Mexico gains press freedom under Madero reform
In Mexico City, July 8, reports say the press enjoys newfound freedom under President Madero with seven column heads and ten point type. Spurting periodicals flourish, satire flourishes, critics and praise of Madero appear, and readers submit signed comments amid a growing, lively public discourse.
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Mexico City
Madero
Emilia Vasquez Gomez
Department of Interior
el Abuizote
Diaz
Alameda
Juarez
Pugilist Bolte Hurt After Brighton Beach Bout
New York July 8 report says welterweight Kid Bolte is in a hospital with a possibly fractured skull and hemorrhages from a ten round fight at the Brighton Beach Athletic Club. Opponent Fighting Jack Lundy has been arrested.
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Badiy
New York
Kid" Bolte
Brighton Beach Athletic Club
Jack” Lundy
Athletes to Compete Abroad in France
Fifteen Montreal boys were chosen and sailed for Nancy France today to compete in a major athletics event abroad. The contingent joins a noted program sending young athletes to Europe for international competition.
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Aoy
Ontreal, Jully
Montreal
Nancy
France
French Gymnastics Federation to Host Global Youth Tournament
The event, at the end of July, will be run by the French Gymnastic Federation of Sport and bring together about 8,000 young athletes from numerous countries.
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French Gymnastic Federation of Sport
Attacks on Proposed Financial System Spark Bipartisan Debate
Washington July 8 A House resolution by Rep Lindberg seeks a nine member committee to probe a potential financiers’ combine violating trade laws. The measure targets banking money exchange credit and deposit systems urging remedial legislation. Lindberg blames Wall Street for 1907 panic and the Aldrich Vreeland currency bill.
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Washington
Lindberg
Minnesota
House
United States
Monetary Commission
Aldrich
Wall Street
Aldrich- Vreeland
Aldrich Central Bank
Wallstreet
EndeavorersChoose Los Angeles for 1913 International Meet
Los Angeles California was chosen as the site for the 1913 international convention of the Christian Endeavor Union with Indianapolis as a close competitor. The board of trustees endorsed a worldwide religious campaign for men, as resolution authorizing the effort moved by William Shaw was referred to the resolutions committee.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Los Angeles
Cal
International Union
Committee On
First Appeal from Court of Commerce
The case pits the Interstate Commerce Commission against eastern railroads over fuel coal freight rates. The Supreme Court accepts the first appeal from the newly organized Commerce Court after the commission claimed no right to rate discrimination. The Commerce Court blocked enforcement and an appeal was filed yesterday.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Supreme Court of the United States
United States Commerce Court
Commerce Court
Greatest Step Toward Peace Signed By Two Nations
Washington on July 8 reports that within ten days Secretary Knox and the British ambassador will sign a treaty providing for arbitration of all questions between the United States and Great Britain. The accord ends lengthy negotiations begun at President Taft's urging and Bryce's diplomacy, hailed as a major stride toward international peace.
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United States
Great Britain
Washington
Philander C. Knox
Taft
Bryce
Internal Revenue Pay Clash Among Officers in Washington
Royal E Cabell, internal revenue commissioner, debates pay and allowances for revenue officers. Pinchback, ex Louisiana lieutenant governor and future senator hopeful, now an internal revenue agent in New York, announces move to Washington on May 1 and seeks $87 for a board bill. Cabell declines to disclose outcome.
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Washington
Royal £. Cabell
Internal Revenue
Pickney Benton Stewart Pinchback
Louisiana
United States Senate
New York
Cabell
Cabel
Fund Raised for Monument to General Clement A. Evans
In Atlanta on July 8 steps were taken by Camp Longstreet Unit ed Confederate veterans to establish a fund for a monument honoring the late General Clement A. Evans.
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Atlanta
Clement A. Evans
Camp Longstreet United Confederate Veterans
Atlantic City Welcomes Gov Woodrow Wilson in Opening Address
A vivid opening week program features Gov Woodrow Wilson delivering the welcoming address as the famous Boardwalk scene bursts with flags. The official program outlines the week in full.
