Grain Operators Ordered to Jail in Buckethop Case
Six defendants including Louis W. Foster and John M. Gorman were sentenced by Judge Thompson in Cincinnati for using the United States mails to defraud via the Odell Brokerage bucketshop. Each received six months in jail and a $200 fine plus costs, with bonds set at $500.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Louis W. Foster
John M. Gorman
Walter Campbell
A. G C. Baldwin
Edwin Heil
J. M. Scott
Thompson
United States District Court
United States
Outcalt
Odell Brokerage Company
Miss Ilington in Reno for six month divorce stay
Reno reports Margaret Ilington wife of Daniel Frohman of New York is in Reno to secure a residence for a six month stay to pursue a divorce. She uses the name Clington Lighton and hides her identity, staying at 610 Center Street with Mrs. Senseney as she arrives in town.
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Reno
Margaret Ilington
Daniel Frohman
New York
Sioux Falls
Frohman
Center St
Clington
Bloomington
Lighton
Tar and feathering in Pittsburg area crime case
In Pittsburg Pennsylvania on June 10 Mollie Ridge was abducted from a house in Westpike township by 15 men who tarred and feathered her then threw her into Pike run. H. O. Wright was found in the woman’s home, stripped and beaten before being cast into the same stream. The victims pressed charges against J. F. Charles Clifford Wright and Wright’s cousin Charles Playford Wright. Warrants issued but no arrests yet. The woman has reportedly been warned to leave the neighborhood multiple times.
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Pittsburg
Westpike Township
Mollie
How the Country Has Grown in Half Century
New York June 10 The annual report of the Chamber of Commerce compares 1908 with 1858. Over 50 years the US population rose 193 percent and wealth 663 percent. Public debt surged 2375 percent, per capita debt from 1.51 to 10.76 dollars, bank deposits 460 percent, government receipts 14186 percent, navy expenditures 745 percent. Imports per capita grew from 8.95 to 18.70 dollars, exports per capita from 9.14 to 21.04 dollars, and liquor consumption per head from 6.48 to 23.53 gallons. foreign commerce by American ships fell 39.06 percent.
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New York
Chamber of Commerce
Fire destroys Decatur Cereal mill in Illinois
The Decatur Cereal company plant in Decatur Illinois the largest corn mill in the world was burned early today shortly after 1 am. The loss is estimated at 650000 dollars and fireman John Sheehy was killed by flying timbers in the blaze.
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Springfield
Ill.l
Decatur Cereal Company
Decatur
Ill
John Sheehy
Striking Hatters Return to Work in Tri-State Area
Danbury Connecticut June 10 The five month strike that idled 22 hat factories in Danbury Bethel and New Milford ended as 15 manufacturers reached a settlement plan with the United Hatters national executive and advisory boards.
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Danbury, Conn
Bethel
New Milford
United Hatters
Tablets Preserve Gettysburg Speech in Bronze
The War Department plans bronze tablets to preserve Lincoln's Gettysburg Address in national cemeteries. Blake reports Congress allotted 5000 dollars for Gettysburg but not other cemeteries. The Gettysburg tablet will be set with the controversial text version pending revisions.
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Gettysburg
Order of the
Washington
Oliver Tissow
Whisky definition debated by Solicitor General Bowers
Washington D C June article reports Solicitor General Bow ers submits to President Taft his opinion on what constitutes whisky. He argues that coloring or flavoring does not create whisky and that mixtures with neutral spirits remain whisky if essential properties persist. He notes whisky name applies to both drug and beverage uses and that molasses-based whisky is unlikely. Trial date set for Brough ton Brandenburg in Cleveland letter case.
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Washington
Jane
Lloyd W. Bowers
United States
Taft
Bowers
Mr. Sowers
England
Department of Agriculture
General Bowers
Mr. Bowers
Address at the Lincoln Memorial on the National Resolve
The speaker calls for dedication to the enduring task of liberty and the republic. He honors the living and dead who fought there and urges the nation to dedicate itself to the unfinished work for which they sacrificed. He proclaims the need for a new birth of freedom and a government of the people.
Society Woman Kills Son and Herself in Salem
Mrs Elizabeth Slurp a prominent society woman and wife of politician and manufacturer G V Sharp killed her 12 year old son Harold and then herself with a revolver last night after an evening of piano and singing. The motive appears to be sorrow over the boy's incurable mental deficiency. Mrs Sharp aged 35.
