Disapproval Cast on Waller Day Court Martial Findings
Manila reports the reviewing authority Maj Gen Adna R. Chaffee disapproved the court martial findings against Maj L W T Waller and Lieut John A Day for executing natives on Samar without trial. The review faults Waller for using war powers to justify killings and urges accountability despite sympathy for his illness and suffering. It also questions Day's obedience to an order tainted by Waller's actions and calls for greater regard for legality and country’s honor.
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Manila
L. W. T. Waller
John
Marine Corps
Samar
Majyen
Adna R. Chaffee
Philippines
C“Ases
Waller
Queston
Major Waller
General Smith
Lieutenant Day
United States
White murderer hanged by mob in Paris Missouri
Abe Witherup a white man convicted of killing William Crow was seized from the Paris jail by a mob of over a hundred men. They battered the jail doors with sledge hammers, brought Witherup to a bridge and hanged him after he confessed. The victim and killer were men aged 21 and 55.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Journal
Paris
Abe Witherup
William Crow
James W. Clark
Martin Clark
Masterson
Janes H. Whitecotton
Mr. Whitecotton
Witherup
Senndon
Grow
Salt River
Kansas City Prison Transfer Avert Lynch Threat
Jesse Johnson, accused of the April 28 murder of M. Dd. McCray, Reneslaer postmaster in Missouri, was moved from Paris to New London and then brought to Kansas City for safety after a mob attempted to lynch him. He had been in Paris following a jail transfer from New London amid the earlier mob excitement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Jesse Johnson
M. Dd. McCray
Reneslaer
Ralls County
Missouri
Paris
Johnson
New London
Tornado Kills Six in Union South Carolina
A tornado swept through Union and surrounding areas killing six people including Sallie Hart Annie Lawson and Mrs Maxey Sims. Several others were injured as homes and a school were destroyed and property damage reached fifty thousand dollars in Union with additional fatalities reported in Jonesville and Pacolet.
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Union
D. C
Sallie Hart
Annie Lawson
Maxey Sims
Vera Sims
Miss Lawson
Jonesboro
Pacolet
Lee Sims
William Mabey
Vera
Mabey
Jonesville
Lawson
Fernie mine disaster toll rises with funeral day
A Fernie B C dispatch reports 30 funerals on one day as rescue work at the mine halts to improve safety. No. 2 shaft shows victims and a yet unidentified Italian among 49 recovered. Cause opinions vary with miners suggesting a drilling mishap near a rib.
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Vancouver
B. C
Fernie
No. 2
Edgar Reid
Joe Petree
James Flora
Philip Chroda
Andrew Pestoick
John Kravetz
Rennie McMillan
John Halley
Tialian
Doctor's Car Standoff With Runaway Buggy Causes Minor Injuries
In Great Falls on Central avenue two youths in a buggy collided near Dr. Gordon's car. The horse bolted while the buggy tipped but did not overturn. One boy sustained a bleeding nose. no serious injuries reported.
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Standard
Great Falls
Central Avenue
Gordon
Sculptor St Gaudens Commissioned for Daly Statue
The Standard reports Augustus St Gaudens has been commissioned to sculpt Marcus Daly’s statue with a memorial fund already subscribed. The Shaw memorial near Boston Common is cited among his best works, begun by John A. Andrew Charles Sumner and Henry W. Longfellow. Robert G. Shaw of the Fifty Fourth Massachusetts fell at Fort Wagner.
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Augustus St. Gaudens
Marcus Daly
Shaw
Boston Common
St. Gaudens
John A. Andrew
Massachusetts
Charles Sumner
Henry W. Longfellow
Robert G. Shaw
Fifty-fourth Regiment
Massachusetts Volunteers
Fort Wagner
Fernie Mine Disaster Ties to Great Falls Area Victims
Great Falls residents mourn Fernie B C mine explosion victims many of whom formerly lived in Belt Stockett Sand Coulee and Great Falls. Names like Thomas Fairfield James Fairfield James Muir Dugdale Patterson Albert Carson and Thomas Graham surface among the dead with several more expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Standard
Great Falls
Fernie
B. C
Belt
Stockett
Thomas R. Stockett
Lewis Stockett
St. Paul
Cottonwood Coal Company
Fairneid
Independent Order of Odd Fellows
Stockett Lodge
James Muir
Dugdale Patterson
Sand Coulee
Muir
Patterson
Albert Carson
Amos Bock
John Zelenika
Montana Electric Co Sued in Anti Trust Action
The Montana Electric Company of Butte, member of the Electrical Supply Dealers Association, is named as a defendant in an anticipated anti trust case. Independent dealers will ask Attorney General Knox to proceed, charging throttling of competition, price fixing, territory partitioning and boycotts. The association, organized two years ago, is allied with the copper trust and based in Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Standard
Chicago
Montana Electric Company
Butte
Electrical Supply Dealers’ Association of the
United States
Knox
Copper Trust
Improvements Planned at Hunters Hot Springs Filters
Livingston May 25 three new reservoirs two for hot water and one for cold water will be built at Hunters Hot Springs. The lake will be dredged floodgates erected and a boulevard constructed.
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Livingston
Hunter's Hot Springs
Self-Defense Claim in fatal ranching blow at Big Dry
John Slancer, a herder for George Donaldson, died after a skull fracture from a blow by George Spencer at a Big Dry ranch. Spencer surrendered to Sheriff Savage, claiming self defense after a quarrel. witnesses Parkison and Turk remain at the scene. Sheriff Kennedy to take Spencer to Glendive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Standard
Miles City
John Slancer
George Donaldson
Big Dry
George Spencer
Sheriff Savage
Slaucer
James Parkison
George Turk
Donaldson
Kennedy
Spencer
Glendive
Dawson County
Warranted Idaho Man Surrenders After Cave Standoff
William Hobson of Oxford Idaho fled into Bear River country after being accused of intimacy with a 15 year old girl. A posse trapped him in a cave. after gunfire he surrendered though he was wounded in the shoulder leg and hand. He faced arrest on the alleged charges.
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Preston
Idaho
William Hobson
Oxford
Hobson
Bear River
Furnishing Board to Install Custodian and Occupy Capitol
Helena May 25 The furnishing board will appoint a custodian and complete occupancy plans for the state capitol. Officials are to be moved into new quarters this week with marble mantels carpets and office fixtures arriving already. Completion of office assignments and transfer of furniture from the old courthouse and downtown offices will follow as positions are prepared and carpet work proceeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Standard
Helena
Hennessy Company of
Butte
Brilliant meteor lights Helena sky near dusk
A brilliant meteor flashed northwest of Helena at 8:25 PM as daylight lingered. Hundreds watched the fiery ball arc across the sky, leaving a smoke trail before reportedly fading into the mountains beyond the valley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Standard
Helena
Policeman Kills Sister-in-Law then Kills Self in Chicago
North-side officer Nels Johnson shot and fatally wounded his sister-in-law Mrs Co J Guilakaon before shooting himself in the head. Johnson alleged she caused his wife to separate. The couple had been married 19 years and the tragedy followed last week's sheriff sale of their home. Johnson was intoxicated at the time.
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Chicago
Nels Johnson
Co. J. Guilakaon
Johnson
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Butenant
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Stu
Montana
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Peter Breen
Fernie Mines
Henry Walsh
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Prae
ANL
Capitol
Capital City
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