Aiken Demands Immediate Probe Into Secretary Wilson Ties
Representative Theron Aiken of New York clashed with the House Committee on Agriculture over an immediate inquiry into relations between Secretary of Agriculture Wilson and water works interests. Aiken cited alleged affidavits linking Wilson to Jasph Wilson, son of the secretary, and said he would not release the affidavits until on the House floor. Committee members warned that delaying could drop the resolution. Helin of Alabama offered Aiken more time to prepare, which was granted.
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Washington
D. C
Theron Aiken
New York
Aiken
Helin
Alabama
Wealthy aviator seriously injured in Hempstead crash
Special dispatch from Hempstead New York reports F. Gallaudet a wealthy aviator was seriously injured when his 100 horsepower monoplane plunged from about 100 feet during a flight over the aviation field. He received unconscious aid from nearby flyer George W. Geatty and was taken to Mineola hospital for treatment.
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Minelea
Amendments to Sundry Civil Bill Passed in Senate
In Washington DC the Committees of the Whole approved amendments from the Appropriations Committee. Senator Bradley authorized $250,000 for a semi centennial celebration of emancipation proclamation and $25,000 to fund the Cantril act enabling the Census Bureau to collect additional leaf tobacco statistics.
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Washington, D. C
Senate
Appropriations Committee
Bradley
Census Bureau
United States
Lorimer to stump Illinois on expulsion issue tour
Ex Senator Lorimer plans a state wide stump tour to present facts about his Senate expulsion. He promised frank, plain talk from Cairo to Galeon and to meet enemies if needed. Plans were under way as Springfield dispatch reported his tour move. In Missouri, a Kansas City Southern passenger derailment near Lebanon injured over twenty. no fatalities reported and a relief train dispatched.
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Chicago III
Lorimer
Illineix
Senate
Orchestra Hall
Iilinois
Cairo
Galeon
Som
Delibate
Springfield
Kansas City
Rebel Forces Quiet as Disturbances Reported in Sonora
State and War Department dispatches say rebel forces in Sonora are comparatively quiet though disturbances near Tres Marias are noted. Trains are held up and citizens attacked, with hallway communications between Mexico City Torreon and Chihuahua interrupted. Mogales is reported quiet.
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Washington, D. C
State and War Department
Sonora
Tres Marias
Mexico City
Torreon
Chihuahua
Mogales
Soldier Bies of a Broken Heart
Ludwig W. Dorr a Franco Prussian War veteran died in Baltimore age sixty five after burglars stole his medal of honor from the German government He had watched Napoleon I after capture at Sedan and guarded the French emperor at Wilhelmshohe The piece notes he was the last survivor of the guard selection prior to his death.
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Baltimore
Ludwig W. Dorr
Dorr
Napoleon I
Sedan
Wilhemshore
Pujo Bill Review Sparks Senate Finance Committee Action
The Pujo bill extending Congress control over national banks was taken up by the Senate Finance Committee. Senator Hoke Smith of Georgia forced the move to discharge and the measure is expected to be reported by the committee tomorrow.
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Washington, D. C
Congress
Senate Finance Committee
Hoke Smith
Georgia
Governor Wilson Signs Public Papers After Five Hour Speech
Sea Girt New Jersey Governor Wilson spent five hours delivering his Acceptance speech then resumed work this morning, interrupted only to sign important state papers. He emphasizes reading every word of a public document.
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Wilson
Sea Girt
N. J
Governor Wilson Plans Tariff Focus in Speech
The State papers delayed the signing as Wilson’s speech neared completion at Sea Girt. The tariff dominates the document, seen as key to high living costs. Wilson aims for a tariff for revenue only, with the tariff portion likely occupying half of the acceptance letter. Tumulty reports the governor finishing the speech and returning to Sea Girt by Saturday.
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Wilson
Sea Girt
Joseph HH. Tumulty
Yestortey
Bishop Warren Dies in Denver at 81
Special report from Denver states Bishop Henry D. Warren of the Methodist Episcopal Church died after a pneumonia illness. He passed away shortly before midnight. Warren had been ill only a few days and was retired at the recent general conference in Minneapolis.
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Warren
Denver
Col
Henry D. Warren
Methodist Episcopal Church
Shipyard Riot at Harland & Wolfe in Belfast
Rioting flared near Harland & Wolfe shipyards when workers returning under police protection were attacked by strikers and sympathizers. A half hour battle followed as missiles flew and police charged, injuring several officers before riot units arrived to quell the mob.
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Belfast
Ireland
Harland & Wolfe
Double Quick
Lightning Cures Her Rheumatism in Thunderstorm
Harpersville special dispatch reports Mrs Polly Harper standing during a thunderstorm when lightning struck nearby. She was knocked unconscious and later recovered to find her chronic rheumatism vanished. The electric current from the strike passed through her body, leaving her weak but free of pain.
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Binghampton
Harpersville
Polly Harper
Hearings Set on State Carrier Assessment Rates
Dates for hearings fixed by the State Corporation Commission to hear protests against assessment rates. Hearings run from September 1 to 6 with time for appearance not specified. Representatives of the common carriers have been notified of the schedule.
