Wreck Toll Grows as Big Four Collision Probed
Coroner and officials investigate the Middle Town disaster where nineteen people died and twenty one were hurt when the Big Four flyer crashed into a Cincinnati Hamilton & Dayton freight. Pilot Wall blamed dispatcher orders and miscommunication while survivors are treated. victims identified include Merc Aom Garragus of Columbus and others.
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Middletown
Hamilton
John Tonkin
Springfield
Evelyn Ployd
Refind Point
Burnett
Cincinnati
Jeffries Defeated by Johnson Ends Great Ring Career
Reno dispatch notes Jeffries headed to his alfalfa ranch after a defeat to Jack Johnson. He left Moana Springs for the ringside and faced a tense bout with spectators recalling his frail nerves and the vast betting scene. The crowd dispersed as Johnson dominated in the fifteenth round.
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Arena Yesterny
California
San Francisco
Moana Springs
Sam Werger
Reno
Nila
Tom Corbett
Corbett
Johnson
Esrence Berry
Ble
Lin Coolneay
Jetrice
Cherynski
Jim
Bleached Flour Case Finally Goes to Jury
Kansas City Missouri July 5 The breached flour case in federal court went to the jury at 4 PM with no verdict by 9 30 PM Judge McPherson allowed the jury to home deliberations resume tomorrow morning Judge L B Scurritt protested the instructions saying not all issues were submitted Defense charged the government with favorable instructions and noted Pierre Butler from Minneapolis.
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Judev McPherson
At & Oelock
McPherson
L. B. Scurritt
Deferee
Fire Devastates Pevaneville After Balloon Blaze
A fire sparked by a dropped toy balloon on a street in Newburgh, Indiana, near Pevaneville increases as it burns several business buildings. Firefighters work to contain the blaze and prevent further damage as the cause is investigated.
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Newburgh
Ind
Unclear Fight Prompt Sparks Panic and Confusion
A New Yorker attending the bout fell ill and underwent emergency surgery during the event. Upon waking, he asked who won and groaned when told Johnson was the victor, reflecting crowd sentiment from the fight.
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Johnson
Johnson Returns to Chicago After Ogden Stop
In Ogden Utah 5000 fans greeted Jack Johnson as his private car arrived. Johnson spoke from the platform then sat beside his wife inside the car. Three roughs jeered from the rear platform prompting a scuffle withJohnson and trainers. Police dispersed the crowd and the train pulled away.
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Ogden Ogden
Utah
Jack Johnson
Ogden
Chicago
Receipts and Attendance For Major Fight Revealed
Tex Rickard released official receipts and attendance for the big fight. Gate totals reached 270 75 with 15 760 paid admissions and 760 complimentary tickets. Estimated in arena entries brought total attendance to 18 020 as seats priced from 19 to 50 dollars yielded diverse sums. The purse and bonuses totaled 121 600 with expenses near 30 000, signaling a profit around 120 000 for Rickard and Gleason.
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Reno
Tex Rickard
Rickard
Asl
San Francisco
Gleason Wilh
Johnson Retires From Ring After Stated Promise
Chicago July 5 Mrs Tiny Johnson mother of Jack Johnson announced that the champion would retire immediately from boxing. She quoted him saying he would whip Jeffries then quit fighting and end any dispute over the title, a promise made in Chicago before he left for California training.
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Chicago
Tiny Johnson
Jack Johnson
Seaman Claims Mount McKinley Copper Tube Discovery
Able seaman and placer miner Carrinean, who arrived in Colorado Springs, asserts he climbed Mount McKinley ten days ago and found a copper tube and records left there, aimed at proving Doctor Cook’s ascent claim. John Bradley, Cook’s former backer, calls the tale worthy of careful investigation.
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Morning Journal
Colorado Springs
Cole
J. Carrinean
testimony concluded in Young court martial
Washington July OS Captain Samuel II Young's court martial over charges tied to the Brownsville Texas attack on negro soldiers of the twenty fifth infantry ended after Mayor Combe testified. Verdict to be announced later. He faced possible honorable dismissal if convicted for falsifying ammunition records to conceal company cartridges used in the shooting.
