Exciting Fight Aboard Olympic
Aboard the White Star liner Olympic passengers in New York described a heated poker dispute three days out of Greenstown. American H C Alder, living in Paris, accused T L Curtis of cheating, and a brawl erupted in the saloon with stewards breaking up the fight. Curtis later wagered $1,000 the claim of dishonesty, but no proof was produced. The incident followed a delay from a missing blade on the starboard propeller.
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New York
Lymple
Greenstown
H.C. Alder
Paris
T. L. Curtis
Oregon
Curtis
Alder
Pes
Lee
Torenane
Olympic
Alder Aut Curtis
Stewart
Marc Klaw
Reach Agreement in Canal Bill Passes House and Senate
The canal administration bill gains free passage for American coastwise ships and tariff exemption for foreign shipbuilding materials. The ICC is empowered to break up rail and water line combinations to serve the public good. Senators Bristow Simmons and Representatives Adamson Sime sign the conference report.
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Washington, D. C
House
Senate
United States
Interstate Commerce Commission
Brandesee
Frederick C. Stevens
Minnescott
Bristow
Simmons
Adamson
Sime
Senate approves 150 million pension bill to abolish agencies
The Senate passed a 150 million pension appropriation with a plan to abolish the eighteen district pension agencies by January 31, 1913. The compromise ends a funding dispute with the House and directs payments to come directly from the Pension Bureau in Washington. The change would retire many district workers and save about 250 thousand dollars in administration.
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Washington
D. C
Senate
House
United States
Pension Bureau
McCmumber
Ue House
Pensacola
Pla
Asbury Park
Eee Peesten
Bn Heck
Army Regulars Face Pay Delays Across Posts
Regular soldiers nationwide await back pay after June as the general deficiency bill stalls. War Department exhausted May funds and relied on a deficiency appropriation, with July payments only loosely available after July 1 due to delays in Congress and the paymaster's office.
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United States
War Department
Congress
Brave Soldier Answers Last Call
Peters burg Virgin ia veteran Major Robert M Sul ly 77 died Wed nes day. He served on the staff s of Johnston Ewell and A P Hill and later was tied to rail roads in Virginia and North Carolina. He fought in about a dozen engagements and commanded counter mines after the Crater. Funeral held Friday.
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Petersburg
Robert M. Sully
Johnston
Ewell
A. PP
Virginia
North Carolina
Sully
Malls
Fillington
Independence
Santa Fe
N. M
Menxandria
Seventeenth Virginia Infantry
Drewry’s Hall
Chapin’s Farm
the Crater
Sidney Edwards Faces Choice in Wytheville Shooting Case
In Wytheville Virginia Sidney Madwards was urged to accept a 15 year compromise verdict for participation in the Millsville shooting. If he refuses, a jury trial is set for next Monday with jurors to be drawn from Grayson County. The case ties to ongoing Hillsville court violence and other defendants awaiting sentences.
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Wytheville
Sidney Madwards
Millsville
Edwards
Grayson County
Friel Allen
Herc
Jack Allen
Hillsville
Victor Allen
Plow Allen
Sidney Palwards
Judge Staples sentences Priel Allen to eighteen years
Judge Staples, in a guilty plea case, sentences Priel Allen to the penitentiary for eighteen years. He urges restraint from vigilant self-judgment, warns against violence, and hopes the convict uses the time to reform. Allen is to be remanded to Wythe county jail and then to the penitentiary for eighteen years unless discharged earlier. Slavers summoned from Hed ford community are discharged.
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Wytheville
Staples
Priel Allen
Commonwealth
Wythe County
Hedford
Acquit Woman of Kidnapping Charge in Richmond
Miss Marion Sisco, 22, was acquitted in Police Court of kidnapping Anita May Stillson, 14, daughter of H. H. Stillson. Evidence included letters and affidavits. Stillson had divorced Mrs. Stillson and custody questions remained unsettled. Sisco acted as intermediary between mother and daughter, facilitating a train ride to Michigan before arrest.
