Elderly man attempted murder after assault charge
Winston Salem North Carolina July 23 19 The aged white man Thomas Giddings 69 who was freed on bond after being charged with attempting to assault his crippled daughter tried to kill her when she refused to swear she would deny the incident at a future witness stand. He offered her $100 to testify she was not assaulted and drew a pistol but the weapon jammed. Giddings then took two bottles of carbolic acid in a bid to take his own life as officers arrived. He is in serious condition and under police guard. The daughter escaped and alerted others. Giddings owned a small store in the city.
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Winston Salem
N.C
Phomas Giddings
Giddings
Sun
Earbelle
Giidings
Shootings End Tragically in City Home
A man shot his wife and two others at the Watkins home after suspecting his wife of an affair with Lillee. He fired four times, striking Mrs. Kyle Watkins and Lillee and then turned the gun on Thomas Lillee, 18, as the ball entered. Mrs. Philips and Mrs. Watkins are in critical condition.
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Fale
Sisi
Abot
Ile
Kyle Watkins
Steriman
Fred
Thomas Lillee
Solos
Lillee
Sallee
Watkins
Twins Lost in Sewer After Heavy Rain
Two 19 year old twins Gerald and Herbert Sherman were swept into a sewer by a命 rush of water near West Philadelphia railroad tracks. Their bodies were found later in the river near the harbor. In Pittsburgh Oliver P Henson, 51, an iron roller foreman, was killed when a red hot steel rail fell from the Carnegie Steel works.
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Phitswerpua
Guy
Ennsylvania
West
Aladelphia Gerald and
Herbert Sheran
Sehuykil
Pittsburg
Pasary
Oliver. Phenson
Carnegie Steel
Eans Hs
Referee Selection Binds Britt and Nelson in Cal Meet
Report notes Jack Welch selects a referee for a match between Britt and Nelson. Tourists continue trip through Philadelphia and Baltimore with July 23 as a scheduled stop. The Gli en automobilists resume their journey, resuming travel on the planned timetable.
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Jack Welch
See
Cal
Jacky
3Tween
Britt
Nelson
Clingen
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Gli ‘En Automobilists
Roosevelt Peace Maker Sought in Asheville Appeal
President Roosevelt sends a noted peace mission as Judge J M Merrion fixes bonds for Wood and Wilson in a legal appeal. Edward Sanford, special department of Justice attorney, arrives and signals an effort to coordinate federal and state court actions toward a swift Supreme Court review.
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Asheville
N.C
Pritchard
J. M. Merrion
Wood
Wilson
Supreme Court
Edward ‘. Sanford
Semperat
Department of Justice
Roosevelt
United States
Stanford
Mission of Peace
Fairbanks cocktail recipe at McTagues in St Louis
Fairbanks cocktail described as served frappe and cool with one cherry. Invented by Henry Hoffman during a cocktail dinner attended by Vice President and others. Recipe includes one third French vermouth, dry gin, creme de Noyeux, orange bitters, cherry, and ice, served in a tall glass.
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St. Louis
Ato
St. Lows
Fairbanks
McTague’s
T Ook
Henry Hoffman
Death of Dr Kern Kerner County’s elder physician dies
Dr Kern Kerner aged in his 80s died at his Kernersville home after years of declining health. He practiced medicine for nearly five decades and leaves two daughters Mrs Atkins and Mrs Shore and son J F Kerner, all of Kernersville. Funeral held at Moravian church with ministers C Hisenhold and E S Crosland.
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Kerner
Kernersville
J. . Atkins
E. Shore
Kerner Villes
C. Hisenhold
E.S. Crosland
Winston
Winstonasalem
Robbers Loot Winston Phonograph Firm for Records
Thieves broke into the Winston Phonograph Company store in Winston Salem last night and stole several records a fine Edison phonograph and other small articles. The cash drawer was untouched as the motive appeared to be phonographic supplies.
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Winston- Salem
Winston Phonograph Company
Last Hight
Edison Phonograph
Woman Hanged Six Children Exposition Officials, Norfolk
A disjointed report from Exposition Officials in Norfolk details a grim event where Nellsen, a housekeeper, hanged three of her employer’s children and three of her own, then killed herself. The garbled text mentions a later note from Copenhagen and a July 23 date.
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Copenhagen
Griet Strickly
Negroes Die After Train Strikes Sleepers on Trestle
Fragmentary report notes two African American individuals sleeping on a trestle were killed when a train struck them. Other readable fragments mention Jamestown exposition director of admissions and concessions and W. M. Dixon named assistant to Director General Barr.
