Murdered stenographer Ruth Wheeler found in fire escape bundle
Ruth Wheeler fifteen a Madison Avenue school graduate sought stenography work. She visited Albert Walter at 224 East Seventy Fifth Street, was murdered in his rooms, and a bag containing parts of her body was found on a fire escape. Walter, charged with murder, denied guilt as investigators linked a turquoise necklace and clothing fragments to the victim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
Ruth Wheeler
Merchants’ and Bankers’ Business School
Madison Avenue
Fifty-Ninth Street
Albert Walter
East Seventy-fifth-street
West 134Th Street
Elvis
Albert Wolter
Walt
Ruth
Walter
John Tagsert
East Seventy Fifth Street
Taggert
John Mohl
Mohl
John Wheeler
Sousten Duyvil
New York
Bermuda
Mié
Pearl
Adelaide
John
Found & Place
Stern
W. R. Gregory & Co
Produce Exchange
Standard Oi Company
Staten Island
Kentucky Governor Certifies Income Tax Resolution
Governor Willson concludes the Legislature’s three tries at a Federal Income tax resolution yielded at least one passage. Congressman Ollie James arrived with legal opinions from lawyers including Senator Root supporting legality of the second passage. James eyed a court test, but the Governor had already decided to certify the resolution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frankfort
Willson
Ollie James
Washington, D. C
Root
James
Women Die After Boat Goes Over Upper Mill Pond Dam
A motor boat lost control when the engine stopped suddenly and toppled over the dam at the Upper Mill Pond in Hillsboro. Mrs Mellie Dares and Miss Mildren Craige were killed, while operator William H. Parker escaped by jumping into shallow water and crawling ashore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Upper Millond
Hillsboro
Mill Pond
Mellie Dares
Mildren Craige
William H. Parker
Tragic Yard Fire Claims Woman in Smoketown
In Hagerstown Maryland Mrs Howard Myers twenty six dies after her dress catches fire while burning rubbish in the yard. Two of her children watched as she burned from head to foot, a fatal accident near Smoketown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hagerstown
Howard Myers
Smoketown
Milled by His Kite String Ends Tragic Fall
Seventeen year old William Fletcher was dragged by a kite string over a steep area on Volograph Till in San Francisco and fell 300 feet to his death. Professor J Raynor Edmunds Read of Harvard University Observatory staff died of paralysis in Johns Hopkins Hospital Baltimore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Fletcher
San Francisco
Cal
J. Raynor Edmunds Read
J Raynor Edmunds
Warvard University
Cambridge
Mass
Johns Hopkins Hosspital
Baltimore
Justice Brewer Dies at Home in Washington DC
Associate Justice David J. Brewer of the Supreme Court died suddenly of apoplexy at his home on Sixteenth Street Washington. He was preparing to retire and had been in the bathroom briefly when Mrs. Brewer found him unconscious. He was pronounced dead by doctors Ruffin Taylor Goull. Brewer was born in Smyrna Asia Minor June 20 1837 and served as one of the court's leading advocates for individual rights against majority tyranny.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
David J. Brewer
Te Suprema Court of the United States
Sixteenth Street
A. H. Taylor
Ster‘ng Ruffin
Justice Brewer
Brewer
Clara Hall
J. L.vKarieck
A P Jetmore
Standard Oil Company
American Tobacco Company
Supreme Court of the United States
Josiah Brewer
Smyrna
Asia Minor
Yale College
Albany Law School
Leavenworth
Kan
United States
Supreme Court
Kansas
Richmond Postoffice Robbed in Bold Vault Heist
Robbers struck the Richmond Postoffice vault near the cashier's office stealing stamps valued at about 85 000 and 160 in payroll cash. The vault area lay exposed to bright street lighting and passers by with a public thoroughfare within fifteen feet, making the crime highly observable from outside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
van Tihleves
Stamips
Old Clothes Man Bennett Wins Favorable Verdict
Cambridge jurist Chief Justice Allen rules in favor of Barnard Bennett known as Poco the old clothes man in the suit against James T. Houghton son of New York judge. Bennett sought 800 dollars and interest on a 1907 Harvard era note. Houghton contends partial loan receipt and notes kept by fraud.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambridge
