Death penalty for Mrs Buffum in April execution ordered
Mrs Othia Buffum, convicted of poisoning her husband, faces the electric chair in April after a five hour trial in which the jury found her guilty in the first degree. Five sons visited at dawn, only Francis 13 showed emotion as she prepared for transfer to the Aurora death house. Her attorney Patrick S Collins will seek a new trial citing garbled press coverage and jury influence.
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Litle Falls
Othia Buta
Brown
Buffy
Fron Emiling
Patrick S. Collins
Willis
Norris
Laura
Buffum
Manaces by Wife Father Features in Hotel Case
In Chicago a murder trial about a wife slain in a hotel is interrupted as William Zits of Cincinnati testifies during cross examination. Robert Hosea, 75, Mia's father, allegedly lunged and shouted at Ellis, calling him a dog and prompting a witness adjournment. Also noted, Georgetown University experienced a 45 minute quake felt around the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Willam Zits
Cincinnati
Robert Hosea
Mia
Hosea
Eilis
Australian Scientist Dies from Krait Snake Bite
Calcutta date Feb 28 Dr Wheterick Fox an Australian scientist died after a krait bite during a venom research experiment. The snake caused five punctures and a delayed cure led to his death. Fox had volunteered for the study to advance snake venom knowledge.
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Calcutta
British India
Wheterick Fox
Fox
Rock Island Area Weather Forecast Tonight
Weather forecast for Rock Island Davenport Moline and vicinity. Fair and colder tonight and Sunday with temperatures 15 to 20 degrees. Brisk northwest winds. 7 am temperature 33. No precipitation. Humidity 70 percent at 7 pm 89 percent at 7 am. Astronomical events note Mars Venus Saturn in evening sky and Jupiter in morning sky. Orion will reach its greatest elevation this evening.
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Rock Island
Davenport
Moline
J. M. Sherier
Mars
Venus
Saturn
Jupiter
Orion
Moi
Bettin
Tavenner Pushes Army Munitions Shift to Rock Island Arsenal
Rep Clyde H Tavenner charged the army and ammunition ring overcharged the government for war munitions. He urged manufacturing at Rock Island arsenal and other government yards to cut costs and turn Rock Island into a major production center.
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Rock Island Arsenal
Ae eAtiton Hing
United States
Rock Island
American made auto crosses Andes to Chile
American built automobile driven by Johnson Martin former Princeton football star crossed the Andes at over 13000 feet to reach Santiago Chile after prior foreign maker efforts failed. A cablegram from Buenos Aires reported the arrival.
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Washington, D. C
Johnson Martin
Princeton
Andes
Martin
Santiago
Chile
Buenos Aires
Two Plead Guilty in $400000 Florida Land Fraud Case
Robert J. Martin and Joseph Horders pleaded guilty in federal court to misuse of the mails and conspiracy to defraud in a Florida fruit land sales scheme. They sold 180000 acres of land, arranging a $400000 take. Sentence set after remaining six defendants are tried. maximum fines reach $21000 and nine years’ imprisonment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Robert J. Martin
Joseph Horders
Labor unions exempted in trust laws
Washington February 28 unions farmers cooperatives and small retailers and manufacturers not seeking price increases will likely be exempt from antitrust provisions under a draft bill. A measure restricting injunction use in labor disputes will also be reported. A separate naval appropriation bill to fund two battleships six destroyers and other craft was reported, totaling 142 million dollars with ships built under private contract.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Loase Committee
Student peeper dead of wounds in dormitory shooting
Mount Vernon Iowa February 28 How ard Manning twenty five was shot last night after a chase by Cornell college students who had been peeping into the girls dormitory. The Illinois geological survey follows oil drilling near Pesotum Mahomet and Sadorus with hopes of large finds. Illinois ranks third in oil production with about 208000000 barrels valued at 53000000.
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Howard Manning
Illinois Geological Survey
Dows
Fellows
Pesatum
Mount Vernon
Iowa
Cornell College
Champaign
Ill
Ilinois
Illinois
R. S. Blatchley
Lovington
Olney
la Salle
Pesotum
Smallpox Closes Muscatine School
In Muscatine Iowa a sudden smallpox outbreak hits the city with the Franklin school fumigated and all sessions canceled. Health Officer Dr H L Husted, Superintendent Ira M McIntire, and education board president W S Norton ordered strict measures as most cases trace to Franklin school.
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Muscatine
South End
H. L. Husted
Husted
Ira M. McIntire
W. S. Norton
Board of Education
Franklin
Franklin School
Death of Laura Simpson remains mystery in Kentucky
Lexington dispatch reports the Laura Wilder Simpson case may stay unsolved as State's Attorney Allen rejects the coroner jury verdict of death from an unknown source. He states witnesses showed no foul play and confirms the death came from a self-inflicted pistol wound. In Bloomington Illinois John F Hulva, Armour & Co traveling salesman for over 20 years, collapsed and died on the street while about to retire on a pension.
