One Hundred Americans in Grave Danger in Nicaragua
A cable from American Minister Weitzel reports about one hundred Americans in Matagalpa, Nicaragua, surrounded by rebels with no outside contact. Reinforcements from the United States are expected next week, and a detachment will be rushed to the beleaguered town. Honduras troops are reportedly on the way to aid President Diaz, with Salvadoran aid also mentioned.
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United States
Honduras
Washington
Matagalpa
Nicaragua
State Department
Weitzel
Managua
Corinto
Minneapolis
Leon
Terhane
Grenada
Mangua
Denver
San Juan del Sur
Diaz
Salvador
Astor Baby Guardian Named in Probate Move
Egerton T. Winthrop Jr. of 32 Liberty Street was named special guardian for John Jacob Astor, the $2,000,000 heir, in probate proceedings for the Astor will to be heard September 4 in the surrogate's court. Mrs Madeline Talmage Force Astor is involved as the estate party.
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New York
Williams House Fire Damages Historic Charlotte Hotel
In Charlotte Michigan on August 21 the Williams house the county s oldest wooden hotel was damaged by fire with losses around 7500. Fire is suspected to be incendiary. Guests escaped in their night clothing and two were pulled out unconscious by firemen. Insurance coverage valued at 2500.
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Charlotte
Mich
Wiliams
Turks Attack Greek Block Houses On Thessaly Border
Athens telegraphs report a large Turkish force attacked four Greek block houses on Thessaly's northern border killing six Greeks. In another skirmish the Turks lost two Gilles.
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Athens
Thessaly
Volcanic Warning for Guadalajara City Evacuation Urged
Officials in Mexico City warn Guadalajara 150000 residents to flee within a year after seismograph findings show a crater beneath the city. Seven observatory scientists report 240 quakes in three months and urge relocation to Juanacatlan forty miles away near the Santiago river.
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Guadalajara
Mexico
Republic
National Observatory
Mexico City
Juanacatlan
Hergy
Santiago River
Uit
Renew Chicago Car Fight Ends In Arbitration Step
Chicago traction negotiations on surface lines remain strained as unions and officials miss an agreed terms and employers vote against the proposed wage rise of one cent per hour. Arbitration set as the next move after the rejection.
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Chicago
Agatin
Thirteenth anniversary robbery at Rockefeller estate
In Pocantico Hills the thirteenth anniversary was marked when a team eater returning from Rockefeller barns was robbed at gunpoint by two Italians. The incident occurred within a month of the anniversary at the Rockefeller estate in Tarrytown.
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John D
Tarrytown
Rockefeller
Pocantico Hills
Rockefeller Barns
Five Miners Die in Shaft Collapse Near Gelsenkirchen
In Gelsenkirchen Prussia Aug 31 a shaft platform collapsed killing five coal miners and injuring another. The accident occurred when the wooden structure gave way in the mine.
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Gelsenkirchen
Prussia
Still Attack Gibson in Havana Press Attack on Gibson Linked to Machado
Intense indignation in Havana over El Siglo attacks on Hugh Gibson charge d affaires at the American legation. The newspaper owned by General Machado calls Gibson a buffoon and accuses him of organizing an American intervention plot. Cuban conservative papers blame the Cuban government for the affair.
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Havana
Hugh Gibson
Legation
el Siglo
General Machado
Gibson
United States
Italy Mobilizes 20000 Troops for Syria Coast Campaign
Rome reports Italy readies a decisive strike against Turkey. To start the hard campaign, 20000 soldiers are being dispatched to attack towns along the Syrian coast as part of broader hostilities with Turkish forces.
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Rome
Italy
Turkey
Plan Barton Memorial Drives Honor for Clara Barton
Mrs. John A. Logan leads Washington friends in forming the Clara Barton Memorial association to push a national memorial campaign. The Delaware chartered group, with Frances Atwater of Meriden Connecticut as president, aims to mobilize support for honoring the Red Cross founder.
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John A. Logan
Red Cross
Washington
Clara Barton
American Red Cross
Tragic Fire Claims Debaro Family in Rutherford
In Rutherford New Jersey and August 31 a blaze engulfed the Debaro home killing Mrs Emilio Debaro and six of their seven children aged from five months to twelve years. The father and the remaining child, a thirteen year old boy, escaped by leaping from a second story window.
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Rutherford
N. J
Emilio Debaro
Debaro
Duke of Connaught Entertained by Lake Superior Co
The duke of Connaught and the Duchess of Connaught were entertained in Sault Ste Marie Ontario by President Talbot of the Lake Superior Company. A pet bear was brought into the parlor where Bruin stood and shook hands. the prince remarked it was the first bear he had seen in a drawing room.
