Race Riots Erupt As Band Arres Eleven Prisoners
In Brookeville Florida a clash between a posse and armed black men left one man dead. Eleven black prisoners were taken from three deputy sheriffs the day before near here. The posse failed to capture them. Will Armstrong was fatally shot as resistance continued. Six black suspects were arrested as others fled fearing further violence. The incident ends with a view that the trouble may be over though fear remains.
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Brookeville
Fla
Terrell
Will Armstrong
Rushing Arms to Americans in Cananea District
Washington reports the state department is racing to arm Americans in the Cananea district against rebel violence. A resident requests 500 rifles and 200 rounds per gun, prompting efforts to locate nearby supplies and an anticipated Taft exception to the border arms proclamation.
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Washington
State Department
Cananea
Taft
Face Charge of Murder East Liverpool
John Coburn aged 21 and Mary Burrows 35 were arrested after hiding in woods ten miles north of East Liverpool. They are charged with murdering Richard Burrows, a wealthy contractor murdered Monday night. His body showed a crushed head and a gunshot wound. Bloodied clothing and a bloodstained cane were found in his house.
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Liverpool
Here
John Coburn
Mary Burrows
Richard Burrows
Burrows
Coburn
Fire Destroys Garage Spreads to Two Hotels In Minneapolis
A fire starting in a garage swept two downtown Minneapolis hotels yesterday. One man died by suffocation as guests fled to the street. another registered guest, Morris Johnson, lost his wife while tearing clothing to make a rope to escape. His door was jammed, hampering the attempt.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Morris Johnson
Three Dead In Raddy Mine Flood
Sept 10 report from Elwabik says three men imprisoned in the Raddy mine are dead. They were believed to be in the sub level above the water, but investigators found they lie on a deeper level likely buried under six to eight feet of water after a cloudburst flooded the mine Wednesday.
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Elwabik
Raddy
Motorcycle racer kills six and injures many in crowd
Eddie Hasha of Waco Texas, holder of several world records for motorcycle racing, plunged into a crowd in Newark New Jersey on September 9 causing the death of six people including himself and injuring thirteen others. Witnesses describe chaos as spectators fled and emergency crews attended the scene.
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Newark
N. J
Eddie Hasha
Waco
Texas
Cloudburst Floods Roanoke Streets Causes Big Damage
A Saturday cloudburst in Roanoke Indiana dumped heavy rains and flooded the town for hours, causing hundreds of dollars in damage to streets and nearby properties in Roanoke and surrounding areas.
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Roanoke
Ind
Explorers Reach Seattle After Arctic Expedition
Vilhimar Stefansson, Arctic explorer, arrived in Seattle from Nome yesterday. He left New York City in April 1908 on an ethnological expedition for the American Museum of Natural History.
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Seattle
Wash
Vilhimar Stefansson
New York City
American Museum of Natural
Tory
Nome
Yeaterday
Circus Employees Injured in Indiana Railroad Crash
Boaneville Indiana September 10 William Seott fifty of Chicago was fatally amended in a railroad accident yesterday. His companion Cliff Reed pnati lost leg. They were re with a droun.
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Boaneville
Ind
William Seott
Chicago
Cliff Reed
Pnati
Taft weighs Mexico intervention as troops poised on border
Washington reports acuteness in Mexican unrest with Taft proposing a potential extraordinary session of Congress to authorize any intervention. Cavalry units are ordered to the border and munitions sent to Cananea amid debate over whether to deploy the American army if Congress approves.
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Washington
Mexico
Congress
United States
Taft
Madero
Texas
New Mexico
State Department
Leonard Wood
President Taft
Beverly
Thirteenth Cavalry
Fort D. A. Russell
Wyoming
Ninth Cavalry
Fort Riley
Kan Sap
Third Cavalry
Victoria Ranch
Fourth Cavalry
Fort Huachuca
Arivaca
Ariz
Cananea
Mass
ABC
Republican Party
Molllions
Most Beautiful Woman of Frieco's Night Life Found Murdered
Lydia Berger, famed as Frieco's nightlife queen, was found dead in her San Francisco bedroom with the head severed and body slashed. Her maid discovered the scene as blood covered walls and carpet. Diamonds and jewelry worth thousands vanished, suggesting robbery as the motive.
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Frieco
San Francisco
Cal
Lydia Berger
Lover claims she plotted husband’s murder in Shreveport case
Mrs C C Bailey and A L Watson, jailed for the murder of C C Bailey, confess. Bailey says Watson planned the crime with her but that Watson alone did the killing, striking the wealthy husband with an ax and chopping him nearly to pieces.
