Blues Battle Simulated War Near Bridgewater Camp
Blue army conducts bridge destruction drills along Assonet Taunton Minnetuxet rivers to slow a red invasion while Red cavalry probes positions. A captured Red scout from Company H of the Seventh New York is paraded as Provost duties are performed by Major Percy Atherton. General Pew invites President Taft to visit the camp.
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Boston
Army of the “Red
Army of the “Blue
Bridgewater
Red Army
Eben S. Draper
Pew
Army of the Blues
Eighth Infantry
Major Graves
Assonet
Taunton
Minnetuxet
Reds
Graves
Berkeley Bridge
Taunton River
The
Blue
Seventh New York Regiment
Percy Atherton
General Pew
Taft
Beverly
Camp Perry rifle matches draw many state teams to Ohio
Camp Perry Ohio sees arrivals for national rifle matches opening Friday with Ohio Star Rifle association practice. Illinois New Mexico Colorado Massachusetts United States Naval Academy Maryland and Marine Corps teams arrive. Lt Col Evans and Capt Luhn arrive to oversee events as hospital units disembark and a Pvt Powell funeral proceeds.
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Camp Perry
Ohio Star& Rifle Association
Illinois
New Mexicco
Colorado
Massachusetts
United States
Naval Academy
Bay State
Wakefield
Maryland
R. R. Evans
U.S. A
Washington
William D. Luhn
Tenth Cavalry
Albert J. Jones
National Rifle Association
Evans
Company C
Hospital Corps
United States Army
Robert M. Patterson
United States Infantry
C. H. Powell
Roanoke
United States Marine Corps Rifle Shoot School
Girt
H. L. Sigma
Seecong
Tenth
Chinatown Belle A Murder Victim In New York Case
Bow Kim a 21 year old Chinatown resident from San Francisco was found stabbed to death at 71 Mott Street. Husband Chin Len claimed danger and aided police. suspects include three Chinamen and six American women, with Len held as a material witness in $5,000 bail.
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New York
Chinatown
Bow Kim
San Francisco
Shipamaa
Amero Chin Len
Chin Len
Mott Street
Elsie Sigel
Len
Yuen Chin & Co
Lee Sing
Sing
Rockefeller and Bandlow Shake Hands at Church
John D. Rockefeller shook hands with Robert Bandlow at Euclid Avenue Baptist Church after morning services. Bandlow, a Socialist candidate for congress, and Rockefeller, leader of Cleveland business circles, exchanged a brief greeting as they left the church.
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Commercial Tribune
Cleveland
John D. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Robert Bandlow
Congress
Burton
Euclid Avenue Baptist Church
Bandlow
Mr. Rockefeller
Jail Guarded To Prevent Lynching Of White Men
Carterville Georgia August 15 deputies guard the jail to prevent a lynching of R J Worthington and his 19 year old nephew John Worthington whites charged with attacking Miss Mary Birod of Oak Grove Georgia last Tuesday Both deny guilt but admit being with the girl on the night in question.
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Cartersville
R. J. Worthington
John Worthington
Mary Birod
Oak Grove
Servian Prince Accused in Serb Crown Prince Plot
Belgrade Via Serlin Aug 15. Authorities tell of a bomb near Crown Prince Alexander’s residence and a confessed gunman saying Prince George hired him to kill his brother. Prince George admits hiring the man claiming it was a test of a new explosive. Royal pressure led to dropping the case, though public doubt remains. Prince George, previously heir, has long been viewed as reckless and cruel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belgrade
Serlin
Prince George of
Serbia
Alexander
Crown Prince
Prince George
Peace Pact Between Burley and Equity Tobacco Societies Endorsed
Lexington Ky August 15 The peace agreement after Winchester talks on August 10 between the Burley and Equity societies will be kept pending national board ratification in Indianapolis. Congress man J Cantrill and A L Ferguson will speak for pooling the 1909 crop and supporting the Winchester proposals. Cantrill cannot attend the Indianapolis meeting.
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Winchester
the Society of Equity
Indianapolis
Tobacco Department
The
Equity Society
Bowling Green
Cantrill
American Society of Equity
National Board
Wreck near Husted Claims Eleven. Denver Line Tragedy
In Colorado Springs Aug 15 Col C M McCreffy of Dallas dies as the Husted wreck on the Denver Rio Grande raises fatalities to eleven. About forty injured are in local hospitals with no critical condition. Engineer Lessig who fled the scene is found at home in Denver. fireman John Gossage is among the six enginemen hurt or killed. Witnesses include his wife who stood at their doorway watching the crash.
