Fugitive Harry Tracy Escapes As Prowl Intensifies
Seattle July 8 Harry Tracy the Oregon fugitive who has killed six men since June 9 remains hotly pursued southeast of Seattle by armed men and two bloodhounds. He slipped away from a posse at the Gerald house near Trenton after five hours inside. Anderson, Tracy’s prisoner from Fort Madison, was found tied in the Gerald yard. A thousand men are chasing him toward Cedar Mountain as trains and boats are mobilized to intercept Tracy’s flight toward Palmer. The 17 year old Gerald boy delivered watches Tracy tried to sell at the sheriff’s office, aiding the manhunt. The first posse rode a trolley to Renton, while a second headed for Renton with bloodhounds. Sheriff Cudihee and deputies followed.
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Harry Tracy
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Seattle
Racy
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Mrs Gerald
Trenton
Palmer
Gerald
Anderson
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Newell's Mill
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Accer
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Johnsons
Traveling family found murdered near Prudence Oklahoma
Enid Oklahoma July 8 two adults and two children believed kin of a traveling family were found murdered near Prudence about 30 miles southwest of Enid. Bodies stripped of clothing and mutilated. robbers likely fled with team and belongings. Authorities in Garfield Woods Blaine and Kingfisher counties pursue leads along the Cimarron river to identify victims and catch suspects.
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Prudence
Here
Prudence Okla
Kingfisher
Cimarron River
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Resolutions Adopted by North American Turnerbund
The Davenport Iowa meeting ends its three day convention with a sine die adjournment to Pittsburgh in two years. It adopts resolutions condemning press restrictions by executive officers and directing submission to President Roosevelt and Congress.
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Davenport
Iowa
Pittsburg
Philippine Islands
United States
Ysevelt
Congress
Georgia Woman Claims Groton Soldier Heir to Large Estate
Miss Lillar Cly Hill of Atlanta asserts she is the daughter of Charles Hill, a Georgia Confederate veteran who died at Groton South Dakota leaving about 144000 in cash. An Adjutant General review supports her claim, with Americus relatives potentially divested of rights if proven true. The case centers on her birth near Americus, early mother death, and a life in Atlanta as a seamstress in Inman Smith and Co. Continued on Ninth Page.
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Georgia
Groton, S. Dak
Atlanta
Charles Hill
Groton
S. Dak
Lillar Cly Hn
J W . Robertson
Constitution
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Groton, & Oak
Ameticus
Miss Hill
William Ashley
S. Dax
Charlie
Americus
Robertgon
Adjutant General
Ashley
Butler
Taylor County
Partridge Fights Corruption by Dismissing NY Captain
Police Commissioner Partridge dismissed Captain John Reardon of the Manhattan and Green Point Avenue stations Brooklyn for neglect of duty and falsifying blotter records.
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New York
Partridge
John Reardon
Manhattan
Green Point Avenue
Brooklyn
Moody plans press blackout for Atlantic maneuvers
Secretary Moody proposes masking fleet and army drills on the Atlantic coast this September by denying news access to correspondents. He suggests reporters charter their own vessels to accompany fleets, as done in the Spanish American War, to test concealment and reprimand officers who leak secrets.
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Moody
Washington
Atlantic
Mood
Hoy
Gat
American Teachers in the Philippines Warned
Complaints at the war department allege certain teachers in the Philippines press Catholic children toward Protestantism. The matter was sent to Acting Governor Wright with instructions to halt the practice and to enforce that no religion be taught in schools as part of government policy.
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Philippines
Washington
War Department
Wright
Gover
Millions Backed by Labor in Coal Strike Plan
A nationwide plan would gather weekly funds from all organized labor to support coal miners in a prolonged fight for higher wages and shorter hours. Harry White, representing several unions, met with President Mitchell who endorsed the idea but said aid would begin only after miners exhaust their resources. The plan hinges on union support across major cities, with public funds and sympathetic press participation.
