Darrow Code Telegrams Linked to Jury Bribery Case
Clarence Darrow faces jury bribery charges as prosecutors reveal code telegrams from Lee Rapport and a reply by Darrow. Assistant District Attorney Ford presents translations in open court. Darrow admits authorship of one code message and receipt of another, noting code messages followed letters. Trial expected to go to the jury this week.
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Clarence Darrow
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Crossumination
Ford
Lee Rapport
Bridge and Iron Workers
Indianapolis
Rapport
Blackford
Quiet Denver Wedding Ties Platt Heir To City Lawyer
The marriage of Harriett Platt, daughter of the late suffragist Mrs. Sarah Platt Decker, to Caldwell Martin, a Denver lawyer, was quietly celebrated in Denver on July 31. Mrs. Decker reportedly requested on her death bed that the wedding not be postponed.
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Sarah Platt Decker
Woman's Club
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Decker
Sailor Refuses Order Faced Disciplinary Camp
Jurisdiction notes a gunner's mate Jos J. Kapsa jailed for refusing an order and sent to disciplinary camp. Ort Royal, South Carolina, may undergo treatment and be restored to duty. Senator Works of California urged vaccination submission.
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Chaily
Jos J. Kapsa
Ort Royal
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Taft Notification Committee Arrives for Nomination
Men prominent in notifying President Taft of his renomination begin arriving in Washington. The exercises are set for tomorrow at the White House with Taft to receive on the rear portico and address the nation from the balcony as the committee stands on the lawn.
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Potomac
Washington Weather Forecast For West Texas
Washington forecast notes fair Thursday with possible showers in extreme west Friday. Temperatures show highs near 86 to 91 and mild overnight lows around 64 to 67.
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Washington, D. C
West Texas
Post mills near completion in Post City Tex
The first two units of the Post cotton mills are practically completed here. Work will be pushed steadily from this time forward and the first cars of machinery are expected to arrive the latter part of the week.
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Post City
Tex
Post Cotton Mills
Auto Tragedy Near Roswell Claims Teen Victim
In Roswell New Mexico last night a collision near Lovers Lane killed Lorene Whiteman, 13, and fatally injured B M Wilkerson. Fire Chief Charles Whiteman and Mrs Whiteman suffered severe injuries, with several others injured as a huge split cottonwood overhanging the road was struck after the party had passed hours earlier.
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B.M. Wilkerson
Charles Whiteman
B. M. Wilkerson
Mamie Rash
Captain Haynes
Echa
Lovers’ Lane
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Gee
Gales
Elza
Stig
Lorene
Mr. Wilkerson
Mrs. Wilkerson
Owen
Vather Spanks Son Then Is Spanked in Return
Greeley Colorado July 31 George Kepsler 19 son of a wealthy Russian farmer spanks his father after receiving a spanking. Kepsler Sr. over 50 later paddled by his son. The father swore out a warrant for assault but the matter was dropped when they met at the sheriff's office.
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George Kepsler
Kepsler
Kepsier, Sr
Burial disputed as brother identified corpse in Minneapolis
Victor Martinson and his sister Mrs M Museum identified a dead man killed by a street car as their brother. Martinson paid burial expenses. John Martinson later appeared alive, working on a local farm, prompting coroner Seashore to investigate whose body was buried.
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Victor Martinson
Mrs. M. Museum
Martinson
John Martinson
Gilbert Seashore
Colorado Republican Assembly Endorses Taft and Electors
In Denver on July 31 the Colorado Republican state assembly adopted resolutions supporting the Taft administration and instructed electors to vote for Taft’s re election. It selected 13 state electors and candidates for congress and governor, with names to appear on the September 1 primary ballot.
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Republican State Assembly
Colorado
Taft
Co. C. Dawson
Guggenheim
Co. W Waterman
Hughes
S. H. Kingsley
Mt Paso County
A. Johnson
Jesse Laton
James P. Miller
Lagotte
Chicago
Indiana regressive party nominates ticket for suffrage platform
The Indiana regressive party plans a state convention in Indianapolis to nominate a complete ticket backing woman suffrage, initiative and recall, and direct election of U S senators. They hope Albert Beveridge will accept the governor bid. if not Frederick Landis or Stillwell are considered.
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Indianapolis
Ind
United States
Indiana
Albert J. Beveridge
Roosevelt
Beveridge
Frederick Landis
Logansport
Washington slates third party ticket at Roosevelt convention
A Roosevelt mass convention in Tacoma Washington announced a complete third party ticket covering county state and congressional races. The slate includes plans for statewide and federal contests as determined at the gathering.
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Washington
Tacoma
Wash
Roosevelt Republicans rally in Dover for state convention
Roosevelt Republicans in Delaware gathered at Dover on July 21 to finalize party organization and choose delegates for the Progressive National convention to be held in Chicago.
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Dover
Del
Delaware
Chicago
Maine Progressives Meet at Portland for Delegates
Insurgent Republicans who carried Maine for Roosevelt last spring gather in Portland to pick delegates for the National Progressive convention in Chicago next week. Plan calls for endorsing the regular Republican state ticket while nominating a new set of presidential electors.
