Springfield Riots Turn Violent as Troops Fire On Looters
Springfield clashes resume with gunfire across the West Side. troopers patrol as 80 prisoners crowd the police cell. deaths mount including G W Scott and W H Bowes as Governor Deneen issues six proclamations and orders indictments for arson murder and robbery. refugees flood the arsenal guarded by troops.
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Springfield
G. W. Scott
Scott
Twelfth
Madison Biréets
W. H. Bowes
Bowe
Threaten Negro Miners Near Jellico Court Tensions Rise
Special to The New York Times reports race tensions erupting in the Jellico region, Tennessee. Seventy-one armed black miners fortified in a commissary house are surrounded by about 200 white miners and mountaineers, with sheriffs and deputies en route to protect them as authorities weigh federal aid.
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New York Times
Knoxville
Tenn
Jellico
J. F. Huddleston
Campbell County
Patterson
Kings Mountain Coal Company
Middlesboro
Springfield
Ill
Kings Mountain
Antras
Riot Fear Roils Town After Alleged Attack
The uproar followed an alleged assault on Mrs. Hallam by Ezra Richardson’s relative. Negro residents, including Richardson, gathered at the arsenal as tensions rose. One eyewitness recalls fleeing a white mob shouting to seize the Black man, claiming he fled for his life while driving a team on the town’s edge.
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Ezra Richardson
Man Confesses Role in Lynching at Springfield
Charles Godwin told the Dartonville Asylum superintendent he helped lynch William Donegan in Springfield. He described stamping him in the face cutting his throat and then using a rope. Godwin, a former member of the Thirty-second United States Volunteers, said he has a sister there and was placed under guard.
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Peoria
William Donegan
Springfield
Charles Godwin
Dartonville Asylum
Godwin
Thirty-second United States Volunteers
Philippines
Law and Order League to Combat Crime in Chicago Black Belt
A Law and Order League for Chicago's South Side Black Belt will be formed at a mass meeting in the Institutional African Methodist Episcopal Church. The Rev. I K Stewart urged action, saying the behavior of a few harms the entire Black community and must be condemned and fought.
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Chicago
Aus
South Side
Springfield
Institutional
African Methodist Episcopal
Chuca
Il, KE. Stewart
mob of women storm police station over accused molester
Philadelphia August 17 violence erupts as about 300 women demand the life of George Wodock. He is saved by captor William Siner and city firemen as police arrive to protect him after a mob surrounds the station. Wodock is locked up.
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New York Times
Philadelphia
George Wodock
East Fifth Street
William Siner
Esther Siner
Wodock
Fatal Panic Aboard Dutch Steamer Amstelland
Lisbon reports detail a deadly panic when a fire broke out in baled wool cargo twenty four hours from Rio de Janeiro. Six of twenty passengers in a boat were drowned after davit cable was cut. others were saved as the fire was contained and the voyage resumed.
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Lisbon
Amstelland
Rio Janeiro
Davit
Negro attacker smuggled from Huntington Bay jail to Riverhead
George Washington, a Black man who attacked Mrs. Kate Gervasian at the Chateau des Beaux Arts, was secretly moved by constable White to Riverhead for detention after a mob briefly overran a village lockup. Mrs. Gervasian remains in critical condition as guards brace for potential trouble and the case heads to the county jail's custody.
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New York Times
Huntington
L. I
George Washington
Kate Gérvasiani
Chateau Des Beaux Arts
Huntington Bay
Riverhead
White
Chateau
Gervasian
Lfe
Constable White
Justice of the Peace
Hendrickson
Bloodhounds Pursue Suspect in Burton Mob Chase
Bloodhounds were sent from Baton Rouge to Burton to aid a posse pursuing a Black person who confronted an 18 year old white girl. Officials warned that capture could lead to fatal mob retaliation.
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Baton Rouge
Burton
Funeral of Couronne victims in Toulon marked by rites dispute
The Couronne gun explosion victims were honored in Toulon with a formal funeral. Priests refused to join the procession to the railroad station over religious entanglements, while Minister Yaston Thomson praised the dead and noted separate services could be held. The government condemned the ship Couronne as dangerous.
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Toulon
Couronne
Les Salins
Ecuadorian citizenship awarded to Dr. B J Lloyd
Congress grants Ecuadorian citizenship to Dr. B J Lloyd of the American Marine Hospital service for leading sanitation efforts in Guayaquil. He was named President of the Sanitary Commission and helped stamp out bubonic plague in the city.