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Shreveport
C. C. Bailey
A. L. Watson
G A R Veterans Open Annual Encampment in Los Angeles
About 80 000 veterans of the Grand Army of the Republic and related groups arrive in Los Angeles for the forty sixth encampment opening with a mass meeting. The event runs through September 14 with entertainment, excursions, and health arrangements arranged by the city and affiliated bodies.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Grand Army of the Republic
Women’s Relief Corps
Grand Army
Ladies of the G. A.R
Daughters of Veterans, National Asociation
Army Nurses
National Association of Union Ex-Prisoners of War
Eight Held For Grafting In Clinton County
Clinton Iowa September 7 Thirty one indictments issued against three current and two former county officials and three contractors in Clinton county courthouse graft case. Names include George E. Wilson Jr and Charles E. Barr of Clinton Bridge and Iron company, Thomas E. Hauke ex supervisor, Charles Mordhouse ex supervisor, F W Leedham county auditor, W H McKenna county treasurer, Thomas J McLane and Frank Kearney supervisors. Indictments allege misappropriation of public funds.
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Clinton County
Clinton
George E. Wilson, Jr
Charles E. Barr
Clinton Bridge and Iron Company
Thomas E. Hauke
Charles Mordhouse
F. W. Leedham
W. H. McKenna
Thomas J. McLane
Frank Kearney
Charged With Killing Two in a Confessed Plot
Sheriff Flournoy reports written confessions from A L Watson and Mrs C C Bailey detailing a double murder plot to kill spouses. He says Mrs Watson was killed in Texas months ago, Watson then moved to Metcalf Louisiana and entered the Bailey home where Bailey was murdered Monday night.
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Shreveport
Watson
Metcalf
Bailey
Sherif Flournoy
Mount McKinley climber saves stranger with blood transfusion
In Tacoma on September 10 Belmore Browne of the Parker Browne expedition submitted to a blood transfusion to save the life of Miss Ethel Madden, a companion of Mrs. Cleghorn. The twelve hour operation at the American Lake summer colony ended with Madden recovering and Browne unharmed.
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Tacoma
Wash
Ethel Madden
Belmore Browne
Parker-Browne
Mount McKinley
Summer Colony
American Lake
Miss Madden
Cleghorn
Browne
Rout Rebels in Nicaragua Battle Yields Heavy Losses
Panama on September 10 reports that government forces captured Pagaya and Saratoga, key towns near Masaya, after a major battle in Nicaragua. Many lives were lost on both sides as revolutionaries were routed, leaving arms, ammunition, and some field artillery behind.
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Panama
Nicaragua
Pagaya
Saratoga
Masaya
Maracaso Velasquez
Fire saves sixty-two from Degraw Street tenements blaze
New York dispatch reports four Brooklyn police officers rescued sixty-two people from a deadly Degraw street fire. Forty-eight children were among those saved as smoke overpowered residents in a row of burning tenements. The arson or cause remains undetermined and no deaths were recorded.
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Baved
New York
Degraw Street
Brooklyn
Mrs MacArthur Stricken After Shock From Hubby's Death
Mrs MacArthur widow of Lieutenant General MacArthur is in serious condition at her Milwaukee home after the shock of learning her husband died while addressing Civil War comrades.
Governor appoints Wykes attorney general in Michigan
Governor Osborn announced the appointment of Roger J. Wykes of Grand Rapids as attorney general to succeed Frank Kuhn who was named a justice of the state supreme court.
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Lansing
Mich
Osborn
Roger J. Wykes
Grand Rapids
Frank Kuhn
Supreme Court
Train Kills Entire Family Near Spring Hill Kansas
On Sunday at the Frisco tracks near Spring Hill Kansas Arthur Chapman his wife and their son George were struck by a passenger train and killed while crossing the tracks. The tragedy occurred as the family attempted to cross the line from Kansas City Missouri. The incident is reported from the Frisco railroad corridor.
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Kansas City
Spring Hill
Kan
Arthur Chapman
George
Straus Nominated by New York Progressives for Governor
In Syracuse on Sept 7 Oscar S Straus former ambassador and cabinet officer was unanimously chosen by the New York Progressives as their governor candidate after a dramatic convention moment when J C McGee vaulted to the platform. The crowd roared as Straus accepted and the ticket was set with Davenport Call King and others.
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Syracuse
N. Y
Oscar
Straus
New York Progressives
Timothy L. Woodruff
William H. Hotchkiss
William A. Prendergast
New York
J. C. McGee
New York County
Jack’ McGee
McGee
Mr. Straus
Hotchkiss
Woodruff
J.J. Kingsbury
J. W. Earnshaw
Oscar S. Straus
Frederick M. Davenport
Onsida
Homer D. Call
Horatio C. King
Kings
John Palmiert
O. M. Leland
Tompkins
Court of Appeals
Charles C. Alden
Erie
George W. Kirschway
Ernest Crawcroft
Chautauqua
Johnson
California
Roosevelt
Iowa Progressives Nominate Full Governor Ticket
In Des Moines on September 6, Iowa Progressives nominated Judge John L. Stevens of Boone for governor by acclamation, forming a third party state ticket amid Roosevelt's arrival. They also named Lt. Governor E. G. Allison, Auditor C. F. Meyers, Treasurer N. F. Baker, Railroad Commissioner Ira Nichols, and Secretary of State H. A. Morey, with congressmen chosen by district caucuses. platform aligned with the national convention.
