President Roosevelt in Speedway Car Crash Near Lenox
Lenox Sept 3 A presidential coach collision occurred near Pittsfield as a electric car struck the tally by smashing it. President Roosevelt Gov Crane and Secretary Cortelyou were injured though he continued to Lenox for treatment. Secret Service Agent Craig was killed and the motor crew reported dead. the president then journeyed toward Oyster Bay.
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Country Club
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Cortelyou
Gov. Crane
Seretary Cortelyou
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Pittsfield
Mass
D. C. Pratt
Attack on London Forts by Naval Fleet Details
Naval forces launched a third morning attack on the London district fortifications from 4:50 to about 6:50. The salvo centered on Fort Wright with a squadron including Kearsarge Alabama Massachusetts and Indiana engaging the defenses in a vigorous two hour battle.
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New London
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London
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Fisher's Island
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Alabama
Massachusetts
Indiana
Sobriety Stuns Slumbering Wanderer Found Barefoot in Saginaw
George Town of Fifteenth Street in Saginaw was found wandering barefoot along Genesee Avenue at 2 am Sunday. He told police he left Anchor House with two friends Saturday evening at 7 and remembered little since, recalling walking Potter Street before briefly waking. He remained sober.
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George Town
Fifteenth Street
Genesee Avenue
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Anchor House
Paulitz
Potter Street
Express Robbery Foiled by Armed Messengers near Hermosillo
Three United States bandits attempted a Sonora railroad heist three miles from Hermosillo. An ontrack torpedo blast halted the train as three robbers appeared and fired through the door. Messengers and passengers returned fire, prompting the bandits to flee into orange groves with suspected horses nearby.
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Hermosilloo
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Womais Shot by Paramour in Philadelphia Board ing House
Amelio Gabriele a 23 year old opera singer was shot and fatally wounded by Robertto Anselino in a Philadelphia boarding house after eloping from New York. Anselino then shot himself. both are gravely wounded in hospital. Gabriele is wife of actor Antonio Gabriele of Mulberry Street New York. She reportedly wished to return to her husband.
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Philadelphia
Amelio Gabriele
Robertto Anselino
New York
Anselmo
Antonio Gabriele
Mulberry Street
Zontcheffe Arrested in Sofia Amid Macedonian Committee Actions
Sofia reports Gen. Zontcheffe, head of the Macedonian committee, was arrested at Dubmit ya and brought to the city. Authorities say arrests of other members are imminent.
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Sofia
Bulgaria
Macedonian Committee
Dubmitya
Wanton Shooting Probe Links Bloodgood Arrest
In Monroe Michigan on September 3, Eli Hansberger a retired farmer testified at the LaBarge inquest that Lynott Bloodgood fired at LaBarge as the latter was stooping and did not threaten pursuers. The jury found Bloodgood responsible for LaBarge’s death and wounded Up the Banks. Tecumseh Nebraska also reports State Bank Examiner Hartwell says wind up plans proceed for the failed Chamberlain bank and its Graf and Esta dependencies.
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LaBarge
Lynott Bloodgood
Eli Hansberger
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LeBarge
Tecumseh, Neb
Hartwell
Chamberlain Bank
Graf and
Esta
Charles E. Chamberlain
Tecumseh Bank
Incendiary Strikers Fire Mines in Flat Top Violence
In Bramwell West Virginia on September 3, strikers attacked Pocahontas Collieries mines after setting fires. Guards and strikers exchanged volleys with little injuries reported among guards, while militia may deploy. Violence spread to Wilkes-Barre Pennsylvania where non union men were attacked and Beaver Meadow colliery saw a man shot in the eye.
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Pocahantas Collieries Co
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Pocahontas
Pocahantas
Wilkesbarre
Leichard Roberts
John Devitt
Beaver Meadow
John Haimpton
Case 18 Probably Shelved Contempt Case in Charleston
Judge Keller opened court in Charleston Sept 3 and heard preliminary motions in the contempt case against Rend strikers. He adjourned the main issue to Dec 8, noting jurisdiction questions about New River coal companies and a possible dismissal if the strike ends. Also reported Chicago: eight hundred cement workers struck, work halted at nearly 100 plants as bosses refuse to drop the clause requiring union status or affiliated employment.
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Keller
Rend
Chesapeake and Ohio] C Agency
New River
Chicago
Chelago
Spe.t
Employers’ Association
Will Drain the Swamp: Wisconsin Gains 450 Square Miles
Marshfield Wis Sept 3 A Wisconsin judge rules 450 square miles of cranberry swamp land in Wood Monroe Jackson and Clark counties will be drained and reclaimed. Once a leading cranberry area the lands dried up after railroads and nearby farms opened, reducing yields and ending most cultivation. The decision ends a lengthy legal fight costing Wool county dearly.
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Wool County
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Monroe
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Clark
Johnson Leads Ohio Democratic Convention Scene
Mayor Tom L Johnson of Cleveland dominates the Ohio Democratic state convention opening in Cedar Point. He argues for direct scrutiny of trusts, opposes narrow platform constraints, and condemns railroad tax favors while urging adherence to the Kansas City platform and federal party unity despite state disputes.
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Sandusky
Ohio
Tom L. Johnson
Cleveland
Cedar Point
Kansas City
Farley Succeeds Corrigan Rumor Reaches New York
New York dispatch reports propaganda in Rome recommending John M. Farley as archbishop of New York. No official notice has been received. a papal concurrence is needed before final announcement. Father Clowry notes notification may arrive in eight to ten days after Rome approves the recommendation.
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Rome
New York
The
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Mge
John M. Farley
Father Clowry
Rowe
Small Boy’s Close Call Not Hurt in Falling from Train
A 12 year old boy, Sanford, fell from a moving train at fifty miles per hour twelve miles west of Carlyle, while en route from Kansas to Kentucky. He landed in tall grass with only facial scratches. The fall was not noticed until the Baltimore and Ohio train reached the city, causing anxious worry for his parents due to no open telegraph stations between here and St. Louis at night.
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Sanders
Here
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Kentucky
Baltimore and Ohio
St. Louis
Governor and Editor Threaten Possible Scrap in Omaha
Lincoln dispatch reports a planned face to face between Gov. Savage and Edward Rosewater of The Omaha Bee over a four column article that insulted the governor. Rosewater denies the loan accusation as a lie and calls the governor a horse jockey and a gambler.
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Neb
Savage
Edward Orsewater
Omaha Bee
Omaha
Rosewater
The
Bee
Man Confesses to Murder Aboard in Kansas City Case
A London cablegram reports Charles William Toll a British Army veteran in South Africa confessed to a January murder in Kansas City Missouri. Ambassador Choate inquired if Toll is wanted in the United States and Missouri authorities have not yet replied. US officials note some Americans abroad confess to fictitious crimes to gain transport home.
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State Department
Ambassador Choate
London
Charles William Toll
South Africa
Choate
Site Department
Missouri
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