Brutal New York murder case implicates Albert Walter
Ruth Wheeler a stenographer girl was lured to Albert Walter s flat and killed by strangling and burning. Police allege he ran a white slave gang and kept a list of young girls while Kathen Mueller and Pearl Wheeler provide key testimony about the crime and the suspect. Walter denies guilt and awaits grand jury action.
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New York
Albert Wolter
Ruth Wheeler
Haulthauser
Walter
Miss Wheeler
Kathen Mueller
Albert
Pearl Wheeler
Ruth
Miller
House of Detention
Roosevelt's Action Stirs Comment at Home
Washington report notes Roosevelt wants to place his family out of potential embarrassment if he declines to endorse Taft. The story links this to Longworth rejecting another committee post after a Roosevelt letter urged not to burden his family.
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Roosevelt
Washington
Taft
Longworth
Roosevelt Disciple. Dedham Birth Sparks Largest Family Record
In Dedham Massachusetts on March 28 a healthy baby boy increased Joseph Sears family to 44 children. Sears, 67, has been married twice in 40 years with 18 children from his first wife and 16 from his current wife. Twelve children are under age.
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Roosevelt
Dedham
Mass
Joseph Sears
Sears
Mr. Sears
Gompers Plans to Challenge Steel Trust in Indiana
President Gompers of the American Federation of Labor says he will press a suit to dissolve the steel trust in Indiana courts without waiting for the Justice Department action. He travels to Indianapolis to confer with Governor Marshall. Federation members cite worse mill conditions in Gary than in Pennsylvania.
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Washington
Gompera
American Federation of Labor
Indiianapolis
Goqverner Marshall
Steel Trust
Indiana
Gompere
Department of Justice
Gary
Pennsylvania
Family Nomenclature Leads Lad to Murder
In Denver on March 28 Joseph Burghard aged six fatally wounded his four year old brother Johnny to obtain the infant’s name. The child was christened Caper days earlier, provoking the fatal act when the parents were away.
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Denver
Mar
Joseph Burghard
Johnny
Joseph
Dancers die as fire traps crowd in Austrian inn
A village inn at Qukoorlce Austria was struck by a blaze during a dance. The wooden structure burned rapidly trapping panicked revelers at the doorway. The roof collapsed, victims were crushed and many bodies were recovered in heaps with some believed to be burned beyond recognition.
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Dancy
Matevaka
Austria
Mar
Qukoorlce
Reform Spreads Through Snoky City Amid Graft Crackdown
Grand jury probes six Pittsburg banks for alleged bribery of city councilmen to secure bank depositories. Civic leaders urge mass indigination meetings and Easter sermons condemn graft and vice. Clergy urge civil cleanliness as wards close disorderly houses and a roundup targets the tenderloin district. John Klein, central figure in the exposure, is muzzled and held at the Fort Pitt hotel pending case disposition.
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Pittsburg
Mar
Grand Jury
Pitsburg
Fort Pitt
Red Light District
John F. Klein
Body Mound Murder Suspected in Baltimore Estate
The body of Mrs. Al Merrick was found today on Alexander Brown's suburban estate with throat cut and clothes torn. Police seek her husband Joseph A. Merrick, arrested before noon. Officials believe the estranged couple confronted each other yesterday and a quarrel followed, a bloody handkerchief found in Merrick's pocket.
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Baltimore
al Merrick
Alexander Brown
Pollice
Mertrick
Webster county forest fires devastate timber and farms
Springfield Missouri March 28 Forest fires in Webster county about 26 miles east of the city are causing heavy damage to timber and farm property with thousands of orchard trees killed. Fires in the timber of Tancy and Stone counties south of the White river are reported under control. The long blaze between the Arkansas line and Batesville Arkansas about 200 miles away is said to be under control.
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Springfield
Webster County
Here
Tancy
Stone Counties
White River
Arkansas Line
Batesville
Ark
Man Slashes Wife’s Ear In Domestic Attack
Chicago Mar 28 Frank Pelinskis jailed at Evanston awaiting charges after he slashed his wife’s right ear and nearly severed the other. His wife labored to pay his prior cruelty fine, using earnings from washday to fund the bail.
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Chicago
Frank Pelinskis
Evanston
Pelinskis
Newspaperman Eugene Day Ends Life By Shooting
Farmington Utah March 27 Eugene Day a well known western newspaperman shot himself yesterday morning. Day has worked for the Reflex in Farmington and earlier in Denver Los Angeles and several Idaho towns. His divorced wife and daughter live in Los Angeles. Despondency is given as the only explanation for the self destruction.
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Farmington
Utah
Mar
Eugene Day
West
The
Reflex
Day
Denver
Los Angeles
Idaho
Lve
Violence Threats Reported Against Trio in Sayler Murder
Watseka Illinois March 28 threats of violence against Mrs J B Sayler John Grunden and Dr William Miller charged in the Sayler murder were reported to authorities today a special guard was placed about the courtroom and the defense opened.
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Watseka
J. B. Sayler
John Grunden
William Miller
Banker Sayles
King Menelik Death Reports Persist Amid Confusion
Rome reports from Abyssinia that King Menelik has died, though past false alarms have bred skepticism and limited public interest in the latest dispatches.
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Menelik
Rome
Abyssinia
Colonel Dudley Evans Dead in New York
Colonel Dudley Evans president of the Wells Fargo Express company died in New York after gall bladder surgery. He had long been associated with the firm at Portlam and other coast towns. He passed away today following the operation.
