Porter Charlton Confesses to Lake Como Murder
Porter Charlton, husband of Maryscott Castle Charleton, confessed to killing his wife during a quarrel at villas on Lake Como. He said he struck her with a wooden mallet, placed the body in a trunk, and disposed of it in the lake after an argument aboard the lake region. He was arrested as he left the steamship Prinzess Irene in Hoboken.
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New York
Porter Charlton
Maryscott Castle Charleton
Lake Como
Italy
Hoboken
Chariton
Beig
Charlton
Father
War Department
President Taft Praises Congress For Rail Regulation
In a signed statement in The Times Star Taft says he is elated by enacted legislation and credits the party with fulfilling pledges. He notes the rail road regulation law is the best yet, vows future action on capitalization, and asserts the Republican record benefits the party ahead of elections.
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Cincinnati
Times Star
Taft
Washington, D. C
Congress
Republican Party
Broadway firm victimized over $20 check with Porritt name
A prominent Broadway firm was defrauded of $20 when a check bearing the name of C. Porritt was presented. Police are actively seeking the man who passed the note and left.
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Broadway
C. Porritt
Wendling Search Proves Fruitless
Houston police chief Ellis and Chief of Detectives Carney return from San Antonio after two days seeking Joseph Wendling wanted in Louisville for killing Alma Keliner. They back the report that the ranch sighting near San Antonio was false.
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Houston
Tex
Ellis
Carney
San Antonio
Joseph Wendling
Louisville
Alma Keliner
Three Drowned in Wisconsin Bathing Near Kilbourne
Portage Wisconsin June 23 W H Hubbard of Dell s City and his two nephews drowned while bathing near Kilbourne. The bodies have not been recovered.
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Portage
Wis
W. H. Hubbard
Dells City
Kilbourne
Moro murders take refuge in the Philippines
Mindanao Moros killed Dutch traders on a northern island near Borneo. Eight attackers from Twai Twai islands fled storms toward Celebes and looted 40 000 pesos. A Dutch gunboat pursued them to Manusminca in the Philippines where they remain in hiding.
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Seattle
Wash
Mindanao
Borneo
Jolo
Hong Kong
Twai- Twai Islands
Manusminca
Philippines
Minnesota girl cannot wed Chinese man in Mankato
Fong Moon, a widower, and Miss Rosie Lane planned to wed at her home in Mankato on Saturday. Lane’s father objected after learning the daughter was underage, leading Moon to abandon plans. Moon received a trunk of gifts and the Le Sueur county license was returned.
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Mankato, Minn
Fong Moon
Rosie Lane
M. D. Lane
Watervile
Moon
Swhco
Waterville
le Sueur
Beef trust given respite in Chicago court ruling
Judge Landis sustains demurrers of the so-called beef trust to the indictment charging restraint of trade. A new grand jury is ordered to renew the investigation of the packing companies.
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Chicago
Landis
United States District Court
Beef Trust
Wisconsin youth dies from blood poisoning after pimple scratch
La Crosse Wisconsin June 23 Fred Heberlein aged 20 is dead here from blood poisoning after scratching a chin pimple. Doctors were summoned as his face swelled and he collapsed after a family meal dying within hours.
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la Crosse
Wis
Fred Heberlein
Crop Crisis Near Bismarck Threatens Wheat Oats
News from Bismarck North Dakota reports a brief rain at 2 20 am lasting ten minutes with clouds clearing by noon. Forecasters predict more rain but locals doubt, warning a hot wind could ruin crops in the region. Nearby Deadwood South Dakota notes a rain storm June 23 benefiting western grain districts.
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Bismarck
N. D
Weather Bureau
Deadwood
South Dakota
Rapid City
Will kidnappers return child in New York case
Dr. Mariano Scimeca voiced optimism over the search for his 3 year old son Michael who was kidnapped Tuesday and reportedly demanded $8,000 as ransom. He refused to release or trace the kidnappers letter contents and said the child is expected to be returned today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Mariano Scimeca
Michael
Meca
Marry Young to Dave the Nation
Chicago reports Dr Hebern Claflin 75 urges marriage between ages 18 and 20. He plans to wed Jennie Nay 58 of 6545 Monroe Ave after fifty four years since first marriage. warns against delaying marriage and predicts race death if ignored.
