Eastern Republican HQs Open as Kept Conference Continues
New York August 1 Eastern headquarters of the Republican National Committee in the Metropolitan Life Building in Manhattan opened today with Frank H Hitchcock in charge. He will hold further conferences at the Manhattan hotel since the new offices are not ready. Gen Streeter E Duncan and Sidney Bieber who attended meetings are aiding Taft Sherman campaign efforts in the south and across key states.
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New York
Republican National Committee
Metropolitan Life
Frank H. Hitchcock
Taft and
Sherman
Hitchcock
Manhattan Hotel
Frank SS. Streeter
National Committee
New Hampshire
E. C. Duncan
North Carolina
Sidney Bieber
District of Columbia
General Streeter
Taft
Duncan
Biscussea
Man Named Blair Sought Youthful Companion in Kidnapping Case
Chicago police investigated the Veronica Cassidy kidnapping while tracing a man who used the name F J Blair. A room at 1976 West Madison Street yielded letters from several 13 year old girls who answered Blair’s ad seeking a youthful companion for his elderly mother.
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F. J. Blair
Chicago
Veronica Cassidy
McCann
F.J. Blair
West Madison Street
Catherine Casper
Blair
Ethel Kohl
H. H. Kohli
Boston Avenue
Fern Bowman
Oakley Avenue
Catherine Leary
Lillian Williams
West Adams Street
John Start
Directors Held Liable for Bank Losses in Court
Boston August 1 Judge Lowell of the US Court of Appeals backs admitting Receiver Frank D. Allen's bill against Central National Bank directors. Otis H Luke former bank head faces allegations of mismanagement and receiving bonuses for loans. defendants must answer by August 27.
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Boston
Lowell
United States Court of Appeals
Frank D. Allen
Central National Bank
Otis H. Luke
Brookline
Luke
Adams Express Co Looted of 100000 in Brooklyn Heist
Police estimate the Adams Express Company suffered a 100000 loss in a string of trunk robberies centered in Brooklyn. Three men were arrested in Brooklyn as part of the case and investigators weigh whether other areas like Manhattan were involved.
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Adams Express CO
New York
Brooklyn
Express Company
Manhattan
Pettibone Battered by Incurable Cancer in Denver
An operation at St Josephs hospital in Denver on A L Pettibone, former member of the executive board of the Western Federation of Miners, revealed he is afflicted with cancer and doctors say his life cannot be saved.
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Denver
Col
St. Joseph's Hospital
A! Pettibone
Western, Federation of Miners
New Evidence in Billek Case
Chicago reports secret coroner action in exhuming Henry Niemann father-in-law of Emma Vizal Niemann. Billek’s friends expect new facts to solve the poisoning of six Vizal family members and spur a U S Supreme Court appeal ruling on a possible new trial.
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Chicago
du Page County
Henry Niemann
Emma Vizal Niemann
Herman Billek
Martin Vizal
Billek
United States Supreme Court
Ted
Landis
Record Heat Grips Montana With Highest U S Temperature
Weather director reports Miles City reached 108 degrees the hottest in the nation. Havre recorded 104 Helena 98. Butte saw one death and one prostration as heat battered the state.
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Helena
Mont
B. ©. Young
Miles City
Havre
Butte
Sherman 10 Be Notified Aug 18
Utica New York Aug 1 Representative James S Sherman received word from Senator J C Burrows chair of the committee to notify him of his nomination by the republican party for vice president that it was agreeable to the committee to come to Utica Aug 18 the date Sherman suggested Senior Burrows will make the address on behalf of the committee and Sherman will respond to formally accept the nomination The committee will be entertained by the city Mayor Wheeler plans a big demonstration Sherman will leave Monday for the St Lawrence to spend a few days on Wolf Island as the guest of Walter Clark of Philadelphia
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Utica
N. Y
James S. Sherman
J. C. Burrows
Republican Party
Sherman
Burrows
Wheeler
The
St. Lawrence
Wolf Island
Walter Clark
Philadelphia
Ranchman Killed in Auto Crash Near Marion
Cedar Rapids Iowa Aug 1 H M Foster a wealthy ranchman of Blairs town was instantly killed when his automobile went over a steep embankment near Marion yesterday. His wife and granddaughter were in the car but escaped injury.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
H. M. Foster
Blairstown
Marion
Lord Roberts Slightly Improved Says Bulletin
Montreal report says Field Marshal Lord Roberts is slightly improved in health per a morning bulletin from Robert Meighen's residence. Unless his condition worsens, he will travel to Ottawa tomorrow.
