Will Probe Matter to Bottom in Cotton Report Inquiry
Acting Attorney General Hoyt received Wilson's papers and orders Roosevelt issued to uncover all facts and prosecute culprits in the cotton report investigation. District Attorney Beach to lead the thorough inquiry into the statistics, possible prosecutions, and any others implicated, including Edwin S. Holmes. If criminal action proves impossible, alternative measures will be pursued.
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Washington
Hoyt
Secretary of Agriculture
Wilson
Roosevelt
Henry M. Hoyt
United States
Morgan W. Beach
Mrr. Beach
Init
Beach
Mrt
Hdwin
Holmes
Department of Agriculture
New York
Miss Otlie Duerst Dies by Self Inflicted Shot
Cumberland Mad July 12 Miss Otlie Duerst a 27 year old teacher at Barton shot herself in the head while dressing before a mirror. Death was instantaneous. She was preparing to attend the Mary Lind State Teachers association meeting. She had packed a satchel and left a note to her mother describing the dress she wished to wear.
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Cumberland
Mad
Otlie Duerst
Barton
Miss Duerst
Mary- Lind State Teachers’ Association
Woman Chauffeur in Glidden Trophy Race Feared Injured
Mrs Joan Newton Cunco of Richmond Hill New York the sole woman in the Glidden trophy auto race to the White Mountains drove over a narrow plank bridge at Putnam Bridge foot. Her car toppled into the brook and passengers Lewis Disbrow and Miss Disbrow were tossed into the water. Mrs Cunco was pinned but not seriously hurt.
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Greenwich
Coniu
Joan Newton Cunco
Richmond Till
N.Y
Cunco
Lewis Disbrow
Disbrow
Cargo Rescue Planned For Wrecked Minnie R Bergen
After five years buried in sand under ten feet of water the cargo of the schooner Minnie R Bergen near Chimney Rock North Carolina is to be recovered. The shipment includes 200 tons of steel rails and machinery including a locomotive.
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Norfolk
Minnie R. Bergen
Chicomoecomico
N.C
Williams to Succeed McComas on Maryland RNC
Postmaster General Corteloutins announced Stevenson A Williams of Belair to fill the vacancy on Maryland's Republican National Committee following the resignation of former Senator Louis McComas. Williams appointment noted at Washington on July 12.
Publisher Held for Libel Over Miss Roosevelt Insult
Robert W. Cresswell publisher of the New York er was arrested on criminal libel charges based on a June 21 article titled An Insult to Miss Roosevelt. Congressman Joseph L. Rhinock of Kentucky filed the complaint alleging the piece linked Miss Alice Roosevelt to Nick Longworth, a race track visit, and gamblers. Cresswell was arraigned in Tombs court and held on $1000 bail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Robert W. Cresswell
The
New Yorker
Paul Krotel
McAvoy
Center Street
Joseph L. Rhinock
Covington
Miss Roosevelt
Alice Roosevelt
Nick Longworth
Kentucky
Guardsman Held as Witness in Peekskill Case
Joseph W. Grimmer, a Seventy first regiment guardsman and Addicks chauffeur, is held as a witness in the case of Jean nette Thompson who died after a criminal operation at the Dr Blinn sanitarium in Peekskill. He faces charges of responsibility and complicity in her death. He was arrested and escorted to a police station. a Croton conductor then threatened to come armed, prompting a detective to seize his revolver at Grand Central.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Joseph W. Grimmer
Sevrenty First Regiment
National Guard
Addicks
Consolidated Gas Company
Jeannette Thompson
Peekskill
Dr. Blinn
Joseph L. Yerris
Croton
New York Central
Grimmer
West Forty-seventh Street
Ferris
Grand Central Station
Attempt at Blackmail Charged In New York
In New York on July 12 Charles H. Able an advertising solicitor for Town Topics was arrested in the Stock Exchange building with five $100 bills from Edwin M. Post a stock exchange member. He was charged with attempted extortion and had slept at the Elizabeth Street station. The money was claimed as a subscription for Americas Smart Set but Post says it was demanded to stop a libelous piece about his affairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Edwin M. Post
The
Stock Exchange
Charles H. Able
Town Topics
Elizabeth Street
Society Editors’ Association
Mr. Post
Detective Lyons Dies After Streetcar Fall
Baltimore remembers William B. Lyons former Baltimore police chief and famed detective who died at seventy two from injuries after a June streetcar fall.