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Salem, Oho
Elizabeth Sluirp
G. V. Sharp
Harold
Milady
Wharf Collapse Traps Passengers in Lake Near Mandeville
A frail wharf collapsed as about 70 people rushed to board the excursion steamer Margaret returning to New Orleans. Ten bodies found, seven still missing, all New Orleans residents. The Margaret docked at a special skiff dock. lifebuoys and quick rescue efforts saved many from eight feet of water.
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Mandeville
Margaret
New Orleans
The
Turkey arrests rioters amid riot death figure dispute
An official telegram from Adana reports 445 Muslims and 117 non Muslims arrested in April rioting and massacres. Turkish officials deny 20,000 dead, saying reports were greatly exaggerated.
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Constantinople
Adana
Turkey
Wa Fairbanks Leaves Tokio During World Tour
Charles W. Fairbanks former vice president of the United States is en route from Tokio to the southern part of Japan as part of his worldwide tour.
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Tokio
Charles Wa. Fairbanks
United States
Japan
Tragic Niagara Rescue Attempt Ends in Death
Louis Cohen of Buffalo raced into the Niagara River after his wife leaped from the Second and Third Sisters islands. Despite strenuous efforts by Cohen and a rescue party, Mrs. Cohen drowned. Her body was found later by Barnett and Brown, life unsalvageable. Cohen, exhausted, uttered that his wife died in his arms.
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Niagara Falls
Louis Cohen
Buffalo
Cohen
Chief Subridge
Goat Island
William MM. Barnett
Hugh Brown
Brown
Barnett
Madame Stoessel Deficit Reported in Port Arthur Society
The Port Arthur Benevolent Society in St. Petersburg reported a $7500 deficit found during an inquiry into accounts under President Madame Stoessel, wife of General Stoessel. The matter will be referred to the crown prosecutor for action.
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St. Petersburg
Port Arthur
Farrar to wed Scotti in Paris ceremony soon
Berlin reports Geral dine Farrar engaged to Scotti. marriage planned in Paris within weeks. Farrar initially denied the engagement. In Detroit, A Milton Holden of Fred S. Osborne & Co. shot himself at home amid business troubles.
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Berlin
Geraldine Farrar
Scotti
Paris
Miss Farrar
Detroit
Mich
Breathitt feud claims another victim in Kentucky
Ex Sheriff Edward Callahan of Breathitt County was shot in his home at Lones Creek near Jackson after a dispute over church management. The attack followed days of violence as factions led by Hargis and Deaton clashed, with authorities pursuing the alleged assassin through the mountains.
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Tackson
Ulloaliau
Reathitt County
Weis
Oteketteville
Pockettsville
Ula
Nis West
Jexington
Edward Cuallahan
Crockettsville
Jackson
Ciallahian
Lones Creek
Callahan
Lexington
W. C. Mullikin
Hargis
James Hargis
Beech Hargis
Breathitt County
Hurgis
J. B. Marcum
Court House
Marcum
Deatons
Smiths
Deaton
John Smith
Shot Dead in Court Corridor in St Louis Feud
Fred Mohrle who killed Constable Sam Young in North St Louis weeks earlier was assassinated today in the corridors of the criminal court building. William Kane a former Young deputy fired the fatal shot as Mohrle was being brought to trial, ending a bitter political feud. Mohrle had claimed threats from the so called gang but refused to name any members, saying he could handle himself.
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St. Louis
Fred Mohrle
Sam Young
North St. Louis
Criminal Court
William Kane
Young
Mohrle
Mohrie
Lightning strikes powder magazine near Cracow station
A thunderbolt hit an army powder magazine near the millroad station Cracow Austrian Poland exploding thousands of pounds of powder and 1 500 projectiles. 306 people were wounded and three soldiers killed as hundreds of houses were damaged and crowds crowded local hospitals. Concurrently in Madison Wis the assembly killed the senate joint resolution for direct popular election of US senators.
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London
Cracow
Millroad
Madison
Wis
Senate
Congress
United States
Y. W. C. A. Raises 303000 for Building Fund
Kansas City report notes the Young Women’s Christian Association building fund climbs to 303000 after a second gift of 25000 from Thomas H. Swope plus earlier contributions. The June 1 update confirms the total surpasses 300000.
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Kansas City
Young Women's Christin Association
Thomas H. Swope
Asso
Heinze Reappointed U C Op President With Board Choices
New York F Augustus Heinze was re elected president of the United Copper company by the new board David Meiklejohn of Butte was elected vice president and Stanley Gifford of New York who recently sailed for Europe secretary and treasurer
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New York
F. Augustus Heinze
United Copper Company
New
David Meiklejohn
Butte
Stanley Gifford
Europe
U S Saves Heiress From a Bogus Italian Count
Washington reports the state department, with Rev. John T. Quinn, aided by Secretary Ismax, helped halt a planned Rome marriage between a wealthy American heiress and a bogus Italian count. The Italian government cooperated, preventing the union before it could proceed.
