Outrage Memo Details Bulgarian Atrocities in Macedonia
Bulgaria lodges a memorandum to powers detailing three months of Turkish abuses in European Turkey. It cites massacres, torture, pillage, and mass imprisonment across Salonica Monastir Uskub and Adrianople vilayets, with hundreds killed, villages razed, churches closed, and priests and merchants targeted.
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Sofia
Bulgaria
Macedonia
Turkey
Vilayets
Belonics
Monastir
Uskub
Adrianople
Vilayet
Vilayet of
Salonica
Gorna-Ribnite
Tikvesch
Deshi Besouks
Pram G
Smerdesch
Patanki
Keschani
Khoumanovo
Gostigar
Aldevo
Banitza
Echourilovo
Karbinza
Moghila
Enidje
sTeenea
Vila
Gornah-Ribulta
Igoumenetz
Dobrie
Nikodon
Sanjak
Seres
Kirkklisse
Constantinople
Germans Celebrate German Day at Germania Park With Turners and Singers
More than fifteen thousand people attended the annual German day at Germania Park south of the city. A morning flag parade led by the City Band preceded a busy program of singing societies from Louisville Fort Wayne Evansville Terre Haute Richmond and local Turner groups. Senator Fairbanks spoke and praised the Louisville Social Maennerchor while noting a strong United States German heritage and warning against war provocations.
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Germania Park
Mecca
Washington Street
Virginia Avenue
Louisville
Richmond
Seeing
Turner Societies
Liederkranz
Frederick Francke
Germania Park Association
Fairbanks
J. Leler
Robert Nix
Indianapolis
Professor Barns
Hugo Eisenlohr
Cincinnati
Senator Fairbanks
Francke
Louisville Social Muaennerchor
Pontemen
Mason and Dixon Line
Roseymere
Riot at Danville jail as rioters fire on guards
Special to the Indianapolis Journal reports at Danville Illinois rioters attacked jail guards with shots and stones. Privates Ely Blackwell Lester and Joe Crap staged a patrol and fired over thirty five shots. no hits. Captain Beggs distributed ammunition and warned the threat to Lieutenant Elmer Graham and Captain Beggs appears more serious than ever.
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Indianapolis Journal
Danville
Ill
Beggs
Ely, Blackwell
Lester
Joe Crap
Rioting by union and nonunion workers at Riverside plant
In Wheeling West Virginia 1000 workers clashed at the United States Steel Riverside plant as 20 nonunion hires faced striking machinists. Shots wounded several, including spectator Clay Hoover and a passerby Peter Silatek, with police overwhelmed and reinforcements called as night-long rioting ended around 2 am.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Riverside
United States Steel Corporation
Clay Hoover
Cornerstone laid for Domincan House of Studies in Brookland
Monsignor Falconi Apostolic Delegate to the United States laid the cornerstone for the Domincan House of Studies in Brookland Washington marking the start of construction of a Gothic monastery. High church dignitaries attended as Holy Name societies Knights of Columbus and Ancient Order of Hibernians aided in the ceremonies. The sermon by Bishop William H. O Connell stressed the order s mission and value to the church. The monastery will house higher Dominican studies moved from St Joseph s House of Studies Somerset Ohio and will serve as the order s postgraduate school.
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Washington
Falconi
United States
Dominican House of Studies
Brookland
District of Columbia
Catholic University of America
Holy Name Societies
Order of St. Dominic
Knights of Columbus
Ancient
Order of Hibernians
Plea for the Panama Canal Gains Global Support
Aug 16 Panama telegraph from Demetrio Brid requests Congress ratification of the Hay Herran treaty. Municipalities David Agua Dulce Santiago de Veraguas Montejo Chiri, among others, petition for canal salvation and ask publication to inform lawmakers. Most isthian municipalities have favored the ratification.
