Blues Edge Dougherty in Seventh to Take opener
In a seesaw game at Association Park Kansas City defeated Milwaukee 4 to 3. Goodwin pitched five innings against his old teammates as Dougherty faded in the seventh allowing the Blues to rally with Hallman and Beckley driving in runs. Milwaukee led early but Kansas City answered with timely hits and errors by both sides kept it close.
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Goodwin
Tom Dougherty
Fin
Association Park
Mayer&By
Long Tom" Dougherty
Blues
Milwaukee
Brewers
Cross
Robinson
McChesney
Wisser
Kansas City
Hallman
Beckley
Jesney
Earness
Roth
Neighbors
McCormick
Wood
Clark
Brown
Kruger
McChesy
Kerwin
Sullivan
Mibwaukee
Dougherty
Green
Brashear
Krueger
Haliman
Hallmar
Moormack
McCormack
Hallian
Slayer to Reform School Guilty in Manslaughter Case
Albert Keese and Albert Reese both 17 pleaded guilty to manslaughter in Wyandotte court. The shooting wounded Richard Turpin at a party after heavy drinking near Eighteenth Street and Pay Avenue in Kansas City Kansas. Judge L C True sentenced Reese to an indefinite term in the Hutchinson industrial reformatory.
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Albert Reese
Richard Turpin
Wyandotte Court of Common Pleas
Street
Pay Avenue
Kansas City
Kas
L. C. True
Reese
Industrial Reformatory
Hutchinson
Leeds Fears Explosions Threaten Town and Property
A group led by A H Cole W A Stilley B B Joffee Blue Valley Distilling and English Iron Works sues E L Dupont de Nemours Powder Miami Powder Aetna Dynamite and American Powder to stop storing high explosives near Leeds claiming badly built magazines threaten the 500 residents and adjacent lands five-eighths of a mile away. The plaintiffs seek court action to restrain further storage and relocation of the magazines.
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Leeds
Independence
A. H.cole
W. A. Stilley
B. B. Joffee
Blue Valley Distilling Company
English Iron Works Company
E. L. Dupont de Nemours Powder Company
Miami Powder Company
Aetna Dynamite Company
American Powder Company
Blue Valley
Harriman Route Cuts Transit Time Between Coast and Midwest
Harriman interests now control the fast ocean and rail corridor from Atlantic coast points to Kansas City. A new Savannah Central of Georgia Illinois Central and Chicago & Alton route replaces the St. Louis & San Francisco path, reducing transit time from eight to nine days to seven days with a rate of 1.38 per hundred pounds on first class freight. The change starts with the first steamer out of New York.
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Harriman
Atlantic Coast Points
Kansas City
St. Louis
Savannah
Central of Georgia
San Francisco
Georgia
Illinois Central
Chicago & Alton
New York
Italian Pleads Ignorance in Illegal City Registration
Franco Demari an Italian pleaded guilty in the criminal court to illegal city registration in the Third precinct Sixth ward. He wept claiming ignorance of election laws and inducement to register. Judge Wallace sentenced him to two years in the penitentiary, stressing strict enforcement for honest elections. He had lived in the city about three months.
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Franco Demari
Demari
Wallace
Y M C A Secretary Reports Building Boom in Southwest
Bruno Hobbs field secretary for the Y M C A Southwestern division visits on the way to Dallas to launch a campaign for 60000 toward a 150000 association building there. He says the Southwest is recovering from the panic with new buildings rising in many Southern states and cites a Houston project just completed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bruno Hobbs
Dallas
Tex
Southwest
Association
Houston
No Clew to Identity of Belmont Street Car Robbers
Peter Kearney the conductor gave a description of two highwaymen who held up and robbed him and a motorman last night at Belmont and St John avenues. The men entered the car at the Y end of the ae line on its return downtown and forced the drivers to surrender watches and money under threat of a shooting.
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Belmont
St. John Avenues
Peter Kearney
Travelers crowd Union depot as trains fill up
A large morning crowd thronged the Union depot with outgoing trains packed. Superintendent E J Sanford said there are no cheap rates. business is picking up and the rush mirrors homeseekers days. Kansas City real estate loans advertised by Can Sons at 1008 Baltimore Adv.
