Great Cable Completed to Send Roosevelt Message Worldwide
A special dispatch reports the first global transmission of a presidential message. The 9000 mile Pacific cable links Oyster Bay to San Francisco and Manila via Siberia, with Taft to receive the message first. Cost about $13 million. four sections connect San Francisco to Honolulu Midway Guam and Manila.
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Roosevelt
Oyster Bay
Postal Telegraph Co
San Francisco
Gov. Taft
Mapila
Northern Telegraph Cable Company
Siberia
Russia
Liverpool
Irdo and
Eastern Telegraph Company
Mediterranean
Pacific
Honolulu
Midway
Guam
Manila
President and Family Enjoy First 1903 Clambake
President Theodore Roosevelt and Mrs Roosevelt, with children and guests, reach Huntington Bay by skiff for a beach clambake at Sagamore Hill. Old fashioned clam ovens bake on the sand as a picnic lunch from the White House hampered by a hampered hamper. The party later returns to Sagamore Hill by boat and the Sylph sails home.
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Oyster Bay
N. Y
Roosevelt
Roosevelt Plier
Sagamore Hill
Huntington Bay
Amily
William Emlin Roosevelt
Leno
Governor Nash to Send Message on Fourth of July
Governor Nash and President Roosevelt will use the new Pacific cable July Fourth. At the request of President Mackey of Postal Telegraph Company, Nash will cable Governor William H. Taft at Manila to celebrate the laying of the cable linking the United States with its farthest possessions.
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Commercial Tribune
Oyster Bay N. Y
Roosevelt
Taft
Angiia
America
Nash
Columbus, CO
Mackey
The
Postal Telegraph Company
William H. Taft
Manila
United States
Man With Two Guns Fires Blasts in Springfield Saloon
William Price pulled two 32 caliber revolvers on H. Rankin in a Springfield saloon and opened fire during Independence Day celebrations. A plate glass mirror shattered as Rankin was wounded in the elbow hip and shoulder. Price was knocked down with a beer bottle and arrested by officers. Rankin cannot explain why Price targeted him.
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Commercial Tribune
Springfield
William Price
H. Rankin
Rankin
Price
Powers vow to prevent Turkish attack on Bulgaria
On July 3 Count Goluchowsky, Austrian Chancellor, said the powers would never allow Turkey to attack Bulgaria and warned that provocation would cost Bulgaria European sympathy. Similar warning came from St. Petersburg after Bulgaria protested massing Turkish troops on the frontier.
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Vienna
Turkey
Count Goluchowsky
Bulgaria
Europe
St. Petersburg
Petty Removed After $73,000 District Defalcation
The District of Colum bia Board of Commissioners removed Auditor James T. Petty citing negligent methods that enabled a $73,000 embezzlement by clerk James M. A. Watson. Petty was offered a seat on the Board of Personal Tax Appraisers at a reduced salary. Alexander Mc Kenzie is named as successor on that board.
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Washington
Board of Commissioners of
District of Columbia
James T. Petty
James M. A. Watson
Petty
Alexander McKenzie
Peas
Trial hush edges case of Mrs Oppenheimer murder charge
Cincinnati police say they have gathered much evidence in the Anna Oppenheimer case linked to the infant poisoning at German Deaconess Hospital. Dr Gustav Zinke’s statement that bichloride of mercury was present is deemed crucial while attorneys warn against further interviews.
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Anna Oppenheimer
Rogers
Katherine Dear
Louisville
Oppenheimer
Rhea
Russellville
Gustav Zinke
Prince
Floods Devastate Red River Valley and Gainesville
Heavy rains battered the Trinity and Red River Valleys causing widespread flooding in Gainesville with two to four feet of water. Railroads face extensive damage from washouts and undermined tracks while no lives were lost locally. A Santa Fe train hit a washout near Gainesville killing Engineer M R Boyce. In southwest Texas, cloudbursts may claim about fifteen Mexican victims.
