Mob Escorts Leo Frank From Georgia Prison Farm
Milledgeville Ga Aug 17 a mob estimated 25 to 75 men overpowered Warden Smith and guards at the Georgia state prison farm and rushed Leo M Frank to automobiles. Wires were cut and the group moved toward Eatonton with Frank, the noted life term convict found guilty in the Mary Phagan murder. It is unclear if he was lynched.
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Milledgeville
Mas
Georgia State
Here
Leo M. Frank
Frank
Mary Phagan
Marietta
J. T. Smith
J. M. Burke
Hester
Smith
Burke
Eatonton
Leo M.frank
Georgia
Ans
Augusta
Baldwin County
Mary. Phagan
National Pencil Company
Atlanta
Federal District Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Lane
Slaton
Plans for inquiry into steamboat service administration
Secretary Redfield announces to President Wilson a formal inquiry into the steamboat inspection service. He summarizes past board findings, notes regulators have acted, and outlines steps to improve oversight and an eventual fall-wide probe with Navy and public representatives to ensure impartial administration.
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Washngton
Steamboat Inspection Service
Redfield
Department of Commerce
Wilson
Eastland Steamship
Chicago
Regiskations .U
Setamboat
Inspection Service
Congress
House of Congress
Board of Inquiry
Pacific
Gale
Navy Department
Ten miners in dynamite plot trial opens at Winkle HL
Aug 16 Duquoin HL ten miners accused of conspiring to blow Granger coal mine at Winkle HL begin trial. About forty witnesses called led by Chief of Police Stockey of Belleville Sheriff Charlton of Pinckneyville and William Slawkins. Testimony describes a suitcase of dynamite near the mine and a defendant with caps arrested.
Rivers Wins Decisive One Round Bout in Denver
Joe Rivers of Los Angeles earned a decision over Stanley Yoakum of the local area in a one round bout here tonight. Both fighters finished strong and the contest ended with Rivers ahead on points.
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Denver
Joe Rivers
Los Angeles
Stanley Yoakum
Catholic Societies For Peace Address At Toledo
The second day of the fourteenth annual convention of the American Federation of Catholic Societies in Toledo featured President John J. Whalen delivering an address on peace. He noted the Catholic world seeks guidance to keep people content with their lot and to uphold loyalty to country and flag amid the ongoing war. He cited Pope Pius X and his successor, urging continued efforts to press for peace and understanding among nations.
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Toledo
Convention of American Federation of Catholic Societies
John J. Whalen
Baltimore
Pius X
Pius XX
Father
Mexicans Cross Rio Grande Threaten Mercedes Solders
About 109 Mexicans crossed the Rio Grande at Progreso near Mercedes across from Brownsville under cover of darkness and engaged Twelfth U. S. Cavalry. One trooper killed two wounded. Reinforcements ordered. reports of 270 Mexican crossings and plans to assault Mercedes proved unconfirmed as of late tonight.
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Brownsville
Tex
Rio Grande
Mercedes
U. S. Cavalry
Reynau
Hutchings
Wilman
Twelfth Cavalry
Roy C. Henry
Ranger
Harlingen
Cross Sige
Ford
Accured
Progreso
Nafarette
Matamoros
Monterey
National Association of Collegiate Alumnae convenes in San Francisco
The National Association of Collegiate Alumnae held its biennial general convention in San Francisco August 16. The gathering continues through the week with Saturday’s College Alumnae Day at the exposition, marking the organization founded in 1882 as a national unprofessional body for American college women focused on educational work.
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San. Francisco
National Association of Collegiate Alumnae
War speech at NEA convention likens lava flow to war
At the 33rd annual National Education Association gathering in Oakland, Agnes Doherty of St Paul was chosen to succeed James Greenwood as director. Dr David Starr Jordan warned that war destroys, likening it to a lava flow that devastates fertile fields, while urging teachers to promote peace and reassess war’s supposed benefits.
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Oakland
Cal
National Educational Association
Agnes Doherty
St. Paul
James M. Greenwood
Kansas City
Joseph Swain
Swarthmore College
Swain
Miss Doherty
Dr. Swain
The
N National Education Association
David Starr Jordan
Stanford University
National Education Association
Ving Charles C.moore
Republic
Dr. Jordan
Elmer Ellsworth
Brown
New York University
Phillip Snowden
Frederick Ernest Farrington
Columbia University
Mark Cohen
Dunedin
New Zealand
Maria Montessori
Rome
Ferdinand Buisson
Legion of Honor
France
James Yo Tyner
Northee
Jayson Smith
Maine
A Cuthberry
Vermont marks 138th anniversary Bennington battle
Montpelier August 16 Vermont observed its customary holiday commemorating the Battle of Bennington. The occasion marks the 138th anniversary of the historic Revolutionary War conflict.
