Anarchists and Suffragists Spur New York Prosperity Congress
The Inter state Travelers Prosperity Congress in New York faced interruptions as anarchist Berkman led an armed crowd and suffragists pressed for wage relief. Speakers from New York and across the nation touted rising prosperity while addressing unemployment and banking concerns. George Fred Williams clashed with Henry Clews over banking oversight and the need for government employment programs. The gathering urged stronger interstate rail oversight, emergency currency, and promotion of American-made goods.
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Mon Garriers
Congress
Interstate Congress
New York
L Iterary Bureau For the Propagation of
America
Fleet sails to Sydney amid crowd as patrols clash
The American Atlantic fleet departed for Sydney at 8 15 AM with cheering crowds ashore and afloat. A near riot formed when sailors were challenged and revolvers drawn to control stragglers, with police and guards restoring order. The Louisiana crew won the Battenberg cup in the harbor race as Adml Sperry hosted New Zealand dignitaries aboard the Connecticut.
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New Zealand
Louisiana
Auckland
Sydney
Connecticut
Sir Joseph Ward
Joseph
Kentucky
Inc
Sper
Joseph Ward
United States
Dominion
Sperry
Pacific
Feec
Admi Sperry
Lord Flunkitt
Baldwin Ship Wins Speed Test For Army Ballo on
The Baldwin dirigible completed speed tests at Fort Myer with two flights, reaching about 20 miles per hour, below the 24 mile target. Engineer Curtiss expects higher speeds under favorable conditions. Army experts to set final acceptance, with a two hour endurance flight and potential purchase by the government. Captain Baldwin plans to circle the Washington Monument after endurance flight.
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Curtiss
Washington Monument
United States
Capt. Baldwin
Board of Army
War Department
Baldwin Waa
Glen H. Curtis
Fort Myer
Arlington and
Falls Church
Cherrydale
Army Board
Baldwin
Maj. Squier
Board of Army Experts
Board of Experts
Army
Canada may end strike in Canada Pacific Railway
Winnipeg dispatch reports the Dominion government via the railway commission may intervene to settle the strike affecting all mechanical trades on the Canadian Pacific Railway with prospects for an amicable settlement within 48 hours. Also notes weekend trips to seaside resorts via specific routes with planned departure dates.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba
Dominion
Railway Commission
Canadian Pacific Railway
Airship Flies Over Berlin In 2 Hour Mission
The Parseval dirigible balloon, built on the flexible system, completed a 2 hour 4 minute flight over and around Berlin. Departing from Tere 5, the voyage featured maneuvers against a moderate wind at 600 to 1,000 feet. The airship demonstrated excellent stability, responding easily to the pilot's commands, and returned to the takeoff point.
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Berlin
Tere
Balloon explosion kills six at Lovelace ascent site
In London on August 14 two people died and six were injured when a balloon envelope owned by Capt. Lovelace of the New York Aero Club blew up on the Franco-British exposition grounds during preparations for an ascent. Miss Hill, 18, was among the dead, burned to ashes. the victims were all employed by Lovelace, with his clothes burned but he unhurt.
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Mergiovers
Berkman
Comse
Mayey Metjowin
Herman A. Matz
New York City
WL Rice
Engineer Curtiss
Baldwin
Handy
Aero Club
Squier
Andy
Lieut
Selfridge
London
Lovelace
New York Aero Club
Miss Hill
Played Cards On A Tomb In Trenton Cemetery
Special to The Washington roar from Trenton New Jersey reports five men gambling on a tombstone at Riverview Cemetery were arrested and held by police to deter grand jury action. They sought a quiet spot to pass a hot night and used a flat tombstone as a card table attracting the attention of Superintendent Atkinson. The players claimed it was the fault of the eighteenth of the month.
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Washington Roar
Trenton
N. J
Riverview Cemetery
Atkinson
Pope Commends Mission to Cardinal Gibbons II
Rome Aug 14 Cardinal Gibbons had a farewell audience with the Pope in the private library. The Cardinal thanked the pontiff for granting his requests from the propaganda and the Vatican. The Pope said the church’s interest in America would never be denied and hoped to see Cardinal again soon. The Pope praised Gospel work in America and mentioned a letter about the apostolic mission house in Washington to be sent later.
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Rome
Cardinal Gibbons
America
Rand
apostolic_mission house
Washington
Merry -del Val
Castel Gamiglio
Skeletons of Jesuit Explorers Found In Canada Scene
Winnipeg reports priests from St Boniface Cel eeze discovered last week the skeletal remains of Jean Baptiste de Verandrye and Father Av ileneau along with nineteen French Canadian voyageurs on an island northwest of Lake of the Woods in June 1796. The arresting find also uncovered the Fort St Charles site. The locale is linked to the Verandrye expedition and is praised in John Greenleaf Whittier’s poetry mentioning the bells of St Boniface near the Red River.
