Hague T8 Decide Panama Dispute
Washington special reports Britain will press free tolls challenge under the Pauncefote treaty at The Hague. Taft weighs approval or veto as Senate opposition blocks President suggested resolution. Ongoing dispute centers on free passage for American coastwise ships and implications for U S British relations.
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Washington
D.C
Panama Canal
Tort Esterday
Iris Eonighanel
A. Mitchell Dakes
Britain
Great Britain
Charce A Affairs
State Department
Hague
Senate Committee
Pama Canal
Tate
Taft
O'Gornan
New York
Republicans C Sued To Mast In Fear
Washington report says Republican congressmen cling to the fence as party chaos grows. Leaders from both camps failed to secure pledges from Pennsylvania members. many stay in their districts to protect their seats amid Roosevelt and Taft pressures. Strong figures like La Follette and Kees stopped by, while Uncle Joe Cannon observed with little enthusiasm.
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Washington, D.C
Joseph P. Annin
Washington Herald
Republian
Congress
Porter
Pittsburg
Washington
Pennsylvania
Hilles
Republican National Committee
Keystone
Hinles
Congressional Campaign Committee
Hiies
Wood
Kendall
Langen
Town
Kees
Kansas
la Follette
Joe Cannon
Milles
Taft
Roosevelt
Capitol
Nol Committee
Congressional
No Hope for Early Settlement of War
Paris dispatch reports Rome sources stating fluent diplomatic circles expect peace with Turkey by October or November, with limited chance for an early settlement. The note suggests cautious optimism tempered by doubt as talks continue.
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Paris
Rome
Judas
Peto le Parte
Turkey
Becker Benies He Planned Frame-Up In Rosenthal Case
The New York Rosenthal murder case indictments name Lieutenant Charles A Becker and six others. Becker arraigned on an initial indictment. broader blanket indictment followed. Details allege Becker sought to frame rivals and gain influence, with Selig and others implicated in planning or executing the killing. A graft probe and John Doe inquiry are planned for September across the case timeline.
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New York
Charles A. Becker
Rosenthal
Court of General Sessions
Crain
Becker
Big Jack” Selig
Fast Side
Big Jack” Selle
Narery Horowitz
Lefty Lonie
Jack Sullivan
Daze Frank Ciofiel
Rockaway Beach
Samuel Spielberger
Grand Jury
New York County Grand Jury
Whitman
Mermean Rosenthal
Detroit
Mich
Gyp
Lefty
Louie
Supreme Court
John N. Gott
Gott
John Doe
Massacre Report in Leon Sparks U S Action
A Managua dispatch reports a massacre of 500 garrison soldiers at Leon after surrender. Washington orders General Wood to hold troops at Panama City for instant movement to Nicaragua as 475 Marines reinforce Managua to deter rebel shelling and advance.
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Washington, D. C
Specal
Managua
Leon
Nictomcua
Zeladon
Mena
State Department
Wood
Stiff
Panama Toiay
Nicaragua
Tenth Infantry
Panama City
Justin
Weitzel
United States
First District Primary Saturday in Virginia
The Democratic congressional primary to choose the First District candidate for the November House election will be held next Saturday. Candidates are William A. Jones the current representative from the Northern Neck and S R Buxton of Newport News. Jones has served the district for 22 years.
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Fredericksburg
House of Representatives
William A. Jones
Northern Neck
RK. Buxton
Newport News
Jones
Goff, Prosecutor in Lexow Graft Inquiry
The Supreme Court opened police graft cases stemming from the Rosenthal murder early in September. John W. Goff, once an attorney, was chosen as prosecutor in the 1894 Lexow investigation of police crookedness. His work then reportedly evokes fear among underworld figures when his name is mentioned.
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Supreme Court
Rosenthal
John W. Goff
Lexow
Goff
Mystery surrounds finding of skirt and hammer near canal bank
In Richmond Virginia a torn white cashmere skirt and a broken wedge hammer were found near the Virginia Railway and Power Company canal bank. Blood on the skirt prompts police to consider murder or death by own action while investigators search for a possible owner and track signs.
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Cangal
Richmond
Virg Railway and Power Company
Severny Street
Forrest Bailey
Joe Stuart
Bacon Street
Burea
Stuart
Sherman Receives Republican Vice Presidential Nomination in Utica
In Utica New York a large crowd witnessed James S Sherman formally notified for a second time that the Republican Party had chosen him as its vice presidential candidate. Senator Sutherland of Utah led the committee with a lengthy address. Sherman spoke in support of the party platform and criticized the opposing Democrats and their tariff stance.
