Defying Law Said to Be Fast Growing American Trait
In San Francisco July 8 the National Education Association reports consider disregard for law an American characteristic. It cites graft, bribery, white slave traffic, mobs, lynchings, and other lawless acts as examples while proposing childhood virtues as remedies. A kindergarten start with tidiness and obedience leads to high school courses on individual relations to society and family foundations. Today's program includes Harlan Updegraff on improving teachers in city schools.
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San Francisco
Cal
National Council On Education
National Educational Association
Lfe
Harlan Updegraff
Washington, DC
Rumor Claims Zeulia President Killed by Bomb
In Willemstad Caracas reports circulate that Mendez, president of Zeulia state in Venezuela, may have been killed by a bomb. The rumor ties Castro to a landing at Castilletas Point near the Colombian border as Castro reportedly gains a following in western Venezuela.
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Willemstad
Caracas
Venezuela
Castro
Veneguela
Mendez
Zeulia
Castilletas Point
Guajira
Colombia
State of
Sulia
John D Rockefeller's quiet birthday at Forest Hill estate
John D Rockefeller marked his 72d birthday in Cleveland on July 8 by staying at home. He sat on his porch, played some golf, and dined with family, healthy and uncelebratory. In Birmingham, Joseph Chamberlain also celebrated his eighty-something birthday at Highbury, receiving broad congratulations and retaining fair health.
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Rockefeller
Cleveland
Ohio
John D. Rockefeller
Forest Hill
Birmingham
England
Joseph Chamberlain
Highbury
Gates On Mend After Nephritis Health Crisis
Paris dispatch reports financier John W. Gates improving after nephritis required careful care. The physician said the illness was serious but not alarming, noting a moment of anxiety that yielded to treatment and satisfaction with the improvement observed at night.
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Paris
John W. Gates
Mr. Gates
Weather forecast for Rock Island area tonight and tomorrow
Unsettled with likely showers tonight or Sunday and slightly warmer tonight. Temperature at 7 am 78 with yesterday's high 94 and last night's low 73. Precipitation .10 inch. Wind 3 mph. Humidity 42 at 7 pm and 72 at 7 am. Moon at apogee and other astronomical notes provided.
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Rock Island
Davenport
Moiime
J.M. Sherier
McNamara Faces Murder Charge After Court Ruling
Judge Bordwell ruled the court can try John J. McNamara for murder tied to the Times building destruction on Oct 1, 1910, overruling no jurisdiction plea. The defense argues extradition for dynamiting cannot justify murder charges. crowd packed the courthouse as McNamara and his brother were led in. Washington’s third degree committee to hear Gompers and AFL officers about arrest tactics in the case and advocate against kidnaping extradition.
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Washington
Justice Wright
Supreme Court of
District of Columbia
Senate
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Gompers
Buck Stove and Range Company
Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles
Bordwell
John J. McNamara
Times
Leader
McNamara Brothers
Darrow
Scott
Davis
McNut
Harriman
Indiana
Washington, D. C
McNain- Gra
Boiler explodes killing 12 after refloat attempt
In Roumania today the boiler of the stranded river steamer Queen Borough exploded during refloating efforts, killing 12 and wounding four. Also reported Evans, Jr. won the open golf crown in Versailles, and actor Blind Tom Hayden died in Brooklyn from pneumonia. A weekly bank statement in New York noted loans up and deposits up while excess cash reserve fell.
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Salvia
Roumania
Queen
Borough
Evans
Anderson
Versailles
France
Charles W. Evans, Jr
J. G. Anderson
West Newton
Mass
Tom Hayden
New York
Thomas T. Hayden
Brooklyn
Kansas high court upholds bloodhound as an agent of justice
Topeka July 8 the Kansas supreme court ruled the bloodhound may serve as evidence in criminal cases. The decision affirmed that the dog’s tracked footprints can be used to convict or support conviction when properly proven and presented in court. The ruling centers on a Glen Adams appeal and related evidence trails six miles long.
