Taft orders census workers refrain from politics
President Taft declares census supervisors and enumerators must not engage in political activity or assist campaigns. He directs the Commerce and Labor secretary and census director to enshrine the rule in regulations, with strict enforcement to keep census work free from political influence.184 supervisors appointed among 2330 total. lists of appointees across districts in multiple states.
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Nagel
Beverly
Mass
United States
Taft
Charles Nagel
Department of Commerce and Labor
Secretary of Commerce and Labor
Mr. Taft
Ninols
Frederick A. Sehlick
Donald A. Callahan
Frank W. Latimer
Charles Sykes Burdick
George W. Royster
William J. Butter
S. Bartlett
Kerr
John T. Galbraith
Indiana
William D. Crow
James A. Searing
William W. Lingle
Wiliam C. Pressman
Samuel J. Wilton
William Henry Tieman
William Low Rice
Joseph Riley Broyles
Abel Telemachus Claybool
Francis H. Doran
Henry Louis Bendel
John Wood
Samuel R. Thomas
Iowa
John W. Rowley
Asa A. Hall
Cambridge Culbertson
Kansas
Reese van Sant
William I. Smith
Charles Yee
Predict End of Drought in Midwest Corn Regions
Washington Aug 17 Present conditions indicate that the drought in the corn growing sections of Cangas Missouri and central and southern Miinais will be broken about the middle of the present week with rains expected to cover the entire corn and spring wheat districts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Cangas
Missouri
Miinais
Fireman Hero Rescues Toddlers From Train Track
Wellston Ohio August 17 Charles Carpenter a Detroit Toledo and Ironton switch engine fireman saved two toddlers Pearl Lourdes two and Anthony Lourdes three from oncoming train. He leaped onto the running board and grabbed the children just as the engine sped toward them.
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Wellston
Charles Carpenter
Carpenter
Pearl
Anthony Lourdes
Feints of invading army repulsed near Wareham
Boston reports the clash between the Red army attempting to seize the city and a Blue defense formed by Massachusetts militiamen. A cavalry detachment of the invaders skirmished with the Second Massachusetts Infantry near Wareham as Gen Pew steadied the Blue line to protect Middleboro. The attack aimed to draw Blue troops away from Boston’s approaches.
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Boston
Blue Army
Massachusetts
Wareham
Cape Cod
William A. Pew
Bridgewater
Colchester Brook
Great Cedar Swamp
Halifax
Middleboro
Bliss
Lakeville
Pew
Florists Celebrate Silver Jubilee in Cincinnati Meeting
The Society of American Florists and Ornamental Horticulturists marked its twenty-fifth annual meeting at Music Hall Cincinnati starting with an organ concert and President J A Valentine of Denver rapping for order. The day included the annual address routine business and trade exhibit judging with a reception to follow. Tomorrow features the Ladies Society meeting and arrangements for the national flower show with anniversary exercises and addresses by E G Hill J C Vaughan and past presidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Music Hall
Society of American Florists and Ornamental Horticulturists
J. A. Valentine
Denver
Valentine
Ladies' Society of American Florists
E.G. Hill
J. C. Vaughan
Venezuela Announces New Cabinet Lineup
Caracas reports the official cabinet list with Linares Alcantara as Interior Minister, Gen. Juan Pietri as Exterior Minister, Dr. Abel Santos as Finance Minister, Gen. Regula Olivares as War Minister, Renal Carabano as Patronage Minister, Dr. J. M Ortega-Martinez as Public Works Minister, Dr. Maldonado as Public Instruction Minister, Antonio Plementel as Secretary General, and Caracas Governor Dr. Carlos Leon among appointees.
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Caracas
Venezelan
Linares Alcantara
Juan Pietri
Abel Santos
Regula Olivares
Fomentoa
Renal Carabano
J. M Ortega-Martinez
Maldonado
Antonio Plementel
Garlos Leon
Iowa Boy Confesses to Stepfather Slaying
In Des Moines Aug 17 Harry Bell aged 14 confessed to Sheriff Grant Killmer of Indianola that he killed his stepfather KB. J. Carraher March 2 at Carraher’s home three miles east of New Virginia. The confession came after four months. witness was Bell’s younger brother who has since died.
