Claimants Sit In Executive Offices in Albany
Two claimants to the New York governorship sat in the capitol arguing legality of their claims. Impeached Gov. William Sulzer remained in the executive chamber amid reports of his illness in his wife Mrs. Sulzer, who was listed as seriously ill and unavailable to testify. Lieutenant Governor Glynn moved to assert recognition as acting governor, while state officials debated who held authority as the impeachment fight intensified.
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Albany
N. Yo
Army of State
Sulzer
Govnor Sulzer
Vy. Sulzer
Capitol
Patrick FE. Foabe
Senate
McCabe
Srung
Rotary
Glynn
State of
New York
May
Tor. Sulzer
Jersey
Arrson
New Jersey
Hamilton
National Guard of
M. Sulzer
Martin H. Glynn
Eretinander
Kvarnor
Senate tariff debate resumes as caucus ends for night
Senate resumes tariff debate while caucus on recess program meets and recessed until tonight. Lob by investigation continues. House not in session and meets Friday. Woman suffragists heard before judiciary committee.
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Senate
HOUSE
Judiciary Committee
Onouewe
Canton massacre and chaos rocks Canton China
Canton, China Aug 14 Several hundred killed in fighting as rebels and government troops clash. Looting spreads through goldsmith and silversmith stores. Foreign concessions at Shameen feared. Indian troops reinforced from Hong Kong. A large fire destroys barracks, civilian exodus continues. Hankow railway traffic suspended. General Lung Chi Kuang and northern troops retreat from near the city.
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Canton
China
Shameen
Hong Kong
Fayuen
Kwang-Tung
Lung Chi Kuang
Hag
Nine Killed and One Hurt in Arizona Mine Mishap
At Clifton Arizona on August 14 nine miners died and one was fatally injured when a cable pin snapped releasing two ore cars carrying twelve tons of ore down a 38 degree grade for 3000 feet. Three Americans Liddell Scott and Ambler escaped by rolling off as the cars plunged. The dead include Mining Engineer Schaeffer formerly of Colorado electrician E M Jones and three Americans two Italians and two Mexican miners.
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Clifton
Ariz
Coronado Ming
Liddell
Scott
Ambler
Schaeffer
Colorado
E. M. Jones
Suit Calls General Film Co A Monopoly
Cleveland August 14. Joseph Sampliner, assignee of Lake Shore Film and Supply Co., files in federal court claiming the General Film Co of New York is a monopoly restraining trade in violation of the Sherman act. He seeks 303000 damages under the triple damages provision.
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Cleveland, O
General Film Company of
New York
Joseph x. Sampliner
Lake Shore Film and Supply Company of
Cleveland
Med Salt
Mulhall Illness Delays House Lobby Probe In New York
In Washington Aug the house committee's investigation into lobby activity is slowed by the illness of star witness Martin M Mulhall his attorney John W H Crim submitted a physician certificate stating Mulhall faces a nervous breakdown The widespread moral rot among state employees affects internal affairs and state relations with other commonwealths, with continuation noted on Page Eight.
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Washington, D. C
House
Martin M. Mulhall
Star Witness
John W. H. Crim
Mulhall
Glynn
Govenors
Pnankc
New York
Commonwealths
Suffragists Press for House Committee Hearing
Delegates from the National Council of Women Voters urged creation of two woman suffrage committees in the House before the Rules Committee led by Chairman Henry. Speakers included Emma Smith Dogroe Jane Addams Viola Coe Cora Smith King Frances Bjorkman and Dr Harvey Wiley among others. An afternoon session covered Budapest suffrage results and conditions in Washington Colorado and Oregon with a garden party to conclude the conference.
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Washington, D. C
House
National Council of Women Voters
House Rules Committee
Congress
Emma Smith Dogroe
Baker
California
Weating
Colorado
Falconer
Washington
Jane Addams
Chicago
Viola ,M. Coe
Oregon
Cora
Smith King
Frances M. Bjorkman
Senate
Representative
Harvey W. Wiley
Mary McDowell
Frank W
Rules Committee
Henry
Budapest
EX-GOV LIND STRIKES IT RICH IN MINNESOTA ORE
Grand Rapids Minn Aug 14 John Lind special representative in Mexico of President Wilson has struck it rich on the Minnesota iron range Forty acres of ore land owned by Lind was leased today to an iron company at royalties of twenty five cents a ton with a minimum of thirty thousand tons Twenty acres already drilled are said to show four million tons of ore A prior lease on the same land was canceled by the United States Steel corporation a year ago
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Wilson
Grand ‘Rapids
Minn
John Lind
Mexico
Minnesota
Lind
United States
Minot
N. D
Hosg
Nanaimo
B. C
Victoria
Departure Bay
Extension
Ladysmith
Shopping Round in Town Advertisers Guide
A promotional note extols readers to use today’s JOURNAL advertising as a living shop tour. It invites shoppers to scan notices from merchants, viewing each advertisement as a courtesy, lantern to what to see and where to go, emphasizing up-to-date store features and hospitality.
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Today’s Journal
Immigrant Warrant Issues Across Three Cases
Immigrant officials issued warrants for Clara Melcher of Los Angeles to arrest her in connection with charges against Stanislaus Sulkowski a former Austrian officer who departed for the Orient with his bride Marie Louise Freeman. A plan to seize the Empress of Russia at sea failed when the ship’s captain refused cooperation. Warrant also issued for Hidekuni Iwata a wealthy Japanese man and his wife Norae Iwata on charges of harboring 27 women in Fresno California with bonds set at 1500 dollars each.
