Accidentally Killed in Little Rock Police Office
W B Potts Bertillon expert for the Little Rock police department was killed when his revolver, being cleaned in his office, discharged accidentally. Other brief items include Addison B Burk elected president of the United States League of Building and Loan Associations in Grand Rapids and a Pittsburg detective seeking a new trial after a mail fraud conviction.
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Little Rock
Ark
W. B. Potts
Heads Building Association
Grand Rapids, Mich
Addison B. Burk
Philadelphia
United States League of Building and Loan Associations
Earth slides annoy workers at Culebra
The Associated Press reports that earth and rock slides at the Culebra cut in the Panama Canal have become the most troublesome and costly part of the excavation. The canal commission raised its estimates by 6,252,281 cubic yards as slides continue and costs per cubic yard fell from 98 to 56.92 cents. further reductions are hoped. In Evansville Indiana, a separate notice says Mrs. Andrew Keuber seeks divorce alleging no kiss or caress for thirteen years.
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Associated Press
Washington
Culebra
Panama Canal
Canal
Canal Commission
Evansville
Ind
Andrew Keuber
Lydia E Pinkham’s Remedies Praised by a Michigan Mother
Mrs J G Johnson of Scottville Michigan credits Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound and Sanative Wash with maintaining her health and energy after bearing thirteen children. She endorses the products for her daughter’s painful periods and irregularity and urges others to use them.
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Scottville
Mich
Lydia E.pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia E.m
J.G. Johnson
Ir.f.d
Grange Plans Lake Compounce Field Day August 25
Leonard H. Healey heads a Connecticut state Grange committee in Bristol and schedules a Lake Compounce field day for August 25 to replace the Hartford state fair event. He says the Grange will invite a Washington opponent of reciprocity if Taft discusses the measure at the state fair.
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Bristol
Conn
Leonard H. Healey
State Grange
Lake Compounce
Hartford
Healey
Taft
Grange
Washington
State
Girl Is Exonerated After Killing Husband in San Francisco
Anna Langley, 19, was exonerated after explaining years of neglect and abuse led to a fatal shooting of her husband James W. Langley Wednesday. The coroner's jury cleared her and a subsequent grand jury hearing supported her story amid wide public support.
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San Francisco
Cal
Anna Langley
James W. Langley
Joels
Moyer Re-elected President Of Western Federation Of Miners
Butte Montana August 4 Charles H Moyer was re elected president of the Western Federation of Miners by a vote of 209 to 90 at last nights session of the organization here.
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Butte Mont
Charles H. Moyer
Western Federation of Miners
All Favor Treaties Urge Unlimited Arbitration
Two hundred sets of resolutions signed by chambers of commerce and boards of trade across the nation urge the United States Senate to ratify unlimited arbitration treaties. The resolutions also press revision of current arbitration pacts to extend unlimited arbitration, with signatories from almost every state and Hawaii.
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Boston
Mass
Chambers of Commerce and
Boards of Trade
United States Senate
World's Peace Foundation
Connecticut
Idaho
Montana
North Dakota
Oregon
Washington
Wyoming
Hawaii
Hindu Held for Murder in Chicago Theater Rampage
In Chicago on August 4 a coroner's jury held an inquest into Archibald Hunt’s death from a July 25 crowd shooting. M. Hussain, a Hindu, was held to the grand jury for murder after the incident outside a downtown theater.
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Chicago
Eleven Story Fall Injures Workman At Taft Hotel
John Fisher, a worker on the new Hotel Taft in New Haven, fell eleven stories when a hoisting elevator broke at the eighth floor. He escaped with a slight cut above the eye after being found alive in the sub cellar by fellow workers.
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New Haven
Conn
John Fisher
Taft
Fisher
Dock Workers Strike Called But Not Underway In London
London reports that the general dock workers strike was not carried out as planned. An arbitrator has been appointed and there are strong hopes that the dispute will be settled soon.
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London
Albanians to Return as Montenegro Accepts Concessions
Me lissor tribesmen decide to end hostilities and return to their homes in Albania after concessions are granted. Train service resumes under guard in Mexico City after a sympathetic strike and shop employees walkout at Orizaba and Apizaco.
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Cettinje
Montenegro
Melissor
Albania
Mexico City
Orizaba
Apizaco
May strain relations referenced in Persian expedition report
The Novoe Vremya argues that appointing Major C. B. Stokes as head of a British led expedition against the deposed shah Mohammed Ali Mirza would disturb Anglo Russian relations. It says Russia and Great Britain should not interfere in Persia affairs.
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Associated Press
ST. Petersburg
Novoe Vremya
C. B. Stokes
Berlin
Shah
Mohammed Ali Mirza
Russia
Great Britain
Persia
Work on Maine wreck advances by gas blast method
The Maine wreck clearing progressed as a gas blast apparatus began dissecting the shattered vessel. A single operator directs a small flame of intense heat to melt the heaviest deck beams and side frames in under five minutes.
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Associated Press
Havana
Maine
Confesses 10 Crime After Exoneration
In Chicago Christian Jurgenson surrendered his 17 year old son to police after the youth, once acquitted for the July 4 killing of Elmer Schaefer, confessed to his father that he shot Schaefer after a quarrel. The youth faces murder charges as Jurgenson’s health declines from the secret.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Christian Jurgenson
Elmer Schaefer
Schaefer
Jurgenson
Davenport man Geo Devany enters 1912 presidential race
Geo Devany of Davenport announces his candidacy for president in 1912 declaring himself friend of the farmer. He plans to distribute stickers bearing his name to cover Governor Harmon on ballots and concedes Harmon will be the Democratic nominee.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Iowa
Geo
Devany
Davenport
United States
Hayward
Farmer
Harmon
Ohio
Jewel trunk missing. $20,000 in jewels stolen
William Smith arriving in Nebraska City from Omaha discovered a trunk with $20,000 worth of jewelry missing. Detectives reported yesterday they believe the jewels were stolen.
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Associated Press
Nebraska City
Neb
William Smith
Omaha
Rogers Named President of Naval War College
Washington dispatch reports Captain W. L. Rogers, commander of the battleship Georgia, chosen as president of the naval war college succeeding Admiral Raymond Rodgers who retires next fall.
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War College
Associated Press
Washington, D. C
W. L. Rogers
Georgia
Naval War College
Raymond Rodgers
Waiter Arrested in Mysterious Hotel Death Case
St Louis Aug 4 Max Pappas a hotel waiter was arrested on suspicion in the death of Mrs Max Judell who fell from a third story of a cheap hotel last Monday night. Pappas denies being with the woman and says he never knew her. Testimony yielded little.
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ST. Louis
Max Pappas
Max Judell
Pappas
Barrymore files divorce suit against Russell Griswold Colt
New York Aug 4 Miss Ethel Barrymore filed papers for divorce from Russell Griswold Colt and service was made at his Yale club apartments. She arrived from Quebec on Tuesday to sign the complaint under statutory grounds and seeks custody of her baby aged under two. no alimony is requested.
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New York
Ethel Barrymore
Russell Griswold Colt
Colt
Yale Club
Barrymore
Quebec
Admiral Nicholson Receives Condolence Cables
Rear Admiral Nicholson chief of the navigation bureau returns to Washington from Jameston R L and finds sympathy cables sent to his family in error over a supposed death. He believes a misread navy dispatch about Solicitor Johnson caused the mix up. The piece notes medical fees lack legal regulation.
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Washington
Nicholson
Navigation Bureau
Jameston
R. L
Naval Academy
Solicitor Johnson
Navy Department
Navy Department. On That Occasion Admiral Nicholson
Johnson
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