U S Clarifies Nicaragua Policy Amid Madriz Protest
The State Department released a formal statement outlining US policy toward Nicaragua in response to Madriz protests. It asserts neutrality rules, rejects false light claims, and notes that only the Venus voyage and related actions by Madriz factions could violate neutrality. Consul Oliveres has been instructed to relay the message to Madriz and Estrada factions.
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Washington
Madriz
Taft
United States
Nicaraguia
Bluefields
Venus
Oliveres
Managua
New Orleans
State Department
Diaz
Mexico
Mexico City
Knox
Madrid
Estrada
Stat
Rodriguez
Zelaya
Greytown
Murdered Jeweler Hidden in Trunk in New York
Police investigate carefully planned killing of Moses Sachs a 70 year old jeweler murdered for 3000 in diamonds and 300 in bank notes then placed alive into a trunk found Saturday autopsy shows he was choked into unconsciousness before confinement to the trunk police hope to trace the trunk to the dealer and purchaser
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New York
Moses Sachs
Youth in Atlanta Hotel Attempts Suicide in Room
Horace G Noon aged 16 registered from New York City but claiming Washington home attempted suicide in his Atlanta hotel room by shooting. He left a note quoting the phrase the wages of sin is death and is in serious condition at a local hospital.
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Horace G. Noon
Atlanta
New York City
Washington
Dying in Hospital After Heroic Act With Live Wire
Motorman Charles Diver attempted to save passengers on the Cabin John Bridge line as a live feed wire sparked. He leaped forward to push two women away, seized the wire with a newspaper, and was burned when the current hurled him back to his car. Brought to the Potomac bank, he later regained consciousness but faced slim chances of recovery. His wife, a new mother two weeks, learned of his condition.
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Cabin John Bridge
Diver
Potomac River
Life Too Lonely Body Found In Concord Cemetery
The body of 60 year old Sam Skinner was found shot to death in Oak View cemetery Concord North Carolina Saturday evening. A pistol lay near the body and the coroner deemed no inquest necessary. Skinner recently lost his wife and appeared unbalanced and despondent. He left five married daughters.
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Sam Skinner
Oakvd
Concord
N. C
Qgoroner Caldwell
Mr. Skinner
Charlotte
Salisbury Depot
Skinner
Cotton Crop Conditions Show Mixed Week Weather
The week favored cotton in most areas but heavy rain in the Carolinas and parts of Georgia delayed cultivation and raised grass worries. Texas soils were dry with moisture needed. boll weevils less widespread in Mississippi and Louisiana. overall warmer, drier weather could boost growth southward.
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Memphis
Tenn
Carolinas
Georgia
Carolina
South
Texas
Mississippi
Louisiana
Oklahoma
President Taft Invites Woman to Ride in Car
In Washington on a Sunday Taft invited a young woman to ride in his automobile. The gesture was not a rebuff but a courtesy to assist. Captain Butt and the President aided her after a horseback rider fell, offering transport which she declined, and she and her escort rode off without revealing their identity.
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Washington
Taft
Captain Butt
Captain Bull
Bomb Bursts at Warsaw Station Wounding Gendarmes
A bomb exploded Friday at Gorzisk station on the Vienna railroad thirty miles from Warsaw in Russian Poland. A squad of gendarmes suffered one fatality and four mortally wounded. The bomb thrower was arrested.
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Gorzisk
Vienna
Warsaw
Russian Poland
Drowning Incident Near Wadeboro Involving John Kerby
A man named John Kerby, a Black laborer with a construction crew north of Wadeboro North Carolina, drowned while attempting to cross a river. Three other Black workers observed from the bank within ten feet but did not assist.
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John Kerby
Wadesboro
N. C
Kirby
Condemned Negro Escapes Before Hanging
George Fields awaited capital punishment in West Palm Beach Florida with scaffold prepared and witnesses gathered. He escaped from St Augustine jail during a religious service as Governor Gilchrist issued a week long respite pending investigation into new evidence.
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George Fields
West Palm Beach
Fla
St. Augustine
Gilchrist
Thenegro
Freight Train Derailment Kills Two at Metairie Crossing
A New Orleans Terminal freight train derailed at Metairie crossing on Saturday. Two men were killed Joseph Gibson and G. J. Saullen. Two others were seriously injured Frank Calogne and Edward Guilbeau. Investigators suspect a broken flange or cattle guard caused the wreck.
