Dynamite Express Hold-Up Kills Engineer Near Welchspur
Two masked men halted North Coast Limited east of Butte at Welchspur. Engineer James Clow was killed, fireman James Sullivan wounded. Suspects escaped into rough Rocky mountain terrain as bloodhounds trail them. Reward posted. detectives join, Lt. Goddard and others aiding pursuit. Clow, 55, longtime Northern Pacific employee, left a widow and son.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butte
Mont
North Coast Limited
Northern Pacific
Welchspur
James Clow
James Sullivan
Sheriff Henderson
Sheriff Webb
Yellowstone County
Butte Transfer
Welch
Clow
Sullivan
Bert Culver
Whitehall
Livingston
Deer Lodge
Fenner
Rocky Mountains
R. H. Goddard
Tivingston
James Keen
Gallatin County
James Latta
Bozeman
Kenn
Latta
Ike" Gravelle
Northern Pacific Railroad Company
Robbers Reported After Railcar Attempt in St Paul
General Manager Horn of the Northern Pacific railroad issued a statement on the attempted robbery. The remark appears in a St Paul dispatch with reference to ongoing coverage continued on page 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul, Minn
Mat
Horn
Northern Pacific Railroad
Trial progresses in Laughlin murder case at saloon
Proceedings in the Laughlin murder trial continue with two hours of state argument left after testimony closed Monday. The defense asserts Kennedy used a blackjack and Laughlin only punctured the scalp with a billiard cue. jurors may be sent home nightly as Judge O Rourke presides. Joe Schultz testified to a billiard cue blow, while Kennedy allegedly wielded a blackjack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Laughlin
Samuel Augsburger
John Kennedy
Daniel B. Ninde
John Eggeman
Laughlin
Henry Colerick
Ninde
Rungsburger
Dan B. Ninde
Kennedy
O'Rourke
Joe Schultz
Augsburger
Tis
Laughlin to testify in murder trial defense
Charles Laughlin will take the witness stand in his own defense before the close of his trial for the murder of Samuel Auggburger on September 6 last year. He will recount his version of the events in the Kennedy salon when the fatal blow was delivered as his attorneys face questions and appear reluctant to reveal strategy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Laughlin
Samuel Auggburger
Kennedy
Laughlin Murder Trial Update Confessions Shine in Court
The state rested its case against Charles Laughlin in the John Kennedy Jr. saloon murder case as Officer Terry finished direct testimony. Prosecutors introduced confessions to Capt Reichelderfer Sergt Pappert and Prosecutor Ninde stating Laughlin struck the fatal blow and acted alone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Laughlin
Samuel Augsburger
John Kennedy, Jr
Terry
Police Department
Wilmer Leonard
Augsburger
A. M. Reichelderfer
Sergt
William Pappert
Dan B. Ninde
San Francisco Car Strike Begins With Widespread Firings
In San Francisco on May 7, all United Railroads employees who failed to report for duty were discharged. Strike breakers took over car barn operations amid a derailed supply car, while authorities prepared for trouble. The civic league pursues peace as 195 unions plan a meeting to seek settlement.
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San Francisco
United Railroads
Funston
Department of the Pacific
Presidio
The
Civic League
Labor Council Executive Board
Ice Flooding Pushes Yukon Water High Across Alaska
Flooding rivers in Alaska bring high water in the Yukon and Tanana. Ice breaks up, Valdez flats flood, and the Tanana rises close to Chena railroad. wires down along the Tanana, but service expected to resume soon. Open river from Rampart to Kaltag.
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Seattle
Wash
Post-Intelligencer
Fairbanks
Yukon
Tanana
Valdez
Chena
Rampart
Klatag
Lumberman J W Cromwell Visits Fort Wayne at 82
J W Cromwell of McBain Michigan, once in Fort Wayne lumber trade, is in the city visiting friends at age eighty two. Miss Della Wintrode, Bluffton teacher, chosen principal of Andrews high school for the coming year. She lives in Andrews.
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J. W. Cromwell
McBain, Mich
Fort Wayne
Mr. Cromwell
Della Wintrode
Bluffton
Andrews High School
Miss Wintrode
Andrews
Drug Trust Ruling Postponed For A Day
Indianapolis May 7 The government suit against ninety two defendants in the National Association of Retail Druggists and related groups for restraining interstate trade and fixing prices is delayed until tomorrow. A decree granting a perpetual injunction is expected to be entered tomorrow morning, ending the litigation per the agreed terms.
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Indianapolis
Circuit Court of the United States
District of Indiana
Drug Trust
Noble C. Butler
Joseph B. Kealing
United States
National Association of Retail Druggists
National Wholesale Druggists Association
Tri-Partite Proprietors
Charles C. Bombanegh
Bucket shops plan move to Kansas after tax law
Bucket shop operators in Kansas City Missouri plan to relocate across the state line to Kansas City Kansas when the new 25 cent per grain deal tax becomes effective July 12. The National Board of Trade weighs options while the Kansas City board of trade may test the law’s constitutionality. Local operators discuss forming a cooperative group after reestablishing.
