Americans Aim to Overtake UK in Olympic Track Events
London July 19 United States officials say Americans will win more field events despite Britain leading in total track and field victories. Commissioner James E Sullivan cites climate, tough heat draws, and uneven heats as handicaps but expects sprint hurdles and jumps to shift the balance this week. Marathon entries include Forshaw Hatch Hayes Morrisey Ryan Tewanina Welton with Longboat potentially racing for Canada amid betting on Duncan Beale and Jack in the distance. Queen Alexandra to preside at prize ceremony July 24 with duchesses assisting. festival proceeds to Windsor start and end at the royal box with a reception July 23.
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London
United Kingdom
England
James E. Sullivan
United States
Associated Press
Brighton
Sheppard
Halstead
Bromilow
Ramey
Amateur Athletic Association
Agavist
America
United King-deom
Kerr
Archibald
Canada
Longboat
A. Duncan
Salford
Beale
Duncan
T. Jack
Joseph Forshaw
Missouri Athletic Cub
Sidney H. Hatch
1St Regiment Athletic Tion
Chicago
John J. Hayes
Irish- American Athletic Club
T. P. Morrisey
Mercury Athletic Club
M. J. Ryan
Greece
Finland
Russia
Belgium
Austria
Bohemia
Hungary
Dlland
Italy
Germany
Denmark
United Tide
Eastcote Road
Palace Gates
Windsor
Alexandra
Royal Box
Shah Loses Tabriz Revolt Reaches City Nine Lives Mentioned
A Times dispatch from Tabriz dated July 19 reports the town fully under revolutionists save one quarter. Rabin Khan’s horsemen retreated, undermining the Shah’s bid for control. The Royal Infantry Regiment left Teheran to restore order, then abandoned uniforms and marched home. Rabhin Khan’s chief executioner was killed in the streets. Clerics faced pressure as mobs gathered, while the Russian consul’s mediation failed to yield amnesty or orders to disperse. Proclamations urged action by the people amid accusations of duplicity.
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Rabin Khan
Teheran
Rabhin Khan
Revolt Rumors Erupt Among Turkish Troops Near Monastir
Rumors say seven thousand Turkish soldiers in Monastir are in open revolt with thirty two thousand more ordered to the area. Officers of the Third Army Corps threaten generals in Macedonia will be killed unless officers awaiting court martial are freed, and the army may march to Constantinople to demand constitutional restoration.
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Constantinople
Monastir
Third Army Corps
Macedonia
Rain Stops Maine Forest Fires After Week of Blazes
Showers arriving in Maine put out fires sweeping the woods and threatening coastal resorts. For two weeks flames menaced summer homes and villages from one end of the state to the other, but wind shifts and rain finally checked the outbreaks, ending a period described as the worst in a quarter century.
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Portland
Maine Woods
Maine
Women Fight Fire Near Stamford Forest Fire
Mrs L D Hopkins and Miss Hopkins with other New York women fought a major forest fire threatening a Stamford home and outbuildings. They carried hose connected to standpipes and kept the house and barn wet from noon to 6 pm, as wind shifts aided their efforts. Hopkins, a Madison Avenue real estate dealer, lived in the Stillwater district with Captain Greene’s home. The fire scorched twenty acres of timber land.
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the Tribune
Stamford
Conn
L. D. Hopkins
Miss Hopkins
New York
Manhattan
Captain Greene
Stillwater
Savannah Harbor
President Praises Boys at Christ Episcopal Church
Fifty boys in uniform from St Ann s Mission New York saluted the President at Christ Episcopal Church for the morning service. He praised them calling them fine fellows as he shook hands with their captain. The church beat overwhelmed a nearby woman who fainted during the service.
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the Tribune
Oyster Bay
St. Ann's Mission
New York
Christ Episcopal Church
Vitriol threat for reformer in lodging house clash
Boston dispatch reports escalating conflict between lodging house proprietors and the Lodging House Commission over licensing. Miss Mary Boyle O'Reilly, commission member and daughter of a poet, has received threatening letters. Union organizers vow to oppose the licensing scheme and threaten harm if she continues her work.
