Toe-Ne-Gat Freed of Murder Charge
Tse-Ne-Gat, a Plute Indian, was acquitted in a Colorado federal court of murdering Juan Chacon a Mexican sheepherder in March 1914. The trial drew wide notice as troops and tribesmen watched a verdict that followed a long Indian war ending with surrender. The defendant testified he could not have killed his "friend" and investigators relied largely on circumstantial evidence.
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St. Anthony’s Hospital
Hugh L. Scott
Tse-Ne- Gat
Salt Lake County
Salt Lake
Jenkins
Valdez Fire Destroys Business District
Valdez Alaska saw a major blaze on Thursday that wiped out the business section causing an estimated loss of 500000 dollars. U S troops from Fort Liscom aided in firefighting with dynamite used to curb the flames. Weeks of dry weather left wooden structures tinder dry in the port town of about 500 residents at the head of Port Valdez Prince William Sound.
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Valdez
Alaska
United States
Fort Lis. Com
Port Valdez
Prince William Sound
Murder Charges Dismissed in Bedford Case
Bedford Iowa case against Hates Huntsman for the September 1877 murder of Nathaniel Smith is dismissed on motion of Huntsman’s lawyers after a preliminary trial before Justice M A Bawyer. The hearing followed an earlier investigation into the Missouri cattleman’s death.
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Bedford
Hates Huntsman
M. A. Bawyer
Nathaniel Smith
Missouri
Huntsman
Packer Appeal to End British Interference in Cargoes
American meat packers urged the state department to press Great Britain to halt interference with their cargoes to neutral ports and to settle 14 million dollars worth of products held in prize courts. After two meetings with Chandler Anderson, the department said it would issue representations to Britain on the packers’ specific complaint.
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Washington
State Department
Great Britain
United States
Chandler Anderson
Germany
Thaw Declared Sane by Jury in Matteawan Case
In New York the jury found Harry Kendall Thaw sane after nearly three weeks of testimony in Justice Peter Hendrick's court. A decision on vacating commitment to Matteawan State Hospital will follow, lifting a long legal battle over the Stanford White slaying. In Dublin the city council rejected home rule in Ireland and backed John Redmond by 30 to 22. A tornado damaged the Decatur baseball park grand stand, injuring several fans but not fatally.
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New York
Harry Kendall Thaw
Supreme Court
Peter Hendrick
Justice Hendrick
Thaw
State Hospital
Matteawan
Stanford White
Dublin
Ireland
City Corporation
John E Redmond
Allies Repulsed at Constantinople Amid Heavy Losses
An official report states the allies attacked the Turkish lines on Monday with warship support, hitting the left and right flanks but were repulsed with heavy losses.
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Constantinople
Edward F Kearney Elected Wabash President
Edward F Kearney, who has been elected president of the Wabash railroad, began his career as a boy in the road’s service.
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Eaward Kearney
Wabash Railroad
Frederick Sharon Dies at 66 in San Francisco Palace President
Frederick Sharon longtime head of the Palace Hotel Co. and Harvard graduate died in San Francisco Wednesday from a complication of diseases. He was 66. In Albany the New Jersey Constitutional Convention rights committee voted against abolishing the death penalty by a near unanimous margin.
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San Francisco
Frederick Sharon
The
Palace Hotel Company
Harvard University
Albany
N. J
Bill of Rights Committee
State Constitutional Convention
Edison to Head Navy Board of Civilian Inventors
Thomas Edison accepts Secretary Daniels invitation to lead an advisory board for a proposed Navy Bureau of Invention and Development. The plan seeks civilian engineers from industry to evaluate war related ideas including submarine warfare and other devices to aid U S efforts in Europe. Edison stresses the need to mobilize American inventive genius to meet wartime demands.
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West Orange
N. J
Thomas A. Edison
Daniels
Bureau of Invention and Development
Navy Department
Washington
Mr. Daniels
Europe
Edison
Army
Navy
United States
Mr. Edison
War to End in October Said by German Emperor
London reports the German emperor told a deputation of bankers the war would end in October. He asserted the campaign cannot continue through another winter given financial difficulties and grave risks.
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London
The
Times
Kinkere
Tae-Ne-Gat Protests Innocence in Denver Trial
TaeNeGat, a Plute Indian on trial in federal court, protested his innocence on the witness stand in the murder case against Juan Chacon, a herder. Meantime in El Paso Gen Victoriano Huerta asked his family to move from New York and begin travel here, realizing he would remain detained for months.
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Denver, Colo
el Paso
Victoriano Huerta
New York
Carranza Maintains Control as Mexico City Restores Order
Washington reports rapid restoration of normal conditions in Mexico City under Carranza authority. Cable from Mexico City to Vera Cruz resumes, direct train service back, and supplies being distributed. Carranza states personnel for treasury interior and post office sent by special train and promises full protection for natives and foreigners.
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Washington
Mexico City
Carranza
State Department
Vera Cruz
Shanklin
Departments of the Treasury, Interior and Post Office
Medicine Kills Two Women in Tooele Deaths
The Tooele sheriff's office probes the deaths of Mrs Marton Mamitritch and Mrs Balaba Austrian who died after taking a dose of patent medicine. Authorities investigate possible poisoning or unsafe preparation and await autopsy results.