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Baltimore
William B. Lyons
Good Daughter's Sacrifice for Mother's Mountain Trip
New York girl Amy Reisell aged thirteen sold her long hair to raise funds for her sick mother to travel to the mountains. Her patriotic act reflects the era's emphasis on family duty and self sacrifice.
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New York
Amy Reisell
Closing Stock Quotations and Market Averages
Financial and commercial brief showing closing stock quotations and prices across multiple issuers including Copper Amalgamated, Reading, Southern Pacific, Union Pacific, Westinghouse, U S Steel and others. Specifies balances and totals, with percentages for various railroad, utilities and steel stocks amid a general market close.
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Prime Mercantile
MN. Y. Central
Atchison
Nort. & West
Pann, R. R.o
Brooklyn
S. Steel Pf
Metropolitan
West
Union
Missouri Pac
New York Markets Butter Eggs Poultry Prices 24 1900s
Mercantile Exchange quotes list butter creamery extras and firsts to thirds with various cts per lb. Eggs state Pennsylvania white fancy and mixed extra, firsts and dirties. Live poultry fowls ducks spring chickens roasters and dressed meats show steady or moderate demand with prices per pound for beef mutton calves and veal.
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Mercantile Eix
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Luong Island
Live Stock Markets Report Shows Light Cattle Supply
CATTLE supply light and market steady with choice at 35.70 and fair at 5.40. Veal calves valued at 7437.50. HOGS receipts light with market active. primes and heavies quoted near 18.95, Yorkers and pigs around 6.10, roughs at 4. HOGS WEHT noted. SHEEP AND LAMBS supply light and market steady. prime wethers at 5.05, common around 2.50, spring lambs near 5 to 8.
Welsh Mine Disaster Traps Dozens in Wattstown Shaft
A fire damp explosion at United National Colliery Wattstown in the Rhondda valley traps about 188 miners. Rescue work continues as the death toll rises with 70 bodies recovered and the manager among the dead. Three men are reported alive.
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Cardiff
Wales
United National Coliery Company
Wattstown
Rhondda
South Wales
Meredith
Jealous man kills Mela St. Clyde then fatally shoots self
In Atlantic City on July 12 Edward O. Doughty murdered Mela St. Clyde of Philadelphia after jealousy spurred an argument in a street chase into a crowded grocery store. She died shortly after as Doughty then shot himself upstairs above the store and died instantly.
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Atlantic City
Edward O. Doughty
Mela St. Clyde
Philadelphia
Doughty
Scott and His Yellow Dog Train Dash Across the Nation
Walter Scott traveled with his yellow dog and a special train reaching Chicago in 44 hours 5 minutes from Los Angeles, covering 2265 miles in 45 hours. He aims for New York in 13 hours. crowds mobbed him in Chicago as police escorted the party to Palmer House. Scott is backed by Julian M. Gerard of the Knickerbocker Trust. the trip costs about 10000 dollars and some call the train a cowboy stunt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uvaco
Walter Scott
Los Angeles
Chicago
Scott
New York
Pennsylvania
Lake Shore
la Junta
Colo
Death Valley
Palmer House
Julian M. Gerard
Knickerbocker Trust Company
Riot at Havana Ends in Two Deaths
In Havana on July 12 soldiers halted a riot when a clash between artillerymen and civilians left Captain Portuondo fatally wounded and Amparo Hernandez a policeman dead. Officials ban artillerymen from leaving Cabezas fortress and about twenty charged men are jailed pending court martial review.
