Emperor of Japan Dies Crown Prince Yoshihito Successor
The emperor of Japan died at noon and crown prince Yoshihito succeeded to the throne. The court and princes remained at the sick chamber as physicians noted a feeble pulse and rising temperature. Thousands gathered outside the palace amid the solemn departure and reporting of the emperor’s condition.
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Tokio
Japan
Emperor of
Yoshihito
Matsuhito
Sadamiu Fushimi
Taft Convention Contests Defended by White House Statement
A 144 page White House document defends Taft's renomination at Chicago, refuting Roosevelt led contests as fraudulent and detailing evidence for 238 challenges. Hilles, Rosewater, and Devine certify the case reviews and appendix lists state contest votes and convention dates.
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Washington
Taft
Roosevelt
White House
Victor Rosewater
National Committee
Thomas H. Devine
Credentials Committee
Dr Charles Talmage Tours Iowa for National Progressive Party
Dr Charles Talmage travels across Iowa in the interest of the National Progressive Party and Theodore Roosevelt, reporting a startling straw vote favoring Roosevelt in a Rock Island car. He is slated to speak in Waterloo on Aug 9 as the party masses meet, with I H Paulzer coordinating the Waterloo mass meeting and related events in nearby towns.
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Boston Divine
Rock Island
Taft
Dr. Talmage
Waterloo
Charles Talmage
Charles City
Evening Courier
Union Station
Divine
Roosevelt
Kor Wison
Casarine
Talmage
Iowa
National Progressive Party
Theodore Roosevelt
Fort Dodge
Waterloo Business College
T. DeWitt Talmage
I. H. Paulzer
Cedar Falls
Collapse at Binz Landing Kills or Traps Hundreds
A collapsed landing stage at the Binz bathhouse during a concert sent over 100 excursionists into the sea. Twenty one bodies have been recovered and many more are believed drowned. The crowd came from across northwest Prussia to enjoy a seaside day.
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Binz
Germany
Prussia
Woman recounts two hour struggle with porter on train
Mrs Thaddeus Williams wife of an Eveleth theater owner testified in Eveleth that in a Northern Pacific sleeping car she fought off a Black porter named Tack Williams for two hours while she was the sole passenger. The porter was arrested and sent to Eveleth for a preliminary hearing. She said she stopped the attack by taking his address and promising to write.
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Duluth
Minn
Thaddeus Williams
Eveleth
Northern Pacific
Claude Allen Convicted of First Degree Murder in Virginia
Claude Allen of the Hillsville outlaws was found guilty of first degree murder for killing Commonwealth's Attorney William M. Foster in Wytheville Virginia. The verdict followed a previous second degree murder conviction for the killing of Judge Thornton I. Massie. The accused, his father Floyd Allen previously convicted of first degree murder, faced the electric chair and broke down as the verdict was read. His fiancée Wept in the courtroom.
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Wytheville
Claude Allen
Hillsville
Commonwealth
William M. Foster
Thornton I. Massie
Allen
Floyd Allen
Yankees Doomed Says General Salazar in El Paso
El Paso correspondent reports General Inez Salazar second in command of Mexican rebels says Americans in rebel zones will be disarmed and protection withdrawn. He claims the US government treated rebels as bandits and warns they may act the same. Gomez Held on Neutrality Law Charges. San Antonio reports Amillo Vasquez Gomes and five villagers detained by federal grand jury for violating neutrality laws after Gomes sought the Juarez provisional presidency.
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el Paso
Tex
el Paso Herald
Inez Salazar
Salazar
Gomez
San Antonio
Amillo Vasquez Gomes
United States
Juarez
Mexico
Orozco
Italians Destroy Hodeida Fort in Red Sea Raid
Massowari Eretria July 29 Italian warships including cruisers and destroyers bombarded and destroyed the north fort of Hodeida, a major Arabian port on the Red Sea. No known casualties. the fort is said to be unmanned and armed only with old cannons. The south fort has been ruined for some time. A separate note: the House Ways and Means Committee plans to reintroduce the Democratic cotton tariff bill vetoed by Taft.
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Roosevelt
Taft
Credentials Committee
Roosevelt Committee
White House
Committee On Credentials
National Committee
Indiana
Massowari
Eretria
Red Sea
Turkey
Hodeida
Arabia
Washington
House Ways and Means Committee
Ol stock rises since dissolution
New York July 20 The old stock of the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey and all subsidiaries sold on the curb today for 1000 a share, a high price. The market value of the oil company is one billion dollars. At dissolution the value was about 75 8 a share.
