Texas Citizen Must Be Freed
A chaotic report from Washington describes high level talks over a Texas citizen detained abroad. Secretary of State and President discuss responses to rebels and potential U S actions. An ambassador is tasked to avert a strike and review archives to determine possible federal restraint measures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
D. C
Imeten Viilaon
Pasquale Oruaco
Siar
Powell
Gresere
United States
Madera
Oromeo
Conant Edwants
State Department
Citmen
Daughters Scheme Alleged to Force Mortgage Transfer
Dr. James Neil, 84, testified that his daughter Virginia schemed with lawyer George Dunn to secure a mortgage transfer to John Ambrose. He claimed she pressed for cash to buy new clothes, induced him to sign a paper he believed was blank, and later arranged a trust deed benefiting Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
James Neil
Supreme Court
John F. Ambrose
Virginia
Southern Boulevard
Charles Blandy
Neil
Ambrose
Nell
George W. Dunn
Arrowsmith & Dunn
Broadway
Lockwood
Dunn
John FF. Ambrose
Dr. Noll
Dynamite Used by Strikers in Pennsylvania Coal Fields
Violent incidents erupt in the Pennsylvania anthracite region near West Shamokin as dynamite damages the home of Katheryn Colliery engineer Alexander Williams and a railroad would-be derailing targets non union workers. Three hundred non-strikers operate under armed guard at Katheryn Colliery ten miles from West Shamokin, with a train bound for the mine targeted by dynamiters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Okin
West Shamokin
Alexander Williams
Katheryn
Reading
Est
Shamokin
Cleveland
Grand Jury Recommends Removal of City Officers
A San Francisco grand jury recommends removing ten members of various city commissions. The formal letter to Mayor James Rolph Jr states the panel, which investigated civic conditions, urges their removal from office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Cal
James Rolph, Jr
Grand Jury
Industrial workers ordered to leave San Diego
Police seek members of the Industrial Workers of the World hiding in San Diego after a town order to depart. The force is aided by volunteers in enforcing the expulsion order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Diego
Cal
Industrial Workers of the World
Unclear Text on Forced Removal by Train
Damaged OCR states thirty members were taken from the city in ambulances and a train, moved outside city limits, and told to walk away from San Diex. A field was placed to stop them returning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aulomebiies
San Diex
Panic Follows Fire in Chicago Department Store
Fire on West Madison Street causes a panic as shoppers and clerks flee a crowded department store. Witnesses report a dozen people injured in the rush to exits, with chaotic scenes as workers aided by firefighters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Ill
Madison Street
Secon
Fremen
Congress Scores US for Intervention in Tobacco Case
Washington D C special report describes a Senate Judiciary Committee split over the Crim mins Bill allowing independent tobacco firms to intervene and appeal to the Supreme Court from a decree approving the American Tobacco Company reorganization. The majority warns such intervention would overturn court actions and grant new original jurisdiction. the minority argues dissolution still reflects prior control and calls for broader anti trust law amendments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Judiciary Committee
Crimmins
Supreme Court of the United States
American Tobacco Company
Contreas
Circuit Court For
Southern District of New York
Borah
Culberson
Nelson
Brown
Cummins
Congress
Explosion at Burton Powder plant in Newcastle PA kills two
In Newcastle Pennsylvania the Burton Powder Company pressing department explosion killed one man and badly injured another likely to die. Several workers escaped with narrow misses as debris toppled poles and damage spread to surrounding buildings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newcastle
Burton Powder Company
Morgan's Grandson Fined for Refusing Stop
Cambridge police fined Junius Spencer Morgan Jr. twenty five dollars after he refused to stop his car when signaled by a officer. He appealed and was bound over to Superior Court in one hundred dollars bonds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambridge
