Thaw Trial Heats Up As Defense Expert Takes Stand
Dr C C Wiley from Pittsburg testifies on insanity and heredity in the Thaw murder case. The cross examination probes whether jealous rage indicates insanity while Jerome harshly questions the expert, challenging hypothetical conclusions and the doctor’s methods. The court keeps witnesses restricted as proceedings continue.
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Wiley
C. K. Bingaman
Jerome
New York
Frentenals
Pirst
C. C. Wiley
Pittsburg
Pats Hypothetica
Quest Gleason
Thaw
White
Fitzgerald
Haid
Osen
Dist 1
Steamer Parker Boiler Explodes Near Chattanooga
In Tennessee near Chattanooga a steamer boiler exploded a few miles below the city this afternoon. Reports indicate several persons were killed in the blast aboard the Parker.
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Chattanooga
Venn
Parker
Miners Die in Northwestern Coal Train Wreck
Des Moines Iowa February 5 six miners killed and twelve or more injured in a Northwestern railway coal train wreck within city limits. A car leaving the track caused the crash and coal fire hampered rescue efforts. Further victims feared.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Northwestern
Northwestern Railway
Tris
Rail Workers Silence for Five Minutes in Fort Scott
In Fort Scott Kansas railroad workers across the country halted at 4 am to observe five minutes of silent prayer for the National Union of Railway Trackmen. The convention met in Fort Scott at that hour, planning the telepathic mobilization to bolster union aims and worker conditions.
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Fort Scott
Kans
Fort Scout
National Union of Railway Trackmen
Defy for Court Mine Toll of Life in Idaho and West Virginia
A corroded dispatch reports a Miners union in Iowa forwarding a contempt resolution to the U S Supreme Court over the Moyer Haywood and Pettibone decision. Simultaneously a West Virginia mine disaster near Charleston at Coal and Coke claims about 25 dead from a third blast in two weeks, with rescuers first entering the mine and a fatal suffocation of mine boss Daniel Jones.
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Washington
Tynes
Iowa
Mintors? Union
Supreme Court of the
United States
Moyer, Haywood and Pettibone
Elkins
W. Va
Thomas
Kins
West Virginia
Snow Covers Middle Mississippi Valley With Deep Cold North
Snow blankets the middle Mississippi and Ohio valleys up to two feet in spots while extreme cold grips the northwest. Nebraska reports 20 below zero, St Paul minus 22 to minus 52, and McHenry North Dakota bakes at 45 below. Weather bureau predicts relief but conditions remain severe nationwide.
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Aso
Mississippi
Misson
Ohio
Rerion
New England
Lincoln
St. Paul
Weather Bureau
Middle
Missouri Valley
Lake Region
McHenry
N.D
Nebraska Legislature Opposes Ship Subsidy Bill
Lincoln Neb Feb 5 The Nebraska legislature opposed the ship subsidy bill by a 50 to 30 vote in the house memorializing Congress to defeat the measure and requesting the senator. The senate then passed the resolutions unanimously.
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Congress
Lincoln
Neb
House
Senate Joint
Senate
Congress Digest of Yesterday's Sessions in Washington
A brief resume of yesterday’s congressional proceedings. The Senate discussed Carter resolution and interior department order on labor and policy issues. The House approved revenue and patent measures, Jamestown expo funding, and calls for investigations into cotton prices, excise taxes, and public land protections. The adjournment came at 5 45 p m.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
Hines
Pee Am
Tiekers
Meyburn
Ney Lens Speke
Carter
Secretary of the Interior
Tor Beveridge
Errel Sardine
Georgia
Tee
Corte Ree
Hkber
Cat
United States
Negro Troops Face Trouble While Seeking Equal Rights
Washington Feb 4 The Brownsville affair hearing resumes before the Senate Military Affairs Committee with former Sergeant Harris of Company B under cross examination. He says racial prejudice and pressure to re enlist influenced his choices while noting soldiers faced prejudice and entered saloons by rear doors.
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Washington
Brownsville
Senate Committee On Military Affairs
Harris
Company B
Warner
Overman
Meney
Cinch Players Arrested Over Prize Card Games in Missouri
Princeton Missouri residents including respected citizens were arrested for playing ecards after gamblers complained to Prosecuting Attorney B F Kesterson. The first case is set for February 7 with possible penalties up to 200 dollars fine or six months jail for some underage players.
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Missouri
Princeton
B. F. Kesterson
Kesterson
Won Whole Town Evangelists Convert Abingdon Population
A systematic canvass in Abingdon HL Felices and local pastors reports 749 conversions, leaving only 189 nonprofessors. A revival week drew 5,000 to the tabernacle and 40 more converts that night. Bible stock ran low as bookstores reported high demand. William Sunday ends four week revival in Kankakee AL with 1,054 converts in nine days.
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Abingdon
Felices
Sticks and Galloway
Serv Evangeli
Tabernacle
Hedding College
Kankakee
William Sunday
Opponents of Ship Subsidy Rally Behind War Agitation
Washington feb 5 opponents of the ship subsidy bill pending in the house detect a war scare push. They allege a subsidy lobby spreads rumors of strained Japan ties to pressure debate. Senator Heyurn proposed a five senator committee to investigate reorganizing the Northern Pacific railroad property. Army appropriation bill reported at 581 fe000, up 9 million from house version. Burton denounces Illinois Missouri deep waterway rebuke and warns lawmakers to seek accuracy before lobbying national legislation.
