Midwest Bribe Case Reveals Graft Ties to Lorimer Election
State Representative Whit testifies before the Lorimer committee detailing a $1900 payment from a St Louis jackpot used to fund graft and high living. He and Lee O Neil Browne, Democratic leaders, spent daily sums while in Chicago to aid Lorimer’s election, with further bribe disclosures.
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Washington
Lorimer
Whit
Boodler
St. Louis
Illinois
Brown
Chicago
Lee O'Neil Browne
Illinois Assembly
Senate
White
Widow in Spokane Heads to Florida for $17000 Inheritance
Mrs. Irda Danedays, a Spokane widow supporting herself and three children by scrubbing floors and washing, travels to Tampa to claim a $17 000 inheritance from her uncle Mrs. Duncan. Four thousand dollars is cash, the rest invested in fruit lands to be managed for her lifetime and then transferred to her children.
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Spokane
Wash
Irda Danedays
Tampa
Fla
Duncan
Southland
Third Avenue
Florida
Seamen's Strike Renewed Leaves London Shipping Idle
More than 100 deckmen walk out in a renewed strike in London. Twenty steamers are tied up and officials fear the stoppage may widen its reach across the harbor and shipping lines.
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London
Vardaman Leads Mississippi Primary For U S Senate
Jackson Miss August 2 Former Governor Vardaman leads the Mississippi primary for United States Senate by about 12000 votes over nearest rival Percy as anti Negro utterances from past campaigns are noted to resurface.
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Jackson, Miss
Vardaman
United States Senate
Percy
Interstate express tariffs ordered proportionate rates
The Interstate Commerce Commission ordered all express companies to suspend tariffs and set intermediate station rates proportional to the full rates between producing and consuming points. The August 2 decision affects express services nationwide.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
New York Population Reaches Five Million Four Hundred
The New York Board of Health estimates the city’s population at 5,000,400, an increase of 1,290,000 over last year.
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New York
Board of Health
New York City
William Hogg Ex convict Denies Accusers From Stand
William Hogg the ex convict denied the charges in a circuit court trial claiming he was not at the Moffat ranch on the Sunday in question and that he never had illicit relations with Edna Moffat. He admitted his seven year horse stealing sentence but said he was pardoned by the governor. The trial extended and may go to the jury tonight with the main issues being his denial and the girl’s account.
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Tolo
Moffat Ranch
Edna Moffat
Wiliam Hoggie
Ivanhoe
Hogg
Crook Cow Ty
Dyanhoe
Hoge
Moffat
Stig
Directors Meet at Commercial Club Tonight in Chautauqua
An important meeting of Chautauqua directors is set for tonight at the Commercial Club at 7 o'clock.
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Chautauqua
Commercial Club
European markets tremble over renewed Franco German crisis
August reports from London show euro markets in dread as France Germany and Britain face renewed crisis negotiations. Kaiser demand for compensation reportedly rejected, raising fears of a breakdown. Correspondents expelled from Agadir by German authorities add to tensions. In Vienna proposals uniting Austria France and Italy spark alarm over Britain’s position and Sylvester’s possible dismissal.
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London
France
Germany
Twe London
Agadar
England
Berlin
Austria
Vienna
Italy
Great Britain
Per Sylvester
Sylvester
Bryan Faces Attacks as Falsifier by Underwood
Washington August 2. Démocratic leader Underwood denounced William Jennings Bryan as a falsifier on the house floor. He dismissed Bryan’s charge that he sought to block steel schedule revision and urged Representative Kitchen to respond to Bryan’s slanders. Kitchen defended Underwood, saying Bryan was poorly informed and distrusted Democrats.
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Washington
W. J. Bryan
Underwood
Bryan
Congressman Kitchen
Kitchen
Prisoner in Mine Rescued After 73 Feet Below Surface
Joplin Missouri August 2 Joseph Clary was freed from a mine 73 feet down after a Sunday entombment. He was fed via drill pipe, spoke to his mother by improvised telephone, and survived cold and exhaustion. Three thousand spectators cheered rescuers after the long operation.
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Joplin
Joseph Clary
Clary
Forest Fire Sweeps Toward Mojave Desert From San Bernardino
A blazing forest fire in the San Bernardino range loses control and heads toward the Mojave desert as crews rush to battle the flames. In Oregon and Washington no dangerous fires are reported. another blaze six miles long threatens Oro Fino creek near Pierce Idaho with all available men dispatched to the scene.
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San Bernardino
San Bernardino Range
Mojave Desert
Abife
Spokane
Pierce
Idaho
Nehming
Flasherty Elected President of Knights of Columbus
Flasherty was elected president of the Knights of Columbus this afternoon in Detroit on August 2. The announcement confirms a leadership change within the organization.