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Montreal
Robert Meighen
Lord Roberts
Ottawa
Cadets Reinstated at West Point After Dismissal
President Roosevelt and Secretary Wright decide eight cadets dismissed from the United States Military Academy at West Point will be reinstated and punished under the academy disciplinary system. The article adds a stray, unrelated line about a woman's trick and married life.
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Oyster Bay
L. IL
Roosevelt
Wright
United States Military Academy
West Point
One Hand of the Reactionaries
In Constantinople on August 1 960 ordinary criminals were released from the central prison by palace order. The move is seen as palace interference and a sign that reactionaries seek to empower the Black Band to sow disorders and shift blame onto the regime. A delegation of young Turks and journalists protested. Said Pasha said he would consider the matter. Reports say Kiamil Pasha resigned and may succeed Said Pasha as grand vizier. The Vali and Adrianople’s military commander were dismissed by the young Turks.
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Constantinople
Pasha
Klamil Pasha
Said Pasha
Adrianople
Gas Explosion Fatal at Bellevue Colliery Near Scranton
Scranton Pa Aug 1 One miner was killed two were fatally injured and four others slightly hurt this afternoon by a gas explosion at the Bellevue colliery of the Delaware and Western Co near Scranton.
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Scranton
Bellevue
Delaware, A & Western Co
Four Negroes Hanged by Mob for Farm Murder
A mob abducted four African American men from jail and hanged them from a tree in connection with the murder of a local farmer. The incident underscores ongoing racial violence and vigilante justice in the area.
Hired man's awful deed ends tragedy in Aurora
In Aurora Illinois on August 1 J A Morrell a wealthy farmer at Blackberry Center was fatally shot and his housekeeper Mrs May Balcom murdered by John Anderson his farm hand who then killed himself with a shotgun. No motive is known though Anderson was said to be warmly attached to both Morrell and Balcom and Morrell's mother Mrs Lucinda Morrell witnessed her son's condition.
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Aurora
Ill
J. A. Morrell
Blackberry Center
May Balcom
John Anderson
Morrell
Anderson
Lucinda Morrell
Alaskan pirates seize 5000 salmon at Fish Trap
Two armed pirates rowed up to Fish Trap near Point Roberts, disarmed the watchman, bound and gagged him, then escaped with 5000 salmon valued at 2000 dollars. They also left the trap open, letting 25000 more fish escape.
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Bellingham
Wash
Alaska Packers’ Association
Point Robers
Prompt Payment Highlights Phoenix Life Policy Payout
A letter from a Fargo resident confirms Phoenix Mutual Life Insurance Co. promptly paid a $4,000 policy carried by F A Ball to his widow Corrine Elizabeth Ball. Policy No. 288582 was active only three months. The writer praises the company and its trusted service the Old Phoenix.
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Phoenix Life Co
F. A. Ball
Phoenix Mutual Life Insurance Co
F. W. Thomas
Phoenix Mutual Life Ins. Co
Fargo
North Dakota
Corrine Elizabeth Ball
Phoenix
Police officer resigns from Fargo force to tend farm
Geo. Haugse, a Fargo police officer who served the Third street beat at night, submitted his resignation to Mayor Bhilliott yesterday. The resignation takes effect once a successor is appointed, and no successor had been chosen by afternoon. Haugse owns a farm and will devote his time to managing his interests.
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Geo. Haugse
Fargo
Bhiliott
Haugse
Haugne
Prohibition Aims at National Election Power Says Ada Writer
An Ada Ohio writer argues the prohibition question is the era’s paramount political issue due to liquor’s vast financial and social costs. He asserts the Prohibition Party could win nationally when voters weigh political questions beyond local interests and financial loss. Continued on Page Seven.
