Assails trusts foes at Michigan talk in August address
George W. Perkins of New York was to speak at the Michigan College of Mines about constructive national policy but was recalled to Washington. President McNair read his prepared remarks on Congress, enforcement, and big business. Perkins urged a constructive approach and warned that Congress has failed to act while trusts expand, urging public debate and reform.
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Houghton, Mich
George W. Perkins
New York
Michigan College of Mines
Perkins
Wan
Stanley Steel Investigative Committee
Washington
McNair
National Congress
Parrnere
United States
Congress
Ovle
Sapsome
Cenet
Moxal
Taft
Wickersham
Attorney Geneal
Spy Fiancee Sparks War Dept Probe Over Austrian Intel
Indianapolis dispatch reports Miss Clara Dyer’s affidavit accusing Private George Petr of the 135th coast artillery of being a spy for Austria. The War Department orders a full review after Petr’s alleged communications, potential explosives lore, and a three year enlistment disguised as service raise questions about national security. Capt Watson forwarded documents and photos while Petr remained at Fort Totten under surveillance.
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James Watson
Tmalanapolis
Ind
War Department
Coast Artillery
Fort Totten N Y
Sania Petr
135Th Company
Coast Artillery Corps
Watson
Pert
United States Army
Clara Dyer
Fhilpot
Pet
Miss Dyer
Petr
United States
Army
Dunnite
Fort Totten
Indianapolis
Dyer
Europe
Coast Artilery
Ordnance Bureau
James D. Watson
Washington
Clara A. Dyer
George Petr
One Hundred and Thirty-fifth Coast Artillery
Capt. Watson
Miss . Dyer
Capt Watson
Miss Dier
Austra
Ship Columbia Hits Iceberg Enroute from Glasgow to New York
Passengers aboard the scarred steamship Columbia report a calm port arrival in New York after a collision with a huge iceberg 120 miles southeast of Cape Race. Captain George Mitchell and officers kept panic at bay during the dinner hour, though one passenger fractured an ankle in the impact.
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Glasgow
Stout
Columbia
New York
George Mitchell
Cape Race
Private Bloom Aided After Taft Backing Fort Leavenworth Test
Private Frank Bloom of Battery F Third Field Artillery, stationed at Fort Myer, was ordered to Fort Leavenworth Kansas to take the competitive examination for second lieutenant after a renewal review found no discrimination. Bloom, who returned from San Antonio, is to report by August 31 for the examination alongside three others with hopes to score higher than the group.
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Taft
War Department
Frank Bloom
Third Field Artillery
Fort Myer
Army
Bloom
San Antonio
Tex
Broom
Joseph Garrard
Garrard
Leavenworth
Simon Wolf
National Council of the
Bnai-B’rith
Col Garrard
Fort Leavenworth
Kans
Joseph A Bloom
Washington
Use Golden Rule in Play Roosevelt to Boy Scouts
Col Theodore Roosevelt urges Boy Scouts to embody the Golden Rule and ethical conduct. He praises their potential to shape citizenship, efficiency, and courage, citing Philippine scout examples and stressing self control, courtesy, and service over mere sentiment.
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Roosevelt
BOY Scouts
Theodore Roosevelt
United States
Boy Scouts of America
New Scout Manual
Lindsey
Admission Denied to Pett Despite Surveillance Claims
Col Strong, the commandant, denied admission to Pett and said Pett had not been advised of Miss Dyer’s charges. He noted the matter would not be referred officially until ordered by the War Department. He acknowledged Pett was under surveillance but insisted Pett was not spying for Austria.
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Col Strong
Pett
English Yeomanry Officer Arrested for Espionage in Bremen
An Englishman said to be a British yeomanry officer was arrested in Bremen on August 7 for spying on German North Sea coast fortifications. He was admitted to bail. details of the alleged spying were not released and the prisoner’s name was not learned.