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Richmond
Marion Sisco
Anita May Stillson
H. H. Stillson
Sisco
Stilsons
Michigan
Stilison
Gilbert K. Pollock
Miss Sisco
Stillson
Dismissal in Affidavit Case Involves Sisco and Stillson
A court hearing featured affidavits from a daughter exonerating Miss Sisco and Mrs Stillson from blame. The father argued the divorce was obtained with perjury and conspiracy. Justice Crutchfield dismissed the case, noting no evidence that Sisco influenced the daughter and inviting appeal or direct grand jury action.
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Sisco
Stillson
Miss Sisco
Stiltson
Mr. Pollock
Stillgan
Justice Crutchfield
Elevenyearold boy causes railway crash in Aurora
Lawrence Gilman aged eleven living near the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad confessed to throwing a switch that led to a passenger train colliding with freight cars. Officials reported several injuries including a severely burned fireman amid the wreck.
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Aurora
Ill
Lawrence Gilman
Chicago and Northwestern Railroad
Barbarism Reported in Rebel Camp Near Toluca
Descriptions from Mexico City report rebel forces 1 000 to 7 000 strong operating near Toluca and Tenango. Federal garrisons in Tepaneingue and surrounding areas reportedly defeated as insurrectos terrorize locals with lashing mutilation and forced enlistment. Fear drives migration and locals consider fleeing.
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Mexico City
Mexico
Thin City
Jealousy Suspected in Nashville Shooting Death
In Nashville a woman shot and killed Alva Frances Cave while she read at home. Leela Jones surrendered. no witnesses. Cave, widow about two years, was connected to Rev. R Lin Cave, a Virginian by birth and brother of former pastor Rev. R C Cave.
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Nashville
Tenn
Reading
Alva Frances Cave
Lin Cave
Woodland Street Christian Church
Leela Jones
J. G. Jones
Rev
R. Lin Cave
Orange County
Richmond
R. C. Cave
Seventh Street
Report on European cooperative credit systems for U S land banks
Ambassador Herrick in Paris coordinates a grand study with gratis aid from Edwin Chamberlain of San Francisco and John B. Dillon of New York. Breitung of Marquette and Breckinridge of St. Louis join en route to Paris. Other volunteers Todd Ford and Ingalls aid embassy, aiming for a Taft October report to frame next Congress session.
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Washington
Herrick
Alt
Paris
State Department
Europe
Edwin Chamberlain
San Francisco
American Bankers’ Association
John B. Dillon
Agricultural Association of New York
Ambassador Herrick
Breitung
Marquette
Mich
Breckinridge
St. Louis
Breltung
Northwest
Mr. Jones
Mr. Herrick
United States
Todd Ford
California
Ingalls
Incalls
Kansas
Ford
Taft
Congress
Camp Life Should Be Comfortable
Ernest Thompson Seton, chief scout of the Boy Scouts of America, urges that camping should be comfortable for boys and parents. He warns against harsh conditions yet highlights the benefits of fresh air, woods, baths, exercise, and nerve rest while noting risks from cold, damp clothing, poor beds, and irregular meals.
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Ernest Thompson Seton
Boy Scouts of America
Congress Overturns Taft Veto on Tariff Bills
The House repeats passage of the wool and steel and iron tariff bills over President Taft's veto by 173 to 83. The Senate pursues the Democratic cotton tariff bill, rejecting La Follette's substitute 46 to 16, with progressives later backing the bill 36 to 19. A repeal amendment targets the Canadian reciprocity law's pulp and paper section.
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Washington
Taft
House
White House
Senate
la Follette
Tariff Board
Simmons
Randall Best at Traps Ties New England Record in Portland
Ernest A. Randall of the Portland Gun Club won the New England championship in trap shooting yesterday. In a field of twenty four competitors he broke a total of ninety seven targets to claim the title.
