Britain Accepts U S Proposal for Newfoundland Fisheries Arbitration
London reports Great Britain agrees to submit Newfoundland fisheries dispute to The Hague for arbitration. While proceedings run, fisheries operate under the same modus vivendi as the prior year. Nearby, a horse thief at Belleville, New Jersey is suspected after a wild west show. Two ponies saddles and bridles vanish, with cowboys alleging drugging.
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Wellman Ready to Fly to Pole
Chiistigna Aug 21. A dispatch from Spitbergen reports Walter Wellman ascended in his balloon and the voyage is progressing well. With few details, readiness is noted for his attempt to reach the North Pole. No ascent will occur after September 5. Explosion In Mine Kills 112. Bevin Aug. The Shantuna Mining directors report a cable from Tsingau about a dynamite explosion in the Fangtse mine, killing two Germans and 110 Chinese workers.
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Roosevelt Promises No Waver in Punishing Wealthy Lawbreakers
President Roosevelt declares in Provincetown that the administration will not waver in enforcing anti trust and interstate commerce laws. He denounces wealthy malefactors and corporations, arguing for criminal action where appropriate while avoiding punitive harm to innocent stockholders and the public. The speech ties stock market distress to the policy fight and calls for honest profit and compliant business growth.
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Monument to Cape Cod pilgrims planned as 280 foot landmark
The Cape Cod monument will rise 280 feet to honor the Mayflower landing and the six week survey of Cape Cod. It will commemorate the signing of the rampact aboard the Mayflower while anchored. construction is expected to take about two years.
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Crisis in Morocco sparks expected native uprising
Casablanca Aug 21 Arabs attacked the French force under General Drude outside the town but were routed with heavy losses. A general native uprising is feared as European residents flee coastal towns Fez and other interior cities. Count De Allende Salazar says Britain France Germany and Spain have told their consuls to depart with settlers when danger grows.
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Fairbanks Trip to California for Irrigation Speeches
Vice President Fairbanks accepted an invitation to speak at the National Irrigation Congress in Sacramento on September 2 and may tour to deliver additional speeches. He will also address the Union League Club in San Francisco, with a public reception arranged. In Chicago, George Davis died from a neck injury after a dentist extraction attempt.
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National Irrigation Congress
Sacramento
Cal
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Union League Club
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Union League
Chicago
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Catholic Benevolent Union Holds Scranton Convention
The International Catholic Benevolent Union opened in Scranton Pa after high mass at St Peters Cathedral with Bishop Huban as celebrant. Delegates from over 290 councils in the United States and Canada attended as President Daniel J Duffy of Pottsville presided. Reports show 490 new members this year and finances in excellent condition. The session extends through Friday.
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United States
Canada
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Pottsville
Mail Car Robbed in Burlington Train Theft Near Oxford
Two sacks of registered mail containing about a quarter of a million dollars vanished from a Burlington train between Denver and Oxford, Nebraska, last Sunday night. Post office officials suspect a thief entered the mail car, tossing two sacks from the window while seven sacks were loaded for Kansas City, with two missing at Oxford.
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Two Women Killed in Farmhouse Robbery Case
In Camden New Jersey August 21 Mrs Frances Horner and Mrs Victoria Napoli were hacked to death in the Horner home as an axe murder staged after a barn fire to draw the farmer away. Charles Gibson, a former farmhand, is charged with the killings. Watches stolen were traced to a Philadelphia pawnshop. Stephen Dorsey was arrested as an accomplice but police doubt his involvement.
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Lost in the Alps American violinist missing three days
Francis Rea MacMillen 22 year old American violinist, famed for Carnegie Hall debut and Belgium royal conservatory honors at age 16, is reported lost in the Alps while attempting Mont Blanc. A search party is underway. his brothers Samuel E. MacMillen and Charles MacMillen travel amid international attention.
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Francis Rea MacMillen
Samuel E. MacMillen
Chicago Journal
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Francis
Mont Blanc
Charles MacMilen
Yvette Guilbert
Madame van Dyk
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O., Where His Father,‘S M. MacMillen
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Ministers Unionize To Charge For Funeral Sermons
In Coffeyville Kansas a retired minister was sent to a nearby town to preach a funeral sermon and paid his own travel and meals. Angered by the cost he helped form a local ministers union that sets a funeral sermon fee for nonmembers at eight dollars. The move followed his return chagrined from the trip.
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Ile
Judge Tarvin Dead Prominent Kentucky Judge and Bryan Ally
Circuit Judge James Pryor Tarvin of Gorington Kentucky died in Cleveland at 47 from asthma. A noted lawyer and jurist he was active in politics and was once urged as a vice presidential candidate with William Jennings Bryan. He accompanied Bryan on political trips and bore a strong resemblance to the Nebraska statesman.
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James Pryor Tarvin
Gorington
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Mr. Bryan
Nuggets of News: Wife shoots husband then commits suicide
Mrs. Willam Walker, a Black woman from Wheeling West Virginia, shot her husband during a quarrel and then killed herself. Packie Wefarland of Chicago knocked out Renny Yanger of Chicago in the fourth round at Fort Wayne Indiana.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Packie Wvefarland
Chicago
Renny Yanger
Fort Wayne
Ind
Woman Swallows Hatpin in Chicago Hotel Room
Mrs. C. G. Ferris of Detroit swallowed a five inch hatpin while dressing at the Auditorium Annex. Doctors, aided by X rays, found the pin in her intestines after passing the esophagus. No operation now, but it may be needed later.
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