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Utica
James S. Sherman
Roscoe Conkling Park
United States
Sutherland
Utah
Ree
Sherman
Syracuse
Oneida
Canastota
Rome
First Infantry
N. G
N.Y
Albany
Lincoln
Grant
Harrison
McKinkey
Roscoe Conkling
Mexican Rebels Being Defeated in Northern Battle
Washington dispatches indicate Federal forces under General Huerta are winning against Generals Orozco and Salazar south of Juarez. Salazar is reportedly surrounded north of Chihuahua with little chance to break out, while Orozco’s troops retreat. Tellez arrives with 4,000 troops to Juarez as civil government is restored. rebels reportedly trap Montezuma and cut communications with Ures.
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Washington, D. C
Mexico
Huerta
Oroceuan Salazar
Juarez
Salazar
Chihuahua
Orozco
War Department
Tellez
Dye
Nogales
State Department
Uresan
Montezuma
Convictions and dismissals mark Lee county election probe in court
Judge Skeen adjourned in Jonesville after a week of bribery trials in Lee county. Six convictions were handed down in two days while many indictments were dismissed or retired. Prosecutor Pennington aided by Judge Skeen pursued a broad campaign against vote buying with hundreds of cases lingering on the docket. The effort aims to deter future election irregularities in Southwest Virginia.
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Bristol
Tenn
Skeem
Jonesville
Alen Bledsoe
Jamex Smith
J. J. Goins
Goins
Skoeenm
Commonwealth
Skeen
Scott Meracken
Virginia
W. Wilder
S. D. Nanderson
Simon Stewart
RR. M. Flower
John Morris
Charles Tritt
Leo Parsons
Sam Newman
T. L. Page
J. P. Collier
PF. K
Ewing Woodward
J. ¢. Polly
Charles Collingeworth
Issac Seabolt
George Seabolt
Sam Lawson
Brack Noe
Parding Price
Criss Sybert
Ross Belcher
Elijah Johnson
Marshall Johnson
Henry Sage
W. Hobbs
Frank Lody
Lewis Gibson
George W. Collins
Ed. Travis
George Munsey
Robert Liveaway
W. Castle
Eli Vermillion
Emmett Kimberling
W. Houndshell
Trig Fannon
Steve Napier
Nathan Livingston
Charles Bergen
W. Ns
Henry Seymore
A. J. Fisher
Robert Dean
Richard Vermillion
James Thompson
Harvey Flower
Emmett Ball
A. L. Hobbs
John Hess
Henderson Bledsoe
James Kexs
James Eldridge
Henry Thorpe
Baw Ball
Emmitt Price
Richard Gibson
Willie Ritelle
Orville Collins
Patton Smith
Sage Collins
Mulwo
Wine Bledsne
Bruce Wilson
Richard Walton
W. Denny
W. James
W. Smith
Joseph Hopkins
Arch Rigsby
Fulton MecCrackin
Baldy Ball
Fleury Tomlinson
I. B. Kimberling
Tom Seymour
John Flower
Davis
Sullty
Andy Davis
Frank Davis
Elijah Gibson
Dock Burchett
Scott McCrackin
Bennie Osbourne
Auburn Edens
Tony Hobbs
James Powell
Skages
BE. W. Pennington
Pennington
Government to Decide Strike in Norfolk Southern Wage Dispute
Norfolk Southern engineers threatening to strike have turned the matter over to government mediation. The union demands wage adjustments, and a new company head is to be named to settle issues. M. W. Cadle of Cleveland will depart for Richmond to coordinate pending matters and then proceed to Cleveland for a board meeting Monday.
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Norfolk
Norfolk Ganed Southern Railroad
Co Ci
Netion
Southern
M. W. Cadle
Cleveland, O
French Assistant Chief Engineer of Therotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Richhmond
Richmond
Cleveland
Biography of a Noted Senator From Bristol Tennessees Brother
A Bristol Virginia story notes the forthcoming biography of the late Senator Bob Taylor of Tennessee. Alfred A. Taylor, one of three surviving brothers writing the work, says his portion covers Bob Taylor's political life and his lecture career.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Taylor
Bristol
Tennessee
Alfred A. Taylor
Eleven Rescuers Save Tenement In Brooklyn Fire
A fire at 456 Christopher Street Brooklyn partially consumed a double house. Policeman Henry Marrell of the Greenstown Police Station found and rescued a man and four children unaided. Sixteen families lived there as smoke spread and police reserves were called in to aid.
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New York
Christopher Street
Brooklyn
Henry Marrell
Grownsville
Farrell
England to Exhibit at San Francisco World Fair 1915
Great Britain serves notice it will participate in the Panama Exposition in San Francisco in 1915 despite the U S Senate Panama Canal bill. Britain lodges formal complaint over HayPauncefote treaty and reports say England may skip the exhibit.
