Springfield Riots After Lynching Set Toll and Fire
Springfield, Aug. 17. Troops rushed to the city as mobs amid fires threaten fresh clashes after a Negro lynching. Four killed, scores injured, homes burned. Officials report arming of Negroes and widespread fear as clashes escalate despite military presence.
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Springfield
Chicago
First Infantry
Fifth Infantry
Peoria
First Cavalry
Third Infantry
Pontiac
Taylorville
Pekin
Bloomington
Quincy
Decatur
Danville
Ill
Charles Hunter
Twelfth
Madison Streets
Madison
Frank P. Wells
Mike Lucey
Charles Wolf
North First Street
United States Gypsum Company
Werner
W. H. Bowe
Fourteenth
Mason
Indiana Miners May Drop Picks in Pay Crisis
Ten thousand coal miners in Indiana may strike next pay day August 25 after the Rood mine dispute over a mule driver’s discharge escalated. Miners walkout threatens full field action as operators sever relations and withhold dues. In Ohio, 2,000 Crooksville district miners will strike over a two year pay-scale dispute.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Indiana
W. D. van Horn
Miners’ Organization
Rood
Sullivan County
Zanesville
Crooksville
Taft arranges Wright to handle Cuban and Panama matters
In Hot Springs Virginia on Saturday W H Taft spent most of his time placing Luke E Wright his successor as secretary of war in touch with Cuban and Panama issues Gen Wright stayed through Sunday No other calls or conferences occurred though two West Virginia Republican faction leaders remain to press their differences Swisher and Scherer two governor candidates have refused to withdraw leaving the national committee to decide later
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Hot Springs
W. H. Taft
Luke E. Wright
Panama
Gen. Wright
Swisher
Scherer
Kaiser Invites Gen Wood to Imperial Maneuvers
In Berlin Aug 17 Emperor William invited Maj Gen Leonard Wood U S A to be his guest at September maneuvers in Alsace Lorraine. The fall maneuvers will include 50 000 troops with a balloon division sending 12 airships two steerable and ten observation craft. Wireless telephony will be used extensively and field transport largely by automobile trucks.
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Kaiser
Wood
Berlin
William
Leonard Wood
Alsace-Lorraine
Missing cashier shortage hits Bank of Afton
Guthrie Oklahoma August 11 The state banking board offers a $500 reward for the arrest and conviction of Thomas M Reynolds missing cashier of the Bank of Afton Oklahoma after a discovered shortage of about $15 000 in his accounts State Bank Examiner W E Gordon reports the loss and investigation is under way.
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Guthrie
Okla
W. E. Gordon
Thomas M. Reynolds
Bank of Afton
State Banking Board
Arrer
Reynolds
Daring Overland Train Robbery Near Spokane
Two masked men held up Northern Pacific Train No. 3 near Otis to Trent and Yardley, robbing the mail car while sparing passengers. Clerks salvaged registered pouches, little plunder occurred, one suspect named Frank Snyder was captured atop the trail.
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Spokane
Wash
Northern Pacific
Otis
Trent
Yardley
Doak
Chicago
Seattle
Frank Snyder
Kimberley fire threat grows with shifting winds
A Cranbrook report warns the Kimberley blaze could worsen if the wind shifts, endangering the Sullivan buildings and spreading smoke toward Kimberley. A Canadian Pacific fire ranger seeks 50 men to assist. Fernie relief fund contributions total $90,000, with a $10,000 wire from Canadian Pacific.
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Winnipeg
Man
Cranbrook
B. C
Canadian Pacific Fire
Kimberley
Sullivan
Fernie Relief Fund
Canadian Pacific
Woman Kills Husband Then Surrenders in Brooklyn
New York Aug 17 Mrs Rose Graziano aged 19 walked into a Brooklyn police station and with a loaded revolver told the detective she had shot and killed her husband Dominick Graziano a barber She said he wanted her to become an immoral woman He claimed he would not work spent $600 of their money and asked for more
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New York
Rose Graziano
Brooklyn
Dominick Graziano
Heavy rains flood Iowa town with four inch downpour
Heavy rain, described as a cloudburst, drenched Oskaloosa Iowa on Saturday with over four inches of rainfall. The downpour delayed Rock Island trains on the main line and branches.
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Iowa
Oskaloosa
Rock Island
Oldest Montanan Dead in Virginia City
Virginia City Mont Aug 17 James Bonner aged 101 believed oldest resident of Montana died here of asthma after a long life spent in the state Authorities report burial plans will be announced locally noting his status as a pioneer resident and centenarian
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Virginia City
Mont
James Bonner
Montana
Baldwin 10 Make Endurance Trials In Airship Flight
Washington August 17 The airship board reports Thomas Baldwin's dirigible reached 19.61 mph in a Fort Myer speed test and faces possible further trials. If denied the final endurance run, Baldwin would receive 5737.50 for the craft which cost about 8000 to build. He must fly at least two hours with 70 percent of the test speed, no in flight landings allowed. British Balloon Has Accident Farnborough August 17 The British army dirigible overturned on landing after wind struck its broadside. Col Capper and Capt Cody escaped unharmed as repairs followed. The ship later completed a 20 mile flight with gains and against the wind.
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Washington
Airship Board of the Signal Service
Thomas
Baldwin
Fort Myer
Allen
Farnborough
J. E. Capper
Aldershot
J. S. Cody
Capper
War secrets sold on surrender bid at Hiroshima
Tokyo reports a betrayal of Russo Japanese war secrets by an officer. A division staff compiled a detailed operations handbook for Port Arthur attack. Copies reached war office and staff, with one copy kept at Hiroshima headquarters. Investigation finds the document was stolen and sold to a foreign country.
