Smart Boy on Train Falls Victim in Three Cornered Coin Game
Harrold M Carpenter a 21 year old from Evanston with wealth in a Chicago family plans a game on a train with two strangers. They rig a three cornered coin match to fleece a third man, but Harrold is outwitted and loses his stake while the others remain unseen. The incident ends with a scene of alarm as bystanders notice the disturbance.
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Harrold M. Carpenter
Evanston, IL
Chicago
Harrold
Oregon
Cheyenne
Trien
Pinaly
Harold
Tarrold
Johnson
Moving Picture Man
Six Die in Kentucky Cloud Burst Flood on Licking River
In Salyerville Kentucky a cloud burst on the Licking River caused a thirty foot rise and swept through the river valley. Six are dead and many more missing including three entire families. The flood overwhelmed all dwellings along a five mile stretch, trapping settlers as rescuers struggle to find victims.
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Salyerville
Licking River
Death of Virginia Senator Daniel in Lynchburg
John W. Daniel senior senator from Virginia died at the Lynchburg sanitarium at 10:25 PM after a recurrence of paralysis. The immediate cause was cerebral hemorrhage following a long illness begun in Daytona Beach in March. He lingered for months before dying five minutes after his heart weakened.
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Lynchburg
John W. Daniel
Virginia
Daytona
Florida
Kemmerer Team Seeks Game With Cheyenne Indians
Kemmerer Wyoming has a baseball team eager to face the Cheyenne Indians. Editor C Watt Brandon of the Kemmerer Camera says the squad is the fastest in Western Wyoming and would arrange a game for fun or money. Brandon plans to stay in Cheyenne to set up a meeting.
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Kemmerer
Wyo
Cheyenne Indians
C. Watt Brandon
Kemmerer Camera
Cheyenne
Colorado
Brandon
Kemmerey
Wyoming
Musical conductor and singer found dead in Stuttgart
In Stuttgart on June 29 Dr. Aloys Obrist a famed orchestra conductor and Anna Sutter a court singer were found dead together, both shot. The tragedy details identify the two victims and the apparent homicide, with authorities investigating the circumstances surrounding their deaths.
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Stuttgart
Germany
Aloys Obrist
Anna Sutter
Five Days Before Big Fight Sparks Reno Crowd
Reno swarms with sport fans as James J. Jeffries and Jack Johnson prepare for the famed bout. Jeffries trains with Choynski, his brother Jack, and Sam Berger while Johnson works miles of road, spars, and boxings to build momentum.
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Reno
James J. Jeffries
Dickerson
Nevada
Choynski
Jack
Sam Berger
Jeffries
Moana
Johnson
Judge Overrules Hyde Retrial Motion in Swope Murder Case
Judge Ralph Latshaw of the criminal court in Kansas City Missouri overruled Dr B Clark Hyde's motion for a new trial in the murder of Colonel Thomas H Swope. He denied bail pending appeal and said the jury verdict was just and supported by evidence. The defense filed for supreme court review.
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Kansas City
Ralph 8. Latshaw
Criminal Court
B. Clark Hyde
Thomas H. Swope
Supreme Court
Latshaw
Smith Says War Unlikely as U S Not Ready
Brig. Gen. Jacob H. Smith, retired, warns in a long interview that the United States is unprepared for war with Japan. He argues the army lacks soldiers and the navy is ill prepared for a Japanese fight, urges preparation to prevent war, and notes diplomacy may avert conflict. He cites distances to the Philippines and Samoa and discusses naval battles and civilian sentiment.
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New York
Jacob H. Smith
Hell
Jake
Army
Navy
United States
Japan
Philippines
Sandwich Islands
Jack Robinson
Pacific
Roosevelt to Meet Taft at Beverly Summer Home Today
Beverly Massachusetts June 29 President Taft and Colonel Roosevelt will meet at Burgess Point tomorrow. Governor Hughes at Cambridge for Harvard exercises may join. Senator Lodge to accompany Roosevelt from Nahant to Beverly. Pageant at Harvard included diplomas and honorary degrees.
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Beverly
Mass
Taft
Roosevelt
Burgess Point
Hughes
Cambridge
Harvard University
Senator Lodge
Colonel Royal
Nahant
Lowell
Massachusetts Ball
Draper
Crane
Lodge
Fitzgerald
Bogton
Navy
New Rk
Henry van Dyck
Princeton
Beings on Charge of Fraud and Malpractice Trial Mistrial
Four jurors explain their 115 hour deadlock in the Brown bribery case. They dispute the state's chief witness and the bribery charge tied to paying Lee O Neill Brown to back Lorimer. Brown, legislative minority leader, faces Springfield conspiracy indictments and vows vindication at retrial.
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Chicago
Lee O'Neill Brown
Charles Share
Brown
William H. Lowe
Wiliam H. Hennesy
Wayman
White
Loriimer
Lorimer
Springfield
Ills
Tam
Clara Morris Home Foreclosure Set for Sale Next Month
A New York county clerk filing orders the Yonkers homestead of actress Clara Morris sold under foreclosure. The matter proceeds after publication notices, with the sale to occur next month by the referee in charge.
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White Plains
Clara Morris
Yonkers
Ivo
Thirty Seconds Save Life in Electric Chair Chase
In Trenton New Jersey night the condemned wife murderer Arthur Rose faced execution. A brief interruption by a cry halted the execution as the electrocution chair waited with Judge Mjn turn on a moving trate. Rose was strapped and the switch poised for the second signal when a frantic plea to stop rang through the chamber.
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Trenton
N. J
Arthur Rose
Mjn
Rose
Crawford criticizes pole project waste at conservation congress
Senator Crawford denounced current methods for funding river protection as wasteful at the South Dakota conservation congress in Pierre. He urged a comprehensive scheme to safeguard river banks along their entire lengths, the event focused largely on agricultural topics.
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Pierre
Senator Crawford
South Dakota Conservation Congress
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