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the Tribune
Boston
Lodging House Commission
Mary Boyle O'Reilly
Drowned in Galicia Openerty Incident Reported
Vienna on July 1 reports twenty two people from Arch drowned in a Galician incident. HAAN'S Restaurant on Park Row Building is noted as a cool luncheon and dinner spot with music in the downtown area.
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Vienna
Haan
Park Row
Advu
Women Aid In Rescue Of Campers At Montauk Point
Campers twelve miles away guided Captain Hedges and the Montauk Point life saving crew through a gale to reach the sinking steamship Chippewa off Montauk Point. Women joined the perilous operation, hauling gear and assisting the surf gun crew as the ship broke up, with a dangerous wind and heavy seas hindering efforts to haul her off.
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Montauk Point
Long Island
Caleb Hedges
Chippewa
Charleston
Boston
Merritt-Chapman Company
Merritt
Hedges
Montauk
Government House
David L. van Nostrand
Viola van Nostrand
Great Neck
William Post
Frederick Post
Scott Libby
East Williston
William Titus
Merritt- Chapman
Personal crisis drives Pittsburg suicides rise
A Telegraph report from Pittsburg notes a ten day wave of self destruction with fifteen deaths and six attempts. Of twenty one acts eleven used carbolic acid, five revolvers, two poisons, one bridge jump, one window jump and one throat cut. Causes include grief love financial reverses ill health and despondency. On July 17 three suicides occurred and one more attempt amid low barometer.
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Tribune
Pittsburg
Masked man seen on fire escape at West 59th Street
Mrs. T. S. Pentegast awakening at 2 am in her fourth floor apartment at 24 West 59th Street saw a masked man on the fire escape a story below. Bellboy George Brown alerted police. detectives Tobin Cummins and Bicycle Policeman Marron searched the building but found no intruder. Guests at the Plaza Hotel nearby were roused and police remained on scene.
Georgia Legislators Caught Poker Raid at Kimball House
Five legislators played poker for high stakes in a Kimball House room when two detectives raided the game. Members posted $300 bonds and left without a docketed case. The pot held over $500 and investigators suspect ongoing gaming linked to the Legislature with liquor present.
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The
Tribune
Atlanta
Kimball House
Boomerang Airship Flies Off From Palisades Park
C Oliver Jones, inventor of the Boomerang airship, launched from Palisade N J for a public ascent over the Hudson. A rope failed and the craft drifted eastward toward Long Island Sound, landing safely at the St Joseph Institute near West Chester at 8 30 PM. The pilot blamed a rudder malfunction and promised further ascensions when control could be insured.
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C. Oliver Jones
Hammondsport
N. Y
Palisade
N. J
Mr. Jones
Hudson River
Palisades Amusement Park
Hudson
Harlem
Bronx
Long Island Sound
Jones
Curtis
St. Joseph Institute
West Chester
Kissimmee Enacts Ordinance Regulating Airships
Kissimmee City adopts a new ordinance controlling airships within town limits. Violations carry a fine up to 500 dollars or 90 days in jail. Boundaries extend 20 miles upward. city marshal will use an approved aircraft to arrest offenders.
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Tribune
Kissimmee
Fla
Kissimmee City
Calaboose
Terra Firma
Scared Yet Stubborn Representative Seeks Protection
Atlanta July 19 Representative George Glenn who introduced a famed bill to safeguard men from designing women appeals to the House for protection claiming threats to his life and sleepless nights since the measure. He says his wife grew jealous of the steady mail in feminine handwriting and objected to his correspondence while he vows to push the bill.
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the Tribune
Atlanta
George Glenn
House of Representatives
Fire Engulfs Block In Richmond Near Chamber Com Building
A major blaze in Richmond on July 19 threatens several downtown structures. Fire apparatus from the city battles a stubborn fire confined to the block bounded by the Chamber of Commerce Building and offices of the Southern and Adams express companies. Firemen fear a disastrous conflagration.
