President Taft Consults Diplomats Over Far East Tangles
Haverly Mass August 15 The Japanese Chinese question grows delicate and President Taft is notably concerned. Charles R Crane incoming minister to China may visit Washington in days. O’Brien on leave from Tokyo sees the president for a long talk. Russia opposes Japan’s river mouth base and the Antung Mukden rail reconstruction fears widen strategic stakes.
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Haverly
Mass
Taft
China
Wiahes
Father and Daughter Drowned Fishing on Man Trap Lake
Perk Rapax Minnesota August 13. F Busey of Urbana and his daughter Anna McClain drowned while fishing in Man Trap Jake lake. A missing fishing pole caused line loss. their boat capsized and the pair drowned as the pole was later recovered from reeds at the far end.
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Perk Rapax
Minn
F. Busey
Urbana
Anna McClain
Exhumation Sought to Confirm Sutton Death Details
Mrs. Sutton announces plans to have Lieutenant Sutton's body exhumed at Arlington to verify injuries and death circumstances. Lawyers debate whether Sutton died by suicide or during a confrontation with Button, with accusations of cowardice and alleged failed regu lations. The naval court will be superseded by the family investigation as other questions remain unresolved.
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Sethe
Sutton
Birney
Adams
Button
Davis
Cmeeras
Dagin
Fies Savas
Naval Court of
Chicago
New York
Congressional Immigrant Commission
Vxist
Chicago Philanthropiv
Congress Convones
Five Die As Heatwave Hits St Louis
Five deaths and many prostrations were reported in St Louis as a brutal heat wave intensified. Government thermometers showed scorching temperatures, with little relief in sight as residents sought shade and cooling.
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ST. Louis
Irrigation Congress Seeks 10 Million Dollar Federal Fund
At Spokane the seventeenth annual National Irrigation Congress adjourned after passing resolutions praising Pinchot and Newell and asking Congress for a 10 million dollar irrigation land grant. Directors elected included B A Fowler and Hooker with W Young as president. governors of Florida and Idaho spoke during the gathering.
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Spokane
Pinchot
Newell
Forentry
Reclamation
Congress
National Irrigation CoOngti@s
John
Ares
B.A. Fowler
Phoenix
Ariz
Press- Hooker
Secret Witchell
New Mexico
W. Young
Utihy
F. W
Fieming
E.J. Watson
South Carolina
Florida
South Dakota
Idaho
Greece Must Promise in Crete Dispute Note
Athens Aug 3 Turkish minister submits a new note to Greece stating Greece’s reply to the first note is unsatisfactory and requests a formal declaration that Greece entertains no Crete ambitions. Greek foreign minister then meets with the four protecting powers’ representatives in Crete.
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Athens
Moinister
Greece
Crete
Turkey
Taft Appoints 300 Virginia Supervisors Amid Partisan Divide
President Taft approves the appointment of three hundred supervisors in Virginia. The board is evenly split between Democrats and Republicans despite protests from Southern states seeking non political control. The move follows orders advocating neutrality.
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Beverly
Taft
Virginia
Provesta
Talt
Lightning Strikes Kill in Chaves County Storm
Reports from Aug. 13 describe a remarkable lightning event in Chaves county during a thunderstorm. The bolt struck the home of W. B. Rall, a bombsteader, and killed H. Rutherford and a family member, with another bolt hitting a nearby occupant at Lefervale.
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Chaves
Mehta
W. BE. Rall
Wool Imports Reach Record Levels in U.S. Fiscal Year
Washington reports 266.5 million pounds of wool imports valued at 46 million dollars for the last fiscal year, the highest except 1807. The decade total imports stood at 219 million dollars with 4.75 billion pounds of wool consumed, 38 percent imported. Major suppliers include Great Britain.
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Washington
Department of Commerce and Labor
United States
Britain
Automobile Walks Through Garage Door
A machine at the Dinnetn garage rammed through the back door as it started by itself while a machinist worked on William Duboise’s car. It caused property damage to the door and heat from the adjacent building, but the automobile itself sustained no damage.
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William Duboise
Dinnetn
Rebel unrest reports heavy losses at Barcelona frontier
The Matin correspondent in Cerbore reports twenty five shot at Barcelona for taking part in the revolt. He adds that the revolutionary fight continues and that five pandarms were killed in a clash with revolutionists yesterday.
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Spanion
Matin
Cerbore
Spanfoh
Barcelona
Harriman party probes Wyoming rail route plans
Denver dispatch reports K. H. Harriman allies including Julius Kruuschnitt A L Mohler and John D. Isaacs touring Steamboat Springs and other Wyoming locations. They register under assumed names and study lines from Denver to Steamboat Springs and connections to Union Pacific Rio Grande and Southern Pacific routes, signaling large-scale expansion and pressure against the Moffat route.
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Denver
Colo
K. H. Harriman
Denver, Northwestern & Pacific
Steamboat Springs
Union Pacific
Wyoming
Denver & Rio Grande
Julius Kruuschnitt
A.L. Mohler
Mr. Kruttechnitt
Mobler
Gore Range
Berthoud Pass
David H. Moffat
Denver, Northwetern & Pacific
Mr. Mohler
John D. Isaaca
Harriman Systems
W.L. Park
Jack Braush
Mr. Park
B. G
Kruttachnitt
Eugene
Mr. Isaacs
Sam J
Rio Grande
Southern Pacific
Durango
Moffat Road
Sec
Harriman
Moffat
Salt Lake City
Rockefeller Behind the Liquor Fight
New York reports describe a widespread anti saloon campaign funded by brewers. Agents identified temperance workers in every state, some regions housing ten full time agents. Brewers dispatched detectives to trace funding sources and named John D. Rockefeller and others as principal backers.
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New York
Brewing Interests
Temperance Cruers
Secret Service
John Dee
Mebane
Merrill Named Wyoming Census Supervisor
Beverly Aug 13 Homer Merrill Republican for Wyoming census supervisor was named today He resides at Rawlins
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Beverly
Homer Merrill
Wyoming
Rawlins
Thaw fortune sale signals fight over Lyndhurst estate
Pittsburg reports Mrs. William Thaw sold part of Lyndhurst lawn to W. W. Willock for about 100000 dollars amid efforts tied to Harry K. Thaw’s fate. The 960 by 600 foot estate is a premier Lyndhurst tract as interior work halted and Maltman plans noted.
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Pittsburg
William Thaw
Lyndhurnt
W. W. Willock
Harry K. Thaw
Mattewan
Willock
Will
Maltenwan
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