Rumors Of War Drive Germans To Withdraw Cash
Nervous citizens in Stettin withdraw large sums from savings banks amid rumors of imminent Franco German war over Morocco. Alsatian frontier reports claim German envoy Schoen murdered in Paris and war declared, though troop redeployments cite dysentery as reason. no Cambon–von Kiderlen meeting today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Germany
Morocco
M. Cambon
Herr von Kiderlen-Waechter
Foreign Office
Stettin
France
Herr von Schoen
Paris
Colmar
Alsace
Herr von Eiderlen-Waechter
General von Bethmann-Holilweg
Stak
Kiel
Franz Ferdinand
Austria- Hungary
Railway Peace Hoped For In Harriman Shop Row
Presidents of the international railroad shop unions, who met Vice President Kruttschnitt in San Francisco, expect the advisory board of the Harriman system shop employees to arrive for talks. No decision on demands until the board arrives, with hope for a peaceful settlement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Cal
International Railroad Shop Unions
Kruttschnitt
Harriman Lines
Federation of Shop
Harriman
J. W. Kline
Kline
New World Mark Set in Auto at Old Orchard Beach
Louis Debrow driving a Pope Hartford set a new world automobile record at Old Orchard Beach in Maine on September 6. He completed twenty five miles in 16 minutes 26 seconds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biddeford
Louis Disbrow
Pope-Hartford
Old Orchard Bead
Auto Badly Hurts Youth in Marion
Seventeen year old David Hoover of Marion is in serious condition after a bicycle collision with an automobile owned by John Londert of Anderson. He was struck while crossing a street, knocked onto the hood, then run over, suffering multiple fractures and internal injuries. Death is feared.
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Marion
Ind
David Hoover
John Londert
Anderson
Eddy Money To Church
Judge Wallace in New Hampshire modified a prior injunction to allow Henry M. Baker executor of Mary Baker Eddy’s will to pay 72060 to the First Church of Christ Scientist in New York City. The will capped gifts at 175000 to cover the church debt and the case also considers whether Glover’s challenge to his mother’s will should be tried on facts in the lower court or on questions of law in the supreme court, with memoranda due by Sept. 11.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Concord
N. H
Wallace
Superior Court
Henry M. Baker
Mary Baker G. Eddy
Eddy
Supreme Court
Cholera Deaths Pass 30 000 Across Italy
Since the start of the year the cholera toll in Italy has exceeded thirty thousand. Fear and superstition trigger outbreaks of violence as residents suspect authorities intend mass poisonings. The Italian government has implemented strong measures to maintain order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chiasso
Switzerland
Italy
Market Quotations From Chicago and East Buffalo
Chicago quotes show wheat and corn prices across grades with firm to varied ranges and spring and winter varieties. Live stock markets in Chicago and East Buffalo report receipts, prices, and declines for hogs cattle sheep and calves with notable top values and ranges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
East Buffalo
N. Y
Dunning & Stevens
Live Stock Commission
Ocean to Ocean Vessel Company seeks mail contract via Panama route
The Atlantic and Pacific Transportation Company of New Jersey a 15 million dollar firm formed to bid on ocean mail service through the Panama canal was incorporated in Trenton New Jersey. Bernard N Baker of Baltimore explained potential savings in moving pig iron and citrus fruit by water with figures showing sizable yearly reductions. Postmaster General Hitchcock announced bids and barred railroad interests from bidding or owning stock in bidders, aiming to curb rail control over the route.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Atlantic and Pacific Transportation Company of
New Jersey
Panama Canal
Hitchcock
Trenton
N. J
Bernard N. Baker
Baltimore
Atlantic Transport Company
International Mercantile Marine
The
Waldorf
Overland
Birmingham
Alabama
San Diego
Cal
China
Baker
Mobile
California
Panama
Taft
Roosevelt
Senate Committee On Inter-Oceanic Canals
Transcontinental Railroad Pool
Panama Railway Company
Hitchcock Im
Blood transfusion as cancer cure claims in animal study
The article reports Prof. Bordet and J. Allen noting animal cells repel each other, and asserts cancer in dogs might be cured by transfusion of healthy blood. It contends cancer is not solely local but blood mediated, influenced by diet and mental state, with dietary flesh proposed as a potential trigger via the digestive channel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bordet
New Company Demands Directors Swear Against Railroad Ties
The contract requires each director elected to take an oath that they are not a railroad representative or acting in the interest of any railroad corporation. The clause aims to prevent conflicts of interest and ensure directors serve the company independently.
Woman 84 Sues for Divorce After 60 Years of Marriage
Findlay Ohio September 6 Mrs Delilah Cook eighty four sues for divorce from her husband Stephen Cook eighty four a farmer who lives near here The Cooks spent their entire married life on the same farm purchased and cleared just prior to their wedding The suit argues he no longer provides for her.