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Randall
Portland
Ernest A. Randall
Portland Gun Club
New England
Gun Club shooters tie for second in national event
Results show C S Randall of the Porta nd Club and W W Mumford of the Hartford Gun Club tied for second with eighty eight points each. Lt Newcomb of the Independent Gun Club Philadelphia was amateur high gun for the day with a total of 192.
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C.S. Randall
Portand Club
W. W. Mumford
Hartford
Opain Swept By Terrific Storm
A severe storm swept the northern coast of Spain along the Bay of Biscay causing heavy loss of life. Dispatches from Bilboa report at least 120 and possibly 200 deaths, with fishing vessels missing near Bermeo and wreckage and bodies washing ashore.
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Madrid
Spain
Bay of Biscay
Bilboa
Bermeo
Biliboa
Old Dominion of the Deaf forms in Virginia at Richmond
A charter membership exceeding 100, formed from three days of sessions at the Jefferson Hotel. Officers elected include President J. A. Brushwood of Hampton and Treasurer T. Al Jenkins of Ormuth. Roanoke chosen as next meeting site. An all day Forest Hill Park picnic followed with varied amusements.
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Richmond
Deaf Mutes of
Virginia
Jefferson Hotel
the Old Dominion of the Deaf
Fnally
J. 4. Brushwood
Hampton
En Chiles
Garrett Bondurant
Martinsville
A. G. Tucker
T. al. Jenkins
Ortamouth
Roanoke
Simon B. Alley
Forest Hill
J. W. Michaels
A. G.tucker
Th. L. Chiles
L. B
Brushwood
Reva
O. J. Whildin
H. Cc. Merritt
Democrats Vote For One Battleship In House Caucus
After weeks of dispute the Democrats in the House caucus voted 95 to 11 to drop their no battleship stance and allow one battleship vote. The move follows four prior caucuses with calm debate and aims to end the naval bill deadlock. the Senate is expected to approve the plan.
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Washington
House of Representatives
House
Wing
Senate
Ask Governor 16 Disarm Mine Guards
In Charleston West Virginia 8000 striking miners marched into the city many carrying rifles and stacked them on the State House lawn appealing to Governor Glasscock to order coal operators to disarm their mine guards. Four companies of the National Guard left the strike district leaving fourteen on board. The statewide strike sympathy grows with 2000 miners joining in two days.
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Charleston
W. VA
State House
Glasscock
National Guard
Paint Creek
Airship Inventor Eyes Sing Sing Term Amid Hopeful Mood
New York report says Harry 8. Bretton, jailed in Long Island City, remains optimistic about a possible five year sentence at Sing Sing after a two and a half year case. While legal delays linger, he has invented an airship.
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New York
Harry
Bretton
Long Island City
Airship swindler Bretton faces new five year term
Bretton was jailed after pleading guilty to defrauding Mathilde Kauox of 350. Once released on bail during an appeal, the appellate division ordered a five year sentence to replace his life term. Bretton, sixty, continues to study law in jail while awaiting the second decision and plans no new schemes if the airship venture fails.
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Moters
Bretton
Mathilde Kauox
Humphrey
Supreme Court
Agin
Queens
Brretton
Sing Sing
New Yorks double deck street cars on Broadway teased
A collage of editorials notes varied anecdotes from multiple papers. Observations touch on urban transit, tariffs on watermelons, political figures, and social changes. The items poke at Roosevelt, Wilson, and party tactics with a humorous tone.
Caricatures in Negro Publications Target Wilson Says Democratic View
Washington report notes organized efforts to influence Black voters with grotesque images of Governor Wilson. A Charlottesville Progress editorial warns such misrepresentations aim to sway opinions while arguing for virtue over color and condemns prejudice in both parties.
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Washington
Wilson
Roosevelt
Agg Regate
New Progressive Party
Charlottesville
Counter irritant in old remark from Boston Post
A witty exchange defines a counter irritant as a woman who makes a shop man pull down shelves for two hours then buys hairpins. The saying ends with a note that silence can mask deep dissent and that a smiling man often enjoys a favorable corner of the world.