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Canada
Winnipeg
Jean Bapetiste de Te Verandrye
Av Ieneeu
Dingle
Lake of the Woods
St. Bonifacé
Celleze
Winnineg
Prodhomme
Boniface
Fort St. Charles
Sieur de la Verandrye
Boniface College
Rediver
John Greenleaf Whittier
St Boniface
Holy Roman Mission
Detroit Brokerage Firm Seeks Asset-Liability Balance
In Wayne circuit court Receiver F. G. Austin filed the first assets and liabilities statement for Cameron, Currie & Co. The figures show assets of 3,840,584 against liabilities of 3,640,884, with accounts receivable at 1,112,294 and customer debts of 1,498,734. Securities in vaults totaled 2,780 and cash on hand and in bank were just over 2,000.
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Detroit
Micn
F. G. Austin
Cameron, Currie & Co
Wayne
Okuma Denied Threat Of Alliance Ties With U.S.
Tokyo dispatches cite New York and London papers claiming Count Okuma linked U.S. naval expansion to Japan’s rise, stirring anti-Japanese sentiment in America. Wu Ting-fang denies giving any alliance interview and says he has no comment on such matters.
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Japan
Preas
United States
Tokyo
New York
London
Okuma
America
Ting-fang
Hecht
Count Okuma
Roosevelt
United’ States
Pacific
Count Obuma
Wu Ting-fang
Courag
Mystery of Motor Abduction Near Chicago Ends Not Yet
Chicago police probe a baffling automobile case in which auditor J. L. Pittman vanished after a call on his cousin. A letter from an anonymous woman, signed A Sorrowing Citizen, claimed Pittman was being cared for at the writer’s home with all money and science available. Detectives suspect Pittman was injured by a private auto owned by a wealthy man and taken home to avoid publicity as physicians on the South Side were questioned.
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Chicago
Chicago Police Department
J. Li Pittman
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
North Clark Street
Misa Hana Staley
Dunning Street
Miss Staley
Twenty-second Street
Indiana Avenue
Pittman
Atlante
Wes
Migs Tiley
Miss Stilley
Virginia
Virgina
Mias Suilley
Chafin's Notification Speakers Named for Chicago Event
Chicago August 14 The Prohibition party notification meeting set for August 18 will feature Charles Scanlon of Pittsburg delivering the notification address. Dugene W Chafin will give a brief acceptance, with Clinton N Howard of Rochester as the chief orator and other speakers including Samuel Dickle of Albion College and Felix T McWhirter of Indianapolis in Music Hall.
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Chicago
Prohibition Party
Charles R. Jones
National Committee
Charles Scanlon
Pittsburg
Dugene W. Chafin
Clinton N. Howard
Rochester
Samuel Dickle
Albion College
Albion, Mich
Felix T. McWhirter
Indianapolis
Gould Party Tours Mining Districts and Mexico
Kingdon Gould and companions arrived in Pueblo in his private car after surveying Utah Nevada and California mining districts. He aims to become a top mining engineer with a Columbia professor. the group plans to visit principal Mexican mines before Gould returns to Columbia to continue studies.
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Washington Post
Pueblo
Cale
Kingdon Gould
Utah
Nevada
California
Republic
Young Gould
Columbia
Missing publisher seen in Knoxville report
Knoxville report notes George Caldwell told authorities that George Henry Smith, a New York publisher and newspaper man who jumped from a Southern Railway train Wednesday morning, was at the Waldwely home near Knoxville yesterday seeking shoes. Smith, who claimed to be Christ delivering religious discourses, was without shoes. Alexander M. Winan offered a large reward for Smith's apprehension. Edward Names Berlin Ambassador. Berlin assignment follows retirement of Sir Frederick C. Lancells in Berlin. Sloan's sale: household and office furniture offered at 10 a.m.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Georga Caldwell
Gorge Henry Smith
New York
Southern Railway
Waldwely
Caldwell
Smith
Christ
Alexander M. Winan
Mrs Henrietta Evans Dies Aged 41 In Harpers Ferry
In Harpers Ferry West Virginia on August 14 Mrs Henrietta Evans of Washington died at 41. Born February 17 1827 in Fayetteville North Carolina she moved to Oberlin Ohio with a family active in abolition. Her husband aided in rescuing John Price in 1857 and Levis Sheridan Leary was killed in John Brown raid. Her nephew John Copeland was hanged at Charles Town. She left fifteen children, five surviving including Dr Wilson Bruce Evans and Mrs Daniel Murray of Harpers Ferry and Mrs Mary P Wison of Boston.
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Washington Post
Harpers Ferry
W. Va
Henrietta, Evans
Washington
Fayettevilles
N. C
Oberlin
Ohio
John Price
Negro, From His Owner. This Was In 1857,'“Levis
Sheridan Leary
John’ Brown
John Copeland
Charles
John Brown
Drafts New Fishery Laws Highlight North American Panel
Winnipeg officials and international figures including David Starr Jordan and H M Story arrived to discuss unified fisheries rules for boundary waters. The panel under the International Fisheries Commission aims to prevent depletion and harmonize laws between Canada and the United States.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba
David Starr Jordan
Leland Stanford
B. W. Evermston
Bureau of Fisheries
Washington
H. M.story
International Fisheries Commission
T. Bastedo
Ian
Canada
United States
Democratic clubs urged nationwide to aid Bryan campaign
Chicago August 14 Dem national committee calls for organization of Democratic clubs in every voting precinct to back William Jennings Bryan. Mack Taggart and John W. Tomlinson signed the appeal urging immediate setup before September 15 and local precinct committees to form campaign clubs.
