Elks Grand Lodge Plans Flag Day and Emblem Protections
The Grand Lodge of Elks in Philadelphia announced officers led by John K. Tener and James Foley. A flag day on June 14 was set, a committee to fund emblem prosecutions was named, a commission to seek federal action to stop unauthorized use of emblems was formed, and the Memphis lodge was authorized to proceed against Negro Elks. A Newark lodge reprimand for electing a man claimed to be Black triggered further investigations and potential expulsion.
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Philadelphia
John K. Tener
Charlevoix
Edward Leech
New York
Joya
W. T. Leickle
Dowagine
Mich
Bayard Gray
Frank Tort
Ind
John Shea
Hartford
Conn
Congress
Memphis
Newark
WN. J
Newark Lodge
Georgia Governor Poised to Sign Prohibition Bill
Gov Hoke Smith faces a $60,000 loss upon signing Georgia’s prohibition bill. The Piedmont hotel bar, run by lessees, would close under prohibition, cutting rent from $100,000 to $70,000 annually. Smith owns a third of the Piedmont, aligning the sacrifice with his campaign pledge to back state prohibition. The Piedmont is famed as the South’s finest hotel and linked to his “Girl in the Fountain” campaign emblem.
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Georgia
Piedmont Hotel
Atlanta
Piedmont
Lesses
South
Smith
Ethel Barrymore to Sing Opéra After Stage Run
The actor Ethel Barrymore plans a move from dramatic stage to opera. Critics note her family legacy and a teacher's praise that she could become a leading American prima donna once vocal training completes.
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Ethel Garrymore
Captain Jinks
Clyde Fitch
Miss Barrymore
Mire. Morris
New York
Ethel Barrymore
Constitution Patched Up for Sept 14 Adjournment
Oklahoma constitutional convention adjourned on Tuesday until September 14 the day before the general state election. Nine changes were made to the document to conform to Attorney General Bona parte suggestions.
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Oklahoma
Bonaparte
Longworths Arrive Portland Ahead of Honolulu Voyage
Mr and Mrs Nicholas Longworth reach Portland Oregon from Yellowstone Park on Wednesday night before heading to San Francisco to board the steamship Siberia bound for Honolulu.
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Nicholas Longworth
Portland
Ore
Yellowstone Park
San Francisco
Siberia
Honolulu
Sioux City Live Stock Market Quotations
Sioux City live stock market listings for Wednesday show top beeves at 6.50 and top hogs at 6.80. The brief market update records the highest prices reached for these categories in the local market.
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Sioux City
Fire destroys Gulf Compress plant in Argentina Arkansas
A Gulf Compress company plant in Argentina Arkansas owned by Memphis and Atlanta interests burned on Wednesday. The blaze destroyed 2400 bales of cotton valued at 149 416 dollars.
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Gulf Compress Company
Argentina
Ark
Memphis
Atlanta
Boy injured as mowing machine runs over him
In Newark Ohio Webster Drumm drives a mowing machine and fatally guts his young son by running the machine over the child, resulting in the loss of the right arm.
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Son
Webster Drumm
Newark
Terrible naval disaster as battleship Georgia suffers deaths
Eight officers and crew are dead and thirteen injured after an explosion during target practice off Cape Cod. The Georgia towed to Charles Town Navy Yard with the dead and injured aboard, naming the fallen as Goodrich Casper Goldthwaite Faulkner Thatcher Burke Hamilton Miller Thomas Fair.
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Boston Harbor
Cape Cod Bay
Charlestown Navy Yard
New England
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Casper
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Goldthwaite
Faulkner
Mideetpman
Kentucky
Thatcher
Wilmington
Del
Burke
William
Joseph
Quincy
Maas
Hamilton
George G
South Farmington
Mass
Miller
George E
N. Y
Thomas
William M
Newport
R. I
Fair
William F
Garkentine Castle boarded by Russian gunboat near coast
The Garkentine Castle arrived in San Francisco from Siberian cod grounds to report boarding by the Russian gunboat Mandjur. Crew were taken to Petropavlosk and warned to stay thirty miles offshore under threat of confiscation. An eruption on Kaomachnatka peninsula February 18 plunged the region into weeks of darkness with starving natives.
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San Francisco
Siberian
Mandjur
Petropavlosk
Kaomachnatka
Frisco Tries A New Deal As Dr Edward Taylor Elected Mayor
Dr Edward R Taylor physician and lawyer, dean of Hastings Law College and UC, was elected mayor of San Francisco by the board of supervisors after graft prosecutions. His selection ends bid by Rudolph Spreckels and District Attorney William H Langdon. Mayor Schmitz, just convicted of extortion, remains a political factor as two governments contend for control.
