Americans Rally in Golf Tour Amid British Challenge
Hamilton August 11 The young American college golfers gave a strong showing against British talent on the Myopia Hunt Club course. In four ball play the visitors won six holes to five, with the overall score tied at 2 to 2. Several matches stretched to the 22nd hole before American pairs clinched victories, fueling optimism for more wins in coming contests.
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Hamilton
Myopia Hunt Club
J L. Low
Cambridge
T. M. Hunter
Oxford
IFC
J. O. Alsop
Yale
G. D. Barne
H. W. Beveridge
A. A. Murdock
Harvard
G. Owen Winston
Bates Plans State Constabulary Force
Governor Bates and Republican leaders pursue a plan to recreate a powerful State police that overrides local authorities. The aim lis to advance church and temperance interests and build a strong political machine, inspired by the Revere raid as a warning to lawbreakers and gamblers. The scheme would centralize power, risk expansion of corruption, and weaken local control across towns and cities.
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Bates
Revere
Boston Area Weather Forecast Partly Cloudy
Partly cloudy forecast for Boston and vicinity with possible morning showers. Wednesday includes light west winds and cool temps. Thursday turns fair and cooler with dry conditions.
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Boston
Electric Cars Run to Lake Quinsigamond and Worcester
Boston and Worcester Electric Air Line offers cars every 15 minutes direct to regatta N A A O Lake Quinsigamond and Worcester. Board at Park Square or subway. Fr Johns Medicine cures asthma.
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Boston & Worcester Electric Air Line
Regatta N. A. A. O
Lake Quinsigamond
Worcester
Park Square
Subway
Balkan Peril Heightens as Powers Readied Warships
London dispatches say Balkan tensions remain perilous with powers prepared to deploy warships to eastern waters. British officials express deep concern and fear a general war may be unavoidable.
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London
Balkan
Anxiety over Russian consul Mandelstam’s fate in Uskub
In Constantinople on August 11 reports say Dr. Mandelstam, acting Russian consul at Uskub, faced initial escort refusal from the governor but proceeded after Hilmi Pasha’s intervention. He set out for Monastir, and no word has come since, raising fears he may have been murdered.
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Constantinople
Dr. Mandelstam
Uskub
M. Rostkowski
Mutesariff
Mandelstam
Hilmi Pasha
Monastir
Turkish Soldiers Sell Rifles to Insurgents in Macedonia
In Constantinople on August 11 it is rumored that Turkish troops in Macedonia desert en masse due to unpaid wages and are selling their rifles to insurgents to obtain provisions.
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Constantinople
Macedonia
Italian Navy Readiness For Macedonia Crisis
The minister of marine orders a squadron kept in readiness to sail for the east to protect Italian subjects if Macedonia complications require intervention.
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Rome
Minister of Marine
Macedonia
Tropical cyclone threatens southern U S coasts
A hurricane center south of the central Cuban coast moves north toward the Florida peninsula. Warnings extend from Port Eads to Jupiter and along the Atlantic coast to Charleston. Consul reports severe damage in Martinique with deaths and widespread destruction. Authorities urge ships to avoid Gulf and Cuban ports as the storm progresses.
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Washington
Gulf
South Atlantic
Port Eads
Jupiter
Nassau
Cuban
Jacksonville
Charleston
Atlantic
State Department
Jewell
Fort de France
Martinique
Trinite
Tivoli
Rond
la Haye
Fourniois
Reculee
Phes
Interior
Havana
Florida Peninsula
Gulf Coast
Florida
S. C
Weather Bureau
Bahamas
Kingston
Jam
Cable notice cuts off Jamaica and West Indies links
The Commercial Cable Company reports no communication with Jamaica disrupting connections to Porto Rico and all West Indian islands south of Jamaica.
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New York
Commercial Cable Company
Jamaica
Porto Rico
West Indian Islands
Reserve Officer Morse Rescues Tots From Runaway Horse
Reserve Officer Morse of Division 5 halted a runaway horse and buggy near Blackstone Square at 9 pm. He dragged along the macadam for 30 yards to stop the horse, saving several children playing inside the park inclosure. John Brown was knocked aside and Sullivan was injured.
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Morse
Division 5
Blackstone Square
Washington Street
Brookline Street
John Brown
Newton Street
Parkway
M. J. Sullivan
Westminster Avenue
South Boston Girls Missing
A general alarm was sent out for two missing South Boston girls Annie Smith age 16 and Mary Magennis age 15 who live on Gold street. They have not been seen since last Saturday and clothing was found missing on Sunday. The girls are described as large for their ages and could pass for 20. Their parents say two young men who have been with them recently have not been seen around Marine Park since last Friday.
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South Boston
Annie Smith
Mary Magennis
Gold Street
Marine Park
Librarian Henderson Resigns in Cambridge
John J. Henderson, librarian at the East Cambridge branch of the Public Library, has sent his resignation to Dr. Eugene A. McCarthy. Trustees will accept it at their meeting. Miss Brooks now leads the main library. Henderson had served since the branch’s founding.
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John J. Henderson
East Cambridge
Public Library
Henderson
Eugene A. McCarthy
Miss Brooks
Autoist Plunged to Death in Canal Near Port Plain
Henry F. Spaulding a Buffalo automobilist died when his car swerved on the muddy Erie canal tow path four miles east of Port Plain and plunged into the water. Linemen attempting rescue dropped a rope. Spaulding was entangled in it. He carried a $5000 draft and had been delayed by repairs in Amsterdam before continuing to Buffalo.
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Port Plain
N. Y
Henry F. Spaulding
Buffalo
Erie Canal
Spaulding
Amsterdam
Syracuse
Canajoharie
Amsterdan
J. H. Jackson
Coxsackie
Miles Receives Ovation in Omaha During Visit
General Nelson A. Miles paused in Omaha for half an hour receiving a cordial welcome from General John C. Bates Governor Mickey and local G A R posts. About two thousand people shook hands as Miles declined a candidacy for commander in chief and praised General Black while noting his visitor status.
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Omaha
Nelson A. Miles
John C. Bates
Mickey
Miles
Fort Omaha
General Blackmar Raises Mast From Lawson’s Independence
General W. W. Blackmar placed the steel mast from the Independence, Lawson’s cup defender, on Planter's Hill at World's End. The mast will serve as a flagstaff replacing a wooden staff weakened by woodpeckers.
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Blackmar
Lawson
Planter’s Hill
Hingham
W. W. Blackmar
Police Board Chief urges extreme penalties for prisoner rescues
Chairman Emmons of the Boston Police Board asks judges to impose the maximum sentence for anyone who attempts to rescue a prisoner, a move seen as radical. He cites frequent assaults on officers and urges crowds to stay away from arrests to avoid interference.
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Emmons
Police Board
Boston
John F. Brown
City of
Board of Police
Ww. H. H. Emmons
Judges debate penalties for assaults on police
Chief Justice John F. Brown says no new policy. believes current practice punishes assaults on officers based on severity and circumstances. Former Judge Henry Dewey criticizes Judge Emmons for seeking extreme penalties, calling it unwarranted and bound to affect juries and judges.
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Brown
Dewey
Emmons
John F. Brown
Municipal Court
Boston
Board of Police
Henry&. Dewey
Police Commission
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GW. Day
D. F. Ranson
H. J. B. Blulis
Enfield
Fr. John
Peril
Balkans
Italy
New England
Notman
Henry S. Dewey
Canal
Grand Army of the Republic
John C. Black
Grand Army
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