Dorsey Reveals Morning Shot in Grace Case
Solicitor General Hugh M. Dorsey testified he heard a pistol shot between 5 and 6 am the morning Eugene Grace was wounded, across from Daisy Grace’s home. He says this crucial detail could have altered the trial, but legal advice prevented his direct witness on the stand. He recounts returning to the case after discovering alibi letters. Continued on Page Two.
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Grace
Hugh M. Dorsey
Daisy E. Grace
Abed
West Eleventh Street
Eugene Grace
Daisy Grace
Dorsey
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Mrs. Dorsey
Goldsmith
Grace House
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Mrs. Grace
Hughie Jennings Tightens Tigers Roster In Detroit Shakeup
Detroit, Aug 8. After signing a two year contract Jennings begins house cleaning. Jim Delehanty given ten days notice and waivers sought on Davy Jones. Wild Bill Donovan released to Providence to manage an International league club. Jennings plans a rebuilt team around a few of the current players, with Ty Cobb and possibly Bush as key holds. Donovan has been tipped as Jennings' successor.
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Detroit
Mich
Asanager
Hughie Jennings
Jim Delehanty
Davy Jones
Wild Bill” Donovan
Providence
Fred Lake
Jennings
Tiger
Ty Cobb
Bush
Donovan
U S Concern over Nicaraguan Rebel Reach Near Leon
Reports say Nicaraguan rebels under General Mena seized the rail line near Leon and threaten Managua. United States forces in Nicaragua total about 100 sailors, with gunboat Tacoma at Bluefields and 150 sailors ready to land. Marines may be sent from Panama. risks to Americans prompt naval readiness and possible action near Corinto.
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Mena
Leon
Managua
State Department
Republic
United States
Nicaragua
Panam
Mexico
Weigel Weitzel
Navy Department
Panama
Corinto
Strike in Cabin Creek Triggers Guard Clash in West Virginia
Five hundred Cabin Creek miners walk out in sympathy with Paint Creek strikers, sparking a confrontation with guards that leaves many wounded. Ernest W. Gaujot, head of the Flougheston guards, is badly beaten and may die. Governor Glasscock orders state troops to Cabin Creek as officials rush to the scene.
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Paint Creek
Ernest W. Gaujot
Flougheston
Glasscock
School Board Considers Drawing and Manual Training Plans
The board of education debated drawing and manual training for city public schools, revived after abolition, and referred the matter to a special committee including B. E. Carter J. L. Key and D. W. Green. The board seeks a head for the reorganized department, with Miss Elizabeth Getz not applying for re-election.
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BE. V. Carter
J. L. Key
D. W. Green
Elizabeth Getz
Rockefeller aid runs fake brothel to trap graft in police
New York reports John D. Rockefeller Jr aided by James B. Reynolds operated a pretend disorderly house in Manhattan to obtain evidence against police officials and procurers. Detective Burns admitted to staging two disorderly houses and a gambling den to trap grafters as DA Whitman prepares to tackle the police system after Rosenthal case.
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New York
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
James B. Reynolds
White Light District
West Forties
Rockefeller
Clifford E. Roe
Chicago
Roe
Sims
Whitman
W. J. Burns
Burns
Broadway
District Attorney’s Office
Proving Details of Rose's Confession
The grand jury began sessions to hear witnesses tied to the Rose confession and alleged police underworld alliance linked to the Herman Rosenthal murder. District Attorney Whitman, aided by assistants and detectives, aims to prove graft and corrupt ties among police officials and politicians.
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Charles A. Becker
Jack” Rose
Herman Rosenthal
Becker
Whitman
Rose
District Attorney’s Office
Grand Jury
Crackers and Gulls Clash at Poncy Park
The Cracker club faced Mike Finns Gulls at Poncy Park Atlanta, as the mobile team arrived after a delayed engine repair. Wet field conditions and muddy plays marked the opener, with Maloney, Starr and Callahan among the early threats and several base-running adventures shaping the inning.
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Poncy Park
Ponce Deleon Ball Park
Cracker Club
Mike Finn
Gulls
Atlanta
Finn
Ice box leak delays county bill for July rent
County commissioners will withhold 409 dollars owed to M L Thrower for July rent of the building housing the county courthouse until he repairs a leak from an Owls club ice box that drips water onto papers in the county surveyor's office. Repairs are estimated at about 10 dollars.
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M. L. Thrower
Roberts
Owls Club
Atlanta musician Ernest Ternest dies in Chicago
Secretary Joe Wusthoff of the Atlanta Federation of Musicians received telegraph notice of Ernest Ternest, formerly a local musician, who killed himself in a Chicago boarding house. Ill health cited as the cause. he had lived in Chicago for several years. It is unclear if he has relatives in Atlanta.
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Joe Wusthoff
Atlanta Federation of Musicians
Chicago
Ernest Ternest
Ternest
Planks In Platform Of Hooper Alexander
The platform includes extending the Western and Atlantic railroad to the sea to solve high freight rates, public campaign expenditure disclosure, and capping gubernatorial campaign spending at 2,500. It calls for repealing water power site condemnations to private capital, state development of water powers, permanent voter registration, and prohibiting political notices unless paid and labeled. It also seeks scaled legislative appropriations and a tax levy law tied to appropriations, requiring the legislature to vote the tax when voting the appropriation.