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Sier
Aineows
Department of Admissions and Concessions
W. M. Dixon
Department of Electricity
Barr Na Seslee
Moscow
Russian Operatives Strike Ends Tragic Car Crash
New York report describes a deadly railway collision involving Miss Nelle Adagan and Dr Edward Gallagher. An automobile carrying the pair was struck by a fast train near Jamaica Hospital, causing a gasoline explosion and fatal injuries to both occupants. The incident follows warnings and fatal consequences attributed to enemy actions.
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New York
Nelle
Jamaica Hospital
Edward ‘T. Gallagher
Galagher
Shot Woman Escapes After Uptown Store Shooting
Miss Esther Norling, about 22, was shot as she fled an uptown West Forty-second Street store where she worked as bookkeeper. Charles Warner, her former employer, is charged with firing and fleeing to a Spalding store. He later shot a man named John Wilson on Broadway, then fled but was tackled by a trackman and arrested. Police suspect Warner was unbalanced by business reverses.
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New York
Esther Sorting
Charles Warner
West Forty-second Strees
Warner
Re Spicer
A. G. Spalding and Company
Judge Pritchard May Stop N C Exhibit at Jamestown
Raleigh dispatch notes Judge Pritchard may halt N C execution as a case at Jamestown proceeds. Mentions North Carolina exhibit improvements seen by state superintendent J D Joyner, praising installation and overall representation at the exposition.
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Pritchard
N. C
Jamestown
Alibi defense strengthens in Lewis lynching case
In Monroe North Carolina on July 2 the defense for Zeke Lewis presented witnesses who corroborated his testimony. Elige Bonnam and wife testified Lewis was at their home the night of the lynching, preventing he could have joined the lynchers. The state challenged the defense. The argument began at five p.m. and was expected to continue. a jury verdict by tomorrow afternoon seemed unlikely.
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Monroe
N. C
Zeke Lewis
Lewis
Elige Bonnam
Clemency Request For Lord Seymour Barrington Sparks Debate
Louisville and Jefferson City reports detail calls for clemency from the International Tobacco Workers Union executives for "Lord" Seymour Barrington. The union plans a vote on whether to pursue clemency while workers threaten a general strike at American Tobacco Company plants.
Heat Overcomes Mrs Burgess in Greenville Kitchen
Mrs Martha Burgess of 511 Whitmire Street Greenville South Carolina was overcome by heat on a Sunday in July and fell onto the stove. She sustained burns to the breast and throat which may prove fatal. Doctors say the chest burns have caused internal injuries and she is seriously injured. A year earlier she suffered a similar incident and had a hand burned off.
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Greensville
S.C
Martha Burgess
Whitmire Street
Contractor Bankruptcy Ties Up Naval YMCA Project
Norfolk Va July 23 E Tatter on a contractor and builder who had just won the contract for the new Naval YMCA building filed a voluntary bankruptcy petition. Liabilities are listed at 200 513 and assets at 248 371.
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Norfolk
E. Tatteron
Rockefeller
Train collision injures dozen near Ferney in Pennsylvania
More than a dozen people were injured, none seriously, in a rear end collision between a freight and an express train near Ferney, Pennsylvania, early today. The express rammed into the caboose of the freight as night fell. Folk Grants Respite in Missouri.
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LoCaumissa
Ferney
Ennsylvania
Japanese Campaign in Manchuria Hints at Market Replacement
Reports from American consular officials in Manchuria indicate intensified Japanese pressure to dominate markets there. Details cite preferential freight rates allegedly granted on the South Manchurian Railway, expansion of semi municipal banking to lend to farmers, and potential financial influence over local farmers, while Russia relies on the Russo-Chinese bank for support.
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Jing
Manchuria
Washington,d.c
South Manchurian
William D. Straight
Mukden
Bureau of Manufacturers
Russia
Gold Strike In Pittsburg Sparks Park Fever
July 23 Pittsburg Lawrenceville district police called as hundreds of youths dig Arsenal Park for rumored gold. Louis Group found a gold lump near 340 value, owner sold it to a jeweler. Reserves deployed after claims jumped. no other finds reported. Nearby history notes a 1862 cartridge factory explosion with fatalities.
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Pittsburg
Lawrenceville
Arsenal Park
Louis Groupp
Refused Money Requested And Was Murdered
Chicago dispatch reports Hovhans 8 Tavs vanjian a wealthy Armenian, assassinated in New York last night after allegedly refusing a large revolutionary fund demand. The note cites prior warnings to four wealthy New York merchants including Tarshanjian to contribute 15000, with threats to their lives.
