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Newspaper
Albuquerque Morning Journal
Location
Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1908
Page
1
Morning Journal Special Leased Wired reports a Springfield grand jury returning indictments against six men linked to a riot at Lopers restaurant. Abraham Raynor faces murder charges connected to the death of Johnsen amid ongoing investigations. Troops guard the city while small towns report threats and warnings.
Private Joseph H. Klein of the First regiment, I N charged with killing Kort Nelson in Bayomet last Saturday. En route to Springfield he appeared before Meade's court, waived examination, and was bound over to a grand jury on bonds of $10,000 by an accident company and released. He returned home to Chicago tonight.
A New York court voided a marriage between Huen Maloney of Philadelphia and Arthur H. Osborne of the city. The memorandum states the ceremony occurred on December 18, 1565, but the court found there had never been a valid marriage between the parties. The judgment directs clerks to enter the annulment after the three month period.
Aug 21 report from Heringsdt Prussia describes Pet Mabelph Spitaer of Siernbure Menkiendere Behwerk leaping from the top of the Bismarck Tower after a week’s ride. She died 1,200 feet below and left a note requesting forgiveness and a future union with another woman. Her fiancé, a professor of ten years, is mentioned.
Aug 21 in Heltingham reports a near wipeout of How after a blaze destroyed the saw and phingle mill and drying kilns owned by Dante Cain with half a million phingles lost and five cottages. Numerous county fires burn on logged lands, but most damage reported limited. Fire Warden Lee declares several towns safe after days of threat.
Morning Journal special wire from Washington reports Deputy Comptroller of the Currency says claims that many Oklahoma national banks planned to surrender their charters to join state guaranty laws were overstated. He notes 310 national banks in the state, 57 in the scheme, with 35 replying on withdrawals and two liquidating to switch to state banks.
August 21 two leading Washita county banks the Cts National Bank of Cordell and the First National Bank surrendered their national charters for liquidation. State protection of depositors will be provided as part of the process.
Harriman, resting at a mountain lodge, plans a conference in Pelham Bay with Julius Meuttehmitt and Wile Hood of Asia’s Lom to discuss a Northwest road project. FOP O'Brien reports on a trip with Governor Chamberlain through central Oregon, outlining potential Southern Pacific routes from Portland to Sacramento and the feasibility of a new line. Officials may arrive at any time.
San Frances Aux 21 Willam T. Wibch a twelve year district court judge from Clay County is charged with discharging a firearm at his wife during a domestic dispute. He and his five children were at their home when the incident occurred and he is to be arraigned Wednesday in the district court.
Morning Journal reports a Black miner near Prattville was ambushed and his house dynamited amid strike tensions. Several whites were also shot and injured as violence spread, while Governor Comer contemplates troops deployment to quell unrest and prevent further incidents.
A Berlin meeting between David Lloyd George and Dr. Bethmann Hollweg reportedly lasted about ninety minutes with no public word on naval armaments. Lloyd George and his secretary met later with Hollweg, and a well informed source says the discussions centered on old age pensions rather than prime ministerial policy, with informal views on armament only if raised.
The Daily Mail reports no agreement reached by Great Britain and Germany on naval armaments. Davis Lloyd George, chron editor of the British exchequer, addressed a letter to the Daily Chronicle claiming the issue remains unsettled and tied to broader international politics.
The former secretary of the empire denies reactionary aims linked to the Young Turks movement. He says the third army threat was built from unreliable troops and that he preferred parliamentary government over civil war. He planned retirement after completing the Mecca railroad project and intends to settle in England.
Special Leased Wire reports Wright and his brother Wilbur journeying to Fort Meyer where a government board will judge if their aeroplane meets requirements. Assembly starts tomorrow with flights planned within ten days and an official test in two to three weeks. The silk spruce and ash craft, forty feet wingtip to tip, carries two men and aims for forty miles per hour and a one hour endurance test. The article describes control levers, wing movement, and monorail launch. The Baldwin airship is to be tested again, while Taft and Roosevelt era politics appear in other segments.
Washington reports torpedo boat destroyers under construction will carry names honoring naval heroes. No 17 Joseph TR Smith, killed aboard the Congress in 1862. No 18 Roswell Lamsen, praised for Port Royal and Port Walker bravery. No 19 Samuel Preston, killed at Fort Fisher. No 20 Charles W Flusser, killed near Plymouth in 1864. No 21 Samuel Held, Major General Armitrong commander in 1814. observed commemoration and awards for valor.
Taft responds to Bryan's challenge before Virginia Republicans meeting to celebrate Virginia Day. He says the people rule the Republican party and cites the gold standard as a major issue, contrasting with McKinney’s stance.
Senator Burrows of Michigan heads a Senate tariff subcommittee formulating changes to the Dingley law. Members include Hansborough Platt Hopkins Bailey Money and Taliaferro. Treasury officials will present memoranda and statements as the panel studies administrative reforms and new classifications before moving to New York for further hearings.
Denver Aug 21 The National Association of Attorneys General elected officers for the year at its second annual convention closing session. President R V Fletcher Mississippi. Vice President J S Webb California. Secretary Treasurer W H Dixon Colorado. Committee to pick next meeting time and place appointed. Attorney General A B Webb California discussed the Fourteenth Amendment and questions of dealing with alien races in California.
August 21 Le Mans. Wright, the American aeroplane inventor, resumed demonstrations at Auvours after a prior forced halt caused by a recent accident to his machine. The endurance pruebas showed the craft rising to about seventy five feet and landing safely, with no effort at a boxing match.
William J. Bryan toured Des Moines delivering a tariff reform speech at the baseball park. He attacked Republican tariff revision, argued for a graduated revenue tariff and income tax, and pressed for justice in taxation while noting party loyalty to special interests. He arrived with Mayor Brown and aides, met Des Moines and state leaders, and planned future stops including Balers birth place before heading to Chicago.
St Louis August 22 planes valued at over 109000 carried traveling men for Democratic campaigns. The Traveling Men's Club, a 3200 member organization, sent representatives to a convention. The group, founded in 1898, has long backed William Jennings Bryan for the presidency.
Sitine RS in Seattle battle with police reports a labor dispute at the Northern Pacific station yards. About thirty strike breakers, Hindus, were moved to clear work. Police intervened after a daylong stand, firing shots. Several Italians hiding among cars were injured. no officers hurt.
A costly fire in Chicago tonight destroyed the five story storage and transfer building of W C Grinswolt Storage and Transfer. Tow of $75,000 was dealt, most of it borne by owners of household goods stored in the building.
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