Taft Campaign Notes and McCleary Visit at Hot Springs
A Telegraph report from Hot Springs Virginia details James T. McCleary, second Assistant Postmaster General, meeting with Taft to discuss campaign momentum. McCleary forecasts a large Republican majority, analyzes Johnson's potential, and notes La Follette’s influence in Wisconsin. Taft faces letters from supporters and critics, attends services, and shares college reminiscences with reporters.
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Tribune
Hot Springs
James T. McCleary
Taft
Johnson
Mr. McCleary
Bryan
Wisconsin
Mcleary
la Follette
New England
Mr. Taft
St. Luke's Episcopal Church
John G. Scott
Scott
Elijah
Tafts
Corbin
Bourne
Bill
Yale
Willie
Cincinnati
Will
Harry
Farnam Hall
Partia
New Cure for Tetanus Claims Tested at Mercy Hospital
Pittsburg doctors at Mercy Hospital report a new tetanus cure using magnesium sulphate injected into the spinal column during muscle spasms. Fourteen-year-old Henry Gilbert recovered after three weeks of lockjaw following a July 4 injury. Authorities note a physician treated the boy. the case followed days of convulsions before improvement. In Newport Rhode Island arrests followed a Sunday ball game as Coffey Dillon and Pender faced charges, with $100 bonds set for Friday hearing. game resumed after arraignments won by Newport 4 to 2.
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Tribune
Pittsburg
Mercy Hospital
Henry Gilbert
Mercy
Gilbert
Newport
Brockton
New England
Paterson Lawyer Killed In Bogota Auto Train Crash
A touring car hired by Dr. James Curts of Paterson collided with a westbound train at Bogota crossing on the Susquehanna & Western line. Lawyer Donald Holmes was killed. Curts and others injured. The party had left the North Jersey Country Club for an unspecified destination after golf and supper.
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Tribune
Hackensack
N. J
Susquehanna & Western
Bogota
James Curts
Church Street
Paterson
Donald Holmes
Curts
Wallace Paul
Ellison Street
James Shaw
W. H. Turner
No. 394
Fifteenth Avenue
Harry Fernback
New York
Fernback
Turner
Holmes
Swayzee
White
MacDonald
Shaw
R. M. Curts
North Jersey Country Club
Mr. Holmes
Pr. Curts
Shaw & Hughes
Fife and Drum Outing Ends in Harbor Disorder at Hudson Grove
The Bloomfield Fife and Drum Corps trip from Hudson Grove ended in a brawl aboard the barge Empire as beer and crowds sparked fights. Essex County deputy Charlie Shotter helped police restore order, detaining three men after a 50 minute patrol escort back to Pier A. Daly was fined $2, others discharged.
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Harrison
Singac
Bloomfield Fife and Drum Corps
Hudson Grove
Hastings
Hudson
Harbor
John F. Dwyer
Campanini
Empire
Pier A
Newark
130Th Street
23D Street
Orful
Charlie” Shotter
Essex County
Harbor Police
Fife and Drum
Virginia Jackson
Kerplunk
Ryan
152D Street
McNaught
Dwyer
Jersey
Shotter
Bryan
Hearst
William S. Truchi
Bloomfield
Charlie
Frank Daly
Orange
Jack” Brennan
Burnside Avenue
Sergeant Morris
Rector Street
Electric Light Pier
River Street
Harris
Auto Crash Injures Embassy Secretary and Banker
Miss Emily Smith, social secretary of the Brazilian Embassy in Washington, and Loring T. Tilton, a Washington businessman, were seriously injured in an automobile crash between Ipswich and Salem. Driving at about forty miles an hour, their car skidded into a stone wall, threw them about thirty feet, and exploded into flames. They were taken to Ipswich Hospital in critical condition. Tilton was moved later to the Myopia Hunt Club.
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Boston
Emily Smith
Washington
Loring T. Tilton
Ipswich
Salem
Tilton
Myopia Hunt Club
Auto Hits Trolley Car In Yonkers Crash
An automobile owned by J. G. Sykes crashed into a trolley car on South Broadway Yonkers after a rear tire burst. Passengers Mrs Sykes and Frank Hiscock suffered serious injuries including a broken knee and severe leg fractures. other occupants unharmed. Vehicle badly damaged.
