No Wasting Elk Allowed On Hostile Herd
A dispatch from Los Angeles notes Elk members gather as Cincinnati Elks open headquarters at the Alexandria Hotel. Grand exalted ruler candidates Herrmann and Sammis’s headquarters in Denver area draw crowds while a deadly Colorado wreck interrupts Elks specials.
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Commercial Tribune
Los Angeles
Cal
Alex@ndria
Grand Lodge
Auditorium Hotel
Chicago
Brown Palace
Denver
Cincinnati
Grand Lodge Committee
Henry Morgentheler
Eugene Lewis
Amor Smith, Jr
Frank Kirchner
John Galvin
Cincinnat JoGo
Grand Forum
Gaciing
The
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William H Moore
Seattle
Thomas J. Cogan
Robert W. Brown
Louisville
Rohnert
Detroit
Perry Shaynor
Home
Columbus (Co
Ohio
Herrmann
Elks
Albert B. Dawos Columbus
Phio c
Harry O
Alex- Sa Speeeak
Apateo
August Herrmann
Washington
Oregon
Montana
William J. Byrth
John Byrth
William
Elks Parade Dazzles Los Angeles Visitors
Thousands of Elks in uniformed drill corps parade downtown Los Angeles. Grand Secretary Fred C. Robinson arrives amid bands and steady rain. Trains from Cotton States Michigan Illinois New Jersey Arkansas and Texas bring guests. 15 000 registrations noted and 75 000 visitors expected by Sunday. Automobiles prepared for a city tour and attractions await the guests.
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Elks Lodges
Aea
Fred C. Robinson
Middle West
Cotton States
Michigan
Illinois
New Jersey
Arkansas
Texas
Editor F Hume Dies in New Mexico at 78
July 10 Manila dispatches report F Hume civil war editor and leader died here today from paralysis. He was 78 and a longtime figure in Ohio politics, a graduate of Ohio University in 1850, later serving in the state legislature before editor roles.
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Rpoughepepsie
NM Y
F. Hume
Hume
Ohio University
Ohio State Legislature
Leoults
Concannon and McGinn Get Offices in Ohio Appointments
Special Dispatch from Columbus reports Governor Harmon and officials announce several appointments after two days of conferences. John P. Kearns, inspector of workshops and factories, released deputy inspectors for Cincinnati and other cities, including Concannon of Cincinnati and McGinn of Cincinnati. The piece notes political influence and distribution across districts.
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Zuber
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John Manley
Sandusky
Mith
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Averly
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Cleveland
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Bellefontaine
Youngstown
Belmont County
Concannon
John P. Kearns
Hugh Gormley
Gloucester
John E. Devlin
Toledo
David Concannon
Thomas Miller
Zanesville
Murtagh Kahoe
Portsmouth
Julius Spengler
Defiance
John E. McGinn
John
Mr. McGinn
Committee of Five
McGinn
McGiin
Ben Meyers
Price Hill
Fall from window leads to quick Eagle initiation
In Hamilton Ohio Jerry Cleveland fell forty feet from a third story window while awaiting initiation into the Hamilton aerie of Eagles. He struck a wire ten feet from the ground and landed on his feet with only a small cut, then completed the initiation as scheduled.
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Commercial Tribune
Hamilton
Jerry Cleveland
Reservoir Street
Hamilton Aerie of
Eagles
Denies He Has Score But Owns Three Wives
In San Francisco on July 10 Christian C Johnson, identified by police as John Madson, accused of multiple marriages in many cities, was sent to Santa Clara County and then San Jose where Mrs Josephine A Tretheway filed a bigamy charge. Johnson denies the marriages, including ones to Denett and Leopold.
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San Francisco
Cal
Christian
C. . Johnson
John Madson
Santa Clara County
San Jose
Josephine A. Tretheway
Johnson
Denett
Leopold
Stark County Is Won By Wet Majority In Stark County
Canton and Massillon reported wet majorities in Stark County elections with 2,239 and 1,717 respectively while Massillon voted 170 dry. Arlington Heights near Chicago accidentally went dry due to a quorum issue and license expirations. Atlanta records show rising drunken arrests in the first six months of 1909, nearly matching 1907.
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Canton
Stark County
Ganton
Massillon
Marsh
Antisaloon League
Atlanta
Georgia
Pueblo Becomes Dry Under New License Rules
Pueblo Colorado entered its first dry day in history as all saloons were ordered closed at midnight. Today blinds are drawn and doors closed while the city struggles to assign no more than 100 licenses under a new ordinance. Councillors disagree on license allocation by ward, leaving saloons operating without licenses since July 1.
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Hubble Col
Pueblo
GOL Pointer Dies in Bowery House
Colonel Marcellus Pointer a Civil War staff officer under General Wheeler and later a railway promoter was found dead in a Bowery lodging house from apoplexy. His papers include Wheeler letters praising bravery and a petition to McKinley by officers and Senator Morgan of Alabama and Senator Culbertson seeking brigadier general rank.
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Bowery Lodg Ing House
Wheeler
McKinley
Morgan
Alabama
Culbertson
Pointer
Wright flight delayed by eighteen mile wind at Fort Myer
About two thousand spectators faced an eighteen mile wind as Orville Wright’s flight was postponed at Fort Myer. A.M. Heffing of New York secured an extension to Aug 1 to complete trials for the government ordered aeroplane.
