Police help absent in Rosenthal murder case
New York July 23 Harry Vallon surrendered to police in the Rosenthal murder case as DA Whitman declares Dougherty acting alone won’t reach higher conspirators. He cites police connivance and promises a private probe while Rosenthal’s widow eyes grand jury testimony.
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New York
Harry Wallon
Rosenthal
Dougherty
Vallon
Detective Bureau
McNally
Wallon
Whitman
Chicago
Harry Horwitz
Gib
the Blood
Dago Frank
Lefty
Louie
Becker
NOTHING ILL ON FARM Federal Expert Makes Investigation
United States Geological Survey expert E. W. Shaw completed an inquiry at the Ackermann farm in Clinton county known as death farm to determine the cause of multiple deaths. He found no poisonous vegetation or obvious cause for fatalities after examining plant life.
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Centralia
Weather recast for Rock Island area shows unsettled trend
The forecast through 7 PM tomorrow calls for unsettled weather with chances of showers and thunderstorms tonight or Wednesday. Warm days continue with yesterday’s high of 82 and a low of 71. At 7 AM the temperature was 74, wind 7 mph, precipitation 0 in 24 hours, and humidity 60 percent at 7 PM and 88 percent at 7 AM. Astronomical data note sun set 7:24 and rise 4:47 with several planets visible. A separate report notes depositions begin in the sugar antitrust case in San Francisco with witnesses named.
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Rock Island
Davenport
Moline
J. M. Sherier
San Francisco
American Sugar Refining Company
Pierce
Adolph Spreckles
Western Sugar Refining Company
Charles Sutro
Robert Oxford
American Beet Sugar Company
Germans Own Swiftest Balloon in the World
Berlin reports the war department seized the latest Zeppelin directed airship after an 18 hour trial. The craft reached 49 miles per hour and is hailed as the speediest dirigible in the world.
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Berlin
Zeppelin
War Department
Hibernians Open Biannual Convention On Home Rule
Philadelphia July 22 delegates from 48 states and Canada attend the Ancient Order of Hibernians board of Erin biannual convention. The major topic to come before the gathering is home rule for Ireland as part of the discussions.
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Hibernians
Ireland
Philadelphia
Ancient
Order of Hibernians Board of
Erin
States
Canada
Coroner Blames Multiple for Western Springs Wreck
Coroner Peter Hoffman, in the La Grange inquest, assigns fault to four parties in the Western Springs wreck that killed 13. Julia A. Wilcox, towerwoman, bears responsibility for two counts including a delay and failure to halt No 8. Also blamed are flagman Frank Woodworth and Burlington engineers for not reducing speed in dense fog.
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Chicago
Western Springs
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad
Peter Hoffman
la Grange
Julia A. Wilcox
Dunning Insane Asylum
Burlington
Thaw hearing closed in habeas case before Justice Keogh
New York July 23 The Thaw habeas corpus case against release from Matteawan asylum was officially closed as state attorney William Travers Jerome filed his brief. Justice Martin J. Keogh will issue a decision later this week or early next. In Illinois a separate incident reports Sophromia Smith seven miles south of Greenup died after leaping from a buggy when her horse spooked by an automobile breaking her neck.
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Justice Keogh
New York
Harry K. Thaw
Stanford White
White, Plains
Matteawan Asylum
William Travers Jerome
Martin J. Keogh
Thaw
Greenup
Ill
Sophromia Smith
Here
Senate Tackles Parcels Post and Labor Bills
Senate debate centers on appropriations far above House levels with 260 million proposed. House provisions allowing postal workers to unionize and petition Congress were struck out by a Senate committee. Gardner of Maine urged adoption of a government take over of express companies and a postal express system. Senate committees endorsed labor and industrial commission bills from the House. An inquiry into the beef trust was pushed by the House committee. One battleship may be accepted by the Senate as a compromise. Testimony in the butter and egg board case resumes tomorrow with potential federal criminal proceedings announced. Canada reciprocity is discussed as a point of contention in U.S. policy.
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Senate
House
Congress
Parcels Post
Gardner
Maine
Beef Trust
Chicago
United States
Chicago Butter and Egg Board
Wilkerson
Butter and Egg Board
Mastersie Chancery Morrison
Twelve Women Dead in London Fire
London reports twelve women burned to death and several injured in a Moorlane clothing factory blaze in the center danger zone this afternoon. The disaster occurred in a building used by clothing manufacturers.