Mass
Junius Spencer Morgan, Jr
New York
J. Pierpont Morgan, Jr
Princison
Harvard
Morgan
Rates Suspended on Coal and Livestock Freight
The Interstate Commerce Commission suspended proposed advances on coal rates from mines on the Chicago Burlington and Quincy to Clinton Lyons and East Clinton Illinois effective August 2. The commission also suspended advances on cattle and sheep rates over the Northern Pacific Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe and Chicago Rock Island and Pacific from Iowa to Illinois from April 11 to October 11.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy
Alton
Clinton
Lyons
Lows
East Clinton
Inter- State Commerce Commission
Northern Pacific
Atchison, Topeka
Santa Fe
Chicago
Rock Island and Pacific
Iowa
Illinois
Three Burned to Death in Salem Fire
In Salem Georgia early today a home blaze claimed the lives of Amanda Dunn fifty Cleveland Dunn twenty three and their four month old baby. Mrs M M Dunn wife of Lea county Alabama treasurer was critically burned and may not recover. Investigation seeks unknown origin of the fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Amanda Dunn
Cleveland Dunn
M. M. Dunn
Lea County
Ala
Salem
Nichols Insane Says Murder Confession False
Boston officials and Portsmouth investigators concluded Seth Nichols confession of killing Dr. Helene Kinabe in Indianapolis last October is false. Mrs. Della Lyons, Nichols sister in law, believes him sane despite grief over his wife’s recent death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Mass
Portsmouth
N. H
Seth Nicols
United States Saior
Helene Kinabe
Indianapolis
Della Lyons
Nicols
Seth
Panama-Pacific Exposition set to open February 20 1915
Directors vote to open the Panama Pacific International Exposition marking the celebration of the Panama Canal completion. The event runs from February 20 to December 4 in San Francisco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Cal
Panama Canal
Preacher Freed After Perjury in Rival Kill Case
Ernevat Lyons, a Black preacher, was released from prison after confessing to perjury about a fatal crime he claimed to have committed against rival preacher James L. Smith. Court filings and affidavits questioned the case, with inquiries about the identity of a body found in the Nansemond River and the fate of Smith, who was described as alive during the pardon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Vva
Ernevat Lyons
Nansemond
Lyons
Smith
Parsons
Worder
Nuansemond
George E. Bunting
H. J. Gayle
Suffolk
James L. Smith
Suffolk minister ailing after murder claim amid case
Special Commonwealth's Attorney Burgess awaited a wire from Governor Esaa on the Smith Lyons case. Rev. Smith, now critically ill with pneumonia, returned after being believed murdered. Circuit judge and State's attorney petitioned for Rev Lyons' release as the convict faces a penitentiary sentence for the alleged murder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Suffolk
Commonwealth
James A. Burgess
Esa
Smith-Lyons
Smith
Elrcuit
Lyons
Penitentia
J. J. Smith
Nansemond County
Wasp Tour Tragedy At Astoria Wharf Ends In Death
Patrolman Moran hears a faint call as Captain Charles O Neill and wife reach their barge at Franklin Street pier. The wife falls into Hell Gate waters and drowns after rescuers pull the unconscious pair from the river. Mrs O Neill, age 53, is dead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Moran
Franklin Street
Astoria
Hle
Morey
Charles O'Neill
Albatross
O'Neill
Hell Gate
Italian Warship Seizes British Steamer Carrying Contraband
The Italian cruiser Piemonte proclaimed a blockade of Kamaran Islands and adjacent Red Sea ports. The Woodstock was arrested near Lohela with contraband coal and other goods, following the cutter of the Kamaran land cable by the Italian vessel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perim
Arabia
Kamaran Islands
Egypt
Laheia
Salif
Yemen
Red Sea
Piemonte
Kamaran
Woodstock
Lohela
Amundsen Praises Scott Efforts After Polar Return
Sidney dispatch reports Captain Roald Amundsen, returning on the Fram from Hobart, greeted by city officials and discussing Captain Scott's British party. He expressed hope for Scott to reach the South Pole and shared keen interest in the polar news.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney
Australia
Raold Amundsen
South Pole
Fram
Hobart
Tasmania