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Deg Moines
Harry Bell
Sherif Grant Killmer
Indianola
KB. J. Carraher
New Virginia
George Brand
Carraher
Bell
Note Broker Is Indicted On Grand Larceny Charges
New York on August 17 two indictments for grand larceny were returned against Donald L. Persch a note broker now out on sixty thousand dollars bail. The charges relate to the sale of collateral deposits by M M Joyce a broker for a loan arranged through the Windsor Trust Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Donald L. Persch
Tombs
M. M. Joyce
Windsor Trust Company
Confession Clears Five Month Old New Virginia Murder
A 14 year old boy Harry Bell confessed to killing his stepfather EB Carraher near New Virginia Iowa March 2 after four months of silence. He described a struggle with a butcher knife and an axe used to kill Carraher, then the body was moved to a creek. George Brand later married Mrs Carraher and joined the family as hired man. Trial set for August 31 before Judge Nichols.
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New Virginia
Harry Bell
Hay
Indianola
EB. J. Carraher
George Brand
Carraher
Sherif Kimmer
Fred
Kimmer
Brand
Warry
Mapeh
Delaware
Harry
Tred
Abs. Carraher
Sheri Kimmer
Nichols
Record heat kills eleven in four cities
Heat wave pushes record temperatures across the plains and Midwest. In St Louis two deaths were tied to heat, with nine more deaths revealed by burial permits from the weekend. Kansas City saw 105 degrees with Topeka at 84 at midnight. St Joseph hit 96, Omaha reported seven heat deaths, and Chicago logged two fatalities amid widespread prostrations.
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Kansas City
St. Joseph
Omaha
Chicago
St. Louis
Enid
Okla
Fort Smith
Ark
Concordia
Neb
Haskell accuses jurors calls methods corrupt
Angered by a Muskogee town lot fraud case, Gov. Charles N. Haskell and five co-defendants move to quash indictments in federal court. The filing alleges grand jurors seeks to indict, faulted by charges of improper conduct by U S Attorney Gregg and Rush, and details alleged juror bias and intimidation in selecting the panel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muskogee
Okla
Charles N. Haskell
United States
J. W. Gregg
Sylvester R. Rush
J. F. Gaskill
Grant Victor
Muskogee County
George W. Strawn
J. H. Dixon
J. C. Burgess
A. G. Dumas
W. T. Bailey
Strawn
Foreman
Gregg
Foreman Strawn
Talesmen
Gov
Haskell
Marengo Mayor Faces Trial Under Cosson Removal Law
Des Moines reports the Marengo trial of Mayor A. M. Henderson on drunkenness marks the first test of the Cosson removal law passed by the last general assembly. A guilty ruling could prompt an appeal to the state supreme court, potentially placing the case ahead of others for a September decision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marengo
Des Moines
A. M. Henderson
State Supreme Court
Boone Franchise Vote Lets Reynolds Utilities Expand
Boone Iowa August 17 voters approved a street railway and lighting franchise for EH FE Hughes J Ho McBride and Andrew Stevenson by 719 to 36. The decision funds Reynolds utilities $150000 in plant improvements and paves the way for an interurban to Story City at once.
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Boone
Street Railway
FE. Hughes
J. Ho McBride
Andrew Stevenson
Reynolds Utilities
Story City
Aged Blind Man Attacked by Unknown Tramp
An unknown tramp stormed into Patrick Ryan’s home in Clinton and attacked him with an axe. Ryan, an aged blind resident, suffered a severe head wound but survives. The attacker refused to speak and his identity remains unknown.