Mass
Barnard Bennett
Harvard
Houghton Sais
Rand
Bennett
Western Roads Compromise in Firemen Pay Dispute
Federal mediation reached a compromise between 27 000 firemen on Western railroads and railroad managers in Chicago. The agreement settles most demands while the 12 1/2 percent pay rise is to be arbitrated under the Erdman act, with W C Nixon and W S Carter signing on behalf of managers and the Brotherhood respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Western
Erdman
W. C. Nixon
St. Louis and
San Francisco
Managers’ Committee
W.S. Carter
The
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Bribery Confession Ties Senatorial race to Percy
Jackson Mississippi report says State Senator Theodore Bilbe testified before the Hinds County Grand Jury that he accepted a $645 bribe from L Dulaney of Issaquee County to vote for Leroy Percy in the U S Senate race. The confession dominates legislative circles in Mississippi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson
Miss
Hinds County
Theodore Bilbe
Dulaney
Issaquea County
Leroy Percy
United States
Mississippi
Crumpacker Renominated by Indiana Republicans
Edgar D. Crumpacker was renominated for Congress by the Republicans of Indiana’s Tenth District. The convention endorsed the Payne Aldrich tariff law the Taft administration and Senator Albert J Béverlage for voting against the tariff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tuafayette
Ind
Edgar D. Crumpacker
Congress
Tenth
Indiana
Taft
United States
Albert J. Béverlage
Posse Kills Black Wanderer in Pueblo Shootout
In Pueblo Colorado a posse led by Cader Shed? Witten Hill engaged two men after threats. One suspect, Danton, escaped on a horse but was wounded. The confrontation followed a money theft with the Shelf's posse forcing the suspects to surrender.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pueblo
Col
Witten Hill
Danton
Tony Santoso
al Niles
Lobbyist Buckley Linked to Fire Insurance Scandal
In Albany hearings tied to fire insurance interests, William H. Buckley a longtime legislative agent admits receiving pay from the Phenix Fire Insurance Company. Testimony shows Buckley claimed power to foresee Court of Appeals decisions and to brief allies, with figures like George P. Shelton and Miles M. Dawson detailing bribe-like funds for “the boys.” Buckley denies soliciting money. The inquiry also notes contributions to oppose legislation. Frederick MacMonnies and Alice Jones wed in Lucerne Switzerland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
William H. Buckley
Albany
Buckley
George P. Shelton
Phenix Fire Insurance Company
Brooklyn
Court of Appeals
Sheldon
Miles M. Dawson
E. B. McCall
Supreme Court
Brookigh
McCall
Justice McCall
Hotchkiss
Dawson
Armstrong
Senate
Colonel Hoyt for Brigadier General
The President nominated Colonel Ralph W. Hoyt to be brigadier general. English Bank Raises State. Bank directors raised the minimum discount rate from three to four percent. Demand for Deerskins. There is steady demand for most deerskins and arrivals stay well picked up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoyt
Washington, D. C
Ralph W. Hoyt
Twenty-fifth Infantry
Bank of England
Fire Leaves Mount Hope Village Wrecked
A fire destroyed nearly every home in Mount Hope, West Virginia, leaving about two thousand people homeless. The disaster prompted a National Guard relief train to deliver tents and aid, as families mourned lost belongings and sought shelter on the commons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W.va
Mount Hone
National Guard
Census Prophecy Forecasts U S Population Near Ninety Million
Boston Mass.. Dr E Dane Durand the idolopal superintendent expects by June 1 to report 88 000 000 to 91 000 000 inhabitants in the United States. He notes 75 000 enumerators will begin April 15 moving through urban areas in fifteen days and rural sections in thirty days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Mass
New England
E. Dane Durand
United States
Appeal for Public Help Correcting Census Misconceptions
Public notice urges clergy physicians teachers and other citizens to reassure and inform the public about the decennial census. It emphasizes strict confidentiality of responses and asks school instructors to discuss the census with students and families. Director E Dana Durand signs the statement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Census Bureau
