Grand Army of the Republic Encampment Planned in Chattanooga
Preparations for the 47th national encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic in September advance in Chattanooga Tennessee. Funds are secured lodging is arranged and rates remain regular. Battlefield reunions hydroplane exhibitions steamboat rides and military displays are planned with daily aeroplane flights to entertain about 200000 visitors.
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Union News Service
Chattanooga
Tenn
Committee On
Grand Army of the Republic
Committee On Entertainment
Chickamauga
Lookout Mountain
Missionary Ridge
Tennessee River
Tennessee
Anthony N. Brady
New York
Niagara Fills
East Tennessee Power Co
Ocoee River
Fort Oglethorpe
Eleventh Cavalry
Seventeenth Infantry
Atlanta
Major Texas oil strike at Bland farm near Orange
A producing gusher on the Josh Bland farm eight miles west of Orange marks a historic Texas oil event. The well flowed at 3,800 feet, reported as the deepest producing well in the state with a flow of about barrels per day.
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Orange
Texas
Josh Bland
Here
Attempt Made to Kill Roumanian King and Queen
London reports revolver fire aimed at King Charles and Queen Elizabeth as their car toured Sinaia in the Carpathians. Neither royal was harmed in the attack, while in Mount Athos Russia dispatches describe monks detained, beaten, and sent to Odessa after a clash with soldiers.
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London
Eng
Charles
Elizabeth
Carmen Sylva
Roumania
Sinaia
Carpathian Mountains
St. Petersburg
Russia
Mount Athos
Holy Synod
Nikon
Constantinople
Saloniki
Odessa
Eastern Church
Athos
May Impeach Judge Speer in Federal Court
Washington reports that United States Judge Emory Speer of Georgia, a longtime Fifth Circuit jurist and noted orator, faces impeachment. The charges stem from an incident in his Macon courtroom where he wept as Col. W A Huff, longtime Macon mayor and former legislator, presented accusations. The matters were referred to the House Judiciary Committee by Attorney General McReynolds.
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Washington
United States
Emory Speer
Georgia
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
Macon
Speer
Col. W. A. Huff
House Judiciary Committee
McReynolds
Fall Kills Noted Doctor at Glacier Park
Dr. Calvin Ingram Fletcher of Indianapolis was killed while scaling Blackfoot glacier in Glacier Park Montana. He fell 600 feet and his body was recovered. Fletcher and his wife and Prairie Club of Chicago members entered the park on August 12.
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Glacier Park
Mont
Cc. I. Fletcher
Indianapolis
Blackfoot Glacier
Fletcher
Prairie Club of
Chicago
Park
Ind
Calvin Ingram Fletcher
Bonate Confirms Harricon Nomination as Governor General
Aug. 22 Bonate confirms Francis Burton Harrison of New York as governor general nominee. Washington dispatch notes the nomination was confirmed last night, positioning Harrison for high colonial office and signaling U S leadership in the region.
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Bonate
Harricon
Washington
Francis Burton Harrison
New Y
The
Wilson to Address Mexico Crisis With Congress
President will send to Congress a special message with Huerta's reply and all related documents as Penrose pressures for immediate protection of Americans in Mexico. Bryan warns Huerta and constitutionalists that Americans face personal responsibility for attacks. Local reports confirm Americans killed during fighting near Madera.
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Washington
Mexico
United States
Congress
Wilson
White House
General Huerta
Envoy Lind
Lind
Penrose
Senate
State Department
Carranza and Huerta
Bryan
Bacon
Foreign Relations Committee
Durango
Senator Penrose
el Paso
Tex
Edward Hayes
Buffalo
N. Y
Madera Lumber Company
Francisco Cordova
Madera
Pancho Villa
Corral
Huerta
la Boquilla
Chihuahua
Letcher
Chihuahua City
8. C. Hulse
Fuller
Mexican Northern Power and Irrigation Company
Buffalo Bill Retires From Show Business
Buffalo Bill Wil liam Cody announces retirement from life. A U S district court order led to public sale of the Buffalo Bill Wild West and Far East show assets in Denver to satisfy creditors. The sale marks the end of Cody’s show career as he enters his seventieth year.
