Split on Free Trade Causes Cabinet Tension in London
London reports a looming resignation as Chancellor of the Exchequer Ritchie prepares to quit amid cabinet doubts over Chamberlain's fiscal plan. Balfour and Chamberlain stand united to fill vacancies as protests greet Chamberlain at Downing Street.
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Means of Escape Ready
An extraordinary letter in the Kleine Journal claims a tunnel from Euxinograd castle to a river allows Prince Ferdinand to flee by water when his position weakens. It says Princess Clementine met King Edward in Vienna and urged a vessel be ready to carry him to England, which Edward allegedly approved.
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Bulgaria
England
Hurricane wrecks coast as Tampa suffers million-dollar loss
The storm sweeping across Florida and Alabama causes seven deaths, heavy property damage in Tampa estimated at one million dollars, widespread vessel wrecks, and downed wires from Montgomery to New Orleans. Telegraph lines to Tampa restored by afternoon. two steamers feared missing. In Minnesota a Great Northern train derailment near Cassell injures fifteen with one killed, a tramp fatality nearby.
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Louis B. Bonen
Russia Proposes Staged Manchuria Evacuation Plan
Peking Sept 15 Russia submits a new scheme to the Chinese government delaying Manchuria evacuation beyond Oct. 8 and adding conditions. Newchwang and Mukden province to evacuate Oct 8 Kirin province four months later and the third province a year after. Russia would keep military posts on the Tsitsihar to Blagovestchenck route and along the Sungari river to protect railroad commerce.
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Manchuria
Newchwang
Mukden
Kirin
Tsitsihar
Heilungkiang
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Bulgaria Faces Possible Mobilization as Turkish Border Tensions Rise
Paris reports indicate Bulgaria braces for escalation as Turkish forces near the border. A Russo Austrian note states Russia and Austria will not back either side and will hold both parties accountable if hostilities break out, with France expected to follow.
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Foreign Office
Bulgaria
Turkey
Russia
Austria
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Three Men Shot and Killed at Edna Jail
In Edna Texas on September 15 three men died after a confrontation at the city jail. Sheriff George F Wharton and Deputy Frank Brugh arrested a man named McCagle believed to be W T Lander from Atlanta on a suspected swindle. Lander fired during a search, mortally wounding Wharton and Brugh. Wharton returned fire and killed the prisoner.
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George F. Wharton
Frank Brugh
McCagle
Philadelphia
W. T. Lander
Atlanta
Lander
Wharton
Brugh
Turkish Raid On Bulgarian Frontier Reported
Berlin dispatch cites Turkish forces raiding the Bulgarian frontier near Tekendsche driving off three sheep herds. Turkish troops at Kirk-Killisseh fired on the French consulate breaking windows. Turks bivouacked near Giohtepe with twenty Bulgarian women and girls. Five hundred fugitive women and children reached Tekendsche.
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Frankfort Zeitung
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Bulgaria
Tekendsche
Kirk-Killisseh
Giohtepe
Engagements in Pirin Mountains Fight Turks
A Sofia dispatch reports recent mountain clashes with insurgents. On Aug. 28 Stoyanoff's band attacked Turkish troops, who suffered fifty dead and forty wounded. Sept. 1 Gogrofof's group clashed on Albutin heights with 200 Turks losing twelve men.
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Stoyanoff
Gogrofof
Albutin Heights
Escaped Prisoner Surrenders in Butte
Lewellyn Felker, once among six county jail escapees in Butte Montana, surrendered at the sheriff’s office on September 15. He faces murder charges and was deemed among the most dangerous escapees.
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Mont
Lewellyn Felker
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Portrait photographer Otto Sarony Dies in New York
New York on September 15 reports the death of Otto Sarony a famed portrait photographer with an international reputation for almost thirty years. He died in a city hospital from phthisis after over two years of ill health. He was the son of Napoleon Sarony the noted crayon artist.
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New York
Otto Sarony
Napoleon Sarony
Mutiny on Kearsarge Sailors Throw Over Gun Sights
About 125 sailors on the Kearsarge are under arrest for mutinous conduct. In gun contest trials they threw overboard the sights to spoil accuracy, aiming to avenge officers and ruin expert marksmanship outcomes.
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New York
Kearsarge
Trackwalkers Report Roadbed Good Before Special Incident
A report notes trackwalkers had inspected the track minutes before a special event. They found the roadbed in good condition at that time.
Quiet Beirut Report On New Governor General
Washington dispatch notes Admiral Cotton reports from Beirut that the governor general shows confidence and has personal charge of the vice consul case. The late police chief is deposed and 28 people linked to last Sunday’s disturbances are arrested.
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Navy Department
Admiral Cotton
Beirut
Constantinople
Hill's Special in a Wreck Near Alma
A special Burlington train carrying Northern Securities official J J Hill and other executives struck two large boulders washed onto the track by a heavy rain near Alma Wisconsin. The engine was badly damaged but no serious injuries reported among the officials though a fierce storm raged at the time.
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Snowstorm Smites Minot and Kenmare Slowing Trains
Two feet of snow blankets Minot North Dakota with trains greatly delayed. Kenmare reports one foot on the level and more snow falling. The storm is the worst here in three years.
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Kenmare
Park Bluff Sinks in Lake St Croix. crewmember drowned
The steamer Park Bluff, part of Governor Van Sant's towboat fleet, sank in Lake St. Croix near South Stillwater on Sept 15. Engineer James Ferguson of La Crosse was drowned, while the remaining four crew members reached the steamer Glenmont before Park Bluff went down.
Portland Robber Confesses to Arson Spree
Edward Orphin told Police Chief Hunt that since last April he committed seven highway robberies and set fire to at least as many buildings. He says the fires were started purely to watch buildings burn.
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Ore
Edward Orphin
Menelek to Mint Abyssinian Coin at Addis Ababa
King Menelek of Abyssinia plans a royal mint in Addis Ababa to produce local currency. Consul Masterson reports 110 230 pounds of gold saved for the project as the country shifts from rock salt and scarce French coins to its own money after defeating rivals and hosting European diplomats.
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Abyssinia
Addis Abeda
France
Consul Masterson
Aden
Democratic Peasant Prefect Heads Remote Sanatorium
Maud Howe describes Father Kneipp’s regime at a distant sanatorium as benevolent despot rule. She notes his aggression toward women, especially, and his democratic governance by a seventy-year-old prelate with a peasant build and striking blue eyes.
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Pfarrer
Maud Howe
Lippincott’s
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