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Portland
Maine
Roosevelt
Chicago
Prospects Dim for Panama Canal Opening Next Year
Washington July 31 The current Congress may not authorize operations for the Panama Canal during the present session. President Taft and War Secretary Stimson doubt army engineers can meet the promised opening date. Information from the White House indicates the prospect is growing dim as the Panama bill is put aside.
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Washington, D. C
Congress
Panama Canal
Taft
War Stimson
White House
Panama
Senate OKs Tunneling Reimbursement Bill for Corbett Tunnel
The Senate approved over President Taft's veto a bill to reimburse labor and supplier costs on the Corbett Tunnel irrigation project at Shoshone Wyoming totaling 42000 dollars. Democrats progressives and regular Republicans from western states supported the measure.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Senate Today
Taft
Shoshone
Wyoming
Hogan's Decision Over McFarland in Fifteen Rounds
San Francisco July 31 One Round Hogan defeated Tommy McFarland after fifteen hard rounds of boxing at the local arena. Hogan secured a clear decision in a bout that thrilled the crowd with sustained exchanges and power punches throughout the match.
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Hogan
Tommy McFarland
Denver Country Club Bans Eccentric Dances
Denver officials report the Denver Country Club will no longer tolerate the grizzly bear turkey trot and bunny hug dances. A July 31 board meeting established a strict ban on these and other new dances.
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Denver
Colo
Denver Country Club
Two Americans Found Hanged Near Cananea
Two unnamed American men were hanged near Cananea Sonora within the last forty eight hours. Their bodies were found today and the Sonora governor reported the incident to President Madero this night, ordering an investigation. Authorities believe rebels executed them to spur American intervention.
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Mexico City
Cananea
Sonora
Madero
San Jines hastens to ATID Americans
In Washington the General San Jines column notes urgent U.S. demands for protection of Americans, mainly Mormons, along the Mexican Northwestern railway. Colonel Steever reports rebels growing stronger after seizing arms from Mormons and may split into bands, with $5,000 telegraphed to buy food for roguish forces.
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San Jines
Mexico
United States
Steever
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Department of Texas
Bandits Pursued After Jail Break In Warren County Territory
Charles Franzen captured after a gunshot wounded him. William Sartelle and Andrew Comstock fled from jail as posse of about 100 police the Panhandle Confederate Veterans reunion in Memphis consumes attention. The group expects to trap remaining bandits in Black Mountain timber as effort continues. Amarillo delegates plan to attend the Panhandle Regiment reunion with Will A. Miller unable to attend opening day.
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Craig
Colo
Charles Franzen
William Sartelle
Andrew Comstock
Wyoming
Black Mountain
Fanzen
Dowpithin
W. B Plemons Camp
Panhandle Regtment United Confederate Veterans
Memphis
Will A. Miller
Axamat
Panhandle
Amarillo
Hberal
Sullloway Proposes Rooster Nuisance Inquiry
Washington July 21 Representative Cy Suloway of New Hampshire introduced a House resolution to investigate dawn crowing by roosters in the capital. He aims to probe chicken squab and pigeon coops to determine what keeps roosters awake the early hours and disturbs statesmen.
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Washington, D. C
National
Cy” Sulloway
New Hampshire
Sulloway
Washington Cocks
Orozco Refuses U S Recognition in Juarez Meeting
General Pascual Orozco, rebel commander in northern Mexico, tells American Consul Thomas Edwards he does not recognize the United States government. He says he is glad to accept Edwards as an American citizen but will not treat him as a U S representative. Edwards leaves headquarters after delivering Knox's message.
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Juarez
Pascual Orozco
United States
Orozco
Thomas Edwards
Knox
Trent
Noern Mexico
Edwards
More Refugees Add to El Paso Charges
Refugee flows increase in El Paso with 400 arriving by special train, bringing total to about 1,500. Most are women and children. hundreds mobilize from mountain districts. A wagon train of 500 from Colonia Diaz heads toward Hachita Mia while men carry rifles. Authorities failed to deliver tents and lumber from St Louis. Uncertainty grows over Americans missing from Colonia Morelos amid rebel movements.
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el Paso
Tex
Casas Grandes
Pearson
Colonia Diaz
Hachita Mia
St. Louie
Werehington
Colonia Morelos
Morelos
St Louis Southern Hotel Closes Tonight
The Southern Hotel in St Louis closes its doors tonight due to lease renewal hesitations and property owners failing to find a new lessee. The future remains in doubt though reopening is believed possible. Cheyenne July 31 Robert Wash and bride Charlotte Silsbee Drexel Smith are sought by Laramie county officials for violating state remarriage after divorce law.
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Southern Hotel
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Robert Wash
Sheridan
Charlotte Silsbee Drexel Smith
Colorado Springs
Chicago
Laramie County
Alcoholism Among Women Reported Rising at Congress
London reports that Dr Magnan chief of the Paris insane bureau told the International Eugenics congress that alcoholism among women is increasing yearly.
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Magnan
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