Roosevelt Expected to Defend Hughes at Saratoga Convention
Former President Roosevelt likely to attend the Republican State convention in Saratoga next month as a Nassau County delegate and potentially deliver a speech. He hinted at serving as temporary chairman if chosen, in a visit that also saw discussions with Senator Elkins and others about party strategy and upcoming appearances.
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Nassau County
Elkins Calla
West, Virginia
Pinchota
New York
Roosevelt
Saratoga
Col. Roosevelt
Lieya C. Griscom
Republican County Committee
Griscom
Gugcom
Hughes
Republican Party
Gompers to Fight Dalzell in Pittsb urg Contest
Samuel Gompers of the American Federation of Labor plans to arrive in Pittsburgh next Thursday to oppose Dalzell for Congress. He will back Dr. Black, who seeks an independent bid in the Thirtieth district, with Gompers personally campaigning. Also noted is Walter S. Dickey urged to withdraw his resignation as Kansas City Republican State committee chair.
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Cabot
Dr. Black
Congress
Washington
Pittsburg
Forn Dalzell
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Pittsbtrsom
Dalzen
Pi Tt. Black
E Ren
Gompecs
Flack
Dickey
Jefferson City
Walter S. Dickey
Kansas City
Republican State Committee
Ohio
Sansator Dick
Ohio Keeps Herrick Trophy at Perry in Close Marine Victory
Camp Perry Ohio August 12 Special to The Washington Post the U S marine corps life teams took second and fourth prizes of 100 and 25 dollars in the Herrick match to defend the 1 000 trophy by one point 1689 to 1688 The U S cavalry was third with 1479 The Navy team placed tenth as four teams from the Naval Academy ranked eleventh and fourteenth The Maryland team scored 1496 to finish tenth Caps and sergeants from marine corps and infantry claimed top scores in the event with Corporal Glarner Eleventh infantry tenth and Midshipman C K Mastin finishing seventh.
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Washington Post
Camp Perry
Ohio
U. S. Marine Corps Life
Herrick
Massachusetts
Iran
U.S. Cavalry
U. Ss. Infantry
Medi
Navy
Naval Academy
Maryland
Nets
Marines
Cor- Tora
Bite
Joyce
Edeut. Cot
Olio
Cape AL Nissen
Fifth Cavalry
Nissen
Vaegka
Higgenbowmann
Marine Corps
W. Dalby Smith
Marine
Six Chinese Starve in Car While Trying to Enter U S
Six Chinese men bound for New York Chinatown from Canada were found half starved and parched after six days without food or water aboard a New York Central freight car in Utica. They were helped by police and physicians at headquarters, then turned over to a US marshal.
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United States
Sportal
Washington Post
Utica
N. Y
Ang
United Stereo
Canada
New York
Chinatown
New York Central
Consela
Taft aides seek allies as Crane and Hitchcock boost campaigns
President Taft engages with Senator Crane and Postmaster General Hitchcock on missions to shore up party gains. Talks with Secretary MacVeagh cover postal savings banks to launch by November. Tariff board plans discussed with Emery. Senator Dick of Chile delays until Harding arrives. Ohio race framed as tough but winnable.
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Independent Judiciary
Geor' Patterson
Austin
Newell Sanders
Lea Brock
Republican State Executive Committee
G. M. Henderson
Hitchcock
New York State
Taft
Secretary of the Treasury
MacVeagh
Tariff Board
H.C. Emery
Chile
Beverly
Warren
Ballinger cites Alaska coal lands cost and conservation debate
Secretary of the Interior Richard A. Ballinger urged moderation at a Portland luncheon, criticizing extreme conservation as government takeover. He argued Alaska coal could cut U S Navy fuel costs if Alaska mines operated, noting 1,200 square miles hold about fifteen billion tons and freight currently raises coal prices.
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Portiani
Oreg
Secretary of the Interior
Richard A. Ballinger
Commercial Club
Secretary Ballinger
Hotr
Ballinger
Alaska
Corr
British Columbia
United States Navy
Pacific
Pocahontas
West Virginia
Portland
Woman reports assault by three men on Benning road
Catherine Blunden of Capital Heights Maryland was brought to Casualty Hospital with acute hysteria stating she was attacked by three men in a rubber tired buggy on Benning road near Central avenue around 8 PM. Police arrested two men, one released, while hospital doctors corroborate part of her account and seek the third suspect.