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Union Depot
E. J. Sanford
Trial Opens in May Sapp Murder Case in Kansas
Kansas trial voices defense to prove May Sapp killed herself over unrequited love for Samuel Whitlow. Defense seeks continuance citing witnesses including Mrs. Mattie Jacobs and Lula Milby, alleging Sapp proclaimed love for Whitlow and threatened drastic action. judge overrules delay.
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Samuel Whitlow
New Church Site Purchased for Dominicans in KC
The Dominican Fathers have bought a block on the east side of Benton Boulevard between Twenty second and Twenty third streets. A large church will rise on part of the tract with a convent school on the remainder. Plans for the church and school are not finished.
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Dominican Fathers
Benton Boulevard
Twenty-second
Twentythird Streets
Kansas City
Brush Creek Speedway Plans Move Forward
The park board approved a temporary speedway on Robert Gillham Road from Thirty-ninth to Forty-second streets and urged condemnation of land for a permanent site on Brush Creek north of Forty-seventh Street and the Paseo to Prospect Avenue. Abolishing the temporary project remains possible. Most protesters own Gillham Road properties between Forty-second and Forty-sixth streets.
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Robert Gillham Road
Thirty-ninth
Forty-second Streets
Park Board
Brush Creek
Forty‘seventh Street
Paseo
Prospect Avenue
Fortysecond
Forty-sixth Streets
Princeton Girl Bertha Vanderbilt Found Dead in Canal
The body of Miss Bertha Vanderbilt, assistant in the Princeton University library, was found in the Raritan canal near the Carnegie lake aqueduct. She had disappeared last week. A woman reported seeing her in a motor car with another woman and a man the night she vanished. The man is said to be a Princeton graduate linked to Vanderbilt in college.
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Princeton
N. J
Bertha Vanderbilt
Princeton University Library
Raritan Canal
Carnegie Lake
Miss Vanderbilt
William Robinson
Commerce Moves to New Ten Story Building
The date for moving the National Bank of Commerce to the fifteen story building at Tenth and Walnut Streets is not fixed. Edward Ridgely, cashier, said the removal would be about June 1.
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National Bank of Commerce
Tenth and
Walnut Streets
Edward Ridgely
Roosevelt to Review Twenty Four Battleships in Atlantic Fleet
President Roosevelt will review twenty four battleships including Wisconsin and Nebraska as they return from a world cruise. Maine and Alabama will sail from San Francisco in June and reach home in October. Secretary Metcalf praised improved ship machinery and the enhanced discipline and cordiality among officers and enlisted men, noting the fleet's average age around 23 and its all American interior origins.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Or Roads
Wisconsin
Nebraska
Pacific
Maine
Alabama
San Francisco
Evans
Metcalf
Pardon Request for Edgar Bailey Under Consideration
Parents of Edgar Bailey, serving life for first degree murder in the Kansas City cab driver strike case, travel to Jefferson City to file pardon letters with Speed Mosby. They seek a gubernatorial pardon after Bailey’s 1904 conviction for the Ferguson killing. Bailey’s death sentence was commuted to life imprisonment by Governor Folk.
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Edgar Bailey
Kansas City
Jefferson City
Speed Mosby
Folk
William Moon
Gertrude Biggs
James Forsha
Ferguson
Forsha
Moon
Bailey
Beating Charged Against George Kennedy in Police Court
George Kennedy appeared in police court charged with beating his wife at 1403 Main Street on a Saturday night. Mrs Kennedy testified of three recent assaults in one week and showed marks from the chair blows. Patrolman Metzinger described her condition, while city attorney Clifton Langsdale questioned the frequency of the abuse. Judge Kyle fined Kennedy $50.
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George Kennedy
Kyle
Kennedy
Warm week forecast across the interior and east
The Weather Bureau issued a general forecast for the next seven days with above average temperatures inland and in the east. Showery periods are expected in the Middle Atlantic New England region Tuesday and Wednesday with earlier and later showers on Saturday and Sunday.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
SoEnry
Middle Atlantic
New England
Ohio
Mississippi
Lake
Middle
Upper
Missouri
Red River
Great Western Life Holds Conference On Reorganization
The Receiver and attorneys meet today to decide action on reorganization. Judge William Thomson A L Cooper for the company and C Jobes receiver confer in Judge Thomson's office to determine next steps. Stockholders are set to meet tomorrow.
