Darrow on Stand Dramatic Appeal to Jury
Chicago labor lawyer Clarence Darrow tearfully pleaded innocence before the jury in Los Angeles as District Attorney Ford accuses him of trying to bribe jurors in the McNamara case. He vowed he saved the two defendants and attacked witness Harrington as a traitor, likening him to a steer in a stockyard and insisting he would drink the cup if accused. He recalled his rushed efforts in the closing days and the burden of proving his client’s lives could be saved.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Fredericks
Clarence S. Darrow
Chicago
McNamara
Darrow
Ford
Franklin
John Marrington
Harrington
Catholic Press session opens in Louisville convention
The second annual Catholic Press association meeting opened in Louisville with delegates from most Catholic American publications. Attendees included Rt. Rev. J. J. Hartley and officers Edw. J. Cooney W. A. King and Claude M. Becker. The gathering will discuss publishing for religious press and adjourn tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville
Catholic Press Association
Hotel
Seelbach
J. J. Hartley
Columbus
Edw. J. Cooney
Providence
R. I
W. A. King
The
Catholic ‘Union and Times
Buffalo
N. Y
Claude M. Becker
the Tablet
Brooklyn
Press Association
Ness Hanford
Diplodocus Replica To Be Presented In Buenos Aires
New York Aug 20 One traveler on the Vasari was Dr W J Holland director of the Carnegie Museum of Pittsburgh He sails for Buenos Aires to present to the Argentine president a replica of the diplodocus similar to those given by Mr Carnegie to the rulers of Germany Austria Russia France and Italy
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Argentina
New York
W. J. Holland
Carnegie Museum of Pittsburg
Buenos Aires
Argentine Republic
Carnegie
Germany
Austria
Russia
France
Italy
Staten Island Official Shot Down by a Woman
New York Aug 20 District Attorney Albert W Fuchs of Richmond County was shot and near fatally wounded by Elizabeth Edmonds of Tompkinsville who entered his office and fired three times She was arrested and deemed possibly unbalanced after a dispute with the lawyer Also reported Eastbourne England Capt Hicks Murray Gordon Highlanders shot his two young daughters wounded his wife then killed himself in a house fire leaving a suicide note requesting burial together
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Albert W. Fuchs
Richmond County
Elizabeth Edmonds
Tompkinsville
Captain Murray
Murray
Dead Bodies Peril City in Nicaragua War News
Washington reports revolutionary spread in Nicaragua with distressing health conditions around Managua. About 1,900 bodies remain unburied in the fields after bombardment. Chinandega faced rebel attack and Corinto seaport fears an assault. telegraph between Managua and Corinto is cut.
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Washington
Nicaragua
Managua
State Department
Weitzel
Chinandega
Corinto
Pacific
Rich youth dies by leap in Boston hotel
Daniel Shields Tunning of New York aged 25, grand-nephew of the late Mrs Land Stanford and nephew of Col. G P Lawton, killed himself by leaping from a fourth-story hotel window while suffering temporary illness related aberration. He was an anchor of considerable promise.
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Boston
Daniel Shields Tunning
New York
Leland Stanford
G. P. Lawton
Gunning
Fifteen Hurt in Illinois Traction System Crash
Springfield August 19 Fifteen persons were injured when two inter urban cars on the Illinois Traction System collided head on just south of Springfield. The list of injured includes Ed Kreeley motorman arm broken C. C. Jones Curran Mo hand crushed and several others with facial cuts head injuries and bruises. The crash followed a switch error when the southbound car backed into the siding and the northbound car, moving at thirty miles an hour, swung into the switch splintering both cars. A baby was miraculously uninjured after being thrown across the car.
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Springfield
Illinois Traction System
Springield
Ed English
Virden
Ill
M. McClellan
Ida Turabo
Carlinville
Cora
Louis Mattingly
Paris
Roy van Doen
Chatram
Grace Williams
Cantrall
Grace B. Hacker
Lady Decies Has Daughter In London
Lady Decies formerly Miss Vivian Gould of New York gave birth to a daughter in London. The baby and the eighteen year old mother are reported to be well. The couple, married in February 1911 in New York, reside at Sefton Park town house. Lord Decies is forty six, about twice his wife’s age.
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Lady Decies
London
Dr Sun Yat Sen Safe After Assassination Plot Reports
Authentic dispatches from San Francisco confirm Dr Sun Yat Sen alive and not in Pekin when assassination rumors spread. He remained in Shanghai after being warned of a plot against his life linked to Yuan Shi Kai loyalists. The announcement noted the plot had wide implications but did not confirm direct involvement of the president.