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Bremen
North Sea
Cholera Spreads in Italy Reaches Genoa and Leghorn
Advices received from Naples by Surgeon General Wyman report cholera extending to Genoa and Leghorn. From July 22 to 28 Naples shows 68 cases and 68 deaths, Naples province 148 cases and 74 deaths, continental Italy 130 cases and 51 deaths, Palermo 100 cases with 32 deaths, Palermo province 78 cases with 35 deaths, Sicily remainder 32 cases with 10 deaths. Deputies applaud American minister Edwin V. Morgan on arrival at the national assembly in Lisbon.
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Genoa
Leghorn
Naples
Wyman
Pubdue Health and
Italy
Palermo
Sicily
Lisbon
Edwin V. Morgan
National Assembly
Chamber
Mr. Morgan
Boy Scouts Defend Movement Against Socialist Attack
Socialists at the state convention condemned the Boy Scout movement as military abroad, while Boy Scout officials in Baltimore assert the program is educational and nonmilitary. They argue scouts cultivate resourcefulness and useful knowledge, countering fears of future militia involvement.
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Washington
America
Ife
Changing Her Face From the Household Friend
A home remedy promises a fresh complexion by nightly application of mercolized wax. The article claims the wax removes lifeless skin to reveal healthier, younger looking skin and fade blemishes such as freckles and sun spots. It emphasizes ease, safety, and economy of the treatment.
Cars Run Despite Strike at Coney Island Line
New York August 7 Police reported no major riots as the Coney Island and Brooklyn Railroad operated its three main lines after dark despite a strike by 30 motormen and conductors and sympathizers. About 1200 officers were on strike duty overnight. The union seeks arbitration, while President Huff of the company refused, claiming the strike’s backbone is broken and offering to reemploy nonrioters.
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New York
Coney Island and Brooklyn Railroad Company
Gaynor
Rogers
Huff
Train wreckers derail Great Northern train near Moorhead
Fargo reports a bold attempt to wreck Great Northern passenger train No 9 at Moorhead Minnesota early today. The engine tender and mail car left the track but no injuries occurred. Spikes and high plates were removed from two rails and tools were found nearby. Motive remains a mystery as the train ran five hours late.
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Fargo
N Dak
Great Northern
Moorhead
Minn
Exposition Start Ceremony Sought by Panama-Pacific Official
President Moore telegraphed Taft urging him to turn the first spade for the Panama-Pacific Exposition construction. In Paris, physicians said John W Gates has a fair chance of recovery if his heart condition does not worsen after a consult.
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Panama
San Francisco
Charles C Moore
Taft
Gates
Paris
John W. Gates
Army orders list leaves and promotions across corps and posts
Leaves of absence granted to Lieut Col Gramam D Fitch and Maj Henry T Ferguson, with others for temporary duty and examinations. A board of effects to meet at the Army Medical Museum for second lieutenant candidates. Retiring board at Governors Island dissolved. Enlisted men and officers named for final competitive exams for promotion to second lieutenant, with reporting instructions to Fort Leavenworth and Fort D. A. Russell for duty.
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Percy L Jones
Medical Corps
Walter Reed General Hospital
District of Columbia
Governors Island
Fort Leavenworth
Kans
Lon
Frank Bloom
Thind
Geta Artillery
Robert Currier Drady
Eleventh Cavalry
Edward L Hoffman
Eleventh Infantry
Casper B. Rucker
Sixth Infantr
Marion
Movements of Naval easels Across Ports and Routes
Movements of naval vessels and transports listed with varied origins and destinations. Entries show ships and routes including Cavite Nagasaki Warrington Newport Pro metheus Mare Island San Francisco West Virginia Vancouver Port Angeles Provincetown Boston Saratoga Albany New Orleans Darien Port Arthur Montgomery and Port Arthur.
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Ratuxem
Sinewpur
San Francisco
West Virginia
Port Angeles
Ohio
Bostor Saratoga
Albany
New Orleans
Port Arthur
Epee
Provincetown
Balled—Abarenda
Cavite
Nagasaki
Warrington
Philadelphia
Newport
Prometheus
Mare Island
Vancouver
Boston
Saratoga
Darien
Montgomery
Province
Tows
Four Shot In Strike Riot At California Refinery
Four men were shot and several injured when striking former California Hawaiian Refinery workers clashed with nonunion laborers from San Francisco. Edward Becker fired a revolver, hitting striker John Cronin in the stomach, with Cronin likely to die. Eugene Crypt, a refinery watchman, endured multiple wounds, while C. W Prytz Eugene Lusalla and Secker suffered lesser injuries.
