Vernon Vernon Okanagan Hotel Fire Kills Eleven
Incendiary blaze in Vernon B C last night at the Okanagan hotel cost eleven lives and caused extensive damage. In Chicago three dead and 39 families displaced as a block fire destroys homes on 8509 Superior avenue. Fire crews battled heat and flames, rescuing victims including Anna Hadryck who saved her grandfather and others from smoke and flames. Police arrested a former roomer linked to the Vernon fire as investigations continue.
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Vancouver
Okanagan
Vernon
B. C
South Chicago, al
Chicago
Superior Avenue
John Sezfranski
Vincent Krolzwski
Krolzwski
Highty-fifth
Eighty-Sixth
Superior
Buffalo Avenues
Illnois Steel Company
Anna Hadryck
Valentine Hadryck
Joseph Simcorski
Simcorski
Joseph Nedrick
Horan
Theen
Superior Street
Buffalo Avenue
Conway
Actor Richard Golden Dies Aboard Stroller in Gravesend Bay
Actor Richard Golden died suddenly on the house boat Stroller in Gravesend bay where he was guest of John Newton Porter. Born 1854, he began on stage in 1867 at Newport Missouri, appeared in New York 1877 in Evangeline and London 1883 in A Bunch of Keys, later produced Old Jed Prouty at Union Square in 1899 and starred in the title role nearly 3,000 times. Baltimore reports the aged actress Mrs Jane German died there at 88.
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New York
Richard Golden
Gravesend Bay
John Newton Porter
Newport
London
Union Square Theater
Old Jed Prouty
Big City
Old Jed
Lynching Report Near Cadiz Ends Suspected Assault
A Black man named Miller accused of assaulting the nine-year-old daughter of Thomas Wadlington was taken from officers near Cadiz and lynched as they were transporting him to jail in Cadiz Kentucky.
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Kentucky
Hopkinsville
Miller
Thomas Wadlington
Cadiz
START IRRIGATION TOUR INSPECT FEDERAL PLANS
Chicago Aug 11 The senate committee on irrigation begins a tour of government reclamation projects in the northwest. Members include Senators Carter Warren Chamberlain Flint Paynter and Borah with Secretary Hallinger and Director Newell joining Aug 15 at Tillings Mont. The mission covers numerous projects from Glen dive to Yakima Valley with Seattle to follow.
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Chicago
Senate Committee On Irrigation
Northwest
Carter
Montana
Warren
Wyoming
Chamberlain
Oregon
Flint
California
Paynter
Kentucky
Borah
Idaho
Tillings
Mont
Hallinger
Newell
The
Reclamation Service
Seattle
Glendive
Lower Yellowstone
Billings
Huntley
Great Falls and
Sun River
Lower Milk River
Dodson Dam
St. Mary's Lake Division Canal
Flathead
Yakima Valley
Honors Nicolet's memory in Green Bay ceremonies
In Green Bay Wisconsin Aug 11 under state and local historical society auspices residents honor Jean Nicolet the first white visitor to present day Wisconsin. Officials including Mayor Aras Arthur Neville Prof Turner and Hjalmar Holand spoke as a bronze tablet at the Chicago and North Western station grounds was unveiled detailing Nicolet era sites.
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Green Bay
Wis
State Historical Society
Inquest Opens In Anna Schumacher Slaying
Rochester August 11 Coroner’s inquest opened into the murder of Anna Schumacher whose body was found in Holy Sepulcher cemetery partly buried. Relatives the finder and onlookers subpoenaed. A man with torn clothes was arrested then released. A second suspect was at Braddock’s Bay. Reward offered.
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Rochester
Anna Schumacher
Holy Sepulcher
Braddock’s Bay
Gillette
Witness Surfaces In Sutton Case At Annapolis Testimony
Boston and Annapolis dispatches report Sergt. Arthur Todd’s testimony may contradict Sutton officers' accounts. Todd recalls seeing Lieuts Adams and Osterman on duty night Sutton was shot and describes a running man warned and fired upon, with Sutton dying from a bullet wound. Mrs Sutton identified a visiting card and letters from her son denying any intent of suicide.
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Boston
Sergt
Arthur Todd
United States Marine Corps
James Sutton
Sutton
Todd
Wakefield
Annapolis
Lieut. Sutton
Adams
Osterman
Lieut
Davis
Lient
M. Sumner
Summer
Norfolk
Birney
Birney, Representing Lieut. Adams
United States
Whisky firm to pay $10,000 to obtain release
The Cascade Distilling Company of Nashville faces a $10,000 payment to recover seized whisky worth about half a million dollars and gain immunity from prosecution. Acting Attorney General Wade Ellis set the amount to cover internal revenue tax losses. the case drew national attention after a prolonged sequence of seizures, arrests, and indictments of W. E. Schwab and associates.
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Washington
Cascade Distilling Company
Nashville
Tenn
Wade Ellis
Reynolds
Treasury Department
Internal Revenue
Sharp
Cascade Whisky
W. E. Schwab
Distilling Company
G. A. Schwab
W. E. Carroll
Pinchot Receives Five Minute Ovation At Irrigation Congress
Giford Pinchot drew the wildest reception yet at the National Irrigation Congress as 1,200 delegates in Spokane Washington showed enthusiasm for five minutes and three cheers. KH J Allan urged strict state forest laws and enforcement to preserve western forests. Allan's speech was followed by Pinchot who pledged strong tribute to former President Roosevelt.
