United States News Notes Mix of Accidents Strikes and Crime
A Chicago sidewalk collapse crowds injure many as a wounded man is carried to a doctor. In Lansford Pa striking miners block a trolley. in Omaha mobiles barred from parks due to danger and accidents. A St Louis trolley buggy collision kills one and injures several. Fire in Des Moines causes $50 000 loss and two deaths. Police raid Chicago streets to curb child beggars in streets. Smuggling of Chinese into Douglas Arizona captured. a San Francisco hotel proprietor dies after a 45 day fast. A 21 year old woman pilot, Miss Rowe, commands the steamer Mystery. Robbers captured near Gomez Palacio recover funds. Mosquito bite blamed for child’s death in Dover NH. War department reports a soldier’s death in the Moro action. Cross shaped ground fissure in Wisconsin during a storm. New York firm formed to build skyscrapers. A deaf educator, Charles Kearney, commits suicide. Two boys race in a gasoline automobile from New York to Chicago. Meat packer merger protests and legal action loom. Floods inundate East Texas towns and Quinlan’s Sabinas River.
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Chicago
Lansford
Omaha
Neb
Grant West
Fred Michaels
St. Louis
Stoner Wall T’aper Co
Des Moines
David Watt
Stoner Wall Paper Co
I. P. Miller
Long Shore Mil
Mexico
Douglas
Ariz
Katherine L. Ball
San Francisco
Ball
War Department
Manila
Albert L. Jossman
Twenty-seventh Infantry
Bayan
Mindansao
Clarkston
Mich
Troy
United States Realty and Construction Co
New York City
Charles Kearney
Decatur
Atlantic Sea
Capt Rowe
Miss Rowe
Wells-Fargo
Gomez Falacio
Mex
New York Board of Health
Alfred Croneberger
Dover
James R. McConnell
John Guarrett
New York
Trames
General Hamlin
Ten thousand New York tailors return to work after settlement
Ten thousand tailors in New York City resume work following a verbal settlement between employers and the garment workers' trade council. The update notes related strikes and labor actions across the nation, including miners in several states and the Pennsylvania Steel Co. settlement.
Drought and rain affect crops across states in weekly report
The weather bureau notes widespread drought from Virginia to the central gulf states, with heavy rains in Texas and parts of Missouri valley. Corn yields vary by region. favorable in Kansas Nebraska Indiana and most Missouri Illinois Ohio, while drought harms southeastern Missouri and southern Illinois.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
Virginia
Carolinas
Kentucky
Tennessee
Central
East Gulf States
Kansas
Missouri
Illinois
Indiana
Texas
Missouri Valley
Lower Lake Region
Rocky Mountain
New England
New York
California
Nebraska
Ohio
Iowa
Middle Atlantic
Ohio River
Lake Region
Middle Atlantic States
Pacific Coast
Oregon
South Dakota
North Dakota
Minnesota
Mississippi Valley
Lake
Upper
Cotton Belt
Drouth
Michigan
Ilinois
Oklahoma
Iake
New Time Fuse for Armor Piercing Shells Invented
War department ordnance experts announce a new time fuse and secret explosive for armor piercing shells. Tests at Sands Point prove the shell penetrates 11 inch Krupp armor, with the fuse detonating inside a warship. Crozier says foreign battleships face doubled steel or wooden frigates against the new destroyer.
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New York
War Department
United States
Ien. Crozier
Sands Hook, Proving Ground
Assault by masked men at Dublin railroad station
Six masked men entered the Pere Marquette station at Dublin about 90 miles north of Grand Rapids and assaulted Night Operator McEvoy and Day Operator Merryfield. Merryfield is severely injured. McEvoy freed his fellow worker before the assailants fled into the woods. Section men pursued the group.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
Dublin
Pere Marquette
McEvoy
Merryfield
Melvoy
Blaze on Liberty Street Destroys Buildings in Seven Hour Fire
A seven hour blaze on Liberty street caused extensive damage with property loss around 300000 dollars. Six firefighters were injured and two neighboring buildings were nearly destroyed while several other structures suffered minor damage.
