Greeks Occupy Kavala Seaport Amid Balkan Turmoil
A Greek naval force seized the Aegean sea port of Kavala from Bulgarian control, with Greek troops also taking Strumitza valley. Bulgarian troops retreated under pursuit by Serbian forces, abandoning dead and equipment as they withdrew from Istip toward other positions. Bulgaria seeks Russian-brokered peace. France offers mediation as negotiations unfold among powers in Belgrade and Vienna.
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Belgrade
Servia
Istip
Rodo- Vilch
Athens
Greece
Kavala
Aegean Sea
Strutmitza
Never Mind We’ll Buy Suitcase When You Go to Europe
Miss Bernice Call admired a travel bag at a wedding given by the V. C. W. club and joked she would own one when she traveled to Europe. Fate intervened as she soon planned a trip and departed with the club gift, fulfilling the old promise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Bernice Call
Bernice
Miss Call
V. C. W. Club
Contractor Killed as Sons Injured in Omaha Collision
In Omaha on July 10, contractor William Rocheford Sr. died when his automobile, struck by a trolley car at Twenty fourth and Leavenworth, was derailed and damaged. his two sons William Jr. and Hector were seriously injured while passengers escaped unharmed. In Duluth on July 10, Geo M Reynolds of Chicago bank criticized and praised the administration currency bill during a bankers’ association address.
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Omaha, Neb
William Rocheford
Omaha
Wm. Jr
Hector
Twentyfourth
Leavenworth
Prominent farmer killed after horse runs wild in heat
Davenport Iowa July 10 Fred Lantau 70 a prominent Scott county farmer was killed when his horse became frightened and ran away in the heat last night. The incident occurred near Blue Grass with local notices recording the tragic accident as the community mourns the loss of a well known agriculturist.
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Davenport
Fred Lantau
Scott County
Dog House 18 Built For State University
In Iowa City on July 9 a dog house is being built for the State University College of Medicine. It takes the form of an extra floor atop the medical laboratory building to replace the cramped kennel previously used for scientific research, with dogs and other animals formerly kept in a separate house.
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Towa City
State University College of Medicine
Medical Laboratory
Thrilling Escape From Death in Falling Biplane
Capt. F. B. Hennessey of the First United States Aero squadron of San Diego escaped death when a wind gust toppled his falling biplane. With his right foot entangled in airfoil wires he plunged about 600 feet before freeing himself and regaining control. The craft leveled and hovered about 200 feet above the water.
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San Diego
Cal
F. B. Hennessey
United States Aero Squadron
Hennessey
Federal that brings death to d00 rebels
A Guanaymas telegram to Mexican Consul Ainslie reports 300 constitutionalist soldiers killed trying to swim across the bay while state troops were repulsed by a hidden Huerta force. Gen Ojeda planned an ambush causing 800 federals to strike. Obregon's men, misled by the fall of Guaymas, faced a federal advance.
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Tucson
Ariz
Guaymas
Ainslie
Bay
Huerta
California Gulf
Ojeda
Obregon
Outsiders Fight For Place in Golf Finals
Des Moines on July 10. Semi finals in the championship flight of the state golf tournament at the Country club will determine if any outsiders remain contenders for the title. Arthur Bartlett of Ottumwa and Kenneth Lindsay of Cedar Rapids are the only outsiders still alive, with tough matches ahead. Hubbell faces Bartlett while Lindsay meets Harrison. Sheehan and Rider hold favorable odds against Dorr and Martin. Ottumwa won the next tournament rights. officers elected include W. C. Finkbine president and Geo. F. Kinney secretary.
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Des Moines
Arthur Bartlett
Ottumwa
Kenneth Lindsay
Cedar Rapids
Lindsay
Roland Harrison
Hyperion Club
Bartlett
James Hubbel
Wm. Sheehan
B. H. Dorr
Ralph Rider
Manning Martin
Martin
Association
W. C. Finkbine
Des Moines Golfs and Country Club
Geo. F. Kinney
Burlington
C. F. Rauscher
High waves delay stard of aviator at Robertsdale
High waves on the Indiana beach at Robertsdale threatened to delay Walter Johnson's hydro airplane attempt to catch the Chicago Detroit aviators today until this evening or early tomorrow. Repairs to Glenn Martin's machine, wrecked in a practice spin, are complete but the sea hindered starting.
