Wisconsin Insurance Commissioner Beedle Face Removal Over Civil Service Violations
Madison August 1 The Insurance Commissioner Geo E Beedle is accused of violating civil service law by levying deductions from two department employees for alleged political purposes and misdirecting funds to ally Rhodes. A secret civil service inquiry is underway as Beedle seeks renomination and could resign if action by the attorney general proceeds.
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Madison
Wis
Geo. E. Beedie
Beedle
Emergence
Rhodes
Order of the Merit Board
Washington
Corteirou
Famous women at Anglo American club opening in London
London August 1. Women entertained at the opening of the new Anglo American club house built to promote friendship between American and English women. The organization has been promoted by prominent American women and well known English peers. The event drew notable attendees and reflected a unique aim with much enthusiasm.
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London
Trunk Thieves Rob Adams Express of Large Sum
In New York on August 1, three men were arrested in Brooklyn as part of a scheme that drained Adams Express of about $199,990. Police say the gang used counterfeit checks and tags created by two job printer shops in league with two trunk thieves, including Jobs Cook and John Moule.
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New York
Brooklyn
Adams Express Company
Jobs Cook
John Moule
Express
Irish Americans Triumph at Dublin Athletic Meet
In Dublin Aug 1 the athletic meet saw Irish American athletes shine Melvin Shepperd won the half mile Lee Talbott took the hammer throw and Glouchen won the hundred yard dash Americans won all events with applause contrasting unfavorably with the English teams The Irish American athletes competed under orders from President Comner of the Irish American Athletic Club before a large crowd.
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Dublin
Melvin Shepperd
Lee Talbott
Glouchen
Comner
Athitie Cich
Flood and Storm Ravage Eastern North Carolina
News from Kingston Newbern Washington Beaufort Wrightsville and other towns details the destruction of life and property as floods and storms wash away bridges trestles and tracks. Telegraph and telephone lines remain down across eastern North Carolina for days delaying the full report.
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Raleigh
XN. C
North Carolina
Teday
Kingston
Newbern
Washington
Beaufort
Wrightsville
Auditorium as a Market Place in La Crosse
Discussion on using the city auditorium as a market place and public meeting venue with plans to modify the building before November 15 for revenue, a possible rental, and future use during the interstate fair and for political meetings.
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la Crosse
Saengerfest Association
Utermoeh
Prof Schubert Admitted to Bar in La Crosse
Prof A H Schubert of La Crosse is among seventeen who passed the bar examination from forty five takers. He has been reengaged as a La Crosse high school teacher. As he is out of the city, it is unclear if this affects his status at Piasa.
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A. H. Schubert
la Crosse
Schubert
la Crosse High School
R. B. Hauge
Hauge
Munson
Lackawanna Strike Seems Likely At Buffalo
The Lackawanna Railroad faces a likely strike after President Truesdale refused to meet the Switchmen's union grievance committee over two discharge cases. Union leaders Hawley and the executive board are in executive session. A later statement is expected, with limited impact on other rail lines.
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Buffalo. N
Truesdale
Lackawanna Railroad
Hawley
Lackawanns Switchmen
Buffalo
Roosevelt
Haskell Fights Saloon Open Violation Promises Jail
Oklahoma Gov. Haskell declares in Guthrie that any saloon violating the Billups law will be jailed immediately. He says no questions have arisen about the law’s validity.
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Guthrie. Okis
Haskell
Oklahoma
Billups
Police Seek Blair Name in Frisco Kidnapping Case
National authorities pursue a man calling himself F. J. Blair who abducted 12 year old Veronica Cassidy. He is linked to a possible San Francisco murder and was seen with a girl matching the victim aboard a Burlington train.
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Chicago
F. J. Blair
Veronica Cassidy
Julia Davis
Jackson Boulevard
Inspector McCann
Desplaines Street
Davis
Det
Newport Avenue
Blair
Mitchell
Ogden Avenue
Frisco Mercier
Stzister
Hadley
Eleanor Maud Fuller
San Francisco
Fuller
Charles Start
Hadler
Bish
Hadhey
Off at Saratoga as track lids rise again
Saratoga resumes normal operations with gaming houses open and bets flowing. A mysterious tip claimed everything was fine while authorities stay hands off under Senator Brackett, preserving the familiar Spa atmosphere amidst arriving sports crowds.
