Conference on legal reform and political strategy noted
A discussion on abolishing the old common law system of pleading in favor of English practice was debated by the Bar Association. Judge Taft joined the lively talks, and a committee was formed to study the proposal until the next annual meeting. Frank Hitchcock and Arthur Vorys were due in Hot Springs for a Republican National Committee conference to discuss campaign matters.
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Bar Association
Lindsa
Taft
Association
Frank H. Hitchcock
Republican National Committee
Arthur I. Vorys
Ohio
Hot Springs
Canadian Towns Out of Danger After Elk River Fires
Fires in the Elk River Valley burned past Fernie and destroyed Fernie city while Michel Hosmer and Cranbrook escaped danger. The blaze rages through the timbered valley beyond. Rain may end the fires after a month, with supplies reaching Fernie as workers face mining industry job losses and economic disruption across British Columbia.
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Vancouver
Elk River Valley
Fernie
Michel Hosmer
Cranbook
Fall From Ladder Kills Worker at Glue Plant
Morton Carr fifty living on Bank avenue St Bernard died after a ladder he was using in an air shaft at Josling Schmidt Glue Company collapsed. Two coworkers found him in a pool of blood after hours. Coroner Cameron to hold an inquest. Carr leaves a widow and several children.
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Morton Carr
Bank Avenue
St. Bernard
Josling & Schmidt Glue Company
John Becker
William Meyer
Cameron
Carr
12000 Strike on Canadian Pacific
Winnipeg August 5 The general strike involves about 12 000 workers in the mechanical departments from coast to coast following the Conciliation Board decision under the Lemieux act. The payroll runs over 250 000 dollars weekly, with potential losses approaching one million dollars if the walkout lasts a month.
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Winnipeg
Canada
Canadian Pacific Railroad
Atlantic Coast
Pacific Coast
Conciliation Board
Lemieux
Canadian Pacific
Montreal
Family Trouble Leads to Hospitalization after Knife Incident
Lonnie Johnson of 1433 Providence Street and his brother in law Leslie Jones of 515 Elizabeth Street argued over family trouble. Johnson was seriously injured at City Hospital with a head wound and a broken knife blade lodged in it. Jones escaped.
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Lonnie Johnson
Providence Street
Leslie Jones
Elizabeth Street
Johnson
City Hospital
Jones
Obituaries of Lavino Wormsley Craig in Paris Newport and Indiana
William Lavino. longtime Paris correspondent for The London Times and successor to M. De Blowitz, is reported dead in Paris. Katherine Prescott Worms bey of Jackson New Hampshire aged 76, translator of Balzac, born in England daughter of Rear Admiral Ralph Wormley. W. J. Craig former owner of The Indianapolis Sentinel dies at 64 in Decatur Indiana. He later worked in Chicago as a stone and cement contractor and managed Bedford Quarries Company in 1894. He was a 32nd Degree Mason and member of several fraternal orders.
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William Lavino
Paris
London Times
M. de Blowitz
Katherine Prescott Wormsbey
Balzac
Jackson
N.H
England
Ralph Wormley
Caroline Preble Wormley
Edward Preble
United States Navy
Miss Wormley
Newport
Explosion wrecks monster airship in dramatic crash
Count Zeppelin mourns as the giant airship bursts during a repair run near the finish. Experts attribute the disaster to a balloon balloon burst igniting leaking gas, with Zeppelin already planning new balloon ventures despite the catastrophe.
Zeppelins Fall at Echterdingen Shocks Friedrichafen Crowd
News of Count Zeppelin’s airship explosion at Echterdingen spreads through Friedrichafen as thousands gather for his return. The vessel, the fourth built, had failed to meet a government stipulation and was destroyed by a benzine fire amid a storm, drawing sorrow and stunned silence from onlookers.
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Friedrichafen
Count Zeppelin
Echterdingen
Germany
Lake Front
Aeronaut
Reichstag
Terra Firma
German States Send Condolences Over Zeppelins Loss
Berlin reports that the Federal State ministers telegraphed condolences to Count Zeppelin on the airship disaster. Imperial Secretary Von Bethmann-Hollweg will forward 125000 marks for aeronautic experiments. Dr Lewald carries funds to Friedrichshafen and explains the two Rhine descents and motor issues. Subscription lists for funds continue.