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Havana
Portuondo
Amparo Hernandez
Secretary of the Interior
Cabezas Fortress
President Dargan’s suicide amid financial troubles
Dargan, former head of the Independent Cotton Gill and Dargan Trust firms in Darlington, killed himself by drinking carbolic acid. A note cited overwhelming debts and a split in assets, with deficiencies thought to reach 700000 dollars. Receivers hold his properties as authorities anticipate further sensational developments. He was about forty and had many relatives and friends in the area.
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Dargan
Darlington
D. C
R. Keith Dargan
Independent Cotton Gill Company
Dargan Trust Company
Maills
Tarbell to Stay as Hywitable Second Vice President
Paul Morton announced that he would not accept Tarbell’s resignation from the Equitable. Morton said Tarbell could consider himself a permanent officer and that they were working together for the society’s good.
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Tarbell
Hywitable
New York
Paul Morton
Gage RE. Tarbell
The
Hquitable
Mr. Tarbell
Swarm of Graft Indictments In Milwaukee County
Milwaukee county grand jury handed down sixty seven indictments against twenty five individuals many former county officials. The batch raises total true bills to 105 with more indictments expected. Nearly all charges allege bribery linked to county contracts for an addition to the county hospital built years ago.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Milwaukee County Grand Jury
Be benevolent and Protective Order officers elected
Buffalo New York July 12 The annual reunion of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Milk s elected grand lodge officers including Grand Exalted Ruler Colonel Robert W Brown managing editor of the Louisville Times Grand Esteemed Leading Knight C F Tomlinson Winston N C Grand Esteemed Loyal Knight Charles W Kaufmann Hoboken N J Grand Esteemed Tecturing Knight Edward McLaughlin Boston Grand Secretary Fred C Robinson Dubuque Ia Grand Treasurer John K Tener Charleroi Pa Grand Tiler W W McClelland Pittsburgh
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilks Wleet Healied Reler
Buffalo
Grand Lodge
Benevolent and Protective Order of Milks
Robert W. Brown
Louisville Times
C. F. Tomlinson
Winston
WN. C
Charles W. Kaufmann
Hoboken
N. J
Edward Mclaughlin
Boston
Fred C. Robinson
Dubuque
John K. Tener
Charleroi
W. W. McClelland
Pittsbure
Prince Charles Open to Norway Crown Standoff
Copenhagen dispatch reports Prince Charles of Denmark ready to accept the Norwegian crown if King Christian and the Danish government consent. Some royals back the move though the king is believed opposed, with no decision until his return from Ganunden, Austria next week.
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Prince Charles
Copenhagen
Denmark
Norway
Christian
Christin
Ganunden
Austria
Divers Aim to Raise Submarine Farfadet in Tunis Harbor
Paris reports the marine ministry received word from Bizerta that divers plan a tunnel under the submarine boat Farfadet stuck in the harbor mud. They hope to haul lines and lift her, but the crew rescue has been abandoned. Coffins have been prepared and are awaiting the bodies.
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Paris
Ministry of Marine
Bizerta
Tunis
Funston's Father Arrested Over Utterances
E. H. Funston former congressman and father of Brigadier General Frederick Funston was arrested in Iola Kansas on July 12 for inflammatory utterances. He claimed explosions that destroyed three saloons could have been prevented if officers had enforced laws.
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Funston
Iola
E. H. Funston
Frederick Funston
Robbery at Newport Villa Steals Oelrichs Jewels
A daring burglary at Charles M. Oelrichs villa in Newport resulted in the loss of about $10,000 in jewelry. Mrs. Oelrichs reported she essentially lost her entire collection.
Man Committed for Secret Service Interview in Roosevelt Death Claim
Stephen Shemil of Coal Centre Pa is jailed in Pittsburg for secret service scrutiny after predicting President Roosevelt would die within thirty days. He claimed to know details of the death but gave no satisfactory explanation for his statements.
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Loesevvelt
Pittsburg
Stephen Shemil
Coal Centre
Secret Service
Shemil
Roosevelt
Miners Feared Dead After Mine Fire Traps 39 Men
Portmund Prussia July 12 A mine blaze trapped thirty nine miners in the Porussia coal mine. Rescue efforts have failed and authorities fear all may have perished.
