Naval Inquiry Clears Sutton Death as Self Inflicted
The Navy board finds Lieutenant James N. Sutton was directly responsible for his own death after arming himself and fleeing arrest during a 1907 incident at the Naval Academy. Utley Bevan Willing Osterman and others face remarks on discipline, with a minority view urging further trials.
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Commercial Tribune
Washington
James N. Sutton
Naval Board of Inquiry
Henry E. Davis
Annapolis
Judge Advocate of the Navy
Beckman Winthrop
Department
Sutton
Utley
United States Navy
Lieut
Bevan
Willing
Lieuts
Van
Hood
Adams
Osterman
Marine Corps
Marine School of Application
Winthrop
Marine School of
Lieutenant Utley
DeHart
Naval Academy
Roelker
Young Shah Rumor Sways Persia Over Life of Prince
A rumor from Persia suggests that a young shah’s life was sought by Father Ahmed Mirza. The claim ties to palace intrigue and potential threats to the royal line.
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Persia
Rome
Teheran
Shah
Roosevelt Expedition Specimens Arrive in New York
Twenty casks and nine cases of hunt trophies collected in South Africa by the Roosevelt expedition arrived on the Provincia from Marseilles. The specimens, representing twenty animal species, will be sent to the Smithsonian Institution in Washington.
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New York
Roosevelt
South Africa
Provincia
Marseilles
Smithsonian Institute
Washington
Thaw Returned to Matteawan Asylum Quarters
Harry K. Thaw was transferred from Westchester county jail to his former cells at Matteawan Asylum for the Criminal Insane this afternoon.
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White Plains
Harry K. Thaw
Westchester County
Matteawan Asylum
Cramp Shipyard Submits Two Low Battleship Bids
William Cramp & Sons of Philadelphia offered two bids for the battleships Wyoming and Arkansas at 4 450 000 and 4 475 000 dollars. Navy department opened bids today. Only one ship allowed per firm. New York Shipbuilding Company Camden followed with 5 675 000 dollars.
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Washington
William Cramp & Sons
Philadelphia
Wyoming
Arkansas
Navy Department
New York Shipbuilding Company
Camden
N. J
Earthquake Shocks Hit Cadiz Spain Damaging Homes
An earthquake struck Cadiz Spain today causing damage to several houses with no casualties reported. Authorities inspected affected areas and residents remained on alert for aftershocks.
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Cadiz
Spain
Wife of Senator Cullom Dies of Heart Disease
Mrs. Shelby M. Cullom, wife of Senator Cullom of Illinois, died at her Washington residence shortly after noon. Long troubled by heart disease she fell ill last spring and sought treatment in Atlantic City before returning to Washington last Saturday. She was born Julia Fisher and married Senator Cullom in Springfield, Illinois, in 1863.
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Washington
Cullom
Senator Cullom
Illinois
Atlantic City
Julia Fisher
Senator Custom
Springfeld
Ill
National Fraternal Congress Names Class Of Officers
The National Fraternal Congress, meeting in Boston, elected Detroit as next year’s meeting place. Officers chosen include President Thomas H. Cannon of Chicago and Vice President John J. Hynes of Buffalo. C A Gower of Columbus was named secretary and treasurer. The medical section elected Dr W K Harrison of Chicago as president George G O Conn of Chicago as secretary and Dr Elizabeth M Hooper as treasurer.
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Boston
Mass
Congres
Detroit
Thomas H. Cannon
Chicago
John J. Hynes
Buffalo
A. Gower
Columbus
Ohio
Congress
W. K. Harrison
George G.o’conn
Elizabeth M.hooper
Ten Hurt As Chicago Bridge Collapses Into Viaduct
Ten seriously injured and twenty narrowly escape when 250 feet of the Twelfth Street bridge over the river collapsed. Passengers had just left a street car and many were walking across when the footway sank. Rescue crews removed the injured as workmen continued searching the ruins for potential casualties.
