Desperadoes Nabbed After Rogersville Shootout
Jim Wright and John Templeton, noted Hancock county desperadoes, killed in early battle near Rogersville Tennessee. Wright’s son captured by a 25 man posse led by Joe Moss of Gate City Virginia. Templeton killed instantly and Wright killed at daylight after retreating to a house. Wright had escaped from a Tennessee penitentiary and both men were linked to multiple killings. George Wolf and Dick Rogers were wounded in the same incident. The action occurred about eighteen miles east of Rogersville where a long pursuit had been under way.
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Rogersville
Tenn
Sept. S
Jim Wright
John Templeton
Hancock County
Wright
Joe Moss
Gate City
Templeton
Tennessee
George Wolf
Spears Ferry
Dick Rogers
Rebel Warship Sunk By German Gunboat In Haiti Harbor
The Firminist gunboat Crete-a-Pierrot was sunk at Gonaives harbor after the German Panther demanded surrender. The crew abandoned the ship amid disorder as flames rose and Panther fired thirty rounds. The Panther then towed into Port-au-Prince.
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Cape Haitien
Haiti
Crete-a-Pierrot
Fiemist Party
Gonaives
Crete a-Pierrot
Panther
Port Au Prince
Markhowanna
Hansen
Hamburg-American Packet Company
Cape Hansen
Berlin
Associated Press
Port Au
Firmin
Port-au-Prince
Crete-a-Pierrott
Killick
Admiral Killick
Crete-a- Pierrott
Assaults by Pickets Turn Miners into Victims in Wilkesbarre
Two Italian striking miners Frank Portay and Sistino Vancastello were waylaid by pickets near the Har ry E. colliery as they returned from a hunting trip. Vancostello was killed with a gunshot while Portag was beaten and his life in danger. Sheriff deputies rushed to the scene as threats of vengeance spread among miners.
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Wilkesbarre
Frank Portay
Sistino Vancastello
Sweyersville
Harry E
Vancostello
Jacobs
Edwardsville
Hiram Fischer
John Kasmaugh
Fischer
Lockup
German official: Haiti calls Crete-a-Pierrot pirate
The German foreign office told the Associated Press that Haiti regards the Firminist gunboat Crete-a-Pierrot as a pirate. It says Haiti’s interests were not affected by the German Panther sinking the Crete-a-Pierrot.
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Berlin
Foreign Office
Associated Press
Germany
Hayti
Crete-a
Man Killed in Family Quarrel Shooting in City
John C. Lehne mann was shot in the abdomen by his son in law James C. Duane a prominent Boston and Brooklyn businessman during a quarrel. Duane is in custody as the shooting followed a series of family quarrels.
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Hus
Boston
John C. Lehnemann
James c. Duane
Brooklyn
Duane
VIEW AT WASHINGTON. Crete-a-Pierrot incident to be reported
Washington reports that an official U S government report on the destruction of the Crete-a-Pierrot will be prepared by United States Minister Powell now at Port au Prince. Officials foresee little immediate action by the state department unless Germany seizes territory.
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Washington
Destruc
Crete-a-Pierrot
United States
Powell
Port Au Prince
State Department
Navy Department
McRea
Admiral Killick
Germany
Corsicana election shows anti-prohibition edge
From Corsicana Texas anti-prohibition committee returns indicate an anti-pro prohibition majority of 161 votes while the prohibition group concedes a defeat by 142 votes.
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Corsicana
Tex
Prohibition Committee
Denton Unofficial Returns Show Pros Win in Saturday Vote
Denton Texas reports unofficial results with a 74 vote margin in Saturday's election. Officials expect final tallies to confirm the leading party's victory.
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Denton
Tex
Anti-Prohibition Victory Reported in Montgomery County
Conroe Texas Sept 8 Antis won the prohibition election in Montgomery County by 225 votes. Several anti boxes remained unheard as the vote passed quietly across the county.
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Montgomery
Conroe
Tex
Montgomery County
Dinsmore Wins New York Hill Climb Event
Dinsmore won a hill climb race in New York on Sept 8, covering six and a quarter miles. Clarence G. drove a horsepower machine finishing in forty minutes and thirty seven seconds. Frost voted prohibition with 288 against 161.
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Frost
Prohibition
Dinemore
New York
Austria
Corr
Ald
Semmering
Clarence G
Dinsmore
Earthquake Shocks Pau France Lasts Six Seconds
A strong earthquake lasting six seconds was felt in Pau France on September 8. No damage report is available in the brief, but residents felt a pronounced tremor in the early evening.
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France
Pau
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R. O. Allen
Quaker
H. B. Dorsey
Ryan Gocery Co
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Lake Ontario
Rochester
Sept
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Grand Opera House
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San Antonio International Fair
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