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Berlin
Zeppelin
von Bethmann-Hollweg
Interior
Lewald
Germany
St. Louis
Friedrichhafen
Count Zeppelin
Rhine
Mannheim
Friederichhafen
Balloon factories opened in German towns
The Count Zeppelin balloon building project expands with new facilities in Berlin Bremen Stuttgart and Ga towns in Germany and Switzerland. The venture aims to advance airship construction and testing across central Europe with ongoing investment and local job creation.
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Count Zeppelin
Berlin
Bremen
Stuttgart
Germany
Switzerand
Sensation in Paris Over Zeppelin Loss
Paris papers react to the German airship Zeppellin disaster with sympathy for the aged inventor whose life’s work is ruined. The Petit Republique calls the catastrophe a lesson in good taste for Germany and a warning about modesty in triumph.
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Paris
Germany
Petit Republique
Regret Echoes Over Zeppelin Airship Misfortune
Washington brief reports that Army Signal Corps officers regret Count Zeppelin’s airship accident and push for balloon houses for ground protection. General Allen urges Congress to fund balloon shelters, noting tents and planned balloon houses at Ft Myer and Omaha.
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Washington
Signal Corps
United States Army
Count Zeppelin
Allen
Army
General Allen
Congress
Baldwin
Ft. Myer
Omaha
Signal Office
Capper
Count Zeppelin’s Civil War Service Revealed
New York reports Count Zeppelin, famed for his massive German airship, served as a cavalry officer in the Union Army of the Mississippi. He escaped Fredericksburg bayonet lines by skilled horsemanship and first took to balloons during Civil War observation duties. He later pursued aviation and military balloon use.
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New York
Count Zeppelin
Germany
Grand Army of the Republic
Carl Schurz
Fredericksburg
The
Boys In Blue
Roosevelt mourns Iowa senator Allison in telegram
President Roosevelt expresses deep shock and tribute upon the death of United States Senator William B. Allison of Iowa. He praises Allison as a long serving public servant and an efficient aide to good government in a telegram to the late senator's secretary.
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Oyster Bay
N. Y
Roosevelt
William 3 B. Allison
United States
Iowa
Dubuque
McNeely
Theodore Roosevelt
Funeral Set For Senator Allison In Dubuque
The funeral for Senator Allison will be held Saturday at 4 PM with simple services at his residence. Rev. J. T. Bergen will officiate at the house and Linwood Cemetery. The body will be in state Friday. City business to be suspended during the funeral period.
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Dubuque
Allison
J. T. Bergen
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Linwood Cemetery
Militia Company Arrives to Guard Russellville
State militia Company H arrived from Louisville and deployed in squads around Russellville on August 5. Guards were posted at all country roads as the city prepared for security measures.
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Kentucky
Russellville
State Militia
Louisville
Former outlaw Downing killed in Wilcox saloon
William F. Downing, once with the Stiles Alvord gang, was killed in his Wilcox saloon by Arizona Ranger William Speed who had come to serve a war rant. Downing allegedly drew a gun prompting Speed to fire. Downing had been linked to the Cociiz Southern station robbery and served seven of a ten year sentence.
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Douglas, Ariz
William F. Downing
Stiles Alvord Band of Outlaws
Arizona
Wilcox
William Speed
Speed
Downing
Southern
Cociiz
Stiles-Alvord
J. S. McConnell Factory Destroyed By Fire In Ohio
The J. S. McConnell Company factory in Mount Vernon Knox County was completely destroyed by fire. The State Fire Marshal will investigate the origin. The plant, a major Knox County employer of overalls workers, faces about 60000 in loss with 40000 insured.
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MT. Vernon
J. S. McConnell Company
Knox County
Burley Tobacco Growers to Decide 197 Crop and Prices
Lexington Aug 5 The Executive Board of the Burley Tobacco Society calls a Winchester meeting next Tuesday to decide if the 197 crop will be raised and at what price. Counties split on raising, tenants at risk, 100 million pounds in the pool, likely 25 cents a pound. Mass meetings set for Saturday and Monday to choose delegates.
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Lexington
Burley Tobacco Society
Winchester
American Tobacco declares quarterly and extra dividend
The American Tobacco Company announced a quarterly dividend of 2 percent and an extra 7 percent on common stock. The figures compare favorably with prior declarations in the last year and reflect improved returns for shareholders.
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New York
American Tobacco Company Today
Murder Mystery as Dismembered Boy Found in Mud Lake
In Chicago the police report a baffling murder case after the dismembered body of a boy is found in Mud Lake near the stock yards. The discovery includes lower limbs severed at hips and knees, followed by the torso. Initial clues suggested a female victim, but the torso reveals the boy.
