Becker Death Ends Prosecution Drama At Sing Sing
Charles Becker, ex police lieutenant, was executed at Sing Sing after claiming innocence. He faced three electric shocks and died at 5:55 am. Gov. Whitman witnessed parts of proceedings as Becker sent final messages to his wife and priest. Funeral plans, last visits, and Becker family reactions follow in Ossining reports.
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Execution Delays As Electrode Fails In Chair Incident
A condemned inmate faced the electric chair as guards and priests observed. The first jolt did not render him unconscious, prompting a medical check before a second surge of current. Doctors reported a feeble heartbeat but continued monitoring before the chair was shut off.
Quiet Reigns in Rayti As US Forces Disarm Haitians
United States troops disarmed Haitian soldiers and civilians in Port au Prince, signaling potential restoration of order. Marines stay, with Rear Admiral Caperton reporting quiet conditions as Washington weighs renewed talks on customs administration and potential intervention provisions.
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Eastland Inquiry Reveals Ship Capacity and Lifeships
Witnesses recount capacity debates on the Eastland and the addition of four liferafts in 1915. Inspector Heid altered the certificate to 2.56 percent occupancy, and coroner Hoffman seeks divers to inspect the wreck as federal officials control access amid questions of a whitewash.
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Bray Taxation Measure Killed in Assembly Debate
Action on Bray proposed tuition hikes for non-residents at the university ends with bill killed. Amendments by Bray and Barwig rejected 12 to 8, Senate move to delay take effect September 1, 1816 adopted. other bills and financial measures also die in the session.
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Pope to Push Armistice Through Catholic Hierarchy
A Madrid dispatch says Pope Benedict XVI plans a major move via the Catholic hierarchy to secure an armistice. The archbishop of Pisa is cited confirming the report and noting the pope is aware of the obstacles and must navigate wartime tensions.
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Wisconsin House Cuts State Board Funds in Late Effort
A Wisconsin assembly debate ends with a 52 vote to amend and reduce a £2 three million appropriation for twelve state charitable institutions. Speaker Whiter leads a near 400000 cut, provoking questions about necessity as J C Davidson and finance aides justify the board work.
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Federal Officials To Be Held On Eastland Disaster
Chicago July 20 Federal and local authorities push indictments in the Eastland catastrophe case aiming to charge manslaughter and reckless navigation. Federal grand jury led by Judge Landis and State Attorney Hoyne work to conclude probes with witnesses including harbor master Adam J Weckler and Inspector Robert Reid detailing overloading and capacity questions.
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Danish Dentists Allowed to Fight for German Army
The Danish Dentists association has won War Ministry approval to offer services to the German army. The Danish minister in Berlin may secure German permission for dentists to work in German hospitals. The excerpt ends with a note on envy over host guests.
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Mexican relief trains near Mexico City amid military moves
urgent U S pleas to Mexican military chiefs seek open railway access for food trains to reach starving Mexico City. reports say Carranza forces and Villa de Guadalupe positions near the capital cloud progress while Veracruz dispatch notes expect Carranza to return and resume control.
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Two Cent Fare Is Fought by Missouri Pacific
Lincoln Neb July 30 The Missouri Pacific Railway company files suit in federal district court to strike down the Nebraska two cent fare statute as void and to enjoin the state railway commission from enforcing a penalty for violation. The state supreme court denied a writ to compel higher passenger rates. The suit alleges discrimination between freight and passenger rates in Nebraska.
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Kansas Lacks Funds to Oppose Railway Rate Fight
Topeka Kansas July 0 The state public utilities commission chairman J L Bristow says Kansas has no money to gather evidence for the Interstate Commerce Commission in opposing railways seeking higher interstate passenger rates He called Kansas a mendicant among the states but vows the commission will still make every possible effort to fight the application.
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Gompers Charges Foreign Influences Behind U.S. Strikes
Samuel Gompers of the American Federation of Labor repeats his claim that foreign influences push strikes in America and urges workers to reject any such efforts.
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Fall of Warsaw Report Triggers Allied Concerns
World War I dispatches describe German forces nearing Warsaw with Russian and Allied lines under strain. Evacuation and defense debates rise as the city’s collapse looms and eastern clashes threaten wider strategic shifts across Europe.
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Austrian Agent Hangs Self in Galveston Jail
Galveston Texas July 3 A man arrested as a cross and said to be a secret agent of the Austrian government hanged himself with his suspenders in jail. He had been charged with swindling and narrowly escaped arrest earlier while working in Canada. A bank check tied him to Larne. The man muttered isolated quotes and observations as a final note.
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