Courageous Quick-Think Hero Stops Runaway Mules
Private Claude Lee of the Ninth Cavalry band and two army mules drove a buckboard through downtown streets after midnight. Lee lunged onto the wagon tongue, grabbed lines, and, after a perilous chase through blocks, halted the team just before a streetcar collision. He quieted the animals and returned the buckboard to its owner.
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Claude Lee
Ninth Cavalry Band
Battle
The
Eleventh Infantry
Lee
Eighteenth Street
Eighteenth
Eddy Street
Thomas Street
Sixteenth
Sixteenth Street
Lea
Eddy
Carey Ave
Hatpin Attack Reported in Indiana Ball Game
A Gary girl is sought as the assailant in a July incident at Whiting during a Gary base ball game. A ten year old lad and a rival woman clashed as he outsted the Gary woman who stabbed him with a six inch hatpin during play. The woman escaped.
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Hammond
Tnd
Whiting
Gary
Thomas Wiley
Ten Injured as Rio Grande Train Crashes Near Springfield
Ten persons were injured but none fatally when Denver and Rio Grande passenger train No. 8 westbound from Denver collided with a freight train near Springfield, 45 miles west of Salt Lake City. All injured were able to continue their journey after treatment. Both trains were badly damaged.
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Rio Grande
Salt Lake City
Utah
Denver
Electric chair for leaders of mob
Columbus dispatch reports Governor Harmon intends vigorous prosecutions of Newark lynching rioters who killed Anti Saloon League detective Carl Etherington. Fifteen or more arrests expected within 24 hours and ringleaders may face the electric chair if premeditated murder charges can be proven.
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Columbus
Ohio
Newark
Carl Etherington
Anti- Saloon League
Harmon
Harry J. Bradbury
Service Company of
Cleveland
Denman
Can a Wrestler Become a Fighter
New York July 12. The question arises as fans watch Jim Corbett back Frank Gotch the world champion wrestler as the fittest man to defeat Jack Johnson. Goins is praised for size strength and endurance, while Gotch’s body is built for wrestling and may not translate to boxing notes.
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New York
Jim Corbett
Frank Gotch
Jack Johnson
Goins
Johnson
Stornger
Gotch
Wrestieg
Treatment of American Must Not Be Unjust
Washington reports multiple consultations at the State Department on United States action regarding the removal of William Pittman, an American engineer, from Bluefields Bluff to Managua. Agencies consider instructing U S consuls to ensure fair treatment and monitor Managua for anti American sentiment and refugee hostilities.
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Washington
Atate Department
United States
William Pittman
Bluefields Bluff
Manacue
Pittman
Madyrin
Wilkon
Department
Oliveres
Managua
Oes
Bathing tragedy near Sheridan claims teen swimmer
In Sheridan Wyoming on July 12 Maggie T Lockart 17 daughter of Mrs Robert T Lockart drowned while bathing in Big Goose Creek. Companions were present Grace Allen tried to rescue but survived. Leckart’s body recovered at 2 30 p m.
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Sheridan, Wyo
Maggie T. Lockart
Robert T. Lockart
Big Goose Creek
Sheridan
Grace Allen
Redcue
Mise Leckart
Brassey to Bail Sunbeam Yacht in London
London reports Lord Brassey plans to retire aboard the famed Sunbeam yacht described as the most famous vessel ever sailed. The craft, half schooner, has navigated the globe with a crew of thirty, including Kindred who sailed thirty years ago and saved Brassey’s son at sea.
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Lod Bharsey
London
Chicago
Great Lake
Lord Brassey
Kindred
Lord Brsey
Discouraged Flyer Drowns in Houma Harbor
A Hungarian officer, Lt. Mabeibet L. of Budapest, Hungary, reportedly committed suicide today by jumping from a boat in Houma harbor. The incident occurred after he became discouraged amid tumult and polly gedden confusion.
