Peace Is Broken as Combs Ordered Back to Guatemala
Washington July 12 The Salvador Guatemala border conflict flares anew with peace talks halted. Leslie M. Combs American minister to Guatemala is recalled to Guatemala City by cable to monitor the crisis and protect American interests. Salvadorean and Guatemalan troops massed near the border raise fears of a clash as diplomatic efforts stall. In the United States Pacus is named envoy to Washington while John Jenkins travels with him to seek U.S. representations.
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Washington
Salvador
Guatemala
Leslie M. Combs
United States
Guatemala City
Champerico
Mr. Combs
J. R. Pacus
John Jenkins
San Salvador
Mr. Pacus
Cabrera
Mexico
State Department
Dr Turner Demonstrates Crude Petroleum as Plague Disinfectant
In Bombay on July 12 health officer Dr Turner announced successful experiments showing crude petroleum as a plague disinfectant. The results are said to substantially advance prospects for eradicating the pest.
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Bombay
India
Turner
Ets Renee
Hartje Divorce Case Advances With Handwriting Experts
Handwriting specialists David N. Carvalho and Marshall D. Elwell questioned Mrs. Hartje over forty letters to coachman Madine. Bank cashiers assessed letters for natural handwriting, with seven admitted as hers and the others deemed forgeries. Attorneys prepared charts. more letters and arrests in related conspiracy suit loom as trial resumes.
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Pittsburg
David N. Carvalho
New York
Marshall D. Elwell
Chicago
Augustus Hartie
Augustus Hartje
John
Robb
Hartie
John S. Welshons
Clifford Hope
Pittsburgerg
Mr. Root Again Sets Sail for Rio Janeiro
The United States cruiser Charleston carried Secretary Root and his party from San Juan Puerto Rico at midnight bound for Rio Janeiro.
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Root
San Juan
United States
Charleston
Rio Janeiro
Scarcity of labor affects manufacturing and industry
A batch of telegraphic items notes labor shortages growing in manufacturing centers, a potter workers charity plan in progress, leadership changes at Great Northern, and a Detroit church convention. Other items include a rail inspector shot during a robbery attempt in Pittsburgh, escaped assailant, and market rumors on wheat amid social unrest in Europe.
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National Brotherhood of Operative Potters
Cal EL Stone
Great Northern Railway
Young People’s Christian Women
Umvercauist Church
Detroit
Philadelphia
Aley
Tamboo
North Dakota
Warsaw
Lodz
Henry Evans
Pittsburg & Western Railroad Company
Pittsburg
Taft Outlines Panama Route Delay And Labor Needs
Secretary of War Taft spoke to the State Bar Association outlining why the Panama route was chosen. He cited sanitary prerequisites, 25,000 workers’ efforts on rail, water, and housing projects, and the challenge of removing excavated material. He estimated Panama costs at 150 million dollars with seven years to finish versus 500 million and seventeen years if Nicaragua were chosen.
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Putin Bay
Taft
State Bar Association
Panama Canal
Panama
JETT TAKES BLAME IN KY MURDER TRIAL
Curtis Jett testified in the Hargis and Callahan murder trial that he killed Lawyer Marcum to avenge himself. He claimed the pistol came from Seldon Hargis but said he acted alone. Jett described his memory lapses and pinned the motive on past prosecutions and enmity with Marcum.
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Beattyville
Shuly
Curtis Jett
Hargis
Callahan
Marcum
Jett
Seldon Hargis
White
Commonwealth
Adams
Tor White
Byrd
Dackson
Miarredm
Buat
Dorsey
Woo
Johnson
Jesto
Maream
Lyons testifies on ice trust in Kansas City hearing
Ex-State Senator W F Lyons president of Central Ice Co testifies in Kansas City on the ice trust hearing. He recalls starting in 1900 with small capital, clearing $45,000 the next year, and owning a plant valued at $400,000. Lyons argues prices should be higher and says he is not a philanthropist.
