BIC Land Lottery Advance Guard On Ground
Unusual interest surrounds the opening of western Montana and northern Idaho land reserves for Uncle Sam's 750000 acre lottery. About 150000 people are expected to register in Missoula Kalispell Couer d Alene and Spokane July 16 to August (morning August 9 start) as advance parties reach Spokane Coeur d Alene and Kalispell. Rail officials report heavy inquiries and tents may be needed in parks and suburbs to house homeseekers.
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Spokane
Wash
Flathead Reservation
Montana
Coeur d’Alene
Idaho
Washington
Missoula
Kalispell
Mont
Couer d'Alene
Uncle Sam
United States
Eastman letter found on body details tragedy and flight
The note to actress wife Vinnie Bradcome describes claim of his body and property, a bungalow and land, and a sale to cash out. He admits involvement in a deadly event with Edith and two other couples from Annapolis, claiming self preservation and deep remorse.
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St. Michaels
Eastman
Vinnie Bradcome
Vinnie
McDaniel
Talbot County
Mary
Shanahan & Wrighton
Easton
Annapolis
Edith
Lea named on Irrigation Congress program in Spokane
Pierre June 30 The name of H. Lea South Dakota state engineer has been placed on the program of the 17th National Irrigation Congress to be held in Spokane August 9 to 14. Lea is a well informed western expert and a vigorous advocate for irrigation.
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Irrigation Congress
Pierre
H. Lea
South Dakota
National Irrigation Congress
Spokane
Lea
Getting Ready for Flight by Wright Brothers
Washington reports the Wright brothers repaired damage to a wing and tuned their motor as they prepared for flight. High winds postponed the launch, with a new attempt dependent on improving weather later today.
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Washington
Wright Bros
Cnotil
South Dakota reps to attend Good Roads Congress in Seattle
For Good Roads Pierre June 30 Hon E C Seenhuth of Redfield and J R Dalton of Woonsocket will represent South Dakota at the American congress of good road builders in Seattle the first week in July. Mr Dalton has already left for that city.
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Pierre
E. C. Seenhuth
Redfield
J. R. Dalton
Woonsocket
South Dakota
American Congress of Good Road Builders
Seattle
Dalton
Des Moines Man Elmer Jamison Fatally Shot Wife and Parents-in-law
A Des Moines man Elmer Littlepage killed his wife and her parents yesterday afternoon then shot five more times into their bodies. He fled but was later found dead near Valley Junction with a bullet in his temple, apparently suicide after a posse pursued him all night. The wife escaped unharmed.
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Valley Junction
Temple
Des Moines
Cal Littlepage
Elmer Jamison
Littlepage
Littlepapge
Pierre Lodge Near Camp Hisogee In the Hills
Doane Robinson arrived from the hills region to oversee the Pierre Lodge project near Camp Hisogee. The 36 by 46 foot two-story building will cost about 3000 dollars, with 13 rooms and bathrooms and complete homelike conveniences, surrounded by double deck porches for Pierreites who visit the Hills in summer.
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Pierre Lodge
Black Hills
Pierre
Doane Robinson
Hills
Income Tax Debate Aids Possible Constitutional Amendment
Washington reports June 30. Senators discussed precedence for an income tax amendment and linking it to tariff schedules. Bailey of Texas urged passing an income tax bill first and then a constitutional amendment if needed to reassure skeptics. Tillman’s tea duty proposal failed 18 to 25 in the Senate.
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Washington
Brown
Nebraska
Aldrich
Senate
Friends of
Bailey
Texas
Tillman
Small Fire Near Belle Fourche Wool Shelters
A midnight fire alarm sent Belle Fourche firefighters to a box car near the wool warehouses with little damage likely. Wool wagons fill all local roads, posing fire risk to nearby resources. Mrs. Margaret OConnor dies after brief heart illness leaving husband Michael and a teen son. funeral lists Pittsburgh burial. Rev. Perrin travels to Chicago for his father’s illness. Benedicts ranch at Mooreau. Miss Hall visits Mrs Craven on South Indian.
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Belle Fourche
Margaret O'Connor
Pennsylvania
Michael O'Connor
O’connor
D. of H. Here
D. J. Perrin
Chicago
W. E. Benedict
Moreau
Ethel Hall
A. C. Craven
Honorary Degrees Awarded at Yale Commencement
Yale College awarding about a dozen honorary degrees at the commencement exercises in New Haven. Among the honorees were Aliakim H. Morthead of the University of Chicago mathematics, Admiral Sperry, and Secretary Dickinson of the War Department.
