Army officers favor reestablishment of canteen system
New York dispatch reports Major General James F. Wade stating that most General officers support restoring the army canteen. He notes officers favoring it, while some ranks caution on drunkenness and discipline, citing the Philippines service and the prior prohibition era.
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James F. Twade
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Governor's Island
Wadé
Governor’s Island
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Department of
Philippines
Carter Seeks Fortune in Fighting Government Suits
Chicago April 28 The former army officer Captain Carter released from Gedaven confinement returned to Chicago for examination before Special Examiner Richard Wyman. He defends against United States suits claiming he embezzled government funds while a Savannah engineer and seeks to recover property and money alleged stolen through conspiracy with contractors Greene and Gaynor. Carter says he never borrowed from Greene and asserts his investments were lawful.
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Oberlin
H. Caroc
Gedaven
Peave
United States
Chicago
Richard Wyman
Carter
Savannah
Wyman
Benjamin D. Greene
John EF. Gaynor
Greené
Ignor
Minneapolis Typothetae Threatens Open Hire Policy
Minneapolis typothetae takes a firm stand against the Typographical Union promising to hire at will and set wages. They refuse a closed shop contract and claim wages of 10 to 12 dollars or whatever they choose. The union contract expires October 1 and employers plan an eight hour strike when posted notices go up in job offices.
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Minneapolis
Typothetae
Minn
Nneapolis Typothetae
Anneapolis
Desert Restores Voice: Wallace’s Tenor Recovers Power
Francisco Cal September 27 Macken, a renowned international Noir singer, has returned to the city where he lived for two years and regained his voice to its full height after a period of loss.
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Zie Wallace
Ancisco
Cal
Macken
Weather bulletin summarizes crop conditions nationwide
The weather bureau bulletin notes above normal temperatures across the country for the week ending September 25. Rains damaged parts of the Missouri and Upper Mississippi valleys while the South Atlantic and Gulf states need rain. Frosts occurred in the middle latitudes with light frost elsewhere. Corn conditions mostly favorable except in Missouri, Nebraska winds damaged some crops. Apple and potato crops are reported inferior and yield uncertain in several states.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
Missouri
Upper Mississippi
South Atlantic
Gus
Rocky Mountain
Lower Lake Region
Interior
Middle Atlantic
Missouri Valley
Clorn
Nebraska
Kansas
Dakotas
Minnesota
Threshing Season Advances Across State Farms
Farmers press on after the threshing season as corn husking begins. The week brought warmer, drier weather with showers in the east on the 18th. Wheat yields vary, oats and spelt are satisfactory, flax and millet good, potatoes mixed with some rotting. Haying finishes in the south. winter-wheat sowing and fall plowing proceed amid generally favorable conditions.
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Huron
Corn Crop Outlook Described as Safe in Iowa
Des Moines report from director John R. Sage of the Iowa crop service states that 25 to 90 percent of the corn crop is matured across the state. Six ideal weather days followed heavy showers on the 18th with above normal temperatures aiding threshing, plowing, and shock formation in central and western districts.
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Sage
Des Moines
Iowa
John R. Sage
Iowa Crop Service
Dynamite Blasts Planned to Clear Suez Channel Wreck
Port Said reports a plan to explode eighty tons of dynamite aboard the sunken British steamer Chatham to clear the Suez canal. Divers will place blasting gelatine cases in the hold and an electric line ashore will trigger the detonation. Officials warn of unpredictable damage and possible canal deepening or blockage after the blast.
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Port Said
Egypt
Suez Canal
Chatham
Typhoon Devastates Manila Hurtling Thousands Homeless
A Manila dispatch says a destructive typhoon swept through the motive district wiping out housing and leaving 8,000 persons homeless. Five Filipinos were killed and hundreds of buildings unroofed.
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New York
The
Evening Sun
Manila
Insult to Baron Komura reported in Victoria
The Japanese Advertiser says on August 3 a live shikimi plant was sent to the residence of Baron Komura. Police are endeavoring to discover the sender.
