West Point hazing case ends with cadets dismissed
Secretary Wright says President Roosevelt approved the dismissal of eight cadets from West Point for hazing. Two first class cadets Russell and Weaver are expelled. six third class cadets receive one year suspensions without pay and allowances.
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Illinois
Washington Chase
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Pennsylvania
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William Nalle
Virginia
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Alabama
Isaac Braiding
Oklahoma
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Weaver
Russell
Scott
Sagamore Hill
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Hugh L. Scott
Miliary Academy
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Congress
Pasteur Institute Founder Infected By Rabies
Dr Antonio Lagorio founder of the Pasteur Institute has contracted hydrophobia while dissecting a rabies infected rabbit. The Chicago physician is under care at his institute with Dr G B Bruno supervising and is testing his own treatment. A minor finger injury preceded symptoms but officials report no panic.
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Antonio Lagorio
Pasteur Institute
G. B. Bruno
Lagorio
Bruno
Preaches Despite His 137 Years in New Jersey
The Rev. Mason Brooks, claiming near 138th birthday, will preach at St. Thomas AME Church in Somerville. Born in Cuba in 1770, he says he once held General Washington's horse between Somerville and Raritan. Brooks has been a missionary in Egypt for sixty nine years and owns property in Virginia.
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St. Thomas's
Somerville
Cuba
Somerset County
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Raritan
Brooks
Egypt
Washington Camp Ground Association
Bound Brook
Virginia
Marmola Tablets Claim Quick Fat Reduction at Low Cost
A vintage ad touts Marmola Prescription Tablets as a simple inexpensive fat-reduction aid. It claims users shed 12 to 16 ounces daily with no harm or wrinkles, using a formula credited to Marmola Co of Detroit.
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Marmola Co
Detroit
Mich
Tobacco Company withdraws Kentucky agents and may quit state
Louisville reports American Tobacco Company removed its twenty two country buying agents from Kentucky amid rumors of a Cincinnati headquarters move and possible full withdrawal. Night riders attacked a Brookville area tobacco barn, burning eight thousand pounds of tobacco, injuring a rider. The Eddyville grand jury adjourned without indictments, sparking disputes over its usefulness and warrants likely to be dismissed.
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American Tobacco Company
Kentucky
Cincinnati
Eddyville
Sanford Hall
Thomas Stevens
Jeffersonville
Ind
Brookville
Walter Galloway
Falmouth
Galloway
Governor Willson Rebuffs Officials Over Troop Withdrawal
Frankfort Ky August 22 Governor Willson replies to a Trigg County letter and resolution denying troops in the district. He cites a two year wave of night rider depredations with intimidation arson and brutal assaults and says officials failed to arrest or aid authorities. He refuses to withdraw troops, warning it would leave the area at the mercy of the riders.
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Frankfort
Willson
Trigg County
Tobacco District
Tennessee Line
Will Not Wed Child in Maryland Marriage Plan
The Rev George S Fitzhugh aged sixty seven and Lula Virginia Frazier ten cannot marry. A license issued at Ellicott City Md will be returned. Fitzhugh has heart attack and is to a sanitarium for mental treatment. Frazier will return to Albemarle County Va. and her stepmother avoided an unintended marriage.
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George 8S. Fitzhugh
Lula Virginia Frazier
Ellicott City
Fitzhugh
Miss Frazier
Albemarle County
Mr. Fitzhugh
St. Barnabas's Protestant Episcopal Church
Anne Arundel County
Striking Tensions Rise in Pratt City Alabama
Tense mood grips Pratt City and nearby areas as violence and intimidation flare in the Alabama strike zone. Deputies faced resistance while trying to arrest trespass at the Tennessee Company No 5 mine and warrants were issued for two women accused of interfering with an officer. A Fulton Springs barbecue drew several thousand union miners where W R Farrey spoke. Evictions from Sayre mine houses continue while trains are watched and threatening letters appear on front porches as workers resist and leave the district.