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Hastings Law College
University of California
Board of Supervisors
San Francisco
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Rudolph Spreckels
William H. Langdon
Langdon
Spreckles
Taylor
Eugene Schmits
Samuel Sawyer
Typographical Union
Charlies Boxton
Schmitz
Court of Last Resort
Annie Bradley Granted Bail in Utah Senator Murder Case
Justice Wright of the District of Columbia supreme court ordered bail for Annie Bradley on the murder indictment of former Utah Senator Brown. Bail set at 15000 dollars. Medical affidavits report surgery performed last Saturday and recommend open air exercise to aid recovery before the October trial.
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Justice Wright
Supreme Court of the District of Columbia
Annie Bradley
United States
Brown
Utah
Bradly
Bloody bombing claims life of Alikhanoff party in Alexandropol
Gen. Alikhanoff former governor general of Tiflis Mme Gliebof wife of Gen Gliebof and a carriage driver were killed by bombs at 2 o clock Tuesday morning in Alexandropol Buka. Noted as the wild beast by Caucasus lawmakers his ruthless campaigns in Kutals district sparked revolutionary hostility and led to deadly ambushes. A Gibebots daughter and son sustained serious injuries.
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Tiflis
Mme. Gliebof
Gliebof
Alexandropol
Buka
Kutals
JAP SPAT ON OUR FLAG ENCOUNTERS LOS ANGELES MOB
T Yon a Japanese worker at Southern Pacific shops in Los Angeles narrowly escaped serious injury after he spat on an American flag displayed on an engine. An enraged mob of American workers beat and rough handled him before he escaped.
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Los Angeles
T. Yon
Southern Pacific
Cal
Yon
Paris noble appeal on Bol de Castellane divorce denied
The appeal of Count Bol de Castellane of Paris from the court decision of November 14 granting a divorce to Countess Bon de Castellane formerly Anna Gould was dismissed Tuesday afternoon and the final decree of divorce entered. Attorneys for the count gave little contest. Out of court settlements with creditors for both spouses were nearly finalized.
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Paris
Countess Bon de Castellane
Anna Gould
Madame Goulds
Woman Found Dead in Sterling Home Bullet Wound Suspected Black Hand
Mrs Ginandita Genetti of Sterling was discovered dead in her bedroom with a bullet through the heart. Police investigate a possible Black Hand murder linked to the case.
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Ginandita Genetti
Sterling
Black Hand
Western Missouri Battered by Terrific Sunday Storm
The western half of Missouri faced a powerful storm Sunday night with reports of extensive damage. Lowlands saw washed out bridges and culverts while flood waters or debris disrupted roads and communities.
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Missouri
Bride Duchien Dies by Carbolic Acid Suicide
Mishawaka Ind. bride Mrs John Duchien aged 22 drank carbolic acid and killed herself in the bed beside her sleeping husband. The tragedy occurred after a sensational account in the newspaper and she died before he awakened.
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John Duchien
Mishawaka Ind
Clerk Error Upsets Twenty Year Prison Sentence
Rhena Ribera nearly served twenty years for a twenty month sentence at Alabama mines due to a court clerk mistake. She died just before completion. A bill in the legislature seeks compensation for the mother for the extra time already served.
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Rhena Ribera
Alabama
Leginnature
Louise de la T hamee ill in Rome shows improvement
English novelist Louise de la Tha mee known as Q Oulda in Rome is much improved. She refuses interviews and frowns on British press exaggerations about her health and circumstances.
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Oulda
Louise*de la Thamee
Q Oulda
Rome
Portland man convicted in Blue Mountain land fraud case
Marion R. Biges of Portland Oregon was convicted of conspiracy in the Blue Mountain land fraud scheme and sentenced to ten months in Multnomah County jail.
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Marion R. Biges
Portland
Ore
Blue Mountain
Multnomah County
Train wreck at Hethel Kaw leaves one dead
Great Western passenger train No. 4 collided with the rear of two northbound coaches at Hethel Kaw early Tuesday. Frits Ulrich of Chester Nebraska died hours after from injuries. Two other passengers suffered slight injuries.
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Great Western
Burlington
Hethel
Kaw
Frits Ulrich
Chester
Western League Schedule at Sioux City Revealed
Schedule lists Western League games to be played at Sioux City in the near term with matches against Des Moines and Pueblo dated August 9 to 17. It notes Aug 9 10 11 12 for Des Moines and Aug 14 15 16 17 for Pueblo. The fragment confirms a compact slate of consecutive-date games at Sioux City.
