Cuban Minister Denounces Libel Attack on American Envoy
Senor Martin Rivera, Cuba's minister, says Enriquel Maza was used by Cubanplotters to insult Hugh Gibson, American chargé d affaires in Havana. He demands punishment for the assailant and notes U S laws protect foreign representatives. Maza is jailed awaiting indictment as Gibson presses for trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Enriquel Maza
Hugh Gibson
Legation
Havana
United States
Senor Martin-Rivera
Mara
Mr. Gibson
Maza
Senor
Martin Rivera
Cuba
Enrique Maza
Audiencia Court
Secret Service
Gibson
Mother and Six Children Cremated in Fire
Rutherford New Jersey Mrs Smilie De Baro and six of her seven children aged five months to 12 years died in a blaze that gutted their second floor home. The father and the 13 year old son escaped by leaping from a second story window as efforts to rescue the family were thwarted by flames.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rutherford
N. J
Smilie DeBaro
DeBaro
Miracle executed for Bell county shootings in 1911
Eddyville Kentucky resident Miracle was extradited from Alabama for a August 1911 Bell county triple murder. He appeared calm before the electric chair in the state penitentiary and said he had nothing to say. He killed Matthew Jones at Jones's gate on August 25 1911.
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Eddyville
Cal Miracle
Alabama
Kentucky
Bell County
Miracle
Matthew Jones
Balloon tragedy at Flint county fair claims 14 year old
In Flint Michigan at a county fair Ches ter Betts 14 son of Bart N Betts was caught by a balloon rope and hurled about two thousand feet before the rope untangled. He crashed on a barn roof and died despite bystanders reaching him. Spectators initially mistook him for a dummy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flint
Mich
Chester Betts
Bart N. Betts
Robbery of Cash and Checks Attacks Washington Bank Funds
F M Laxton of Charlotte North Carolina reported robbed while asleep in a Pullman car between At and Charlotte. The $5 000 loss included four thousand in cashier’s checks and the remainder in currency. Laxton is vice president of a company funding a new electric plant in Washington Georgia. The money was part payment by the city for the project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, Ga
F. M. Laxton
Charlotte
N. C
At- 4
Laxton
Tce
City of Washington
Freight train saves station agent from wolf pack
In Birmingham Alabama a freight train diverted a pack of wolves that surrounded the Prospect depot. The agent barricaded the Nitle depot and fired at two wolves before the train arrived. The wolves retreated and the agent departed with the train toward Jasper twelve miles away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
Prospect
Nitle
Jasper
Six Thousand Women Parade for Votes in Columbus
A Columbus suffrage parade drew about six thousand women advancing under the hot sun, with autos, floats, and soap box speeches at Memorial hall. Dr Anna Shaw and Fel a LaFollette spoke as the event marked the Columbus centennial amid cheers from hundreds of men and yellow flags.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Oece
Memorial Hall
Anna Shaw
Fela LaFollette
Baltimore
Gibson Attacked by Cuban Reporter in Havana
Hugh S. Gibson charge d'affaires at Havana warded off a sudden assault by a Cuban newspaper reporter outside a hotel. Gibson was not seriously hurt and the assailant was arrested as the Cuban secretary of state voiced regret. Edward Bell aided in restraining the attacker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havana
Cuba
Hugh S. Gibson
Gibson
Edward Bell
The
Legation
Large Sum Added to Titanic Fund in Gloucester
The Titanic memorial fund for women received several thousand dollars more in Gloucester Massachusetts through the efforts of Mrs John Hays Hammond and other society leaders aided by an outdoor dramatic performance and related activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Titanic Fund
Gloucester
Mass
Women’s Titanic Memorial Fund
John Hays Hammond
Speaker Clark’s Gavel Wrecks Desk Top in Session
Repairmen inspecting Clark’s Washington office furniture found the gavel used with unusual force over nine months. A large hole appeared in the desk top beneath green felt as the speaker pounded on every occasion, surpassing even Reed’s tempo.