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London
Great Briain
United States
San Francisco
United States Senate
England
Jury Verdict in Rosenthal Case
New York Special. Louis Libby, co owner of the gray murder automobile, is released after the coroner s inquest into Herman Rosenthal s death. The coroner s jury cites death by a bullet wound fired by a suspect or suspects unknown. Police witness W J Farrell described Bridgie Webber s agitation after Rosenthal s exit and the ensuing gunfire. Meanwhile perjury indictments against Beckers Strong Arm Squad members James C White and John Steinerton were handed by the grand jury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Louis Libby
Libby
Herman Rosenthal
Forty - Third Street
Sixth Avenue
Steniway
Robert Rubin
Whitnan
Rubin
Witesses Bey
W. J. Farrell
West Forty-seventh Street
Tietel Metropole
Rosenthal
Farrell
Bridgie' Webber
Webber
Olee
Staton Wins by Large Majority in Georgia Governor Race
Georgia primary results show John M. Staton sweeping 138 counties with a large popular and convention majority. Staton leads over rivals, securing about 3,414 of 3,86 votes and heading toward the state convention in Macon. United States Senator A. O. Bacon also dominates, carrying around 180 counties against H. H. Perry.
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Atlanta
John M. Staton
State Senate
Georgia
Staton
Macon
United States
A. O. Bacon
H. H. Perry
Senate
300 Pound Wedding Cake for Mamie Morgenstein
In Philadelphia an 800 pound wedding cake, the largest in the city, was presented to Miss Mamie Morgenstein by her father, Bennett Morgenstein. The cake includes 100 pounds of raisins and currants, 30 dozen eggs, 75 pounds of sugar, and 20 pounds of butter, stands six feet high, and was crafted by Mr Morgenstein and his two sons over two weeks.
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Philadelphia
Mamie Morgenstein
Bennett Morgenstein
Mins Morgenstein
Cashier Trapped by Advertisement in New York
John A. Mack once cashier of the Abilene State Bank in Kansas sits held at Maliberry Street Police Station awaiting extradition to face charges of stealing $80,000. A carefully vetted ad lured him to Third Avenue and Twelfth Street. he provided three cents and admitted wandering with multiple aliases while prosecutors trace the illegal proceeds.
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New York
Tee
John A. Mack
Abilene State Bank
Abi- Jent
Kansas
Maliberry Street
Wack
J. J. Allen
National Surety Company
Mod A. M. Birdall
Draneh Oflint Company
Third Avenue
Twelfth Street
Flack
Mena Reported Captured in Nicaragua Libereal Uprising
Cablegrams from Bluefield report General Luis Mena leader of the Nicaraguan liberal faction captured by Liberals and held prisoner. Word says he is in Leon with ongoing Liberal unrest despite General Trias, the party’s acknowledged leader, being in Costa Rica.
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New Orleans
Bluefield
Luis Mena
Elation
Liberal Party
Mena
Leon
Trias
Costa Rica
Capture of General Mena and fall of Dean reported
New Orleans officials confirm General Mena is captured and Dean falls. Consul General Zavala says Liberals and Conservatives will unite to crush Mena's followers, signaling a shift in the Nicaraguan conflict.
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New Orleans
Mena
Dean
Juyeum J. Zavala
Nicarazua
Zavala
Massacre Report Amid Nicaragua Conflict Escalates
Special Minister Weitzal confirms a harrowing slaughter of 500 federal soldiers by rebels in Leon. General Buron is dead. two captured Americans, Phillips and Warvey Dodd, were killed seeking hospital refuge. Troop dispatches to Corinto and Panama are planned as U.S. officials defend intervention as a Diaz government request.
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Washington
PD. CL
Weitzal
Leon
Buron
Salad
Phillips
Warvey Dodd
Ovent
Nicaragua
Corinto
Jonson
Suite Department Voday
Chinandega
Marcos Nairena
Paulion Godley
Veladon
Francisco N. Baca
Denver
Prairie
Portsmouth
M. M. East Hight
Philadelphia
Panama
California
San Francisco
Formte
Linding
Doc Clary
State Department
Diaz
Americans Alarmed as Nicaragua Tension Grows
More than 200 Americans fear excesses of the Revolutionists in Managua. Twenty five American women and children taken aboard the Collier Justin and the gunboat Annapolis at Corinto. Marines and sailors land to protect foreign property in Nicaragua.
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Washington, D. C
United States Legation
Managua
Nicaragua
State Department
Weitzel
Justin
Annapolis
Corinto
Aviator Frantz Aims for Pommery Cup Flight
An aviator named Frantz departed to Hamburg to contest the Pommery Cup. A Mons dispatch reports he arrived safely and later sent an alert on his journey.
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France
Frantz Lef
Hiamburg
Mons
Fire Causes Major Loss at Muay and Company Store
A morning blaze on the sixth floor of Muay and Company on High Street, Columbus, Ohio, caused about 50000 dollars in damage to the building and contents. The report notes other political remarks about tariffs and state clerks in Virginia and Newport News News.
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Columbus
Ohio
Muay and Company
High Street
Bristol
Virginia
State Senate
Newport News Press
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