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Denver
Colo
Willam F. Cody
Buffalo Bill
United States District Court
Colonel Cody
Moros Attack Governor in Jolo Narrow Escape
Vernon L. Whitney of Iowa, governor of Jolo, was attacked by Moros at Manila on August 22. He suffered five bad baroga wounds but is expected to recover after killing both assailants in a struggle.
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Manila
Vernon L. Whitney
Iowa
Jolo
Five Die as Train-Tows Car at Indiana Crossing
A Chicago automotion party travelling from Cedar Lake, Indiana, is struck at Keilman crossing by a Monon passenger train. The engine crashes the car, killing five occupants including two children. Rescuers search the wreck as officials identify victims and care for survivors. The car, driven by Schiller, is carried 200 yards by the locomotive.
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Union News Service
Chicago
Ill
Monon
Keilman’s Crossing
Hammond
Ind
W. S. Balanger
Charles B. Quinn
Robert B. Strong
Michael Gallagher
R. J. Hedrick
Schiller
Miss Kahn
Currency Bill Change Halted by Underwood in House
Democratic Leader Underwood assumed control of the currency bill debate in the House and won adoption of an amendment sending interlocking directorate provisions to the judiciary committee by a 132 to 60 vote. No other bill changes passed while Bryan urged caution on adding amendments to the Glass-Owen measure.
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Washington
Underwood
House
Glass- Owen
House Judiciary Committee
Bryan
Glass
House Banking and Currency Committee
W. J. Bryan
Messina Aftermath: Buildings Destroyed by Severe Hurricane
Reported devastation in Messina follows the 1908 earthquake as American and other dwellings collapse in a violent hurricane. Death toll unknown but expected large with city flooded and shelters failing. thousands homeless and survivors in panic.
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Rome
Messina
Baby Elephant Breaks Loose at Aurora Circus Lot
A baby elephant belonging to a circus in Aurora Indiana attacked a red touring car with passengers John Conaway James Kennit Smiley Sassman and Freddie Byrd on the show lot. The elephant broke from its keeper and overturned the car after it bounded over an embankment striking a tree. The elephant fought the car for several minutes before capture.
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Aurora
Ind
John Conaway
James Kennit
Smiley Sassman
Freddie Byrd
Japanese Land Law Challenge Sets Test Case
Japanese landowner H Taniguchi plans to challenge California alien land law in a case led by attorney H A Chamberlin. Taniguchi seeks to transfer 200 acres to fellow Japanese for farming and will seek federal court interpretation if needed.
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Los Angeles
Cal
California
H. Taniguchi
H. A. Chamberlin
Tanigachi
Chamberlin
United States
Federal Supreme Court
Strikers Demonstrate Against Mine Reopenings at Calumet
Strike groups in Calumet Michigan march against mine reopenings in Keweenaw County. No trouble along the line. At South Hecla three workers who filled striker roles were beaten by twenty unionists before the attackers fled as guards drew revolvers. John Mitchell.
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Calumet
Mich
Kenenaw
South Hecla
John Mitchell
Lightning destroys Ohio Valley store in Kentucky blaze
Lightning struck the Ohio Valley Mining company general store at De Koven Kentucky causing extensive damage with losses around 20000 dollars. Fire crews reported the blaze after the storm and the building was destroyed.
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Louisville
Ohio Valley Mining Company
Dé Koven
Cincinnati Markets Grain Prices and Livestock Rates
Market report lists corn, oats, wheat, eggs, poultry, cattle, hogs, calves, and sheep prices. Includes No 2 white corn at 8lc, hay timothy around 18 19 dollars, oats No 2 white at 43 44c, eggs prime firsts 23c, hogs and cattle price ranges, and stocker rates.
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Bologna
Man Kills Guest at Hopewell Junction Dinner Party
In Poughkeepsie New York Lorenzo Barrett 70 fatally shot Thomas H Kimlin 60 near Hopewell Junction after a dispute at a midday house party. Barrett is jailed on murder charges and Mrs Catherine Havens present as a witness. Barrett complained about the food before the fatal incident.
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Poughkeepsie
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New York Assembly
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Batavia
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