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Woodrow Wilson
Elks National Convention in Atlantic City Attracts Big Turnout
Delegates and visitors pour into Atlantic City for the Elks national convention and reunion with hotels full and a record crowd anticipated. The week features a grand opening with dignitaries, a three day lodge session, officer elections led by John P. Sullivan among other contenders, and a large parade Thursday with prizes for top lodges.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Elks
inAtlantic City
Tucker
Woodrow Wilson
Franklin P. Story
Harry Bacherach
August Herrmann
Cincinnati
Grand Lodge
John P. Sullivan
New Orleans
Arthur C. Moreland
New York
Charles R. Rasbury
Dallas
Portland
Ore
Heresy Trial Opens in Pittsburg Monday
The first heresy trial by the Reformed Presbyterian Church in over fifty years will begin Monday in Pittsburg Pa. Rev Dr John H Dietrich pastor of St Mark's Memorial Reformed Church stands as defendant. Dietrich claims to favor progressive church ideas and denies the fall of man.
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Hersey
Pittsburg
Reformed Presbyterian Church
John H. Dietrich
St. Mark's Memorial Reformed Church
Dietrich
German Bakers to Visit Fatherland New York
The Hamburg American steamer Pennsylvania sailing from Hoboken carries about two hundred members of the German Master Bakers Association of New York. They will visit their old homes in Germany and attend the association’s annual Stuttgart convention with many wives joining.
Drowned While Fishing Near Pase's Bluff
Utica report states W. E. Ledgerwood and Miss Shallock drowned in Big Tupper Lake when their trolling boat overturned after a big fish was hooked. Ledgerwood and his wife were aboard with Miss Shallock off Pase's Bluff.
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Utica
N. Y
W. EK. Ledgerwood
Miss Shallock
Big Tupper Lake
Ledgerwood
Pase
Gompers Urges Impeachment Talk For DC Judge
Samuel Gompers, AFL president, urged the Senate committee to consider impeachment of Justice Daniel Thaw Wright of the DC Supreme Court. He cited Wrights conduct in Bucks Store and Range Company contempt cases against federation officials and favored recall as an alternative. Senator Borah echoed recall as a possible remedy.
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Washington
Daniel Thaw Wright
Supreme Court of the
District of Columbia
Senate
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Gompers
Wright
Bucks Store and Range Company
Federation
Senator Borah
West Virginia and Virginia Weather Outlook for Weekend
Weather forecast notes local thunder showers in West Virginia Sunday or Monday with little temperature change. In Virginia unsettled conditions Sunday and Monday with occasional showers, interior warmth on Sunday, light to moderate southeast to south winds.
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West Virginia
Virginia
Four Teens Missing After Santa Rosa Wreck Off Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara July 8. Four teen passengers of the steamer Santa Rosa, wrecked on rocks at Point Argillo, are unaccounted for. Survivors report 186 accounted for of 200 aboard. missing may have perished as life rafts broke apart in the surf. Captain Faria refused pleas to land passengers before the gale.
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Santa Barbara
Cal
Santa Rosa
Point Argillo
G. W. Carlton
Carlton
Faria
Fire Threatens Biddeford Business District
Fire started late tonight and within an hour destroyed fifteen business buildings and tenement houses in Biddeford Maine threatening the heart of the city. Assistance was summoned from Saco and Portland to fight the blaze.
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Biddeford
Saco
Portland
Jack Mosby Indicted for Neutrality Law Violation
A federal grand jury in Los Angeles indicted General Jack Mosby, leader of Mexican insurrectos in Lower California, on neutrality law violations. Rhys Pryce and Richard Flores Magon were also indicted on the same charge.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Federal
Jack Mosby
Insurrectos
Lower
California
Rhys Pryce
Richard Flores Magon
District Good Roads Committee Enlarged Beaver Pond District
William H. Thomas enlarges the Beaver Pond district committee to twenty five members. A county meeting in Princeton orders district meetings July 22 at Bluefield and July 28 at Princeton to discuss better roads with citizen attendance invited.
