Saloon Debates and Global News In Brief
Oceanside votes for a dry precinct as a municipal saloon fight stalls. The steamer Norma sails the Columbia to Portland. Japan protests China sending troops to Manchuria to retake To nanfu from rebels. Western Pennsylvania endures deadly winds and floods with many missing. Britain seeks arbitration over the Panama Canal at The Hague. A Los Angeles resident to serve as best man at his nephew’s wedding. Emperor William reviews 60,000 German troops with aeroplanes and balloons. Four Arkansas sisters wed local planters. families to reside nearby. Chicago endures scorching heat and a massive storm causing million-dollar damage. Roosevelt aides Hearst and Archbold questioned by Senate on campaign funds. Klamath Indian George Gray begins 60-day liquor-violation sentence at home. England train crash leaves two dead and 40 injured. Nicaraguan rebels fire on American Marines. no injuries reported. Marines guard the Corinto rail link in Nicaragua. Funeral of General Booth sparks vast procession. his estate largely left to the Salvation Army. Mexican rebels vow no quarter for Americans after September 15 if Madero remains in office.
Ohio Refuses Suffrage in Early Ballot Returns
Early returns from Ohio show women's suffrage failing across Cleveland Cincinnati Columbus Toledo and Dayton with urban areas voting against while farming districts favored the amendments. The initiative and referendum measure overall passes with 63 093 for 35 085 against and liquor license proposals pass 56 341 to 20 942.
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Cincinnati
Toledo
Dayton
Portland Markets Report Prices Across Grains Fruit and Livestock
Portland markets list wheat track prices bluestem forty fold and valley grains. barley and corn values along with hay and oats figures. Fresh fruits show apples peaches plums pears grapes blackberries cantaloupes and watermelons with crate and box pricing. Livestock and dairy include hogs sheep cattle and veal values plus eggs butter and poultry rates for Eastern Oregon and valley markets.
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Valley
Walla Walla
Burbanks
Roosevelt Progressives Fall Short in Vermont Governor Race
Roosevelt third in Vermont as Taft Republicans win by nearly double the Progressive vote and Democrats outpace the Bull Moose. Early returns from 217 of 246 towns show Fletcher leading Republicans with about 25 602 votes and Metzger the Progressive at 14 220, while Roosevelt totals hover around 16 429 with Democrats 19 835.
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Vermont
Bull Moose Party
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Howe
Metzger
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Salter
Mead
Watson
Towle
Ordway
Bonuses Paid to Alexander Smith & Sons Mills Workers
In Yonkers New York bonuses totaling 70000 were paid to 2100 employees of Alexander Smith & Sons Carpet company on Wednesday. Workers with ten years or more service received ten percent of six months wages ending June 30 and those with five to ten years received five percent. This follows prior years of similar gifts including 65000 to 600 five to ten year employees last March and 40000 to ten year staff in August 1911. The Smith plant is described as the world’s largest carpet manufactory.
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Yonkers
N. Y
Alexander Smith & Sons Carpet Company
Eva Smith Cochran
Alexander Smith Cochran
Gifford A. Cochran
Smith
Vancouver Has Tong War
Vancouver reports a Tong war flare up in Market Lane as about 300 Chinese men clash with clubs and stones. Affected Chinatown windows were smashed and several people were beaten before helpers moved many unconscious victims to safety.
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Vancouver
B. C
China
Market Lane
Chinatown
Manchurian General Defeats Mongolian Force Near Tonanfu
Pekin dispatch reports General Chang Cho Lin routed a large Mongolian force after a 12 hour battle near Tonanfu. Mongols suffered about 1000 killed and 700 captured. Five guns and substantial ammunition seized by Chinese forces.
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Chicago
Chao Erh Heun
Manchuria
Pekin
China
Chicago Daily News
Chang Cho Lin
Tonanfu
Widespread Storm Wreckage Clears Across Pennsylvania Ohio
Rescue work continues after a weekend storm across Western and Northern Pennsylvania West Virginia and Ohio. Fatalities reach 40 with losses estimated at 2 million dollars. Farmers and railroads suffer most as Salineville Ohio is nearly wiped out by flood.
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Pittsburg
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Ohio
Salineville
Chicago Sizzles in Heat Wave as Five Die Prostrations Rise
Chicago and nearby areas faced an all day heat wave with temperatures near 96 on Saturday and above 100 in streets. Five adults died and many suffered heat prostrations while residents fled to the lake or resorts to escape the oppressive conditions. The corn crop benefited from the warmth, though heat still claimed lives and strained city services.
