Taft Receives Vorys Report On Ohio Unity At Hot Springs
William H Taft met with Arthur Vorys of Ohio in Hot Springs Virginia to hear a positive report on Ohio politics. Vorys said Ohio would likely send a strong Republican delegation and that West Virginia Democrats had clarified the Ohio negro vote. Taft later rode to a mountain overlook to watch the sunset and moonrise.
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Tribune
Hot Springs
William H. Taft
Arthur Vorys
Ohio
Taft
Senator Elkins
Vorys
Mr. Taft
House
Congress
West Virginia
Buckeye
Foraker
Representative Laning
Laning
Campbell
Southard
Sherwood
Taft buys Blue Fair winning plantation horse in Lexington
William H. Taft via an agent purchases a sixteen hand, twelve hundred pound Kentucky plantation horse from Shelby T. Harbison of Lexington. The animal, winner of today’s Blue Fair, will be shipped to Taft this week.
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Lexington
William H. Taft
Shelby T. Harbison
Thtt
Highwaymen Hold Up Relays Near Stirling City
Fifteen Diamond Match Company workers returning from Stirling City were held up by two highwaymen near Stirling City on the Feather River road. The robbers took about $400 in money and close to seven hundred in valuables before escaping, leaving the employees unharmed though shaken.
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Redding
Cal
Stirling City
Diamond Match Company
Feather River
Match Company
Meriden Man Dies From Portland Ball Game Injuries
Michael T. Maroney aged 25 of Meriden died at St. Francis Hospital Hartford of injuries from a baseball game in Portland. He collided with a baserunner and was struck in the abdomen during play last Saturday.
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Hartford
Conn
Michael T. Maroney
Meriden
St. Francis's Hospital
Portland
Rain Teardown at Polo Grounds After Crowd Crush
A heavy downpour at the Polo Grounds reduced a record crowd to a mob after six innings. Over thirty thousand attended the double header before rain and the crush caused dozens of fainting women to require ambulance attention from J Hood Wright Hospital staff. The exit jam lasted ten minutes as spectators were overwhelmed by the force of the crowd in the rain.
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Polo Grounds
J. Hood Wright Hospital
Grandstand
Interurban Cars Collide Near Detroit in Head-On Crash
Two heavily loaded Detroit Ypsilanti Ann Arbor Jackson line interurban cars collided head on just outside Detroit tonight. Authorities report a significant crash with injuries feared as responders rush to the scene. The accident blocks the line and investigations begin.
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Detroit
Detroit, Ypsilanti
Ann Arbor
Troops Guard City After Portsmouth Police Killing
Norfolk reports three state troop companies quartered at the armory and ready to assist Portsmouth police after the killing of policeman W. Winningder by a Black suspect. Four negroes are detained for identification as crowds fear retaliation and possible jail attack.
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Norfolk
Portsmouth
W. S. Winningder
Strong
Swanson
Catherine Powell
Winningder
Wyoming Coal Strike Heads Toward September Tie Up
Omaha dispatch reports Wyoming coal camps ready for a September 1 strike by about twelve thousand miners. Operators, led from Omaha by Union Pacific Coal and other firms, vow to resist miner demands and to fight the union to a finish.
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The
Tribune
Omaha
Wyoming
Union Pacific Coal Company
Central Coal and Coke Company
Sheridan Coal Company
Cambria, Hudson and Kemmerer
Denver
Aerial Transit Co Promoters Seek Far Future Airship Use
Hartford August 11 The Eastern Transit Company filed a charter with the Secretary of State permitting airship navigation but promoters say the clause is a perfunctory safeguard for a distant future. James W. Knox Hartford is president H J Williams Cambridge secretary James Lee Loomis Hartford treasurer. Authorized capital 50000 with 1000 paid in. Knox and Loomis are temporary officers and the Boston emanation aims at broader transportation ventures.
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Hartford
Conn
Eastern Transit Company
Boston
James W. Knox
H. J. Williams
Cambridge
James Lee Loomis
Knox
Loomis
Bantam Lake
Boston May Get Constitution Frigate Offer
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Truman H. Newberry offered Boston the frigate Constitution to be docked in the Charles River and opened as a museum of nautical warfare. Government seeks to move Old Ironsides from Charlestown Navy Yard due to space, prompting local debate and possible action by the historical society if Boston hesitates.
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the Tribune
Boston
Truman H. Newberry
Newberry
Historical Society
Wright's Best Flight Longest Of The Series
Wilbur Wright of Dayton, Ohio, made the longest flight of the aero plane trials in Le Mans, staying aloft three minutes forty four seconds and circling the field three times at about thirty six miles per hour. A crowd of about three thousand witnessed the descent and ascent, with Wright promising longer, higher flights daily as he tests his machine.