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Chicago
Robertsdale
Ind
Walter Johnson
Glenn Martin
Leper Escapes From Port Townsend Quarantine
The U S public health service seeks to recapture Dominic Pittori an escaped leper at Diamond Point near Port Townsend Washington believed trying to reach his former Minneapolis home via Canada A J Shadel Illinois Central switchman of 809 Ricker Street injured last Saturday when caught between engine and car remains recovering with leg back and head injuries.
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Washington
United States Public Health Service
Dominic Pittori
Diamond Point
Port Townsend
Wash
Minneapolis
Canada
A. J. Shadel
Illinois Central
Ricker Street
Illness of Robert C. Ogden at Arundel Point Billows
Robert C. Ogden seventy seven is gravely ill at his summer home the Billows on Arundel point Kennebunkport Me. He lives at 126 East Fifty sixth street New York City and is known as an educational worker and philanthropist. He has served as a trustee of Union Theological Seminary and Tuskegee Institute and belongs to the Union League club the Century and the National Arts clubs in New York.
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Kennebunkport
Robert C. Ogden
the Billows
Arundel Point
Ogden
Fifty-sixth Street
New York City
Conference of Education In
South
Union Theological Seminary
Tuskegee Institute
Alabama
Union League Club
The
Century
National Arts
Fires Threaten Mount Tamalpais Forest Towns
A clear dawn offered hope that four stubborn fires on Mount Tamalpais would be contained before afternoon winds rekind them. Mill Valley remains at risk, Muir Woods access is cut, and sixteen cottages have burned while big trees mostly escape. A thousand militia were due to reinforce exhausted firefighters and soldiers.
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San Francisco
Mill Valley
Corte Madera
Larkspur
Mount Tamalpais
Muir Woods
Swarthmore President Elected NAEs Leader In Salt Lake
Joseph Swain, president of Swarthmore College, was elected president of the National Education Association by unanimous vote in Salt Lake City. Grace M. Shephard was reelected treasurer. Durant W. Springer of Ann Arbor remains secretary. Directors were chosen for all states, Hawaii and the Philippines.
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Salt Lake City
Joseph Swain
Swarthmore College
National Education Association
Grace M. Shephard
Idaho
Durant W. Springer
Ann Arbor
Hawaii
Philippines
Tariff Bill Reported As Senate Action Near
Washington July 10 Chairman Simmons calls finance committee meeting tomorrow morning to report the tariff bill to the senate tomorrow afternoon Republicans unlikely to seek delay Democrats plan to debate Monday and keep the bill before the senate until passage likely before September 1 Senator Smoot says no currency legislation until winter session McCombs improves from appendicitis operation Paris July 10 William F McCombs Democratic national committee chairman shows strong recovery postsurgery progress
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Washington
Simmons
Finance Committee
Senate
Smoot
M'Combs
Paris
Wm. F. Mc Combs
Democratic National Committee
American yacht Cassandria collides with German cruiser Stettin
The American yacht Cassandria owned by Geo. J. Whelan of New York collided with the German protected cruiser Stettin near Kiel on July 10. Both vessels sustained some damage and returned to port for repairs. No injuries were reported among those aboard.
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Kiel
Germany
Atec
Geo. J. Whelan
New York
Stettin
Militant Suffraget Edith Rigby Confesses to Arson
Liverpool July 10 A dramatic confession by militant suffraget Mrs Edith Rigby wife of a Preston physician to a magistrate in police court here. She admits torching Sir Wm Lever’s country house at Rivington Lancashire causing about 100000 damage and acknowledges placing explosives at the Liverpool cotton exchange. She justifies actions as protest against denial of vote and citizenship and warns government. Rigby long active in the Woman's Social and Political Union has been jailed five times for activism and has endured hunger strikes.