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Liberty Street
Roosevelt prize offered for Mayflower gun crews
President Roosevelt offers a $25 gold prize for target practice by the gun crews of the war yacht Mayflower in Gardiner's Bay near Oyster Bay New York on July 36.
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Oyster Bay
Roosevelt
Maye Flower
Gardiner’s Bay
Fierce Battle Rages At Isthmus Of Panama
Panama scene amid a long clash between Herrera forces and government troops after July 29. Rebels reportedly suffered heavy losses while government troops marked only minor casualties. Armistice asked to bury dead. fighting resumed with renewed intensity as Gen. Salazar aids Berti at Agua Dulce.
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Isthmeus
Panama
Colombia
Cana
Herrera
Agua Dulce
Progres
Moreno
Salazar
Berti
Indicted Union Brass Molders Charged With Paying for Assaults
Eleven Chicago Brass Molders Union No 3 members were indicted by the grand jury for paying rewards for assaults on non union workers. Payments ranged from 3 to 25 dollars based on injury severity, with terms like wrecking gang and flying squadron used for different attack types. The cases stem from labor strife during strikes at Western Electric and Stromberg Carlson plants.
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Chicago
Grand
West
Union No 3
Grand Jury
Western Electric Co
Stromberg-Carlson Telephone Manufacturing Co
Embezzlement Charge Against Boston Lawyer Vanderlip
Boston August 2 Willard C Vanderlip a prominent lawyer in charge of estates including that of the late George St Em er son admits embezzlement. He says the loss is about 100000 but Col Sohier and John Lowell say 200000 disappeared. Vanderlip was arrested pleaded not guilty and held on eight thousand dollars bail.
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Boston
Willard C. Vanderlip
George St. Emerson
John Lowell
Vanderlip
Plan a New Coal Combine
Plan outlines a major southern Illinois coal merger. The El Paso and St. Louis Securities Co. secures undeveloped lands from Williamson County southeast to the Ohio River and plans a railroad through the strip. Capitalization stands at 400000 with a charter allowing indefinite increases.
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Carbondale
Southern Illinois
el Paso and St. Louis Securities Co
Williamson County
Ohio River
Reports Of Massive Earthquake Damage Exaggerated
From Los Alamos Cal Aug 2 reports claim vast earthquake destruction since July 27, but officials say damage is limited. Within Los Alamos county property losses will not exceed 4000 dollars despite many quakes.
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Tos Alamos
Cal
Los Alamos
Vatican plans gradual withdrawal of friars from Manila
Rome reports reliable sources say the Vatican intends the Augustilian Dominican Franciscan and Recollet friars in Manila about 450 strong to depart in small groups over time. This aims to resolve the friar question before any resumed negotiations between Gov. Taft and apostolic delegates, avoiding further discussion.
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Rome
Vatican
Manila
Gov. Taft
King Edward Gaine preps for coronation walk
London reports King Edward daily increases walking exercise. Physicians remove restraint and forecast he will be strong enough for the coronation ceremony on August 9.
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London
Edward
Exodus of Boilermakers Hits Chicago as Strike Spreads
Chicago reports hundreds of boilermakers leaving the city to seek work in nearby towns after Friday’s strike. Boiler shops slow, with repairs and smokestack work largely halted as the labor action unfolds.
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Chicago
Tin Plate Workers Vote Reject Wage Cut Proposal
Pittsburg August 5 The American Tin Plate Co. proposal of a 25 percent wage cut was rejected after weeks of voting. A New York conference with Amalgamated association officials is planned within two weeks. The plan aimed to boost foreign trade by a 34 percent cut and 16 percent output rise, yet Welsh workers opposed it to avoid harming tin plate jobs in Wales. The company warns of plant closures as excess stock and reduced demand hit operations. Non union plants remain running.