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London
Moorlane
Mitchell Given 9 Months Team Washington July 23 Mitchell sentenced in DC supreme court to nine months for contempt of court in Buck Stove case
Labor leader John Mitchell was sentenced in the District of Columbia supreme court to nine months imprisonment for contempt of court related to the Buck Stove & Range Co. case. An appeal was taken and $4,000 bail posted. Mitchell was not present and sent a written waiver of his rights to be present.
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Washington
John Mitchell
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Buck Stove & Range Co
Mitchell
Senate cuts out cash for the highway funding
Washington dispatch reports the Senate approved a post office appropriation bill that drops the good roads provision the House proposed and adopts a revised package. The measure curbs government mail handlers from affiliating with labor unions and omits highway funding terms. The action follows debate over funding and labor restrictions.
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Washington
Post Office
House
Taft Signals Possible Senate Talk on Reciprocity Repeal
Washington July 23 President Taft indicated to Republican Senate leaders a wish to learn their view on repealing Canada’s reciprocity act. He has not committed to repeal but would discuss if leaders favor it. Some western opponents of reciprocity think he may message Congress or state his stance in his acceptance speech.
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Washington
Senate
Taft
Congress
Littleton Favors Study on Stanley Idea Costs
Representative Littleton, a Democrat, backs a joint commission to study the Stanley idea and propose actions. The House steel trust investigating committee’s work is noted amid uncertainty and potential costs. Washington report describes ongoing political maneuvering as the measure advances.
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Joint Commission
Washington
Littleton
House Steel Trust
Trace Kimmels name in a crime
Decatur July 23 Police investigate a grip of personal effects addressed to George A Kimmel of Niles Mich in an effort to trace a burglar who Saturday night robbed a store at Foosland Champaign county Friends of Kimmel claim he has not left Chicago since a head operation and allege someone is masquerading under his name Kimmel figures in a disputed identity case involving 254000 insurance
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Decatur
George A. Kimmel
Niles
Mich
Foosland
Champaign County
Kimmel
Chicago
Religious clash in the Navy case draws Senate inquiry
California Senator John D Works takes up the case of Joseph J. Kapsa, a former gunner's mate sentenced to a year at hard labor in Port Royal for refusing typhoid vaccination on religious grounds. Kapsa, a Christian Scientist, argued the order violated his beliefs and he would heal disease spiritually. Senator Works asked if the Navy can force religious convictions, urging possible undesired discharge or limited service rather than punishment.
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Washington, D. C
United States
John D. Works
California
Joseph J. Kapsa
Delaware
Port Royal
S. C
Kapsa
New York Navy Yard
Racicot
Meyer
Works
George von L. Meyer
Secretary of the Navy
Wolffe Quits Channel Attempt Before Dover Crossing
Jabez Wolffe, the amateur swimmer, abandoned his attempt to swim the English channel and turned back before reaching Dover. He boarded an accompanying tug and returned to Boulogne after starting from France. Wilson began drafting his acceptance speech for August 7.
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Wolffe
France
England
Boulogne
Jabez Wolffe
English Channel
Dover
Daughter slays an angry father in Kansas City
On July 23 Edith Gamble 24 shot and killed her father Charles Gamble when he broke into the family home denied admittance and attacked his wife and daughter. Mrs Gamble had recently sued for divorce. Edith and the mother were taken to the police station.
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Kansas City
Edith Gamble
Charles Gamble
Roosevelt Talks New Party Plan in Progressive Meeting
In New York Roosevelt outlines a four squared to democracy party of the people, aiming to break old party machines. He cites fights over California delegates, Massachusetts swaps, and urges ex Democrats and Republicans join on equal terms. New Jersey progressives plan a full ticket. delegates from New Jersey seek a direct challenge to the old parties. Royal committee hints at anti Republican stance. platform supports direct primary, direct elections, government ownership of utilities, and tariff revision. Des Moines predicts no third party in Iowa. Scotland sentences German spy Karl Graves to eight months.
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New York
Chicago
Roosevelt
New York State
National Progressive Party
California
Barnes, Pentrose
Guggenheim Company
Massachusetts
New Jersey
Asbury Park
N. J
Osborne
Roosevelt Committee
United States
Aldrich
Iowa
Des Moines
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Jupiter
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Saturn
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Parrerzite
Patrick Dunne
Jersey City
Boristain
State Department
Dunne
Tee
Stanley
Organized Labor
Organized Capital
Tokio
Trace Kimmel
U.S. Navy
Wilson
Sougit
Moose
Edinburgh
Scotland
Karl Graves
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