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Montpelier
State of
Vermont
Bennington
Threats by Mexican soldiers alarm border Americans
Threats against Americans reported by travelers from interior Mexico claim Mexican soldiers attacked and accused Americans of raping Mexicans and killing them. Carranza officers denied links to Texan raids while border authorities expanded searches tied to a San Diego plot, with some incidents along the border and a Progreso shooting.
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Brownsville
Tex
Texas
Mexico
Carranza
Monterey
Clyde Robinson
Lampasos
Matamoros City
Matamoros
Progreso
Texas Side Rangers
Sheriffs
San Diego
Germany tightens textile controls under wartime plan
Berlin reports the army will regulate Germanys textile industry by curbing luxury production and limiting fabrics to essential items such as personal and bed linen and clothing. Cotton use will widen, wool and flax rules may tighten, and existing military contracts are exempt from the new rules.
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Berlin
Germany
Future of Fitzsimmons Farm At Auction In New Jersey
May Lose His Home as mortgage on Bob Fitzsimmons farm training camp and poultry houses at West Dunellen, Metuchen New Jersey risks foreclosure unless he provides funds by Wednesday. The aging former boxing champion reportedly planned to move to South America to open a boxing school in Buenos Aires.
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Metuchen
N. J
Bob Fitzsimmons
West
Dunellen
Auc‘tion
Hare
South America
Buenos Aires
Carranza to Face Pan American Peace Conference Request
Washington expects Gen. Carranza to respond firmly to the Pan American appeal for a constitutional government conference. Some advise a Mexico City meeting with delegates from factions. others foresee no compromise. Navy orders shift vessels to Vera Cruz as concerns ease after interruptions to shipments.
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Carranza
Mexico
Vera Cruz
Mexico City
Louisiana
New Trompshire
McLean
Marietta
Progreso
Sacramento
Mississippi River
Daniels
Vera Crug
Searchlights at Panama bolster defense of canal
Four powerful searchlights have been installed on fortified islands in Panama bay at the Pacific entrance to the canal. Each sixty inch lens sends rays about twelve miles out to sea. Lights will be tested every Monday night, drawing excitement among locals who had never seen such apparatus.
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Panama
Panama Bay
Pacific Entrance
Panamat Canal
Panama City
Turbulent Gulf Storm Strikes Galveston Harbor
A tropical storm battered the Texas gulf coast causing shipwrecks in Galveston harbor and widespread damage. Winds neared ninety miles per hour with hours at sixty five, telegraph and telephone wires were cut, and thousands were displaced. Linemen rushed from several Texas cities to restore communications as the storm moved inland toward Houston.
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Dallas
Tex
Texas Gulf Coast
Galveston
Texas
Houston
Gulf
Wireless scraps link ships near Galveston and at sea
San Antonio dispatch reports Houston wireless from Fort Sam captured fragments of conversations between a Galveston harbor ship and another at sea. Names not learned. Galveston said inundated and Galveston ship talks failed as Galveston power plant closed. Texas City wireless went down about 3 PM.
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San Antonio
Tex
Fort Sam
Storm Breach Flood Slows Galveston Harbor Reach
Brownsville dispatch reports water rose ten feet in Galveston harbor with several vessels overturning. Fort Sam Houston relays Galveston and Texas City mast fears as water floods causeways. Galveston reports barometer at 29.01 with 65 mph winds and three feet of street water near the bay.
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Brownsville
Tex
Army
Herd
Buford
Galveston
Texas City
Fort Sam Houston
San Antonio
Galveston Tropical Storm Strikes City. No Major Damage
Galveston Texans report a severe tropical storm with no loss of life by 6 pm. The sea wall shows no weakening and winds ranged 60 to 73 mph as heavy rain fell. Up to seven people left Galveston in the past 36 hours while residents evacuated to downtown hotels and public shelters as darkness fell. Shipping was warned and several vessels stood offshore.
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Galveston
Tex
Weather Bureau
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Duquoin
Granger
Catholic Societies For Peace
Pope Pius X
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