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Baron Komura
Victoria
B. C
Britain and Japan forge new defense alliance in far east
London reports the August 12 treaty binding Britain and Japan to mutual aid in defense of eastern Asia and India. It aims to guarantee peace, preserve equal trade opportunities, and maintain neutrality if Russia engages, with articles governing consultation, war conduct, Korea, and Indian frontier security.
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Great Britain
Japan
Lord Lansdowne
Baron Hayashi
Foreign Office
St. Petersburg
Paris
Far East
Associated Press
East Asia
India
Asia
China
Korea
Russia
Lansdowne
Baron Hagards
Charles Hardinge
Lord Lamsdowne
Arrest A Dakota Banker In Minot Bank Case
Minot North Dakota September 26 President J A Erickson of the Minot National Bank now in the hands of a receiver was arrested today on a warrant charging him with making a false report to the comptroller of the currency.
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Minot, N. D
J. A. Erickson
Minot National Bank
Bomb Attack Wounds Police in Northwest Russia
In St. Petersburg on September 26, the chief of police along with three police officers and three women were severely wounded by a bomb thrown at Kovno in the Northwest region. The attacker fled the scene.
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St. Petersburg
Kovno
Russia
Nations sign Karlstad protocol on two nations neutral zone pact
Stockholm reports the Karlstad protocol outlining a five article treaty between Norway and Sweden. It sets compulsory Hague arbitration for disputes not affecting vital interests, a prolonged neutral frontier zone, dismantling of certain fortifications, rules on reindeer pastures, and joint waterway and transit provisions.
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Associated Press
Karlstad
Hague
Fredricksten
Gyldenleeve
Overbjerget
Hague Arbitration Court
Arbitration Tribunal
Hague Court
DBE
Fredriksten
Weden
Hjelmkolenverje
Kroksund
Dingsrud
Glydenleeve
Switzerland
F. I Fredriksten
Konsvingers
Norway
Ofoten
Sweden
Christian Lundeberg
Count A. F. Wachtmeister
Hjalmer Hammarskjold
Karl Staff
Vote of censure against the king in Hungary
Budapest on September 25 the executive committee of coalition parties met to discuss the Hungarian ultimatum from the king and emperor. It passed a resolution severely censuring the king and his advisers.
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Budapest
Navy Yards Clerk Found Guilty of Bigamy in Brooklyn
Frederick E. Carlton a commissary steward at the Brooklyn Navy Yard was found guilty of bigamy. The case centered on his marriage to a second partner while the first remained. Carltonson faces sentencing likely to follow in the same court.
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New York
Frederick E. Carlton
Navy Yard
Brooklyn
Carlison
Tale Angers Mr. Platt in Kansas City Stop
United States Senator Thomas C. Platt of New York arrived in Kansas City from Denver aboard the Rock Island private car Courier. He denied serious illness and retirement rumors, said he would remain active in politics, and planned to visit President Roosevelt at Oyster Bay on his return east.
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Kansas City
United State
Thomas C. Platt
New York
City
Denver
Rock Island Railroad
East
Platt
Roosevelt
Oyster Bay
Mob Whips Prisoner Near Williamstown Jail
An armed masked mob of White Ribboners broke into the Williamstown city jail and abducted Moses Loverin a negro serving sixty days for assault. They whipped and stoned him across the river until nearly dead while Thomas Blackburn escaped harm. Both prisoners were returned. Loverin is said to be near death. Eight mob members are named by Blackburn and warrants issued by Prosecuting Attorney Sheppard.
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Williamstown
Moses Loverin
James Butscher
Loverin
Thomas Blackburn
Blackburn
Sheppard
Sheriff Saves Wife After Negro Attack in Clayton
Deputy Sheriff A. J. Shores shot a black man, Robert Taylor, who attempted to assault his wife near Clayton. A mob from a local church attempted lynching but was stopped, and Taylor was jailed. Shores discovered his wife faint on the sidewalk after the incident.
