Salvage of Spanish Warships Sponsored by Norwegian Firm
President Taft sent three messages to Congress on salvage of Spanish warships sunk at Santiago Cuba. One requests 250000 to continue raising the Maine wreck and study blast causes. A Cuban request to let a Norwegian firm salvage profits is debated by Knox and Meyer. The third message covers the Ni arara waters report.
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Washington
Taft
Congress
Havana Harbor
Havng
Santiago
International Dbjereniies and Dikkerselskap
Navy Department
Meyer
Knox
State Department
United States
Niarara
Union Pacific to lay off 2500 workers nationwide
Omaha report states Harriman railroads earned no profit in ten months prompting a general retrenchment. The Union Pacific will cut 2,500 employees across all departments except operating forces with no train discontinuations planned. Reductions include clerks and shop workers from Chicago Omaha Kansas City Denver and other points.
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Omaha
Harriman
Union Pacific
Chicago
Kansas City
Denver
LaCrosse Youth Dies After Week in Coma
LaCrosse Wisconsin, Aug 22. Alva Garnett, a young man, died after a week of unresponsiveness following August 12 when he retired in apparent good health. He had been maintained on liquid nourishment and showed no loss of strength prior to death.
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LaCrosse
Wis
Alva Garnett
Garnett
Henry C Beattie Placed on Trial for Wife's Murder
Henry C Beattie goes on trial facing an alleged murder charge in the death of his wife. Prosecutors allege foul play as the case unfolds in court with details from the prosecution and defense presented to jurors.
Selecting Jury to Try Beattie in Virginia Murder Trial
Chesterfield Court House Aug 22 jurymen mostly farmers volunteered for service in the Beattie murder trial. Henry Clay Beattie pleads not guilty to killing his wife Louise Owen Beattie and the panel of twelve is seated after eight provisional jurors were challenged for cause.
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Chesterfield Court House
Cross Roads
Henry Clay Beattie
South Richmond
Louise Owen Beattie
Lich
Walter A. Watson
Gill
Piney Woods
Chesterfield
Virginia
Henry Clay Beattia
Talesmen
Roosevelt says no move to name him for 1912 nomination
Former President Theodore Roosevelt tells Pittsburg Leader editor Alexander P. Moore that he must ask friends to prevent any movement to draft him for the 1912 nomination. He says such a move would be a genuine calamity.
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Pittsburg
Theodore Roosevelt
Alexander P. Moore
Roosevelt
Auto River Crusher Crashes at Elgin Speedway
In Elgin Illinois on August 22 driver W Ireland of Chicago lost control while allowing a passing racer. The car ditched itself. Ireland was pinned and unconscious and his mechanician Frank O Brien was badly bruised and cut. Both men were taken to a hospital as authorities investigated the incident near the McCormick farm.
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Elgin, Ill
W. Wi
Ireland
Chicago
Elgin Speedway
Hugh Hughes
McCormick Farm
Frank O’brien
Httle
Aviator Atwood Delays Utica Stop Alights Near Belle Isle
In Utica New York on August 22 a crowd of about 26 000 waited for aviator Harry N Atwood as his St Louis to sea flight encountered engine trouble near Auburn The aircraft landed at Belle Isle twelve miles west of Syracuse and sixty five miles from Utica He planned to reach Utica within hours but his flight was delayed amid last minute changes and a prize payout controversy with the Utica Boasters club offering 590.
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Utica
N. Y
Harry N. Atweed
Atwood
St. Louis
Belle Isle
Syracust
Auburn
Oonesco Country Club
A. Leo Stevens
D. W Johnson
Rice and Milk Diet Glows in Digestive Health Claims
Dr J Allen discusses a diet pairing rice and milk as fully digestible and nourishing. He notes polished rice loses albumen while unpolished rice from Japan aids intestinal action and prevents constipation. The diet supports indefinite living with active work, but may not suit sedentary individuals.
Farmer Samuel Louder Found Dead After Suicide Hangs Self
Samuel Louder a Brownstown Indiana farmer who had just returned from the Central Hospital for the Insane in Indianapolis hanged himself at his home. The body was discovered by family members after Louder had been released from the asylum about two months earlier.
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Brownstown
Ind
Samuel Louder
Central Hospital For the
Indianapolis
Louder
Bowers Parents Arrested Over Refusing Doctor
Paria Utah Aug 22 Mr and Mrs James Bowers arrested for refusing to call a physician for their child. Police surgeon forcibly took charge of the child after the parents abandoned it, saying it was accursed by the Lord.