E. Dana Durand
Bureau of the Census
Census 1910 Begins April 15 Nationwide Compliance
The 1910 United States census starts April 15 and occurs every decade to apportion House representation and measure national population and resources. Enums collect names, birthplaces, occupations, and farm data with strict confidentiality and penalties for noncompliance. Census officials wear badges and sworn officers enforce the process.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
House of Representatives
Congress
Roosevelt Expedition Privileges Spark British Debate
Liverpool reports game officials question why Britain granted special facilities to the Roosevelt expedition. The Post notes Americans gained rare specimens absent from English museums and Englishmen were denied access to the preserves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelts
Liverpool
England
Post
Roosevelt
America
Peminine Notes From The Global Ledger
The column lists various society and legal items including the discovery of a body in Lake Carasaljo New Jersey the bequest of 2 million dollars for a Reed Institute in Portland Oregon and lawsuits such as Helen Walters versus Theodore Ryerson for breach of promise. It also notes a women’s bank opening in London and divorce residency moves involving Miss Virginia Warned Sothern and Elsie G Latham’s probate contest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aliss Stelen A. Cloodgood
Lake Carasaljo
Lakewood
N. J
Amanda W. Reed
Portland
Ore
Reed Institute
William Storis Wells
J. Raynor Wells
France
the Box
Helen M. Walters
Chicago
Theodore
Yale Students Form Aero Club for Homebuilt Planes
Yale University students organized an aero club in New Haven and voted to start building aeroplanes at once. About forty undergraduates joined and pledged to use the old boathouse at Lake Whitney as the workshop. Max Van E Hoegen, club president and former German army aero corps member, aided Count Zeppelin on trips last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yale
New Haven
Conn
Lake Witney
Max van Ehoegen
German Army Aero Corps
Count Zeppe UN
Clergy and Labor Unite in Ant seven-day Work Fight
Clergy join unions against seven day work. Carmen strik ers in Philadelphia receive 700 from New Jersey unions. Italian railway workers boast 4961 members. Boston union members barred from meeting without union label hats. Allied printing trades urged in American Federation. Plumbers International grows from 1000 to 16000 in ten years. Tron Molders Union paid 122472 in sick benefits. Charles H Miller chosen as United Labor candidate for Seattle mayor. Night Workers meeting in Binghamton to include regulars and seceders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
Philadelphia
Miniville
Italy
Boston
Allied Printing Trades
Fed
Babow
The
Plumbers’ International
Tron Molders’ International Union
Charles H. Miller
Aebarber
United Labor
Seattle
Wash
Nitec
Maronar CN Ny
Binghamton, N.Y
Senator Jotham P. Alls Declared Guilty in Bribery Case
Senator Jotham P. Alls of Norwich was convicted by the New York State Senate of bribery for allegedly demanding and accepting a $1000 bribe to suppress legislation in 1901. He resigned minutes before the vote. the action follows sustained accusations by Senator Benn Conner and hints of further trials for Conger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norwich
Albany
Jothany P. Alls
State Senate
Benn Conner
Allds
Conger
Cobb
Respublicans
Agnew
Allen
Alt
Bracknett
Brough
Burlingame
Cordis
Davenport
Davis
Emerson
Gledhill
Griffith
Hamilton
Weacock
Hewitt
Hil
Hinman
Hubbs
MacKenzie
Meade
Newcomb
Platt
Rose
Schlosser
Travis
Wainwright
White
Witter
Bayne
Caffrey
Cronin
Gardner
Harden
Harte
McManus
Ramsperger
Schulz
Stilwell
Wagner
Coats
Grattan
Holden
Kissel
Cullen
Frawley
Grady
C.D. Sullivan
T. D. Sullivan
Senate
Lawrer
Woman wrecks poolroom in Trenton store confrontation
Mrs Leva Fineberg of 1 Union Street says she destroyed Julius Gilinski pool parlor at 4 Union Street after alleging gambling by her boy. Gilinski refuses to prosecute and claims the boy played pool there, while the proprietor fled as the assailant smashed a plate glass window and other items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trenton