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Wilkesbarre
National Defense
Harry White
New York
National Garment Workers
National Civic Federation
Mitchell
White
Mitchel
New York City
Acheme
Samuel Gompers
Indianapolis
Guests of the President at Oyster Bay Luncheon
Montagu White and William E Curtis, long involved in Boer affairs, dined with President Roosevelt and Mrs Roosevelt at Oyster Bay. White sails soon for Europe. discussion touched on reciprocity with Cuba and possible future U S Cuban relations at the next Congress session. National Sugar Company of Newark filed incorporation papers with $1,000 paid in for a $1,000,000 authorized capital to grow sugar and coffee. incorporators include George Dix Elwood W Kemp B G Hudnut William W Parsons and W Doak.
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W. E. Curtis
Oyster Bay
New York
William E Curtis
Washington
Roosevelt
White
Europe
Cuba
United States
Congress
Democratic Campaign Manager Attacks Roosevelt Trust Policy in Pittsburg Speech
Chairman Griggs of the Democratic Congressional Committee returns to headquarters and ridicules Roosevelt’s anti trust zeal. He accuses Republicans of eight years in power with no anti trust action and calls the president’s Pittsburgh remarks a publicity blitz and a political bluff aimed at deceiving the public.
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Congress
Friends of Trusts
Pittsburg
Democratic Party
Seaion
House
Cats With Pedigrees Free Of Duty In US Plan
Washington July 8 Special A cat with a pedigree can hereafter come into this country free of duty The plain everyday cat must continue to pay 2 percent ad valorem This new treasury regulation is the joint product of Secretary Shaw and Secretary Wilson The agricultural secretary aims to elevate American cats and bring finer world breeds here Favorable include the long haired Angola Persian short haired Siamese Abyssinian Indian Russian and Japanese cats
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Wilson
Secretary of Agriculture
Stood
United States
Letter Tied to Newton Woman's Murder Sparks Betrayal Motive
Boston July 3 a letter allegedly by Andrew J Emory of South Framingham to Nina Danforth the Newton deformed girl who shot Emory at his home last May is found it explains their intimacy must end The letter states I am very sorry for you but I have a wife and other women I cannot keep up the life any longer I do not want to see you again The note and confrontation preceded the fatal shooting Danforth now jailed in East Cambridge awaiting trial under mental condition supervision by experts这
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Boston
Andrew J . Emory
South Framingham
Nina Danforth
Newton
Emory
Miss Danforth
Danforth
East Cambridge
Leila Sloane Sloane Weds Bradhurst Field in Berkshire
Lenox Massachusetts July 8 Miss Leila Vanderbilt Sloane daughter of New York and Lenox society, married Bradhurst Osgood Field of New York at Trinity Episcopal church in a ceremony attended by over 200 guests from wealthy New York families. The ivory satin gown, veil, and jewels featured wedding parasols set with precious stones. After the ceremony a breakfast at Elm Court preceded a buckboard ride to Pittsfold and a New York departure. The couple will honeymoon at George Vanderbilt's Biltmore estate in North Carolina.
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Lenox
Mass
Trinity Episcopal Church
Leila Vanderbilt Sloane
William Douglas Sloane
New York
Bradhurst Osgood Field
Berkshire Country
Erskine Hewitt
Frederick Kernochan
William A Burden
Ernest Iselin
H Roger Winthrop
Adb Civilgi, Jr
Alex Webb, Jr
Frederick Webb
Florence Twombiey
Evelyn Sloane
Francis Croker
Emily Rogers
Marion Whittaker
Elm Court
Weather and headlines mix as Georgia news highlights
Forecast reports thunderstorms and showers for Wednesday and Thursday with variable wind and temperature notes. Regional items include a found heir in Atlanta to a $144,000 estate of Charles Hill, election of Rev Dr J H Dickey as Emery College president, new $25,000 building planned, and crop outlooks in southwest Georgia. Criminal and political notes cover hangings in Salisbury, roosevelt criticism by Judge Griggs, and Morgan and Bernhardt mentions amid a broad national digest.
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Charles Hill
Groton
8 Oak
Tillar Cly Hill
J. H. Dickey
Grace Church
Emery College
Wallace Buttrick
Technological School
Georgia
J P. Williams
Savannah
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Henry
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Stephen Droskick
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Sheppton
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Spedden Building Company
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Ohio
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Gaff
Judge Griggs
George W Vanderbilts
Biltmore Estate
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Herale
H. Hvans
South Carolina
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Greenville News
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Sarah Bernhardt
Romeo
Mawse Adams
Juliet
Don M. Dickinson
Detroit
Hardwick Society
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