Taft Signs Arbitration Treaties to Avert War
Washington August 4 Taft and Knox witnessed signatures on two Anglo American and Franco American arbitration treaties aimed at replacing force with diplomacy. The agreements await Senate action and seek to avert war by delaying disputes to allow cooling off. Jean Jules Jusserand signed in Paris earlier, completing a global push for peaceful settlement of national disputes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Knox
Viscount de Saint Phalle
Mr. Taft
Jean Jules Jusserand
United States
Paris
Taft
Washington
Httle International
Bryce
Senate
James Bryce British Ambassador and Signature for Government
James Bryce, noted British ambassador, signed an official document on behalf of his government. The act underscores Bryce's role in diplomatic communications and confirmation of governmental authority.
Taft pushes worldwide peace through mutual disarmament pacts
The text notes strong backing for moral support and barriers to war. Negotiations are under way to adopt similar treaties with Germany, Italy and the Netherlands. Taft hopes the idea will spread beyond the United States to foster a global peace consensus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
France
America
Germany
Italy
Netherlands
Taft
United States
Admiral Togo Arrives in New York to Begin U S Visit
Admiral Count Togo Helhacio arrives in New York aboard the Lusitania for a twelve day courtesy visit hosted by the U S government. A quarantine guard and escort greet the guest as he heads to the Knickerbocker Hotel. Mayor Gaynor calls on the admiral and Togo plans to meet President Taft in Washington for events and dinner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Togo Helhacio
Tsushima Straits
United States
England
Lusitania
Washington
Knickerbocker
Gaynor
Toga
Mr. Taft
Former Illinois banker commits suicide in prison
Carey A. Manker once of Pearl, Illinois, and a three year fugitive under embezzlement charges totaling $50,000, killed himself in his prison cell by stabbing his neck with a small pocketknife while seated on the cot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Carey A. Manker
Pearl, Ill
Manker
Tragedy as Man Jumps Before Train in Casey
Roy Williamson aged thirty a married man in poor health threw himself under a limited train. Only a foot fragment was recovered from the scene. Authorities described the act as a deliberate suicide in Casey on August 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Casey
Roy Williamson
Williamson
TERSE TELEGRAMS
Edward Murphy former United States senator from Troy New York is dead. Acevedo who led a private Cuban insurrection with about fifty followers has surrendered. A P D Benner of Warrenton Virginia a noted athlete and horseman died after being thrown and trampled at the Orange horse show. A launch with berry pickers capsized in the Michigamme river near Crystal Falls Michigan five of seven aboard drowned. Leishmann at Rome likely to be American ambassador at Berlin OBrien in Japan expected to succeed Leishmann at Rome. Upton Sinclair vows to expose conditions in New Castle Maryland workhouse. Washington fears new Hayti developments with opposing forces threatening each other after President Simon. Six American men of war are in Haytien waters. Humiliation of James K Vardaman after a sweeping electoral victory. Percy Mississippi senator has announced forthcoming resignation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
M. Jules Cambon
France
Taft
White House
President McKinley
Prizas
United States
England
Edward Murphy
Troy
N. Y
Acevedo
Cuba
A. PD. Benner
Warrenton
Michigamme
Crystal Falls
Mich
Leishmann
Rome
Berlin
O'Brien
Japan
Mr. Leishmann
Upton Sinclair
New Castle
Hayti
Simon
Haytien Waters
James K. Vardaman
Percy
Mississippi
Hayti Faces New Turmoil as Rival Forces Seize Capital
August 4 reports Haytian President Simon seeks refuge aboard the American schooner Bradford Co French after being barred from his gunboat 17 Decembre. General Leconte and General Firmin contest control as the capital endures unrest, with US and German naval actions and a public safety committee attempting to curb violence. Simon heads toward Kingston Jamaica.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Au Prince
Simon
Bradford Co
Oman
Black Republic
Cincinnatus Leconte
Antenor Firmin
Haytien
Court of St. James
John Paul
Haytilen
Bremen
Kingston
Jamaica
Two Tariff Bills Move Through Congress In Busy Session
Washington reports the Democratic cotton revision bill passed the House 202 to 138 with GOP opposition and cross party support. Republican critics condemn caucus control amid heated debate. The Senate passed an amended reapportionment bill increasing House members to 433 after March 3 1913, sending both measures to conference before the president’s signature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Representative Aiken
