Foster-Mother Accused of Branding Adopted Child
Rosa Lee Gibson, five, alleges her foster mother Eliza Bradley branded her with a red hot iron while intoxicated. Louisville police, armed with a warrant sworn by Kentucky Children's Home official John Hutchen, seek 38 year old Mrs. Bradley. doctors fear maiming for life. Child's recounts detail branding on face and body and four days confinement. State official blames whisky and vows punishment.
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Commercial Tribune
Louisville
Rosa Lee Gibson
Eliza Bradley
Samuel H. Bradley
Louisville & Nashville Railroad
John Hutchen
Kentucky Children's Home
Woman Kills Man In Street In New York
In Seventh avenue Emile Gerdron 42 was shot and killed as police held him on an assault charge. Bertha Claicat, French, living with him for six years, fired three shots from a revolver after approaching from behind and then firing into his stomach. She was jailed on homicide charges quote I am glad I killed him.
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Commercial Tribune
New York
Emile Gerdron
Seventh Avenue
Bertha Claicat
Moonshiners in Battle Leave Three Dead in Virginia
In Buchanan County Virginia a clash between revenue officers and illicit distillers left three moonshiners dead and three wounded. The wounded were jailed. the victims’ names were not released.
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Commercial Tribune
Richmond
Buchanan County
Powers to be moved to Newport jail awaiting removal
Caleb Powers, once convicted of complicity in Governor Goebel's murders, will be escorted from Kentucky to Newport by a group of citizens. He will occupy a roomy fifteen by fifteen foot cell on the jail landing with chairs, a writing table, carpet, pictures, and reading material, in a gesture of political sympathy. The Kentucky State's Attorney in Frankfort will not block his removal.
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Kentucky
Frankfort
Caleb Powers
Goebel
Newport
Powers
Ludlow
King
Wealthy Father Fights In Court Over Custody Of Boy
In Marion Ohio a dispute over 7 year old LeRoy Thew pits his father Willis Thew against his foster parents Mr and Mrs Joseph Walters. The case, long in probate and appeals courts, was revived as Thew petitions the circuit court to reconsider the boy’s custody. Both families are wealthy and vow to continue litigation.
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Commercial Tribune
Marion
LeRoy Thew
Willis Thew
Joseph Walters
West Liberty
Common Pleas Court
Walters
Thew
Woman Shot by Mining Rival in Kansas City Tragedy
Special Dispatch reports John M. Crane a Missouri Joplin and Baxter Springs mine owner, shot his wife Henrietta Crane four times in the back as she fled their Bates Avenue home in Kansas City. Police intervened to prevent lynching amid tensions. Henrietta, 39, had filed a divorce suit in April claiming fraud over $225,000 in her inherited property from banker T D Evans of Harrisonville Missouri. Crane’s visit followed months of absence and a business discussion preceded the fatal shooting. Henrietta Crane hailed from New Orleans.
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Commercial Tribune
Kansas City
John. M. Crane
Joplin
Baxter Springs
Kan
Bates Avenue
Crane
Henrietta Crane
T. D. Evans
Harrisonville
Relief Ships Seek Further Effort to Save Submarine Farfadet
In Bizerta Tunisia on July 9 relief ships Berger and Wilhelm plan another attempt to move the submarine Farfadet. Families of the imprisoned crew endure despair as censorship blocks details while authorities keep tight control over dispatches.
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Bizerta
Tunis
Berger
Wilhelm
Farfadet
Submarine Farja det crew lost after Tunis sinking
Paris reports all hope of saving the Farja det crew is gone after last night’s unsuccessful efforts to raise the submarine boat sunk at the entrance to Sidi Abdallah port in Tunis.
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Paris
Farjadet
Sidi Abdallah
Tunis
Lightning Strikes Ten In Prospect Park Tree Shelter
Ten people were struck by lightning in Prospect Park Brooklyn during a thunderstorm as a elm tree sheltering several families cracked, throwing victims to the ground. Ambulances arrived and all were conscious again. two went home while the others were hospitalized, with all expected to recover.
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Commercial Tribune
New York
Prospect Park
Brooklyn
Hay Monument Planned in Cleveland for John Hay Memory
A movement in Cleveland to honor John Hay with a monument begins, with the widow to be consulted before steps proceed. Proposals include a shaft at Lake View Cemetery or a building at Stern Reserve University named for the Secretary, reflecting local effort and debate.
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Cleveland
Western Reserve University
Commercial Tribune
John Hay
Statesman
Hay
Lake View Cemetery
Stern Reserve University
Cleveland Friends of
Blazing oil tank car runs wild through city streets
A burning volatile oil tank car raced through the city from Niagara street to Whitaker street, destroying five thousand dollars in property and halting East End streetcar service for an hour. Firefighters faced the danger of explosion as flames engulfed the car and nearby cars including two watermelons, an empty box car, and a gondola car burned.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
Whitaker Street
East End
Niagara Street
East Front Street
Columbus
Loveland
Zanesville Express
Government Data Leak to Broker Reported by Wilson
Secretary Wilson released an official report detailing a Secret Service inquiry into claims by Richard Cheatham of the Cotton Planters Association that Department of Agriculture Bureau statistics personnel leaked information to New York cotton brokers. Edwin S. Holmes is named in the report.
