Hall under fire in Guthrie trial over engagement and blast
Newton Iowa June 16. Dr Alexander Hall testified he was engaged to marry Dr Ida Guthrie and that he now despises her. He recalled living together in Nevada Missouri and St John Kansas, with Guthrie acting as nurse to his patients. The witness described intimate visits, loans, and letters while Guthrie faced cross examination about a fatal explosion linked to the case. Ida Guthrie then spoke in her defense after the state rested.
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Newton
Alexander Hall
Ida May Guthrie
Guthrie
Miss Quick
Hall
Dr. Guthrie
Nevada
Weltner Institute
St. John
Kan
Ida Guthrie
Prairie City
Des Moines Man Honored Grand Master of Iowa Masons
Frederick W. Craig of Des Moines was elected grand master of the Masonic Grand Lodge of Iowa at its Waterloo session. Cedar Rapids chosen as next meeting site. Other officers named include S. D. Rienicke Muscatine grand senior warden Harry C. Jones Boone grand junior warden N. R. Parvin Cedar Rapids grand secretary and D. D. Carlton Early grand treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Frederick W. Craig
Masonic Grand Lodge of
Iowa
Grand Lodge
Waterloo
Masonic Temple
Cedar Rapids
S. D. Rienicke
Muscatine
Harry C. Jones
Boone
N. R. Parvin
Grand
D. D. Carlton
Early
Dolliver to Arizona for Health Break in Senate Session
Senator and Mrs. Dolliver will close their Washington house and relocate to Arizona for several weeks to improve the senator’s health. The current session is expected to end in about ten days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doliver
Arizona
Washington, D. C
MIX UP IN OKLAHOMA REPUBLICANS RECOGNIZE TWO
Oklahoma Republicans file petitions at Guthrie and Oklahoma City to preserve records and papers. Governor Haskell and Secretary Cross operate in Oklahoma City under the original seal while Assistant Secretary Meyer uses a duplicate seal in Guthrie. The party recognizes two capitals by filing petitions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guthrie
Okla
Oklahoma
Haskell
Cross
Oklahoma City
Leo Meyer
Republican State Committee
Referendum Petitions and Gov Haskell Served in Federal Action
The duplicate seal of state is shown as petitions circulate in Guthrie and Oklahoma City. Guards guard the Guthrie state house to deter removal of records. A writ and subpoena issued to Governor Haskell requires him to appear in federal court to explain why he may not move the state capital, with the subpoena delivered in his Oklahoma City office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guthrie
Oklahoma City
Guthrie State House
Haskell
United States
Madsen
Bill to Abolish the Jewish Pale Fails in Duma
In St. Petersburg on June 15 the duma discussed a bill to abolish the Jewish pale. The measure has no chance of passage but signals the strength of proponents for unrestricted Jewish residence in Russia. It is signed by 165 opposition members, out of 440 total, showing solid minority support amid an anti Hebrew campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Petersburg
Russia
Duma
Skat Congress Closes with Winners Awarded
Detroit, June 15. The National Skat Congress ended after three days of play with 1,468 participants and 189 winners named by the committee. Davenport's G. F. Burmeister won all 25 of his games to secure the first prize of $1,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Mich
G. F. Burmeister
Davenport
Wifes Love Is Worth Money Awarded In Circuit Court
A jury in Freeport Illinois awards H. W. Coffman of German Valley ten thousand dollars in damages in a suit against Henney Janssen of Chicago for allegedly alienating Coffmans wife. Janssen once operated a German Valley store. Coffman is a prominent Stephenson county banker.
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Freeport, Ll
H. W. Coffman
German Valley
Henney Janssen
Chicago
Coffman
Janssen
Stephenson County
Diplomat's Arm Is Broken In Norway Auto Crash
American minister to Norway Bert H. D. Pierce sustained a broken arm in a car accident near Christiana. His wife and niece were slightly injured when the vehicle, trying to avoid a horse car, struck a boulder and overturned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norway
Christiana
Herbert H. D. Pierce
Porter Charlton believed alive amid Italian murder probe
World wide hunt for Porter Charlton, husband of Mrs Charlton found dead at Lake Como, expands as Italian officials seek new leads. Count Guiglia reports reason to suspect Charlton is alive after a June 9 sighting near Lugano and a ticket sale for Lucerne by a man matching his description. A second passenger corroborates a Charlton sighting on a Lugano train.
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Como
Italy
Porter Charlton
Lake Como
Charlton
Folkestone
England
Count Guiglia
Lombardy
John G. A. Leishman
United States
Moltrasio
Spolatoff
Banca Nazionale
Lucerne
Lugano
Twelve Austrian laborers die in Falls View blaze
Twelve Austrian laborers known only by check numbers burned to death in shacks at Falls View near Niagara Falls Ont. One man, a woman, and a child injured. Firemen found four shacks destroyed and twelve bodies removed. Victims were thought to have been asleep when overcome by smoke.
