Washington delegates honored by printer at Colorado Springs
At the fifty second annual convention of the International Typographical Union in Colorado Springs delegates from Washington were honored. Miss Teresa McDonald of The Washington Post proofroom was named to the Home committee and Frank D Smith of the Government Printing Office joined the Reserve committee. James Monroe Kreiter presented gifts from Cabinet officers and others to the Union Printers Home Library.
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Washington Post
Colorado Spring
Colo
Ffty
International Typographical Union
Washington
Tereza McDonald
Wash Nnton Post
Frank D Smith
Government Printing Office
Ious
James Monroe Kreiter
The
Post
Krefter
Salon Printers
Fiedrel
Gerard
Union Printers’ Home
Ehe Home Volary
Comeys
Afta
Anwar
Eight Hour Day Fight Dominates Printers Union Convention
The convention will run through the week with plans to intensify the eight hour day campaign. Delegates review the Union Printers Home, a thirteen year project, and $800000 has been spent on the fight. Excursions to Cripple Creek and other Pikes Peak attractions are planned for attendees.
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International Organization
Cripple Creek
Pikes Peak
Widow Amanda Dean Dies at Oaklawn Estate in Washington
Wealthy Washington widow and owner of Oaklawn in northwest Washington dies at Lake Placid New York. Her body reaches Rock Creek Cemetery. Daughter in Europe, son-in-law Joseph Paul, and estate valued above one million dollars. Cause of death not disclosed. Estate once offered to British government and considered for White House site.
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Europe
Amanda MM Dean
Washington
Splenaid
Oaklawn
Lake Placid
Hasex County
Joseph Paul
Rock Creek Cemetery
Adiron
New Willard
Paul
Dr. @nell
Detroit
Vaklawn
Connecticut Avenue
Columbia
Nineteenth Street
Florida Avenue
Morgan
Phoebe Hearst
White House
Great Britain
Orrae House
Insurance law revisions proposed by ABA committee
The American Bar Association committee on Insurance laws, meeting in Omaha, urges federal and state reforms. It calls for biennial crediting of deferred life policy dividends, repeal of certain taxes, creation of state insurance offices, and a federal statute to regulate interstate insurance, plus a proposed congressional bill to establish a federal bureau of insurance. The report notes dissent from W R Vance on federal controls and no participation from A Hemenway.
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Onmba
Nebr
Committee On Insurance Laws of the
American Bar Association
St. Paul
Ralph W Sreckinridge
Omaha
Aremareshal
Ralph W Breckinridge
Burton Smith
Atlante
Rodney A Mercur
Towanda
W. R Vance
Washington
Boston
Congress
Bureau of Insurance
Department of Commerce and Labor
Lightning kills Union worker on rain soaked train
In Union South Carolina on August 13 a work train returning to Union during a thunderstorm was struck by lightning. A 30 year old Black man, Jack McMallan, standing alone on a flat car leaned on a shovel when the bolt struck, piercing his breast. Conductor Dickert halted the train and tried to revive him but failed.
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Union, SC
Union and
Grenn Springs
Union
Jack McMallan
Dickert
Bank Short $97,000 Teller Confesses Robbery
Alexander R. Chisolm, teller at First National Bank, arrested on embezzlement charges totaling 9700, with 3000 found in his suitcase. Federal officers hold him. Birmingham brokers W L Sims and M Hays charged with aiding and abetting, released on bonds. Shortage discovered during his vacation. bank notes strong reserve and profits cover losses.
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Birmingham
Ala
Alexander R Chisolm
First National Bank
Todly
United States
R E. Watson
W L Sims
M Hays
National Bank
Nathonw Bank
Chisolm
Federal
P. Harding
Chissim
Jons Young Chisolm
Aimless Bullets Hit Four at Coney Island Dance Hall
A gunman fired at random near Stauch's dance hall in Coney Island at about 1 am. Four people were struck: George White a 26 year old waiter from Twenty second Street and Railroad avenue with bullet wounds to back and groin, Anna Smith of 28 Westford Street Brooklyn with a broken right leg, Thomas Fitzpatrick of 218 East Fourteenth Street Sheepshead Bay with a bullet near the heart, and Thomas McDonald of 186 Connor Street Newark with a bullet in the right side. They were transported to hospital. Fitzpatrick in critical condition. The shooter appeared to be an insane person, a fully loaded revolver found at the scene, a tall bearded man reportedly seen fleeing by a young boy.