Leva Fineberg
Union Street
Julius Gilinski
Gilinski
Bank Bookkeeper Confesses Theft of 215000 at Cambridge Bank
George W Coleman a bank bookkeeper confessed to stealing 130000 from the National City Bank of Cambridge Mass and sending the remainder to swindlers in New York City. He acknowledged losing the total 215000 in the crime and associated schemes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W Coleman
National City Bank
Cambridge
Mass
New York City
Taft Honors Shackleton With Geographical Society Medal
President Taft in Washington presented a Geographical Society medal to Sir Ernest Shackleton, noted Antarctic explorer, in a ceremony marking the outreach of polar exploration and scientific discovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taft
Washington, D C
National Geographic Society
Sir Ernest Shackleton
Arrest in Duel Challenge Case In Alabama Town
John G. Cambrick of New York City was arrested at Llngtsyile Alabama for sending a challenge to duel with John Begenshott of Guerley. Officials say the dispute arose over a property division.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John G. Cambrick
New York City
Llngtsyile, al
John Begenshott
Guerley
Athletics Notes From The Season Opening
The article lists various sports items including Columbia beating Trarvard in football, Dorando and Longhoat set for a twenty mile race, and the Illinois Athletic Club ending full marathon racing at Aqueduct. It notes a Daytona Beach record, a Dartmouth gymnasium completion, and Southern Golf Association dates. Jack Johnson plans a training camp at Ocean View for a July Jeffries bout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trarvard
Columbia
Dorando
Longhoat
Nols Athletic Club
Aqueduct
Saratoga
Empire City Oldfield
Daytona Beach
Osford
Dartmouth
Southern Golf Associaton
Jack Johnson
Ocean View
AD TganeTeeg
Jeffries
Oakland
Benzine Explosion Kills Sixteen in Chicago Office Building
A benzine blast at 1906 Wabash Avenue destroyed a six story Chicago building housing L Fish & Co. and killed sixteen, with five missing. Coroners jury opened a sweeping probe. ten year no inspection on record. Names of dead and missing include Miss Brucke, Miss Anderson, and Mr Mitchell among others. Forty employees escaped as flames raged across upper floors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Mwh
Wabash Avenue
L. Fish &Co
Farnitore
Iroquois Theatre
Nihel Anderson
Miner W. Bell
Rose Brucke
Hannah Burden
Harry Darlington
William Green
Ethel Lichtenstein
Veronica McGrath
Harry M. Mitchell
Gertrude Quinn
Lillian Sullivan
Bert St. Clair
Mary Wargo
Leo Stoeckel
Mitchell
Stoeckel
Firma
Mr. Mitchell
Solomon Fish
Alexander Bush
Miss Brucke
Albany Senate Bribe Trial Casts Shadow Over Allds Case
The Albany Senate nears a verdict in the Jotham P. Allds bribery case as factions harden. A fellow senator predicts charges against Conger will be pursued if Allds verdicts, while others threaten resignation to avoid serving with Conger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
N. Y
Jotham P. Allds
Chenango
Senate
Assembly
Conner
Hinman
Conger
Etepel Conger
Mount Etna erupts with lava and smoke as observers track activity
From the crater of Mount Etna white smoke rises while new vents spill lava and incandescent eruptions shake the area. Two thousand spectators watch from Catania and along the railway as vents numbered fourteen vent heat too intense for close approach. The mountain slides at about sixteen feet per seven minutes. In New Jersey the Assembly approves a bill criminalizing women wearing a closed season bird on hats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catania
Sicily
Mount Etna
Parsons
Dava
Assembly
Trenton
N. J
Priest A Martyr to Duty in Sacrament Death
The Rev. John H. Boersig of Madison Indiana died in Indianapolis from blood poisoning contracted while administering the viraticum and Sacrament to a dying parishioner a year ago. The case underscores his devotion as a priest who gave medical aid during a deadly illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohn Hf. Boersig
Madison
Ind
Indianapolis
Wool Market Improves On Carded Woolens Demand
Increased buying of wools suitable for carded woolens boosts sentiment with leading houses reporting larger business than in two months, signaling renewed activity in the wool trade.
