Americans welcomed in Auckland by New Zealand leaders
Admiral Sperry and officers landed at Queen Street in Auckland for an official welcome from Premier Sir Joseph Ward. Crowds packed the streets as Sperry praised Anglo American ties and the Pacific naval peace effort, while New Zealand officials presented commemorative gifts.
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Auckland
New Zealand
Australasian Craters
Joseph George Ward
Queen Street
Dominion
Sir Joseph
Roosevelt
Admiral Sperry
Pacific
Sydney
Manila
Lord Plunkett
Edward
Erner
Great Britain
America
Drill Hall
Arthur Myers
Myers
Australasia
Want Scherr to quit West Virginia contest
White Sulphur Springs West Virginia Aug 9 The West Virginia political conference adjourned with a plan to press Arnold C Scherr to withdraw as a gubernatorial candidate and to hold another meeting at Hot Springs on Wednesday Attending will be Senators Scott Elkins Representatives Gaines Hughes United States District Attorney Eliot Northcott Scherr's agent George C McIntyre and possibly Chairman Hitchcock and Arthur I Vorys Taft national leaders remain noncommittal but electors tension looms over tickets The piece also notes Taft's Southern appeal and tariff stance influencing voters
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Tribune
White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
West Virginia
Arnold C. Scherr
Hot Springs
Scott and Elkins
Gaines and Hughes
United States
Eliot Northcott
C. W. Swisher
Hopkins
Ilinois
Senate
Representative Foss
Evanston
Taft
Cannon
House
Allison
Long
Fulton
Cummins
Foss
Bristow
Chamberlain
Oregon
Mr. Taft
Roosevelt
Illinois
South
Bryan
Virginia
North Carolina
Plans for games at Amoy amid fleet visit
Dr George Mark a Chinese reception committee member requests Auckland play pre fleet games and recommends semi final and final matches be staged in Amoy Two trophies valued at 2000 each will go to the football and baseball winners American consul Nir Arnold arranges schedules during the fleet visit
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Amoy
China
George Mark
Battlesip
Auckland
Amory
Arnold
Plucky Effort To Swim Channel Near French Coast
James Mearns the Scotch champion attempted to swim the English Channel from Dover toward France. He pressed on despite advice to quit, covering three miles from France after hours in the water, until an attendant on a tug had to dive in to support him and rescue him.
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Dover
England
English Channel
James Mearns
France
Mearms
Ambassadors' Posts in Europe deemed insecure
London reports The Times correspondent says Turkish ambassadors in Paris and St Petersburg have been reassessed and their envoy posts in Belgrade and Vienna are considered insecure.
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London
Constan- Houple
Times
Paris
St. Petersburg
Medici
Meriia
Belgrade
Vienna
Skeleton found in gravel pits near Lawton Oklahoma
The skeleton of a man has been found in gravel pits on an Indian allotment south of Lawton. Bones are in good condition. State Geologist Gould will supervise the work and mount the specimens for study.
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Telegiazh
the Tribune
Okla
Lawton
Gould
Nine Men Lost at Sea Near Halifax by Freya Collision
The Gloucester fishing schooner Maggie and May carrying nineteen men was struck by the German ship Freya sixty miles off Halifax Harbor in dense fog. Nine crew died, including Captain Erick McCatheran, with four survivors aboard the Freya. The Maggie and May measured 95.08 feet and was built in 1881 at Essex, Massachusetts.
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Halifax
Gloucester
Maggie
May
Halifax Harbor
Erick McCatheran
Essex
Mass
G. Dennis
Mission of Luis Tejera to sign Santo Domingo bonds
Luis Tejera arrives in the city to sign for the Dominican government the $20 000 000 bond issue arranged by Kuhn Loeb & Co. The bonds bear 5 percent interest for fifty years with early redemption possible and must be sold at not less than 96. The treaty provides a US appointed customs revenue receiver who will fund interest and amortization. American receiver in Santo Domingo is W E Pulliam.
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Luis Tejera
Santo Domingo
Tejera
Kuhn, Loeb & Co
United States
W. E. Pulliam
Alive in Haiti General Jumeau Sought by Government
Reports from Port-au-Prince say General Jean Jumeau, leader of the Firmin insurrection, is alive and in hidden retreat awaiting a new uprising to topple President Nord Alexis. Government forces search districts led by General André as signs of a coming crisis grow amid protests and rising troop sentiment.
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Port-au-Prince
Haiti
Jean Jumeau
Firmin
Nord Alexis
Jumeau
Gonaives
Marchant
André
Progressive Party
Antenor Firmin
St. Thomas
United States
Europe
St. Marc
Caronia Aids Starving Lyderhorn Crew At Sea
Wireless dispatch from the Cunard liner Caronia reports sighting the British bark Lyderhorn and her crew in mid Atlantic. The Lyderhorn, en route from Iquique to Hollerdan, had been without food. Caronia sent two days of stores to the starving crew.
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London
Cunard Line
Caronia
Crookhaven
Queenstown
New York
Lyderhorn
Weston
mid-Atlantic
Iquique
Hollerdan
Fire devastates East 112th Street tenement killing four children
A blaze at 332 East 112th Street in the Sicilian community killed four children and injured many as residents on upper floors jumped for safety. Fire and police sought a cause amid reports of a single fire escape and a possible arson attempt.
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East 112Th Street
Thaw Responds to Legal Claims From Jail Cell
From the county jail in Poughkeepsie Harry K. Thaw issues a statement denying new claims by lawyers and asserting his bankruptcy resulted from them. He lists amounts paid by himself and family to various lawyers and physicians totaling over $520,000, with detailed figures and names noted in newspapers.