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Waslington Post
New York
Stauch
Coney Island
George White
Twenty-second Street
Railroad Avenue
Anna Smith
Westford Street
Brooklyn
Thomas Fitzpatrick
East Fourteenth Street
Sheepshead Bay
Thomas McDonald
Connor Street
Newark
Kings County Hospital
Fitzpatrick
Harkins
Six Shot Or Stabbed Fight at Sparta Station
Six men were seriously injured in a shooting and stabbing affray on a Chicago Milwaukee anait Pat train entering Sparta Wisconsin. Laws Feltz drew a knife attacking conductor Cunningham causing a struggle aboard the train and later at the station. Feltz was shot eleven times and arrested after a clash with the village marshal. Brakeman Johnsson and others were stabbed or wounded during the fracas.
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Chicago
Milwaukee
Anait Pattran
Sparta
Wis
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Feltz
Lows Feltz
Hubbell
H Gunningham
Oronomenoc
John Christensen
Marty English
Alfred Joheson
Farmer slain by his wife near Coyville in Kansas
John Donahue, a wealthy 70 year old farmer, was shot and killed at his home near Coyville last night by his wife who he had attacked with a butcher knife. Mrs Donahue has not yet been arrested.
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Kans
John Donahue
Coyville
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Murders in Delirium in Corona Hotel
Special Cable Dispatch reports Pedro Larrazate, with Vincente Pernyeras and Justo Borge, shared a room in Corona Spain on a trip to America. Delirium and fever struck Larrazate causing him to stab Peruveras to death and wound Borge. He has no recollection of the events.
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Washington Post
Corona
Spain
America
Pedro Larrazate
Vincente Pernyeras
Justo Borge
Larrazate
Peruveras
Borge
Sultan May Move Capital From Fez to Morocco City
Tangier reports in official quarters that the Sultan plans to transfer the capital from Fez to Morocco City due to strategic insecurity and tribal advice. Rumors say the Buitan will leave Fez soon with possible visits to Rabat and other towns during the journey amid political disturbances.
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Tangier
Fez
Morocco
Ara Rabam
Plot to assassinate Grand Duke shocks St Petersburg
A vast plot to kill Grand Duke Nicholas Nicholaievitch during Imperial Guards rifle practice is uncovered. Suspects linked to Octoberists and Regenerationists face arrests as mutiny rumors spread in Caucasus garrisons. Police seize a model field gun and a bomb factory, while political factions consider union. A daring robbery at a railway cashier stalls shows widespread unrest.
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Party of Regeneration
Revolutionist
St. Petersburg
Washington
Pst
St Petersburg
Nicholas Nicholaievitch
Imperial Guards
Frasnoe
Perelt
Caucasus
Michael Ovekala
Karg
Octoberlat
Octoberista
Party of
Regenerationists
Count Heyden
M Guchko
Constitutional Democrats
Constitutional Democratic Party
King Edward to Meet Kaiser at Friedrichshof
Royal plans for a conference between King Edward and Emperor William at Friedrichshof aim to discuss the Russian crisis. A joint letter to Emperor Nicholas is anticipated, with Grand Duke Alexis possibly representing Russia. Edward will visit Marienbad after Friedrichshof and then proceed to Vienna.
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Friedrichshat
Russia
Nicholas
Francis Joseph
Vienna
London
Edward
Alexandra
Cowes
Merienbach
Victoria
Albert
Flushing
Friedrichshof
William
Pall Mall Gazette
Taeperor Nicholas
Friedrich
Wiliam
Alexis
Hampurg
Frederick Charles of Hesse
Marienbad
Dresden
King Howard
Francis’ Joseph
Schoenbrunn Palace
England
Cans Held Bad Chicken Case in Brighton Trial
Brighton England August 18 a case involving canned foods was heard. A merchant faced exposure for sale of thirty eight tins of chicken unfit for human consumption. Defense argued no external signs indicated spoilage. Magistrate fined the merchant, ruling he was responsible as possessor of the goods.
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Brighton
England
Persia Ends Absolutism as Grand Vizier Becomes PM
Teheran August 13 The Shah appoints the Grand Vizier as prime minister in a reform move. A national consultative assembly will be formed, with representatives from all classes to advise on state affairs and propose welfare reforms.
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National Assembly
Persia
Russia
Edward Receives Indians at Buckingham Palace
Three Canadian Indian chefs in picturesque dress were received by King Edward at Buckingham Palace today. They came to plead for restoration of their hunting rights and native customs curtailed by the Dominion government.
