Revenge Mad Californian Olays Four
Four men die and a fifth is wounded after a former San Diego firefighter, Bert Durham, seeks revenge for his discharge. He kills a fellow firefighter during a false alarm, then fatally injures his wife and child. Durham then commits suicide in a central plaza as armed mobs scour the city. Fire chief Donald Grant and hose crews suffer additional fatalities and injuries in the chaos.
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Bert & Durham
Durham
Donald Grant
New York Banker Tours Alaska Far North
Famous New York banker Kuhn Loeb & Co partner Willam Loeb travels with Mrs Loeb and others from Vancouver to Alaska. They inspect Guggenheim properties, visit Cordova, Dawson, Whitehorse, Sitka and other northern sites during seven weeks away from New York.
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My Morning Journal
Vancouver
H. C
Saebt Hamonta
Jacob Hf. Sehitf
Alaska
William Sehiff
Willam Loeb
Sehiff
Kuhn, Loeb & Co
New York
Loeb
Plimpton
Jaimer H. Wilken
Wilmington
Del
Frankfort
Germany
PD. WM. Garvie
Guggenheim
Canadian Pacific
Hamonia Jett
Huggenheim
Sacht
Yukon
White Horse
Cordovanee
Copper River
Prince William Island
Fox Strait
Mount Elias
Sitka
Prince Rupert
Alva
Newell To Tour West With Army Engineers
Mrenderieke H. Newell of the West, with the Army Engineers, begins a western tour. The group is charged with examining a regional project as detailed in a morning wire dispatch from Washington dated August.
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Py Morning Journal
Washington
H. Newell
Wey
Army Engineers
Tive
Government irrigation tour includes Newell with army engineers
The director will join most of the army officers on their tour of inspection to explain the early history and features of the irrigation work. Mr Newell's departure surprised locals as his involvement with the army engineers was once opposed by the interior department. Rumors say shifts in the department reflect pressure from other quarters amid strained relations with the reclamation service.
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Army
Newell
Army Engineers
Interior Department
Secretary’s Office
Reclamation Service
Powder Mill Worker Blown to Fragments at Bradford Factory
Bradford Pa Aug 1 While mixing nitro glycerine at the Dupont Powder company's plant near Howard Junction John Sloan the sole worker inside the building was blown to fragments The blast left only a large hole in the ground and shook buildings in Bradford ten miles away
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Bradford
Dupont Powder Company
Howard Junction
John Sloan
Delaware and Hudson seeks protection from strife along lines
The Delaware and Hudson railroad warned Sheriff Washburn of ongoing violence by strikers near Ballston Lake and requested protection. Deputies were sent to the wreck site and the sheriff prepared to call up the national guard if disorder persists.
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Ballston Lake
National Guard
Grand Trerail Conference Ends Without Settlement
Montreal August 1 a conference of Grand Trunk officials and labor leaders adjourned without official verification of a settlement. Persistent reports suggested progress but no confirmation. The talks will resume in the morning with ministers and officials hopeful for a resolution.
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Montreal
Peter
Governor Harmen fails to settle Columbus street car strike
Governor Harmen's bid to end the Columbus street car strike fails as union leaders reject a company offer to settle if recognition and wearing of union buttons are waived. The union says the proposal is not new and will be rejected again, with militia kept in place amid limited violence.
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Columbus
Harmen
Wester n enginemen to press wage demands across roads
Representatives of locomotive engineers from about fifty rail systems west of Chicago meet in Chicago for a conference led by Warren G Stone grand chief of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers. About 25 000 men are represented as delegates say a uniform schedule will take days to agree before presenting plans to the roads.
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Chicago
Warren &. Stone
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Americans Back of Honduran Uprising
Adventurers from the United States join Bonilla in a plan to attack the Honduran government in Latin America. Passengers arriving aboard the steamer Bluefields report American commanders take key roles, including General Cabe Conrad and General Lee Chrismas, aiding Bonilla's forces with machine guns and sharpshooters.
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United States
Morning Journal
New Orleans
Manuel Henina le
Honduras
Americana
Bluefields
Clebut
Cabe Conrad
Estrada
Nicaragua
Bonilla
Conrad
Bonillas
Ferrada Noioneer
Taft Adopts Silence Policy Ahead of Elections
President Taft announced future speeches would be few and far between as important public business would claim his attention until after the congressional elections. He declined to confirm a St Paul speaking engagement, preferring to write the conservation feature in his next message and deliver it in an address. Vice President Sherman and William Ward conferred with Taft in Beverly about New York politics and Roosevelt influence, amid efforts to choose a unifying New York candidate.