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Catherine Blunden
Capital Heights
Casualty Hospital
Springs
Central Avenue
Benning
Benning Road
J. G. Delmlaco
Bowen Cassell
Ninth Precinct
Lieut
Falvey
Wuery
Fees of Indians Vast Violated His Instructions
George F. Scott former Choctaw treasurer testifies before a House special committee that a $750000 fee was paid to McMurray and partners for promoting claims against the government. He discusses payments, warrants, and alleged profits from tax case contracts and notes a departmental dispute over authorization. Indictments follow others who handed over books.
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George F. Scott
Congressional
Interior “Department
Okla
Indian Land Affairs
House of Representatives
J. FB. McMurray
Scott
McMurray
Congress
Gore
Department of the Interior
Department
C.B. Milles
Scott Ent
Secretary of the Interior
Cat Hobo Rides Train From Cincinnati to Chicago
A Maltese cat rode the Cincinnati to Newcastle to Chicago freight system in hobo fashion aboard the Pennsylvania Railroad’s fast Cincinnati Chicago Red Hummer. The cat was found curled under a Pullman car in Newcastle and remained on the tracks as the train departed from the city. Trainmen regarded the feline as an omen of good luck for the voyage.
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Cincinnati
Newcastle
Ind
Chicago
Washington Post
Pennsylvania
Capt John Calvin Martin Adjudged Insane in Paterson
Capt John Calvin Martin coal operator and Civil War veteran, reportedly worth 20 million, is committed to Totowa sanitarium after a Paterson proceeding. He believes his wife Emilie Doolittle Martin is dead and that New Jersey Governor Fort seeks him. In 1889 he founded the Martin fund for Christian education and endowed it with 2.5 million. He also established Emilie D Martin Hospital and Training School for Nurses in Portage, Pennsylvania.
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J. Calvin, Martin
Washington Post
New York
John Calvin Martin
Paterson
Totowa
N. J
Justice Hunt
Martin
Emilie Doolittle Martin
Capt. Martin
Martin Fund For
United States
Portage
Emilie D Martin
Postmaster General Gary Hints at Ailment in Aging Years
Baltimore August 12 doctors monitor former Postmaster General Gary believed to be suffering from whooping cough at age 89, with the severity undetermined. Physicians follow the case closely due to the patient’s advanced age as classified ads in The Post promise free listings.
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Gary
Washington Post
Baltimore
Mgr
Bristow’s Backlash on Rubber Trust Ties and Tariff Claims
A defense of rubber magnates links Intercontinental Rubber Company to vast Congo landholdings and Mexico plantations. The speaker accuses Aldrich of truth distortions, notes price hikes for U S consumers, and asserts protection strengthened monopolies backed by Ryans, Guggenheims, and Rockefellers.
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Mexico
Iis
Aldrich
Intercontinental Rubber Company
Congo
American Congo Company
Africa
United States
Guggenheims
Thomas F. Ryan
Hp, Whitney
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Rockefeller
Ryan
Mr. Aldrich
Ryans
Rockefellers
Cannon
Kanasag
Emporia
Drexel Sets World Altitude Record At 6750 Feet
American aviator J Arm strong Drexel reportedly reached a world altitude record of 6750 feet in a monoplane near Lanark Scotland on Aug 12. He described cold air and a brief descent after running low on lubricating oil, then landed at Cobbinshaw Loch with local help. Paris saw Hubert Latham win the Falca prize of 2000 dollars with a 4 hour 18 minute flight from Bouy to Issy les Molineaux. A Belgian aviator M Lesnin reportedly fell from 100 feet but survived.
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Lanark
Scotland
J. Armstrong Drexel
Walter Brookins
Atlantic City
N. J
U. S A
Cobbinshaw Loch
Paris
Hubert Latham
Latham
Charlegol
Belgium
M. Lesnin
Sues City for Wife's Death Over Defective Sewer
Mount Vernon New York Aug 12 Joan M Kaires sues the city in supreme court for damages alleging a surface water sewer on adjoining premises was defective. He says it sifted water to his lot caused his wife’s sickness and death and damaged foundations for his house and shop. He links the deaths of neighbor Mat Donahue and his wife and daughter to the same source.