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Sioux City
Dek Moines
Pueblo
Sensational Charges in Lincoln Methodist Minister Trial
The Rev. W. P. Ferguson faces trial in University Place over alleged improper relations with a churchwoman and hotel visits in Lincoln. Ferguson, a Redlands, California arrival a year ago, claims a blackmail plot and vows to prove innocence amid anticipated sensational disclosures from the former landlady of the pastor.
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Methodists of
Nebraska
University Place
Wesleyan University
W. P. Fergueon
Ferguson
Redlands
Cal
The
Paetor
First
Methodiat
Mr. Ferguson
Town City
Hastings Chautauqua Presents National Figures
Hastings Chautauqua announces its second annual program featuring two governors a United States senator two congressmen and other national figures. The event will emphasize a political element without party bias. Last year Senator La Follette drew the largest Hastings crowd delivering a four hour July talk, ending exhausted but well received.
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Folk
Lindsey
Bede
Buchtel
Hastings Chautauqua
Ita
United States
la Follette
Fire at Schlitz Hotel in Omaha Destroys Inn Losses Covered
A blaze at the Schlitz hotel on Sixteenth and Harney in Omaha started in the kitchen area and quickly engulfed the annex roof garden. The fire caused extensive interior damage and ruined stocks in Sherman McConnell’s drug estate Joseph Riley’s knitting factory and two cafes. Insurance covers all losses.
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Dumb Walter
Schlitz
Sixteenth
Harney Streets
Omaha
Jid Gamage
Sherman & McConnell's
Joseph Rilee
Safe Blown Open in Grand Island Burglary
Robbers blew open the Etting Fruit and Candy Company safe at Grand Island using nitroglycerin and bananas to seal air holes. They took about $60 in cash and some checks. Plate glass windows shattered and the office clock stopped at 4:05. No clues found. this marks a second burglary in as many days.
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Etting Company
Etting Fruit and Candy Company
Grand Island
County Treasurer Silent on Missing Willow County Funds
Investigation by the county board finds that Treasurer Benjamin G. Gorsard has not accounted to Willow County for 6240 dollars since the January settlement. Books and accounts were reviewed by the county commissioners and checked up.
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Benjamin G. Gorsard
Ted Willow County
Reed Seeks Nest Amid Chautauqua Path In Omaha
Opte ead Seeks Nest in Omaha as Opie Reed avoids crowds while touring the chautauqua circuit. He uses spare time to golf at the City Country Club and winds down his energy on the course during a break in dates.
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Opte Ead
Opie Reed
Omaha
Mr. Reed
Country Club
Dairy Inspectors Appointed In Lincoln
E R Harnly and James W Daw son of Lincoln were named dairy inspectors by Deputy Food Commissioner Johnson. Both graduates of the elite farm. They will receive three dollars a day for days actually employed.
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E. R. Harnly
James W. Dawson
Lincoln
Johnson
Oklahoma Lynching Draws Fifteen in Osage County
Frank Hulley, an African American man, was lynched by a mob of about fifteen in Osage Oklahoma on Tuesday night after he shot and mortally wounded Frank Kelly a brakeman for the Missouri Kansas and Texas railroad who had ejected the man from a train.
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Frank Hulley
Osage
Okla
Frank Kelly
Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railroad
Steamer Rhinnecook Runs Aground In Dense Fog
The Long Island Sound steamer Rhinnecook ran ashore and dried on Cart Island early Monday in dense fog. All passengers were safely landed.
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Long Island Sound
Rhinnecook
Cart Island
Bomb Explodes Before American Embassy Quarters
A bomb exploded outside the summer quarters of the American embassy at Yeni-Kout near Constantinople. Several girls were slightly injured in the blast and no one was killed. The attack is being investigated by local authorities.
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Yeni-Kout
Constantinople
Hold Up on Frisco Freight Train Near Cherryvale
Two robbers stopped a Frisco freight train five miles east of Cherryvale Man early Tuesday and shot and killed J. Brown while seriously wounding Otlo Taylor who were harvest hands.
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Cherryvale
Man
J. Brown
Otlo Taylor
Harvest Hands
Heatwave Claims Dozens in Pittsburg and Pau
A heatwave in Pittsburg and Pau on Tuesday caused a dozen or more deaths and many prostrations. The day reached a maximum temperature of 7 degrees.
