Indictment Sought for Tamany Hall Leaders in Sulzer Case
Albany judge Lynn J. Arnold urges district attorneys to indict Charles Murphy Aaron Levy and James Frawley over alleged conspiracy to oust Governor Sulzer. He cites testimonies and notes money used in political attacks, warning a greater crime may be charged as investigations proceed.
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New York
Charles F. Murphy
Tammany Hall
Aaron J. Levy
Assembly
James Frawley
Sulzer
Albany
Lynn J. Arnold
Arnold
Jnly
Knickerbocker Press
Rays
Murphy
Levy
Frawley
Whitman
Albany County
Baby undergoes record pediatric appendectomy in Chicago
Robert Seprzing, 13 months old, was operated on for appendicitis here becoming the city's youngest patient to endure the procedure. Doctors report he is expected to recover rapidly and return home soon.
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Chicago
Robert
Seprzing
Governor Colquitt vetoes cut nearly four million in Texas bills
In Austin Governor Colquitt vetoed series of measures from the special session cutting nearly 3.6 million from appropriation bills as the session ended Wednesday. The Cross-Dundee bout in Los Angeles was postponed indefinitely after the death of John Bull Young, a request noted by Cross.
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Austin
Tex
Colquitt
Cross-Dundee
Johnny Dundee
Vernon Arena
John
Bull") Young
Cross
Trains Rear-End Collision Injures Twenty-Eight in Newburg
Twenty eight persons were injured in a rear end collision between two St Louis and San Francisco trains in Newburg Missouri. No serious injuries reported.
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Newburg
St. Louis
San Francisco
Mulhall Repeats Charges Against Representative McDermott
Former National Association of Manufacturers lobbyist Mulhall testifies before the house lobby committee alleging McDermott of Illinois to have tipped him off repeatedly about pro labor legislation favored by NAM opponents. Witnesses recount payments to and employment of lawyers and ex-representatives amid ongoing Senate inquiries into NAM officers.
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Washington
McDermott
Wiinois
National Association of Manufacturers
Catanel Mulhall
Association
House
Mulhall
AfeMichael
Mulheil
Henry BE. Davis
Davis
Congress
Taft
Senate
Martin M. Mullall
H. BE. Mills
D. M. Parry
John Kirby, Jr
James ©. Watson
Tariff Board
Guards hold Mexican labor camp after night battle
Sheriff Motter and twenty deputies guard a camp of Mexican railroad laborers near Henry as a night battle ends with one man killed. In Minneapolis a 17 year old girl Weather Sternberg vanished after wandering from her bed in a somnambulistic state. In Chicago Henry Korthagen a painter died by leaping from the Masonic temple roof onto State Street pedestrians nearby.
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Henry, Ll
Motter
Minneapolis
Minn
Wsther Sternberg
Chicago
Masonic Temple
Henry Korthagen
van State Street
Governor commutes eight Missouri convicts on Good Reads days
Jefferson City Aug. 26 Governor Major commuted sentences of eight convicts who labored on public highways during Good Reads days. Each man received thirty days off his term. In Dubuque Iowa Aug. 26 a burned barn body is identified as Mrs Stermweis, suspected of murdering her husband and three children then killing herself.
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Missouri
Jefferson City
Major
Dubuque
Stermweis
World Backing Up Pressure on Huerta Over Mexican Peace
President Wilson's envoy John Lind may leave Vera Cruz on short notice as Huerta's government appears to misread the peace mission. Diplomatic support from Britain France Japan and many Latin American states grows for U S efforts to settle the Mexican revolution peacefully. France and Japan indicate they will not welcome Huerta envoys while Paris signals limits on de la Barra and Diaz. Latin American backing for Wilson's peace policy is noted in Washington.
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Mexico City
Euilassy
John Lind
Vera Cruz
Huerta
United States
Washington
Great Britain
France
Japan
Paris
Politenare
Pichon
Francisco de la Barra
Pslix Diaz
Tokio
Tent collapse during storm at Gentry Bros circus
A violent electrical storm and strong winds hit Chicago on Thursday night, killing one and injuring many as a tent from the Gentry Bros circus collapsed, trapping 309 spectators. The overturned canvas crushed the east side and dropped onto the west seating area causing panic and cries to be heard for blocks.
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Chicago
Gentry Bros
Archbold Sails Feeble Departure for England
John D. Archbold, vice-president of Standard Oil, left New York for England aboard a vessel. He appeared feeble and leaned on his secretary as he boarded, signaling a frail condition during the departure.
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Archbold
New York
John D. Archbold
Standard Oil Company
England
Plan 901 Foot Skyscraper in New York by Pan-American State
A skyscraper plan in New York envisions a topmost tower rising 901 feet above street level. The project is attributed to the Pan-American State association with an estimated cost of 5 million dollars.
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St Louis
Municipal Assembly
New York
Pan-American State Association
Thaw Reaches Truce With Lawyers On Arraignment
Harry K Thaw, reconciled with Canadian counsel, will be arraigned in Superior Court on a writ of habeas corpus after spending Sunday in Sherbrooke jail. He vows not to fear the outcome, cites facing the death chair twice, and anticipates possible deportation to Vermont. Thaw seeks publicity and says he may address leading Vermont papers. Governor La Force warns of a potential murderers cell if escape risks arise.