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San Francisco
Sun Yat Sen
Republic Movement
China
Sun
Pekin
New China
Shanghai
Yuan Shi Kai
Yuan
Pirates Loot Island in Hankow Colony and Kill Police
Chinese pirates raid Chung-Chow Island, a sanitarium area in Hankow, killing an Italian police sergeant and two privates. They seize firearms and loot a sanitarium and pawn shop for $10,000, capture the tax collector and others who ransom themselves. Five pirates wounded, pirates flee at daybreak. A separate note from Washington denies Sun Yat Sen’s murder amid looming upheavals in China.
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Hongkong
Chung-Chow
Hankow
Legation
Washington
Sun Yat Sen
Chan Yin Tang
New York
China
Yuan Shi Wai
Trumbo Funeral Postponed as Coroner Probes Cause
In St Joseph Missouri the funeral of Eleano C Trumbo a Savannah banker was delayed while Coroner Ralph R Kelley begins an autopsy investigation The viscera were sent to Kansas City for analysis and the doctor listed cirrhosis of the liver as the possible cause The 70 year old had recently married Agness Moi of St Louis The coroner withheld comment until pathology reports are available
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St. Joseph
Eleano C. Trumbo
Savannah
Ralph R. Kelley
Andrew County
Trumbo
Kansas City
Agness Moi
St. Louis
Ice cream illness hits hundreds on steamer Antilles
One hundred ten passengers aboard the Southern Pacific steamer Antilles fell ill from ptomaine poisoning, likely from ice cream, with half the victims located in New York. Also reported is the death of Mrs. Enright, an American woman, in England after poisoning.
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New Orleans
Southern Pacific
New Ulm to Commemorate 1862 Massacre Jubilation
New Ulm Minnesota prepares a week of commemorations for the defense of New Ulm and Fort Ridgely during the 1862 Sioux uprising known as the New Ulm massacre. The program features speeches by Governor Eberhart and Congressmen Hammond and Davis, concerts, games, an aeroplane display, and a historic militia parade. The observance includes a memorial at Fort Ridgely, monument dedications, an automobile parade, German day, and guided pioneer sightseers.
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New Ulm
Minn
Fort Ridgely
Actor
Meeker County
Eberhart
Hammond and
Davis
Reuter
A. J. Alwin
Turner Hall
Fort Snelling
German Mance
Governor Marshall Notified of VP Nomination at Indiana Event
Indianapolis August 20 Gov Thomas R Marshall was officially notified of his potential vice presidential nomination. Judge Alton B Parker announced the plan and Samuel M Ralston introduced him as chairman of the notification committee. Governors state chairmen and national committeemen attended a luncheon followed by the formal ceremony at the state fair grounds.
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Indianapolis
United States
Thomas R. Marshall
Alton B. Parker
Samuel M. Ralston
Parker
Ml Cw Toonésy
Vicitora
Pete Dery
Poem Writer and Wife Die in Revolver Tragedy
A writer and his wife were found dead after an arrest by constable Anderson. The man shot the constable, then killed himself and his wife with a revolver. The incident occurred near Spitzer and involved figures named Cocustaba and AR Andersen.
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Poech
Bodteg Witrer
Sheldon Named Treasurer of Republican National Committee
Washington announces George R. Sheldon of New York will be the treasurer of the Republican national committee for the coming campaign. Chairman Charles D. Hilles at the White House said former treasurer Addison, who served in 1908, had done much work and the committee believes Sheldon can handle the post again this year.
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Washington
George R. Sheldon
New York
Republican National Committee
Charles D. Hilles
White House
Hilles
Adden
Former Fellow Convict Recognizes Him and Levies Tribute
Philadelphia August 17 A Jean Valjean in real life was disclosed when William Burke a city councilman on the reform ticket led by Mayor Blankenburg resigned his seat and told how under the name of Benjamin H Tripp he had served a long term in the Massachusetts state prison after a career of crime in Boston and New York Burke came to this city in 1907 after completing his sentence and earned an honest living as a wood carver He was recognized by a former fellow convict and blackmailed until driven to resign Burke says he started life as a street waif in New York and fell in with crooks Known as The Prince of Flat Workers he was used by gomers to visit safes and later joined moll buzzers to snatch handbags He was sentenced December 16 1896 to not less than seven years upon release he settled in this city married and has one child. He claims he has done nothing wrong since leaving Charlestown prison.
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Philadelphia
Jean Valjean
William Burke
Blankenburg
Benjamin H. Tripp
Massachusetts
Boston
New York
Burke
Bond
Charlestown
Floggings Reported at Utah State School
Salt Lake City reports reveal fourteen girls subjected to flogging with heavy straps at the state industrial school. Iva Horrigan testifies the superintendent struck her while she lay exposed. Thirteen other inmates corroborate. Straps and a nurse used cayenne pepper as punishment, witnesses say.