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Colorado Springs
Col
C. M. McCréffy
Dallas
Tex
Husted
Denver & Rio Grande
Lessig
Denver
John Gossage
Sheriff Feagin Captures Suspect After DeSoto Attempted Assault
In Americus Georgia on August 15 Sheriff Feagin used a clever ruse to trap Dean Adams, a Black man charged with attempted criminal assault in DeSoto. Adams was captured early today and confessed his intent to enter a prominent woman’s home. the guard against mob violence halted by the officer’s quick action.
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Americus
Feagin
DeSoto
Dean Adams
Cdr
Cincinnatian and Glendale Woman Drown at Fosters
Louis Fox of Northside and Miss Cora Friedhoff of Glendale drowned when their row boat struck a dam on the Little Miami River at Fosters Warren county Ohio. The boat overturned and both were lost in the swift waters as volunteers searched despite darkness and swollen river conditions. Fox worked as an assistant draughtsman for the C H D Railway. Friedhoff was known in Glendale.
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Louis Fox
Northside
Cora Friedhoff
Miami River
Fosters
Warren County
Cora
Miss Friedhoff
Glendale
Mr. Fox
Irish Picnic at Chester Park Ends in Dance Despite Rain
An Associated Irish organization outing at Chester Park drew crowds despite showers. Little Violet Maloney, just12, earned top honors for Irish dancing, with Mrs Ellen McMahon and Captain James B Kelly also praised. The rain limited athletic events but could not dampen the festive mood and piping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sol
Chester Park
Associated Irish Organization
Cork Road
Thomas H. Hart
Ireland
Ellen McMahon
Michael Coleman
Springfield
Kate McShane
Patrick Welsh
James B. Kelly
Hibernian Rifles
Bank to reopen at Tipton after missing funds found
Depositors may withdraw at 9 o clock as First National bank of Tipton reopens. About 60 000 dollars were missing after the disappearance of assistant cashier Noah R Marker. Directors hold 750 000 in cash in the vault guarded by a night day staff. Federal agents and J U S men to oversee the resumption. grand jury to probe violations of national banking laws. Marker is on bond 10 000 to appear before the grand jury.
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Federal Grand Jury
Tipton
Ind
First National Bank
Noah R. Marker
Department of Justice
Miller Weir
National Bank Examiner
Indianapolis
Marker
Lynching of Negro Near Doss Reported
News from Monroe Louisiana reports a negro hanged from a roadside tree near his Moorehouse parish home Thursday night. The body was found riddled with bullets amid harsh tensions after he sued a white neighbor over a killed cow.
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Monroe
Doss
Moorehouse Parish
Megro
Mother Ends Life and Takes Boys in Chicago Tragedy
Marie Handzel killed herself by gas and smothered her three young sons, ages 4 and 2 twice, in a bathroom. The husband found the scene after entering the locked room. She leaves four other children aged 5 to 16.
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Chicago
Marie Handzel
Joseph Handzel
Drought Expected to Break Across Midwest Corn Belt
Washington reports that present conditions show drought easing by midweek in Kansas Missouri and in Central and Southern Illinois. Rain during that period should cover the corn and spring wheat districts.
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Washington
Kansas
Missouri
Illinois
Hotel Clerks Convention Set for Springfield
The Ohio Hotel Clerks association executive committee met in Dayton and chose Springfield as the next meeting city. The convention is scheduled for December 27, after reconsideration of holding it in the summer and Springfield going dry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Tribune
Dayton
Ohio Hotel Clerks’ Association
Springfield
Butler County Fair Sets October Racing Schedule
Hamilton Ohio August 15 The fair board has completed arrangements for the fifty ninth annual Butler county fair to be held October 5 6 7 8 199 Grounds improved new attractions secured and a great racing card promised with purses totaling 5 000.
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Commercial Tribune
Hamilton
Fair Board
Butler County
Armed Peasants Occupy Fort in Crete Standoff
CANEA Crete Aug 15 armed peasants entered Canea and occupied the fortress to resist the powers demand to remove the Greek flag. Italian and battleship movements to Crete followed by fleets from Rome. At Smyrna Turkish fleet stays while boycotts and anti Greek demonstrations widen.
