Caillaux Case Nears Close as Witnesses Face Court
Paris July 5 The Caillaux murder trial crowd gathers to hear former premier Barthou and Madame Bertha Gueydan testify. Witnesses discuss private letters alleged to be published by Calmette and the impact on Madame Caillaux, who appears exhausted yet determined.
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Paris
France
Madame Caillaux
Cal
Joseph Gilcox
Barthou
Bertha Guey
Caillaux
Haif
Mportance
Calmette
Madame Gueydan
Bediam
Digsty
Dows
Dutre
Weather and Astronomical Notes for Rock Island Area
The forecast covers Rock Island Davenport Moline and vicinity with fair weather tonight and Friday and cooler tonight. Temperatures ranged from 80 at 7 am to 98 at 3 pm, with no precipitation and humidity around 47 to 64. Astronomical events list Venus Mars in the evening and Saturn Jupiter Mercury in the morning, with Andromeda rising around 9 pm northeast. The rest notes a fashion of letters and testimonies in a separate political-societal excerpt.
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Rock Island
Davenport
Moline
J. M. Sherier
Venus
Mars
Saturn
Jupiter
Mercury
Constellation
Andromeda
Injured man dies after long Porcupine river trip
William Moore a Fort Yukon merchant died after a 500 mile row boat voyage to Fort Gibbons following a steamboat engine accident on the Porcupine river ten days earlier His legs were mangled when the machinery started during repair and he was transported by row boat to the fort for treatment
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Fairbanks
Alaska
William Moore
Fort Yukon
Porcupine River
Fort Gibbon
Moore
Fort Gibbons
Threat to destroy Albania's capital amid abdication demand
A Mussulmen insurgent's note handed to European powers in Durazzo on July 23 threatened to destroy the Albanian capital unless Prince William of Wied abdicated. The note warned that if warships fired on the insurgents they would spare neither European nor other inhabitants of the city.
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Durazzo
Albania
William of Wied
McReynolds Sues New Haven for Separation Under Sherman Act
New York July 23 Attorney General McReynolds filed a civil suit in federal court to separate the New Haven railroad from its subsidiary rail trol ley and steamship lines under the Sherman act. The action does not relate to expected criminal indictments against New Haven officers and directors.
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New York
New Haven Railroad
Rail
Trolley and Steamship Lines
McReynolds
Federal Grand Jury
New Haven
Cambridge Carpenter Dies After Fall From Platform
John Pierson, 55, died at his Cambridge home from injuries after falling thirty feet from a platform at a new house he helped build. He suffered a broken leg, fractured ribs, and internal injuries. He was married with no children and belonged to the Swedish Lutheran church. Capital Increase Certified. Rock Island Sand and Gravel Co. raises capital from 25000 to 650000 in Illinois.
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Cambridge
John Pierson
Pierson
Swedish Lutheran Church
Illinois man 111 at Bloomington birthday
Bloomington July 23 James Moran Ireland born immigrant and Illinois oldest man marks his 111th birthday today. He came to America as a youth and drifted to Illinois in the 1840s living 67 years on a farm granted by his brother. Moran is almost totally deaf and nearly blind.
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Bloomington
James Moran
Illinois
Ireland
America
Ilinois
Moran
Peace Talks and Armistice Hints Across Mexico
Washington reports a delegate for President Carbajal will leave Vera Cruz for Tampico to negotiate terms. An armistice suspending hostilities in Mexico is expected within days, Carranza indicating agreement. Bryan cites El Paso dispatchs that Villa and Carranza friction rumors are unfounded and border conditions improve. In Victoria, Carranza urges leniency for conquered but promises trial for those linked to Madero and Suarez deaths. In Lima, authorities capture plotters against the government at Dr Gerardo Barranco’s residence. several officers confess plans to overthrow the regime.
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Washington, D. C
Carbajal
Carranza
Vera Cruz
Tampico
Mexico
State Department
Bryan
Carothers
el Paso
Villa
Victoria
Madero
Suarez
Lima
Peru
Gerardo Barranco
Where is Rev. Patmont disappeared preacher from Gills Landing
Believed missing dry lecturer Louis R. Patmont may have fled by row boat at Gills Landing Wisconsin near the depot. A cabin launch was tampered with about 320 Tuesday morning while searchers had found no trace by 3 o'clock Wednesday.
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Gills Landing
Wis
Louis R. Patmont
Bandit robs autoists and orders them to disrobe
Kansas City July 23. KL A McDermott and his niece, occupants of a motor car, were held up by a bandit on Cliff drive. He robbed them of gems and forced them to disrobe under threat of a revolver. The attackers fled as the couple searched in vain for clues. Their companion vehicle was later struck by a shot from the bandit’s escape.
