Woman Guilty Of First Degree Murder In South Dakota Trial
Emma Kaufmann wife of Moses Kaufmann a Sioux Falls brewer was found guilty of first degree murder in the district court at Flandreau after a ten day trial for the slaying of her sixteen year old servant Agnes Poirers. The defense plans a new trial and Judge Smith will hear it in Yankton October 10 with sentencing set for October 21 if denied. Bond remains $25 000 and she is free pending appeal.
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Flandreau
S. D
Emma Kaufmann
Moses Kaufmann
Sioux Falls
Agnes Poirers
Clemenceau Defends Government in Debates Over Southern Wine Growers
Paris June 21. The chamber of deputies pressed the government to justify repressive measures against rebellious southern wine growers. Premier Clemenceau faced harsh questions and interruptions as he blamed local roughs for the Narbonne and Montpellier violence and said troops would fire only as a last resort to uphold the law, leaving his future in doubt.
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Paris
Chamber of Deputies
Clemenceau
Narbonne
Montpelier
Chamber
United Republic
M. Clemenceau
Terrible auto accident near Naples claims Italian noble
A high speed automobile crash at Cata nello 100 miles from Naples killed five men, including Prince Pescara of the Italian nobility related to the Spanish royal house. The aristocracy of Lower Italy mourns the loss as authorities investigate the demolished car.
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Naples
Catanello
L’rince Pescara
Italy
United States Holds Armament Question In Reserve
The Hague June 21. Official statement says Porter's reservation on presenting the armament limitation issue does not commit the United States to raise the subject. U S stance remains that armament limits are a European matter and the United States will not inject an issue that could hinder conference progress, but reserves right to act if circumstances change.
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S.S.S
S.S. S
the Hague
Horace Porter
United States
Washington
Auto Hit Injures Boy In Minneapolis
Thomas Lowry and Sir Thomas Shaughnessy were riding in Lowry’s car when it struck a small boy on Third Street and Third Avenue South. The boy was thrown onto the machine, breaking the glass shield. neither driver nor boy saw the other until it was too late. The boy is expected to recover.
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Minneapolis
Thomas Lowry
Soo Railroad
Twin City Rapid Transit Company
Sir Thomas Shaughnessy
Canadian Pacific Railroad
Third Street
Third Avenue
Des Moines Adopts Plan of Government Change
Des Moines residents vote overwhelmingly for a new city government plan that eliminates the old ward system and elected officers. Five city commissioners will be elected at large, with one serving as mayor and four heading departments, while all other offices become appointive.
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Des Moines
Galveston
Tex
Release sought for Mayor Schmitz in habeas petition
San Francisco reports that Mayor Schmitz and his attorneys have filed with the district court of appeals for bail by habeas corpus. The petition cites sixteen showings, claiming the mayor suffers an incurable kidney ailment and that jail would hasten death.
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San Francisco
Schmitz
District Court of Appeals
Milwaukee clerk Frank Woller charged with embezzlement
Milwaukee authorities arrested Frank Woller clerk of the municipal and district courts on a warrant for embezzlement dating to 1907. He allegedly diverted about $20,000 from the ball deposit fund, leaving only $990 in the account. Woller, in custody, intends to plead guilty. bond set at $10,000. He admits a long, self-stated pattern of dishonesty tied to past commission business and a failed effort to cover the shortage.
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Milwaukee
Frank EB. Woller
Neelen
Midriect
McGovernor
Woller
Reimer
J. C. Chandler
Paul Beehmer
Waller
Pechtner
First National Bank
Ball Deposit
John Woller
Frank
Commission
Chicago
Comptroller
Peter
Paul
Denied by Hayashi on Aoki recall rumor
Viscount Hayashi, Japanese foreign minister, rejected the Washington recall rumor as baseless. In New York, John D. Rockefeller rode in a motor car hurried to his country home when stopped by a constable at Elmford. the chauffeur was fined $25 for speeding, and Rockefeller paid the fine.
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Tokio
New York
John D. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Elmford
Mr. Rockefeller
Wawona Stage Robbery and Cabrera Health Rumor
In Wawona California on June 21 two stages bound for Wawona were hijacked by the Black Kid, a lone bandit, and sixteen passengers relieved of valuables. Also on June 21 in Mexico City a claim surfaced that Guatemala President Estrada Cabrera is dying from blood poisoning after a tooth extraction, stated by Jose Gamez, Zelaya’s confidant.
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Wawona
Cal
Mexico City
Estrada Cabrera
Guatemala
Jose D. Gomez
Zelaya
Nicaragua
Gamez
Cabrera
Illness Hits 300 at Norristown State Hospital
In Norristown Pennsylvania on June 21 over 300 hospital employees fell ill with suspected stenamine poisoning after eating stewed chicken served at dinner. Authorities investigate possible contaminated poultry as the cause.
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Norristown
State Hospital For the
Colonel Samuel P Colt Withdraws From Senate Contest
Providence Rhode Island June 21 Colonel Samuel P Colt of Bristol and president of the United States Robber company announces to the Republican state central committee that he has withdrawn unconditionally from the senatorial race.
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Providence
R. L
Samuel P. Colt
Bristol
United States Robber Company
United States Senate
Republican State Central Committee
Public Land Convention Adopts Moderated Resolutions
Denver June 21 The public land convention ended with resolutions not as radical as expected. A Roosevelt letter highlighted the session as speakers urged land policy to keep lands as a public trust and favor settlers. They oppose changing grazing rules outside forest reserves and push for free water use and removal of unneeded forest lands while endorsing the national irrigation law.
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Denver
Public Land Convention
Roosevelt
West
Secret Service
Land Department
Department of Agriculture
Amateur shooters tie for Grand American handicap title
Three amateurs Powers Blanks and Maryott each shot 96 to tie for possession of the Grand American championship trophy. Powers Decatur Blanks Trezevant Maryott Fort Collins would meet again under equal conditions to decide the winner. Leading pros Taylor Bolton and Waggoner chase second money as 457 entrants plus 36 forfeits contend in Chicago.
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Chicago
C. M. Powers
Decatur
Tll
Jeff J. Blanks
Trezevant
Tenn
J. M. J. Maryott
Fort Collins
Colo
Powers
Blanks
Maryott
Lem Willard
Tom E. Graham
Ingleside UL
J. R Taylor
Newark
M. C. Bolton
Gilchrist
Bert Waggoner
Lamox, IL
Four Italians Die in Boiler Incident at Mariners Harbor
Four Italians were killed and two others were likely fatally shocked while moving a boiler that tangled with electric wires at Mariners Harbor, Staten Island. The report notes a proverb about water’s persistent impact to explain how small forces repeated can cause major harm.
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New York
Mariners’ Harbor
Staten Island
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Lowry
Hayashi
Aoki
Colt
Lydia E. Pinkham
Emma Runtzler
State St
Schenectady
N. Y
SALE
Reliable Mills
Golden
Clothing House
W. R. Earl Furniture Co
Gilad
Special-Army
Direct
Austin Gas Company
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