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Findlay
Delilah Cook
Stephen Cook
Fire Destroys Mine Buildings Near Diamond
Fire destroyed the tipple and mine building of No. 8 mine south of Diamond in Brazil Indiana. Belonged to J. H. McClelland of Brazil. Origin unknown with only the engineer present. Loss estimated at about 5000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brazil
Ind
No. & Mine
Diamond
J. H. McClelland
Campaign to crush Zapata grows with renewed vigor
Mexico City reports a broad government push against Emiliano Zapata and his band in Morelos. Zapata remains at large near Chinameca as authorities declare him dead or alive and pursue a swift end to his uprising.
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Mexico City
Emiliano Zapata
Morelos
Zapata
Chinameca
Madero
Ricardo Flores Magon
California
Douglas
Ariz
el Paso
Tex
Hheral Mexcana
Los Angeles
Aviator Coffyn Falls 200 Feet at State Fair
Frank Coffyn, aviator, fell with his aeroplane 200 feet at the state fair grounds in St Paul Minnesota on September 6 but was not injured. The aeroplane was damaged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul, Minn
Frank Coffyn
La Follette weighs fall tour for middle west
Senator La Follette returns to Washington to resume magazine work and may delay decisions on a western swing until Taft’s reception is known. If Taft gains strength, La Follette plans to move into the middle west to compare popularity with the president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
la Follette
Middle West
Huey
LaPotlette
Taft
Missionary is Slain in British Guiana
Rev. O. B. Davis superintendent of the British Guiana mission of the Seventh Day Adventist church was murdered by natives while proselyting deep in the interior near the Demerara river. He planned a two month journey to reach Indian communities and said he would return to the United States to study medicine.
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Georgetown
British Guiana
O. B. Davis
Washington
Davis
Demerara
United States
Cummins Attacks Taft in Signed Bill of Particulars
Des Moines Iowa Sept 6 Senator Albert B Cummins issues a signed statement outlining why he believes President Taft should not be reelected He cites Tafts pro Canadian reciprocity stance as an unfortunate act and argues allies of Taft include reactionaries and standpatters in Congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
Taft
Albert B. Cummins
Cummins
Senate
House
Farmer Saves Fast Train Near Treviac Trestle Fire
Michael Chitwood, a Brown County farmer near Treviac Indiana, spotted a fire on his trestle and signaled the Indianapolis Southern express with a lantern. Twenty five neighbors arrived with buckets and sacks to help extinguish the blaze after the train was delayed by twenty minutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bloomington
Ind
Michael Chitwood
Treviac
Brown County
Indianapolis Southern
Chitwood
Van Wyck kin tragedy on Quogue beach
Miss Catherine Van Wyck nineteen, cousin to former Mayor Van Wyck and Justice Augustus Van Wyck, was fatally shot by William A. Childs Jr. on the Quogue shore. Childs then killed himself after the deed. He had shown attention to the young woman.
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Quogue
N. Y
Catherine van Wyck
van Wyck
Supreme Court
Augustus van Wyck
William A. Childs Jr
Childs
Wyoming Storm Buries Land with Deep Floods
Cheyenne reports a storm that leaves water four feet deep over large areas and twenty five feet at Round Top mountain. Crops are ruined across twenty miles and livestock numbers are fallen by the score.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyoming
Cheyenne
Wyo
Horse Creek
Round Top Mountain
Defendants Story Riddled On Final Day Of Trial
Chesterfield Court House Virginia September coverage reports the Beattie murder trial reaching summations after ten days of testimony. Prosecution rebuttal ends with Henry Owen denying Beattie story while Wendenburg announces rest. Defense rests with no surrebuttal amid a dramatic closing phase.
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Chesterfield Court House
Henry Clay Beattie, Jr
Chesterfield Cross Roads
Commonwealth
Watson
Supreme Court
Richmond
Henry Owen
Beattie
Tn Lantis Wendenburg
Henry Beattie
Wendenburg
Unanswered Question Lingers Over Beattie Trial
In a heated courtroom exchange, the final question to Henry Beattie related to how the gun linked to Paul Reattie ended up in the shooter’s hands. Beattie could not explain the discrepancy, while defense witnesses attacked Beattie’s truthfulness, and expert testimony labeled Beattie’s statements as impossible.
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Paul Reattie
Wendenburg
Henry Beattie
Wan Beattie
Nesses
Beattie
Wendenban
Buick
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Frange
H. M. Trimble
Grand Army of Republic
Frisco
Marion Boy
New York Church of Christ Scientist
Laurier
Bartholomew
Minneapolis Journal
Ocean TO Ocean Vessel Company
J. Allen
Prof. Bordet
Ohio
Mecem
Coffyn
Mision of the
Seventh Day Adventists
Flags Southern
Mills van Wyck’s Kin
Allin
Buelah Binford
H. C. Beattie Jr
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