Assassination and disasters plague several regions
Reports recount assassinations in Warsaw and global unrest amid revolts and accidents. A calendar of tragedies includes a fatal race crash injuring Johny C. Hana, bank robberies in White Cloud and Newaygo County, and a deadly collision on the Great Northern line. Political shifts appear with a Denver governor nomination and canal commission timing.
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Genersl
Philippine
Perdons
Tokyo
Gabe Wit
Saghalin
Warsaw
Stedd Cpaptiartial
Ofesss
Bertrand Preishba
Johny C. Hana
Gravesend
Ben B. Lindsey
Denver
Colorado
Democrata
M. K
Sedaila
White Clund
Mich
Neway
Isthmian ‘Canal Commission
Fathman
Panama
J.C. Goursob
Kon Angeles
Lauryl Canyon
Hollywood
Dy Boa
Hatfeld
Abot
Charles Seawalls
St. Martin de Creiky
Schmidlapp
S7eaang Aera Tost
Seo
Chipsee
Blacks Killings From Ambush Report From City
A chaotic incident report describes a patrol clash where officers were attacked in the city center. One officer killed and another missing, with mounting police responding across the area. Orders restrict firearm and ammunition sales pending military authority.
Stensland Admits Guilt in Bank Embezzlement Case
Theodore Stensland a former Yale graduate tied to the Milwaukee Avenue Bank fraud in Chicago confesses to embezzling from the institution. He arrives in New York from Morceo aboard the ship Pring Ade bert and will plead guilty to several charges, naming other Chicago men to Assistant State's Attorney Union.
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New York
Stensland
Yale
Milwaukee Avenue Stall Bank
Adebert
Morceo
Theodore Steneland
Palicy
Stenaland Monde & Complete Conto
Union of Chics
Ber
Comet Tate Cesta
Ene
Philippines Improve Under Governor General Ide Report
Departing Governor General Ide states conditions in the Philippines have materially improved during the fiscal year. The report notes many provinces in a state of relative stability in Samar and surrounding areas, with limited unrest and fanatical resistance diminished as officials report progress.
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Philippines
Mitiila
Philippine Commission
Ide
Samar
The
Manila
Prize Night Tragedy Ends Contestant’s Life
A bullfight style event at the Titus Hotel in Woodinwood Beach ended tragically when Richard Mannon, aged years, died from brain injuries sustained after a blow to the head during a prize night bout Saturday. He was one of the contestants.
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Badelo
Holy Rollers in Dane Enter Court Case Twist
Fragmentary OCR notes report a murder accusation involving two women and two men, with court orders directing sheriff to relocate detainees. Mentions of Oregon, Vanderbilteae, and Tracy’s victory hint at a broader chaotic, unnamed event and arrests. Details are unclear due to garbled text, but the passage references a legal proceeding, deportation to Oregon and a transportation order.
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Styerior
Prater
Bather Mitchul
Siwud
Ree
Oregon
Ruhde
Die
Wigan
Taft’s Power to Settle Trouble in Cuba
President Taft asserts full authority to resolve Cuban unrest while opposing prolonged American military occupation. He seeks reconciliation between liberals and insurgents, warns against long- term force, and argues the United States should offer Cuba another chance under terms of the original accord.
Discovery of foul crime in New York murder case
A gruesome New York murder case yields a dismembered body found in an excavation at 604 West Thirty sixth Street. Clues include a burlap bag stamped Z. K. Mano a woman's skirt strip and oil cloth, a newspaper dated Sept 10, and parts of a man's legs. The body’s head and thighs are missing.
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New York
Weel
Thirty Sixth Street
Day
General Frederick Funston Heads to Havana via Jacksonville
A dated dispatch reports Brigadier General Frederick Funston passing through Jacksonville on Sunday afternoon en route to Port Tampa to board the steamer Olivedo for Havana. Secretary Taft reportedly intends him to confer with Cuban insurgent leaders, leveraging his Cuban connections.
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Fla
Frederick
Funston
Tampa
Fanetoti
Taft
Havana
Punston
Lam
Japanese Slain and Ship Burned at Kalcha Mouth
Report from Kumtchatka July 17 describes eleven Japanese dead and the burning of the Kayotsu Marie at the Kalcha river mouth. Bloodstained garments, bayonets, and swords found. ship attacked by Russian soldiers after Japanese fishermen allegedly attacked a lieutenant and guards.
