Fresh Outbreak Fears Rise as Pinchot Nears Congress
Denver reports renewed interest in conservation issues at the trans Mississippi commercial congress as Gifford Pinchot is expected to arrive. John Barrett urges closer U S Latin American trade aided by tariff reciprocity efficient steamship service banks and cultural familiarity to expand the United States role in the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Gifford Pinchot
Spokane
Latin America
United States
Mexico
el Paso
Panama
Cuba
New Orleans
Panama Canal
John Barrett
International Bureau of American Republics
Congress
Asia
Europe
Sailors Rescued From Arlington Wreck Off Long Beach
Seven men including the captain of the Boston schooner Arlington were saved from the bowsprit after the ship ran aground on a sandbar off Long Beach New Jersey amid heavy easterly seas. Long Beach life savers fought surf for hours to reach the crew with attempts using a Lyle gun and breeches buoy proving unsuccessful before a small craft finally evacuated the men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Arlington
Boston
Long Beach
L. J
Sandy Hook
Long Island
Cand
Great Conspiracy in High Finance Stock Robbery
New York August 17 District Attorney Jerome links a plea to reduce $50,000 bail for note broker Donald L Persch to a larger conspiracy. He says Heinze mining stock collateral sale was a ramification of a scheme by men in high finance to crush a rival and that a financial institution was maligned by an employee breach of trust.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Donald L. Persch
Jerome
Persch
Prison Reform Debate Opens at American Prison Congress
In Seattle on August 17 Governor Albert Gilchrist of Florida addressed the opening session on Prison Reform in the South. Warden F. O. Hellstrom urged humane prison management and moral ethics, arguing for more schools and churches and less revenge to reduce jail and reformatories. The life-prison parole report was read by T. D. Wells as A. W. Butler opened discussion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seatle
Wash
Albert Gilchrist
Florida
American Prison Congress
South
F. O. Hellstrom
North Dakota
Hellstrom
T. D. Wells
Hartford
Conn
A. W. Butler
Indiana State Board of Charities
Indian Student Hanged for Curzon Wyllie Killing
Madarlal Dhinagyri was executed at Pantonville prison at 9 am for shooting Lieut. Col. Sir William Hutt Curzon Wyllie and Dr. Cawai Labaca after a July 1 gathering at the Imperial Institute. He was tried at the Old Bailey on July 23 and sentenced to death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Madarlal Dhinagyri
Imperial Institute
William Hutt Curzon-Wyllie
Cawai Labaca
Pantonville
Chinagri
Old Bailey
Curtiss sprains ankle. directs airship repairs
Curtiss, American aviator, injured his ankle in yesterday's accident at Rheims but today actively oversees airship repairs. Cortland Field Bishop denied Wright brothers planned suit over alleged rights violation, saying relations with Curtiss remain cordial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rheims
Glenn H. Curtiss
Cortland Field Bishop
Aero Club of America
Wright ‘Brothers
Curtiss
Wrights
Bids Opened for Philippine Improvement Bonds
Washington news reports bids opened at the bureau of insular affairs for one million five hundred thousand dollars in Philippine improvement bonds. Only six bids were received with the Riggs National Bank of Washington offering the highest bid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Bureau of’ Insular Affairs
National Bank ‘of Washington
Bank Reopens in Tipton After Cashier Disappearance
The First National Bank of Tipton reopened after the July 26 closure following the disappearance of Assistant Cashier Noah Marker. Deposits flowed in while officials noted large bundles of cash totaling about 250000 were displayed behind the desks amid a calm opening day.
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Tipton
Ind
First National Bank
Noah Marker
Mosquito Plague Hits Gulf Coast With Travel Decline
Galveston Texas reports a Gulf Coast mosquito plague harming stockmen and reducing coastal travel. Cattle suffer as thousands move toward the coast while workers flag trains to escape pests. Passengers cover faces and hands for protection though oil application in Galveston limits annoyance.
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Galveston
Texas
Gulf Coast
Gulf
Point Bolivar
German interior water routes study planned by Berlin delegation
Berlin reports Consul General Thatkara has gathered substantial material for the national waterways committee. Arrangements are made for a study of Germany s interior water routes with commissioners meeting the Prussian minister of public works to tour major canals and river improvements of the empire.
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Berlin
Thatkara
Grmany
Suicide attempt near Freiburger Hardware in Fort Wayne
Lucius Rettic a 19 year old South Bend man shot himself in the left breast with a revolver chosen from Freiburger Hardware at 1914 South Calhoun street Fort Wayne shortly after 9 o clock He was taken to St Josephs hospital where doctors report his condition serious due to potential complications He left a letter for his father expressing fatigue and discouragement Rettic had come to Fort Wayne three weeks earlier for work and stayed at the Coney Island cafe Ben Herber a store clerk was nearby as Rettic entered the shop and an apparent ruse to obtain the pistol was noted Police Chief Ankenbruck notified Rettics father about the incident
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Lucius Rettic
South Bend
Freiburger’ Hardware Company
South Calhoun Street
Rettie
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Bettie
Fort Wayne
Coney Island
Calhoun Street
Ankenbruck
Freiburger Hardware
Ben Herber
Aged Man Tumbles Down Cellar Stairway
George Schlink of 917 Hugh Street fell while entering the cellar door at 3 oclock Tuesday morning. He suffered potential skull fracture and severe upper body bruises, was examined at St Josephs hospital, and despite the seriousness of injuries, hopes for recovery remain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Schlink
Hugh Street
St. Joseph's Hospital
Burglars Leave Explosive Warning At Banner Laundry
On a Sunday night burglars attempted to crack the Banner laundry safe on East Columbia street leaving a back of laundry slip warning of nitro glycerine. A charge exploded damaging the safe area and blankets and bed spreads were ignited but smothered to prevent wider damage.
