Cannon Accused by Murdock of Aiding Looters
In Emporia Kansas on July 20 Speaker Joseph Cannon faced fiery charges from Congressman Murdoch. Murdoch alleged Cannon allied with Tammany Hall and opposed progressive reform, while praising insurgents for removing him from the rules committee. He cited deals with Lorimer and glove magnate Lucius Littauer as proof of corruption and influence peddling.
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Emporia,kas
Joseph G. Cannon
Murdock
Cannon
Tammany Hall
Committee On Rules
Tammany
Sammany
Lorimer
Illinois
United States Senate
Democrats
Highland Freedom
Taft
William H. Taft
Joseph C. Sibley
Archbold
Standard Oil Company
Billy Lorimer
Cannon and Littazer
Lucius Littauer
United States
Cow Stops Electric Devices Of A City
A meek-eyed cow wandered into Crawfordsville Electric Light and Power plant causing machinery to stop. All electrical devices in the city were halted briefly and every light went out.
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Crawfordsville Electric Light and Power Company
Nicaragua President Orders Execution of Rebels
An intercepted telegram from Jose Madriz to Gen. Gonzales, commander at San Ubaldo, Nicaragua, urges shooting rebels and prisoners without trial. The message, forwarded to the U.S. Consul and to The Hague peace conference, inflamed Central American tensions and prompted diplomatic notes.
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San Ubaldo
Nicaragua
New Orleans
Jose Madriz
Roberto Qu. Gonzales
Madriz
Sussman
Estrada
Provisional Government
Central America
Campo del Marti Manague
Roberto Gonzales
State Department
The
Hague
Pastor on ship mistaken for missing doctor
A detective search aboard the steamship Kroonland for Dr. Hawkey Harvey Crippen and Ethel Clare Le Neve, wanted in London for a wife’s death, led to a mistaken identification of a minister Rev. William H. Laird and his wife, who were cleared.
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Kroonland
Ethel Clare le Neve
Hawkey Harvey Crippen
London
Belle Elmore
New York
Crippen
Miss le Neve
Dover
William H. Laird
Crippen Sought Across France and Spain by Police
French police sweep tourist resorts in a manhunt for Dr. Hawley Harvey Crippen. A dispatch from Vernet Los Bains says Crippen was seen there on Sunday, but he eluded arrest and fled to Spain. Spanish aid has joined the dragnet as investigators push the chase.
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Paris
France
Hawley Harvey Crippen
Vernet Los
Crippen Manhunt Nears Final Bulletin
London police chief Inspector Dew said Scotland Yard has an accurate lead on fugitive Dr. H. H. Crippen and expects to announce his location before the end of the day. The official statement came as the pursuit intensified with renewed confidence.
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London
Inspector Dew
Scotland Yard
H. H. Crippen
Crippen
Dew
Dr. Ding
Mob at Niagara attacks railway superintendent
Rioting broke out in the Grand Trunk strike at Niagara Falls Ontario on July 20. One hundred men mobbed Superintendent C. S. Cunningham of the rounds, forcing him to take refuge in the telegraph office before police rescued him. Striking tramemen deny responsibility for the mobbing.
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Niagara Falls
Ont
Grand Trunk
C.S. Cunningham
Cunningham
Grand Trunk Strike Ties Up System With 15000 Idle
Montreal July 20 15000 employees idle as Grand Trunk railway strike halts freight and par rails. Strikebreakers arrive from Montreal Boston and New York to man trains while engineers resist. No freight trains moving passengers run but schedules impossible as perishable freight deteriorates and officials take to the throttles.
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Montreal
Grand Truck Railway
Boston
White River Junction
New York
Grand Trunk System
Grand Trunk
Train Stoppage Over Manpower At Grand Trunk
Boston July 20 The Grand Trunk and Central Vermont strike leaders seek engineer support while officers report growing success. Passenger trains run behind schedule as the strike extends. The Massachusetts railroad commission halted a train for improper staffing and the night mail from New London was stopped at the state line for noncompliant crew.
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Boston
Grand Trunk
Central Vermont
United States
Massachusetts Railroad Commission
New London
OTHERS JOIN STRIKE IN DETROIT TRADE ACTION
In Detroit July 20, 500 Wabash trainmen joined Grand Trunk workers in a strike over a uniform wage agreement affecting the Canada route. Only two Wabash freight trains crossed the river into Michigan, moved by a Detroit dispatcher, as Grand Trunk concentrates on passengers.
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Detroit
Mich
Wabash
Grand Trunk
Canada
Michigan
Freight Tie Up Alarms Toronto Shippers
Toronto freight shippers warn of a continuing tie up as the cargo situation remains unsettled. Officials report disruptions dragging on beyond expectations with potential costs mounting for local trade. Immediate action urged from rail and harbor authorities to restore steady movement of goods.
Comic Opera Girl Weds Son of Peer
London gossip reports Sir Weetman Pearson’s son Francis married Ethel Lewis once a chorus member of a comic opera company. The marriage occurred last August and enraged Lord Weetman when he learned of it, prompting a public announcement and family dispute.
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London
Weetman Pearson
Francis
Ethel Lewis
Lord Weetmap
Taft Slapped At West Fed Miners Convention
At the Denver convention Taft is criticized for opposing union boycotts and supporting government prosecutions of workers. The Western Federation of Miners denounces Taft and questions the federal Bureau of Mines as ineffective, accusing it of aiding Guggenheim interests in Alaska.
