Many Seek Pardons From State Board in Bismarck
The North Dakota state board of pardons convenes in the governor’s office with about twenty five applications to review. Notable cases include Seth L. Hartzell of Cavalier County serving five years for manslaughter, and Charles and Anna Troyer each seeking clemency for seven year robbery convictions. Also up are Leslie Beall and Thomas Gross, two 18 year olds given one year for breaking into a railroad car.
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Bismarck
N. C
State Board of Pardons
Capitol
Seth L. Hartzell
Cavalier County
Bascom
Hartzell
State University Law School
Charles
Anna Troyer
Cass County
Leslie Beall
Thomas Gross
Richland County
Beall
Till
Pembina County
Carrington Graduates Present Baccalaureate Exercises
Carrington North Dakota June 2 commencement exercises at the Opera house honored a six member graduating class Ada May Nelson Florence S Tillson P Raymond McMilter Clara Blanche McSee Mattie Belle Maxfield The eighth grade exercises were held Thursday evening with twenty eight diplomas awarded from the public schools department The town has begun work on a new city telephon e building project
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Carrington
N. D
Carrington High School
Opera House
Ada May Nelson
Florence
Tillson
P. Raymond “McMilter
Clara
Blanche
Mattie Belle Maxfield
Public Schools
Teeluhe
Northwestern National Life seeks to recover embezzled funds
Northwestern National Life Insurance Co seeks to compel former president Dr J F Force to account for and return funds allegedly embezzled from the company. The suit, filed by current management in Minneapolis on June 2, seeks recovery of up to 200000 dollars, including 5000 dollars paid to Dr EB Edwards for leaving office.
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Northwestern National Life Insurance Co
Minneapolis
J. F. Force
Force
EB. V. Edwards
Parade Under Protest In New York Police March
Despite protests by police, New York held its annual police parade with over 5,000 officers in ten regiments of about 500. Commissioner Bingham supported the event, though some businessmen argued it disrupted city work and left districts unprotected. Captain Dillon drilled the force for weeks as officials observed the march.
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New York
Commissioner of Police
Bingham
Dillon
Worth
Americans Killed by Striking Miners in Mexico
The Cananea disturbance leaves two Americans dead and about twenty wounded as armed strikers clash with Mexican gendarmes. Colonel Kosterlitsky and thirty American crossers are reported, with ringleaders fleeing to hills and calm restored in Cananea by evening. George Metcalf and Will Metcalf connected to local business, while Buckner of Bisbee was wounded.
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Mexico
U. S
Kosterlitsky
Sonora
Cananea
Naco
Buckner
Bisbee
US May Send Troops Into Mexican Territory
Washington handles a telegraphic appeal from American Consul Galbraith at Cananea for urgent aid with Sonora’s governor also requesting help from the United States. Root and war department officials study the legality and outline plans as four cavalry units at Fort Huachuca stand ready to move toward Cananea. Major General Baldwin at Oklahoma City and Brig. Gen. Constance Williams in Denver will receive orders if action is approved.
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Galbraith
Cananea
Mex
United States
State Department
Sonora
Root
Bell
War Department
General Staff
Fort Huachuca
Arizona
Baldwin
Oklahoma City
Constance Williams
Department of Colorado
Denver
Trapper Killed Near Sioux Crossing after Accident
Stine Olson, a trapper from Sioux Crossing Buford North Carolina, was struck by the Oriental Limited on the Great Northern a half mile west of the place and died thirty minutes later. He did not regain consciousness after the collision. his neck and skull were broken.
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Buford
N. C
Stine Olson
Sioux Crossing
Oriental Limited
Great Northern
Parade Luminaries Lead Aberdeen Pageant Across Town
Aberdeen marked June 2 with a grand parade centered on a forest theme. Streets filled early as four sections moved past, including forty-four floats for local industries, a mounted group, carriages carrying Governor Elrod, the mayor, and South Dakota Traveling Men's Association leaders, and a rear column of about 500 traveling men.
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Aberdeen
Great Iorest
Elrod
South Dakota
Traveling Men's Association
Louisville Judge Rules Sunday Liquor Sale Unconstitutional
In Louisville police court Judge McCann writes that section 1303 of Kentucky statutes banning Sunday liquor sales is unconstitutional while section 1321 upholding Sabbath observance is constitutional, leading to dismissal of warrants against saloonkeepers and suggesting prosecutions rely on section 1321 for Sunday restrictions on printing, selling newspapers, cigars, tobacco, groceries, or nonessentials.