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William H. Thomas
Beaver Pond
Thomas
Maj
Samuel Walton
R. M. Caffee
W. H. Campbell
W. P. Hawley
W. H. Thomas
T. E B. Peery
Wm. McCarthy
Walter Kahle
B. B. Hunt
R. H. Bailey
R. R. Harry
J. D. Harrison
R. A. Hale
Dr. Howe Bailey
A. G. McCue
Walter Pekins
J. W. Ruff
EB. L. Bailey
H. A. Ritz
D. BE. French
D. G. Lilly
Bernard McClaugherty
G. A. Shirey
J. M. Sanders
J. F. Maynard
Princeton
Court House
Bluefield
General County Committee
Heat Kills Six Hundred Harness Horses in Six Days
In New York on July 8 six hundred harness horses died from the heat over the past six days. No parallel is known for such deadly conditions.
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New York
Welcome of Royal Visitors Cools Civic Welcome
The Lord Mayor granted permission for a royal visit with a cautious public welcome. Officials faced a sober reception, but public cordiality helped smooth the occasion and demonstrate local hospitality.
Royals in Dublin Attend Pageantry and Open Science Events
King George and Queen Mary arrived in Dublin aboard the Victoria and Albert and were greeted with enthusiastic cheers as they toured Phoenix Park, Trinity College, and the Royal College of Science. They plan to attend St Patrick's Cathedral service and visit hospitals tomorrow amid large crowds and formal ceremonies.
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Dublin
King George
Queen Mary
Phoenix Park
Kingstown
Victoria and Albert
Victoria Wharf
Lord Leutenant
Ireland
Earl of Aberdeen
Bull's Bridge
Countess of Aberdeen
Royal College of Science
Trinity College
Dublin Castle
St. Patrick's Cathedral
Veveral
Farm Hand Killed by Mad Bull in Dover Incident
Horace Luce, a farm hand, died after a bull gored him near a Dover farm. Luce led the beast to a brook for a drink when the animal charged and repeatedly gored him.
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Dover
Horace Luce
Luce
Witness Describes Illumination During See Trial
Mrs Lucille Bridges testifies that she felt like walking on a cloud and saw a new light as she described the moment in the See trial Mil dred Bridges mother says Lee’s teachings changed her child Mildred’s behavior Bridges calls Mildreds father Stephen Bridges alleged the man held her for immoral purposes
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Chicago
Lucille Bridges
Mildred
Lee
Witness Testimony Reveals Earnings From "Absolute Life" Scheme
The witness says she never told her husband about a motherhood revelation and that she earned $100 distributing the "Absolute Life" cause. Attorney Cantwell questions the implications of the disclosure during the See flat proceedings.
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Cantwell
Another Attempt To Hold Up Erie Train
Erie Pennsylvania detectives report another attempted holdup of train No 41 on the Philadelphia and Erie branch. The train was held at Belle Valley for forty minutes to forestall the attack, but no gunmen were found after officers rushed to the scene and the woods were searched.
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Erie
Pennsylvania Railroad
Philadelphia and
Belle Valley
Chamberlain Celebrates Seventy Fifth Birthday in Britain
London marks Joseph Chamberlain's 75th birthday with nationwide Tariff Reform League meetings. Messages pour in from across the empire as Birmingham hosts a public demonstration. His health has improved but active public life seems unlikely again.
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London
Joseph Chamberlain
Tariff Reform League
Birmingham
Chamberlain
San Francisco Opens National Education Association Meet
San Francisco becomes the nation’s educational center as the National Education Association begins its forty-ninth annual meeting. Thousands of teachers arrive, with delegates from every state, hundreds of sessions planned and many college presidents among the eminent educators attending.
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National Association
San Francisco
Cal
National Education Association
Additional Judge Sought for Fourth Circuit
Washington July 8 senator Chilton's bill to add an extra judge for the fourth circuit of the United States circuit court passed the senate this afternoon.