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Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Harry K. Thaw
O'Reilly
Stone
Pittsburg
Hartridge
President's Day Quiet at Oyster Bay
Inclement weather kept the President at home in Oyster Bay with Mrs Roosevelt and their sons Quentin and Archibald. The party attended Christ Church for morning service with Rev. John W. Gammeck officiating. They traveled by automobile and no guests were entertained at Sagamore Hill.
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Oyster Bay
Aug
Roosevelt
Quentin
Archibald
William S. Cowles
Christ Church
John W. Gammeck
Glen Cove
Washburn
Sagamore Lil
Strikers Fire on Train in Alabama Killing Three
Three men died and eleven were wounded when striking miners fired on a special train carrying non union workers to Blocton mines. Officials, deputies, and soldiers responded as authorities arrested eight suspects amid grave strike tensions.
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Birmingham
Ala
Birmingham Mineral
Blocton
Bryant
A. C
Cornett
J. B
Coxx
FE. E
Tennessee Coal Company
Cross
A. E
Dodge
F. H
Johnson
J. C
Martin
Collins
Washington
Frederick
Comer
Hubbard
Police Brutally Kill Methuen Officers Found Dead
In Methuen Massachusetts Charles H Emerson and Frank McDermott of the police force were found dead in a peat meadow after an overnight chase of petty thieves. Authorities believe they were attacked from bushes as they approached suspects with rocks and clubs used in the assault.
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Methuen
Mass
Charles H. Emerson
Frank McDermott
Methuen Police Department
Ames Ge Jones
McDermott
Emerson
Boy Killed by Pitched Ball in Local Game
William Auvin Jr a teen from Cumberland died of cerebral hemorrhage after a pitched ball struck his temple during a match at Lonsdale yesterday. He continued playing after the hit then fell ill and died early this morning despite medical help.
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Tribune
Cumberland
R. J
William Auvin, Jr
Lonsdale
Doctor Eric C Beck Injured Leaving Train at Pelham
Dr. Eric C Beck son of Dr. Carl Beck chief surgeon at New York hospitals was seriously hurt getting off a New Haven railroad train at Pelham Station. He was taken to Mount Vernon Hospital with concussion of the brain and was delirious. His summer home is in Pelham Heights. Beck and companions had been in New Rochelle and were returning by train.
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Eric C. Beck
Carl Beck
St. Mark's Hospitals
New York
New York, New Haven & Hartford
Pelham Station
Mount Vernon Hospital
George C. Weiss
Beck
Pelham Heights
Dr. Beck
New Rochelle
Parker Rescues in San Luis Obispo Runaway
Alton B. Parker of New York performed first aid and rescue when a wagon drawn by a team ran away injuring David Oliver and his daughter and Miss Mills. Parker and De Lancey Nicoll arrived in an automobile and Parker leaped to seize the horses, freeing the trapped victims and taking them to the Mills home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Luis Obispo
Cal
Alton B. Parker
New York
A. A. Mills
David Oliver
San Francisco
Auto Crash Kills Two Men Near Sylvania Ohio
A Cleveland party en route to Detroit crashed into a mudhole near Sylvania Ohio at about forty miles per hour. Father George J Vahey and Charles W Pohlman were crushed to death. Mrs Pohlman Florence and Dr F C Dietzel were injured but not seriously.
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the Tribune
Cleveland
Mr. Pohlman
Toledo
Detroit
Canada
Toronto
Buffalo
Pohlmans
Dr. Dietzel
Father Vahey
St. Columbkill’s Church
Three Fatally Hurt In Accident Near Onward
Levi Weaver a Cass County farmer is dead and his wife and ten year old son are fatally injured when their automobile is struck by a Panhandle engine at a grade crossing near Onward six miles from Logansport Indiana. The couple's thirteen year old daughter escaped with bruises as a relief train carries the wounded to hospital. The engine recently repaired was on a trial run and the driver attempted to reverse after seeing the oncoming car. Weaver was described as among Cass County's wealthiest farmers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune
Logansport
Ind
Levi Weaver
Weaver
Onward
Panhandle
Cass County
Automobile Hits Pole Injuring Wagner Family
Mr and Mrs J F Wagner and their twelve year old son James F Wagner Jr of 118 Sickels Ave New Rochelle were in an auto trolley pole collision on Jerome Ave near 142nd St yesterday afternoon The car went out of control after the steering gear jammed causing the family to be thrown from the vehicle The boy sustained a cut to his leg while Mrs Wagner reported an internal injury and they returned home afterward
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J. F. Wagner
James F. Wagner, Jr
Sickels Avenue
New Rochelle
Jerome Avenue
142D Street
Wagner
Wall of Fire 16 Miles Threatens Mining Areas
Reports from the Missoula forest service say the Taft fire has reignited and grown, aided by a blaze from the Coeur d'Alene side, creating a continuous 16 mile fire wall above and below Saltese. A second fire near Lick Creek south of Hamilton and a third near O'Keefe Creek threaten the Bitter Root Valley as smoke fills the sky.
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Missoula
Mont
Bureau of the Forest Service
Taft
Koch
Coeur d'Alene
National Preserve
Saltese
Lick Creek
Hamilton
Bitter Root
O'Keefe Creek
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Jennie
Fausto
Frank
Lugafona
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Savari
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East Side
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Ahearn
East 104Th Street
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Joe T
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Methuen, Mass
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