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Ottawa
Ont
Duke of Connaught
Sault Ste. Marie
Ontario
Patricia
Talbot
Lake Superior Company
Bruin
Edward
Officials Won't Prosecute Drainage Division Members
Attorney General Wickersham said the indictment for mismanaging funds in the Department of Agriculture drainage projects would be dismissed. Charles G. Elliott, A. D. Morehouse, Ray B Teele, and Frank B. Singleton faced charges over 1909 actions in Oklahoma and South Carolina.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Wickersham
Charles G. Elliott
A. D. Morehouse
Ray B Teele
Frank B. Singleton
United States
Parker
Justice Gould
District Supreme Court
Agricultural Department
Oklahoma
South Carolina
Mrs H H Rogers Dies En Route to New York
Mrs. Henry H Rogers widow of Standard Oil magnate died in her private car Sunset near Bretton Woods New Hampshire en route to New York City of heart disease four hours before the White Mountain express arrived. She was sixty five and refused a physician, two nurses attended, estate said to be small. Rogers left her city home and $100000 annual annuity to her, rest divided among four children.
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New York
Bretton Woods
N. H
Henry H. Rogers
Standard Oil
White Mountain Express
Rogers
Bret Woods
Here
McLeod
Stephenson Has a Cold at Fishing Camp
Reports from Escanaba say United States Senator Isaac Stephenson has a slight cold and is not in grave condition. Earlier reports suggested seriousness due to physicians leaving the city.
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Escanaba
Mich
United States
Isaac Stephenson
Train wreck near Temple leaves one dead
One man was killed and seventeen injured when a northbound Missouri Kansas and Texas train derailed three miles north of Temple Texas. The mail car and two coaches plunged from a trestle into a ravine, with two seriously hurt and fifteen lightly injured.
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Temple
Tex
Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway
Here
Millionaire Banker Luna Found Dead in Vat at New Mexico Ranch
Solo mon Luna a prominent banker and sheep owner and sixteen year Republican national committeeman for New Mexico was found dead in a dipping vat on his sheep ranch seventy miles from Mugadaiana New Mexico authorities reported.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Solomon Luna
New Mexico
Mugadaiana
Three Die as Passenger Train Hits Work Train Near Conway
In Pittsburg area a Pennsylvania railroad passenger train bound for Cleveland struck a work train clearing a freight wreck near Conway. Three men were killed, one fatally injured and several others slightly hurt. In Germany, Emperor William and Empress left Wilhelmshoehe for Berlin with their daughter Victoria Luise appearing in good spirits.
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Pittsburg
Pennsylvania Railroad
Cleveland
Conway
William
Berlin
Cassel
Germany
Wilhelmshoehe Castle
Victoria Luise
Textile executive tied to Lawrence strike indicted
Boston August 31 William M Wood president of the American Woolen company a major textile firm was arrested on an indictment charging conspiring to distribute dynamite in Lawrence during the 1912 strike He posted a $5000 bail and will face arraignment next Tuesday The case involves dynamite placed at a Syrian lodging house shop and cemetery linked to the strike and an undertaker John J Breen who was later found guilty on related charges is noted in the unfolding proceedings
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Boston
William M. Wood
American On Company
Lawrence
Wood
American Woolen Com
New
New York State
Mpany
Melisaac
Undertaker
John J. Breen
Lawrence Undertaker
Breen
Baer to Continue as Reading System President
Philadelphia August George F Baer will remain president of the Reading Company and its allied corporations including the Temple coal trust. Baer who turns seventy on September 26 will not retire on that date as directors urge continued leadership and he agrees to stay active in affairs.
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Philadelphia
Augus
George F. Baer
Reading System
The
Temple
Coal Trust
Me. Baer
Reading
Mr. Baer
Potter death tied to mysterious medicine in Seattle
Coroner J C Spyder said Louis Potter died after taking six bottles of a black fluid prescribed by a Chinese clan. The fluid's nature remains undetermined as investigators assess the herbal remedy linked to a skin disease.
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Seattle
Wash
Louis Potter
J. C. Spyder
Potter
Musselman Leads With 6303 Majority To Date
Musselman, Republican running for governor, leads with 6 303 votes reported from Grand Rapids and most counties completed with four remaining. Election totals show Musselman ahead of rival figures with counts reaching 6303 in preliminary tallies from Michigan counties.
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Musselman
Grand Rapids
Mich
Amges
Mder
Martindale
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W. H. H.southerland
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Astor
Edgerton L. Winthrop, Jr
Crater
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Swedish Society of
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U.S
Kaiser
Europe
H.H. Rogers
End
Sunset
New York City
Stephenson
Katy
Texas
Baer
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