Amundsen
Scott
Pole
Hillsville Tragedy Synopsis March 11 to April 3
A Hillsville Carroll County saga covers a courthouse massacre aftermath and ongoing manhunt. Key figures Floyd Allen and relatives face indictments. Judge Massie and officials killed. rewards rise from 1400 to 3000. Detectives chase gang across the Virginia mountains with multiple arrests and reindictments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hbattle
Carroll County
Floyd Allen
Thornton L. Massie
Commonwealth
William M. Poster
Sheri Lewis F. Webb
C. Fowler
Nancy Ayers
Dexter Goml
Mann
Victor
Io Hillsvile
Baldwin
Bellis
Scome
Allens
Hoanoke
Mareh
Wallen Staples
Roanoke
Williams
Gran Jury
Ploy Allen
Victor Allen
Claude Allen
Sidna Allen
Preel Allen
Sidon Eawards
Wesley Edwards
Brad Marton
John Moore
Freel Allen
Jack Allen
Baldwin and
Felts
Carroll
Jordan Edwards
Indian Appropriation Bill Sets Native Ward Maintenance
The House focuses on the Indian appropriation bill authorizing 7 465 255 dollars for next fiscal year's maintenance of government wards. It excludes 52 546 dollars from Indian trust funds on deposit. The total is about 900 000 dollars less than last estimates and roughly 1 000 000 less than the current year’s appropriations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
House
Treasury
Governor Pardons Man Who Killed Daughter in Virginia
Governor Mann granted a pardon to James Lambeth a white man serving eighteen years for burning death of his young daughter. Lambeth, dying of stomach cancer and not expected to live a month, will be released to return home to die after the pardon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Mann
James Lambeth
Lambeth
State Farm
Teamster Saved Fortune of 75000 in Inquest
Special evidence at the coroner's inquest into George Johnsons death in his Chicago home was that he had accumulated nearly 75000 while working as a teamster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Ill
George Johnson
Governors push for swift capture of Hillsville outlaws
Richmond officials say no setup for Sidna Allen and Wesley Edwards. Governor Mann after a two hour meeting with detective heads Baldwin and Felts vows a statewide proclamation to deter locals from aiding the fugitives. He aims to press charges for aiding murder and move to rapid apprehension.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Sidna Allen
Wesley Edwards
Mann
W. G. Baldwin
T. L. Felts
Allen Gang
Hillsville
Carroll County
Mann A
Baldwin
Suspects to Face Trial in Hillsville Crime Case
Mr Baldwin departed the city this afternoon promising to stay informed on the matter. Mr Felts shared photographs of the accused while hinting at forthcoming developments. Officers say they expect the trial of the Allens and the Stricklands to be held at Hillsville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baldwin
Mr. Felts
Mr. Baldwin
Allens
Stricklands
Hillsville
Acquitted Wife Remarries Former Montana Lieutenant Governor
In New York a former acquitted defendant, Mrs. Josephine Lelehton Noble, now Mrs. Archibald Spriggs, weds again after being cleared in the 1905 slaying of her husband Paton Noble. Spriggs, a mining engineer, is in Guatemala City. their families and past ties feature in a chain of court and family events surrounding a sister’s custody case and a jealous husband’s suicide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Vernon Avenue
Long Island City
Josephine Lelehton Noble
Paton Noble
Archibald EK. Spriggs
Montana
John McGuire
St. Mary's Church
Spriggs
Guatemala City
Guatemala
Gertrude
Brooklyn Children's Society
Children’s Court
Jamaica
Morgan
Queens County Jash
Noble
Shibley
Youth Frees Self in Murder Case at Fulton Home
In Richmond Virginia Special Judge Crutchfield frees Robert Lee Currie fifteen year old after he killed his father at 3946 Williamsburg Avenue. Testimony by Corra Currie and Blanche Currie supported self defense and defense of family. An earlier inquest confirmed gunshot wounds as the cause of death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Robert Lee Currie
Fulton
Corra Currie
Robert
Currie
Blanche
Dianache
Litewirl
Justice Crutchfield
William H. Taylor
Justine Crutchfield
Robert Currie
Gilbert K. Pollock
Young Currie
Williamsburg Avenue
Nelson
Leap Year Breach of Promise Trial in Denver
