Taft Arrival Marred by Threat at Columbus Hotel
A woman named Caroline Beers aged 40 armed with two long knives waited at a Columbus hotel as President Taft arrived for a banquet and state events. She claimed to be the president's wife and warned she would punish Taft. She carried a knife with a photo of Taft on the handle and had $200 on her.
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Columbus
Ohio
Taft
Caroline Beers
Beers
Greenville
Ohio Bar Association
State House
Ohio Saengerbund
Mr. Taft
Horace D. Taft
Boston
Congress
Corinto
Baco
Mander
Annapolis
Dement
Senate
Nicaragua
Rochter
N. Y
Managua
War
Navy
State Department
Three Die In Powder Mill Explosion At Marlow
Knoxville, Tenn. Aug 29 Three men were killed and three injured in a Rand Powder company mill explosion at Marlow. Dead: John Giles Frank Barrett George Newbrill. Injured: George Walters Henry Nelson Downes. Powder on a truck ignited as workers, near the truck, were leaving. The mill housed 240 kegs of powder destroyed.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Rand Powder Company
Marlow
John Giles
Frank Barrett
George Newbrill
George Walters
Dossett
Henry Nelson
Downes
Barrett
Newbrill
Appointment of A Grosenbacher as clerk and stenographer
A Grosenbacher was appointed this afternoon as clerk and stenographer in the office of Chief of Police Lancaster and immediately began his duties.
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A. Grosenbacher
Olice Lancaster Nd
Adopt Commission Form of Government in New Orleans
A commission form of government with initiative and referendum was adopted by a vote of more than 10 to 1 in New Orleans. Official returns: 23 900 for and 2119 against. The change creates a mayor and four commission councilmen with recalls possibly added after a November constitutional vote. Primaries set for October 1. municipal and general elections in November.
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New Orleans
Commission
Will Reclaim Land in Washington County Texas
AUSTIN Aug. 29 Plans for reclaiming thousands of acres of overflowed lands in Washington county are under study by F H Bosse tax collector. Local authorities will cooperate with the state levee and drainage board, but work awaits funding from the Thirty third legislature. He notes a fair cotton crop this season but not as large due to rainfall shortage.
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Austin
Tex
Washington County
F. H. Bosse
Comptroller’s Department
State Levee and Drainage Board
Bosse
Regional Weather Summary From Multiple Cities
Weather notes for St Louis Kansas City Chicago St Paul New York Boston and Washington report temperatures ranging mid 50s to mid 70s with cloudy skies and winds from the north south west and southeast. Friday expectations include mostly cloudy with a chance of rain and low temperatures in the 50s to 70s.
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ST. Louis
Kansas City
Chicago
ST. Paul
New York
Boston
Washington
Statement on AP leased wire carriage not outside San Antonio Lights
The claim that the Associated Press leased wire into San Antonio is carried in whole or in part by any newspaper other than the San Antonio Lights is unfounded and baseless.
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Associated Press
San Antonio
Roosevelt Campaign Opens With Attacks On Penrose and Archbold
Col Theodore Roosevelt launches Vermont campaign in Bennington attacking Senator Penrose and Standard Oil head John D Archbold over senate testimony on campaign contributions. He accuses big business of political collusion and calls for Penrose to be ousted. He plans stops across four districts and major towns as the campaign nears election.
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Bennington
Penrose
Pennsylvania
John D. Archbold
Standard Oil Company
Theodore Roosevelt
Vermont
Senate
Roosevelt
Penrose Trump
Archbold
Senator Penrose
Senate Committee
Europe
Bliss
Taft
Rutland
Green Mountains
Eugene W. Chafin
Prohibition Party
Lou
Albert J. Beveridge
Gifford Pinchot
Colonel Roosevelt
Osborne Retained to Aid in Police Blackmail Probe
New York August 29 Investigation into police graft tied to the Rosenthal murder will be thorough with former District Attorney James Osborne as cross examiner. Osborne, known for ice trust cases and Albany vice investigations, is recalled from abroad to lead graft inquiry. Grand jury began work at 11 with James E. March testifying about stock dealings for Lt. Becker.
