Pan American Congress Move To Bar Reporters Sparks Tension
In Rio de Janeiro during the Pan American conference, pressure rises over excluding journalists when debates threaten diplomatic friction. Brazil's Senor de Assis-Brasa and officials denounce press bans as protests grow. meanwhile calls surface to broaden bureau scope and fund new facilities.
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Sperkit
Dieprich
Washington
Rio de Janeiro
Nabuco
Brazil
Senors Nabu
Amt de
Commercial committees urge bureau of American Republics role
The conference agreed to inform The Hague tribunal of its arbitration conclusions via the Brazilian secretary of state. The Jornal do Brasil attacked renaming the St Louis Pavilion the Monroe Palace in Roots’ honor. Root Visits Chile with elaborate preparations for naval reviews and balls. EYERLYS GOING TO EUROPE. Samuel Byerly and wife sail aboard La Gascogne after profits from Panama bonds. plan Paris and Venice tour to locate Mr Byerly’s father’s birthplace. Blanche Byerly accompanies them.
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Permanent Committee
Washington
Theisarhs
Pecuniary Claims Committee
The
International American Confrante
Bureau of the American Republics
Hague Tribunal
Jornal Do Brazil
St Louis
Monroe Palace
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Brazil
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Chile
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Tle
Panama
France
Newark
la Gascogne
Havre
Samuel Byerly
Europe
Vir Byerly
Byerl Togut
Brerh
American Expresa Company
J S Baone & Co
Byerlys
Paria
Trien
Byerly
Venice
Railroads Refuse Wage Increase. New Men To Be Used
New York railroads decline to grant $3 to $10 monthly wage boosts for strikers and plan to hire replacements. Erie grants demands as crews return. Freight movement from New Jersey and Staten Island to New York City heavily crippled, risking losses to fruit and vegetables and broad city inconvenience. Some lines remain unaffected and others expect full operation tomorrow.
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New York Harbor
Centen Railroad
New Jersey
Delaware
Lackawanna
Erie Road
Terminala
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Staten Tland
New York City
Hudson River
Pennsylvania
New Haven
Wartford
May Boycott Oyster Bay Compromise Sought Over Pier Rights
Special to The Washington Post Oyster Bay August 9 quiet along the waterfront as Mrs Elizabeth Coudert holds the pier and planks. Highway Commissioner Hawxhurst’s men remain undisturbed. A truce is declared and axes rest in the commissioner’s barn. Pier owners seek peaceful passage. arbitration discussed with Townsend Scudder offering a compromise asserting dock access rights upheld by the Court of Appeals. Public opinion shifts to pier owners. approaching elections may end the raids.
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Washington Post
Oyster Bay
Elizabeth Coudert
Coudert
Oyster Bay Mariots
Sagamore Hill
Townsend Scudder
Court of Appeals
Scudder
Uikely
Woman Dies in Blaze on Frindale Steamship
A fire aboard the Frindale steamship at New Castile Ontario destroyed the vessel while docked at its wharf. Stewardess Mrs Constantine, recently arrived from England, perished in the flames as the crew escaped. The ship valued at 320000.
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Ontario
Frindale
Here
Toronto
Constantine Re Centh
England
Erindale
Channing Pollock Weds Washington Playwright
Washington playwright Marnes and New York newspaper writer Aless Anne Marple married in Toronto Ontario on August 4 after meeting in New York. The ceremony connected prominent literary figures in a discreet, social event reported by local papers.
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Marnes
New York
Toronto Ontario
Channing
Pollock
York
Wishington
Aless Anne Marple
Thaw Deluged With Food After White Murder Case
New York reports Harry K Thaw received abundant food and utensils in prison as Crowds and café deliveries pour in for meals and delicacies. Thaw denies any compromise with Ethel Thomas and criticizes circulating rumors about a settled suit. A tale about chorus girls visiting Stanford White’s home adds to the intrigue as District Attorney Garvan hears nothing confirmation.
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Ethel Thomas
White
Thomas
Garvan
Florence Zeigfeld
Annan Held
Zeigfeld
Paris
Harry Thaw
Hhe
Woman to study monkeys in Africa with famed scientist
Miss Simonton, former newspaper woman and ally of Stanford White, plans a Congo River expedition next week to study monkey habits and language alongside Prof R L Garnet. She will travel amid heightened interest as authorities sought her testimony linked to the Thaw case.
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New York
Ang
Misa Ira Vera Simonson
Joseph A Goulden
The
Bronx
R L Garnet
Congo River
Miss
Miss Simonton
London
Mrs Nesbit
Pittsburg
Burglars Loot Susquehanna Brewing Office in Nanticoke
Six masked burglars broke into the Susquehanna Brewing Company office at Nanticoke, bound and gagged Night Watchman Henry Schneider and associate Robert Leaguer, blew open the safe, and escaped with $600 in cash and stamps after cutting telephone lines to delay alarm calls.
