Crippen Case Acquits Miss Leneve in Accessory Trial
In London this morning Miss Leneve faced the court as accessory after the fact in the murder of Mrs. Belle Elmore Crippen. She pleaded not guilty and was acquitted after a brief trial. Lord Chief Justice Alverstone showed sympathy. the crowd cheered at the verdict.
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London
Tremblieg
Mies Leneve
Belle Elmore Crippen
Bruce Miller
Chicago
Eithel Clare ‘Lemere
Belle IM
Principal Assaulted by Parent in Montrose
Prof W J Packer principal of Olathe High School was attacked by ranchman W Berry after Packer kept Berry's son after school. Berry allegedly knocked him down choked and beat him. Large students intervened and Berry was arrested awaiting trial in police and district courts.
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Montrose
Colo
W. J. Packer
Olathe High School
W. Berry
Packer
Berry
Railroads set temporary freight rate cut after court ruling
Western railroads filed a schedule of reduced rates on freight from the east of Pittsburgh to Mississippi and Missouri River cities. The cuts take effect tomorrow and run until November 10, following a Supreme Court opinion. It was expected no rate increase would occur.
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Washington
Western Railroads Today
Pittsburg
Mississippi
Migouri River
Supreme Court
Remarkable Silver Ore Finds Near Wallace Maine
In Wallace on Oct 25 miners report extraordinary silver ore samples near Wind Ricoh Mink extracting up to 12000 ounces per ton in a liver. Ordinary ore runs 40 to 100 ounces per ton and rich masses of native silver appear as oddly structured ore. The most valuable ore isn’t the showiest, yet miners have extensive specimen collections.
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Wind Ricoh
Mink
Wallace
Parole Board Opens as Greene and Gaynor Seek Pardons
The Federal penitentiary parole board in Atlanta began its first session to review 200 pardon and parole requests. Notable applicants include Greene and Gaynor, New York contractors linked to Savannah harbor frauds, with Carter the former U S Army captain having served time. Charles Morse, ex ice magnate and Bank of North America owner, cannot apply yet as he has not completed a year of his fifteen year term.
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Parole Board of the
Federal Penitentiary
Congress
Greene
Gaynor
New York City
Savannah Harbor
Oberlin Carter
United States Army
Privy Council
England
Supreme Court of the United States
Charles W. Morse
Bank of North America
Portland Census Recount Not Feared by City Officials
Portland supervisor C. Beach says the count was honest and errors were unintentional. He would welcome a recount, believing the city now has over 15 000 more people than the April 1 tally and that a full recount could push the total well above 212 000 even with a five percent refusal.
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Portland
Ore
8. C. Beach
Beach
Golf Champion Weds In New Jersey Wedding
Orange New Jersey October 26 A notable wedding united golf expert Miss Mix daughter of Mr and Mrs J Rowland Mix New York with Mr Arthur Howard Bright of Toronto The bride a former metropolitan champion and the event was followed by a large reception at the Essex County country club
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Orange
N. J
Mise Mix
J. Rowland Mix
New York
Arthur Howard Bright
Toronto
Essex County Country Club
Government alleges books destroyed after court order
Chicago October 25 government claims Armur Packing Company destroyed Ordered books to hide them from court. Contempt case against company officers postponed to November 24 after district attorney and Levi Mayor agreed.
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Chicago
Levi Mayor
Armur Packing Company
Balloon America II Missing After Quiet Silence
New York reports no news on the balloon America II with friends fearing for its safety. It is thought to be lost in Canada’s wilds. A Toronto agent for the Canadian Pacific railroad says Chapleau saw a balloon Thursday night that could be the America II.
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New York
Canada
Toronto
Ont
Canadian Pacific Railroad
Chapleau
Wrights win world aviation premier at Belmont Park
Orville Wright flies his new racer at Belmont Park achieving speeds around 60 mph with potential for 80 mph. The Grand Coupe international aviation premier aid trophy of the world is expected to stay in America after his morning flight.
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Orville Wright
Belmont Park
America
Another Aviator Killed in War Plane Crash
Berlin reports Lieut. Menthe of the German army was killed at Magdeburg when his Wright aeroplane fell from the air. The fatal accident occurred today as he piloted the aircraft, reflecting ongoing dangers faced by pilots during military aviation.
