Mexican Soldier Killed on Bridge During Border Shooting
An American customs and immigration guard crew on the El Paso bridge exchanged fire with a Mexican soldier who rode into the crossing and fired at the U S officers. The Mexican was killed after Heifrin and Jonah fired at him at point blank range as he mounted a horse for cover. Authorities notified President Huerta and deployed troops and deputies at the bridge for security.
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EL Paso
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Paso
T. F. Jonah
Customs Service
Tom Heifrin
Immigration Service
George E. Sheick
Heifrin
Jonah
Huerta
Orleansans Prove True To Their Own
In Chicago on September 8 Mayor Behrman of New Orleans said he was glad the sleepers were from his old town. He, William Allen of the New Orleans chamber of commerce, and Theodore Sewald, hotel owner, encountered five New Orleans youths arrested for sleeping in Grant Park. The trio, plus the youths, rode in comfortable berths on the Illinois Central train back toward New Orleans.
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Chicago
Old Town
Behrman
New Orleans
Mahoney
Grant Park
William Allen
Illinois Central
Captain Howard Lures First Tarpon In Local Waters
Capt J W Howard of Aberdeen Mississippi caught a five foot tarpon on rod and reel, the first in these waters. He stayed at the Rolston Hotel in Coden while fishing from Marshall Bosrage’s launch. A party of Confederate veterans, including Judge Semmes, Judge Purifoy, State Treasurer and Mrs I N Hanson, accompanied him. Spanish mackerel, redfish and speckled trout are reported biting well.
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Coden
Ala
J. W. Howard
Aberdeen
Miss
Captain Howard
Rolston
Marshall Bosrage
Grant's Pass
Howard
Judge Semmes
Mobile
Judge Purifoy
Montgomery
I. N. Hanson
Atlanta
Cohen
Fears for Berkes Barge Reported Missing After Storm
The Berkes, towing lumber from Newbern to Philadelphia, is feared lost off Ocracoke Island after a storm parted the hawser with the Kirkton. Captain Derrickson and three crewmen desapareado. The tug Helen later reached Newbern with the story and a search is under way.
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Associated Press
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Helen
Philadelphia
Pamlico Sound
Berkes
Derrickson
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Kirkton
Ocracoke
Seeing Through The Fellow You Deal With
A reflective line on achieving success by mastering perception of others. It suggests that understanding motives and character is key to effective decisions and progress. The quote emphasizes discernment in interactions and relationships within personal and professional life.
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Golden Medical Discovery
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Common Sense Tee Ameer
R.Y. Pierce
Bishop Allen Urges Catholic Education For All Children
The Mobile bishop issues a pastoral letter read at masses from Sept 7 urging faithful parents to provide Christian education. He argues religion must guide schooling, warns secularization harms society, notes Catholic schools aim to form moral, spiritual citizens, and announces a diocesan school board to supervise parochial education with 32 schools and 4,581 pupils.
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Edward P. Allen
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Holy Mother Church
Rick Dealidg Algones
Kingdom of Heaven
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Jesus C Crist
Church of God
Whvn
J. Brady
James FE. Coyle
Thomas Eaton
M. Henry
John ©. Kelly
P. Turner
St. Augustine
R. O. Gerow
Pilgrims Miss Parade in Rome Amid Contested Demonstration
In Rome on a Saturday, Catholic athletes led by guards from troops, carbineers, and police walked from St. John Lateran to St. Peter's. A planned parade was banned due to anticlerical threats, yet 8,000 gathered as the pope appeared, blessing the crowd and urging prudence while Osservatore Romano denounced the ban as an assault on Catholic liberty.
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Associated Press
Rome
Church of St. John Lateran
St. Peter's
San Damaso
Pontifical Court
Pontiff
Osservatore Romano
Vatican
Sons of Free America
Holy See
Suggestion Made to the President
The Temps at Paris argues the United States should adopt a neutral wait posture until the October presidential election. It urges recognizing the Huerta government while considering Mexican foreign colony wishes, contending Huerta’s peace prospects are uncertain. The piece notes American delays embolden revolutionaries amid pacification efforts.
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Associated Press
Paris
United States
General Huerta
Huerta
Mexico
Muerta
Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic Promises Strength
An old advertisement touts GROVE'S TASTELESS chill TONIC as invigorating to the pale and sickly, claiming it drives out malaria, enriches the blood, and builds up the system for adults and children.
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Grove
Mass Rally Demands Action After Abe Assassination
In Tokyo a 15,000 strong crowd demanded military retaliation against China after Mortaro Abe, director of the foreign ministry’s political bureau, was killed. Demonstrators pressed the foreign office gates, urged troops, denounced diplomacy over the California issue, and rallied despite a government ban on police presence.
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Tokio
Mortaro Abe
Poliical Bureau
Japanese Foreign Office
New Japan
Masa
Hibiya Park
China
Foreign Office
Nanking
Nobuaki Makino
California
Russia
Japan
Pope Pius Mourns Cardinal Vives Death in Rome
Rome reports Cardinal Josep Calasanotius Vives y Ute died after appendectomy and illness. Born 1854 in San Andrea de Lievaneras diocese of Barcelona, he became cardinal June 19, 189?. He had been at Vatican after Pius X election and seen as a potential successor. Pope Pius X expressed grief, saying he has lost a trusted friend and the church a great ally.
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Associated Free
Rome
Josep Calasanotius Vives
Cardinal Vives y''Tate
San Andrea de Lievaneras
Barcelona
Vatican
Pius X
Maud Allan Plans India Dance Tour Despite Ban Rumors
Maud Allan declares no knowledge of any official ban on her dancing in India. Her manager James McLeod says she will proceed with the program undisturbed by the agitation in London.
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Maud Allan
India
Associated Press
London
James McLeod
Mass Meeting Clashes Over Government Demands
A five hour standoff as delegates demanded either troops or the foreign minister's ouster. Baron Makino agreed to meet on September 15, triggering protests with a thousand marching to the foreign minister's home, halted by police. A second meeting followed at the YMCA Hall.
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Baron Makino
Young Men's Christian Association
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