Americans Fire Too Hot For Rebels
In Managua Nicaragua Insurgents led by Generals Mena and Zeledon renewed attacks at dawn. American sailors guarding the U S legation and the presidential palace directed a heavy fire that repulsed the attackers. The bombardment continued all night with the president’s palace hit twice and shells nearly striking the American position.
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Managua
Nicaragua
Mena
Zeledon
United States Legation
Presidential
One Case Anyhow Chatty Quote About Medicine
A Harpers Weekly style cartoon line recalls a doctor giving champonine as a cure for seasickness on a crossing of the Atlantic. Bildad and Slithers spar over the doctor’s medicine and its effects in a humorous exchange.
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Slithers
Bildad
Atlantic
Harpers Weekly
Mexican rights not to be sold sparks political shakeup
In Los Angeles a political crisis unfolds as General Angel Gordelo Escudero, governor general of Lower California, is deposed by President Madero for selling Mexican rights along the Pacific coast to foreign governments. He remains in the city with his staff visiting Senator Hernandez as a successor seen opposing foreign commercial invasion.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Pacific Coast
Angel Gordelo Escudero
Lower
California
Madero
Mexico City
Escudero
Senor Hernandez
Mexico
White Sox sign Duggan and Athletics buy Brown
In Boston report, P. J. Duggan the Fredericton manager and center fielder signs with the Chicago White Sox. David Brown an outfielder and former Dates College star is purchased by the Philadelphia Athletics.
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Boston
P. J. Duggan
Fredericton
New Brunswick
Chicaso White Sox
David Brown
Philadelphia Athletics
Cubs Supporters Protest Suspension of John Overs by NL Chief
One hundred Cubs supporters petition President T. J. Lynch of the National League against the five day suspension of second baseman John Overs. They demand immediate reinstatement of Evers so he can play in the series with New York starting today.
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Ions
Chicago
Cubs
T. J. Lynch
National League
John Overs
Th Cubs
Evers
New York
Chicago Wins Fight for Pure Milk
Chicago authorities won a battle to enforce a pure milk ordinance after weeks of contest. The City Council passed the measure, establishing a new purity standard for raw milk and mandating pasteurization for milk not meeting the standard. A permanent citizens committee will oversee enforcement.
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Chicago
Citizens’ Committee
Effort Aims to Avert Chicago Car Strike
In Chicago street and elevated railway lines Special,-Orbeals report a planned final conference after officials and workers agreed to concessions to prevent a men’s strike. Wages hours and working conditions may improve with terms to be revealed at the talks.
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Chicago,ll. Special
Orbeals
Chicago Street Railway
Woman Held For Murder Of Baby In Lake Michi Case
A Chicago inquiry reports a committee of women persuaded Mrs Inanna Reidan to confess to drowning her baby in Lake Michi. Found wandering with a trunk in Indiana Harbor she had arrived with a baby, which later vanished. She said her husband deserted her and illness drove her to kill the child.
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Chicago
Ill
Inanna Reidan
Lake Michi
Indiana Harbor
Indianaarbor
Manassas Coroner Clears Doctor in Malpractice Case
In Occoquan the coroner’s jury freed Dr. Leith Sinclair from malpractice charges in the death of Edna Allen’s child, ruling the cause as unknown. A betrayal charge followed, with Sinclair held on $1000 bail for a September 2 hearing before Justice E. L. Sanbourn.
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Manassas
Occoquan
Leith Sinclair
Edna Allen
Sinclair
Currie Allen
Justice of the Peace
E. L
Patient Resignation Echoes in Suffrage Platform Debate
A brief, dialogue driven clipping notes a resignation implied through a political exchange. The speaker jokes about trust in her husband and his ability to secure a suffrage stance, reflecting factional tensions in the town’s political discourse.
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John
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