Taft names Hoyt counselor as new State Department post
President Taft names Henry Hoyt former solicitor general as counselor of the State Department to handle major legal questions and treaty negotiations. He also plans Beverly as summer capital again and renews the Woodberry Point cottage lease. Williams or Miller linked to new Far Eastern bureau. The president praised Beverly neighbors for their hospitality.
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Beverly
Mass
Taft
State Department
Knox
Woodberry Point
Henry Hoyt
Hoyt
Edward T. Williams
United States
Tien Tsin
China
Ransford Stevens Miller, Jr
Tokyo
Williams
Miller
Ballinger
North Shore
Washington
Foerster Pinchot
Tod Ormsby McHarg
McHarg
Nagel
Mrs. Taft
Flood Death Toll Rises With Monterey Disaster
Laredo Texas reports widespread flood devastation along the Santa Catarina river. About 400 bodies recovered with roughly 30 percent identified. Estimations of dead reach from 400 to 2000 as villages along the river are wiped out and relief works feed and shelter the homeless.
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Laredo
Tex
Monterey
Santa Catarina
Zaragoza Plaza
Pedro Trevino
Scranton Firm Files Suit Against Burley Society Over Tobacco Prices
James J. Scott and partners in Clark and Scott of Scranton Pa sue the Burley Tobacco Society in Covington federal court for three fold damages claiming a price-raising combination by growers. They allege the society violates interstate commerce laws and that white Burley tobacco is used in manufacturing and shipped interstate from Kentucky. The defendants include Stanley Prewitt Clarence Le Bus and others with the society allied to the American Society of Equity.
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James J. Scott
Walter E. Scott
William J. Scott
Scranton
Clark & Scott
United States
Covington
Burley Tobacco A Society
Tobacco Growers’ Organization
Stanley Prewitt
Clarence le Bus
George W. McMillian
Rhodes B. Thomas
Claude S. Williams
Charles G. Patrick
John E. Brown
Gus A .Brooks
Joseph C. Hughes
Nicholas J. Stroube
Burley, Tobaco Society
American Society of Equity
Winchester
Kentucky
Union
General Zalaya Rumored to Prepare Filibuster Expedition
Reports from Guatemala City and San Salvador claim General Zalaya of Nicaragua is fitting out a filibustering expedition in New Orleans. A steamer Ellis, associated with United Fruit, is said to be chartered for the project aimed at Guatemala and Ivador.
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Guatemala City
Guatemala
Salvador
Dutch Punish Rebels On Island of Flores
Dutch forces retaliated on Flores after an ambush left fifteen Dutch soldiers dead and many natives killed. The detachment regrouped with reinforcements and mounted a fierce assault, yielding heavy casualties on the native side.
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Island of
Flores
Batavia
Java
Incubator Baby Kidnappers Taken Back to Kansas
Mrs James Barclay of Buffalo New York and detective J N Gentry were taken to Topeka Kansas after being charged with kidnapping Marian Bleakley the incubator baby Their bonds were set at 6000 each and they were to face a preliminary hearing on September 8 at the city court Both prisoners remain in the county jail awaiting bond clearance.
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Kansas City
James Barclay
Buffalo
N. Y
J. N. Gentry
Marian Bleakley
Topeka
Kansas
Kan
Stella Barclay
Simon
Murder Suspect Drowns Himself in Rain Barrel
BRISTOL Tennessee August 30 As a sequel to the murder of A J Slagle a wealthy Jonesboro lumberman whose body was found in the river at Newport Tennessee Saturday John Spencer a relative of Slagle committed suicide by hurling himself head first into a rain water barrel He was suspected of Slagle s murder.
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Bristol
Tenn
A. J. Slagle
Jonesboro
Newport
John Spencer
Slagle
Seeder See Continues On Page Five
Page five carries the continuation of Seeder See from column one detailing further notes, observations, and updates likely relevant to readers following the ongoing agricultural feature.
Representatives of Church Ready for Meeting Today
The fifty-eighth session of the Cincinnati annual conference of the Methodist Episcopal church meets in Greenfield Ohio at 7:30 PM to finish with the ministerial appointment list for the year. The body includes 222 ministers and 56,000 members with 356 Sunday schools and 42,650 scholars. Bishop Luther B. Wilson will preside as the Ohio church outlines its historical roots and current structure. Ministers and spouses began arriving, with further proceedings planned through the week.
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Commercial Tribune
Greenfield
Cincinnati
Methodist Episcopal Church
Ohio
Abraham Lincoln
United States
Methodist Church
Theodore Roosevelt
Xenia
HE. S.jones
J. T. Mitchell
Methodist Episcopal Conference
Bethel Academy
McKendree
Wilson
Chillicothe
Luther B. Wilson
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Bumpers Speech Mocked by Global Labor Leaders
Old World labor leaders greet Senator Bumpers remarks with cold reception as he pushes worldwide unionism. Critics say his opinions are not needed and fail to resonate with international labor groups.
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Paris
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
International Trades Unions’ Congress
Gompers
United States
Hueber
Mr. Gompers
International Confederation
Europe
Toledo Girl Lured From Mother's Grave for Attack
An 8-year-old girl in Forest cemetery was allegedly lured by Ed Bell to a secluded spot where an attack occurred. A companion alerted a sexton. Bell, said to be a sailor, fled into a swamp but was rescued by police as the crowd grew enraged.
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Toledo
Forest Cemetery
Ed Bell
Beliive
Bell
Sexton
Professor Tawney Rescues Cousins in Minn Lake Tragedy
Park Rapids Minnesota saw a fishing outing end in drowning as Colonel S. T. Busey of Urbana Illinois and Miss Annie G. McClain drowned. Prof. Guy Allen Tawney of the University of Cincinnati battled exhaustion while rescuing relatives, later reviving and recovering after days of rest. Funeral services were held for both victims on the 16th.
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Tawney
Guy Allen
Department of Philosophy
University of Cincinnati
8S. T. Busey
Urbana
Colonel Busey
Annie G. McClain
Park Rapids
Minn
Dr. Tawney
Miss McClain
Prof. Tawney
Ill
St. Joseph
Panama Shaker By Earthquake
A strong earthquake struck Panama City and outlying areas at about 8 am. Officials reported no serious damage or injuries. The tremor shook government and canal administration buildings in Panama and Ancon, then clerks returned to work after assurances no follow up quake occurred.
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Panama
Government
Canal Commission
Ancon
Aguadulce
Cocle
Pacora
Panama Canal
Dabbey and Schwab Rescued From Sudden Lake Squall Near Ponchewang
President Charles W. Dabney and Mayor-prospective Dr. Louis Schwab of Cincinnati faced a sudden lake squall while fishing near Ponchewang. A crew of veteran seamen from the shore went out in a boat and brought the two officials safely to land amid heavy waves and rising danger.
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Louis Schwab
Dabney
University
Charles W. Dabney
The
Dr. Schwab
Oden
Petoskey
Schwab
Dabbey
Frank Coppock
Ponchewang
Cincinnati
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Ion
Trades Union Congress
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Victor
Mantrap Lake
Mr. Busey
Miss McCain
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Gale
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