American Sailors Under Arms and Ready to Disembark
Special despatch from Akron reports American sailors in Beirut signaling disembarkation. The long dispatch details Tom L. Johnson's failed Ohio campaign kickoff in Akron with frigid reception, a small parade, and criticisms of Senator Hanna over trusts and municipal power.
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Beirut
Commercial Tribune
Akron
Tom L. Johnson
Summitt County
Johnson
Cleveland
Clarke
Henry George, Jr
C. R. Grant
Ohio
Republican Party
Governor Nash Stricken by Heat at Fall Festival
Governor George K. Nash collapsed from heat and nervous strain during a Fall Festival visit. Doctors treated him with aromatic spirits of ammonia, ice, cold sponging, and a fan to lower his temperature. He woke, attended the Marco Polo show, then returned to the St Nicholas Hotel with officials accompanying him.
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Nash
George K. Nash
Harry L. Gordon
Alhambra
St. Nicholas Hotel
Music Hall
Gordon
Mark Brown
E. H. Bruns
Fehrenbatch
Neal
Marco Polo
Fleischmann
Guards Demand Protection for American Mission in Beirut
Amid rising unrest in Beirut on September 9, Admiral Cotton orders alert. U S warships Brooklyn and San Francisco reconnoiter the coast while signalmen and a guard protect the American Consulate and mission offices. Local authorities demand guards from the governor. A failed attempt on an American residence fuels calls for autonomous Christian government in Lebanon. Moslem quarter descends into chaos with thirty killed, none of them foreigners.
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Beirut
Cotton
United States
Brooklyn
San Francisco
Vali
Lebanon
Magelssen
Indictments Tied to City Letter Box Contracts in Washington
Grand jury returns seven indictments against postal officials over city letter box contracts. Machen led the lettings for two Michigan suppliers with eight year and current contracts. Authorities seek warrants and vouchers as investigations focus on payments through contractors.
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Commercial Tribune
Washington
Machen
Beavers
Michi
Gan
Grand
Lad en With Money Still Asks Alms
Dayton Ohio Sept 9 a blind broom maker C L Parker of Lafontaine Indiana was arrested on a begging charge and $1634 49 in bank certificates was found on him most of it in certificates He said he needed the money to buy lead pencils.
Runaway Train Demolishes Saloon in Alexandria
An electric freight train on the Union Traction Line escaped airbrake control and barreled through Alexandria on September 9 at about forty miles per hour. It jumped the track at a station in a residence area and crashed into a saloon, destroying its front and injuring Henry Tuerffs and John Hopewell. The train was torn apart and about fifty occupants had narrow escapes while the crew escaped serious injury.
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Commercial Tribune
Alexandria
Ind
Union Traction
Henry Tuerffs
John Hopewell
Spectator killed as car bolts at County Fair race
Earl Kiser lost control of his car during a Detroit area County Fair race sending it through the track fence. John Gooden died. six others were injured including James Mourin with a hip fracture and Hamilton Schultz with leg injuries. Five thousand spectators watched the crash as a front tire burst and the crowd was scattered.
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Commercial Tribune
Zanesville
Earl Kiser
Dayton
James
Mourin
Hamilton Schultz
Roseville
Harry Cunningham
Henri Page
Oldfield
Cleveland
Oldfield's Automobile Kills Spectator at Detroit Track
Barney Oldfield's racing car at the Grosse Pointe track in a ten mile open event suffers a front tire explosion. The car crashes through a fence, injuring spectator Frank Shearer fatally. Oldfield escapes with injuries while two other cars also crash but cause no injuries.
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Detroit
Barney Oldfield
Grosse Pointe
Frank Shearer
Oldfield
Head of Diamond Robber to be Cut Off for Identification
Columbus police plan to have the head of the dead diamond robber cut off and preserved at the morgue for identification. The body was not embalmed after the hold up at Daniels pawnshop Saturday night, forcing burial without delay.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus
Daniels
Three Hundred Employees Demand 25 Percent Raise
Three hundred men in the freight department of the Jeffersonville Indiana branch of the American Car and Foundry Company struck for a 3 percent increase after earning between fifteen and twenty two cents per hour.
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Wales
Louisville
Jeffersonville
Ind
American Car and Foundry Company
Cincinnatian Held on Bigamy Charge in Local Case
James Liebenrood, once a Cincinnati resident at the Strafford Hotel, faces bigamy charges in the county court. Attorney Joseph Fox seeks to enter a seven year old divorce decree from Judge Kumler, never recorded, to legitimize Liebenrood’s remarriage in Kansas City. The case centers on missing court minutes and a disputed divorce.