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Flasherty
K. of
Detroit
Knights of Columbus
New York considers department of agriculture for city needs
A Queens representative urges adding a city department of agriculture to the New York City charter. He argues 49 000 acres of vacant land could be cultivated to create jobs and boost horticultural exhibitions showcasing prize pumpkins and large apples.
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New York
Greater
Borough of
Queens
New York City
Department of Agriculture
Te Protector
Reunion of Alden Descendants in Duxbury
Several hundred descendants of John Alden and Priscilla Mullins gathered in Duxbury Massachusetts for the 11th annual Alden Kindred of American reunion. The exercises were on the old John Alden homestead site as the society secured a title to the 1658 John Alden house and has an option on land around the birthplace.
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Duxbury
Mass
John Alden
Priscille Mullins
Alden
Aldens
Dominion Trap Shooting Tournament Opens in Belleville
The 11th annual Dominion of Canada Trap Shooting association tournament begins in Belleville Ontario with individual championships and the Grand Canadian handicap on the program for tomorrow along with several team events.
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Dominion Trap Shooters
Belleville
Ont
Dominion of Canada
Toronto Aviators Hold Notable Meet With Big Names
The Toronto aviation meet opens tomorrow with an inaugural race from Hamilton to Toronto and a week of prize contests for speed duration and altitude. The two mile tract near the city hosts international figures including F P Willard A D McCurdy I Ward and Ladin Wowler, a young Prussian aviator.
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Toronto
Gut
Hamilton
America
Enay
Belie
FP. Willard
A. D. McCurdy
J I Ward
Ladin LéonWowler
Prugglan
Che Frat
Child Born to Sault Ste. Marie Prisoner Mother
Mrs Angélina Napolitano mother of a newborn girl in Sault Ste Marie Ont after a life term reprieve for murder. The Children's Aid Society will care for the child and return it to the mother if she is released. The prisoner serves life with potential future release consideration.
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Children's Aid Society
Mother Lite Terme
Sault Ste. Marie
Ont
Angélina Napolitano
United States
Children’s Aid Society
Prisen
Potlatch Planned for Chief Barnaby on Colville Reserve
Spokane reports Captain John McA Webster announces a mid August potlatch at Dalsy Washington to mourn Chief Barnaby 76 who led his people before the U S president. The event will recount his life, distribute his possessions, and recalls his 1900s plea to pay 1 500 000 on land sales. The body lies in an ornate casket on the Colville burial ground.
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Spokane
Wash
John McA. Webster
Colville
Dalsy
Barnaby
United States
Washington, D. C
Roosevelt
Father Cardl
Spokane Women Drawn for Jury Duty in Spokane County
Ten women were drawn for the upcoming Spokane County Superior Court term and said they will serve if required by law. Mrs. Sarah Witherell of Ninth Avenue voiced support for voting rights but skepticism about jury service as “man’s work.” Mrs. Flora Atchison of Shannon Avenue said she would refuse jury duty, preferring home duties and opposing full equal suffrage. Mrs. E G Hubbard of North Madison Street preferred staying home, questioning women’s place on juries especially in divorce cases.
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Spokane
Wash
Spokane County Superior Court
Sarah Witherell
Ninth Avenue
Flora P. Atchison
Shannon Avenue
E. G. Hubbard
North Madison Street
Taft expected to veto farm free list and wool bills
Washington August 2 President Taft likely to veto the farmers free list and wool bills if they reach him this season as talks of a quick session end swirl. An arbitration treaty with Great Britain is set for tomorrow in the East Room with Knox and Bryce to sign. The wool bill conference is urged with Gamble Dole Ingham and Johnson named for the Senate side.
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Taft
Bryce
Knox
Washington
Cogay Carin
Cary
Sec
United States
Great Britain
East
White House
France
Senate
House
Gamble
Dile Ingham
Johnson
New Highway to Cross Missouri Hearing On State Road
Governor Hadley and the state board of agriculture held a public hearing on a proposed Missouri state road to connect St Louis and Kansas City. Three routes are under study with nearly 1000 delegates from many cities urging selection of a route.
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Jefferson City
Hadley
State Board of Agriculture
St. Louie
Kansas City
Notable religious leaders to speak at Lake Geneva conference
At Lake Geneva Wisconsin on August 2 Rev. J Campbell White and Col. Elijah W Halford along with other religious workers are slated to address the Laymen's Missionary Movement summer training conference which opens today and continues through Sunday evening.
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Lake Geneva
Wis
J. Campbell White
Elijah W. Halford
Wilde Out On 020000 Bonds
Louis Wilde the San Diego banker faced a charge of embezzlement tied to bonds sold to the defunct Oregon Trust and Savings company. He arrived in Portland with officers and a lawyer and was granted liberty on 20000 bond by Judge McGunn.
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Portland
Louis Wilde
San Diego
Oregon Trust & Savings Company
McGunn
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