Roosevelt Accepts Honorary Presidency of Peace League
President Roosevelt accepts the honorary presidency of the Peace and Arbitration League, endorsing a program of adequate armament for defense alongside arbitration of disputes. The move aligns with the North Carolina Peace Congress aims and signals support for international justice with arbitration and universal peace efforts.
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The
Peace and Arbitration League
Roosevelt
North Carolina Peace Congress
Hayne Davis
League
Myr
Mr. Davis
Tam
Atlantic
Pacific
Senator McCreary
Theodore Roosevelt
Georgia Prison Lease System Faces Upheaval
Rumors of indictments against state prison officials and the impeachment of three prison commissioners sweep through Georgia as the legislature debates a two year lease continuation ending December 31 1811. Gov. Smith opposes the bill and a constitutional amendment substitute may be proposed. Three deaths after beatings are cited as leading to possible indictments when the grand jury meets.
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Tribune
Atlanta
Georgia
Smith
Pittsburg Plans to Insure Bank Deposits
Pittsburg bankers propose a congressional bill to tax bank stock on dividend days and create a treasury funded emergency reserve. The fund would reimburse depositors in full at national banks upon shortages and allow government intervention when needed. Congressman James F. Burke would present the measure to Congress to bolster depositor confidence.
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Tribune
Pittsburg
Congress
United States
Treasury
James F. Burke
Beam in Mr Glenns Own Eye Recap July
Telegraph report notes Whitfield County figure Mr Glenn linked to plain dress code for women and men. Spalding County’s Mr Boyd backs House inquiry into clothing bill proposing toned down attire. Boyd cites Mr Glenns loud soda water suit rainbow tie as inviting ridicule and urges House protection.
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Glenn
Whitfield County
Boyd
Spalding County
House
Rebels Lose Choluteca Ends Honduran Revolution
Government troops occupied Choluteca recaptured from revolutionists and officials believe the revolution is practically over. Many prisoners were taken and reports across the republic say the country is now tranquil.
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Tegucigalpa
Honduras
Choluteca
Automobile Fatality Near Port Henry Kills Two
An auto accident six miles west of Port Henry killed J. E. Dodge of Malden Massachusetts and Lockwood Reed of Port Henry. B. E. Titus of Syracuse escaped injury. Dodge had been camping with family and friends ten miles west of Port Henry when the trio set out for provisions.
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Plattsburg
Port Henry
J. E. Dodge
Malden
Mass
Lockwood Reed
B. E. Titus
Syracuse
Aerial Navigation Contests At Fort Myer
The United States Army offers 375 400 dollars in prizes for practical aerial navigation. The trials will begin across the Potomac at Fort Myer with ten mile plus flights over varied terrain. Three entrants were admitted A M Herring and the Wright brothers with heavier than air craft and Captain Thomas S Baldwin with a dirigible balloon.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
United States Army
Potomac
Fort Myer
Europe
America
Army Board of Ordnance and Fortification
A. M. Herring
New York
Wright Brothers
Dayton
Ohio
Thomas S. Baldwin
California
Baldwin
Army Signal Corps
Mr. Herring
Congress
Signal Corps
Edgar Russell
Charles Wallace
Frank P. Lahm
Paris
Thomas E. Selfridge
Aerial Experiment Association of
Hammondsport
N. Y
Benjamin D. Foulois
Army Signal School
Fort Leavenworth
United States
Foulois
Alexandria
Captain Baldwin
Steral Corps
Army
Tragic Wreck Near Port Henry Knocks Men From Air Era
A six mile west of Port Henry crash left James E. Dodge and Reed dead after their car plunged into Muddy Brook and burst into flames. Titus survived with minor injuries as the machine roared into the stream and exploded. Details of the sequence remain uncertain and the wreck is described as a fatal early aviation tragedy.
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Port Henry
Dodge
Muddy Brook
Reed
Titus
Iron Worker Survives Three-Story Fall in Bank Building
Frank Morse of 1121 Second Avenue fell three stories at the City National Bank site on William and Wall streets. Fellow workers quickly hoisted him down by block and tackle while Dr. Heacock of St. Gregory’s Hospital attended him, noting a possible skull fracture and head lacerations but a chance of recovery.
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Frank Morse
Second Avenue
New City National Bank
William and Wall Streets
Morse
Heacock
St. Gregory's Hospital
American car likely to win New York to Paris race
Paris announces the American entry is poised to win as German competitors failed to meet race conditions. The Protos German car arrived amid cheers and was escorted to the finishing line. Konigsberg reports the American Thomas car also reached the city today.
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Paris
New York
Berlin
Konigsberg
Thomas
Mexican movers and Pettiboni support Mexican revolutionaries
The Western Federation of Miners pledged moral support to Mexican revolutionists awaiting trial in Los Angeles. They urged local unions to provide financial assistance, declaring Villareal and companions as Moyers Haywoods and Pettibones of Mexico and accusing the United States of aiding their persecution.
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the Tribune
Denver
Western Federation of Miners
Riot Ends Outing of Waverly Athletic Association in The Bronx
At Zellner's Park near Third Avenue and 170th Street in The Bronx a riot erupted during a Waverly Athletic Association gathering. A key officer was shot while stopping a craps game as 500 to 600 youths fled the scene. Police arrested several suspects. injuries from flying glass required ambulance attention.