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Kansas City
Kan
National Board of Trade
Kansas City Board of Trade
Chicago Board of Trade
Kansas Side
Trains Collide in Dense Fog Near Rosby Rocks
In Wheeling West Virginia on May 7 the New York Chicago express No 7 crashed into an eastbound freight at Rosby’s rocks twenty miles east of here. Four railroad men were killed and eight injured as the engine baggage and freight cars were demolished. Engineer Co W Riley seriously injured. The fog prevented seeing a flagman protecting the freight. All injured expected to recover.
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Wheeling
W. Va
New York- Chicago
Baltimore and Ohio
Rosby’s Rocks
Here
C. A. Warner
Bellaire
W. T. Thomas
J. K. Painter
Burton
Charles Christy
Co. W. Riley
M. L. Parkins
H. A. Hill
Sarah E. Simmons
New Jersey
Millie Hill
C. R. Stern
Fool
Charles Scalpel
Washington, D. C
C. Gillespie
Engineer Riley
Wreck on Mobile and Ohio near St Louis injures many
A fast passenger train on the Mobile and Ohio bound for Florida collided with a standing freight at Mobile offices, injuring several passengers and crew. Names include B E Pienro C E Surrells Frank Blackwood W E Settle Will Owens and George Hillray Wiseman. Engines and cars were wrecked. relief trains were sent from Murphysboro and East St. Louis.
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St. Louis
Percy
Mobile & Ohio Road
Florida
Mobile
BE. I. Pienro
C. E Surrells
Frank Blackwood
W. E. Settle
Will Owens
Tom Brown
George Hillray
Wiseman
Murphysboro
Ill
Sparing Girl as Killer Davis Slays Six in San Francisco
Walter Charley Davis a carpenter shot and killed six residents of 414 Pierres street including Orson R. Bush and his wife and son along with M. E. Vinton and Mrs. Lillian D. Carothers. A 12 year old girl survived after Davis spared her upon learning she resembled his daughter. He was detained after a struggle with seven officers.
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Charley Davis
Pierres Street
Davis
Bush
Farmersville
Visalia
Death Toll in Texas Tornado Rises to Nine
Mount Pleasant Texas May 7 Heavy damage and loss of life followed a tornado sweeping North Texas. Ridgeway Birthright and Caney suffered severe destruction with nine reported killed in Birthright and nearby areas. Communication is down as details come in. crops damaged and many homes destroyed.
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Mount Pleasant
Tex
Texas
Ridgeway
Birthright
Brasil
Calvin Tramwell
Roy McFall
Stephenson
Sidney L. Oakley
Oakley
Benjamin Pogue
Benjamin Poggue
Joseph Ferguson
Caney
Plans for municipal electric lighting plant unveiled
Civil Engineer Owen A Ford submitted plans to the board of public works on Tuesday for a proposed electric lighting plant. Plans await Schwartz’s return for inspection, with approval expected before bidding. Estimated cost about 160000. Awaiting approval, bids to be invited to start construction promptly. Daniel Stockman, longtime Markle area farmer and charter member of Markle lodge I O O F, died Saturday evening.
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Owen A. Ford
Board of Public Works
Schwartz
Daniel Stockman
Markle
Schwab says no more battleships built in Frisco
In San Francisco Charles M Schwab, once leader of United States Steel and Bethlehem Steel, declared that his concern will not build any battleship or large ship in the city while local labor conditions persist. He cited a $2,500,000 loss on three battleships, blamed inferior workmanship, longer hours and rising wages, and warned manufacturing would stop if conditions do not improve.
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San Francisco
Charles M. Schwab
United States Steel Corporation
Carnegie Company
The
Steel Corporation
East
Bethlehem Steel Works
Harlan and Hollingsworth
Wilmington
Del
Schwab
United States
Henry T. Scott
Rev Edgar W Allen Visits City From Wichita
The Rev Edgar W Allen former pastor of the West Jefferson Street Church of Christ now in Wichita Kansas is calling on friends in the city He plans to visit his father in Ohio and will stop in Fort Wayne on the way back He is selling a farm he owned in Whitley County He says he is delighted with his work in his new location.
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Edgar W. Allen
West Jefferson Street
Church of Christ
Wichita, Kan
Mr. Allen
Ohio
Fort Wayne
Whitley County
Aller
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Band of Robbers
West Coast Limited
Gram
OLD Lumberman
Federal
Missouri
Ing
WRECK
Mobile & Ohio
Maniac
Six
Carpenter
Walter
Orson R. Bush
W.S. Beard
Denver
M. E. Vinton
New York
Lillian D. Carothers
Young Bush
Bard
of the Hospital
Beard
Mrs. Carothers
Orson Bush
Ment Surveyor
Annie Bush
Ford
Frisco
E. W. Allen
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