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the Tribune
Richmond
Chamber of Commerce
Southern
Adams Express
Fiyrman
Balloons to the Fore in Naval Aeronautics Debate
Washington reports army and navy officers foresee balloons shaping future warfare. Fort Myer tests to draw diplomat observers and possibly form a navy aero static corps. Enthusiasts like Mr. Newberry back aeronautics, citing Japan Russia war balloons for recon and mine detection advantage aboard ships.
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Washington
Army
Navy
Fort Myer
Diplomatic Corps
Newberry
General Allen
Signal Corps
American Airship and Balloon Corporation
Naval Board
Chester
Bureau of Equipment
Robert F. Henderson
Missouri
France
Vladivostok
Yessen
Balloons All Landed After St Paul Flight Race
Balloons that started from St Paul yesterday to beat distance and endurance records all landed. Chicago won both prizes, with the largest balloon ending near Blooming Prairie, 73 miles south of St Paul. King Edward landed near Hampton after denying wires entanglement. America and Pommern also reported landings, gas lift blamed for lower distances.
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St. Paul
Pommern
Warsaw
Minn
Chicago
C. A. Coey
Blooming Prairie
J. C. Bennett
Hampton
A. Leo Stevens
P. S. Hudson
America
Owatonna
Here
Horace B. Wild
Hudson
King Edward
United States
Fight over Guffey Penn Democrats split
Open revolt against Denver Democrats removing Colonel James M. Guffey from the national committee advances to Harrisburg as the Pennsylvania Democratic State Committee reconvenes to reorganize. Kerr supporters confront a Guffey-led bid to maintain the old masthead while Bryan forces sought to install Kerr.
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Tribune
Pittsburg
Denver
James M. Guffey
National Committee
Harrisburg
Democratic State Committee
Pennsylvania
James Kerr
Colonel Guffey
National
Bryan
Kerr
Guffey
Democratic National Committee
Taft Joined Union Before Election Nomination
Hot Springs Virginia July 1 Taft will receive notice of his election as a member of the International Society of Steam Shovelmen and has been chosen for membership in the union. The notification will be on July 2 and he plans to be in Cincinnati after the election. He will not attend state fairs before then and may stay in Cincinnati after September 1 until the polls close. Willis Moore of the weather bureau arrives tomorrow to discuss labor issues with Taft, who will speak at Germantown court tomorrow morning on the administration of justice. General and Mrs Corbin are present by Taft’s invitation.
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Hot Springs
William H. Taft
Cincinnati
Republican Party
International Society of Steam Shovelmen
T. J. Dolan
Chicago
Taft
Panama
Willis Moore
Weather Bureau
Moore
Tea
Germantown
General
Corbin
Hitchcock In Colorful Colorado Conference Opens
Frank Hitchcock, chairman of the Republican National Committee, arrives in Colorado Springs for a two day meeting with national committee members and Western state chairmen. Leaders report strong assurances for a successful gathering. Attending are national committeemen from Arizona to Wyoming and state chairmen from several Western states.
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Colorado Springs
Col
Frank H. Hitchcock
Republican National Committee
National Committee
Hitchcock
W. S. Sturgis
Arizona
Charles Cavender
Colorado
William E. Borah
Idaho
David W. Mulvane
Kansas
Thomas C. Marshall
Montana
Victor Rosewater
Nebraska
Solomon Luna
New Mexico
James Kennedy
North Dakota
Cash M. Cade
Oklahoma
Ralph E. Williams
Oregon
Thomas Thorsen
South Dakota
Cecil A. Lyon
Texas
William Spry
C. B. Loose
Utah
Robert L. McCormick
Washington
George Pexton
Wyoming
Herbert Jorney
George Stone
California
John F. Vivian
James H. Brady
J. T. Moore
Fletcher Maddox
William Hayward
George F. Turrittin
Nevada
H. O. Bursum
L. B. Hanna
Charles E. Hunter
Olige
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