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Dallas
Tex
Trinity
Red River
Gainesville
Santa Fe
M. R. Boyce
Texas
300 Machines Turned to the Wall in Kansas City
Kansas City Kansas police raided the city winning over 300 slot machines turned to the wall and seven gambling houses closed. Mayor Gilbert announced the move as the first step in cleaning the city and predicted an end to gambling for at least two years. Poolrooms were not molested.
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Kansas City
Kan
Middle West
Gilbert
Terrific heat prompts workers to quit Indiana plant
Indianapolis July 3 heat reached 9 as the year s worst. At Muncie five workers collapsed before furnaces at the American Rolling Mill plant. Foremen quit work after the heat compelled a shop stoppage. management could not fill the order. The plant closed for the first time this season due to dangerous conditions.
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Indianapolis
Muncie
American Rolling Mill Company
Bedford Heiress Files Noted Breach of Promise Suit
Miss Epsie George of Bedford sues Spencer B. Pough, her former confidant and adviser, charging he won her affection then induced investments. She also sues a bank and several firms over money tied to the romance. The case has stirred local attention in Bedford.
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Tribune
Bedford
Ind
Epsie George
Spencer
B. Pough
Peugh
Miss George
George
Thisty
Death by own action in case of Recorder J O Brown
Coroner's inquest in Pittsburg reruns details of J O Brown's death after March 13. Miss Susie McLean testified Brown took trianal powders and later cyanide while alone in his room. Witness described removing drugs and revolver, Brown's final dose of strychnia, and an apparent plan to die rather than return to wife.
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Pittsburg
J. O. Brown
Susie McLean
Brown
New York
Miss McLean
Brow
General Cassius Clay Believed Mentally Unstable at Home
Lexington July 3 Cassius M Clay ex Minister to Russia lies gravely ill at his Madison County home and friends fear insanity. He sent guards to summon his family physician to Whitehall, but refused to see arriving doctors. He pleads for his child wife Dora Clay Breck, believed key to saving the veteran’s reason.
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Commercial Tribune
Lexington
Cassius ‘M.clay
Russia
Madison County
Joe Perkins
R. S. Bullock
Whiteha
Bullock
W.C. Bullock
Thomas
Knapp Murder Trial See Reconciled Sisters Amid Court
Side lights on the Knapp murder trial show reconciliation between Mrs Wenzel sister of the accused wife mur derer and her brother in law and sister Mr and Mrs Howard King after years of estrangement The divorce petition of Henrietta Cone Beeks against Edward K is filed as the case proceeds with insanity defense cited in court
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Commercial Tribune
Hamilton
Knapp
Wenzel
Howard King
Kitz
Henrietta Cone Beeks
Edward K
Beeks
Barricaded Man Captured After 72 Hour Standoff
Vincennes officers dislodged John Munday at Oaktown after a 72 hour siege. Munday, wanted for assault with intent to kill, fortified his home like a fort and exchanged shots with lawmen and townspeople. He surrendered after a door tap and was bound over to Knox Circuit Court.
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Commercial Tribune
Vincennes
Ind
John Munday
Oaktown
Munday
Emison
Knox Circuit
Funk
Michigan City
Postmasters Receive $144 468 for Lost Funds
Washington July 3 The Postoffice Department paid $144 468 to postmasters nationwide for loss of money order funds postal funds and other postoffice property during the last fiscal year. Burglary and other casualties caused most claims while many were rejected citing contributory negligence.
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Washington
Postoffice Department
United States
Anglo Japanese Demands on China Warn of Manchuria Crisis
Odessa reports advices from Sviet that the British and Japanese ministers in Peking presented a note to China. It calls for Russia to evacuate Manchuria, warns of intervention if delayed, and seeks British and Japanese approval for any future treaty. A five day reply is demanded.
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Odessa
St. Petersburg
Sviet
Japan
Peking
Russia
Manchuria
Far East
England
China
Great Britain
A Ching
Foreign Board
United States
Conger
Rumors of U S Post Office Routes in East Tennessee
Republican insiders say federal investigation of the Post Office may broaden to rural routes in Upper East Tennessee. They allege honeycombed routes under Brownlow and Gibson influence and Sinecure posts in key offices. No charges yet, but leaders may be questioned over route necessity as deficit concerns grow.
