Two Arrests In Corwin Diamond Robbery Case
Police arrest Alfred King and a young woman calling herself Elizabeth McBetty in a $50,000 jewel theft from Mrs. Halsey Corwin. Both suspects face grand larceny charges, bail set at $5,000, as detectives probe details of the July 15 burglary at McBetty’s West Forty-fifth Street apartment. The case links to Mrs. Corwin’s earlier life and marriage to Halsey Corwin.
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Commercial Tribune
New York
Halsey Corwin
Alfred King
Elizabeth McBetty
King
Europe
Rumors of coup detat as Russian Parliament fears spread
In St Petersburg July 20, extreme nervousness grips all classes over a possible coup after Parliament adopted an address to the people. Reports say an imperial ukase ordering dissolution may be signed. Guard regiments moved to the city, officers summoned for notes on troop disposition, raising alarms across the capital.
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Peterhof
Krasnoye-Selo
Seminovsky
Hussars
Ismailovsky
Pavlovsky
Preobrajensky
Yaegerski
White
Commercial Tribune
Ithaca
N. Y
Andrew D. White
Cornell University
Cornell Summer School
New York City
Serene
Wisconsin Supreme Court Official Questioned Over Life Insurance Commission
Justice Rouset D. Marshall of the Wisconsin Supreme Court faced questions during the Legislative Life Insurance Investigating Committee session as State Manager J. G. Albright presented letters from Union Central Life of Cincinnati. The correspondence, authenticated by Justice Marshall, shows a request for a life agent’s commission on premium collection for policy 232,009 dated October 1, 1902.
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Commercial Tribune
Milwaukee
Rouset D. Marshall
Supreme Court of Wisconsin
Wisconsin Legislative Life Insurance Investigating Committee
J. G. Albright
Union Central Life Insurance Company
Cincinnati
Supreme Court
Justice Marshall
Mr. Albright
Commission For
Wisconsin
Madison, Wis
Hartje Divorce Case Sits in Pittsburg Courtroom Turmoil
sensational Hartje divorce hearing features charges of crooked methods by both sides. Clifford Hope the colored coachman confesses to leading the witness and implicating Mrs Hartje amid cross examinations. Police guard Hartje home after telegrams warn of a kidnapping plot.
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Commercial Tribune
Pittsburg
Hartje
Clifford Hope
Ray
Hope
Ohio
John Marron
Hooe
Mary Scott Hartje
Alderman King
Freeman
Augustus Hartje
Frazer
John F. Scott
Hartie
J. Scott Ferguson
Mrs. Thaw Knocked Down in Crowd at Tombs Visit
Mrs. Harry K. Thaw was bumped and knocked down by a curious man in a Tombs Prison crowd but unharmed and continued to visit her husband. Court notes report Olcott to decide surrender of papers, Hartridge seeking delivery of remaining documents. Olcott’s bundle of letters remains under discussion.
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Harry Thaw
Curious
Commercial Tribune
New York
Harry K. Thaw
Tombs Prison
W. M. K. Olcott
Thaw
Clifford W. Hartridge
Olcott
Firm
McQuown backs Beckham plan for fair Kentucky primary
Kentucky Democratic leaders endorse Governor Beckham’s call for open ballot positions and direct precinct returns to the State Executive Committee. Chairman Lewis McQuown says the process hinges on candidates supplying high quality election officers and the party conducting an impartial primary.
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Commercial Tribune
Frankfort
Lewis McQuown
Democratic State Central and Executive Committees
United States
McCreary
Beckham
Christians sever Dowie link in Berlin church split
A Berlin meeting of the Christian Church Communion founded by John Alexander Dowie unanimously decided to renounce allegiance to the prophet. They formed a distinct mission under the title Free Evangelical Church of Believing Christians.
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Christian Church Communion
John Alexander Dowie
Free ‘Evangelical Church of Believing Christians
Against Technical Appeals Impeding Justice
Citizens fear rising crime rates and delayed judgments in New York courts. The speaker condemns technical delays and costly appeals as undermining justice, calling for limits on appeals based on procedural errors that do not affect innocence or guilt.
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New York
Treaty of Peage Ends the War in Central America
A peace treaty between Guatemala Salvador and Honduras was signed aboard the US Cruiser Marblehead off the Guatemalan coast. Peace commissioners will be landed at Acagutla and other points. American legations will land at their accreditations. Mexican Minister Gamboa aided the agreement.
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Salvador
Honduras
United States
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Mexico
Peace treaty signed aboard the Marblehead
The State Department was informed that belligerent republics signed a peace treaty on the American warship Marblehead. A cable from Ambassador Merry to Salva dor Costa Rica and Nicaragua noted the pact and a joint message with Ambassador Combs to Guatemala and Honduras had not yet reached Washington. Officials expressed gratification over the prompt agreement and expect the treaty to be known as the Marblehead treaty in history.
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Commercial Tribune
Washington
State Department
Marblehead
Mr. Merry
Salvador
Costa Rica
Nicaragua
Merry
Mr. Combs
Guatemala
Honduras
Roosevelt learns of Central American treaty aboard Marblehead
President Roosevelt was unofficially informed tonight of the signing of a peace treaty among Guatemala El Salvador and Honduras aboard the American cruiser Marblehead. The President would not issue an official statement until word of Mexico negotiations reaches Sagamore Hill, expected tomorrow through official channels.
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Commercial Tribune
Oyster Bay
Roosevelt
Guatemala
Salvador
Honduras
Marblehead
United States
Mexico
Sagamore Hill
Central American War expands beyond Salvador and Guatemala
The Central American War began in May with expeditions from Salvador aiding a Guatemalan revolt led by General Toledo. Insurgent and Guatemalan government engagements varied until Salvador joined the conflict, followed by a Guatemalan invasion of Honduras that aligned that republic with Salvador. Washington sought peace once the dispute moved beyond internal disturbance.
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Guatemala
Toledo
Honduras
Washington
GOTHLIN NAMED THIRD OHIO RAILROAD COMMISSIONER
Governor Harris announces James C. Morris to two year term O P Gothlin of Dayton to six years and offers General Oliver H Hughes four year post. Hughes undecided as to acceptance while Morris and Gothlin receive broad backing from railroad and shipper groups.
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Commercial Tribune
Outlook
CotomsBus
News Commission
James C. Morris
Ohio
Nash
Morris
Erie Railway
Youngstown
Oliver P. Gobhlin
Dayton
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Western Lines
Ohio Shippers’ Association
Gobhlin
Flickinger
Oliver H. Hughes
Highland County
Harris
Hughes
Pattison
Springfield
A. B. Critchfield
Railway Commission
J. C. Morris
O. P. Gothlin
Gothlin
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