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J. G. Sykes
East 66Th Street
South Broadway
Yonkers
Auto Crash Kills Two in San Francisco Area
In a crash fourteen miles above 1 38 Gatos last evening a car overturned and ran down a fourteen foot embankment killing Mrs Fred Marriott editor's wife of The San Francisco Nei's Letter and Jesse Gilbert. Mrs Desiree Marriott wife of Fred Marriott Jr was injured and Dorothy Partridge daughter of John Partridge of Menlo Park was badly burned by gasoline.
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the Tribune
San Francisco
Fred Marriot
San Francisco Nei
Jesse Gilbert
Gatos
Desiree Marriott
Fred Marriott, Jr
Dorothy Partridge
John Partridge
Menlo Park
Fred Mar
Southern Limited Train Accident Near Charlotte
Train No. 38 of the Southern Railway New Orleans to New York Limited ran off the rails about thirty miles north of Charlotte, injuring five mail clerks including crew, after which the train continued with a five hour delay.
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Atlanta
Southern Railway
New Orleans
Fleet Passes Samoa During Pacific Maneuver
United States Atlantic fleet operated near Samoa on August 2, sailing in a single column past Tutuila Island and near Pago-Pago. Annapolis and Relief made close passes. Ajax coal arrives at Suva as weather stays hot and clear.
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Suva
Fiji Islands
Auckland
New Zealand
Tutuila Island
Samoa
Annapolis
Pago-Pago
Relief
Ajax
Explosion at Peking German Legation Quarter
Fire in the German guard section of the legation quarter at 10 30 tonight burned stables and messroom and triggered ammunition blasts. Two German soldiers and one Frenchman killed. Eight German and five French soldiers severely wounded. Four soldiers and civilians slightly hurt.
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Peking
Legation
Fatal Riot at Gates Plant Leaves One Dead
In Uniontown Pennsylvania Aug 2 a riot at the Gates plant of the H C Frick Coke Company left one man dead and twenty five severely wounded. Italians and Slavs clashed after payday as revolvers fired and Ronco was reportedly killed by a misdirected shot. State constabulary arrested nineteen rioters and guarded the jail as more arrests were planned.
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Uniontown
Penn
Gates
H. C. Frick Coke Company
Masontown
Jacob Furance
Furance
Alexa Molanski
Antillo Ronco
Ronco
Pennsylvania State Constabulary
Riters
Battleship New Hampshire Returns From Quebec Voyage
The New Hampshire, under Captain Cameron Winslow with Rear Admiral W. S. Cowles aboard, returned to Newport after the Quebec tercentenary voyage. A rough 1200 mile crossing featured fog, a gale, and loss of wireless gear before docking. Cowles to Washington to assume bureau duties. ship to Portsmouth for state silver service presentation.
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Newport
R. 1
New Hampshire
Quebec
United States Navy
Cameron McRae Winslow
W. S. Cowles
Nantucket Shoals
Winslow
Shoals
Cowles
Washington
Bureau of
Portsmouth
Beverly B Tilden Dead In California Country Home
Beverly B Tilden former London society art and opera figure dies at his country home near Mount Hamilton San José Aug 2 He was son of New York varnish magnate Colonel William Tilden and moved to London as a youth He was presented to the Queen by Ambassador Phelps during jubilee ceremonies allied with Prince George and engaged to Sybil Sanderson He also helped showcase Mme Nordica in concerts
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the Tribune
San José
Cal
Beverly B. Tilden
London
Mount Hamilton
Tilden
William Tilden
New York
Prince George
Phelps
Sybil Sanderson
Mme. Nordica
Oil Field Blows Up Near Tampico Volcano of Fire
Telegraph reports a Tampico area oil field blast near San Geronimo creating a crater about fifteen hundred feet wide and a hundred feet high. Fire erupts as oil flows down the crater slopes threatening nearby forests and complicating a tunnel diversion plan.
