Terror Reigns Fiend at Work in Gotham
The Morning Journal reports a surge of brutal assaults on young girls in New York City. Virginia Barish, 17, and Annie Falkoweko, 5, are victims amid an epidemic police say they cannot fully curb. Authorities warn parents to guard children as details of attacks and arrests unfold.
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Gotham Tree
Tby
Morning Journal
New York
Virginia Barish
Annie Faikoweko
Bingham
North Beach
King’s County Hospital
Annie F Palkoweko
Staten Idland
Joseph Noocewiak
Caonat Tee
Dennis Tr Shea
Harlem
Jacob Neuman
Bate
Berlin Serial Child Murders Echo Jack the Ripper Legend
In Berlin a string of brutal child murders shocks the city as three girls aged four to five are attacked in doorways, one killed and others gravely wounded. A note claiming a child murderer in the neighborhood triggers a citywide police manhunt and mob fear after a suspect is briefly detained.
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Berlin
Jack the Ripper
My Morning Journal
Ryke and
Belford
Margaret Prawitz
Bertha Lens
Ella Knispel
Pinsuline Alley
Hensersdorfer
Gr Lee
Statin Tonaufe
Warrant Issued for Strike Leader Teot Petrella
July 26 report says a warrant was issued for Teot Petrella, a Triton engineer accused of guiding a nationwide steel strike. Citizens fear arrest could break the strike and Pinkerton detectives were observed near the plant to guard the Steel Corporation as talks to reopen drew near.
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Fmtuth
Mion
Teot Petrella
Mesabaran
Tere Zone
Pinkerton
Ihele
Big
Steel Corporation
Uber
Neutral duties debated at The Hague conference
General George B. Davis of the American delegation backs the French plan on neutral duties. The proposal argues a neutral state bears responsibility only for acts on its soil and not for subjects who join belligerents. The discussion covers contraband and preventing subject enlistment.
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Hague
Tr Tapas
George B. Davis
United States
Davis
Charlies & Sperry
Creat Hintein
Local Editor Denies Japanic Prejudice in City Interview
H De Youngs proprietor of the Ban Praneise Chronicle declares no prejudice against Japanese in the city during a Tribune interview. He notes Japan seeks the Philippines and Hawaii if possible and discusses regional intentions in the Pacific.
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Fwouden
the Tribune This
H. de Youngs
Ban Praneise
Japan
Philippines
Mutiny Breaches Russian Regiment at Petersburg
At Krunoyestele camp near Petersburg on a July parade day the Semonyasky regiment refused to march and broke formation demanding General Heiman's retirement and replacement by General Min. The incident triggered barracks searches and disciplinary actions as troops were dispersed.
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Petersburg
Nicholas
Krunoyestele
Semonyasky
Gneral Heiman
Min
Heiman
Peterheft
Moscow
Americans Wage Court Fight In France
Paris reports a court decision in a dispute involving the Duchess De La Rus and Sally Ritton of St. Louis over a rented house. The court sustained the Duchess’s claim for rent from 1902 and ordered sale of left belongings to satisfy the claim, citing inadequate heating and unrepaired defects.
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Paris
Duchess de la Rus Fefoucabl
Kate
Mitchell
Oregon
Ye wood-Mackin
Sallyritton
St. Louie
FCON
Corpnteme Tm
Duchess receives damages in suit over late action and hotel move
An attachment suit filed by a countess is voided for lateness while the duchess gains 100 for damages and 100 for hotel relocation costs due to defective heating. San Francisco reports May or Taylor appointing a new Board of Supervisors including C. A. Treitmoe and J. J. O'Neill, not tied to graft charges.
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Board of Supervisors
San Francisco
Cal
Taylor
C. A. Treitmoe
J. J. O'Neill
Glass Case Goes to Duty
The case against Louis Glass, vice president and general manager of the Pacific States Telephone and Telegraph Company, charged with bribing Supervisor Charles Boxton in 5000 to vote against an ordinance granting Home Telephone Company a rival franchise in San Francisco, went to the jury.
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Glass
San Francisco
Louis Glass
Pacific States Telephone and Telegraph Company
Charles Boxton
Home Telephone Company
Unconscious American Found in French Park
Versailles reports the discovery of an unconscious man, about 30 to 35, on a church lawn. A letter in his pocket bears Mrs J Pierpont Morgan’s signature. An illegible Montreal address and a deciphered note from Union Nations in Francaise complicate attempts to identify him.
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Versailles
Union Nations
Francaise
Rue du Board
Montreal
Nebraska Rates Fight Upheld by Federal Court
Judge W H Muncer ruled the Sibley law reducing express rates by 20 percent is constitutional and denied a temporary injunction against the Nebraska railway commission. Express companies may seek relief again if conditions change, with state supreme court action pending. The decision confirms the prior refusal to grant the injunction.