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Western and Atlantic
Dam No. 26 at Gallipolis Fails in Ohio River
The Ohio river dam number 26 near Gallipolis, built at a cost over a million dollars, gave way today. The concrete foundation washed out causing a large section to collapse. Estimated losses run to $300,000 and rebuilding will take at least a year.
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Ohio
Ohio River Dam No
Here
Pittsburg
Cairo
Rebels Fire On U S Troops At Mexican Border
Washington Aug. 8 Colonel BE Z Steever reported that his troops were fired upon by Mexican rebels again last night. He said conditions opposite Del Rio were bad and he sent half a troop of cavalry with orders to stop smuggling. Orozco remains in Juarez trying to rally remaining troops for a final stand in Sonora.
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U. S
Mexican
Washington
BE. Z. Steever
War Department
del Rio
Steever
Orozco
Juarez
Sonora
RATTLESNAKE TOUR TROUBLES WILKESBARRE TRAFFIC
A five foot rattlesnake escaped from a circus in Edwardsville and wandered through Wilkes Barre main street causing crowds to scatter. It slipped into a lunch room where a canary fluttering alerted the proprietor. Jones captured the snake by the neck and returned it to its owners.
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Wilkesbarre
Edwardsville
Jones
Runaway Freight Train Wreck Damages $100000
A 30 car freight train ran away in the B and O railway yard causing a major wreck. Sixty cars damaged and another train pushed through the depot. Freight clerks Paul K Lee and K D Fox and fireman J A Daniels were seriously injured. Damage estimated at $100000.
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Paul K. Lee
K. D. Fox
J. A. Daniels
Joe Hill Hall Plans Auto Tour For 100 Speeches In Week
Macon Georgia August 8 Representative Joe Hill Hall Bibb county candidate for governor has arranged an automobile speaking tour through fifteen counties next week with plans to deliver 100 speeches He will depart Macon Monday morning and ride through Bibb Jones Jasper Putnam Baldwin Hancock Jefferson Washington Emanuel Toombs Jeff Davis Pulaski Wilkin son Dooly and Houston meeting audiences wherever possible He signified willingness to meet Hooper Alexander on the stump and a verbal clash may occur in Macon before the primary.
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Joe Hill Hall
Bibb
Bibb, Jones
Jasper
Putnam
Baldwin
Hancock
Jefferson
Washington
Emanuel
Toombs
Jeff Davis
Pulaski
Wilkinson
Dooly
Houston
Hall
Hooper Alexander
W Gould Brokaw's Wife Sues Him for Divorce
Mary Blair Brokaw, wife of New York millionaire W Gould Brokaw, filed for divorce in Hampstead New York on statutory grounds. She names three co respondents and cites Estelle Perre, Madame Susan Fetty and Mabel Weeks for allegedly undue intimacy with Brokaw.
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Hampstead
N. Y
Mary Blair Brokaw
W. Gould Brokaw
New York
Estelle Perre
Susan Fetty
Mabel Weeks
Brokaw
Kroh Released By Louisville After Poor Performance
Floyd Kroh once star southpaw of the Chicago Cubs and Louisville era has been unconditionally released by President Grayson due to inability to win games. Louisville reports securing pitcher Klemons from the Cubs today.
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Louisville
Floyd Kroh
Chicago Cubs
Grayson
Klemons
Cubs
Racing entries show multiple selling and purse races across six events
First selling 5 1 2 furlongs for 3 year olds and up lists Originator Flying Gibson Hal Ledenans Luttrose Albert Jones King Ear Saltigrade Hoga Gray Queen Ruth. Second selling includes Lescar Good Intent Burning Bush Great Friar Dr Neufer Olfrum Florence Kripp Gold Point Merode Ora McGee. Third purse 4 12 furlongs for 2 year olds and up with Forge Bells Our Last Missie Kitty W. Bashful Bettie Mollie Richards. Fourth purse 4 furlongs for 3 year olds features Republican Opotlono Jennie Geddes Lady Rankin Guaranola Batwa Bonnciane Colonel Cook Lieutenant Sawyer Three Links. Fifth mile and 3 sixteenths selling 3 year olds and up Montgom erll2 Dick Baker Azo Mar A Ben Uncas Sugar Lump. Sixth selling 5 12 furlongs 2 year olds and up Pajorolla Sixteen Frank G Hogan Po Mahone Quick Trip Gemme Fancy Charles Goetz.
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Flying
Gibson
Hal
Ledenans
Luttrose
Albert Jones
King Ear
Saltigrade
Hoga Gray
Queen Ruth
Lescar
Good Intent
Burning Bush
Great Friar
Dr. Neufer
Olfrum
Florence Kripp
Colonel Cook
Lieutenant Sawyer
Baseball Scores From Louisville Columbus and Milwaukee
In heavy rain games at Louisville and Columbus Milwaukee and Toledo posted scores with 16 runs for St Paul and 28 for Toledo in one matchup. Kansas City fell to Columbus 7 to 1 while other games saw Milwaukee and Louisville teams held to minimal scoring with late innings. Umpires Hayes Irwin Bierhalter Connally and others credited for calling the matches.
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Louisville
R. H.E
Milwaukee
Cuting
Hughes
Laudermilk
Northup
Pearce
Hayes
Irwin
Eoteries Chine
R. H.E ST. Pau
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H. Gardner
Marshall
Falkenburg
Land
Bierhalter
Connally
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Thal Case Confessions
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Percy H. Whiting
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Gull
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Thorn
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Bailey
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O'Deil
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Wingo
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