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Laura Simpson
Lexington
Laura Wilder Simpson
Chicago
Allen
Commonwealth
Simpson
Bloomington
John F. Hulva
Armour & Co
Ilinois
Two Turkish Aviators Die In Flight Attempt
Constantinople February 28 Two young officers of the Turkish military aviation corps were killed while trying to fly to Alexandria Egypt when their aeroplane broke down at a high altitude.
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Constantinople
Turkey
Turkish Military Aviation Corps
Alexandria
Egypt
Serianni Given Five-Year Term In Fraud Case
Salvatore Serianni was sentenced by Federal Judge Landis to five years in state prison and fined $1,000 for using the mails to defraud. His attack on Leonardo Melone’s Italian grocery came after Melone ignored a demand letter.
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Chicago
Salvatore Serianni
Leonardo Melone
Landis
Melone
Serianni
Illinois miners oppose guard call to arms
A United Mine Workers of Illinois convention in Peoria on February 28 adopted a resolution condemning the National Guard and urging local unions statewide to block any affiliation of their members with it. The vote was 200 to 10, citing history of the Guard lining up against union labor.
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Peoria
National Guard
United Mine Workers of
Ilinois
Guard
Conductor Convicted in Tramp Death Case
Harry French of La Crosse, conductor on the Chicago Burlington and Quincy line, is found guilty of manslaughter in the third degree for the death of tramp Edward Murphy. The jury ruled the conductor unlawfully ejected Murphy from a moving train, awarding a two to four year penitentiary sentence.
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Lancaster
Wis
Harry French
la Crosse
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy
Edward Murphy
Murphy
French
Iowa seeks centralized executive and judicial control reform
Des Moines reports that Iowa plans give the governor power over all executive departments and the chief justice appoints all state judges, creating a central executive council led by the governor. The efficiency engineers push one man rule across branches in a sweeping reform. In Portugal, a railway strike settlement ends and is expected to bring stability nationwide.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Supreme Court
Legislative Committee
Agriculture, Commerce and Industry
Public Works
Health
Education
Charities and Corrections
Himsel
Department of Public Safety
Lisbon
Portugal
Post Office Heist at Paris Station Stuns Officials
In Paris on February 28 a train station post office wagon robbery stole over $200,000 in cash. Police pursued leads as officials investigated the daring incident at the railroad hub.
Fleeing Urbana Students Strain Illinois Campus
Urbana Illinois February 28 The University of Illinois faces a large exodus of students with no deaths since Tuesday and only one patient with fever. Fumigation supplies run short as two tons are ordered. dorms and the library close for cleaning while Champaign schools and city services brace for reopening.
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Urbana
Ill
University of Illinois
Chicago
University
Champaign
Clara Ricketts
E. H. Decker
College of Law
Urbana Board of Health
Rose Stahl
Maggie Pepper
London coppers halt movie auto raid on Asquith residence
An automobile carrying chorus girls said to be suffragists struck into Downing Street and was stopped by police. The vehicle was hired by an American film company to stage a raid with militant colors to appear realistic.
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London
England
Asquith
Downing Street
Swallows $4.85 in Nickels on a Wager
Louis Campani swallowed $4.85 in nickels after a fellow laborer issued a challenge. The man and John Galvini discussed fire nail tack and glass eaters when Galvini proposed a nickels contest.
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Swallows
Belleville, I
Louis Campani
Campani
John Gaivini
Galvini
Vergara Not Hanged Shot by Federals in Mexico
The report from Captain Saunders of the Texas Rangers states Clemente Vergara, an American from Webb County, was kidnapped and shot by Huerta's troops after horses were stolen. Five federal soldiers crossed the Rio Grande. Vergara and a nephew were lured to the Mexican side and Vergara was killed near Hidalgo before being moved toward Piedras Negras.
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Washington, D. C
Captain Saunders
Texas Rangers
Clemente Vergara
Huerta
Charge O'Shaughnessy
Vergara
Apolonio Rodriguez
Rio Grande
United States
Rodriguez
Hildago
Sanders
Piedras Negras
Webb County
Texas
Sanchez
Garsea Galean
Benton
Juarez
Chihuahua
Villa
Carranza
el Paso
Percival
Carothers
Brownsville
Miners Officers Held for Murder in Houghton Case
In Houghton Michigan on February 28 John Hupta secretary of the South Rangy locals of the Western Federation of Miners Nick Verbanan an organiser and Joseph Juntunen a member were arrested on charges of murder relating to a December 7 killing. Sheriff Cruse reports the trio confessed to the execution using rifles.
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Houghton
Mich
John Hupta
South Rangy
Western Federation of Miners
Nick Verbanan
Joseph Juntunen
Hupta
Cruse
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Wife
Georgetown
D.C
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Georgetown University
Tavenner
R. F. Wilson
The
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House
Clyde H. Tavenner
United States Army
Peeper
Black Hander
Burlington
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France
London Coppers Halt Movie Auto
Mexico
Chao
Torreon
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