John Lind Arrives Safe in Mexico City Amid Tense Move
John Lind personal representative of President Wilson arrived safely in Mexico City with his wife and party. Officials said no action would be taken until Lind studies the general situation, while Sen Bacon pledged broad Senate support for Wilson's policy. Huerta's supporters paraded in Mexico City to back his stance against U S mediation.
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Washington
John Lind
Wilson
Mexico City
State Department
O’shaunghnessy
United States
Vera Cruz
Mr. Lind
Bryan
Hotel Lascurain
Mexico
Senate
Lind
Bacon
Senate Committee On Foreign Relations
Huerta
Fire destroys Wheelock State Bank and two buildings
Wheelock North Dakota reports a fire causing about 25000 dollars in losses. The Williston Fire Department was summoned to assist the local company, arriving by automobile to battle the blaze.
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Wheelock
N. D
Wheelock State Bank
Williston
General Jones Dying War Hero of Civil War
General Edward Jones, longtime Civil War commander and one of its surviving leaders, lies dying at his home in Binghamton New York. Born June 3, 1828 in Utica he entered the war as colonel of the Sixth Massachusetts after leaving Boston. Lincoln greeted him in Washington saying his arrival prevented a rebel capture.
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Jones
Binghampton
N. Y
Edward ‘Jones
Utica
Boston
Massachusetts
Washington
Lincoln
Johnston Death Triggers Alabama Senate Vacancy Crisis
The death of U S Senator Joseph F Johnston of Alabama creates a Senate vacancy amid tariff reform contention. Democrats urge quick action under the Seventeenth Amendment with Alabama to convene a special session to appoint an interim successor and possibly set a special election. Possible candidates named include Representative Hobson, Henry D Clayton, and Oscar Underwood.
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Washington
United States
Joseph F. Johnston
Alabama
Senate
Democrats
O'Neal
R. C. Brickell
McReynolds
Johnston
Senate Democrats
O’neal
Richard P. Hobson
Henry D. Clayton
Oscar W. Underwood
Lincoln’s Hottest August Day in 1911
Lincoln Neb August record set as Friday reached 106 degrees at 4 p.m. remaining for an hour. It marks the fourth day this month with temperatures above 100 degrees at the Lincoln bureau.
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Lincoln
Lincoln, Neb
Lincoln Bureau
Smith Beats Flynn in White Hope Fight at New York
Jim Flynn of Pueblo was knocked around by Gunboat Smith in New York on August 11. Smith dominated the bout, battering Flynn throughout and forcing multiple knockdowns in the fifth round.
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Smith
Flynn
New York
Jim Flynn
Pueblo
Minot Doctor Rejects Pardon Says He Seeks Vindication
Dr. Thor Moeller, serving a 10 year manslaughter sentence in North Dakota, says he does not seek a pardon but seeks vindication. He writes Judge L. J. Palda of Minot claiming guiltlessness in the death of Miss Gina Lien of Union.
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Minot
N. D
Thor Moeller
Moeller
L. J. Palda
Dr. Moeller
Gina Lien
Union, N. D
Government Crop Report describes August yields and conditions
Washington Aug 9 The governments August grain report shows corn at 76.8% of normal with an estimated 25.0 bushels per acre. Winter wheat yield 16.5 with 511 million production. Oats 73.7% condition 26.8 bushels per acre and 1.028 billion produced.
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Washington
Omaha man killed by own crank in in gear auto
Des Moines Aug 11 R W Breckenridge of Omaha was fatally crushed when he started an automobile that was in gear. His wife, a passenger, stopped the engine but could not save him.
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Des Moines, In
R. W. Breckenridge
Omaha
Breckenridge
Famous Austrian Priest Ohrwalder Dies in Sudan
Father Ohrwalder, renowned Austrian missionary, died in Omdurman at age 58 after ten years in Mahdist captivity. He survived long service in Khartum and his death is reported from Egyptian Sudan.
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Khartum
Egyptian
Sudan
Father Ohrwalder
Omdurman
President Wilson among defendants in $200 suit in St Louis
Roscoe Speckling, a reporter, sues President Woodrow Wilson and 55 state governors along with W. H. Kreismann and five other St Louis figures in a $200 claim filed in a local justice court. Speckling says he was hired to report the Lakes to the Gulf Deep Waterway convention in Little Rock last September and was not paid.