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Guayaquil
Congress
B. J. Lloyd
American Marine Hospital Service
Lloyd
Sanitary Commission
Izzet Pasha Reported in London on Escape Tale
Dispatches to a Turkish agent in the United States say Izzet Pasha, father of Mehmed Ali Bey, the deposed U.S. minister, is in London after a Genoa escape on Aug. 4. Istanbul plans charges including palace murders, robbery, extortion, customs frauds, with extradition possible. Mehmed Ali Bey remains under Secret Service protection.
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New York Times
Washington
Constantinople
Izzet Pasha
Mehmed Ali Bey
United States
London
Genoa
Department of Justice
Bervies
Funeral of Redjeb Pasha Triggers Mass Mourning in Constantinople
The War Minister Redjeb Pasha died suddenly from apoplexy. A massive funeral in Constantinople drew an estimated one hundred thousand mourners. The procession was lined with troops, the bier bore Sultan Suleiman’s cloth, and shops closed with half-mast flags. Post mortem found natural causes. autopsy signed by embassy physicians.
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Constantinople
Redjeb Pasha
Sultan Solyme
Sheik-Ul-Islam
Settlement on site transfer for American College in Constantinople
Ambassador Leishman reports to Washington that after years of effort the property for the American College for Girls in Constantinople will be titled in the name of Secretary Horton of the American Board of Missions. The move does not cover the American College for Boys or its erection, which remains to be pursued by Leishman.
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Washington
Leishman
State’ Department
American College For Girls
Constantinople
Horton
American Board of Missions
American College For Boys
New Moroccan Uprising Reports Stir Frontier
Paris reports a fresh Moroccan frontier uprising with 25 000 Arab troops mobilizing to seize French posts at Brehar and Bonanane. Sen Lyautey arrives at Colomb Bechar leading a 444 horsemen flying column. Advance guard moves near Boudenib amid claims Hafid agents stirred tribes.
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Paris
Algeria
Brehar
Bonanane
Sen. Lyautey
Colomb Bechar
Bondenib
Muial Hafid
Osman Nizam Pasha becomes Minister of War in Constantinople
Reports from across the globe note several changes and events on August 17. Osman Nizam Pasha is appointed Minister of War in Constantinople after the sudden death of Redjeb Pasha. In Stettin 8000 ship riveters end a lockout by accepting employer terms. In Amoy Joseph Travis named general assistant to Dr. George Mark for the Chinese Reachout Committee. In Colombo the US battleships Alabama and Maine arrive en route to the Atlantic coast. In Halifax the 150th anniversary of the Nova Scotian Har lament is marked with preliminary ceremonies and a memorial tablet to be unveiled Wednesday by Gov. Duncan C. Fraser.
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Amoy
Joseph Travis
Portland
San Francisco
George Mark
Haulifax
Great Britain
Duncan C. Fraser
Japanese Sealers Caught
United States revenue cutter Bear arrived at Unga Alaska with seventy five Japanese seal poachers from Seal Island as part of crews from two schooners recently captured. The Bear did not bring the remaining prisoners.
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Seattle
Wash
Valdez
United States Revenue
Bear
Unga
Alaska
Seal Island
Effort to Avert Lackawanna Switchmen Strike
Chairman Martin A. Knapp of the Interstate Commerce Commission met with E. E. Loomis of the Lackawanna in Scranton to avert a walkout by switchmen over rule violations. President Roosevelt reportedly urged peace as the talks continued with Loomis set to report back in a couple days. Disputes center on the discharge of two switchmen, with the Union of North America demanding reinstatement amid widespread representation in the Lackawanna system.
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Martin A. Knapp
Inter-State Commission
E. E. Loomis
Lackawanna Railroad Company
West Street
Lackawanna
Truesdale
Adirondacks
Loomis
Knapp
Roosevelt
Inter-State Commerce Commission
United States Labor
Neill
Switchmen’s Union of North America
Buffalo
Scranton
Penn
8000 Miners On Strike Shuts Indiana Coal Mines
In Indiana 8 000 to 10 000 bituminous miners are on strike after a rift with operators over the union dues check off. Most mines idle as operators sever relations with the United Mine Workers of America and face winter contracts with little coal on hand.
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New York Times
Indianapolis
Ind
Operators’ Association
Indiana
Siudson
Operators’association
United Mine Workers of America
Mmine
Pittsburg Coal Operators Meet Over Miners Union Check-off
In Pittsburg on Aug 17 leaders of about 40 000 miners threaten a district strike after coal operators refuse to increase the check-off from monthly pay for the union. A special meeting set for tomorrow aims to decide if any check-off will continue. If the operators persist the United Mine Workers face distress.
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New York Times
Pittsburg
Penn
United Mine Workers
Strike by 254 women at Ratkowsky & Roth factory
A strike of 254 avomen occurred yesterday at the Ratkowsky & Roth white goods plant, 49 East Broadway, protesting foreman Willie for constant scolding. Forty six workers had struck in the same factory last week over wage cuts, while others remained at work.
