Porter Charlton Confesses Murder On Italian Lake
Hoboken police arrest Porter Charlton after he confessed to killing his wife Mary Charlton at Lake Como. He described the quarrel, disposal of the body in a trunk, and throwing it into the lake then boarding the Princess Irene home to New York days later. Captain Scott, the dead woman’s brother, tried to shoot Charlton but was disarmed.
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Hoboken
N. J
Porter Chariton
Mary Scott Charlton
Lake Como
Italy
Irene
Lloyd Line
Scott
Constantine Ispalotoff
Charlton
State Department
Washington
Rogers
Newe Police
Amey
Jack Coleman
Omaha
Neb
Coleman
Porter Charlton
Chief of Police
West 55Th Street
New York
Genoa
Captain Scott
Chariton
Stan
Sargeant Weanther
Minnesota Bankers Face Serious Crisis
Minnesota bankers confront a severe financial strain amid mounting loan losses and liquidity pressures. Officials warn of potential closures if capital reserves cannot be replenished and market worries persist.
Farm products consumed and gold rising threaten crisis
W. C. Brown of the New York Central warned at the Minnesota bankers convention that the United States faces a severe crisis as food consumption outpaces production and gold demand rises. He linked higher living costs to gold expansion and urged increasing farm productivity to avert economic collapse. The address underscored mounting crop values, stagnant export capacity, and the need to boost agricultural output to sustain prices and pay.
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ST. Paul, Minn
United States
W. C. Brown
New York Central System
Minnesota State Bankers Association
Brown
Middle West
Argentina
Europe
Browne Case Readies for Jury in Browne Bribery Trial
In Chicago on June 25 the Browne bribery case tied to Senator Lorimer's election moves toward verdict as defense attorney P H O'Donnell wraps his closing, followed by Forrest, with State's Attorney Wayman set to sum up. Attaches predict victory or defeat tied to juror deliberations.
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Chicago
Lee O'Neil Browne
United States
Lorimer
P. H. O'Donnell
Forrest
Browne
Wayman
Atney
O'Donnell
Representative White
White
Heat wave sweeps several states as temps hit 96
The day saw 96 degrees at the weather bureau at 8 PM with fair, hot weather forecast for tonight and Friday. US Rep Barnhart of Rochester Ind collapsed from heat but is in serious condition. Denver reports a heat prostration in snow as a brakeman, 23, Harry Compton, is in critical condition. Northwest heat brings five deaths and one serious injury with fires under way on Mesaba Vermilion ranges. Philadelphia toll climbs to 24 fatalities as heat and humidity rise.
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Weather Bureau
Washington, D. C
Representative Barnhart
Rochester
Ind
Denver
Col
Harry Compton
Moffat Road
Minneapolis
Minn
Northwest
Minnesota
North Dakota
South Dakota
Mesaba
Vermillon Ranges
Vermillon Range
Ely
Philadelphia
Yankee fleet arrives for Plymouth visit amid greetings
Plymouth England June 23 After a stormy two week voyage the American squadron of three battleships led by the Massachusetts arrived for the annual summer midshipmen cruise. The fleet will stay several days and Plymouth plans festivities to honor the visiting officers and sailors.
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Plymouth
Eng
Massachusetts
Chief Kohler Exonerated by Civil Service Commission
Cleveland June 23 The civil service commission exonerated Chief of police Fred Kohler of all 23 charges including drunkenness immorality and misconduct filed May 24 by Mayor Baehr and H J Brown The commission deemed him unfit for office not by the evidence and his reinstatement removes Mayor Baehr from removal authority
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Cleveland
The
Civil Service Commission
Fred Kohler
Theodore Roosevelt
America
Baehr
Schoeneman
H. J. Brown
Kohler
Ballinger Fires Another Enemy
Horace T. Jones former special agent of the general land office received official dismissal from government service and sent a protest to the Ballinger investigating committee alleging bias and falsifying conduct. He testified on Cunningham claims in Alaska and accuses Ballinger of damaging the Republican party by not resigning from the cabinet.
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Portland
Oregon
Horace T. Jones
General Land Office
Ballinger
Ballinger-Pinchot
Jones
Ballinger Investigating Committee
Cunningham
Alaska
Republican Party
Lunches With Rough Riders Honoring Col Roosevelt
New York June 23 Col Roosevelt was guest of honor at a Harvard club luncheon with former Rough Riders. After dining at Sherrys until after midnight he joined an informal talkfest. The Rough Riders then went to Coney Island while Roosevelt returned to Oyster Bay.