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Chicago
United States
Bryan
Democratic National Committee
Mack
John W. Tomlinson
Committee
Call For Clip
Democratic State Committee
Leemats
Thomas Taggart
Democratic
Ohio
Indiana
Taggart
Alan
Gov Guild Admitted for Appendicitis in Boston
Boston Aug 14 Gov Curtis Guild Jr was operated on for appendicitis at Charlesgate Hospital after recovering from a near fatal illness. Surgeons call the operation successful and his condition satisfactory. He had been at a camp in Sebago Lake Maine and returned to Boston yesterday.
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Boston
Curtis Guild, Jr
Charlesgate Hospital
Sebago Lake
Hatrouibis
Typographical Union Debates Endorsement of Democratic Platform
Boston Aug 14 at the fifty fourth annual convention the International Typographical Union debated a resolution to endorse the Democratic national platform and candidates. President Lynch withdrew the resolution to avoid a defeat that might imply throwing down Bryan. Delegates argued politics forbidden by union rules and praised Samuel Gompers while endorsing independence for some. The day included Pinchot on conservation as the session neared close.
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International Typographical Union
Bryan
Boston
International ‘Typographical Union
Henry West
Birmingham
Lynch
Berry
Chicago
Victor Berger
Milwaukee
Estey
Paterson
N. J
Samuel Gompers
Independence Party
West
American Federation of Labor
Canadian Trades and Labor Congress
Forester
Gifford Pinchot
Alfonso Nose Follows Return to Health in Bordeaux
King Alfonso of Spain arrived in Bordeaux from San Sebastian and was examined by surgeon Prof. Moure who operated on his nose last year. His condition was reported good. Queen Victoria of Spain arrived incognito in Paris from San Sebastian en route to the Isle of Wight to visit her mother Princess Beatrice of Battenberg.
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Bordeaux
Alfonso
Spain
San Sebastian
Moure
Moore
Paris
Victoria
Isle of Wight
Beatrice of Battenberg
Youth Shoots His Bride Then Ends Own Life
In Cleveland Ohio on August 14 Stephen Petrik 22 fatally shot his bride Mary Petrik 18 in their home after a quarrel. He fired three shots at her then killed himself with a final shot to the head. Petrik had long shown jealousy toward his wife.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Stephen Petrik
Mary Petrik
Petrik Long
Bank Clerk Goes to Jail in Embezzlement Case
Wilkes Barre Aug 14 Norman Fogel a clerk at First National Bank was arrested charged with embezzling 7.40 and committed for hearing in default of 8000 bail. Shortage was found when an officer noticed Fogel erasing figures. Two thousand dollars was repaid and he was given time to make good the balance. Extravagant living is blamed for the downfall.
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Wilkes-Barre
Norman Fogel
First National Bank
Sect Dent
Fogel
Miing
Mrs Teal Enters Plea in Gould Divorce Case
Not guilty pleas were entered today to the grand jury for Mrs Benjamin Teal Mrs Julia Fleming and Harry S Mousley on subornation of perjury charges connected with alleged attempts to induce Mabel MacCauslan to falsify evidence in Frank J Gould divorce suit against Helen Kelly Gould. They were granted leave to plead again next Thursday. Baltimore and Ohio excursion to Frederick etc departs Union Station at 8 00 am August 16
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New York
Benjamin Teal
Harry
Mousley
Julia Fleming
Court of General Sessions
Mabel MacCauslan
Frank J. Gould
Helen Kelly Gould
Teal
Sirs, Fleming
Moussey
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Henry Crews
Interstate Prosperity Congress
Allewander Berkman
H. Co
Missionaire
Kehman
Aninetess
Alieis
Kerkauin
Prosperity Congress
Pls
Joan Harwood
Richmond
J. S. Reynolds
Augusta
Rigmund Mirsh
Henry Clews
Yors
George Fred Wiliams
Massachusetts
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Clews
Williams
Willams
E. C. Simmons
Louis
National Prosperity Association
A. H. Eastmond
Niewera Peprhehive
FLEET
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Sunda
Maj
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Cape, May
Whawood
Ocean Gi
Sea-Tsia City
Peyiveia
Delaware River Bridge
Inet
Aeronaut
Capti-Lovellce
House
Cardinal Gibbons II
Holy Father
Beltiete-aba Etarn
Toniorra
DR. WU
Count
Representative Hobson
Presiden Roosevelt
Baltimore and
Scetarn
Fonnsylvapia Railroad
Mystery OF
Fernisylvania Railroad
Chafin
Tennessee Homie
Edward
Edward Goschén
Great Britain
Vienna
Bir
Frederick C) Lancells
Sloan
Henrietta Evans
International Commission Meats
John H. Atwood
Mr. Atwood
Alton B. Parker
GOV. Guild IN Hospital
Typos
Rap Bryan
Union
Cratic
Stade
King
Gould
Galtimore
Frederick, Keedysville
Hagerstown
Regirts
Union Station
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