Haiti Peace Efforts Under US Occupation Move Forward
Aug 9 report from Washington says Rear Admiral Caperton and American naval forces, with Marines and bluejackets, control key towns and aid a native government. General Bobo arrives at Port au Prince, renounces executive power, disarms troops, and pledges cooperation while running mate Bourand also seeks election. Secretary Lansing notes customs houses under American supervision to prevent misused revenues. No election date set. US seeks stable government and treaty-based Haiti administration with foreign debt settlements and claims resolution.
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Haiti
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Bobo
Port Au Prince
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Lansing
Maui
Republic
San Domingo
Record U.S. crops survey predicts harvest boom
Washington reports that corn may reach 2.5 billion dollars in value, wheat over 1 billion, oats strong, and high yields in rye white and sweet potatoes tobacco rice and hay. Planted acreage up 10 million acres, cuts in some states offset by gains elsewhere. weather briefly hindered threshing.
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Washington
Kansas
Souelahora
Nebraska
Towa
Texas
Oklahoma
Missouri
Ohio
Indiana
Injunction Heard In Springfield Advised By Judge
After four days of argument between Attorney General Lucey and Fergus representation, Fergus injunction suit hearing was taken under advisement. Judge Creighton will hand down a decision August 28 after briefs are filed. The case may be appealed to the supreme court for review.
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Springfield
Lucey
Payette
Munro
John
Fergus
Creighton
Supreme Court
Eastland disaster cancels Minos annual diver marathon
In Chicago the Minos Athletic Club aborts its August 21 diver marathon because the Eastland disaster turned the Chicago River into a graveyard, canceling the event this year.
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Chicago
Eastland
Minos Athletic Club
Fighting in Saltillo Near Carranza Villa Clash
Passengers from Monterey report continued fighting between Villa and Carranza forces near Saltillo as of this afternoon. The conflict persists in the area, with no clear resolution noted.
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Saltillo
Laredo
Tex
Monterey
Mex
Villa
Carranza
Hundred Year Old Man January 9 Birthday Party in Seattle
Seattle Aug 9 Thomas Wardall born in England celebrated his 100th birthday with a public reception at Hiawatha playfield. Attendees limited to those aged eighty plus. Wardall's son Alonzo aged 70 attended. Wardall, healthy and well, recalled 1854 Springfield Windsor residence and acquaintance with Abraham Lincoln. He attempted to enlist in the Union army seven years later but was deemed too old.
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Seattle
Thomas
Wardally
England
Napoleon
St. Helena
Wardall
Alonzo
Springfield
Winds
Adoraham Lincoln
Van Patten Named Superintendent at Soldiers Orphans Home
E M Van Patten former Bloomington school superintendent was appointed superintendent of the Soldiers Orphans home at Normal succeeding C E Bassett. He will assume charge Thursday.
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Bloomington
E. M. van’ Patten
Soldiers Orphans’ Home
Normal
C. E. Bassett
Policy on Mexico Adopted by Pan American Conference
Secretary Lansing announced that a definite policy on Mexico has been agreed by the Pan American conference. He said the conference adjourned so he could consult President Wilson and he would not disclose the conference plans.
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Washington
Mexico
Lansing
Wilson
Friction Grows Over Rockefeller Reports at Industrial Relations Panel
Chicago Aug 9 The federal commission on industrial relations faced friction as it neared a report after two years of inquiry. Disagreements centered on Rockefeller interests, with three differing drafts by John R Commons J Borden Harriman and Weinstock Basil Manly. Open sessions were rejected with a vote to keep deliberations behind closed doors.
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Chicago
Federal Commission On Industrial Relations
Rockefeller
John R. Commons
University of Wisconsin
J. Borden ‘Harriman
Harris Weinstock
Basil ‘M Manly
Weinstock
Commission
Three Prison Escapees Break Out From Leavenworth
Joseph Brown of Chicago John Duffy of Cedar Rapids Iowa and J B Jones of Fort Worth Texas escaped from the United States penitentiary at Leavenworth after breaking a door lock to a tunnel under the prison and cutting through two brick walls and climbing to the east wing under construction They lowered themselves to liberty with a construction rope They faced varying remaining sentences and one impersonated an officer Warden Morgan suspects inmate complicity among workers aiding the escape.
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Leavenworth
Kan
Joseph Brown
Chicago
John. Duffy
Cedar .Rapids
J. B. Jones
Fort. Worth
Texas
United States ‘Penitentiary
Liberty
Duffy
Brown
Jones
Morgan
Equal Pay Policy Decided for State Institutions
Chicago August 9 A conference of the state board of administration at Dunning institution decided on equal pay for men and women for the same class of work starting September 1. The reform affects 3,400 employees and more than 20,000 wards across twenty one state institutions.
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Chicago
State Board of Administration
Dunning
Governor Johnson Warns Inheritance Tax Will Grow
San Francisco August 9 Gov Sliram W Johnson of California denied that inheritance law rests on an inalienable right and said future fortunes will bear heavier taxes. He spoke before supporters and framed inheritance tax as a necessary revenue tool.
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San Francisco
Sliram W. Johnson
California
Praisers
Foreclosure sale of Southern Trac tion properties planned
East St Louis Aug 9 Sale of the properties of the Southern Traction company of Illinois under foreclosure of a 1 500 000 mortgage will be asked in a suit that John C Slade an attorney of Chicago said he would file at Danville Ala tomorrow
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East St.louis
Southern Traction Company of
Holinois
John C. Slade
Chicago
Danville
School Man Dead. Geo A Bates Dies in Springfield
Geo A Bates, president of the Springfield board of education, died suddenly tonight here of heart trouble after being ill for an hour. The Springfield, Illinois incident ends a long tenure with the school system.