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Washington
Clark
Thomas B. Reed
Seagirt marksman crowned US rifle champion
Corporal Cedric M. Long of the Fifth Massachusetts regiment won the national rifle title at the annual tournament in Seagirt New Jersey after two days of shooting. He outscored over 100 competitors in the field including top military marksmen, finishing with 205 points to the runner up's 231.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seagirt, N. J
Cedric M. Long
Fifth Regiment
Massachusetts
United States
National Guard
Scots Brides To Be On Anchor Line Steamer
On the steamer Columbia arriving from Glasgow 10 percent of about 590 passengers were young Scottish women planning marriage in the Far West. Fifty brides-to-be announced their destination as brides of prosperous farmers in various Western states.
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New York
Far West
Columbia
Glasgow
Tillman Re-elected as South Carolina Votes Break Records
In South Carolina primary, Gov Blease leads with 70,300 votes, Tillman wins re election as senator with 61,700. Anderson county shows Blease state majority gains. Totals exceed previous marks with 138,914 cast nationwide. Other results include Duncan, Jones, Talbert, and Dial in various races.
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Columbia
S. C
South Carolina
Cole L. Blease
Anderson County
Blease
Jones
Duncan
B. R. Tillman
Cole. L. Blease
Ira B. Jones
John Gary Evans
Spartanburg
U. S
Abbeville
Aiken
Anderson
Bamberg
Barnwell
Beaufort
Berkeley
Calhoun
Cherokee
Chester
Chesterfield
Clarendon
Colleton
Darlington
Dillon
Dorchester
Edgefield
Fairfield
Florence
Georgetown
Greenville
Greenwood
Hampton
Harry
Jasper
Kershaw
Lancaster
Laurens
Lee
Lexington
Marionee
Marlboro
Newberry
Oconee
Orangeburg
Pickens
Richland
Saluda
Sumter
Union
Williamsburg
York
Governor leads with 51 thousand in primary returns
In the Charleston primary Governor Blease leads with 51 142 votes and T H Peoples 38 385 in a potential second race. S T Carter named state treasurer by 30 000 majority while a railroad commissioner race looms for Richards Jr. and Cansler. Rifts and police mobilization marked polling amid sheriff and congressional contests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. H. Peeples
S. T. Carter
John G. Richards, Jr
James Cansler
J. Willard Ragsdale
J. E. Ellerbe
Charleston
E. J. Elmore Martin
G. S. Legare
H. Leon Larrissey
Larissey
Martin
John P. Grace
A. W. Perry
Martin-Legare
Milking Early, She Saved Family in Ind Home Fire
Mrs William Bowyer woke at dawn to milk and found a fire in her Logansport home. She rescued her husband and two children from the blaze before a reef collapse killed their 16 month old baby, leaving her to mourn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logansport
Ind
William Bowyer
Burglar and murderer captured near Lookout Mountain
The Nezro burglar and murderer from Collinsville Alabama was captured near Chesterfield on Lookout Mountain by J. W. Gavin and son. An armed mob pursued the felon but he was turned over to Sheriff Harris and taken to Fort Payne to avoid the mob.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chattanooga
Tema
Collinsville
Ala
Fort Payne
Chesterfield
Lookout Mountain
J. W. Gavin
French Officers Held in Morocco Cause Public Anxiety
Paris reports intense concern over French officers held as hostages by Moors at Marewesh Morocco. Emissaries sent by the French commander have failed to gain information. Lyautey says volunteers who attempted a ransom mission from El Hiba's headquarters returned empty handed after danger and effort.
