Unite Spanish American republics over Drago Doctrine urged
A Caracas correspondent urges a Spanish American Congress to affirm the Drago Doctrine as the powers ignore it at The Hague. The article notes U S pressure over Texas annexation and Panama independence, warns of foreign interests, and calls for a continental unity against external aggression. It frames a hypothetical Buenos Aires or Caracas congress as sufficient to adopt the doctrine as law.
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Venezuela
Congress
Hague
New Government
el Constitucional
Caracas
Russell
Root
Castro
United States
Texas
Panama
Mexico
Columbia
Ecuador
Central America
Buenos Aires
Delegates Back American Plan on Debt Arbitral Proposal
At The Hague the arbitration committee heard Dr Ruy Barboza of Brazil and others support the American debt collection proposal while opposing the Drago doctrine. Countries including Uruguay Chile Dominica Ecuador and Germany provided backing or remarks. President Nelidoff urged completing work before August 1 as many delegates planned to depart.
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Hague
Ruy Barboza
Brazil
Committee On Arbitration
M. Castro
Uruguay
M. Matte
Chile
M. Carvajal
Dominica
M. Rendon
Ecuador
Baron Marshall von Bieberstein
Germany
Nelidoff
Hottest Weather Of The Summer Across Regions
The today’s record weather shows temperatures in the South and Central West reaching up to 102 degrees and above average in most regions, except New England, the Pacific, and lower Great Lakes states. Showers are expected to bring relief in many areas while heat persists in hot zones.
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Commercial Tribune
Washington
South
Middle West
Mercury
New England
Pacific
Lower
Lake States
Gather Bureau
Central West
Embezzlement 15 Charges Against Retiring Gleak
Retiring Gleak faces 15 counts of embezzlement tied to his accounts. The case centers on misused funds and irregular transactions detected prior to his departure, according to court documents and local officials.
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GLEAK
German Airship In Successful Test
A German military dirigible completed a three hour flight over Berlin with Captain Sperling guiding it. The craft circled Charlottenburg and returned to Tegal, displaying precise steering and reliability to a crowd of military officers. The first flight lasted 3 hours 27 minutes, longer than France’s Patrie, with a second leg exceeding 90 minutes.
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Berlin
Lebaudys
France
Basueach
Sperling
Jungfernhelde
Tegal
Charlottenburg
Brown and Vorys Clash Over Taft Campaign
State Chairman Walter Brown and Taft campaign manager A I Vorys rally in Columbus to block a Taft resolution. While Brown frets over removal threats, ForakerDick allies claim thirteen votes to table the measure. Malloy heads to Akron to confer with Senator Dick as labor leaders push anti Taft votes.
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Commercial Tribune
Colts
Onto
Columbus
Walter Brown
Taft
Brown
A. I. Vorys
Vorys
Gallipolis
Forakerites
The
Inquirer
Mr. Vorys
Foraker
Foraker-Dick
Dick-Foraker
State Committee
John R. Malloy
McKinley
Hanna
Akron
Charles Dick
Mr. Malloy
Central
Tenn Judge Annulls Shackett Marriage After Earlier Divorce
Dresden Tennessee July 23. Judge J. Jones annuls the marriage of Mrs Bettie Har grove to D C Shackett after she had won a divorce from Walter grove and then remarried Shackett. Shackett fined $25 for contempt of court. Mrs Har grove granted divorce from bed and board, blocking remarriage.
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Bettie Hargrove
Walter Grove
J. Jones
Jones
Mrs. Hargrove
Shackett
Discrimination Charges Filed Against Louisville & Nashville
Lexington Ky July 23 Railroad Commissioner A T Siler and H B Bryson president of the local Chamber filed charges accusing the Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company of unjust rate discrimination. Bryson cites coal rates from Maysville to Carlisle at 1 40 a ton vs Jellico Tenn to Carlisle at 1 30 a ton, a distance over 100 miles, arguing the disparity harms river and Pennsylvania coal competition.
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Commercial Tribune
Lexington
A. T. Siler
H. B. Bryson
Chamber of Commerce
Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company
Bryson
Maysville
Carlisle
Jellico
Tenn
Pittsburg
Pennsylvania
Two Convicts Wounded in Atlanta Escape Attempt
In Atlanta on July 23 two white convicts Ben Beasley and H L Hartman were shot during a brick-yard escape bid. Guards fired as the men exchanged revolver fire, Beasley shot in the abdomen and Hartman in the shoulder and spine.