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Springfield, II
Geo. A. Bates
Springfield Board of Education
British Capture Of Trenches At Hooge Confirmed
Berlin and London reports describe a fierce artillery duel on the western front in which British and French forces recaptured trenches near Hooge along a 1200 yard front. The broader drive in Poland sees Warsaw surrounded, Praga taken, and German forces tightening their grip while Russian resistance weakens. A British submarine commander, unnamed, is credited with sinking the Turkish battleship Kheyr-Ed-Din Barbarossa.
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London
John French
Hooge
Praga
Berlin
Poland
Warsaw
Grea
Petrograd
Moscow
Grand Duke
Nicholas
Narew
Vistula
Kovno
Lomza
Novogeorgievsk
Germany
Russia
War resolutions passed by Typographical union at convention
Los Angeles Aug 9 Resolutions urging warring European nations to end conflict with honor and lasting peace were adopted at the sixty first annual convention of the International Typographical Union. W A Snyder noted union earnings for the year ending May 31 1915 totaled 61555285, up 101493 from the prior year. Jerry B Graham of Salt Lake City described as the oldest journeyman printer in the United States attended among 3000 delegates.
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Los Angeles
Europe
Wilson
International Typographical Union
W. A. Snyder
General Committee On
Jerry B. Graham
Salt Lake
United States
Virginia City
Nevada
San Francisco
Mark Twain
Eastland Disaster Indictments Expected for Ten
Federal grand jury in Chicago is poised to indict ten to fifteen individuals over the Eastland steamer capsizing on July 24. The panel resumes after recess to consider accountability, with a pending report on changes to steamboat inspection and navigation laws to be reviewed by President Wilson.
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Chicago
Federal Grand Jury
Eastland
Chicago River
Grand
Washington
Department of Commerce
Wilson
Redfield
Woods Hole
Mass
Cornish
Thurman
George Uhler
Steamboat’ Inspection Service
Department
Governor Dunne Tightens Illinois Prison Honor System
Late today Governor Dunne sent a telegram to Acting Warden Ryan directing a revision of the honor list at the prison. He ordered one board member to live at the Honor Farm and two trustees to reside at the penitentiary. He warned that the escape of three men could trigger an attack on the honor system and urged vigilance, possible removal of any convicts who assisted, and a body notification to inmates about the treachery.
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Springfield
Ill
Dunne
Ryan
Allen
Illinois
Honor Farm
Kaiser plans Polish independence and Saxon revival
Berlin reports indicate the kaiser may back a political act after Warsaw occupation and offer Poland independence. A reliable source adds plans to resurrect the Saxon dynasty in Poland, though British views reject hereditary royal claims as Saxon electors were kingly rulers of Poland only under elective monarchy.
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London
Berlin
Warsaw
Poland
Saxony
Republic
Missing Man Found In Clinton After Week’s Absence
A. Rees, wealthy farmer, who had been missing for a week after leaving home with $25,000, was found today in Clinton. He had been believed at risk as relatives conducted a search following his disappearance during a business trip to Springfield and St. Louis. He offered no explanation for the trip or the missing money.
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Clinton
A. Aug
Rees
Springfield
St. Louis
New Yorkers Dispatch Trains to Plattsburgh Camp
Two special trains carrying 600 business and professional men from New York Philadelphia and Baltimore departed tonight for Plattsburgh New York to attend the military training camp. Mayor Mitchel has already arrived at the camp.
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New York
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Plattsburgh
N. Y
Mitchel
George Fitch Peoria author dies after appendicitis operation
Resort to Berkeley Cal Aug 9 George Fitch author of Peoria Illinois died at a sanitarium after an operation for appendicitis performed yesterday He had been visiting his sister Miss R Louise Fitch Fitch born June 5 1877 in Galva Illinois studied at Knox College later worked in Peoria as editor and writer author of Silvas* College Tales He served one Illinois state legislature term and led the American Press Humorists Association He is survived by his widow and three daughters, and siblings in Cambridge Saskatchewan Peoria Illinois and Berkeley California.
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Berkeley
Cal
George Fitch
Peoria
Illinois
A. Sanitarium
Fitch
R. Louise. Fitch
University of California
California
Knox College
Galva, Til
The
Transcript
Silvash College
Cne
American
Pan American plan to settle Mexican issue backed by Lansing
Secretary Lansing announced that North and South American powers have agreed on a plan to address Mexico's crisis and that the Pan American conference will ratify it when resumed in New York. Officials expect a provisional government to be formed with U S and regional support to end civil strife and restore constitutional rule.
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Washington
North
South America
New York
Lansing
United States
Brazil
Argentina
Bolivia
Guatemala
Uruguay
Mexico
Huerta
Wilson
Carranza
Villa
Zapta
Guantemalan
Senor Cardosa
Mexical
Cardosa
Mexico City
Be. Parker
Goethals Resigns as Governor of Panama Canal Zone
Gen George W Goethals resigns as Panama Canal Zone governor designating Nov 1 as his final day He announces his work there is done and canal operating satisfactorily He will retain army commission if resignation is accepted He arrives in Washington to confer on national defense plans for the canal zone
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New York
George W. Goethal
Panama Canal Zone
Washington
Cristobal
Goethals
Panama
Canal Zone
Goethal
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