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My Morning Journal
Omaha
W. H. Muncer
Sibley
Nebraska Railway Commission
State Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Railroads Turn Down Kansas Fare Emergency Request
Kansas City July 26 The state board of railroad commissioners received letters from Union Pacific and Santa Fe Railway officials declining to implement emergency passenger rise of two cents per mile during litigation on the validity of two cent fare laws. The letters respond to a request that the railroads enact the Kansas fare at least while similar fares are observed in Missouri, Iowa and Nebraska.
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State Board of Railroad Commissioners
Union Pacific and
Sante
Kansas
Missouri
Lowe
Nebraska
Rock Island Must Cut Tariff on Grain
Interstate Commerce Commission orders reduced rates on wheat and corn from Oklahoma to port for export. Commissioner Prouty announced Oklahoma had just cause for complaint against Chicago Rock Island and Pacific and other carriers for unreasonable freight charges.
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Washington
Prouty
Interstate Commerce Commission
Territory of
Oklahoma
Chiesge, Beck Island and Pacific Railway
Okklihoma
Julveston
Commbeeum
Youth Killed in Wreck of Flying Automobile
New York July 2 An automobile plunged thirty feet down an embankment near Bernardsville New Jersey killing 18 year old Herbert Erbach heir of Victor Erbach a New York millionaire. Four others were seriously injured including the driver Mrs Erbach.
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New York
Bernardsville
Herbert Brhadhe
Victor Briacher
Erbacher
Coal Treasures Await The Miner Across Wide Public Lands
Morning Journal reports Acting Secretary Woodruff says 60 million acres west of South Dakota to Kansas hold workable coal in townships. Geological survey has mapped areas with coal near transport routes and settlements, with 28 million acres already examined, suggesting a coal famine would stem from failure to mine accessible deposits.
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Washington
Woodruff
Interior Department
Geological Survey
South Dakota
Nebraska
Kansas
Mexican Bandmaster Returns Home in Coffin
The body of Major Augusto Azzall leader of the Guadalajara band arrived in El Paso after drowning at Atlantic City while rescuing four comrades. Delegates of the El Paso Elks and the band met the coffin, which lies in state at the Elks home. It will depart tomorrow for Guadalajara where he will be buried with Mexican army honors.
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Texas
Augusto Azzall
Guadalajara
Atlantic City
el Paso Elks
Philadelphia
Texas National Guard
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The
Elks
Willl
Little Interest in Philippine General Election
Manila reports widespread apathy toward the July 20 general election as party leaders push for high turnout. Estimated total registered voters fall below 64,000 across the islands.
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Manila
Philippine Congress
Yankee Crooks Sentenced to British Prison
London July 6 Justice Darling sentenced man Smith and Chicago May Churchill to life and fifteen years penal servitude after a numerous assault on Eddie Guerin. The judge said he would not recommend sending Smith back to America when the sentence is reviewed, adding she is better off in jail.
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London
Darling
Smith
Chicago
Churchill
Eddie’ Guerin
Home Secretary
America
Jal
Authors Incorporate to Raise Chickens in Malden Farm
Albany July 2. Gertrude Father ton Catherine Grover and Poultney Bigelow well known authors are makers of a poultry farm at Malden Laughernes filed articles of incorporation with the secretary of state. Capital stock four thousand dollars all paid.
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Albany
Gertrude Fatherton
Catherine Grover
Poultney Bigelow
Mallen
Moultry Farm
Malden
Laughernes
Missouri Coal Miners Contemplating Strike
Missouri coal miners weigh strike as two day conference with The Valued Mine Workers, the Southern Western Coal Operators Association, and Western Coal and Mining Company ends with the Mine Workers' representative leaving. A committee heads to Denver to seek President Mitchell's advice on strike advisability.
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Kansas City
Southwestern Coal Operators’ Association
Western Coal Sod Mining Company
Don Mitchell
Denver
Milonell
Armenian priest questioned in Hunchakist probe in New York
Rev. Levant Martogessian former treasurer of the Hunchakist Armenian society testifies to a district attorney inquiry claiming Turkish government backing for anti Armenian actions in the United States. He swears innocence, says Turkish spies persecute him, and provides a signed statement to aid the grand jury.
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Morning Journal
New, York
Levant Martogessian
Hunchakist
Armenian Apostolic Church
New York
Miner Crushed in Cave-In at Caballo Mines
Paul Howan of the Southwestern Lead and Coal company was trapped by a rock fall in a Caballo mountains mine west of Deming. He escaped death by minutes, sustaining a broken crushed leg and was taken to Deming hospital before planned return to Los Angeles. A Treasury report notes 166000 ounces of silver bought for delivery in New York at 69.421 per ounce.