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Saratoga
Spa
Senator Brackett
Frightened horse scatters eggs near Milwaukee depot
A delivery team for the C. N. Hawley Commission company spooked by a passing engine scattered egg cases and eggs along the Milwaukee freight yard area. The wagon wheel broke and damage occurred near the Whitebreast Fuel coal sheds before the horse and wagon were stopped. Driver Frank Sebroeder of Pit- continued outlining the incident.
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C. N. Hawley Commission Company
Milwaukee
Whitebreast Fuel Company
Frank Sebroeder
Pit
Emperor’s health falters in China amid push for constitution
From Pekin reports the emperor’s health is rapidly failing and officials fear a revolutionary wave from activists demanding a constitutional government. The Imperial Council is said to have decided to establish a parliament during the ruler’s lifetime.
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Pekin
Imperial Council
Bryan and Van Cleave clash over anti injunction plank
In New York Aug 1 Bryan plans an open letter replying to Van Cleave's anti injunction attacks by the National Association of Manufacturers. The move targets a capital versus labor frame and Bryan aims to enlist Democrats to repudiate the effort. Bryan confirms a public denouncement and a detailed reply to Taft questions is planned.
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New York
National Manufacturers’ Association
J. C. van Cleave
Democratic Party
Mack
Lincoln
Bryan
van Cleave
Denver
Aeso
Association
Amg
National Association of Manufacturers
St. Lincoln
Taft
Moon
R. M. Hitch
Georgia
Hitch
Watson
Greaves
Kern
Plan to Close New York Racetracks Sparks Conference
At Saranac Inn Elder favored shutting the tracks if officials fail to aid authorities in enforcing the Agnew-Hart law. Hughes’ stance is unclear, but he is expected to support decisive action against gambling at the resorts.
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Saranac Inn
N. Y
New York
Elder
Hughes
Pope Blesses American Children in Rome Audience
In an August audience Cardinal Gibbons and about two hundred American pilgrims heard the pope praise the Catholic clergy of America and extend the papal blessing to the visiting children. He expressed joy at their faithfulness and the church’s progress in the new land. Archbishop Farley of New York was among the group.
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Rome
Cardinal Gibboms
America
New
Farley
New York
Four Negroes Hanged After Lynch Mob Kills White Farmer
Russellville Kentucky reports four black men Virgil Jones Tom Jones Robert Jones and Joe Riley were lynched from the old hanging tree after a white farmer James Cunningham was murdered. A mob of about fifty seized prisoners from Logan county jail and hanged them quietly. Lodges in the area passed resolutions endorsing the murder. Police and authorities arrest lodge members for conspiracy. The killings followed no provocation beyond Cunningham’s death.
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Russellville
Nashville Pike
Logan County
Virgil Jones
Tom Jones
Robert Jones
Joe Riley
James Cunningham
Allensville
Todd County
Broader
Cunningham
Louisville
Batt
Fred
Missing soprano Grace Van Studdiford found in Indianapolis
Grace Van Studdiford, the operatic soprano reported missing in New York, is found alive and singing at Fairbanks Park in Indianapolis on August 1. The incident had sparked a statewide search before her appearance in Indiana.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Grace van Studdiford
New York
Fairbanks Park
Weather and Water: La Crosse Temps and Regional Forecasts
La Crosse reports 56 degrees cool, 86 warmest. river stage 6.3 feet, down 0.2. Prairie City 7.4 feet, down 0.2. Forecasts show generally fair conditions in Wisconsin Minnesota and Iowa with rising temperatures tonight and Sunday. An Atlantic storm off Virginia and a northwest low bring variable but mostly light rain and warmer temperatures in the south and cooler bands east of Ohio.
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U. S
Phoenix
Prairie ¢Z Chief
Wisconsin
Minnnesota
Iowa
Virginia
Montanua
Lower Lakes
Rocky Mountain
North Dakota
Montana
Washington
Atlantic
South Dakota
Ohie
New England
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