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Pittsburg
Pau
Nebraska National Guard encampment eyed for Lincoln during fair week
Adst. Gen. Sehware proposed to Secretary Mellor of the state fair board that the Nebraska National Guard hold its annual encampment in Lincoln during state fair week, a plan received with evident approval.
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National Guard
Nebraska National Guard
Lincoln
Sehware
Mellor
State Fair Board
Injured Woman Near Premont Recovers From Self Inflicted Shot
Mrs Edward Hanlon of Premont is recovering after an accidental self inflicted gunshot. She says the pistol was a small target model and discharged while she twirled it over a finger, but she remains hopeful for a full recovery.
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Edward Hanlon
Premont
Madison County Pioneer Gored by Bull in Field Incident
Vie, a Madison county pioneer, was gored by a bull and tossed over a fence. David Grewer aged 67, 6 feet tall and over 200 pounds, suffered no serious injuries expected.
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Mull Toseal
David Grewer
Madison County
Egrewer
Large Force Put to Work on the North Platte Extension
Union Pacific will resume work on its north branch next week with 200 men. Depots will be built and track upgraded for regular rain between O Fallon and Lewellen. The line to Bridgeport will be completed at once with daily trains hoped by September 1. Farmers in the forth valley will gain prompt market access and substantial trade is expected this fall. Officials from Omaha and North Platte toured the line and voiced strong optimism for completion to Bridgeport soon.
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Union Pacifi
New North
Raine
O'Fallon
Lewellen
Bridgeport
Forth Valley
Omaha
Miles Leads Off Complaint Against Editor in Madison Case
Editor George Miles faced arrest in Madison County on a criminal libel charge tied to Supreme Judge J B Barnes. A complaint was filed in Justice Golden's court at O Neill by Steve McGinnis. Miles waived preliminary hearing, posted 500 bail, and the case moved to Holt County with a habeas corpus writ preventing transfer. The trial is set for November.
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Madison County
Hin
O'Neill
News
George Miles
Ubel
Supreme
J. B. Barnes
Justice Golden
Steve McGinnis
Miles
Clementa
Madison
Holt County
Harrington
Nebraska Creamery Markets Face Investigation
The Nebraska railway commission says competition in creamery markets has been eliminated. Chairman Winnett cites butter fat prices in Omaha at 18 cents and Iowa at 24 cents. An investigation into Iowa and Nebraska conditions will precede the state hearing on August 6.
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Nebraska
Nebraska Railway Commission
Winnett
Omaha
Iowa
Railroads Crippled by Eastern Nebraska Floods
Heavy rain storms in eastern Nebraska halt railroad operations and telegraph service. The Marlington railroad reports its line near Papillion buried under driftwood with washouts at Ashland Cullom Lesham and Gretna. Rock Island tracks submerged at Alva South Bend. Northwestern line washed out near Croseo.
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Nebrask
Marlington
Papillion
Sudden Third
Ashland
Cullom
Lesham
Gretna
Rock Island
Alva
South Bend
Northwestern
Lincoln
Croseo
Beatrice District Seeks Reapportionment of School Funds
L M Pemberton files new equity suit against County Treasurer Barnard in Beatrice to force reapportionment of district school funds. Beatrice district claims $1300 due from Gage County as part of the allocation for education costs and tax support.
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L. M. Pemberton
Manamos
Barnard
Beatrice
Gage County
Eighteenth G A R Reunion Set for Cambridge Dates
The Southwest Nebraska Grand Army of the Republic reunion will run from August 18 to 24 in Cambridge. For eight years the district gatherings have been held in Cambridge, marking a long-standing veterans event.
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Nebraska
Grand Army of the Republic
Cambridge
Beatrice Population Grows. Census Reaches 12 2716
J A Day, hired by the council to boost Beatrice’s population, reports the city now has 12 2716 residents. The growth since the last census four years ago shows 8 009 people, indicating steady urban increase.
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Beatrice
J. A. Day
Nile
Inet
Prontier Festival for Mastings Set for Hastings
An organization plans a three day frontier festival in October at Hastings with a capital of 9000 dollars. Libra prizes will be offered and a sizable fund will be used for advertising. Dates proposed are October 11 12 and 16.
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Prontier Festival
Tas
Hastings
Massive Rainstorm Destroys Crops Near Nehawka
An immense rainstorm hit Nehawka Saturday damaging a large swath of farmland south of town. The deluge carried hall into fields and on the north side of homes, the hail piled up to three feet deep in places.