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John L. Stevens
Des Moines
Boone
Iowa
Judge Stevens
Roosevelt
E. G. Allison
Oneida
C. F. Meyers
Elkader
N. F. Baker
Lucas
Ira Nichols
Iona Falla
H. A. Morey
Waverly
Minister Burned to Death in Germantown Crash
Rev. H. Grefe pastor at Germantown Lutheran Church was burned to death Sunday while his children and others watched as a motor car wreck trapped him beneath the debris. The tragedy occurred near Paulina Iowa, leaving the community in shock and authorities investigating the cause of the blaze and wreck.
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Paulina
H. Grefe
Lutheran Church
Germantown
Hurricane Gweepe Strikes Labrador Coast
The northern Labrador coast was hit Sunday by a terrific hurricane. Reports say shipping damage is extensive and several persons are believed killed. Local authorities assess the storm's toll as crews survey wreckage along Saint John Bay.
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Labrador
St. John, N. B
Gen Arthur MacArthur dies at reunion in Milwaukee
Lieut Gen Arthur MacArthur United States Army retired died of apoplexy while addressing the last reunion of his Civil War regiment. Heat and exertion were blamed. Born Springfield Massachusetts June 2 1846 he enlisted at seventeen and rose from adjutant to lieutenant general in 1904 after service in Civil War Spanish American War and the Philippines insurrection. He resigned in 1909 and lived in Milwaukee until death.
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Milwaukee
Arthur MacArthur
S. A
MacArthur
General MacArthur
Springfield
Mass
Twentyfourth
Wisconsin Infantry
Perryville
Mission Ridge
Philippines
Oberlin Trustees Discuss Stock Market Gambles
Oberlin college trustees told Lorain county auditor O E Hascrodt how they monitor the stock market to buy low and sell high for the college endowment. Treasurer James L Serance said investments are planned by the board to maximize funds for extensive charities and operations.
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Oberlin
Elyria
Oberlin College
O. E. Hascrodt
Lorain County
James L. Serance
Submarine F-1 Sets Depth World Record in San Francisco Bay
The U S navy submarine F-1, commanded by Lieut James B Howell, dived 283 feet off Point Diablo in San Francisco Bay. It remained at depth for ten minutes cruising at six knots, then surfaced within 19 feet of the surface. The craft left Union Ironworks, moved through the Golden Gate, and circled a pilot boat eight miles out before its deep-water ascent.
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U. SS. Navy
San Francisco
United States Navy
Point Diablo
James B. Howell
Union Ironworks
Golden Gate
Rio de Janeiro
Begins 37th year in cell for Jesse Pomeroy
Boston report notes Jesse Pomeroy, once one of the United States' most notorious life prisoners, has completed thirty six years in solitary confinement at Charlestown State Prison. He is allowed daily yard exercise while others work and has self educated over the years.
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Boston
Jesse Pomeroy
United States
Charlestown
Pomeroy
Atlantic Fleet Head to Retire Osterhaus Succeeds Badger
Rear Admiral Hugo Osterhaus will retire from command of the Atlantic fleet and be succeeded by Rear Admiral Charles J. Badger around January 1. Secretary of the Navy George von L. Meyer announced Osterhaus will report to the Navy general board and Badger will take over the post.
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Osterhaus
Badger
Hamilton
Mass
Hugo Osterhaus
Charles J. Badger
Secretary of the Navy
George von L. Meyer
Navy General Board
Grace Taylor’s daughter dies in Nebraska gasoline blast
In Broken How Nebraska on September 10 Dr Grace Taylor daughter of Democratic Sixth Renrenes district candidate W J Taylor was fatally burned by a gasoline explosion at her home. In Fonda New York on September 10 W W Gale was killed and his wife lost her right foot in a high speed automobile crash from New Haven to Syracuse.
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Grace Taylor
W. J. Taylor
Congreve
Renrenes
Fonda
N. Y
New Haven
Let Us Have a Heart to Heart Talk on Dairy Policy
A call to producers and consumers to consider importing dairy goods and the nation’s food reliance. The author urges better farm profit, smarter farming, and participation in the National Dairy Show in Chicago from October 24 to November 2 to advance dairy industry interests.
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America
Middle West
Chicago
Treamery
International Amphitheater
West No Place for Consumptives
The National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis seeks to halt sending late stage consumptives with insufficient funds to the western United States for health. It notes 10 percent of 6 million in Colorado New Mexico Arizona southern California and western Texas may have tuberculosis or have—through affected families—moved west. Each year at least 10 000 advanced cases near death. many are too poor for basic necessities and rely on meager charity or starve in unfamiliar surroundings far from home.
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West
National Association For the Study and Prevention of
United States
Colorado
New Mexico
Arizona
California
Texas
National Association
Fragmentary 1920s Saying Mix on Charity and Korea Land
A clipped excerpt links “This free pulling of teeth” to large social functions with a wry remark about charity. It then mentions Korean arable land possibly increasing by 20 to 30 percent and notes Red Cross Hall Blue offering double value. The terse lines include ad slogans and aphorisms about speed and trouble.
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Korea
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Menigan Border
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MOOSE
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Hare of Two
Wara
NEW Atlantic Fleet
Red Cross Hall Blue
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