Murder Probe Shocks Alexandria Dental Doctor Missing
Dr W G Gibson a prominent young dentist from Mission Texas vanished in Alexandria after dark. Blood stained clothes and knife wounds on a coat and shirt found on a bridge point to murder for robbery by two Mexicans. Suspects include Pullman workers Charles Bittner and Hugo Fritsch. body not recovered.
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Alexandria
W. G. Gidson
Mision
Texas
Deltethej
Gibson'a
Red River
Gibson
Bentley
Pineville
Dr. Gibson
Senate Naval Affairs Committee Revises Naval Appropriation Bill
The Senate committee on naval affairs revises the naval appropriation bill. It strikes two battleships, increases submarines to eight, keeps six torpedo boat destroyers and two fuel ships, and adds a submarine tender. It restores nine support ships and adopts the Hobson plan for a national defense council. It fixes four year enlistment terms and authorizes certain foreign wet materials purchases. A million dollar wireless system is kept despite the house veto.
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Washington
Senate Committee
House
Senate
Pacific Coast Navy Yard
Hobson
National Council For Defense
Insehier
Atlantic
Pacific Flesca
Alaska
Navy Department
Five Suspects Sought in Boy's Death Mystery
Police and coroner probe a one year old boy’s death after he collapsed beside his home while watching a ball game. Postmortem finds head injury from a bottle. Five companions are being sought after conflicting explanations emerged of the cause.
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John
Hoftmier
Flood relief funds reach New Orleans for Mississippi sufferers
New Orleans reports 63 404 25 dollars in cash donations for Mississippi flood victims as of June 1. Secretary M B Prezlevant says 15 859 87 dollars and goods were sent to Governor Hall and three carloads of clothing bedding and provisions were dispatched. Boats used in rescue work will be sold to add to funds. The local relief committee dissolved after forwarding donations to the state committee.
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New Orleans
Mississippi
M. B Prezevant
State Central Relief Committee
Navy Department May Face Abroad Powder Purchase
The House bill would stop government powder procurement if the Indian Head factory fails. The Senate committee corrected this. Appropriations for mine appliances contemplated increasing reserve supplies, lessons drawn from the Japanese Russian conflict.
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Navy Department
Indian Head
Senate
Plot to assassinate chief of secret service revealed
New York June 3: In Atlanta prison a plot by Lupo Morello and allies to kill William J Flynn head of the Secret Service and George W Ray U S district judge is exposed. A Bil ling teller told of the plan last December and threats of death reached Chenango County. Flynn says the gang, which suspects who killed Detective Patreseni, seeks his life and has decreed deaths of certain inmates. two members have already died.
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New York
Atlanta
Lupo-Morell
William J. Flynn
Atvie Yelem
Secret Service
George W. Jray
United States District Court
Lanagio Lupo
the Wolf
Fudgeay
Chenango County
Lupo
Morello
Smith
Mynn
Abel I Smith
United States Attorney
Flynn
Ithla Gang
Patreseni
Sieily
Lupo Gang
Stellang
Trouble in Bunches for This Groceryman
Knoxville dispatch reports J. F. Johnson, a Lonsdale grocer, loses his store to a daytime fire. His wife falls ill, and his 17 year old son Robert, an employee at a candy factory, is found dead at the base of an elevator shaft. No witnesses to the fatal accident.
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Knoxville
Tenn
J. F. Johnson
Lonsdale
Robert
Young Johnson
Poison squad fed caffeine at Hahnemann College
Eight student volunteers at Hahnemann Medical College in Philadelphia were given caffeine through drinking water for thirty days under Dr. Edmund T. Nesbit. Several suffered severe headaches and nausea, one collapsed and was hospitalized, then recovered and rejoined the group. The study tracked pulses, temperatures, blood pressure, and other vital signs while the drug was administered secretly.
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Philadelphia
Hahnémann Medical College
Hahnemann College
Edmund T. Nesbit
Hering
Nesbit
Iid
New York Sun
Senator Rayner Defends Schley Pension at Senate
Senator Rayner argued the loop of the Brooklyn at Santiago saved the day and urged a $150 monthly pension for Admiral Schley's widow, detailing wartime courage and criticizing Schley critics. The Senate approved $150 a month after rejecting a $58 proposal, noting Mrs. Schley's annual income around $420.
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Washington
Rayner
Maryland
Senate
Brooklyn
Santiago
Admiral Schley
Senator Hayner
Achley
Viscaya
Torquino River
Cobrs
Spain
Union
Schley
Cuban
Navy Department
Port Hudson
Monongahela
Farragut
India
Mississippi Honors Confederate Women Monument Groundbreaking
Jackson Mississippi June 3 The cornerstone of the Mississippi monument to the Women of the Confederacy was laid with Grand Master J Rice Willlames of the state Masonic Grand Lodge presiding. The monument, costing 15000, is funded half by popular subscription and half by the legislature. Belle Kinney of Nashville designed the statuary being cast in New York. The ceremony site faces the new capitol, tied to Jefferson Davis birth commemoration.
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Jackson
Miss
Mississippi
J. Rice Willlames
Masonic Grant_ Lodge
Belle Kinney
Nashville
Tenn
New York
Efte
New Capital Building
Jefferson Davis
Mr. Davis
Hall of Fame
Capitol
Idle Workforce Looms Along the Thames in Britain
London reports estimate 110000 men idle along the Thames and other British rivers including dockers carmen seamen and builders trade members. Union pickets push for work causing tensions as more join weekend strikes. dockers face worsening conditions as pawn brokers refuse pledges threatening semi starvation for Riverside residents.
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London
Thames
British Isles
Sailors and Firemen'’S Union
President Sends Birthday Congratulatory Message to King George V
Taft extends hearty congratulations to King George V on the anniversary of his birth. He wishes the king personal health happiness and continued prosperity of the empire over which he reigns in a message from the government and people of the United States.
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Taft
George
Washington
George V
Great Britain
United States
Man Arrested After Wife Shot in Ottawa Park
June 3 Toledo report says Mrs. Walter Wronski, 39, staggered from woods with three bullet wounds to her head and asked three men for help. She alleged her husband shot her. detectives and police searched two hours before arresting him in Ottawa Park.
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Toledo
Ghia
Walter Wronski
Ottaws Park
Verdeil
Judiciary to Probe Broader Trust Reforms Beyond Sherman Act
Washington June 1 The house judiciary committee opens a wide inquiry into big combinations. Chairman Clayton says the probe will seek a complete reconstruction of the Sherman anti trust law or replacement with new legislation. He argues the Sherman act is obsolete and could be superseded to render monopolies impossible.
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Washington
House Judiciary Committee
Clyton
Clayton
Gardner testifies on mail pouches rate rise impact
Chicago witness George Gardner assistant superintendent of the railway mail service tells Examiner Frank Lyon the new classification raises the rate on mail pouches at least 50 percent. He notes the government handles about 200 carloads of mail pouches yearly and the proposed increase would raise shipping costs, with several rates pending while under suspension.
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Chicago
George Gardner
Railway Mall Service
Frank Lyon
Gardner
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Brown & Allen
Lewest
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Georgia
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Montgery
Ala
Georgia Military Academy
College Park, GA
W. W. Dick
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William W. Dick
Goucher College
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