6 and ten year oats average 83 1.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Bolivia and Peru Near War Rumors Rise in Washington
Washington reports South American diplomats weighing Bolivia’s possible pretext for war with Peru. Some observers suspect Bolivian leaders exploit Argentina’s award to Peru to provoke conflict, aiming to redraw borders through force while Argentina and Peru influence regional tensions.
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Washington
Bolivia
Peru
Argentina
Chile
Brazil
Swallows His False Teeth at Adrian Hospital
In Punxsutawney Pennsylvania a man named Peter Jackson swallowed his false teeth after dislodging them while drinking. A physician inserted the molars into his stomach but could not recover them and Jackson was rushed to the hospital for an operation. Also on August 10 eleven people died and 306 were injured in a train collision at Longjumeau France where a passenger train struck a freight train.
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Punxsutawney
Adrian Hospital
Peter Jackson
Jackson
Longjumeau
France
Striking workers told to vacate homes within 24 hours
Pittsburg August 10 Sheriff Gumbert and three deputies served notice on 47 families of the strikers at the Pressed Steel Car Company plant in McKee's Rocks to leave their homes within 24 hours.
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Pittsburg
Gumbert
Pressed Steel Car Company
McKee’s Rocks
Ex Mayor R H Thomas Dies on Porch in Heat
Parkersburg West Virginia August 10 Former Mayor R H Thomas collapsed and died on his front porch. Heart disease brought on by extreme heat is listed as the cause.
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Parkersburg
W. Va
R. H. Thomas
Gustave II Defied Efforts To End Swedish Strike
Stockholm August 10 A Swedish strike deepens as printers quit and 325000 idlers protest. Union bands threaten to halt wagons without permits and aim to block streetcar lines with strikebreakers. King Gustave II urges arbitration and convenes leaders for talks as funds pour in from Nordic and Baltic states. A journalist is summoned to court for urging a railway strike.
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Stockholm
Central Federation of Trade Unions
Tholin
United States
Gustave
Sweden
National Labor Union
Stockholm Street Car Company
von Sydow
Lindurst
Federation of Trades Unions
Employers’ Association
Den‘mark
Norway
Finland
Germany
Rau‘Toania
Bulgaria
Gustafson
Fifteen Year Old Girl Ends Life In Iowa Bedrooms
In Harvey Iowa on August 10, Helen Mattox a 15 year old girl killed herself after a quarrel with her stepfather and mother. She knelt before a mirror in white and fired a rifle into her heart. Found by her stepfather W A Montgomery who is accused of abusing his wife the girl walked ten miles to Knoxville after. The mother, told of the suicide, became a raving maniac attempting suicide.
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Harvey, Ia
Helen Mattox
W. A. Montgomery
Knoxville
Indiana convict escapes from Michigan City prison yard
Indiana report notes prison officers search for Charles Allery an escaped convict who fled while sprinkling the lawn. Allery came from Carroll county last November to serve two to 14 years for entering a house to commit a felony. The Ohio Shooting Tourney opens at Camp Perry with rifle and revolver matches for the Ohio National Guard and the Ohio State Rifle Association running to August 19 before national matches take over.
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Michigan City
Ind
Charles Allery
Carroll County
Ohio
Camp Perry
Ohio National Guard
Ohio State Rifle Association
Department of War
Train Derailed Near Lodi Wreck Injures One
Train No. 2 on the Toledo and Pittsburg division of the Wheeling and Lake Erie railroad derailed at Burbank Switch near Lodi Ohio. Six cars left the track and slid into a ditch. One passenger sustained injuries.
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Cleveland, O
Toledo
Austrian envoy Works to ease Crete Crisis
Vienna reports the Austrian ambassador in Constantinople is actively intervening to prevent the Cretan crisis from becoming more acute, seeking diplomatic steps to stabilize the region and avert escalation.
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Vienna
Constantinople
Girl Foully Slain at Cemetery After Farm Spade Theft
Rochester Aug 10 17yearold Anna Schumacher was attacked and murdered while placing flowers at her father’s grave. The spade used to bury her was traced to a nearby farm and tied to a missing St Bernard’s seminary worker. Police suspect local vagabonds as attackers amid a wider search for the missing employment report. Meanwhile in Detroit a woman identified as Martha Galahin was found murdered with finger marks on her throat after leaving home. post mortem notes indicate a violent assault. In Chicago safe burglars stole about 1500 dollars from J Connery’s saloon on Fortieth and West Madison.
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Rochester
N. Y
Anna Shumachev
Greece
Schumacher
Anna Schumacher
St. Bernard's Seminary
St. Bernard's
Cemtery
Detroit
Mich
Hamtramck Township
Martha Galahin
St. Joseph Avenue
Grimes
Chicago
West Side
Esperanto Congress Opens in Chautauqua NY
The second congress of the Esperanto Association of North America began at Chautauqua New York and will run through Saturday.
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Esperanto Congress
Chautauqua, N. Y
Secon
Esperanto Association of North America
John Sharp Dies After Hospital Stay in Detroit
John H. Sharp a Louisville financier died at St Marys hospital Detroit after being ill since Monday. He had come for Brights disease treatment and doctors cited mental strain as a contributing factor to his death.