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Kansas City
W. EF. Lyons
Central Ice Company
Ice Trust
Lyons
State Bar meeting criticizes criminal code procedure in Indiana
West Baden Indiana July 12 The State Bar gathering drew jurists and lawyers to debate criminal code reform President Charles S Jewett condemned the “clumsy halting hair splitting unscientific” procedure He urged justice for prisoners and taxpayers, noting half a century with little change and blaming mob violence on delays and technicalities He criticized the codifying commission for limited reforms while urging substantive changes to modernize the system
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West Baden
Ind
State Bar Association
Indiana
French Lick
Charles S. Jewett
Jewett
Wouldn't Face His Crime Elroy Man Takes Own Life
Elroy Wisconsin resident N M Riggs, held in Minneapolis for the murder of Miss Millie Everson of Blisworth Wisconsin, reportedly killed himself. Robbery is suspected as the motive. Everson had over $2000 in cash, and a man matching the suspect’s description accompanied her to a bank before the attack in a local hotel room.
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Elroy
Wis
N. M. Riggs
Miss Ellison
Minneapolis
Millie Evh
Blisworth
Ex-Empress Eugenie Arrives in Ischl to Meet Rulers
Eugenie former empress of France reaches Ischl Austria and is greeted by Emperor Francis Joseph and Archduchess Marie Valerie. She asks in writing for a final audience before death to thank the imperial family for their kindness.
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Ischl
Austria
Eugenie
France
Francis Joseph
Marie Valerie
State probes at French Lick Hotel stall during oath test
Paoli Ind July 12 0 State officials failed to compel Taggart president of the French Lick Hotel company to testify under oath about ownership and casino related dealings tied to the Morte Carlo. Sinclair also refused oath while lawyers argued the inquiry lacks court authority.
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Taggart
Sinclair
Miller
al Brown Oor
Brown
Ed Ballard
Lee W. Sinclair
West Baden
Re AeaNlard
Haden Crsing
Thoms G. Derry
Ois
Tran Ise
ITV
Tie
Bigter
Governor Hanly insists on railroad data in Indiana tax review
Indiana Governor Hanly and the tax board pressed railroad firms for full operating expense details amid requested rate cuts. Attendees included R T Metheany of Grand Rapids & Indiana and other road representatives. The session touched on Thomas Taggart’s casino lease and West Baden stock ownership as well.
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Hanly
Godfrey Jaeger
Cleveland
Lake Shore & Michigan Southern
Jas. H. Muir
Detroit
Grand Trunk System
H. D. Howe
Indiana, Ilinois & Iowa
Indiana Harbor & East Chicago Belt Railroad
R. O. Hawkins
Lake Erie & Western
Leaking Into Freight Rates St Louis Hearing
A government suit to dissolve the Terminal Railroad Association opens before Special Commissioner Rembauer in St Louis. Former Attorney General Crow is assisting for the government as investigators probe how rates on freight are set and maintained by railroads east of the Mississippi River.
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St. Louis
Terminal Railroad Association
Speciel
Rembauer
United States Appengee -Ecrt
Crow Assissoned
Ineffectual Duel and Tragic Railway Wrecks
Reported duels in Peru between authorities and rebels ended inconclusively. A mass train wreck near Martinsville resulted in multiple injuries and drownings, including an infant. The derailment caused several cars to smoke and burn, with casualties described and official investigations promised.
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Roosevelt
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Joseph Ward
Leslie
Mrs. Hartje
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J.C. Aver Co
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Big Watering Place Hotel
Lee Sinclair
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Mayr
Feds
Tata Ilies
Rand
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Thomas Taggart
Crawford Fairbanks
Terre Haute
L. T. Dickason
Walter Barnes
A. B H. Thomas
Columbus
Lincoln Dizon
North Vernon
Johnson, Brown
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Jackson
Jennings
Ripley
Dearborn
Ohio
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Pixon
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Peru
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