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Commercial Tribune
Atlanta
Ben Beasley
H. L. Hartman
O. Duncan
Beasley
Hartman
Haywood case moves as Richardson accuses Pinkertons in murder plot
Idaho July 23 E F Richardson argues Orchard worked for Pinkerton and aided a conspiracy to hang Haywood. He denounces Captain McParland and rulers of the prosecution while defending the Western Federation of Miners. Clarence Darrow to begin defense tomorrow morning. perjury charge against Dr I L McGee dismissed.
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Commercial Tribune
Boise
Idaho
Orchard
Steunenberg
E. F. Richardson
Pinkerton Detective Agency
Haywood
James McParland
Pinkertons
Gooding
Borah
Peabody
Colorado
Richardson
Haywood, Moyer and Pettibone
Western Federation of Miners
Clarence Darrow
I. L. McGee
McGee
Coolness of Foreman Saves Forty From Death in Sewer
Special Dispatch to Commercial Tribune New York July 23 Forty laborers in a flooded West Forty sixth street sewer eight feet diameter and forty feet below surface faced drowning as water poured in. Foreman Ben Connors directed the escape, ordered a four abreast march, and kept men calm while they climbed the shaft to safety. The group narrowly escaped a deadly flood.
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Commercial Tribune
New York
West Forty-sixth Street
Ben Connors
Connors
Will S. Hays Dies at 70 After Paralysis Stroke
Louisville mourns Col Will S. Hays veteran river editor at The Courier Journal poet and songwriter died at 70 from vertigo triggered by paralysis after Chicago Iroquois Theater fire. He claimed authorship of Dixie's original words and arranging its music. His hit Molly Darling sold two million copies.
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Commercial Tribune
Louisville
Will S. Hays
Courier-Journal
Chicago
Hays
County Salary Law Upheld by Ohio Circuit Judge
Circuit Judge Smith of Cincinnati sustains the constitutionality of the county salary law passed by the last Ohio Legislature in a decision rendered today in Dayton Ohio.
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Smith
Commercial Tribune
Dayton
Cincinnati
Ohio
Long March for Kermit Roosevelt Sets 500 Mile Trek
Leavenworth Kan July 23 Kermit Roosevelt son of the President will lead a 500 mile overland march from Fort Leavenworth to Fort Sheridan with the first squadron of the Thirteenth Cavalry. The journey will take about five weeks and cover at least fifteen miles daily. He will sleep and mess with officers as the march progresses. Captain Fitzhugh Lee and Lieutenant Phil Sheridan will join the outfit and are noted favorites of the President’s son.
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Commercial Tribune
Leavenworth
Kan
Kermit Roosevelt
Thirteenth Cavalry
Ft. Leavenworth
Ft. Sheridan
Roosevelt
Kermit
Lee
Sheridan
Fitzhugh Lee
Robert E. Lee
Phil Sheridan
Little Phil
Outfit
White House
Mrs Sage Donates 100000 to Syracuse Teachers College
Syracuse July 23 Mrs Russell Sage sent a check for 100000 to Chancellor J R Day as a gift to the Teachers College of Syracuse University. The college sits on fourteen acres with a Norman style castle adjoining the campus, once Mrs Sage's childhood home, and she wishes it to be the permanent home of the college with women admitted to its privileges.
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Commercial Tribune
Syracuse
N. Y
Japanese Charge Conspiracy Shocks Seoul Officials Arrests
In Seoul on July 23 a conspiracy against the retired Korean Emperor led to arrests of Prince Pak Yong Ho, four officers, Grand Chamberlain Yi Dochoi, and a senior statesman after a night of cabinet meetings. Japan presses a regency edict while the old Emperor resists abdication. Troops move and foreign residents fear unrest as the crisis deepens.
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New York Herald Co
Commercial Tribune
Seoul
Korea
Pak Yong Ho
Yi Dochoi
Ito
Japan
Prince Pak
Wonsan
Chemulpo
Monoseki
Marquis Ito
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Dresden
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Louisville & Nashville
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