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New York
Col. Roosevelt
Harvard Club
San Juan Hill
Montauk Point
Robert J. Collier
Sherry's
Rough Riders
Sumner U. S. A
Cooper
Coney Island
Roosevelt
Oyster Bay
Census announces 1910 Washington population and county counts
The census director released official 1910 census totals for Washington city at 331,069, up from 278,718 in 1900. Separate county figures include Texas Howard 8,881 and Scurry 10,924. Illinois Adams 64,588. Morris 10,438. Counts were issued under state election law requirements to speed delivery.
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Washington
D. C
Census Bureau
Texas
Howard County
Morris County
Scurry County
Illinois
Adams County
American aviator Cody in accident at Laffan's Plain
Aldershot June 23 Captain S F Cody the American aeronaut now naturalized Englishman and testing an aeroplane for the British war office is believed to be dying this afternoon from injuries after his machine dashed to earth at Laffan's Plain this morning.
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Aldershot
Eng
S. F. Cody
War Office
Laffan‘s Plain
Cody
Tariff Not to Blame for High Living Costs
Senator Lodge reports the tariff is not to blame for rising living costs. The investigation by his committee, in Washington on June 23, concludes external factors drive prices, not policy, despite public concern over inflation.
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Washington, D. C
Senate
Lodge
Mass
Packers Escape on Technicality in Federal Indictment
Chicago June 23 Judge Landis sustains the demurrer to the National Packing Company indictment for restraint of trade but orders a special grand jury to convene July 14 to consider further action. Corrections to the bill will be filed. a broader probe into individual packers and related alleged frauds may follow. Indicted firms include Hammond Company of Michigan Fowler Packing United Dressed Beef New York and others across Illinois Missouri Colorado and New York.
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Chicago
Landis
National Packing Company
United States
Sims
Friends of Dist. Atty
Washington
National
G. H. Hammond Company
Michigan
Fowler Packing Company
Kansas
United Dressed Beef Company of
New York
St. Louis
Count Zeppelin Hero of Germany Dosseldorf
Germany June 23 the Deutschland Lusitania of the sky prepares for a 300 mile return to Friedrichshafen with first cabin passengers paying$50. The airship will leave early tomorrow and reach Lake Constance nine hours after departure as Count Zeppelin is hailed a national hero. Passengers praise smooth flight with Rhine mountains and panoramic views from 300 feet altitude at speeds up to 44 miles an hour.
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Dusseldorf
Germany
The
Friedrichshafen
Berlin
Lake Constance
Count Zeppelin
Rhine
Glidden Tourists Resume Trip From Lawton
Hot crowd in Lawton sees 14 Glidden tour cars resume progress toward Oklahoma City as the expedition continues its travel.
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Lawton
Okla
Oklahoma City
University Man at Commencement Students
A terse item notes students at a university related to a commencement event. No further names or specifics are readable in the fragment. The brief mentions a University Man at the ceremony overall.
La Crosse Normal School Holds First Annual Commencement
The La Crosse State Normal School held its first annual commencement at 10 a.m. in the auditorium. President F A Cotton, Senator Thomas Morris, Dr E A Birge of the University of Wisconsin, and Rev D C Jones attended. Dr Birge spoke on "The School and the Nation" noting Berlin University’s centennial and national progress.
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la Crosse State Normal School
Homer Cotton
Jacobson
F. A. Cotton
Normal School
Thomas Morris
State of Normal Regents
E. A. Birge
University of Wisconsin
D. C. Jones
Presbyterian Church
Birge
University of Berlin
Lord Palmerston
Germany
Shelley
Weather and Water Forecast for La Crosse Area
Weather forecast for La Crosse and vicinity calls for fair and warm conditions into Friday night. Wisconsin sees fair skies and continued warmth, Minnesota chance of showers late tonight or Friday with cooler west, Iowa mostly fair with possible showers west portion. River stages show little change in the next 36 hours with specific stage readings listed for St. Paul and La Crosse.
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la Crosse
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
St. Paul
Eessee
Reeds Landing
Prairie du Chien
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Como
New
York Central System
England
DR. Birge
Demurrer
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