Vernon Tex prisoner Truelson linked to Gunness murders
Sheriff Smutzer, returning from Vernon, Tex, reports the man Julius Truelson Jr admits a confessed plan involving Mae Francis O’Reilly and the Gunness farm. Truelson claims to have aided Ray Lamphere and disposed of multiple bodies, but he later repudiated the confession to escape a Texas forgery charge. The case ties to the Gunness farm murders and the Lamphere indictment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laporte
Ind
Smutzer
Vernon
Tex
Truelson
Smith
Ray Lamphere
Julius Truelson, Jr
Jonathan G. Thaw
Pittsburg
Harry Thaw
Mae Francis O'Reilly
Rochester
N. Y
Gunness Farm
Lamphere
Texas
Smuteer
International Cotton Congress Opens in Paris
The fifth International Congress of Cotton Spinners and Manufacturers opened in Paris with delegates from fifteen countries, including India and Japan. US representation came from the American Cotton Manufacturers' Association, the National Association of Cotton Manufacturers, and Southern Cotton Association. President M Berger of France welcomed delegates and called for ending the American financial crisis. French Minister of Commerce M Crupps praised government aid for the congress, which aims to combat cotton speculation harming the industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
India
Japan
United States
American Cotton Manufacturers’ Association
National Association of Cotton Manufacturers
Southern Cotton Asociation
M. Berger
France
M. Crupps
Congress
Automobile Overturns Killing Two In Brooklyn Party
A touring car returning from Coney Island overturned on Ocean Parkway while speeding early Monday. Two men, William Gon Vread and Thomas Noland, both 42 from Brooklyn, were killed. Victor P. Bran dies and James McKenna, Brandies, suffer fractures. McKenna also has a broken shoulder. Two others escaped injury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Coney Island
Ocean Park Way
William Gon Vread
Thomas Noland
Brooklyn
Victor P. Brandies
James McKenna
Brandies
McKenna
Unemployment relief seen as industries revive in Birmingham
Birmingham readers report a major revival as 8,000 idle workers are expected to return to mines furnaces and related industries this week. About 2,500 men resume work Monday in mines and coke ovens and more will follow as furnaces are stocked. United States Steel Corp is also anticipated to kick off a broader revival in the Iron Territory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
United States Steel Corporation
Asia Accepts Compensation Talks Amid Russo-Persian Dispute
Teheran June 2 Asia agrees to accept compensation for families killed by Russians and proposes a joint investigation. Russia rejects the plan and remains adamant on indemnity for depredations alleged against Persian bandits. Kurdish tribes surround Uremiah and conduct what is described as a wholesale massacre and pillage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teheran
Asia
Russia
Uremiah
Watchman attacked by Chinese crew on British steamer Saverie
In Tacoma on June 2 a Chinese crew of seventy two men attacked watchman James Vathesford aboard the British steamer Saverie, resisting his refusal to let workers ashore. The first mate and white crew intervened, Gainesford wounded a crew member in the wrist with a revolver, and no arrests were made as authorities review the mutiny report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tacoma
Wash
James Vathesford
Saverie
William Shotton
Manila
Gainesford
Daughters of the Republic of Texas Win Lawsuit
Houston June 2. The Daughters of the Republic of Texas won a trial decided by Judge Littleton W. Moore in Houston. Rebecca J. Fisher, president, calls for unity and dedication to the organization motto Texas, one and indivisible, urging all members to work together.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Daughters of the Republic of Texas
Texs
Littleton W. Moore
Moore
Legislative Committee
Texas
Rebecca J. Fisher
Calendar Reports Considered at Methodist Conference
Baltimore June 2 reports from the twenty-fifth delegated session of the Methodist Episcopal general conference discuss consolidation of all national Sabbatical alliances and plan a committee for the 1910 silver jubilee of Methodist Episcopal missions. A commission of laymen is urged to visit evangelical fields as the missionary movement expands across denominations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Methodist Episcopal General Conference
Methodist Episcopal Missions
Four New York men charged in Washington conspiracy case
Bench warrants issued for Theodore H. Price Er S Holmes Jr Moses Maas and Frederick A Peckham of New York charged with conspiracy. Warrants sent to New York to secure their arrest and probable return for trial after indictments in Washington on Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Theodore H. Price
New York
Er. S. Holmes Jr
Department of Agriculture
Moses Maas
Frederick A. Peckham
Vaderland Steamer Mishap Quiet After Minor Engine Trouble
Antwerp June 2 The Red Star line steamer Vaderland eased fears of grounding or collision as damage proved minor a simple machinery disarrangement. After repairs she returned to Flushing and resumed voyage leaving for Dover at 10 15 Monday morning.
