Detroit Wins In Street Car Fight
Detroit and the Detroit United Street Railways Company reached a temporary agreement after a dispute over 3-cent fares on city lines with expired franchises. The company agreed to most city demands while James Couzens pledged no action to enforce 3 cents or seize property. The deal includes seven tickets for 25 cents within the fare zone and universal transfers, with a separate workingmen’s rate unaffected.
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Associated Press
Detroit
Mich
City of
Detroit United Street Railways Company
Traction Company
Street
Street Railway Company
James Couzens
Detroit Street Railway Commission
Couzens
Capital City Woman Becomes Game Warden
Miss Fannie Jenkins of Montgomery was appointed deputy game and fish warden of Montgomery county marking the second such appointment for a woman in Alabama. The first was Mrs Nor man Frederic Gibboney named in Mobile county months ago.
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Montgomery
Ala
Fannie Jenkins
Montgomery County
Alabama
Norman Frederic Gibboney
Mobile County
Stearns Electric Paste Exterminates Roaches and Rodents
A vintage druggist promotion for Stearns Electric Paste claims dramatic cockroach, rat, and mouse extermination. The ad promises ready to use paste that does not blow into food, with a money back guarantee. Sold by druggists for 25 cents or 1 dollar, direct orders prepaid from Stearns Electric Paste Co. Chicago Ill.
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Stearns
Stearns’ Electric Paste Co
Chicago
Blames Huerta for His Arrest
In New Orleans a refugee from Mexico, Emmanuel Castillo Brito provisional governor of Campeche, seeks release from habeas corpus proceedings while awaiting a hearing on murder and robbery charges. Huerta agents loom over Brito as he plans a border conference with General Carranza. Lawyers Wede and Byant rush to Washington to pursue an appeal to the president if needed.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
Rio Grande
Emmanuel Castillo Brito
Campeche
Brito
Mexico
Attorney General’s Department
General Carranza
Benjamin F. Wede
Louis F. Byant, Jr
Washington
Five Americans Believed Held by Mexican Federals
Five American officers of the Madera Company are believed held prisoner by Mexican federal authorities in Chihuahua City. An official said an arrest order was issued days ago by Chihuahua’s federal military authorities amid claims the men aided by senior officials provided information on employees. Company heads suspect subordinates were taken when federal troops under General Terrazas occupied the lumber camp last Sunday and removed guards sent by General Villa.
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Associated Press
EL Paso
Tex
Madera Company, Limited
F. C. Herr
KF. J. Clark
Roy Hoard
W. J. Farragut
Admiral Iarragut
F. R. Gallagher
Chihuahua City
Madera Company
Chihuahua
Madera
Felix Terrazas
Villa
Son and Suhor Held for Double Murder in Kirksville
Milburn Chevalier, son of Mrs. Ivy Chevalier, and Henry Thorington, a rejected suitor, are jailed in Kirksville for investigation in the murder of Mrs. Ivy Chevalier and her 15 year old daughter. Bloodhounds traced the scent from the crime scene to Thorington’s residence and his workplace.
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Associated Press
Kirksville
Milburn Chevalier
Ivy Chevalier
Henry Thorington
Chevalier
Thorington
German Army Officers Convicted of Treason
Berlin reports light sentences for officers and men of the German ordnance corps tried by court martial on betraying secrets and taking bribes. Lt Tilian two months, Lt Schlouder four months, Lt Hinst four months, Lt Mope forty three days. first three lose commissions. Chief Clerk Pfeiffer six months. three NCOs with light penalties. Evidence shows disclosure of government contract information to Krupp’s representative. Alfred A. Pope of National Malable Castings dies at Farmington aged 71. former head of Cleveland Chicago Indianapolis Toledo Malable Iron Companies.
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Associated Press
Berlin
German Ordnance Corps
Tilian
Schlouder
Hinst
Imope
Pfeiffer
Ordnnce Department
Hartford
Conn
Alfred A. Pope
National Maleable Castings Company
Cleveland
Chicago
Indianapolis
Toledo
LIV-VER-LAX promoted by Sutton Bros
An advertisement urges readers to switch from calomel to LIV-VER-LAX sold by Sutton Bros. as an easier, purely vegetable laxative. It proclaims calomel obsolete and promotes LIV-VER-LAX as the effective alternative.
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Calomel
Sutton Bros
Vanderbilt did not hear whistle in fatal Long Island crash
AP reports from Long Branch on August 6 describe William K. Vanderbilt testifying at a public service commission inquiry into a Sunday night automobile collision that killed S. Osgood Pell. Vanderbilt and Mrs Pell rode in another car and did not see or hear the electric train approaching. Motorman George T. Easton said he sounded the whistle 1,300 feet away and attempted to stop, but a flagman was not on duty at the crossing.
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Associated Press
Long , Branch
William K. Vanderbilt
Public Service Commission
S. Osgood
William Laimbeer
Pell
Long Island Railroad
Varnderbilt
Chicago Manufacturer Acquitted After Alibi Defense
David G. Max a wealthy factory owner was acquitted after two minor girls testified. Max presented an alibi claiming he and the girls were together in the basement of his plant during the alleged incident.
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Chicago
David G. Max
Maxwell
Huerta Says He Will Not Accept Mediation or Intervention
In Mexico City President Huerta reiterates a hard line against mediation or intervention. He refuses to negotiate with rebels or accept any offer from John Lind, citing national dignity and sovereignty.
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Mexico City
Ibuerta
United States
John Lind
Wilson
Huerta
Preferential Is Rushed Aside in Senate Confirmation Fight
In Washington on August 6 the senate rejected the confirmation of E. J. Engler as Ipswich postmaster amid a dispute over a preferential primary won by Frank J. Tracy 140 to 16. Senators Crawford Sterling and Bristow led the opposition for about an hour as Republicans split with the Democrats on Engler.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate
E. J. Engler
Ipswich
South Dakota
Frank J. Tracy
Crawford
Sterling
Bristow
Kansas
Engler
James Coffey
Internal Revenue
North and
Coffey
Democratic State Committee
St Louis Girl Describes Quadruple Crime Night Attack
Mary Emmenegger an 18 year old girl from St Louis recounts being attacked by four men in Benton Park while with Harry Schoenberg. She says detectives threatened arrest and held her prisoner for a long period. Police confirm her account with confessions of Harry Long and Albert Katz and Schoenberg’s statement.
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Associated Press
ST. Louis
Mary Emmenegger
Benton Park
Harry Schoenberg
Harry Long
Albert Katz
Schoenberg
Major urges staff to work on Missouri roads
Jefferson City August 6 Governor Major orders all colonels on his staff to work on public roads on August 20 and 21 or pay for exemption. The governor will join the effort in overalls, stating the staff must follow the military code and work without direct orders.
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Associated Press
Jefferson City
Major
Governor Major
Missouri
Mormon Colony in Mexico Abandoned for Alberta Development
In Alberta, President Joseph Smith of Salt Lake City announced the Mormon Church plans to abandon its Mexican colonization project and focus on developing lands and settlements in Southern Alberta. He indicated an effort to buy out the Blood Indians who own a large reserve there.
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Cardeston
Alberta
Joseph Smith
Salt Lake City
Smith
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