Cotton Industry Grows Demand for Cooperation Among Makers
America dominates cotton supply and spindles as workers and owners plan conventions in Boston, Saratoga, and Cohoes to boost cooperation. North Carolina leads in mills while South Carolina adds spindles and capital. total U S manufacturing spans 316000 workers and 97 million in wages with 450 million in annual output.
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United States
North Carolina
Massachusetts
South Carolina
Georgia
Pennsylvania
New York
England
D. A. Tompkins
South
Tompkins
Taft Ends Vacation at the Virginia Resort on Lake Erie
Taft party travels from Hot Springs to Middle Bass Island and Athens Ohio where William H Taft will address Civil and Spanish American War veterans. He plans a nonpolitical speech in Toledo for the National Encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic. Hitchcock confers with Sherman and committee members on campaign arrangements.
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Hot Springs
William H. Taft
Mrs. Taft
Charley
Middle Bass Island
Lake Erie
Taft
Athens
Toledo
Middle Bass Fishing Club
Grand Army of the Republic
New York
Frank H. Hitchcock
Republican National Committee
Manhattan
James
Sherman
William McKinley
Republican Congressional¢ittee
Loudenslager
Oyster Bay
Roosevelt
House
Congressional Committee
Straus
Department of Commerce and Labor
National Headquarters
Hughes
Arrest Imminent In Atlantic City Shooting Affair
Baltimore reports indicate an arrest is near in the Atlantic City boardwalk shooting of Charles B. Roberts. Police seek to identify a nonmasked suspect while conflicting statements swirl around motive and a possible involvement by a companion of the victim. The Williams family and their movements are under scrutiny as detectives probe a possible link to a broader scandal.
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United States
South
Knapp
Texas
Mississippi
Louisiana
Babama
Atlantic
Baltimore
Charles B. Roberts
Atlantic City
Boardwalk
F Roberts
Roberts
Williams
H. Cavendish Darrell
Europe
Cecilic
New York
Wilson
Farnan
Pugh Named by Democrats for First Judicial Circuit
In Hamilton County a Democratic convention favored Robert C. Pugh for the First Judicial Circuit seat, despite a late challenge from Stanley Matthews led by Wallace Burch. Clinton and Butler counties weighed in with support for Matthews and Ed H. Jones, while William M. Friedman of Norwood drew surprise nomination interest.
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Harmony Sunshine
Hamilton County
First Judicial Circuit
Robert C. Pugh
Wallace Burch
Stanley Matthews
Democracy
Mr. Pugh
Mr. Matthews
Burch
Cincinnati Law School
Law School
Reed
Matthews
Clinton County
Pugh
Butler County
Ed H. Jones
William M. Friedman
Norwood
Dillon B. Wilson
Warren County
M. O. Burnes
Frank Davis
Clermont County
William H. Sweeney
John Connaughton
Hamilton
American clerical workers to be preferred on Panama Canal
Colonel George W. Goethals, head of the Canal Commission, orders replacing alien clerical staff with Americans from a listed roster on the Isthmus of Panama. The directive follows Taft's earlier War Department guidance and applies to all department heads.
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Washington
Panama
Canal Commission
George W. Goethals
Goethals
Taft
Republican State Convention Nominates Electors at Large
The Republican State Convention in Oakland adjourned after adopting its platform and naming electors. Electors at large are U. S. Grant Jr. of San Diego and Samuel Shortridge of San Francisco, with one elector from each of eight congressional districts.
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Oakland
Cal
Committee On
U. S. Grant, Jr
San Diego
Samuel Shortridge
San Francisco
Dorr Nominated for Congress in Buffalo District
The Republicans of the Thirty-fifth Congressional District nominated Dr. L. Bradley Dorr for Congress in Buffalo New York.
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Dorr
Congress
Buffalo
N. Y
Thirty-fifth
L. Bradley Dorr
Evelyn Thaw Not There Sanitarium Denial Issued
New York authorities denied a report that Mrs. Harry K. Thaw was in a sanitarium on West Sixty-first Street recovering from a breakdown. The information was provided by the institution today.
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New York
Harry K. Thaw
Baltimore clubman shot on Atlantic City boardwalk mystery widens
Police say no warrants yet and no suspect named as they investigate the shooting of Charles B. Roberts in a rolling chair with Mrs. W. Williams. Mrs. Roberts arrives, Williams recounts a masked man with a revolver demanding money and firing when Roberts advanced.
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Roberts
Ots
Atlantic City
N. J
Charles B. Roberts
Baltimore
G. Williams
Woodruff
Governor Fort Defies Atlantic City Bishops Law
Seagirt New Jersey Governor Fort defends yesterday's proclamation and rejects calls to call out the militia to enforce the Bishops law. He says the proclamation stands unequivocally and he will not be intimidated by threats.
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Seagirt
N. J
Missing Cincinnati man Ed C. Harding arrested in Detroit
Ed C. Harding, alleged embezzler with Cincinnati ties, was arrested in Windsor Ontario opposite Detroit on a Cincinnati warrant charging $2,393.89 embezzlement from Westchester Fire Insurance. He disappeared Aug 18 after Milford Building Association board meeting and had been missing about two weeks with reported $8,000 shortage across insurers.
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E. C. Harding
Milford Building Association
Detroit
B. C. Hart
Harding
Cincinnati
D. Gs. Johnson
Westchester Fire Insurance Company
United States Casualty Company
Clermont County
Hains brothers held without bail in yacht club murder
Captain P. C. Hains Jr and his brother T Jenkins Hains were ordered held without bail by the grand jury for the murder of William E. Annis. Three witnesses testified including Patrolman Baker and Payside Yacht Club member Charles Roberts who described the fatal shooting and Annis’s words to Captain Hains.
