Bloodstained ax linked to Forrest murders in Oakville
Leonardtown Md Special Detective Mayer arrives to probe the double killing of Mr and Mrs William Forrest at their Oakville home near St Marys County. Blood stained feather beds show signs of struggle as the team seeks Joseph Forrest and a possible motive. An ax found in a dusty garret is described with hairs bone particles and blood.
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J. O. King
Daniel Guy
Baltimore
Joseph Forrest
Forrest
Nolan Williams
Mayer
Kansas imposes drastic law barring own liquor consumption
Topeka reports a new statewide rule making it a crime to drink intoxicating liquor even from one’s own bottle. The enactment, described as the most drastic yet, aims to curb prohibition violations and is now in effect. Previously towns like Topeka Leavenworth Wichita and Kansas City used municipal fines for such infractions.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Leavenworth
Wichita
Kansas City
Woman Driven Man to Murder in India na Miss
Jesse Scott a young farmer confessed to killing W L Embrey at the urging of Embrey's wife. Scott says he met Embrey in an open pasture and forced him with a revolver to a Cypress brake where four shots were fired. Mrs Embrey has been arrested.
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Indianola
Jesse Scott
Offcers
W. L. Embrey
Scott
Anna Held plans retirement after next season
New York special report states actress Anna Held aboard the Kronprinzessin Cecilie will retire from the stage after the next season. She reports a successful career and investments totaling about 1 million dollars and intends to settle in a home life, spending most time in New York City.
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New York
Europe
Anna Held
Kronprinzess
Cecile
Miss Held
New York City
Falls Church Man Dead After Accidental Self Inflicted Shot
Falls Church Virginia special report says Bedford M Downing of Falls Church is dead from a pistol wound inflicted around noon. Dr George B Fadely stated the doctor believes Downing accidentally shot himself.
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Falls Church
Bedford M. Downing
Falls H
George B. Fadely
Downing
Heir Prince Lidj Jeassi Publicly Proclaimed Heir To Abyssinia
Prince Lidj Jeassi, 13, eldest grandson of King Menelik, was proclaimed heir in front of chiefs and 20,000 soldiers. He wed Princess Romaine, 7, granddaughter of the late Emperor John, niece of Empress Taltton, in a marriage seen as uniting rival dynasties.
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Addis-Adeba
Lidj Jeassi
Menelik
Romaine
John
Taltton
Circus Tent Blown Down In Corry Pa During Exhibition
The Cole Brothers Circus main tent collapsed in a sudden wind at 8 pm causing a panicked crowd and a burning section. Injured include Mrs Byron Davids struck by a pole, Chief of Police Stevens, and city clerk Charles Tuttle. overall show damage is slight.
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Corry
Cole Brothers
Cole Brothers’ Circus
World trade record set in 1907 exports and imports
Washington report shows 1907 global trade at 14.0 billion in exports and 16.0 billion in imports. The United States accounts for 9.2 percent of exports and 14.4 percent of imports, with the United Kingdom leading both lists and Europe supplying nearly two thirds of total trade.
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Washington, D. C
United States
Bureau of Statistics
Department of Commerce and Labor
United Kingdom
Germany
France
Europe
Man Hears Funeral Sermon From Bedside
Elias F. Burns of Gas City Indiana age 88 on his deathbed requested his minister Rev Henry Schwan and forty friends attend his funeral in his bedroom. Hymns were sung and the sermon followed by Romans chapter eight. He grew stronger briefly then relapsed into delirium.
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Gas City
Ind
Elias F. Burns
Townsend on the Run After Slaying Justice Moss
Blood hounds tracked Charles B. Townsend at noon after he shot and killed Peace Justice William P. Moss of Stouts Mills near Weston. Moss reportedly tried to stop Townsend from assaulting Townsend’s wife.
Night Riders juror Mansfield Haroldson dies by hanging
Union City report states Mansfield Haroldson, a juror in the January Night Riders trial, hanged himself on his farm after six defendants were sentenced to death. Authorities believe the juror’s mind suffered from brooding over the case.
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Union City
Tenn
Mansfield Haroldson
Earthquake Felt Across Northern Montana
A distinct quake struck Great Falls at 9 15 local time and was felt at Chateau Havre Wagner and other points, indicating wide reach across the region. No serious damage occurred though some items toppled from shelves and glassware broke.
