Stevens Lic Says Goethals Blames Ex-Chief for Canal Work
Washington April 25 Major George W Goethals chief engineer of the Panama canal rebuts the prior reports of John F Stevens on excavation. Goethals says Stevens figures for January February and March are based on shovel capacity rather than actual work and ignore idle or repair days.
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Washington, D. C
George W. Goethals
Panama Canal
John F. Stevens
Goethals
War Department
Stevens
French Soldiers Disperse Rioters in Paris Clash
Paris on April 25 saw a fierce clash between striking waiters and bakers and police on Rue du Louvre. Many arrests were made as a cuirassiers detachment charged to disperse the rioters while attempting to free detainees.
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Paris
Rue du Louvre
Pardon Bid for Escaped Convict Sparks petitions
A released convict who fled federal custody and settled in Kansas was recaptured after years on the run. Proponents circulated thousands of petitions and signatures urging President clemency, arguing his post release life and business success warranted a pardon. His arrest renews debate over mercy and justice.
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Syesthene
Pari
Aou
Anerson
Katawaa
Fedieral
Ravelworth
Kansas
Black Hand Strikes In Brooklyn Murder Attempt
Vinto Mardone, an Italian merchant in Brooklyn, was found fatally wounded after ignoring four letters demanding $1000 from Black Hand extortionists. He had barricaded his room nightly. two men entered by a window, shot him as he tried to rise, and escaped.
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New York
Vinto Mardone
Brooklyn
Mardone
Man Burns Infant to Dodge Funeral Costs in Brooklyn
In St Louis and Brooklyn reports court action by Mrs Annie Sanderson to reopen a divorce suit. Sue Swears her husband cremated the dead infant in the powerhouse furnace where he served as chief engineer to avoid funeral expenses.
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St. Louis
Marean
Supreme Court
Brooklyn
Annie Sanderson
Jaycux
Robert Sanderson
Sander
Sue
Paris Free Restaurants Aid Poor Mothers In City
Paris reports seven free eating houses for poor mothers who nurse their babies. Since opening, they have served over 37 000 meals. Guests are women only, no tickets or charges, and the meals are provided in clean, small establishments labeled Free Restaurant for Mothers.
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Paris
Girl says she was drugged into taking Negro as husband
Miss Illa Beatrice McHugh known as Beatrice Thomson a Broadway chorus performer has filed for an annulment in New York Supreme Court claiming she was drugged and coerced into marrying Richard W Ellis a Black man on February 24. The marriage certificate lists Rev. Charles S Morris of Abyssinian Baptist Church and leaves witnesses blank.
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New York
Illa
Beatrice McHugh
Beatrice Thomson
Supreme Court
Thorm 5On
Richard W. Ellis
Charles S. Morris
Morris
Abyssinian Baptist Church
Woman Charged With Double Murder in Chicago
A warrant charging Mrs Sladek with the murder of her father and mother and Mrs Frank Mette was issued. Chemical analysis says Mrs Mette was poisoned by arson and her husband’s death is thought the same. No direct evidence against Mrs Sladek, but she has been under suspicion since her mother’s death. Three of Mrs Sladek’s brothers are critically ill, and police believe she could poison them as well.
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Dougle
Chicago
Sladek
Frank Mette
Supreme Court rules on life policy for death by own action
The ruling involves Mrs. Amand S S Whitfeld and a Hartford policy of 35000 tied to death by own action. The Missouri case previously denied, the Supreme Court reversing, upholding payment despite an exclusion clause. The decision centers on expansive contract interpretation and the public policy of honoring insurance contracts.
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Washington
Stet
Siibhles
United States Supreme Court
Amand
Supreme Court
Missouri Sbunits
Harlin
Court of Appeals
Kansas to Enforce Prohibition Law Across State
Kansas moves to curb foreign liquor interests as Supreme Court upholds the statute making soliciting orders for intoxicants a misdemeanor. Attorney General Jackson seeks injunctions against nine foreign brewers and receivership to seize their Kansas properties, including warehouses and saloon fixtures, with militia if needed.
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Kansas City
Kansas
Supreme Court
C. W. Trickett
Hoch
Kas
Topeka
Kans
Jackson
SK Kansas
Itanses
Widows Share Dispute Over Beresford Estate Claims
Creditors of the late Lord D. J. Beresford seek an administrator for his will after his death in a train accident in North Dakota. Flora Wolff, claiming common law wife status, asserts a $10,000 bequest and Mexican law entitlement. the estate totals over $1,000,600 with lands and cattle in Mexico and Canada. Admiral Beresford left negotiations to his New York attorney as rival claims remain unsettled.
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Il Paso
Vex
D. J. Beresford
North Dakota
District Court
Flora Wolff
Beresford
New York
Beresfords
Mexico
Canada
Wolff
Lord Beresford
Veniremen Excused Over Unwritten Law Claim
In St Louis on April 25 Judge Sale excused fifty three of 105 veniremen for the trial of Policeman Michael J Mc Namara and John K P Grevhy after they swore they believed in the unwritten law related to the killings of Mc Namara's wife and her paramour.
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St. Louis
Michael J. McNamara
John KP. Grevhy
Sale
Nurse Fights Prisoner Amid Cannibal Knife Threat
In Pellevue Hospital a nurse Mrs Treon tried to shield a six foot prisoner Duncan Blue from a carving knife. He wrested the weapon, slashing her fingers to the bone before fleeing to a ward corner as terrified patients panicked.