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St. Louis
Woodrow Wilson
W. H. Kreismann
St. Louisans
Roscoe 8
Speckling
Gulf Deep Waterway Association
Little Rock
Ark
Deposit Plan Approved Faces Bankers Conference Across Regions
Secretary McAdoo’s proposal to place 50 million dollars of government funds in banks serving agricultural areas wins swift approval from southern western and far western bankers invited to Treasury deliberations on fund distribution. Banker turnout tops 75 in Washington as consultations set with western and far western cities amid protests from some rival regions. Lexington Duluth and Fort Worth named as additional beneficiaries though previously listed.
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Washington
McAdoo
Treasury Department
Williams
E. B. Daskam
Public Moneys
Congress
Lst
Lexington
Duluth
Fort Worth
Texas
Fashion lecture warns stylish dress dangers to city women
University of Chicago divinity students heard Prof. Allen Hoben argue that fashionable gowns pose a menace to city girls. He said a well dressed woman today harms young men under urban strain and urged reducing sex temptation.
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Chicago
Allen Hoben
University of Chicago
Divinity
Knights of Columbus Pick St Paul for 1914 Meet
Boston Aug 9 Knights of Columbus supreme convention votes to keep headquarters in New Haven Conn and selects St Paul Minnesota as the 1914 meeting location after large turnout. The session adjourns following the decision.
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St. Paul
K. of
Panama Commissioner Quits Amid Canal Settlement
Panama August 11 Dr Leo S Rowe one of the American members of the American Panama Land commission resigns as commissioner to take effect after all claims are settled He plans to return to the United States in September to resume the professorship of political science at the University of Pennsylvania.
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Panama
Leo S. Rowe
Sulzer denies using campaign funds for personal use
Albany August 12 Governor Sulzer after a long conference with advisers issued a denial that he used campaign funds for speculation. He says he never heard of Fuller and Gray or Boyer and Griswold and did not know the transactions testified to before the Frawley committee. The report will be brief focusing on testimony about his campaign contributions and stock dealings.
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Albany
N. Y
Sulzer
Fuller and Gray and Boyer and Griswold
Frawley Legislative Committee
Frawley Committee
Wall Street
Fuller and Gray
Boyer and Griswold
Frawley
Harris
Fuller
Robert F. Wagner
Senate
A. E. Smith
Assembly
Saratoga
Eugene Lamb Richards
Pueblo Col Endangered by Fountain River Flood Warnings
Pueblo Colorado August 12 warnings issued to residents in lowlands along the Fountain river to move immediately to higher ground as cloudbursts threaten flooding. Message from Pinton Colorado reports the river has risen above danger levels prompting evacuation alerts for east and south Pueblo areas.
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Pueblo, Col
Pueblo
Colorado Springs
Fountain River
Pinton
Col
Haiti President Tancrede Auguste Assassination Report
Marfield Kemp of Lexington Indiana testified in New York that Haitian president Tancrede Auguste’s funeral procession was met with a rifle volley aimed at the casket. The firing occurred at the Cathedral of St Mary after the solemn funeral service.
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Riddie
New York
Tancrede Auguste
Drate
Haiti
Marfield Kemp
Lexington
Ind
National Railroad of
Port Au Prince
Cathedral of St .Mary
Kemp
Pankhurst Arrested After Attempt to Seize Downing Street
Sylvia Pankhurst leads suffragettes toward Downing Street in a mass protest. Police clash with a crowd in Whitehall with clubs as officers arrest Pankhurst along with five women and nine men after a staged march and a battle line near Trafalgar Square.
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London
Sylvia Pankhurst
Asquith
Downing Street
Whitehall
Free Speech Defense Committee
George Ansbury
House of Commons
Miss Pankhurst
Horse Guards
Chinese Rebellion Failure Reported by Navy
General improvement in the rebel district was reported from Nankin by Rear Admiral Nicholson of the Pacific fleet. The uprising has failed at every point, though disorder remains as southern troops linger. An American steamer was fired on at Chenglin but reparations were made.
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Washington
China
Navy Department
Nicholson
Nankin
Kuling
Chenglin
Four Hurt In Auto Accident Near Reformatory
Four people were injured when a car near the local reformatory in St. Cloud Minnesota veered off a road after steering gear failed. Injured are Mrs Edward W Lynch of Minneapolis with facial cuts Miss Elmnore Armstrong of Bowlus with a neck injury and Miss Maude Cullen of Brainerd who was badly shaken. All received treatment locally.
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St. Cloud
Minn
Edward W. Lynch
Minneapolis
Elmnore. Armstrong
Bowlus
Maude Cullen
Brainerd
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