President Taft asks church aid for peace effort in Maryland
President Taft urged universal arbitration and swift Senate action on peace treaties at the Methodist Chautauqua in Mountain Lake Park Maryland. He pressed moral support from churches for Central American treaties and warned delays could halt progress toward general peace.
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Methodist Chautauqua
Mountain Lake
Senate
Taft
Mountain Lake Park
Great Britain
France
Congress
Britain
Maryland
West Virginia
United States
Honduras
Nicaragua
Roosevelt
Treaty arbritration split over amendements and Taft move
Senate foreign relations panel may study and amend the arbitration treaties with Great Britain and France as Senator Root questions the commission provision. Senator Smoot urges action while Senator Bacon blocks haste. President Taft carefully planned inviting Japan into the arbitration effort, signaling a broader push for universal arbitration if the treaties advance.
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Committee On Foreign Relations
Japan
Great Britain
France
Congress
Joint High Commission of Inquiry
Root
New York
Senate
Senator Smoot
Utah
Record Flight From College Park to Fort Myer Inspires Capital
Capt. Paul Beck first to complete the College Park to Fort Myer flight with an average altitude near 3000 feet. Capt. Chandler and Lieut. Arnold followed in the same machine and the same total time, though Arnold misrouted briefly before correcting to land at Fort Myer. A large Washington crowd witnessed the cross country test in army aviation with Beck and the others setting climbing records and thrilling spectators.
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Chandler
Lieut
Arnold
Washington Barracks
Orage City
C. Def. Chandler
Paul W. Beck
Henry H. Arnold
Army
College Park
Fort Myer
Washington
Beck
Capt
Aqueduct Bridge
Capitol
Union Station
Boy Kept With Hyenas Exposes Foster Care Abuse
Five year old Jeniee was kept in a cage with two South American hyenas at a carnival, bitten and scratched until he cried on touch. State's Attorney Donn filed charges, leading to the arrest of foster parents James J. Johnston and wife. The boy, shown through Minnesota and Iowa, was first placed in an Omaha orphanage at 18 months. Johnstons later obtained custody without clear adoption records, fled Minnesota after a labor department action, and remained at large as authorities pursue the case.
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Rapid City
S&s
Dak
Jeniee
Donn
James J. Johnston
Minnesota
Iowa
Omaha
Johnstons
Spring Valley
Minn
Pioneer aviators soar from Fort Myer to College Park
On a return flight from Fort Myer Arnold and Chandler crossed Hyattaville at about 3000 feet then began a controlled descent toward College Park. Arnold contemplated gliding without power but continued with engine. Capt Chandler urged on as Arnold executed a steady 10 foot drop per hundred until landing. Paul Peck gave brief flights around Potomac Park and plans to depart polo grounds for College Park at 4 pm.
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Arnold
Hyattaville
College Park
Chandler
Paul Peck
Potomac Park
Polo Grounds
Fraud Suit Alleges $250,000 De fraud against Imperial Window Glass
Pittsburg stockholder and ex employee Monroe Lemon files equity suit seeking a receiver. He alleges officers of Imperial Window Glass Company conspired to divert 250000 by paying supposed outside service fees. Named are Secretary J R Johnson President Myron L Case VP Mark J Healy and Treasurer J G Sayre.
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Pittsburg Glass Company
Pittsburg
Imperial Window Glass Company
United States
Monro Lemon
Lemon
J. R. Johnson
Myron L. Case
Mark J. Healy
J. G. Sayre
Johnson
Wedding Ring Kills Woman Who Refused to Remove Band
Chicago report says Mrs. Jessie Stewart Gardner died after she refused to take off her wedding ring. The gold band had to be filed off when swelling made removal impossible in time. The 60 year old woman developed blood poisoning from the pressure and embedding ring.
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Chicago
Jessie Stewart Gardner
Mrs. Gardner
Bigamist claims dog license mixup led to marriage
Frank Augustus of Clarksburg West Virginia was brought to Greensburg Pennsylvania on a bigamy charge after saying he came to the courthouse to obtain a dog license but received a marriage license instead. He married a woman named Minnie then went to Clarksburg where he was arrested. his first wife, mother of several children, pursues the charge.
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Bigamist
Washington Post
Greensburg
Frank Augustus
Clarksburg
W. Va
Augustus
Minnie
Bradenville
Navy to strictly observe Sunday regulations special order
A new naval department order requires strict Sunday observance in the service. It states that labor should be limited to necessary duty and vessels may not coal except in urgent cases. The secretary notes a trend of lax compliance with the regulations and calls for immediate adherence.
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Senate
Secretary of the Navy
Pope Pius Showed Slight Fever Yet Satisfactory Recovery
Rome Aug 7 The Pope's condition remained satisfactory after a slight relapse with a small fever. Doctors noted a gout attack in the right knee but expected a few days to complete recovery and decided to limit public Mass participation, with Cardinal Merry del Val to conduct the servite.
