State and federal clash over North Carolina railroad case
Washington reports that Governor Glenn of North Carolina and Assistant Attorney General Sanford met in Raleigh to resolve a dispute over railroad control. If the governor resists peace proposals, federal steps may be taken to enforce judge Pritchard's orders, potentially involving deputy marshals or federal troops, while the Justice Department seeks a settlement.
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Sistant Sanford
United States
Pritchard
Roosevelt
Department of Justice
Sanford
Rail clash deepens as North Carolina resists federal offer
In Asheville on July 3 authorities face a rising crisis as Gov Glenn refuses to consider Sanford peace terms. The state moves ahead with indictments for rate law violations while federal planners push for injunction hearings habeas appeals and a broad supreme court submission.
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United States
Sanford
Gov
Glenn
Denial of Railroad Rate Squabble In White House Row
Secretary Loeb denied North Carolina reports that the president directs the moves of Assistant Attorney General Sanford in the railroad rate dispute. The denial came from Oyster Bay on July 25 in a public-statement briefing.
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United Press
Oyster Bay
N. Y
Loeb
North Carolina
Sanford
Italian contractor fatally shot in street by unknown assailant
United Press reports in Chicago that Mike Mariano an Italian labor contractor was fatally wounded at midnight by a man who shot him in the back. Police suspect the killer acted under orders from a secret noctilety to which Mariano belonged.
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United Press
Chicago
Mike Mariano
Mariano
TWO MARTS FOR GIRL SLAVES IN UNITED STATES
Special to The Sun. San Francisco July 25 reports of hundreds of Chinese girls sold into slavery in the United States. Federal actions aim to curb a nationwide slave trade run by importers and agents. Victims are smuggled from China and shipped to San Francisco Seattle Chicago New York and Philadelphia. Prices range from two to three thousand dollars as promise of wives collapses into forced labor.
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The
Sun
San Francisco
Cal
Joe King
Chin Kim You
King
Orient
United States
St. Louis
Oakland
Bay
California
Chicago
Salt Lake City
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Philadelphia
China
Seattle
Mazatlan
Mexico
Frowa
International Line
America
Ah Loo
Two agitators jailed as labor unrest grows in Minnesota
Gov. Johnson tours the iron ranges and says troop call is unwarranted though miners strike. Strikers appeal to enforce saloon laws, raise 10000 for cooperative stores and legal defense. Two agitators arrested at Bovey for concealed weapons. An Ely organizer beaten and jailed after mob escort. Mass meetings condemn strike. 500 deputies at Bovey Coleraine and Hibbing sworn in, armed and patrolling mine approaches.
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Duluth
Minn
Johnson
Bovey
Ely
Colerane
Hibbing
Salvation Army Plans First Indiana Camp Meeting at Greenwood Park
The Salvation Army announces its first annual Indiana camp meeting at Greenwood park from Friday to August 5. Brigadier A Lamb of Chicago with Major and Mrs. Galley of Indianapolis will command. A band and songster brigade with orchestra will headline activities including a downtown parade and open air meeting. An evening music festival is set for July 31 and August 2 features The Drunkard's Home Demonstration. Col. Miles and Maj. Fynn of Chicago oversee events with an illustrated lecture on Practical Philanthropy and worship sessions continuing through August 3.
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Diana
A. Lamb
Chicago
Greenwood
Miles
Maj. Fynn
Union Station
Terminal Station
Greenwood Park
Boy Prisoner Escapes During Funeral Service
Elmer Marsh a 16 year old inmate of the Indiana School for Boys Plainfield escaped from Officer Ernest Bereman by climbing from a second story window at his stepmother 3313 East New York Street during his father s funeral. Marsh died recently at City Hospital and the body was turned over to a medical college after no one claimed it. His wife later arranged a respectable burial after learning of the body s disposition. The boy had been allowed to attend the funeral but disappeared and remains unfound.
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Medical College
Elmer Marsh
Indiana School For Boys
Plainfield
Ernest Bereman
New York St
Marsh
Roosevelt and Bryan Face Off in Gop Dem Clash
Florida Governor Broward says Roosevelt and Bryan are the foremost citizens of the nation. He argues Bryan would beat any Republican not named Roosevelt, while Roosevelt defends the people’s rights and opposes party manipulators. Broward compares party factions to corporation influences and calls tariff a local issue.
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Broward
LaFollette
Wisconsin
Roosevelt
Col
Bryan
Society Notes From Lafayette To Covington Weddings
Local society pages detail visits of Mrs. Eva Griggs and Miss Eleanor Murphy, travels of Miss Edith Dooney and Miss Nellie Evans, and several weddings. Notable ceremonies include Miss Maude Richardson and Mr. Morton E. Lockhart at Rev. Albert Hurlstone's home, Miss Ida Thomas and Mr. Earl Beeson at 1178 Sprucest, plus Edna Elizabeth Stout and Roy Wentworth Thompson at Mr. and Mrs. Adam Stout’s Broadway home. Guests travel from Indianapolis, Covington, Eaton, and Rockville for ceremonies and visits.