New York
Representative Berger
Milwaukee
House of Representatives
Arizona
New Mexico
Senate
Long Auto Run Completes Transcontinental Journey
The Premier automobiles, leaving Atlantic City on June 25 with prominent New York and Philadelphia figures and their families, arrived in San Francisco on August 4 after a record transcontinental run. The party will proceed to Los Angeles and return east via the southern route.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Atlantic City
New York
Philadelphia
Los Angeles
Navy Lieutenant Charles Brillhart Found Dead at Astor Hotel
Lieutenant Charles E. Brillhart of the United States Navy stationed in Washington was found dead in a hotel Astor room. A bullet passed through his temple and a revolver was clenched in his hands. The coroner declared suicide as the cause, but offered no further explanation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Charles E. Brillhart
United States Navy
Washington
Hotel
Astor
Weather Snapshot From U S Weather Bureaus
Observations at 8 p m list readings for New York Boston Denver San Francisco St Paul Chicago Indianapolis St Louis New Orleans Washington and Philadelphia. Weather notes show cloudy clear partly cloudy and showers with Saturday unsettled conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Boston
Denver
San Francisco
St. Paul
Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
New Orleans
Washington
Philadelphia
Ju sser and French Ambassador Sign Arbitration Treaty
J J Usser and the French ambassador signed the arbitration treaty with President Taft. The accord aims to settle disputes peacefully and outlines procedures for mediation and binding arbitration between parties under U S and French auspices. The signing ceremony drew attention from diplomatic circles in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Taft
Tobacco Trust Ordered to Obey Mandate by Circuit Court
New York Aug 4 The circuit court after a conference of Justices Lacombe Ward and Noyes and counsel handed down a decree executing the supreme court mandate. The decree bars American Tobacco Co and others from actions enlarging the trust and gives six months from June 30 1911 with a possible sixty day extension to adjust business to the law. If not dissolved by then the court may issue an injunction or appoint a receiver to restrain interstate product movements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Circuit Court
Lacombe
Ward
Supreme Court
Tobacco Trust
Pellagra Outbreak Prompts Menu Change in Kentucky Asylums
In Lexington officials move to remove all corn and corn products from meals to curb pellagra. The eastern Kentucky asylum reports seventeen cases and two deaths, with higher incidence in wards using corn bread and corn syrup. Hopkinsville western Kentucky asylum also reports several cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lexington
Eastern Kentucky
Western Kentucky
Hopkinsville
Dr George G Rambaud in New York Pasteur Institute crash
At Poughkeepsie New York on August 4 Dr George G Rambaud director of the Pasteur Institute in New York was badly injured when his sixty horsepower car overturned on a curve four miles from town. His wife Mme Gervile Reache a prima donna was seriously hurt and four others were injured in the wreck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poughkeepsie
N. Y
George Gibier Rambaud
Pasteur Institute
New York
Mme
Gerviile Reache
Destroyers Triumph In Fog End Battle Fleet Engagement
In Provincetown Massachusetts on August 4 a 60 minute clash saw twelve torpedo destroyers overpower fourteen battleships. The ships were halted by fog, suspending hostilities and leaving the destroyers victorious.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Provincetown
Mass
National League games at Cincinnati and Chicago
In Cincinnati the Phillies lost 7 to 1 as Chalmers Burns Rowan and Mo ran, with Smith Clarke and Severold pitching. At Chicago Brooklyn were defeated 5 to 9 with Knetger and Erwin, Richie, Toney, Richter and Archer contributing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National League
Cincinnati
R.H.E
Philadelphia
Chalmers
Burns
Rowan
Moran
Smith
Clarke
Severold
Chicago
R.H.E. Brooklyn
Knetger
Erwin
Richie
Toney
Richter
Archer
Baseball scores from New York and Boston games
In New York Cleveland and New York played a game with runs by Kaler Mitchell Smith Vaughn Warhop and Sweeney. In Boston Detroit faced Boston with Donovan Stanage Collins Warrigan contributing to the final score.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American League
New York
R.H.E. Cleveland
Kaler
Mitchell
Smith
Vaughn
Warhop