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Washington
Heyurn
Ties
Senate
Northern Pacific Railroad
Japan
United States
Burton
Rivers and Harbors Committee
Minois
Missouri
Theuif
Rose
Grip Is Fatal In Wichita Weather Grips City
Ten deaths were reported in Wichita amid a deadly grip as zero weather and heavy snowdrifts worsen conditions. Coal scarcity and a rare hold up of a Midland Valley freight train at Foraker in Osage Nation highlight ongoing hardship and lawlessness amid severe winter.
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Wichita
Kan
St. Louis & San Francisco Railway
Guthrie
Okla
Foraker
Mind Your Own Business Burton Urges Legislature
In a blunt reply the speaker urged lawmakers to mind their own business as coal was rushed into vehicles. Foraker residents had endured weeks without coal with fuel scarcity at a critical level.
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Burton
Foraker
Dozen May Be Dead Under Snowslide Near Monarch Mountain
Salida Colorado reports a fatal Monarch Mountain snowslide that buried three buildings Steve Skinner saloon Fred Mason rooming house and Fred Schrader restaurant under as much as 50 feet of snow. Eight killed and fourteen injured with two more feared dead as rescuers race to reach the wreckage.
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Dozvida
Monareh
Salida
Steve Skinner
Fred Mason
Fred Schrader
Col
Monarch Mountain
Rivers and Harbers Chairman Hits Illinois Solons
Illinois legislators face sharp attack from Rivers and Harbors Chairman Burton over the rivers and harbors appropriation as he denounces assembly criticism and defends the funding. Senate approves two bills totaling 150000 for Governor to prosecute Illinois Central tax case with Central Springfield notes.
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the Rivers and Harbers
Illinois Solons
Congress
Pizheneix Central
Springfield
Senate
Dig Up Huge Land Graft On The Coast
San Francisco February 5 The Call says acting under instructions from President Roosevelt Thomas B Neuhausen inspector of the interior department cooperating with State Mineralogist Aubury has unearthed gigantic frauds in land locations in California to be basis of criminal prosecutions The investigation sweeps wide and implicates men of wealth influence and high social standing in California
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San Neisco
Presdent Roosevelt
Thomas B. Neuhausen
Inor Department
Aubury
California
Major Penrose on trial in Fort Sam Houston court martial
Major C. W. Penrose of the infantry faces a court martial at Fort Sam Houston charged with neglect of duty connected to the Brownsville incident. The trial opened with Captain Charles Kay as judge advocate and Major Penrose arraigned, pleading not guilty. Forty Brownsville citizens attended as witnesses.
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Fort Sam Houston
San Antonio
Tex
ELOPES TO MARRY SOLDIER IN IOWA WOMAN WEDS LIEUTENANT
Miss Lesta Newman of Bussey Iowa eloped and married Lieutenant Robert Blaine a cousin of Jamie J Blaine in Des Moines after her parents objected to the match They plan to depart soon for the Philippines where he will serve as an officer The couple had been lovers for three years Blaine had received leave from Fort Robinson Ned to marry in Des Moines.
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Iowa
Robert Blaine
Des Moines
Lesta Newman
Bussey
Low
Jamie J. Blaine
Philippines
Newman
Blaine
Fort Robinson
Ned
Chicago Traction Franchise Plan Clears City Council
Chicago voters in April would approve a 20 year franchise to Chicago City Railway and Union Traction. The ordinance allows the city to buy the railways after six months notice for 50 million dollars plus rehabilitation costs.
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Chicago
Chicago City Railway
Union Traction Companies
Freezing Deaths Reported Across Midwest Blizzard
A Goodrich, North Dakota telegraph report states a woman and five children froze to death last night. Rapid City, South Dakota reports a home stealer Meyers and an unnamed sheep herder froze to death in the Cheyenne country. A Jay outfit herder on the Dakota City divide has been missing four days and is feared dead.
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Bismark
N. D
Goodrich
Rapid City
S. D
Meyers
Cheyenne Country
Stricker Ranch
Jay
Dakota City
Uniform Oil Laws Conference Opens in Topeka
In Topeka Kansas February 5 representatives of governors from nearly a dozen midwest states met in Governor Hochs office to discuss uniform oil legislation. Oil men seek adoption of a maximum freight rate law for oil and products to allow producers to move beyond state borders.
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Topeka
Kan
Middle West
Hoch
Water official ousted in Dubuque removal of trustee
In Dubuque Iowa Judge Mathews sustains the city council's removal of Henry Gniffke from the municipal water plant board for loose funding practices and failure to require the superintendent to file a bond. The plant owes 47000 dollars as two other trustees resign and a new board will be appointed. An earthquake was reported near Laibach with a 90 minute duration, occurring about 4600 miles away.
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Dubuque
Iowa
Matthews
Henry Gniffke
Gniffke
Tennessee General Assembly Bans Horse Racing
The lower house passed the anti race trust gambling bill, already approved by the senate, signaling the end of horse racing in Tennessee. The governor is expected to sign it, with immediate effect.
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Nashville
Renn
General Assembly
Tennessee
Senate
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