Wife Urges Moyer To Turn State Evidence
Boise Idaho July 6 special to Denver News rumor says Mrs Moyer pleads with her husband to testify for the prosecution and save himself Moyer reportedly refuses to perjure himself yet may tell truth on stand as planned Darrow argues adjournment to Monday aids preparation for Moyer Haywood testimony details involve Society women Mrs Cobb and Western Federation of Miners in Boise local Woman's club public discussion
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Boise
Idaho
Denver News
Moyer
Darrow
Richardson
Haywood
Orchard
Marion Moor Details Letter and Witness Delays in Trial
Marion W Moor of McCabe Ariz testifies as the first defense witness in the Narrows trial and confirms he promised to carry a letter to Alaska for Harry Orchard while noting fellow witness Frank Schmelzer was killed en route to Boise. Darrow flags possible one day delay to obtain further testimony. Moor recalls meeting Orchard in Denver in 1904 and mailing a letter from Nome to Mrs Orchard in Colorado as part of Orchard s plan to sever ties with a woman Maine Today reporting continues with Moor s Alaska voyage memories.
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Marion Moor
Boise
Alaska
Marion W. Moor
McCabe
Ariz
Western Federation of Miners
Schmelzer
Moor
Harry Orchard
Nome
Orchard
Colorado
Moore
Denver
Courthouse Square
Couer d'Alenes
Seventeenth Street
105
Echoed
Letter Incident Recalled in Orchard Case Testimony
On August 12 1905 Moor recalled mailing a letter two days later. He did not ask if the recipient was Orchard's wife. Orchard called her "that woman" and wished to be rid of her. Moor testified he had spoken with Orchard three or four times before the letter.
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Moor
Orchard
Haywood trial nears end as defense wraps case
In Boise Idaho on July 5 1922 the Haywood trial moved toward conclusion with defense counsel stating that except for three or four witnesses their case is before the jury. Moyer and Haywood prepare to testify while both sides seek to strike unrelated evidence and demand connections to the central case. Judge Wood urged prompt jury instructions and rapid preparation to avoid further delay.
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Orchard
Owen Barnes
Barnes
J. Wolff
George Pettibone
Pettibone
San Francisco
Bradley
Wolff
Boise
Idaho
Haywood
Moyer
Federation
Wood
Commission Firm Appeals World Herald in Nebraska Tax Fight
Clay, Robinson and Co., the South Omaha branch of a Chicago commission firm, appeals district court over county board assessment. The firm listed 725 but faced 25,000 by the county assessor, a figure confirmed after protest and a public hearing. Manager Reed notes banking and cattle-loan activity in Nebraska exceed 25,000, though bookkeeping is in Chicago and argues credits should not be taxed locally.
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South Omaha
Chicago
Gas Belt Exposition Planned in Pierre This Fall
Pierre South Dakota reports a city lease from the Northwestern rail road for half a block near the business district to host the gas belt exposition. Funds exist to ensure the event this fall with a stockholders’ organization to be formed after articles of incorporation are filed. Executive committee of the board of trade will act as temporary officers to begin work promptly, aiming for a mid September exposition.
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Black Hills
Pierre
S. D
Board of Trade
Northwestern Railroad
Exposition Corporation
War Medals Awarded in Washington for Russo-Japanese War
The emperor of Japan has bestowed war medals on 29 Americans who participated in the Russo-Japanese conflict. The list includes ten women volunteer nurses and nineteen American newspaper correspondents.
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Washington, D. C
Wisconsin Cyclone Death Toll Rises in Wisconsin Path
St Paul July 6 Twenty one people are known killed as a tornado plowed a one mile to a few rods wide path over Central Wisconsin counties Wednesday night. Dozens injured and heavy property damage reported. Oakdale near La Crosse records multiple deaths including Mr and Mrs Dame and Mrs Gutterfield fatally injured. Oakdale nearly wiped out with many buildings torn down. Warren's Mills reports buildings blown down with no injuries.
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Twister
Wisconsin ST. Paul
Wisconsin
Lacrosse
Wis
la Crosse
Oakdale
John Dame
William Gutterfield
Warren's Mills
Rockefeller Arrives in Chicago Ahead of Court Appearance
Unofficial reports indicate John D. Rockefeller reached Chicago last night and will go to Harold F. McCormick’s home before facing Judge Landis at 10 a m today. A large crowd is anticipated, with U S marshals guarding the courthouse as Rockefeller testifies.
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Rockefeller
Chicago
United States
Sims
John D. Rockefeller
Harold F. McCormick
Landis
Plattsmouth Flood Drowns Two Greek Laborers
A July 8 flood in Plattsmouth Nebraska from a heavy thunderstorm floods streets and cellars. Two Greek laborers are reported drowned and two more missing as the Burlington yards shed buildings and ferries on the river are washed away. Water cascaded from 8 to 9:30 p m causing structural collapses and widespread damage to crops is feared due to hail.
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Plattsmouth
Neb
Burlington Yards
Kraft Clothing Company
B. E. Westcott Company
Printer Gets Damages Awarded Against Seattle Union
D. E. Johnson, a printer, was awarded 3500 damages against Seattle Typographical Union No 202 for expulsion from the union and loss of work. He had to leave Seattle, took a non union job in Los Angeles, and sued for 90000 arguing the union was not incorporated. The case tested union liability and entity status for damages.