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Berlin
Lieut. Menthe
Magdeburg
Aberdeen arrest for adultery linked to Dewey county pair
Deputy Sheriff J. Shaffer returned from Isabel with Fred Wendt and Margaret Perry sought on adultery charges. The couple was detained at an Isabel residence and transported to Aberdeen after a Cheyenne Junction engine breakdown delayed the trip. Both are known locally with Perry owning a Dewey county homestead and Wendt working as a carpenter nearby.
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Aberdeen
Sherif J
Shaffer
Isabel
Dewey County
Fred Wendt
Margaret Perry
Cheyenne Junction
Wendt
Mud and Warships Aid Stricken Islands Report
Naples Oct 2 dispatch says three hundred soldiers toil to bring relief to the Mricken section as thirty feet of mud cover roads hampering efforts. The King has sent warships to nearby islands where damage is extensive.
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Naples
Ias
Airship Plans Westward Atlantic Crossing From Canary Islands
New York reports Joseph Brucker plans a westward Atlantic crossing with the Suchard dirigible from Tenerife next February. The 200 foot craft with 8500 cubic meters of gas uses two 200 horsepower motors and a 356 foot lifeboat. Ballast water tanks will manage sun heat, pumped automatically to maintain altitude.
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Brucker
Munich
Canary Islands
Teneriife
Cadiz
Teneriffe
Porto ‘Rica
Hayti
Cuba
New Orleans
Wellman
Melvin Vaniman
Probable Solution of Bones Found Near Cave Hills
A long-read mystery recounts a 19th century find of man and horse bones with a saddle near Cave Hills. It describes a passing stranger named Schilling, suspected foul play, and a 1894 tale of two boys missing near Dickinson with partial remains recovered.
Sixty Boxes of Apples From a Single Tree
Portland Oregon October 24 sixty boxes of apples from a single tree that brought one dollar per box is a feature of the harvest in the Yakima district T W Clark of Yakima county picked sixty boxes from a Red Cheeked Pippin tree eighteen years old The price is not high being somewhat below the usual returns for good northwest apples but the quantity is large Many trees in the North Yakima orchards however produce 20 to 30 boxes.
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Portland
Ore
Yakima
Wash
T. W. Clark
Yakima County
Northwest
Nebraska Man 18 to Pay the Death Penalty
Lincoln, Oct 26 Bert M Taylor, convicted of murder, faces execution at the state penitentiary late Friday night or early Saturday. He attacked his sister in law Pearl Taylor and abused her sister in Minden over two years ago. Taylor fled to California, was captured months later, and returned to Nebraska.
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Lincoln
Neb
Bert M. Taylor
State Penitentiary
Taylor
Minden
Pear! Taylor
Pear
California
Mebrastee
Detective dead after arresting physician in burning case
Des Moines report says Arcam Brenemer, a city detective and Spanish War veteran, collapsed while arresting Dr. H P Shoemaker for allegedly performing a criminal operation on Miss Stella Thorne of Simpson College. The physician allegedly conspired with a boarding house keeper to burn the body in a furnace. Shoemaker offered no resistance and tried to aid Brenemer after the collapse.
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Des Moines
Arcam Brenemer
H. P. Shoemaker
Stella Thorne
Simpson College
Indiamaola
Shoemaker
Brememer
Van Dyke Moore Killed in Colorado Mining Site
Judge Thomas H. Moore of Lead was informed by telegraph that his son Van Dyke Moore 28 died in Central City Colorado while assisting with a drill at the Frontenac mine. He planned to tour Old Mexico in two weeks and his body will be shipped to Lead for burial.
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Thomas H. Moore
Lead
van Dyke Moore
Central City
Colo
Levener Drill Company
Littleton
Frontenac
Old Mexico
Deadwood
Eight Months in Pen for Stealing a Wife
Ora Hakeman convicted of adultery in Belle Fourche, with Mrs. Clifford Gates as key witness. The trial at the Grant rooming house tied to an August incident. Judge Rice imposed eight months in the penitentiary.
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Belle Fourche
Ora Hakeman
Grant Rooming House
Clifford Gates
Iowa
Hakeman
Fox Lake
Grant
Fort Worth Celebrates Population and Industry Growth
Fort Worth Texas marks a gala week with plans for a trades display industrial parades automobile parades and historical pageants to celebrate a decade of population and industry gains shown in recent census reports.
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Fort Worth
Tex
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