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Kansas City
KL. A. McDermott
Cliff Drive
Jerome E. Dyer
McDermott
McDermotts
Nelms Brothers Appeal to McReynolds Over Missing Sisters
Marschal Nelms, brother of Beatrice Nelms and Elois Nelms Dennis, who vanished from Atlanta in June, heads to Washington to urge Attorney General McReynolds to investigate. He questions a July 8 San Francisco letter claiming Dennis killed her sister, and plans to present federal aspects of the case.
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Atlanta
Marschal Nelms
Beatrice Nelms
Elois Nelms Dennis
Washington
McReynolds
Nelms
John W. Nelms
San Francisco
Dennis
Wilson Keeps Out State Fight in Illinois Campaign
President Wilson will not join Bryan in campaigning against Roger C Sullivan for the U S Senate in Illinois. A White House conference with William F McCombs led to a hands off stance while Sullivan’s bid and Sullivan aligned factions drew mixed pressure from Owen and others. Wilson will not speak on politics in Chicago in September and, if Sullivan is nominated, the party will back him.
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Washington, D. C
Wilson
Bryan
Illinois
Roger C. Sullivan
United States Senate
White House
William F. McCombs
New York
Sullivan
Europe
Owen
Democratic Party
Clark
Baltimore
Chicago
State Department
Whitehouse
Treasury
McAdoo
McCombs
National Committee
Stringer
Dunne
Harrison
Lewis
Missing pastor turns paper seller in St Louis
Rev Dr Philip Carlin aged 50 once a Southern Illinois evangelist disappeared from Lebanon Illinois two years ago. He now works as a newsboy in St Louis and reportedly spoke I am through with religion. Meanwhile in Chicago five men robbed E R Cross store taking a small sum of money in a daytime hold up.
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Philip Carlin
St. Louis
Lan
Lebanon
He Louis
Carlin
Ilinois
Chicago
E. R. Cross
Conferees Halt On Irish Dispute
London on July 23 reports the abrupt pause in home rule talks at Buckingham Palace as conferees delay a resumption of the Conversation. Officials soon announced discussions would continue tomorrow, though the delay provoked misgivings about progress toward a solution.
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London
England
Buckingham Palace
Roosevelt Named in Libel Suit over Governor Nomination
New York July 23 Chairman William Barnes of the Republican State Committee says he will file a libel suit against Theodore Roosevelt after the colonel accused Barnes and backing Harvey Hinman for governor. He vows to oppose federal policies while urging a clean nonpartisan citizens movement to end bipartisan boss rule in New York.
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New York
Wiliam Barnes
Republican State Committee
Theodore Roosevelt
Barnes
Harvey Hinman
Good Citizens’ Movement
Messrs
Murphy
Progressive Party
New York State
Violence by Employers Highlighted in Labor Commission Hearing
Chicago July 23. President Fitzpatrick of the Chicago Federation of Labor told the federal commission on industrial relations that organized labor is in good shape while unorganized labor suffers. He denied graft or organized violence on unions and accused employers of using black gunmen during the teamsters strike.
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Chicago
Fitzpatrick
Chicago Federation of Labor
Federal Commission On Industrial Relations
Teamsters
Honor Convicts Loyal Reach Two Fugitives
Washington July 23. A new system ordered by War Secretary Garrison led to 23 former soldiers on road work at Fort Leavenworth without guard. Two escaped, the remaining 21 asked liberty to pursue them. all returned to the post including the escapees, with Garrison praising leniency.
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Washington, D. C
Secretary of War
Slocum
Fort Leavenworth
Garrison
Paroled convict holds off police then captured in bed
John Landers, a Joliet, Illinois paroled convict, resisted Omaha and Dundee police for eight hours in a house between the cities. He was finally captured in a folding bed after daylight and jailed on forgery charges awaiting transfer to Joliet prison for the remaining six years.
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Omaha
Neb
Dundee
John Landers
Joliet
Satterfield in Absence Prompts Inquiries at The Argus
The Argus reports Mr Satterfield is seriously ill and must rest his mind away from work until fully recovered. He hopes to resume duties within a week as advised by his physician.
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Satterfield
The
Argus
Mr. Satterfield
Five Die in St Petersburg Striker Riot
In St Petersburg on July 23, at least five strikers were killed and eight seriously wounded as fighting with Cossacks raged through the streets overnight. Three police officials were severely injured. Union supporters waved red flags and sang revolutionary songs as dawn broke, with casualties among strikers believed higher than official tallies.