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Banner
East
Columbia Street
Thousands of men at Pressed Steel Car plant face uncertain restart
Pittsburg area reports over 2 000 new workers housed in McKees Rocks works and talks of resuming operations today. Destitute families strain the commissary as strike sympathizers fire at the Steel Queen ferry. state constabulary routed the crowd from the riverbank.
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Pittsburg
Pressed Steel Car Company
McKees Rocks
Steel Queen
Ritter Held Under Suspicion in Well Death Case
McComb Ohio August 17 James Ritter a painter was taken into custody in the death probe of his young wife and baby whose bodies were found in an abandoned well at their home Ritter testified he woke suddenly as if by a scream and followed the sound to the well stating his wife had threatened death by her own action The wife was Ritter s third wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McComb
Ohio
James Ritter
Ritter
War Balloon Grey Lock Breaks Free From Moorings
The war balloon Grey Lock escaped from its moorings in Brocton Massachusetts this forenoon before the basket was attached. The inflated craft, netted and weighted with sandbags, rose as a gust of wind freed it and sailed westward out of sight within minutes.
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Brocton
Mass
Grey Lock
Blue Army
Boston Fort Attack Ends in Blue Defense Victory
In Boston harbor the Red army invasion attack was repulsed by the Blue army. Captain T. H. Patten judged the attack annihilated. About two hundred troops from Forts Totten and Hamilton participated. Defenders lost sixteen of 120 men. Beverly reports four large transports near Salem bay with hostile aims, seen by President Taft at the summer White House.
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Boston
Boston Harbor
Red Army
Blue Army of
T. H. Patten
Totten
Hamilton
Beverly
Mass
Taft
White House
Salem Bay
Red Army Massed Attack In War Game Near Middleboro
General Tasker Bliss led a large Red force in a simulated invasion against General W A Pen's Blue defense. Artillery opened the battle with both sides exchanging fire as the engagement developed shortly after noon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleboro
Mass
Tasker H. Bliss
W. A. Pen
Weather Break: Heat to Ease Across Plains and Midwest
The Weather Bureau predicts a rapid relief from intense heat in the middle western states. Temperatures fall tonight in the plains and Missouri valley with showers, then spread to the middle and upper Mississippi and lower Ohio valleys by Wednesday. Eastern states show no prolonged heat. A new disturbance from the west arrives Thursday, moving through the plains central states and Great Lakes by Friday and Saturday, reaching the Atlantic coast by Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Weather Bureau
Middle Western
Plains States
Missouri Valley
Middle
Mississippi
Ohio
Central States
Great Lakes
Atlantic Coast
Hartford Senate Passes Prohibition Bill Over Governor
Hartford Conn August 17 The senate today passed the bill over the governor by a 13 to 11 vote. The measure grants licenses or permits and was described as a prohibition proposal with several provisos.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartford
Conn
Senate
Fortune Lodged in Lodge as Nieces Die Without Issue
The three weeks old daughter of J F and Clementine Deshon died at their Kentucky country home after birth saved a $100,000 Holt farm in the county for the Clark Mason's lodge of Jeffersonville Indiana if the nieces died without issue. Lawyers say the lodge has no claim to the property due to the birth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frankfort
J. F
Clementine Deshon
Jeffersonville
Ind
Coal production declines in 1908 amid financial downturn
The Geological Survey reports U.S. coal output in 1908 at 415,842,698 short tons valued at 532,314,117 dollars, with a 13.43 percent drop from 1907. Bituminous losses dominate, 15.75 percent, while 2,450 miners were killed and 6,772 injured nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Geological Survey
Pennsylvania
American Bankers Win 25 Percent of Hankow Sze-Chuen Loan
American bankers secured a quarter share of the Hankow Sze-Chuen road loan after talks at the foreign office with Henry P. Fletcher and Liang Tun Yen. The loan rises from 27.5 million to 30 million dollars, with Americans to supply materials and engineers and receive half of all future Sze-Chuen loans and branches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pekin
The
Foreign Board
Henry P. Fletcher
Change D'Affaires
Liang Tun Yen
Sze-Chuen
Canton
Sze- Chuen
Sze
Jir
Hankow-Canton
Éphi
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Pinchot-Ballinger
Attle
American Trade
Lyle
Heinze
Ado Adoln
Flo Chico
Madarlal Dhinagri
Pentonville
Edward H. Harriman
Tipton Bank
Noah
Germany
Waterways Committee
McKee’s
Anchorage
Kentucky
Lodge
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