Great Military Meet At Camp Taft In Toledo Exh ibition
Three thousand troops from every branch of the service perform at Camp Taft in Bay View park Toledo. Maj. Gen. Fred D. Grant commands the camp with Capt. A J Howley directing field events. Units from Fort Thomas Fort Benjamin Harrison Fort Sheridan Fort Leavenworth and Fort Omaha participate. The event draws thousands with a grandstand for eleven thousand spectators. The national council wraps up routine work as state superintendents and university leaders attend sessions. The convention ends Friday with excursions to Colorado Alaska and Seattle.
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Toledo
Camp Taft
Bay View Park
Uncle Sam's Army
Middle Western States
Fred. D. Grant
Department of the Lakes
A. J. Htowley
First Field Artillery
Second Infantry
Fort Thomas
Fort Meigs
Tenth Infantry
Fort Benjamin Harrison
Ind
Fifteenth Cavalry
Twenty-seventh Infantry
Fifth Artillery
Fort Sheridan
Ill
Third Battallion Engineers
Signal Corps
Fort Leavenworth
Kan
United States
National Council
N. C. Schaeffer
Pennsylvania
R. J. Aley
Indiana
Edwin G. Cooley
Chicago
Homer H. Seeley
Iowa State Normal School
E. T. Fairchild
Kansas
Colorado
Seattle
National Education Association Holds Denver Convention
Denver opens its forty seventh annual National Education Association convention. Teachers arrive from across the United States for the opening general session at the great Auditorium. President Lorenzo D. Harvey of Stout Institute presides as the gathering begins.
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National Education Association
Denver
Col
National Advocation Association
Lorenzo D. Harvey
Stout Institute
Menomi
Taft Begins Norwich 250th Anniversary Celebration
President Taft arrived in Norwich on July 6 with a civic program to mark the 250th anniversary of the settlement. He will review a military parade from the Buckham Memorial stand and deliver an address as the celebration runs through Tuesday.
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Norwich
Conn
John Mason
Taft
Buckingham Memorial
Descendants of the Signers Meet in Historic Philadelphia
The Descendants of the Signers gathered today in Philadelphia at the old state house the same chamber where the Declaration was adopted. Albert McClellan Mathews, of New Haven Connecticut, presided as president during the annual meeting.
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Philadelphia
Old State House
Albert McClellan Mathewson
New Haven
Conn
Paris Embassy Death Cancels Fourth of July Celebration
Rutherford Stuyvesant brother of Mrs Henry White died suddenly in Paris on Sunday. Due to the death the Fourth of July celebration planned at the American embassy was cancelled.
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Rutherford Stuyvesant
Henry White
Paris
Cushman Remains Critical Amid Pneumonia Illness
Representative Francis W. Cushman of Tacoma Washington is in critical condition at Roosevelt hospital after a recent minor operation and pneumonia. Hospital authorities report no improvement.
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New York
Francis W. Cushman
Tacoma
Wash
Roosevelt Hospital
Heavy Rains Halt Monterey Rail Traffic
Heavy rains in Monterey Mexico have halted train movement with no train entering or leaving since Thursday afternoon for points north and along the Matamoras division of the National railroad.
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Monterey
Mexico
Matamoras
National Railroad
Bristol voters face wet or dry election stir over prosperity
Bristol Virginia and nearby Bristol Tennessee residents watch a pivotal vote next Thursday on liquor legality. The contest pits prosperity against prohibition as supporters argue the city loses revenue while opponents fear social ills. Train and travel patterns from Abingdon highlight cross border interest.
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Bristol
Bristol, Tenn
State Street
Cumberland Gap
Louisiana State Line
Tennessee
North Carolina
Georgia
Alabama
Mississippi
Arkansas
Abingdon
Sheridan
Norfolk & Western Railway
Opponents Lose Heart Over Tariff Bill Vote Talk
Washington reports confident expectation that the senate will vote on the tariff bill by week’s end. Despite ongoing debates and many features to settle, fatigue over the long fight and Friday’s income tax decision have demoralized opponents across factions and parties.
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Washington
Senate
Finance Committee
Whakatane Towed After Collision Off Dun Genese
The British steamer Whakatane en route to New Zealand was towed to Dover in a sinking condition after a fog collision with the French steamer Circe off Dun genese. Circe sustained damage but continued to Rotterdam. No lives were lost though three hundred people were aboard Whakatane, and the near disaster was narrowly averted.
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Dover
England
New Zealand
Dungenese
Rotterdam
Regatta at Burlington Largest Mississippi motor boat event
Burlington Iowa July 6 under the Launch club of this city the largest motor boat regatta ever held on the Mississippi began with ten races from one to thirty miles for river craft from 20-footers to full cabin cruisers. Prizes are offered for each event with contestants from Memphis to St Paul and clubs on the Ohio Mississippi Cumberland and Missouri rivers. Evenings feature water carnivals and pyrotechnics. A visitors fund of 10000 was raised for entertainment.