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Garment Workers’ Trade Council
Eros
G. J. Tyng
Chamberlain Observatory
Denver
Kansas
Missouri
Arkansas
Indian Territory
Col
Andrew Ferris
Hackensack
N. J
Pennsylvania Steel Co
Lord Pauncefote
United States
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Shenango
American Tin Plate Co
Union Pacific
Cheyenne
Wyo
Sharon Cuonl and Limestone Co
Sharon Steel Co
Leesburg
Mercer County
Plain Grove
Lawrence County
Lisbon
George E. Greenfall
George Parker
George Mason
FE. H. Keller
W. A. Galbraith
Broadhead
Trinidad
Cal
Sierras
Fresno County
Chicago
Pittsburg
Amalgamated Association
New York
Tin Plate
Wales
New Castle
Indiana
New Kensington
National Livestock Chief Opposes Beef Combine
John W. Springer, president of the National Livestock Association, warns that a beef combine by big packers would ruin producers and consumers. He says the packers deny plans but if a merger forms it would trigger a united fight by livestock producers and buyers nationwide.
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Snaye
National Livestock Association
Denver
Col
John W. Springer
National Livestock Association of the
United States
Combine
Dynamite Plot Sparks Jail Break by 16 Prisoners
Gus Hyatt led a jailbreak at the Tennessee penitentiary using dynamite to blast a wing, freeing 16 convicts. Edward Carney was killed. Joseph Loss and James Work were captured after a bloodhound chase, while the rest fled, some as government officers and others as state convicts.
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Nashville
Tenn
Gus Hyatt
Tennessee Penitentiary
Edward Carney
Joseph Loss
James Work
Maii
Hyatt
Carney
Doe
Manchester
Opening Session of Southern Women's Congress Held in Mont Eagle
The August 5 opening session in Mont Eagle Tenn began at 9 40 am with delegates from major women s groups present. Highlights included Mrs Selena Halman s talk on the W C T U and its achievements and a solo by Mrs Newman of New York. Other events covered Child Ever in Our Midst led by Miss Victoria Campbell Divine Handwriting by Mrs Mary Jewett Telford and A Half Hour with the Brethren by Mrs Carrie Leo Carter.
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Mont Eagle
Tenn
Southern Women's Congress
Selena Halman
Tennessee
Newman
New York
Victoria Campbell
Mary Jewett Telford
Carrie Leo Carter
No Scale of Wages to be Given
Pittsburg Aug 5 The executive board of the Window Glass Workers association S A 300 K of L has adopted a resolution that no wage scale will be given to any firm or group of workmen for the 19N2 3 blast until a majority of plants report readiness to start. All workers and companies must accept this as the final ruling on resumption timing. any member who starts work ahead of the specified time will act outside the union.
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Pittsburg
Window Glass Workers’ Association
S. A
K. of L
Attorney General Assaulted in Tallahassee
Attorney General William R. Lamar, recently nominated for Congress in Florida’s Third district, was attacked in his office by Walter T. Taylor, a county precinct clerk. Taylor demanded Lamar sign a document to drop fraud charges. when refused, he struck Lamar with a stick, delivered heavy blows, and drew a revolver. Lamar wrested the gun and Taylor fled.
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Tallahasse
Fla
William R. Lamar
Congress
Third
Florida
Walter T. Taylor
Taylor
Lamar
Grand Circuit Meeting Unearths Betting Job. Driver Suspended
Judges at the Grand Circuit meeting in Columbus suspend driver Tom Stuard and horse Elderone for one year after exposing a betting scheme in the 220 pacers stake. Elderone and Greenline dominated heats. Elderone broke down in the fifth heat and was penalized. Hud son fined 100 dollars. Valentine earns 200 for driving Elderone.
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Columbus
Tom Stuard
Elderone
Greenline
Rane
Stuard
Valentine
Hudson
Tertimen
Millersburg Train Schedule Shows Weekday Dresden Route
Weekday trains from Millersburg at 11 12 a m run to Warsaw Tranway Zanesville and intermediate stations on the Dresden Hranck line under E A Ford general passenger agent Pittsburg Penns.
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Warsaw
Tranway
Zanesville
Dresden
Hranck
Millersburg
FORD
Democrats to Nominate in Eighth District Convention
Democrats of the Eighth district meet in Kenton on Tuesday August 12 to nominate a candidate for congress. The temporary officers include Hon. William J. Frey chairman from Findlay T E Dye secretary Urbana Homer Southard Marysville assistant secretary and E Young Delaware sergeant at arms.