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Liverpool
Edith Rigby
Preston
Pool
Nelson Monument
Liverpool Cotton Exchange
Roosevelt Letter Against Japanese Naturalization
In Tokio on July 19 Viscount Kentaro Kaneko received from Theodore Roosevelt a letter stating that American public opinion will not permit Japanese naturalization in the United States, fearing a similar claim by Chinese. Roosevelt also promised to aid in resolving the California alien land ownership issue. Kaneko, Harvard Law graduate, was Japan’s unofficial U.S. representative during the Russo Japanese War.
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Tokio
Japan
Tal, Hoi Yo
Viscount Kentaro Kaneko
Theodore Roosevelt
United States
Roosevelt
California
Viscount Kaneko
Harvard University
Testimony Against Judge Continues in Albany Hearing
John A. Connolly testified before joint judiciary committees in Albany on July 10 accusing Supreme Court Justice Daniel F. Cohalan of trading political influence for elevation to the bench. Stanchfield, Cohalan's counsel, planned to finish cross examination, as the committee adopted night sessions for proceedings.
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Albany
N. J
John A. Connolly
Supreme Court
Daniel F. Cohalan
Joint Judiciary Committees
New York Bar Association
John B. Stanchfield
Cohalan
Flood damage evident as Piqua rebuilds after flood
Mrs Patterson of Piqua reports ongoing financial strain from last spring's Ohio valley flood. Waterlogged districts faced loss of several factories and homes. Relief from outside aid helps, with residents rebuilding on higher ground to prevent repeats.
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Piqua
Ohio Valley
Waterloo
Samuel Patterson
J. G. McAlvin
Park Avenue West
Patterson
Japanese newspaper man deported from Eagle Pass
Sechi segiti a Japanese newspaper man from San Francisco attempting to pass through Eagle Pass on the way to the coast was deported to Mexican soil. Federal authorities charged he had aided Mexican constitutionalists at Piedra Negras for months and that his offer of thousands of veteran Japanese fighters to the constitutionalist cause was refused by Governor Carranza.
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Eagle Pass
Tex
Sechi Segiti
San Francisco
Piedra Negras
Carranza
Paraguan Flag Vandalism Probed in San Francisco
Washington reports Secretary Horgan requests the Attorney General investigate who tore the Paraguan flag from its staff at the Paraguan consulate in San Francisco on July 4. Minister Valesquez said the Consulate reported the incident and Secretary Bryan expressed regret at the episode.
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Washington
Horgan
McReengolds
San Francisco
Valesquez
Ie Paraguan Cons
Atyte
Bryan
Cuban plot to assassinate Cuban interior secretary reported
Havana July 10 Cuban secret police report a conspiracy among supporters of Gov Albert to kill Col Aurelio Hevia interior secretary. They accuse Hevia of trying to disrupt the party by ordering the late Gen Armanado Riva to raid the Albert club Monday night. Riva mortally wounded in Prado tragedy. no arrests, suspects watched. Hevia guarded. funeral passing expected with troops along the route.
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Havana
Sccret
Gov. Albert
Auerelio Hevia
Interior
Armanado Riva
Hevia
Riva
Big Spectacular Day for the Elks Parade in Rochester
Elks from surrounding towns converge on Rochester New Jersey for the forty-ninth grand lodge reunion parade and contests at Genesee Valley Park. The grand lodge business session opened with memorial for Chas C Schmidt trustee who died last October and a decision on a merastasis home and charter for a Honolulu lodge remains to be settled.
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Rochester
N. J
Elks
Grand Lodge
Order
Genesee Valley Park
Chas. C. Schmidt
Board of
Grand Trustees
Animals Receive More Than TotS
Seattle July 10. National conference of charities and correction held four sectional meetings. Alexander Johnson criticized states spending 1000 per capita on institutions for invalids while facing only one half of one percent of the population. Louis Merriam contrasted large animal industry funding with 33500 for children’s bureau work. HHQ Richardson also spoke.
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Seattle
Wash
National Conference of Charities and Correction
Alexander Johnson
Louis Merriam
Federal
Children’s Bureau
Bureau of Animal Industry
HH. Q. Richardson
Philadelphia House of Detention
Autoists Bound for Minneapolis
Journeying in an automobile from Iowa City last evening, Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Wilson and Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Van Metre spent the night with Waterson friends. The first two were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Renney, while the Van Metres visited Supt. Anson T. Hukii. The quartet left today for Minneapolis.