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Ratkowsky & Roth
East Broadway
Willie
Lloyd-Georges Mission To Berlin Prompts Naval Talks
Berlin reports emphasize David Lloyd-George's Berlin visit aims to study old age pension administration but speculation grows that wider aims exist. Officials say he comes strictly to inquire, while London press hints at talks with Kaiser and King Edward on naval economy and armament reduction.
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Berlin
David Lloyd-George
London
Kaiser
Edward
Cronberg
Aug
Great Britain
Germany
Lloyd- George
Hold Up Cairo Trains Leave Passengers Robbed and Wounded
Two Cairo tram cars returning from a resort were held up by an armed gang. Passengers were attacked and wounded. men were robbed of purses and watches while women lost jewels. Public outcry grows for stronger rail security measures.
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Cairo
Coal industry worries over manpower and demand in Pennsylvania
James Kerr of the Pennsylvania Beech Creek and Eastern Coal Company warns that 18,000 of last year’s 45,000 Pennsylvania miners have been laid off mainly Slavs, Huns, and Italians. He cites weak demand, lack of railroad equipment, and limited financing as reasons the bituminous sector cannot rebound quickly.
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Pennsylvania
James Kerr
Pennsylvania, Beech Creek and Eastern Coal Company
Pennsylvania Coal and Coke Company
Pennsylvania, Beech Creek and Mastern Coal Company
Kerr
Esperanto Congress Opens in Dresden With 1800 Attendees
The fourth International Esperanto Congress opened in Dresden with 1800 people present as delegates and locals sang the Esperanto Hymn. King Frederick August's representatives and city officials welcomed attendees while Dr Zamenhof spoke on Esperanto studies. Major Paul H Straub of the U S Army Medical Corps represents the United States.
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Dresden
Frederick August
Saxony
Zamenhof
United States
Paul H. Straub
Army Medical Corps
Night trial of German airship at Tegel
Berlin reports a military dirigible ascended at 11 pm from Tegel. Officials kept aims secret while rumors say the craft may stay aloft all night and possibly voyage to Spandau and back as a yellow envelope signal flashed briefly, then disappeared into clouded skies.
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Berlin
Tegel
sPitndury
Secie
Pauraie
Sixty Balloons in Races at Berlin International
The report describes an international endurance balloon race in Berlin with American entrants led by Lieut. Frork P Lohm and Captain Charles De F Chansifer and Adjutant Henry By of the Weather Bureau. About sixty balloons, including Garden Bennett Capsume and Scipio Borgese of Italy, compete with thirty entries from the international endurance exhibition. Organizers expect many more balloons and plan spectator accommodations on the starting field near the gas works at Sehmarsensdorf.
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Berlin
Axe
Hell of
Smocttas
Frork P, Lohm
Charles de F Chansifer
Shenaf Corps
Statu
Asm
Ahijor Henry By
Herven
Cleo
Othe
Bennett Capsume Pem Pines
Scipio Borgese
Italy
Apt
Kindelain
Bruet
Anh
Western
Hiirapw
Battlnoks
Srtall
Dirigible Balloon Crashes. Captain Von Krogh Injured
Berlin Aug. 7 The Parseval dirigible balloon while nearing land here suddenly dropped from sixty feet due to a strong current. The gondola struck the ground hard breaking the left arm of Captain von Krogh.
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Berlin
von Krogh
Wright Seeks Bigger Field for Aeroplane Trials
Le Mans France Aug 17 Wilbur Wright of Dayton Ohio seeks use of a large military ground seven miles from Le Mans for extended long distance flights. He reports repairs well advanced on his aircraft and hopes to resume nighttime tests by Wednesday.
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LE Mans
France
Wilbur, Wright
Dayton
Ohio
Wright
Eighty Year Old Seeks Balloon Ride at State Fair
Columis Ohio Aug 17 Jason Brown of Akron applies to State Fair officials for permission to ascend Naabenshue's balloon at the fair. He says he is over 100 applications already received from all over Ohio for a ride in the balloon.
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Columbis
Ohio
Jason Brown
Akron
Naabenshue
John Brew
Harper's Ferry
Balleeen
Ispahan Turmoil Amid Exile Attempt Against Nurulla
Excitement grips Ispahan as an exile attempt against constitutionalist Gadshiga Nurulla triggers clashes. Residents close Kazaars and form armed guard to overtake Nurulla’s men, release him, and return in triumph. Fears mount of wider Persian unrest echoing events at Tabriz and possible Shahist caution.
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Ang
Ispahan
Gadshiga Nurulla
Sthiah
Nurulln
Ispahan F
Tabriz
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