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Clinton
Patrick Ryan
Ryan
One Man Draws Claims in Two Land Drawings
Oskaloosa Iowa August 17 1920 a unique case if not statewide shows Frank Jepperson vice president of the Manning and Eymerson State Bank at Badyville drawing a claim in both the Couer d Alene and Flathead land drawings highlighting an unusual lottery occurrence in the region
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Oskaloosa
Flathead
Frank Jepperson
Manning and Eymerson
Badyville
From Eddyville to Chicago by Water
Arthur Wpperson of Eddyville and Harold Slaught of Grand Rapids Mich arrived in Chicago via water route from Eddyville en route to Grand Rapids.
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Eddyville
Chicago
Arthur Wpperson
Town
Harold Slaught
Grand Rapids
Mich
Gas Blast Injures Ten In Cleveland Building Collapse
A gas explosion at Wirick Maying and Storage Company in Cleveland injured seven men and three women, two possibly fatally. Debris consumed by fire, walls toppled onto nearby businesses including T. M. McCleary’s saloon and J. C. McIntyre’s meat shop. Firefighters contained a wider blaze that threatened surrounding buildings. Also, in Burlington a 72 year old man, James McNicholls, died in a church confession.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland, O
Wirick Maying and Storage Company
T. M. McCleary
J. C. McIntyre
Jail reform urged by charity worker in San Francisco
A San Francisco charity worker demands radical separation of classes and argues the modern prison system ruins many souls. He calls for placing social order on a higher level and criticizes jail methods as a modern bastile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Necessities of County Jails and Humane Jail Staffing
Distinct workhouses for all prisoners sentenced to terms in jails with proper labor system. A separate cell for each prisoner, well lighted and ventilated with sanitary plumbing. Sufficient rooms for classification by sex age and criminality, each class fully separated. Trained jailers with humane instincts and high character who seek to improve those under their care.
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W. A. Gates
California Board of Charities
American Prison Association
Couny
Die Climbing Mountain
Tacoma climbers T F Callaghan and Joseph W Stevens are believed dead near Mount Tacoma after leaving camp at 2 30 am with minimal food and no guide. A rescue party found alpine gear ten feet from the crater. cause likely hunger cold or accident. Fire Engineers in Session Grand Rapids Mich Aug 17 Fire chiefs from many U S cities gather as International Association of Fire Engineers convenes for four days with speakers including Row Glanville Maris Morrison Nesbit and Hale. Canada Has Serious Fire Fernie BC Aug 17 Coal Creek fire destroys 22 buildings causing about 100000 in losses as Fernie brigade battles flames until control.
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Tacoma
Wash
T. F. Callaghan
West Seattle
Joseph W. Stevens
Trenton
N. J
Mount
Grand Rapids
Mich
United States
Fillmore Tygon
Louisville
International Association of Fire Engineers
Frank G. Row
John O. Glanville
St. Louia
Clarence Maris
Columbus
Fred Morrison
Watertown
N. Y
R. H. Nesbit
Waukegan
Ill
George C. Hale
Kansas City
Canada
Fernie
B. C
Coal Creek
Fernie Brigade
Son of First Mormon Dies in Iowa Convention
Arthur Hale Smith, third son of John Smith founder of the Mormon church, died at Montrose Iowa while attending a Latter Day Saints convention. He will be buried at Lamon Iowa.
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Des Moines
Arthur Hale, Smith
John Smith
Mormon Church
Montrose
Lamon
Robbery in Wilkesbarre Led by Four Masked Men
Four masked men bound and gagged Charles Burlew and his wife in Wilkesbarre Pennsylvania on August 17 robbing Burlew of $360. Burlew was renocked insensible after the attack and the incident is under police inquiry.
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Wilkesbarre
Charles Burlew
Chicago appoints new police chief Leroy Steward
Chicago Mayor Busse announced Leroy T. Steward, longtime superintendent of city delivery of mails at the Chicago post office, as chief of police to succeed the resigning George M. Shippy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Busse
Leroy T. Steward
Chicago Post Office
George M. Shippy
Historic Building Burns in Lexington and Mason County Fire
A historic court house in Washington Mason county was struck by lightning and destroyed. The building dated from 1794 and had ties to famous Uncle Tom characters. The blaze occurred on August 17 in Lexington Kentucky.