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New Orleans Terminal Company
Metairie Crossing
New Orleans
Joseph Gibson
G. J. Saullen
Frank Calogne
Edward Guilbeau
Governors Narrow Escape From Lightning near Versailles
A Louisville dispatch reports four state governors narrowly escaped a lightning strike while traveling from Versailles to Frankfort. In the party were Missouri Governor Hadley and wife, South Carolina Governor Ansel, Arizona Governor Sloan, and Kentucky Governor Wilson and wife. Sparks flew as a rail was struck near their automobile.
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Louisville
Versailes
Frankfort
Hadley
Missouri
Ansel
South Carolina
Sloan
Arizona
Gov
Wilson
Kentucky
Woman Wins Five Acre Missouri Farm Prize
Mrs. Mathilda Rudolph of No. West Oak Street Chicago was Sunday night announced as the winner of the five acre Missouri farm for forming the largest number of words from the letters in Missouri Homes. More than 15 000 contestants from every state and territory entered, though the committee will not publish the winning word count to avoid endless correspondence.
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Mathilda Rudolph
West Oak Street
Chicago
Misouri
Missouri
Union
Woman Dies While Writing to Husband in Washington
Mrs. Thomas Humphries of Washington Ga. died suddenly Monday morning while seated at a writing table addressing a letter to her husband. The fatal episode occurred at her father’s home.
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Thomas Humphries
Washington Ga
Brock Exonerated on Political Charge in Militia Inquiry
The court of inquiry exonerated Assistant Adjutant General William T. Brock of acting as a political traitor to Adjutant General J. C. Boyd. It condemned his handling of expense accounts and mileage claims, criticized the filing system, and left action to Gov. Ansel. The report notes no criminal intent but cites careless and extravagant administration of trust.
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William T. Brock
J. C. Boyd
Col. Brock
Gov. Ansel
Columbia
Boyd
Comptroller General
Ansel
Wilie Jones
William W. Lewis
Edwin R. Cox
Julius E. Cogswell
Jones
Col
Cogswell
Lewis
Adjt
W. T. Brock
Adjutant General
Charleston
Orangeburg
Gov
Gen
Brock
Gen. Boyd
Col. Frock
Public building bill eyed with pork barrel funding
A reported omnibus public building measure aimed at Washington and several sites authorizes about 19.29 million dollars plus 3.10 million for continuing contracts. It covers designs and estimates for three new department buildings, a post office at Union Station, and a large office building for several bureaus with state allocations to Bennettsville Camden and Columbia in South Carolina.
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House
Congress
Taf T
Cannon
Washington City
Stats, Jusice
Labor
City
Union Station
Geological Survey
Geological Survey, India, Irrication and Mines Bureaus
South Carolina
Rbennettsville
Camden
Columbia
Tragedy as man feigns suicide after wife leaves
Charlie Kelly of 408 West Palmer Street Charlotte attempted laudanum suicide to mourn a wife who departed ten days earlier. Neighbors and a physician observed as a stomach pump removed whiskey from his system. A threatening note beside the bed suggested planned self destruction.
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Charlie Kelly
West
Palmer St
Charlotte
N. C
Charles Kelly
Kelly
Hades
South College Street
Sinc
Three Emigrants Killed in Ontario & Western Wreck
A passenger train of emigrants en route to the West, second section of No. 5 the Chicago Limited, wrecked 15 miles southeast of Norwich North Carolina at 2 15 Sunday morning. Three passengers were killed and 25 injured as the emigrant train collided head on with a light locomotive. The engineer and fireman escaped serious injury. The eight coach train carried 371 emigrants. only the first coach was crushed though the tender passed through it. The seven remaining coaches stayed on the track.
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Chicago Limited
Ontario & Western Railway
Norwich
N. C
Head Wounds Draw North Carolina Farmer Death
Carter Parks, a young farmer living near the North Carolina line, was found dead last week on his Lancaster County farm. His head was nearly shot off, and no further details are available. The disappearance began after he left home Wednesday afternoon for a brief errand, with family and friends initiating a search. His body was discovered Friday morning near a spring on his property.
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Carter Parks
North Carolina
Lancaster
H. Mobley Parks
Lancaster County
Walter Brookins Sets World Altitude Record in Flight
Walter Brookins piloting a Wright bi plane at Indianapolis Indiana reached 4503 feet altitude Friday per altimeter readings. His engine stalled during descent but he glided two miles and landed smoothly in a wheat field.
