Mayor Schmitz Defiant In Court After Five Year Sentence
San Francisco Mayor Eugene Schmitz was sentenced to five years in San Quentin for extortion after denouncing the verdict as railroaded. He announced a bond appeal and ran for re election, while Judge Dunne defended the public message of law and order as crowd cheered amid dramatic courtroom scenes.
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Scripps-McRae Press Association
AN Francisco
Eugene Schmitz
Dunne
Schmitz
San Francisco
Eugene E. Schmitz
San Quentin
Bay Area Vice President Glass Trial Draws 18 Jurors
In Judge Lawler's court, 18 centermen were examined. Six of twelve jurors were seated to try Vice-President Glass of Pacific States Telephone and Telegraph on bribery charges. The defendant claimed he seeks a fair trial and may run for mayor of San Francisco.
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San Francisco
Lawler
Glass
Pacific States Telephone and Telegraph Company
Ruef
Schmitz
Florence Schenck Seeks Court in Wilson Marriage Claim
Florence M. Schenck, once of Norfolk, declares she was married to Charles H. Wilson, manager of Alfred G. Vanderbilt's horses, and will press the case in court after being disowned by her parents and stranded in New York. Wilson denies the marriage but admits she traveled with him to Europe, stating there was no union and calling the affair a loss of his $20,000 job.
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New York
Charles H. Wilson
Alfred G. Vanderbilt
Florence M. Schenck
Norfolk
Belle
Wilson
London
Victoria Hotel
Europe
Newport
Saloon Owner Kills Man Over Lunch in Park
Edward McNew, saloon owner in Knoxville, shot Edward McLin in Luttrell park while the couple shared a lunch. He fired three times, killing McLin instantly, then surrendered to authorities. Magistrate Mynatt granted $5,000 bail, citing unwritten law as justification amid a cheering crowd.
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McNew
Edward Mce Lin
MclLin
Report on Charities Shows Aid by Township Trustees
A 1906 State Board of Charities report details relief to the poor by township trustees. It records 11,057 women and ?218 girls aided and 18,37 men and boys aided, with total aid of $233,612.70, down $16,271.98 from the prior year.
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State Board of Charities
Mansfield Must Rest In New York Stage Hiatus
Richard Mansfield will not be seen on stage next season. A letter from the actor, then in England recuperating from a nervous breakdown, says he will return to America in October but his physician counsels at least a year before resuming work.
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Scripps-McRae Press Association
New York
Richard Mansfield
England
America
Government Plans Receivers to Break Up Illegal Trusts
In Washington July plans to strengthen anti trust enforcement. Attorney general Bonaparte proposes court action to dissolve illegal combinations or appoint receivers to operate and sell plant assets, restoring competition and distributing proceeds to stockholders. Initial targets include tobacco and powder trusts with possible criminal sentences under anti trust laws.
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Bonaparte
Standard Oil Company
Pierce Yacht Tacoma Capsized on Hudson River
Three crew members of H. Clay Pierce's palatial yacht Tacoma are missing and presumed drowned after a yacht capsize in the Hudson River. Rudolph Johnson Frederick Ericson and Herman Von Borsen were aboard with Nels Swanson Carl Jensen and Henry Anderson on shore leave when a small boat they tried to use capsized in waves from a passing draft.
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New York
Hudson River
H. Clay Pierce
Tacoma
Pierce
Waters-Pierce Oil Com
Passengers in Panic Aboard C. W. Morse Liner
Panic struck 456 passengers when the people’s liner C. W. Morse stranded on a bar at the Fishing grounds near Coeymans. Officers and tugs from Albany and Hudson worked to reassure travelers, who returned to staterooms after assurances of no danger.
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Scripps-McRae Preas Association
Hudson, N. Y
People’s
C. W. Morse
Coeymans
Albany
Hudson
Morse
Two Chums Drowned At Lake Redwood
Redwood Falls Minnesota July 9 mourning town for Sybie Hughes and Margaret Yackel two 13 years old girls who were bathing on a raft at Lake Redwood yesterday afternoon a boy teased them and pushed the raft into deep water causing both to drown including the incident details and the ages of the victims
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Scrippe-McRae Press Association
Redwood Falls
Minn
Sybie Hughes
Margaret Yackel
Lake Redwood
Man Falls to Death Shingling Barn Beam
Special to The Sun George Norris 56 of South Whitley died instantly at Sheridan Gable's barn in Columbia City Indiana after falling while shingling. The fatal fall caused the top of his spine to be driven through his skull.