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U.S
Washington
Dune
State Department
Rome
John T. Quinn
Ascension Episconal
Pabl
Ismax
Vaux
Ascension Church
Hoeus
Reyuive
Rlume
Frange Hosts Gold Medal Reception in San Francisco
Ambassador Jusserand and Mayor Taylor led a broadly attended reception with about 2,000 members of the local French colony. They protested President David Starr Jordan of Stanford University for remarks at Bryn Mawr alleging France was a decadent nation.
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San Francisco
Jusserand
Taylor
Mme. Jusseri
David Stary Jordan
Stanford University
Bryn Mawr
France
San Francisco Receives French Gold Medal for City Healing
The San Francisco ceremony at the Pheum Theater presented a gold medal from France to Mayor Edward Robson Taylor, honoring the city’s recovery since the 1906 earthquake and fire. Ambassador Jusserand spoke, the crowd applauded, and the medal signified lasting Franco American friendship with the people of the United States.
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San Francisco
Jean Jules Jusserand
Unite States
von Prance
Edward Robson Taylor
Taylor
United States
Rat bites injure child and father in rat hole incident
In Philadelphia on June 8 Maury Cullen, 2, and his father were bitten when the family cat, out courting, failed to guard a pet rat hole. The baby claimed a bite and the father inserted a finger into the hole. Both were treated at St. Joseph's hospital and wounds cauterized.
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Philadelphia
Maury Cullen
Leland Jr
St. Joseph's Hospital
Dedication of Alexander III Monument in St Petersberg
Emperor Nicholas and the empress arrived in St Petersberg from Tsarskovla for the monument dedication after a long construction. Nicholas unveiled the monument following a service by the metropolitan and led a guard parade. The empress appeared well despite prior illness and joined the ceremonies.
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ST. Petersberg
Nicholas
Tsarskovla
Alexander III
Shooting affray shakes Frontier Town in Rosebud area
In Colombo South Dakota June a serious shooting in Frontier Town left William Jones with a leg injury after a six shot exchange from Jack Owens. Jones supporters wrecked the building causing doors and windows to be smashed until restraint was imposed.
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Colombo
S. D
Rosebud
Tripp County
Jack Owens
William Jones
Owens
Jones
Cougar passenger shocks Spokane stage driver
Grant Turnbull, a Newport bound stage driver, faced a cougar riding in the rear of his coach on a narrow mountain road near Rogers Pass. He steadied the coach in the ruts and struck the animal with his whip but the cougar escaped into timber. Turnbull claims a new record for reaching Newport from the discovery point.
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Spokane
Wash
Grant Turnbull
Newport Sndenlk
Rogers’ Pyas
Turnbull
Newport
Philadelphia Street Car Strike Ends and Service Resumes
The Philadelphia Rapid Transit motormen and conductors strike ended last night. Normal street car service began at 4 a m with early confusion at 18 car barns, but by the 7 a m rush the service was nearly normal and improving. Wages set at 22 cents per hour and a 10 hour workday.
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Philadelphia
Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company
Pittsburg Girl Delays Start Of Big Liner
New York dispatch reports Miss Julia Carson initially balked at sailing on the Kaiser Wilhelm II delaying departure for Europe. Her sister Miss Georgia had trunks removed containing jewels valued at about 20000, prompting a hold opening. Later Julia changed her mind and rejoined, causing further delays as trunks were rehoused.
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New York
Kaiser Wilhelm ST
Europe
Julia
Georgia Carson
Pittsburg
Georgia
Julia Carson
Jewelers Oppose Slaughter of Horned Toad for Hatpins
Portland jewelry firms announce opposition to killing horned toads for hatpin heads. The harmless lizard is used by fashion as decor, and local jewelers vow to go on record against the practice.
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Portland
Ore
Denver Mint Holds Nation's Largest Gold Reserves
With a shipment of 7.5 million dollars in gold coin arriving from San Francisco, the Denver mint now stores 370 million dollars in gold, the greatest amount housed there to date, marking it as the nation’s treasure vault.
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Denver
Colo
San Francisco
Steamer Tron Age Burns Off Bar Point in Lake Erie
The steamship Tron Age, sailing from Huron Ohio, was destroyed by fire to the water line off Bar Point in Lake Erie. Captain William J Willaughby and nine crew members escaped in small boats with no injuries reported.
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Detroit
Mich
Tron Age
Huron
Ohio
Bar, Point
Lake Erie
William J. Willaughby
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