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St. Louis
A. J. Shores
Clayton
Shores
Robert Taylor
Taylor
Clerk Hennessy Sentenced for $40,000 Estate Theft
New York on September 25 James P Hennessy the clerk who confessed to stealing $40 000 from the estate of D Percy Morgan was sentenced to seven years in state prison He said he lost the money at a race track pool room in his confession.
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New York
James P. Hennessy
D. Percy Morgan
States
Hennessy
Fire Rips McDaniels Stable. Sixty Five Horses Burned
Wilmington Del Sept 25 wire reports the McDaniels brothers livery and boarding stables were destroyed by fire. Sixty five horses were burned to death along with about 150 carriages wagons and large quantities of hay and feed. Loss exceeds 50000 dollars.
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Wilmington
Del
McDaniels Bros
Former Iowa state treasurer Geo Bemis dies at 72
Waterloo dispatch reports Geo W Bemis longtime Iowa official died in Independence after a long illness He served as state treasurer from 1876 to 1880 was member of the eighth general assembly in 1859 and the senate in 1871
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Iowa
Waterloo
Macedonia to Lose Finances Under Balkan Control Plan
A six-power note to the Porte declares the decision to put Macedonia's finances under international management is final. Delegates will reach Salonica on October 1 to begin control, with instructions requested for immediate access. Friction grows over indemnity payments for British-owned ships attacked by Arab pirates.
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Constantinople
Porte
Macedonia
Salonica
Red Sea
English oil workers recount Baku massacre horrors
Williams and Edward MacCullum, rescued British workers, describe September outbreaks at Baku. They report five days without water, fires and rifle fire around Zabfat and mass killings including 10 Armenians in their yard. MacCullum cites Tartars attacking Romani barracks and brutal mass killings with plunder carted away.
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London
Edward MacCullum
Ar- Pena
Romani
Tartar
Palma Wins in Cuba Heralds Palma Victory and Ferrara Arrest
Complete island returns show government supporters winning every province in the latest election board contests. The result is seen as a mandate for Palma’s December reelection and Capote’s vice presidency. Colonel Ferrara, liberal candidate for president, was arrested on seditious charges, amid riots blamed on moderates.
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Havana
Palma
Mendoze Capote
Ferrara
Gomez
Vueltas
Enrique Villuendas
Ilance
Army Surgeons Meet Opens Fourteenth Annual Session
Detroit berlangsung as delegates from Japan China Mexico Great Britain Canada Guatemala France United States and many state national guards attend the opening of the fourteenth annual meeting of the Association of Military Surgeons of the United States in Detroit.
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Mich
Japan
China
Mexico
Great Britain
Canada
Guatemala
France
United States
National Guard
The
Association of Military Surgeons of the
Journalist predicts political shift in Japan after treaty
Seattle report by Kentaro Kagahara, editor of a Tokyo paper, says most Japanese are dissatisfied with the peace treaty. He predicts Baron Komura will not be greeted with funeral rites or celebrations in Tokyo and that the current ministry may soon dissolve.
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Komura
Seattle
Kentaro Kagahara
Tokio
Japan
Kayahara
Gambling Stops In Denver As Officials Enforce Laws
Judge Frank T. Johnson and Booth Malone in Denver ordered Sheriff Alexander Nisbell and Police Chief Michael Delaney to enforce gambling laws. Gamblers closed all houses, removing the need for further action by officials.
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Denver
Colo
Frank T. Johnson
Booth Malone
District Court
Alexander Nisbell
Michael Delaney
William Jones Given Life Sentence for Murder in Iowa City
William Jones was sentenced to life in the penitentiary for murder in the second degree after killing S. E. Danner two months ago. Danner died while trying to save Jones' divorced wife from an attack. Mrs. Jones remains between life and death from wounds.
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William Jones
S. E. Danner
Jones
Danner
Ike
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