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London
Edward
Buck Ingham Palace
Kidney Trouble Remedy Ad From Dr Kilmer's Swamp Boat
A Washington Daily Post advertisement urges readers to test urine for kidney health and promotes Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root as a cure. It claims relief from back pain, urinary issues, and liver and bladder problems, offering free samples and a booklet by mail from Binghamton New York.
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Thera
Kilmer
Isiimer & Co
Binghamton
N.Y
Washington Daily Post
Kulmer
Plot to kill Ferdinand in Vienna forest threats
A Vienna report to a news agency says Yanne Bandausky, once of a brigand band that abducted Miss Helen M. Stone in 191, has taken refuge in the Bisiritz forest near Prince Ferdinand's villa. He plans to kill the prince, but the villa is tightly guarded and the ruler rarely leaves.
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London
Vienna
Yanne Bandausky
Helen M. Stone
Bisiritz
Prince Ferdinand
Ambassador White Returns to Rome After Alpine Ibex Hunt
Ambassador White ended a week with King Victor Emmanuel in the royal Alpine preserves hunting ibex and chamois. He presented to Rome the U S Senate’s ratification of the treaty creating the International Institute of Agriculture and said he will return to the United States in October.
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Rome
Alps
Victor Emmanuel
Europe
Foreign Office
American Senate
International Institute of Agriculture
Mx White
United States
Emperor William Hosts Americans at Kaiser's Lunch
American Ambassador Tower presented Herman Ridder of New York to Emperor William at Cassel. The three men conversed at length and then shared a breakfast in Berlin. Also on Aug 13, Percy Micslas Murray Butler and Prof. Joly William Burgess from Columbia University New York lunched with the Emperor at Crege.
Pope Receives O Connell as Cardinal Gibbons Commended
Pope Pius X met Mgr Dennie OConnell rector of the Catholic University at Washington in private audience The Pontiff praised the university's prosperity urged continuation of the programme He inquired after Cardinal Gibbons and sent a message to him His interest in the American scholastic question grew after the Cleveland Catholic Convention Also approved the propaganda appointment of Rev J Walsh bishop of Portland Mass The London report of Pope Pius X suffering gout with threatened heart paralysis is unfounded.
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Pope Piy
Mgr
Dennie O'Connell
Catholic University At
Washington
O Connell
Pers
Gibbong
Mgr O'Connell
America
Cleveland
Fone Plus
The
Propaganda
J. Walsh
Massachusetts
Portland
London
Piue X
Sultan’s health improves in Constantinople
Constantinople August 13 reports the Sultan’s condition slightly better after a palace doctor persuaded him to use a simple appliance. The treatment relieved symptoms immediately and the physician has been promoted to general in recognition of his service.
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Constantinople
Firemen Charged Over Minnetonka Steam Protest
Nine sailors of the Atlantic Transport Line steamer Minnetonka were charged in a Gravesend police court with conspiring to impede the vessel’s passage after two crew members complained about food quality and the company’s representative alleged the steam pressure was deliberately reduced as a protest.
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Minnetonka
Gravesend
Eng
Atlantic Transport Line
New York
Twe
Bullet for Black Hand ends in saloon killing in Rochester
In Rochester on State Street Frank Randazzo fired a revolver at a Black Hand demanded robbery. The gunman died instantly from a heart shot. Two accomplices fled. Randazzo was arrested as the incident unfolded at the saloon.
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Rochester
Frank Randazza
State Street
Randazzo
Fandazzo
Lelajoyine D'Come
Auto turns over twice on mountain highway in New York
A touring car carrying George Phelps Robbins of Pelham New York and seven others overturned twice on a mountain road near Baranac Lake. Elder Mrs Robbins and others were trapped beneath the wreckage. The chauffeur freed the elder Mrs Robbins as gasoline fumes threatened a fire. The party had been traveling from St Huberts Inn toward Saranac Inn when a narrow bend sent the car plunging down a steep embankment.
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Baranac Lake
George Phelps
Pelham
Ms. Robbins
Robbins
United States Realty Company Expands Washington Holdings
The United States Realty Company reports extensive sales of stock and monthly payments, enabling vast eastern District of Columbia development. Prospective lot prospectus promises a vivid picture of Washington twenty years ahead, appealing to bankers merchants real estate operators and property owners to request copies.
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United States Realty Company
District of Columbia
Washington
Washington City
Capitol
Greater Washington
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