Relief Corps Organized as Relief Efforts Expand in Monterey
Relief efforts spread across Monterey after the Santa Catarina flood killed about 1,400 with property losses over 25 million. Soup kitchens feed the hungry while 700 bodies have been recovered, 200 identified and buried. Mexico City and U S Red Cross pledge aid as railways struggle and water is scarce.
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Mexico
Relief Fund
United States Red Cross Society
Mexico City
Monterey
Santa Catarina
Pedro Trevino
National Railway
Laredo
Editor-Priest Campaigns for Family Suffrage
St. Louis editor priest Father D S Phelan advocates family suffrage in Missouri giving one vote for every baby or none for each baby to curb race death by action. He plans to present this bill to the next Missouri legislature at Jefferson City along with a divorce reform bill prohibiting a divorced husband from marrying the co respondent.
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St. Louis
D. S. Phelan
Jefferson City
Missouri
Phelan
DARIUS GREEN'S SUCCESSORS Dream of flight and aerial warfare
A historical verse foresees advances in aviation and air power. It mentions Wright brothers, Bleriot, Latham, Santo Dumont, and a future king dropping dynamite on Liverpool and London, portraying dramatic air battles and threat to Britain.
Earl Grey Narrowly Escapes in Woods During Hunt
Victoria B C August 31 Earl Grey governor general of Canada on a hunting trip was lost in Jervis Inlet woods for five and a half hours with only his dog for company. He entered the woods, became disoriented as night fell and the party failed to find him. He battled fallen trees thick undergrowth and dark rocks as searchers and the Quadra steamed for him.
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Victoria
B. C
Earl Grey
Canada
Dawson
Skagway
Jervis Inlet
Cambridge To Build City Hall In Meilyar Property
The Cambridge City Council votes to remodel the J. O. Mellyar property to serve as City Hall on the second floor. A ten year lease with the Loan and Building Co. at up to 840 annually is approved after plans by Architect Frank Orr. The move follows a council committee report and Mayor Bradford's support.
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J. O. Mellyar
Jeffersonian
Prosecutions Likely After Pressed Steel Car Strike Probe
District Attorney William A. Blakeley will press criminal charges against offenders tied to the attempted strike break at the Pressed Steel Car plant in Schoenville. He will use state and federal evidence, with possible actions against prominent figures, to settle the dispute and meet the strikers demands.
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Blakeley
Allegheny County
Pressed Steel Car Company
Iit
Pittsburg
Schoenville
William A. Blakeley
Prouse Re-elected at Guernsey County Children's Home
Owing to the State Fair the regular meeting was moved to Monday. Hannah M. Prouse was re elected as superintendent for the coming year after twenty five years with the institution. Will Newberry named engineer gardener and Mrs. Newberry cook to replace resignations of Nathan W. Bundy and wife. Bundys leave for their Barnesville area farm. Home now 41 inmates, about ten girls, all in good health and happy.
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Columbus
Hannah M. Prouse
Prouse
Will Newberry
Engineer
Gardner
Cook
Nathan W. Bundy
Barnesville
Kellogg warns of timber production and use imbalance
Washington reports assistant forester R S Kellogg warns that cheap abundant timber has created a long term national menace. He cites a three to one harvest rate versus growth, totaling about twenty billion cubic feet drained yearly while forests grow less than seven billion cubic feet annually across all lands.
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Washington
R. S. Kellogg
Forest Service
Williamson and Wood Marry After Death Pact Incident
Frank Williamson and Florence L Wood of Brooklyn wed in a Brooklyn hospital where they recover from self inflicted gunshot wounds. The couple who attempted death pact regained their senses and won parental consent for marriage as both became blind in one eye from the shooting.
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New York
Frank Williamson
Florence L. Wood
Brooklyn
Harriman Breaks Silence Says He Is All Right
Edward H. Harriman speaks after days of press camped at his Arden home. He says no serious illness found after Munich exams and that he should rest and avoid large crowds while continuing treatment abroad. The press had speculated amid calls for disclosure.
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Arden
N. Y
Edward H. Harriman
Sweep Wins Futurity At Sheepshead Bay
New York August 31 James R Keenes Sweep a Brush Pink Domino colt won the twenty second running of the futurity at Sheepshead Bay He held his head low yet kept his long stride and speed The colt earned 27000 of the 31000 purse with 15000 spectators present under a clear sky and mild breeze.
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New York
James R. Keene
Sweep
Domino
Sheepshead Bay
Toledo suspect pursued by angry posse into swamp
In Toledo on August 31 Ed Bell or Bellive, accused of attacking an eight-year-old girl in Forest cemetery, fled into a swamp. Police retrieved him after rescuing him from mud and water as residents pressed the case. The incident echoes a Rochester murder where a girl visited a cemetery.
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Toledo
Forest Cemetery
Bell
Bellive
Anna Schumacher
Rochester
Weather Outlook for Ohio Pennsylvania and West Virginia
Weather reports show fair conditions in Ohio and western Pennsylvania with Wednesday partly cloudy skies and moderate east winds. West Virginia also sees generally fair weather today and on Wednesday.
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Ohio
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Bodies of Seven Children Found at Rockaway Park Orphanage
New York Aug 31 seven children were found dead in the ruins of St Malachis Catholic orphanage at Rockaway Park Long Island. Police authorities say other bodies may be buried in the debris.
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New York
Rockaway Park
L. I
Gompers Faces Abrasive Criticism at International Union Meet
Paris August 31 Samuel Gompers head of the American Federation of Labor contended with harsh denouncements over the AFL stance toward joining the International Confederation. An Austrian delegate mocked his authority while Gompers defended American labor traditions yet signaled future Federation affiliation may come.
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American Federation of Labor
International Confederation
Gompers
Paris
Samuel Gompers
International Trades Union Congress
United States
Gompere
Europe
Solidarity of Labor
Federation of Labor
Hoyt Named Counselor for State Department in New Office
President Taft and Secretary Knox announce Henry Hoyt former solicitor general as counsellor of the state department a newly created post. He will handle major legal questions including treaty negotiations especially the upcoming Japanese treaty and oversee international law work for the department. Knox says the appointment fills a long standing need.
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Beverly
Mass
Taft
State Department
Knox
Henry Hoyt
Hoyt
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Wright Bros
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Latham
Santo Dumont
King Billy
Liverpool
London
Sterling T
Earl Gray
Grey
Cambridge
Meilyar Property
Hoffstot
Mas. Prouse
Children's Home Trustees
Edward Henry Harriman
Atlantic Coast
Pacific Slope
Southern Pacific
Union Pacific
Harriman
Hempstead
Walter Averell
Roland
Robert L. Gerry
Caro
Mary Harriman
Tay
Says Harriman
Futurity
Keene
Sam
Henry M. Hoyt
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