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State Corporation Commission
Disappearances in Danville Stir Rumors Over Paylor Case
No word from missing Paylor or Mrs de A Serupes nor their companions. Rumors link their disappearances to recent departures and uncollected taxes, while ten applicants contend for the vacant Treasurer post under Judge Peatross.
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Danville
Paylor
de A. Serupes
Altavista
Peatross
Board of Aldermen
George Pp. Geogheran
Chicago gamblers call to raise defense fund in Rosenthal case
The Chicago gamblers urge locals to contribute to a defense fund of 1,000,000 dollars for men linked to the murder of Herman Rosenthal. The trust already claims 250,000 toward defending those implicated as the New York trail points to Chicago with two suspects believed hidden there. Police seek the money man who paid the killers two thousand dollars.
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Chicago
Ill
Whitman
New York
Herman Rosenthal
Rosenthal
Gambling Trust
Gamesters
Excursion Boats Collide in New York Harbor
Two excursion boats collided shortly before eight o clock in New York harbor. The initial report said there was no loss of life.
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New York, Special
New York Harbor
Gambler's Slayer Still at Large
New York dispatch reports a 3.25 million dollar defense fund raised for gamblers and gang fighters accused in the Herman Rosenthal murder. Police broadcast suspects Lindsay Whitey Lewis Harry Horowits Letty Lowey Pago Frank Sam Schepps and others while efforts to obtain confessions from owner Louis Webber proceed aided by his wife. Sam Pant remains defiant as he donates 10000 to the defense fund amid broad gambling house assessments for contributions.
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New York
Herman Rosenthal
Whitey” Lewis
Rosenthal
Chicago
Harry Horowits
Gib
Bion
Webber
Whitman
J. Harford Marshall
Paul
Sam Pant
Meno
Sam Paul
Alr
Becker
Costigan
Reilly
Dougherty
Forty-third Street
Craftera
Police Department of
Furns
Bridgey" Webber
Glegerich
Supreme Court
Rosenthal Murder Probe Deepens With Vallon Confession
New York officials reveal Harry Vallon confessed to the Rosenthal murder plot and named high level police figures. Investigators seek warrants as steno graphers and detectives prepare for further arrests. The graft network tied to Lieutenant Becker and other officers is under scrutiny.
Swanson Bill Passes for West Point Post Office
The Senate approved Senator Swanson's measure providing $50,000 to fund a new post office building in West Point Virginia. The action directs federal support for construction and related facilities in the town serving local residents and surrounding communities.
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Washington, D. C
Senate Today
Swanson
West Point
Asquith narrowly escapes hatchet attack in Dublin
English Prime Minister Herbert Henry Asquith and his wife were conveyed from the steamship pier to a Dublin hotel when a hatchet hurled by a suffrage advocate narrowly missed him. He ducked as the missile flew past his head, while Lord Mayor and John Redmond watched.
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Treasury
Dublin
Ireland
John Redmond
Asquith
Preacher Shot for Converting in Mixie Tennessee
Special officers probing the slaying of Rev. W. C. Freeman a circuit rider shot in his home in Mixie Tennessee believe moonshiners killed him. They fear women who recently converted by Freeman would inform revenue officers about illicit whiskey as most locals denounce the distillers.
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Mixie
Tenn
Special
W. C. Freeman
Freeman
Deck Hand Drowned After Ship Collision Off Cove Point
In a collision near Cove Point between the steamer City of Norfolk of the Chesapeake Steamship Company and the vessel Co. W. Seward, deck hand Alexander Horsman drowned. Seward’s crew refused to join Captain Short aboard Norfolk, staying with their ship while tow lines were paid out and Seward later sank. Captain Dorman was rescued from the water.
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Baltimore
City of
Dorman
Record Run Starts for Dover English Channel Swim
Fred record of Rochester started from Cape Grisnez on his second attempt to swim the English Channel. He entered the water shortly before 4 A.M. The sea was calm and conditions ideal for the long swim.
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Dover
England
Fred Record
Rochester
Enc
Cape Grisnez
English Channel
Record
Rescue under way for racing sloop Early Dawn off Portland
Special report from Portland Maine says revenue cutter Woodbury and the cutter Androscoggin searched for the Boston racing sloop Early Dawn LI after a Monday night gale mast collapse. Five aboard, owned by H W Krogman of Boston, reportedly drifted helplessly but others in the cruise are safe in harbor at Portland Biddeford Cove or York.
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Portland
Maine
Woodbury
Boston
HH. WV. Krogman
Krogman J
Boston Yeacht Club
Biddeford Cove
York
Lawyer Fatally Shot by Former Client at Park Row Firm
New York police report Fettretch of Fettretch Seydel law firm on Park Row was fatally shot in his ninth floor office by a former client. Clerk Norman Bergh was wounded trying to intervene and Conway, the shooter, attempted suicide after the attack. Fettretch died at St Gregory's Hospital. Bergh's hip wound not serious.
