Senator Dick Announces Candidacy for Reelection
Special Dispatch to Commercial Tribune Akron Ohio Aug 16 Senator Charles Dick arrived home from Washington to Gay and left tonight for Denver and Seattle to attend national conventions He announced his candidacy for United States senator next year to succeed himself He will circulate petitions to enter his name under the primary law and said he would not seek the governorship or state chairmanship He noted dissatisfaction with parts of the tariff law but called the bill satisfactory and predicted renewed activity and prosperity
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Commercial Tribune
Akron
Charles Dick
Washington
Denver
Seattle
United States
Findings In Sutton Case Are Sent To Washington
The Sutton court of inquiry in Annapolis closed after two secret sessions reviewing the death of Lieutenant James E. Sutton Jr. The findings, signed that night, will be reviewed by the Navy Department in Washington before public release.
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Sutton
Washington
Annapolis
Sutton Court of Inquiry
James E. Sutton, Jr
U. 8
Navy Department
Two Climbers Lost On Mount Tacoma
In Tacoma Washington Aug 16 two climbers T F Cal laghan of West Seattle and Joseph W Stevens of Trenton New Jersey are believed dead while attempting Tacoma peak. Rescue party found alpine staffs and packs ten feet from the crater.
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Tacoma
Waosh
T. F. Callaghan
West Seattle
Joseph W. Stevens
Trenton
N. J
Mount Tacoma
Veteran Drops Dead in Electrical Storm
Ed ward Harriman 77 a Civil War veteran of Quincy dropped dead this afternoon during an electrical storm in Bellefontaine Ohio. The death was described as caused by fright in the storm.
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Bellefontaine, CO
R Edward Harriman
Quincy
Cincinnati School Board Delays Two Appointments Over Burns Detail
The Cincinnati board of education confirmed most teachers but delayed two posts principal G W Burns and Prof Carl Ziegler after the committee sought more time. Burns faces questions over an agreement to support his minor children and has not reported his whereabouts. The next meeting is set for Aug 30 with schools opening in early September.
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Cincinnati
Board of Education
Carl Ziegler
Dyer
Kelly
G. W. Burns
Burns
John Schwaab
Schwaab
Teachers’ Institute
Prof. Burns
Cretans Prepare to Defy Powers Over Flag Question
In Canaea Crete the provisional administration swore allegiance to Greece signaling it will not haul down the Greek flag as demanded by protecting powers. London reports Crete’s leaders may resist and forces could move to remove the flag if calmer talks fail.
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Canea
Island of
Crete
Provisional Administrative Committee
Greece
London
Little dog warns of fire at Vanmeter home in Grepenfield
In Grepenfield Indiana on August 16 Fritz the Vanmeter household dog woke Mr. and Mrs. Vanmeter by barking and pulling at the bedclothes as smoke filled the rooms. The blaze started from a lamp left burning on a piano and in five minutes the flames would have been hard to control.
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Fritz
Mrs. Vanmeter
Fox terrier Trixie dies of broken heart at Dr. Drury home
Special Dispatch reports in Baton Aug 16 that Trixie, a fox terrier owned by Dr. A. N. Drury, died from grief over her owner's absence. The embalmed body lay in an oak casket, decorated with flowers as preparations for a marble memorial proceed.
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Baton
Trixie
A. N. Drury
Conditions in Turkey Alarming Amid Greek Pressures
Washington dispatch reports from Constantinople note alarming conditions as pressure mounts on the Sublime Porte to supply fresh categorical explanations to Athens regarding Crete and Macedonia. Einstein, secretary of the American embassy, cables the State Department about the crisis.
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Turkey
Washington
Einstein
Constantinople
State Department
Sublime Porte
Athens
Crete
Macedonia
Alleged Coiner Kalber Bailed After Hearing in Hamilton
George Kalber and Walter Burlew were arrested on counterfeit half dollar charges. They faced United States Commissioner Adler in Hamilton after being brought back from Cincinnati. Kalber and Burlew had bonds reduced from 3000 to 2000 dollars. Kalber was released to his home with his mother and sister signing the bond.
