Springfield Riot Sparks Militia Response and Arrests
A Springfield Illinois mob riot last week led to militia deployments after attempts to torch a factory and attack sentries. Affected districts saw 150 refugees camped near Harvard park and a state arsenal keeping troops on alert. Governor Deneen issued six proclamations offering rewards totaling 1200 dollars for riot murderers and urged rapid prosecutions.
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Harvard Park
Deneen
Springfield
Chamber of Commerce and Business Men's Association
Poenras
State House and Arsenal
Black Belt
Lable
Depose Ruler Probably Next Step in Turkey
London Aug 18 dispatch from Geneva says leaders of the Young Turk party will meet at month end to discuss deposing the sultan and, if agreed, selecting his successor.
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Turkey
Geneva
London
Young Turk Party
Theatrical Trust Next in Line to Be Investigated
Washington reports the department of justice will investigate charges of an alleged theatrical trust after representations by theatrical managers. The move follows claims of coordinated practices across theaters and distributors.
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Theatrical Trust
Department of Justice
Washington
Bayside Yacht Club Tragedy Inquest Set For Tomorrow
New light expected at the inquest into the Bayside Yacht Club death of William E. Annis. Annis died Saturday after being shot by Captain Peter C. Haines Jr. Dr. Henry Houghton, present at Annis's side, said Annis hinted he was paying for a wrong he had committed. Dr. Houghton denied any delusion in the shooters’ conduct.
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New York
Yacht Club
Flushing
L. L
William E. Annis
Peter C. Haines, Jr
U. S.A
Henry Houghton
Annis
Haines
Houghton
Believes Morris Stein Was Slain in Ohio Killing
Des Moines reporting Jacob Stein father of Morris Stein and Morris Stein’s aunt Mies Hester Porter were shot and killed last Friday in Loudenville Ohio. A law injunction from Judge Brennan ordered funeral arrangements. Elder Stein accuses Mrs Stein of not being the legal wife of Morris Stein.
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Des Moines
Law
Jacob Stein
Morris Stein
Mies Hester Porter
Loudenville
Ohio
Brennan
District Court
Stein
Socialist Special Train Planned for West Coast Campaign
The national executive committee of the Socialist Party met yesterday and decided to dispatch a special train from Chicago on August 31 to the Pacific coast. The party will visit 250 cities with Eugene V. Debs, their presidential candidate, and several other speakers including A. M. Simons.
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Chicago
Socialist Party
Pacific Coast
Eugene V. Debs
A. M. Simons
Bloodhounds Trail Suspect in Baton Rouge Mob Chase
In Burton Louisiana bloodhounds were sent from Baton Rouge as a posse pursues a Black person who confronted a 12 year old white girl. A mob forms and the suspect may be fatally harmed if captured.
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Louisiana
Baton Rouge
Burton
Captain Baldwin to Run New York Philadelphia Air Line
Washington reports Captain Thomas S. Baldwin announced a contract to build semi rigid airships for an aerial passenger line between Philadelphia and New York. The vessels, 150 to 200 feet long, will carry 29 to 20 passengers and surpass Zeppelin length. final ship count to be decided after meeting Boston representatives.
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Captain Baldwin
New York
Philadelphia
Washington
National Press Club
Thomas S. Baldwin
United States Army
Fort River
Massachusetts
Charles J. Glidden
Baldwin
Zeppelin
Boston
Not in Good Faith National Banks Debate and Campaign Appeals
Fairview Lincoln Aug 18 Bryan accuses Congress leaders of enacting a currency bill for stock market interests while failing to permit Oklahoma banks to use state deposit guaranty law. Editors nationwide to be asked to fund Democratic campaign. Gore of Oklahoma pledges half his lecture proceeds. Bryan denies Pittsburg Kerr faction bribery tale of 200000 dollars.
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Fairview
Lincoln
William J. Bryan
Congress
Oklahoma
Chicago
United States
Democratic National Committee
Democratic Campaign Fund
Moses C. Wetmore
Finance Committee
National Committee
Thomas F. Gore
Pittsburg Canard
Neb
W. J. Bryan
Pittsburg
Kerr
Pennsylvania Democracy
James M. Guffey
Bryan
Committee on Credentials Sets Pennsylvania Contests
The notification addresses reveal no new ideas, with proper consultation by the credentials committee already established to decide the Pennsylvania contests. The text names the committee as the authoritative body responsible for decisions in this matter.
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Committee On Credentials
Pennsylvania
Stop Thief: Editorialists Rally Against Paper Trust
St Paul August 18 at the National Editorial association session President H B Warner defended the press saying newspapers first cried Stop thief and sparked public conscience. He condemned the paper trust and urged an organized effort to curb it and defend newspaper justice.
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St. Paul
National Editorial Association
H. B. Warner
Warner
Sherman Nominated for Vice President on Republican Ticket
Utica N Y Aug 18 James Schoolcraft Sherman today received official notification of his nomination for vice president on the Republican ticket. The city held a holiday as bands played in three squares and a large turnout greeted the procession escorting the notification committee. Senator Burrows praised Sherman’s long service while Sherman accepted the nomination with gratitude and respect for Taft.
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Utica
N. Y
James Schoolcraft Sherman
Root
Hitchcock
Woodruff
Conkling Unconditionals
Sherman
Bryan
Bryan-Kern
Hoot
Senator Burrows
Stryker
Hamilton College
Wheeler
Burrows
Republic
William H. Taft
Miners Official Held Over Plot Charge
Fred Yockey vice president of Union No. 44 Western Federation of Miners was arrested in Los Angeles on suspicion of conspiring to blow up Yellow Aster mine. A detective's witness says the accusations were coerced from Mrs. Alice G Clark, who claims she was forced to sign under threat.
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Los Angeles
Fred Yockey
Union No. 44
Western Federation of Miners
Randsburg
Cal
Yockey
Alice G Clark
Clark
Moyer and Haywood and Pettibone
Miners Near Race War Over Coal Mine Labor
In Knoxville Tennessee on August 18, 500 white miners gather to force 70 armed black miners from a commissary near Jellico. The King Mountain Coal Company intends to employ black workers alongside whites triggering a looming race clash. Earlier, 150 white miners drove 12 black families from the King's Mountain mine and displaced the men as they and their families moved to camps.
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Knoxville
Tenn
King Mountain Coal Company
Jellico
King’s Mountain
Thaw creditors meeting set for Sept 7 in Pittsburg
Pittsburg on August 18 records that the first meeting of Harry K. Thaw's creditors in bankruptcy is scheduled for Monday September 7. Thaw is expected to be in Pittsburg at that time.
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Pittsburg
Harry K. Thaw
Thaw
Heavy Earthquake Strikes Eureka California
Government Weather Forecaster Bell in Eureka telegraphed Chicago that a heavy quake hit at about 3 am with no reported damage. Two shocks were felt, the first at 3 am damaging walls and breaking crockery, the second at 5 45 am cracking the court house walls but causing no injuries.
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Chicago
Eureka
Cal
Chicago Weather Bureau
Court House
Netherlands free to act with Castro under naval policy
The Hague August 18 Washington grants the Dutch cabinet wide latitude to handle President Castro of Venezuela with only one proviso preventing territorial occupation. An American minister assured no objection to blockades or maritime actions against Venezuela, contingent on policy and safety considerations.
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Hague
Washington
Netherlands
Castro
Venezuela
Beupre
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