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Dudley Evans
New York
Wells Fargo Express Company
Portlam
Cook rumor puts explorer near Pensauken Camden county
Cook in New Jersey and New York amid rumors. Dr. Frederick A. Cook is said to be at the home of his wife’s sister, Mrs Henry Harvey, in Pensauken Camden county. Friends decline comment while Captain Osbon predicts a New York arrival in a few days.
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Cook
New Jersey
New York
Frederick A. Cook
Henry Harvey
Pensuaken
Camden County
Ned
Osbon
Water Suit Trial Continues With Final Testimony
Closing testimony in the Echo water suit resumes this afternoon after months in court. Attorneys will present final arguments, then the case goes to the judge for decision.
Halley's comet seen in Pendleton sky attracts residents
Residents of Pendleton reported a bright celestial visitor last night seen high in the northwest sky. The comet likely Halley’s is described as a large, searchlight-like feature spanning the heavens and growing brighter each evening toward a May climax.
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Halley
Pendleton
Earth
Secures Farms to Relieve Jewish Poor in Georgia
Chicago Rabbi A R Levy and prominent local Jews close a deal for 36000 acres of Pierce County Georgia farmland to create an agricultural program. The plan aims to help poor Jews leave crowded cities, own small farms, and adopt agricultural life to improve conditions.
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Chicago
A. R. Levy
B'nai Abraham
Marshfield Avenue
Twelfth Street
Pierce County
Georgia
Explosion on cruiser Charleston kills eight sailors
Washington dispatch reports eight men killed when a breech-plug blew from a three inch gun during target practice on the cruiser Charleston at Olongapo. The crews buried at Cavite. Commander Hubbard ordered a court of inquiry to probe the accident.
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Washington, D. C
Charleston
Olongapo
Navy Department
Philip John Mckee
Armes
Walter Amstedt
Henry A. Henter
Leo Renmele
Harry Reaves Graden
Ralph Berkman
Harmon for President Emerges From Arkansas Conference
In Hot Springs Arkansas friends of Governor Harmon of Ohio say he will receive the Democratic nomination at the next national convention after leaders here endorse him as the man to run. The conference yielded strong backing and practical agreement on Harmon as the candidate.
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Hot Springs
Ark
Harmon
Ohio
Vesuvius and Etna Eruptions Hit Italy as Villages Flee
Naples reports five fissures near Vesuvius central crater with heavy smoke. Inhabitants brace for evacuation as scientists cite Etna subsidence driving activity. Catania confirms Etna eruption with lava flows threatening San Leo and widespread damage estimated at five million dollars.
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Naples
Mount Vesuvity
Vesuvius
Aetna
Catania
Mount Aetna
Vilage
San Leo
Mt. Adna
Says college bred men most lawless element
A Chicago report to be submitted to the Oberlin Ohio association of Illinois at its annual Chicago meeting accuses college bred men of being the most lawless element of modern society. The Oberlin alumni committee gathered data nationwide and cites oaths to enforce law broken, clubs with Sunday bar tabs, and immunity baths for delinquents as proof of ongoing lawlessness among college men.
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Chicago
Oberlin
Ohio
Association of Illinois
Illinois
Haul Engine To Fire Then Watch It Burn
A Kingston bar four miles from Princeton burned down after Kingston folk blamed Princeton fire response. Princeton used its chemical pump but could not produce water, failing to save the Horfinoh house hotel with two pool tables a slot machine and a Dan Patch chrome. No local chemicals for the engine were found amid diligent neighborhood inquiry.
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Princeton
N. J
Kingston
Princeton Fire Department
Horfinoh House
Dan Patch
Princepton
Roosevelt Tackles Law Enforcement in Egypt Address
Cairo March 28 Roosevelt in a Khartoum style stance urged strict enforcement of law and condemned the Premier Boutrous Pasha assassination. He praised the colonel and warned against premature self government saying training for a constitution is needed. He criticized those who defended the crime and noted his reception at the University of Egypt. He received a Doctor of Laws and met with the American mission head and the dedication of a girls' mission school.
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Cairo
Roosevelt
University of Egypt
Pasha
Khartoum
Egypt
Mercely
Boutrous Pasha
Ronegevelt
Watson
American Girls’ Mission School
China May Seek Roosevelt as General Adviser
Toklo reports a rumor that the Chinese government may ask Theodore Roosevelt to serve as general adviser to China. If invited, Roosevelt would study empire needs and propose reforms within China and in its relations with other nations.
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Toklo
Foreign Office
Roosevelt
China
Ruiake
Councilman Shelly Lights Cigar With Passes in Graft Row
In Highspire Pennsylvania council meeting socialist councilman C B Shelly denounced graft and attacked the Central Pennsylvania Traction Company. He produced passes from the traction company and a lighter, set the passes ablaze, and lit a cigarette in a dramatic protest.
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Highspire
Borrough Council
B. Shelly
Dauphin County
Shelly
Central Pennsylvania Traction Company
Harrisburg
Traction Company
New Yorker Mistakenly Reports Flag Colors in Citizenship Hearing
Harry Levine of New York City sought naturalization in federal court. When asked the color of the American flag by Justice Adams, he answered green and white, and the court denied his application.
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New York
Harry Levine
East Side
United States
New 21 Inch Whitehead Torpedo
The new Whitehead torpedo has passed trials and will equip future battleships and cruisers. It measures eighteen feet six inches long and twenty-one inches in diameter, weighs nearly a ton, with a range over 1000 yards and a speed of forty knots. Its improved control mechanism enhances accuracy, and a guncotton charge around 50 pounds detonates reliably when striking a ship’s plating at likely angles.
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London
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