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Chicago
Stockyards
Five Kentuckians Shot in Layman Store Battle
A clash at the Howard store in Layman, Kentucky, left John Blanton dead and Sherman Blanton wounded in the arm. Stockley Osborne was mortally wounded, Lee Russell seriously hurt, and another young man unidentified and missing after fleeing into the timber. The violence stemmed from a school election held the previous Saturday.
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Louisville
Harlan
Howard
John Blanton
Sherman Blanton
Stockley Osborne
Lee Russell
Towboats Stranded on Ohio Shoals Near Evansville
Evansville Ind Aug 5 The towboat Sprague described as the largest inland craft and two other towboats the J B Williams and the City of Pittsburg are reported stranded on a newly formed bar in the Ohio River several miles below Evansville All efforts to pull them off have failed.
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Evansville
Ind
Sprague
Inlang
J. B. Williams
Pittsburg
Bar
Ohio
Baldwin pilots new dirigible at Ft Myer in first controlled flights
Captain Baldwin demonstrates mechanical control on the Curtiss driven airship at Ft Myer amid a seven mile breeze. The craft rose and pitched, then stabilized with the planes. Witnesses include Navy officials and Aero Club figures as another flight is planned.
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Washington
Baldwin
Ft. Myer
Mr. Curtiss
William W. Kimball
Navy Department
James Allen
C. A. Devol
General Staff
Samuel A. King
Philadelphia
Roy Knabenshue
Augustus Post
The
Aero Club of America
Hamilton firm assigns to bank in August notice
Frechtling and Kelley, a leading Hamilton dry goods firm, assigned assets today to F. W. Whitaker, president of the Miami Valley National Bank. The move follows creditor pressure, with claims expected to be paid in full. Whitaker posted a bond of 25,090 dollars.
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Commercial Tribune
Hamilton, O
Morocco Brigands Killed by Police in Tiflis Encounter
In a clash between police and a gang that long terrorized Tiflis suburbs, five brigands were killed and the remaining members captured. The raid followed ongoing violence in the area and ended with authorities securing the captured suspects.
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Tiflis
Newsboy Sainted for Daring Rescue Fails at Atlantic City
Aboard the Atlantic City Boardwalk on August 5, newsboy John Brown, 18, leaped into turbulent surf to aid Frank W. Brown, a New York detective, swept from the breakers. He retrieved a life buoy, but the crowd failed to pull the line ashore, and despite guards and a delayed lifeboat, the swimmer drowned. The lifeguards recovered the body and labored for an hour to revive him.
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Atlantic
City
N. J
John Brown
Frank W. Brown
New York
Brown
Indiana distillers seek injunction over labeling change
Six Indiana distillers obtain a temporary restraining order from United States Circuit Judge Francis E. Baker to block revenue collectors in the Sixth and Seventh Districts from enforcing a department order that redefines products labeled spirits to carry the label alcohol. The order, effective July 1, affects the state's distilling interests and is considered significant.
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Goshen
Ind
United States Circuit
Francis E. Baker
Indiana
United States Revenue Collectors
Harmon Holds Conference in Columbus Ohio
Democratic gubernatorial nominee Judge Judson Harmon met in Columbus with W W Durbin D S Creamer and others including Hugh T Mather and discussed campaign plans. Harmon said he will speak at Ripley next Friday attend Jackson conventions and a Newark soldiers reunion while reporting strong support from Ohio voters.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus
Cincinnati
Charlevoix
Mich
Judson Harmon
W. W.durbin
Kenton
Hugh T. Mather
Sidney
Supreme Court
D. S. Creamer
Harmon
Ripley
Jackson
Newark
Ohio
Michigan
Man Surrenders About Self Defense Killings in Philadelphia
A young man named Robert Barring turned himself in to police claiming self defense after admitting he killed Maggie Albert in a Southern Philadelphia house. Investigators found Albert dead with five bullet wounds to the head and a revolver near her face. Jealousy is suspected as the motive.
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Philadelphia
Robert Barring
Maggie Albert
Aged Railroader Poast Resigns After Fifty Years Service
Peter P. Poast, longtime Cincinnati Hamilton and Dayton Rail road agent at Poasttown since its construction, resigns after more than fifty years. He remains as Postmaster, though not quitting that post, and is said to be the oldest Postmaster in the United States.