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Federal Building
Illinois
Indiana
Michigan
Wisconsin
School Frats Condemned by Judge Gibbons in Oak Park
Judge John Gibbons ordered the reinstatement of Edward Smith, a former Oak Park High School pupil expelled over alleged membership in a high school fraternity. The court found no evidence he belonged to a secret society. The judge condemned secret societies as a menace to law and order and cited their culture of insubordination and deceit.
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Chicago
John Gibbons
Edward Smith
Oak Park
Gibbon
Bellicose Meeting Demands Turkish Troop Exit From Samos
A mass meeting on the Greek island of Samos sent a resolution to foreign consuls calling for Turkish troop withdrawal and a constitutional revision. The Russian consul pledged troop departure once the island police force is organized. Samos lies off Asia Minor near Smyrna and is an autonomous principality under Turkish sovereignty.
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Athens
Samos
Asia Minor
Smyrna
Turkey
Transisthmian Canal to Handle Traffic in 1913
Colonel George Goethals chief engineer of the Panama Canal says the big trans Isthmian ditch will handle inter oceanic traffic in September 1913 as a trial run for the formal opening in 1914. Clarence H Matson secretary of the Los Angeles board of harbor commissioners was addressed in the letter.
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Los Angeles
Clarence H. Matson
Two American Marines Dead as Nicaragua Sees Siege
Reliable information from Nicaragua reports two American marines killed. Managua Granada and Magaya remain beleaguered with inhabitants of the latter two towns approaching starvation.
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Nicaragua
Managua
Granada
Magaya
Rebels Overrun Areas in Nicaragua Threaten Managua
Reports to the State Department describe well armed bands roaming near Managua terrorizing residents and looting. A 500 man U S Marines detachment under Commander Terhune is moving from Corinto toward Managua to reopen rail links and evacuate about 125 Americans feared besieged inland.
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State Department
United States
Latin America
Madero
Mexico
Panama
Cuba
Santo
Corinto
Managua
Americana
Mexican official lauds canal link to U S at San Francisco
Senor Rafael Hernandez secretary of the Interior of Mexico said Mexico will profit from the Panama Canal, second longest Pacific coast, and progress must pace the United States. He noted Mexico’s awakening opportunities during a San Francisco visit with Albert Madero and Emerterio de la Garza, after a bay cruise and luncheon with city and exposition representatives.
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Senor Rafael Hernandez
Interior of
Mexico
Madero
United States
Senor Hernandez
Panama Canal
Pacific
Albert Madero
Emerterio de la Garza
Chamber of Commerce
Bay
Death Reveals Reverses of a Early Mining Magnate
San Francisco janitor Fred Bormann died alone in a squalid lodging house. Once a theater magnate and intimate of the bonanza kings, he invested in mining stock during the Comstock rush, grew rich with Flood Fair and Mackay, then lost it all and severed ties with old associates years ago after arriving in San Francisco 46 years ago from Germany.
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Fred Bormann
Bonanza Kings
Cometack
Nev
Flood
Fair
Mackay
Bormann
Germany
Rebels besiege Cananea as Americans moved to copper camps
Reports from Nogales say rebels surround Cananea with many Americans relocated to copper camps awaiting an imminent attack. Bridges to the East are burned by invaders and an aid appeal to Federal officials was sent by Mrs. Sarah Wood, Southern Pacific agent, for herself and her 16-year-old daughter. Wires were cut shortly after the message arrived.
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Ariz
Cananea
Sarah Wood
Southern Pacific
Santa Cruz
Shorty
Alaska coal claims reduced as land office cancels hundreds
Juneau reports the general land office canceled 300 of 1100 Alaska coal claims. Most cancellations cite failure to file patent applications within legal time. Four Rathbone group claims were struck for not making locations in good faith. Forty-three Watson group claims were canceled.
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Juneau
Alaska
General Land Office
Rathbone Group
Watson Group
Los Angeles Quarantine Over Infantile Paralysis Eases
Los Angeles ends a quarantine that barred children under 15 from theaters, Sunday schools, parks, and playgrounds for over a month. In August 20 moving picture theaters shut due to lack of patrons following the order.
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Los Angeles
Chicago Population Rises by 62,216, Census Estimates
A local city directory cites Chicago population at 2, 326,400, or 2,826,400 in an alternate count, marking a net gain of 62,216 over last year’s figure. The source notes the estimate comes from a census effort for the directory.
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