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Denver
Col
Taft
Moyer
Western Federation of Miners
Federal Bureau of Mines
Guggenheims
Alaska
Bank Controversy Ends In Quiet Occupation Move
Noblesville Indiana July 20 The American National Bank will occupy the north side quarters of the square once held by the First National Bank. The change follows a dispute over possession of the two rooms. George Craycraft owner of the premises crawled through a transom to let workers bring in materials for improvements. The First National Bank protested the entry over desks and papers left in the room. Craycraft claimed he believed the space was vacated when he entered.
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Noblesville
Ind
New American National Bank
First National Bank
George Craycraft
First Nation Bank
Craycraft
Ex-Senator Palmer Injured in Auto Collision Near Detroit
Detroit July 20 Ex United States Senator Thomas W Palmer 80 was thrown from his car by an interurban trolley car Tuesday afternoon and pronounced by his physician to be dying. He is resting at his home.
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Detroit
Mich
United States
Thomas W. Palmer
Saloonkeeper Must Suffer For Drunks
Acting Police Judge Judge Harry Chamberlain fined Chris Jensen 1 for resisting an officer after a scuffle with Bicyclemen Stewart and Hartsell on Ohio Street. Jensen battled the officers while his wife attempted to strangle them with a towel, leaving both sides marked from the clash.
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Harry Chamberlain
Chris Jensen
Ohio Street
Stewart and
Hartsell
Jansen
Governor of Iowa indicted for libel in Des Moines
Des Moines July 20 Gov B F Carroll was indicted on criminal libel by the Polk county grand jury. The charge was preferred by John Cownie former member of the state board of control. Politicians fear the indictment will hurt his chance for reelection in November.
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Des Moines
B. F. Carroll
Polk County Grand Jury
John Cownie
State Board of Control
Carroll
Rescue stations for miners in America
Washington July 20. An interior department bulletin outlines new mine policy and the creation of a bureau of mines. Immediate work includes building eight new rescue stations, housing nine existing stations, and greatly enlarging equipment at five others.
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Washington
Department of the Interior
Bureau’ of Mines
Bound to Grand Jury in Arson Case
John Swartz of 1102 Allfree Street was bound over to the grand jury after arrest on arson charges. The defendant appeared in court as investigators proceed with the case.
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John Swartz
Allfree Street
Enereey
Forest Fire Toll Grows in Idaho and Kootenay Region
Boise Idaho July 20 flames sweep 250 square miles across West Kootenay district and northern Idaho. At least fifty people dead with many miners among victims. Towns are burned and rail lines destroyed as relief trains struggle to reach affected areas.
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Boise
Idaho
West Kootenay
Loss of Life Feared in Sloan Manitoba Fires
Forest fires sweep a large Sloan section in Manitoba destroying three towns Jaffray Three Forks and Bayness Lake. The fires threaten a large transient summer population and many miles of timber have been lost with the blaze still raging.
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Sloan
Manitoba
Winnipeg
Man
Jaffray
Three Forks
Bayness Lake
Roosevelt clarifies support for progressive platform in Ohio
Col Roosevelt says he was misunderstood about backing a nationwide progressive platform. He explains the preference applies only to Ohio and that he cannot back any candidate for nomination. He spent Wednesday catching up on correspondence and dictating data to his secretary.
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Roosevelt
Ohio
Funeral delayed as coroner rules natural death
In Marion Indiana on July 20 Dr G R Daniels Grant county coroner halted John Gardners funeral after arriving for the inquest. He ruled the death natural and halted the service before rites began, delaying pallbearers mourners and ministers.
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Marion
Ind
G. R. Daniels
Grant County
John Gardner
Fairmont
Rural Carriers Appointed In Boaneville And Shirley Routes
Washington dispatch lists new rural carriers with Route 11 in Boaneville Carl Kitzinger named carrier and Joseph H. Fentner as substitute Route 1 Shirley Claudis A. Hiatt assigned carrier Edgar Bennett as substitute. dated July 20.
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Washington
Boaneville
Carl Kitzinger
Joseph H. Fentner
Shirley
Claudis A. Hiatt
Edgar Bennett
Weather forecast item appears unclear and incomplete
Fragmentary OCR text shows no clear date location or forecast details. No usable entities or concrete weather expectations are present to summarize into a valid card.
Monon President Killed in Winnetka Home Shooting
Ira G. Rawn president of the Monon railway is found dead at his Winnetka summer home after two gunshots. Police doubt a bur glary, favoring possible suicide or murder by a hidden enemy linked to graft cases. Family and detectives pursue the assassin as bloodstains and gunfire mark the scene.
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Chicago
Ira G. Rawn
Monon Railway
Winnetka
Rand
Rawn
Ilinois
Mr. Rewn
Mr. Rawr
Ralph G. Cobur
Mr. Rawn
Pleasant Street
Fueral
Pleasing Personality and Pride Loss Shocks Menon Officials
The death of I. G. Rawn shocked Menon officials deeply. Harry Alexander, district panies.
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I. G. Rawn
Harry Alexander
Panies
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Cambridge
Western Miners’ Federation
Palmer
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America
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Ralph G. Coburn
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Laird Bell
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Kentucky Central Railroad
Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad
Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern Railway
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