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New York
Joseph Fettretch
Fettretch & Seydel
Park Row
Fpettietch
Conway
Norman Bergh
Ettretch
St. Gregory's Hospital
Fettretch
Oak Street
Bergh
Morgan Returns From Europe on Winer Olympic
J Pierpont Morgan arrived in New York from Europe aboard the Winer Olympic and appeared in good health. Chicago shooter J R Graham, who won several Olympic events, also arrived on the same vessel.
Return of long-lost sweetheart reunites in Twining City
John P. Ellis, once homeward bound from Anacostia, returns after twelve years abroad to find his former sweetheart now married. His journey spanned Baltimore, Nebraska, San Francisco, and Seattle after enlisting with the Nineteenth Infantry in the Philippines era. He surprises his family and reclaims two nephews he never knew.
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Washington, D. C
John P. Ellis
Anacostia
Prout Street
Twining City
Oseph J. Latimer
Southwest
Ellis
Etta Pessagne
John
Hrazier
Prince George County
Joseph Latimer
Latimer
Washington
I Street
Baltimore
Pennsylvania
la Platte
Neb
San Francisco
Nineteenth Regular Infantry
Philippines
Moros Ellis
Elr
Kansas City
Kansas City Traction Company
Kaw
Seattle
Interstate Commission sets burlap bag rate across routes
Under an ICC order issued today the burlap and gunny bag rate from Washington Baltimore and New York will be the same as the bag and stick rate to Saltville and Plasterco Virginia.
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Washington, D. C
Interstate Commerce Commission
Washington
Baltimore
New York
Saltville
Plasterco
Rates Exception Under Commerce Act Sought by Shipping Lines
An application for an exception from the fourth section of the commerce act was filed by the Baltimore Steam Packet Company, the Chesapeake Steamship Company, the Norfolk and Washington Steamboat Company, and the Old Dominion Line. The policy covers rail and water transportation.
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Baltimore Steam Packet Company
Chesapeake Steamship Company
Norfolk and Washington Steamboat Company
Old Dominion Line
Snug Sum Paid for Fish Factory
Eupank Tankard Fish Guano Company stockholders sold the Kilmarnock Wharf factory and steamers to a syndicate led by William J Payne of Richmann for about 220 dollars a share. The ten-plant consolidation will create a unified management and new plants to convert fish scrap into fertilizers and refine oil. A shipyard near the Rappahannock or Great Wicomico may rise to build and repair steamers. The menhaden industry has seen profits, though 1900s were strong and this year suffers from fish scarcity.
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Lancaster
Eupank-Tankard Fish Guano Company
Kilmarnock Wharf
William J. Payne
Rrichmann
Synndicate
Rappahannock
Great Wicomico
Menhaden
Beef Trust Opens Australian Branch
Attorney General Hughes of Australia announced the American beef trust purchased land in Australia and secured supplies to establish a packing industry. He said the government deplores the industrial invasion but is powerless to act under current laws.
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Melbourne
Aus
Hughes
Australia
American Beef Trust
Turkish Officials Removed From Office In Constantinople
Special investigation into a post to kill the Sultan led to the suspension of the director of police and the gendarmerie commandant. They face treason and conspiracy charges. Palace guard officers named to replace them. Ministers halt military actions against Albanian rebels. amnesty offered if arms are laid down.
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Constantinople
Turkey
Council of Ministers
Scarecrow Becomes Bee Hive Near Kingston
Ellis Osterhout, a farmer near Kingston New York, reports a scarecrow he planted has been turned into a bee hive. The legs of the figure were found filled with honey and buzzing nearby.
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Scarecrow
Kingston
N. Y
Ellis Osterhout
Here
Roosevelt Republicans clash over Illinois third ticket
In Chicago a Progressive State convention fight forms against a proposed third party ticket to challenge Governor Deneen. Roosevelt Republicans plan to protest the move, arguing it would siphon voters from the Progressive party nationally. Walter J. Raynor backs the opposition and urges Roosevelt Republicans to join.
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Chicago
Ill
Hines
Deneen
Walter J. Raynor
Roosevelt
Cook Couty Republican
Littleton Opposes Stanley Bill Over Sherman Law Changes
Congressman Martin W. Littleton criticizes the Stanley bill for shifting burden of proof in antitrust suits and defining restraint of trade at a 30 percent output threshold. He urges a commission to set rules for interstate firms and a joint House Senate committee to study trust issues before any Sherman law amendments. He calls the bill a rearrangement of evidence rules that fails to prevent restraints or address underlying industrial problems.
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Washington, D. C
Martin W. Littleton
Stanley
House
Senate
Littleton
Tragedy on Train Near Cape Charles Claims Army Gunner
Private Kri G. Smith of the Wittyfirth Company Coast Artillery United States Army died after falling from a train en route from Fort Du Pont Delaware to Fort Monroe Virginia for target practice with lie guns. He was struck by wheels north of Cape Charles Virginia, in Newport News dispatch.
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Newport News
Kri. G. Smith
Witty-firth Company
Coast Artillery
United States Army
Fort du Pont
Del
Fort Monroe
Cape Charles
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