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Samuel II. Young
Brownsville
Texas
Twenty-Fifth Infantry
Combe
Dhe
Parole Report Circulates For Ex Bank Leader
Rumor says Frank G Bigelow former president of the First National Bank of Milwaukee now in Fort Leavenworth is to return to Milwaukee on parole signed by the president. The claim circulated among his Milwaukee friends today despite no official confirmation.
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Frank G Bigelow
First National Bank of Milwaukee
Fort Learyenworth Federal Penitentiary
Mayors and Police Chiefs Move Against Fight Exhibition
Baltimore officials led by Marshal Farnan vow to block moving pictures of the Johnson Jeffries fight amid complaints and rioting nationwide. The action cites Baltimore’s large colored population and fears of racial trouble if the exhibition proceeds.
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Battle of Reno
Cincinnati Mayor Bans Johnson Jeffries Fight Pictures
Meyer Schwab stated he would not permit displaying the Johnson Jeffries fight photos in Cincinnati. He argued the images would promote race hatred and ordered the ban in the city.
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Cincinnati
Meyer Schwab
Major Sylvester Pits IP On SS National Capitol
Police Chief Sylvester said he would bar moving pictures of the Johnson Jeffries fight from the District of Columbia to prevent a repeat of race related violence and public disorder seen in earlier incidents.
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Major Sylvester
Washington
District of Columbia
Sylvester
Mayor urges ban on prize boxing in Los Angeles
Mayor Alexander urges the city council legislation committee to pass an anti fight ordinance to stop prize fighting as a business in public venues while amateur contests with no admission may be allowed. The committee may meet tomorrow to consider the measure.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Alexander
Elbobe
Mayor Gaynor Says Jeffries Johnson Film Shown in NYC
Mayor Gaynor announced that the Jeffries Johnson boxing film could be shown in New York City without city interference. He warned police would intervene only if disorder occurred at any moving picture theater.
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Gotham
New York
Gaynor
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Ile
Campaign to barage against prize fight replays
Boston on July 5 reports William Shaw of the United Society of Christian Endeavor launching a campaign to block moving pictures re showing the Jeffries Johnson fight. He says Independence Day was dishonored by the bout and that children and women must be protected from the re production. Telegrams were sent to Theodore Roosevelt Caverno Hughes and Mayor Gaynor asking support to suppress the pictures. Mayor Fitzgerald of Boston will be asked to block exhibition locally and governors will receive similar notices soon.
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Jeffries Johnson
William Shaw
United Society of Christian Endeavor
Theodore Stookevelt
Cavernor Hughes
Gaynor
New York
Fitzgerald
Prizes Fight Pictures Barred in Atlanta
Mayor Maddox will introduce an ordinance in Atlanta tomorrow to prohibit showing moving pictures of prize fights. The Jeffries Johnson prize fight pictures are barred from city venues according to the mayor.
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Maddox
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Conyneil
Three Mississippi Militiamen Held After Riot Attempt
In Chattanooga Tennessee on July 6 three white militiamen from Mississippi were turned over to a regiment officer in police court on charges of trying to incite a riot with negroes after the Jeffersons Johnson fight. Military authorities promised punishment.
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Tenn
Mississippi
Texas Negroes Engage in Bloody Conflict
Houston and Taylor reports say two factions of Negroes clashed over the Jeffrie-Johnson fight. The incident began in Taylor and details about participants, motives, and outcomes were not fully clear in the dispatches.
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Houston
Tex
Taylor
Jeffriee-Johnson
George Luck
Detroit to Curb Riot Fight Pictures If They Spark Hatred
Detroit on July 6 vows to exclude any pictures of the Reno fight if authorities decide the images would incite race hatred. Mayor Breit urges care to prevent inflaming tensions as shots are reported in the aftermath.
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Mik
Breit Mever
Poli Ind 1
Reno
Governor Campbell to Prohibit Jeffries-Johnston Fight Pictures
Austin reports Governor Campbell plans to push a law banning moving pictures of the Jeffries Johnston fight when the Texas Legislature convenes July 15. He worries the films could provoke public passion and possible bloodshed. The special session also aims to review the state fire rating board law.