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Antwerp
Red Star Line
Vaderland
Flushing
Dover
Ene
New Line Inaugurated By Mobile Panama Steamship
The Mobile Panama steamship line began with Thelma departing for Cristobal Colon carrying passengers and mail. The service promises a substantial reduction in travel time between the new republic and the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
Mobile-Panama
Thelma
Cristobal Colon
New Republic
United States
Copyright Cases Decided by Supreme Court in June
The Supreme Court of the United States decided important copyright cases with opinions by Justice Day. The Bobbs Merrill Company versus R M Macy Co and Isidor and N Straus result favored Macy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Supreme Court of the United States
Justice Day
Bobbs- Merrill Company
R. M. Macy & Co
Isidor and N. Straus
Macy
Moros Restless in Jolo as Datto vows mass killings
Reports from Moros on the island of Jolo say unrest is rising with a Datto threatening to kill twenty whites and one hundred Chinese before declaring war. A sentry was attacked and badly wounded, prompting a doubled guard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
Jolo
Datto
Balzac
Medical Meet Opens in Chicago With 7000 Delegates
The annual convention of the American Medical Association began in Chicago on Monday with about 7,000 delegates in attendance. The first session focused on business of a legislative nature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
The
American Medical Association
Poet Louis Freschemte Dies in June in Montreal
Montreal reports the death of Dr Louis Freschemte a French Canadian poet and close friend of Victor Hugo after a brief illness. The obituary notes his stature in letters and his association with Hugo in the mid nineteenth century.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montreal
Louis Freschemte
Victor Hugo
Suicide Tragedy Strikes Mrs Mildred Settle in Kansas City
Mrs Mildred Settle aged eighteen of Amarillo Texas committed suicide at a Kansas City residence by drinking carbolic acid. She and her husband Harry Settle visited his mother and stayed at a hotel. She cried out Oh Harry as she collapsed in the parlor. A physician could not save her.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Mildred Settle
Amarillo
Tex
WORK OF BOYS. Train holdup by four youths in Great Falls
Four boys aged fifteen to seventeen held up a northbound Great Northern train near the stockyards, allegedly led by Albert Hatch. They confessed to police, with Hatch said to have shot William Dempsey and planned a second hold-up on No. 236. Reams claims Hatch threatened him over the second attempt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Falls
Mont
Great Northern
Albert Hatch
William Ranfall
Harry Reams
George Creswell
Randall
Reams
Creswell
Hatch
William Dempsey
Sun River
Buttee
Aeronaut Falls to Death After Parachute Drop
Frederick L. Wood an eighteen year old aeronaut from New Haven Conn perished after becoming entangled in the folds of a large American flag he waved while making a parachute drop from a balloon at Hillside park near Passaic New Jersey. His ascent occurred at six o'clock Sunday afternoon witnessed by a large crowd and he drowned in the Passaic river.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Hillside Park
Passaic
N J
Frederick L. Wood
New Haven
Afghanists occupy Regan in Persian territory incursion
Teheran reports 700 well armed Afghan tribesmen entered Persian land and seized Regan a town roughly 180 miles southeast of Kerman. The advance details the scale of the incursion and the active confrontation near strategic routes. Local authorities confirm the occupation and mobilization of regional forces remains ongoing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teheran
Regan
Kerman
Ninety Day Furlough From General Lee Praised
A veteran recalls a ninety day furlough issued by General Stephen D. Lee during the Civil War. He notes the paper’s value since the signer and the great Confederate leader are now remembered in history. The furlough carried him from Texas to Dallas and remained valid as the war ended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee
Aero
Piero AL
JD Shelas
Stephen D. Lee
Dallas
Cleburne
Confederacy
Plot Against King Edward in New York Details Leak
Details of a Pinkerton citywide search for plotters against the king of England have leaked out. Detectives shadow a band described as Fast Indians allied with the revolutionary party and said to have sympathies among Irish secret societies. Report claims involvement with India Home Rule and Swadeshi groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward
New York
New York City
Pinkerton
England
Revolutionary Party
India Home Rule Society
SwWadvshi
Rice Farmer Loses Son in Creek Drowning at Bay City
In Cottonwood creek near the city’s northern electric plant John Davis, the youngest son of rice farmer J. J. Davis, drowned while bathing with two companions. His body was recovered forty minutes later after life restoration efforts failed.
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Bay City
Tex
Cottonwood Creek
John Davis
J. J. Davis
Ends Existence
Louis Bendorf aged sixty three a former New Orleans merchant and longtime city hospital ward detail in St Louis drank carbolic acid to end his life He had wandered widely and lost family and fortune in a yellow fever epidemic in New Orleans
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Louis Bendorf
New Orleans
Bendorf
Ben
Aldrich and Vreeland Chosen Choice for Monetary Panel
Senator Aldrich was elected chairman of the monetary commission while Congress man Vreeland was named vice chairman in Washington on June 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aldrich
Vreeland
Washington
Senator Aldrich
Monetary Commission
Congressman Vreeland
Frankfurt Sails for Bremen With Nearly 500 Passengers
Large passenger list from Galveston reports the North German Lloyd steamer Frankfurt sailing for Bremen with nearly 500 travelers aboard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galveston
Frankfurt
Bremen
Hitching to Mail Box fined in Dallas court
In Dallas on June 1 Percy Conway a tegra was fined 3 dollars in the corporation court for hitching to a mail box.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Percy Conway
Corporation Court
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Texas Daughters
Moros
GEO. J. Terry Company
McDaniel How. Co
E. J. Taliaferro
Old Picayune Building
East Front Street
IBLE
A.M. Ellsworth
A. M. Ellsworth
Langford & Clemmons
the Palace
Jack and
Johnny Bull's Place
West Main Street
Prescott, Ark
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