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New York
Rosenthal
James Osborne
Osborne
Ice Trust
Albany
Dago Frank
Cirofici
James E. March
Third Assembly
Becker
Equal Representation Battle at Southern Texas Truck Growers
Insurgent stockholders press for one vote per member in the association. The afternoon session saw efforts to bring a resolution for equal representation to a vote, with independents pledging support if granted parity and claiming reforms without dissolving the group. The battle intensified after the second reading of the resolutions committee report, as big holders maneuvered to block or aid the measure.
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Southern Texas Truck Growers Association
Resolutions Committee
Light announces delayed special issue on Port Aransas harbor and Southwest Texas development
The Light delays the Railroad and Deep Waterway number by one week to September 8 due to heavy advertising. The issue will feature Port Aransas harbor scenes, Aransas Pass railroad views, revised maps of the port and Corpus Christi and Aransas Bays, Medina dam irrigation maps, rail and road development around San Antonio, and extensive imagery of Southwest Texas farms and irrigation works. Preorders required by September 7 with 5 cent price, 10 cent mail copies.
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San Antonio
Texas
Ocean Harbor
Port Aransas
Aransas
Gibson to Demand Punishment for Cuban Assault
Havana Aug 29. Enrique Maza released on bail of 600 dollars after rearrest on assault charges against American ambassador Hugh S Gibson. Gibson will protest Washington instructed to seek severe punishment and oppose withdrawal of police guards from the legation. A second diplomat is said to have been assaulted but did not prosecute.
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Havana
Enrique Maza
Maza
Hugh S. Gibson
Washington
Legation
Secretary of the Interior
Gibson
U.S. Demands Punishment for Havana Assault
The United States insists the Cuban newspaper reporter who assaulted Hugh S. Gibson, the American chargé d’affaires at Havana, receive adequate punishment. The State Department notified both the Cuban and American legations that it attached the greatest importance to proper action.
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Washington, D. C
United States
Hugh 8. Gibson
Havana
State Department
Wilson heir arrives to claim body of wireless pioneer
Miss Olla Wilson daughter of the late Christoper Columbus Wilson arrived in Atlanta to claim his body in a federal prison. Arrangements were made to ship the body to Terrell Texas for burial. No word has been received from Wilsons widow or other New York connections.
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Atlanta
Olla Wilson
Christopher Columbus Wilson
Wireless Fame
Wilson
Terrell
Tex
New York
Dramatic UC Graduate Marries Seine Rescue Hero
Samuel J. Hume, a University of California dramatic student, saved a young woman from drowning in the Seine two years ago. He will marry Miss Maud Crawford Dick of Edinburgh, Scotland, who is traveling from Liverpool to Boston to meet him.
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San Francisco
Cal
Seine River
France
Samuel J. Hume
University of California
Boston
Maud Crawford Dick
Edinburgh
Scotland
Liverpool
Hume
Emperor William Recovers And Rides With Empress
CASEL Hesse Nassau August 29 The emperor has apparently fully recovered from his recent illness and this morning rode out on a long horseback ride with the empress who had also been in unsatisfactory health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Casel
Hesse-Nassau
William
For Sale Hudson Roadster With New Tires And Accessories
Auto for sale advertised at 728 E Houston in San Antonio. Car described as a Hudson roadster with new tires and full equipment. Light newspaper offers ten day run with low rate, cash sale encouraged. Ads accepted by telephone at Either line 176.
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Hudson
Houston
San Antonio
Rebels 10 Make Another Attack on the Capital
A dispatch from Managua dated Monday reports rebels planning another attack on the capital while the Nicaraguan government seeks to repair the Corinto Managua railroad and restore telegraphic links. American forces in Nicaragua readied for duty as tensions rise and the navy moves to protect American interests.
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Washington
Managua
State Department
Taft
Ness
Nicaragua
Corinto
Senii
Magua
Contract for 7000 pantie building at Staples
Special to the San Marcos reports a contract of seven thousand dollars for a pantie building at Staples. P. J. Caldwell of this place will begin work at once.
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LI San Marcos
Tex
Staples
P. J. Caldwell
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