Turks press for proof while Turkish pledge clashes with us
In Constantinople on Sept 1 Turkish officials deny an assassination attempt on U S vice consul Ma gelssen and insist the Beirut shooting story was a joke of a shot at a native wedding Leischman demands conclusive judicial proof He reports Kharput violence targets the American college and officials press for overdue settlements as U S warships Brooklyn and San Francisco head toward Turkish waters to pressure compliance
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Constantinople
Selachmal
Beirut
William C. Magelssen
United States
Leischman
Kharput
Porte
Tenekedjian
American College
Leisch
Tripoli
Syria
Cotton
Genoa
Italy
Brooklyn
San Francisco
Magelssen
Washington
Roosevelt
Turkey
Sultan clamps down as villages burn near Monastir
Consular dispatches report that nearly all Christian villages in the Dubre and Gicevo districts, fifty four miles from Monastir, have been pillaged and burned with inhabitants fleeing. The sultan refuses to grant the commander full military control, preferring to retain authority at Constantinople despite talks with the German and Russian ambassadors.
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Tave
Constantinople
Pristhina
Dubre
Monastir
Gicevo
Baron Hirschal von Bieberstein
M. Zinovieff
Swung Up In Effigy Over Foreigners In City
A gibbet in a city street displayed an effigy of a foreigner as the crowd beat it with sticks shouting death to the foreigners. H Palazzi a French trader and Herr Sprick a German were arrested in Ciudad Bolivar by order of President Castro for not paying taxes. General Rolando and 200 rebel officers, captured at Ciudad Bolivar, arrived at Maracaibo and were imprisoned with their feet in irons.
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H. Palazzi
Herr Sprick
Cuidad Bolivar
Castro
Caracas
Rolando
Ciudad Bolivar
Maracaibo
San Carlos
Harsh Injustice in Interior Venezuela Report
Foreigners in Venezuela are hunted for filing claims under a new protocol. Near Coro a tribunal rejected testimonies from three Italians, who were jailed after offering depositions. two tried to flee, one was killed. Caracas has not denied the event and takes no preventive action. Letters urging claims from Italian legation officials were reportedly seized to delay submissions.
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Venezuela
Willemstad
Curacao
Coro
Caracas
War Probable as Bulgaria and Turkey May Clash
Sofia reports strong belief in imminent war between Bulgaria and Turkey. Officials and revolutionaries fear hostilities will break out despite no formal declarations, with German consuls said to urge the sultan toward conflict.
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Turkey
Bulgaria
Sofia
Destructive hailstorm hits four Virginia counties
A severe hailstorm swept from Albemarle through Amherst Nelson Appomattox and Charlotte counties causing extensive crop damage. In Appomattox alone it destroyed a million tobacco plants while hailstones as large as hen eggs crushed vegetation across the area.
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Virginia
Richmond
Amherst
Nelson
Appomattoz
Charlotte
Albemarle
Appomattox
Beir ut dispatch says Magelssen in good health after escape
Major Ca Miller, a friend of Vice Consul Magelssen, cabled Beirut about his condition after an assassination attempt. The reply from Beirut stated simply that Magelssen is “Fit as a fiddle.”
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Beirut
Iowa
Franklin
Ca. Miller
Magelssen
Near death scare as mower maims young son
Four year old son of Gus Mindeman of Union City Oklahoma nearly loses both feet when mowing machine lines entangle and pull on the child seated beside his mother. The accident ends when the mower knife stops after the horses lurch.
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Chickasha
I. T
Gus Mindeman
Union City
Okla
Mindeman
Indian factions plan Washington delegation at congress
Indians of Vinita Indian Territory report Crazy Snake leader of the Creeks met with Keetoo wahs in the Cherokee nation to discuss assembling delegations for Congress to seek redress of grievances. An unknown assassin fired from a cornfield at Guthrie, Oklahoma, as part of a separate shooting incident.
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Indians Center
Vinita
I. T
Crazy Snake
Washington
Congress
Prominent Ponca Leader Silas Leclatre Fatally Wounded
Silas Leclatre a leading Ponca figure was fatally wounded as a large posse pursues unknown assailants. Leclatre described as a half blood Potawatomi adopted into the Ponca tribe, his death shocks the community.
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Silas Leclatre
Leclatre
Great Fire Loss at O Kene North of Watonga
Fire in Blaine county Oklahoma destroyed ten brick business houses at O Keene a small station north of Watonga causing an estimated loss of $40000. Dispatchers at Rock Island Oklahoma reported the blaze with little other effect on nearby activity.
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Chickasha
I. T
Rock Island
O’keene
Watonga
Blaine County
Oklo
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