Mother Jones Directs Testimony at Martial Law Inquiry
Charleston West Virginia June 12 General Elliott led the senate inquiry into martial law during the Paint Creek strike zone. Ex governor Glasscock summoned and miners lawyers face off with operators while Mother Jones directs questions and is slated to be a star witness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
Charles D. Elliott
Elliott
Glasscock
W. E. Glasscock
George Wallace
James A. Pratt
Charles A. Morgan
Samuel L. Walker
John H. Gaines
Gaines
Judicial Institutions of
West Virginia
Justice of the Peace
Intermediate Court
Circuit Court
Kanewka County
Senator Swansen
Mr. Gaines
Rother” Jones
Frank S. Monnett
Ohio
Mother Jones
Military Court
Jones
Tiners Ater
Explosion Discounts Ohio Churches and Mills in Deerfield Blast
An explosion of fireworks stored in a basement near Deerfield destroyed two churches and a mill in Alliance, inflicted heavy damage on a hotel and other structures, and badly injured four people. Five tons of pyrotechnics fueled the blast, with mice chewing fuses blamed for the accident. The Methodist church was leveled while the Christian church was wrecked beyond repair.
Marriage Announcement in Royal Chapel Muddy Text
A fragmentary 19th century style notice reports a marriage at a guards chapel. It mentions the Hon. Mulmno tandy and Lad Dunleath as relatives, and Lad von Ryng as the bride, with references to titled parents and noble residences. The readable elements suggest a formal society ceremony with aristocratic names.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Condon
Mulmnotandy
Dunleath
Bombs Thrown At Premier Asquith In Commons Turmoil
A suffragist sympathizer hurled paper bag bombs filled with flour and pamphlets in the British House of Commons, missing Premier Asquith but striking a clerk. The attacker was arrested after a 15 minute struggle as flour bombs shattered the gallery and officials rushed to restore order. London reports note further questions about Dr A K Graves, a former German spy, being released from a Scottish prison and his access to admiralty details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
House of Commons
Asquith
Commons
Mr. Asquith
Engligh
A. K. Graves
Admiralty Office
Largest passenger liner Emperor sails on maiden voyage
Hamburg June 12 The Hamburg American liner Emperor, the largest ship afloat, cleared for New York on her maiden voyage with a full passenger complement. She is 19 feet longer than the Titanic and her bridge rises 70 feet above the water. Expected reach New York June 18.
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Hamburg
Imperator
New York
Mrs Roosevelt Sails for Cherbourg on Summer Sojourn
Mrs Theodore Roosevelt has sailed for Cherbourg aboard New York with Miss Carow reported ill. The Roosevelt party plans to spend the summer at her villa and may travel west in July for an open sea trip with Quentin and Archie, as Colonel Abuseved accompanies them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Jane
Theodore Roosevelt
Haa
Cherbouirg
Miss Carow
Couple Wed After Four Decades In Tennessee
Columbia Tennessee June 12 L 7 Pipkin of Steger Oklahoma married Miss Ella Hughed, longtime sweetheart from forty six years ago. They reunited at a Confederate reunion in Chattanooga.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia, Tenn
Pipkin
Steger
Oklahoma
Ella Hughed
Chattanooga
Spanish Cabinet Resigns Amid Turmoil in Cortes
Fragmentary OCR notes report the Spanish cabinet resigning with both branches of the cortes under pressure. Details are unclear, but the hint of simultaneous action suggests a major government shakeup amid political crisis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hina
Cortes
Steamship E M Peck blast kills five in Racine harbor
Five men die and about three dozen others are injured when boiler explosion on the coal steamer E M Peck in Racine Wisconsin capsizes the vessel deck. Several crewmen are reported injured or missing as flames and debris spread, with ambulances and fire crews aiding rescue efforts.
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Racine
Wis
E. M. Peck
W. HE. Andrews
Huron
Adam Kreigg
Gus Anderson
M. Downs
Toledo
Schoensen
Sandusky
George Turchi
Edward Young
St. Luke’s Hospital
Peck
Goodrich Transit Company
Chicago
Cleveland
Hutchinson & Co
Duluth
Take Points
Beat
Leter
Cherokee Tribe Cedes Capital to Oklahoma
Fort Smith Arkansas June 12 Cherokee Indians cease to exist as a tribe as the tribal council at Tahlequah Oklahoma certifies the transfer of the historic capital building lands and other properties to the state. The event marks a century since Jefferson urged brotherhood with the Cherokee and follows the Rodman Wanamaker expedition finishing a 22000 mile U.S. tour delivering a Wilson message by phonograph at Tabigueh the tribe’s last capital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Smith
Ark
Sesslon
Fahlequah Okla
Oklahoma
Thomas Jefferson
Rodman Wanamaker
United States
Tabiegueh
Wilson
Strikes blamed for blast in Paterson home attack
Paterson New Jersey June 12 police blame striking silk mill workers for an attempted bombing outside the home of Jacob Vandien and his three sons who refused to join the strike. A bomb exploded and damaged the building as six teen pickets were arrested, seven of them girls. The device was a galvanized iron pipe and the explosive remains undetermined. In Ohio, Revolved Crabtree, sixty three, was arrested in Kentucky in a double murder case tied to missing George Steele and Edith Forrest. Crabtree protests innocence. In Upper Sandusky five thousand protestors honor the memory of William Crawford with burning stake ceremonies and speeches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paterson
N. J
Jacob Vandien
Trontob
Ohio
Rev
Crab Tree
Russell
George Steele
Edith Forrest
Lawrence County
Kentucky
Crabtree
William “Crawford
Sandusky
Oratin
Thin ‘Beckton
Bloodhounds Sweep Lindoff House in Galesburg Killing
In Galesburg Illinois officers used bloodhounds to track a crime at the Lindoff home. Ernest Lindoff, brother of the deceased, was arrested on murder charges after dogs followed scent from the bed clothing to the hallway, the living room, and back to the suspect’s bed. Authorities believe Ernest may have looked outside after returning to his room. The case parallels the Ray Pfanschmidt inquiry, but no confession yet.