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Commercial Tribune
Washington
Secret Service
Richard Cheatham
Cotton Planters’ Association
New York
Bureau of Statistics
Department of Agriculture
Wilson
Edwin S. Holmes
Explosion Shatters Saloon Tank In Williams Cafe
A carbonic acid tank explosion at Williams cafe 17 East Sixth Street sent glass fragments across the room injuring two men. Head bartender Harry Worth suffered deep scalp wounds and possible skull fracture, while assistant manager Swenard received multiple facial injuries. Officials attributed the blast to excessive pressure as the thick glass cover shattered.
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Williams
East Sixth Street
Swenard
Walter Griess
City Hospital
Worth
Highwaymen Rifle Rob Victims On Michigan Avenue
In Indianapolis two highwaymen forced a brewery salesman Jacob Siener and his chauffeur Fred Wiltshire from a car on Michigan Avenue near Belt Railroad tracks. They took $33 and a watch, then the men drove away the vehicle to a point west of White River before alighting. Police seek the pair believed to be the same as earlier robbers using a horse and red conveyance in the area.
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Commercial Tribune
Indianapolis
Michigan Avenue
Jacob Siener
Fred Wiltshire
Siener
White River
Wiltshire
Mutineers Yield After Talks With Roumanian Officers
The mutineers on the battleship Kniaz Potemkine and the supporting torpedo boat surrendered at 1 PM in Kustenji Roumania. Roumanian authorities and mutineer leaders had negotiated terms after the fleet terrorized the Black Sea for weeks. The officers aboard urged surrender, warning of treatment as foreign deserters if they stayed.
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Kustenji
Roumania
St. Andrew
Kniaz Potemkine
Black Sea
Fairmount youth drowns at Highland Park picnic
Harry B March aged 17 of 2436 Bloom Street North Fairmount drowned while swimming with a Sunday school group at Highland Park Clermont County. Four boys including Leslie Davis Edward Barfield and Howard Wellman dove from a rowboat. March cried out and vanished. Coroner Gatch and others searched the lake until sunset and plan to hire an expert diver next morning. March reportedly suffered cramps.
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Highland Park
Clermont County
North Fairmount Methodist Episcopal Church
Harry B. March
Bloom Street
North Fairmount
F. M. Kirgan
Young March
Leslie Davis
Edward Barfield
Howard Wellman
March
Gatch Young March
Tragic Love Tragedy Ends with Double Suicide in Wooster
In Wooster Ohio on July 8, 20 year old Joseph Shaffer fatally shot his sweetheart Lizzie Maontana don, then killed himself after a quarrel over alleged attentions from other men. Doctors say the girl cannot live more than a few hours.
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Commercial Tribune
Wooster
Joseph Shaffer
Lizzie Maontanadon
Shaffer
Japanese land on Sakhalin as peace talks swirl
Reports from St Petersburg say Japanese troops landed on Sakhalin with two battleships seven cruisers and other vessels. The weak Russian garrison refused to defend Korsakovsk burning government buildings before retreat. The move may shape peace talks, as Japan seeks the island for peace terms.
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ST. Petersburg
Sakhalin
St Petersburg
Rojestvensky
Meree
Shepivan
Korsa
Korsakovsk
Kniaz Potemkine
Japan
Japanese Army Dispatch Reports Skirmishes in Manchuria
An official dispatch from Japanese army headquarters in Manchuria notes occasional collisions between scouts along the Fenghwa Kai Yuen and Kwangping rail roads. It states the enemy is being gradually driven northward.
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Tokyo
Manchuria
Fenghwa
Kai-Yuen
Kwangping
Japanese peace plenipotentiaries depart Yokohama for Seattle
The Minnesota carried Baron Komura Foreign Minister of Japan and Kogoro Takahara to Seattle after a ceremonial sendoff in Yokohama. Marquis Ito Premier Katsura and Cabinet members joined the voyage with a cheering crowd and naval escort.
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Minnesota
Great Northern Line
Seattle
Marquis Ito
Katsura
Mr. Griscom
Legation
Baron Komura
Water Front
Komura
Takao
Tokyo Bay
Jutaro Komura
Japan
Kogoro Takahira
United States
Tachibana
War Office
M. Yamyasa
Bureau of Political Affairs
M. Saito
Bureau of Information
H. W. Denison
Foreign Office
Paymaster of Wheeling & Lake Erie Shot in Robbery Attempt
Paymaster S. H. Unser was attacked from behind while carrying $13,500 to the Wheeling & Lake Erie docks in Sandusky Ohio. He shot the robber John Ritzenthaler of Huron in the back of the head and shoulder, ending the attempt. Ritzenthaler claimed liquor drove the crime.
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Commercial Tribune
Sandusky
Wheeling & Lake Erie Railroad Company
S. H. Unser
John Ritzenthaler
Huron
Unler
Ritzenthaler
Tnere
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