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The
Tribune
Tampico
Mexico
San Geronimo
Village Fights Fire Near Eastport Clubhouse
Eastport on Long Island battled a forest fire driven by a northwest wind for six hours, threatening the Long Island Country Club and its clubhouse. About a hundred men fought flames in woods five miles away, backfiring and plowing furrows to halt the blaze as it reached a quarter mile from town. Several haystacks burned and game perished in the burned tract.
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Eastport
Long Island
Country Club
Freight Wreck Near Meadow Brook Destroys 19 Cars
A Philadelphia & Reading Railway freight wreck near Meadow Brook on the New York division shredded nineteen of twenty eight coal cars. The train, moving at fifty miles per hour, derailed when a wooden car broke a flange, tearing up tracks for four hundred feet and delaying service ten hours. A temporary telegraph station and commissary tent aided workers at the scene.
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Philadelphia
New York
Philadelphia & Reading Railway
Meadow Brook
Mrs Longworth Breaks Strike With Bonus Offer
The Yellowstone Park visit by Mrs Alice Roosevelt Longworth ends a servant strike as she offers five dollars a day to workers. The Denver convention party found hotel staff overworked and the plan quickly resumed service.
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the Tribune
Denver
Alice Roosevelt Longworth
Yellowstone Park
Yellowstone
Park
Longworth
Americans Win Again in Paris Athletic Games
The final day of the Paris special athletic games saw American victors in multiple events. William F. Hamilton of Chicago Athletic Association won the 100 metres dash in 11 seconds, H I Trube of New York Athletic Club took the 1500 metre run in 4 minutes 12 seconds, and E T Cook of Cornell won the pole vault. J C Carpenter of Cornell claimed the 400 metres in 50 seconds, while H A Gidney of the Boston Athletic Association won the high jump. Attendance was large.
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Paris
William F. Hamilton
Chicago Athletic Association
H. I. Trube
New York Athletic Club
E. T. Cook
Cornell
J. C. Carpenter
H. A. Gidney
Boston Athletic Association
Oxygen as aid to runners in inhalation study
London reports experiments on oxygen inhalation by runners and sprinters. The record shows athletes could hold their breath longer and achieve faster times without distress typically following races. The findings excite athletic circles and promise new training methods.
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London
Fire devastates Kootenay Valley towns in Canada
Telegrams report Fernie Hosmer Crow's Nest and other communities largely burned. About 5000 people left homeless with seventy lives lost and fire spanning seventy miles. Relief sought immediately as authorities weigh federal aid. Early estimates put losses over 10 million dollars in British Columbia.
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Kootenay Valley
Fernie
Hosmer
Crow’s Nest
Canadian Pacific Railway
Elko
Cranbrooks
Thomas Roberts
Liberal Association
J. H. King
M. P
Six Towns Destroyed in Canadian Bush Fire Sweep
Winnipeg reports a vast Canadian bush fire in Crow's Nest Pass destroying Fernie and six towns or parts of towns. Seventy four deaths are confirmed in Fernie with many missing. rail lines and bridges burned, preventing entry or exit. Thousands flee to open prairie camps as flames race across ridges and valleys toward Montana.
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Canadian Pacific
Great Northern Railways
Elk River
Fernie
Crow's Nest Coal Company
Osceola
Sparwood
Montana
Michel
Railway lines burned threaten Fernie and region
Bush fires engulf Fernie British Columbia leaving seventeen houses standing and three thousand homeless. The Crow's Nest Line of the Canadian Pacific Railway is destroyed with Hosmer wiped out and thousands fleeing toward open country. Telegrams have been sent to Cranbrook for aid and evacuation assistance.
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Associated Press
Winnipeg
Fernie
B. C
Crow’s Nest
Canadian Pacific Railroad
Hosmer
Michel
Cranbrook
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Mass
Twoo
Southern Limited
Captain Winslow
Mrs. Longworth
Kootenay
Crow's Nest
Ottawa
Sir Wilfrid Laurier
Cranbrooke
Wilfrid
Robert Jaffray
Toronto
West
Spokane
Lumbia
Border
James
Hos
Mer, Olson
Canada
Fikes & Wood Warehouse
Great Northern Bridge
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