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Claflin
Jennie Nay
Chicago
United States
Hebern Claflin
Hayes
Wooldlawn
Monroe Avenue
English Aviator Falls 100 Feet at Aldershot
London June 23 Capt F S Cody an aviator fell about 100 feet during a flight at Aldershot and was injured. His airplane was toppled by a gust of wind and plunged to the ground with Cody pinned beneath the wreckage of the machine.
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London
F’. S. Cody
Aldershot
Cody
Two Pay Penalty On The Gallows
Norristown Pennsylvania June 23 Nick Maringenet and Frank Hicarine were sentenced to the gallows for the August 1909 murder of George A Johnson an elderly cobbler attacked for supposed hidden money in his house.
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Norristown
Nick Maringenet
Frank “Hicarine
George A. Johnson
Engineer slashed face dragged from train on bridge mishap
F G Graf Soo Line engineer from Minneapolis ran his train thirty miles to St Paul after a bridge accident on the St Croix river crossing. He was found hanging from a bridge girder with severe injuries, revived and insisted on returning to his cab to finish the run.
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St. Paul
Soo Line
Minneapolis
Somerset
Wis
Soo
St. Croix
Graf
Homestead Bill Stalls in Gronna’s Committee Room
Washington reports the house committee on public lands, with Representative Gronna as a member, failed to act on McCumber's second homestead bill likely ending new homestead legislation this session. In Kansas City mills and bakers testified against bleaching flour in federal court, opposing government claims it adulterates flour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gronna
Washington
House Committee On Public Lands
Representative Gronna
McCumber
Congress
Senate
Kansas City
New York Faces Peak Heat as Deaths Rise
Heat wave grips New York City with temperatures around 84 to 88 degrees and rising humidity. Police report three heat related deaths and many prostrations as city endures several days of extreme heat. Mahara jah Sir Sayaji Sh, Gaekwar travels from Baroda to New York and Boston, while his son Prince Jaisingaro studies at Yale.
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Chicago
New York
Seattle
Wash
Maharajah
Sir Sayaji Sh, Gaekwar
Baroda
India
Boston
Prince Jaisingaro
Yale
Clergy and leaders form the Individual and Social Justice League
In New York on June 23, clergymen, publicists and labor leaders create the Individual and Social Justice League of America. The prospectus pledges to contrast American thought with socialism, defend freedom, promote fair labor returns, and emphasize local institutions and regional unity. Officers include Rev John Wesley Hill as president Archbishop John Ireland as first vice president Herman A Metz as treasurer and Rev Dr Thomas B Slicer as director of literary bureau.
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New York
Individual
Social Justice League of America
League
America
John Wesley Hill
Methodist Episcopal
John Ireland
Steenersons Testimony on Ship Subsidy Rates
Representative Halvor Steenerson of Minnesota testified on the ship subsidy scandal before the house committee. He compared mail rates showing American vessels receive 80 cents a pound for letters and 8 cents for other matter, while foreign vessels get 25 cents and 4.5 cents respectively. He argued the US pays more than double and presented wage figures claiming lower American ship wages. He will resume testimony tomorrow.
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Washington
Halvor Steenerson
Minnesota
House Committee
E. A. Force
Minneapolis
Steenerson
Mr. Steenerson
Thieves Fail to Crack Beer Vaults at Minneapolis Brewery
Thirsty burglars entered the Minneapolis Brewing Company offices in Brainard Minnesota. They disturbed no safe or furniture but clawed at beer vaults, leaving more thirsty than before as entrances were resisted.
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Brainard, Minn
Minneapolis Brewing Company
Freight Trains Collide on B&O Branch Kill Two Injure Ten
Two freight trains on the Baltimore and Ohio line near Paint Creek and Footaville stations collided head on at a sharp curve. The crash in Somerset and Cambria branch traffic killed two men and left ten injured. The wounded were brought to Johnstown for treatment.
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Johnstown
Paint Creek
Footaville
Somerset and Cambria
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Man Laughs Over Found Coins Then Dies in Helena
Thomas Henry Brown a 60 year old saloon employee at Marysville near Helena found two nickels and a dime on the floor. He laughed at his good fortune and continued laughing until he collapsed from a ruptured blood vessel, dying on the scene. Brown was a colored man.