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Canea
Crete
Rome
Francesco Ferruccio
Varese
Giuseppe Garibaldi
Giovanna Bausan
Regina Elena
Napoli
Vittory Emmanuele III
Constantinople
Smyrna
British Battleship Arrives as Crete Government Resigns
In Sunda bay on Crete Island, Aug 15 the British battleship Swiftsure arrived. The Cretan government resigned and administration was placed with the guerrilla committees after armed peasants were expelled.
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Canba
Island
Crete
Swiftsure
Sunda Bay
Gr Oo Ae
Crete-bound Fleet Ordered to Sail from Toulon
The armored cruiser Jules Ferry is ordered to coal and sail for Crete. Commanders of the battleships Jaureguiberry Bouvet and Sucre are given similar orders to prepare for departure from Toulon on the same mission.
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Crete
Toulon
Jules Ferry
Jaureguiberry
Bouvet
Suffren
Cretans urged to lower Greek flag at fortress
Athens dispatch reports the entire Greek press urges Cretans to lower the Greek flag over the fortress amid rising tensions. The directive reflects national concern over strategic holdings in Crete as clashes or negotiations unfold.
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Athens
Greece
Taft Orders Bar on Partisans in Census Work
President Taft blasts any partisan activity by census supervisors and enumerators and directs stricter regulations to keep politics out of the thirteenth census. He urges officials to appoint nonpartisan candidates and to dismiss workers involved in political activity. A church visit follows the release of the letter.
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Beverly
Magss
Nagel
Department of Commerce and Labor
Taft
United States
Secretary of Commerce and Labor
Mass
William Howard Taft
Charles Nagel
Unitarian Church
Samuel A. Eliot
Cambridge
Elliot
Eliot
Harvard
American Unitarian Association
Public List of Beverly Election Supervisors
The census supervisors announced include Ohio districts led by Frank P. Rich ter Joshua Edward Russell John Henry Schrider Stacey A. Mitchell Harry B. Weaver Core 8 Ireland Robert James West John W. Kern Jr Tiffin Gilmore John E. Todd Perry S. Williams Sherman M. Granger Chas Delmer Simeral Peter C. Given John P. Jones and Charles Wesley Wickline in the state list. Indiana districts name William D. Crow James A. Searing William W. Lingle William G. Pressman Samuel J. Wilton William Henry Tieman William Low Rice Joseph Riley Broyles Abel Telemachus Claypool Francis H. Doran Henry Louis Bendel John Wood Samuel R. Thomas. Arkansas districts list George Thomas Breckenridge Charles G. Henry Elisha E. Ammons Robert T. White Thomas D. Brooks John W. Howell Samuel Rogers Young. California districts name H. Julian Wright John J. Deane Lewis Lincoln Dennett George Fitch. Georgia districts list Francis Xavier Douglass Eugene Leigh Rainey George Ernest Rickey Alonzo M. Brand.
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Beverly
Magés
Ohio
Frank P. Richter
Joshua Edward Russell
John Henry Schrider
Stacey A. Mitchell
Harry B. Weaver
Core
Ireland
Robert James West
John W. Kern, Jr
Tiffin Gilmore
John E. Todd
Perry S. Williams
Sherman M. Granger
Chas
Delmer Simeral
Peter C. Given
John P. Jones
Charles Wesley Wickline
Indiana
William D. Crow
James A. Searing
William W. Lingle
William G. Pressman
Samuel J. Wilton
William Henry Tieman
William Low Rice
Joseph Riley Broyles
Abel Telemachus Claypool
Francis H. Doran
Henry Louis Bendel
John Wood
Samuel R. Thomas
Arkansas
George Thomas Breckenridge
Charles G. Henry
Elisha E. Ammons
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Scout
Peage
Burley
Equity
J. Campbell Cantrill
Lexington, .Ky
Equity Societies
C. O. Drayton
Kentucky Union of Society of Equity
A. L. Ferguson
Burley Tobacco Society
Burley Society
Cincinnatian
Friedhoff
Fox
Langland Avenue
Sistant
Killarney
Violet Maloney
Cutter Street
Miss Maloney
Garth
M. A. Sheedy
Hotel Clerks’ Convention
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