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Galesburg
Charles A. Lindoff
Sherif Seaman
Earnest Lindoff
Tausician
Ernest Lindoff
Hazel Lindoft
Ray Pfanschmidt
Quincy
Mr. Lindoff
Quaker Oats Co Sued Over Sherman Act Monopoly
The Department of Justice filed a suit in federal district court in Chicago against Quaker Oats Co Great Western Cereal Co and individual directors alleging a conspiracy from 1888 to present to restrain and monopolize trade under the Sherman Act The petition claims these entities control about 90 percent of mills in the trade and pursue unlawful restraint.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Department of Justice
Federal District Court
Quaker Oats Company
Great Western Cereal Company
Bloody strike clashes as 200 face 15 on New Orleans levee
In New Orleans on June 12 a clash erupted on the levee as strike-breakers hired by United Fruit were attacked by about 200 union men. Fifteen wounded, five seriously, and many fired toward 50 policemen. Most strikers foreigners. 119 arrests reported. The labor action aimed to replace workers on four sites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Achot
United Fruit Company
Turkish War Chief Mahmoud Shefket Pasha Assassinated
In Constantinople two gunmen assassinated Mahmoud Shefket Pasha the Turkish grand vizier and war minister as he rode a motor car toward the sublime porte. He led reforms of the Young Turk regime and was a key ally of Enver Bey. The motive is linked to revenge for Nazim Pasha’s previous shooting.
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Constantinople
Turkey
Mahmoud Shefket Pasha
Sublime Porte
Im!ion and Progress
Young Turks
London
Young Turk Party
Enver Bey
Nazim Pasha
Mahmoud Shefket
Offec
Kiamil Pasha
Tchatalja
Abdul Hamid
Mahmoud Shefket Pasta
Bagdad
Abdul Ramid
Germany
Mahmoud Schefker
Bakkan
Mahmoud Sebeflet
Turkish War Office
Grand Council of the Empire
Balkan
Vienna
Russia
Servia
Bulgaria
Auto Crash in Akron Leaves Two Dying
Akron reports two men Harold Holcomb and Charles Gill are dying after a car crash into a steel fender near the Tuscarawas river. Three others, John Newton Garrett Brown and Walter Van Mater, are seriously injured. one man was pinned beneath the vehicle. A bystander crew from Cleveland assisted in river rescues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Akron
Ohio
Tuscarawas River
Cleveland
Harold Holcomb
Charles Gill
John Newton
Garrett Brown
Walter van Mater
Road Engineers Meeting At Ames Iowa State Highway Session
Sineers from every county, Attorney General George Cosson, Henry Lampoon, and county supervisors met with the Iowa state highway commission at Ames to discuss road laws enforcement and the good roads crusade. The session covered the weed law, gravel pit purchases, and county engineer duties. The Des Moines Supreme Court term issued 21 opinions including a church property case, while Des Moines harness horses and the two cent fare law were discussed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Cosson
Henry Lampoon
Iowa State Highway Commission
Ames
Iowa
A. Marston
J. W. Bolden
H.C. Beard
Highway Commission
Coseon
Henry Sampson
Board of Supervisors
State Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Des Moines
Harry D. Kelly
Iowa City
First Unitarian Society of
Towa City
Citizens’ Sayings and Trust Company
Hyalis
Deemer
Gaynor
Iown
Clifford Thorne
Middle West
Washington
Wilson
Interstate Commerce Commission
Missouri
Oklahoma
Kansas
Nebraska
South
Dakota
North Dakota
Minnesota
State House
Thorne
Cummins
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Southern
Roy Orchard
Woodruff
Woodruft
Michigan
House of Cominions
Clerk
Mrs. Roosevelt
Italy
Carow
Villa
E.M. Peck
Racine, Wis
Rive
Tribal Council
Tahlequah
Cadeslis Holdings
State of
Caugee
Wen
Hold -Lindoft's
Galesburg House
Quaker Oats CO
Great Western Cereal Concern
Wilt
Middletown
North Congregational Church
City
Marshall
Marathon
Mahmoud Shetket Pasha
Ottoman Empire
Danville
Lana Pope
New
York
mThe
Boston &" Maine ‘Railroad
Ita
Corey
O. J. Mooers
Columbia
Mr. Mooers
Ats
Forse
Mooers
Poetry of Motion
Madison Square Garden
Movers
Lula Long
Kansas City
Bad Weathene
Mississippi
Larly
Towa
Particul
Wylie
Greater
Des
Moinedediumittee
Ee M. Wylie
Moines
Helpo
State Board OF Parole
Board of Parole Bureau
Trentle
Board of Parole
Woods
Harlan
Europe
R. Barlan
Yowa ‘Historical Association
Mhtary Board
National Sculpture Society
Anna Kildum
Davenport
John Kilduff
Scott County District Court
John
Davison
State Executive Council
Boards of Supervisors
Brst
Iowa Cavalry Association
Paris
Frigade
Altes
Lowa
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