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Iowa City
H. WW. Wilson
Oscar van Metre
Waterson
Thomas Renney
Miner Peter A Busch Dies Near Skidoo Nevada Heat
Tonopah Nov July 16 The furnaces out of Death Valley claim another victim Peter A Busch mine operator well known in southern Nevada Found down at night beside an automobile between Skidoo and Rhyolite He was a native of Denver.
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Tonopah
Death Valley
Peter A. Busch
Nevada
Skiddow
Mush
Denver
Noted Statesman of Japan Dead
Tabyo July 10 Count Tadau Sayashi a leading statesman of Japan died today at age 60 after a surgical operation for injuries from a Horikiha accident. He served as foreign minister under Premier Salon aiding in the Subjo cabinet resigning in 1912. He was minister to China and Russia and to the court of St James. In London he helped secure the Anglo Japanese alliance. He was a prolific author and student of foreign politics.
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Tabyo
Tadau Sayashi
Japan
Jie
Salon
Subjo
China
Russia
Court of St. James
Delegates Meet at International Christian Endeavor Session
The twenty sixth international convention of the Christian Endeavor society opened in Los Angeles with thousands attending sunrise services and sectional meetings in twenty three churches and venues. Delegates from Canada and the United States discussed personal purity, social evils, and church efficiency through home school and press networks.
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Los Angeles
Bvyery Protestant
Eity
Christian Fendeavor Society
Northwest
J. A. McDonald
Toronto
Christian Endeavor
Canada
Sun Rise
Auditorium Endeavor
Arraignment set in road courtesy case
Russell Clay an auto driver is to be arraigned in Justice Knapp's court on a charge of not giving up half the road to Condon's horse and buggy. Condon says Clay stayed center road on July 5 east of Highland, tearing a wheel as he passed. Plea not guilty. hearing to follow with witnesses subpoenaed.
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Russell Clay
PF. F. Knapp
Clay
C. M. Condon
Knapp
Johnson Says He Will Not Return to United States
Jack Johnson arrives in Paris aboard the Corinthian and announces he will live in France rather than the United States. The Justice Department weighs forfeiture of a $29,000 personal bond tied to the Chicago white slave indictment, with Judge Carpenter yet to rule on forfeiture if Johnson does not appear. State officials note France could deport him under its immigration laws, even without an extradition treaty.
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Navre
France
Jack Johnson
Corinthian
United States
Paris
U. S
Bend
Washington
Jack John
Department of Justice
Chicago
Carpenter
Johnson
State Department
Pettitt and Shannon dispute ends in court with not guilty ruling
In the Pettitt Shannon neighborhood dispute the case concluded in police court this afternoon. Mrs. Frank Shannon was found not guilty of disturbing the public quiet while Al Pettitt was fined $100 for the offense, with the fine suspended on good behavior. Pettitt had appeared before Judge Meyers earlier, with verdict withheld until after the Shannon case. Both families faced broad neighbor attention as clashes escalated from July 3, when Pettitt allegedly struck Mrs Shannon three times.
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Pettitt-Shannon
Frank Shannon
al. Pettitt
Pettitt
Mr. Pettitt
Meyers
Shannon
Informer’s death by own action shocks Rome graft case
Rome July 10 A sensation spreads as engineer Ciannini, a witness in the vast graft disclosures tied to the palace of justice construction, dies by his own hand. His testimony implicated Nepoties Luzzatta and Brunialti in the controversy over overspending.
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Rome
Ciannini
Palace of Justice
Luzzatta
Brunialti
Umbrella gowns spark economy in new skirt styles
An East Side stenographer says a 14 foot round old skirt becomes a new gown and two skirts for harvest. She plans to cut a long measure into several outfits and jackets for younger sisters, noting the fashion shift and potential savings.
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East Side
Mae
Slater
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James W. Hubbell
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Rider
Leper
Swain
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Offtelala
California Association of Investment Companies
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