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Nehawka
Staunton Wins Bond Vote to Own Light Plant
Staunton voters approved bonds to build and own an electric light plant. Election results showed 194 in favor and 68 against, enabling the city to take over the lighting operation.
McCarty Critics Senate Figure Dies After Amputation
W G McCarty of Adams County faced complications after a corm removaI at his Juniata home. He developed gangrene and died following surgery during the recent session.
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W. G. McCarty
Senate
Adams County
Juniata
Pogitive Sidson Arrested After Sheriff Murder Attempt
Tecumsch resident Shere H. A. Miner received a memo from the Casper sheriff reporting the arrest of Simeon t Hudwon, a young man accused of forging checks and fatally wounding Sheriff Miner during a failed attempt to arrest him.
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Shere H. A. Miner
Tecumsch
Casper
Wyo
Simeon T Hudwon
Sheriff Miner
Tragedy on Burlington Train Leaves Man Fatally Hurt
A Black man near Burlington train station was fatally hurt when struck by Pall from Train and Ole from Burlington in a violent incident. The body was mangled and reports say three persons pushed over the body, triggering a police inquiry.
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Pall
Ole Fom
Burlington
Woyimnore
Treasury reports record United States revenue year
Fiscal year ending June 30 set new records with total receipts of 505,800,194 dollars, led by Customs at 398,250,980 dollars. Internal revenues reached 270,300,388 dollars. expenditures exceeded 56,0?5,042 dollars. The cash balance tops 83,000,000 with deposits abroad and in the national depository banks totaling over 171,000,000. The debt declined slightly in cash terms to 1,207,178,12, and circulation rose by 87,723,182 for the year.
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United States Treasury
Treasury
Philippine
United States
Union of People and Railroads Proposed Under National Oversight
B F Youkum chairing the Stock Stand board argues in World's Work for a union of people and railroads under federal supervision. He supports Hepburn anti-rebate act, valuation limits, supervised capital for improvements, uniform railroad accounts, and allowed traffic associations while opposing railroad pools. He warns agitation could harm all interests.
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B. F. Youkum
Yoaukum
Rail lines face steel rail shortages and safety fines
Railroads report vast need for cedar rails and cautious use of steel across networks. Judge Stuy fines Delaware and Hudson $3000 for failed automatic couplings under safety rules. Erie Railway claims 82000 tons of steel rails in use but fears delays. 40 New Haven and Hartford workers retire with pensions while Harriman system pledges public accountability via board inquiries.
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United States
Stuy
Federal District Court
Albany
Delaware and Pbudaon
Underwood
Erie Railroad
Chicago
New York
New York, New Haven
Thrtford
Fallieres Targeted in Paris Shooting on Bastille Anniversary
President Fallieres was shot at twice on the Avenue des Champs Elysees during Bastille Day observances. Leon Maille, a naval reservist, fired two shots aimed at the president but missed. Police and guards protected the head of state as crowds pressed and a lynch mob formed before he was escorted to the station. Maille offered no motive beyond vague grievances.
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Fallieres
Bastille
Leon Mallie
Fred
Paris
France
Avenue Des Clamps Elysees
Longchampa
Tunis
Maille
Tt Las
Maule
Wife of Salvation Army Leader Offers Mission to Molokai
Mrs French wife of Col French commander of the Pacific coast division of the Salvation Army desires to spend her life cheering hopeless lepers on Molokai Island. Ter hum band also wishes to devote life to the lepers. They have five children aged from 0 to 10 years while French is away on mission work in Honolulu arranging a leper mission.
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Savvation Army
Molokai Island
French
Col. French
Pacific Coast Division
Salvation Army
Molokai
Ter Hum Band
Prevential
Honolulu
Christian Scientist Convicted in Child Neglect Case
Clarence W. Hymne of New York found guilty by the Court of Special Sessions of willful neglect to provide medical attendance for his child who died of pneumonia. Byrne, a Christian Scientist, said he sought church healer after prayers failed and had no faith in doctors. Motion for a new trial made.
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Clarence W. Hymne
New York
Kellamakoos Champion Counts Law As Menace In Nation
Vrof and Stetson, of Kallamazoo, condemn written law as a menace rivaling duels. Tommy Byrne knocks out BIL Squires of Australia in the first round of a boxing bout in Sao Francisco. May Sutton regains information to the championship by defeating Mrs Chambers of Enebenty Nine Italians. Two of the Italians are indicted in New Orleans for murder in the Lamana kidnapping case where the boy was strangled.
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