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Burlington
Launch Club
Mississippi River
Mississippi
Memphis
St. Paul
Ohio
Miingis
Cumberland
Missouri
Taft Arrives in Beverly for Summer at Evans Cottage
President Taft visits Beverly Massachusetts on Independence Day as a full fledged resident. Mayor and postmaster greet him, crowds line the streets, and the Tafts head to their summer home at Woodbury Point. The coast and harbor show steady activity with the Sylph and Minnesota visible offshore.
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Beverly
Mass
Taft
Houston
Mra. Taft
Secret Service
Senate
Evans
Woodbury Point
Balem Bay
Heverly Harbor
Sylph
Marblehead Harbor
Minnesota
Police Chief O'Hara Shot in Kenosha Ambush
Kenosha Wisconsin July 6 Chief of Police O Hara was shot and wounded by a supposed horse thief while being taken to police headquarters. The assailant escaped. O Hara was not believed to be seriously hurt as the bullet passed through the chest without hitting a vital organ.
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Kenosha
Wis
O'Hara
Cleo O'Hara
Evidence Found in Leen Ling Case Warns of Lead
Word reached New York that Philadelphia police have found evidence connected to the Leen Ling case. Authorities decline details pending official release.
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Leen Ling
New York
Philadelphia
Sunrise on the Battlefield Lifted by Ling Flight
In a Philadelphia report Leon Ling the Chinese man accused of killing Elsie Sigel may have left the city aboard a tramp steamer on June 10, fueling speculation about his whereabouts and flight from the case.
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Leon Ling
Elsie Sigel
Philadelphia
Shake up in Kansas City Police Department prompts wide changes
Old timers note an unprecedented department upheaval as many commanding officers sergeants and patrolmen are moved. Captain Thomas P Flahive leaves No 4 to lead No 5 while Lieut Dewitt C Stone oversees No 4 acting as captain with aides Bergeanta J W Kincaid and S W Nocls newly promoted.
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Kansas City
Police Department
Thomas R. Marka
No. 4
Thomas P. Flahive
Plahive
No. 5
Westport
Dewitt C. Stone
Stone
Lieut. Stone
Bergeanta J. W. Kincaid
8. W. Nocls
Sergt
H. L. Goode
John Carry
No. 8
Mayor McClellan removes Commissioner Bingham in upheaval
New York reports major shake up as Mayor McClellan, after an investigation into police conduct, ousts Commissioner Theodore A. Bingham for defiance of orders. The move follows claims of persecution of George V. Duffy, a Brooklyn youth whose portrait lingered in the rogues gallery despite arrests lacking justification.
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McClellan
General Bingham
New York Police
New York
Rogues’ Gallery
City fire chief reshuffles after misconduct probe
The mayor seeks conviction of two leutenants under General Bingham, ordering their removal as retirements shake the regime. William F. Baker steps in as deputy commissioner signaling major policy changes and a stricter enforcement of law in cosmopolitan New York.
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General Bingham
Hts
William F. Baker
New York
Honest Man Seeks Higher Personal Property Assessment
A. C. Barler, Chicago manufacturer, asks the board to raise his personal property assessment from 9466 to 17406 and urges including his home at 1918 Arlington Place in the assessment. He proposes a value of 71 for his house and effects, and the suggestion is accepted by the board.
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Chicago
Diogenes
A. C. Barler
Barler
Arlington Place
Six New Charges Filed Against Kansas Grain Officials
Kansas City July 3 six new accusations charging discrepancies totaling 1401.70 have been filed against John W Radford former chief of the Kansas State Grain department and against A D Crofts ex chief, by Kansas Attorney General Fred Jackson.
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Kansas City
John W. Radford
Kansas State Grain Department
Kas
Fred 8. Jackson
Kansas
A. D. Crofts
Mrs Philip D Armour Ill After Appendicitis Operation
Mrs Philip D Armour of Chicago is seriously ill in a local hospital following an appendicitis operation. Due to the heat and her age, the family expresses concern but hopes for recovery. She was stricken Sunday.
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Chicago
Philip D. Armour
Celebration in Denmark marked by Danish American patriotism
Aarhus Denmark on July 6 witnessed a grand national day celebration for Danish American citizens. Crowds filled streets as flags waved and songs echoed across the city. Crown Prince attended in a gesture from his majesty, drawing participation from the American and Danish ministers and notable Danes such as George Brandes.
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Aarhbua
Denmark
America
Aarhus
Cutise
Kva Frederick
Max Henlus
Chicago
United States
George Brandes
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Hee, Wis
N. EA
Connecticut City
Cushman
State Dispensary
Tafts
Gaker
Bingham
Philip D. Armour Til
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