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Great Western Life Insurance Company
William Thomson
A. L. Cooper
Jobes
Bonds Forfeited As Mark Singer Led Gambling Ring
Mark Singer and nine others arrested in a raid at 10 West Tenth Street faced police court. None appeared as their bonds totaling 115 dollars were forfeited. Detectives charged Singer with conducting a gambling house.
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Mark Singer
West Tenth Street
Singer
Hallroad Claim Agents to Meet Here
The Railroad Claim Agents of America will hold their annual convention at the Coates house on May 26 and 27. Delegates from member offices are expected to attend and discuss industry affairs and standards.
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Hallroad
Railroad Claim Agents of America
Coates House
The Allegheny National Bank Failure And Cashier Montgomery
The Allegheny National Bank in Pittsburgh closed by order of the comptroller after cashier William Montgomery admitted a large shortage. Officials report embezzlement and securities theft near 1.4 million dollars, with total losses approaching 2 million. Receiver Robert Lyons appointed, state funds of 523,477 secured by bonding. Bank presidents and directors named, city deposits risked, potential bond issues to cover expenses.
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Fifth Avenue
Montgomery
United States
Robert Lyons
National Bank
John O. Sheatz
Oheel -Secrece
EB Cunnin
Arrisburg
Steel
Folds
Wiliam Stewart
Walter Chess
Thomas Evans
MacBeth- Evans Glass Company
Robert McAtee
Allegheny National
Sheatz
Senator Quay
Quay
Pittsburg
Pees
Illiam Stewart
Mr. Stewart
Robert McAfee
Kansas City Council to Review Contempt Warrants
Warrants citing Mayor D. E. Cornell and twelve councilmen in Kansas City Kansas for contempt will not be served until the council meets tomorrow night. Judge L. C. True set the hearing for next Friday. Mayor Cornell said no meeting would be called today to consider the cases.
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Kansas City
Knn
D. E. Cornell
Kas
Court of Common Pleas
L. C. True
Cornell
Kansas City Park Board Plans Summer Improvements
The Kansas City park board outlines plans for the city park west of Grandview including a driveway gardens and swings. They also intend to replace the public library facilities as part of this summer’s improvements.
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Kansas City
Grandview
Infant Body Found With Bricks Weighing Neck
In Mexico Missouri on May 18 police found a baby’s body floating in a creek. The infant had a wire looped around its neck and bricks weighted by the head. The death has alarmed local police and residents as they investigate the case.
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Missouri
Mexico
Primary petitions invalid Jurrersoy City May 18
A mandamus suit filed in the supreme court may invalidate 80 to 90 percent of state nominating petitions for the August primary. W F Maring Republican candidate seeks to compel the secretary of state to strike petitions missing residence affidavits. Petitions printed in various places omit the phrase and that their respective residences are stated therein. Officials say most petitions are defective though electors appear bona fide. court action expected soon.
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Jurrersoy Ciry
Supreme Court
W. F. Maring
Chambers
John E. Swanger
Secretary of State
Peary Seeks 50 000 For Ninth North Pole Expedition
Commander Robert E Peary arrives in New York after a conference with the President and says he needs 50000 to fund his ninth expedition to the North Pole this summer He has assurances of at least a third of the sum but uncertain about the rest He remains hopeful and believes funds will come in before departure after twenty years dedicated to the project.
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New York
Robert E. Peary
Washington
North Pole
Peary
Pole
Hiroe
Plan of Captain Scholes Urged Before River Board
Representative Ellis spoke to the Rivers and Harbors Board in Washington urging the Missouri river improvement project. He cited Captain Schulz's War Department report and argued for adopting the six foot project first, with the twelve foot plan to follow as Congress recognizes Missouri as a commercial highway. Ellis then headed to New York for a dinner hosted by W. C. Havens of the national rivers and harbors congress.