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Ida Thomas
Earl Beeson
Covington
Sprucest
H. C. Clippinger
Edwin Ray M. E. Church
Adam Stout
Broadway
Edna Elizabeth Stout
Roy Wentworth Thompson
Mr. Brown
Plainfield
Ormah Stephenson
Gladys Cline
Dyer Lemon
Arthur Cline
John Walker
Rockville
Harriet van Dorah
Dillsboro
Henrietta Nicholson
Tipton
May Steele
Aurora
Storm uprooted trees near Mount Vernon
A heavy rain and electrical storm passed over the country a few miles north of Mount Vernon Indiana today causing extensive damage. Hundreds of acres of corn were blown down trees were broken and uprooted and thousands of shocks of wheat not yet shelled were washed away.
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Mount Vernon
Ind
Here
FIND LAND IS POOR
Representatives of Indiana counties argued before the State Board of Tax Commissioners for a 15 percent assessment rate increase. Hearst of Putnam County credited an adding machine with adding 1,660 acres to the tax duplicate. Most counties conceded land across the fence from adjoining counties is better, except Auditor Temuel Shipman of Benton County who said Benton land is the state’s best. Interurban lines were cited as boosting land prices by 5 to 15 percent along their routes.
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State Board of Tax Commissioners
Hearst
Putnam County
Temuel Shipman
Benton County
SUMMET UNDER BOND CHARGED WITH VIOLATING REVENUE LAWS
J L Summer of Terre Haute was arrested by Deputy U S Marshal David Rankin and brought to Indianapolis. He faced charges of operating a saloon purchased under a former government license and had a preliminary hearing before United States Commissioner Young. He was bound over on $200 bond.
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J. L. Summer
Terre Haute
United States
David Rankin
Indianapolis
Young
Leopold to quit in Congo revealed in Belgian accord
A Belgian note says King Leopold's long effort to avoid Congo annexation will end as Congo Free State passes to Belgium. Transfer will shift control from Leopold and Congo officers to the Belgian government, ending the era of personal rule in Congo affairs.
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Sage
Belgium
Leopold
Congo
Congo Free State
Cole Under Arrest in St Louis for Bogus Checks
Trailed from Chicago by a woman, James Kelley Cole, a poet, philosopher and novelist, was arrested in St Louis on charges of passing bogus checks and breaking his bond. A room search uncovered paraphernalia for coining half dollars.
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United Press
ST. Louis
Chicago
James Kelley Cole
Anarchists on Trial In Germany Open Meeting Case
Twenty nine anarchists were brought to trial in Mannheim for holding an open air revolutionary meeting without a police permit. Ring leaders face six weeks in prison while all participants could receive up to one month.
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United Press
Mannheim
Germany
Oklahoma Prohibition and Constitution Vote Set for Sept 17
Governor Frantz issued a proclamation calling a statewide election in Guthrie on September 17 to ratify or reject the proposed state constitution to vote on statewide prohibition and to elect state, congressional, judicial, legislative, county and township officers.
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United Press
Guthrie
Okla
Frantz
Secretary Appointments Include Legation Roles Abroad
In Oyster Bay July 2, the president announced appointments naming James Bailey of Kentucky as secretary of the legation at Copenhagen Denmark Norman Hutchinson of California as secretary of legation and consul general to Roumanis Servia.
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United Press
Oyster Bay
N. Y
James Bailey
Kentucky
Copenhagen
Denmark
Norman Hutchinson
California
Roumanis
Servia
Knife Fatality in Chicago Husband Detained After Attempted Suicide
Mrs. Emanuel Bloom, 35, was stabbed to death in her Chicago home early today. Her husband claimed he found her in a bloodied kitchen and later attempted suicide by jumping from the porch. He was hospitalized under guard as police investigate the killing.
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Chicago
Emanuel Bloom
Bloom
Evan L. Barryte
Barryte
Police probe signals major NYPD shakeup promised
Police Commissioner Bingham starts a broad investigation into the NYPD and officer conditions, signaling a reform push not seen since the Lexow era. The probe aims to overhaul departmental practices and address widespread issues affecting the force.
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New York
Bingham
Kaiser’s Boy Engaged In Royal Alliance
Special to The Sun reports Berlin July engagement of German emperor’s fourth son Prince August William to Princess Alexandra of Schleswig Holstein Gluckaburg branch. Prince born January 26 1887 and bride April 3 1887.
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Berlin
Europe
Prince August William
Alexandra of
Schleswig- Holstein
Gluckaburg
Augustenburg
Jolly Fellow Killed Himself in Fort Wayne Office
Frank Young, a 12 year Adams Express messenger on the Pennsylvania line between Pittsburg and Fort Wayne, visited the local office yesterday evening, drank carbolic acid, and died after convulsions. His wife, married 18 years, was at his side. they had no children. Young was a well known jovial figure at Pennsylvania stations.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
Frank Young
Adams Express
Pennsylvania
Pittsburg
Young
Peary Ready for Last Polar Trip to North Pole
Commander Robert E. Peary plans his fifth dash for the north pole hoping to plant the American flag at the magnetic point within ten days sail. He will sail from the Grantland coast to North Sydney to pick up Eskimo crews and dogs, then head to Utah for coal before a yearlong isolation, with the winter campaign ending next February.
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Peary
North
Roosevelt
Maine
Grantland
North Sydney
Utah
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