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Kansas
Bloodhound
Topeka, Kas
Kansas Supreme Court
No Smokers in 15 Years Says Wiley
Washington July 8 Dr Harvey W Wiley pure food expert predicted that within 15 years smoking and tobacco chewing in public will be obsolete He is an incorporator of the Anti Tobacco association which sought a charter in New York He urged a ban on smoking and chewing in public or on cars with a right to privacy for individuals while opposing public display. State Institutions Exempt Springfield July 8 Attorney General Stead opinion returned.
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Washington
Harvey W. Wiley
Wiley
Anti-Tobacco Association
New York
Lar
Windbreaks Ship Deaths and Capsize Off California Coast
Surf Cal July 8 reports the steamer Santa Rosa of the Pacific Coast Steamship Co. grounding near shore. Second Officer E. Hanson and three seamen are confirmed dead. A lifeboat overturns, sending twenty women passengers into the sea as another craft survived the catastrophe. Rescue efforts and investigations follow.
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California
Surf
Cal
E. Hanson
Santa Rosa
Pacific Coast Steamship Company
Court Upholds Conviction in 1910 Anderson Murder
In an appeal by Glen Adams, convicted of murdering farmer Joseph Anderson in 1910, the court ruled that the trail of human foot steps was sufficient evidence. Bloodhounds followed tracks six miles from the Anderson home to Adams’ residence, with shoe prints matching Adams’ footwear around the body. The same evidence was cited again at Adams’ trial.
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Glen Adams
Joseph Anderson
Anderson
Adams
Heat kills 600 horses in New York in six days
New York reports six hundred horses died in harness from the heat across Manhattan and Bronx with heavier losses suspected in Brooklyn, Queens, and Richmond. Health department officials say no parallel conditions are remembered. The Cummins Amendment to add meats to the reciprocity bill failed in the Senate, 14 to 32.
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New York
Manhattan
Bronx
Brooklyn
Queens
Richmond
Health Department
Cummins
Washington
Senate
State Board Ruling Exempts Women's 1 hour Law for Institutions
The state board of administration today holds that the women's 1 hour law does not apply to any state institutions. The decision excludes state facilities from the measure and clarifies enforcement boundaries for female staff and patients within those institutions.
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State Board of Administration
See Fails To Tell Story Trial Ends In Chicago
The defense in the Evelyn Arthur See abduction trial rested without See testifying. The prosecution had expected See to take the stand. The case is expected to go to the jury on Monday.
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Chicago
Evelyn Arthur See
Mildred Bridges
See
Lee
New Theory Stir Madrid Papers Rejoice in Statement
Madrid July 8 All papers publish a statement by General William H. Bixby chief of engineers U S A that he believes the Maine explosion originated from its own magazines rather than an external force. The A B C comments that Spain must cede possessions but will not be dishonored.
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Maine
Madrid
William H. Bixby
Havana Harbor
A. B.C
Spain
Santa Rosa Disaster Destroys Ship Off Coast Of California
Wreck of the Santa Rosa after a life boat capsize and a late afternoon high wind tore the vessel. Seventy survivors report 192 aboard accounted for. officials fear a longer death list as more missing are sought. Passengers were taken ashore amid danger and trains sent with food and blankets. Captain J O Faria presided on his first voyage in command.
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Point Arguelle
Santa Rosa
Frisco
San Francisco
San Diego
Way Points
J. O. Faria
Alexander
Faria
Tariff Revisions Expected in Senate Soon
Special Correspondent notes the Senate plans further tariff revision work in the coming weeks. Senator Cummins predicts at least five tariff bills, including wool, cotton, steel, and sugar schedules, plus a free trade measure. Democrats and progressives may unite for compromise, though objections from both sides are anticipated. Kane.
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Washington
Senate
Cummins
Iowa
House
Kane
Former Wheat King a Pauper
Chicago, July 8. Edward L. Harper once a wealthy wheat speculator who in 1887 lost 6 million in minutes trying to corner the Chicago market, is now a pauper before a New York judge. He faces a judgment of 2,774 from Herman Cohen and has been sentenced to 10 years in an Ohio penitentiary for misappropriation from Fidelity Bank, later pardoned after six years. Harper later sought steel consolidation in New York but again fell into poverty.