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le Mans
France
Wilbur Wright
Dayton
Ohio
Wright
Associated Press
Big steel car plant planned for Wilmington
Harlan & Hollingsworth and Bethlehem Steel announce a consolidation to build in Wilmington a steel passenger coach and steel freight car plant. The Harlem plant will be rebuilt and enlarged to house the largest car shops in the country, with 12,000 to 15,000 workers. Bethlehem will supply the steel and cars will be erected locally.
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Wilmington
Del
Harlan & Hollingsworth Corporation
Bethlehem Steel Company
Charles M. Schwab
Harlem
Paris Rumor Says Byron D Chandler Killed Abroad
Reports circulating in Paris claim Byron D Chandler of Boston and son of the late banker Byron Chandler was killed near Boulogne sur Mer with three others injured, but inquiries from Boulogne sur Mer could not verify. Chandler, 29, married Grace Estelle Stecher in 1896 and had moved his North Reading estate. his Manchester relatives report no word.
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Paris
Byron D. Chandler
Boston
Mass
Byron Chandler
Manchester
N. H
Boulogne-sur-Mer
Boulogne-sur- Mer
George Byron Chandler
Amoskeag National Bank
Grace Estelle Stecher
New York
North Reading
Chandler
Europe
France
Lightning Strikes Fort Riley Headquarters in Storm
Aug 11 Fort Riley camp of instruction flooded by hard rain. The headquarters tent of Brigadier General John B. Kerr was struck by lightning. Several men were knocked down and one burned. Soldiers held to tents to keep them from blowing away.
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Junction City
Kan
Welcome Planned As Home Fleet Returns In February
Speculation follows about the Atlantic fleet’s February return to U S waters from Auckland New Zealand and plans for a second Atlantic fleet to escort them. Rear Admiral Conway H Arnold will command with Iowa as flagship until New Hampshire ready. Other ships include Idaho Indiana Mississippi New Hampshire North Carolina Montana and Massachusetts plus cruisers Chester Salem Birmingham. A Hampton Roads parade will precede winter maneuvers at Guantanamo with a possible vice admiralty for Sperry upon safe homecoming.
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Auckland
N. Z
Conway H. Arnold
Naval Examining and Retiring
Iowa
New Hampshire
Idaho
Indiana
Mississippi
Massachusetts
North Carolina
Montana
Chester
Salem
Birmingham
New York
Hampton Roads
Navy Yards
Guantanamo
Congress
Sperry
Nine United States pay checks stolen from messenger pouch
A messenger's pouch containing nine U S government pay checks totaling about $2,000 was stolen outside the Department of Commerce and Labor in Washington. The pouch was recovered with the other mail but the checks were missing. robbers remain unidentified. Checks traced via bank transit show losses from Atlanta to Montgomery and funds stopped as needed.
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Washington
Department of Commerce and Labor
Wilkie
Secret Service
Alexandria
R. F. Troxler
Public Health and Marine Hospital Service
Riggs National Bank
Treasury Department
Lowry National Bank
Atlanta
J. W. Kerr
American National Bank
Fourth National Bank
Montgomery
Ala
W. L. Roberts
United States
Mother at Baltimore Forgives Eloping Couple at Police Station
Tears marked a meeting at Central police station as Mary, daughter of William M. Edwards of Spoenk Long Island, and Alfred Tillinghast sought their mother's forgiveness after eloping August 6. Mrs. Edwards agreed to marry them the next day at the station, noting they had undergone a nonlicensed ceremony believed to be valid in Long Island City.
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Tribune
Baltimore
Bessie Edwards
Brice Edwards
Long Island
Central Police Station
Mary
Alfred Tillinghast
Spoenk
Speonk
William M. Edwards
Mr. Tuttle
Eastport
Lithographs Await Union Label In Election Printing
Chicago August 11 telegraph report says orders for ten million Taft lithographs and five million Bryan lithographs are stalled because no union label can be placed. Open shop lithograph houses have membership disputes with the Poster Artists' Association and the federation. Committees appeal to Samuel Gompers to intervene, but no action yet.
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Tribune
Chicago
Taft
Republican Campaign Committee
Bryan
Democratic Organization
Poster Artists’ Association
Federation
Samuel Gompers
Two Women Drown at Cape May in Surf
At Cape May on August 11 Miss Margaret Masterson and Miss Katie Charles both around thirty five employed at Hotel Cape May ventured beyond safe depth and drowned in the surf. Miss Charles body was recovered while Miss Masterson remains missing.
