Roosevelt Wins Diplomatic Peace Plan Between Japan and Russia
Franklin D. Roosevelt brokers a high level accord as Japan and Russia accept a peace plan. In Milwaukee the focus turns to diplomacy and the broader stakes of postwar stability. Bigelow gets ten years at Leavenworth.
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Roosevelt
Japan
Russia
Bigelow
Commercial Tribune
Milwaukee
Frank G. Bigelow
Federal Grand Jury
U. S
Quarles
Federal Penitentiaryy
Ft. Leavenworth
Kan
Federal
United States
Death by Own Action Clears Wheeling Murder Case
The Schubert murder near Wheeling is solved after affidavits show two killers died by suicide. Bradford Powell alias Dawson shot himself near Raven's Rock, W Va, and Oscar Perry Devon alias Samuel Pratt hanged himself after being disarmed at New London Ohio. Sadie Devore confirms the alleged crime to police.
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Tribune
Wheeling
W. Va
Schubert
William M. Clemens
Bradford Powell
Dawson
Raven's Rock
Oscar Perry Devon
Samuel Pratt
New London
Sadie Devore
Oscar Perry Devore
Funeral attendee ends life with carbolic acid
Charlies Morgan, 24, a farmer near Muncie, attended a friend's funeral as a spectator before, four hours later, taking carbolic acid and killing himself. The death followed his loss of mind after the funeral.
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Muncie
Ind
Commercial Tribune
Charlies Morgan
Can't Be Teacher She Tries 10 Die
Miss Mary Cooley 24 Fifteenth Street, once a high school and normal school graduate, now waits at the Place of Detention after a failed attempt to take her life. Anxious to teach, she reportedly faced rejection due to lack of influence, leading to a deteriorating mental state and hospitalization as authorities assess her sanity. After a second-story jump attempt, a patrol wagon transported her to the detention facility.
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Mary Cooley
Fifteenth Street
Miss Cooley
State Normal School
City Hospital
Memorial services for Confederate dead at Camp Chase
Memorial services were held at the Confederate Cemetery near Columbus Ohio under the United Daughters of the Confederacy Robert E. Lee Chapter. Flowers from Southern cities covered 2300 graves as Colonel John G. Blackburn of Midway Kentucky delivered the principal address. Blackburn had been a prisoner at Camp Chase during the Civil War.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus
Camp Chase
Robert E. Lee
United Daughters of the Confederacy
John G. Blackburn
Midway
Gunners Break All Records for Shooting on Kentucky
Four gunners from the battleship Kentucky set all five inch gun records on the northern drilling grounds near Sandy Hook. One shooter hit 13 of 14 in two minutes, another 13 hits per minute, while two others logged 12 of 13. Rear Admiral Evans hailed the feat as American—like enemy fireproof. The squadron also set a wireless telegraph record with 80 word transmission from Newport News to Maryland 500 miles away.
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Commercial Tribune
New York
Kentucky
Sandy Hook
Ee Sansteal
Evans
Newport News
Maryland
Cape Cod
Mass
Auto Caches Off Drawbridge Into River Tragedy
Chicago, June 10. An automobile plunged into the Chicago River when Rush Street drawbridge opened, killing three occupants and injuring two who were rescued and survived. Victims include Jerome G. Kurtzman and Mrs. Kurtzman. W. A. Hartley. Rescued were W. H. Hoops Jr. and Mrs. Runyon. The car rode the incline, tire ripped, and the craft sank thirty feet below. The current carried the bodies downstream. relatives of Kurtzman believed to live in Minneapolis.
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Commercial Tribune
Chicago
Rusa Street
Jerome G. Kurtzman
W. A. Hartley
W. H. Hoops, JR
Jeremiah . Runyon
New York
Runyon
Hoops
Rush Street
Kurtzman
Hartley
J. C. Kurtzman
Minneapolis
Indianapolis
Boy 13 Killed By Pitched Ball In Wooster Ohio
In Wooster Ohio a thirteen year old boy, Henry Dyehl, died after being struck above the ear by a pitched ball during a game. The pitcher Bert Thorne, son of Charles Thorne, a director at the Ohio Agricultural Experimental Station, was prostrated by the incident. Dyehl was the only child of a widowed mother.
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Commercial Tribune
Wooster
Henry Dyehl
Dyehl
Bert Thorne
Charles Thorne
Ohio Agricultural Experimental Station
Night marriage license issued after dark in Courthouse
Thomas Carroll, 22, of 539 West Eighth street, telegrapher, secured a marriage license to wed Katherine Thomas, 21, of 830 West Fourth street, daughter of spice manufacturer W. W. Thomas. License clerk Ford Bader stayed late to issue the license as Carroll and the bride’s father Mr. Thomas sought secrecy and declined to name a ceremony location. Reverend Steven was mentioned as the officiant.
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Thomas Carroll
West Eighth Street
Katherine Thomas
West Fourth Street
W. W. Thomas
Ford Bader
Carroll
Mr. Thomas
Steven
Cincinnati Shippers Press for White House Endorsement
A Cincinnati business committee arrived in Washington to seek President Taft’s backing for an injunction suit against several Southern railroads. They accuse discrimination in rates, urge a thorough government review, and cite the Sherman antitrust act as grounds for relief amid a push to curb railroad market control.
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Commerc Postal
Washington
Northern Securities
R. H. West
Receivers and Shippers’ Association
Cincinnati
United States
Southern Railway Company
Atlantic Coast Line Company
Southern Territory
To & Lve
Southeastern, Mississippi Valley Association
Southeastern Freight Association
Norwegian Unity Crisis Forestalled Amid Quiet Resolve
In Christiania Norway June 10 the Storthing’s dissolution of the union with Sweden is presented to King Oscar in Stockholm. Calm pervades as Norway mobilizes for potential war, prepares military stores, and braces for possible aggression while commerce continues. Officials expect Sweden to accept the move though Cabinet members warn Norway will act if needed. The public displays are restrained to avoid provocation. The article notes strong national resolve and readiness to answer calls to arms.
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Christiania
Norway
Storthing
Oscar
Sweden
Stockholm
England
Representatives Likely Meet in Washington Peace Talks
A dated dispatch reports that Japan has accepted President Roosevelt's offer to appoint plenipotentiaries to meet Russia to negotiate terms of peace. Washington is viewed as the logical venue with Paris London Berlin ruled out. Tokyo confirms and says it will pursue terms guaranteeing Imperial stability.
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Japan
State Department
Russia
Meyer
France
M. Jusserand
Paris
Washington
Roosevelt
United States
London
Berlin
Vienna
St. Petersburg
Tokyo
Komura
Griscom
Russia Ready to Appoint Talks Representatives
ST. PETERSBURG June 10 Russia said by the Foreign Office this afternoon it is prepared to appoint representatives to confer with Japan on an armistice or terms of settlement following the war tensions.
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St. Petersburg
Foreign Office
Russia
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M. B. Farrin
John J. Hooker
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