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Washington Post
Wilkesbarre Pa
Susquehanna Brewing Company
Nanticoke
Henry Schneider
Robert Leaguer
Schneider
Switchmen Strike Spreads to Bridgeport Conn
The yard switchmen of the New York New Haven and Hartford Railroad in New Haven began a strike that spread to Bridgeport on August 9, with local switchmen leaving work in sympathy. The action follows the New Haven walkout protesting the discharge of several trainmen for failing to pass company tests deemed too rigid, according to union members.
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New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad
New Haven
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Poison in Candy Claims Philadelphia Woman Tried to Kill Him
Atlantic City Aug 9 Peter Souzon of Philadelphia alleges a jilted sweetheart poisoned him with candy. He refuses to name the young woman, while Miss Doroth Goldberg, Souzon’s fiancée, accompanied him and later disappeared. Police seek evidence to support a suspected murder plot or possible self harm.
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Peter Souzon
South Second Street
Philadelphia
City Hospital
Souzon
Albion
Doroth Goldberg
Broadway
Miss Goldberg
Souzen
Souzan
French Detective Bureau Refuses Help on Goslin Request
Alfred R. Goslin, a New York fugitive, was in Paris as Deputy Police Commissioner Waldo failed to obtain aid. French authorities insisted communications must come through regular channels, noting extradition limits allow France to extradite only for larceny from an employer.
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Alfred R. Goslir
Paria
Waldo
Paris
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Gosha
Lockwood
Parls
Bingham
Waldo Gailed
Europe
Walie
Stekters
France
Two Killed in Angelina County Jail Crime
Bufkin Tex Auge us Trawyck and Samuel Chandler, white men, were found dead this morning in the Angelina County jail with crushed skulls. John Wilson, confined on a minor charge, is charged with the murders. Wilson’s statements are conflicting and he claims to have separated fighting inmates. An earthen cuspidor found in the cell is believed to be the weapon. The killings likely occurred while the men slept.
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Tex
Auge
Trawyck
Samuel Chandler
Angelina County
John Wilson
White
Wilson
Petition for Impeachment of Judge John H Martin in Georgia
A petition for the impeachment of Judge John H Martin of the Oconee circuit was presented to the Georgia House. A committee was named to consider any report on the petition alleging abuse of office by delaying restraining orders in a case involving the Commercial Hotel at Fitzgerald, with owners claiming a $3000 loss.
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Oconee
Rupsner Court of Georgia
House of Representatives
Martin
Fitzgerald
Multiple city and nationwide items from late August wire
A rapid wire summary reports Clinton Wray awaiting extradition in Pittsburg for a Union Trust Company theft then leaving by boat for Buffalo en route to Pittsburg. Coal mines 9 and 10 at Coalgate owned by the Missouri Kansas land Texas Railroad were flooded after a recall, with $2,000,000 property damaged and 600 workers unemployed. A Baltimore and Ohio train crashed near Lodi Ohio injuring crew. one fireman killed. Federal grand jury in Jamestown, NY examined vacuum company owner H H Wright as part of interstate commerce and anti rebate probes. Gov Folk to seek taxing liquor Intercabs for road funds, including a $20 annual license for Gramshop to fund two cross-state highways. A Macon Georgia suspect in the Jul 29 family shooting near Bloodworth is captured. Morris denies involvement with a shotgun and a posse pursues him.
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George Bldchworth
Here
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Twiggs County
Sherif Everett
Rogs
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Bloodworth Diniog
Bank Chief Stensland Seen in Madison Amid Theft Probe
Reported sightings place President Paul O Stensland of the Milwaukee Avenue State Bank in Madison near his step-daughter's residence. Investigators pursue evidence as a cooperative store linked to dispersing nearly 500000 in bank funds is to be closed.
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Fetzer
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Theodore Atena
Stengland
India
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Quiano
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Milwaukee Avenue State Bank
Chicago
Resignation of International Policy Holders Committee Officers
Seymour Eaton secretary resigns from the International policy holders committee effective immediately, citing personal conviction and best interests of policy holders. Edwin Lethfreed, treasurer, also resigns as finances are to be transferred to a successor.
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Pelcy
New York
Seymour Eaton
International Policy Holders’ Committee
Richard Olney
Boston
Bordera
Edwin Lethfreed
Senators Confront Five Tribes Affairs In Denver
Five senators from Montana Kansas Connecticut Wyoming and Colorado met at the Brown Palace Hotel to form a committee on the final disposition of affairs of the Five Civilized Tribes in Indian Territory. They discussed plans for investigations into land sales transfers coal and asphalt lands and arrangements for a trip to Indian Territory lasting one to six weeks.
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William A Clark
Montana
Chester I Long
Kansas
Frank Brandegee
Connecticut
C N Clark
Wyoming
Henry M Teller
Colorado
Brown Palace
Indian Territory
Tndians
Beaten and Half Starved at Florida Turpentine Camp
Jacob von Arx a twenty four year old Swede told Hoboken Police Court he and four others were hired by a New York agency to work in a Florida turpentine camp. He said four weeks pay was 240 and the food and quarters were deplorable. He escaped twice, was beaten and forced to return, and finally reached New York and will be turned over to the Swedish consul.