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Commercial Tribune
Chattanooga
Tenn
Postoffice Department
Upper East Tennessee
Brownlow and Gibson
First Congressional District
Post Office Department
Kennedy granted new trial in murder case
Lulu Prince Kennedy, serving ten years for the murder of her husband Philip H. Kennedy, a Merchants Despatch agent, was granted a new trial by the State Supreme Court. The couple married shortly before the killing in January 1901, and Charles W. Prince and two brothers were charged as accomplices, with William already convicted.
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Kansas City, Mo
Lulu Prince Kennedy
Philip H. Kennedy
Merchants’ Despatch Transportation Company
State Supreme Court
William
Albert Prince
Ancient Sabbath Controversy Divides Rabbis at Conference
The Central Conference of American Rabbis debated the Sabbath issue in Detroit. A substitute report favored maintaining the historical Sabbath while recognizing modern observance. Amendments passed 2 to 9, and consideration was postponed to next year amid calls for a Jewish legislative body. Officers were elected and the session adjourned.
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Detroit
Central Conference of American Rabbis
Sabbath Commission
Roosevelt
Society of B'nai B'rith
Rabbi Voorsanger
San Francisco
Dr. Deutsch
Silverman
Dr. Silverman
Voorsanger
Commission
Philipson
K. Kohler
New York
The
Hebrew Union College
Cincinnati
Joseph Krause
Jegeptola
Chicago
Pr. J. Voorsanger
Francisco
Tedamibe
Charles Levi
Peoria
Ill
Mrs Hosea Seeks Divorce Over Age and Union Rift
The article reports that Mrs Ruth Bush Hosea of Mobile will apply for divorce from Robert Hosea Jr in Cincinnati. It recounts their rushed 1901 New York marriage, objections by her father Mr Bush over age and Hosea’s voice career, elopement abroad, and a later estrangement with Hosea working for Gorham Jewelry in New York.
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Robert Hosea
Ruth Bush
Mobile
Ala
Hosea
Cincinnati
J. C. Bush
Ruth
Robert Hose
Father Bush
Papa Bush
Mr. Hosea
Mr. Bush
Miss Ruth
New York
Gorham Jewelry Company
South
Miss Bush
Hosea Returns From Vacation Amid Divorce Rumors
Robert Hosea leaves for a lunga extended vacation then plans to return to Gorham Manufacturing in September. He is visiting relatives in Cincinnati and Mobile while his wife Mrs. Hosea reportedly files for divorce through local lawyers. Hosea, known as Bob, is linked to Mt. Auburn family and Cincinnati music circles.
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Commercial Tribune
New York
Gorham Manufacturing Company
Robert Hosea
Gorham Company
Hosea
Bell Haven
Conn
Bowman
Holland House
Cincinnati
Mason Street
Mr Hosea
Bob
R. H. Hosea
Mt. Auburn
Philip Fosdick
Eleanor Hosea
Clifton
Stephens Spurned 120000 Offer in Doodle Inquiry
St Louis July 3 Evidence before District Attorney Folk shows Missouri Governor Len V Stephens then vice president of Missouri Trust Company was offered 100000 in Transit stock to back a bill consolidating St Louis street railways excluding the Suburban and 20000 more to name James J Butler son of Colonel Ed Butler as excise commissioner. He refused both offers.
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ST. Louis
Folk
Missouri
Len.v. Stephens
Missouri Trust Company of
James J. Butler
Ed Butler
Stephens
Families of 235 Dead Men in Great Destitution
Hanna Wyoming July 3 Great destitution prevails among families of 235 men killed in the Hanna mine disaster Tuesday. Charitable people in the Western States are urged to aid the Mayor of Hanna without delay. Bodies of 230 miners lie entombed as fire and smoke slow recovery. it may be Monday before more corpses are removed.
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Hanna
Wyo
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U. S
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Lulu Prince ‘Kennedy
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