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Walter Brookins
Indianapolis
Ind
Court inquiry probes lax office system and future changes
Gen Boyd and Col Brock pressed Gov Ansel for a full review of his record as assistant adjutant and inspector general. The court of inquiry uncovered lax practices in the adjutant general’s office and sparked talk that the office may become appointive within two years.
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Boyd
Col
Brock
Ansel
Gov
Adjutant General
Storm Kills Hundreds in Hungarian Cloudburst
Nearly 300 people died and villages were wiped out by a cloudburst in Krasso Szoreny county Hungary near Transylvania Roumania and Servia. Luogose is the county seat. Death toll expected to rise as communications are cut and bridges telegraph and telephone lines destroyed. Survivors face starvation and exposure awaiting aid.
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Krasso-Szoreny
Hungary
Transylvania
Roumania
Servia
Lugose
Drowned Couple in Swan Lake Tragedy Near Seattle
Albert Needles a 30 year old Tonopah attorney and Blanche Gorman a 14 year old from Orilla Washington drowned Friday when a boat capsized near Swan Lake after a dog on board caused the mishap. Miss Alice Monahan 18 escaped to shore. The lake is very deep and bodies have not been recovered.
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Albert Needles
Tonopah
Nevada
Blanche Gorman
Richard Gorman
Orilla
Washington
Swan Lake
Seattle
Wash
Alice Monahan
State Campaign Opens Wednesday in Sumter for 43 County Tour
The South Carolina State campaign opens Wednesday in Sumter and will tour forty three counties through August. The first primary is slated for the last week of August. Governor candidates are F. H. Hyatt Cole L. Blease T G Mc Leod C C Featherstone John I Duncan and John G Richards.
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South Carolina
Sumter
F. H. Hyatt
Cole L. Blease
T. G. McLeod
C. C. Featherstone
John I. Duncan
John G. Richards
Tragic Freight Yard Injury At Manchester Mill
Marcus Culp a six teen year old Black boy attempted to board a freight train at Manchester Mill near Rock Hill Saturday fell under the wheels and suffered both legs mashed to a pulp He was taken to Rock Hill for medical care but did not recover from the shock enough for an operation.
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Marcus Culp
Manchester Mill
Rock Hill
Leg Shattered by Bullet in Stevens Creek Incident
McCormick salesman E A Fuller was accidentally shot in the leg by James F Edmunds on Stevens Creek Saturday afternoon. The Winchester bullet shattered both bones between knee and ankle.
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E. A. Fuller
McCormick
James F. Edmunds
Stevens Creek
Winchester
Mr. Fuller
Train Wreck Kills Two in Chicago Auto Incident
Sunday night a Illinois Central train struck the auto of Ralph C. Proudfit 28 and his nephew Kenneth Proudfit 22 near Chicago. Both occupants were killed instantly and five others were seriously injured in the crash.
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Ralph C. Proudfit
Kenneth Proudfit
Chicago
Ilinois Central
R. C. Proudfit
Roosevelt Returns to Oyster Bay After Welcome in New York
Theodore Roosevelt landed at New York aboard the Kaiserin Auguste Victoria after about fifteen months away. He greeted crowds with his usual vigor, praised his ships, and said he would not speak on politics for now. He planned to study the political landscape before taking any public stand.
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Theodore Roosevelt
New York
Mr. Roosevelt
South Carolina
Marine Band
George
Oyster Bay
L. I
Rough Riders
Roosevelt
the Battery
Broadway
T’ifth Avenue
Central Park
Elba
Italian man convicted for assault near Ormont Fla
Cresoria Saia of Italian origin was convicted in the Deland criminal court for attempted criminal assault on Vies FloPart a wealthy spinster near Ormont Florida and sentenced to twenty years at hard labor in the State penitentiary.
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Cresoria Saia
Ormont
Fla
Vies FloPart
Deland
Smuggling Ring Busted as Seventeen Chinamen Detained
Immigration officers in San Marcial Texas uncover seventeen Chinamen believed smuggled from Mexico hidden in a hay laden box car. They will be held pending further investigation.
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Mexico
Emig Sration
San Marcial
Tex
Heat Kills Three in Chicago At Sutley
Three people died from heat prostration in Chicago at Sutley amid rising temperatures. The city reported no breeze and prolonged exposure during the three days prior worsened conditions.
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Chicago
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