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Toklo
Kietow
Kumtchatka
Kalcha River
Rage War in Georgia Provokes White Mob Violence
In Atlanta on Saturday a wave of mob attacks targeted black residents and riders. Police reserves and fire crews battled crowds on Decatur Street as troops were readied. at least one death was reported amid widespread beatings and mass fear.
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Tts
Décatur Street
Cveater
Hungry Boy Tragedy in Pantry Fire Death
In St Joseph a healthy appetite ends in tragedy as Penny Smith, age six, dies after a pantry fire caused by a gasoline-soaked pan. The boy struck a match in darkness, igniting spilled fuel and burning to death. In Milwaukee, Vespo Rocco faces charges for allegedly attacking a waiter with a knife after a mistaken order led to a violent incident.
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Mich
Penny Smith
J. J. Smith
Young Smith
Savage Crime Falls Across Counties In Sharp Trial
In Mayaville James Chester Savage aged 17 confessed to killing his cousin with a shotgun saying he wanted to shoot somebody. In Bopingfelt Albert Davis, a colored man, was found guilty of first degree murder for killing his sweetheart Hazel Reed after threats and jealous fits, culminating in a violent act.
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James Chester Savage
Hin Coulp
Varrela
Young
Bopingfelt
Albert Davis
Haze
Reed
Tuna
Ces
Occupation Seen as Solution to Cuban Civil Strife
Havana reports that Mesers Taft and Eaton have abandoned hope for a quick peace and fear only American occupation can end the civil war. Roosevelt is advised of the crisis as insurgents led by Acosta, with 300 rebels, encamp near La Lisa, while guards and police watch from nearby.
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Taft
Eaton
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Acosta
la Lisa
Morgan
Mariano
Pino Guerre
Terrorists seize car linked to plot near Grand Duke’s palace
Reports state a mysterious automobile sought by police for weeks was seized near Grand Duke Nicholas’s Peterhof palace. The vehicle bore a false number, passengers were armed, and an audacious breach at Tsarkoe Selo bypassed fences en route to an alleged attempt on the emperor during his Finnish voyage.
Americans Name Candidates at Salt Lake City Meeting
In Salt Lake City the American party named Thomas Weir of Salt Lake City as candidate for representative in congress and Thomas D. Maloney of Ogden for associate justice of the supreme court. Judge C. Goodwin gave the keynote address as chair, with a night rally in the Theatre to ratify the convention’s choices.
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Salt Lake City
Thomas Weir
Republian
Congress
Thomas D. Maloney
Ogden
Supreme Court
C. €. Goodwin
Republicans Name Ticket Howell for Congress Frick for Supreme Judge
At the Republican state convention in Salt Lake City Joseph Howell of Cache county was renominated for Congress with 355 votes on the first ballot, defeating Parley P. Christensen and Francis W. Fishburn. Judge Joseph E. Frick of Salt Lake City won the associate justice seat on the Supreme Court, defeating Judge Morse.
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Congress
Frick
Salt Lake City
Joseph Howell
Cache County
Parley P. Christensen
Francis W. Fishburn
Brigham City
Christensen
Fishburn
Joseph E. Frick
Supreme Court
Morse
Wreck in Montana Kills Two Stockmen Reported
A brief dispatch from Great Northern headquarters notes a rear end collision at Cut Bank Montana injuring two stockmen. Roadmaster Dinton and Brakeman Critebell were killed as a caboose and two freight cars burned. The crash occurred about 11 oclock at night with limited details available.
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St. Paul
Great Northern Railroad
Cut Bank
Mont
Dinton
Critebell
Railroad President Refuses Arrest Bond Change
New York Central President William H. Newman was formally arrested by order of Health Officer Darlington for using soft coal in locomotives and roundhouses in the Bronx. He contested the arrest, and Darlington allowed the formality of appearance in court to proceed through his substitute.