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Birmingham
Ala
Alabama
Anthony Davis
Pratt City
No. 5
Tennessee Company
Fulton Springs
W. R. Farrey
National Board of Mine Workers
Sayre
Mrs Mackey Killed Saving Daughter at Illinois Crossing
In Peoria Illinois Mrs Joseph Mackey was struck and killed by a passenger train while guiding her daughter to safety at a railroad crossing. The child escaped unharmed as the train struck the mother after the girl lagged behind to play with a dog.
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Peoria
Iil
Joseph Mackey
Busy at the Navy Yard Amid Repair Work
The Brooklyn navy yard shows heightened activity as ships like the New Hampshire undergo trials and the Florida and Utah plans advance. Overhauls, new masts, boilers, and converting ships for different roles are under consideration, while the Vestal prepares for commission and the Chester Salem and Birmingham prepare for long range trials and Azores runs.
Instruction of Naval Officers and Polo Policy Update
Washington announces selection of ten to twelve junior officers for ordnance and naval engineering instruction after the Atlantic fleet returns home. Training covers Washington plants, gun factory, proving grounds, and shipyard trips under Cmdr Kaemmerling. Army polo officers may receive government care for one polo-type horse with two mounts for a bonus pay.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Naval Gun Factory
Naval Proving Ground
Indian Head
Naval Engineers
Gustav Kaemmerling
Bureau of Steam Engineering
B. C. Bryan
Navy Yards
Navy Conference Ends After Six Weeks Of Deliberation
Newport R I Aug 22 The Roosevelt commissioned naval conference at the Naval War College ended its six week sessions with an adjournment but kept findings secret. The report to the Navy Secretary is described as voluminous and will require time before release. The board included rear admirals department heads yard commanders and naval constructors with naval officers present.
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Utah
Department
Reuterdahl
Newport
Naval
Newberry
Navy Department
Delaware
Robinson
Pillsbury
Bureau of Navigation
Cowles
Bureau of Equipment
Big Basin
Hollyday
Yards and Docks Bureau
Tribune
R. L
Roosevelt
Naval War College
Secretary of the Navy
Conferrees
Plans for Future Battleships Include Higher Armor Belt
The article notes ongoing discussions about ships currently under construction and proposed designs. It expects many future changes to battleships and other vessels, including a higher armor belt, greater freeboard, and likely changes to batteries.
Naval board edges toward minor Dreadnought tweaks
Washington reports say no radical changes to Utah and Florida plans despite Newport discussions while North Dakota and Delaware craft remain largely unchanged. President Roosevelt notes the aim is improvement, not dissatisfaction, with the ships already considered best afloat.
Japan Rushing New Cruisers From Nagasaki Dockyard
Kashira Shiba of Mitsubishi Dockyard in Nagasaki says Japan is expanding its auxiliary cruiser fleet. Three 14 000 ton turbine steamships will sail 21 knots between San Francisco and Hong Kong. Four more big steamships run Japan to England via Suez. two additional vessels can be converted to auxiliaries.
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Boston
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Soldiers deny abuse report at Camp Crawford
Cheyenne Wyoming August 22 officers at Camp Crawford U S army maneuver grounds denied a Denver woman's claim that she was maltreated there last Sunday night. They said thirty two artillerymen were not involved and that twenty six of the thirty two cited by privates had been kept in the guardhouse.
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Camp Crawford
United States Army
Denver
Laramie
German Cruiser Freya Arrives at Newport Rhode Island
German cruiser Freya arrived at Newport Rhode Island from Halifax Nova Scotia on August 2 and will remain through September 7.
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Newport
R. I
R. L
Freya
Halifax
N. S
St Louis Auditorium Cornerstone Laid in Jesan Renaissance Style
The cornerstone of the Coli seum at Washington and Jefferson avenues was laid this afternoon. Planned as the largest public building in the United States, the three-story Jesan Renaissance auditorium will seat fourteen thousand, with potential expansion to twenty thousand on special occasions.
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St. Louis
Coliseum
Washington and
Jefferson Avenues
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