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Commercial Tribune
Hamilton
George Kalber
Walter Burlew
Cincinnati
Kalber
Burley
United States
Adler
Quake Felt Across California and Pacific Coast
An earth quake of moderate intensity was recorded early today by the seismograph at the weather bureau. Beginning at 2 05 a m it continued nearly an hour. Origin was estimated about 2 500 miles distant in California or the Pacific coast of Mexico or near the Azores.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
California
Pacific
Mexico
Azores
Mexico City Shakes Felt In Early Morning Tremor
A slight earthquake was felt in Mexico City early this morning. Officials believe it is the same shock registered in Washington.
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Mexico City
Washington
Virginian Willoughby Named Assistant Director of Census
William Franklin Willoughby of Alexandria Virginia has been appointed assistant director of the census bureau at a salary of 5000 dollars per year. He sailed from San Juan to New York and accepted the post by cable. Willoughby has served in Porto Rico since 1901 as treasurer and secretary of state and since 1907 as president of the executive council of the legislative assembly.
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William Franklin Willoughby
Alexandria
Porto Rico
Census Bureau
Willoughby
San Juan
New York
Senate
Executive Council
The
Legislative Assembly
Fire destroys Venice building. couple arrested in Hamilton
A large Venice Ohio building housing a grocery and ice cream parlor and five other occupants burned to the ground after a midnight blaze. Virgil Beaver and his wife were arrested in Hamilton as they fled the scene. deputy fire marshal investigated, and a patrolman was injured during the escape.
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Commercial Tribune
Hamilton
Venice
Virgil Beaver
Beaver
James Brandt
Frank Ochs
R. Mééker
Brandt
Ochs
Versice
McGinn
Cincinnati
Charles Stevens
Odie
Columbia Bridge
Keiser
Lightning Strikes Dozens of Kentucky Buildings in Severe Storm
A massive storm lashed eastern Kentucky last night, lightning striking about a score of buildings and causing extensive damage. The event, described as a cloudburst in parts, caused property losses but no fatalities.
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Lexington
Kentucky
Fire wipes out Pike village in Wyoming county
A Sunday blaze nearly destroyed the village of Pike in Wyoming county New York. All main street stores and many homes were burned with damage estimated at 75000 dollars.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Pike
Wyoming County
Lightning Ignites Oil Tank Fire in Kentucky Fields
WHOREHEAD Ky Aug 16 A lightning strike set ablaze a large Ragland fields crude oil tank eight miles west of town burning 35000 barrels of crude petroleum and causing losses over 25000 dollars.
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Whorehead
Ragland Fields
Here
Gallant 18YearOld Boy Drowns Fighting Niagara Rapids
August Sporer of Niagara Falls 18 dies after a brave rush through the river rapids between the Maid of the Mist landing and the lower bridges. He swam beyond help, battled the swift current, and outlasted Captain Webb in endurance before sinking 800 yards from the whirlpool. River men wait for recovery.
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Niagara
Falls
N. Y
Sporer
Maid of the Mist
Captain Webb
Battery
Boy Drowns After Current In Olentangy River
A 21 year old, son of Dr. W. K. Bolen of Cumberland Ohio, drowned after being caught in the undercurrent of the Olentangy River while attempting to swim. The incident was reported as a special dispatch from Comranpest Tribune.
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Comranpest Tribune
Antils Pt
W. K. Bolen
Cumberland
Gas Blast Destroys Wy rick Building in Cleveland
An early morning natural gas explosion wrecked the Wy rick Moving and Storage building in Cleveland. Seven men and three women were injured, four drivers trapped were rescued, and flames spread to seven nearby buildings. The fire caused about 100000 dollars in losses as roofs and walls collapsed over adjacent structures.