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Chicago
Kentucky Recluse Dies At Home Near Greenbrier
Basil Hayden of Greenbrier Nelson county died after a lifetime of seclusion begun in 1863 when his sweetheart died and he never left his yard. Local lore says he shut himself in a small room that day and avoided others ever since. He did not emerge since Lincoln freed the slaves.
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Louisville
Greenbrier
Nelson County
Basil Hayden
Lincoln
Hayden
Pere Marquette Train Wreck Near Grand Ledge
A west bound Pere Marquette train from Detroit to Grand Rapids and Petoskey derailed two miles east of Grand Ledge. Fireman Fred Graves died and several passengers were lightly injured as the locomotive boiler exploded. Automobiles with physicians were sent from Lansing and wrecking officials moved to the scene.
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Grand Ledge
Fred Graves
Lansing
Grang Rapids
Détroit
Peace Agreement With the Burley Society Endorsed
Kentucky leaders confirm Cantrill and followers will back the Winchester peace pact with the Burley Tobacco Society. Cantrill will skip Bowling Green meeting and urges state unions to pool Burley crop. eight Kentucky counties expected to yield 20 million pounds.
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J.D. Clark
Fayette County
Meade
Hardin
Breckinridge
Grayson
Hart
Larue
Green
Marion
Indiana
Society of Equity
Clark
The
Burley Society
Cantrill
Georgetown
Kentucky
Burley Tobacco Society of
Alice Lloyd
Winchester
Grand Hotel
Louisville
Burley Tobacco Society Sues Independent Buyers Over Contract
In Winchester Kentucky on August 18 the Burley Tobacco society filed suit against independent buyers who signed the 1905 contract for 25 percent of the 1906 07 crop remaining in the pool after the sale to the American Tobacco company seeking damages of 213200 for alleged refusal to take 4400 hogs heads at the contracted price.
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Commercial Tribune
Winchester
Burley Tobacco Society
American Tobacco Company
Delegates Expected at Burley Growers Meeting in Bowling Green
About 300 delegates are expected at a tobacco growers meeting in Bowling Green tomorrow. President Drayton of the American Society of Equity and other officers are in town. Leaders promise harmony and say differences between the Society of Equity and the Burley society will be settled.
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Mr. Cantrill
State Union of the
American Society of Equity
Winchester
Drayton
Bowling Green
Burley Tobacco Society
Society of Equity
National Tobacco Growers’ Association
U. S. of E
Burley
Tompece Growers
American Society Off Equity
Burley Society
Hitchcock Plans To Save Government $250000
Washington August 18 Postmaster General Hitchcock proposes to save at least 250000 by requiring letter carriers to double up routes during July and August instead of hiring substitutes. Postal workers receive fifteen days paid leave annually by law.
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Washington
Hitchcock
Physician and wife prominent in president's set
In Washington on August 18 two intimate members of the president's circle are Dr J J Richardson and his wife. The doctor is the president's physician and travels with him often. During the fall campaign his care kept the president's throat unscathed while speaking on the tour.
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Washington
J. J. Richardson
Richardson
Coal Chute Laborer Becomes Heir To Fortune
In Muskogee Oklahoma on August 18 George Gibbons a coal chute laborer at the Missouri Kansas & Texas line learned from a New York attorney that he is heir to a Rochester New York estate valued at $400000 He quit his job and left for New York to claim the fortune.
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Muskogee
Oklo
New York
Rochester
N. Y
George Gibson
Missouri, Kansas & Texas
Massachusetts Team Wins Herrick Match at Camp Perry
Massachusetts shoots 1700 to set a Herrick rifle score record at Camp Perry, topping last year’s Marine Corps by 53 and nearing the world mark. Ohio State finishes second at 1696, earning 100 dollars. Marine Corps earns 50 for third while Navy takes 25 for fourth. Contenders from Kansas Minnesota and DC arrive for final Ohio tournament contests.