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Austin
Texas
Campbell
State Fire Rating Board
Missionaries Besieged in Church in Avelline Province
In Avelline after the June earthquake a mob attacked Baptist missionaries led by James P.B. Stuart. Soldiers protected them as stones shattered church windows for hours. Stuart and companions remained inside eight hours until 400 troops later relieved them. assurances were given for investigations and preventive measures.
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Rome
John G. C. Leishman
Premiser
Foreign Office
Avalline
James PB. Stuart
St. Louis
American Board of Baptist Missions
Italy
Lugiatti
Stuart
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Leishman
Avelling
Lageatti
Aksurances
Former Chancellor of German Legation in Chili Shot for Murder
A Morning Journal Special Leased Wire report states the former chancellor of the German legation in Chile, Beckert, shot a Chilean messenger on February 1909. He embezzled funds, staged a death by fire, murdered the messenger, and hid the body in the legation building before being captured. The German government waived diplomatic privileges and left the case to Chilean courts.
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Morning Journal
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Wilhemm
Teckel
Beckert
Funda
Legation
Chliean Court
Negro murder in Arkansas ends with suspect shot
A hotel proprietor A. F P. Johnson was killed at Totte Rock Georgetown Arkansas when a black defendant shot by police as he resisted arrest. The gunman was killed in the confrontation, ending the chase today.
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Tottte Rock
Ark
Georgetown
A. F P. Johnson
Reclamation Act Heli Upheld by Circuit Court
The United States Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the constitutionality of the Reclamation Act, affirming the Idaho district court ruling in favor of the government. The decision authorizes the secretary of the interior to condemn lands and waters for irrigation and to acquire private water rights as needed for reclamation projects, impacting the $20 million appropriation and resuming suspended work.
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Morning Journal
San Francisco
United States Circcuit Court of Appeals
Idaho District Court
David Burley
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Burley
Secretary of the Interior
Congress
Roosevelt of Taft Must Weld or Part
Former President roosevelt aligns with the progressive faction and will aid Ballinger foe in the senate race. The political split volumes a key turn as he weighs party unity against factional goals.
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Roosevelt
Taft
Ballinger
Senate
Actor William Collier repeats wedding ceremony in Oakland
Renowned actor William Henry Morenus known as William Collier remarried in Oakland to his former wife Mrs. C. W. Gall. The May ceremony was duplicated here to forestall possible estate settlement complications upon his death, Justice James G. Quinn officiating.
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Cal
William Henry Morenus
William Collier
Davenport
Iowa
James G. Quinn
C. W. Gall
Maniac Escapes Asylum Slays His Father in Kansas
Buck Plant escaped Parsons asylum and went to his father George Plant's Hill City home early today. He crushed the father's head with a hammer and cut the father's throat from ear to ear. Family members escaped, Plant recaptured and to be returned to the asylum. Ten years earlier he killed his brother.
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George Plant
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Rules for Chicago New York aerial contest announced
Publication details a Chicago Evening Post and New York Times joint air race with a $25000 prize from Chicago to New York. The race starts in Chicago in October with at least three entrants of hour or longer flight records, seven day limit, self funding, trials a week before, start in Chicago and finish in New York City.
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New York
J. G. Shafter
Chicago Evening Post
Post
New York Times
New York City
Bolivian Minister Weds American Bride in New York
Bolivian minister to the United States Don Ignace Calderon, aged 60, married Miss Beatrice Mon jew Avnley, 44, in a quiet ceremony last Friday at Holy Trinity Roman Catholic Church in Mamaroneck New York.
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Don Ignace Calderon
United States
Beatrice Monjew Avnley
Gaynor Reveals Aldermanic Graft in Licenses Case
New York July 5 Mayor Gaynor sends message to the board of aldermen accusing politicians of extorting sums from five to five hundred dollars from applicants for aldermanic permits to operate news stands fruit stands and boot blacking stands.
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Gaynor
Board of Aldermen Today
Roosevelt backs Washington insurgent Poindexter for Senate
Sagamore Hill hosts talks with Miles Poindexter as Theodore Roosevelt signals support for the Washington insurgent against Ballinger. The meeting follows a Beverly conference between Ballinger and Taft and foreshadows further gatherings of prominent insurgents at Oyster Bay.
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Miles Poindexter
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