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the Sun
Columbia City
Ind
George Norris
South Whitley
Sheridan Gable
Indiana Couple Secures Covington Marriage License
Covington Kentucky July 9 Thomas Moxley aged 42 and Fannie Tharp aged 26 from Greenfield Indiana were granted a marriage license yesterday in Covington. The couple plans to wed soon in Kentucky.
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Covington, Ky
Thomas Moxley
Fannie Tharp
Greenfield
Ind
Dynamite Blast Damages Condon Home in Chicago Mystery
Wealthy turfman Bilind John Condon escaped harm when a dynamite blast wrecked his Michigan Avenue mansion’s Napoleon room last night. Police hunt enemies tied to gambling interests aboard the City of Traverse boat. Condon claims he has foes and suspects may be connected to past cases.
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Chicago
Bilind John" Condon
Michiganave
Condon
City of
Traverse
John
Lake Michigan
United States
Connon
Drowned Boy in White River Near Riverside Park
Creed Bays aged 11 drowned while swimming in White river near Riverside park Monday afternoon. His arms tangled in a gauze shirt. bystander Samuel Arbuckle of 315 N Senate Ave dragged the body ashore. Coroner to investigate as the boy’s mother seriously ill at home.
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Creed Boys
White River
Riverside Park
Samuel Arbuckle
Senate Ave
Charles Bays
Conan Doyle to wed Miss Leckie in September
London July 9 Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is to be married in September to Miss Jean Leckie She lives with her parents at Blackheath
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Scrippse-McRae Prose Association
London
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Jean Leckie
Blackheath
Painter Commits Suicide Over Housework Demand
Frank McGinnis a painter of Hall Claire in St Joseph Michigan killed himself with lendanum after being forced to do housework in addition to his painting job. The incident occurred July 9 as reported by the Scrippe-MeeRoe Press Association.
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Scrippe-MeeRoe Press Association
Joseph, Mich
Frank McGinnis
Hall Claire
Lendanum
Blaze Destroys Brazel Street Home. Family Escapes
J W Storm his wife and two children woke to smoke at their one story frame home on Brazel Street driving out furniture before firemen arrived. Fire started in the rear with the roof rapidly spreading. cause unknown. Loss estimated at 600 dollars. Neighbor alerted department but flames could not be confined to kitchen and roof.
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J. W. Storm
of Brazel St
Storm
Annexation Ordinance Extends Indianapolis Boundary
City of Indianapolis adopts Special Ordinance No 5 1907 annexing 24.50 acres in Marion County adding territory to the city limits by description from the National Road to Section 2 Township 15 north Range 4 east. Effective after publication for two weeks in the Indianapolis Sun. City Clerk James McNulty certifies the ordinance and seal.
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City of
Indianapolis
Indiana
Madrion County
Easd
Township 15
Indianands Sun
State of
Marion County
I. James McNulty
Treacherous conspirator dies by smothering mill torture
Riga reports a former conspirator named Spronge who betrayed revolutionaries. He was seized at an old mill outside Riga after police surrounded the site. Conspirators killed 30 as they tried to flee and then smothered Spronge with a flour-filled sack as punishment for treachery warnings.
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Old Mill
Riga
Spronge
Deers
Sprange
Yale Graduate Jailed for Forgery in Kansas City
Robert Woolsey Hume, a Yale College graduate, was sent to the Kansas state penitentiary to serve an indeterminate term of one to five years for forgery. His father is a missionary.
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Scripps-McRae Press Association
Kansas City
Robert Woolsey Hume
Yale College
Kansas State Penitentiary
Heroine Drowns Trying to Save Brother at Mine Reservoir
Staunton July 9 Berth Blasa age 14 died while attempting to rescue her younger brother near a mine reservoir. The boy fell in first and reached shore. she followed to save him and drowned.
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Scripps-McRae Prensa Association
Staunton
Berth Blasa
Roosevelt and Shaefer Clash Over School Rifle Practice
President Roosevelt and National Educational Association head N C Shaefer clash over rifle practice in public schools as a peace measure. Shaefer argues against war talk, urging arts of peace in schools amid a divided teachers conference in Los Angeles.
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Scrippa-McRae Press Association
Los Angeles
Cal
Roosevelt
N. C. Shaefer
National Educational Association
Suicide in Kentucky Jail Ties Death Row Case
Aaron McCabe a Black inmate serving a death sentence for the murder of Martin Clark hanged himself in the county jail in Lexington Kentucky last night authorities said the self inflicted death ends a high profile case reflecting on the fate of death row inmates within the facility
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Scripps-McRae Press Association
Lexington
Aaron McCabe
Martin Clark
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