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Waverly Athletic Association
Lower East Side
Zellner
East 11Th Street
Fordham Hospital
Conrad Bock
Henry Ligvist
Pfeiffer
Tremont
Humpty” Jackson
Lawrence Leoni
East 12Th Street
Third Avenue
Henry Zeltner
Morrisania
Alexander Avenue
McClusky
Joseph Tobin
East 1Th Street
Rody Carroll
1St Street
William Gilroy
First Avenue
Joseph Natelli
Leoni
Tobin
Curacao Riots Target Venezuelan Residents and Consulate
Turmoil in Willemstad as Curacao residents lash out at Venezuelan figures amid anti Castro sentiment. Mob attacks engulf the Venezuelan consul residence and the German consulate, force apologies from a Venezuelan proprietor, and prompt deployment of troops to restore order. No serious injuries reported, but police struggle to restrain crowds and the consul is escorted to safety.
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Willemstad
Curacao
Venezuela
Dutch West Indies
Castro
Sefior Lopez
Wilhelmina
Consul Lopez
Concanal
Eid Ao
Leninad Haccade Oe
Bari Cullaggey
Oil Fire Makes Openings in Tampico Field
A massive oil field fire near the San Geronimo River in Tampico Mexico has intensified with subterranean gas explosions opening new vents. Flames rise 1000 to 1500 feet, about 90000 barrels of oil burned daily, described as the greatest oil well disaster on the American continent.
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Tribune
Tampico
Mexico
San Geronimo
Here
Man shoots wife on way to church then flees
Louis Armour, 50, returned to Toledo after sixteen years and killed his wife on her way to church. He fired at his daughter and attempted suicide. the revolver jammed, and Armour disappeared, sought by a posse. Jealousy over family success and wife’s refusal to reunite are cited as motives.
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Toledo
Louis Armour
Armour
Georgia freight rates enjoined by federal judge
Mount Airy Ga July 26 Judge Speer of the United States Court granted a preliminary injunction on the application of the Macon Grocery Company and other merchants restraining the Atlantic Coast Line Louisville and Nashville Nashville Chattanooga and St Louis Cincinnati New Orleans and Texas Pacific and Southern railroads from raising rates on staple shipments from Western to Southern points. The hearings set for July 29 at Mount Airy. The proposed increase would cost Georgia shippers and buyers from 500000 to 1000000 dollars annually.
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Mount Airy
Macon Grocery Company
Speer
United States Court
Atlantic @Quast Line
Louisville & Nashville
Nashville, Chattanooga
Airship Boomerang Sinks Near Fort Lee After Flight
Charles Oliver Jones piloted the airship Boomerang from Pali sade Amusement Park Fort Lee New Jersey. Steering gear failure caused a rapid descent half a mile from the start between the homes of Mrs. William Bull and Charles Chartres. The aeronaut escaped unharmed as spectators rushed the landing site provoking a water hose melee and police protection.
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Charles Oliver Jones
Palisade
Fort Lee
N. J
William Bull
Charles Chartres
Lightning killed Miss Lizzie Stump in her bed
Telegraphed report from Quakertown Pennsylvania notes that Miss Lizzie Stump died last night when a bolt of lightning struck her room. The tragedy became known at breakfast when her father found her unresponsive. examination confirmed death from lightning.
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the Tribune
Quakertown
Penn
Lizzie Stump
Missing Mayor William Mall Sends Forgiving Letter
Telegraph report from Egg Harbor City New Jersey July details a letter written by William Mall the missing mayor and postmaster to his wife asking forgiveness and to join him. Mrs Mall refused to reveal where the letter was mailed or the duty and place and expressed willingness to leave the city. She noted the question of his location in Germany as a personal matter.
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Egg Harbor City
N. J
William Mall
Taft Quiet Sunday With Family In Cincinnati Church
President Taft attends morning service at Christ Episcopal Church with Mrs Taft and Miss Louise amid church repairs. He greets many acquaintances, visits his brother's home, and later visits John W Heron in ill health. The city prepares for the notification event with mixed political reaction and plans for a 1915 exposition.
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Tribune
Cincinnati
Charles P.taft
Louise
William H. Taft
Christ Episcopal Church
W. H. Poole
Mr. Taft
Mrs. Taft
Miss Linton
North Street
John W. Heron
Arthur L Vorys
Taft
Indianapolis Colored Clubs
Palestine Knights of Pythias Drill Corps
Fleischmann Republican Club
Covington (Ky
Ford Stith Republican League
Newport Colored Clubs
5Th Ward Republican Colored
Charles P. Taft Republican Club
Senator Foraker
Frank Wiborg
Wiborg
United States
Ohio
Frank H. Hitchcock
Elmer Dover
National Committee
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Edward
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Germany
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Tip
Boston
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Troy
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West Indies
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Warner
Missouri
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Felix Agnus
Baltimore
Maryland
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Garfield
Harrison
McKinley
S. O. Bigney
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William F. Harrington
New Hampshire
Thomas F. Walsh
Colorado
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Charles P. Taft
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