Fear of Massacre by Foreigners Looms Over Nicaragua Polls
Washington reports warn of possible landing of US marines and sailors to guard Vera Cruz and Nicaragua during upcoming elections amid revolts and central Mexican unrest. Des Moines arrives with 60 marines and 175 sailors to protect American interests. Rebels raid a railway contractor's payroll in Juarez, with payroll and equipment seized and contractor harmed.
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Vera Cruz
Mex
State Department
Mexico
Madero
Republic
Orozco
United States
Des Moines
Zapata
Juarez
William Orr
Mexican Northwestern Railway
Orr
Nicaragua
Mena
Zelaya
Xeledon
Senate Report on Mexico Ready
Senate subcommittee investigating Mexico over two years plans to submit a voluminous report to the foreign relations committee. It states U S intervention may be necessary to protect Americans and their interests, finds no American money in the Orozco rebellion, and suggests American funds financed the Madero revolution with two large corporations potentially implicated.
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Senate
Mexico
Los Angeles
Cal
Alexandria
Senate Committee On Foreign Relations
United States
Bandit Shot Dead After San Francisco Hold Up
An unidentified bandit linked to two car robberies on the San Francisco to San Mateo line was shot and killed following a dramatic robbery and chase. Special patrolman Al Kauffmann was wounded in the incident.
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San Francisco
San Mateo
al Kauffmann
Liquor Death Toll Cited at 66 000 Annually in U S
Dr Edward Bunnell Phelps told the International Congress of Hygiene and Demography that 66 000 Alcohol related deaths occur each year in the United States. He noted about 20 percent are women and that the figure represents five percent of all deaths.
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Washington
United States
Edward Bunnell Phelps
American Underwriter
International Congress of Hygiene and Demography
America
Doctor Phelps
Phelps
Clara D. Noyes
Bellevue Hospital
Miss Noyes
Fountain Head
Will Wed to Save Life in Athens Suicide Attempt
Miss Grace McKinnon vowed to marry Preston Arthur if he recovered after he attempted to kill himself Tuesday night near her home. Arthur and rival Gerdine Phelps had urged her to choose, and she chose Phelps. Arthur then left, returned minutes later and shot himself.
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Athens
Grace McKinnon
Preston Arthur
Arthur
Gerdine Phelps
Clerks Threaten Strike Over Wage Dispute in England
London reports clerks prepare for potential strike as the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants faces wage pressure. Workers earn $7.25 weekly, below the National Union of Clerks' minimum. The A. & R. 8 warns that if offered pay is rejected, workers may leave, making a strike likely.
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London
Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants
England
National Union of Clerks
Suspect Held in Bank Robbery Case in St Louis
J C Adams also known as Walter Stacey and his alleged wife Jeannette Little are taken after a year long chase over a $320000 New Westminster BC bank heist. Adams is linked to a Chicago police lieutenant assault and was charged with murder after his arrest in St Louis.
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St. Louis
New Westminster
B. C
J. C. Adams
Jeannette Little
Edwardsville
Ill
Adams
Burns
Walter Stacey
Chicago
Stacey
Grand
Vigilance Committee
Harry Cusick
Dago” Frank
Percy Warner
Grand Jury
Waldron
Interstate Levee Association Seeks 5 Million Appropriation
Memphis Tenn Sept 28 resolutions adopted by the Interstate Levee association call for an appropriation of 5 000 000 dollars in five equal installments for the Mississippi river levee system. They ask federal supervision of the overall levee network and praise both political parties for recognizing the levee issue. O Killough of Arkansas was re elected president.
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Memphis
Tenn
Congress
Mississippi River
Interstate Levee Association
O. \. Killough
Arkansas
Air Armada Is Reviewed at Villacoublay Near Paris
The first review of a complete aeroplane armada took place at Villacoublay with seventy two French army flying machines, pilots, observers, and motor trucks bearing supplies. The parade before War Minister Alexandre Millerand drew thousands who cheered the airmen as they saluted.
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Paris
Villacoublay
Alexandre Millerand
McManigal arrives as chief witness in dynamiting plot case
Ortia BE McManigal arrives in Indianapolis under guard to testify in the federal dynamiting conspiracy trials. He travels from Los Angeles with two guards and Detective Burns' assistant Malcolm McLeren handling custody as the government prepares for next week's court action.
Practice Fire Drill Marks Fire Prevention Day Observance
Plan A New York September 2 8 Officials including Mayor Gaynor will attend a large scale fire drill in a multi tenant manufacturing building to simulate a fire in which 2500 workers will participate. Fire engines respond and female workers will be rescued from upper floors as part of the exercise under Governor Dix designation for October 9.
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New York
Dix
Gaynor
Knew Bride When Baby Wins Bride After Long Wait
John Driver aged seventy of Elden Maine marries Naomi Tarwater after waiting nineteen years from babyhood to adulthood. Driver, reputed millionaire, plans to build a finest mansion in Elden, Missouri home for the couple. his wife died four years ago.
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Los Angeles
Cal
John
Driver
Naomi Tarwater
Elden
Missouri
Robbery in Auto Stuns Alliance Couple near Cleveland
Two men in a car armed with revolvers held up Dr and Mrs John K Tressel as they rode to Cleveland Ohio. Shots were exchanged but the victims escaped pursuit. One thief grabbed Mrs Tressels pocketbook containing ten dollars. The couple had carried revolvers after a prior attempt.
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Cleveland
John K. Tressel
Alliance
Malden Arts Taft with Gift Boots and Soap
Malden Massachusetts hosts Old Home Week giving President Taft a set of suspenders a sweater rubber boots a bar of soap and samples of local goods. Taft departs by automobile to Lynn en route to Beverly after noon guided by Senator Lodge.
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Malden
Mass
Taft
Beverly
Lynn
Lodaus
Lawrence Protester Arrests Stir Red Textile Strike Tide
In Salem Massachusetts Twelve thousand textile workers prepare for a broad Lawrence strike tying up Ayer and Arlington mills as Ettor Giovannitti and Caruso face trial. Police clash with crowds after riotful parade, Annie Lopizzo shot dead in January violence.
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Lawrence
Mass
Joseph Ettor
Arturo Giovannitti
Anonio Caruso
Ayer
Wington
Prospect
Wood Mills
American Woolep
Arlington
Wood Ayer
Washington Mill
Caruso
Lopizzo
Etternitti
Workers of the World
Salem
Annie Lopizzo
Ettor
Bvannitt
London Shooting Creates Panic at West End Hotel
Titus, claiming American citizenship, opened fire in the Tottenham Court Road area injuring four people, including two men who tried to intervene. After a clash with a hotel barmaid, the English speaker was subdued by bystanders and arrested.
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London
Titus
West End
Tottenham Court Road
Millionaire John Moreton Dies Suddenly in New York
New York Sept 28 John Moreton the millionaire operator collapsed with apoplexy at his office with J J Berwind at 1 Broadway and died before an ambulance could reach him.
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Millionaire
New York
John Moreton
J. J. Berwind
Broadway
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