Pole Mountain Maneuvers Water Supply Assured Despite Attacks
Denver papers have attacked the Pole Mountain military reserve near Cheyenne where maneuvers occur. Army dispatch to General Gatecell confirms 15 000 gallons daily from a new reservoir with an auxiliary pump and pipeline doubling supply. Wyoming Col orado and Utah militia plan brief camps in state to limit spending while ensuring participation.
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Denver
Pole Mountain
Cheyenne
Wyoming
Waste
Venigg’s
Tribune
P. A. Gatecell
Army Headquarters
Adjutant General of
Wyo
Department of the Missouri
Colorado
Utah
Fort Russel Reservation
Republican leadership crisis looms as Taft weighs path
Beverly Massachusetts July 13 authoritatively announced that President Taft will take a general role in the fall campaign and will not back a candidate or seek leadership. Senator Crane Secretary Nagel and Attorney General Wickersham urged unified leadership amid looming battles for governorships senatorial seats and House control. The president averted decisive action as the party teeters toward a split with Roosevelt’s aura and Taft's cautious stance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beverly
Mass
Taft
Roosevelt
Taftig
W. Murray Crane
Massachusetts
Nagel
Wickersham
Oyster Bay
Indiana
Crane
Suffragette Turmoil Shakes British Parliament Vote
London July 13 Four detectives guarded cabinet offices as suffragists outside the House of Commons protested the vote on women's suffrage. The bill passed by a 109 vote margin after speeches by Asquith Churchill Lloyd George and Chamberlain. Government leaders moved to commit the bill, killing it for this session amid threats of reprisals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Lhlor
House of Commons
Guy Fiunhes
Akirts
Asquith
Winston Churchill
Lloyd George
Austen Chamberlain
Mr. Asquith
Austen Chamberlal
Ea Law
Chamberlain
Balfour
Walter Brookins Tops Altitude Record At Atlantic City Meet
Walter Brookins flew a Wright biplane to 6175 feet at the Atlantic City aviation meet. He lost power at peak altitude and glided to safety, earning a $5000 prize for the remarkable feat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Brookins
Atlantic City
Wright
Family horse drags Sheridan boy to death
Sheridan Wyoming July 12 a ten year old boy T J Simson was dragged by an old family horse after becoming entangled in the harness while dismounting. The horse ran, jumped a creek bank breaking fore legs and was shot. The boy, kicked and insensible, died fifteen minutes after extraction with skull and limb injuries. He had vacationed at Sorenson milk ranch four miles from Sheridan and had gone to town to fetch malt.
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Sheridan
Wyo
T J. Simson
Sorenson Milk Ranch
Heroic girl shoots down Black Hander in saloon gun battle
In New Orleans a three way gunfight at St Philip and Detaty streets ends with two Italian men dead. A Italian girl defends her father by shooting Black Hand agent Joseph Bigno after he killed John Wenzla. The incident unfolds near the French Market.
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New Orleans
St. Philip
Detaty
Joseph Bigno
John Wenzla
Webita
Bigny
Wenzla
Wenzgla
Bigno
Freneh
Secret Arrests of Newark Mob Leaders
Newark reports the arrival of Assistant Attorney General W. H. Miller fueling belief that police have secretly arrested several suspected in the lynching of the anti-saloon detective Carl Etherington. Edward Owens, a bartender at William C. Howard’s saloon, is reported in custody. Mayor Atherton denies resigning.
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Newark
W. H. Miller
Carl Etherington
Edward Owens
William C. Howard
Etherington
Atherton
Forest fires rage across western Montana region
Officials of the forestry service report 13 fires in western Montana with many crews fighting the blazes. Two fires in Coeur D Alene national forest are spreading rapidly while nine conflagrations burn in Lolo forest and one each in the Clearwater Bitterroot and Missouri forests.