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Louisville
Last Man's Club Dinners After Long Absence In Philadelphia
In Philadelphia on June 2 the Last Man's club, 15 years old and composed mainly of Philadelphia club members, resumes its annual dinner at the Hotel Edouard. The club began with seventeen members and planned Easter Monday dinners, but dispersion reduced dates. A seventeen candle silver candelabra bore each member’s engraved name. upon a member’s death his candle would not be lit, and the last survivor would own the candelabra. Each dinner features empty seats for former members, and the first few dinners were silent to those calls. The article ends noting the last known member was Hal Johnan seven years ago.
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Philadelphia
Last Man's Club
Philadelphia Club
Edouard
Wehe Hal John An
Troop Move Ordered as Diaz Directs Border Force to Cananea
Paso, June 2. President Diaz orders all troops at Nogales and Hermosillo to advance to Cananea. Order follows arrival today of American volunteers permitted to cross the frontier by Governor Ysabel amid restored order at Cananea.
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Paso
Tex
Diaz
Nogales
Hermosillo
Cananea
Ysabel
Vote on Sen Smoot committee report reaches Senate
The committee on privileges and elections has acted on the Reed Smoot Utah senator case, officially announced to the Senate by Chairman Burrows. An attempt was made to set Monday June 11 for consideration, but it failed.
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Washington
Committee On Privileges and Elections
United States
Reed Smoot
Utah
Senate
Burrows
Senate passes bill on railroad injury liability
Washington June 2 Senate approves a bill regulating railroad company liability for employee injuries. Senator Danieb gives a motion to reconsider, which if successful will require renewed senate debate on the issue.
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Washington
Senate
Danieb
Candidate ethics limit railroad mileage use in campaigns
Madison Wis June 2 Attorney General Sturdevant states that when a person announces candidacy for a county office he becomes a candidate under statute and is forbidden to use railroad mileage received for contemporaneous advertising. The railroad commission asked for guidance on permissible campaign spending and he provides the ruling.
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Madison
Wis
Sturdevant
Railroad Commission
Stated Conference Report Signed At 3 01 Oclock
Washington on June 2 the state hood conference report was signed at 3 01 o clock today. The brief dispatch notes the finalization of the conference agreement and records the exact signing time.
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Washington
Pope Pius X Celebrates 71st Birthday Quietly in Rome
Rome June 2 Today is Pope Pius X s seventy first birthday. Owing to his indisposition no public demonstration in honor of the day was made. He spent the day quietly and received only his sister and the heads of his household. Letters and telegrams of congratulations arrived from all parts of the world, many with gifts.
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Rome
Pope Pius X
No information of fighting at Cananea copper camp
New York June 2 reports from the Greene Consolidated Copper Co office state that no information of any fighting at the Cananea copper camp has been received. The message adds that no action or details are available at this time.
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New York
Greene Consolidated Copper Co
Cananea
Aldrich Panama canal aid resolution opposed by Stone
Washington notes Senator Stone challenged Senator Aldrich on a resolution authorizing the president to buy Panama canal supplies abroad if U S bids are unreasonably high. Stone argued the president will purchase mainly in America regardless of price differences, citing past financial backing for Republican candidates.
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Washington
Aldrich
United States
Panama Canal
Stone
America
Thele
Ball Abandoned as Madrid Observes Mourning
June 2 Madrid report says a royal ball at the palace tonight is abandoned due to mourning. A bomb incident May 31 has raised deaths to twenty four and a bull fight proceeds. The British embassy helped free English suspect Robert Hamilton, likely a mistaken identity. Street fetes continue despite the events.
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Madrid
Robert Hamilton
Death a luxury as coffin prices rise in Chicago
Chicago residents face higher funeral costs as coffinmakers announce a 25 percent price hike amid rising wood and labor costs. Dealerships warn the public will bear the impact while manufacturers justify the move by supply pressures and wage increases.
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Chicago
New York
Formally Opened Mukden Opens to Trade
Tokio note reports on June 2 that Mukden was formally opened to international trade. The celebration was widespread with Chinese General Chao and Japanese Consul General Hagiwara exchanging cordial greetings for their governments.
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Tokio
Mukden
Chao
Hagiwara
Ireland Returns From Rome Visit
Archbishop Ireland of St Paul arrived in New York aboard the La Lorraine from Havre after an extended visit to the Vatican in Rome.
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New York
Ireland of
St. Paul
la Lorraine
Havre
Vatican
Rome
Civil War Veteran Peter Smith Found Dead in Bed
Peter Smith aged 73, a Civil War veteran and former inmate of the North Dakota Soldiers' Home at Lisbon, was found dead in bed in Grand Forks. He lived alone after his wife divorced years earlier and remarried in Towner. Death attributed to asthma after long illness. no inquest will be held.