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Tokyo
Japan
Hiroshima
War Office
Port Arthur
Receiver Appointed for Pennsylvania Coal and Coke Co.
The Pennsylvania Coal and Coke Company, a major Western Pennsylvania mining concern, was placed under receiver on Saturday by Judge Edwards. Thomas H. Watkins was appointed by Scranton Trust Company, trustee for the bondholders, after alleged rent default by its lessee, the Pennsylvania Beech Creek and Eastern Coal Company.
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Big
Scranton
Pennsylvania Coal and Coke Company
Pennsylvania
New Turkish Minister Named
Washington Aug 17 The Turkish government informed the state department that Hussien Miazim Bey, currently Turkish representative at Bucharest, has been appointed minister to the United States replacing Mehmed Ali Bey.
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Washington
State Department
Hussien Miazim -Bey
Turkey
Bucharest
Roumania
United States
Mehmed Ali Bey
Prohibition Nominee Chafin Injured Shielding Mob Victim
Eugene W. Chafin, presidential nominee of the Prohibition party, was struck by a brick while trying to shield a Black man from a mob. The injury was described as too slight to matter, and he left town Saturday morning.
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Eugene W. Chafin
Prohibition Party
Mr. Chafin
Stork Hovers Over Holland
Queen Wilhelmina remains at Het Loo royal castle near Apeldoorn as an anticipated event stirs Dutch headlines. The palace stay has local observers watching for a notable royal development in August.
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Stork
Holland
Apeldoorn
Wilhelmina
Royal
Het Loo
Condensed Specials and Notable Deaths Across Regions
President Cabrera frees Guatemalan political prisoners while the navy recalls 247 apprentices to the Pacific. Texas ex-senator Mills shows improvement after Johns Hopkins surgery in Baltimore. Beardstown man Thomas Howell drowns saving his nephew Henry. Japan’s electric wire trade totals 8 million yen, 6 million imported. Saskatchewan votes return Scott government. Porter Sheldon dies at 76 in Jamestown NY. former 1868 congressman and 1861 Illinois constitutional delegate. Nye Colby shoots his brother’s wife near McHenry IL and then kills himself after a farm quarrel. Newell Colby jailed for killing Dr Beebe of Woodstock a year earlier.
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Cabrera
Guatemala
Navy Department
Pacific
Mills
Texas
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore
Thomas I. Howell
Beardstown
Henry M. Howell
Japan
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Scott
Motherwell
Calder
Porter Sheldon
Jamestown
N. Y
New York
Nye Colby
McHenry
Newell Colby
Dr. Beebe
Woodstock
E R THOMAS HURT IN AUTO TRIP
Edward R Thomas a former banker famed for risky driving is injured in a high speed crash at West End New Jersey. His 120 horsepower racing car collided with a light victoria from a side street causing the carriage to rip, topple and splinter while the horses were shot to end their suffering.
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New York
Edward R. Thomas
West End
N. J
American Wins Oxford Honors
Nashville dated London cablegram reports Edwin Ford of Columbia Mississippi aged 19 wins the highest honors in Oxford University final examinations. Ford son of former Mississippi Attorney General and a Rhodes scholar attended Oxford University.
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Oxford
Nashville Tenn
London
Edwin Ford
Columbia
Miss
Oxford University
Ford
Mississippi
Fire destroys sheep sheds at East Buffalo stockyards
Buffalo New York August 17 Fire swept the sheep sheds at the New York Central stock yards in East Buffalo early Saturday destroying the sheds and adjoining buildings. Between 1500 and 2000 sheep and calves perished with losses estimated at 100000 dollars.
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Buffalo
N. Y
New York Central
East Buffalo
Markets Report Mixed Wheat Decline After Highs
Chicago and New York market notes show flour steady with firm tone in Chicago while wheat slips from late gains as outside demand weakens. Price ranges for corn oats butter eggs cheese and live poultry listed with regional variations and futures quotes.
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New York
Minnesota
Northwest
Western
Inal
Live Stock Prices for Cattle and Pigs
Live stock market report lists prices for good to prime steers $6.75 to $6.50, fair to good $6.00 to $5.76, inferiors $5.00 to $6.00, yearlings $4.50 to $7.00, cows $3.60 to $5.25, heifers $4.25 to $5.75, stockers $2.50 to $4.75, bulls $3.50 to $5.00, calves $4.60 to $7.50, and hogs with heavy packers at $6.40 to $6.50, butchers and barrows $6.55 to $6.65, heavy shipping barrows $6.60, light barrows and sows $6.50 to $6.70, pigs $4.00 to $6.00.
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Chicago
South Omaha cattle and hogs market prices report
South Omaha Neb Aug 15 cattle market unchanged ranges listed for native steers cows and heifers western and Texas steers range cows and heifers canners stockers and feeders calves bulls and stags hogs market up to 16 cents higher with heavy mixed light and pigs and bulk sales around 6.27 to 6.35 lambs and sheep prices shown for yearlings wethers ewes and lambs with ranges provided.
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South Omaha
Neb
Texas
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George Richardson
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Deneen
Camp Lincoln
Mabel Hallam
Richardson
Harry T. Loper
Joseph James
Clergy Ballard
H. W. Wiley
Bureau of Chemistry
Agricultural Department
Taft
Northern Pacific Road
Canadian Rockies
E. R. Thomas Hurt
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