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Ada
Ohio
Prohibition
United States
Prohibition Party
Millionaires Form Firebug Vigilante Patrol on Long Island
Residents of Great Neck Manhasset Port Washington and nearby areas form a vigilante corps to catch arsonists. They threaten to shoot to kill any intruder lighting a blaze citing frequent estate fires and the Bayside Yacht Clubhouse destruction as a tipping point. Notable properties named include W. K. Vanderbilt Jr Roslyn Clarence Mackey Port Washington Bourke Cochrane Howard Gould and Mrs Satterwhite’s mansion.
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Great Neck
L. L
Manhasset
Port Washington
Long Island
Bayside Yacht Club
W. K. Vanderbilt, Jr
Clarence H. Mackey
Roslyn
Bourke Cochrane
Howard Gould
Martin Hall
Prince Joachim Marries Dance Hall Woman in Secret
Berlin reports Prince Joachim Albrecht of Prussia wed Marie Sulzer, a dancer known as the Baroness Biebenberg, after years of scandal. The Kaiser attempted to block the union, banishing the prince to Africa and pressuring a previous divorce arrangement, but the marriage became public today.
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Berlin
Joachim Albrecht
Prussia
Marie Sulzer
Europe
Sulzer
Baroness Biebenberg
Joachim
Germany
Africa
Mernsiaag
Henry Miller Stricken At midnight in The Great Divide
San Francisco reports actor Henry Miller, star of The Great Divide, was stricken with ptomaine poisoning just after midnight and is seriously ill.
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San Francisco
Henry Miller
Foraker Muzzled At Opening Of Ohio Campaign
Taft faction invites Senator Foraker to attend the September 5 Ohio campaign opening in Youngstown but restricts him to a few words or a possible chairing role. Senator Dick may attend as a silent guest. Leaders seek to avoid any outspoken remarks from Foraker while keeping him politically relevant. Governor Hughes of New York is named principal speaker with Ohio’s Governor Harris among the listed locals.
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Cincinnati
Foraker
Taft
Ohio
Youngstown
Hughes
New York
Harris
Quiet municipal elections reported across Cuba
Havana reports from all districts indicate orderly voting with slow turnout. Elections are timed for municipal and provincial officials amid calm proceedings.
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Cuba
Havana
Istand
Lynchings near Russellville target secret lodge members
Four African American men Virigal Tom Jones Robert Jones and Joe Ripley were dragged from jail and hanged from a tree near Russellville along the Nashville pike. A warning note threatened further violence, tied to a recent racially charged murder of white farmer James Cunningham by a colored tenant Rufus Browder. Authorities suspect locals from southern Logan County organized the mob.
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Russellville
Virigal
Tom
Robert Jones
Joe Ripley
Nashville Pike
Hugh Rogers
James Cunningham
Rufus Browder
Logan County
Gagged Woman Attacked in Hot Springs Home
Mrs. N. Pettit was found unconscious in her Hot Springs, Arkansas home after attackers gagged her with a rag soaked in arsenic and placed matches in her mouth to ignite if she moved. She was tied to the bed with wire and beaten, remaining in critical condition and able to say little about the assault.
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Hot Springs
Ark
Nan Patterson story sparks police turmoil in Pittsburg
In Pittsburg on August 1 police are in uproar after the details of their attempt to drive Nan Patterson, former chorus girl and thrice accused murderer, from town were published. Detective Louis Leff is suspended and others fear resignations. Nan vows to stay and says she will take the place.
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Pittsburg
Nan Patterson
Caesar Young
Louis Leff
Nan
Roach
McQuaide
Surgeon’s knife marked throat in unknown woman case
New York reports reveal the unidentified woman found in Williamsburg showed surgical skill in a precise throat cut. The body on a mattress was partially burned and clothes were missing as police seek two men who brought the corpse from New York side amid poison tests on the stomach.
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New York
Williamsburg
Asebs
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