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Chicago
Edward L. Harper
New York
Herman Cohen
Harper
Ohio
Fidelity Bank of Cincinnati
New York City
Letters Missing In Stokes Case Cloud Over Sleuths
New York July 8 missing witness delayed the Stokes shooting hearing until Tuesday. Wilfred Hart elevator operator who took Stokes to the defendants’ apartments on June 6 is sought. Three city detectives who allowed Ansonia house detective James Cummings to remove a packet of Stokes letters are under scrutiny. Cummings admitted he secreted them. Attorneys say 18 letters existed, only 12 reached the district attorney. Commissioner Waldo warned that if guilt is found the iron ball will roll.
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New York
Stokes
Wildred Hart
Waldo
James Cummings
Ansonia House
Ethel Conrad
Lillian Graham
Cummings
Santa Rosa grounding sparks officers' denunciation at sea
Passengers aboard the Santa Rasa denounced ship officers for refusing to land after grounding near Point Arguillo as a calm sea gave way to a gale that left several drowning after life rafts were battered.
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Ing
Santa Rasa
Point Arguillo
Boy Problem Discussed By Judge Lindsey At Endeavorer Meet
Delegates at the Atlantic City Christian Endeavor convention heard a conference on the Boy Problem with Judge Ben Lindsey of Denver as a speaker after sunrise services led by Rev J Wilbur Chapman. The convention also announced Los Angeles as the site for the 1913 gathering.
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Ben Lindsey
Atlantic City
J. Wilbur Chapman
Christian Endeavor
Denver
N. J
Los Angeles
Cal
The
Mexico City Strike Ends with Wage Advance Acceptance
In Mexico City the street car strike ended after a meeting of strikers who accepted the company's original offer of a 3 cent per hour wage increase. Crews resumed work following the decision.
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Mexico City
Irish greet king home rule urged
King George and Queen Mary received a cordial welcome in Ireland at Dublin on July 8. A banner at Penbrooke proclaimed Welcome We want home rule. Nationalists were passive and avoided an official address while displaying Irish flags and, when multiple flags appeared, a second with the American stars and stripes. The king’s reply at Kingstown fostered immediate goodwill.
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Dublin
George
Mary
Ireland
Penbrooke
Kingstown
Dirigible Balloon Sets a New Record
Compiegne France July 8 The dirigible balloon Clement Bayard IV started at 10 oclock last night on a 24 hour trial flight between Compiegne and Suissons and remained airborne at 1 pm beating the world dirigible record for time and distance on a fixed circuit
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Compiegne
France
Clement-Bayard IV
Suissons
Morning Plunge Fatal to J Pettit
James Pettit treasurer of the Peavy Grain company died during a morning swim near his Waukegan summer home. The body was found in four feet of water and the cause of death—drowning or other—was not yet determined.
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Chicago
James Pettit
Peavy Grain Company
Waukegan
Pettit
Cox Probes Alaska Lands Control and Interior Ties
Representative Cox of Indiana introduced a resolution demanding the president reveal any representations made by Richard Ryas described as a Guggenmhetira syndicate agent Richard Ballinger and Charles Taft regarding control of lands around Controller Bay Alaska. The House committee on Interior expenditures met to announce a pending investigation into the Controller Bay matter for Monday.
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Alaska
Washington
Cox
Indiana
House
Iafor
Richard Ryas
Guggenm Hetira Syndicate
Richard Ballinger
Thes
Charles P. Taft
Controller Bay
House Committee On
Interior Department
Budapest Town Hall Damaged After Morning Earthquakes
In Pante Budapest two earthquakes shook Kecskemét this morning causing panic as residents fled into the streets. The town hall and several buildings suffered damage while hundreds of chimneys toppled. In Philadelphia a government yacht with President Taft sailed for the Virginia coast.
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Pante
Budapest
Kecskemét
Philadelphia
Government
May
Taft
Satarias
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