Mrs. Pearl Phillips sues Abner James Davis for breach of promise to marry seeking 10000 damages. Davis, Iowa farmer's son, advertised for a Colorado wife and presented himself as financially stable. After a February meeting and a leap year proposal, she hosted him at home and says they agreed to wed but he later refused.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Abner James Davis
Iowa
Pearl Phillips
Phillips
Davis
Miners Organizing Push Starts in West Virginia
The United Mine Workers arrive in districts across West Virginia to organize miners before a referendum on wage proposals. Leaders aim to finish the tear down work in time for miners to join a potential general strike if approved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia
G, W. VA
United Mine Workers
Youth denies confession in Mather death case
Antonio Mariano fourteen year old charged with the death of his schoolmate William Mather Jr North Providence repudiates a seven hour police interrogation that produced a claimed confession. He says a family acquaintance pressured him with a life imprisonment threat if he did not admit to killing. The boy alleged the acquaintance suggested the killing was accidental and promised to drive him home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Providence
Antonio Mariano
William Mather, Jr
North Providence
Mariano
Mather
Contested Convict Labor Labor Fight in Virginia
In Richmond and Lynchburg, opposition grows to convict labor contracts at the Virginia penitentiary. The Virginia Federation of Labor and local workers organize petitions, with Norfolk & Western Manufacturing promising 2000 signatures. The petition urges Gov Mann to reject contracts that hire convicts over free labor, citing 6000 dependent garment workers and harm to state traditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
State Federation of Labor
Virginia Penitentiary
Generalion
Lynchbure
Norfolk & Western Manufacturing Company
Vac
Lynchburg
Federation of Labor
Laynchburg
Norfolk & Western Mfg. Company, Inc
Watkins L. Moorman
William Hodges Mann
Virginia
Commonwealth
Reliance Company
London men arraigned in Bow Street on $100,000 larceny charge
Alfred Henry Motley Jr and Clark A Miller were arrested as they left the Sterling Hotel London on extradition warrants. They face larceny charges for allegedly stealing $100,000 from William Ottman president of United States Litho Company and Puck publisher in New York. They plead business deal not a crime. Scotland Yard had watched them for days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LNDON
New York
Alfred Henry Motley, Jr
Clark A. Atiller
Sterling
Bow Street
Motley and Miller
Wiliam Ottman
United States Litho Company
Puck
New York City
Scotland Yard
London
Motley
Chinese Moderates Peace Role in Great Power Status
Quote from Leslie's notes China is framed as a peace loving power seeking to join the great nations as a moderator. It argues prosperity rests on preserving peace and leaving details to The Hague tribunal. Yuan Shi-Kan is cited proposing peace between factions upon recall to Pekin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Diainesa
China
Hague
Yuan Shi-Kan
Pekin
Leslie
Taft Orders Army Ration Aid for Mississippi Flood Sufferers
President Taft ordered the Quartermaster department to ship army rations to flood victims along the Mississippi River. He met with Senator-elect Ollie James of Kentucky and Representative Rengel of Missouri during the White House visit. He signaled support for a $250,000 congressional appropriation to buy food for the flood areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Taft
Quartermaster Department
Mississippi River
White House
Ollie James
Kentucky
Rengel
Missouri
Governor Frear Corruption Inquiry Delayed by Interior Secretary
Secretary of the Interior Fisheries D. Syeares announced that he will delay his trip to the Hawaii lands to investigate corruption charges against Governor Walter Frear, raised by Delegate Kalanianole, until after Congress adjourns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Governnor
Washington, D
Miners Vote Against Minimum Wage Bill in UK Ruling
In London a special bulletin reports 201 013 yes votes and 244 011 against the minimum wage bill among UK miners. The Miners Federation urges all miners at headquarters to resume work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
United Kingdom
Miners’ Federation
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