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Yale
New Haven
Yale College
Aliakim H. Morthead
University of Chicago
Sperry
Dickinson
War Department
Cyclone Death Toll Rises Across North Dakota Towns
Reports from North Dakota recount a cyclone yesterday near Minnewaukan and Devils Lake killing several and injuring many. Leeds records eight deaths while the Anes family near Niles suffers severe injuries. a baby was found unharmed after the storm carried 200 yards. Wires down cut communications in the region.
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St. Paul
Minnewauken
North Dakota
Minnewaukan
Leeds
N. D
Erick Urges
Devils Lake
Anes
Niles
Taft Delivers Address at Yale Hadley Exercises
Taft arrived in New Haven in his special car and was escorted to Woolsey Hall for commencement exercises. He wore cap and gown as President Hadley conferred degrees and Taft gave the address of honor. He later visited the Hadley home and will attend the alumni dinner at University Hall.
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Taft
New Haven
Conn
Woolsey Hall
Hadley
University Hall
New Bishop of Peoria Named by Pope Dunne Succeeds Resigning Spalding
Rev Edmund 11 Dunne is named by the pope as Bishop of Peoria Illinois to succeed Bishop Spalding who resigns due to ill health. Advices from Rome received in Chicago confirm the appointment on June 30.
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Chicago
Edmund 11 Dunne
Peoria
Rome
Dunne
Spalding
Capitol Building Notes from Pierre June 10
The Pierre dispatch reports progress on South Dakota's state house with new masonry complete. Prof. N. E. Hansen of Brookings College reviews grounds and designs for parking and landscaping while artists bid on interior murals. Clerks display historical imagery to guide decoration. Steel ribs for the domes are being installed.
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Call
Pierre
State House
N. E. Hansen
Brookings College
Hansen
Statehouse
Union
South Dakota
Capitol
Election Supervisor Appointed at Thunder Hawk Polling Place
Governor Vessey appoints E F Curts of Lemmon to replace Logan Berry as supervisor of elections at Thunder Hawk in Corson County district. Curts assumes duties in June.
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Pierre
Vessey
EF. C. Curts
Lemmon
Logan Berry
Thunder Hawk
Corson
Police continue to question Melix Sharkey in bomb case
In Chicago on June 30 police officers pressed Melix Sharkey for information about the recent explosion. They did not disclose any new findings and his bonds were raised to a higher amount as the investigation continues.
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Chicago
Cers Tadiy
Melix Sharkey
W'1
Avgamies Ss
Sign Prohibiting Public Treating Displayed in Saloons
Notice sent to liquor dealers and Lawrence county authorities explains a law banning public treating in saloons. It requires a four inch high sign reading Public Treating is Prohibited by Law in a conspicuous place and sets fines from five to ten dollars for first offense and ten to forty dollars for a second offense.
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Lawrence County
Immense iron deposits near railway line face high transport costs
Spokane reports immense iron ore deposits along the Chicago Milwaukee and Puget Sound right of way. Albert L. Flewelling, a company executive and Pacific Northwest Forest and Conservation leader, says mining at a profit is impossible under current conditions for at least the life of the present generation due to transport costs coal or coke prices and limestone shortages. Deposits near Milwaukee lines extend into the Couer d Alene reservation in northern Idaho with no gold shown in explored prospe cts.
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Spokane
Wash
Chicago, Milwaukee & Puget Sound Railway
Albert L. Flewelling
Pacific Northwest Forest and Conservation Association
Lake Superior
Flewelling
Milwaukee Lines
Couer d'Alene
Idaho
Another Shooting Heats Up Political Gang Feud in St Louis
In St Louis on July 1 William Wright fatally shot Charles Lozer at the Wright home amid a political gang feud tied to the assassination of Fred Mohrle. Wright feared an attack after William Young was killed and said Lozer came to harm him.
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St. Louis
Fred Mohrle
William Wright
Charles Lozer
Lozer
Wright
William Young
Indictments Return Eight Against Sugar Refining Firm
Federal grand jury returns indictments against eight men linked to the American Sugar Refining Co for conspiracy in restraint of trade in manufacturing and shipping refined sugar. Each man faces fourteen counts and is due in court next Tuesday morning for further hearing. Bail was set.
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Newark
Federal Grand Jury Today
American Sugar Refining Co
Yale Harvard Regatta Draws Visitors To Four Mile Race
New London Conn June 30 The advance guard of visitors arrive for the Yale Harvard regatta to be held tomorrow. Both crews are in good form with Harvard favored by heavier weights and eight veterans to Yale’s two. The race will be four miles upstream.
