Sound 6 Open Bay State Campaign in Massachusetts
Worcester Aug 14 The first gun of the State Republican campaign in Massachusetts was fired as Representative Hampton Moore of Pennsylvania addressed Worcester county committees. He warned Republicans to remember the 1912 prosperity and criticized Wilsons tariff and tax policies, citing revenue losses, cost of living, and the impact on industry. A Connecticut Republican outing followed in Bridgeport with hundreds attending.
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Washington Post
Worcester
Maia
Massachusetts
J Hampton Moore
Pennsylvania
Andy Means
National
House of Representatives
Wilson
Congress
Businger
United State
Europe
Democratic Party
Treasury
Connecticut
Bridgeport
Colin
Republican Club
Stratford
Oil Field Deal Fails in Peking Stir in Capital
W E Bemis of Standard Oil left Peking after failing to secure a permanent concession for oil fields in northern China. The expired preliminary agreement covered Shensi and northern Chi province with a China American venture possible. Washington officials fear wider trade impacts amid Japan’s recent demands.
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Peking
China
W. E. Bemis
Standard Oil Company of New York
United States
Standard Oil Company
American Legation
Shensi
Chi
Standard of Company
Washington
Ofciala
Japan
Deys in Attack on Root Reflect Political Turmoil
An attack on Elihu Root circulates in advance anti Root propaganda. Clarence T. Wilson of the Methodist Temperance Society denounces Root’s record, saying reformists cannot support him. The society notes many members lean Republican and claims patriotic duty to spotlight Root’s actions through appointees like Barnes.
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Elihu Root
Srou
Clarence T. Wilson
Aave
Wilson
Elihn Root
Tor
Republican Party
Root
Barnes
New York
William W. Andarson
Temperance Society
Taft urges strong navy as Japan fair trade push reaches Chile
Former President Taft advocates national preparedness and navy expansion amid Mexico and Latin trade concerns. Dispatches report Japan’s shipping and merchants eye South America, opening permanent exhibits in Santiago to boost Chilean markets, with U.S. merchants urged to seize new supply routes. Taft criticizes Huerta stance, backs cautious intervention and regional cooperation.
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Santiago
Chile
Hiforts
Japan
South America
Department of Commerce
Havens
Havers
Mexico
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic
Mitta
Huerta
Scint Commercial
Washington Post
New York
Taft
San Francisco
Leonard Wood
Plattabure
N&ton
Wwe
Catholics at Toledo Expect Eminent Churchmen
Delegates arrive for the fourteenth annual convention of the American Federation of Catholic Societies in Toledo Ohio. The event runs Sunday through Wednesday with pontifical high mass and discussions on topics of interest to Catholics and the public. Prominent churchmen including Archbishop Bonzano and bishops from New York Grand Rapids Rockford join the gathering.
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Toledo
Ohio
American Federation of Catholic Societies
United States
John Whalen
LL. D
New York
M. J. Lavelle
L. J. Rivers
George T. Donlin
W. P. McGean
John H. Dooly
D. Roach
James A. McFaul
D. D
Father of the Federation
Mr. Gallagher
Grand Rapids
Mich
Francis Clement Kelley
Church Extension Society
P. J. Muldoon
Rockford
Freckle-Faced Remedy Promises Clear Complexion
An ad touts a freckle removal product claiming cheap treatment with minimal effort. It recommends ethine double strength from a druggist and offers a money back guarantee if freckles persist, noting most need only one ounce.
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Sonny
Fracklea
Ruarantes
Navy Fraud Charge Involving Ex-Department Clerk
George B. Will, a former Navy Department clerk living at 1201 LE Street NW, and David Clark, 42, a former messenger from the same service living at 1432 Swann Street NW, were arrested on a Department of Justice conspiracy charge. They allegedly took $10 per hand for promoting petty officers and transferring sailors between ships. Will was freed on $2,000 bail. Clark was held on $3,000 bond. Central Office Detective Sergeants Vermillion and Messer made the arrests.