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Tooele
Sheriff's Office
Marton Mamitritch
Balaba
Choctaw Crew Safe After Wreck Off Lake Huron
The freight steamer Choctaw of the Cleveland CAM Iron Co wrecked off Wreaque Isle in Lake Huron two days earlier reached Sarnia Ontario with all hands surviving. In Colorado, Frank Peak, 35, Loveland night marshal, was found shot near Loveland at dawn with his revolver near the body.
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Port Huron
Mich
Charles Ox
Choctaw
Cleveland Cam Iron Company
Wreaque Isle
Lake Huron
Sarnia
Fort Collins
Colo
Frank Peak
Loveland
Cole
U S urged to act on Mexican crisis to restore order
Consular reports a month left to intervene in Mexico as Carranza forces near Mexico City threaten stability. Washington receives warnings of famine risk and inability of local leaders to restore peace, urging U.S. recognition of a strong, US-backed government. Dispatches note food shortages and rail disruption across regions.
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United States
Washington
Mexico
State Department
Republic
Wilson
Cornish
N. H
Vera Cruz
Carranza
Mexico City
Zapata
Red Cross
Lawson Given Life Sentence for Deputy Sheriff Murder
John R. Lawson international board member of the United Mine Workers of America was denied a new trial and sentenced by Judge Granby Hillyer in the Third district court after a May 3 guilty verdict for first degree murder of Deputy Sheriff John Nimmo during a battle near Ludlow on October 25, 1913. Lawson began life imprisonment at hard labor in the state penitentiary. BILLION BUSHEL WHEAT CROP.
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Trinidad
Colo
Granby Hillyer
Third District
John Nimmo
Ludlow
John R. Lawson
United Mine .Workers of America
Colorado
Lawson
Spring Crop Conditions Favorable Across Regions
The weekly bulletin reports rising prospects for a billion bushel wheat harvest. Spring wheat shows its best week of the season in many areas, while winter wheat faces unfavorable weather and delays from rain. Harvesting advances satisfactorily in southern belt and Pacific coast states with good yields observed.
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Washington
National Weather and Crop Bulletin
Belt
Pacific Coast
Vote of Thanks to Botha and Smuts in South West Africa
The House of Commons voted hearty thanks to Gen Louis Botha Gen Jan Christian Smuts and the Union forces for the campaign in German Southwest Africa Premier Asquith led the resolution praising the campaign. Henry Graves chief of the forest service left Washington for Alaska to study conditions in national forests and oppose abolishment moves.
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London
House of Commons
Louis Botha
Jan Christian Smuts
Union of South Africa
German Southwest Africa
Asquith
Washington
Henry 8. Graves
Forest Service
Alaska
Graves
Postmaster General Raises Parcel Post Size Limit
Washington reports Postmaster General Burleson ordered an increase of the parcel post size limit to a combined length and girth of eighty four inches enabling mailing standard fruit and berry crates. The note adds allied diplomatic views from Lord Cecil and U S positioning on merchant ship defense. Philadelphia notes the torpedo boat destroyer Conyngham was launched at the Cramps yard with a speed around twenty knots.
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Washington
Burleson
Philadelphia
Dwatroyer Conyngham
Cramps’ Ship Yarde
Olt
Thureday
Too Poor to Be Hurt Street Sweeper Dies After Accident
Frederick Birkmer a New Rochelle street sweeper said he was too poor to be laid up by an accident. He was knocked unconscious by a Port Chester motorcyclist on Pelham road. After awakening at the hospital his skull fracture proved fatal as he attempted to leave for home.
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Frederick Birkmer
New Rochelle
N. Y
Pelham Road
Frank Purdy
Port Chester
Birkmer
Purdy
Man on the Step Dares Door Closure on Overcrowded Car
A crowded railroad car fills as a man on the step refuses to move. The conductor urges him to shut the door. He warns of dynamite in his pockets but urges the door be closed, saying few would miss his early demise.
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An old two paragraph advertisement for Cuticura skin care promotes cleansing and healing ointment. It offers a free sample via a postcard address in Boston and notes the product is sold everywhere.
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Cuticura
Dept. XY
Boston
Smithy Laments Sunny Lot With Little Shade
Local chatter labels Smithy a grouch and notes his sunny lot lacks shade. The comment suggests the property is hard to sell due to insufficient shelter from the sun.
Baseball Umpire Reframes Old Saying In Game
In a playful remark during the game an umpire revises a familiar line about contact with the pitcher. The exchange highlights a lighter moment amid competitive action.
Drink Denison’s Coffee Rumor Sparks Debate
A terse quip about Denison’s coffee recurs, paired with a proverb about suspicion in marriage. The lines suggest a social or editorial commentary rather than a reported event, leaving readers to infer a broader sentiment.
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Utah
Alaska Town
Chicago
Chicago Tribune
China
Hongkong
Kwanktung
Kwingsi
Kiingsi
America
Wideward N. Hurley
Federal Trade Commission
Commission
West Shore Railroad
Weehawken
Hudson River
Denver
Fred Fararar
England
Redmond
Decatur
Decatur Baseball Park
Rockford
Edward F. Kearney
Kaiser
Tae-Ne-Gat
Huerta
Jessie Rossfield
Jessie Rossfeld
Matsrial
Labor
Botha
Forester
Lord Cecil
Launcnhed
Howard E. Burton
Bilver
Leadville
Lst
Denison
Carter
Iota
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