Railroad Opens Nicaragua Line As Marines Support
Advices from Admiral Southerland report the Corinto to Managua railroad opened with Marines and bluejackets patrolling rail and telegraph lines. About 1 200 U S marines and sailors remain in Nicaragua to protect routes and restore operations along the line to Grenada.
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Corinto
Managua
Washington
Nicaragua
State Department
Butler
Leon
Pendleton
Grenada
Hyde's Trial Postponed in Kansas City
Dr. B Clark Hyde faces a third trial for the murder of Col Thomas H Swope in Kansas City Missouri. Prosecutor Virgil Conkling will decide next Thursday on a definite trial date. The first trial ended with a life sentence. the second ended in mistrial after a juror fell insane.
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Kansas City
B. Clark Hyde
Col
Thomas H., Swope
Hyde
Virgil Conkling
Dr. Hyde
Fatal shooting ends engagement in Somerville dispute
Gertrude M. Jordan of Wea Somerville was shot and likely fatally wounded in Houghton and Dutton store by John H. Trainor of Charlestown after a Sunday breakup of their engagement. The incident occurred in Boston on September 4.
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Boston
Gertrude M. Jordan
Wea Somerville
Houghton & Dutton Company
John H
Charlestown
Trainor
Miss Jordan
Fire Sweeps Los Angeles Amusement Pier District
A massive blaze along the million dollar pier area in Los Angeles destroys the Auditorium Dragon Gorge and casino and reaches back to the trolley line. Dynamite is used to halt the spread as Chief Sebastian and fifty men head to the beach city. Estimated damage reaches $100,000 with Ocean Park and Fraser pier heavily threatened.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Dragon Gorge
Decatur Hotel
Pike
Ocean Front
Frazer's Pier
Sebastian
Ocean
Venice
Ocean Park
Santa Monica
Gilman Theater
Fraser Pier
Slay Thousand in Battle near Tonanfu
Governor Chao Erh-Hsun reports Gen. Chang Cho Lin attacked Mongolians near Tonanfu, driving them off after twelve hours. Mongolians suffered 1,600 killed and 700 captured. five guns and ammunition seized. Reinforcements mobilized from Mukden and Kirin.
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Peking
China
Chao Erh-Hsun
Manchuria
Chang Cho Lin
Tonanfu
Chili
Mukden
Kirin
Train Kills Couple Near Tarrytown in Morning Incident
In Tarrytown New York on September 4 Anna Lynch twenty from Meriden Connecticut and Thomas Talbot twenty five were struck and killed by a New York Central train. The locomotives carried their bodies for a mile or more.
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Tarrytown
N. Y
Anna Lynch
Meriden
Conn
Thomas Talbot
New York Central
Taft Hosts International Chemistry Congress Delegates in Washington
President and Mrs Taft welcomed about 660 foreign and 1000 American delegates to the international congress of applied chemistry in Washington. Notables include Sir William Ramsay Sir Beverton Redwood Sir Robert Hadfield and Prof. Lindet among others. Taft highlighted advances in manufacturing chemistry and honored the scientists present. Columbia University was chosen as the theater for events.
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Washington
Taft
International Congress of Applied Chemistry
Roosevelt
William Ramsay
K. Co. B
Beverton Redwood
DBD
Robert A. Hadfield
D. Met
F. R
Samuel Ryde
Norway
M. L. Lindet
Ministry of Agriculture
William H. Perkins
Victoria University
Manchester
England
William HM. Nichole
International Congress
Columbia University
New York
Beon
Congress Opens Business Sessions Friday
The business sessions of the congress begin Friday and after that foreign delegates will tour the country.
British foreign office denies Panama canal arbitration demand
London reports the British foreign office disavows any official announcement of a formal demand for arbitration on the Panama canal question. The lines of action before the British government are being considered and any such announcement is premature.
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London
Foreign Office
Panama Canal
Burlington Progressives threaten governor election in Vermont
From early returns in Vermont it appears the Progressives may shift the governor race to the legislature while Fletcher the Republican leads in several districts but may fall short of a majority. Large towns, Brattleboro results, and later returns could alter the outcome. Milwaukee reports show Esch defeating Dahl in the Seventh District.