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Mount Vernon
N. Y
Washington Post
Joan M. Kaires
Supreme Court
Kaires
MatDonahue
Judge M C Saufley Found Dead in Stanford Stable
Michael Chrisman Saufley, 68, judge of Kentucky’s Thirteenth district court and former Wyoming Territorial supreme court justice, was found dead in his Stanford home stable. A renowned lawyer, he was appointed to Wyoming by President Cleveland in 1888, two years before Wyoming’s statehood.
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M. C. Saufley
Kentucky
Lexington
Michael Chrisman Saufley
Thirteenth
Kentucky District Court
Wyoming Territorial Supreme Court
Stanford
Wyominx
Cleveland
Broker Wintermute Faces High Bail After Alleged Stock Swindle
A Washington Post special reports William Wintermute, a broker from New York, arraigned on Federal charges after detectives seized hundreds of thousands in mining stock literature from his offices. Bail set at 5000 dollars, with another arraignment planned if not posted. Investors seek guidance as inspectors comb through ledgers and day books. Lady Tenkerville of England and associates reportedly invested 50000 pounds with no returns.
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Washington Post
New York
William T. Wintermute
Wintermute
Post Office
United States
Shields
Max Kohler
United States District Attorney
Ofice
Kohler
Boy Firebugs Get 20 Years Sentenced in Brooklyn
In Brooklyn on August 12, Judge Fawcett sentenced two youths, John Borig aged 16 and Michael Cardo aged 15, to twenty years each after pleading guilty to attempted arson. Police had investigated three months of fires of suspicious origin in Williamsburg tenements, often started with bombs, with the two confessing amid growing pressure from authorities.
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New York
Fawcett
Brooklyn
John Borig
Michael Cardo
Willamsburg
Judge Fawcett
Woman Stabs Doctors at Charity Congress
Copenhagen today witnessed a dramatic incident at the International Congress on Private Charity and Public Health. A Russian delegate, Mme Zakarowska, attempted to stab Commodore Peano of Rome, the acting chair, and Dr. Lede of Paris. Lede was only slightly hurt. Zakarowska was detained and later confined to a lunatic asylum. she had a history of prior attempts on Jean Casimir-Perier.
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Copenhagen
Zakarowska
Commodore Peano
Rome
Lede
Paris
Mme, Zakarowska
Jean Casimir-Perler
France
Tragic Shooting and Fall Injuries Reported in City
Newark, Aug 12 John W Howard a traveling salesman shot himself after firing at Miss Ida Bell Shay who refused him. A second bullet struck her right arm but she was not seriously hurt. The shooting happened in front of Miss Shay s home. Dr Joseph Smith a Naval Hospital staff member slipped and hurt his knee getting off a Capital Traction car at Twenty third and G streets NW last night and was taken to the naval hospital.
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Newark
N. J
John W. Howard
Ida Bell Shay
Joseph Smith
United States Naval Hospital
Naval Hospital
Hotels List of Guests Across Major Cities
A long roster of guests staying at noted hotels in Boston Chicago New York Philadelphia Pittsburg and other cities. Names include H Aplington Miss M Mulford J P Van Hook Alfred Woodward W G Menchine Miss Susan Haleher C L Hammond and many more with several establishments such as St James Willard Ebbitt Raleigh and Shoreham referenced. The list traverses states from Connecticut to California and highlights varied travelers and their affiliations.