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Helena
Mont
Thomas Henry Brown
Marysville
Brown
Murder mystery may be solved in Italy case
Porter Chariton, husband of Mary Scott Castle Chariton whose body was found in a trunk in Lake Como, reportedly arrived in New York aboard a liner. A man resembling him was arrested on Hoboken Pier and, after questioning, allegedly admitted he was Chariton.
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New York
Porter Chariton
Mary Scott Castle Chariton
Lake Como
Italy
Chariton
Hoboken
Charles W. Coleman
North Dakota Good Roads Congress Plans Committees
At the Good Roads convention in the A C armory committees were named for Resolutions Legislation Nominations Permanent Membership with reports due today. Speakers noted North Dakota soil can yield fine roads with proper materials and management, stressing need for skilled road supervision and state aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hunter
Good Roads Association
J. Dexter Pierce
Larimore
Gov. Lewis
Fargo
Shepperd
The
Agricultural College
Burke
Devils Lake
A. L. Hunter
Grand Forks
Johnson
Bismarck
C. G. Baernstein
C. W. Graves
H. M. Reed
Amenia
A. C. Armory
Northwest
Litton
R. M. Dolve
Department of Agriculture Engineering
A. C
North Dakota
Union
Lightning Stroke Fatal Ton of Ginther in Upham Area
Fred Ginther was killed by a lightning strike while walking home about a mile west of town. Simon Peterson and Jake Wittmayer, returning with a wagon and team, witnessed the strike as a horse was knocked down and a wagon hole torn, yet they escaped.
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Upham Star
Fred Ginther
Mr. Ginther
Simon Peterson
Jake Wittmayer
Peterson
Lehigh Valley Railroad Votes to Double Capital Stock
In Philadelphia on June 23, stockholders at a special meeting approved increasing the company capital from 40,334,800 to 80,000,000 dollars.
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Philadelphia
Lehigh Valley Railroad Company
Browne Case Spotlighted as Dollar Mark Reference
Chicago June 23 Atty P H O'Donnell resumes argument for Lee O'Neill Browne challenging States Attorney Waymans attack on Brownes character He says the case bears the dollar mark like department store goods and questions the Springfield reputation claim It is part of the ongoing defense strategy in the Browne case.
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Chicago
Atty
P. H. O'Donnell
Lee O'Neill Browne
O'Donnell
Wayman
Springfield
Browne
Playing with matches costs two young lives in Iredell
In Iredell Texas on June 22 two young sons of J O Taylor aged 2 and 4 were playing with matches when their clothes caught fire and both boys were burned to death.
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Iredell
Tex
J. O. Taylor
Fire on Farm Fatal to Three in Northern Minnesota
Duluth reports a blaze at George Holler’s homestead in Other Tamarac, 26 miles east of Sandstone. A 16-year-old son and 11-year-old daughter died, a 14-year-old daughter was fatally burned, and eight other children escaped. Holler family home burned while Mrs. Holler was away and the father slept on the ground floor.
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Duluth
Minn
George Holler
Tamarac
Sandstone
Holler
Burglars Flee After Nurse Spotting Them at Pest House
Milwaukee police report a nurse at the city pest house in Milwaukee on June 23 surprised two burglars in the erysipelas ward before they reached the smallpox ward. The men were found rifling pockets of patients and escaped as staff intervened.
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Milwaukee
Wis
City
Two North Dakota Men Drown in Mississippi River
Paul Herbst aged 20 and Charles Rumbolz aged 22 from Mount Vernon North Dakota drowned while swimming near Inver Grove Minnesota after attending a ten day church camp meeting in St. Paul. John Kindler witnessed the accident and helped summon aid as search efforts continued into the night. Relatives were notified and expected in St. Paul.
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St. Paul
Paul Herbst
Charles Rumbolz
Mount Vernon
N. D
South Park
Church of God
Mississippi River
Invergrove
John Kindler
Herbst
Rumbolz
North Dakota
Kindler
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Paul Charlton
Bureau of “Insular Affairs
Wisconsin
Roosevelt
Rough Riders
Europe
Dave
the Nation
N.Y
Archbishop Ireland
Herman A. Metz
House
N.D
S. Johnson
North, Dakota
Mississippi
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