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Washington
Chilton
Fourth Circuit
United States Circuit Court
Senate
Venezuelan Exiled President Castro Lands in West Venezuela
Castro has effected a landing in the western part of Venezuela and today commands a following of one thousand men as the Venezuelan government reports positive news of Cipriano Castro's return.
Aviators Plan Early Flight to Washington From Atlantic City
Marty N Atwood and Chas Hamilton announced they would start early tomorrow for a Washington route via Wilmington and Baltimore if conditions stay favorable. They postponed today because Hamiltons biplane failed to arrive in time for a tune up. The duplicate craft, damaged yesterday, reached the city at 5 20 in tow from Watertown Conn. Mechanics will work through the night to repair it.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Marty N. Atwood
Chas. K. Hamilton
Washington
Wilmington
Del
Baltimore
Hamilton
Atwood
Ocean
Watertown
Conn
Refloating Effort Underway After Queenborough Disaster
Salina Romania July 8 An attempt is under way to refloat the stranded river steamer Queenborough whose boiler exploded recently killing twelve people.
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Salina
Roumania
Queenborough
Senate Defeats Cummins Amendment On Canadian Reciprocity
The senate votes 32 to 14 to reject Cummins proposed free access for Canadian fresh meats, signaling no change to the bill from its original form. Delegates prepare to vote on remaining similar amendments Monday as Simmons and others push similar goals.
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Washington
Senate
Cummins
First Cummins
Simmons
North Carolina
Bailey
Thornton
Clarke
Wyoming
Sutherland
Canada
Charlies P. Taft
Secretary of the Interior
Richard A. Ballinger
Richard Ryan
New York
Guggenheim
Controller Bay
Alaska
Congress
House Committee On Expenditures
Representative Graham
Illinois
Commissioner Dennett
General Land Office
Representative Cox
Indiana
House
Taft
Ryan
Guggenheims
Stokes Shooting Case Delayed Over Missing Witness
New York July 8 A further hearing in the Stokes shooting case is postponed until Tuesday due to the absence of a key witness elevator operator Wilfred Hart who aided Stokes to the defendants apartments the evening of June 6. Magistrate Preechie will decide whether to hold Lillian Graham and Ethel Conrad for the grand jury on a charge of attempted murder of W E K Stokes, a wealthy hotel man.
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Stokes
New York
Preechie
Lillian Graham
Ethel Conrad
Crand
W. EK. Stokes
Wilfred Hart
House adjourns to Wednesday after Mitchell death
The house adjourned today until Wednesday after adopting resolutions of sympathy on the death of Representative Mitchell of Kansas. Mitchell died yesterday in Lawrence, Kansas, after a long illness, having served only two weeks in Congress when he was stricken.
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House
Washington
Representative Mitchell
Kansas
Mitchell
Lawrence
Congress
Gunboat Vicksburg Relieves Yorktown at Corinto
The U S gunboat Vicksburg has relieved the Yorktown at Corinto Nicaragua to monitor the unsettled state there We are told that international restlessness continues and reports speak of external intrigues against Nicaragua.
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Nicaragua
Washington
United States
Vicksburg
Corinto
Steamer Concho Damaged by Early Morning Fire
New York officials report a fire discovered in the hold of the Mallory Line steamer Concho in the early morning. Firemen contained the blaze after hours of effort. Damage estimates await a thorough examination of the hold.
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New York
Mallory Line
Concho
Fire destroys Boston terrace apartment. four women rescued
A fire swept the Memeuway terrace apartment house in Boston Massachusetts tonight burning the structure to the ground. Four women were removed unconscious but rescued and believe all other occupants escaped.
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Boston
Hoston
Mass
France Endures Severe Heat Wave Across Paris
France endures an intense heat wave surpassing any since 1900 with temperatures reaching around ninety degrees in Paris. Prostrations and widespread discomfort mark the conditions as residents cope with the heat.
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France
Paris
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