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Boston
W. H. Bacon
St. James
James EH. Folex
Raleigh
Chicago
Miller Belfeld
Mrs
B. Busenberg
W. E. Goldsmith
H. J. MaNen
Shoreham
Thomas
Jeronimo Crowley
Witlara
York City
H. Aplington
Arlington
A. Hal Miss
M. G. Mulford
Mulford
J. Parking
Harry Dora
Wareld Pletcher
Edwin G. Turk
J. P. van Hook
M. A. Bowen
A. L. Rogenaur
J. Eatw
al Dillon
John F. Reagan
James P. Vincent
Ebbitt
Malge
Trege
van Rensselaer Adams
Acthar Wright
Ewell
J. L. Ewell
J. V. McGlore
T. W. Thompson
F. Mandell
C. McCain
Charles B. Towers
Willard
Philadelphia
G. Neil
Murray Bayer
M Dougherty
W. A. Sawyer
George
G. ‘Lee
HG. Weatherling
Wiliam Gorman
H. Lawson
EF. Dalton
Riggs
Jera Wal-iamson
Charles I Kent
George W. Rameey
Willard Pittsburg
D. D. Calvert
Wife
J. W. Milligen
California
H. D. Lombard
Los Angeles
Connecticut
W. A. Smith
New Ha
Kentucky
W. H. Wheeler
Lexine
Ton
Ira Julian
Frankfort
Massachusetts
Alfred Woodward
C. L. Hammond
Laswell
Maryland
W. G. Menchine
Baltimore
Thomas F. Snouse
Cumberland
J. G. Earle
M. “Moore
Willach
Pani Harricon
Montclair
Allan Besny
Newark
Dayton
Wilard
Tennessee
John C. Knight
George F. Rowell
Chattanooga
Texas
J. C. Mimime
Mre
Clacz Gell
Mexs St. James
Aubrey
el Paso
Virginia
W. L. Wilson
Richmond
Mayor Gaynor’s Condition Improves Under Care
Reported medical bulletin says Mayor Gaynor slept seven hours and is comfortable with improved general condition after ballistic injury. Doctors Arlitz and Dowd remain at his bedside as daily updates planned. prayers urged across Episcopal Catholic and Jewish communities for a full recovery.
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M. v
Charles
N. Dowd
Adamson
William J
Arlin Z
Charles N. Dowd
Carrington Reveals Tricks Of Mediums In Berkeley Exposé
Hereward Carrington, spiritualism investigator and Musa P Pia manager, presented a detailed exposé of mediumistic methods at the Berkeley Theater New York. He demonstrated wax hand tricks, bell and tambourine tosses, and a staged materialization, explaining each step and exposing how light tricks and hidden props fooled audiences before admitting Palladino exceeded the limits of his demonstrations.
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Washington Post
New York
Hereward Carrington
Musa
Pia
Palladino
Valladino
Berkeley
Carrington
Mr. Carrington
Prince Stoned by Boy In Italian Incident
In Rome Aug 12 the Duke of Genoa and Prince Udine were mobbed while traveling to Stresa to visit the duke's ill mother. A boy hurled a stone at the prince and fled into a house. Police investigate as the car resumed its journey. Meanwhile in Albany an auto yard blaze destroyed 63 cars worth about 19000 dollars. An aero club is planned with strong backing from prominent financiers after a Bar Harbor meeting.
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Waenington Peat
Rome
Duke of Genoa
Udine
Stresa
Tan
Boston
Mass
Bers of
Maine
Summer Society
Albany
N. Y
New York
Maxwell-Briscou
Army of Aero [ Company
Lark Street
Nants
Bar Harbor
Aero Club
Washington
Jt |Mberaby
Wendling Silent in Gell As Daring Capture Ends Flight
Joseph Wendling, sought for the murder of Alma Kellner, was brought to Louisville after a 14,000 mile continent‑crossing chase. Capt. John P. Carney led the handcuffed escapee to the chief of police, Wendling whistling at a crowded street as reporters and the public looked on. He declined to answer questions in the presence of his attorney, then was moved to the city jail with his wife allowed to visit later.
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Louisville
Joseph Werldling
Alma Kellner
John P. Carney
Wendling
Evansville
Ind
Carney
Union
Commonwealth
Huffaker
Bii
Wendling Aron
Spanish miners riot near Bilbao halt trains and clash with troops
Striking miners in Bilbao Biscay riot cutting railroad lines and stoning crew. A mineral train halted and several trainmen injured. Miners advanced on the Alcats mine but were repelled by troops as artillery mobilizes outside Bilbao to meet the emergency.
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Madrid
Bilboa
Biscay
Alcats
Bilbao
Tremors Recorded as Earthquake Near Central America
Tremors were logged by the U S Weather Bureau seismographs on Thursday with three preliminary shocks at 11 36 33 a m Eastern time and 21 29 48 a m plus a main tremor at 11 42 38 a m lasting 32 minutes 01 seconds. The epicenter was estimated about 2100 miles from Washington probably in Central America or off the southern Mexican coast.
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United States Weather Bureau
Washington
Central America
Mexico
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