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New York
P. C. Hains, Jr
T. Jenkins Hains
William E. Annis
Charles W. Baker
Annis
Charles H. Roberts
Payside Yacht Club
Captain Hains
Five Miners Killed By Runaway Car At Warrior Run
At the Warrior Run colliery of Lehigh Valley Coal Co near Wilkes-Barre Pa five men were killed and five others seriously injured when a runaway mine car struck a train of cars on a slope. The dead include James Gallagher 27 Frank Ostroski 40 Simon Buscogove 16 Gustave Torkarchack 40 Julius Mortz 40 and William Nawadny 44 was fatally injured. The runaway car jumped the head of the slope and rolled 1 000 feet before striking the other cars.
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Wilkesbarre
Warrior Run
Lehigh Valley Coal Company
James Gallagher
Frank Ostroski
Simon Buscogove
Gustave Torkarchack
Miner
Julius Mortz
William Nawadny
Fleet Anchored in Port Phillip Bay
The American Atlantic battleship fleet under Rear Admiral Sperry anchored in Port Phillip Bay Melbourne after a smooth voyage from Sydney. After passing Port Phillip Heads at 11 20 this morning the ships were greeted by a shore ovation and a 30 mile excursion fleet. Sperry and staff later visited Governor Sir Reginald Talbot aboard the Connecticut.
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Melbourne
Sperry
Port Phillip Bay
Sydney
Port Phillip Heads
Anchorage
Connecticut
Reginald A. J. Talbot
Victoria
Dutch Battle Ship Jacob Van Heemskerk Arrives at Willemstad
The Dutch battleship Jacob Van Heemskerk, which sailed from Holland on August 11, arrived at Willemstad Curacao on August 28, meeting port officials and preparing for further duties in the Caribbean theater.
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Willemstad
Curacao
Jacob van Heemskerk
Holland
Dutch Open Pour Parlers On Venezuela Dispute
The Standard's Rome correspondent reports the Dutch Government has opened pour parlers to determine what diplomatic or other assistance Italy will offer in the Venezuela dispute. Similar steps will be taken with London and Berlin.
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London
the Standard
Rome
Pour Parlers
Italy
Venezuela
Berlin
Indictments Total Seventy Eight From Springfield Riots
Springfield Aug. 28. A special grand jury hearing race riot evidence returned seventeen true bills, bringing total indictments to seventy eight. Frank Bryant alias Frank Sullivan was indicted for murder after confessing to killing Thomas Brady. Ernest Humphrey received two indictments linked to earlier murder charges. the panel adjourned until Monday.
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Springfield
Ill
Creighton
Frank Bryant
Frank Sullivan
Thomas Brady
Ernest Humphrey
William Donnigan
Danish Sailors Die in Shipboard Accident at Aarhus Bay
Two Danish sailors were killed and six others seriously wounded when a shell exploded prematurely during target practice aboard the cruiser Hekla at Aarhus Bay outside Copenhagen. The incident occurred today, Aug 2.
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Copenhagen
Hekla
Aarhus Bay
Flood Devastates Folsom New Mexico With Twenty Three Dead
A cloudburst and flood on the Cimarron River washed away dwellings at Folsom New Mexico. Twenty three people are known to be drowned and eleven bodies recovered. Many houses swept away and extensive railroad damage across Colorado Southern and Santa Fe lines. Trinidad streets flooded and buildings weakened.
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Trinidad
Cimmaron
Folsom
N. M
Colorado & Southern Railway
New Mexico
Raton
Santa Fe
Raton Mountain
la Junta
Flood Recedes in Augusta with Widespread Damage
Augusta Ga August 28 flood waters recede revealing extensive losses across Riverside Mills Reid cotton warehouse and Triangular Block. Nelson Morris warehouse collapsed and razed. Augusta Grocery damage 6000. National Biscuit Building wrecked. two grammar schools damaged. ten houses burned. death toll at sixty with twenty five bodies found aboard the river steamer Swan. relief meetings set a plan to accept outside contributions. Notables include Harry Carr and Horace Wingard among the dead.
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Augusta
Riverside Mills
Reid
Nelson Morris & Co
Augusta Grocery Company
National Biscuit Company
Central Grammar School
Davidson Grammar School
Swan
Board of Health
Harry Carr
Nixon Grocery Company
Horace Wingard
M. B. Williams & Co
Flood Strands Fayetteville as Cape Fear Reaches New Peak
The Cape Fear River at Fayetteville climbs to 79 feet, the highest on record, inundating the city up to City Hall and leaving thousands homeless. Power plant submerged, communication severed, and relief appeals issued as farms suffer major damage. Eggs sell at a dollar a dozen.
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Fayetteville
N. C
Cape Fear
Western Union Telegraph Company
City Hall
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Farmers’ Educational and Co-operative Union of America
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Cotton Growers’ Association
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Homestead Hotel
Lelia 8. Hickox
Iowa
National Committee
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Ward
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Delaware
Sheldon
Cornelius N. Bliss
Senator Crane
West Virginia
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Sey
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Spokane
Wash
Spokesman-Review
Father Knickerbocker
William
Nomi
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Evelyn
Ed C. Harding
Windsor
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Ontario
Troit
Tice
Peace Smedies
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Westchester Fire Insurance
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Nati
Paet
Micha
Slayer
Hains
Iil
Mountain Town
Cupants
R. B. Wenger
Daisy Wenger
Lucy Creighton
T. W. Wheeler
Three Wheeler
Mrs. Rooke
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