Old Wisconsin man surrenders after long gun battle
St Paul report details the clash at Cameron Dam defender John Diets cabin on the Thornapple river in Sawyer County. A deputy sheriff and six others engaged in a nearly daylong fight leaving one dead four wounded and a woman injured as more than 200 bullets tore through the cabin and barn. Diets surrendered after his daughter Heen showed his white handkerchief at the door.
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St. Paul
John Diets
Cameron Dam
Thornapple River
Sawyer County
Wisconsin
Little Heen
Diets
Los Angeles Times Relief Fund Tops Thirty Thousand
The relief fund for the disaster at the Times plant has surpassed $30,000. Seventeen of the twenty or more victims were buried at Hollywood Cemetery in graves laid side by side. A single funeral service was held in the Temple auditorium with about 2500 attendees, while a larger crowd gathered outside in quiet tribute.
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Times
Hollywood Cemetery
Temple Auditorium
China Welcomes New Era and American Delegation
One hundred wealthy Chinese merchants, the most conservative class, hosted a farewell banquet for American businessmen from the Pacific Coast Chambers of Commerce. The visitors described their reception as overwhelming in China, ending with access to the Forbidden City palaces in Pekin.
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Pekin
Chambers of Commerce
Pacific Coast
China
Forbidden City
Roosevelt Differed With Taft On National Resource Work
In Hot Springs Arkansas Theodore Roosevelt declared the federal government should aid in reclaiming the Mississippi Valley swamps, contrasting Taft's stance that states should handle reclamation and federal involvement be minimized.
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Hot Springs
Ark
Theodore Roosevelt
Taft
Roosevelt
Mississippi Valley
National Conservation Congress
St. Paul
Railways Win Lumber Case Victory for Major Railroads
The United States Circuit Court in St Paul affirms Master in Chancery Dickson findings in the Pacific Coast lumber rate case. The ruling favors Great Northern Northern Pacific Chicago Burlington Quincy and Union Pacific railroads in a major transport dispute.
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St. Paul
United States
Dickson
Pacific Coast
Great Northern
Northern Pacific
Chicago, Burlington , Quincy
Union Pacific
Ten Years Ten Lashes Sentence In Vancouver Case
Judge McInnison Herbert Hallo of Tacoma imposed ten years with ten lashes on a young man charged with attacking nine year old Glenn Walters in Vancouver B C. The ruling follows a charged court session and sets a harsh punishment for the crime.
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Vancouver
B. C
McInnison Herbert Hallowell
Tacoma
Glenn Walters
Supreme Court convenes for winter term amid sparse docket
The Supreme Court opens its winter session with a light calendar as few cases are expected to be argued before year end. The piece notes the court’s slow terms and hints at limited activity in early sessions.
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Supreme Court of the United Tes
Chicago
Philadel Club
Philadelphia
Isthmian Canal Commission
Julian Brice
Noted Persons in Politics Sports and Marriage News
A collage of items notes Mayor Gaynor denying presidential ambitions, William Hearst offering 50 000 for a Pacific Atlantic flight, Jack Johnson becoming a registered auto racer, and his pursuit of Barney Oldfield's speed title. San Francisco mayor McCarthy seeks grand jury action on Hearst charges, La Follette allegedly spurning Roosevelt, Julia D Grant wedding to Edmund C King, and John J Hopper backed by Independence League with Hearst as lieutenant governor candidate.
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New York
William R. Hearst
Atlantic
Pacific
Jack Johnson
Barney Oldfield
American Automobile Association
Grand Jury
McCarthy
San Francisco
W. R.hearst
Examiner
Washington
Wisconsin
LaFollette
Roosevelt
Julia D. Grant
President Grant
Edmund C. King
Toledo
Western Cooperage Company
Portland
Oregon
Independence League
John J. Hopper
New York City
Hearst
Global unrest and foreign affairs shake early 20th century
Reports describe disorder in Honduras and a Russian aligned intervention in Finland. A yellow fever scare threatens Italy’s commerce and travel. Britain braces for a massive industrial clash as organized capital and labor prepare for a major showdown.
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Amapala
Finland
Italy
Great Britain
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