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New York
Standard Ol Company of
New Jersey
Kansas City Balloons To Represent U S In Germany Race
Kansas City Aero club president George Myers said Uncle Sam Kansas City IL and Drifter will represent the United States in the international balloon race in Germany this fall. Uncle Sam landed near Manassas Virginia after traveling 926 miles from Kansas City. Drifter, driven by a storm, landed near Nora Illinois after a flight from St Louis.
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Kansas City
America
Germany
Uncle Sam
George Myers
Kansas City Aero Club
Sam
Manassas
Virginia
Incle
H. E. Honeywell
Roy Donaldson
St. Louis
Berry
Gideon association re-elects Moore as president in Atlanta
A. B. T Moore of Cedar Rapids was re elected president of the Gideon association here Saturday. Edgar Oliver of Atlantic and Nels Rylander of Chicago were also re elected as officers along with Rev. L. C. Smith of Wisconsin as chaplain. Toronto was chosen as the 1922 convention site.
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Atlanta
A. B. T Moore
Cedar Rapids
Gideon Association
Edgar Oliver
Atlantic
Nels Rylander
Chicago
L. C. Smith
Wisconsin
Toronto
Canada
Senate adjourns after Archbald defense hearing
Washington July 29 The Senate adjourned after hearing Robert Archbald's formal answer to the impeachment charges without deciding whether the trial would continue this summer or be postponed until fall. Old Reliable Big Head Cigar.
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Washington
Robert Archbald
Hay
Taft renomination likened to Lorimer election by Roosevelt
Col. Roosevelt compared Taft's renomination by the Republican National Committee to William Lorimer's 1912 U.S. Senate election, saying both cases rest on the same moral plane. He argued the Chicago convention would have produced a large Taft majority if honestly organized, and criticized the administration defense issued from Washington.
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Oyater Hay
Taft
Republican National Committee
Col. Roosevelt
Wm. Lorimer
United States Senate
Loreimer
Chicago
Behnid
Roosevelt
Administration
Washington
Escaped Man Captured While Visiting Dying Mother
Norman Bonner who escaped from Fort Madison prison and twice from officers at Joplin was captured in Beatrice with his brother Merla Kenner. They are linked to a Falls City robbery. Norman will be returned to Iowa to finish his Ft. Madison sentence.
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Beatrice
Neb
Norman Bonner
Fort Madison
Joplin
Merla Kenner
Falls City
Norman
Iowa
Ft. Madison
Thirteenth Juror Substituted in Darrow Bribery Trial
Los Angeles July 29 juror J A Leavitt was excused after illness and alternate A M Blakesley replaced him in the Clarence S Darrow bribery case. Attorneys say it is the first use of a thirteenth juror to replace an incapacitated regular juror in American jurisprudence.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Clarence S. Darrow
J. A. Leavitt
A. M. Blakesley
Death by Lightning in Burlington and Other News
Harry Jackson died after a bolt struck him while he and James Tyndall watched circus workers set up a tent in Ta Burlington. Tyndall was shocked but will recover. a large group nearby were stunned. Also notes on West Virginia infantry movements and Ernest Barry winning the Thames sculling world title in London.
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Burlington
Harry Jackson
James Tyndall
Tyndall
Jackson
Colquitt Holds Lead In Democratic Senate Primary
Colquitt appears set to win the Democratic nomination with a probable 30 000 plurality after three quarters of precincts counted in Dallas Texas. Morris Sheppard leads Jacob Wolters by about 26 000 in the Senate race with a 128 447 vote total out of roughly 229 000 cast, while lacking a majority over three rivals.
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Dallas
Tex
Sheppard
Dynamite Explosion Kills Three in Central Park Shaft
Three drillers and assistants were killed and five injured in a dynamite blast 200 feet below ground in an aqueduct shaft in Central Park. The blast occurred when a drill point struck an unexploded charge. The incident was reported from New York on July 29.
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New York
Central Park
Garfish Threatens Boy During Mississippi River Swim
Ed ward McKittrick, while swimming in the Mississippi River near Ft Madison Iowa on July 29, was struck by a garfish that leaped from the water, one prong piercing his eyeball and risking sight. An attending physician warned of possible vision loss.
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Ft. Madison
Edward McKittrick
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