Sweeney
Boston
R.B.M. Detroit
Donovan
Stanage
Collins
Warrigan
Lindley Faces Murder Charge In Whitecaps Raid
William Lindley, named in the Hufftown Spencer county whitecaps raid, was arrested near Grandview and charged with murder after Bettie Coombs died from gunshot wounds. Coombs identified Lindley and Talbert in the gang before she died. Lindley denies the charge claiming an alibi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Retta Coombs
Lindley
Evansville
Ind
William Lindley
Bettie Coombs
Huff Town
Spencer County
Grandview
Sohn
Rockport
Coombs
Dam Site Purchases Delays Landowners in Evansville
Evansville congressman John W Boehne says the war department reports the Ohio River dam site twelve miles below Evansville has been purchased. Construction will begin this year as part of a government program from Pittsburgh to Cairo. Estimated cost is about 1.5 million dollars and the project will take one year to complete.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evansville
Ind
John W. Boehne
War Department
Ohio River
Pittsburg
Cairo
Congress
Washington
Five Bids Compete for St Joseph County Voting Machine Contract
South Bend Indiana Aug 4 The St Joseph county voting machine contest formally opened with a court involved dispute over the Indiana voting machine commission. Demonstrations run daily until next Tuesday when sealed bids for fifty machines will be opened by the county commissioners. Estimated cost is 40000 dollars. Five firms compete for the contract.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Bend
Ind
St Joseph County
Indiana Voting Machine Commission
He Got a Free Ride to the Fair
Lawrenceburg Indiana August 4 Dan McAfee from Indianapolis vanished before a Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern fast freight engine The crew halted the train and searched for a body McAfee was found perched on the pilot He said he wanted to go to the Osgood fair and they obliged
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrenceburg
Ind
Dan McAfee
Indianapolis
Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern
McAtee
Boy Killed by Live Telephone Wire in Bedford Incident
In Bedford Indiana on August 4 Edgar Mo Oscar a thirteen year old boy stepped onto a live wire in a city alley. He died from the shock when the fallen tele phone wire crossed the electric grid line carrying 2000 volts. Police said the break originated at a pole and the wire touched the ground.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bedford
Ind
Edgar Mo Oscar
Best Paid Police in State in Gary Indiana
Gary Ind August 4 Salaries for police officers below captain will be raised by the city council making the Gary force the highest paid in the state Sergeants go from 100 to 110 patrol men first grade from 75 to 85 patrolmen second grade from 85 to 100.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gary
Ind
Boy Wanders Crying After Cruelty Charge Filed
Nine year old John Wachter is said to be wandering in northern Indiana as police investigate cruelty charges against his mother. Farmers near South Bend report seeing the boy crying as he trudged past their homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Bend
Ind
John Wachter
Indiana
Fall Claims Monon Engineer Samuel Marlow in Lafayette
Samuel W. Marlow thirty three a Monon railroad engineer from Lafayette fell into a turntable pit at South Hammond the northern terminal and died from a broken neck at once.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lafayette
Ind
Samuel W. Marlow
Monon
South Hammond
Highwaymen Hold Up Fireman Near Randolph
Two masked highwaymen robbed Lloyd Morgan, a member of the Union City fire department, on a lonely road three miles north of Randolph. They took his money and a watch. It is the third holdup at this spot in the last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Randolph
Union City
Ind
Lloyd Morgan
Youth Jumped Off Freight Train Struck by Passenger Train
Fay Pitts eighteen was struck by a Monon passenger train at Romne y south of Lafayette Indiana. He had been riding a freight train and jumped in front of the passenger train, likely fatally hurt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lafayette
Ind
Fay Pitts
Monon
Romney
Here
DO IT DIFFERENTLY IN THE OLD COUNTRY
Hammond Indiana August 4 Lake Bolokovich sent a two bullet duel challenge to Rodman Miloshevich begging him by his second Stan Ko Bojocich to meet in mortal combat. Rodman turned the challenge to police and Bolokovich was arrested with difficulty restraining him. Bolokovich accuses Rodman of causing his expulsion from a secret society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hammond
Ind
Lake Bolokovich
Rodman Miloshevich
Stanko Bojocich
Bolokovich
Rodman
Lako
Miloshevich