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Morning Journal
Eagle
X. M
Paul Rowan
Southwestern Lead and Coal Company
Deming
Ftowan
Caballo Mountains
Here
Los Angeles
Washington
Treasury Department
New York
Western Pacific Nearing Completion Road to Coast
In a July 26 report the Tribune notes the Western Pacific railroad will run from Salt Lake toward the coast to Steptoe Nevada, connecting with the Nevada Northern. The projected line promises continued progress in building the western corridor.
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Salt Lake
Utan
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Tribune
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Steptoe, Ney
Nevada
Ancient Glass Vessel Dug Up in England
London reports in The Express on a Glastonbury Abbey area find a bluish green glass cup inlaid with silver leaf. A discoverer and Professor Croakes claim it may be the Holy Grail linked to Arthurian legend. The vessel awaits provenance and history verification.
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London
the Express
Glastonbury Abbey
Joseph of
Arimathbesn
Croakes
Henry H. L. Rogers Reported Illness At Home
New York reports Henry H. L. Rogers head of the Standard Canon preny damaged by illness last month and removed from his desk. He is under physician care at his country home in Fair Haven with doctors noting improving but uncertain outlook.
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New York
Henry HL. Rogers
Standard
Canon Preny
Fair Haven
Atviews
Soldier of Fortune Dead and Other News Items
Philadelphia reports Colonel Philip Figuelmessy a Hungarian patriot and Fremont staffer has died at his home. Major H. M. Randolph of Denver becomes superintendent of Mesa Verde national park. A Toronto launch capsized in Lake Ontario with three corpses washing ashore. Kosher butchers in Philadelphia close shops amid disorder. wholesale meat prices to be pressured.
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Philip Figuelmessy
Kossuth
Fremont
Washington
H. M. Randolph
Denver
Mesa Verde National Park
Congress
Colorado
Crown
Lake Ontario
Toronto
Sunnyside
Plunderbund 15 Burning Wires to Washington
Santa Fe reports that telegraph wires to Washington are operating at full capacity as Acting Governor Raynolds and others communicate with the capital. Federal inspectors’ work in New Mexico draws official concern and promises sensational developments ahead.
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Morning Journal
Santa Fe
N. M
Washington
Raynolds
Japanese Spy Suspect Seized at Texas Military Camp
A Japanese national was taken into custody at a Texas state military encampment on July 25 charged with taking photographs of battery placements and other features. He is held pending state and federal investigation.
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Austin
Tex
Attempt to dynamite gambler Mont Tennes home
Chicago reports an unknown assailant blew a hole in the alley and shattered windows at the home of Mont Tennes, a reputed gambling operator. Five days earlier a similar blast damaged the saloon of ex State Senator John F. O'Malley, part of a string of attacks linked to gambler factions.
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Chicago
Mont Tennes
John F. O'Malley
Heavy rainfall floods work at Roosevelt dam site
Heavy rains in Phoenix on July 24 caused one inch and ten hundredths inches of precipitation. Water flowed over the Roosevelt storage dam under construction, delaying the project but causing no other damage.
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Phoenix
Ario
Stoosevelt
Mrs Eddy Case Urges Prompt Court Hearing in New York
In Concord New York July 26 the masters appointed by the Superior Court began reviewing the Myre Mary Baker Eddy competency suit brought by her relatives next friends for an accounting of property. Mrs Eddy’s counsel General Frank Streeter urged an early hearing citing her age and frailty. The masters postponed further action until August 23 and will read the case record to prepare an updated submission.
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Concord
N. Y
Myre
Mary Baker
Frank Streeter
Keddy
Biddy
Dupy
Mddy Ve. Frye
Chamberlain
Superior Court
Kady
Borah Delivers Final Word in Haywood Conspiracy Fight
Senator BORAH presents a dramatic account of an alleged Haywood assassination plot. He relies on defense witnesses to frame the conspiracy claim and to challenge opposing testimony in the case.
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Borah
Borah concludes Idaho murder trial defense with strong narration
United States Senator Borah closed the prosecution phase with a dramatic rebuttal linking Orchard Haywood Simpkins Moyer and Pettibone to the Western Federation of Miners. He urged jurors to see the conspiracy behind Steunenberg's murder and the defendents' roles while the courtroom watched in intense emotion.
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Morning Journal
Boise
Idaho
William D. Haywood
Avra Ees
United States
William E. Borah
Fremont Wood
Orchard
Denver
Western Federation of Miners
Borai
Steunenberg
Borah
Davis
Copley
Adams
Masterly
Benator Borah
Haywood
Clarence Darerow
Cour
Defense Senate
Boreah
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