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Missoula
Mont
Forestry Service
Montana
Vailway
Coeur D'Alene National Forest
Lolo National Forest
Clearwater
Bitter Root
Missouri
Polk Seeks Broad Backing For Missouri Governor
Thonay L. Anderson city attorney for St. Louis claims Gov Folk has the support of at least fifteen Democratic state leaders as he works for the 1912 presidential nomination. The report notes Folk lists thirty five states on his outreach list and positions Missouri as a strong early backer.
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Los Angeles
Thonay L. Anderson
St. Louis
Joseph. W. Folk
The
Unitates
Missouri
Settlers Return From Canada Amid Hard Times
Fifteen thousand Canadian settlers, leaving farms due to high railroad rates and uncertain crops, head back to the United States. Statistician Clarence J. Blanchard notes many expect more departures and predicts a broad backward movement as settlers seek relief from harsh August and September conditions.
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Washington
Dominion
Reclamation Office
Canada
United States
Clarence J. Blanchard
The
Reclamation Service
Tornado Devastates Farm Home as Shelter Caves In
Fragmentary report describes a tornado near Pierre involving a farmer named Rank B. It states a house was destroyed and a cave shelter collapsed, with debris and displaced residents. More details are unclear due to damaged text and partial dates.
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Pierre
Toby
Conservation Congress on Verge of Split
Local officials in St Paul plan talks in Chicago with Gifford Pinchot President Baker and Secretary Shipp on the National Conservation congress program. A split is possible with radicals forming a Kansas City congress while Taft supporters stay in St Paul if no agreement is reached.
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St. Paul
National Conservation Congress
Chicago
Gifford Pinchot
B. N. Baker
R. Shipp
Congress
Pinchot
Ballinger
Kansas City
Taft
Rebels Prepare Assault Near Bluefields Bluff
New Orleans July 14 Officers of the United States cruiser Prairie report that Half Way Key near Bluefields Bluff was captured by an Entrada force during the July 6 operation. Preparations were underway to attack the Madrix forces on Bluefields Bluff before the Prairie departed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Oreans
Half Way Key
Bluefields Bluff
United States
Prairie
Bluefields
Madrix
Bluefielde Blult
Penitentiary in Packers Bad Dream Unfolds in New Procedure
Subpoenas issued to National Packing auditors and bookkeepers to testify before a federal grand jury as Judge Landis leads a new pursuit to indict individuals rather than corporations under the Sherman act. W S Kenyon will supervise the inquiry with fresh evidence and agents from the attorney general's office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
National Packing Company
K. M. Landis
Department of Justice
Landis
Washington
Kenyon
Attorney General
Would Revive Colorado's Mining Industry
Denver July 14 Preparations for organizing a Colorado division of the American Mining Congress were made at a meeting of over representatives. A committee with James F Call breath Jr secretary was appointed to prepare a plan for a permanent organization to revive Colorado mining, which has slumped due to lack of support.
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Denver
Colorado
American Mining Congress
James F. Callbreath
Balloon disaster kills five aboard Erbsloeh design
Berlin reports the giant passenger balloon Erbsloeh designed by Oscar Erbsloeh crashed near Cologne in a heavy gale. All five occupants died as the craft, blown off course, exploded benzine tanks and gas complications followed a violent wreck.
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Berlin
Erbaloeh
Oscar Erbloch
America
Cologne
Oscar Erbsloeh
Herr Toelle
Barmen
Kranz
Hoeppe
Spieke
Erbsloeh
Dusseldorf
Gar
Aero Club
Wealthy Hungarian Trotter Hides Wealth to Foil Brigands
New York July 9. Lajos Berrar, Eastern Hungary’s wealthy landowner, arrives in tramp garb on the first lap of a world tour fearing robbers. A nephew, Mitchael Berrar, and an Italian interpreter accompany him, while he insists on old clothes to avoid attention.
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New York
Lajos Ber
Rar
Hungary
Mr. Berray
America
Tizsafuebred
Mitchael Berrar
Budapest
Mr. Berrar
Turkey
Her
Barkpe
Agame
Awerieu
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Smith
Straight
Anent Party
Flight
Sheridan Boy
Black Hander
Polk
North
Conservation Congress
Packers
Organizer’s of Meat Trust
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