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Eugene Crypt
C. W Prytz
Eugene Lusalla
Secker
Tiny Indian Heiress Esther Duff Buried in Oklahoma
Esther Duff eight year old known as Queen Esther died in Colorado Springs the child reputed as the richest Indian in the world was sent to Muskogee Oklahoma for burial after illness Pellagra led to death. Accompanied by her parents Chief Henry Duff and wife the family traveled from Tennessee four months ago seeking climate benefit. Chief Duff earned wealth from oil lands acquired from the government.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
Esther Duff
Esther
Muskogee
Oklo
Pellagra
Henry Duff
Tennessee
Cornwall Floated Off Cape Sable Ledge Near Niobe Hit
Halifax Aug 7 The British cruiser Cornwall floated at high tide after running on Cape Sable ledges two miles from the Niobe strike site. About 300 cadets and 300 officers aided by the Lady Laurier and wrecking steamers hauled Cornwall free and to Clarkes Harbor. Cornwall then towed the Niobe damaged ship toward safety.
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Halifax
Nova Scotia
Cornwall
Cape Sable
Niobe
Clarkes Harbor
Lady Laurier
Geveral
American hen labeled lazy at poultry convention
Special to The Washington Post from Denver reports the American Poultry Association denounces the hen as a loafer. Delegates, about five hundred, argue hens average 80 eggs annually but should yield 150. They project increased output could raise the nation's wealth by 400 million dollars.
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Washington Post
Denver
Colo
American Poultry Association
Fall Kills Hal D. Landon in Hotel Metropole Shaft
Hal D Landon a 45 year old political writer and Cincinnati Columbus journalist was found dead in the elevator shaft pit at the Hotel Metropole Cleveland. Preliminary coroner ruled accidental death. body to be taken to Westerville for burial. He had recently lived with his mother in Westerville after a auto accident four years earlier. His wife and two children reside in Washington.
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Washington Post
Columbus
Ohio
Hal D Landon
Washington
Ndt
Hotel Metropole
Landon
Westerville
Chauncey Landon
Commercial Tribune
Cincinnati
Columbus Dispatch
Columbus News
Karl Landon
George L. Converse
Ohio House of Representatives
Converse
Two Escape Jail In King George County Case
Fredericksburg report Aug 7 says Robert Rich and Harry Lucas, both colored, escaped the King George county jail at the courthouse last night by digging through 18 inches of masonry. Sheriff Owens and a posse are in pursuit.
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King George
Fredericksburg
Robert Rich
Harry Lucas
King George Courthouse
Owens
Purgutt
Beattie Trial Likely Deferred To October Term
Richmond Aug 7 case of Henry Clay Beattie Jr charged with murdering his wife on Medlothian turnpike July 18 will be presented to Chesterfield county grand jury likely delaying trial to October term. If indicted Beattie cousin Paul Beattie and Beulah Binford may stay jailed unless bonds posted. Beattie remains calm and denies insanity. Beattie and Dallas Wright, condemned to death, discussed theology with a negro preacher during jail visit. They prayed as Beattie questioned grounds for belief death has no victory. A tight guard remains at meals and shaving time.
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Washington Post
Richmond
Henry Clay Beattie, Jr
Medlothian Turnpike
Chesterfield County
Virginia
Commonwealth
Beattie
Dallas Wright
Beattle
Wright
Justee
Springs Save Sleep Walker From ThirdStory Fall
Yonkers New York August seventh a man named John Bowers of 202 Riverdale Avenue survived a fatal fall from a third story window during a sleepwalking episode He somersaulted three times before landing on discarded bed springs in a yard and was saved by the springs ending with aid from an ambulance from St Josephs Hospital noting Bowers is a somnambulist and unharmed beyond shock
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Washington Post
Yonkers
John Bowers
Riverdale Avenue
Bowers
St Joseph's Hospital
William Gaul
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