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Montana
Great Falls
Mont
Chateau
Havre
Wagner
Gold Key For Taft Opens Yukon Alaska Exposition
President Taft will open the Yukon Alaska Exposition in Seattle on June 1. A gold telegraphic key mounted on Alaska marble, decorated with 22 Alaska gold nuggets, will be presented by Secretary Ballinger and Washington’s congressional delegation and connected to White House wires for the ceremony.
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Taft
Washington, D. CC
Seattle
Ballinger
Washington
Alaska
White House
Silttone
Mrs Taft Suffered Nervous Breakdown During Mount Vernon Trip
President Taft released a statement saying Mrs. Taft had a slight nervous attack after a strenuous day. She was with Charles Taft during a throat operation and the party returned to the White House for rest. Doctors expect recovery in a few days.
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Washington, D. C
Taft
White House
Delaney
More
Cincinnati College of Music
Cincinnati Orchestra
John W Herron
Cincinnati
Balloon Flight from Washington to Harwood Described
Army balloon No. 11 of the Signal Corps descended at Harwood Maryland about twelve miles below Annapolis at 1 21 PM after starting from the gas works in Washington at 11 48 lying a distance of about 20 miles The occupants were Lieutenants Bamberger and Dickinson with Lieutenant Lahm as pilot The trip was uneventful and pleasant An intended course toward Annapolis was altered by wind causing a descent at Harwood to avoid crossing the Chesapeake Bay
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Signal Corps
Harwood
Gas Works
Washington
D. C
Bamberger
Dickinson
Lahm
Chesapeake Bay
Capita l Area Lumber Plant Fire Damages Wiegand Works
A large blaze at the Martin Wiegand lumber plant on 451 465 Maryland Avenue SW caused about 100000 in losses, partially insured. Fire units fought the flames that threatened nearby buildings while Fireman P J Hollihan suffered a scalp laceration from a falling beam and was treated at Emergency Hospital.
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Washington, D. C
Capitol
Martin Wiegand
Maryland Avenue
Wiegand
P. J. Hollihan
Torpedo Flotilla Sails From Cavite to Nagasaki
The first torpedo flotilla of the Pacific fleet, based in the Philippines for coast defense, sails from Cavite to Nagasaki. Its ships Chauncey Dale Bainbridge and Barry accompany Rainbow as parent ship, under Lt. James H. Tomb. The third squadron cruisers led by Rear Admiral Giles B. Harber will also summer away from the Philippines.
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Philippines
Cavite
Nagasaki
Japan
Chauncey
Dale
Bainbridge
Barry
Rainbow
James H. Tomb
Giles B. Harber
Five escape tornado deaths in Kansas cellars
Five Eckstrom family members believed killed on Hollis area farms and ranchman Charles Quance who was thought dead near Larned escaped unharmed to tornado cellars as wire service communication resumed.
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Kansas City
Speclal
Eckstrom
Hollis
Kansas
Charles Quance
Larned
Kan
Beton
Fourth member of gang to die in New York
John H. Sanderson, the Philadelphia contractor jailed for defrauding Pennsylvania on the Harrisburg capitol project, died at Sherry's in New York where he had resided since his 1908 conviction. He faced a $25,000 bail pending appeal as details of the $13,600,000 capitol build and related frauds unfolded.
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Philadelphia
Sherry's
New York
John H. Sanderson
New Capitol
Sanderson
Pennypacker
William P. Snyder
William L. Mathues
James M. Shumaker
Twenty Bodies Blown Skyward in Quarry Disaster
A premature dynamite blast at the Callalan Road Improvement Company quarry near South Bethlehem, eleven miles from Albany, killed at least 20 workers and scattered bodies over great distances. Dozens more remained missing or unrecognizable among crushed rock and debris. The blast, using 1,000 pounds of dynamite, dislodged 40,000 tons of rock and shattered nearby houses as Italians nearby collected remains.
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Albany
Leas
Callalan Road Improvement Company
Bethlehem
Callalan Ros Improvement Company
Hlouses
LeRoy McMillen
Callalan Brothers
John
Zephart
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