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St. Petersburg
Russia
Iowa Democrats In Liquor Fight At State Convention
Council Bluffs July 23 Democrats clash over liquor question as resolutions committee prepares for the state convention. Congressman Connolly appears as temporary chairman with E T Meredith likely to be permanent chairman, while Connolly cites optimism despite foreign trouble and a continued business downturn in the United States. He praises President Wilson for guiding the party through a critical period.
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Council Bluffs
Iowa
Resolutions Committee
Connolly
E. T. Meredith
United States
Wilson
Democratic Party
Marriage ring solves identity of car victim
Chicago July 23 A wedding ring inscription from 1913 identified the woman killed by a street car as Anna Guise. John B. McCoy read the ring story in papers and identified the morgue body as his daughter Mrs. Anna Guise of 3443 Prairie Avenue.
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Chicago
Ill
Joe
Anna
John B. McCoy
Prairie Avenue
Anna Guise
Guise
Sadie
Joseph McGuire
Eckhardt Reelected President of Sheriffs Group
Lincoln Neb July 23 Louis Eckhardt of Davenport Iowa was reelected president of the International Sheriffs association The next convention will be held in Cincinnati.
Senator Lewis Seeks Court Seat for Dunne
Washington July 23 Governor Dunne of Illinois was endorsed for the vacancy in the supreme court today by Senator Lewis who called on the president.
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Lewis
Dunne
Washington, D. C
Illinois
Supreme Court
Dig Up Menagerie in Tropical Ship
Four snakes including two five foot boa constrictors, 18 tarantulas, 70 rats, a barrel of roaches and bedbugs were part of a freighter’s cargo fumigated in New Orleans to combat bubonic plague. Regina Schmidt, 73, died of the plague, the fourth death linked to the outbreak.
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New Orleans
Regina Schmidt
Chicago War Era Levee Agents Arrested
Chicago July 23 Maurie Vandever Emil Longley and Charles Donaldson veterans of the old South Side levee district are arrested amid claims they incited a deadly levee fight that killed a detective and wounded five others Warrants name Roccco Velille as a murder suspect and list several others for conspiracy Police corruption claims surface as grand jury probes revealed alleged ties between detectives and morals department officials Judge Goodnow narrows arrests for vagrancy to disrupting the levee district and fines nineteen women and two men.
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Chicago
Maurice Vandever
Emil Longley
Charles Donalson
Old South Side
Roccco Velille
New York
John Turio
Joseph Grabiner
Jim Leathers
Morris Grabowski
Charles Donaldson
W. C. Dannenberg
Maclay Hoyne
M. I. C. Funkhouser
Policy Bureau
Morals Department
Goodnow
Corporation Counsel
UES
Representative Doolittle Says Wheat Conspiracy Probe
In Washington July 23 Representative Doolittle of Kansas urged a probe into reports of a wheat price depress scheme by Kansas City dealers and exporters. He cited an 180 million bushel crop with producers at 63 cents at loading elevators in Kansas and exports held at Kansas City as high as 84 and a half cents.
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Washington, D. C
Kansas City
Doolittle
Kansas
Interstate Commerce Committee
House
Urges Changes in Laws to Make Taxation Just
Springfield July 23. Douglas Sutherland secretary of the Civic Federation of Chicago tells the state efficiency and economy commission that equitable taxation of intangible personal property in Illinois requires a constitutional amendment to the revenue article. He cites disproportionate real estate burdens and inadequate revenues from personal property as pressing issues discussed with Civic bodies and the state board of equalization. W. E. Baker and Watson attended. Goth believes people should continue to elect taxing officials.
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Springfield
Ill
Illiinois
Illinois Special Tax Commission
State Efficiency and Economy Commission
Douglas Sutherland
Civic Federation of Chicago
State Board of Equalization
State Finance Commission
W. E. Baker
Pontisc
Marion
Watson
Champaign County
Goth
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Strader
Maitre Labori
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Jidge Albanel
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Gueydon
Todge
Pierre Mortier
Gil Bias
Mma
Cail‘Strang
Mearo
M. ¢U Barry
Journes Epatlicane
Albert Livet
Radical
Robert le Court
Courrier de Parlement
Figaro
M. Chenu
Paul Painleve
Gaston Dreyfus
Leon Bailly
M. Calmette
Fabre
Mme
Madeleine Guillemard
Mme. Caillaux
Mme. Guillemard
M’reynolds
Rock Island Sand and Gravel Company
Secretary of State
Vista
Rev
Patmont
Roosevelt
Organized Labor
Industrial Commission By Federation Office
Little Bear
Democrats
South Side Levee
Underworld
Big Jim” Colosimo
Hoyne
Grady
Levee
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