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Paria
James Bowers
Miscreant Bomb Threat Shocks LaSalle Storefront
LaSalle on August 22 police hunt author of a note demanding 6000 dollars from M Baronia a fruit merchant after a bomb blew out his storefront windows. The note postmarked Chicago dated August 8 demanded payment by August 16. An unexploded nitroglycerin bomb was found under the shop and did not detonate while Baronia’s sleeping family escaped injury.
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LaSalle
M. Baronia
Baronia
Chicago
Italian Shot by Countryman in Indiana Quarry Row
Aug 22 Bloomington Indiana Angelo Torti 28, shot during a drunken quarrel at Sanders in the stone quarry district south of town. Victim said to die. Suspect Charles Carducer arrested after a wild chase by Sheriff Browning and deputies.
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Bloomington
Ind
Sanders
Angelo Torti
Charles Carducer
Browning
Carducer
Wisconsin exposes bounty frauds wolves turn to squirrels
Madison Wisconsin August 22 secretary Frear uncovered that ten so called wolves were mere squirrels and saved the state 102 on a scalp shipment while voiding a false bounty claim. The spree of fakes has cost the state and counties about 190000 in past payments. Paris Illinois August 22 fire devastates Agricultural Hall grand stand and outbuildings at Kedgar County Fair grounds with losses near 10000.
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Madison
Wis
Washington
Wisconsin
Frear
Paris
Kedgar County Fair Association
Last Witness Appearing Before Investigators of Wiley Case
A final witness is set to testify before investigators handling the Wiley case. Officials say the proceedings are nearing completion as key statements are reviewed for possible charges and timeline clarity.
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Wiley
Taft Signs Statehood Bill For New Mexico and Arizona
President Taft signed the joint resolution admitting New Mexico and Arizona to the Union after his veto of the first measure. Arizona must vote to remove the recall of the judiciary before statehood. New Mexico moves toward statehood automatically after elections and constitutional amendments. Taft sets election timing with a 30 day call and 60 to 90 day election window.
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New Mexico
Washington
Taft
Arizona
Congress
Cameron
Ariona
Andrews
Ofce
Fisher to Get Memorial in Alaska Visit
Corfova Alaska Aug 22 All chamber of commerce has completed arrangements for the reception of secretary of the interior Walter Fisher who is expected the last of the week A memorial asking that the coal lands of Alaska be opened in the same manner as other public lands will be presented to Mr Fisher Colonel Richardson president of the Alaska commission will accompany the party
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Corfova
Alaska
Bellboy Paul Geldel on Murder Charge in New York
A panel of 155 talesmen appeared in the court to furnish a jury for the trial of Paul Geldel the bell boy charged with the murder of William Henry Jackson the aged broker in New York.
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New York
Court of General Cessions
Paul Geldel
Wiliam Henry Jackson
Taft Likely to Rule Favorably in Wiley Controversy
Washington reports indicate President Taft will rule in favor of Dr. Wiley after House expenditures hearings. Secretary of Agriculture James Wilson testified at length, noting limited new details and stressing the hearing's political maneuvering and internal bureau tensions.
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Wiley
Taft
Washington
Jim” Wilson
Iowa
Wasi Netenvy
Hovee
Mess
Henry BE. Davis
Bureau of Chemi
Dy Wiley
Sto
Cheist Dunlap
Mecabe
Alle Mountains
Crickets Burned Out After City Dump Fire
Residents near Cleveland dumping ground report crickets invading homes and shedding carpets. Fire department spread four barrels of oil over the dump and set it alight, burning millions of crickets to death.
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Cleveland
Res
City
Taft Commutes Sentence Of Chicago Fighter In Medway Case
President Taft commuted the two year term and a twelve thousand dollar fine imposed on Harry Forbes a Chicago fighter linked to the Medway gang tied to fake horse races and fake prize fights. Forbes original sentence reduced to a fine of one hundred dollars.
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Washington
Taft
Harry Forbes
Chicago 5
Medway
Records Lost in River Near Cordova Alaska
In Cordova Alaska on August 22 reports say part of a Smithsonian expedition’s film reels fell from a Wak on the Big Delta river. The current swept a crew ashore as they traveled toward the stream, with Professor AFL Starr Lawrence Madden among those lost in the incident.
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Cordova
Alaska
Smithsonian
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George F. Baker
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J. Allen
Ood Baan
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Countryman
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Arizona Constitution
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Alaska Commerce Body
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