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New York
William H. Newman
New York Central Railway
Darlington
Bronx
Two Gmithe Accused of Peonage Acquitted in Missouri
Cape Girardeau Mo Rex Smith and James E Smith two brothers on trial for peonage were acquitted by Judge Pollock of any complicity. The judge instructed the jury to find the other seven defendants guilty if the evidence showed they conspired to deprive about forty Negroes of their rights.
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Cape Girardeau
Rex Smith
James E. Smith
Pollock
Appeal to Highest Court in Gould Goodwin Case
The appeal of Will D Gould and David M Goodwin in the Oregon land irregularities case was docketed Thursday in the United States Supreme Court. The two men were taken into custody at Los Angeles and sought to avoid removal to Oregon by suing out writs of certiorari.
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Washington
Will D. Gould
David M. Goodwin
Oregon
Supreme Court of the United States
Los Angeles
Leadenseets
Tne Geetee
Supreme
Taft Urges Cuban Factions to Decide Cuba’s Fate
Secretary Taft and Assistant Secretary Baron press leaders of Cuba’s liberal and moderate factions after a second day of talks. Taft says the time to decide whether Cuba will live as a nation has arrived, stressing the U.S. role is advisory, not to control Cuban affairs, and citing Roosevelt’s letter on a duty the United States cannot shirk. The negotiators face difficulty as they weigh concessions to avoid losing independence forever.
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Baron
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Subj
United States
President Roosevelt
Mr. Quesada
Cuba
Death summons Statesman Robert Hitt of Illinois
Congressman Robert R. Hitt of Illinois died at his Narragansett Pier summer home on Thursday. Heart failure following a long period of declining health led to his death at age 72. Mrs. Hitt and their two sons W. C. Hitt and R. H. Hitt were at his bedside. He had come here last June and required constant nursing care during his final days.
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Narragansett Pier
Robert R. Hitt
Elinora
Congressman Hitt
Murder Mystery Cleared Up in Temescal Canyon Case
Washington reports arrest of Anton Besold, indicted by Los Angeles County grand jury for the murder of his wife Claudie Besold. Her body was found in Temescal Canyon near Santa Monica over six weeks ago. Besold, once a Santa Monica butcher, disappeared last summer. The case long puzzled Southern California.
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Temencal
Constitutional Democrats Plan Finland Convention
The Constitutional Democratic party central committee calls a tonal convention in Finland for October 6 to shape tactics for forthcoming parliamentary elections. The government, citing repression, abandons suppressive aims and signals it will relax efforts to impede the party anywhere except in burg.
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Russia
Finland
St. Petersburg
Constitutional Democratic Party
Central Committee
Burg
Jealousy The Gause Ends In Violent Fatality At Cree ton
In Cree ton a saloonkeeper named Cal Joe Wilson shot and instantly killed merchant F. C. Gilson as Wilson confronted his wife in a dugay. Wilson fired two shots into Gilson’s body before surrendering to authorities.
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Joe Wilson
F. C. Gilson
Creeton
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Gilson
Wilton
Bima
State伦理 Oi) Company suit targets Waters Pierce in Texas
The state files a long awaited suit against Waters Pierce Oil Company in Austin seeking ouster from Texas and cancellation of its permit for violations of the signature law. The case, brought Thursday evening by Assistant Attorney General Lightfoot, covers the year noted for the company's past reenforcement in the state.
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Austin
Waters Pierce Oil Company
Lightfoot
Leaky bath and phonograph lessons raise voices in schools
The Chronicle reports stray fragments on a leaky bath tub incident, a poem whispering warnings, and a note on phonograph aided language teaching in some schools. It includes a Glasgow warder’s alarm about danger and a Louisville drowning scare analysis. A spectator’s encouraging shout can harm a panicked swimmer, experts say.
Inventor of Esperanto and 1900s Canton Games
In a brief sketch the article notes Dr Zamenhof born in Bialystok and the creation of Esperanto to unite diverse peoples. It then shifts to Canton China hosting its first Great athletic meeting with 9 000 students from 47 archivals competing in races and sports amid a hospital corps of 17 Chinese doctors. The piece closes with travel ads and a mention of curious books at the British Museum.
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Zamenhof
Bialystok
Germany
Rusale
Menhof
China
Canton
In & Booth
Geneva
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