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Morning Journal
Beverly
Mass
Taft
Providence
Atlantic Deep Waterways Association
Watt
Eberhard
Minnesota
St. Paul
National Conservation Congress
Conservation Congress
New York
Sherman
William J. Ward
Theodore Roosevelt
Bargess Point
Gospen
Bloodless surgery demonstration opens osteopathic convention
In San Francisco on August 1 a Lorenz bloodless surgery demonstration by Dr. Harry Forbes opened the national convention of the American Osteopathic Association. The operation on a young girl with congenital hip disease drew several hundred delegates, with a reception planned and business sessions to begin the next day.
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San Francisco
Harry Forbes
American Osteopathic Association
Illinois Bribery Inquiry Resumed by Sangamon Grand Jury
Springfield August 1 The legislative investigation will be resumed tomorrow morning by the Sangamon county grand jury. Twelve witnesses have been summoned to appear and testimony is expected on three defeated bills from the forty sixth general assembly the slot machine bill the loan shark bill and the measure permitting actors to be employed in theaters.
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Springfield
Aus
Sangamon County Grand Jury
Forty-Sixth
General Assembly
Oni. Drew
Roosevelt dismisses distortion of gubernatorial telegram
The Morning Journal reports Colonel Roosevelt’s telegram from Oyster Bay dated July 30 1610 denying any misinterpretation of his message to Philip A Blanton about the governor race. He says the statement has face value and requires no further clarification.
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Letin
Roosevelt
Mees Ge
Philip A. Blanton
Oyster Bay
Premont
San Francisco
Cals
Johnson
Roosevelt begins four day auto tour through New Jersey and Pennsylvania
Theodore Roosevelt leaves New York for a four day automobile tour with stops in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. The trip was kept secret until an enterprising agent alerted newspapers. Lawrence Abbott accompanies Roosevelt.
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Roosevelt
New York
Theodore Roosevelt
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Lawrence Abbott
Lyman Abbott
Quebec Bars Export of Pulp for Print Paper
New York reports Quebec has prohibited pulp wood export from lands held by settlers who bought with full payment. The rule excludes lands with transfer complete. This marks a continuation of measures to curb pulp wood exports for printing paper following a prior crown land restriction.
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Quebec
New York
Province of
Bi plane crash at Bouldon race course kills spectator
Frank Mile's bi plane overturned during a flight at the Bouldon race course injuring himself and killing a boy in the crowd. Other spectators were hurt as the aircraft crashed into the stands during the August event.
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Sunderland
England
Bouldon
Mile
Frank
Broker Jailed for Fraudulent Divorce Case
Willis Counselman, a Chicago broker, was sentenced to three months in county jail for contempt of court related to an alleged fraudulent divorce to separate him from his wife, a patient at a hospital for the insane. Judge Chettain imposed the sentence in Superior Court after the case was heard. Counselman was jailed after dining in freedom.
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Chicago
Willis Counselman
Chettain
Juriet
Counselman
Packing House Probe Transferred to Denver
The federal investigation into Chicago meat packers shifts to Denver to probe the National Packing company's alleged acquisition of three independent Denver packing concerns. Five Denver witnesses arrived to testify before the grand jury, as water issues on the Chicago Wheat Board were also raised for possible inquiry by the attorney general's team.
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Chicago
Denver
National Packing Company
Waterman
Chicago Board of Trade
W. S&s Kenyon
Wickersham
Betef
Washington pitcher Hinrich stricken by infantile paralysis
William Hinrich, pitcher for the Washington American League team, is hospitalized at Georgetown University Hospital with infantile paralysis. At 21 he sought help for a paralyzed arm and doctors say he may not play again this season.
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Washington
William Hinrich
Georgetown University Hospital
Hinrich
Clifford Cox
Diaz President by Overwhelming Majority
Complete returns from the recent presidential election show Diaz winning 1,829 electoral votes to Madera's 221. Dehesa collects five votes, Reyes three, and Limantour one as tallied by the interior department in Mexico City.