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Camp Perry
Ohio State Rifle Association
Massachusetts
Herrick
United States Marine Corps
United States
Ottawa
Ont
Myron T. Herrick
Ohio
Boston
Navy
Marine Corps
United States Infantry
Cavalry
Massachus
Kansas
Minnesota
District of Columbia
Riot at McKee's Rocks Injures Strikers and By- stander
In Pittsburg area a small riot at the Pressed Car works near McKee's Rocks injures one man shot in the leg and several others by stones as about fifty strikers clash with a strikebreaker. State constabulary arrived to disperse the crowd. In Orange New Jersey four thousand hat factory workers accept Governor Fort's settlement proposal though manufacturers have not yet committed.
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Pittsburg
Pressed Car Company
McKee’s Rocks
Barney Waters
State Constabulary
Orange
N. J
Heney Clinches Democratic DA Nomination in San Francisco
Francis J. Heney wins near certainty as Democratic candidate for district attorney in San Francisco after most precincts reported in. The graft case special prosecutor moves toward formal nomination with only four precincts unseen.
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Francis J. Heney
San Francisco
Cal
General Booth Abandons Crusade Due to Eye Poison
General Booth of the Salvation Army is ill with septic poison of the eye, forcing the abandonment of his religious crusade in the provinces as of August 18 in London.
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London
Booth
Salvation Army
Japanese Strike Leaders Convicted in Hawaii Conspiracy Case
After six hours the jury found four Japanese leaders guilty of criminal conspiracy. Defendants include Makimo of the Higher Wage association and Soga of Jiji with editors Negoro and Tashaka. Arrests followed a June raid on Jiji and the association amid claims of a drive to seize territorial government.
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Honolulu
Makimo
Higher Wage Association
Soga
Jiji
Negoro and
Tashaka
Harriman Boards Liner in Heavily Clad Return Voyage
E. H. Harriman, the American financier, speaks of improving health as he boards a tender at Cherbourg to return to New York aboard the Kaiser Wilhelm II. He declines help and walks onto the platform despite feeble appearance, wrapped in a large overcoat.
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Cherbourg
America
E. H. Harriman
New York
Maritime Station
Harriman
Lyle
Taft Fears Tax Fight Yet Plans Interstate Reform
President Taft remains confident the new corporation tax will withstand court challenges while outlining plans to reorganize the Interstate Commerce Commission and tighten control over interstate corporations. Attorney General Wickersham and Senator Root back the tax and discuss executive-branch reforms to speed enforcement and modernize antitrust measures.
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Beverly
Mass
Beverly Daily
Washington
New York
Taft
Wickersham
Root
Iday
Terstate Commerce
Congress
Interstate Commerce Commission
Commission
Department of Government
Toto
Law Departments
Weeed
the Treasury
Norton
Charles G. Dawes
Central Trust Company of Chicago
Mr. Dawes
Internal Revenue Division
MacVeagh
Tariff Advisory Commission
The
Monetary Commission
Texan Scorches Beverly With Hunger and Trumpeted Tensions
Washington Aug 18 Colonel Cecil Lyon Texas Republican arrived in the capital with appetite and a hot water bottle as rheumatic pains from Beverly Mass. lure him. He vows to dine and discuss politics claiming Democrats should not supervise census in Texas and recalls friction with Hitchcock Nagel and the president over appointments.
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Commercial Tribune
Washington
Cecil Lyon
Texas Republican
Beverly
Mass
United States
Lyon
Texas
Dana Durand
Frank Hitchcock
Nagel
Hitchcock
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Roosevelt Hunt
Matteawan
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Cincinnati
Pere Marquette
Mich
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Cinnati
Rapids
Petoskey
J. Campbell Cantrill
Ers
American Society of
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Lexington
Tobacco Department
Scott
Burley Pool
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Brick Company
General Booth
Trip
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