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Chicago
Hovhans
Tavsvanjian
New York
Revolutionary Fund
Tarshanjian
Revolutionary Party
Accident at Fort Terry Kills Private Hammond
Reports from Fort New London confirm a fort incident near Plum Island where Private Hammond of the One Hundredth Company artillery was killed and two soldiers from Company K third infantry C N G were injured. The event occurred May 25 and is under investigation by local authorities.
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Fort New London
Gove
Fort Terry
Plum Island
Scy
Hammond
J”ne Handredth Company
Artillery
Comany K., Third Infantry
Justice Department reviews proof reader fines in union dispute
In Washington July 74 the Department of Justice received from a local topographical union a resolution challenging the Public Printer action fining proof readers for The union seeks the attorney general guidance on the legality of the measure.
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Washington, D.C
Department of Justice
Excitement Over Haw Case Subdues in Karlsruhe
Karlsruhe reports the Haw case cooling after nationwide debates on its singular features. Crowds dispersed from the court area after disorder, with several detained then released. A violent windstorm in Yamston injured around twenty people, damaging homes and striking the suburb, with Holmes and Mrs Colington among those fatally hurt or gravely injured.
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Karlsruhe
Progress Made Rowland Trial
Raleigh July 23 In the Ha eas corrus hearing before Associated Justice Connor today the first witness Roby Neld of Norfolk testified he knew Dr Rowland and Mrs Strange two years ago He saw them in the surf together at board and watched Mrs Strange slip into Rowland s office after night repeatedly He said she had been pointed out to him as the woman who gave him a good time He shadowed Dr Rowland to the Strange residence after Strange s death and was followed by Rowland who ran The witness said it had been talk among Brotherhood men that Mrs Strange was not true to her husband.
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Raleigh
N. C
Associated Justice
Connor
Roby Neld
Norfolk
Rowland
Strange
Survivors Tell of Shipwreck Ordeal and Release
Karl Jai, a Washington DC law professor, was condemned to death after a five day trial for the murder of his mother in Baden Baden. Crowds protested as police barred women from court areas and troops restored order amid street clashes. In Knoxville a new bank formation merges Mechanics National with a new holding company, with a $500,000 capital and notable directors. From Shelter Cove and San Francisco reports, only one boat carried 15 survivors from the Columbia wreck, with 98 deaths overall. a rescue service held a memorial service aboard the Elder as survivors sang hymns.
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Karlshruhe
Germany
Karl Jai
Washington, D.C
Frau Molltor
Baden Baden
Hans
Molitor
Molitor Party
Hart
Han
Karlsruhe
Hall
Deits
Knoxville
Tenn
Leslie M. Shaw
Secretary of the Treasury
Frederick C. Stephens
New York
W. J. Oliver
R. W. Jones, Jr
Jersey City
Henry B. Spencer
The
Southern Railway
W. C. Sproul
Chester
Henry R. Brown
Greenville
H. B. Jones
Bristol
Charles ‘A. Lyerly
Chattanooga
Bureka
Cal
Columbia
Shelter Cove
Garberville
San Francisco
Night Riders Attack Moseley Farm in Hopkinsville
About 100 night riders surrounded Stephen P. Mosely’s farm house in Hopkinsville Kentucky and shot it up. Mosely was wounded in the face and hand by duck shot while his wife suffered eye injuries from a torn screen. The trespassers warned Mosely to stop talking about antiassociation actions.
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Hopkinsville
Stephen P. Mosely
Corporation Commission Publishes Railroads Reassessment Figures
Raleigh June 2 The corporation commission made public this evening a statement on the reassessment of railroad and quasi public corporations in the state. Railroads rise from 70,077,361 to 84,412,833 with detailed per mile and line totals for Atlantic Coast Line Seaboard Air Line and Southern Railway among others. Other quasi public utilities are listed with updated valuations across telegraph electric light street rail water steamboats bridges canals refrigerator lines and more.
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Raleigh
Corporation Commission
Atlantic’ Coast Line
Seaboard Air Line
Southern Railway
North Carolina Railway Division
Southern
Supreme Court appeal considered in Raleigh case
Raleigh July 23. Governor Glenn said he did not except that he had directed Judge Merriman to appeal the Asheville railroad case to the United States Supreme Court. He believes the Pritchard ruling may prompt a writ to halt the execution against the Southern for 30,000.
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Raleigh
N.C
Pritchard
Asheville
Glenn
Merriman
United States Supreme Court
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Yancy County
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International Tobacco Workers’ Union
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