Sensational Evidence at Afternoon Session of Jones Trial
J W Blythe Burlington general counsel for the Burlington Route died at 5 30 am at the Sand Run club house near Wapello Iowa after a heart attack. He had arrived with Horace Rand and H O Weaver for a week of hunting and was taken ill yesterday.
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Wapello
J. W. Blythe
Burlington
Sand Run Club House
H. O. Weaver
Blythe
W. S. Grimes
Republican Party
Mr. Blythe
Cranbury
New Jersey
Joseph William and
Ellen Henrietta (Green) Blythe
Lawrenceville School
Princeton and
Hanover
Ind
Bethany College
Kansas
Iowa
Princeton
Thos. Hedge
Gear
Hugh
Great Divide a Strong Production Endorsed by Kindt
Charles Kindt manager of the Burtis Opera House in Davenport telegrams Charles Salisbury of the Grand praising The Great Divide as a fine play and company. The four performances here drew full houses and the show will be presented again Tuesday.
Bryan to join fight against tuberculosis spread
William J. Bryan announced in New York that he will join the fight to prevent tuberculosis. He met Nathan Straus and discussed Straus' long effort for pasteurizing milk to curb the disease during a stop in the city before continuing to Newark, New Jersey.
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New York
N. Y
William J. Bryan
Bryan
Newark
N. J
Nathan Straus
Straus
State case ends in murder trial with perjury arrest
Nashville March 6 The state rested in the Cooper Sharp murder trial impeaching witness Binning who says he saw Carmack in the Tennessean office. Carmack was not in the office that afternoon says C H Farrell a paper employee. State’s day featured challenging Cooper defendants presence on Seventh Avenue during the shooting and at the governor’s mansion.
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Nashville
Tenn
Cooper-Sharp
Binning
Carmack
Cooper
S. J. Binning
Coopers
Seventh Avenue
Cold Wave to Hit Across Nation This Weekend
Weather Bureau warns a cool wave will reach the British northwest territory Saturday and sweep the plains, lake region, and Atlantic states by Monday. An energetic disturbance follows, crossing the continent from March 7 to 10.
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Weather Bureau
Washington
British Northwest Territory
Plains States
Lake Region
Atlantic States
Sixteen Men Drown Building Liverpool Cofferdam
A drowning accident at Birkenhead's new dock construction floods the Cofferdam early today. Sixteen workers died and three were rescued with serious injuries.
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Liverpool
Birkenhead
Kansas Anti Cigarette Law Goes Into Effect
Topeka Kansas March 6 The state tobacco ban took effect last night and no cigarettes or cigarette papers are available in Topeka. Local dealers are repacking stock for shipment back to factories.
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Topeka
Kan
Church Scandal in the Court Affects Two Methodist Churches
John Lavender files for an injunction in Chicago Supreme Court to stop Rev Edward B Crawford Woodlawn Park Methodist Church trustees and stewards from circulating Mrs Mary Lavender s confession. Former pastor Rev John D Leek of Western Avenue Methodist Church faced resignation and potential disruption. Judge Barnes declined injunction due to lack of notice to the other side.
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Chicago, Ill
Supreme Court
John Lavender
Edward B. Crawford
Woodlawn Park Methodist Church
Mary Lavender
Crawford
John D. Leek
Western Avenue Methodist Church
Man blown to atoms in Cleveland dynamite incident
David Coffman aged sixty purchased dynamite and lit a fuse then lay down on it causing an explosion that tore his head from his body and shredded the rest. Family troubles are cited as the motive in Cleveland Tennessee.
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Cleveland
Tenn
David Coffman
Coffman
Devastating avalanches hit Carinthia Austria villages
Telegrams from Carinthia report a series of avalanches destroying homes in several villages. At least ten people have died and many more are unaccounted. The disaster prompted relief efforts as the region faced widespread damage.
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Vienna
Carinthia
Austria
Threats of Murder Echoed in District Court Trial
Witnesses recount perilous statements by Harry Jones at Fairport in 1907, including plans to kill Hobart Van Winkle and his wife. Court adjourned amid sensational testimony as state lawyers press the case while defense probes memory and motive.
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Bill’ van Winkle
Lottie Houston
Fairport
Jones
van Winkle
District Court
Harry Jones
James E. Snyder
Jim
Hobart
Snyder
McKee & Bliven
Pepper
Hanley
Hobart’s
Hobarts
Taft Administers Cabinet Oaths as Call for Special Session Planned
President Taft swore in six cabinet members Knox Hitchcock Meyer Ballinger Wilson and Nagel in the White House. The senate adjourned to March 15 with no nominations and a special session called for that date though the subject was not stated. Beekman Winthrop and William Loeb Jr. confirmed for navy and port duties while Stephenson’s credentials lagged. Two hundred thousand visitors estimated at the inaugural event as crowds depart by rail.