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Panama
Panama Canal
Bogota
David
Agua Dulce
Santiago de Veraguas
Sona la Mesa
Montojo
Chepo
Chame
Gherrera
San Carlos
Emperador
Congress
Hay-Herran
House of Representatives
Senate
Demetrio Brid
Guatemala Arrest Sparks Outrage Over Cabrera Dictatorship
In Guatemala there is widespread indignation following the arrest of Reina Castillo, nephew of General Castillo, by order of President Cabrera. The Castillo family once prospered but anger rose after they refused to recognize Cabrera’s authority.
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Mexico City
Guatemala
Reina Castillo
General Castillo
Cabrera
Castillo
Exiled General Castillo’s Letter Sparks Arrest in Salvador
Prominent families figure in the incident as General Castillo lives in exile in Salvador. A letter he wrote to his nephew Reina Castillo was intercepted and Reina arrested, though she is not suspected of revolutionary purposes.
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General Castillo
Salvador
Reina Castillo
Reina
Pope meets Manila archbishop Harty in private audience
In Rome at five this afternoon Pope Pius X received Archbishop Harry Harty in a private audience. They discussed the Philippines situation and the clergy’s pacification efforts, with the Pontiff pledging warm support. Harty presented his secretary Mer. W. Fowler and Father Donahue of Alabama, to whom the Pope spoke kindly.
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Rome
Harry
Manila
Satolli
Philippine Islands
Pius X
Harty
Mer. W. Fowler
Father Donahue
Alabama
Honest Girl Rewarded for Returns Lost Brooch
Indianapolis woman finds honest girl in Hammond Indiana. Mary Stilson, a poor girl from Hammond, returns Miss Schelkopf’s diamond brooch valued at 1000 dollars found in the street after advertising the loss. Miss Schelkopf, who attended a Chicago dance, rewarded the girl with ten dollars after recovering the jewels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Hammond
Ind
Indianapolis Journal
Chicago
Mary Stilson
Miss Schelkopf
Negro at Union Station Threatens Whites With Dagger
Samuel Dorsey, a colored man and former member of Colored Fire Company No. 16, faced a tense scene at Union Station after striking a white woman and kicking her child. He drew a long dagger and urged his group to kill the whites, but officers restrained a potential riot. The knife was taken as evidence and Dorsey was arrested under the name Sem Davis before being released on bond.
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Samuel Dorsey
Colored Fire Company No. 16
Union Station
Dorsey
Louisville
Crozier
Trion Station
Sem Davis
Geome
Conductor Shoots in Street Car Disturbance
Strawberry Hampton, a colored man of 214 Toledo Street, was arrested last night after drawing a knife and threatening a conductor on a Riverside Park street car. The conductor fired a shot with a revolver causing panic. Hampton will have a Police Court hearing this morning.
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Strawberry Hampton
Toledo Street
Giblin
Rogers
Riverside Park
Hampton
Riverside Park Fight Averts After Arrests
A large race clash at Riverside Park was halted by the arrest of Sam Coe and John R Williams, colored, on charges of assault and drawing deadly weapons. They are said to have menaced white youths with revolvers while the Whites enjoyed the day in the park. Police Patrolmen Hostetler and Matthews made the arrests.
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Riverside Park
Sam Coe
John R. Williams
Holden Street
Hostetler
Matthews
Fire destroys Camden warehouses and businesses in blast
A large fire at Camden Arkansas today gutted the compresses and warehouses of Ritchie and Co and Reeves and Son and two other business houses. Loss is reported heavy with extensive damage to stock and property. Fire crews battled the flames through the afternoon but the cause was not yet determined. Local authorities commenced an investigation as the blaze continued to smolder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camden, Ark
Ritchie & Co
Reeves & Son
Bouces, Loss
Lynching and the Law A Supreme Court View
Associate Justice David J. Brewer argues in Leslie's Weekly that public sentiment and law delays fuel lynching. He cites rape by black men as a driving motive, urges prompt trials and punishment, and recalls England and federal practice where appeals were limited. He warns lynching spreads to other crimes if justice remains uncertain.