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Commercial Tribune
Hamilton, CO
Peter P. Poast
Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton Railroad
Poasttown
United States
Bristow Concedes Loss in Senator Long Nomination
Topeka Kansas August 5 Morton Al bought campaign manager for United States Senator C I Long conceded this afternoon that Bristow had lost the nomination for United States Senator Bristow's bid was acknowledged as defeated by the Long camp leaving the final outcome unclear in the scramble for the Republican nomination.
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Long
Topeka
Kan
Morton Albaught
United States
C. I. Long
J. L. Bristow
Kehoe Renominated by Ninth District Democrats
Ashland Kentucky August 5 James Kehoe congressman from the Ninth District was renominated at the Democratic Convention held in Ashland today. The event confirmed Kehoe as the party's choice for another term in Congress.
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Kentucky
Ashland
James Kehoe
Ninth
Ohioan A Horse Thief Arrest Near Charleston
On complaint by E. J. Bird of Bird Iron Company Ohio Preston Likens of Rockwood C was arrested near Charleston charged with stealing two horses a buggy saddle and harness valued at 275 The hearing was continued to next Tuesday Likens said he planned to sell the horses and did not grasp the seriousness of the theft.
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Charleston
W. Va
E. J. Bird
The
Bird Iron Company
Lawrence County
Ohio
Preston Likens
Rockwood
Likens
Bloomington Red Men group photo in Sunday Illustrated Magazine
The Commercial Tribune offers a free Sunday Illustrated Magazine featuring a Bloomington Indiana Red Men group photograph with broad Indiana representation. The issue promises handsome pictures, engaging stories, and jokes, urging readers to secure it free next Sunday and each Sunday thereafter.
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The
Commercial Tribune
Bloomington
Ind
Indiana
Tribune
Man Arrest Warrant Issued Over Stolen Dog Claim
Police issued an arrest warrant for Ben Bruno on petit larceny charges after John Brandily accused Bruno of seizing his dog and demanding a $2 ransom. Brandily says Bruno claims to be the pound master and to have a legal right to hold the dog.
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Ben Bruno
Bank &Street
Freeman Avenue
John Brandily
Hopple Street
Colerain Avenue
Bruno
Brandily
Cheaper Gas urged by Hamilton public service board
The Board of Public Service urged the City Council to pass an ordinance authorizing the board to buy gas from Hamilton Gas and Electric Company at thirty cents per 1,000 feet. The city pays sixty cents per 1,000 and the gas department loses about $1,000 monthly.
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Commercial Tribune
Hamilton, O
Board of Public Service Today
Service Board
Hamilton Gas and Electric Company
Ohioans wed in New York in secret ceremony
Harry C Bard of Dayton and Mrs Nellie S Stone man of Columbus were married in New York on August 5. Bard is secretary of the Gem City Savings and Loan Association of Dayton.
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New York
Harry Bard
Dayton
Nellie Stoneman
Columbus
Commercial Tribune
Harry C. Bard
Nellie S .Stoneman
Bard
Gem City Savings and Loan Association of
Deserter Shot Dead at San Francisco Presidio
William F. English, a private in Company 11 Coast Artillery, awaiting trial for desertion, was shot and killed at the Presidio today while attempting to escape.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
William F. English
Company 11
Coast Artillery
Presidio
National Health Bureau urged consolidation of public health agencies
A 1908 analysis argues for unifying the Public Health and Marine Hospital Service with the Bureau of Animal Industry and the Bureau of Chemistry. It cites typhoid prevention, contaminated milk, water purity, and education as keys, urging federal action and larger appropriations to advance national health and sanitation.
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Committee of One Hundred
Public Health and Marine Hospital Service
Walter Wyman
Wyman
Boards of Health
Great Lakes
Bureau
Congress
Bureau of Public Health and Marine Hospital Service
Bureau of Animal Industry
Department of Agriculture
Department
Frederic J. Haskin
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Patrie
Ireland
Lauds
William B. Allison
Dubuque, Ia
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Burley Tobacco Growers
Pool
Torgo
Boy Ia
Ohio Shoals
Captain Baldwin
Hamilton
Frechtling & Kelley Dry Goods Company
Morocco
Five
Newsboy
Atlantic City
Lad
Indiana Distiller
Ohioan Sewers
Bristow
Kehoe
Commercial Tribune Patterns
Fashion Departme
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Cinas
West Virginia
Gee
Serge
Sicilienne
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Dr. Wyman
Bureau of Chemistry
Dr. Wiley
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