Greeks in riot over confiscated spoiled food in Gary
Health officers seized two carloads of spoiled fruit and tainted pork shipped from Chicago provoking a riot by more than a hundred Greek peddlers in Gary Indiana Aug 4 police reserves saved Health Commissioner Millstone and Deputy Charles Mullen from injury at the hands of the mob the confiscated cargo included watermelons grapes and 1000 pounds of tainted pork
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gary
Ind
South Water Street
Chicago
Millstone
Charles Mullen
Four Miners Dead in Shannon WV Mine Explosion
Four miners were killed and none injured in an explosion at the Standard Pocahontas Coal company mine in Shannon West Virginia. The newly opened mine had not yet begun shipments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield
W. Va
Standard Pocahontas Coal Company
Shannon
Rivers and Harbors Committee Ends 900-Mile Ohio Cruise
Cairo Illinois August 4 The rivers and harbors committee left the city for the east after a 900 mile cruise down the Ohio river from Pittsburg The members have secured a complete knowledge of the needs of that water way
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cairo
Ill
Rivers and Harbors Committee
Ohio River
Pittsburg
Columbus Grain Elevator Fire Causes $70,000 Loss
Fire destroyed the grain elevator in Columbus Indiana owned by Ben C. Thomas. Loss on buildings and contents totaled about 70 000 with grain valued at 40 000 and buildings at 30 000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ind
Ben C. Thomas
Boy 14 Hangs Self in Indiana Barn
In Franklin Indiana on August 4 Harry R Fishback fourteen years old hanged himself from a crossbeam in a barn using an old halter. Officials report despondency over ill health as the likely cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin
Ind
Harry R. Fishback
Market Quotations Indianapolis Grain and Livestock
Grain and livestock prices listed for Indianapolis Cincinnati Chicago St Louis East Buffalo with receipts. Wheat corn oats cattle hogs sheep and lambs priced by grade and region, including bids and ranges for each market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Cincinnati
Chicago
T Louis
Two Significant Elections Soon in Commonwealths
Washington dispatch notes Massachusetts and Kentucky will elect governors this fall, shaping presidential prospects. Foss of Massachusetts looms as a possible Taft vice president. Kentucky’s governor Willson is also viewed as a potential running mate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur W. Dunn
Washington
Massachusetts
Kentucky
Foss
Willson
Taft
Unemployed Convene Potential Washington March
The national committee of the Brotherhood Welfare association names leaders in several cities and plans a September gathering for unemployed advocates. They expect more delegates than Coxey's 1894 march, though the exact date in Washington is not fixed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
National Committee of the Brotherhood Welfare Association
James Eads How
St. Louis
Robert Gillispie
Cincinnati
Nicholas Klein
Henry H. Woodward
Chicago
Josephine Wels Elston
Milwaukee
Cora D. Harvey
Kansas City
Alexander Law
New York
James O'Neil
Washington
Jacob S. Coxey
National
Congress
Ded
Coxey
S. James Eads How
Hobo
The
Brotherhood Welfare Association
Association
Thirty Years Together on Dr King's New Discovery
Thos. Ariss of Concord Michigan touts Dr King's New Discovery after 30 years use calling it the best cough and cold remedy. He claims it quickly enters homes and remains trusted for lagrippe hay fever croup and sore lungs. Price 50c and 100 trial bottle free guaranteed by Chas. D. Enocefel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thos. Ariss
Concord, Mich
Chas. D. Enocefel
Morgan's Fair Librarian Miss Belle Green
Miss Belle Green librarian for J Pierpont Morgan, famed for rare books, guards Morgan’s diary for 61 years. She works amid bibliophiles, curators, and collectors in auctions, standing as Morgan’s trusted keeper even when Morgan is absent.
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Joseph B
Philadelphia
Walter Hill
Chicago
Herbert Putnam
Hireetian
Congress
George D. Smith
Henry B. Huntington
Miss Green
Mr. Morgan
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James Bryce
Chandler Anderson
State Department
Sidney Smith
Diplomatic Bureau
Mr. Bryce
Secretary Knox
Togo
Uncle Sam
Odda
Antoine Simon
United States Weather
J. J. Jusser
American Association
Philander C. Knox
American Press Association
East Buffalo
Commonwealtha
Clark
Champ
Fort Dodge
Des Moines
Dolliver
Kenyon
Steven B. Ayres
Bronx
Ayres
Iowa
Ohio
Capitol
Capitol Grounds
Oliver
Pennsylvania
Morgan’s Fair Librarian
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