Identified as Earl Wiles Escapes to Chicago After Missing Since 1906
A man long known as J C R in Rochester and Milan hospitals has been identified as Earl Wiles a Goldfield mining engineer missing since September 1906. His mother Mrs Ef E Pitkin of Chicago confirmed the identification by noting a scar on his right foot and his limited speech. He was found unconscious in Chicago last November and brought to Oak Park infirmary. He previously escaped from a Rochester Minnesota hospital and was believed connected with the navy at some point. He will be taken to his mother's home for care.
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Chicago
Oak Park Infirmary
Rochester, Minn
Earl W. ‘Ties
Ef. E. Pitkin
Rochester
Milan
Navy
Goldfield
Minnesota
Nes
Mother
Celeste
Father
Sophie
Chicago Daily News
Buried Eleven of Empress Crew in Quebec Ceremony
Twelve crew members of the Empress of Ireland who perished in the St Lawrence disaster were buried in a ceremony led by military bands with flags at half mast. Wireless operator Ronald Ferguson described calling for aid eight minutes before the ship’s dynamos failed.
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Quebec
St. Lawrence
Fmsic
Ronald Ferguson
Empress
Perguson
Father Point
Staid
S. O. SS
Wather Point
Versuson
Divers Seek Wreck of Empress of Ireland in Quebec
The Cruiser Essex sails for the scene where divers will inspect the sunken Empress of Ireland. Essex carries a modern submarine outfit and aims to penetrate the wreck corridors. About 800 bodies are believed to lie in the hulk.
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Quebec
Essex
Tere
Tather Point
King Alfonso to Visit Panama-Pacific Exposition
J Cheevers Colgin, a prominent Pacific coast polo player, arrived on the Aquitania in New York and said King Alfonso of Spain intends to visit the United States next year to attend the Panama Pacific exposition in San Francisco and to play polo.
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Alfonso
New York
King Alfonso of
Spain
United States
San Francisco
J. Cheevers Colgin
Pacific Coast
Europe
Aquitania
Ten Thousand Threaten to Strike in Pittsburgh
Officials of the Allegheny Congenial Industrial union say 6,000 workers at Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing and related Pittsburgh plants will strike. Westinghouse officials doubt the report, calling it mere talk by a few petulant workers.
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Pittsburgh
Allegheny Congenial Industrial Union
Westinghouse Tectric and Manufacturing Company
Westinghouse Machine Company
Pittsburgh Meter Company
Westinghouse
Sophie's Generosity
Sophie with wide eyes listens as a preacher urges giving to aid a mission. She secretly borrows a suitcase of her parents clothes and socks to donate, later publicizing the act as from her mother, while her father notes Sophie’s good heart despite the mix up.
Roosevelt to stump state in fall campaign
Montana bull moose supporters plan a fall visit by Colonel Roosevelt with five meetings arranged in Butte Lewistown Kalispell Miles City and Glendive Ex-Senator Joseph M Dixon will tour the state to energize progressive voters as plans develop for more stops and dates.
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Lewistown
Kalispell
Miles City
Glendive
Roosevelt
Joseph M. Dixon
Missoula
Miner Nick Klosna Ends Life at Sawmill Trestle Near Butte
After five suicide attempts, 35 year old miner Nick Klosna hanged himself at a sawmill trestle near Butte. He had recently left a Butte hospital where doctors treated a chest wound and he had tried to swallow poison there.
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Butte
Nick Klosna
Klesna
Jealous Youth Shoots Two Then Kills Self on Fourth Street
Great Falls reporter states William Schmidt aged 27 shot and mortally wounded Miss Mary Widlowski and likely mortally wounded Otto Rick on Fourth street. Schmidt then reloaded, fled to an alley and shot himself in the right temple, dying instantly. The tragedy stems from jealousy. Schmidt owned a Sun River ranch.
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Great Falls
William Schmidt
Mary Widlowski
Otto Rick
Fourth Street
Schmidt
Sun River Country
Montana University President Defends Consolidation Move
President Craighead of the University of Montana urged students to voice opinions on the state wide consolidation movement without fear of losing positions to politicians. He said no valid argument has been heard against the consolidation bill now circulating after widespread debate and editorial opposition.
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Pres
Craighead
Missoula
University of Montana
New Anti Saloon League Head Named for Montana
Rev. Joseph Pope of Laurel Montana has been chosen superintendent of the Montana Anti Saloon and Public Welfare League by the national organization. The selection was approved at a state executive meeting in Butte. Pope starts July 15 with initial headquarters in Laurel before moving to Helena.
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Anti-Saloon League
Helena
Joseph Pope
Laurel
Mont
Montana Anti-Saloon and Public Welfare League
National
Anti-Saloon Organization
Pope
State League
Butte
League
Coal Strike in White's Gulch Sparks Canyon Ferry Excitement
A 20 foot vein of good bituminous coal was found at the mouth of White's gulch near Townsend in the Missouri valley. Former Lieutenant Governor Spriggs, now in New York City, inspected the area and spoke favorably of the discovery.
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Townsend
Canyon Ferry Country
Missouri Valley
White's Gulch
Montana Bar
Spriggs
New York City
Not Guilty Verdict in Burgess Murder Case
Miles City jury acquits John Burgess of Rosebud in the murder of Sheriff William Moses of Rosebud county. The seven day trial, moved from another county on venue, drew wide attention as the slain official was shot in Burgess’s Forsythe home during an arrest attempt. Prosecution said Burgess protected his wife from attack at the time.