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Spokane
Wash
Giford Pinchot
National Irrigation Congress
Armory
Congress
KH. J. Allan
Forestry Service
Ar. Pinchot
Roosevelt
Veterans Parade Ends Utah Encampment With Moving Living Flag
In Salt Lake City on August 11 thousands watched the Grand Army of the Republic hold the climax of its national encampment as veterans marched from the Army Nurses to the 3,600 children forming a Living Flag. Gov. William Sory and Commander-in-Chief Henry M. Nevius attended the reviewing stand as 4,000 pupils later marched by singing Ward Christian Soldier. Ambuances and nurses stood by along Main and South Temple streets to care for any fatigue or crush injuries.
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Salt Lake City
Union
Grand Army of the Republic
Aogie
South Temple Street
Fifteenth United States Infantry
National Guard
Utah
Army
Main Street
Seventh South Street
Brigham Young Pioneer Monument
Temple Square
Henry M. Nevius
William Sory
Reviow
Rioters clash in South Chicago over religion
In an August 11 riot in South Chicago between Hungarian and Polish laborers near the Illinois Steel Company plant, scores were injured and four policemen severely beaten. About 200 participated. ringleaders Washa and Mycowski were jailed. Religious dispute sparked the clash as wives joined later.
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Chicago
Eighty-fourth Street
Superior Avenue
Illinois Steel Company
South Chicago
Stanley Washa
Frank Mycowski
George Williams
Michael Sullivan
Oscar Hallen
John Sullivan
Mycowski
Washa
Greek flag lowered at Crete barracks after protests
At Canea Crete on August 11 the Greek flag over the military barracks was lowered following protests by four protecting powers, calming fears of war with Turkey. In Athens the Greek government sent a formal reply to the Porte denying annexation ambitions and disapproving Crete agitation.
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Crete
Canea
Island of
Greece
Turkey
Athens
Masked men kill farmer in Scottaville Kentucky
Six masked men shot farmer John Simpson at his doorstep in the Amos neighborhood around midnight. The coroner held an inquest. The fatal shooting is linked to a custody suit filed by Mrs Dougiog in which Simpson allegedly supported her case.
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Scottaville
John Simpson
Amos
Dougiog
Simpson
Conservatives to Form Cabinet in Denmark
Copenhagen Aug 11 King Frederick invites Count Frijis a Landsthing member and leader of the free conservatives to form a new cabinet after the king’s invitation.
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Copenhagen
Frederick
Count Frijis
Landsthing
Free Conservatives
Iowa crop bulletins show divergent corn figures and ample oats yields
Des Moines reports two crop bulletins from Dr. Chappel and Secretary Wells with wide variance in corn percentages for August 1. Chappel cites 98 percent while Wells lists 84 percent. Wells estimates oats yield at 29 bushels per acre and total 116 million bushels, about 15 million above last year.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Chappel
Iowa Crop Bureau
George A. Wells
Western Grain Dealers’ Association
Wells
Dolliver Slips Into Fort Dodge Quiet Home Welcome
Fort Dodge Iowa August 11 Senator Jonathan P Dolliver planned a homecoming with public ovation yet slipped into the city early yesterday morning unseen by the organizing committee and remained at home. A public reception was held last evening in the public square with welcome addresses by M F Healy of Fort Dodge and W S Kenyon of Chicago as streets were decorated in national colors for Iowa s senior senator.
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Fort Dodge
Jonathan P. Dolliver
M. F. Healy
Kenyon
Chicago
Iowa
Fight over seating at Typographical Union convention in St Joseph
A lively confrontation at the fifty fifth annual International Typographical Union session in St Joseph Missouri erupted over seating Charles Carroll as a Providence delegate. John F Lennon filed a protest alleging irregularity in Carrolls election.
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Printer's Differ
St. Joseph
International Typographical Union Convention
Charles Carroll
Providence
R. I
John F. Lennon
Carroll
Charges Preferred In Grand Lodge Meeting Chaos
Sioux City la Aug 11 the dramatic turn in the Knights of Pythias grand lodge session drew about 2000 Pythians. Charges were preferred against M J Tobin of Vinton the anti ring candidate for grand chancellor in a highly publicized move.
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Sioux City
Grand Lodge
Knights of Pythias
M. J. Tobin
Vinton
Tragic Train Accident Claims Two Nuns Near Montreal
Two nuns walking from a Montreal convent to visit Park Laval were struck by a train on a nearby bridge. In terror, they jumped into the rapids forty feet below and drowned. The incident occurred August 11, near the city.
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Montreal
Laval
Moore in Office Monday
E J Moore of Eldon has been elected secretary of the state pharmacy board to succeed C W Larson who resigned over friction with the commission and will assume duties next Monday.
Richard Golden Dies Suddenly at Gravesend Bay
New York Aug 11 Richard Golden actor died suddenly aboard the houseboat Stroller in Gravesend bay where he was the guest of John Newton Porter.
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Richard Golden
New York
Gravesend Bay
John Newton Porter
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