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New York
David J. Brewer
Supreme Court of the United States
Leslie
Russia
American Bar Association
Detroit
Association
Supreme Court
England
E. J. Phelps
Cleveland
Trolley Accidents In Kansas City And Cleveland
Two trolley rear end crashes injure several in Kansas City on the Independence line with four seriously hurt and two may die including Errie Cobb Willie Wood Minnie Damer and conductor Ed Brown. In Cleveland four women were struck at Oak Point by a Lake Shore car. Mrs James Schweda died and three others were injured with two potentially fatal cases.
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Kansas City
Independence and
Errie Cobb
Willie Wood
Minnie Damer
C. H. Ingalls
Barney Haney
Ed Brown
Cleveland
Oak Point
Lake Shore
James Schweda
W. Halliday
Louis Goerz
Martha Sehmenka
Aurora youth Hall commits suicide in Washington hotel room
Stephen E. Hall of Aurora Illinois, a protege of Senator Albert J Hopkins, killed himself in his Washington room today after enduring stomach pain. A doctor could not supply a needed drug he sought through an ambulance service, and Hall died shortly thereafter.
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Washington
Stephen E. Hall
Aurora
Albert J. Hopkins
Hall
Clerk in Commerce and Labor Department Transferred
A clerk in the Department of Commerce and Labor has been moved recently from the Census Bureau after two years of service there.
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Department of Commerce and Labor
Census Bureau
Earthquake Shocks Felt in Alton and St Louis
An earthquake struck early this morning at 3 4 o clock in Alton waking residents. Plastering loosened in a Methodist Church and bricks shook from chimneys in East Alton while windows shattered. In St Louis the quake lasted several seconds at 4 o clock with no damage reported.
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Alton
Lil
East Alton
ST. Louis
Chicago Prepares for 100th Anniversary of Settlement
Chicago marks the hundredth anniversary of its permanent settlement with Tomorrow's small observance and a larger jubilee planned for Sept. 25 to Oct. 1. A citizens committee advances plans for extended festivities and fortification of events on the lake front.
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Chicago
Swearington
United States Army
Lake Front
Fort Dearborn
Citizens’ Committee
Coal Lands for a Million Sold to Railroad
Deeds to 3,000 acres of coal lands south of Springfield were filed in Macoupin county. The Chicago Northwestern Railroad Company of Chicago paid $1,010,631 to the Dorseys of Gillespie to complete the purchase. The deal was closed yesterday in Springfield Illinois.
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Springfield, Ill
Springfield
County Recorder
Macoupin County
Dorseys
Gillespie
Chicago Northwestern Railroad Company
Chicago
Plans for Labor Day committee in charge announce arrangements
The Labor Day planning committee reveals the event schedule and arrangements for the celebration. A debate between Samuel Gompers and D M Parry is expected to be a feature of the occasion.
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Samuel Gompers
D. M. Parry
East Washington Street
American Federation of Labor
Manufacturers’ Association
Gompers
Parry
A. C. Hanson
Charles Koster
John Feltman
E. M. Danis
Mr. Parry
Musicians’ Union
Mosician
Greenwood
Shelbyville
Greenfield
Fair Grounds
Union
Jack Ryan
Kid Henderson
Indianapolis Turners
Irvington
Temple Committee
Central Labor Union
Washington Street
Noble Street
Washington
Meridian
Circle
Market
Statehouse
President Urges Good Citizenship Among Youth at Lore Island
Holy Name Societies of Western Lore Island gather at Oyster Bay to hear the President address the essential elements of good American citizenship. He stresses the power of a good example and the idea that every man is his brother's keeper, especially for the young.
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Island
Oyster Bay
N. Y
Roosevelt
Society of the Holy Name of
Brooklyn
Lou Island
Society
Long Island
St. Domiine's Catholic Church
W. H. Brownson
Naval Academy
Barnes
America
Father Powers
St. Dominic's
Dean
Holy Name Society
Father Belford
Kearsarge
Navy
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Lombian Congress
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The
Miss Schelkeopf
Schelkopf
Side Park
Arkansas
Justice Brewer
Chicago & Northwestern Railroad
Milnpin
President Roosevelt
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