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Miles City
John Burgess
Rosebud
William Moses
Burgess
Forsythe
Moses
Timmins's Renunciation of Love and Ambition in a Mill Town
In a factory setting Bob Timmins a skilled wood worker rises from ignorance by joining night school to win Minnie Carson daughter of the foreman. He overhears a rival, Stokes, with Minnie while a desperate woman confronts Stokes about an unborn child. Timmins faces heartbreak when Minnie learns the truth.
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Bob Timmins
Ben
Minnie Carson
Whoopstown
Daily
Palladium
Minnie Minerva Careen
Greece
Bob
the Palladium
Miss Carson
Stokes
Harry
Fatal Accident At Twin Bridges Ends In Tragic Self Harm
Richard Rueter, a minor, was fatally crushed in a collapse at Twin Bridges. He crawled to a tunnel and used a stick of hazardous material to blow off his head, after being buried waist-deep by a ground slide that crushed his back and broke an arm and leg as he begged his brother to shoot him.
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Richard Rueter
Rueter
Injured Couple in Critical Condition After Montana Auto Crash
Great Falls reports a serious accident near Conrad on a country road. Archi bald Morrison and Mrs J W Farnes from Conrad were badly hurt when their car hit a fence post. Mrs Barnes suffered fractures to both arms. Morrison and his wife were treated at Conrad hospital in critical condition. Morrison is a jeweler and Barnes is a traveling salesman wife.
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Great Falls
Archibald B. Morrison
J. W. Farnes
Conrad
Barnes
Morrison
Conrad Hospital
Wed By Force She Says In Suit For Nullification
Mildred Invine a 19 year old society girl testified before District Judge Michael Donlan that she was carried from an automobile into a minister's home by Veyne V Mason a Mines student and coerced into marrying him. She said she left Mason immediately after the ceremony and did not live with him. She then left the minister's house and, meeting a young man who had shown attention to her, asked him to accompany her home.
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Butte
Mildred Invine
Michael Donlan
Veyne V. Mason
School of Mines
Mason
State Adventists to Meet Helena Convention
Arrangements are complete for the Montana Seventh Day Adventists annual convention in Helena from June 1 to 21. Pastor N E Ernstrom with Dr L Rheem of the Commercial Club leads final plans for the camp meeting at Fifteenth Avenue and Rodney Street.
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Helena
Montana
Seventh Day Adventists
N. E. Ernstrom
Seventh Day Adventist Church of
L. Rheem
Commercial Club
Fifteenth Avenue
Rodney Street
Fair Building Is Practically Assured For This Fall
The $25,000 appropriation was cut in half with $12,500 released by the state board of examiners. Five Helena banks agreed to advance $12,500 on condition it is repaid when funds are available. The Helena commercial club aided the effort, and the horticultural building at the state fair grounds seems assured for this fall.
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Helena
State Board of Examiners
State Fair Grounds
Helena Commercial Club
Montana Water Company Accepts City Offer for Plant
Butte Bays Water Plant sale to Billings seeks 315000 dollars plus about 11000 for half of disputed rental. five conditions cover minor points. City acceptance would end years of ongoing litigation.
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Billings
Montana Water Company
To Eliminate Phone System in Bozeman
Citizens vote to abolish the telephone receiving system at a mass meeting. The Retail Merchants' association committee chair asserts both systems are owned by the same company, prompting a unified settlement approach.
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Bozeman
Tthe Retail Merchants’ Association
Nominations for Federal Reserve Board Near Senate Preview
President moves to send nominations for the entire federal reserve board to the Senate within days. McAdoo says presidents of the new reserve banks should be elected by July and fully organized by August. Warburg Harding and Miller have accepted seats. Hamlin and Simmons are mentioned for remaining posts. St. Louis convention fights over class A and B directors end with a compromise to place a candidate on the slate.
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Reserve Board
Senate
C. H. Hamlin
E. C. Simmons
Washington
Federal Reserve Board
McAdoo
Paul M. Warburg
New York
W. P. G. Harding
Birmingham
Ala
A. C. Miller
San Francisco
Charles 8. Hamlin
the Treasury
St. Louis
Federal Reserve Banks
Treasury
New Orleans
Reserve Bank
St. Louis Reserve Bank
Festus Wade
Wade
Freak Weather Grips Wide Areas With Heat and Storms
Freak conditions sweep from Pennsylvania to the Pacific. Oregon reports hail snow and strong winds. St. Louis endures its hottest day of the year over 100 degrees. Somerset Pennsylvania sees two dead six injured and buildings destroyed by a violent storm. Missouri Kansas and Oklahoma report heat waves with record highs. Northern Ohio reports two dead two injured from a statewide storm.
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Chicago
Pennsylvania
Pacific Coast
Oregon
St. Louis
Somerset
Missouri
Kansas
Oklahoma
Ohio
Canadian Immigrant Barred Mary Jones From Vancouver Steamer
"Mother" Jones, organizer of the United Mine Workers of America, was stopped at the gangplank in Seattle as she tried to board a Canadian Pacific steamship bound for Vancouver. An immigration inspector questioned her and claimed she would go to Nanaimo to stir up trouble among miners, barring her from sailing. She affirmed American citizenship and Irish birthplace.
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Seattle
Wash
Mary Jones
United Mine Workers of America
Vancouver
Jones
Ireland
Movement to limit trust legislation in Senate
Senator Pomerene introduced a resolution in the interstate commerce committee to approve only the interstate trade commission portion of the omnibus bill. The move, discussed with President Wilson, signals a strategy to limit the administration's trust program during this session.
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Washington
Interstate Trade Commission
Senate
Pomerene
Interstate Commerce Committee
Pomerone
Wilson
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Timmins’ Renunciation
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Minchie Carson
Mr. Stokes
Miner
State Adventists
Butte Bays
St. Louis Bankere Wrangle
J. Louie
Mercury
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