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Cleveland, O
Wyrick Moving and Storage Company
Five Hyde Children Die In Crossing Collision Near Frisbee
At Frisbee station near Kennett Missouri a wagon carrying five Hyde children was hit by San Francisco 811 at a crossing one mile east of the Hydes home. Leilla 23 Juda 20 Jesse 17 Susie 12 and Charles 26 died with Charles passing away this morning. A. H. Hyde, farmer, is their father. The crash occurred while they were en route to church.
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Kennett, Mo
Frisbee Station
A. H. Hyde
St. Louis & San Francisco
Hyde
Leilla Hyde
Juda Hyde
Jesse Hyde
Susie Hyde
Charles Hyde
Charles
Enraged Jilted Youth Shoots Miss Clark at City Corner
Harry Bliss an 18 year old man fatally wounds Minnie Clark 17 at Front and Market in Portsmouth after a jilt. Clark worked in a shoe factory. Bliss shot her at noon as the whistle blew in a prominent city corner. Continued on page 2.
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Commercial Tribune
Portsmouth
Harry Bliss
Minnie Clark
Heat Wave Bakes Plains. Deaths and Crop Damage Mount
Unusually intense heat, recorded up to 112 in some cities, causes at least three deaths and numerous prostrations across Missouri Kansas and Oklahoma. Crops suffer severe damage while residents face record temperatures and a stretch of eight hot days. One victim is Mary Eck who went insane amid the heat in St Joseph triggering a public disturbance.
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Kansas City
Government Weather Bureau
Missouri
Kansas
Oklahoma
Topeka
Oklahoma City
Muskogee
McAlester
William H. Carey
the Sentinel
Silver City
N. M
Hottest Day of Year Ties Arkansas Heat Record
In Little Rock on August 16 a government thermometer read 101 degrees at 2 p.m. The heat scene is marked as the hottest day of the year and one death has been reported in the city due to the weather.
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Little Rock
Ark
Arkansas
Heat claims several lives in St Louis heatwave
In St Louis on August 16 two men died from the heat. Nine additional deaths, which occurred Saturday and Sunday, were reported today. Government thermometers showed 90 degrees at noon.
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St. Louis
Lincoln Weather Records Fall With 103 Degree Day
Lincoln Nebrasa reported 103 degrees at 4 pm breaking all local hot weather records for the year.
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Lincoln
Neb
Weather Bureau
Trans Missippi Commercial congress opens amid Pinchot feud
Denver August 16 The Trans Mississippi Commercial congress opened with tension from the Ballinger Pinchot dispute seen as possible debate. Delegates from Spokane and other states gather as Pinchot supporters may urge action while Colorado stands opposed to Pinchot policies. Forester Pinchot is present.
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Denver
Col
National Irrigation Congress
Spokane
Cach
Colorado
Pinchot
Forester Pinchot
Balfour Denies Equality For Negroes in SA Bill
In London on August 14 the House of Commons passed the second reading of the South African constitution bill. Ex-Premier Balfour argued the bill is a landmark, but denied any plan to grant equality to colored races, saying such rights would threaten civilization. He urged faith in representative institutions in South Africa.
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London
House of Commons
Balfour
Transvaal
Cape Colony
Orange River State
Natal
South Africa
Note Broker Persch Indicted on Grand Larceny Charges
New York Aug 16 two indictments for grand larceny were returned against Donald L. Persch a note broker jailed under 50 000 bail in the Tombs prison. The charges relate to the sale of collateral deposits by M M Joyce broker for a loan arranged through Windsor Trust Company.
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Donald L. Persch
Tombs
M. M. Joyce
Windsor Trust Company
New York Manager Sued Over Cat Incident
Ernest W. Smeilie, manager for a glove firm in New York, faces a $100,000 lawsuit from Emily Jones, his cook, who alleges he kicked a cat through a window screen. She claims eye injury from rusty iron wire particles and cites impact on sight and prospects of marriage.