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Pius
Osservatore Romano
Vatican
Giuseppe Petaci
Hig
Ettore Marchiafava
Merry del Val
Woman Captive of Indians in White Iron Lake Tale
Julia Labernick, 17, reports meeting a half clothed woman who claimed Austrian identity and six months captive by Indians. The stranger said she was horribly treated until an Indian pulled her away as Labernick spoke. Authorities probe the incident.
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Ely
Minh
Julia Labernick
White Iron Lake
Labernick
Kidnappers Threaten Boy for $5000, Father Targeted
Chicago August 7. Antony Moreno, father of a missing boy kidnapped Saturday by two men and a woman, received a ransom warning: if $5000 is not paid by tonight, his son will be killed. The father was reportedly a Black Hand associate and had killed in self defense over a year ago.
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Chicago
Antony Moreno
Black Hand
Thief Game in Death Plot Reveals Cashier Theft
Samuel Brown cashier for the Long Deck Milling Company confessed to embezzling funds over months. He hired Frank Walsh to destroy the books. Walsh died from burns in a Jersey City hospital after an arson attempt. Patrick J Timmins, Newark public accountant and Brown's friend, was arrested as detectives traced the crime.
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New York
Samuel Brown
Long Deck Miling Company
Frank Walsh
Newark
St. Francis’ Hospital
Jersey City
Walsh
Brown
Patrick J. Timmins
Longrock Milling Company
St. Francis Hospital
Central Avenue
East
Capt. Richards
Clergy Defamation Case Tangles Warrenton Church Scandal
Defamation charges filed in Warrenton Va against Rev Dr F J Prettyman, charging him with statements about Rev Dr J O Knott. Warrenton church members push to sell church and parsonage within 30 days while Kept in dispute with Washington district officials. Knott appeals to church bodies as hearings were held behind closed doors.
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F. J. Prettyman
Washington District
Methodist Episcopal Church South
Prettyman
J. O. Knott
Epworth
Prattyman
Warrenton
Dr. Knotts
Knott
Dr. Knott
Mount Vernon Place
Europe
Kern
General Conference
Baltimore
Southern Methodist Church
Roanoke
Denny
Dr. Prettyman
Washington
Four Die As Train Hits Wagon Near Utica Crossing
A northbound Adirondack train struck a two seated wagon carrying several people about seven miles from Utica New York. Four people were killed and one injured. The dead include Mrs. Philip Nausbaum and her children Julius Edith and Mrs. Goldy Goldstein Rochester. The wagon driver Jacob Nausbaum 16 years old suffered a broken leg. The horses were killed.
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Utica
N. Y
Philip Nausbaum
Julius
Edith
Goldy Goldstein
Rochester
Jacob Nausbaum
Taft Urges Church Aid For Treaties
Army aviators soar in high flights as a dying robber shields his employer. Church sues clergyman. Nov NOVEMBER DAY FOR G O P. Nine. Statehood vote today. Deadlocked on wool tariff. Capitalist defends corporations. War Dept watches spy and fixes date for Beattle trial. Editorials and society notes follow.
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Taft
Church
Togo
U. S
War Department
Tsociety
Texas
Two Slain by Black Hand in Slab Fork
Charleston W Va Aug 7 Two Italians were killed by a dynamite explosion under their house in Slab Fork Raleigh County. The blast caused a panic in the town. No clues to the murderers identity have been obtained.
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Charleston
W. Ve
Slab Fork
Raleigh
County
Black Hand Society
Love Not Genuine Fails In Separation Suit
Edith Gambier former Atlanta society girl loses her bid for separation as New York Supreme Court decides she was not deserted by husband Edward Gambier a New York bank cashier. Court finds her reconciliation efforts insincere and notes she was seen with another man while Gambier loved and treated her well. Married April 30 1910 the alleged desertion dated August 10 1910.
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New York
Edith Russell Gambier
Atlanta
Wrct
Edward V. Gambier
Supreme Court
Gambier
Gambler
Six women accuse Dranfowski of eloping with their lives
Yonkers New York August 7 Special to The Washington Post six women accuse Carl Dranfowski of winning their affection bank accounts then abandoning them over four years His wife says he took money from her father and left she followed him and found work to support him The wife defends him blaming the women for chasing him
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Washington Post
Yonkers
N. Y
Carl Dranfowski
Celia Wojchowski
Don Juan
Parliament Line Baseball Thriller at Georgetown Field
Republicans and Democrats staged a four inning political baseball game on Georgetown field. Democrats won 12 to 3 as Longworth and Reilly starred with sharp hits and a filibuster style surge. The clash mocked parliamentary rules with coin toss decisions and numerous roars from the stands as two party leaders staged a lively, period style contest.
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Longworth
Reilly
Clark
Cannon
House of Representatives
Georgetown Field
Brethren of Democracy
Committee On Rules
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