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Washineton
Ellis
Board of Engineers For Rivers and Harbors
War Department
Schulz
Army
Kansas City
Congress
Missouri
New York
W. C. Havens
National Rivers and Harbors Congress
Two Die in Fire at Lake Superior Plant
Savutr Ste Marie Mic May 18 Two men die while fighting a fire at the Lake Superior corporation plant in the Canadian Sea across the river from the city. Albert Walsh 24 died from shock in the dynamo room. Edward Gray 24 drowned after his clothing caught fire while aiding the blaze. Power house destruction halted electric cars and lights citywide.
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Savutr Ste. Marie
Mic
Lake Superior Corporation
Canadian Sea
Albert E. Walsh
Edward Gray
Johnson Bryan Battle Shapes Alabama Democratic Primary
Early morning ballots across Montgomery and Alabama signal heavy turnout in the Democratic primary. Voters in this first state primary express direct presidential preference, with results to be canvassed within ten days and no state convention planned.
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Montcomery
Ala
Denver
Republicans Refuse Tariff Revisions This Session
Washington May 18 Republican leaders in the House, via the Ways and Means Committee, served final notice that there will be no tariff revisions this session. Representative Champ Clark of Missouri moved an omnibus favorable report on about eighty tariff bills, but the motion failed before a full committee vote.
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Washington
House
Committee On Ways and Means
Champ Clark
Missouri
Pat
Trade trip by boat proposed for Missouri river towns
H G Wilson of the Kansas City Steamship and Navigation company pitches a June trade excursion by boat to stimulate commerce with river towns between Kansas City and Jefferson City. He says river boats can boost business as rail trips have done, though first season gains may be modest.
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Missouri
H. G. Wilson
Kansas City Steamship and Navigation Company
Kansas City
Wilson
St. Louis
Jefferson City
Missouri Valley
Mae Wood Sues Senator Platt For Absolute Divorce
New York May 18 Mae C Wood sues Senator Thomas C Platt for absolute divorce in supreme court Justice O Gorman presiding The complaint alleges marriage in New York on November 9 1901 and names Mrs Lillian Janeway as co respondent Platt denies the marriage and claims he first heard of Miss Wood's claim in December 1906 accusing her of fabricating a wedding certificate and threatening to sue for breach of promise since 1906
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New York
Mae C. Wood
Thomas C. Platt
Justice O'Gorman
Supreme Court
Miss Wood
Senator Platt
Lillian Janeway
Platt
Chicago
Miss. W
Prison for a Blackmailer Doctor
New York May 18 Jennie Blunt shot and wounded Brooklyn lawyer Charles M Sanford in his office last February after he refused to pay her money She was denounced as a blackmailer and perjurer by Judge Dike who sentenced her to three to four years in state prison Her defense claimed Sanford misconduct and the judge rejected leniency citing her other victims and the need to enforce law over unwritten sentiment.
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New York
Jennie Blunt
Charles M. Sanford
Brooklyn
Dike
Miss Blunt
Sanford
Snell Will Challenge Seeks New Judge In Cash Dispute
A renewed bid to break Colonel Thomas Snell’s will unfolds with Judge Solon Philbrick presiding after objections to former judge W D Cochran. Plaintiffs claim Cochran unfairly barred letters allegedly from Mabel Snell McNamar, grandniece of Kansas City, named in the will.
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Broomindtox
Inn
Thomas Snell
Solon Philbrick
W. D. Cochran
Mabel Snell McNamar
Kansas City
Derailment Delays Chicago & Alton Train No 24 at Francis
An early morning derailment of Chicago and Alton train No 24 at Francis Mo caused by a tire slip left the engine tender and baggage car off the track. No injuries reported and traffic was delayed for several hours. Westbound trains were detoured from Louisiana over the Burlington cut off to Mexico.
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Mexico
Chicago & Alton
Francis
Trafic
Louisiana
Burlington
Chicago saloon closure ruling affirmed by appellate court
The appellate court affirmed the lower court decision that the Chicago mayor cannot be compelled to close saloons on Sundays. The ruling rejects shifts of executive powers to the judiciary and upholds the balance of government authority.
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Curnaco
Apper Court
Chicago
Si Oe
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