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New York
Florida
Jacob von Arx
Hoboken
von Arx
Buffalo Bluff
Mia
von Ark
von Arn
Crushed by Train Wheels in Erie
Abraham Goldsmith a wealthy Cleveland garment maker was killed near Erie while boarding a west bound Lake Shore train. He stepped from the car at Erie and tried to reboard as the train moved. the vestibule doors closed and he was run over by a wheel.
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Ohio
Erie
Abraham Goldsmith
Lake Shore
Goldsmith
New York
Movements of Ocean Steamers Aug 9 through Aug 9
Movements of ships reported between Aug 9 and Aug 9 include Bluecher bound for Hamburg via Plymouth and Cherbourg, Nord American from Napier to New York via Newfoundland, St Pal from Southampton in wireless contact with Marconi, La Bretagne Havre to New York also in wireless, Le Loreine from New Orleans to Hrowhead, Covic from New York to Liverpool, Princece Irene from New York to Genoa, and Baltic from New York via Queenstown to Liverpool.
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Uncle Joe's Campaign Tour Gains Public Spotlight
Roosevelt Hearst and Cannon loom large as campaign figures in a planned national tour. Speaker Cannon will travel by special train with spellbinders including Adam Bede and Watson to rally voters east of the Rockies while promoting anti-trust and inherited tax themes alongside President Roosevelt.
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Hearst Roosevelt race may outshine Bryan contest
In a Washington dispatch, Mr Slater forecasts a closer Hearst and Roosevelt race than Bryan versus Roosevelt, noting Democratic resistance to Hearst. He cites strong Presidential support remaining with the current incumbent and predicts Fairbanks could secure the Republican nomination if conservative factions prevail. He observes no favorable talk for Taft even in Ohio and notes Democrats’ expected gains in Illinois, Ohio, and Pennsylvania. Denver reports Cannon plans a Colorado visit with Tom Walsh to aid recovery, joined by We Slaughter.
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Slater
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Does He Love His Wife They Emerge From Hotel Suite
Special to The Washington Post reports Fay Templeton now Mrs William J Patterson, a Pittsburg millionaire, leaving Buffalo after a five day Lafayette stay. Patterson paid three thousand and then five thousand five hundred in change while guests say he is a grouch. Mrs Patterson reportedly brings twenty one trunks with her to Springdale, where the couple plans to reside, with festivities and a drum corps serenade marking their arrival.
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Fay Templeton
Willam J Patterson
Pittsburg
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Europe
Patterson
Springdale
New Kensington
Additon
Bridad
Standard Oil Appeal Reaches Roosevelt at Oyster Bay
Ex Senator James K. Jones and attorney Barnesdale represented Standard Oil in a conference with President Roosevelt at Sagamore Hill Oyster Bay. They arrived by tram and left by auto after hours of talks on leases in the Indian Territory amid Department of the Interior disputes and recent statehood legislation.
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Roosevelt
Standard Oi Company
Department of the Interior
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Congress
Subpoenas Issued for Federal Grand Jury Witnesses
Chicago August 9 A large number of subpoenas were issued today for witnesses to appear before the federal grand jury to take up the Standard OW Company investigation. The subpoenas target the same railroad officials previously called to testify. no new subpoenas were issued.
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City swims in flood waters as rains wash out streets
A heavy Augrain drenched Janesville Wisconsin causing street and sidewalk damage totaling thousands of dollars water in residential areas rose high enough for boys to swim in flooded zones several factories closed due to high water crop damage reported countywide Morristown Tennessee reports a Baptist clergyman died in jail of hydrophobia after dog bite symptoms developed segments of text indicate Rabies cases and flood impacts in multiple towns.
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Teno
Brady
Bryan Peace Message Drives District Factional Talks
William Hogs of New York quotes William Jennings Bryan urging no factional fights in Maryland and urging unity for a Madison Square Garden celebration. Local leaders discuss Twenty-five tickets allocated to Washington delegates with plans for fifty total, balancing entrees for Morris faction rivals and supporters of Col Bryan.
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Norris
Col Bryan
District of Columbia
John Miller
Henry E Davis
Kelley
Clayton
Col Nixon
Nerriz
Morris
Washington
Capt Miller
Greater
William W Bride
Gov. Folk
Col. Lows Nixon
Reception for Bryan Adds Local and National Attendees
The executive committee of the William J Bryan reception committee elected Col A C Drinkwater ex-Gov Benton Alc Millan Thomas F Grady Father Ducey and Col Jacob Ruppert as additional members. Thomas F Smith was named recording secretary for the Madison Square Garden event. George W Sweeney announced about 500 Nebraskans will attend. Fehon C Collins was asked to seek hotel subscriptions for the reception fund. A Columbus meeting August 21 aims to organize Ohio attendance at the New York Bryan reception.
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WHI- Am J
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Nebraska
Mr Bryan
America
Fehon C Collins
Columbus
Ohio
John J Lentz
Yhlo
Democratic State Executive Committee
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Columbus Club
Bryan Accepts Invitation to McGraw Summer Cottage Visit
Gratton West Virginia Democratic officials announce William J Bryan will be hosted for several days at McGraw’s Deer Park summer cottage. Bryan has accepted the invitation and will be escorted to Madison Square Garden and Deer Park by West Virginians.
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