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Mexico City
Department of the Interior
Bureau of Information Today
Crippen Extradition Awaited as Crippen and Leneve Face Trial
In Quebec Crippen and Ethel Leneve are held on murder charges with extradition likely. Crippen is arrested and will be sent to England for trial while Leneve receives comparatively lenient treatment under police guard as authorities pursue admissible testimony and possible confessions.
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Morving Journal
Quebec
Hawley H Crippen
Ethel Claire Leneve
England
Belle Blimere
Montrose
Crippen
Moerose
London
Cable
Provincial Court of Special Sessions
Scotland Yard
Persuape
Miss Leneve
Bouce
McCarthy
Crippen father pleads for Hawley's innocence in murder case
In Los Angeles on August 1 M A Crippen appeals for his son Hawley's exoneration amid the arrest on suspicion of murdering his wife. He laments illness and loneliness, insists Hawley could not be guilty, and says he would travel to aid him if able.
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Los Angeles
M. A. Crippen
L Trawley Crippen
Tawley
Hawley
Elmore
Crippen Diamonds Loot Confirmed By New Jersey Woman
Mrs. Fred Ginnett of Joselle New Jersey, a close friend of Belle Elmore, reports from Quebec that Bette Pi more’s the diamond taken from Crippen and Ethel Le Neve when they were taken into custody is confirmed as missing.
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Crippen
New York
Quebec
New York American
Fred Ginnett
Joselle
N. J
Hawley H. Crippen
Belle Elmore
Bette Pimore
der Crippen
Ethel Leneve
International Good Roads Congress Opens in Brunei
The second international road congress opened at the Palace of Academics in Brunei. Delegates from European nations, the United States, and Mexico gathered to exchange views on road construction and maintenance with Colonel Sencer Cosby of Washington serving as American delegation chairman.
Reconciliation Hopes Fail In Ohio Court Case
Mrs. Percy Procter says her husband’s attorney blocks a meeting ordered by Judge Woodmanse to resolve an injunction over 460000 worth of stock pledged as collateral. She plans to sue for recovery of 46000 promised in a marriage dower. Procter seeks to prevent stock transfer. court keeps injunction and urges out of court settlement. The former Baroness Von Klifuss intends to depart for Europe soon.
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Y Morning Journal
Cimeinnati
Percy Procter
Woodmanse
The
Common Pleas Court
Procter
Berlin
Cour
Baroness von Klifuss
St. Petersburg
Europe
Teamsters Hold Seventh Annual Convention in Peoria
The International Brotherhood of Teamsters held its seventh annual convention in Peoria with delegates in attendance from across the states. The opening session focused on committee reports and plans for organization.
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Teamsters
Peoria
International Brotherhood of Teamsters
Deadly Germ Let Loose in Kangad
Thirteen vials containing tuberculosis and diphtheria germs disappeared from the U S malls last Friday and were found open and empty in a west city alley. The postman delivered the package before it was lost or stolen. The state health board declines to disclose exact find location.
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Moravia Journal
Yopeka
Kan
Sarah A. Greenfield
State Board of Health
United States
Can Alley
Board of Health
Gore hearings set on McMurray coal land contracts
Morning Journal dispatch from Muskogee notes congressional committee preparations for hearings on Gore charges regarding J F McMurray coal land contracts with the Choctaw nation. Gore will be the first witness. others named include J Creager D Carter and Bird McGuire Arthur Murphy all connected to the house committee on Indian affairs.
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Morning Journal
Muskogee, Okin
Aue
H Robert S. Persons
Congressional Committee
Gore
J.F. McMurray
Muskogee
Conegresemon
J. Creager
Ashe
Lemed
Eine
Congrewman CC
D. Carter
Ard- Bird
Murdoch Attacks Uncle Joe in Kansas City Speech
Victor Murdoch closed his primary campaign with a balcony speech in Kansas City Kansas, attacking Speaker Cannon and the naval procurement. He claimed eight submarines were bought despite a four-boat request, and recounted Lilly of Connecticut amid calls for investigation.
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Morsing Gurnet Mpecial
Kansas City
Victor Murdock
MLC. A
Kansas
Cannon
National House of Representatives
United State
Congress
Naval Committee
Lilly
Connecticut
Pennsylvania Avenue
White House
Committee of Naval Afairs
Uncle Sam
Navy Department
Comepany
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Milwaukee
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