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James Liebenrood
Strafford Hotel
Kansas City
Common Pleas Court
Joseph Fox
Pfleger
Philip Kumler
Fox
Lieben
Rood
Covington
Kumler
Liebenrood
Solicitor Hunt Sues Transportation Lines Over Transfers
City Solicitor Hunt filed suit in the Superior Court on behalf of Cincinnati against the Cincinnati Traction Company the Cincinnati Street Railway Company the Interurban Railway and Terminal Company the Cincinnati & Eastern Road and the Rapid Railway seeking an order to compel transfer issuance and acceptance under the 1896 franchise and Rogers law The suit asks to enjoin operations until the agreement with the Board of Public Service is complied with and transfers are issued and accepted by the Rapid Road and the Cincinnati & Eastern line for portions of Traction tracks used
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Hanna
Sheets
Cleveland
Supreme Court
People of
Superior Court
Hunt
Cincinnati
Cincinnati Traction Company
Cincinnati Street Railway Company
Interurban Railway and Terminal Company
Cincinnati & Eastern Road
The
Rapid Railway
Rogers
Cincinnati & Eastern Line
Rapid Road
Board of Public Service
Ohio Grocers Merge Behind Huge Capital Capitalized at Ten Million
In Columbus on September 9 a major Ohio grocery merger was formed with a capital stock of 10 000 000. Fifty large wholesale and grocery stores from Ohio attended the meeting and approved the plan to unite to cut costs for wholesale purchases. The new company aims to coordinate buying with three 5 000 000 combines in Iowa and Michigan.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus
Ohio
Iowa
Michigan
Seth Low Indorsed by Fusion Meeting for Mayor
In New York on September 9, Seth Low was endorsed as the fusion candidate for mayor by all fusion bodies except the Greater New York Democracy and the Kings County Democracy. The endorsing groups include the Citizen's Union and several county and ethnic leagues. Mayor Low said he was highly pleased upon learning of the endorsement.
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New York’s
Seth Low
Richmond Counties
Republican Committees
Kings County Democracy
Fat man toe injury may cost leg in Atlantic City
Chester, Pa. Sept. 9. Robert Potter may lose a leg after a fat woman stepped on his toe while bathing in the surf at Atlantic City. Gangrene developed and doctors fear knee amputation may be needed.
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Bather
Atlantic City
Robert Potter
Bread shortage after Panama bakers strike over hours
Panama on September 9 reports no bread as the Bakers Union orders a general strike over working hours in a dispute with master bakers.
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Panama
Bakers
Judge of Supreme Court Marry in Trinity Church
Miss Jessie Myers stenographer to ER Randall and Judge William Z. Davis of the Supreme bench were married at Trinity Church by Rev. Dr. J. W. Atwood. Judge Davis is 64. After a lake trip they will live on Jefferson Avenue.
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Ohio
Cleveland
Commercial Tribune
Columbus
Jessie Myers
ER. O. Randall
Supreme Court
Wiliam Z. Davis
Supreme Bench
Trinity Church
J. W. Atwood
Judge Davis
Jefferson Avenue
Great Britain Relies on American Warships in Beirut
London officials and press report rising tensions in the Near East as riots continue in Beirut. Turkish officials welcome a Russian Austrian coercive plan, while Nazim Pasha arrives to restore order. Britain has not dispatched ships, counting on American warships to guard consulates.
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London
Near East
Turkey
Bulgaria
Sofia
Beirut
Nazim Pasha
Syria
Great Britain
Consuls Fear Dynamite At Salonica Amid Turmoil
Sofia dispatch notes Dnevnik report consuls urge ambassadors to deploy warships at Salonica. A 600 rebel band clashed with Turkish troops near Melnik and Demirhissar with heavy Turkish casualties. Prilep Monastir ringed by troops. Okhrida district residents join insurgents in the mountains. Adrianople vilayet authorities order mills and granaries destroyed as thousands of women and children hide and starve.
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Sofia
Bulgaria
Dnevnik
Salonica
Melnik
Demirhissar
Prilep
Monastir
Okrida
Adrianople Vilayet
Consular Dispatches Clash Over Beirut Riots
Beiruts consular reports conflict with the Turkish account of recent unrest. They say Mussulmans attacked Christians first and troops supported the attackers. A French citizen owned a pillaged house. Consuls urged warships to protect Europeans. Rear Admiral Cotton refused to land marines.
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Constantinople
Beirut
Cotton
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Henry Oldfield
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Zanes
Ville
James Mourin
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Ross Bealer
Shearer
Columbus Police
Transportation Lines
Ohio Grocers
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Democracy
Kings County
Democ
Fusion Movement
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