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Cape May
Margaret Masterson
Katie Charles
Miss Charles
Miss Masterson
Long Run at Top Speed in Turbine Scout Cruiser Plan
Plans for a Portsmouth New Hampshire to Azores voyage aboard the Chester aim to settle speed disputes with the Salem and Birmingham. The test will run at high power to four hundred miles from Portugal, comparing foreign and American machinery under strain. Commander Henry B. Wilson leads preparations for the mission.
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Chester
Portsmouth
N. H
Azores
Ponta Delgada
San Miguel
Salem
Curtis
Portugal
Henry B. Wilson
A. F. H. Yates
Birmingham
Arms for Revolution in Lisbon Smuggling Probe
Lisbon rumors of a growing revolutionary propaganda gain weight after raids reveal one hundred revolvers and fifty rifles in Lisbon suburbs. A suspicious packing case from Barcelona contained bombs. A grounded sailboat south of Lisbon yielded arms from Belgium, and thirty anarchists held as members of a secret society with New York headquarters and European branches.
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Lisbon
Barcelona
Belgium
Securo
Portugal
New York
Titania Sinks After Collision With Kingston Steamer
Rochester reports a Titania passenger boat from Seabreeze to Charlotte Harbor was struck by the Kingston as it passed under its bow. The vessel half sunk in ten to twelve feet of water, with twenty aboard plunged into the water. all were rescued by Charlotte lifesaving crews, small boats, and a Kingston boat. One woman was removed from the Titania through a Kingston window.
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Rochester
Kingston
Charlotte Harbor
Thousand Islands
Titania
Seabreeze
Charlotte
Fix Brothers
Buffalo
Railroad Resumption Stimulates Virginia Rail Lines
Railroads across Virginia are rehiring hundreds of workers and repairing rolling stock as fall business is anticipated. The Chesapeake and Ohio moves twenty miles of empty cars between tidewater and the mines, while Southern Line yards fill with locomotives and cars. Similar revival signals come from Seaboard Air Line at Norfolk, Jacksonville, and Tampa, with expectant traffic as crops move in autumn.
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Tribune
Richmond
Virginia
Chesapeake & Ohio
Tidewater
Seaboard Air Line
Norfolk
Jacksonville
Tampa
Harriman Drives Union Pacific Recovery Push
Omaha reports E H Harriman has initiated renewed activity on the Union Pacific Railroad. Rolling mills at Laramie have reopened after a year shutdown. More workers hired, double tracking underway in Nebraska and Wyoming, a new line along the North Platte under construction, and million-dollar shops in Omaha resumed with extra clerks and ramped operations after the previous fall pause.
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Omaha
E. H. Harriman
Union Pacific Railroad
Union Pacific
Laramie
Wyo
Nebraska
Wyoming
North Platte River
Rowing Coach Nickalls Rescued After Boat Capsize
Springfield Mass August 11 Aging coach Vivian Nickalls of Detroit eight oared crew capsized after his shell hit a South End bridge pier on the Connecticut River. He was saved by High School crew members who towed him to safety. His damaged boat will be repaired for the national regatta. Nickalls is English and brother of Guy Nickalls a three time Diamond Sculls winner at Henley.
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Tribune
Springfield
Mass
Detroit
Connecticut River
Vivian Nickalls
South End Bridge
Nickalls
England
Guy Nickalls
Henley
Betts
Odell
John A. Merritt
Lockport
Genesee, Livingston, Niagara
Orleans
Wyoming
Livingston County
Wadsworth
Horace White
Syracuse
J. Sloat Fassett
Elmira
William Barnes, Jr
Albany
Hughes
Barnes
Fassett
Owen Cassidy
Tompkins
Tioga
Schuyler
Chemung
Cassidy
Sherman Moreland
Newman
Ompkins
Battle Creek
Mich
Oklahoma Liquor Law Declared Unconstitutional
Judge H R Wells voids the Billups bill in Coalgate Oklahoma ruling the prohibition and liquor law unconstitutional for covering multiple subjects in a single measure. The decision rests on the state constitution requiring one subject per law and applies to a violation case under the act.
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The
Tribune
Coalgate
Okla
H. R. Wells
Leaders debate Hughes renomination at New York GOP meet
At Republican headquarters in West Forty ninth Street leaders and Woodruff weigh renomination of Governor Hughes. Discussions stretched from morning into night as lawmakers from Ontario Cayuga Wayne and Yates districts consider delegates deciding Hughes fate. Some caution public stance, others back broader delegate choice with potential conflicts for party unity.
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Hughes
Republican State Committee
West 39Th Street
Republican Club
Timothy L. Woodruff
Centaegarding
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AN Aerial Transit CO
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