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Washington, D.C
Clara Melcher
Los Angeles
Jola Her
Stanislaus Sulkowski
Orient
Vancouver
Misa Marie Louise Freeman
Sulkowski
Balks
Seattle
Wash
Prince Stanislaus Sulkowski
U. S
Norae Iwata
Fresno
Calif
Iwata
Minot Riots Prompt Talk of State Troops
Mob violence erupts as Industrial Workers clash with residents in Minot North Dakota. Police struggle to restore order after a gathering turned into a street battle with dozens jailed. Reinforcements and high powered rifles deployed as tensions rise.
Retired Admiral Silas Casey Dies in Virginia
Warm Springs Va Aug 14 Admiral Silas Casey retired veteran of the Civil War died here today. His last duty was commander in chief of the Pacific Fleet, a post he relinquished to retire in 1893.
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Springs
Silas ‘Casey
Pacific
Porter Charlton Sails to Italy for Trial in Wife's Death
Porter Charlton, self confessed killer of his wife Mary Scott Castle Charlton, left Jersey City aboard the steamship Re D Italia for trial in Italy. Extradited under U S and Italian papers, Charlton expressed high spirits about a possible acquittal and faces possible life confinement in Italy. His father Judge Paul Charlton plans to accompany him to Italy for the trial. Charlton had been living with Mrs Castle at a Lake Como villa when she died. her body was later found in a trunk at the lake bottom.
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Jersey City
Porter Charlton
Italy
Mary Scott Castle Charlton
Lake Como
Italia
U. S
Charlton
Paul Charlton
Neville H. Castle
Henry IH. Scott
San Francisco
America
U.S. Supreme Court
Los Angeles to Host 1916 Knights Templar Conclave
The Knights Templar Grand Encampment elected officers on a first ballot and set Los Angeles as the site for the 1916 triennial conclave. Appointed officers include Grand Master Arthur Macarthur of Troy New York and other leaders from Pittsburgh Atlanta St. Paul Knightstown and Dallas. W. H. Norris of Manchester Iowa was elected grand junior warden on the third ballot.
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Denver
Col
Los Angeles
Knights Templar
Knights Templars
Arthur Macarthur
Troy
N. Y
Leos, Smith
Pittsburgh
J. ‘x Orr
Atlanta
J.- Ww. Chamberlain
St. Paul
Leonidas Newby
Knightstown
Ind
W. H. Norris
Manchester
S. P. Cochran
Dallas
Texas
Geo. W. Vallery
Local Cyclists Plan to Attend Regatta
About ten to fifteen local cyclists plan a 120 mile bicycle trip from Muscatine to Keokuk for a regatta, leaving Saturday morning August 23 and returning by Friday August 29. They will sleep outdoors with blankets, wear khaki outfits, make several stops, and likely stay over Sunday beyond Burlington.
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Keokuk
Laat
Muscatine
Dam
Burlington
Wells Dry and People Ill Across Missouri and Kansas
Fresh reports describe exhausted water supplies and illness from bad water, with crops burned beyond redemption across Missouri Kansas and Oklahoma. Wells in Lawrence Kansas city of 15 000 run dry as Kansas river water is diverted. rain in 24 hours minimal and prospects poor. In Wichita cornfields scorched by sun, dried blades detach, fodder scarce. last heavy rain in Wichita was in April.
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Kansas City
Missouri
Kansas
Oklahoma
Lawrence
Wichita
Warrington Trial Testimony Highlighted By Immunity Claims
In San Francisco, Diggs white slavery case defendant Maury I Diggs faces cross examination over Marsha Warrington’s shifting statements. Prosecutors say she was promised immunity and threatened with arrest to alter testimony, while defense outlines plans to challenge the evidence before the jury.
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San Francisco
Cal
Marsha Warrington
Diggs
Lola Norris
Miss Warrington
Maury I. Diggs
Evelyn Diggs
Roche
Coghland
van Fleet
Sacramento
Coghlan
Eno
Wilson opposes recess as tariff action pushed now
President Wilson informs Democratic senators he will not accept any recess between tariff passage and currency debate. He urges Democratic unity to finish tariff and currency legislation this session and to resist legislative deals with Republicans. Caucus discussions focus on a cloture rule to curb filibusters and speed business.
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Washington, D. C
Wilson
Senate
Congress
Tumulty
Kern
James
Kentucky
White House
Stranger Taken In Is Their Long Lost Son
Glasgow Kentucky August 14 A son missing for twenty years Virgil Huffman returns home to his parents Mr and Mrs James Huffman after a weary night traveler is guided in by Mrs Huffman The couple had waited years and expect to accommodate him as he resumes life with them in their home near Glasgow
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Glasgow
Alaska
James Huffman
Weather Iowa Thunder Showers Tonight and Friday
The Iowa weather reports thunder showers likely tonight or Friday with warmer conditions and moderate southerly winds. Temperature at 7 o'clock was 74 degrees. Muscatine river stage today 4 feet 5 inches, fell one inch. Sunrise 4:57, sunset 6:52, moonset 3:27 am.
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Iowa
Muscatine
Moonget
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