Strike Spreads in Maine Mills Affects 400 Workers
A wage and hour strike by International Paper Company union workers reached Maine from New York and Vermont. About 400 employees at Livermore Falls Chisholm and Riley mills are walking out, extending a two week action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Livermore Falls
International Paper Company
New York
Vermont
Livermore Lalls
Chisholm
Riley Woing
Storm and Births Mark Weekend Voyage tale
A chaotic sea voyage reports thunder and lightning striking near New York City as the ship carries Princ Joachim and his wife amid a storm. Two baby boys were born on board, bringing unexpected joy as alarms and fatigue ripple through the crew during hours of rough seas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
Princ Joachim
Hea
Mine Ture
Mayil
Meaas
Bartodeestii
Sabeecon
Jace Family
Port du Brince
Daal
New Jersey Utilities Law Signed and Courtroom Ferment
Governor Fort signs the Wakelee Pierce public utilities bill in Tren ton, asserting constitutionality and urging its reach to curb unjust rate discrimination and ensure safe service. In Jersey City a court scene over custody ends in a tearful confrontation as a grandfather seeks possession of his four year old granddaughter. A 108 year old witness appears at Paterson court and Summit installs mounted patrols to curb traffic as the police ride one horse through town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort
Wakelee-Pierce Public Utilities
Trenton
Nimeoi
van Syckel
Chanler W. Riker
Edmund Wilson
Frank N. Sommer
Commission
Utilities Board
Marie Thomassin
Chancery Court
Garrison
Jersey City
Edgar B. Thomarsin
Louise
Thomassin
Sergeant Haggerty
Summit
John J. Gannon
East Side Park theft and other regional notes in brief
A thief robbed Edward Willis’s East Side Park home of silver and an overcoat while a joke note was left on the dining table. The report also covers the Entwistle funeral in Paterson with a Navy guard, a missing telephone line near Stow Creek, deer sightings near Hesstown, shad catches on the Maurice River, local obituaries, license fines, school hires in Salem, boatwatch duties in Millville, river conditions prompting protection, and a Luxor greeting by Theodore Roosevelt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huvelar
Edward Willis
East Side Park
Red Bank
Stow Creek
Walter Phifer
Hesstown
Maurlce River
Isadore Hughes
Joseph Tozer
Bridgeport
Samuel A Mehorter
Wenonah
Phifer Bunning
Jacob Scholes
Millville
Miora Willmot
Salem
Chartlin Bates
Alloway
Canton
John Benn
Sachls
Maurice River
Miyor Smith
Washington Roosevelts Aim and Army Fitness Reform
Mrs. Longworth plans to sail in May for England to join the Roosevelts abroad, while Representative Longworth stays home. Roosevelt will attend Frontier Day in Cheyenne, and Senator Warren confirmed the August or September date. The Army General Staff unveils a tough physical exercise scheme requiring long daily rides and annual tests for officers, plus a three-day 30 mile ride, with tropical reductions. Wireless bills advance in the House, proposing licenses and a seven-member board for study, while Congress considers federal control of a Confederate cemetery in Illinois and the Birmingham cruiser deployment to Liberia amid rising tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nicholas Longworth
Roosevelt
England
Roosevelts
United States
Representative Longworth
Cheyenne
Wyo
Africa
Warren
Theodore Roosevelt
Cavalry
Field Artillery
Tropics
Fhe
Army War College
Fort Myer
Goats to Herd 600 Sheep on Mr. Mellen Estate
Stockbridge Mass. Charles S Mellen buys a dozen Angora goats from Peter J Tyer to act as shepherds for 600 Southdown sheep on his Council Grove estate. Two goats will tend 100 sheep and are guaranteed to deter sheep chasing dogs amid rising ev oray demand and price.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stockbridge
Mass
Charles S Mel
Peter J. Tyer
Frog's Landing
Mr. Mellen
Southdown
Council Grove
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Kentucky
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Washington, D.C
Standard OM
American Tobacco Co
OLD Clothes
Percy
Crumpacker
Beveridge
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Posse
Black Wandnr
Colorado
Judge M'Call
Buck
Icy
Bol
Boye
MacMonnies
Frederick MacMonnies
Aliee Jones
Ton P. Jones
Nevada
Lucerne
Switzerland
West Virginia
Milkin
Ik. Dana
Poland
Washburn
Pittaburg
Act of Congress
U. S
Department
Kathryn Olivers
London
Britain
Ireland
Wuton
Jotham P. Allos
New York State Senate
Jothani Po Allty
Claremont
N. I
Chenango County
N.Y
Colgate University
John Baines
Shackleton
Clerte
Friend
Jotham P. Tds
Mount Etn
L EN
Action
Maine
Fairey
New Jersey
Wong
Justice of the Peace
Frank P. Riley
Bridgeton
Riley
Mary Thompson
Paterson
Thompson
Entwistle
David Stuart Hamilton
Carroll Quick
United States Marines
Fifth Regiment
New Orleans
Orphan Asylum
Anerncan Sifeet Canalte
Theodore Nonrevelt
Luxor
Upper Egypt
Mrs. Longworth
Merchant Marine
Naval Affairs Committee
Department of Commerce and Labor
Robertz
Department of War
Navy Department
Treasury Department
House
Springfield
Birmingham
Liberia
Morroyle
Department of State
Detroit
Lars Gardner
Lush Pute
George Gibson
Fueatars
Eugene McClinn
Mane
Clib Tas Pitta
Coun
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