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Paris
France
Marewesh
Morocco
Gengras] Lyautey
Foreign Office
el Hiba
Britain Hints Arbitration Over Panama Canal Tolls
In Washington A Mitchell Innes of Britain files a note with the U S State Department reaffirming Britain’s protest against the Panama canal tolls bill. If no satisfactory agreement is reached Britain will appeal to The Hague for arbitration. Sir Wilfrid Laurier at a dinner in Ottawa voices hope diplomacy will resolve the Panama canal dispute without war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Great Britain
State Department
A. Mitchell Innes
Hague Tribunal For
Taft
Congress
Innes
Panama
Mr. Innes
Bryce
Maine
Ottawa
Ont
Panama Canal
Wilfrid Laurier
Canada
United States
Wilfrid
Detectives Guard Rockefeller Estate in Tarrytown
John D. Rockefeller Jr. announced that private detectives have been hired to investigate labor troubles on his father’s Tarrytown estate, with a large force of deputies guarding the 1000 acre property for weeks. About 200 workers, almost all foreigners, are employed there. Rockefeller denied black hand warfare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockefeller
New York
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Tarrytown
New Orleans Adopts Commission Form of Government
A special election approved a commission form of government with initiative and referendum by a vote over ten to one. Official tallies show 23,900 for and 2,119 against with both regulars and reformers supporting the change. A November referendum will decide a constitutional amendment adding recall to the system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
General Booth Buried in Simple Salvation Army Rite
Funeral services for Gen William Booth founder of the Salvation Army were held at the Olympia in London with no pomp or symbols. Four thousand four hundred and forty thousand participants joined in a moving fervor as wearers of red jerseys and ribbons appeared in cities worldwide where the army is established.
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General Booth
London
England
The
Salvation Army
Gen
William Booth
Olympia
Wickersham Rules Eight Hour Law Applies to Contracts
Attorney General Wickersham interprets the eight hour labor law to allow the government to enter into contracts for supplies and other articles exempted by the act without limiting labor hours, even if the government itself occasionally manufactures those articles. He also states that no provision takes effect before January 1 next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wickersham
Washington
South Carolina Governor Race Scores Record Vote
South Carolina reports an unprecedented statewide turnout for the governor race with Blease leading Jones by 2,296 in early returns. Tillman dominates the Senate contest while Lyon and Peeples edge toward a second round. County shifts favor Blease in several counties, including Anderson and Orangeburg, with varied results across the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Senate
B. R. Tillman
N. B. Dial
W. J. Talbert
Tillman
Talbert
Dial
J. Fraser Lyon
Thos. J. Peeples
Barnwell
Lyon
Mr. Peeples
Peeples
Joehn R. Earle
B. B. Evans
Ss. T. Carter
D. W. McLaurin
John G. Richards
Richards
Blease
Orangeburg
Charleston
Jones
Richland County
Dorchester
Calhoun
Dillon
Marion
Darlington
Florence
Anderson
Aiken
Chester
Demand for New Count in Aiken County Vote
The Aiken county Democratic executive committee, called to order by County Chairman B H Wise, debated a full recount amid protests of irregularities by H M Cassels of Ellenton. L G Southard of Jonesville filed a contest over the governor race, calling for a vote count of boxes including Ward 4 Buffalo Monarch Lockhart Kelton and Bibbs amid a sheriff race note.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Democratic Executive Committee
Aiken County
B. H. Wise
Columbia
H. M. Cassels
Ellenton
Union County Democratic Executive Committee
L.G. Southard
Jonesville
Ward
Buffalo
Monarch
Lockhart
Kelton
Bibbs
Mill
State Chairman Evans Comments on Tillman Telegram
State Chairman John Gary Evans arrived in Columbia and declined to provide a full statement on a telegram reportedly sent by Senator Tillman weeks earlier. He noted the primary in South Carolina narrows to two Democratic candidates and offered no further comment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Gary Evans
Columbia
Tillman
South
Demands Probe Into Charleston Police Action At Primary
The county Democratic executive committee adopted a resolution demanding an official investigation of Charleston police ejecting a committeeman from a polling precinct. Militia were briefly mobilized for protection during vote counting but not needed. Edgefield reports show no irregularities. second races set for state house and county posts. Jerome H. Courtney faces S T Williams. Ed m unds versus Perin for supervisor. De Vore and Griffins for county commissioner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Democratic Executive Committee
Charleston
Edgefield
House of Representatives
Jerome H. Courtney
S. T. Williams
A. A. Edmunds
J. O. Perin
James de Vore
J. N. Griffins
Anderson County Election Fraud Case Involving Judge Jones Aide
Fragmentary report indicates charges of fraud linked to the Anderson county election and involvement by an aide to Judge Jones. Details are incomplete in the text.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anderson
Anderson County
Execu
Jones
Cam Ienager
Melee at West Creek roadhouse ends in gunfire
Victor Barrens hosts a poker party when James Phillips confronts a “lucky” player with four aces, one from a sleeve. A brawl erupts, chairs fly, chandeliers break, a pitcher shatters a buffet, and five wounded as Edward Brooks is shot in the leg. Phillips surrenders to the sheriff later.