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New York
Ernest W. Smeilie
Emily Jones
Soldier cannot aid dying father no furlough aids escape
John Brunner a cavalryman from Fort Leavenworth deserted to reach his dying father in Wallingford Connecticut but was captured en route. He was court martialed and sentenced to 18 months at Fort Hamilton. Brunner and prisoner John Sheehan later escaped by sawing window bars. Brunner was recaptured near Wallingford.
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Fort,Leavenworth
Brunner
Wallingford
New Haven
Fort Hamilton
John Sheehan
Sheehan
Connecticut
Aptured
Burley Tobacco Talks Spark Pools and Policy
Kentucky Agriculture Commissioner M C Rankin urged farmers at the Georgetown courthouse to back the Burley Tobacco Society pool as a path to higher prices. He warned against night riders, praised the 1909 pledge, and noted mixed views on equity contracts while urging broad pledges. Congressman J Campbell Cantrill and A L Ferguson supported the contract, with early signups reaching roughly three quarters of Scott County acres already pledged.
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Commercial Tribune
Georgetown
M. C. Rankin
Burley Tobacco Society
LeBus
Society of Equity
Burley Society
Scott County
Burley and Equity Society
J. Campbell Cantrill
American Society of Equity
A. L. Ferguson
Burley Association
Winchester
Cantrill
Equity Board Moves in Indianapolis to Oppose Everitt
National officers and board of directors of the American Society of Equity meet in Indianapolis to arrange the national meeting and to plan movements toward Bowling Green Kentucky on Wednesday to oppose any schemes by J A Everitt and anti administrationists to seize control of the tobacco growers group.
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Equity ‘Board
Everitt
Indianapolis
Ind
American Society of Equity
Bowling Green
J. A. Everitt
Youth Charged in Train Wreck Attempts at Covert
Richard Phelps aged 13 the son of a Chicago railroad man was arrested in Covert Michigan on four counts of attempting to wreck trains on the Fruit Belt railway. He is jailed and has confessed according to reports. His father owns a summer home at Covert where the boy spent vacation time.
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South Haven
Mich
Richard Phelps
Covert
Phelps
No Excitement When Tipton Bank Opens For Business
Tipton Indiana First National Bank, closed July 26 after investigator Noah Marker vanished, reopened today with deposits from customers and a few withdrawals. No public excitement marked the relaunch as patrons resumed banking activities.
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Tipton Bank
Tipton
Ind
First National Bank
Noah Marker
New Bolivian Government Announces Peace Policy
In La Paz on August 16 the minister of relations said Bolivian public sentiment grows daily for an amicable settlement with Peru. The new government pledged to work for peace in South America and to maintain stable relations in the region.
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LA Paz
Bolivia
Peru
South America
Doctor Gives Up Hope Of Saving Mrs Cullom
Mrs Shelby M Cullom wife of Senator Cullom of Illinois is critically ill at her Washington home with pulmonary and heart trouble. The attending physician has given up hope of her recovery after they returned to Washington from Atlantic City last Saturday and were stricken soon after arrival.
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Washington
Shelby M. Cullom
Senator Cullom
Illinois
Cullom
Atlantic City
Fifteen Skeletons Found at Banks of Potomac Site
Fifteen skeletons were unearthed during excavations for the United States Medical School hospital near the Potomac. The remains lay in a suggestive burial pose with three English coins dated 1729 found nearby. The discovery hints at a possible Indian or pirate era tragedy with little historical context.
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Washington
United States Medical School
Potomac
Casa
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Niagara Rapids
August Sporer
ST. Joseph
Maryeck
Bryan
Thomas F. Walsh
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Pryor
Cook
Feline
John Brunner
Fourth United States, Cavalry
Fort Leavenworth, Kan
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Commissioner of Agriculture
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