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Portmund
Prussia
Porussia
Farmer Surrenders Amid Knife Killing Feud
George Ritchey a farmer surrendered to Sheriff Aliphin of Boone county at Hebron Sky and is held on charges of fatally stabbing Wian Smith and mortally wounding Smiths father in law John Warner this act ends a long feud.
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Cincinnati
George Ritchey
Aliphin
Boone County
Hebron
Sky
Wian Smith
John Warner
Smith
Wallace to Pia Trolley Lines
John F. Wallace, recently resigned from the Panama Canal Commission, will join George Westinghouse of Pittsburgh in a project to purchase and build trolley lines at strategic points across the United States.
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Wallace
Pia
Pivytsburg
John F. Wallace
Panama Canal Commission
George Westinghouse
Pittsburg
Notorious turmoil in St Petersburg as Japanese wins rise
Telegraphic dispatches report martial law proclaimed in Tiflis Caucasia, the murder of Moscow police prefect Count Shuvaloff, and Japanese victory at Cape Notoro Sakhalin. In Warsaw reports gunfire between troops and shoemakers over rent cuts, with casualties, while Batum commerce stalls and Minsk sees a general strike.
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London
St. Petersburg
Tiflis
Caucasia
Shurailoff
Moscow
Cape Notoro
Sakhalin
Warsaw
Poland
Count Shuvaloff
Ministry of ‘the Interior
Cassassin
Count ‘Shurvaloff
Russia
the Cout
Peter Shuyaloff
Berlin
Nicholas
Batum
Imperial Bank
Tokyo
Kataoka
Karasakesh
Sakhalin Island
Minsk
Fear Of Mutiny Halts Russian Squadron At Kustenji
Fear of another mutiny delays the Russian squadron at Kustenji Roumania after fifty five sailors from the Kniay Po temkine who surrendered are jailed aboard ships awaiting trial for rebellion. Intense indignation among crews grows as talks of further outbreaks spread.
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Kustenji
Roumania
Kniay
Potemkine
Japanese Minister Takahira to Confer on Peace Talks
Japanese minister Kogoro Takahira will visit President at Oyster Bay next Friday morning for a conference on peace negotiations. The appointment follows a formal request and aims to advance the ongoing discussions.
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Pakahira
Washington
Kogoro Takahira
Oyster Bay
Fatal Mishap on Madson River Claims Three Drowned
A tramp steamship named Normante, owned by Cc. W. Dumont of Brooklyn, toppled in the Brudson river opposite Dobbs Ferry last night after striking a launch. Three people died including a woman from the Dumont family, a pilot, and an engineer. Dumont conducts business in the city and maintains a home at Northport.
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Madson
Dobbs Ferry
N.Y
Brudson River
Normante
Cc. W. Dumont
Brooklyn
Mx. Dumont
Dumont
Northport
Bonaparte pays his fare while in office
Secretary Bonaparte, unique among cabinet members, refuses railroad passes and says he will pay his fare whenever he travels while holding public office. His action marks a stand for personal accountability in transportation benefits.
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Bonaparte
Washington
Long
Calhoun Named Special Commissioner by Roosevelt
Oyster Bay July 12 President Roosevelt appoints W J Calhoun of Chicago as special commissioner to travel to Venezuela and review all points of dispute between the United States and the South American republic.
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Calhoun
Oyster Bay
Roosevelt
W. J. Calhoun
Chicago
Venezuela
South American
Destructive Fire Destroys Guntersville Business District
It is reported that half the business portion of Guntersville Alabama, a town of 1,560 population, has been destroyed by fire. The incident was reported from Gadsden Alabama on July 12.
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Guntersville
Gadsden
Ala
Statement on Storthing City Assembly Briefing
Fragmentary OCR notes mention a storthing and aged agitation with unclear context and missing details. No definite event, location, or names are recoverable from the provided text.
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