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Houma
Marblehead
Mans
Polly Gedden
Lieut
Mabeibet Ll
Indians Lose Hard Game to Raton Swifts 11 Inning Tilt
Raton defeated Cheyenne 8 to 2 in 11 innings at Raton New Mexico on July 12. Both teams featured strong fielding with notable infield and pitching work from players recently added from major league clubs. Attendance reached about 700 as the Swifts pulled away late after a tense extended contest.
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Indians
Raton Swifts
Raton
N. M
Hendrix
Elderles
Stanley
Cincinnati National” Ie
Kelly
Cheyenne
Ratterton
Feller
Pennell
Fiebert
Gibson
Keller & Fiebert
Herrman Picks Cubs and Tigers to Win
Garry Herrman predicts the Cubs and Tigers will triumph in Detroit. He comments on the league races and notes Detroit is progressing as expected while the national scene favors his favored teams.
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Detroit
Mich
Garry Herrman
Cubs
D Garry
Manchurian Treaty with Japan and Russia Published
The St. Petersburg signed convention of July 4 between Japan and Russia, 237 words, promises mutual aid on Manchurian railway projects, precludes unfriendly competition, and maintains the status quo in Manchuria with a consultative mechanism to resolve threats.
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Washington
Japan
Russia
St. Petersburg
United States
Manchuria
Pinchot to Assist California Campaign for Johnson
After talks with Theodore Roosevelt, Gifford Pinchot will head into California to support Hiram Johnson's Republican gubernatorial bid. The evening edition notes Pinchot’s involvement amid Roosevelt’s alliance and a broader Progressive effort.
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New York
Theodore Roosevelt
Gifford Pinchot
Taft
Pinchot
California
Hiram Johnson
Are
Outlook
Gramming Mtrs
Biljoson
Children Seized by Father's Agents in Explosive Custody Case
New York July 12 Mrs Ralph Hill Thomas and her husband sailed for Europe aboard the Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse. Detectives guarded their two children Helen and Dorothy who were kept by their aunt Miss Helen Miller Gould after being seized following the mother's marriage. The chase led to a rapid car swap and the children were taken to Helen Gould in Irvington on the Hudson. Mrs Thomas denounced the seizure.
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New York
Ralph Hill Thomas
Franky Gould
Europe
Helen
Dorothy
Misa Helen Miller Gould
Frank Jay Gould
Ralph Hil Thomas
Sugar Trust
Mr. Gould
Mizner
Park Avenue
Sixty-first Street
Second
Third Avenues
Mizver
Germany Offers No Encouragement to Madrid in Nicaragua War
Berlin announced that Germany will not provide encouragement or official support to Madriz in the Nicaragua conflict. The statement says the emperor and his representatives will not act to offend the United States and that any prior assurances of German moral support were personal and not government policy.
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Berlin
Germany
Madrid
Nicaragua
United States
America
Madriz
Eimperor
William
Niews
Mindrie
Fatal Plunge Ends Rolls Aviation Meet in Bournemouth
In Bournemouth England on July 12 Hon Charles Stewart Rolls son of Lord Liangattock was killed during an alighting competition. His Wright machine suddenly collapsed from 125 feet and crushed him as spectators watched. The accident followed another crash injuring French aviator Audemars and halted the meet.
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Bournemouth
England
Charles Stewart Rolls
Lord Liangattock
France
Rolls
Nmrat
J. Drexel
Rolle
Audemars
Grounnds
Hey
Lend
Lisngaliock
Eight Mee Ng Ater Canadian Town Bur rs
A tragic incident near St Joho Canada is reported with a baby dead and several men injured or missing after a five whith deatoy. The event reportedly occurred by July 12 and locals fear more details will follow.
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Burrs St Joho
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Etherington
LABOR
New York Herald
Miss Lockart
Miss Allen
Cheyenne Aggregation
Hhrrman
Tigers
Calaifornia
Helen Gould
Irvington
Hudson
Thomas
Kaiser
Channel Flight
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