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Marysville
Eighth Congressional District
Kenton
Congress
William J. Frey
Findlay
T. E. Dye
Urbana
Homer Southard
E. ¥. Young
Delaware
Court dissolves injunction restraining city council franchises
Cleveland August 5 the circuit court dissolved the temporary injunction prohibiting the city council from granting franchises or other but necessary acts. It ruled the council members are de facto officers and that courts cannot enjoin legislative bodies from performing legislative duties.
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Cleveland
Fatal Farm Killings Shock Prattsville Area
Aug. 4 report from McArthur District describes farmer David Morris aged 48 killed by his son David Morris aged 22 near Prattsville after demanding a horse. The son struck the father with a club and he died within an hour.
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Hils
McArthur
David Morris
Prattsville
Explosion at Stoddard Works Wounds Seven in Dayton
Seven men were badly burned when a gas leak caused an explosion at the Stoddard manufacturing works in Dayton. Three of the injured are expected to die, and it is unknown how the gas ignited.
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Dayton
Stoddard Manufacturing Works
Coal Prices Rise Across Markets In August Move
Cleveland August 2 dealers raise coal prices by 25 cents a ton on all hard and soft grades and 50 cents on coke. Anthracite now 6.50 to 6.75, Massa lon lump soft coal 4.25 and coke 4.75.
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Cleveland
German War Veterans of America Convene in Hamilton
The convention of the German War Veterans of America opened in Hamilton on Monday with President Conrad Frank Erling presiding. Reports from 68 societies showed a total membership of nearly 4 000 members.
Ohio plant to be dismantled at Warren
The National Steel Tube Co plant in Warren Ohio, idle since the combine formed, has been ordered dismantled. Officials visited Friday to plan removal of the equipment.
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Warren
Ohio
National Steel Tube Co
Niles Post Office Burglarized in Daring Heist
Niles on Friday morning four burglars cracked the local post office stealing about 400 dollars worth of stamps registered letters and money orders. Authorities investigate the break in and search for clues.
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Niles
Focal Post Office
Drowned teen in flooded road at Tiffin
Alton Leppard an 18 year old resident of Venice township drowned after wading into water on a road overflowed by a creek near Tiffin yesterday. He moved from Venice township and was reported missing later.
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Tiffin
Train kills man at Buchtel crossing in Akron
An Erie passenger train fatally struck a man at the Buchtel avenue crossing on Sunday night in Akron. Moments later the same train severed another man’s leg near Hulu, leaving him severely injured.
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Akron
Erie
Buchtel Avenue
Hulu
Cincinnati A L franchise application filed in Aug
Han Johnson American League president said formal application for an American League franchise in Cincinnati was made about three weeks ago. Names behind the move are kept confidential but come from leading Cincinnati businessmen and baseball enthusiasts. The Cincinnati bid will be considered at the league’s fall meeting likely in October.
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Cincinnati
Han Johnson
Beart Nathan Arrested on Counterfeit Coin Charge
United States marshal’s office reports arrest in Ashtabula on a gift of making and passing counterfeit coins. Suspect Nathan Beard of Collinswood is in custody.
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Cleveland
United States Marshal’s Office
Ashtabula
Nathan Beard
Collinwood
McCord Reappointed Internal Revenue Collector
Cleveland news reports President Roosevelt reappointed Frank McCord as Collector of Internal Revenue. He took the oath before Deputy U S Marshal Clobitz and deposited a 100000 dollar bond.
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Cleveland
Internal Revenue
Frank McCord
Roosevelt
United States
Clobitz
Baltimore and Ohio timetable details northbound and southbound trains
The notice lists B and O No. 8 northbound timings from Bridgeport to Cleveland Main Line with stops at Flushing Uhrichsville New Phila Dover Justus Massillon C Fulton Warwick Barberton Akron and final Cleveland. It also shows No. 7 southbound from Akron Barberton Warwick C Fulton Massillon Justus Dover New Phila Unrichaville Flushing Brekopore and Sunday Sterling trains. Electric car service operates Bridgeport to Wheeling Bellaire and Martina Ferry.
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Justin P.M
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