Huerta to Be Ready with New Offers
Washington reports say John Lind may delay departure to Mexico City and remain in Vera Cruz while negotiations with Huerta resume. Secretary Bryan and the president plan lectures in Pennsylvania and Maryland. no troops movements indicated. General Bliss has full authority to move units as needed. Colquitt urges action to defend American women in Mexico.
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Washington, D. C
John Lind
Mexico City
Vera Cruz
Lind
Ake
Hueva
Bryan
Cornish
N. H
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Briz
Bliss
Southern Department
Washington
Carmanea
Piedras
Negros
Mexico
Wilson
Jesus Carranza
Carranza
Torreon
Colquitt
Colorado Springs
Col
United States
Texas
Lane
Steamer’s cargo of oil in flames in New York harbor
The steamer Buttermier Hackman carrying 600000 gallons of crude oil and benzine burned in Buttermilk Channel after friction sparked ignition. Fireboats fought flames through the night as the vessel sank late afternoon while spectators watched from the waterfront.
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New York
Buttermeister Hackman
Buttermilk Channel
Rochester man named chair of civic design at Illinois
Rochester author Charles Mulford Robinson, noted city planning writer, is chosen to fill the new chair of civic design at the University of Illinois in a move described as marking the first American use of the Avuree concept in higher education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rochester
N. Y
University of Ilinois
Charles Mulford Robinson
University of Iinnots
Jerome Hired to Extradite Harry Thaw
William Travers Jerome, former district attorney, named by New York Attorney General Carmody as special deputy attorney general to secure Harry K Thaw's return to New York. Jerome's role stems from his familiarity with the Thaw case from two murder trials and prior sanity proceedings.
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William Travers Jerome
Carmody
New York
Harry K. Thaw
Jerome
Thaw
Weather forecast for Rock Island area
The Whathfr forecast shows fair weather tonight and Saturday with a slight warmth rise Saturday. Winds are moderate and variable. Yesterday's high reached 83 and low 60. At 7 am the temperature was 61 with 31 percent relative humidity at 7 pm. River stage 2.8 feet with no change in 24 hours. Astronomical notes list Jupiter as Evening Star and Saturn as Morning Star with Mercury Venus Mars. Scorpio sets south of southwest around 9 pm after the stars dip below the horizon.
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Rock Island
Davenport
Moline
J. M. Sherier
Locz
Jupiter
Saturn
Mercury
Venus
Mars
Thaw Chauffeur Thompson Granted $500 Bail in Immigration Case
Sherbrooke Aug 29 Lawyers for both sides met in police court to hear the trial of Gentlem an Roger Thompson the chauffeur who drove Harry Thaw from Matteawan at his escape. He faces entering Canada by stealth and aiding an undesirable across the border. Adjournment to Sept 3 and bail allowed, Thompson supported by the Thaw family.
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Sherbrooke
Roger" Thompson
Harry Thaw
Matteawan
William Travers Jerome
New York
Quebec
Bouin
Thompson
Louis S. Laurent
Thaw
White and McKeown
M. Campbell
Dominion
Canada
Viscount Hal Dane Visits United States and Canada
Viscount Hal Dane, first lord high chancellor of Great Britain in 400 years, arrived in New York aboard the Lusitania for a five day visit to the United States and Canada. He will be a guest of the American Bar Association. In Rockford Illinois, the Free Church Young People's Society elected officers: President George Strombeck, Moline. Vice President Gedor Alden, Rockford. C B Hedstrom, Chicago. Secretary Ernest Pearson, Moline. Treasurer David Olson, Chicago. Clarence Buckingham, prominent broker and clubman, dies of heart trouble at 68.
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New York
Viscount Haldane
Great Britain
Lusitania
Canada
American Bar Association
Rockford
Free Church Young People's Society of Iinols
George Strombeck
Moline
Gedor Alden
C. B. Hedstrom
Chicago
Ernest Pearson
David Olson
Clarence Buckingham
Hitchcock in Attageon Caucus Plan Defeated in Senate
Washington Aug 29 The fight over the income tax resurfaces as insurgent Democrats push for higher taxes on large fortunes and accuse the caucus of being a political machine. Senator Hitchcock's amendment taxing trusts was defeated 41 to 30 with only one Democrat voting yes alongside Republicans.
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Washington, D. C
Senate
Hitchcock
CAL
Great Trusts
Bristow
Cummins
Lodge
Williams
McDermott Denies All Charges Before House Panel
Representative McDermott of Illinois testified before the house lobby committee denying charges by Colonel Mulhall. He admitted borrowing up to $10,000 from George Horning, a pawnbroker, calling it a friend loan. Mulhall and J. H. McMichael testified McDermott boasted of $7,500 from pawnbrokers against a federal loan shark law. In Fayville Ill, a mill blast at Miami Powder killed three men: J. H. Kibler, Joseph Martin, and Alvin Grubbs.