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Detroit
Mich
John H. Sharp
Louisville
St. Mary’s Hospital
Bright
Sharp
Sharpe
Mount Clemens
Cadillac
John Lee
West Gets Pick of Land Draw for Couer d Alene Reservation
In Coeur d Alene Idaho a land drawing selected Isadore Solig of Myrtle Creek Oregon as claim No 1. Other top picks included John Hedmark of Spokane Charles G Cornwell of Spokane Herman Neubauer South Tacoma Ella T Maloney Spokane and several more from Idaho Washington Minnesota Ohio Illinois and Montana.
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Gouer
Maude Sharpe
Martinsville
Peter Weiderbach
Butte
Mont
Paul B. Rising
St. Paul
Minn
James E. Wescott
Israel J. Thompson
Adena
Ohio
John C. Underwood
Wheaton
Henry Sherlock
Sinclair
John F. Goldberg
Fargo
N. D
Waterways men sail from New York for Europe
Eight members of the joint congressional commission on waterways left New York for Europe for a two month inspection tour. They plan a preliminary December report to Congress. Missing today were Senators Burton Gallinger Simmons and Smith Michigan and Representatives Stevens Sparkman Alexander and Wanger. Senators Lorimer and Pile may join in Strasbourg in September.
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New York
Joint Congressional Commission On Waterways
Europe
Rhine
Mississippi
Congress
Burton
Gallinger
Simmons and Smith
Mich
Stevens
Sparkman
Alexander
Wanger
Lorimer
Pile
Strasburg
Kaiaser Honors Eliot and Art Leaders in Berlin
Berlin August 10 Emperor William awarded the Crown order to Charles W Eliot former Harvard president and HH Yamaoutchio of Japan The Crown order second class went to Sir Caspar Purdon Clarke director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art New York and Hugo Reisinger Also awarded the Red Eagle third class to Edward Robinson of the Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Berlin
William
Charles W. Eliot
Harvard University
HH. Yamaoutchio
Japan
Sir Caspar Purdon Clarke
Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York
Hugo Reisinger
Edward Robinson
Editor Furry Dies at 48 in Alden Funeral Held Today
Alden Iowa editor and lawyer M J Furry died at his home after a two year struggle with paralysis from anaemia. The funeral was held at the family residence with Masons in charge and interment in Alden cemetery. He served Hardin county in the legislature, as mayor of Alden, and on local boards. Survived by his wife, his mother, and two brothers G L and F B Furry.
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Alden
M. J. Furry
Iowa
Masons
Furry
Hardin County
Masonic Order
Knights of Pythias
Eastern Star
Freed at Last Smith Dies Former Davenport Mayor
Samuel Francis Smith, former Davenport mayor and son of the author of America, died in a Toronto hospital after illness on a train en route to Newton Center Massachusetts where his wife and daughter awaited after five years apart. He had been released last week from Anamosa state reformatory when Governor Carroll suspended his eleven year sentence for embezzling trust funds.
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Des Moines
Samuel Francis Smith
Davenport
America
Toronto
Canada
Newton Center
Mass
Smith
Anamosa
Carroll
Stepfather Exonerated in Local Suicide Case
Knoxville coroner McLaughlin concludes investigation into Yelen Mattox death at Harvey. Harvey jury of J F Morgan H W Ward and Isaac Faraddy finds she died by self inflicted 22 caliber pistol shot. Note exonerates her stepfather William A Montgomery from involvement in the quarrel.
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Knoxville
McLaughlin
Yelen Mattox
Harvey
J. F. Morgan
H. W. Ward
Isaac Faraddy
Wm. A. Montgomery
Climan
Doctor Faces Ugly Charge in Keokuk
Dr W W Cameron a well known dentist and son of ex mayor James Cameron has been arrested on four warrants accusing him of assault with intent to murder his wife and three children. Cedar Falls Pioneer Dead in Cedar Falls Ta Thomas C Titus pioneer resident of Black Hawk county died at daughter Ida Browns home on College hill He was 80 and came to Cedar Falls in 1855.
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Keokuk
W. W Cameron
James Cameron
Cedar Falls
Thomas C. Titus
Black Hawk County
Ida Brown
College Hill
Jealous quarrel ends in double tragedy in Missouri
Grant Siers, 64, shot and killed his sister-in-law Mrs Mary Siers at her Kansas City home and then killed himself. The crime followed a jealous quarrel. In Mason City Iowa heavy rain yesterday ended a three week dry spell. corn and pastures needed rain.
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Kansas City
Grant Siers
Mary Siers
Mason City
Burdette at Clifton by the Sea Improves
Los Angeles reports Dr Rupert J Burdette aged 1 at his summer home Clifton by the Sea is much better after illness. The bulletin notes his health has improved noticeably with family care and rest at the seaside retreat.
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Burdette
Los Angeles
Cal
Rupert J. Burdette
Clifton-by-the-Sea
Fortner Arrives in St Louis on Extradition for Forgery
Marion Dwight Fortner, extradited from France on forgery charges, arrives in St Louis in the custody of a police officer.
Cummins Welcomed as Iowa Senator Returns from Washington
Des Moines crowd gives Albert Baird Cummins a hearty reception on his return from national service. Cedar Rapids reports Henry Donnelly drowned in the Wapsie river while fishing with friends. he is the brother of Father Donnelly.
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Cummins
Des Moines
Albert Baird Cummins
Iowa
United States
Washington
Priest
Wapsie
Cedar Rapids
Henry Donnelly
Walker
Wapsle River
Father Donnelly
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