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Burns
Lexington
Washington
Mason County
Tom
Five Children Killed in Missouri Train Collision
Five children of A H Hyde, a Kennett farmer, were killed when a wagon carrying the youths was struck by St Louis and San Francisco trains No 811 at a crossing a mile east of the Hyde home while driving to church at Frisbee station in Missouri on August 17.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennett, Mo
Frisbee Station
A. H. Hyde
St. Louis
San Francisco
Hyde
Village Destroyed by Fire in Pike Wyoming County
Buffalo N Y Aug 17 the village of Pike Wyoming county was practically wiped out by fire. The loss was placed at 75000 dollars with a number of homes and buildings burned or gutted amid widespread destruction. Firefighters battled to contain the flames as residents assessed the ruins and began cleanup in the affected area.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Pike
Wyoming County
Murder at Alma Rocks Chillicothe in Shootout
Chillicothe Ohio area reports Pearl Hatfield shot and killed Hiram Burditt of Parkersburg West Virginia at Alma in the county. Also noted are striking freight handlers returning to work at Fort William Ontario and Pennsylvania Day observed at the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition in Seattle.
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Chillicothe
Chillicothe, C
Pearl Hatfield
Hiram Burditt
Parkersburg
W. Va
Alma
This County
Fort William
Ont
Canadian Pacific
Pennsylvania
Seattle
Wash
Reform of County Jails Urged at American Prison Association
W A Gates of San Francisco told the American Prison association session that modern jails especially county jails are deficient. He urged district workhouses, separate lighted cells, adequate classification, trained humane jailers, and a general social order improvement with a shift from gold to the golden rule. He criticized treatment of female prisoners and urged appointing a matron in every county jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. A. Gates
Seatle
Wash
San Francisco
American Prison Association
Gates
California
Counterfeiting Ring Tied to Italian Plant Exposed
Philadelphia reports arrest of Guiseppe Spica of New York linked to a counterfeiting ring. Operatives allege a plant in Italy produced spurious American silver certificates. Spica distributed 16 two dollar notes in the city and was held under $2,000 bail for the September grand jury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Guiseppe Spica
New York
Secret Service
Spica
Italy
Osteopathic Association Opens Four Day Minneapolis Convention
Osteopaths in Minneapolis begin a four day convention at city hall with welcomes by Dr. B C Pickler and an annual address by president Dr T L Ray. The program includes papers demonstrations and an open parliament each afternoon.
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Minneapolis
Minn
American Osteopathic Association
B.C. Pickler
T. L. Ray
National Commission Fines St Paul Club Over Catcher Needham
The National Baseball Commission ruled in Cincinnati that the St Paul American Association club must pay $1,000 to the New York National team for catcher Tom Needham. In Columbus a clothing merchant L Gingburg attempted suicide aboard the Pennsylvania Flyer near St Paris, slicing his throat with a penknife. condition not serious.
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Cincinnati
National Baseball Commission
St. Paul
Columbus
L. Gingburg
Des Moines
St. Paris
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Michigan
Frea Ww
Stuart
Charles Foster Davison
John L. Boer
Hugh H. Hart
John Baird
John A. Sherman
Charles R. Jackson
Sylvester Perry Youngs
James T. Bennett
Minnesota
Frank E. Gartside
Clark W. Gilmore
Avis B. Kelly
William Byron Webster
Charles 4H
Cairns
Ezra Edward McCrea
Charles W. Odell
Byron Lincoln Hollister
Daniel Willard Meeker
Nebraska
Frank BE. Helvy
Charles la Baunders
Joseph Albert Hays
Philip I. Bross
North Dakota
Carl N. Frich
National Society
Venezuela
Alcantara
Dr. Santos
E. J. Carraher
Lad
St. Joe
Mercury
Oklahoma
Edifiries
Confession Box
Burlington
James McNicholls
St. Paul's Catholic Church
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