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Washington, D. C
Congress
Taft
Knox
Hitchcock
Meyer
Ballinger
Wilson
Nagel
Fuller
White House
Messrs
Dickinson and
MacVeagh
Senate
Stephenson
Wisconsin
William Loeb, Jr
Port
New York
Beekman Winthrop
Wealthy farmer found guilty of stealing hogs
William Giffrow a farmer worth sixty thousand dollars was found guilty at Le Mars today of stealing twelve hogs from a neighbor.
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Iowa Evening Press
Sioux City
William Giffrow
le Mars
Peage Prospect In Hard Coal Field
Confirmation was received today at the Reading railroad offices that a conference will be held Thursday between the miners union and anthracite mine owners. President Lewis of the miners union indicated a wage agreement is expected, and the regional business outlook improves with prospects for a peaceful settlement of the dispute.
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Philadelphia
Reading Railroad
Lewis
Miners’ Union
Banker is sentenced for theft of bank funds
Elsworth Hale former bank auditor admitted taking funds of the Traverse City National Bank and was sentenced in Grand Rapids to five years in the Detroit house of correction.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
Pulitzer Is Back From Southern Waters
The steam yacht Liberty carrying Joseph Pulitzer publisher of the New York World arrived in New York today after a cruise in southern waters.
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Pulitzer
New York
N. Y
Liberty
Joseph Pulitzer
New York World
Woman Fatally Burned in Hospital After Alcohol Lamp Blast
Mrs. Arthur Meyers of Keota Iowa died from severe burns suffered when an alcohol lamp exploded as she waited with her baby at a hospital in Iowa City. The child escaped with minor burns while Mrs Meyers burned head to foot before hospital attendants could act. She was about 25, maiden name Mabel Erwin. Funeral arrangements not announced.
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Iowa City
Arthur Meyers
Keota
Meyers
Iowa House Passes Hackler Bill Expands Commission Law
Des Moines March 6. The House moves to extend the commission law to cities over seven thousand population. The Senate backs measures banning bucket shops and prohibiting unfair price discrimination in cream buying and butter fat and poultry products. The latter targets crushing co operative creameries by concentrator firms.
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Ora Williams
State House
Des Moines
House
Commission
Senate
Is Rev. J A Wheeler Alive or Dead
Marshalltown Iowa reports debate over the fate of Rev J A Wheeler a former temperance lecturer. A year earlier rumors claimed he jumped from a Long Island steamer in personal crisis. Recently a Stamford New York friend said Wheeler is alive and well at Troy New York contrary to prior suicide reports.
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Marshalltown
J. A. Wheeler
New York
Long Island Sound
Troy
N. Y
Stamford
Wheeler
Life sentence for slayer of mother in Michigan farm murder
Elton Baldwin is sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of his mother Mary Baldwin at their Ellegan area farm near Saugatuck, Michigan, with the crime occurring on Thursday.
Murder in Iowa: corpses tied to gang activity and testimony
Reports from Ottumwa and surrounding towns describe a river found body later identified as Peter Ross of Des Moines after coroner verdicts. Witnesses link the Ash gang to the murder plot to prevent testimony, with earlier Ottumwa killings tied to Fred Loerche, and a Sioux City salesman found dead near Leeds amid suspicions of murder.
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Ottumwa
I.a
Fred Loerch
Peter Ross
Des Moines
Ash Gang
Ross
Greene, Ila
Irving Bucknell
Frances Miller
Bucknell
Inlaw
Miss Miller
Allison
Fred Loerche
Loerche
Frank Ash
Fred Young
Salesman
Sioux City
Frank R. Williams
Omaha
Leeds
Prisoner Escapes Jail in Mason City By Sawing Bars
Grant Rush held on grand larceny charges broke jail last night by sawing through bars. Seven other prisoners tried to escape but stayed. Rush made a clean getaway and no trace of him has been found.
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Iowa Evening Press
Mason City
Grant Rush
Rush
Widow of EF J Phelps Dies in Burlington
Burlington VT March 6 Mrs Mary Haight Phelps widow of Edward J Phelps minister to Great Britain during Cleveland administration died here today at age 2 The brief note records her death in Burlington Vermont and her late husband service as a diplomat.
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EF. J. Phelps
Burlington, Vt
Mary Haight Phelps
Edward J. Phelps
Great Britain
Cleveland
Now Famous Shoes At Issue In Jones Case
Warner presses to bar specific testimony while experts repeatedly identify shoes said to have belonged to Jones. The trial hinges on contested evidence about footwear connected to the suspect.
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Jones
Shoes Tied to Murder Trial as Jones Trial Advances
Morning session of the Jones trial opened with no new developments as witnesses testified to footwear linked to the Van Winkle case. Feustal stood by his shoe identifications while Moore and Hobart offered corroborating details about Jones’s movements and footwear observations.
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Ala
Sete
Utes
Ways and Means Committee
Roosevelt
Kansas Cities
T. H. Brannan
Warner
Mr. Snyder
Chicago
LeMars
Ota
Grimes
Greene Man
Law
Gang
Bulletin
van Winkle Cottage
Court House
Sherberger
Frank Binhoff
Feustal
Frank J. Feustal
George Moore
Frank Feastal
Moore
Attorney Warner
William Hobart
Heathman
Illinois
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