Man Accused of Gentry Murder Arrested in New York
Special Dispatch to Commercial Tribune Chicago July 25 Frank Constantine alleged murderer of Mrs Louise A Gentry at 582 La Salle Ave January 6 is arrested in Poughkeepsie N Y Police were tipped by a former apartment resident and Constantine held after not denying identity Letters and papers bore his name The Gentry case sparked public outrage over brutal assaults on women earlier that year Constantine a Gentry boarder fled after the crime which left her throat cut Constantine seen fleeing the building by several witnesses with a razor marked C found near the doorway.
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Louise A. Gentry
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N. Y
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Mayor Johnson May Face Contempt in Cleveland Rail Row
Cleveland July 25 Papers served on Tom L. Johnson to appear in Common Pleas Court for contempt over tearing up Fulton street tracks. Judge Ford granted an injunction restraining city and Municipal Traction Co from further action. Johnson urged workers to ignore the order as the track removal continued.
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Cleveland
Tom L. Johnson
Common Pleas Court
Ford
Cleveland, Electric Railway Company
Fulton Street
Cleveland Electric Railway Company
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Municipal Traction Company
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Discrediting Testimony in Hartje Divorce Case
Pittsburg July court action renews attempts to refute Blanche Ashby testimony in the Hartje divorce trial. Witnesses accuse promise of money for lying about coachman sleeping in the Hartje home. The conspiracy hearing against Augustus Hartje and others is postponed for a week. The trial features Henrique handwriting expert sessions and courtroom clashes over admissible evidence.
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Commercial Tribune
Pittsburg
August Hartje
Mary Scott Hartje
Blanche Ashby
Hartje
Clifford Hobe
Augustus Hartje
John S. Welshons
Clifford Hope
Thaw Case Intervie w Details Alleged Abuse by Thaw
Miss Anna Crane, a New York masseuse, recounts Paris 1904 events involving Evelyn Nesbit, Stanford White, and Harry K. Thaw. She testifies Thaw beat and choked Nesbit, confined her with police-like control, and planned breach of promise and assault claims.
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Miss Nesbit
Paris
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Constantine Held on Murder Charge in Poughkeepsie
Frank J. Constantine is jailed in Poughkeepsie after a Chicago woman positively identified him this afternoon as the suspect in a murder case.
Forest blazed near Birch in Marquette area
Serious forest fires rage northwest of Marquette. Birch town, fifteen miles distant, hosts the Northern Lumber Company operation and is in grave danger. Mayor Culver has telephoned for a special train to rush the Marquette Fire Department and volunteers to Birch.
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Hargis Seeks Beckham Backing in KY Race
In Kentucky s Tenth District a fierce contest to defeat prosecutor A Floyd Byrd unfolds. Hargis seeks Governor Beckham s support after appealing to Frankfort managers while Beckham faces other murder charges and contemplates siding with Hargis amid party tensions. Will Cooper s influence shifts as Hopkins consideration rises at Pikeville convention.
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Mystery of cancer origin seen clearer by mice tests
London July 25 The Imperial Cancer Research Fund Laboratory reports progress toward solving cancer origin. In mice scientists reproduced spontaneous cancer features and protected others by inoculation. Of 100 inoculated, 90 formed tumors. protected mice remained tumor free. Body fluids from protected mice slowed existing tumors. Further work required to apply to humans.
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London
Imperial Cancer Research Fund Laboratory
Policeman Kills Visiting Merchant In Hotel Square Duel
Patrolman J L Rossiter shot and killed Hus ton C Holmes of West Union C after Holmes reportedly showed signs of insanity and drew a revolver in a duel near Government Square. The incident began when Rossiter tried to place Holmes under arrest early yesterday. Holmes fired first.
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Second District
Huston C. Holmes
West Union
Government Square
Main Street
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Mueller
Senior Declares House of Refuge Outdated and Inadequate
Testimony in Mayor Dempsey's House of Refuge inquiry features Max Senior calling the institution outdated. Effie Foster and George Macumber testified on adequacy for sociological development as investigators search for Mamie Hall who was due to corroborate Foster’s account.
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Russian General Tribe to Come After Harvest
Reports from St. Petersburg indicate a general strike is postponed until harvest ends and conditions ripen. Strategists push moderates, Mouromtseff rejected, cabinet shifts debated, famine relief planned, Skrydloff given powers to restore order, naval prosecutions to be reviewed.
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Bitter Attack at Westinghouse Meeting Affects Board
At a dramatic stockholders meeting in Pittsburg George Westinghouse faced sharp accusations over private ventures with company funds. The discussion centered on assets linked to the Lackawanna & Wyoming Valley Rapid Transit, with questions about stock versus bond values and who owned the stock. The old board was mostly reelected, marking a tense return to governance since 1897.
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Commercial Tribune
Pittsburg
Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company
George Westinghouse
James Carrothers
Westinghouse
Carrothers
Lackawanna & Wyoming Valley Rapid Transit Company
Carruthers
John Gregg
James Hazen Hyde
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W. D. Uptegraff
East Pittsburg
Russian Official Cables as to Purpose of the Czar
St. Petersburg dispatch reports a telegraphed answer to a question posed by the Prime in St. Petersburg. The Associated Press received the material noting the czar’s declared aims and official statements on governance.
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