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George B. Will
Navy Department
LE Street Northwest
David Clark
Witt
Slavikie
Central Office
Vermillion
Messer
Dillingham Urges Strong Navy and Haiti Control
Rear Admiral Albert C. Dillingham, speaking in St Louis, urged a larger U S navy and army to uphold the Monroe Doctrine. He argued the U S must seize Haiti as a strategic naval base to protect the Caribbean and Panama Canal, and said Germany and France are rivals in naval power while Congress should back expansion.
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Washington
Congress
Army
Navy
Dillingham
St. Louis
Washington Post
Albert C. Dillingham
New York
United States Navy
United States
Hait
Caribbean
Panama Canal
Tillingham
Haiti
Germany
France
Daniela
Japan
San Domingo Republic
Josephus Daniels
Naval Board of Invention
Dillingham Asta
Famine Hits Haiti Red Cross Sends $1000 Aid
Famine sweeps Haiti after the revolution as Rear Admiral Caperton reports severe food shortages among Port au Prince’s poor. The American Red Cross immediately turned over 1000 to the Navy Department for relief. A Red Cross representative may be dispatched to the island if needed.
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American Red Cross
Island
Republic
Admiral Caperton
Helti
Port Au Prince
Red Cross
Navy Department
Req Cross
Democrats at Regatta in Springfield at Riverside Park
Delegates from across Massachusetts attend a Democratic city committee bake and outing at Riverside park during the national regatta. Mayor James N. Curley of Boston Representative Peter F. Tague and state ticket candidates spoke from a grand stand beside the Connecticut River between races.
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Springfield
Mass
Democratic City Committee
Riverside Park
James N. Curley
Boston
Peter F. Tague
Connecticut River
Boy shoots sister in family gun accident near Luray
A 6 year old boy in Hyves near Kimball, east of Luray, picked up a gun left by his father after a hunting trip. He pointed it at his sister and the weapon discharged, blowing her head away. The mother had failed to put the gun away.
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Luray
Blue Ridge
Avid Smelser
Kimball
Puritan to Norfolk After 12-Inch Shell Hit
The Civil War era monitor Puritan was towed toward Norfolk after a twelve inch shell fired from the monitor Tallahassee near the mouth of the Potomac reportedly struck the Puritan’s turret. Naval officers could not confirm damage but noted the ship remained afloat and would reach port soon.
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Monitor
Norfolk
Potomac
Washington Post
United States
Uncle Sam
Potomac River
Tallahassee
Lieut
Isham
Plaza land award tops $133,000 for Brevoort fronts
The plaza awards commission paid James R. Brevoort $133,032 as owner of the entire front except the government Maltby building on New Jersey avenue between B and C streets northwest. The property is listed on the map as late 58, 5S, 40, 1, 62, 6, 67, 78 and part of lots 63 and 64 in square 633 in the proposed Union Station plaza extension.
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The
Plaza Awards Commission
James R. Brevoort
Commission
Bankers to Aid Cotton See Plan to Stabilize Market
At a Galveston conference bankers from nearly every cotton state agreed to send emissaries into the belt to show the South can market this year's crop gradually and avert an early market glut. Leaders from Oklahoma Arkansas Georgia Louisiana Texas and Federal reserve banks of Dallas St Louis and Atlanta backed the plan and pledged support of the four Southern Federal reserve banks. The Cotton States Banker Conference will meet again in November or December under Joseph Mirsch of Vornus Christl Texas.
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Mexico
Taft
Huerta
Diaz
Galveston
Tex
Bankers’ Associations
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Georgia
Louisiana
Texas
Dallas
St Louis
Atlanta
Federal Reserve
South
Joseph Mirsch
Vornus Christl
Circular seeks Seaman Act facts for deck crew ratings
The Bureau of Navigation prepared a circular in which the Seaman's Act requires at least 40 percent of deck crews to hold the rating of able seaman. It directs the Department of Commerce to set rules for exams on eyesight hearing and physical condition. The circular asks customs reflectors and shipping commissioners to determine vessel counts and deck crew needs in their districts under the act.
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Bureau of Navigation
Ih Department of Commerce
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Ares Wilson
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Convention of Federated Societies
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Asiy
Sn Tne Ey
U.S
Naval Officer
House & Herrmann
House Rockers
Hampshire
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