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Sherbrooke
Que
Harry K.uhaty
William Travers Jerome
New York
Thaw
Matteawan
Kely
Vermont
la Force
Jal
Foel
New Tariff Law By Sept 16
Washington August 26 Senator Simmons chairs the senate finance committee said the tariff measure could be completed and passed by September 4 and signed by President Wilson by September 16 barring delay. harmony marks senate debate with no expected major changes. finance committee members will meet nightly to approve proposed changes.
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Washington
Simmons
Senate Finance Committee
Senate
Conference Committee
Wilson
Finance Committee
Jack London House Burns In Sonoma County Blaze
San Francisco Aug 25 All perishable parts of Jack Londons magnificent new stone castle on his ranch near Gleneflex Sonoma county were destroyed by fire. The blaze gutted the structure but no lives are reported lost and the cause is under investigation.
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Jack London
San Francisco
Cal
Gleneflex
Sonoma County
Arc
Bankers See Merit in Plan to Reduce Bank Reserves
Washington aug 26 in response to Chicago bankers criticisms administration forces in the house plan to tighten lines and back the currency bill as is while rooms for hearings open on the senate side senator Owen says there is merit in reducing reserve quantities and allowing country banks to keep some reserves in large cities though changes are not expected in the house Shafroth to introduce a plan to retire existing currency except silver certificates and issue treasury notes with gold reserve would shift currency control to the government and save substantial interest Bryan endorsed the measure and opposed interlocking directorates in banks within the bill
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Washington
Chicago
House
Senate
Congress
Owen
Senate Currency Committee
Senate Committee
Bankers’ Conference
Shafroth
Currency Committee
Treasury
Shairoth
Bryan
Carter Glass
Wilson
White mob dynamites stores in Mitchell Georgia incident
A mob of about fifty armed white men attacked a Black settlement in Mitchell Moultrie Ga on August 25. They dynamited two brick stores and a two story frame building and engaged in a public safety event lasting over an hour. Casualty numbers were unclear. The violence followed an incident involving a white boy and a Black merchant named Gradley whose store was destroyed.
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Moultrie
Mitchell
John Davis
Gradley
Wradley
Agroplane Flight Abandoned Over Britain Weather
Yarmouth England August 25 hydro aeroplane flights around Great Britain started at Southampton have been indefinitely postponed due to bad weather.
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Yarmouth
Eng
Great Britain
Southampton
Scars of Girls Leap at Fire in Montreal
A fire at the Rideau Shoe company building in Montreal on August 26 forced about twenty five to sixty girls to leap sixty feet into life nets. Many were injured and the loss totaled roughly $125,000.
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Montreal
Rideau Shoe Company
Knockout Fatal to Young in Los Angeles Bout
Cowboy heavyweight John W. Young known as Bull dies in hospital after being knocked out by Jess Willard in the eleventh round of a fight in Los Angeles.
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Young
Los Angeles
Cal
John W
Bull) Young
Jess Willard
Couple in death pact ends lives in Indianapolis
Aug 25. Roy Gross age 22 and Hazel Stewart age 22, two married women, wrapped in each other’s arms, died in Indianapolis from a suicide pact carried out with carbolic acid.
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Indianapolis
Roy Gross
Hazel Stewart
Gunboat Sank During Swedish Fleet Maneuvers
During maneuvers near Malmo Sweden an armored ship collided with and sank a gun boat. No details of the disaster have been received.
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Malmo
Sweden
Umbrella Customs Mirror Coca Cola Critique
A lighthearted parable links an old lady’s bias to Coca Cola’s caffeine claim. It argues caffeine is caffeine whether in tea coffee or Coca Cola and notes critics select excuses to justify prejudice. The piece urges readers to be fair and avoid double standards.
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William
Hearth Hunger and roots of modern labor in Atlantic quote
Cornelia A. P. Comer argues in Atlantic that bread alone cannot satisfy humanity. Deep needs extend to heritage, ancestry, and purposeful work beyond consumer cravings, asserting a timeless link between home, mill work, and the core of human identity.
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Hic
Cornelia A. P. Comer
Atlantic
Why Couldn't They Eat Watermelon Papa Remembers
In a family scene Paxton avoids bananas and mamma fears the food. Jean, age five, declares her love for watermelon but laments that no one buys it for her. Papa asks why she cannot eat it, and she answers that it is because she isn’t bought any. Each line shows a playful family moment with simple dialogue.
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Papa
Mamma
Paxton
Jean
Conjugated, Inquisitive Friend
Dialogue snippet shows a punning exchange about mood and command as Bupeck notes his wife has only one mood the imperative and he is subject to that from Judge.
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Bupeck
Stage Honors and Cooks Not Measured by References
A reflective line about fuss over stage honors and the idea that praise cannot feed a hungry diner, suggesting that judging a cook by references does not reflect culinary substance.
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