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Hammond
Ind
Victor Barrens
West Creek
James Phillips
Kentucky
Phillips
Edward Brooks
Brooks
Kankakee
Water Cure Trier On Male Loafers
The fragment describes a trial or event involving a water cure and male loafers, mentioning Division Superintendent H. A. Tice of Dodge City and a plan to install a small lead pipe along the coping with six inch intervals and bored holes, amid a crowd of notables.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Water Cure
Trier
H. A. Tice
Dodge’ City
Light on Church Etiquette in Rome Court Decision
M H Floyd a Maple Street Baptist member faced no assault charge after a church seating dispute. The sixteen year old daughter of Thomas Parker was pushed from a church seat and fell into the aisle. Parker then assaulted Floyd, but Judge Breach declined to bind over the father for battery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Georgia
M. H. Floyd
Maple Street
Judge Breach
Moose Head to Kentucky Trophy at Hopkinsville
The largest bull moose head in the world resides with John F. Bible of Hopkinsville Kentucky. The 2350 pound head stood seven and a half feet tall and arrived from Bible’s former Michigan home as a hunting trophy. Official records confirm it as the largest head in precision.
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Hopkinsville
Chicago
John F. Bible
Mr. Bible
Michigan
Beaten by Bluff in Murky Street Encounter
A fragmentary report describes a violent street incident where a masked assailant threatened a victim with a pistol and demanded surrender, with witnesses noting a failed bluff and a swift break in the confrontation.
Kansan II Costly Fight With Fly Ends In Loss
Henry Clark of Topeka declares against anti fly campaign after a fly lands on his head. He swings and breaks his nose glasses worth $4.50, dodges a streetcar, and loses a spectacles case worth less than a dollar. He tallies total costs at $19 from the failed effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansan
Topeka
Kan
Henry Clark
Swat
Clark
Antify
Cart
Optician’s
Kansas Avenue
London vicar uses peaceful picketing against Mormon meetings
Rev. W. H. Longsdon of St. Andrew's Stockwell directs congregants to guard Stockwell hall against Mormon missionaries. Parish members seek to persuade would be attendees to stay away. The Mormons reportedly targeted local young women for conversion and sending them to Salt Lake City.
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London
W. H. “Longsdon
St. Andrew’s, Stockwell
Stockwell Hall
Salt Lake City
Price of Shaves Climb as Morgan Visits Lenox Barber
The Lenox bar ber shop owner Duclos raised the price of shaves from ten to fifteen cents during J. Pierpont Morgan’s September grooming visit. For thirty years Duclos has shaved diplomats and millionaires for ten cents, but he recently increased the charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsfield
Mass
J. Pierpont Morgan
Duclos
Lenox
Filipinos Reach Philadelphia in Shirts for Trousers
Seven Filipinos arrived in Philadelphia on a train in shirts, awaiting new trousers at a station before continuing to the navy yard. Their crossing custom involved leaving trousers in a port hole at night, a practice noted in the report.
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New York
Philadelphia
Navy Yard
Pacific
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