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Seattle
Federal District Court
D. E. Johnson
Seattle Typographical Union
Johnson
Los Angeles
Rockefeller Answers Tells Judge Landis About Standard Oil
John D. Rockefeller surrendered before Judge Landis and disclosed details about Standard Oil that the company had argued were not within the court’s business. He described connections between Standard Oil of Indiana and the New Jersey entity, and noted the NJ firm’s annual dividends of 40 percent on its capital of 100 million dollars.
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Landis
Standard Oil
Chicago
John D. Rockefeller
Kenesaw Landis
United States District Court
Standard Oils
Standard Oil Company of
Indiana
Standard Oi Company of
New Jersey
Rockefeller Guido
New Jersey Corporation
Tragic Train Death Tells Of Miners Leader Smelzer
Frank Smelzer of Silverton Colorado, a Western Federation of Miners leader, was crushed by a Denver & Rio Grande train as he boarded the wrong westbound car to Boise to testify in the Haywood defense. He died two hours later after attempts to save him and surgeries removing both legs.
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Denver
Frank Smelzer
Silverton
Colo
Western Federation of Miners
Denver & Rio Grande
Boise
Idaho
Haywood
Pullman
Eleventh
Wypkoop
Orchard
Smelzer
Independence Depot
Smelter
Nick Rose Ends Life After Being Captured in Minnesota
Nick Rose the horse thief sentenced by Judge Rice to three years in the penitentiary was captured at Albert Lea Minnesota on Thursday and placed in jail. That evening he killed himself in the jail though the method was not specified. The report, relayed to Sheriff Moses of Butte county, confirms the arrest on suspicion of being the escaped thief and the fatal self destruction. Earlier Rose had jumped a train near Worthington while in custody. prior to capture he had requested Deputy Sheriff Trathen to poison him if liberty seemed gone, implying he would die rather than be recaptured.
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Nick Rose
Rice
Belle Fourche
Albert Lea
Minn
Moses
Butte County
Rose
Trathen
Worthington
Harper
Roge
Big Lead
Elk Creek
William Trathen
Sheriff Moses to Visit Scene for Identification
The Albert Lea message asked Sheriff Moses to come at once to the place to identify the dead man. It is probable that Sheriffs Moses and Trathen will depart for that location this evening.
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Albert Lea
Moses
Trathen
Subway Plan for Chicago Extensive City Wide System
An ordinance introduces a Chicago Subway, Arcade and Traction project covering Evanston to the Indiana line and Austin to the lake front. William Penn Nixon presides the Chicago Subway company which seeks New York financing. The plan features 18 by 13 feet cars, surface routes, and a five cent fare with city takeover after thirty years. Construction targets three miles in five years and the full system in ten.
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Windy City
Chicago
Evanston
Indiana Line
Austin
Lake Front
Alderman Dunn
Chicago Subway, Arcade and Traction Company
William Penn Nixon
New York
Randolph
Monroe Streets
Board of Control
July Fourth Fatalities in Nation Rise in Reports
Chicago July 6 Corrected reports show the nations grim sacrifices amid fervent patriotism. Early tallies already near last year, the highest in a decade, with final death counts due in about two weeks as full figures are compiled.
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Chicago
Home Grown Lumber Saw Mill Turns Cottonwood Into Dimension Stuff
PLEARE S D July 6 What promises to change lumber prices is a small mill run by Smith Bros near the Missouri River about twenty five miles below town. They cut cottonwood for interior work and have shipped 40000 feet by boat last week.
Convicts Mutiny Over Breakfast Hash at Nebraska Prison
One hundred twenty five Nebraska penitentiary inmates mutinied on Saturday to press for better food. They refused to work in the brown factory and gathered in the yard defying guards, until Warden Beemer ordered their return to cells. He noted the hash was slightly cool and promised correction, warning bread and water if they refuse Monday.
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Lincoln
Neb
Nebraska Penitentiary
Brown
Beemer
Union Amalgamation Plan From Western Federation of Miners
Denver July 5 A sweeping labor move aimed at uniting major U S unions under an industrial framework was outlined in the Western Federation of Miners new preamble. Delegates planned a Chicago October 1 convention to merge miners with Brewery Workers and others, potentially fielding a presidential candidate to advance workers’ rights. The convention rejected a cook and service labor inclusion in mining, amid a tight vote. A two thirds local vote threshold for strikes was adopted replacing a three fourths rule.
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Denver
International
United States
Western Federation of Miners
Federation
Chicago
Brewery Workers of America
Industrial Workers of the World
Mine Workers of
Sinois
Mining Department
Industrial Worker
The
World
Jong
Vitter
Vincent St John
Nevada
M. R. Preston
Joseph Smith
Craft Is A Sleuth Pierre S 10 July 8
Craft head of the newly organized fire marshal department of the elite insurance departments has completed sending out blanks required to be sent in by local officers and started his first work on sleuth to investigate suspicions tied to several fires. He will seek whether these suspicions have factual basis or if informants will back up claims when tested.
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Pierre
Faculty Boasts Viermillion Annual Controversy
The junior class published an annual with 200 copies kept by the regents for advertising. Most copies sold, but regents refuse to remove twelve objectionable pages. Pages target fealty members with “slams” and the business manager may concede to the regents or seek another outlet for the consignment.
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Viermillion
Federal
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Gas Belt Exposition
B. S. Bunch
Blacksmith
Hulett, Wyo
Subway
Union Amalgamation
Craft
Board of Regents
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