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Washington
Fort Myer
Orville Wright Mafce
Fort
A. M. Heffing
New York
Aerg- Planist
Exposition Opens in Frankfort For Global Air show
The international air navigation exposition opened in Frankfort July 10 and will run for 100 days. Exhibits cover balloons dirigibles biplanes and gliders with models of noted craft and the Wright brothers machine shown though flights are not yet arranged. Count Zeppelin and Franz Clouth prize winner Oscar Erbsloek are among participants with halls for giant dirigibles and passenger trips planned. Cortland Field Bishop represents the United States as lectures on aeronautics are offered with illustrated cinemagraphs.
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Frankfort
Germany
Wright Brothers
Franz Clouth
Oscar, Erbsloek
St. Louis
Count Zeppelin
Cortland Field Bishop
The
Aerochub of America
United States
Floods Drive Thousands From Homes in the West
A cloudburst north of Sioux City caused the Perry creek flood, driving about 1,000 people from their homes and causing substantial property damage in a major city flood. One man, Ethschider aged 21, drowned when the flood swept him from a bank in Dodge, Nebraska.
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Sioux City
Perry Creek
Ethschider
Benkins van Company
Dodge, Neb
Flood Forecast Near St Louis Presses Aid Effort
The weather bureau projects the Mississippi at 31 to 31.5 feet by Monday or Monday night while the Provident Association begins collecting provisions and clothing for flood sufferers. The river is 2.4 feet below flood stage of 29 feet.
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St. Louis
Ottawa
Kan
Marais Des Cygnes
Emporia
Neosho
Cottonwood
Kansas City
Mississippi River
Weather Bureau
the Provident Association
Tafts Take Auto Trip Along Shore
Beverly Massachusetts July 10 The Taft family excluding the president gathered for an outing in the afternoon. Mrs Taft Helen Robert and Charles joined Mrs More and Prof More for an automobile trip along the north shore to Magnolia. Mrs Taft showed improved health during the visit.
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Beverly
Mass
Taft
Summmer
Helen
Robert
Charles
More
Prof
North Shore
Oceans Boulevard
Magnolia
Slays Wife With Wooden Leg and Turns on Gas
Grand Rapids reports an autopsy on Warren G. Rowland and wife Vashti Perry Rowland shows the husband struck his wife with a wooden leg, wrecked gas fixtures to vent gas, then cut his throat in a vacant house. The tragedy was discovered after bodies were found yesterday.
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Grand Rapids, Mich
Warren
G. Rowland
Vashti
Perry
Rowland
Thirteen Prisoners Escape Paducah Jail
Paducah Kentucky July 10 thirteen prisoners escaped from the county jail while staff dined. They tunneled an eighteen inch hole in the south wall. only Jonas Smith a negro patricide was captured.
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Paducah
Jonas Smith
Grant 15 Pleased With Tournament Progress
General Frederick D Grant, commander of the department of the lakes, praised a military tournament held in Toledo Ohio on July 10. The event featured troops from all branches and operator plan to hold similar tournaments without preliminary expense to the affiliated units.
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Toledo
Frederick D Grant
Department of the Lakes
Emmie
Alte Fes
Harbor blaze destroys oil barge and colonial bridge
In Providence and Troy on July 10 a Texas Oil barge burned off Ol Harbor, with 135,000 gallons of oil and damaged ships. Seven firemen died when the Hudson River wooden covered bridge in Troy burned, dating to 1803, with losses around 100000 dollars. Captain DeFosse and Frederick May Albert were injured but improving.
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Providence
R.I
Texas Oil Company
Harrison
Tait
Frederick May Albert DeFosse
Troy
N. Y
Hudson River
Waterford
United States
Brewery Plant Damaged by Fire in Cincinnati Brewery
Special Dispatch reports a fire at the Cincinnati Brewing Company's plant in Hamilton Ohio. The blaze started in the bottling department and burned for nearly two hours before firemen gained control at midnight. Estimated loss around $5 000.
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Commercial Tribune
Hamilton, O
Cincinnati Brewing Company
Two Drown In River At Princeton Indiana
Two young men Paris Cunningham and Henry McFetridge drowned in the White River at Princeton when the horse pulling their wagon balked at a ferry bell and plunged over a steep bank into the swollen water. The bodies had not been recovered.
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Princeton
Ind
Paris
Cunningham
Henry McFetridge
White
Bell
Simon Newcomb Dies Noted Astronomer at 74
Prof. Simon Newcomb, renowned astronomer and mathematical expert, died at his Washington home at age 74. He retired from the navy in 1897 and served as mathematics professor, contributing to the construction of the telescope at Link's Observatory in California and directing the Nautical Almanac from 1877 to 1897.
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Washington
Simon Newcomb
Benjamin. Franklin
Newcomb
Navy
Splinter in Knee Blamed for Tetanus Death
Richmond Kentucky July 10 A 10 year old boy John ar buckle died at home from lockjaw after a splinter pierced his knee during play several days earlier, medical care failed to prevent the fatal tetanus infection.
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Commercial Tribune
Richmond
John “Arbuckle
Tariff Conferees Brace for Lengthy Proceedings
Washington July 10 Congress delegates began a long session to hammer out amendments on cotton and woolen goods and gloves under the tariff bill. House and Senate clash over duties with talks proceeding through long sessions and forecasts of two weeks or more to complete the conference.
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Washington
House
Senate
Congress
Hhe
Serence
Cullom
Smoot
Taft Keeps White House Busy With Calls and Letters
President Taft spends morning at the executive offices handling a stream of correspondence since his absence. Senators DuPont Taylor Frazier Warn Smith Heyburn Ri ley Brandegee Crane and others called, alongside representatives Humphrey Tawney Norris Foster Scott and O Connell, amid a luncheon in the White House.
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Taft
House
White -House
DuPont
Delan Taylor
Frazier
Tennessee
Utah Smith
Michigan
Warn
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