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Grand Forks
N. D
Peter Smith
North Dakota
Lisbon
Towner
Roberts Found Guilty of Murder in Chicago Case
George G Roberts was convicted of murdering John V Kopf a prominent west side politician in Chicago. Kopf died three days after being stabbed during a fight at a Republican primary. Roberts testified that the knife cut was accidental and received a twenty year penitentiary sentence.
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Chicago
George G. Roberts
John V. Kopf
Kopf
Roberts
Americans Start Move From Naco to Cananea
Governor Ysatl of Sonora arrived at Naco at 7 30 this morning and ordered armed Americans from Bisbee Douglas and other Arizona points to accompany him to Cananea. The force of about 450 is under Captain Tom Rynning former Rough Rider now head of the Arizona Rangers and left on a special train at eight o'clock.
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Douglas
Ariz
Ysatl
Sonora
Naco
Bisbee, Douglas
Arizona
Cananea
Tom Rynning
The
Rough Riders
Arizona Rangers
Roosevelt Receives Complete Meat House Inquiry Report
President Roosevelt received the full report by Professor Neill and James Reynolds on the nation meat houses. The inquiry's findings will be reviewed and may be sent to Congress early next week. Washington dated June 2.
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Congress
Washington
Roosevelt
Professor Neill
Commissioner of Labor
James Reynolds
Venezuelan crisis prompts Gomez to urge Castro return
General Vicente Gomez seeks to force President Castro to resume duties in Venezuela and threatens to convene congress and accept Castro’s resignation if he refuses. The dispatch from Russell, U.S. minister in Caracas, notes Castro’s five year term and puzzling conduct mystifying the State Department and diplomats.
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Washington
Vicente Gomez
Castro
Venezuela
Congress
State Department
Russell
Caracas
Diplomatic Corps
Jerome May Testify In Canfield Suit
New York June 2 The Canfield counsel said a District Attorney Jerome may be called as a witness during the John Delahunty versus Richard Canfield counsel fee case. The DA allegedly offered to accept a $1000 fine if Canfield pled guilty to gambling, a message not shared with Delahunty. The DA would testify Delahunty failed in his duty to his client.
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New York
John Dalahunty
Richard Canfield
Canfield
Jerome
Delahunty
Short of Ammunition in Navy Worries Congress Time
Washington June 2 Navy officers express alarm over dwindling ordnance supplies as Rear Admiral Mason reports. The dilemma risks cutting next summer’s target practice off the New England coast and prompts debate whether training should continue with dwindling powder and shell or if magazines must be spared for emergencies. Experts warn emergency funding would be too slow, requiring months to obtain ammunition.
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Washington, D. C
Mason
New England
Congress
Star Witness Delivers Key Hazlett Murder Testimony
Fred Foamen, state's star witness, testified Hazlett shot Van Buskirk in Geneseo butcher shop on March 16 after Hazlett warned him to stay back. Foamen said Buskirk tried exiting, Hazlett struck him in the chest with a shotgun, and Buskirk collapsed. Cross-examination did not dislodge the core facts.
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Geneseo
van Buskirk
Hazlett
Foamen
Forman
Haslett
Boy Locked in Corn Car Found Hungry in Transit
In Willmar Minnesota on June 2 a 15 year old boy named George Morrison was found in a car loaded with corn bound for Minneapolis. He had ridden inside from Monday morning to Wednesday afternoon 5 o clock with the car locked and sealed at Randolph Nebraska his home. He survived three days without food or water while traveling to Willmar. He said he helped his stepfather an elevator agent load the car and was accidentally locked inside.
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Willmar
Minn
George Morrison
Minneapolis
Randolph
Neb
Elevators Probe: Sherman Act Decree Blocks Collusion
Attorney General Moody described the Otis Elevator Co. case decree as a permanent injunction prohibiting any violation of the Sherman anti trust act. The suit claimed the defendants sold about 80 percent of elevators west of the Rockies, signaling strict controls on trade and commerce in the industry.
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Washington
Moody
Otis Elevator Co
Department
United States
Rocky Mountains
Lemery Will Case Heads to June Trial in Grand Forks
Deposition sessions were held at Inkster as heirs and interested parties gathered from Grand Forks for the Lemery estate dispute. The suit challenges the validity of David Lemerys will, with probate court previously ruling it invalid on claims of the testator's condition. The heirs appealed, and the case is slated for the June term in Grand Forks county district court.
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Grand Forks
N. D
David Lemery
Inketer
Inkster
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