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Washington, D. C
McDermott
Illinois
House Lobby Committee
M. M. Mulhall
George Horning
Horning
Mulhall
J. H. McMichael
House
Cairo
Til
Miami Powder Company
Fayville
Ill
Here
J. H. Kibler
Chicago
Joseph Martin
Alvin Grubbs
Arrest of two women for tango in cafe and sidewalk
Chicago August 29 two women Mrs E F wart of Chicago and Miss Lucille Lowery of Chattanooga Tenn were arrested on a disorderly conduct charge after being ordered to leave a downtown cafe for persisting in dancing the tango and continuing the dance on the sidewalk. The pair deny the charge.
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Chicago
E. F. Wart
Lucille Lowery
Chattanooga
Tenn
Browne New Republican Congressman From Wisconsin
Edward Everts Browne named the new congressman from Wisconsin eighth district. A lawyer by profession, he graduated from the state university law school in 1892 and has since practiced law. Browne is 45, married, with four children.
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Edward Everts Browne
Wisconsin
State University Law School
Browne
Illinois centennial plans proposed for state memorials
The Illinois centennial commission outlined a Springfield celebration plan to honor statehood with a memorial building housing historical records and libraries, statues of Lincoln and Douglas on Capitol Grounds, a comprehensive history publication, and a statewide observance involving schools and civic groups. The memorial building would cost several million. The plan calls for foreign and national delegations, pageantry, and a multiweek exposition showcasing education and industry progress.
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Springfield
Illinois Centennial Commission
Illinois
State Department of Education
Abraham Lincoln
Stephen A. Douglas
Capitol
Commonwealth
United States
Union
Lincoln
Douglas
Hague Peace Talk Sparks Carnegies Praise of Peace
Andrew Carnegie spoke at the Palace of Peace unveiling a bust of Sir William Randal Cremer, praising him as a pioneer in abolition of war. He called for cooperation among the four great powers and lauded the German emperor for a peaceful 25 year reign amid analysis of interparliamentary peace efforts and growing global trade.
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Hague
Andrew Carnegie
Palace of Peace
William Randal Cremer
International Arbitration League
Cremer
Edward VII
Carnegie
Aged Spanish Consul and Wife Die in New York Fire
In New York on August 29 a blaze in an apartment building claimed the life of Hi polito Uriarte 82 Spanish consul for 14 years and his wife Marie as thousands of curios from his career litters the scene. Uriarte was found dead across a window sill while Marie leaped four stories after mistaking an airshaft exit for a fire escape. The couple had celebrated their son Louis return from Cuba before retiring.
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New York
Hipolito Uriarte
Uriarte
Marie
Canada
Louis
Cuba
New England Storm Strikes Worcester and Acton
A fierce August storm lashed southern New England with lightning wind and rain. In Worcester four houses in a block were struck by four bolts, occupants stunned, utilities paralysed, trees uprooted and streets flooded. In Acton a mill blast from lightning shook twenty Middlesex towns with no known casualties.
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Worcester
Mass
New England
Middlesex County
American Powder Company
Acton
Unusual Honor for Countess of Powis in England
The Countess of Powis becomes a peeress in her own right, an honor shared by only about a dozen others. She and her sister, the Countess of Yarborough, are daughters of the late Lord Conyers. In 1903 they claimed co-heiress rights to abeyant titles, leading to the barony of Darcy de Knayth awarded to Powis and Fauconberg and Conyers to her sister.
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Countess of Powis
England
Countess of
Yarborough
Lord Conyers
Lady Powis
Fauconberg and Conyers
Women jurors in Oak Park convict and grant leniency
Twelve Oak Park women became Illinois first full woman jurors in a neighbor dispute case. They found a man guilty and fined him $1 and his wife $5, then waived their jury fees and had court costs remitted. The verdict led to tears and sympathy for the defendant with the jury urging care for children. In Chicago, James J. Townsend, former Chicago Stock Exchange president and Democrat figure, died at 61 from apoplexy.
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Chicago
Oak Park
Ilinois
Edward O'Day
North
Maple Avenue
Andrew Orth
Metz
Orth
O'Day
Mets
Justice of the Peace
A. J. Kendall
Trench
Robert Moss
Moss
James J. Townsend
Chicago Stock Exchange
Elgin Road Race Ends In De Palma Victory Over Dawson
Elgin Michigan August 29 speed tests in a 301 mile race saw De Palma win with a 4 hour 31 minute 56 second time for 302 miles at 66.8 mph breaking the event record. Dawson finished second with Mulford exiting early due to a broken crank shaft. Wishart had a tire throw and Chandler and Endicott trailed as leaders faced laps ahead.
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Elgin
Joe Dawson
Dellal
David Beecroft
Fred J. Wagner
Harry Vissering
Elgin—De Palma
Dawson
de Palma
United States
Elgin Road
Deltal
Mercer
DePalma
Mason
Rickenbacher
Wishart
Chandler
Nyberg
H. Endicott
Mulford
Pita
Grandstand
Endicott
Lutterell
Representative Brittain Aims 7 Million Armor Plant Trust Probe
Washington Aug 29 Representative Brittain of Illinois will introduce a bill to appropriate 7 000 000 for a government armor plate plant to be operated by the navy department His aim is to break what he calls a trust Gregg of Texas introduced a resolution to have a committee of five representatives investigate the armor plate trust
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Washington
Brittain
Ilinois
Navy Department
Gregg
Texas
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Illinois State Historical Library
Wife
Powis
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