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Balks
New York
Pellevue Hospital
Treon
Duncan Blue
Blue
Sis Are
Justice Brewster urges higher ethical standards for lawyers
United States Supreme Court Justice David J. Brewster told the Ethical Culture Society at Carnegie Hall that the legal profession faces frequent criticism and must pair conscience with intellect. He warned that clever legal minds often evade penalties and urged lawyers to refuse dishonorable conduct even if it is legal.
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New York
United States Supreme Court
David J. Brewer
Thaw Mansion Haunted by Woman Suicide Link Revealed
In Pillsboro Pennsylvania on April 24 ex Coroner McGeary disclosed details tying Lyndhurst Thaw mansion to a public release. The case cites Mrs William Whinn and a Kentucky minister's wife visiting Sandhurst who killed herself by hanging in a house bathroom years earlier.
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Pillsboro
Beng
Lyndhurst
Phaw
McGeary
Williaam
Harry
Kentucky
Thaw
Sandhurst
Bank Confession Reveals $75 000 to $100 000 Shortage
Roy Ware, teller at Seymour Iowa bank, admits a bank shortage likely near 75 000 but possibly up to 100 000. He says he was duped by men who forged entries to manipulate books and profit from grain speculation with false certificates of deposit. Auditor Carroll orders expert review. bank to remain closed. Twenty five Italian miners demand funds, law officers deployed. Ware collapses after confessing. his wife supports him and says higher town figures are implicated.
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le Seymour
Roy Wire
Wriners
Ers Mink
Carroll
Ware
R. S. Davidson
Seymour
Des Moines Infant Fire Tragedy Claims Three Siblings
In Mystic Indiana a mother was away when two children aged five and three perished in a fire. A 19 month old baby also died in the blaze, with a third child severely injured. Police and fire officials investigated the accidental blaze linked to a boy playing with matches.
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Des Moines
Chas. Brazewell
Mystic
Supreme Court Dismisses Barrington Murder Case
Chief Justice Fuller of the supreme court dismissed the criminal case of Frederick Seymour alias Lord Barrington under sentence of death in St. Louis for the June 163 murder of James P. McCann, sustaining the trial verdict of guilty.
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Washington, D. C
Fuller
Supreme Court
Frederick Seymour
Lord’ Barrington
St. Louis
James P. McCann
Ueus
Woman Draws Merchants Into Lemon Lodge Scam
New Castle and Wilmington business men seek interviews with Elizabeth C Campbell of Philadelphia. They allege she lured them into the Lemon Lodge, charging initiation fees for a supposed musical entertainment that never occurred. An 80 year old brunette, described as the lodge’s apostle, is involved.
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New Castle
Del
Wilmington
Elizabeth C
C. Campbell
Philadelphia
Basso Shuttleworth
Campbell
Lemon Lodge
Iowa and Nebraska Educators Benefit by Carnegie Fund
J D Bowman announces the Carnegie fund will not admit state universities as beneficiaries but may grant retiring allowances to distinguished educators. Recipients include Benjamin Andrews chancellor of Nebraska University Francis P Smith UVA professor William V Folwell ex president Minnesota and Amos N Currier dean at Iowa liberal arts college
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New York
J. D. Bowman
Carnegie Fund For the Advancement of Teaching
Benjamin Andrews
University of Nebraska
Francis P. Smith
University of Virginia
William V. Folwell
University of Minnesota
Amos N. Currier
College of Liberal Arts
University of Iowa
Striking Cloakmakers Assault Employer In Riot
In New York on April 24 striking cloakmakers at Oscar Hargolin & Son assaulted the senior member of the firm. A riot formed with several hundred participants before police dispersed the crowd and four demonstrators were arrested.
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New York
Oscar Hargolin & Son
Murder Signs In Death Care In Irving Park Poisoning
Chicago April 24 Positive proof of murder in the Irving park poisoning mystery was found when Professor Walter M Haines of Rush Medical college reported to Coroner Toffman that his analysis found sufficient arsenic to kill in the stomach of Mrs Mary Mette Mrs Mette baked a Bohemian fruit cake of flour that contained enough arsenic to kill twenty persons The day the cake was eaten she became violently ill with the other members of her family
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Chicago
Irving Park
Walter M. Haines
Rush Medical College
Toffman
Mary Mette
Mette
Familiv
Blacks hand gang on trial for terror in Wilkesbarre
More than twenty foreigners accused as leaders of a feared Blackhand gang face trials in Wilkesbarre. Charges include shooting with intent to kill conspiracy dynamiting and robbery threats and menaces. The group is blamed for years of terror and murder in the area's immigrant communities.
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Wilkesbarre
Ingens
Wil
Blackhand
my BOG n= lous
Woman Seeks Husband In 599 Atlantic City Hotels
Mrs Walter Brown from New York visits Atlantic City to surprise her husband, who is staying at one of 599 registered hotels. She becomes distressed after learning he may be in any hotel, leading friends to send her to police headquarters and detectives to begin a search.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Walter Brown
New York
Mongolia Runs Aground Near Mayeda Lighthouse Japan
The Pacific mail steamer Mongolia ran aground this morning near Mayeda lighthouse in Nagato province Japan. The reefy locality and rough seas contributed to the incident after the steamer tried to avoid a collision with a sailing ship.
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Tokio
Pacific Mail
Mongolia
Mayeda Lighthouse
Nagato
Japan
New York Lexchan Chicago April 22 News Brief
New York Lexchan reports a 25 percent discount on a Chicago event dated April 22. No further details provided.
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New York
Lexchan
Chicago
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