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Burlington
Fletcher
Brattleboro
Pletcher
Rep
How
Metzger
Milwaukee
Karel
Esch
Congress
Dahl
Slides in Culebra Cut Devastate Y M C A Building
Dispatches from Colon report two more major slides along the Culebra cut. Twelve million cubic yards of earth have slid into the cut undermining the YMCA building. The Tahalo mission has interdicted its use for the present.
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New Orleans
Colon
Culebra
Wood pleads not guilty in dynamite conspiracy case
William M. Wood, president of the American Wool Company, pleads not guilty in superior court to an indictment charging conspiracy to distribute dynamite in Lawrence amid the textile strike last winter.
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Boston
William M. Wood
American Wool Company
Lawrence
Refuses Cream Triggered Shooting in Monticello
Arthur Barber shot Mr. Fred Miller after a dispute over a refusal to eat ice cream at his expense in Monticello New York. The bullet severed the woman's left ear.
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Monticello
N. Y
Arthur Barber
Fred Miller
Becker trial set for September in Rosenthal murder
New York officials schedule Police Lieutenant Charles Becker for trial on the Rosenthal murder indictment starting September 12 before Supreme Court Justice John W. Goff. Six co defendants face no date yet. Witness Thomas Coupe, who saw Rosenthal’s murder, fled to England aboard the Lusitania and refuses to return.
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New York
Charles Becker
Herman Rosenthal
Supreme Court
John W. Goff
Dix
Rosenthal
Court of General Sessions
Becker
Whitman
Justice Goff
John Doe
Liverpool
England
Thomas Coupe
Elks Club
New York City
Coupe
Hecker
America
Big fires devastate two Chicago facilities
Two major fires in Chicago caused losses over 250000. The National Malting Company barley malt elevator at One Hundred and Third Street and Ewing Avenue was destroyed, valued near 250000. The grocery supply house Atwood and Steele at Thirty-seventh and Jasper Streets was partly burned in a later 3-11 fire threatening nearby property and firemen.
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Chicago
National Malting Company
One Hundred and Third Street
Ewing Avenue
Atwood & Steele
Thirty-seventh
Jasper Streets
Two men shot after polls open in parochial election
New Orleans reports a fight immediately after polling began. Adolph Bonee, called a reformer, is dying from his wounds while Paul Rivard, labeled a regular, is wounded in the groin but not seriously hurt. Harry Pettingill, also a regular, fired the shots. The clash began over a proposal to swear in Bonee at the polling place.
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New Orleans
Adolph Bonee
Paul Rivard
Harry Pettingill
Honee
Pettngil
Riots erupt at Michigan prison under martial law
Governor Osborn orders strict control as 62 inmates rebel at Jackson prison. Prisoners sashayed through halls, seized food, and clashed with guards. Militia and guards, bayonets fixed, recaptured most inmates. one man wounded. Warden Simpson faces scrutiny while his residence is guarded. Demand for more handcuffs and support from Detroit and Chicago.
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Mich
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Fearing
Fire Department
Mackman
Company
Matoel
Pricinity
Osborn i
Dea
Bishop Grafton Buried in Fond du Lac
Funeral service for Bishop Charles Chapman Grafton of the Protestant Episcopal church was held at St. Paul’s cathedral Fond du Lac with mayor, clergy, lawyers, business group and many friends present. The sermon was by Rev. J. O. Huntington. The body lies at Rienzi for years before re cenotaph at St. Paul’s.
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Fond du Lac
Wis
Charles Chapman Grafton
Protestant Episcopal Church
St. Paul's Cathedral
Pén du Lac
Business Men's Association
Cate
R. H. Weller
Treader
J. O
Huntington
West Plain
N. Y
Order of the Holy Cross
Rienzi
St. Pauls
Newton C Dougherty files suit to reclaim Peoria school property
Newton C Dougherty former superintendent of Peoria schools filed suit in the circuit court in St. Louis seeking return of property he transferred under misap to the Peoria School Board.
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Newton C. Dougherty
St. Louis
Newton Dougherty
Peoria
Mitnels Peniion
Circuit
Miga
School Board of
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