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Salt Lake City
State Industrial School
Iva Horrigan
Gladys Chapman
Miss Leary
Three Suffer in Auto Wreck in Dunkirk Area
Dunkirk New York August 17 Charles H Flahaven a wealthy resident was instantly killed his mother and sister seriously injured in an automobile accident near Fredonia. The steering gear broke sending the car down an embankment.
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Dunkirk
N. Y
Charles H. Flahaven
Fredonia
Floods devastate Washington and Tylerdale Pennsylvania
Flooding from a long mountain reservoir near Washington, Pennsylvania drives hundreds from their homes as dark streets and ruined power facilities leave communities fearing for life and property. One death is confirmed with a body identified as William Deppe found along Chartiers Creek. Rail lines are washed out, and the borough faces its greatest loss in history.
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Washington, Pa
Tylerdale
Washington Electric Light and Power Plant
Chartiers Creek
William Deppe
North Avenue
Fittsburgh
Baltimore and Ohio
Pennsylvania
B & QO
Washington
Schepps Before Grand Jury in Rosenthal Case
New York August 21 Sam Schepps testified before the grand jury outlining details of the Rosenthal murder and Becker involvement. Prosecutors expected indictments against seven persons tonight as Big Jack Seelig surrendered to DA Whitman to become a state witness.
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New York
Sam Schepps
Rosenthal
Whitman
Jack” Rose
Charles A. Becker
East Side
Schepps
Lieut
Becker
Rose
Big Jack Seelig
Herman Rosenthan
Charles Becker
Seelig
Detroit Aldermen Examined in Court Graft Case
Detroit, Aug. 21. Thomas E. F Glinnan, councilmanic leader, and 17 other aldermen face bribery charges for allegedly accepting money to close a city street for the Wabash railroad. Glinnan's examination before Justice Stein began, with further hearings set for August 30. The defense disputes a confession and clashes over legal points delay proceedings.
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Detroit
Mich
Thomas EF
Glinnan
Councilmanic
Christopher Stein
Joseph Wedda
Council Reading
Woman Burned to Death in New York Apartment Fire
Mrs. Charles E. Thedford, wife of a wealthy coal operator, died in a blaze at her 315 West 94th Street apartment. Thedford, returning to his suite as the fire began, was badly burned trying to save her.
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New York
West 94Th Street
Albanian Force Seizes Salonika in European Turkey
A Constantinople dispatch reports an Albanian army of 1 500 men has captured Salonika in European Turkey, with confirmation reaching London on August 21. The alert notes intense fighting and displacement as control shifts amid the Balkan conflicts.
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Salonika
London
Constantinople
Turkey
Taft Seeks Free Toll Clause Canal Bill Move
President Taft met with A Mitchell Innes as Britain protests the canal bill while Congress takes no action. Senate interoceanic canal committee debates a joint resolution to allow free tolls and tests in US courts with mixed support. Taft sends a message urging passage to let American ships use toll free rights and let foreign nations sue to test legality.
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Washington
Taft
A. Mitchell Innes
Panama
Congress
Senate
United States
House
Cabinet
Delayed Request Discussed by Firemen Bargaining Panel
New York Aug 21 representatives of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen met the adjustment committee to review the wage dispute with eastern railroads. The railroads’ general managers’ committee urged postponement until the engineers' wage arbitration decision is issued, with a September near-term expected arbitrators’ reunion site undetermined.
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New York
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Adjustment Committee
Brotherhood
General Managers’ Committee
Board of Arbitration
Three hold up boys in Kansas City fear policemen
In a fashionable Kansas City district near the Country club three youths Ira Burken sixteen Elmer Brown fifteen and Paul Mitchell fifteen robbed residents. They admitted the thefts were spurred by yellow back novels and movies and said they would not have shot if resisted.
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Kansas City
Country Club
Ira Burken
Elmer Brown
Paul Mitchell
Senator Meyers seeks widow's relief for Dr McClintic
Senator Meyers of Montana has introduced a bill in the senate to pay 5760 to Mrs. T. B. McClintic widow of Dr. T. B. McClintic of the public health and marine hospital service who died after contracting Rocky mountain spotted fever in Montana. The sum equals two years' salary for the doctor and was requested to aid his widow.
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Washington
Meyers
Montana
Senate
T. B. McClintic
The
Public Health and Marine Hospital Service
Rocky Mountain
Montanna
McClintic
MecClintic
Stoes selyner lawyer slain in political argument
In St Petersburg on August 21 Deputy Syrtlanov, a leading Russian lawyer, was shot and killed at Major General Sheik hali’s residence during a political argument. He defended Stoes sel in the court martial over Port Arthur’s surrender to Japan.
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Syrtlanov
St. Petersburg
Douma
Sheikhali
Syrdlanov
Russia
Stoessel
Port Arthur
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Richmond Borough
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Chatham
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New China” Movement
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Officers Hall Funeral
U. S
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Hythe
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