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New London
Conn
Harvard
Yale
Socialist Paper in Trouble in Chicago
Following a vicious personal attack on the mayor in the Chicago Daily Socialist a representative of the mayor asked the post office inspector to bar the paper from the mails. The matter was referred to the U S district attorney. Corporation Counsel Brundage indicated he would initiate action against the paper.
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Socialist
Chicago
Chicago Daily Socialist
United States
Brundage
Bingham Fired Shocks New York City Politics
Mayor McClellan dismissed Commissioner Bingham for not carrying out orders to cut staff and dismiss officials. Deputy Baker was promoted temporarily, and Deputy Henson resigned after his dismissal demand. The move sparks a political tempest and will influence next spring’s municipal campaign.
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New York
McClellan
Bingham
Baker
Henson
Hingrass Indifferent in Westminster Murder Hearing
Wyllie Hingrass appeared in Westminster police court charged with wilful murder. He showed no emotion during arraignment and was remanded to jail. He claimed the death was unintentional and occurred in self defense when the doctor advanced to grab him.
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Hingrass
Wyllie
London
Hingras
Westminster
Central America burden tests Knox and Root policies
Washington laments the costly Central American burden with five US naval vessels patrolling the coast. It questions benevolent diplomacy and calls for stronger American investment and gunboat leverage to keep despots from stalling development and harming American interests.
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Washington
Central America
Knox
State Department
Root
North America
Mobile
Zelaya
Nicaragua
Honduras
United States
Tropica
Dubuque
Albany
Vicksburg
Paducah
Marietta
Andrew Carnegie
Knox Aims to Establish New Order of Things
Fragmentary text hints at Secre tary Knox seeking a shift in governance. The content mentions forming a new framework and a fresh start, with emphasis on restructuring policies and authority to guide future actions.
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Tary Knox
Troops to Save Negro in Covington Ruffian Attack
Covington Louisiana July 1 news reports a mob led by the father of Irene Svock ta a nine year old girl attacks in the swamp where a Black suspect Harris Morris B Ehman aged 17 is said to be hiding. The sheriff appeals to the governor as troops from New Orleans are expected to be sent to avert lynching.
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Covington
Joe
Irene Svock Ta
Morris B. Ehman
New Orleans
Mayor Busse Critical Then Improves, Chicago
A July 1 bulletin states Mayor Busse grew weaker since midnight and is in critical condition. A noon update says his condition is improving though not yet out of danger.
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Chicago
Busse
Prominent Kansan J. E. Robinson Dies in Eldorado
Eldorado Kansas July 2 prominent Kansan J E Robinson former Illinois state senator and Kansas horticultural board member and Kansas railroad commissioner died here this morning of a cerebral hemorrhage. Robinson served as president of the state board of agriculture and president of the Kansas Cattlemen's association. He formerly headed the Whitewater stock farm.
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Kansan
Eldorado
Kan
J. E Robinson
Illinois
Stat Horticultural Board of
Kansas
Kansas Railroad Commission
Robinson
State Board of Agriculture
Kansay Cattiemen’s Association
Whitewater Stock Farm
Harvard Crew Triumphs Over Yale In Four Oared Race
New London Conn July 1 Harvard four oared crew defeated Yale by six lengths finishing in 11 28. Yale clocked 12 58. Harvard carried the heavier crew and rode a light southwest wind amid a 40 000 spectator crowd along the Thames course under the drawbridge. In the freshmen race Harvard won by 18 lengths in 11 21 30 over Yale.
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New London
Conn
Harvard
Thames
Yale
Ebiaaigs
Aftermath of Ca labria quakes wrecks walls and shelters
Messina reports two earthquakes shaking the city and leveling shelters and improvised structures. Falling debris injures many residents in a panic, though no serious injuries are recorded. Shocks are felt across Calabria.
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Messina
Calabria
Reguia Earthquake Strikes Messina Area Again
Seismic shocks at Reguia today caused widespread wall collapses from the December quake. Deaths are comparatively few due to the absence of large buildings, but the tremor is described as stronger than the previous event. The quake features an undulating vertical movement with deep rumblings.
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Messina
Reguia
Taft Home Washington July 1 Taft Returns From New Haven
President Taft arrived at his Washington residence this morning returning from New Haven after a trip. The event marks Taft's briefing schedule and ongoing duties in the capital.
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Taft
Washington
New Haven
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