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Niagara Falls
Ont
Falls View
Embezzler Miller Found Guilty in Georgetown Case
Washington reports that J Barton Miller former secretary treasurer of the First Cooperative Building Association of Georgetown was found guilty on two counts of embezzlement involving 1600 000 of the firm s funds as jurors delivered their verdict after a June 16 trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
J. Barton Miller
First Cooperative Building Association of
Georgetown
Knox Would Put End to Financing Wars
Philadelphia June 16 Secretary Knox declared that American diplomacy should promote peaceful development of nations and reduce financing wars. He traced arbitration's rise from Jay treaty of 1794, praising predecessors and advocating a permanent international prize court at The Hague to embody law and equity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Knox
University of Pennsylvania
John Jay
Great Britain
United States
The
Hague
Permanent Court of Arbitration
New National Department Favored by Mothers Congress
Denver June 16 One proposition likely to be indorsed at the National Mothers Congress annual convention is a new department of the national government headed by a woman. Resolutions call for a department of home and child with support from former President Roosevelt. Dr George Walters Holden of Denver spoke on Mothers Responsibility in Preventing Tuberculosis warning against high school fraternity dances late hours and the public drinking cup. He condemned exposed counters and school meals from vendors, arguing they spread disease.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Cail
National Mothers’ Congress
Department of Home and Child
Roosevelt
George Walters Holden
Holden
Largest U.S. judgment for illegal alien importation set at 45000
The government win in Tucson ends in a record court judgment of 45000 against a Los Angeles construction company for attempting to import 45 alien laborers into the United States. The $1000 per alien penalty was fixed by statute. June 16. Washington DC.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
United States
Department of Commerce and Labor
Tucson
Ariz
Construction Company
Los Angeles
Circulators Meet in Montreal for Convention Sessions
Nearly 200 delegates gather in Montreal on June 16 as the organization meets in the Windsor hotel. A full program of papers and entertainment is planned and the session runs through Friday. Atlantic City and Atlanta bid for the 1911 convention.
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Montreal
Can
Windsor Hotel
Atlantic City
N. J
Atlanta
Conspiracy Claims Tie Chicago Officials to Senate Bid
In Chicago on June 16 the defense in Lee ONeil Browne’s bribery trial charged a vast plot by City Hall figures led by Mayor Busse and Governor Deneen to influence a U. S. Senate election. The plan allegedly used bond funds and Tribune influence to back R. R. McCormick and Patterson ambitions, while Browne opposed the schemes.
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Chicago
Busse
Charles 5. Deneen
Chicago Tribune
Lee O'Neil Browne
House
Springfield
Charles A. White
William Lorimer
United States Senate
Robert W. Patterson
The
Tribune
R. R. McCormick
Tribune Company
Deneen
Representative Browne
Lorimer
White
Beckemeyer
Holstlaw
Browne
Chicago Tribune Company
R. W. Patterson
Finois
Washington
Patterson
Senate
Yonkers Hit By Citywide Trolley Strike
Yonkers New York June 16 A trolley strike grips Yonkers Hallway company with 226 conductors and motormen demanding 30 cents an hour up from 21 to 25 cents. Workers have been negotiating for two weeks and a strike had been flagged for month end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yonkers, N
Yonkers Hallway Company
Assassination Attempt on Bosnian Governor Narrowly Missed
In Sarajevo General Varesanin de Vares, Bosnia’s military governor, escaped five pistol shots by socialist Karajic after reopening the diet. The would be killer killed himself. Meanwhile in Tombstone Captain Stephen O Connor, U S A retired, was acquitted of murdering Dr A S Russell in a feud over mining claims after a five day jury deliberation.
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Sarajevo
Bosnia
Varesanin de Vares
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Karajic
Tombstone
Ariz
Stephen O'Connor
Dr. A. S. Russel
O'Connor
Russell
Taft Attends Jubilee at Marietta College
President Taft visits Marietta Ohio for the college jubilee, greeted by 2,000 school children and a volley of salutes. He tours the college library viewing historic deeds, addresses Muskingum Park, and speaks at the old two horned church. The tour includes the American Union lodge and Washingtons apron auction along with relics before departing at five.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muskingum Park
Famou
Fira
American Union Lodge
George Washington
Lafayette
Barletta
Taft
Washington
Population figures for Russian Empire 1909 census released
Government data for 1909 shows the Russian empire population at 160 195 200 with Russians 65.5 percent Tartars 10.6 percent Poles 4.2 Finns 4.5 Jews 3 Lithuanians and Lettish 2.4 Germans 1.6 other 5.3. Agriculture accounts for 86.5 percent of work while urban dwellers are 13.5 percent. Sex distribution favors females in European Russia and Finland with males predominant in Poland Caucasus and Siberia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Petersburg
Russian Empire
Finland
European
Russia
Poland
The
Caucasus
Siberia
Dentist May Not Take Teeth In Payment Dispute
In Paterson New Jersey Judge Lewin ruled a dentist cannot forcibly remove teeth he has fitted as payment, in a suit by Dr William Schander son against Mrs Samuel Champagner. The patient paid $50 and promised more, but the judge said the dentist has no legal claim until the work is completed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis
Arrest a Kellner suspect in Kentucky murder case
Cincinnati June 16. A man resembling Joseph Wendling, the missing Louisville church janitor wanted for the murder of Alma Kellner, is held for possible identifications by Louisville police. Another man arrested for loitering in Newport across the river is being examined. The suspect’s name given as Rosarlor Granger, from Montreal, Quebec.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Joseph Wendling
Louisville
Alma Kellner
Newport
Rosarlor Granger
Montreal
Kansas Seeks 40000 Harvest Hands this Year
Topeka June 16 Charles Harris director of the state free employment bureau says Kansas will need about 40000 harvest hands this year based on recent wheat belt reports. His earlier estimate was 20900.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kan
Charles Harris
State Free Employment Bureau
Kansas
Mexican Lines Branch Out in Rail Expansion
The Mexican Herald reports strong authority that the National Railways of Mexico will soon acquire the Pan-American railroad recently bought by D. H. Thompson, former U S ambassador to Mexico, plus the Vera Cruz and Isthmus system and the Tehuantepec National railroad.
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Mexico City
National Railways of Mexico
Pan-American Railroad
D. H. Thompson
United States
Mexico
Vera Cruz & Isthmus
Mexican Herald
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Jacobson
John Weise
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Juty
J. Burton Miller
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